Salt Lake Telegram | 1948-12-25 | Page 7 | Farm Labor Situation Returning to Normal

Farm Labor Situation I Returning to Normal Normal Utah's agricultural labor pic pie picture picture ture tore is headed back toward its old prewar pattern of sufficiency self-sufficiency at the end of oC 1948 B. B L L. Flanagan director Utah department of employment employment employment em em- security said Saturday The year 1948 was a sharp contrast contrast contrast con con- to the years during and following the war when tens of thousands of farm youths were in the armed forces and the state was forced to use whatever labor it could get he said Thousands of war prisoners and imported Mexican Mexican Mexican Mex Mex- ican nationals supplied the bulk of farm labor up until 1948 Relatively few Mexican nationals nationals nationals nation nation- als came into the sta state e this year however and no prisoners of war were available The state depended depended depended de de- de- de almost exclusively upon its o 0 own w n resources along with about 1500 Indians from Utah New Mexico and Arizona to get its farm work done Labor shortages were suffered from time to time during the growing and harvest season at Brigham City Ogden and Richfield Richfield Richfield Rich Rich- field but crop loss was averted through the support of local residents residents residents resi resi- dents a and n d the help of Indian labor Too m much u c h credit cannot be given youth in all areas Mr Flanagan said In cooperation with local Teacher Parent-Teacher Associations Associations the department of ot employment employment employment employ employ- ment security was able in many cases to direct young oung workers to areas of critical need to stave e of off crop loss Up to Dec 1 1 the Utah department department department depart depart- ment of ot employment security I made approximately job placements on Utah farms An estimated workers were involved Involved in involved in- in in the placements Areas of heavy placement during during dur dur- 1 ing 1948 were Ogden Provo Salt Lake City j Brigham City 1976 Manti ManU 1860 1 Richfield 1308 Pan Panguitch itch j Logan St. St George Cedar City tr and Price