The Other 49
States suggest work for unemployed
A suggestion has been made by the State
of Wisconsin that its unemployed be
required to work for state and local
governments in order to receive
unemployment compensation. Unemployed
fathers in Massachusetts applying for aid for
dependent children are being detoured to a
job interview with an employment security
counselor in the welfare office. The state
already requires employable welfare
recipients to register for work.
Four-day work week works in North
Carolina
An experiment dealing with a four-day
work week yielded greater productivity for
North Carolina's Department of
Transportation last summer. So once again,
the state will place 8,000 highway
maintenance workers on the new schedule,
which includes a 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. work
day, plus a lunch break.
Kentucky big-wigs found carless
Kentucky Gov. Julian M. Carroll ordered
the long-standing practice of assigning
state-owned automobiles to state officials
stopped. Carroll said most officials could
use the state motor pool and established a
procedure for those who need an assigned
auto.
New York restores lottery
Legislation reviving New York's lottery
was signed into law this spring by Gov. Hugh
L. Carey. He had suspended the lottery last
October because of signs of poor
management and scandal.
Washington lawmakers boost pay
Lawmakers in the State of Washington
will receive $7,200 per year, almost twice
their present salary of $3,800, beginning next
November.
Ohio governor prays despite protests
Ohio Gov. James A. Rhodes held his
annual prayer breakfast as scheduled in the
Capitol Rotunda despite protests from the
American Civil Liberties Union that it
violates the constitutional ban on mixing
church and state.
Florida governor seeks ethics amendment
On the theme that "public office is a public
trust," Florida Gov. Reubin O'D. Askew
launched a campaign to place a strong ethics
amendment on the November ballot. The
amendment, which needs 210, 537 signatures
to gain entry on the ballot, would require full
financial disclosure by public officials and
candidates for public office./ T.S.B.ž
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