Washington, Nov. 23.
The United States Supreme Court to-day upheld the validity of the New York State Unemployment Insurance Aet by an even division of four-to-four, with Justice Harlan F, Stone not participating In the decision because fof iMiness which prevented him from hearing the arguments.
Although the four-to-four decision left the ultimate fate of the bill in some doubt, it was believed that the act wil! eventually be upheld in a lear-majority ruling, in view of the well-known liberalism of Justice Stone. "Hence. if any new eases in volving the New York State measure reach the court before ite personnel changes, the measure will undoubted ly be more definitely aitirmed Inasmuch as the Court did not welte a formal opinion, it was impossible to ascertain how the justices voted, but it was assumed that the Chief Sustice, Mr. Charles E. Hughes, and Justice Owen J. Roberis the "middle of the road" members of the bench, folned the liberal pair, Justices Louis D, Brandels and Benjamin N. Car-azo, In the decision.
It is worthy of note that the Now! York act is tenerally. similar to the state legislation required. under the Federal Social Security Act, and 2¢- cordingly the decision was regarded a of the greatest importance in the Administration's social-economic pr0- gramme—United Press. d
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