Evening star., 1947-07-05
1900 Laid Off by U. 5.
Seek Jobs THROUGH
uses in Three Months
Shorp Rise Expected
In July Applications;
Jobs Scarce, HetzeI Says

More than 5000 Government
workers hit by the economy axe
have sought help from the Dis
trict Office of the United States
Employment Service during the
last three months and the num-
ber is expected to increase
sharply this month, it was
learned today.
Of those being let out now, only
the stenographers have any as
surance that their services are in
demand from private employers
here, according to Fred 2. Hetzel
District USES director.
The rest have to take their
chances and rely on normal turn
over to provide the openings they
seek. Mr.. Hetzel said ne has been
informed by Washington employers
that, outside of the vacancies caused
by workers quitting and getting
fired, their staff needs have been
met.
AS for the chances of being placed
in other cities via the USES here
Mr.. Hetzel reported that out-of-
State placements in June totaled
IS as compared with II in April
Prospects Aren't Bright.
Although admitting the employ
ment prospects for fired Federal
workers in Washington aren't as
bright as they were few months
ago, Mr.. Hetzel did point out some
encouraging signs. Except for a
slight drop in June, he said, job
placements in Washington have
been rising steadily for the past
six months. He attributed this to
the increasing number Of employ
ers ordering workers through the
USES.
1--WE are hopeful this trend will
continue" he said, even. though
the only job openings are those
caused by turnover"
USES statistics show that 648
Government workers applied to the
USES for jobs in April. BY May,
the number of Government workers
job registrations had risen to 1,240
and by the end of last month, 3,007
Federal employees were listed on the
iob-seeking rolls of the USES.
Mr.. Hetzel predicted another sharp
rise in these figures on the basis OF
the numbers of Federal workers
visiting the white collar" Office Of
the USES during the first week OF
July. He said these reflect the lay
offs ordered at the end of the fiscal
year.
USES Chances Slim.
The chances of returning to Gov
ernment jobs by way of the USES
are slim indeed, Judging by the rec
ord of the past three months. Out
of 1896 jobseekers placed in April,
100 landed Government jobs. In
May. only 172 of the 1914 place
ments were in Government jobs and
last month, only 165 out of the 3,895
placements were in Government.
Mr.. Hetzel said most of the Gov
ernment placements were for tenn
porary clerical help as some agencies
wound up their affairs or for crafts
men wanted for Government build
ling.
Federal workers laid off earliest
in the economy drive, Mr. Hetzel
said, were the luckiest. They filled
the needs of department stores and
other employers hiring workers with
relatively few skills. Washington
also was suffering from a shortage
of typists, but this demand, too, has
fallen off as Federal typists have
'been hired for private work.
Hoping for Boom.
The USES is still hoping for the
long awaited construction boom
which, Mr.. Hetzel asserted, would
mean more jobs for everybody. If
5000 more skilled and unskilled
workers, he said, were hired for
building projects, their increased
buying ability would mean more
jobs opening in stores, restaurants
and Offices.
Right now, however, laid-off Fed
eral workers are finding jobs hard
to. get and even harder to get
through USES for work elsewhere.
Mr.. Hetzel said his interviewers are
not advising job applicants to go
home but are simply picturing for
them the job situation here.