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.