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:: Closing statement of hon. Robert F. Wagner, United States Senator from the States of Yew York

Collection:: Economics Books

ey to ze or K. 0S in J= rt Ne y lc c v 0 a he 28 1t ig re e KE J a h 1 ry i] UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED STATES 169 but I do not think referred to it here—where men of a certain type are wanted in New Jersey, a factory is starting up and there are no men available in the State—they communicate with the State of New York and find out whether or not there are men in the State of New York out of employment who would fit into a place of a particular «ind that is available. And it is this cooperation between the States which everybody, who has dealt with this subject, has emphasized. President Hoover, in his addresses, has referred to the extension of bur employment system, so as to extend the cooperation between the States, and the purpose of this bill is to bring about that cooperation. I have been unable to follow the argument of Mr. Emery and, by the way, I think we can justly do the honor to Mr. Emery of saying that he 1s the manufacturers’ association when it comes to questions of this kind. Although Mr. Emery’s organization opposes it, I have not heard from a single manufacturer in the State of New York against this legislation and we have a great many of them there—we are a pretty large industrial State. The only opposition I have heard against this legislation is from private employment exchanges. Now the private employment exchanges, according to their statement here, have an entire misconception of this bill. This does not attempt to regulate private employment exchanges; it has nothing to do with private employment exchanges. It deals only with Federal aid to the State employment exchanges in order that we may have cooperation between the States, this communication of economic conditions in one State so that another State may know, which all of the students of this question say is absolutely essential if we are to deal with the question of bringing the man to the job at all. In his brief Mr. Emery said that this bill was coercion—coercion of the State. Before your committee he has used the word seduction. Mr. Emery. Both. Senator WAGNER. You have used them both? Mr. EMERY. Yes. Senator WaeNER. Both coercion and seduction. Well the States decide absolutely whether they will accept this Federal aid or not. Where is there anv coercion? If the State says no. that is the end of it. Mr. BacamanN. Let me ask you right there—I do not understand that is the case from my reading of this bill, because does not section 10 permit the director general, if the State does not go along, to set up those offices and go ahead? Senator WaaNER. To erect a Federal office. Mr. Bacamann. Yes. Senator WAGNER. Yes; that can be done to-day, Congressman. Mr. Bacumann. 1 just wanted to clear up the answer which you made just now, that if the State does not elect to go along and the legislature refuses to adopt the provisions of this act, then the director may set up a Federal employment agency in that State: Senator WAGNER. Yes. Mr. BacamanN. And donate from the appropriation what is necessary to carry it. Senator WAGNER. Yes. Mr. Bacamann. Therefore although the State has not consented, the director can go in and establish the office just the same.

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