Delegates Vote Rise in Jobless Pay
RICHMOND. Feb. 6ÛÓThe j Virginia House of Delegates, ÐÊitold that 160,000 persons are i now out of work in the state, i voted 83 to 14 tonight for a $4 | increase in weekly unemploy-jment compensation benefits.</br></br>The benefits increase bill in its present form would affect only jobless persons who filed claims after next July 1. But it passed by such a large margin delegates said they thought the Senate would approve an immediate raise in the bene-j 1 fits.</br></br>Four-fifths of both houses of j ithe General Assembly must' , approve a bill ms an emer-! gency measure before it can i i take immediate effect'</br></br>Richard W. Elliot a delegate j from rural Rustburg, said that although $4 did not seem like ' much, ÛÏfor the basic necessi-, ties that these people need, $3 ÐÊ or $4 a week makes a differ-! ence to them.Û</br></br>M.	Lechner (D-Arlington-, Alexandria), beecause the bill ; at that time raised benefits only for unemployed persons drawing the maximum $87 a week. After that version was defeated. Lechner and Campbell worked out a compromise raising benefits from the top to the $20 bottom of the sca-lee.