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Show LABOR OUTLOOK MUCH IMPROVED General Return to Normal Industrial Conditions Foreseen. CHICAGO. April 29. By the Associated Asso-ciated Preta.) A general return to normal industrial conditions was for-scon for-scon generally In reports on unemployment unem-ployment gathered by The Associated Press from government officials, employers em-ployers and labor loaders in all sections sec-tions of the country, with some prominent prom-inent labor heads hOWSver, charging that manipulation by "big business brought about the unemployment situation sit-uation and was retarding return to j normal. "Today we can say Industrial con- 1 dltions of the country are resting, on a solid foundation.' Secretary of Labor: Davis said in i statemenl in whli h he pointed to Improvemi nta In Unbuilding Un-building trade, the lumber industry and agricultural pursuits, and increased in-creased activity in manufacturing, including in-cluding a revival in the automotive industry. Secretary Davis- said that Industry did not come back With u rush but that "a steady pulse has worked for resumption of normal conditions dur-I dur-I lng the past few months." A sie ui impio . 'in n in recmi months whs reported in virtually over) state. While some state labor de- . partrnent heads reported that the unemployment un-employment crisis definitely was past i others deecrlbcd the Improvement slow but steady, whllt- nearly all ex- j pressed optimism for the future." "GAPITALiSI K PLOTS" The most extensive strike In prog- , ress was that of the miners, with nearly near-ly 700,000 men out, aecording to un-j ion estimate! Textile workers and gYa.nlte utters were out in several New England cities, while minor industrial in-dustrial controversies. Including one Involving paper worker.- in Wisconsin were reported from other sections of the country. Some labor leaders, while recognizing recogniz-ing a trend for the better, took a more pessimistic view, particularly with reference ref-erence to the relations between employe em-ploye and employer. Samuel Gomp-crs. Gomp-crs. president of the American Federation Federa-tion of I,abor, estimated the number of unemployed at 6,000,000 Both Mr Gompers and John H Walker presl-j dent of the Illinois Federation of Labor, La-bor, exprrss-ed the belief that financial I Interests Wen causing unemployment, or contributing to it, by curtailing pro-: ductlon In an alleged effort to "deflate labor." keep up prices, or establish the "open shop." Matthew Woll. vice president of the American Federation of I.nhor mld "conditions were Improving and that indications were for a continuance of Improvement," but he asserted "we are not going to have complete recovers re-covers while Europe remains so upset up-set " END TRIKJE FIRST Employers and labor leaders of Marjland agreed that u 'satisfactory expansion of the demand for labor would not manifest Itself while controversies con-troversies of major magnitude continued con-tinued In the labor field," according to A. S. Goldsborough. special agent at Baltimore for the department of labor. Unemployment caused by textile tex-tile and stone cuttlnw Strikes presented pre-sented a contrast to resumption of New England. Clifford B. Connelly. Pennsylvania commissioner of labor and industry said th;i th ) -trlke was the only cloud on the industrial horizon In that state "Iron, steel and metal products have taken on a considerable number of men particularly In the last few months." suld ihe statement by Secretary Sec-retary Davis "The condition of the building trades la such that in many plaes them is a shortage of car-pentors. car-pentors. bricklayers and plasterers. In fact this class of workmen throughout the country' la at work "There Is a big Improvement In the lumber Industry, calling for much additional ad-ditional help Railroad repair shops have added large numbers to their payrolls This is a very healthy sign for railroads do not make repairs unless un-less there is a revival of business FARMERS HIRING HANI Then there is an unusual demand from farmers for help this spring. A few months ago the large numbers of common laborers unemployed constituted consti-tuted a serious menace to the general welfare but President Harding s conference con-ference called some months ago In the Interest of agriculture, tho passing of the 525.000.000 Russian relief bill and the agency of the war finance corporation cor-poration in assisting fanners to get credit have evidently been successful In stimulating agriculture for we now find it fast returning to normal particularly par-ticularly In its demaid for labor. "This along with tho activities In manufacturing, and a strong revival in the automotive Industry which has added thousands of workers to payrolls pay-rolls within the last few weeks has completed the betterment, to further which every one has worked "Today we can say Industrial conditions con-ditions of the country uro on a solid foundation. It Is truo that industry did not come back with a rush, return to war boom as somo people wished It. but a steady pulse has worked for resumption of normal conditions dur-flgurcs dur-flgurcs perhaps Illustrate the reality lng the last months. Employment better than anything else " |