Evening star., 1946-08-26
3NiIion Jobs Needed
B December 10 Put
All Veterans 10 Work

All Veterans 10 Work
The Veterans Administration
estimated today that 5000 600
new jobs will be needed between
NOW and December to put every
veteran in the Nation to work.
While 100000 are now drawing
jobless pay, the Veterans Admins
tration expects the number of job
hunting veterans to reach the
5000, 900 mark by the end of the
year. not counting the turnover of
those already employed.
Despite predictions that veterans
would displace nonveterans on all
Jobs, nonveterans still.hold the edge
although the gap has been mar
rowed. At the height of demobil-
ization last December there were
five veterans for every nonveteran
on the unemployment rolls. A Vet
Grams Administration survey shows
that veterans outnumber nonvet-
Grams three to one at present and
even these figures.
Most Are Veterans.
In the District $500 of the 10000
Job hunters listed with the United
States Employment Service are
veterans.
The Veterans Administration, in
Its monthly review. made 1t clear
that most of the veterans with jobs
got them without benefit of the
USES. =
Urging a positive placement pro-
gram to get veterans off the unem-
ployment allowance rolls, the Vet
Grams Administration reported that
between November, 1945, and July,
1946, only three out of every 10 vet
Grams who withdrew from the un-
employment allowance rolls were
placed in Jobs by the USES.
In order to. draw an unemploy-
ment check, a veteran must report
regularly to the USES and be avail
able for suitable work. The Veter-
ans Administration, it Is indicated,
is coming around to the view that
II the veterans want to work, they
will have to find jobs for Them
selves.
Jobs Have Declined.
The Veterans Administration
found, in a review of veterans en-
ployment. that the quantity and
quality of Jobs listed at public en-
ployment Offices have both declined
"as employers rely more heavily on
seniority rolls and other sources for
additional personnel"
A study by the veterans agency
of jobs listed with the USES in July
for unskilled labor showed that the
lower limit was less than cents
an hour-approximately equivalent
on a weekly basis to the veterans
$50 readjustment allowance plus
the cost Of going to work. In
eight areas. according to the study, |
the highest wage offered in the
USES offices was less than 65 cents. |
The study also brought out that
% per. cent of all jobs for men
listed in USES Offices paid less than
IS cents-an hour.
The Veterans Administration
said this study may help explain
why most veterans who have found
jobs have not been placed through
public employment Offices" and
why many veterans stay on the un-
employment rolls a relatively long
time"
! Of ! Draws 20 Weeks.
Comparing these figures with re-
ports that one out of every seven
veterans drawing readjustment al
lowances have been collecting checks
for 20 or more weeks, the Veterans
Administration warned that "in the
absence of a positive placement pro-
gram, there is clearly danger" that
veterans will exhaust their readjust-
ment allowance benefits before they
find Jobs
On the score of readjustment al
lowances, the agency made this re-
port:
Approximately 4.9OO,OO0 veterans
have received one or more jobless
pay checks At present, approx
nately 100000 are drawing checks
Of this 100000, an estimated
100000 have been drawing checks
continuously for less than 10 weeks
and approximately 1,4500o0 have
been On the rolls for less than 20I
weeks.
250,000 In Nation.
Veterans on the rolls for 20 or
more weeks number approximately
250,0O0.
The District was ! of the II areas
reporting that less than 10 per
cent of the veterans on its read
justment allowance rolls have been
drawing checks for more than 20
weeks.
The Veterans Administration
pointed out that many veterans
who have been on the unemployment
rolls for long time present special
problems of readjustment' While
thu veteran may be his own best
employment agent, the Veterans
Administration report added, he can
not operate in a vacuum and needs
the help of local employers and or
ganized groups In the community.
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