Speech #890137934

Mr. President. table IV are admitted annually. immigration has Output per manhour in private inshows that higher unemployment rates only a minimal effect. if at all. on un- dustry since 1947 has increased at an continued to be found among bluecollar employment. annual average rate of 3.2 percent. and workers and among the less skilled in PRODUCTIVrIY FACTORS these gains. rather than increases in 1964. While the total unemployment Although our knowledge of the causes manhours of work. account for more rate was 5.2 percent of the work force. underlying the rising trend of unemploy- than 80 percent of the growth of total unemployed unskilled nonfarm laborers ment is as yet imperfect. it has been in- output since 1947see table V balow. See to those employed in that group was 10.6 creasingly clear that labor has been also the Manpower Reports. March 1965. percent. bluecollar operatives 6.5 per- displaced largely by advances in tech- page 256. and March 1963. pages 67 to 72. cent. and service workers. 6.1 percent. nology and the striking gains in man- I ask unanimous consent that table V The unemployed rate for professional hour productivity. showing "Indexes of Output Per Manand technical occupations was only 1.7 It has been estimated that about 1.8 Hour and Related Data: Annual Averpercent. million jobs are affected each year by ages. i94764" may be printed in the The source of this data is the 1965 technological change. and that approxi- RECORD at this point. Presidents Manpower Report. mately 18 million jobs will be affected in There being no objection. the table Since only an extremely small number the decade 196070see population bul- was ordered to be printed in the RECORD. of immigrants who are unskilled workers letin. November 1962. page 144. as follows: TABLE V.-Indexes of output 1 per manhour and related data: Annual averages. 194764 [195759=100] Output. employment. and 19642 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 manhoursI I II II I I I I I