EX-SERVICE MEN.
6 STATE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT. (By Cable —Press Association— Copyright.) < (Australian and ?>.Z. Cable Association) (Received December 16th, 0.0 p.m.) ; LONDON, December 10. , Dr. Macnnmara, in the House of■ ; Commons, said the Government had re'- j solved to Hiid employment for hlty , thousand ex-service men who were un- | emploved. Negotiations with the j , Building Trade Unions had been pro- , tracted, but the Government would not ( permit further delay. Work must be . found. The Ministry would submit do- 1 finite, final proposals to the trade unions on Monday. . 1 Ten thousand Australian ex-scrvico men and their dependants m England are receiving £30,030 yearly (• wocklj)., Tho problem of unemployment is growing increasingly difficult. I here arc 210,189 ex-service men out of work, and a total of men, women, and boys of over half a million. Thoexcutive of tho Labour Party lias docided that tho present scandal of starving innocent people cannot bo allowed to continue. A person for whom no work is available is entitled to a maintenance grant of at least 40s weekly for men and 23s for women, with an additional allowance for dependants. Unt'l bettor provision for unemployment is made, a scliemo should be directly provided by Government. •
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 17020, 17 December 1920, Page 7
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