We believe that this measure, if adopted, means at best an annuity of doubtful value for the aged of the future and unemployment benefit of doubtful value for the normally temporarily unemployed of the future--at the terrific cost of retarding the reemployment of those who are unemployed today.
John Harrington, general counsel for the Illinois Manufacturing Association. From one of the Senate Finance Committee hearings on the bill.
Tuesday, January 22, 1935
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