Lyons v. Employment Security Commission

This is a saga of modern American initiative — as to which we are asked to indorse a bitter penalty.

An auto-worker named Lyons had a wife, 7 children, a house, and a job all located in a Detroit-area community. He was laid off from the job — but not from the other responsibilities.

While he was laid off and drawing unemployment compensation, Lyons heard about a chance for work at the Chrysler plant at Indianapolis — 273 miles from his home in Trenton. Promptly he drove to Indianapolis, was offered a job, and took it.

What this record shows beyond all dispute is that Lyons was an optimist.…