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 Mr. William Green, president of American Federation of Labor

Collection:: Economics Books

UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED STATES 33 Mr. Green. The Senator will explain that feature of the matter, although it is my impression that the State administers these employ- ment agencies altogether and their work is supplemented by the creation of these advisory boards who serve without compensation, to assist and help in dealing with the problems of unemployment. . Mr. CeLuar. May I continue with my line of questioning? I was interrupted. Mr. SumnEers. I beg your pardon for interrupting you, Mr. Cellar. Mr. Cerrar. Mr. Green, in your studies of this question, do you find that the State discriminate against the middle-aged and the old peo- ple in their applications for jobs? Mr. Green. In the private employment agencies, ves. Mr. Cerrar. I mean the private employment agencies. Mr. Green. Yes; and that is all there is now, practically. There are very few State employment agencies functioning. Mr. CeLLar. And that is, of course, a discrimination that aggra- vates this unemployment problem? Mr. Green. Exactly. That aggravates the unemployment situae tion, because in the private employment agencies those in charge seek to secure men for their clients who want men who are young and strong and able. The middle-aged, 40 or 45 years of age, are discrimi- nated against. It is impossible during a period of unemployment— almost mmpossible—for the middle-aged man to find employment. Mr. CerLer. Do you feel that such a Federal bureau could also ald and encourage vocational training among adults? Mr. Green. Yes. That will be in my judgment a fine instru- mentality through which the principle of vocational education can be emphasized and the work of vocational boards carried on. Mr. CerLrLer. That would in o way also meet the difficulties arising from the displacement of labor as” a result of the introduction of labor-saving devices? Mr. Green. That is the point that I emphasized just a moment 8gO. SM. CeLLER. I just wanted to clinch it. Mr. GrEEN. Yes, sir. Mr. Cerier. We had—I do not know what committee it was, but there was a so-called Nolan bill sponsored by the American Federation of Labor in 1919. Do you know what became of that bill? Mr. Green. That was a minimum wage bill, was it not? Mr. CeLLer. No; that was a bill for the establishment of a Federal employment agency of the type that is embodied in this Wagner bill, Mr. Green. I am unable to say what became of it, but it has never appeared on the surface. Mr. CerLLer. How many unemployed are there in this country, approximately. Mr. Green. I have got the figures here. Our reports show that there are 3,609,000 wage earners out of employment. That is for the month of May. When I appeared before the Senate committee in support of these bills, our statistical department reported that there were 3,700,000 out of employment. Mr. CeLrer. That was in February. Mr. Green. That was in February, I think. Mr. CeLLER. So that there has not been any improvement since February?

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