Industrial Hours And Pay Increase
Industry worked longer hours and handed out bigger paychecks in September, but the national unemployment rate stayed as high as in August.</br></br>overtime last month. The l'ae- serve Board's index of industry work-week lengthened to1 trial production and the Com-i 40.6 hours, a gain of 0.2 hours, nieree DepartmentÛªs monthly tin a month when tittle if any estimate of the personal in-j change is normally seen. : come of Americans.</br></br>ÛÓ rushing to get the 19t>3 models into showrooms ÛÓ the, work-week soared to a 10-1 year high of 42.4 hours, thei Department announced, "The stuff is being produced, but the gains are not reflected as one would expect in total employment,Û com-i mented Seymour AVolfbein.j the DepartmentÛªs manpower chief.</br></br>The report provided fresh: and fairly encouraging details] on the September employ-; ment estimates issued last week. Those figures showed | unemployment at 3,512.000ÛÓi the lowest in two yearsÛÓand i employment at Gll.OOS.OOO, a;</br></br>Industry evidently is working its present e m p I o y e s longer hours and absorbing the resulting increase in overtime costs, rather than taking on new workers, Wolfbein told reporters.