Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-09-05 | Page 17 | Utah Job Head Denies Dearth of Farm Help

UTAH JOB HEAD I 1 DENIES DEARTH OF FARM HELP I Hits Persistent Cry Of Shortage Proposes Solution on Criticising persons who persist in crying shortage of farm labor the head of Utah's reemployment service Friday denied there is any dearth of manpower and called a logical labor recruitment program The assertions were made by Ray R. R Adams executive director of the state department of employment employment employment em em- security f follow following o 11 o w t 1 n g charges made by agriculturists Thursday that fall lall harvests are threatened because of men being drafted and entering defense in industries in- in There are registered unemployed in this state at this time Mr Adams said Most of these persons could be used in harvests if U necessary This figure includes several thousand who are on work projects of various types Many of these could be transferred transferred transferred trans trans- from projects to harvests in case of a real emergency Mr Adams said that the two problems are wages and transportation trans trans- If the wages should be too low or the distance the worker has to go is too far or if there are areno areno areno no accommodations on a a. farm for fora a worker there is likely to be a shortage but it wont won't be one of manpower he asserted Wages paid for farm l labor bor will be the controlling factor If the prices the farmer gets will will not permit him to pay a wage which will attract the worker there is likely to be a shortage but It would be bean bean bean an artificial one caused by bya a certain certain certain tain set of economic conditions V V. L. L M Martineau county agricultural agricultural agricultural agri agri- cultural agent said Thursday schools may be asked to release male students over 16 years of age for part time harvest work School agriculture and labor representatives representatives representatives rep rep- will discuss the questions at a meeting Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day night in the federal building