COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
EIGHTY-THIRD CONGRESS
H. R. 6537, 6539, 7054, 8857, and 8585
JUNE 8, 9, 10, AND 11, 1954
Printed for the use of the Committee on Ways and Means
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON: 1954
Booth, Philip, Chief, Division of Program Policy and Legislation,
Unemployment Insurance Service, Bureau of Employment Security,
Department of Labor.
Brown, Newell, chairman, legislative committee, Interstate Confer-
ence of Employment Security Agencies..
Buchanan, Hon. Vera, a Representative in Congress from the State
of Pennsylvania_
Carey, James B., secretary-treasurer, Congress of Industrial Organi-
zations.
Cliffe, Frank, vice president, H. J. Heinz Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., repre-
senting United States Chamber of Commerce_
Dempsey, Hon. John J., a Representative in Congress from the State
of New Mexico....
Ducoff, Louis J., Assistant Chief, Farm Population and Rural Life
Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
Edelman, John W., representing the Textile Workers Union of
America
Ellickson, Mrs. Katherine P., research and education department,
Congress of Industrial Organizations.
Emmons, Blyth, representing National Small Businessmen's Asso-
Falk, Ernest, manager, Northwest Horticultural Council, Yakima,
Wash
Frates, George H., representing National Association of Retail Drug-
gists.
Garmatz, Hon. Edward A., a Representative in Congress from the
State of Maryland...
Kennedy, Thomas, vice president, United Mine Workers of America__
Keys, James E., executive director, National Society of Public
Accountants-
Kile, Elton, president, National Associated Businessmen.
Lane, Hon. Thomas J., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Massachusetts..
Larson, Hon. Arthur, Under Secretary of Labor...
Lesinski, Hon. John, a Representative in Congress from the State of
Michigan..
Lopez, Leonard, representing International Association of Machinists-
MacDuffee, T. C., general president, Master Barbers and Beauticians
of America _ _
McCurry, John C., representing Conference of State Manufacturers
Associations.
Macy, John W., Jr., Executive Director, Civil Service Commission..
Maddock, Charles S., representing the Council of State Chambers of
Commerce__
Magee, Elizabeth S., general secretary, National Consumers League..
Marshall, John, president, Local No. 401, United Gas, Coke, Chemical
Workers of America, CIO..
Mollohan, Hon. Robert H., a Representative in Congress from th
State of West Virginia__
Munro, Howard E., legislative representative, Central Labor Union,
and Metal Trades Council of Panama Canal Zone__
Murray, Merrill G., assistant to the Director, Bureau of Employment
Security, Department of Labor _ _
Pelly, Hon. Thomas M., a Representative in Congress from the Stace
of Washington_ - -
Perkins, Hon. Carl D., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Kentucky.
Prisock, Robert, executive director, Mississippi Employment Security
Commission
Rohrlich, George F., Chief, Division of Actuarial and Financial Serv-
ices, Bureau of Employment Security, Department of Labor.---
Rooney, Hon. John J., a Representative in Congress from the State
of New York
Ryan, William H., representing International Association of Ma-
chinists
Schmidt, Dr. Emerson P., director of research, United States Cham-
ber of Commerce_.
Steward, Luther C., president, National Federation of Federal Em-
ployees
Turnbull, Don M., executive secretary, American Poultry and Hatch-
ery Federation_'.
Sullivan, Hon. Leonor K. (Mrs. John B.), a Representative in Con-
gress from the State of Missouri..
Walters, Thomas G., operations director, Government Employees
Council, AFL
Weaver, C. I., president, Ohio Chamber of Commerce..
Wells, Oris V., Administrator of Agricultural Marketing Service,
Department of Agriculture...
Williamson, John C., secretary-counsel, Realtors' Washington Com-
mittee, National Association of Real Estate Boards_
Wilson, Homer, president, Local No. 407, United Gas, Coke, Chemical
Workers of America, CIO..
Young, Hon. Philip, Chairman, Civil Service Commission_
Additional data submitted to the committee by—
Civil Service Commission:
Experience rating, statement in answer to question by Congress-
man Curtis of Missouri.
Exhibit No. 1-Unemployment insurance_
Exhibit No. 2-Excerpt from CIO analysis of the proposed
Senate bill 1239, introduced by State Senator Teahen in
the Michigan Legislature, 1954-
How the Minority Rules in the States, article from Economic
Outlook, CIO, August 1953..
Statement of public members of the Committee on Intergovern-
mental Relations of the Federal Advisory Council__
Summary tables on maximum weekly benefit and duration pro-
visions_
Table 1.-Distribution of number of States and covered
employment (1952) by basic maximum weekly benefit
amount, December 1939, 1945, and 1953. -
Table 2.-Maximum weekly benefit amount and ratio to
average weekly wages of covered workers, 1939 and 1953_
Table 3.-Proportion of weeks compensated and claimants
eligible for the maximum weekly benefit amount, calendar
years 1939 and 1952; and 12-month period ending Septem-
ber 30, 1953-
Table 4.-States arrayed by percentage of insured claimants
eligible for maximum weekly benefit, 12-month period
ending September 30, 1953...
Table 5.-Maximum weekly benefit amount, 1939 and 1953,
and as estimated at alternative percentages of average
weekly wages in covered employment, 1952, by State ----
Table 6.-Percentage increase in average weekly wages,
1939-52, and in maximum basic weekly benefit, December
1939-December 1953_.
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