Show Encouraging Signs Of Good Conditions Utah had some very encouraging news last week on the economic situation in the state First was an announcement by the welfare commission that the number of on relief rolls had been cut almost in half during the month of April compared to the number on relief rolls in March There were getting aid in March and only in April Second was a release from the state department of employment security noting that Utah's level of unemployment unemployment ment is well below the national average and the average for neighboring states On April 22 there were 46 per cent of Utah's covered workers unemployed In contrast the nation as a whole had 6 per cent of covered workers unemployed unemployed unemployed on that date and the percentage of unemployment in California was 89 in Idaho and Nevada 68 With spring work opportunities steadily increasing as the weather improves these favorable trends should be continued in May and June Summer employment opportunities for college and high school students perhaps will not be as good as in some previous years but members of the regular working force in Utah ought to be pretty sure of jobs This encouraging employment situation situation situation situa situa- tion makes a solid foundation for the prediction of continued contin good business in Utah throughout 1950 |