Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-02-26
STEVE J. NovAK, PRES.
LOCAL A97, ,UAW-Clo

deep freeze Willie VIC Woit "
see whether shouts of confidence,
smear campaigns, and give-away
programs for the benefit OF a few
can restore prosperity.
Anyone today brave enough to
express their read concern over
shrinking production and employ
ment are easy targets of name
calling campaign. iney are accus-
ed of aplaying politics" with un-
employment; are attacked as pro-
phets of gloon and DOOM; and
even accused of promoting a Fear
deal' and of trying to talk the
country into a depression.
But we will not turn our backs
on the jobless workers an d
needs of their families. We Will
not forget the millions of other
workers who are haunted by the
fear that they, too, may soon be-
come unemployed.
ssThe way 10 keep unemploy-
ment out of politics is to put the
unemployed back to work"
It is discouraging to hear that
the administrator is simply watch
ing unemployment and is not
particularly concerned with the
present unemployment figures. We
know the unemployment figures
are not just statistics but people
families with big problems.
& 1t was encouraging to hear Sem
ator Morse say there is now some
Indication that something will be
done about the decline in unem-
ployment. He says that he has
noticed that what Republican
Senators say on the floor and what
they say in the cloakrooms are
two different things. In the cloak
rooms they are much more libe-
raj.
But immediate action apparently
will not be taken, so millions OF
unemployed workers are left the
same. problem-how to get by on
their unemployment benefits and
as too often the case, no benefits
at all.
Workers generally believe that
our present unemployment COM
pensation laws pay benefits so
small they cannot begin to provide
today's needs. The laws have been
made too restrictive, too technical
and too legalistic over the course
of years.
In fact, the laws as they exist
today violate the whole concept
of the laws as they were origi-
nally adopted.
Workers in state after state
have attempted to secure passage
of legislation to improve the law.
Without exception, their efforts
have been opposed by such organi-
cations as the National Association
of Manufacturers; the National
Chamber Of Commerce and the
large industrial firms of the
country.
You can see why it was so dis
tressing to note that the nine-man
STUDY COMMITTEE" on unem-
ployment compensation is made
up of seven persons who have
clear and unmistakable records
in the field of unemployment
compensation-records of extreme
conservation. Records of these sew
en- indicate that they have always
been most interested in making
unemployment compensation more
technical, interested in paying
less to workers, and interested in
cutting costs for employers.
Here are the nine men who
make up this study commission:
Clarence Jackson, Ehairman,
who is President of the American
Union Life Insurance Company,
and well known exponent of the
employer point of view.
George Jacoby, Director of per-
sonnel services of General Motors
Corporation: That corporation,
under his guidance has been re-
sponsible for much of the dis
qualification provisions of the
Ohio Law.
A. d. Marshall of General Elect
ric; Henry Allen of United States
Steel Corporation; Walter Ward of
A & p and Jonathan Phillips of
Standard Oil.
Congressman Noah Mason of
Illinois, whose record of sponsor.
ing restrictive legislation in Con
gress is well-known to any person
familiar with unemployment com
pensation matters.
Weldon of the Texas Unemploy-
ment Compensation Division.
Robert Goodwin of the Federal
Bureau of Employment Security.
These last two men, Hr. Hart
and Mr.. Goodwin, who can be con-
sidered as being objective are
flanked by seven men who cea-
not reasonably be expected to be
objective.
You see, what disturbs workers
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