Washington Achieves Low Jobless Rate: Manufacturing Gains 100,000 Unprotected
I Greater Washington ended imately 2 5 per cent, or 25 000 of course, is the largest em-year with the lowest persons ir. a work force of plover, with about 260.000 ÐÊnempioyment rate of any aimost one million.	employes, which Uicluues a</br></br>Growth in the retail employment section is due to entrance into the area of several new national chains, and expansion of the larger department stores located here.</br></br>The second largest category is that of wholesale and retail trade, with close to 170,000 workers. Forty thousand 35,000	persons employed1. 'Though there have been minor gains in this sector, such employment is declining as a percentage of the total , working force. Printing and publishing, with 14,000' workers, and food prepara-j tion and handling, with 7600,! are the largest in this group, i Construction was a major factor in the high employ-m e n t rate for this area. Commercial building is ex-Ipected to taper off a bit this jyear, but residential con-[struction here is showing ! signs of strength, j Partially dependent on ; construction are the real es-j tate, property insurance, and [finance fields. Perhaps 30,000 [persons are active in these areas.</br></br>j Nearly 300,000 other persons here are employed in such industries as transportation, communications, trade ;associations, travel accom jmodations, restaurants and I personal services.</br></br>a tnorn in WashingtonÛªs side are the unemployed. Most of WashingtonÛªs employment is of the insured variety. But about 100,000 workers are not protected because they are self-employed. These include unpaid family workers, farmers and farm workers and domestics in private homes.