Show A procla proclamation M aaion on national defense by governor herbert B maw occupational census week december 1 1941 whereas national defense projects have been allocated to the state of utah which require a substantial increase in the total employment of the state and whereas it is desired to utilize fully the resident population of utah before calling on outside labor with its attendant problems problem I 1 of housing sanitation and social adjustment and whereas a heavy demand from other defense areas has already made inroads upon the capable manpower of the state of utah and whereas it is highly desirable to recruit the labor for defense projects acts in an orderly manner with equitable equitable regard for the stability I 1 of existing business establishments I 1 of utah and whereas it is imperative to preserve the integrity of our rural population and plan for adequate labor to cultivate and harvest the crops of the state and whereas the office of production management continues to require reliable information on labor market conditions in utah bearing on national defense and whereas the utah state employment security agency has been designated by the federal security I 1 agency to conduct such occupational I 1 census as will serve the needs of federal state and local agencies agen cles having responsibility in these matters now therefore 1 I herbert B maw governor of the state of U utah tah mindful of the momentous implications of the recently acquired defense industries f for or the 1 future of our state and the welfare of its population do hereby declare the week of december 1 1941 as occupational census week and I 1 hereby charge the department of f employment security of the state of utah with the official responsibility of conducting a comprehensive occupational census of the gainfully employed population of utah and I 1 call upon every citizen of the state be he employer or employee whether in private or public employment to extend the fullest cooperation in filling out the questionnaires mailed or tendered to them in so that the public interest of our state and nation may be adequately served in accordance with the above pro proclamation damnation da mation the department ot of employment security will issue more than questionnaires to utah workers and will carry on special statistical sampling campaigns in selected rural and urban areas the questionnaires will ill be mailed to utah employers saturday november 29 employers will distribute these forms to their workers other means will be used to reach non employed workers rural route questionnaires will be used in certain areas to get occupational pat ional data in those areas ray R adams h executive director of 0 the department stated that the census should reveal antor i matlon mation which will enable a maximum ot of utah residents to get utah jobs promote the return ot of many utahna to the state hold to a minimum the importation of 0 labor from outs tlde tide the state help non defense employers nil vacancies caused hy by the drift drilling lug to defense industries |