HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 381

NO. 6.

Joint resolution relative to unemployment insurance.

WHEREAS, The General Assembly of Maryland is heartily
in favor of social security legislation in general, and un-
employment insurance in particular; and

WHEREAS, This Assembly believes that stability in our
social structure is attainable only by giving the wage earn-
ing employees greater economic security than they now
enjoy; and

WHEREAS, The Federal Social Security Law levies a 3%
payroll tax when the unemployment insurance plan is in
full operation; and

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this General Assembly that
a 3% payroll tax will be an incentive to employers to cut
wages and to raise prices; and

WHEREAS, Such a taxing provision is unfair to employees
and to consumers; therefore be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the
Congress of the United States be and it is hereby requested
to amend the Federal Social Security Law in such man-
ner that the unemployment insurance plan will be financed
by a 1% tax on wages, a 1% tax on employers' payrolls
and an appropriation by the Federal Government from its
general revenues to equal the contributions made by em-
ployers, and that the Federal Government shall also pay all
cost for the administration of said plan; and be it further

Resolved, That these amendments be made at the present
session of Congress so that the legislators of the several
States may be enabled to pass legislation in conformity
with the Federal Law thus amended; and be it further

Resolved, That the Senators and Representatives from
Maryland in the Congress of the United States be and they
are hereby urgently requested to make every effort pos-
sible to have Congress amend the Federal Social Security
Law as hereinabove suggested; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of State of Maryland be
and he is hereby requested to send a copy of these Reso-
lutions to the President of the United States, to the Presi-
dent of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the