Low Jobless Pay Here Branded 'Scandalous'
Labor spokesmen pleaded anew yesterday for liberalization of the District Unemployment Compensation Act.</br></br>ÛÏAny further neglect of the DistrictÛªs unemployed would be scandalous,Û a House District Subcommittee was told by AFL-CIO spokesman Walter J. Mason.</br></br>J, C. Turner, president of the AFL-CIO Greater Washington Central Labor Council, said he hoped that he would not seerti to appear ÛÏoverly bitterÛ in suggesting that ÛÏin some respects the air would be cleared if we reverted to out-and-out dole systems rather than carry on the pretense that unemployment insurance is providing the necessary help."</br></br>Mason and Turner urged enactment of a bill introduced by Rep. Abraham J. Multer (D-N. Y.). It would provide maximum unemployment compensation of $71 a week for up to 39 weeks.</br></br>A bill backed by the metropolitan Washington Board of Trade would increase the maximum payment to $38, but retains the 26-wcek duration.