REHABILITATION

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23943, 10 May 1943, Page 4

REHABILITATION

QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY CHAIRMAN OF BOARD Questions sent to him about rehabilitation were answered by the chairman of the Rehabilitation Board (Mr M. Moohan) in a broadcast address last evening. . . The opening of schools for the teaching of home science for women had not been considered by the board, said Mr Moohan, but it was a question that could well be discussed by members of the different women’s organisations. In answer to a question as to the disposal of primary products after the war. Mr Moohan said that this was a matter of great importance, but in America on May 18 there would be opened a conlerenee, at which New Zealand would be represented, to discuss the best methods of food production and distribution for all nations. A satisfactory solution, he hoped, would be found.

Replying to a question as to the rehabilitation of men who had been held back to perform essential work, Mr Moohan said that there was a big difference between the soldier on service and men in essential industry. He thought there would be no dissatisfaction if the returned soldiers received preference, but if matters were handled properly there should be no difficulty in finding work for all. The Government had already purchased big areas of land on which men could make a decent living, said Mr Moohan, in answer to a further question, and any branch of the State Advances Corporation would be able to supply all information on this point. A writer suggested that Great Britain would be so exhausted ■ after the war that she must be prepared for a lower standard of living. Mr Moohan said that after the war there must be the highest production of goods to ensure a good class of living. The soldier could not be denied the right to live decently, and the fear of war and the fear of unemployment must be banished.