The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-19
State Jobless
 Board Against
 Factory Dole
Special Commission Sees Industry Fighting for Life Long Awaited Report Urges Creation of Indus- trial BOard-Makes 20 Recommendations

HaftfOrd, Dec. 1y-Ine COnneC- ticut Unemployment Commission was authorized by senate bill No. 54S entitled "An Act providing for a Commission to Investigate tho Unemployment Situation" The bill directed the commission to investi, gate and report prior to the con- vening of the general assembly in 1888 and provided $25,000 to de- fray expenses. The commissioners were to serve without pay.
 The governor Appointed the fol- lowing as members of the commis- sion:
 Chairman. James w. Hook, president, The GcOnfetric Tool
 company, New Haven, COnncc- ticut.
 Howell Cheney, Cheney Broth-
 CTS, South Manchester, COnnec- | tlcut.
 |. Cliyc Day, professor of politi-
 cal economy, Yale university, New Haven, Connecticut. Harry 0. Knight, president,
 The Southern New England Tel-
 ephone company, New Haven,
 John w. Murphy, mayor of New Haven and vice.prcsident
 of The Connecticut Federation
 of Labor.
 Final Report The Connecticut unemployment commission in it's report just re- leased recommends against legisla- tive action to require employers to set up reserves for unemployment relief. The report points out thnt business has it's back to the wall and in many instances fighting for It's life, and that now Is no time to discourage 1t further by forcing additional burdens upon 1t. An ex- haustive study of reserve plans is given, however, and dismissal wage proposal is submitted which the commission thinks should be given consideration in case the gcn- eral assembly of tho state should insist upon legislation being en- acted.
 Tho report also recommends the establishment of state board of industry, which would serve employers and employees in the state much as the state board of education. serves in the field of ed- ucation. This, it is pointed out, would bring Connecticut into line with practically every other indus- trial state which long ago saw the danger of setting employers and employees apart as if the interests of ono were inimical to the inter- ests of the other. The proposed board would consist of members drawn from both groups and the general public.
 Unemployment Relief Reserve
 Other recommendat' 'ons, somo twenty in number, deal with ex- emptiOns for tax purposes of re- serves set up for unemployment relief; the collection of man hour and payroll statistics: the estab- Iishment of procedure for de- claring an unemployment emer- gency, after which special forces fo alleviate unemployment would 70 into effect; and the creation of state and local planning boards. These recommendations are intend- ed to provide machinery to show currently the facts regarding un- employment in the stnte so that an emergency may be foretold, anu to deal promptly with an emer- gency when 1t does arrive.
 The report is divided into five parts.-Facts and Findings, Rem- edial Measures, Recommendations Proposed Legislation and Appen- dix. Part one includes q survey made by the staff of the commits sion. and Q large group of volun- teers, of the employment condi- tions existing in all establishments in the state employing five or more persons. 7,052 such establishments were called upon and reports ob- tained from them upon
 (a) Number of employees m
 early 1892, and during tho
 corresponding period in 1929.
 divided male and female, shop and office; also what means were
 used to maintain employment,
 such as spreading work. etc.
 (b) Reasons for changes In
 employment between 1929 and
 1922: that is. was 1t decreased
 business, improved management and equipment, or other special
 reasons.
 The extent of the survey may be reaiized when 1t is noted that the 7.O52 establishment furnishing data actually employed 67D of the gainfully employed persons in the state as compared with the federal census of 1880.
 To Study Establishments
 Another extraordinary fact brought out by this study was the number of establishments that we're employing as many, or even more, persons in 1892 than in 1928. Of the 7,052 reporting. 2.546 or 36.1N. employing 1O4.04S. either showed no decrease or ac- tuaIiy increased the number of their employees during that period. Analysis of these especially favor