Labor market areas with substantial labor surplus, January 1955-May 1957 1-Continued B. Small areas-Continued Labor market areas with substantial labor surplus, January 1955-May 1957 Continued Location IV-B IV-B. Uniontown-Connellsville. IV-B. IV-B. Williamsport. IV-A IV-A. Rhose Island: Newport. South Carolina: Marion-Dillon. Walterboro. IV-A IV-A. Tennessee: Bristol-Johnson City-Kingsport. IV-A IV-A. La Follette-Jellico-Tazewell. IV-B. IV-B. X Newport IV-B. IV-B. Texas: Texarkana. IV-A. IV-A X Vermont: X Burlington. IV-B. IV-B Springfield. IV-A IV-A. Virginia: Big Stone Gap-Appalachia.. Covington Radford-Pulaski. IV-A IV-A. Richlands-Bluefield. IV-B. Wisconsin: IV-B. LaCrosse. IV-A IV-A. X Beaver Dam. X IV-A. IV-A. West Virginia: Beckley. Bluefield Clarksburg. Morgantown Parkersburg Fairmont. Logan Point Pleasant-Gallipolis. Roncerverte-White Sulphur Springs. Welch IV-B IV-B IV-A IV-B IV-B IV-B IV-B IV-B IV-B IV-B IV-B IV-B IV-B IV-B 1 Areas are classified as "substantial labor surplus" if unemployment is 6 percent or of unemployment: more of the labor force; the following codes are used to designate specified percentage s NOTES Major areas, bertanding May 1955: D. 60189 percent A. lens 1.6 percent: B. 1.5 to 2.9 percent; C, 3.0 to 5.9 F. 9.0 to 11.9 percent: F. Amealle wew, hated have 6 percent of 12.0 percent or more fogen for shanemad moontline Before May 1955, the following codes were used: I, approximately equal to A (areas of labor shortage) III, approximately equal to C II. approximately equal to B (areas of balanced labor supply). (arens of moderate labor surplus). ployment TEXTILE WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA, Re area redevelopment hearings. Senator PAUL DOUGLAS, Senate Office Building, Washington, D. C. DEAR SENATOR: The difficulties which the Southern States are experiencing as a result of the shrinkage of the textile industry may be highlighted by the statistical compilations which I am enclosing. These indicate that in the year from July 1956 to July 1957, 16 plants, employing 5,300, have been closed. There may be additional plants which have not come to our attention. A more complete census of mill turnover is provided for the full-fashioned knitting mills by the textile machine workers of Reading, Pa. This compilation shows that 96 plants were liquidated in the 4 years from 1953 through 1956. Because of the construction or establishment of 37 new plants, there was a net reduction of 59 plants. The State of North Carolina suffered a net reduction of 22 plants, and the remaining Southern States, 37 plants. I would appreciate your including these in the record of the hearings. TEXTILE WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA SOLOMON BARKIN. RESEARCH DEPARTMENT New York, N. Y. Number of plants and employees involved in textile mill liquidations (other than hosiery) in the South, July 1956-July 1957 Southern textile mills (other than hosiery) liquidated, July 1956-July 1957 Wheeling: J. L. Stifel & Sons. Aberdeen: Amerotron Corp. Paw Creek: Kendall Co. Selma: Selma Mills, Inc. Gastonia: Spencer Mountain Mill. Brookford: United Merchants & Manufacturers Darlington: Darlington Manufacturing Anderson: La France Industries.. Pendleton: La France Industries. Bennettsville: Russell Manufacturing Co Cedartown: Hyde Rakestraw Co. (Cedartown Douglasville: J. L. Stifel & Sons (Glendale Mills). Huntsville: Lincoln Mills of Alabama.. |