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( ' l)r,l,,..f"'I T ,'l R• -OM N _,rtn .vost.,r.n 'f . ,.... , ..... ~_, .... J qitY ,_ 4-1230 THE WORKS PROGRAM --Works Pro g.ces s · Ac!Jninistration-- For Re l ease in Morning Nc-wspap6rs Wednt::sday, July 15, 1936 Gill Reports WPA Employment in 11 Selected Cities Show s a Decline . Emp loyment on Works Progr o ss A.cl.mi nistration projects in 11 of 14 s el e cted cities in the country d e cline d during the WE·ek ending July 4, ac cording to a r eJ)ort. made public tocl.3Y by As l:' istant Work s Progress A'.lmini strator Corrington Gill. Increase s in jobs wer ,, r 0port e d for Pittsburgh and Washington, D. c.· Employmen t in San Francisco dipped t emporarily during th0 W8ek ending Juno 20 but by July 4 it p icke d up ag.-1in to the level of previous w~eks. New York City had a total of 9 % workers r emoved from WP.A rolls. Cleveland was next with 711, and Philade l phia third with 646. · (Employment table for the 14 cities is attached.) Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 4-1230 -2- WORKS PROGP.ESS ADMIUI STRATION Employment on Work Projects Ope rat ed by thl, Works Pro e;ress Admini s tration In Se l e cted Citi es Erclusive of Administrative Employee s Weeks Ending June 27 and July 4, 1936 (Subj e ct to Revision) Number of Pe rsons City Week Endi!1g Increase or _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __..:::'.J:..:'.un=e~2.,!..7_ _ _ _ __~Ju=ly1---4c:._ _____. .;;:D'e-"c..;:.r..;;. -'- e= a s=e=' -_,(~-:-__._)_ 9,876 9,732 (-) 144 Boston, Massachusetts 22,769 22,627 (-) 142 Buffalo, New York (Eri e County) 22,695 22 ,604 (-) 91 Chicago, Illinois 70,201 69,641 (-) 560 Cleve land, Ohio (Cuyaho ga County) 36 ,558 35,847 (-) 711 Detroit, Michi gan (Wayne Coi.m.ty) 20,509 20,140 (-) 369 Los Angel es , Californi a (Los Ange l es County) 49,671 49,543 (-) 128 Milwauke e , Wisconsin (Milwaukee County) 19,423 19, 018 (-) 405 205,490 204 ,502 (-) 988 Philade lphia, Pennsylvania 44,817 44,171 (-) 646 Pittsburg, Pennsylvania (Alle gheny County) 42,531 43,241 Saint Louis, Missouri ( Saint Louis County) 21,568 21,461 San Francisco, California 13,252 16,122 2,870 7,546 7,578 32 Baltimore, Maryland ( 'New York City, New York Washington, D. C. 710 (-) 107 Division of Rese arch, Statistics and Records Digitized by NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY oo oo oOooooo Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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