Evening star., 1945-08-28
Three Jobs in District
Available for Every
Application Filed

washington currently has three
times more Job openings than job
hunters coming to the United States
Employment Service for work
Washington War Manpower Direc-
tor Ernest v. Connolly reported to-
day.
Mr.. Connolly would not predict
how future cutbacks, particularly
in the Government service, will
affect these proportions, but he
pointed out that job orders have
been increasing while job applicants
have been decreasing since the Jap
surrender.
He reported a rs per cent drop in
the number Of job applications
visiting the center in the week be-
ginning August 20.
Had Averaged 5,716 Weekly,
The weekly average before the
Jap surrender, he said, was 5,716
job seekers, but an average Of 1900
OF them had found their Jobs with
out USES assistance and came to
the USES for referral only because
OF the manpower rules.
From August 20 to August rs, Mr..
Connolly said, 4,288 job hunters Wis
tied the USES offices here. He said
the drop in job applicants was nat
ural when there were no Job con-
trolls requiring them to 60 through
the USES.
On the other hand, job openings
increased by nearly 1000 as en-
ployers-particularly those who had
not been placing orders with the
USES because Of their low priority
for manpower-hastened to take ad-
vantage Of the lifting OF manpower
controls which gave them an equal
chance with all other employees of
getting manpower.
1928 Jobs Open Here.
Mr.. Connolly reported that 1928
jobs are now open In private in
dustry and Government here, ac-
cording to a tally Of orders on file
at the USES Offices.
Seventy-four per cent of the in
crease in requests for help came to
the USES Office at 1922 Fifteenth
street NV, where "white-collar"
workers are placed, Mr.. Connolly
said.
OF the 1928 Job openings, Mr..
Connolly said, 8,608 were In the in
dustrtal, service and trade occupa-
tions and 4,655 were for clerical, pro-
feSsional and managerial employees.
Mr.. Connolly gave this further
breakdown Of the job openings:
Wholesale and retail trade, Asst lob
openings; hotels, restaurants, laun-
dries and other service industries,
3,272; construction, 1926; public
utilities, 1,226; electrical machinery
manufacture, 400; finance and real
estate. 1852.
1873 Federal Vacancies,
A total Of 1,793 Government jobs
were listed, including $50 in the
professional group, 52l clerical, 298
service, 127 skilled trades, 8 semi
skilled, 232 unskilled and rs miscel-
laneous jobs.
Mr.. Connolly planned to meet with
Civil Service Commission repre-
sentatives today to discuss the pos
sibility Of USES interviewers going
into the Navy Yard to talk about
job openings with 1000 women
workers now facing a layoff.
Meanwhile, Richmond, Va, also
reported thousands Of job openings
despite cutbackS in Virginia's war
industries. USES offices In Rich
mond reported 1000 requests for
workers and estimated an additional
5000 workers are need to fill vacan-
cies not reported to the USES. The
greatest demand for labor there Is
in the tobacco industry.
On the other hand, Baltimore re-
ported that war plant layoffs re-
suited In the reduction of an esti-
mated $2,000, 900 from Baltimore pay
rolls.