Your employment is what?
Mr. Statman. The assistant district director of the Dallas district of the Texas Employment Commission.
Mr. Jenner. And just tell us generally what your duties are in that respect?
Mr. Statman. Well, we have the unemployment compensation of this and the placement office, and research and statistical branch, and an office in Garland and in Grand Prairie. They are separate entities and it is my duty to assist the district director in any functions there are, and to assist in any problems that there are in any of the offices.
Mr. Jenner. Is there any office of the Commission in Fort Worth?
Mr. Statman. Yes. We are the Dallas district. Now, also, he was registered in the Fort Worth district too.
Mr. Jenner. He was?
Mr. Statman. Yes; but our connection with him was in actually three capacities—number one, as an applicant for a job, and as an applicant for a job, we had him counseled. In other words, if there are any reasons to believe that employment might be difficult for a person to obtain due to, maybe inexperience or due to change in occupation or some problem, we have a counseling setup that will counsel this person to the point where we feel we can help place him.
In other words, now, we are not equipped to give him psychological counseling or give him home therapy. Our job is placement counseling and we are trying to counsel them to the point where we can facilitate placing him onto a job and counseling duties then are through.
He was also referred to the counselor due to some apparent counseling needs, and he also filed a claim for unemployment insurance, so those are the three areas that he touched in the Dallas district.