LABOR: Shortage Spreads

The general shortage of labor throughout the country is spreading. An actual shortage of workers, including farm help, now exists in 23 states, while in 21 others unemployment has been completely absorbed. In only four states does unemployment appear above "normal," according to figures and reports gathered from labor leaders, industrial commissions, State and Federal employment agencies, and private research bureaus which have been conducting labor surveys in the 48 states of the Union.

Statistics show that in 14 states in the central, middle-western, western and southern sections, a shortage in farm labor...

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