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

176 UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED STATES ment exchanges in every State in the Union, who will do this commun- icating between them and so have the clearance between the States, or you can let the States operate the offices. There is the only alter- native. Now I took what I regarded as the alternative which preserved States rights as against the alternative of having the Federal Govern- ment do it exclusively. Mr. SuMNERs. An still preserve the States’ responsibility. Senator WAaeNER. Yes; they are responsible for the entire admin- istration of those offices. The aid that they get is because of the help which they give the Federal Government in helping the clearing of labor, the placement between States, and collecting this accurate information; which you of course appreciate how invaluable it is for us to have. We can not solve this problem without this information. So I would like to ask you which way should we have this cooperation and still keep the entire control of the function within the control of the State. I want to avoid the very thing I am charged with by Mr. Emery (and because of his contradictory arguments, I take it it is not the actual reason for his opposition) I want to preserve the States’ control, so that no one could complain about States rights, and yet bring about this cooperation. And I have thought and thought—I mean. this is not new with me—and if I could have thought of a better plan, I certainly would have proposed it, to get this cooperation and still keep States rights. Now I would like to ask you if you have any better plan, mind you, of keeping the clearance between the States. Because, mind you, Congressman, the more you study that question, the more you realize that it is a thing which can only be solved by cooperation between the States. A public work started here in Washington, affects the shoe factory in Massachusetts, textiles in the South and in the New Eng- land States, factories in my State. It is so widespread that it requires cooperation in order intelligently to deal with this subject. And this cooperation being absolutely an essential part of the program, I thought this would preserve State rights and yet give us that coopera- tion. The only alternative is to forget the States entirely and do it all by the Federal Government; which, by the way, Mr. Emery suggested this morning. That is why I say I can not follow his argument at all. Mr. Montague. I do not see there is anything in the constitutional objection, but I am rather surprised at your opening argument this morning when you said this matter was so exigent of such immense, transcendent concern, that the Constitution had nothing to do with it. That was substantially what you said this morning? Senator Wagner. Oh, no. Mr. Montague. Then I misunderstood you. Senator Wagner. Governor, you certainly misunderstood me. Mr. Montague. Iam glad Idid. Senator Wagener. I think that the constitutional arguments made against it are untenable, in my judgment fantastic. Mr. MonTagUE. And I understood you further to say the measure was of such moment that it did not make much difference. You did not use that language? Senator WagNER. Oh, no. Whatever you may say about me, I am more stable than that.

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