Show iB i. i B CONDITIONS E RM M CONFUSED A UTAH H I I FI F Gains hile Some Hunt Men conditions in Utah ned 1 a confused picture Satur- Satur f led with unemployment y gaining on one hand and on iI other jj other ther shortages of workmen jig g reported for some industries l il Urvey among state and other indicated J sons November there were see seek seeking kin In g employment ough ugh the placement service of estate department of employ- employ t security and officials esti- esti teY r the figures for December ch have not been completed tube substantially higher Livestock Livestock feeders in Weber and Ms vIs counties on the other hand i e z been unable to get workmen pause ause of the drain on the labor ply by defense activities in ins s seV areas Selvoy J. J Boyer ex- ex secretary of the Utah State rm Bureau federation reported for Workers a t cited one instance where a aryman ryman in north Davis county s s compelled to go to Spanish obtain a workman for his Applications ce ce Applications for direct relief for in Salt Lake county D December cember will double those for Iv ember when applied Lawi Law- Law i G. G Trousdale director of the 1 ty department of public wele wel- wel e said Another side of the picture was wass s by Howard B B. B Gunder- Gunder of the defense train- train program program for the state depart- depart nt of education who said our latest test problem is recruiting pero per- per o take our courses Persons Trained fie Te said persons have been l iced ed for skilled jobs in deiS de- de iS industries in 18 months and all of them have been principally in Utah and coast states Vt 4 present 2629 persons are Ining under the program in scattered over the state Hi Ile 11 the capacity of the schools trainees trainees Mr Gunderson rated out Materials and train train- f Jare Tre re free though restricted age limits placed on by some many of them are tak- tak Inen men from 18 to 65 years old said 3 Sy June the schools will have ined fined mechanical learners fone one le defense activity and soon 1 be training for special rk with another Mr Gunderson d. d i Employment ch-Employment There is no question but that conditions from the n of the amount of eminent em- em are the finest in years members of our unions said nley Duffin president of the te Congress of Industrial Or- Or C CIO I 0 i increases in employ- employ ri nt Mr Duffin pointed out that st members of his organization employed in metal and coal ies les ies' and smelters He said the ther r reared sed employment is reflected the growing membership of af- af d unions fR IR R. R Wilson secretary of the ih lh ihl State Federation of Labor that 2000 members of ofle le e. e of the unions affiliated with federation in Salt Lake City 1 vicinity are unemployed ny Find Work Said carpenters painters and are among those out of rk while members of some of rather other highly skilled crafts are arel l ling g employment plentiful ny Iii are planning to go to P Pa- Pa coast cities where work is available he said V ViPA P A rolls included per per- person peron son on December 22 climbing in on November 25 and on 0 Oxon October 28 records in the thet t te office show Ul certified W P A workers ap- ap per cent of the theaIr theair theair air air on the rolls are registered I h the state placement service 1 l lare are re included ded in figures of that m incy ncy y showing the number of sans rons sons seeking employment there were sons registered for employment h the placement service the he thet het t time in three years the fig fig- went below officials d. d checks were i id d for in nt compensation to idle works work- work Mas as s compared with for in January l l I |