WAVE OF UNEMPLOYMENT

Chronicle (Levin), 27 November 1946, Page 5

WAVE OF UNEMPLOYMENT

SEQl'EL TO GREAT COAL STRIKE Received Tuesclay, 11.50 p.m. NEW YORK, Wov. 25. A wave of unemployment resultmg from tlie soft coal strike swept tlie nation today as more than 128,000 workers were thrown idle in related indust;les. The steel companies annoimced drastic layoft's. Tlie mitional dinwtiir of tlie Ameri-t-an (iuild of Vaiivtv Artists, Matt Hhevlev, aiinouiifed lliat tlie liolcl, restiiurant tuni niglit elul> business, which liad alreadv ilruppeil up to 50 per rent. in tlie Kasteni States, liad tightencil its lielt and was prepai'ing to faee more losses eiiused by tlie dini-out. Mr. Slievlev said tlionsands of performers have been disniis>ed throughout the eountry iluriiig the past few weeks. Ile attriliute.l unemploy iuent tliroughotil. the eountry to ' 1 ernnomie reeessioii .11 r. Slievlev npjiealed to the (Jovermnent to rciliu-e the 20 per eent. tumiseuieni tax as a lueans of assisting the enp'rtaininent industry. Tlie Aeinar soft eoal lnine in Alahaina wliieh is oue of tlie few operative tlirougliout tlie eountry proilueed 40f)0 toiis of coal todav and .11 r. Lewis could not do anytliing aliout it, reports tlie Ilerald-Triiuine. .11 r. P. de Barileleben, owner of the nnne. wliieh lias lieen in his family for three generalinns, apparentlv lias heaten ihe U.M.W.A. leader at Iiis own game. De Dardelelien said his formula was sinijile — no matfer how niueh Lewis got for li is niiners the Aeniar mine wouliT give its 1500 employees more. The Aeniar mine and its sister ]iit the .llnrgaret Mine have not lost a single dav 's jiroduet ion in ihe last 40 vears heeause of lahonr froulde.