COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER PROPOSALS ON

UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION

32-711 O

APRIL 22 AND 23, 1974

Printed for the use of the Committee on Ways and Means

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1974

Press release of April 2, 1974, announcing public hearing by the Committee

on Ways and Means on the subject of the administration and other pro-

posals on unemployment compensation---

Committee print entitled "Information Relating to Federal-State Unem-

ployment Compensation Laws”.

STATEMENTS OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

Department of Labor: Hon. Richard F. Schubert, Under Secretary; William

Kolberg, Assistant Secretary; Ralph Altman, Director, Office of Program

Policies and Legislation, Unemployment Insurance Service; Robert_C.

Goodwin, Associate Manpower Administrator for Unemployment In-

surance; and Lawrence Weatherford, Deputy Associate Manpower Ad-

ministrator for Unemployment Insurance..

STATEMENT OF PUBLIC WITNESSES

Page

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3

90

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations,
Bert Seidman, James O'Brien, and Clinton M. Fair......-
Beideman, Geraldine M., California Taxpayers Association and California
Agricultural Producers Labor Committee..

204

275

Bluestone, Irving, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement

Workers of America..

132

Brown, William R., Council of State Chambers of Commerce..

242

California Taxpayers Association and California Agricultural Producers

Labor Committee, Geraldine M. Beideman....

275

Citrus Industrial Council, Roderick K. Shaw.

268

Council of State Chambers of Commerce, William R. Brown...

Dyer, Sam, U.S. Chamber of Commerce__

242

223

Esch, Hon. Marvin L., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Michigan...

125

Eubank, Mahlon Z., New York Chamber of Commerce and Industry-

Fair, Clinton M., American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial

Organizations..

Harding, Curtis, Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies-

Heartwell, William L., Jr., Interstate Conference of Employment Security

Agencies

157

157

Hotton, George E., National Association of Manufacturers-

Hubbard, Russell, U.S. Chamber of Commerce.-

236

223

Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies, Henry Rothell,

Curtis Harding, and William L. Heartwell, Jr.

157

National Association of Manufacturers, George E. Hotton--

236

National Education Association, Dr. Helen D. Wise, Charles E. Olson, and
Joseph Falzon............

251

National Labor-Management Foundation, S. Rayburn Watkins_

New York Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mahlon Z. Eubank..

O'Brien, James, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial

Organizations.

145

148

204

Olson, Charles E., National Education Association_

Romig, Michael J., U.S. Chamber of Commerce..

Rothell, Henry, Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies-

Seidman, Bert, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial

Organizations..

251

223

157

204