Evening star., 1945-09-10
uses Reports
Labor Shortage
In Alexandra
Demand Expected
To Exceed Supply
For Some Time

Herbert B. Newell, newly appointed
acting manager of the Alexandris
ofnce of the United States Employ.
ment Service, said today that Alex.
andria presents the reverse picturs
from the country at large In that
the demand for workers far exceeds
the supply Of applicants and prob
ably will continue to do so for some
time.
Mr.. Newell said Fort Belvoir and
the Quartermaster Depot at Cam.
eron are recruiting civilians to re-
place military personnels. The Rail-
road Retirement Board is doing
some recruiting and the Naval Tor
pedo Station is still hiring workers
to replace those who have resigned
and left the labor market.
In addition, Mr.. Newell pointed
out that hundreds of teen-agers who
have held jobs d,>ing the summer
have gone back to school and must
be replaced.
Mr.. Newell. former assistant area
director of the War Manpower Com.
mission at Richmond, said the work
OF the office staff has been reduced
by the lifting of the requirements
for releases and certification of
workers, but that he is concerned
with finding workers to replace the
many who have apparently with
drawn from the labor market or left
the city.
Domestic Help Picture Dark.
He added that one of his first ac-
tions in assuming his position was
to stop taking orders for domestic
workers. He said the picture is not
bright for persons seeking domestic
help, and that with more than 800
orders on file and no applicants he
felt it was fairer to refuse orders
than to make any promises to
householders to obtain help for
them.
At the same time. George B. Rem.
lex, veterans representative for the
omce, said approximately 600 vet
erans have sought help from the
ofnce since January, and that half
of them were interviewed during
August.
He said more than rs per cent are
IN search of new jobs, in many cases
because OF the acquisition of new
skills or because they are unwill-
ing to return to jobs they held be.
fore going into service.
Through constant contact with
the city business Establishments the
office has managed to place almost
100 per cent of the men seeking
jobs, Mr.. Remick said. He added
that the Office has on file only eight
applications from veterans who
have not as yet been placed.
He anticipates the return Of 500
to 600 more Alexandria veterans be-
fore the end of the year.
"In-Job" Training Started.
1 Mr.. Remick said the VINO "in-
Job" training program has Just beer
put IN effect in Alexandrfa and that
one electrical firm and an automo-
tive garage have been approved TO,
participation in the program.
Through appeals to city business
men, 40 applications have been re-
ceived from firms who seek partici-
patton in the program, Mr.. Remick
said. They will be investigated and
approved by a VINO training stan
as soon as possible.
The job in which local business
firms are willing to train veterans
include automotive work, plumbing
ice, iron and fuel oil distributing,
printing, real estate, laundry, dairy,
florists, embalmers, cleaners. pho.
tographers, lumber yard workers
and beauty culture.
The last classification is open to
both men and women, Mr.. Remick
I said. He added that several male
veterans have expressed an interest
IN this type of training, -.