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the President of the United States, and by outstanding men and 
women in public life. 
Objection has been raised to Senate bill 3060. Tt has been asserted 
that this bill transgresses upon the rights of the States, that it is an 
invasion on the part of the Federal Government upon the constitu- 
tional rights of the States." 
My good friend, Mr. Emery, representing the Manufactuers’ 
Association, filed a brief in which he dealt with the matter in a legal 
way, pointing out the legal objections that the Manufacturers’ Asso- 
clation raised in opposition to this measure. 
The distinguished Senator from Connecticut, Mr. Bingham, in a 
radio address the other evening, followed the same line of argument. 
He opposed the measure on the ground that it was unconstitutional, 
that it interfered with the police power of the States, that it was a 
transgression on the part of the Federal Government upon the rights 
of the States; an argument that was purely legal. 
No reference was made by the Senator, nor by Mr. Emery, to the 
human equation, to the great problem of unemployment, to the fact 
that the man was seeking work and could not find work and there 
was no Government agency created for the purpose of assisting him 
to find work. 
Imagine a cold, legal argument of that kind appealing to a man 
out of work, seeking employment, looking to some source, to some 
help and finding none. 
In the city of Detroit the unemployment situation has become 
acute. The men are sitting in the parks all day long and all night 
long, hundreds and thousands of them, muttering to themselves, out 
of work, seeking work. The same is true in the city of Chicago. 
It is not quite as bad in the city of New York, although it is very 
bad. Los Angeles, St. Louis—all the larger cities of the country— 
thousands of men sitting in the parks. Their numbers. are daily 
increasing. Then to offer to these men who are trying to find a 
place where they may seek and secure employment, a cold legal 
argument in opposition to the only gesture that has been made thus 
far to assist and help them. 
Now, because of that argument offered by my distinguished 
friend, Mr. Emery, whose judgment I respect very much, I called 
upon our attorney, an eminent attorney, to prepare a legal answer 
to the constitutional points raised, and with your permission, Mr. 
Chairman, I wish to submit this legal answer to the points raised 
by Mr. Emery and by Senator Bingham. 
This refers to Senate bill 3060. ) 
Mr. Tucker. May I inquire, Mr. Green, whether Mr. Emery or 
Senator Bingham made any objections to Senate bill 3059? 
Mr. Green. Not that I know of. There may be objections, but 
I have not heard. There was no objection raised, as I recall, by 
Mr. Emery in the brief he filed. That brief referred to Senate bill 
3060. : 
Mr. CeLLer. Mr. Emery is present and he can answer, 
Mr. Emery. We not only have no objection to the other two bills, 
one of which is before this committee, and one of which is before 
another committee, but we approve them. Bill 3060 is the only 
one to which we offer criticism.