The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-22
USES TO PENALIZE
JOBS REFUSALS

Service will penalize unemployed
persons who refuse work for wnlcn
they are deemed capable by the
employment service.
Penalties of from four to IL
weeks benefits and loss Of bene-
fits during the period their APP
plications are being Investigated
was the Interpretation of federal
Social Security legislation invoked
yesterday by Harold M. Hinkle,
manager of the Wilmington district
USES office.
Hinkle's decision to follow
through with the authority as pro-
vided in social security legislation
came as result Of increasing
numbers of compensation claim
ants refusing to accept referral
cards or jobs offered them through
the USES. Lack Of interest, IN
many cases, Hinkle said, came
from lack of interest to work
for wages less than their war
time earnings.
The law provides that any ap
plicant for claim shall be inter
viewed and given a referral card
to a potential employer if the ap'
plicant is capable Of doing tho
work. If he refuses, or accepts the
card and does not contact the en-
ployer, his case is referred to the
claims deputy of the North Caro-
lima Unemployment Compensation
commission who pass on the capa-
bility of the person to do the work
prescribed.
While this claim is being acted
on by the deputy, the benefits OF
the claimant are neld up. If the
deputy penalties the person, the
claimant still has recourse to the
appeals deputy commissioner and
on to the commissioner. The ver-
| dict of the commissioner can be
set down by the courts, if the
claimant wishes to carry it that
far.
In the meantime, the claimant
comes back each week and is CIV
en- {. referral card. If he refuses
to work he is still refused the bene-
fit of drawing claims.
Hinkle also declared, If every
employer in Wilmington and New
Hanover county would file his
needs with us, we could soon lick
the unemployment problem and
reduce the claim load at the local
United States Employment Serv-
ice office"
Hinkle, in making this statement
today, declared that the number
of men or women needed by the
employer is not important. IF
only one job is vacant, file that
| Job with the USES and we will fill it
with t he most capable person
| available"
1--WE have people of all crafts
of endeavor on file at our office,
from cooks TO female welders and
we feel that the employers who
will take advantage of our service
will be able to employ an honest,
capable and hard working indi-
vidual," Hinkle said.
He cited the example of 40
colored women who were dis
charged at the Corbett Package
company during the past several
days.
There they are" be said,
leach one capable of doing house
work or some sort Of work, and
more orders in that type Of work
err. Surely there must be some
families who can use them or
some industry that can absorb
them. In the meantime we have
nothing else to do but allow them
to draw claims"
81 promise, he continued, "that
if full cooperation is given me,
and the jobs are made available.
I will let no person draw benefit
claims while he is able to work.
Those whom I refer to jobs and
do not make an attempt to find
employment will find it hard to
draw claim benefits
The La France Necktie compa-
ny has ordered so females for
work starting Jan. IS, the manag-
err stated. They do not have TO
be skilled, but will be trained on
the job as sewers, cutters and
seamstresses. They will receive
so cents an hour or $40 for 40
hour week. We are starting now
to fill that order, he explained.
II was in Whiteville on Wednes-
day of this week and the number
of males who visited our itinerant
office was appalling" Hinkle re-
marked. Out of 70 persons who
came into the office, IS were men,
and eight were women. Of this
number sbout one-half were self
employed farmers who are not
realizing 500 a month and are
y eligible for adjustment to that
} amount" he explained.
'B t." he continued, there
I were at least 30 able-bodied men
were at least 80 able-bodied men
who could work and should be
working. This condition will be ad-
justed as soon IS possible and
when we visit that point in two