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Show i UNEMPLOYMENT AS SEEN BY EMPLOYERS "What the Employers of the Country Think of the Labor Situation," is the -subject of an, article in the current issue of "Industry," which states in part: "A questionnaire was' prepared and sent broadcast tq . the. most important corporations and. manufacturing firms "in , twenty six states'. This questionnaire&n-quirdd questionnaire&n-quirdd lnto'lhe extent and causse for,un-employme'nt for,un-employme'nt arid the best methods of re-ducing'br re-ducing'br eliminating that uherhpldy;1 meh't. The answers! received cover thirty one principal industries of these states. The nunib'el? of e'mploes re'preseh'tetf by the mariufacttireis" answering the ques-tionaire ques-tionaire approximate practically one million'. mil-lion'. "The first two questions dealt with the' fact of unemployment and the replies indicated in-dicated a variety of conditions. In some few cases there is no unemployment, in others there is a very limited number of workers but of jobs. In others there is Unemployment which is at least so recorded, record-ed, but which is due principally to strikes, while in some sections there are large numbers of unemployed. "The third question dealt with the rea-srns rea-srns for unemployment, and it may be interesting to summarize the points which have been made as to the basic causes. Some of them are as follows: "The abrupt stopping of war work. "The failure of the government to pay manufacturers their just claims in connection con-nection with var contracts. "The absolujte lack of a fixed policy on the part of the government resulting in (a) hesitation and uncertainty; (b) insta-bi'ity insta-bi'ity of raw materials; (c) high cost of labor... "Strikes for decreased hours and Increased In-creased pay. "The. consuming public buying only ac-coring ac-coring to its actual immediate needs. "Instability of labor caused by governmental govern-mental coddling. -N. Y. Journal of Commerce. |