Show Employment survey to be conducted Local representatives of the Bureau of the Census will conduct a survey of employment employment em em- in this area during the work week of July 1924 24 Richard C. C Burt Director of the Bureaus Bureau's Regional Office in n Denver announced today TIlE THE SURVEY is conducted for the US U.S. Department of Labor in a scientifically designed sample of approximately approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately households throughout the United States Employment and unemployment unemployment unemployment statistics based on results of tl this s survey are used to provide a a. a continuing measure of the economic health of the Nation For example in May the survey indicated that of the million men and women in the civilian labor force million were employed The Nations Nation's unemployment rate was 73 per percent percent cent down from 75 per cent in April and substantially below the recession peak of 89 percent per percent percent cent reached in the second quarter of 1975 Information supplied supplied- by individuals participating in the survey is kept strictly confidential confidential confidential con con- by law and the results are used only t to compile statistical totals |