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UnempI blamed on bad ? By David TomNn Aiinci*t?d Praaa Wri?w Recession will cause more than 9,000 South Carolina workers to lose their jobs in the months ahead, and state Labor Commissioner Edgar McGowan says the workers must take part of the blame themselves. McGowan said low productivity is at the root of the economic downturn, and poor worker attitudes are a major cause of the low productivity, along with inadequate management and aging plants. State unemployment was 8.3 percent in July, down a tenth of a percent from June, but McGowan said things * are going to get worse. "I THINK IT will un to Q percent," he said. "In our state a tenth of a percent is 1,300 people, so if you lose 10,000 jobs, that takes us to 9 percent in a hurry. "If interest rates go higher," he said, "unemployment could go to 10 percent or even higher. "There's a disillusionment among working people with government, with their lot in life, which has created a psychological feeling that they're only working to exist," the commissioner said. "We're going to make a concerted effort to convince the South Carolina worker I LrO "? JEWELRY pi WAREHOUSE Hj BE 2909 Piatt Springs Rd. I ;I West Cola. 9 til 6 Mon. Sat. I'] "It's more than Just Hj another Jewelry Store" H i r~? ?i | Palmetto Gold Buying Service i x > y< Hint '< -<Iih( >n< 'V ' ( omc sec us I ii st We I ><)\ < n | >iK < I Kuyin^* School Kin^s, Jrwrli v. SiKcr. \\'?U< lies. (.oins. An\ ihin^ ol V.ilur Palmetto Gold j Buying Service 4433 IK'vinc St. 1 787-488(? 0|M*n ?>::??p.m. Mon.-Sal. j i 1 .V;. g -y'o-] HB oyment partly ittitude that he has something to be proud of. "YOU CANNOT LEGISLATE productivity," he said. "Productivity has to be the desire on the part of the worker to put out the maximum amount he can of quality product during a work shift. McGowan said this year's recession is hitting the state harder than the one in 1975 and 1976."South Carolina The Bettmann Archive \p\ I Fo< from page 3 timl 1 L .. i ? mere nas Deen a general cia United States) for a tightening program," Gregory said. Studei food stamp benefits will still rec< THE NEW FOOD stamp eli because the old rules of tax d( manufacturers continued to operate in 1975-76, at least for a portion of the recession, and built inventory," he said. "That is not happening this time. They're more educated. Thev immediately cut back, anticipating the problems they'd have. "I think we're going to continue in this recession," he added. "I think it'll be late next year before we can see any great improvement." JU aLaimpo iv mor from the people (of the regulations down within the food stamp beating the i its with a legitimate claim to any studem eive aid, he said. "Congress 1: really eligil gibility rules were enacted unconstituti ^pendency and student work Work on Game I NEWS Repc Come by Rb ?190O Beer Hp r >?kUv ,.flHfe$*Mu' ?; '-iofeSmS ' / 'Sfsf ? r-' ^3??!^; ''MO * ' : K' t#lsH I?re - ^-4?'""s ~'.K''" ' 'J^?Vt f t U ?%$*? ? /if'] f. ' --fxil^zTSHSSUSJB lies Millerl ( 4 > be cut A. _ ff 1* I a. m m i were noi enecuve, ana many siuaents were system, Waldron said. He said he has not heard of ts planning to challenge the new regulations, las a right to target a ban on who they think is not 3le for stamps," he said. "The decision is not onal." cock 1 Drtens wanted I Brewed by Miller Brewing Co.. Milwaukee. Wis. L? ^ avwte^^^