Southerners Claim Recession Is North's
By Sam Dawson NEW ORLEANS, March 30) More persons arc out of work Û¢UiÛÓIs it the NorthÛªs recession? j here than a year ago. Early New Orleans, like some otherithis year the jobless total was southern cities, seems to think115 percent higher than in so. And if the business clip j early 1953. A slower but still continues, it may sharpen theÛ¢ downward drift in uncmploy-</br></br>By Sam Dawson NEW ORLEANS, March 30) More persons arc out of work Û¢UiÛÓIs it the NorthÛªs recession? j here than a year ago. Early New Orleans, like some otherithis year the jobless total was southern cities, seems to think115 percent higher than in so. And if the business clip j early 1953. A slower but still continues, it may sharpen theÛ¢ downward drift in uncmploy- a late Mardi which kept shoppers lightly by the recession that j away from the stores, and a has hit some cities up North, j late Easter, which may be the WeÛªre confident thatÛÓno mat-'reason a seasonal pickup in ler how deep it goes in the in- trade isn't as big as usual so duslrial centers in the North j far this spring, and Midwest ÛÓ the slump is) Wholesalers are worried bound to be felt less in the,about high inventories. A lead-</br></br>Contractors say they arcn'i getting new building order* at the same rate as this time last year, although most o! : them arc living off the fai )of past contract awards anc Û÷construction continues high a But the South seems sure both the commercial and rcsi itÛªs favored. Two chief reasons.dential levels. Still, uncmploy are given and Lhey seem ai- mciit is higher in the buildin; most contradictory.	|trades than in any oilier elassi 2. They count on depressed northern industries looking for new opportunities in an era of keener competition.</br></br>through the port, which rc corded striking gains in tin postwar years. New Orlcan blames the drop which startci last year on two things: 1. J shortage of dollars in Latii America for buying N'ortl American goods: and 2. A cul back by the United States Go\ eminent in the various type of foreign aid. which in forme</br></br>The North had contended nets and manufactured good: bitterly that the South is hir-: Diversification Helps ing industries away by prom-- But New Orleans luisincs ises of cheaper labor, lax con-1 leaders count on these factor cessions, and local bond-financed factory buildings.