| Show plan jobless benefits though the senate finance committee worked out a broad postwar unemployment benefit bill the solons turned down pres harry S Tr recommendation men dation that jobless compensation pensa tion be raised to a maximum of 25 per week instead the committee bent to the task of shaping a measure which would authorize the federal government to contribute funds toward extending the time of state unemployment payments 60 per cent benefits now range rang from 15 for 14 weeks in arizona to 28 for 30 weeks in connecticut both federal and maritime workers would be made eligible for unemployment compensations under the proposed bill at the rate existent in the state of their employment in addition workers who migrated to war production centers would be allowed up to for transportation expenses back to their old residences or new job locations money would not be advanced for the shipment of any household effects however STRIKES hit radio heading up a wave of strikes leaving over workers idle was the walkout of engineers of the national Zat ional and american broadcasting companies partly paralyzing radio programs and forcing executive technicians to take over operation ol of the controls though the strike ostensibly was over wage demands informed industry sources said the walkout was a of a dispute between the independent engineers union and jimmy Pe american federation of musicians over which of the two should represent the employees who turn the records for transcribed broadcasts while the war labor board ordered the radio companies to deal with the engineers over the record changers the jurisdiction n over the so called 11 platter jockeys has been recognized in chicago washington new york and detroit because the big chains feared petrillo might call his musicians out on strike if they dealt with the engineers over the record changers il i was vas charged they have been stall ing on the negotiations |
