Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-02-28


patriotic and sourpuss meanies
have from time to time circulated
malicious rumors to the general
effect that all government reports
are dull reading and fit only to
give employment to the people who
carry out waste-baSketS.
Exceptions have been made fol
the government weather report,
which furnishes the days chief
item of conversation; the crop re-
ports, which help the farmers ano
facilitate speculation and gambl-
ing on the grain exchanges; and
the daily treasury balance. which
has been a great boon to the num-
bers racket.
But by and large, no government
report has even been a best-seller
and as substitutes for bedtime
stories, a government report is nc
good because, if read aloud to any
unsuspecting child, it might put
him to sleep all too permanently
MISCONDUCT"
NsISLLADlNU
All this SANDER is unfortunate
indeed, for some of the most solid
reading in the world can be found
in these mimeographed and print
ed paperbacks. and as exhibit A
in proof thereof. your attention
should be called to one of the
latest hot numbers, just issued by
the Social Security Board. The title
but don't let it scare YOU is
Unemployment CompenSa o n
Interpretation Service, Benefit
Series, Vol. 3, No. r."
Why can't Hollywood think en-
up like that?
Well, anyway, "U.CISBS." for
short, is great human document
tC rival Uncle Toms Cabin" and
Grapes of WRATH and the chap
ter you shouldn't miss is titled
Misconduct"
Now we're getting somewhere
It's shame to spoil the build
up this early in the review, but
the truth is that this isn't the kind
of misconduct You were hoping il
might be.
There is no preface, but the So
cial Security Board people explain
that the purpose of this pamphlet
Is to spread around among state
unemployment commissions infor-
nation about typical cases that
other states have held hearings on
so the other states will know how
to deal with such cases if they
should arise at homo.
The cases reported are interest
ing for two reasons:
First, because they arc marvel
Gus revelations of the things that
worry poor. unfortunate little peo-
pie when they do something dumb
and get fired fer it. There's the
pathos.
Second, because they are an
amazing confession of the extent
to which the great United States
government has had to step into
the private lives of even the most
unfortunate of citizens, to print
books of case histories about their
tough breaks and the errors of
their ways Furthermore, it's con-
fession of the shame of State
governments, that they must hold
formal hearings, take testimony
Just like court, and make hard
work and official decisions and
findings on situations they should
not be bothered with There's the
pity.
BEERS OKAY
BUT NOT FEUDING
a few excerpts of these official
decisions will give YOU the idea
Of what important things govern
ment is concerned with today, ana
just how muSh of Solomons wis
dfm a government commissioner
must possess TO make these far
seeing and history making rulings.
Florida. Misconduct case 1925. A
warehouseman who partook of two
Of three bottles of beer while net
on the job, held not guilty of mis-
conduct connected with his work.
Kansas. Misconduct case 1890. A
member CT a family in which
feud existed, who participated in
encounters between members of
the family on the employers
premises. held guilty of miscon-
duct.