UNEMPLOYMENT
so tn bditob or in pbbhs. Sir, —In'.a statement issued recently, 'Mr Armstrong admitted that those who Were receiving award rates of pay, subsidised out of the unemployment funds, were not classed as unemployed for the purpose of the Abstract of Statistics. . 1
Part 4 of .the Declaration; of Industrial and Occupational Status reads, “If unemployed,, are you in receipt of sustenance or employed on Scheme 5? (Answer “Yes” or “No”; if in employment write “X.”)” In the month of June ( 1930, there were 15,456 under No. S scheme. (rational work), and X now
appeal to the contributors of this page to enlighten me as to the number now employed under No. 5 scheme, and why they do not receive award rates of pay.—Yours, etc., SORE. May 27, 1938,
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22414, 30 May 1938, Page 5
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