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

dis- hey nost n in uto- mto { an tion the 1e of own 5 all yaid dI Jtee the Has +his the be to ble ms 1di- ion ut “ity 58 “ou ve the Jou ay of to ou rou vd- 38, £0 ite nt ar- on er Uy UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED STATES 127 Mr.-EmerY. No; we have no means of estimating that, Mr. Mon- tague, except the limits of the appropriation. _ Mr. Crier. The Manufactuers’ Association is not opposed, I take 1%, to S. 30597 Mr. Emery. No, sir. Mr. Cerrar. So you addressed your opposition simply to S. 3060? Mr. Emery. Yes, in its present form. Mr. CerLer. Would you be opposed to any bill which would permit Federal aid to States which are willing to receive that aid? The Cuairman. That question is not before us now. Mr. CeLuer. That is part of this bill as amended, Mr. Chairman. There is an smendment fo this bill, I think, ihat might cover the objection effered by Mr. Emery. The Cuarrman. You mean if amended? Mr. CeLLer. Yes. Mr. Emery. Pardon me, what was the question? Mr. CeLLER. I say, would you voice objection to this bill if it were amended in such a way as to give Federal aid only to such States that are willing to receive the Federal aid in case of unemployment? ~ Mr. Emery. Well, you refer to Federal aid alone now, not with the accompanying conditions that are attached in this bill? Mr. CELLER. Yes. Mr. Emery. I can not separate them from it, because the Federal ald in this bill is accompanied by conditions. Mr. Cerrer. I am addressing myself to the objection that you voice to the bill, section 10, that portion of it at the bottom of page 8 and the top of page 9, where you vehemently expressed objection because the Federal Government could go in, through its director oceneral of employment, into a State and set up an agency for one year, pending agreement made with the governor of that State. Now, if that was striken out, would you be in favor of the bill? =~ “1p. Emery. Would the remainder of the bill be satisfactory? I +. CELLER. Yes. Mr. Emery. No. it would not, for the reasons which I have given you. . . | Mr. Cerrier. Now, private agencies under the conditions which have been obtaining heretofore have not helped very much in the solution of unemployment, have they? . Mr. Emery. Well, of course employment agencies are not a solu- tion of unemployment. They are an aid in helping those who are without work to find what jobs are available, to the extent that they are well organized and efficiently managed. Mr. Cerner. Well, these employment depressions have come with regularity and apparently the agencies that we now have, have not been of much help in alleviating those conditions. : Mr. Emery. Well, I would say in reply: to that, I fear you are emphasizing too much the contribution that the employment agency can make. I think it can make a considerable one, but I think the chief contribution is to be found in the assembly, analysis and com- pilation and distribution of timely and pertinent information with respect to these local conditions, assembled by municipal and State agencies, and coordinated by the Federal Government. Mr. Cerrer. I will put it this way: In other words, the present state of affairs is. quite unsatisfactory, is it net? = - 118830R—30—sER 11———9O ’

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