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Show ; PLACEMENTS THROUGH IDA J " ' . i 1 nr. :;vs Oi' ! l:v . ; F.m.'.loymrn; Svrvi.T ;n i 1 new record for job ,:t J Kx.vMhe Director. 1). y ' : rei oi to.! today. 'pkironH iils ;u U'Mi are now approaching '. :tv a of more Ulan " I six per cent over plavcan-n':' '.i me corresponding period last year In the week ending October 11 more than S.Oi'm persons were piac ed in employment by the SI :U Agency. This placement figun j figure surpasses by almost iOl i persons, the placements made ii the week ending October 4 and i: the fourth largest week of place menis during the year, being ex ceeded only by three eonsecuth . weeks in June during the preei pea and cherry harvest seasoi when placements totaled 3,300 3.000 and 4.000 respectively, to 'the weeks ending June 14, 21 am 2S. "Benefit payments to qualifiei jobless workers amounted to $30, 514 in September, a decline of ?S, 000 from the previous month am $25,000 below the correspondin! month last year. "In fact," reports Mr. White "September benefit payments es tahlish an all time low. Since Feb ruary. jobless payments have de creased each mouth and for eael of the last three months have beei less than $40,000. This is the firs time since benefit payments begai back in September, 193S that les: (ban $40,000 per month has beei paid out." |