Jobless Rate Holds Steady At 7.5 Pet.: Jobless Rate Holds; Worker Total Up
here was a dramatic in-reasc in the number of Ltnericans at work, the La-or Department reported \ esterday.</br></br>The unemployment rate eld steady at 7.5 per cent ccausc slightly more per-ons joined the work force tan found jobs in April, he number of unemployed smained about the same at . million.</br></br>The Labor Department aid that 710,000 more per-ans were at work in April -a record 87.4 million. But te labor forceÛÓthose with abs and those actively scck-lg themÛÓgrew by 720,000. s a result, the unemploy-lent rate, which is the per-antage of the labor force tat is jobless, did not aange.</br></br>The failure of the unem-loyment rate to drop last lonth illustrates the diffi-ulty President Ford may ice during the coming mnths in matching the aod news the economy lias een generating during the rst months of the year.</br></br>In January, when there was slightly bigger Increase in ic number of persons find, ig jobsÛÓ800,000ÛÓthe unenj-loymcnt rate tumbled sharp-' from 0.3 per cent to 7.8 ar cent.