Evening star., 1935-09-15
EMPLOYERS LIST.
STARTED BY lob
INSURANCE CHIEF.
Marshall Prepared for COL
lection of Benefits, Be.
ginning January !.
PRETTYMAN PLANS
TO ISSUE GUIDE BOOK
Calls on Business Men to Submit
Questions as to Law and
Its Application.

Compilation Of complete register
of all known employers in the District
has been started by John A. Marshall,
executive director Of the newly formed
District Unemployment Compensation
Commission, it was announced yester-
day.
This is the first major step taken
in the huge task Of preparing statistics
and records for operation of the plan
to pay insurance benefits to those who
become unemployed. Payment of
benefits Is not to start until 1898, but
collection of pay roll assessments will
start January /.
Corporation Counsel E. Barrett Pret-
lyman also took time by the forelock
yesterday to issue a call to all en-
ployers to submit to his Office as soon
as possible all questions of the mean
ing of the law and its application.
Plans to Make Guide Book.
1t is his purpose to gather an assort-
ment of legal and other questions and
ask the Unemployment Compensation
Board to adopt set of covering
policies. rules or interpretations prior
to January /. He proposes to issue
these answers in NoXember or Decem-
Der. He hopes to have handbook
ready for the guidance OF employers
before the time comes for them to
make their contributions.
The board will have the advice of a
number OF officials Of private busi-
ness and Government agencies in the
drafting Of policies and in framing
the organization to handle the ad-
ministration of this phase of the So
cial security program.
The services of three already have
been sought by the District Commis-
sioners as volunteer consultants for
temporary periods. They are Henry
Shepherd, assistant director of the
Bureau Of Research and Statistics,
Treasury Department; r. j. Hoage.
deputy commissioner for Workmens
Compensation Commission for the
District, under the United States
Workmens Compensation Commits
sion, and William Montgomery. presi-
dent of the Acacia Mutual Life In
surance Co.
Three Willing TO Aid.
The Commissioners have been told
all three will be glad to spend num-
Der of days with the board and Direc-
tor Marshall to outline their Sugges-
tions. Others versed in insurance and
compensation insurance matters are
said to have volunteered aid.
The new board consists of Daniel
J. Callahan as representative OF en-
ployers, John Locher, president Of the
Central Labor Union, as representative
of employees, and District Commission
ers Melvin C. HaZen, George E. Allen
and Dan l. Sultan.
Director Marshall is using number
of sources in compiling the register
of employers. He has requested Traf-
fic Director William A. Van Duzer to
supply list of all firms having COM
mercial vehicle licenses. He also will
ask the Board of Trade, Merchants
and Manufacturers Association and
other groups to supply lists of their
members.
Other sources will be the list of
commercial and business firms in the
telephone and city directories and
insurance companies will be asked to
supply lists of firms and other en-
ployers holding workmen's compensa-
ton policies.
The Unemployment Compensation
Board is to hold it's third meeting
Tuesday. Prettyman and Elwood Seal,
assistant corporation counsel, as we'll
as Director Marshall. are expected
to attend. A number of administra-
tive problems may be decided.