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OOCUMC:N fo ROOM 4-1 568 THE WOR K S ,p R O G R A M ******** --Works Progress Administration-For Release to Nowsria.per s Sunday, July 25, 1937 LARGE LABOR TUillWVER SHOWN BY STUDY OF WPA PE.OJECT ROLLS More than t wice as many workers left WPA projects during reGent months as vras shown by the> not rh.:,cl ine in WPA emplo;y,nent, it was indicated in an analysis of labor turnover ma d.e pu"oJ.ic today by Wod:s Progre s s Administr a tor Harry L. Hopkins • . Separa tions from WPJ.. rolls chiefly re preser.t ed a transfer to private employment, not 11 enforced lay-offs, 11 Mr . Hop~dns explained. From April to M::i.y t h e study showed, 171, 458 vo rlrnrs left WPA projects. 1 The net decrease in WPA rolls for this period was only 64 , 928, however, as 106,530 were assigned to projects in Ma y who d i d not have WPA jobs in April. The latter were taken almost entirely from l ocal r elief rolls. Commen ting on the analysis , Administrator Hopkins said: 11 This turnover in W?A labor has be en a continuous process . For many nonths the number voluntarily lee.ving the ro::!.ls has exceeded th e number newly assigned. to projects, but there ha.s been const ':l.nt change from the beginning of operations. Some workers have had. recourse to VlF.A jobs sevf-lral ti mes when there we..s no other source of a , li vclihoocl, but all o; them have been encouraged to accept ev en temporary employment in private indu!:try. 11 (Attache d is a table showi ng the WPA l !3 bor turnover by Stati:is , April - May). Digitized by NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY H#=#= Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 4- 1568 ANALYSIS OF L.~BOR TJRNOVER ON WPA PROJECTS BY STATES April - May ' 1937 St a te UNI TED STATES Number Ch~.nge i n Numbe r Em;I)l_o ye d, April - May Employed __ S E : ~ _kcessi ons Net Cl1a.nege,,__ During . Percen t Per cent Month of Percent r-Tu.mber of April HvJnbe r of April Apr il 1937 Number of April Tu.ploymmt Employmen't Enployment - 3.0 - 64 , 928 4.8 7.8 106 , 530 2 , 194 , 349 171 , 4f,8 27,506 8 ,787 31 , 106 114 ,7 25 26 , 380 2, 213 774 1 , 947 9, 255 2 , 015 8.0 8. 8 6 .3 8 .1 7 .6 3 , 18 5 732 2 , 68 7 9 , 912 595 · 11 . 5 B. 3 8 .7 8 .7 2. 2 740 657 - 1 , 420 3.5 - 0. 5 2. 4 0. 6 - 5,4 18 , 090 2, 099 7 , 1 27 25 ,7 Sl 31 , 531 1,176 153 306 2 , 003 2 , 762 6. 5 7.3 4.3 7.8 8.8 1 , 61 6 320 2 , 817 1 , 97 7 8.9 6 .7 4.5 11 . 0 6.3 440 12 14 814 78 5 2. 4 - 0.6 0. 2 3. 2 - 2. 5 B, 132 157,1 27 67, 219 24 , 912 40 ,1 96 1, 305 11 , 371 5 ,732 2 , 743 3 ,176 16 . 0 7.2 8. 5 11. 0 7.9 302 8 , 178 213 565 1,429 3 .7 5. 2 0. 3 2. 3 3.6 - 1 , 003 3 ,1 93 5 , 519 2 ,178 1,74 7 - 12. 3 - 2. 0 - 8. 2 - 8 .7 - 4. 3 Kentucky Lou isia na Mai ne Maryland Massachusett!;; 51, 337 34 , 380 7,709 13, 226 93 ; 389 3 , 789 2 , 362 1 , 10 2 1 , 307 4 , 351 7. 4 6.8 14 . 3 9. 9 4.6 3 , 367 1 , 248 2~37 794 3 , 934 4.6 3.6 3.1 6. 0 4. 2 - 1 , 4 22 - 1 , 114 885 513 417 - 2. 8 - 3. 2 - 11.2 - 3. 9 - 0, 4 Mich i gan Minnesota Mis siss i ppi Missouri Montana 63, 4r3 6 4 7, 914 23 ,1 60 82 , 851 12,582 5 , 095 5 , 363 2 , 08 7 6 , 514 2 ,1 21 8 .1 11 . 2 9.0 7.8 16.8 2 , 327 1 , 088 1 , 858 1, 282 669 3 .7 G. 3 8. 0 1.5 5. 3 - 2 , 768 - 4 , 275 229 - 5 , 232 - 1 , 452 - Nebraska lfovada New Hampshire New J e rsey New Mexico 24 , 241 2, 273 7,683 76 , 973 9 , 441 2 , 512 3ti3 720 2 , 633 1,153 10. 3 15 . 5 .9 . 4 3.4 12.2 1 , 659 303 250 2 , 574 858 6.8 13 . 3 3.3 - 3. 5 9.1 853 50 470 59 295 New York City New York(Excl . N. Y. C.) North Ca r olina North Dakota Ohio 179 , 445 80 , 426 26 , 533 16 ,7 91 1 28 , 412 5 , 695 7, 77..1 2 , 279 2 , 997 1 0 , 876 3. 2 9. 6 8. 6 17 . 8 8 .5 8 , 466 4 , 28 1 1,762 775 6 ,782 4 .7 5. 3 6 .7 4 ,6 5 .3 2 , 771 - 3 , 430 51 7 - 2 , 222 - 4 , 094 1.5 ... 4 . 3 ... 1.9 - 13 . 2 - 3. 2 Oklahoma Ore go n Penn sylvani a Rhode Isl and. South Ca rolina. 54, 047 16 , 216 217 , 716 11,928 23 .217 4 ,499 1 , 8 93 14 , 891 732 1,780 8. 3 11 .7 6. 8 6. 1 7. 6 5 , 351 1,533 5 , 641 1 , 498 959 9. 9 9. 5 2. 6 12. 5 4 .1 8 52 360 - 9 , 250 766 821 1.6 - 2. 2 - 4.2 6. 4 - 3.5 South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Ve rmont 20 ,309 29,275 85 ,11 0 8,967 4,324 4 , 246 2,788 6,986 1, 962 521 20 .9 9. 5 8. 2 21.9 12.1 452 1,168 6,288 2. 2 4.0 - 3 , 7 94 - 1 , 620 698 - 1,258 418 - 18 .7 - 5. 5 Virginia Washi ngton West Virginia Wisco n sin Wyoming 23 , 837 35 ,1 98 38 ,170 49,909 3,196 ;.; , 331 3 , 790 2 , 0ll 9.8 10.7 5. 3 8. 9 19. 8 1, 328 892 1 , 285 858 287 - 1, 003 - 2 , 898 7 26 - 3 , 586 346 - 4 .2 - 8. 2 - 1.9 ... 7 . 2 - 10 . 8 Ala bama Arizona Arkansa s Califor nia Col or a do Co nnecticut Delawn.re District of Columb ia Flori d.a. Georgia Idaho Illinois I ndi ana Iowa Kansas 4 , 444 633 141 704 103 7,4 7.9 2 .4 5 .6 2. 5 3. 4 1.7 9. 0 972 4-2 4.4 8. 9 1. 0 6. 3 -11. 5 - 2. 2 - 6. 1 - 0.1 - 3. 1 - o.s -14.0 - 9 .7 NOTE: "Sepa rations" are defined a.s pe rsons who appear ecl_ on project payro lls with ending da tes in April but did not a ppe a r on Ma.y payroll s. "Ac cessions" are defined a. s persons appearing on May payrolls who we r e not on April payroll s. Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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