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The number of claims filed under the Servicemen's Readjustment AL lowance Act showed a net decline from 3,447 for the week ending March 16 to 2,624 for the week end- ing May 4. A peak of 3,564 claims was reached during the week end- ing April 13.
 The number of registrations on hand in the active file of the USES decreased from 5,634 on AprIl to S,427 on May as applications of strikers and registrants judged not available for work were removed from the files. On May there were 2,057 male registrations and 1870 female registrations. Over two thirds of the drop of 1888 in male registrations is attributable to 8 decrease of 899 in World War II veterans applications.
 There has been an upward trend toward the employment of female workers in manufacturing. On April IS, 31.3 percent of the total workers were women, slight in- crease over the previous month. The prewar level of April 1940 was only 26.2 percent of the total.
 Types of Applicants
 The 3,427 job applications on hand at the USES on May 1, clas- sified by occupational groups, were professional and managerial, 17O; clerical and sales, 515; service, POP; agricultural, 21; skilled, 314; semi- skilled, 078, and unSkilled, 1,5N On that date there were 2,261 job openings available broken down into professional and managerial, 33; clerical and sales, 56; service, 1l8; agricultural, 19; skilled, 89; semi- skilled, 49, and unskilled, 1897.
 On May 1, job openings on order in the Waterbury office showed an increase of 115 over April De- creases in the skilled and semi skilled categories were more than offset by increases in all other oc- cupational groups.
 Over three-fourths of the job openings on order were for women, with openings chiefly for unskilled process laborers in the rubber in- dustry. Need also existed for clerks, .ypists, bookkeepers, salesgirls, store managers, camp counsellors and sewing machine operators. Female openings in service jobs existed for domestic workers and for waitress eS.
 Male openings, at present, con- centrate chiefly in the unskilled group for foundry and mill laborers in the non-ferrous metals industry and for rubber workers. Consider able demand also exists for con- struction craftsmen, auto mechanics and bakers. There is a demand for such service workers as counter men, porters and dishwashers, as well as for domestic male servants. There are also some openings at the USES for professional institu- tional workers, nurserymen and tree surgeons.
 Increases Anticipated
 Most employers in the area anti cipate increases in employment dur ing the coming period. but the sur plus of labor is expected to remain as veterans continue to augment the labor force despite decrease ir the rate of demobilization, the report continued. A shortage of ,;nskilled labor will continue to CO., exist with the overall surplus of workers.
 An estimated distribution of the non-agricultural labor force in the Waterbury area on April IS broken down into industries is metals, rubber, 38, 100; chemicals, 1 700; rubber products, $500; iron and steel, 2,3OO; electrical machin- cry, 100; non-electrical machin- cry, 3,3OQ; nonferous metals, 2S,- 700; instruments, 300; apparel, 400; and all other manufacturing, $5,- 500.
 The breakdown of non-manu- featuring workers is government, l. 300; construction, 1900; trades and services, 16,OO0; transportation, and public utilities, 3, 100; and all other 600.
 The Waterbury labor market area covered by the report is comprised of the twelve towns of Beacon Falls, Bethlehem, Cheshire, Middlebury, Prospect, Southbury, ThomaSton. Waterbury, Watertown, and Woodbury.