WORK FOR DISABLED SOLDIERS.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20416, 10 December 1931, Page 11

WORK FOR DISABLED SOLDIERS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRESS Sir,—lt has been reported in the local dailies that a committee from the Chamber of Commerce is going to cooperate with the Re-estab|ishment Committee with the view to provide work for disabled soldiers. What precisely does this mean ? 1 have this week met four disabled soldiers who have recently be6n discharged from the service of firms whose executive officers are prominent members of the Chamber or Commerce. Although not totally disabled, many men by virtue of being in receipt of the economic pension, come under this category. ... Therefore a danger lurks in this proposal. Employer"- may discharge through the depression many pensioners, but under the re-eßtablishmenti Act, they can re-employ them on subsidised wages (in other capacities), and this must be prevented, as it is unfair and unjust to the taxpayer. It- woul be far hotter if adequate pensions were given these men rather than that, tney should be exploited bv the employer under this Act. - , . As an ex-soldier. T would the las to suggest preference for soldiers, n it is a disgrace to the country *(!'?_ this class of ex-soldier at least sho - not have been provided with emolovment under the nrcumst« n, • -Yours, etc.. RX _ TW ,OPER. December Bth. 1931.