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    Employment Security Department

    Active dates:1953 - 1969
    Authority:
    Minn. Stat. 268
    1953 Minn. Laws Chap. 603
    Function: The Department administered the state employment service program, the state unemployment compensation program, and the federal veterans' readjustment assistance act of 1952 program providing unemployment compensation to veterans.
    Preceded by:
    Social Security Department
    Succeeded by:
    Manpower Services Department
    History: The department's name was changed to Department of Manpower Services by 1969 Minn. Laws Chap. 567.
    Related to:
    Employment Security Advisory Council
    Agency heads: Victor Christgau (1953-1954); F. W. Nichols (1954-1955); Frank Starkey (1955-1965); Robert Joseph Brown (1965-1966); George J. Vavoulis (1967-1970)
    Reports:
    Annual Report (1967-1968)
    Note: The Legislative Reference Library may have additional reports on or by this group available through our catalog.
    Documents/Articles:
    News clippings and documents. Agencies Notebook Collection, 1953-1969.
    Record last updated: 05/07/2015
     

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