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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, DECEMBER 25, 1936. 6 STATES PROVIDING BENEFITS FOR WORKING MEN AND WOMEN Roosevelt Brings Epochal Change to (Continued from rage 1) weekly maximum. The District of Columbia law, however, provides work to went this action, aged by 40 per cent of the weekly pay, at once. Only those who have followed 10 per cent more for a dewith Follow Same Pattern the sad record of the relations be All unemployment compensation pendent wife or husband, and 5 per- tween the United States and the laws in the United States follow cent more for each other depend05 to of a maximum of the countries to ent, per up governments the same pattern in one respect: The states require employers (in cent of his weekly wage, or $15, the south of us can really appreci-whichevis less. The minimum some states employees also) to pay benefits are usually $5, but run,.dcat Roosevelt has into a fund which is to be drawn brought to the in to and Oregon and California $7 upon later on for the benefit of scene. in Connecticut, Pennsylvania those workers who are laid off or $7.50 wrote Lawrence-o- ne lose their jobs. The state collects and Rhode Island. Most of the ,b.. Presidents severest critics this fund and. under the Social Se- laws specify payments for part- - 80 iie con- as far domestic is policy workers New York leaves curity Act, deposits it in the Unithr"ed-ithe nk News United States to the state unemployment ed States treasury, where it is commission. uVm i v compensation othwith similar funds from kept, About all the average citizen Weeks of Number er states, in an unemployment u s knows. b?u foreign policy The number of weeks during f trust fund which the state may othfr countriesmay be paid run draw upon for unemployment which a benefits it is gov12 in maximum weeks of benefits only as need requires. A and celebrated to and South Carolina, state agency an unemployment Mississippi Monroe Doctrine, vall! fth 1G weeks in several 15 compensation commission, or a 13, 14, to and 18 Z1!? in weeks Idaho and states, state labor department adminisK?ldi J U?5UhatAtJSf ters the state law. And the state 20 weeks in Rhode Island. receives a grant of federal money certain conditions Perij3 a & to pay the costs of administration, ' To be eligible for benefits, as provided in the Social Security dead letter for sev-- 1 vrtually,a worker must have been emnloved ree.n Act. era y.ears and aa has caused The benefits the workers re a certain lemrth of time which feel- of unfriendly "I.0?,".1 I cfcives are provided in the state varies in different states. Usually jng toward thia country jn the Relaw, but the Social Security Act ne may get one week of benefits publics to the south, provides that they shall not begin for each four weeks of employment Briefly and roughly described until two years after the employ- in the preceding two years. Put the Monroe Doctrine meant that ers contributions to the state fund New York allows one week of un- - the United States would not per-- , begin. This is to make sure the employment benefits for each 15 mit any European government to fund will be sufficient to meet the days of previous employment, take over territory in Latin requirements are made part- - erica that the U. S. would act as probable demands upon it. In the states that have enacted unemploy- ly to insure that benefits will be a Big Brother in protecting Lat- ment compensation Jaws in 1936, paid only to employable people. As in American territorial rights as the benefits will be payable to a rule, a man or woman who has well as its own. This seemed fair men and women out of work in been employed may be considered enough but the Doctrine had not 1938 and thereafter. . . . been in effect for long before dis- employable again. . . . cord arose. More than a century Number of Workers Federal Tax Brazil requested that the Doc-- 1 New Hampshire, Oregon, Rhode The Social Security Act requires a Island, Utah, and New York, employers in all states to pay a trine, in David Lawrences words, y cover employers of four or more federal tax of 1 per cent of their "he made international, that it come sort a and of offensive of rolls the 2 cent District for for Columbia, workers; 1936; per Idaho and Pennsylvania, cover emand 3 per cent for 1938. fensiv: alliance in which all Latin join with the ployers of one or more. Most of These taxes are payable January countries should " r states have which other the that so far 31, after the year for they enacted unemployment compensa- are assessed. But against this tax, ment taxed under this part of the tion laws cover only employers of employers in states with unemploy-- 1 Social Security Act. eight or more persons, but Arizona ment compensatiton laws, may re Some state laws call for labor covers three or more and Connec- ceive a credit up to 90 per cent for the board or comrepresentation ticut five or more. their contributions to the state un- mission createdon to administer the In most states the amount of employment fund; i. e., for contribcompensation acts. benefits is half pay, up to a $15 utions covering kinds of employ- - unemployment In other states there are advisory councils including representatives of labor, though there may be no Inter-Ameri- ca I I er inter-Amenc- 1 an I fnrd.t0,the S k HjSS&S? , ? ett I United States in keeping European armies and navies out of this part of the world. . . That request was refused, as were similar requests made periodically in later years. Consequently, the Latin repub- - - ly. that the U. S. was taking ad vantage of the Doctrine to rule their countries. fhi s feeling was strengthened by sending U.S. mar-tim- mes south whenever trouble peared in a Latin American nation. There are no marines in Latin America now and it seems doubt- ful if any will be sent there again, It is a curious fact that both lloov-froer and Roosevelt took the initiative in withdrawing the last of these ap-thi- s m . agents of what Latin America conNo ?ldered u- - S. Imperialism lon?r does Washington take the ?MSe2 gj? citizens now travel in America at their own risk, and are subject to the laws of the countries where they go. Diplomacy will be that treaties will be hoped Pan-Americ- an Established 1872 Phone Was. 21 A- -l Salt Lake City Competent Staff Rating American College of Surgeons Physicians and Surgeons Modern Equipment Accredited School of Nursing be-pa- de-193- 7; Seasons Greetings to Labor especially interested in seeing that this point is brought to the legislatures attention. LE CRIST SCHOOL OF DANCING (Salt Lakes Recognized School) EAST ON 1ST SOUTH WASATCH 8120 IC.I.O. TO AID SHOE WORKERS Happy New Year to Labor Child, Barclay & Company STOCK EXCHANGE BUILDING BROKERS Seasons Greetings to Our Friends Who Labor EARDLEY ELECTRICAL SERVICE Contracting 147 - FRANK H. EARDLEY, Mgr. Electric Fixtures - Lamps - Servicing - Repairing Wasatch 2706 East 2nd South labor representatives on the board or commission itself. Labor legislative committees in the states that will consider unemployment compensation bills this winter will be NEW CLASSES IN 1937 Start Your Children Out Right 15 . Established 1898 Members: Salt Lake Stock Exchange Salt Lake City, Utah Telephone: Wasatch 4153 Chief Consolidated Mining Co. Rock and Lime Products Department High Calcium Lime WASHINGTON (UNS) Unity1 of all shoe workers in a single union for their industry was the goal set by representatives of three separate shoe unions, with a combined membership of some 40,000, who met with Director John Brophy of the Committee for Industrial Organization ington. The unions represented were the Brotherhood of Shoe & Allied Craftsmen, the Shoe Workers Protective Association, and the United Shoe & Leather Workers. Brophy agreed to send a C. I. O. representative to work with the shoe unions, to the end that they may combine their forces for a united drive to organize more than 200,000 unorganized workers in the industry. reThe union representatives ported a general eagerness among the workers for a forward movement, with widespread support in evidence for the aggressive organizing program advocated by the C. PUREST CALCIUM IN THE WEST HIGH CALCIUM LUMP LIME HIGH CALCIUM CHEMICAL HYDRATE MASONS AND FINISHING HYDRATE HIGH CALCIUM LIMESTONE FOR SUGAR MFG. in Wash- I. O. Reasons (fcrattngtf Main Street Offices Very Convenient Also Warehouse For Rent DAVID KEITH BUILDING 246 So. Main Street Office: Room 2 0 of Salt Lake County Extends Best Wishes for a Merry Christmas May the Year 1937 be a Prosperous and Happy One for Labor and Their Families Subscribe Today for the AND SMELTER FLUXING Special Requirements Samples and Quotations Furnished on Request Inquiries Solicited We are prepared to ship on short notice Bulk, Bags, Barrels Hydrate Packed in 608 Dooly Building and Valve Bags Was. 4729 10-Pou- nd 50-Pou- nd Paper The Utah Labor News $1.50 per year , Salt Lake City Only tceekly labor paper in Utah 1 The Board of County Commissioners -- The quality of the products under this Brand are Distinctive. We specialize in High Class Lime for ef- fected whereby European powers wishing war materials will find the raw material markets of North and South America the greatest in the world firmly closed to them. Mr. Roosevelts speech at the recent conference is generally considered one of the best he has ever made he handled a delicate task well. Credit for the groundwork is given to Secretary Hull, who has spent his public life working quietly for peace, and for better commercial and diplomatic relations between powers. ST. MARKS HOSPITAL I Am-The- se 5K LaS used to help them in difficulties but not force. In other words, their status is exactly the same as if traveling in England, France and other Euroean countries. What is the result of all this? In the eyes of many American observers, the result will be a genuine feeling of friendliness for us on ' the part of the Republics to the south and there are signs that such a feeling is now develdping, though much suspicion remains. There is also the hope that dormant trade can be revived, and that by example the Western hemisphere will show the world how nations can live without war, settling differences by amicable conferences. Furthermore, it is B.F. QUINN JAMES B. MULLINS J. R. RAWLINS |