Evening star., 1944-08-06
District Employers
Comply With VINO
Rules, Check Shows
PoyroIIs of Is Firms
Indicate Employment
Ceilings Are Held Here
By MIRIAM oTTENBERG.


Fifteen Washington employers
subjected to spot" check by the
Washington War Manpower Com.
missions compliance division, have
come through with clear records
Area VINO Director Ernest v. Con.
molly reported yesterday.
Included In the check were five
large, five medium and five small
establishments. employing total Of
more than $500 workers. Amone
them were essential, locally needed
and less essential establishments
Mr. Connolly said.
The compliance officials checked
employment ceilings against cur.
rent employment to determine il
the employers were hiring more
workers than they were allowed
under the priority referral program
A comparison Of current payrolls
with those Of the two-week period
from May Is to June / showed that
current employment either was level
with or slightly below the ceiling
Mr.. Connolly said.
The survey also determined that
every worker in the Is establish.
ments hired since July l, when tn,
11 pkog1am vent into effect, hat
tlSe necessary referral card from til,
1nt1 States Hnployrnsu& 9exsscj
n. E0fr1uly reported, addine tn
the check viii be continued.
Navy Lacks Needed Skill.
In disclosing placement figures TO,
the first time since the new program
went into effect, Mr.. Connolly re.
ported that for every IL worker.
sent to less essential employers, II
were hired while only half the work.
ers referred by the USES to essen.
tial and locally needed employers got
the jobs.
He explained that employers in les.
essential plants were less "choosy. ;
They took what they could get be.
cause of the limit on the number O,
workers referred to them. On thu
other hand, he pointed out, essentia
employers usually require worker.
with higher skills, and many pros.
pective employees do not meet re.
quirements.
Nevertheless, he adued, a much
higher percentage of the total tax.
Ing jobs in July went into essen.
tial work than during June. o.
the 7,946 workers placed in July
81 per cent went into essentia
work. OF the 4,547 placed in June
only 56 per cent went into es.
sential work, the area director re.
ported.
The comparison of USES opera.
tions before and after the priority
referral program went into opera.
ton also brought out that 29. .97t
workers applied for jobs In July
as compared with 22,616 in June
49.5 per cent were referred to WORK
as compared with A per cent In
June; SO per cent of those referee
were sent to essential work as com.
pared with 70 per cent in June.
Committee Hsndles 1877 Cases.
Reporting on the actions of tn,
Manpower PrioritieS Committee. Mr.
Connolly said the committee actec
on 1877 cases in July. Increase ir
employment ceilings were granted
l4l firms, giving them permission t<
increase their stats by 1851 addi.
tional workers.
Cases of 50 employers in les.
essential activities, most of them
applications for employment ceiline
adjustments, are being held up, he
revealed. The committee, he said
had been misery" in permittins
essential employers to get additiona
workers until it can determine how
many workers are available anc
what the demand for them is coins
to be.
Mr.. Connolly said no immediate
change was contemplated in opera.
ton or coverage of the priority re.
ferral program as a result Of tn,
first months operations.