UNEMPLOYED RELIEF.
QUAXJFICATTOIC QTTESTIOIC. THE NATT ORDERS. LONDON, November 13There is much comment on the action of Mr. Asquith, at the instance of the Labour party, in promising almost apologetically after consulting Mr. John Burns (President of the Local Government .Board) to revise Mr. Burns' circular to ! the distress committees.
The complaint made by Mr. Henderson (the chairman of the party.) was 'based on the fact that Mr. Asquith's promise to abolish two disqualifications regarding distress and employment had been modified, the circular leaving it optional to the committees to withhold such employment from improper appli--1 cants. Mr. Burns' policy was intended to shut out the habitual "loafer.
Unionist newspapers protest against Mr. Asquith's flinging of his colleague to the Socialist wolves instead of defending him.
I The "Times" urges Mr. Asquith to rise above constitutional precedent, which is haTdly applicable in the present circumstances, and forthwith place the contracts for the new battleships,, and destroyers needed, thus simultaneously alleviating [distress in the shipbuilding centres.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 273, 14 November 1908, Page 5
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