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Unemployment Insurance - Massachusetts, 1933-1941

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 37

Scope and Contents

Correspondence with the Mass. Unemployment Compensation Commission re biographical sketches of its members and requests for info.; Mr. Epstein's criticisms of the Federal Social Security; Act; the AFL's Resolution on Unemployment Insurance (1934) ; correspondence re state efforts to establish unemployment bills - especially with John McLaren, Chairman of the Workers' Education Council; company reserves plan vs. single state pooled funds is hotly debated in unemployment legislation; correspondence with the Mass. State Federation of Labor - the AASS seding copies of its model unemployment bill to the State House; correspondence with many persons connected to Mass state drive for an unemployment bill

Dates

  • 1933-1941

Language of Materials

Collection material in English, French, German

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

90.5 cubic feet

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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