Show I I Technicians in Soviet Desert Small ma Towns owns By EUGENE LYONS United Press Staff Correspondent MOSCOW United Press Ten Press Ten thousand technical specialists are re listed among the unemployed bythe by bythe the Soviet labor bourse at the i same time that the country is struggling with the problem of in insufficient In- In sufficient technical al personnel This apparent contradiction is Js explained by the circumstances that the unemployed specialists are in Moscow Leningrad and other largo large cities while the unfilled jobs jabs aro are arG arGin in the coal fields of ot the Donetz Donet basin in the oil fields of ot the Caucasus and other even more unattractive unattractive unattractive un un- un- un attractive provincial places Tho The Labor Bourse In Leningrad alone lists 1800 unemployed specialists specialists specialists Moscow has at least as many and other cities show correspondIng corresponding corre corre- h ending figures The m majority of these unemployed are young graduates graduates graduates grad grad- of the technical schools whop who apparently prefer privation In the city to a a. job and a a. regular salary In the province Three-quarters Three of the new ne' graduates graduates graduates grad grad- a a. Soviet newspaper points out refuse to accept positions away from the cultural advantages of ot the urban centers Higher wages and other inducements do little to overcome overcome overcome over over- come their distaste for life lire in the country The situation represents a real problem the acuteness of which is emphasized by the desperate need for skilled industrial leadership A Soviet statistician has figured d out that the tho technical personnel in the j U. U S. S S S. S R. R in proportion to the number of workers employed Is about three times less than In Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many in the coal and chemical industries In Industries industries in- in It Is six times less Tho The crop of new engineers and and other specialists specialists' from the Soviet technical schools is tho the prime primo hope of the Soviet union in meeting Its need for for- specialized leadership If these graduates however persist In turning down places away from the tho cities clUes the hope Is is' far tar from being fulfilled In addition to these registered unemployed there are doubtless hundreds more who have not pl placed ced their names on the list of the jobless jobless job job- less having accepted positions as office workers or clerks I rather than leave leavo tho urban life |