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Show P. J. MORI DECLARES LABOR COIIHOi ARE 0009 SALT LAKE, Dec. 16. Fifty -six of the larger concerns In Salt Lake employ em-ploy S527 men, according to a report Just made by the Salt Lake bureau of the United States employment service ser-vice to the federal department of labor. la-bor. The report Is based upon a survey completed last week and made at tho Instance of the department of labor, which, for the purpose of obtaining definite figures upon the employment npods of the country, has requested , such reports from district employment service centers weekly. Tho data thus obtained will bo utilized In the nation-wide scheme for the placing of soldiers returning to civil life in positions po-sitions of employment. According to P. J. Moran, director of the local bureau of the employment service, thero is no immediate prospect pros-pect of need for workers in Utah, and small chance that many soldiers can be placed in positions unless they bo returned to tho jobs they left to enter the service. In many instances, ho says, this will bo done. He recommends recom-mends a systematic co-operation of all commercial agencies- with state, county and city heads, looking to the oponing of public work for the advantage advan-tage of the boldlers. Yesterday Mr. Moran received a lengthy report from flio labor department depart-ment in Washington describing tho general situation In industrial centers rendering requested reports as showing show-ing a fairly health' condition. "In many instances," the report says, "tho demand for labor either equals or exceeds ex-ceeds the supply." Plenty of Work. This statement succnictly intimates that when the time arrives for tho . soldiers to bo cared for there will be plenty of work for them. It is .the purpose of the government labor department de-partment to' receive by wire each week a condensed statement of industrial in-dustrial conditions in each commercial community, relying upon community boards nnd agents of tho United States employment service for these. Tho reports will be-accepted as a barometer barom-eter in making replacements, allocating allocat-ing labor, curtailment and cancollar lion of war contracts and the demobilization demob-ilization of the army. The last report, re-port, involving about 6000 employers, indicates the employment of more than 3.000,000 men in 109 centers of thirty-, four states. '.'!.! j While the department's report speaks well of employment conditions In the eastern, central and middle state, with one or two exceptions, it does not speak so well of the extreme j west, saying: "In Los Angeles there is a seasonal shortage of work, with conditions quite unsettled, while at Oakland the situation is acute. In I San Francisco the available positions bout balance tho demand for workers. work-ers. Denver reports a good condition, 'villi the same sort of reports from Washington and Oregon. There is no demand for- men in -Utah." Thn rrnnrt nrneeeds: j "Condition in New York stato (including (in-cluding Greater Now York) are ro-i ro-i ported as good everywhere. In Buf-! Buf-! falo there is an excess of about 6000. due probably to tapering off of airplane contracts, but this surplus will be absorbed ab-sorbed by other Industries in Buffalo region. The Pierce-Arrow factory in particular, reports that Instead of lay- Ing men off it is adding to the force.! Shortages of Labor "Pennsylvania, which has many war contracts o.f great magnitude, reports the situation good everywhere. In big Industrial centers like Philadelphia. Philadel-phia. Pittsburg and Harrisburg, there! is reported a heavy shortage In labor, with the supply nowhere equaling the demand. South Bethlehem reports a ! surplus of 163 in skilled labor, but a 'big shortage of common labor. Scran-ton, Scran-ton, in tho heart of the anthracite mining region reports a shortage of 5000. "Reports from New England, especially espe-cially Connecticut, show a healthy condition. con-dition. New London, Now Britain, Merlden and Derby, Conn., show heavy shortages, while other centers report the supply equals the demand, with the exception of Stamford, where tliore Is a slight surplus. In Massachusetts there is a shortage in Boston and a slight surplus In Lynn. Other sections sec-tions report the supply equals the demand. de-mand. Maine and New Hampshire report re-port that the supply equals the demand, de-mand, with conditions generally good. "In New Jersey there is a heavy shortage of labor In Trenton, Jersey City and Elizabeth. In such centers as Newark. Paterson and New Brunswick Bruns-wick the supply about equals the demand. de-mand. Surplus in Dayton "In Ohio the situation is generally good. There Is a shortage of labor In Youngstown and a slight surplus in Dayton and Toledo. At Akron a net Increase in requirements of 300 work-jmen work-jmen is expected during the coming 1 week. "In Detroit, Mich., the center of the automobile .industry, eighty-seven concerns, employing 150,000 men, report re-port the supply of labor just equals the demand. Several of the. largo automobile manufacturers say that Instead In-stead of laying off men on account of tho cancellation of war contracts they are planning to add to their forces. In Flint there is some slight disturbance, distur-bance, due, no doubt, to he fact that the Buick machinists are out. "In the middle-western states, Including In-cluding Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota and Missouri, the supply equals the demand, with the exception of South Bend, Ind., where there is a shortage. In Chicago 175 employers, employing 140,000 men tho supply equals the demand, but a heavy Increase In requirements re-quirements is expected during the coming week. Minneapolis expects a slight Increase and St. Louis a heavy decrease. In some parts of the southern south-ern states there Is a considerable shortage of labor. Birmingham, Ala., roports a heavy shortage, while at Mobile the supply just about equals the demand. At Atlanta, Ga., there is a heavy shortage. In Florida there is a heavy shortage, with shipyard conditions at Pensacola unsettled. Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and Tennessee all report re-port shortage, although general conditions con-ditions are good. Charleston, S. C-, and Dallas, Texas, report the supply equal to the demand. At Norfolk, Va, there Is some slight local disturbance, owing to a strike of sheet metal work- ers and electricians, with a heavy shortage of common labor." |