YEAR 1938, GRANTS TO STATES FOR ADMIN-
ISTRATION OF STATE UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION ACTS, SOCIAL
SECURITY BOARD

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEVENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS

THIRD SESSION

ON

H. J. Res. 678

MAKING AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR GRANTS
TO STATES FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
ADMINISTRATION, SOCIAL SECURITY BOARD,
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING

JUNE 30, 1938

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UNITED STATES
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SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS, FISCAL YEAR, 1938, GRANTS TO STATES FOR ADMINISTRATION OF STATE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACTS, SOCIAL SECURITY BOARD

HEARINGS CONDUCTED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE, MESSRS. EDWARD T. TAYLOR (CHAIRMAN), CLIFTON A. WOODRUM, JOHN J. BOYLAN, CLARENCE CANNON, LOUIS LUDLOW, THOMAS S. M'MILLAN, J. BUEL SNYDER, JOHN TABER, ROBERT L. BACON, AND RICHARD B. WIGGLESWORTH, OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, IN CHARGE OF DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATIONS, ON THE DAYS FOLLOWING, NAMELY:

MONDAY, May 9, 1938.

SOCIAL SECURITY BOARD

STATEMENTS OF A. J. ALTMEYER, CHAIRMAN; FRANK BANE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; AND R. GORDON WAGENET, DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION

SUPPLEMENTAL ESTIMATE FOR GRANTS TO STATES FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ADMINISTRATION

The CHAIRMAN. Mr. Altmeyer, we have before us an estimate for the Social Security Board, and I will ask Mr. Woodrum to proceed with the examination.

Mr. WOODRUM. Mr. Altmeyer, we have a Budget estimate from the President dated March 22, 1938, which I will insert at this point in the record, for a supplemental estimate of $7,000,000 for the Social Security Board for 1938 on account of assistance to each of the States in connection with unemployment compensation.

(The estimate referred to is as follows:)

[H. Doc. No. 560, 75th Cong., 3d sess.]

THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, March 22, 1938.

The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Social Security Board for the fiscal year 1938, amounting to $7,000,000.

The details of this estimate, the necessity therefor, and the reason for its submission at this time are set forth in the letter of the Acting Director of the Bureau of the Budget, transmitted herewith, with whose comments and observations thereon I concur.

Respectfully,