Crawford County PA Archives News.....Five Million Men Will Be Released From Army Forces May 31, 1945 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Lorz honeypete@zoominternet.net The Tribune-Republican, Meadville, PA. May 31, 1945 (From the Evening Republican) WASHINGTON, May 29 (AP) War demands will turn loose 4,800,000 workers and fighters in the next six months but fewer persons will be seeking jobs then than three months from now. W.P.B.Chairman J. A. Krug made these predictions today, estimating the decline in the number of war workers during June, July and August at 2,900,000. Joblessness during that time, he said, will jump about 1,100,000 persons to around 1,900,000. Krug said about 700,000 of those to be released from war production in the next three months will continue or soon find employment in plants shifting to civilian production. Others, he added, will be absorbed in civilian-manufacturing, construction trades and services, and other civilian occupations. Nevertheless, he figures there will be a net increase of 1,100,000 in unemployment. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb