Washington, Jan. 7.
Appearing before the Senate unemployment committee to-day, Mr. Wiliam Green, President of the American Federation of Labour, warned workers to demand Congress promptly and effectively to eci to combat the current business recession He said that 1,770,000 union workers Mat been put out of employment between September and December last To alleviate the unemployment burden Mr. Lewis outlined a seven-point Congressional programme.
Workers hours, he said, should be shortened with pay maintained at the present levels. A permanent public works programme would give employment to thousands of labourers while continuance of slum clearance coupled with an adequate housing programme would absorb many others, the labour Kader suggested.
Mr. Lewis urged that Congress stimulate home construction through v remitting local taxes to build-Enlargement of the benefits allowed under the social Securities Aet and the expansion of the works gress Administration programme would do much to relieve the business slump and avoid similar recessions in the future, he explained to the Senate committee studying the employment problem.
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