Show Worker Need Looms in Defense Jobs By FREDERICK GARDNER NEW YORK March 11 UP The P-The The Help Wanted signs will be out outon outon outon on the employment gates of scores s of new war industry factories destined destined destined des des- tined for completion in the United States in the next 12 months Payrolls have been climbing sharply in aircraft shipbuilding machine tool too steel and other industries industries industries in in- holding the bulk of the in in arms contracts for or home and British defenses But the big climb in jobs as reUt result re re- re- re sult zut Ut of Uncle Sams Sam's mighty armament armament arma arma- ment merit program seems to be ahead ahead- particularly in the final half of this year May End Enel Unemployment Construction engineers through the winter have been rushing work on numerous projects for expansion expansion expansion sion of aircraft shipbuilding munitions munitions munitions muni muni- and miscellaneous machine- machine Industries When they are ready for operation hundreds of thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of workers must be employed to man the machines and start the flow of material to the growing fighting sighting forces Through this rearmament effort some ome analysts figure the United States finally may be able to liquidate liquidate liquidate date its unemployment Projecting ProjectIng ProjectIng Project- Project Ing the trends some estimate the jobless would be largely absorbed by the middle of next year when defense output is expected to attain attain at at- tam tain its peak under the present program Some residue of unemployed may remain even at the height of ac activity activity ac- ac in war industry it was con con- ceded However that was true even in the flush times of the first postwar decade Agree on Labor Gains Calculations as to jobless totals differ Estimates at the close of last ast year ranged from to around in some quarters The figures agree however in showing a steady decline in unemployment unemployment unemployment since the United States tossed its gigantic industrial resources resources resources re re- re- re sources into the arms race Employment as figured by the National Industrial Conference board a private research organization tion supported mainly by corporations corporations corporations corpora corpora- increased nearly last year counting additions to the la labor labor la- la bor force Skilled Workers already have gone to a premium in some industries indus indus- tries Overtime is being paid in inmany inmany inmany many plants to stretch the working force over a longer productive pe pe- pe- pe nod Thousands of young workers are being trained at defense in industry industry industry in- in centers to step in line for far semiskilled and skilled tasks when the work whistles sound at factories factories factories fac fac- tories now building |