THE WORKLESS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 120, 13 February 1908, Page 7

THE WORKLESS.

NO UNEMPLOYMENT BILL THIS SESSION. MR BURNS'S SYMPATHY. BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. (Rec. Feb. 12, 10.14 p.m.) London, February 12. | Mr. John Burns, President' of the Local Government Board, in reply to a question in the House of Commons, said he did not intend to legislate with regard to unemployment 'in 1908. Ho proposed, during tlio next period of distress, to act as sympathetically as possible. AN INTERVIEW PREVENTED. London, February 11. i Despite tlio King's dosiro for privacy, two Socialists , tried to march a hundred unemployed; to the residence of, tlio. King's son-in-law, the Duko .of Fife, where His Majesty went for rest and quiet. The polico: dispersed the .meeting. . ,

DEMAND'S : IN THE UNITED STATES. / ' A MARCH PROJECTED. New York,' February 11. The National Congress .of Unemployed, sitting at. St. Louis, will demand that the unemployed",shall - be State-supported during tho period of inactivity, like soldiers, and that, they should liavo freo transportation when seeking employment.r They also'ask'for ail appropriation of one hundred : and fifty j million' .dollars for the organisation of, work, for ,tho idlo. If nothing is-done a monster march to Washington will take place. '

The Labour party has bitterly condemned Mr. Burns for his administration of funds' under tho Unemployed'- Act,' alleging lack of sympathy with the distressed. The Labour party will introduce an Unemployed Bill, the provisions of which; wore recently summarised! in' theso columns: ' ' ■ 1