The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-22
Bright Employment Picture For City
 USES VisuoIixe Big Demond for Employ. ment tn Neor Future; 2,500 Jobs Ready By November IS

Oy N0VemDeF bS
 whether Waterburys business
 men and industries agree with the
 claims of the .. 6. Employment
 Service, that 2,600 jobs wil, be pro.
 viued in this citys industries by
 NOV, lS, according to Q survey by
 Miss Edna Harmon of that office, IS questionable, for the comments ot these men, heard around the SERA Center hall after yesterdays meeting Of the newly formed Wa terhury Labor Management Com- mittee, were not without dubious feeling, However, labor and nam agement are ready and willing to string along.
 According to . survey by the USES, Q survey which covered l0 local plants, and according to fig- ureS revealed by Phillip smith, field representative of the Unemploy- ment Compensation Commission: During the month of July and August S,o06 persons registered for work at the USES, and after V-J Day, 2,ii0 moro unemployed were added to the total. That last week .6,oS0 unemployment claims were handled by the UCC-lS00 male and A,eS6 female-and female ap. plieants are hard to place as mos body wants women with the ex- eeption Of one employer" That there is shortage in industry of heavy labor and of the 1900 now claiming unemployment compensa. tion, only 10 per cent are available m thls particular category, And that the survey of the USES office revealed" that 2,Bo0 jobs will be available by Nov. i6-with the ne. ceSsity of bringing into the city workers from the outside, such as the Jamaicans who were employed here during the war.
 Mayor Present
 The meeting was opened by Mayor John g. Monagan, who stated it was encouraging to see labor and management working to. gether in peace as we'll aS !n war. He endorsed the program of the newly formed Waterbury Labor Management Committee and hoped for it's success.
 In the report submitted by MlAI Harmon Of the USES, it was stated that l0 of the i8 firms questioned in tho survey, will employ I,76a workers within Q month; the other two revealed that they will have no openings for new employees.
 The number of persons seeking employment, during July and Au. gust exceeded tho number Of open. angs it was reVealed-3,o ,o0b persons registered and the available Jobs totalod only 2ii3.
 About 2,204 women are in search of york while the total of men Ia l,64i. There have been e94 female orders filled, Mss Harmon stated, and there are openings for l,27e male persons, These Jobs it was explained, are not Of any ono par. ticular group, but rather represen- tatlVe of the entire industrial lay. out of the city.
 Miss Harmon revealed also, that since tho lifting Of tho manpowes controls after V-J Day, it lS no longer necessary for employers to Foeisted with the USES; but 1t iS hoped, she added, that industry and business will continue to register ct this of5iee, as during tho war.
 Mrs, Dewey stated that it will probably be necessary for the lIn- | portation of outside technicianA aS the number Of applicants for skilled | work is not great enough to meet | the expected demands. She added | that, first it will be necessary to | provide housing for the expected | anlinigrants-housing that was not provided for those who came nero to work during the war.
 The WING director said it is un. | certain whether or not veterans returning home will help take up the slack in skilled work. Local draft boards report, She said, thas about 1900 Of tho i4,000 men whv. went into service have been dLS. charged. Although hundreds arc being released from service each month many indicate they want to change from their prewar jobs, she commented.
 The problem of Inanpower for in. dustyy is just aS acute now as It was during the Battle of the Dei- gium Bulge, Mrs, Dewey declared. In addition to labor needed for industry, help is wanted by all kinds Of businesses, she said.
 The aim of tho WLMC is to pro- vide jobs for oil those who are Wlll- Ing to work, Mrs. Dewey added,
 Charles Newton, WIPE agent, stated that, 'The Rretest hlndrance to industry Is the man who will not take c job." He said that the major Is still manpoWer- rather, the shortage Of it"-and nc strongly urged organized labor to advise It's members to take the jobs available ct the present; as soon, when the returning veterans begin to claim jobs, these people will find themselves out in the cold"
 Compensation Claims
 Phillip Smith, UCC field repre-. .AoA.I Al.ak A. oR