Labor Minister Golda Myerson, in a report today to the Knesset on the unemployment situation in the Jewish state, declared that there were 5,000 persons idle in May, of whom 75 percent were unskilled workers. She emphasized the new state’s need for skilled and professional workers.
Mrs. Myerson said that as a result of government loans–totaling $1,800,000–extended to various localities in March for the construction of public works, approximately 2,000 laborers wore given employment while 2,800 persons found public work jobs during April and May. The Israeli Labor Minister predicted that some 3,700 persons would be employed ill public works in June and July.
The government is now constructing 4,000 prefabricated houses, Mrs. Myerson said, estimating that 5,000 workers will find employment in this project. Plans for the establishment of 1,200 auxiliary farm units have been completed, she added. A vote on her report was postponed until the Knesset’s next session, when Mrs. Myerson will make a detailed report on the government’s plans for housing and related problems.
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