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

174 UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED STATES My trouble is not with the need for this kind of legislation, either; my trouble is with the wording of this bill and the practical operation of it, and I would like for you to follow it just a minute and clarify this if you can. Section 2 provides for the appointment of these employees under the civil-service law and the classification law. Now when we come down to section 4, you say this in section 4— *¥ * in order to obtain the benefits of appropriations apportioned under section 5, a State shall, through its legislature, accept the provisions of this act and designate or authorize the creation of a State agency. And so forth. Now, you make the State legislature, if they are going to share in this percentage to which they are entitled under this, 75 per cent of this appropriation, according to their population, you say the State legislature shall adopt the provisions of this act, or they do not share in the appropriation. Senator WaeNER. Yes. Mr. Bacamann. In other words, you say to the State—and I assume that is in order to get around this constitutional provision— if you want to go along with this and share in this appropriation, then you shall, through your legislation, adopt the provisions of this act. And I can not find any place in this act which says the State can go ahead and select its own personnel and employees in those offices. Senator WaeNER. There is no provision for that in here. Mr. BacamanN. Then, if we enact the provisions in the bill and there is no provision in there, and they must accept the provisions of the act, then the fact remains that every man who is employed by the States In these employment offices must be selected under the civil service law of the country. Senator WaeNER. No; because section 2 has only to do with the Secretary of Labor. Mr. Bachmann. Oh, no; it goes further than that. If you go down to line 10, you will see, after you provide for selecting the assist- ant director, it provides, in line 10, “to appoint, and, in accordance with the classification act of 1923, as amended, to fix the compensa- tion of.” You put all of these employees under there and, in three or four places, you are specific in writing in this bill the fact they must comply with the provisions of the act. That is the thing that is WOITylng me. Senator Wagner. All right. I am very clear, Mr. Backmann, that in no way binds the State or affects it; but, if there is any doubt in your mind about that, if you want to clarify that, you are at lib- erty to do so. Mr. Bacamann. Let me ask you this and see if it clarifies it. Sup- posing the attorney for the Department of Labor would so interpret this act, which I think he can from the language used, as to say that all those employees must be selected under the civil service act of the Government, and the Government reserves the right to put in those different States the office employees, where are we? Senator WaeNer. No judge on earth would make such an inter- pretation. Mr. Bacamaxn. The bill says that; your bill says that can be done in this language here. Senator WAGNER. I do not think it possibly can be so interpreted; but, if there is any question about it in your mind, I have no objec- tion to clarifying 1t.

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