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 Thomas F. Cadwalader, representing the Sentinels of the Republic, Baltimore, MD.

Collection:: Economics Books

UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED STATES 141 out ome It tis ny, *e 1S Mr. wuld cht this uc- 1i0I'- ald on, ted vod ies. vas 10r=- not his nd- ral cal nt <q hig nt. Ao alr Ce ar- ler he ad alr 1. ne ne id 0 ; Vo - 1g 9:1 30 . Mr. Capwaraper. No; I do not admit that it is losing the country. Of course, Mr. Representative, the Constitution is not anything sacred. It is not the word of God. I do not claim that it is. It is made for man and not man for the Constitution. I am fully with you there. But all I say is that, if you take a broad view of these things; a temporary emergency is no excuse for doing away with a settled institution that has proven its benefits in practice. Do you think that this country has not grown and become a model of govern- ment and of organization for the whole world by virtue of the Con- stitution? Ido. I think the Constitution is what made it what it is. Mr. McKeown. But you think the world is in a pretty bad shape now, with Soviet Russia in a stir, and all these other countries in a stir and 3,000,000 men out of employment in this country. Mr. Capwaraper. I think the world is in a terribly bad shape; yes, sir; and I do not propose therefore that you should follow the example of Russia by establishing a central despotism or any thing of the kind. Mr. LaGuarpia. You understand, of course, that the Constitu- tion must necessarily be construed in the light of the time in which we are living and the conditions under which we are living? Mr. CapwarLapkr. Yes, sir. It is left flexible for that sery reason. You gentlemen want to make it inflexible, want to make uniform rules administered from Washington and regulate everybody accord- ing to the will of some director appointed here, instead of letting the problem be handled in the States and in the communities where they arise by the people familiar with them. Mr. LaGuarpia. You understand likewise that economic and in- dustrial conditions have changed since the framing of the Constitu- tion? Mr. Capwaraper. All the more reason for leaving it flexible. Mr. LaGuarpia. That is your answer to that. Mr. CADWALADER. Yes, sir. Mr. LAGuarpia. You understand, of course, that when the Con- stitution’ was adopted labor was peculiarly a local question, but since we have had an economic unification of the country— whether we like it or not, it is here—do you not believe that constitutional limitations must necessarily be construed in the light of these changed conditions? Mr. Capwaraper. Constitutional limitations, certainly; ves. But, Mr. Representative, there is no evidence before this committee or in existence, so far as I know, that labor must be told to go hither or thither; that we have reached the economic stage where a bureau in Washington should tell labor where to go or tell industry where to go to get labor, contrary to their own view of the situation and to their own needs. 1 Mr. LaGuarpia. Coming from New England, as I understand you o— Mr. Capwaraper. No; I do not. I come from Baltimore. If I did come from New England, I would not care to have Washington dictate to me how we should handle our labor problem. Mr. LaGuagrpia. You know that owing to conditions in certain States that have not kept abreast of the times in providing for proper legislation, industries in enlightened States have had to meet unfair competition from industries in these other States?

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