Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1929, Page 29

~ EMPLOYMENT HELD' Observer Bases Estimate on| Figures Taken From 35,000 Establishments. { The first official figures available on | unemployment since the stock market decline show that there has not been very much variation November of this year as compared“with a year ago ‘The lével of employment in manufac- turing industries was just six-tenths of 1 per cent lower than November, 1928 Employes' earnings were just 1 per cent smaller. November is customarily a month of declining employment, according to the Bureau of Labor statistics, while pay roll totals “are further dimimshed by observance of Armistice day, election day and some church celebrations.” This is one reason why November usually shows a decline as compared with October and this year was no exception, since employment, decreased 31-10 per cent in November as com- pared with the preceding month. The retail trade, however, as well as bitu- minons coal And metalliferous mining | groups each showed increased employ- ment over October, while the “whole- sale trade showed practically unchanged employment | Decreases More Than Offset. | These figures are particularly sig- | Bificant in view of the apprehension | expressed in some quarters that the | stock market crash would bring on un- employment. | The reports are based on returns | from about thirty-five thousand estab- lishments, which had in November more | than five million employes, whose com- | bined earnings in one week were np-‘ proximately $134.000.000. | While the general averages of em- ployment have shown .relatively little cehange it does not mean that there have not been some material readjustments. In the 12 months ending with Novem- ber, 1929, there have been increases of 34 '3-10 per cent in shipbullding em- ployment, 21 6-10 per cent in electrical machinery, 18 9-10 per cent in pe- troleum and 15 6-10 per cent in machine | in X% . _namely | 23 1-10 per cent; automobile tire com- | Ppanies, 20 9-10 per cent; pianos, 17 1-10 | per cent, and millwork, 12.8 per cent. ‘This means that there was gradual | decrease in employment during the year in certain industries which was more | than made up for in most instances by increased employment in other indu: tries. Iron and Steel Employment Ahead. It is significant to note that in No- ‘vember, 1929, nearly 11,000 manufactu: ing establishments reported an aver- age of 89 per cent of a full normal force of employes who were working an average of 97 per cent of full time. | Employment in the food industry iu November of this year, as compared to last year, showed p: y | pets and rugs and certain textiles and | their by-products, there were increases | as compared with a year ago. Here | &nd there there were fractional changes | downward which are not regarded as evidence of any vital change. | It is noteworthy that in the iron and | steel group, November of this year showed a substgntial increase in em- ployment on structural iron work, foun- dry and machine shop products and a big jump in the employment on ma- chine tools. | Lumber and its by-products showed gome decreases in employment, but | leather, including boots and shoes, re- | quired ‘more workmen this year than | last year. The same is true of paper | 2nd printing_and chemicals and ailied | products. Other ' industries such as shipbuilding and the making of eiec- trical machinery and apparatus regist- €red abnormal increases in employment as_well as in pay roll_totals. On the whole the showing was re- garded as rather encouraging and as an indication that the fundamentals of American ‘busin-ss continued through- out November along normal lines, not- withstanding the stock market decline in the latter part of October. Lt (Copsright, 1929.) Mutfs and Scarfs for Gifts [KENTUCKY HIGHWAY POST IS GIVEN RYANS to Settle Dispute. By the Associated Press. FRANKFOR' Ky., A political brawl in progress two weel over the personnel of the State high- way commission was settled by court action yesterd: Circuit Judge Ben G. Williams rulin, at Charles W. Rya Louisville Republican, is a legal me ber from the second district and not Ben Johnson, Democrat, former chair- man. Johnson was removed by Gov. Flem D. Sampson on December 3, after the other three members of the commission had handed in their resignations. Two were reappointed by the governor and two new members named, and Johnson sued for a temporary injunction on the ground the governor had no power to remove him. ‘The highway commission, by law 2 bi-partisan body, is one of the most im- portant of State government organiza- tions, having charge of the expenditure of some $20,000.000 a year. Its opera- tions frequently have been attacked and enjoined by court actions, its difficulties paralleling those of the State tex book commission. Gov. Sampson is a Republican, while the other electi officers are Democrats and the Legisl ture is Democratic 20 Hurt in Chureh Fight. LWOW (LEMBERG), Poland, De- cember 18 (#).—Twenty persons were wounded Monday in a fight inside a Greek Catholic Church between Ukrainian irridentists and another Ukrainian group. 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