abity Dements unless
there is a finding of disabil-
ity and good cause for dis-
ability-benefit payments.
Claimant neither employed
nor registered at a public
employment office for more
than 3 months preceding be-
ginning of period of disabil-
ity must prove that unem-
ployment is due to disabil-
ity and not to a withdrawal
from the labor market.

If claimant receives or is en-
titled to receive an equal or
grester amount as work-
men's compensation for
same disability and week,
not eligible for disability
benefits; except that if work-
men's compensation less
then disability benefit,
claimant is entitled to the
difference.

Not elizible if claimant re-
ceives wages or part thereof,
except that if wages are less
than weekly benefit amount,
claimant draws the differ-

Compensable disability excludes accident or sickness
compensable under workmen's compensation law.

Initial and continued claims to
appropriate one of 9 regional
offices by mail. All mater-
nity benefit claims to Chicago
central office by mail.
Applications must be signed by
a doctor of medicine, an oste-
opath, or a dentist. Con-
tinued claims must have
similar certification on agen-
cy request.

TABLE I.-Comparison of temporary-disability-insurance laws administered in connection with unemployment-insurance laws-Continued

TABLE J.-Operations of 3 temporary-disability-insurance programs during fiscal year July 1, 1947–June 30, 1948

wages....

Benefits as percent of

taxable wages.

Funds available for

benefit payments as of June 30, 1948.

1.1

$19, 410,000

5.2 $128, 394, 500

2.0 4.9 $4,257,400 $12, 348, 400|

$1.2

$1.9

$26, 604, 300 $32, 426, 200

$4,776,036, 000 $6, 227, 058, 000 $547, 982, 000 $547, 982, 000 $4,742,000,000 $4,742,000,000

* $70,716, 400 * $719, 513,000 $34,079,800 $50, 584, 0007 $956, 282, 500 7 $956, 282,000

1 Represents estimate of the number covered by the State plan and their wages. The difference between this figure and the employment and wages covered under unemployment insurance is the number of workers covered by private plans, and consequently not required to contribute to the State fund and not eligible for benefits under it.

Estimated average covered employment in 1947.

Number of workers with sufficient base period wage credits to be qualified for benefits during the fiscal

year.

Total number of different beneficiaries in the period.

Computed as a ratio of average number of payments for a 2-week period to covered employment.

In addition, $106,373,500 now in the unemployment insurance account is available for transfer to the temporary disability insurance account.

'One single fund from which both benefits are paid.

APPENDIX IV-E. STATISTICS RELATED TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

TABLE 1.-National summary of data on unemployment insurance operations, by years, 1938–47 [Corrected to Dec. 10, 1948]

Covered employment and wages: 1

Estimated workers with wage credits (in thousands).. Average monthly employment (in thousands)..

Total wages in covered employment (in millions).

Taxable wages in cov

ered employment (in millions). Subject employers as of December 31 (in thousands).

Claim and benefit activi

ties: 5

Total number of ini

27,500 30,100 31,900 37, 600 43,000 44,000 43,000 43,000

45,500 45,600

19,929 21, 378 23,096 26, 814 29, 349 30, 828 30,044 28, 407 30, 235 32,216

$26, 200 $29, 069 $32, 450 $42, 146 $54, 796 $66, 117 $69, 139 $66, 642 $73, 403 *$86,467

$25, 665 $28, 411 $30, 107 $38, 677 $49, 721 $59, 034 $60, 655 $58, 545 $63, 691 7$72,831

TABLE 1.-National summary of data on unemployment insurance operations, by years, 1938-47-Continued

1 Excludes data for railroads and allied groups, subject, as of July 1, 1939, to Federal Unemployment Insurance Act.

2 Includes estimates for 2 States. Data not available.

* 1939, includes estimate for District of Columbia and West Virginia; 1941, includes estimate for Pennsyl vania.

Benefits first became payable as follows: 1936, 1 State (Wisconsin); 1938, 30 States; 1939, 20 States. Central office data for 1938; local office data for other years. Figures shown for new claims, 1940-42, actually new claims disposed of (central office).

' Includes some initial claims filed in Michigan not identified as new or additional.

New claims 1943-45 includes all initial claims for Texas and Wisconsin; new claims 1946 include all initial claims for Texas. Additional claims for the corresponding years exclude such claims for these States. Represents number of new claims authorized for 1939 and number of first payments for subsequent years; 1938 through 1942 excludes Indiana and Wisconsin; data not comparable. Wisconsin excluded 1943 through June 1945; Indiana excluded January to June 1943.

10 Represents number of checks issued.

11 Duration based on all beneficiaries; computed by dividing weeks compensated for all types of unemployment by the number of first payments during the year.

Based on data for 40 States in 1939; 49 States in 1940; 48 States in 1941; 48 States in 1942; 48 States in 1943; 49 States in 1944; and 50 States in 1945. Ratio for 1939 computed by dividing exhaustions by first payments for the respective calendar year. Ratios for 1940-47 computed by dividing exhaustions for the calendar year by first payments for 12-month period ending September 30 of same year.

13 Based on data for 23 States paying benefits for entire year.

14 Based on data for 49 States paying benefits for entire year.

15 "Taxable wages" used here are wages under $3,000. For some States in same years taxable wages were not in fact identical with wages under $3,000.

16 Represents employer contributions including voluntary contributions, as percent of taxable wages.

17 Includes voluntary contributions and effect of war-risk contributions in 1943, 1944, 1945, and 1946.

16 Includes collections subsequently transferred to Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account.