dustries. About one-fourth of those who claim benefits in these industries are presently interstate claimants. It is feared that significantly larger proportions will outmigrate seasonally because of higher benefit entitlement, causing seasonal delays at spring startup while employers attempt to round up an adequate work force. Qualified loggers of all types are always in short supply. Passage of Amended Section 3304 (a) (10) will result in a significant increase in Alaska's program costs. It is estimated that costs for interstate claims will rise by at least 9.6 per cent. Our present cost rate, including the recently enacted benefit increases, will be 2.99 per cent of taxable wages. This will rise to 3.28 per cent if the provision is enacted. Thus, our margin of reserve accumulation will be reduced significantly. The provision for extended benefits during state and national recession has not as yet been fully evaluated. We favor the general concept, but have not as yet evaluated the full impact as considerable latitude is provided for in regard to the claimant's eligibility for extended benefits. Kindest regards. WILLIAM A. EGAN, Governor. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF MASTERS, MATES & PILOTS. Hon. RUSSELL B. LONG, Chairman, Committee on Finance, Washington, D.C. New York, N.Y., July 22, 1966. DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots wishes to record its support of the subject McCarthy bill seeking several very important unemployment compensation reforms that directly affect our membership. S. 1991, by providing additional payments for 26 weeks from a Federal fund after Unemployment Compensation benefits have ended, would surely soften any hardship regularly employed licensed deck officers may face in the event of a long-term depression of this vital industry. In so doing, highly skilled Commanders and Officers would be less likely to leave the sea for more stable employment ashore. The manpower crisis in this industry is especially critical now, as you are aware. Adjustment of the benefit level to that outlined in S. 1991 is an indispensible companion feature of the extended payments for the same reason. Seagoing Officers, Mr. Chairman, cannot be trained overnight, and it is surely in the interest of our defense posture to maintain the skilled and unskilled manpower requirements for our Fourth Arm of Defense. You are at liberty to include these observations on Senator McCarthy's bill in the Committee's record. Respectfully, Capt. LLOYD W. SHELDON, INDUSTRIAL UNION DEPARTMENT, Hon. RUSSELL LONG, Chairman, Committee on Finance, Washington, D.C. DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: I regret very much that pressing matters prevented my appearing before your Committee to testify on unemployment compensation legislation, because I believe that action is urgently needed to prevent our federal-state unemployment compensation system from becoming ineffective and obsolete. The unemployment compensation bill which was passed by the House of Representatives and which is now before your Committee is totally inadequate to meet modern needs. In its present form, H.R. 15119 will discourage states from making improvement in their own laws. The provisions of S. 1991 would provide federal standards to assure most unemployed workers benefits equal to half their wage, to eliminate certain restrictive disqualifications, and would have provided a state-federal duration period of 52 weeks. On behalf of the seven million members of the Industrial Union Department, I urge you to vote to restore these provisions to the Finance Committee bill. Sincerely yours, Hon. RUSSELL B. LONG, Chairman, Committee on Finance, WALTER P. REUTHER, President. AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS, INC. MY DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The American Trucking Associations, Inc., wishes to be recorded in opposition to S. 1991, the Bill to provide for the establishment of federal standards for unemployment compensation. We also speak against proposals to write such federal standards back into the House-passed bill H.R. 15119. In general we are, among other things, opposed to— (1) Federal encroachment on state control over a matter traditionally within the province of the states. (2) Liberalizing the amount and duration of benefits so as to provide an incentive not to work. (3) Increasing costs resulting from the imposition of Federal standards. (4) Extending the coverage to every employer without exception. In keeping with your Committee's wish that those having like interests should designate a common spokesman, we authorize the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to amplify on our reasons for not further liberalizing the House-passed bill. Sincerely yours, Hon. RUSSELL B. LONG, W. A. BRESNAHAN. AMERICAN NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S ASSOCIATION, Chairman, Senate Finance Committee, DEAR SENATOR LONG: As representatives of the beef cattle industry in the major cattle producing states of the nation, we are concerned and perplexed by some proposed amendments to the Federal Unemployment Compensation laws. From the average sized beef cattle producer standpoint, the proposed amendments would not aid his occasional and seasonal workers . . . virtually the only labor hired outside the family. Instead, it would only serve to inflict longer evening hours of bookkeeping upon the rancher's wife and build a fund of no benefit to anyone involved. It appears to us that the proposal to include seasonal workers under unemployment provisions is a further invitation to automate cattle operators that can only result in another nose-dive in farm labor employment, and still further depression of rural areas. First, few persons are employed on a regular basis on small and medium sized ranches today outside the family. We do not have full figures on just the ranch segment of agriculture, but USDA reports show that the total farm labor (average) employment is now only 1,604,000 compared with 2,679,000 in 1940-one million less in 25 years and the trend is continuing. Secondly, while ranchers hire very few migratory workers they do employ local youths of upper high school and college age during summer months. These young people would have no opportunity to collect benefits because they would not have worked sufficient number of days to qualify, but most important they would be returning to school rather than trying for another job. Logi Where seasonable labor would come under the regulations, it could only mean more book work for the ranch family, and little or no value to the employee who generally is not a part of the regular work force of a community. cally, persons regularly employed are not available for part-time summer jobs. Relative to full-time labor there is a shortage of even semi-skilled agricultural workers. These people have no concern for unemployment. They can and do move from one job immediately to another if at all qualified. It would appear to be contradictory policy on the part of our government to pour millions of dollars into rural areas for redevelopment from one hand, while with the other hand it cuts still further into income of local residents-particularly for the young people who might otherwise have employment at home during the summer months or other vacation periods. For these reasons we strongly protest to the inclusion of agricultural workers directly involved in production in provisions of the federal unemployment compensation statutes, and ask that H.R. 15119 be accepted as passed by the House. We respectfully request that this letter be included in the hearing record during current consideration by the Senate Finance Committee of the unemployment compensation amendments of 1966. Thank you. C. W. MCMILLAN. Hon. RUSSELL B. LONG, NORTH WEST CANNERS & FREEZERS ASSOCIATION, Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, DEAR SENATOR LONG: We are advised that hearings by your Committee on the House-passed unemployment compensation bill, H.R. 15119, were opened July 13th. We did not find it practicable to ask for time to appear before you in person to express our views, and we therefore respectfully request that this statement of our views be accepted in lieu of such appearance, and if possible at this date, made a part of the record of the hearings. The Northwest Canners and Freezers Association is a trade association of canners and freezers of fruits and vegetables in the states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Its members, numbering 55 companies, account for approximately 85 to 90 percent of the total production of such products in these states. You will find attached to this letter a list of the present members of the Association. The members of the Association by unanimous vote at their annual meeting held April 15, 1966 adopted a resolution (see copy attached) opposing the proposed federalization and centralization of the present Federal-State Unemployment Compensation system and urging its rejection by the Congress. Fortunately, the House of Representatives, in its wisdom, was quite similarly persuaded, and the bill as finally passed contained modified language which substantially removed most of our major objections to the original proposal (H.R. 8282). H.R. 15119 as passed by the House is regarded by us as a basically good bill, and we are opposed to restoration of any of the controversial sections of H.R. 8282 which were removed in the House. Thank you for your consideration of our views. By Legislative Coordinating Committee. Attest: L. V. WISE. Chairman, California Packing Corp. C. R. TULLEY, Executive Vice President. N. W. MERRILL, Blue Lack Packers, Inc. F. M. Moss. Idaho Canning Co. MEMBERSHIP LIST OF THE NORTHWEST CANNERS & FREEZERS ASSOCIATION Listed below are the names and mailing addresses of fruit and vegetable canners and freezers in Oregon, Washington and Idaho who are members of the Northwest Canners and Freezers Association: Albany Frozen Foods, Inc., P.O. Box 609, Albany, Oregon 97321 Blue Lake Packers, Inc., 637 N. Ninth St., Corvallis, Oregon 97330 Dole Company, P.O. Box 351, Salem, Oregon 97308 Eugene Fruit Growers Assn., P.O. Box 1266, Eugene, Oregon 97401 Green Giant Company, LeSueur, Minnesota 56058 * 2 Green Giant Company, Dayton, Washington 99328 Idaho Canning Company, P.O. Box 160, Payette, Idaho 83661 Idaho Potato Growers, Inc., P.O. Box 978, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402 Kolstad Canneries, Inc., P.O. Box 26, Dallas, Oregon 97338 Lamb-Weston, Inc., P.O. Box 428, American Falls, Idaho 83211 Libby, McNeill & Libby, 901 N. First St., Yakima, Washington 98901 National Fruit Canning Company, P.O. Box 9366, Seattle, Washington 981092 National Fruit Canning Company, P.O. Box 447, Burlington, Washington 98233 National Fruit Canning Company, P.O. Box 479, Chehalis, Washington 98532 1 Birds Eye Div. Gen. Foods Corp., Walla Walla, Washington 99362. Birds Eye Div., Nampa, Idaho 83651. Birds Eye Div., Woodburn, Oregon 97071. Birds Eye Div., Hillsboro, Oregon 97123. 2 Administrative Offices Only. North Marion Fruit Company, Inc., 150 N. First Street, Woodburn, Oregon 97071 Ore-Ida Foods, Inc., Burley, Idaho 83318 Othello Packers, Inc., 925 N. Broadway, Othello, Washington 99344 Portland Canning Company, Inc., Suite 303 E., Pan Am Bldg., N.Y., N.Y. 100172 Portland Canning Company, Inc., P.O. Box 368, Sherwood, Oregon 97140 Prosser Packers, Inc, 1001 Bennett, Prosser, Washington 99350 Robinson, C. A., Cold Storage, Inc., Rt. 1, Box 602, Ridgefield, Washington 98642 Rogers Walla Walla Canning Company, P.O. Box 1002, Walla Walla, Washington 99362 Rogers Walla Walla Canning Co., P.O. Box 5, Milton-Freewater, Ore. 97862 Rogue River Packing Corporation, 149 Calif. St., San Fran., Calif. 941112 Rogue River Packing Corporation, P.O. Box 408, Medford, Oregon 97501 San Juan Islands Cannery, P.O. Box 335, LaConner, Washington 98257 Seabrook Farms Company, Seabrook, New Jersey 08303 2 2 Seabrook Farms Company, P.O. Box 647, Lewiston, Idaho 83501 Seiter's, Inc., P.O. 218, Post Falls, Idaho 83854 Simplot, J. R., Company, P.O. Box 51, Caldwell, Idaho 83605 Simplot, J.R., Company, Heyburn, Idaho 83336 Smucker, The J. M., Company, P.O. Box 87, Oregon City, Oregon 97045 Starr Foods, Inc., 303 Columbus Ave., San Fran., Calif. 941332 Stayton Canning Company Co-op., Stayton, Oregon 97383 Stayton Canning Company Co-op., Dayton, Oregon 97114 Stokely-Van Camp, Inc., 5625 E. 14th Oakland, California 94621 * Stokely-Van Camp, Inc., Albany, Oregon 97321 Stokely-Van Camp, Inc., P.O. Box 141, Bellingham, Washington 98225 Umatilla Canning Company, P.O. Box 26, Milton-Freewater, Ore. 97862 United-Flav-R-Pac Growers, Inc., P.O. Box 589, Gresham, Oregon 97030 United Flav-R-Pac Growers, Inc., P.O. Box 310, Newberg, Oregon 97132 U.S.P. Corporation, P.O. Box 230, San Jose, California 95103 2 U.S.P. Corporation, P.O. Box 309, Salem, Oregon 97308 Washington Canners Co-op, P.O. Box 30, Vancouver, Washington 98660 Washington Canners Co-op., P.O. Box 1342, Yakima, Washington 98901 Washington Rhubarb Growers Assn. P.O. Box 535, Sumner, Washington 98390 Western Oregon Packing Corp., 637 N. Ninth St., Corvallis, Oregon 97330 Puyallup & Sumner Sales Corp., P.O. Box 398, Puyallup, Washington 98372 RESOLUTION RE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ADOPTED AT ANNUAL MEETING OF NORTHWEST CANNERS & FREEZERS ASSOCIATION, APRIL 15, 1966 Whereas the existing Federal-State Unemployment Compensation system has demonstrated over many years that it provides an effective and fully responsible means of solving the problems of involuntary industrial unemployment; and Whereas the existing system properly places primary responsibility with the states to tailor their unemployment compensation laws and regulations to the needs and conditions of their own industries, labor forces, and over-all economies; and Whereas current proposals in Congress to effect sweeping changes in this system would violate sound principles of Unemployment Compensation theory 2 Administrative Offices Only. |