Evening star., 1943-02-03
Few / Jobs Open
Here 10 Defer
Fathers Draft,
s|B FomiIy Men to Face
Ill Housing Shortage in
5ls Nearby War Areas

f,sMen in 'non-deferrable" activities
here will have to choose between the
AFaft and jobs in nearby war centers
where housing shortage exists,
when Washington's limited supply
M essential jobs Is exhausted, it was
indicated today.
III GApproximately $500 additional
workers were needed here in essen
tiAl work when figures on job de-
9nAnds were compiled for the period
,Mcm November, 1912, to April. l943,
Igant including replacements and
tAirnover which, a War Manpower
iEommission oficial estimated, might
bring the total to 10000 Job OPEN
3ngs.
II. No up-to-date statistics, however,
lore available on the number of men
Thrown into the "non-deferrable
k1ass by the VINO list Of activities
and occupations which men must
leave by April ! or face induction
Into the armed forces.
VI "Plenty Of Jobs"
II At the same time, there were in
Hcations that this list was only the
AeIinning Of m ever er-expanding one,
Sncroaching more and more on the
f:no mans land" between essential
1ubs and non-essential ones which
have not yet been so designated and
making moresmen job-seekers here.
+ Employment ofiicials said that at
present there are plenty of jobs"
here In transportation and COM
nsunications services, food process
AR, public utilities and at small
tAktories in the vicinity Of WASH
hngton which are working solely on
NAr production. The Navy Yard,
NNNas said, can take on 1000 EN-
bl0yes this month and 1000 within
kt1e next few months, but such
workers for the most part must be
tarilled.
rWe will try to find these men
aobs locally" said John F. Foy,
acting deputy director OF the VINO
regional once here. but we will
have to work in an widening
circle to place them. It must be
Understood that washington Is not
ID Industrial town and jobs are
limited"
Jobs for skilled and unskilled
W1fkoys hy the Thousands are Inn
uSdiately available In Baltimore,
NQgfolk, Newport News and Hamp-
tn3 Noads. hut thu hitch IS housing.
Txnnsvlr b Daltimsfe.
- 1S1hos. market n Naltifnnre
~ y0y.sA3d. has reached Z point |
w1e9e employers win take any one
~ asAe foe > Job. but tho turn
04f. baajned pEincipally ON the lack
oA AAousing. i. tremendous. Over 4
two-month period. for instance.
although 330oo persons were hired
IN IA baltimore war plants, the
actual Increase In personnel was
only 7Aoo.
xN was reported In Baltimore that
tn. only space available Is through |
the renting Of large. old homes. |
which an far from industrial areas |
and = which little transportation Is
available, No single rooms or apart
mentA Il was said, arc, available. |
ana workers are forced TO resort to |
trAilers or the ''hot-bed" method.
whore men sleep In shifts.
In Norfolk, . VINO onlcial said.
The rumors Of bad housing or no
housing ut al have spread 10 far
that throughout the entire region
men cannot be persuaded to take
the Thousands Of Jobs for which
workers are being sought,
Mon seeking 4 transfer from nom
essential TO essential jooa arc sup
posed To register with the local
6Fanch OF the United states En-
tloymsnt Service.
April ! Deadiine.
II they turn down Job offered
6y u. y. -, md nothing else and
yefuse TO 60 into 4 training class to
nt them for \ war job, they will be
geflaasifed ~ available for aervicc
6y their draft board.
Nen In tho non -deferrable actIvi-
tlss are given until April to regis
ter with the employment service and
n 30-day breathing space after that
~ Get \ Job II they can show their
draft boards they have registered,
Although they do not have to get
Into an essential activity. they have
keen advised to do 10 since the list
ef non-esxential jobs may be In
eyeased to cover the Job to which
khey transferred,