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Plants Here Raid Neighboring Cities for

Unmarried

Skilled Labor in Short Supply : Er

And Housing Is Also

By LARRY STILLERMAN, Times Real Estate Editor Indianapolis plants are “raiding” surrounding cities for unmarried workers and employees without families, ‘Skilled labor is in short supply. : But lack of rental housing is limiting recruitment of factory workers to the “single” and “no children” status. This was pointed out by three plant personnel directors in letters

to Louis G. Schaefer, acting area rent director. The letters answered queries on how much trouble principal employes were having finding “adequate housing” for their workers. They were part of a housing survey here. conducted by the office of Housing Expéditer headed by Tighe E. Woods of Washington, D.C. Threat of Rents The survey also pointed out the threat of higher rents with decontrol here. Units “unfrozen” were getting rents 65.3 per cent higher than comparable controlled quarters, the survey disclosed. And with current and forthcoming construction curbs and threatened extension of rent control, finding rentals around this industrially expanding city will be tougher than ever. Reactivation of Camp Atterbury added to the shelter seeking strain, the survey pointed out. However, the survey-takers offered no solutions to the housing “dilemma.” It was merely a check of what was available here and, in effect, corroborated a rental probe conducted by The Times July 30. : Results of the survey, conducted from. Aug. 31 through Sept. 8, were distributed today to the Real Estate Board, Apartment Owners Association, the city’'Ren Advisory Board and Mayor Feeney by Mr. Schaefer's office, Called Acute The rental situation was called! “acute” by John T. Ryan, president of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, local 1048. This local supplies person-| nel for the RCA Victor plant on] the East Side. Mr. Ryan pointed out several workers travel’

“Many of these individuals

{ported only 40 vacancies.

|average dollar monthly increase

“as high as 75/184 per cent increase over pre-| miles to reach their daily work.” vious rents.

Workers

Skimpy

of the tight labor market for skilled personnel,

A Real Problem “This presents a real problem, in view of the local rental hous-| ing situation,” he wrote.

George Finch, personnel direetor of the Bridgeport Brass Co., also stressed the “tight” rental situation. That situation was pointed up by the survey. A check of houses wanted and offered in newspaper adyertise-| ments and by rental offices here! showed: . i ONE: Among 287 family units! advertised for rent, 130 were already rented and 49 were vacant. Of the vacancies, most offered! one and two rooms between $50} and $75 monthly. But no children would be allowed and renters would have to share toilet and bath. TWO: Of 137 shelter seekers, most asked for two bedrooms between $40 and $150 monthly. Second largest group sought three

> Where does the light come from? . . . Ruth Ellen Oatés peeks rooms bet $40 da 5 AY. Gi and . 36 into the huge Jack O' Lantern fo find out, while her mother, Mrs. THREE: Of 56 controlled and, William Oates, 1106 Oliver Ave., watches. The picture was taken

decontrolled rentals checked, the + + dseanizele by Papa, a Times staff pho ographer. $43.06 monthly and the controlled! — uriits, $28.13. Those living in de- Reluctant

troled tal : | 3 er cent moe an ner FlOWArd County Candidate

“controlled” neighbors. * * * cer ironing ne wneo Nominated Against Wish (ty-ome of these agencies haa wast.| Forgot fo Withdraw Name by Deadline; iS AY GOP Registrant Will Not Vote for Self 90.5 per cent of all landlord pe-| Times State Service

titions for rent increases were) lapproved by the local office. The ger for Indiana's most reluctant candidate of 1950.

was $6.27 in the past year, an| Store owner declared, “and I intend to do the same this year.”

The office also secured 872 over-| County. But he insists the

jon was made without . would much prefer to rent or buy charge refunds amounting to| nominat within greater Indimnapolis; how- $51,955 during the year and pe his permission. Ratliff Becomes

t wag vented 771 illegal evictions. He explained that he had . ’ > verage- Eo The survey also pinpointed ra intended to withdraw his name Auditors Official

cannot begin to afford the!

staggering rental Qematideq for standard housing helghborhoods

& home,” Mr. Ryan He said the Tie poh the same in “outright purchase of a home in a decent neighborhood” | with high down payments, “exorbitant monthly payments” ‘sub-| stituting for “staggering rentals.” To reach plant quotas, hourly! rated workers have been transferred to.the U, 8S. Naval Ord-| nance plant from as far away as Idaho and New Hampshire, “While some . . . have found housing accommodations, a num-

ber have been unable to do so and| =

have resigned after a short tim

t6 return to their homes,” wrote M. K. Coleman, industrial rela-

tions officer at the plant.

He said labor recruiting teams =

have visited Louisville and Cincinnati to interest skilled workers to come here, “Because of the lack of suitable rental housing we have co! ed our recruiting efforts to = de) men or those who are married but| have no children,” Mr, Coleman wrote.

State Credit Men |=" & = ==" To Meet Nov.

consumer credit studies of House-| {hold Finance Corp. Chicago, and) She of the 1077 that

officially before the Sept. 4 | E. F. Ratliff, auditor for EN | deadline, but that he “got busy Lilly & Co. has assumed duties | and just didn’t get around to |as regional vice president of the Institute of Auditors, Inc. He was elected plained, “I believe thoroughly at the Internai.in the principles for which the tional ConferProhibition Party stands, but I ‘ance at Atlantic | have always been a registered (City. N. J. this | Republican and that's the way month. 1 Intend to vote i Chicago, St. Louis In 1946, Mr. Clevenger was Speakers on Program a ‘reluctant County Commissioner on the (tian of the 10th | Prono ticket. He didn't |anniversary of vote for himself, but 499 other | the Institute of | persons did. Auditors. a Two years later, Mr. Clev- | a Rati, a aL | Shyer said Poi Prohibition ‘ public Mr. Rathiff ¥ nomina him, without ccoun presi- | his permission, for coroner. aces tant, ay ne 8 He is | | ARSE he voted against himself, |otive in several professional or:

i tions, married and the | This year he'll vote aga Sania daugh | himself ye he inc) mgt fa of two ters.

{| But it was not that way In FIR | 1925, when Mr. Clevenger ran SUFFOCATES IN E

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r. Dykstra Mr. Dauer Dr. Ernst A. Dauer, director of}

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Mr, Clevenger was nominated Aug. 31 by the Prohibition | | Party as a candidate for State Representative from Howard |

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