First Check for Unemployment
Payment Written 20 Years Ago
Madison, Wis. U.R) Twenty
years ago today a Madison, Wis.,
photoengraver was out of a job
and .nearly out of funds. Then
It a government check for
fig.
The check was the first ever
written by a government agency
in the United States for unem
ployment compensation.
. Nels B. Rudd. the man who
received check No. 1, weathered
his unemployment period. In the
19 years since then nearly S15.4
. billion has been paid out in un
employment compensation.
Paul A. Raushenbush, direc
tor of the Unemployment Com
pensation Division of the Wis
consin Industrial Commission,
had personally directed the is
suance of 9.S million checks
worth some $197 million, includ
ing that first paid to Rudd.
Principle Outlined
The Wisconsin law under
which that first 15 check was
written outlined the principles
that "helped shape the whole
unemployment compen s a t i b n
program In this country," ac
cording to Raushenbush.
"Those principles were recog
nized by Congress in 1935, and
by most of the state U.S. laws
passed from then on."
A special session of the Wis
consin Legislature called by the
late Gov. Philip F. La Follette
(son of Sen. Robert La Follette)
passed the first U.C. law in Janu
ary, 1932. It took until 1936
to build up a fund of employer
contributions to begin paying
benefits to jobless workers.
The law also paved 'the way
for special jobless benefits.
The nation's railroad workers
have received more than $700
million and unemployed veter-
ployers must accept responsi
bility for giving their men steady
work and an adequate annual
wage; or else pay benefits to
these workers during slack pe
riods . . ."
Ohl's statement foreshadowed
the so-called "guaranteed annual
wage" or "supplemental unem
ployment benefits" secured in
last summer's automobile con
tracts. Arthur Altmeyer, Madison,
who went on to become the
"father" of the federal social
security program, also had a
hand in the first U.C. law. He
was secretary of an interim
legislative committee that help-
ans more than S4 billion, accord-. ed draft the 1932 law.
ing to Raushenbush.
There was a check signing
ceremony here Aug. 17, 1936,
and various spokesmen of gov
ernment, industry and labor
made statements. One proved
almost prophetic.
Henry Ohl, then president of
the Wisconsin State Federation
of Labor, said check No. 1 stood
for the "principle" that . "em-
That August day 20 years ago
may go down in social and eco
nomic history as a major event.
If it does, the history books can
be documented with checks No.
1. It never was cashed. Rudd,
now retired in Madison, sold it
for $23 to a man who wanted
to preserve it. The check is in
a safety deposit vault at a Madi
son bank.
Networks Will Rush Tons of Equipment
From Chicago To San Francisco Parley
Chicago W.R) This is head
ache day for the three major
networks.
It' the day in which broad
casters must move out a couple
of two -ton autos, a 10 -ounce
camera, cables, amplifiers, Bet
ty Fumess' cook, a scale model
of the aircraft carrier Forrestal,
creepie - peepies, walkie - talkies
and a chimpanzee named J.
Fred Muggs.
That is, assuming the Demo
cratic convention ends on sched
ule. "This time element is mur
der getting everything set up
by Monday for the Republicans.
It's by far the most frantic move
In network history," says Al
Bryant, director of office serv
ice for CBS and the man boss
ing the shipment of all pool
equipment and personnel.
Tare Plane Chartered
The NBC-ABC-CBS pool con
cists of 38 key commentators
and technicians from each of
the networks, 114 in all. Each
af the nets also will throw 10,
000 pounds of equipment into
the pool.
To make sure this joint ship
ment is sped on its way six
hours after Sam Rayburn's gave)
drops, Bryant has chartered
three planes.
But that's not all. The net
works also must get their main
show on the road, too.
CBS has 280 additional peo
ple it must send to San Fran
cisco. NBC says it has 402 ad
ditional people to ship and
squeeze into 15 hotels, two mo
tels and two private mansions
in the GOP city. The mansions
had to be rented by the network
for the entire month.
ABC is moving 50 people out
of Chicago and, 75 more from
Los Angeles to San Francisco.
That network also must send
about six more tons of equip
ment by plane and a station
wagon equipped with a com
plete transmitting unit. The lat
ter will have to go by rail.
ABC owns the 10-ounce cam
era, perhaps the smallest object
of any value to make the trip.
NBC will ship the other auto
mobile, a doctor, a lip reader
(she is listed on the roster as
a . transposed ) and J. Fred
Muggs. NBC is moving six tons
by air freight and four more by
train.
In the CBS shipment are scale
models of the Forrestal and
Queen Mary and a large model
airplane all used in commer
cials. Betty Furness, who is sad
dled down here with 12' pieces
of luggage, one typewriter, two
hat boxes, one large camera
case and assorted paper pack
ages, also must go.
With Miss Furness will go the
cook for her commercials, her
press agent, an assortment of
ad agency men and Miss Fur
ness' personal assistant, former
movie star Ann Shirley.
"I tell you," says Bryant,
"this is the kind of special job
which nobody in his right mind
would tackle. But with a little
luck, we may make it."
Worcester, Mass. (U.R)
Richard L. Lizotte was fined $5
for driving with four persons
in the front seat of his car. One
of the four was riding to his left,
police said.
BELA LUGOSI
Heart Attack Fatal
Actor Bela Lugosi
Succumbs in Sleep
Hollywood (U.R) Horror
actor Bela Lugosi died in his
sleep Thursday.
. The body of the Hungarian-
born actor, who was 73, was dis
covered by his wife, a movie stu
dio cutting clerk; when she ar
rived home from work at 6:45
p.m. (PST). She -said he usually
took a nap in the afternoon.
His physician said he had a
background of hardening of the
arteries but it was believed he
died of a heart attack.
Girl Hurt When Hit- ,
By Rock at Crater Lake
Klamath Falls (U.R) A six-year-old
girl from California
was injured seriously when
struck by a falling rock at Crar
ter Lake national park yester
day afternoon. .
Little Karen Wehrman, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry R.
Wehrman of Hayward, Calif.,
was walking with her parents
on the Lake trail when the rock
fell, striking her on the head.
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