The Courier News from Blytheville, Arkansas • Page 12

BLTTHEVILLB (AWL). Four Million U.S. Workers Unemployed WEPT. 1958; By SAM DAYVSON AP Business News Analyst NEW YORK (AP) For the more than million Americans out of work, the business recovery can't come too soon. The best Ihing about the government's latest report on unemployment is that it shows the situation getting any worse.

The official figures indicate a drop in unemployment between mid-July and mid-August. But that drop seems to be more apparent than real. was confined largely to the removal of job-seeking students from the labor force. For the mature worker the situation was IK He changed. The influx of students into the labor force in June sent that month's total unemployed ki a recession peak of 514 mitiion.

There are still two million more persons out of work than a year ago. While increased industrial output has called' some back to jobs most of the gain in production has been accomplished either by greater productivity through the use of better equipment or by lengthening of the work week. The real test of the employment trend wiU show up this month and next. If the auto industry comes to terms with its workers and there is no strike, employment figures ihould rise reasonally and the recovery should get up enough momentum to whittle at the disheartening total of Ihe jobless. Speeding up of work on the new models this month and next barring a labor send employment sharply For-faclory workers with jobs, the summer has seen a slow increase in the number of hours worked.

The average factory work week is still below last year's figure but is gradually pulling up toward 40 hours again. This, coupled with wage increases in some industries, has increased their take-home pay and has helped keep the total of consumer spending at a fairly high level. Partly because of this, many merchants are turning very optimistic about fall and Christmas trade. Their supplies report a jump in reordering. State Jobless Payments Hit Alltime High LITTLE ROCK (AP) An all- lime record for slate unemployment insurance payments was established in the first eight months of this year.

Employment officials said 810,179,401 was paid from 1 lo Aug. 30. This was the first time in 10 years of payments that the 10 mil- lion dollar level was Air- Ing an U-month period, according to J. L. Bland, administrator of the Arkansas Employment Security Division.

August usually is regarded as the best'tmployment month of the year. Bland said, hut 9,780 jobless workers were drawing benefits in Arkansas at the end of last month. In August, 1957 the ESD reported only 6,855 unemployed persons on the jobless payment list. Total benefits paid in the first eight months of 1957 amounted to 7,219, 64.0 Bland said that besides the 9,780 persons getting benefits under the state program, S.620 persons living in Arkansas were drawing jobless A kopiah is a high-crowned, brimless velvet hat that is the national headdress of Indonesia. NECKS OF KIN The tonp and short of the Ixindon zoo's SirafTe situation is taken care or by proud mama Maud and her new son.

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