JFK TRANSMITS BILL ON UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION TO CONGRESS
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On June 13, 1961, President John F. Kennedy sent letters to the President of the Senate, Lyndon B. Johnson and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn, "transmitting...a bill which would provide permanent improvements to the Federal-State unemployment compensation system."
The President wrote...
"The bill would strengthen the Federal-State system by increasing the number of workers covered, by requiring adequate benefit amounts, by improving financing, and by providing a Federal program of additional compensation...for workers who exhaust their regular benefits during economic recessions..."
JFK pointed out that there were 4.8 million Americans unemployed and 900,000 of them had been unemployed for more than six months. The President said the proposed bill would help to reduce the suffering of unemployed workers and their families as well as help stabilize the economy.
SOURCE
"Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Transmitting Bill on Unemployment Compensation, June 13, 1961," Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, John F. Kennedy, January 20, to December 31, 1961, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, 1962.
National Insurance Act (1911)
Liberal Publication Department
Liberty Party (UK)
