34 UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED STATES 
Mr. GREEN. Just that slight improvement, and that is perhaps due 
fo seasonal conditions. 
Mr. MonTAGUE. Are your figures controverted by any department 
of the Government? 
Mr. GREEN. These are our own figures gathered by our own 
statistical department. 
Mr. MonTAGUE. I do not mean that. I mean does the Secretary 
of Labor, for instance, agree with your figures? Does he accept your 
figures as to the number of unemploved as being correct? 
Mr. GreEN. No; except as—— 
Mr. MonTAGUE (interposing). The statement has been given out 
by the Secretary of Labor that there is a gradual diminution in 
unemployment. 
Mr. Green. I think so. I think those figures show a slight 
diminution, the difference between 3,600,000 and 3,700,000. 
Mr. CeLLer. What loss of wages does that unemployment for the 
month of May represent? 
Mr. GREEN. About 20 per cent. 
Mr. Cerner. Twenty per cent of the number, or in dollars? 
Mr. Green. Twenty per cent: there are 20 per cent of the workers 
unemployed. 
Mr. CeLLEr. But I say what is the loss in wages? 
Mr. Green. I think I have that here in my prepared statement 
that I am going to follow along. T have some more information 
along that line. 
Mr. Hammer. Mr. Green, just one question. I did not get in to 
hear all of your statement. I find among the unemployed taxi drivers 
and such hike, and I found one the other day and he said he was dis- 
charged with five thousand more by the Pennsylvania Railroad some 
time ago. I told him I hoped we could remedy the matter and under- 
stood 1t was getting better. He said, “Oh, yes; the Labor Depart- 
ment says so, but they don’t know,” and he said the newspapers tried 
to boost good times and I asked him if he thought anything could be 
done. He said he had doubts about legislation. This was an igno- 
rant man, you understand, but what I am asking is for information 
for people who do not know as much as you do. How would you 
expect to remedy the situation by reason of the depressed conditions 
where a railroad discharges as many employees as the Pennsylvania 
and some other roads have? How would this remedy that? 
Mr. GrrEN. There are a number of things that must be done. 
The plans we propose are only partial remedies for the unemployment 
situation. In my own judgment, private industry must face its 
responsibilities and there must be better planning and better regulari- 
zation of employment, a better system of employment; that is, the 
private employers must realize there is an obligation resting upon 
them to take care of their employees, even during periods of depression 
Mr. Jonas. Mr. Green, may I ask you a question there? 
Mr. GREEN. Yes. 
Mr. Jonas. What is the final solution of this problem of increasing 
technological unemployment? What we need is more jobs, and what 
is the solution of that growing problem? 
Mr. Green. Well, fortunately, up until this serious depression 
came on, we were able to deal with the problem of displacements in a 
fairly satisfactory way; because the newer industries that had devel- 
oped during this last few vears absorbed a larce number of those