TABLE II.—Insured unemployment as a percent of average covered employment, Source: Bureau of Employment Security, U.S. Department of Labor. TABLE III.-Textile areas of substantial labor surplus 1 January 1959 3 Reading (January 1959).. Scranton 23 (January 1959). Sunbury-Shamokin-Mount Carmel 2 (September 1958). Wilkes-Barre-Hazleton 2 3 (January 1959)_ Williamsport (July 1958) York (January 1959)-- See footnotes at end of table, p. 576. 10. 1 12.5 11. 4 7.8 16. 8 10. 3 18 12.9 8.7 TABLE III.—Textile areas of substantial labor surplus1 January 1959—Continued 1 Six percent or more of labor force unemployed; figures in parentheses are latest available unemployment rates. 2 Would be eligible for assistance under Douglas bill as of January 1959. Major area. Source: Bureau of Employment Security. TABLE IV.-Number of mills and employees involved in textile mill liquidations, by industry branch, 1946–581 Includes only cotton-rayon, woolen and worsted, and dyeing and finishing plants. TABLE V.-Maximum basic weekly unemployment insurance benefit amounts and average weekly benefit amounts TABLE VI.—Exhaustion of regular State unemployment insurance benefits, Jan. 1 Source: Bureau of Employment Security, U.S. Department of Labor. TABLE VII.—Duration of unemployment benefits under regular State laws United States. New England.. Maine.. New Hampshire.. Rhode Island. Middle Atlantic.. New York. South...... Virginia. North Carolina.. South Carolina. Georgia... Alabama. Tennessee.. 1 Unweighted average. Source: Bureau of Employment Security, U.S. Department of Labor. TABLE VIII.-Ratios of reserves to annual taxable wages, Rhode Island, Source: Bureau of Employment Security, U.S. Department of Labor. The CHAIRMAN. Do I understand you to say that Mr. Cook also wanted to make a statement? Mr. STETIN. Yes, Mr. Cook is here and he has a statement to make at this time. The CHAIRMAN. Mr. Cook, before you begin, I notice statement is some 20 pages. We have allotted Mr. Pollock 20 minutes and we have already consumed 30 minutes. How much time will it take you? Mr. Cook. I will try to do it in 5 minutes. The CHAIRMAN. Your entire statement will be included in the record. Mr. Cook. The statement speaks for itself and it is, as a matter of fact, a statement of a concrete example of the type of case which is stressed in the statement of Mr. Pollock. The CHAIRMAN. Mr. Cook, identify yourself first for the record. Mr. Cook. Wesley W. Cook, residence at 58F Crescent Road, Greenbelt, Md., with offices in Washington at 1025 Vermont Avenue NW. The CHAIRMAN. You are recognized, sir. Mr. COOK. The Roanoke plant was a substantial plant at the time that it shut down on October 19, 1958. The plant employed approximately 2,300 people. We made a survey at the end of that month and the first half of November. We sent out an extensive questionnaire to which we had nearly 1,400 replies. The exact figures are in the statement. We submitted to the Senate subcommittee which was studying the problems of the domestic textile industry a full statement of the results of that survey, and if I may, sir, I would like to submit a copy so that you can compare it with this resurvey and the present status. The CHAIRMAN. Without objection that will be included in the record. (Mr. Cook's prepared statement follows:) TESTIMONY OF WESLEY W. COOK, VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF SYNTHETIC DIVISION, TEXTILE WORKERS' UNION OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO Mr. Chairman, my name is Wesley W. Cook. I reside at 58F Crescent Road, Greenbelt, Md. My office is at 1025 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, D.C. I am a vice president of the Textile Workers' Union of America, AFL-CIO, and director of the union's synthetic division and of its upper south division. |