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:E'EDER..;.L WORKS .~GENCY
WORK PR0JE0'1S .,:,.DMINISTR:.~TION
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For Rcl cr;so
Mondo..y , Ivi.'.:i,y 5 , 1 941 •
WP.·, DEFENSE I WDUSTRIES ]I.;PL0Yt1EliJT REGI ST:En LIS 'l'S 1 50 , 000 J0:SLES S
SKILLED i•!0RKERS.
The i ns i s t oi:t domo.,~1d fnr ski l l ed l [',bo r i n tho nnt i ,,11.9,l
dofonso pro;;r c1,m hc.s l of t vi rtuc1.l ly un t ou.cl1od so:no 1 50 , 000 oxpo ri oncod
mo ch!:.n i cs ",nd. othe r indus tr i".l -:,roduc ticn W'.) r :-:cn·s who r,r o n0v,
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WP.A
" r e uno~np l o~rod. n.:::d. c e r t ifi ed ;-,s olig i ~)lo t o i'iPA , Hown.rd O.
Hun t er , .i,c t i n6 Commiss i o~1or nf Wo r k Pr , j o c ts , s:-,,i d t8d.rty i n o.!::.n0u.nc:i, ng
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nn inv on t ,Jry 0f t ho 1:}p.,·~ De f ense I ndu s tri es EmpJ.03rmo11. t Reg i s t e r .
I n ncldi t i on t he r e n r o 1 54 , 000 wi t h pnr t i n l skil ls wh '.1 co,n b e
qu ick l y tr.'.1-i nod. r,nd st ill c:,n,tho:;.• 31 , 000 who c.1-r o n ,, w unde r g, i ng tr;:,,i :1i c1{:; i n de f ense oc cu;12- ti 'll1S
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t ho nn ti 0n- wi do Vocr,, t j_ ,nal Tr"-i n i :1g ·
Pr oje ct .
of
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check b~r c::>,c h St ,,_ te •1PA ;~d.:ni n i s t rc,t ,, r 0f •",11 ski lled micl po t en-
ti o.,lly skill ou. w' r ko r s i n the ir f il es 0f 2:ers0ns c e rt if i ed to WP.A .
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sens e , t h i s is n. hm;.d.- p ickocl l i s t , 11 Mr . Hunte r docl o..r od .
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s t o..rt od t , c:,Ssombl o thi s r og i s t or so v e r c>,l m0n t hs
r'.{;0 .
Thero ho.s
b oon suff i c i en t t i me t o chock t ho quo.,li f i cnti ,;,_1s 0f e 0 ,ch mo..:" w~wso
nc:,IDO o,p:7O;,,r s rin i t .
Ir
m0.1iy
c :--. s es f " r rno r cm:i_-Jl 0yo r s we r e c rll: sul tod ,
up tn d.D.to by c 1ns t c>,n t r ovi s i rin .
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Those in tr'.'..ining, or eligible for tro..ining , n.re no less
i ;;no rtrmt to the nc,ti ,m I s lc.bor sup1_)1Y th:1n those ccJ.reG.dy skilled. .
We hr,ve fou:1ci. duri n,:: the l'."'.st ei.;:;.:1t months t :117,t tr.ere is o. v e ry c.c tive
d emr~nd for men "being trn.ined on the :Hation--i,l Voc!'..tionn l Tr::iinint;
Project fo r :Sefense Wor!rnrs .
?-'.ost of them ret j-~i"bs within n f ew weeks
c.fter their tr-,,ining is cc;n1)loted , nnd. in some i :1st :cr.. c es eyon while
tho:'
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stiJ.l in trn.inir.g.
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As r0..pidly ns tl1oir places on the
nc.1;1es , ad.drosses o.,nd occu:pi:ttj_ons of thes o wor!rnrs <1.rc
s.
2.vn.ilo..'ol.o to
ci th,sr through t he ir loc 2..l 'vv'PA or U.
mont Service offic es .
It is hc1Jcd tl--1r,.t 1.:.ndor tho i:x,~etus 0f l1htional
Enyiloy-
Em~oloymont ':loolt many o f t.r~om will fine. jcbs f or whic:1 th,)~' n.ro su.i tod .
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A com"::)le t e file of infCJ!'!i1.'.l tio:i. on tho wor~r e:xporiencc of on.ch
:pO!'S0'1 certified. to W?A is mc.int['..inod i n each WJ?A o.istrict ')ffico . This
file cont[1.ins dn.ta as to oducntion , l ength of oxucricnce in different
jobs , sr,ocio.l trr.ini::1::; , :w0c:1tions , gene ral hcnlth and other r olev:-i,nt
f.::,,cts .
lfo,mos w(i r e :". c ic·ctod. fr o::1 t l,is fil e in .....,cc'.'rd.nnco with
J.j st
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Dofonsc C0r,1miss i on o,s t'.F1so in 1:1hicl: ti:.e grc:, t cst 1.::,__-oor needs exist,
['.nd ['., few ad.d i ti0rn- .l o ccu:p, ,tions for which thor u i s o.. special domnnd
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in~ local dofcnso ~lnn t .
rfr .
Hunter p0intod out tr1[1t tho totr.:,l of 151 , 323 :,rnnos
rno0,:,1:::;
oxhr,usts tho numbe r of s!dllod -oorsnns
WPA .
Onl;r tL0se r,r:·ssossin 6 the r:~·:ills includocl i•' t:10 list of
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or cortifi od to the
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tions prepared by the Nn.tion;,,l Defense Conmissi r,n or requested by
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local defense industries have 1'een included i n the Defense I1.1dustri e s
Er:rplo;rr;;en t F.egister .
Few , if l'.ny , occupa tion s in t he buildi:::ig t r ades ,
for e::ar,1:; l o , gene r al co:J.structi cn ,..,-o r k , technicn. l or white c oll'.'_;.•
:pur s 1ii ts have boon i ncluded .
I'he 154 , G27 J:lOrso:·, s li s t ed as suito.blc for v oc n.t i onnl
tro.ining n.nc'L the 31 , 177 li s ted. as alread.J· enrolled. in such cours0s
r op r os ont , Hr . Hu.?1ter eJeI.:lninocl , o. group of :pr-,rtir,lly skill o:l wo rke r s
who need only a small nmou.?1t of trni r, i ng or
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c fr oGhc r
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exvorim:co to
b ecome skilled..
Mal:'.y of th ese , for e:::ar:iplo , for;nc:rl ;:,- work-Jc'l in i ndustri e s
wl1ich ei thor d id n ot revi vo n.ftor. tho dop r ession o r which mi g r o,ted to
othe r secti ons o f t ho count ry .
The thousn.nc.s cf st r 2.ndod t ext il e
workor s i n Nc1:1 Engl::,.,~1d. a r c t~rp icl:.l of t h is group , ho s".i d .
knowl edge
0. 1,d.
Thei r
ox;;ic ri or;.c n 1,ri th m.'.1chinos fo r mci.}:i:1[; toztilos can , wit h
trc.i i1in{; , be redir ec ted. to !:!,:.chi no s fo r m:,_.ki n€~ i11ns e r :not or s or
rn.1r:mni ti on .
Another i m;,or to.n t g roup o.mong t hose potentin.11y skill ocl
wo r kors , I-Ir . Hunter
SQ id. ,
[:_,r o t he ;:-1,) rc profici ent
11 hc,nd.y
r:ien 11 ti-1ho h2.ve
o.n inno,te t[l,l on t f or h o.nc.lin;:; tocills 2.ad mnchLws b 1.1t who hrwo ncv-cr ho.d.
th o 011:po rtui1i t y to d.ovo l op th e k:,1n c~-c.
Ei1r0llmcnt on t he i,Jo.tional
i ndustry .
The a ver~go a~o of th0sc on the defense i ~dus tri a s r eg i ster
A r oc ont study sh0wca. , l':.o~·:ovor , 'Sh,'.1. t n:ppr0xinQ t oly ono- h o.l f of [1,11
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workers on WPA h:"-d , before becoming une::rployed., spent as much as
fivo years with a sin5 le em1,lo;:,rer, i:ndice.ting, ho said, a comparativel;r 1:igh ci.egree of e~2Jloymcnt sta'bility.
(A table is attached showi n[. , by s t~.1, tos , tho number of
pe rso:;.1s who are skilled, n:coivin6 vocat i onnl tre,ining or suitable
for training on the WPA Defense Industries Ern:0loynont Register . )
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NUMBER OF PERSONS INCLUDED rn TliE DEFENSE IHDUSTRIES ~LOYMENT REGISTER
Q.UALIFIED FOR EMPLOYMENT rn DEFJWSE INDUSTRIES, SUITABLE
FOR VOCJ..T~O!".t-.L ·.i..RAINING, A."!ID ASSIGNED TO TRAINING
COTi_:. SES, BY STATE - April 9, 1941
(Subject to Revision)
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Nwnber of Persons InPer s ona
cluded in t he Def ense Currently
Industri e s Register As s igned ·to
Q.ualified for Employ- Vocational
ment in Defense
Training
Industries
Courses
WPA Region
e.nd
State
CONTINEN'::AL lnEl1RD ~TATES
REGION I - TOT.AL
151..z.323
7,600
2,992
388
3,400
284
Connecttcut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
,
40 0
Rhode Island
136
2~..:~ i
568
513
571
2, 030
15,948
-8,9 86
6,9 62
5,914
14,203
3,682
878
671
3,152
3,301
2,060
459
Vermont
REGION II - TOTAL
Delaware
District of C0lwnbia
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Maryland
New Jersey
New York - Total
New York City
New York (Exel. N. Y.C.)
Pennsylvania
REG ION II I - TOT.1\1
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
REGION IV - TOTAL
Illinois
Ind.iana
Michiga n
Missou.:-1
M~
25,033
5,205
16,053
5,884
7,865
4,285
11,226
539
1,032
1,.249
651
113
365
7,277
15,656
2,158
876
8,161
456
1,570
2,435 ·
2,835
353
Ohio
West Virginia
REGION
V j,, TOTAL
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.1.owa
Kansas
Minnesota
Nebraska
lforth Da,kota
South Dakota
'tfisconsin
REGION VI - TOTAL
Alabama
A.r kansas
!..Quisiana.
Mississippi
Cklahoma
~~xas
REG11N VII - TOTAL
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,o.i.r:irado
~d.a.l:.o
6Qtl
160
Kontan.a
23
~ew Mexir,o
·:tah
1,051
641
'ifs.shington
Wyoming
REG:o:N VI II - TOTAL
·. 98
9,934
31,177
1,535
208
214
902
153
52
6
7 , 548
73
267
226
421
3,371
1, 793
1,578
3,190
3,343
425
672
375
244
243
1,035
349
8,969
2,848
711
2,218
837
1,832
523
2, 815
221
213
439
91
108
59
1,684
3,171
336
108
736
577
242
1,172
h_454
280
201
92
127
410
226
ll8
2,342
83
1,811
Arizona
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C~liforuia - Total
~~rthern California
1:..-,,ithern California
?,68~
2~942
4,745
581
1,230
Ne'ITa¼
26
1,335
443
_ _ _ _.... ...902
331
Oreg~,n.
Hawai-:M
Puerto ~·tr.f)
W
Lata ;,;~-;:v~i1ah1 P..
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Persons
Suitable
For
Vocational
Training
Courses
154,027
10,9~
1,594
1,641
4,871
725
1,876
231
27, 17_1
45
529
730 ,
2,205
10,823
1,873
8,950
12,839
.J.8, 4_1g
1,063
2,829
2,109
936
3,037
7,500
998
42,348
13,491
4,559
4,396
7,391
7,688
4,823
13,746
958
1,471
2,744
2,272
1,233
1,010
4,058
27,523
1,074
2,183
7,248
1,330
1,892
13,796
8,482
1,120
665
695
493
1,179
4,191
139
5,347
194
4,369
2,328
2,041
23
761
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FEDERAL WORKS AGEtl'CY
WORK PROJECTS A:JMINISTRATioN
Orj'!jf\i}tfe'!'e>n of Statist~cs
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