Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 105, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1975 Page: 10 of 16
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“Our payments are so low eligible job for the worker and said, some unemployment
that people have to work,” said he refuses to take it, we’U cut checks must be cancelled for
Barry Fredrickson, the regional him M" this reason
director for financial services of Food stamps, another source As a result of these policies,
the Texas State Welfare De- of welfare benefits. are avail- Texas has not become a haven
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And there’s plenty work to feed a family Fredrickson.
available, according to Robert Fredrickson said, for ex- Other states have much more
Taylor, a labor market analyst ample, an unemployed worker profitable no-work programs,
for the Texas Employment with a wife and four children he noted. In Illinois, for ex-
Commission. would get about $210 worth of ample, an out-of-work laborer
“If a guy wants to work, food stamps a month cart-free. can get $105 a week. In Mas
somewhere, he’ll have no If he’s also getting the $63 a sachusetts, the compensation
trouble finding a job, particu- week in unemployment com- can be as high as $143 a week,
larly in Houston,” said Taylor, pensation, however, he’ll have According to federal figures,
in a recent Sunday paper, for to pay $79 for the stamps. monthly welfare payments in
example, there are 25 pages if the worker is able-bodied, Texas averaged only $30 a
of help wanted ads," added Fredrickson, “he would month for individuals and $113
"There are positions open for get no benefits at all from the for families in 1973. In Mas-
everything from engineers to state welfare program.” sachusetts, for example, the
skilled crafts to common la- Few workers in Texas can same figures were $93.83 for in-
bor," he said. The least avail- play the "unemployment dividuals and $329.64 for fami-
able jobs are for common la- check" game. This game calls lies.
borers, but there are scores of for a worker to labor for a year The result, in Texas, says
Gruhlkey. “And if we find an "Several times a week ”, he
Texas no place for
unemployment gome
By PAUL RECEM Fredrickson said Texas ranks get the unemployment com-
Associated Press Writer about 44th among the 30 states pensation.
HOUSTON (AP) — If you’re in the welfare payments it pro- In Texas, said Gruhlkey, the
able-bodied and looking for a vides. worker has to show a willing-
work-free lift on welfare, par- For unemployment com- '>ess to accept jobs. If he refuses
dner, you better move out of pensation, according to Texas work comparable to his
Texas Things just ain't handled Employment District Director previous job, the law requires
that way in the Lone Star State. A.L Gruhlkey, it also ranks his payments to stop.
Texas welfare and unemploy- near the bottom. This law is very vigorously
ment payments are so low, said The maximum unemploy- enforced," said Gruhlkey "We
officials interviewed on the ment compensation we pay is make every effort to follow
question, that "this is just not $63 a week for 26 weeks, said through on this.” .
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Fisher, Norman. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 105, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1975, newspaper, February 14, 1975; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1575567/m1/10/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Brownwood Public Library.