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it, said the program is a success.
The compensation went to VIZ
The claimants averaged in num-
Der from 1900 to 10000 each
week.
The load is seasonal. 1t is
heaviest in February and March
when a man who loses his Gov
eminent job finds it harder to
find other work. 1t is lightest in
the fall when employment gen.
orally is increasing.
Mr.. Murphy is chief of the
Division of Federal Employment
Insurance in Labor's Bureau of
Employment Security.
Federal employees were COW
cred by the unemployment COM
pensAtion program for the first
time in January, 1855. Mr.. Muir
lphy explained that actual pay
ments are handled by State
employment security agencies
and the amount of the benefit
varies according to State laws.
The Federal Government reim-
burses the States for the
amounts paid out and for adj
ministrative expenses.
In this area actual payments
varied in fiscal 1856 from $23 a
week in Virginia to $39 a week
in the District and $50 in Mary
land. The maximum number of
weeks in which full compensa-
ton is paid also varies, from Is
weeks in Virginia to &c weeks
in the District and Maryland.
How complicated the system
is may be realized from the fact
there are 1,700 local offices
throughout the country admins
tering the program. When man
loses his Government job and
applies for compensation, one of
these Offices will need informa-
ton from one of the 10000 pay
roll Offices of the Government.
Despite this, according to Mr..
Murphy, the program goes
smoothly.
| Where a man is employed
rather than where he lives deter
mines the jurisdiction in which
he collects compensation. And
where he is employed depends
on his official station" For
example, a man may live in
Maryland and have been en-
ployed by the Army at the
IPentagon, but the official sta
Ition is Washington. Therefore,
luckily for him, he collects in the
District, which pays more than
Virginia.
In calendar 1855, a total of
$1,2l8,272 was paid in the Dis
Itrict $886,402 in Maryland and
$685. 91 in Virginia. The num-
Der of insured workers claiming
weekly benefits in the District
was only three-tenths of / per
cent of the Federal employment
in the District. Iowa. with two
tenths of l per cent, was the
only State with a lower rate. The
Maryland rate was IL per cent
and the Virginia rate seven
Itenths of / per cent.
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PAY ADVISERS-Chairman
Johnston of the Senate Post
Office and Civil Service Commit
tee has announced the appoint
ment of a six-man Advisory
The members are Thomas G..
Walters. operations director,
AFL-CIO Government Employees
Council, chairman; William C.
Doherty, president, National AS
ISOLATION of Letter Carriers;
James Campbell. president.
Council on Federal Pay.
American Federation of Govern
ment Employees: E. C. Hallbeck,
Legislative representative, Ma
tional Federation of Post Office
Clerks; Paul A. Maggie, president,
Postal Transport Association,
and Michael hardwood, presi-
dent, National Federation of
Federal Employees.
The recommendations of this
council and the Advisory Coun-
Icil on Civil Service established
last spring will be co-ordinated
to provide lone comprehensive
report for the guidance of the
COMMITTEE" Senator johnson
said. He added:
1T is apparent that the up
ward spiral of living costs has
not been arrested. Thus it is
'Iquite clear to me that the pay
of Federal employees will need to
be adjusted upward early in the
coming session."
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