HEARINGS
U.S. Congress. Sevate! BEFORE THE
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON POST-WAR ECONOMIC
POLICY AND PLANNING
UNITED STATES SENATE
SEVENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
A RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE
ON POST-WAR ECONOMIC POLICY
THE PROBLEM OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND JUL 13 1944
REEMPLOYMENT AFTER THE WAR
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
MAY 10, 11, 15, 16, 23, 25, 31, JUNE 1 AND 2, 1944
Printed for the use of the Special Committee on Post-war
Economic Policy and Planning
Tuesday, May 16, 1944.
Tuesday, May 23, 1944..
Thursday, May 25, 1944.
Wednesday, May 31, 1944-
Thursday, June 1, 1944.
Friday, June 2, 1944.
Testimony of-
Beers, Henry S., chairman, Connecticut Advisory Council on Unem-
ployment Compensation, Hartford, Conn.
Allin, Bushrod, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, United States
Department of Agriculture...
Bigge, George E., member, Social Security Board_
Broadway, Frank, director of industrial relations, Montgomery, Ala--
Cliffe, Frank, assistant comptroller, General Electric Co...
Connelly, Edward F., Associated Industries of Massachusetts-
Cromwell, S. C., director, Unemployment Compensation Division of
the State of Maryland.
Haber, William, Assistant Executive Director, War Manpower Com-
mission_
Kull, George, secretary, Wisconsin Manufacturers
Lamb, Robert K., legislative representative, United Steelworkers of
America, Congress of Industrial Organizations__
Lester, Richard A., Army Finance School, Duke University.
Loysen, Milton O., executive director, New York State Department
of Labor, Division of Placement and Unemployment Insurance_
McGinty, A. L., director, Employment Security Department of
Nevada
McKee, William L., chairman, Unemployment Compensation Com-
mission of Vermont
Marshall, Robert E., director of the Division of Employment Security
of Massachusetts.
Molnar, Joseph, Washington, D. C.
Moulton, Dr. Harold G., president, the Brookings Institution.
Nathan, Robert, consulting economist, Washington, D. C.............
Newton, Mortimer W., chairman, Rhode Island Unemployment
Compensation Board, Providence, R. I____
Patterson, J. Milton, president, American Public Welfare Association_
Raushenbush, Paul A., director of the Unemployment Compensation
Department of the Wisconsin Industrial Commission.
Ridley, G. S., Murfreesboro, Tenn...
Rolfe, Richard S., executive director, New Hampshire Unemploy-
ment Compensation Division, Concord, N. H.......
Rozier, George A., executive director, Unemployment Compensation
Commission of Missouri. ___
Sly, Dr. John F., Princeton University, Princeton, N. J..
Smith, Raymond C., chief program analyst, Bureau of Agricultural
Economics, and chairman of the Department's Interbureau Com-
mittee on Post-war Programs, United States Department of Agri-
culture
Sperry, Tom C., chairman, Social Security Committee, National Re-
tail Dry Goods Association, Toledo, Ohio.-
Taylor, Carl C., head, Division of Farm Population and Rural Welfare,
Bureau of Agricultural Economics, United States Department of
Agriculture -
Williams, Claude A., chairman and executive director of the Texas
Unemployment Compensation Commission, and president of the
Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies--
Woll, Matthew, chairman, American Federation of Labor Committee
on Post-war Planning-
Supporting statements and supplementary material:
Statement of functions and problems, Retraining and Reemployment
Administration, Office of War Mobilization _ _
Condensation of information submitted in letters from State governors,
Retraining and Reemployment Administration, May 15, 1944.
Letter of May 30, 1944, from Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, Administra-
tor, Retraining and Reemployment Administration, to Senator
Walter F. George, enclosing a bill "to assist the States in improving
and extending their systems of unemployment compensation," etc.,
and an explanation thereof..
Recommendations from Eighth Annual Report (1943) of the Social
Security Board.
Letter of. May 29, 1944, from A. J. Altmeyer, Chairman, Social Security
Board, to Senator Walter F. George, recommending certain changes
in the unemployment-compensation system-
The role of the public employment service in shifting from war to
peace--
Solvency of State unemployment-compensation funds, as of May 15,
1944
Letter of June 1, 1943, from Hon. Walter S. Goodland, Acting Gover-
nor of Wisconsin, to Hon. Robert P. Patterson, Under Secretary of
War, concerning State legislation on unemployment compensation_
The adviser: Work and wages are better than unemployment and
benefits; to all believers in State systems of unemployment com-
pensation, May 5, 1944.
Letter of May 24, 1944, from_Hon. Sidney P. Osborn, Governor of
Arizona, to Senator Walter F. George.
Letter of May 27, 1944, from Jno. Q. Rhodes, Jr., Virginia Unem-
ployment Compensation Commission, to Senator Walter F. George,
enclosing statement__
Letter of May 31, 1944, from H. A. Stansbury, West Virginia Chamber
of Commerce, to Senator Walter F. George, enclosing statement...
Statement of William J. Petersen, executive secretary, Wisconsin
State Chamber of Commerce__
Letter of May 19, 1944, from Homer W. Buckley, California Em-
ployment Stabilization Commission, to Senator James E. Murray--
National Retail Dry Goods Association, Resolution No. 4-Social
Security.
Letter of February 29, 1944, from Hon. Paul V. McNutt, Administra-
tor, Federal Security Agency, to Mr. Lew Hahn, general manager and
treasurer, National Retail Dry Goods Association, concerning social
security.
Letter of May 11, 1944, from Mr. Lew Hahn, general manager and
treasurer, National Retail Dry Goods Association, to Hon. Paul V.
McNutt, Administrator, Federal Security Agency, concerning social
security.
The problem of extending unemployment compensation to uncovered
workers...
Resolution of the Democratic convention, Austin, Tex., concerning
unemployment compensation__
Resolution IX of the Interstate Conference of Employment Security
Agencies, October 1942, concerning unemployment compensation__
Resolution VI of the Interstate Conference of Employment Security
Agencies, October 22, 1943__
Restriction on unemployment compensation budgets and grants
during fiscal year July 1, 1944-June 30, 1945-
Views of the Tennessee Post-war Planning Committee.
A bill to create the Unemployed Service Association, etc.--
Proposal for unemployment insurance benefits for seamen
Resolution of the Governors' Conference, Hershey, Pa., concerning
unemployment compensation---
Social security in the post-war era: Address of Gov. Herbert R.
O'Conor, of Maryland, before Thirty-sixth Annual Conference of
Governors, Hershey, Pa., May 29, 1944_
Letter of June 2, 1944, from Frank Bane, secretary-treasurer, Gover-
nors' Conference, to Senator Walter F. George....
Resolution adopted by the Governors' Conference, thirty-sixth annual
meeting, Hershey, Pa., May 31, 1944: Employment offices.
Resolution adopted by the Governors' Conference, thirty-sixth an-
nual meeting, Hershey, Pa., May 31, 1944: Unemployment com-
pensation___
Tables and charts:
Table 1. Estimates of total employment in the United States, 1932,
1937, 1940_.
2. Estimates of unemployment in the United States, 1932 and
1933
3. Estimated changes in United States population, by States,
April 1, 1940-November 1, 1943___
4. Summary-Impact of the war on 188 war boom areas, by
region
5. Summary-Impact of the war on 188 war boom areas, by
region (continued).
6. Total employment in airframe, engine, and propeller plants,
by States, March 1943-March 1944_.
7. Total employment in United States shipyards, March, June,
September, and December 1943, March 1944-
8. Agricultural production, employment, and productivity
indexes, United States; 5-year averages, 1910-39, and
single years, 1940-43-
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