Unemployment in the United States

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Identifikator:: 1828236179

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-226169

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Unemployment in the United States

Place of publication:: Washington

Publisher:: United States, Government Printing Office

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: II, 193 Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Statement of James A. Emery, Washtington, D.C., representing the National Association of Manufacturers, and others

Collection:: Economics Books

118 UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED STATES cepted. In such a condition the bill now provides that the directo: general may treat with the governor of the State, pending an agree: ment—may treat with the governor of the State to secure the estab- lishment of a Federal bureau in that State. This is where the legis. lature has not acted, remember, but pending agreement with the governor—because the governor may not agree to accept the con- dition—it is a somewhat startling proposition, as you gentlemen will observe, to turn from the legislature, which alone is charged with the declaration of the internal policy of the State with respect to the regulation of employment agencies—— Mr. CeLLER (interposing). Before you get a misconstruction of that, I think it is fair to state that the Government can not go into the State without the governor's consent. If you will read that carefully, Mr. Emery, you will see that. Mr. Emery. Yes; I will be glad to read it. Mr. CeLrer. You must have an agreement first with the governor That is on page 9. Mr. Emery. I am reading page 9. It says that— In States where there is a State system of public employment offices, but where the State has not complied with the provisions of section 4— that is, has not accepted Federal aid— in establishing a cooperative Federal and State system of public employment offices to be maintained by such officer or board and in such manner as may be agreed upon by and between the governor of the State and the director general. It does not say that he may not enter the State; it says that he may approach the governor, the legislature having failed to act. That, I think, is the obvious conclusion to be drawn from the lan- guage of the bill, and, of course, that I cheerfully submit to the inter- pretation of the committee. But suppose the governor does not care to accept the responsibility of undertaking to do what the legislature has either failed or refused to do, what then? Does that end the matter? No, pending the conclusion of such agreement— that is, an agreement with the governor—but for not more than one year, the director general may establish and maintain in any such state a system of public employment offices under the control of the director general. Now that final condition I beg to call to your attention, is one in which neither the State legislature has accepted the Federal aid, it has failed or refused to act, the governor has not reached an agreement with the director general of employment. Does the Federal Government then remain within its own jurisdic- tion? No, under the terms of this bill you, the Congress of the United States, are authorizing and directing him to establish, if in his discretion he desires to do so, a Federal system of employment offices in that State which already has a system of its own, and which eventually, therefore, comes into either competition or conflict with the local agencies there established. There are the plain terms of the bill, and I am satisfied that a great many of the gentlemen who hastily approved this measure and adopted resolutions with respect to it, and have told you that everybody favors it, have not read those provisions of the bill in which, to an extent never before proposed, I submit to you, in congressional legis- lation—never has it been suggested that when the State refuses to fall for the seductions of Federal aid, the Federal Government

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