Show w EMPLOYMENT E CONDITIONS CO HAVE lAE IMPROVED BUT nUT MANY Y OF US STILL SEEK JOBS ions By ny RODNEY TY BUTChER NEA I Sen Service lee Writer WASHINGTON ASHINGTON 3 Unemployment in this country is far from bread bread- breadline breadline breadline line stage but 1927 J has baa seen no I shortage of ot labor I During the first nine nino months of at I Ithe the year ear most of af the thc larger Jarger in industries In In- IndustrIes reported a 0 labor Jabor surplus surplus' and this was especially e true in the summer when industrial Jobs were scarcest Various opinions have been ad ad- advanced as to the amount of 0 unemployment plo existing A at the recent American Federation of Labor convention said that moro more than a 1 million persons were jobless and about working part time tune I to count I But Dut there seems no way tho the hundreds of tho or or Jr mil millions lions lions who who have liase no jobs 1 I r.r.- r.r. r 5 The best survey of ot na national na na- national conditions appears to be bethe bethe bethe the monthly Industrial Employ Employ- Employment Employment Employment ment Information Bulletin of the department nt of Labor which is issued Is is- issued sued under the auspices of af a 0 prosperity administration certain certaIn- certainly ly does not err on the side of pes pes- pessimism There follows the story of employment and unemployment this year ear as traced by compilation and analysis m of af these surveys to w date January Janus 1927 showed more em em- employment employment than December but a B. slump Was ras reported In a a. few major Industries and bad weather retarded nearly all outdoor work ork for which l better conditions were expected Industry marked time in February February February ary very ery few tew major industries In Increased In- In Increased Increased creased their forces and several cut them down Good weather was as ex expected ex- ex expected to alleviate the outdoor situa situa- situation situation tion in March But Dut March brought Inclement weather in practically practicably every state and the tile employment increases did not reach expectations although a general genua 1 Improvement was noted rioted Several major Industries Increased forces and the around all outlook was described d as s very ery ry bright April showed a slight upward trend in several se big industries and outdoor activities increased but the employment map in the flood ter ter- territory territory ter- ter territory showed shoed large lar e blank spaces and a great many men and women were Idle in the lower Mississippi valley In June slight light curtailments curtailment were ere again noted In major industries mostly because of seasonal condi condi- condi conditions Some Idleness s throughout the country yes wes es reported for tor July with more curtailments of working forces and the usual midsummer slackening of business Au st however found August employment at a higher level in a number of leading beading industries although the com corn large lano volume of ot jobless joblessness ness continued Employment was well sustained in September Sep the mont ten Ice found end and nd cx- cx cipf for lor the Increased general stir sur surplus plus pius of building trades t workers basic Industries on the whole showed shod sho d increases of workers work r over oser August No marked change was vas s expected ed for October Now Naw to trace the ups sid arid downs of workers In come tome major industries Building trades trade showed ho a a. con con- considerable labor I surplus in January which continued through February and March owing to bad weather April brought the long awaited Im ins- Improvement pro provement but a surplus still existed and continued through May with some same In June There was a n marked decline In building In itt July Jul however cr and further de- de decreases creates creases In August and mb r leaving considerable unemployment Some of the furloughed work work- workers ers era in the automobile Industry were sere recalled in January Januar and end Improve Improve- Improvement mont ment continued until May Then came a a. slight decrease which grew worse orse during June and resulted in a 1 large surplus of af unemployed during July August and ond September Sep ember The first two months found lound a surplus of textile workers and the situation was reported In March New England mill workers birg hardest hit by mill closings and curtailed operations A slight Improvement In April failed tailed to con con- continue continue continue in May and labor surplus and curtailed production continued con This situation was somewhat effected affected d. d howe er by a n very cry gradual Improve improve- Improvement improvement ment during August and September Sep The iron and steel sted industry oper aper operated below capacity in January Im- Im improved I proved pra in February and March stood I still In April and began to lay off ort offa a a. few workers l In May More work work- workers ers lost their jobs In June and July and August found the employment situation spotty with the level I vel still below normal Some improve Improve- improvement Improvement improvement ment was reported in September with a more optimistic outlook Employment ment In the coal cool mines slumped badly during the spring but Increased slightly In August and September Boot and shoe workers worker enjoyed ed edan an especially cs marked Increase of employment in September There had been a marked surplus until May when a gradual Improvement began |