CHILD ENDOWMENT
FEDERAL ATTITUDE
EXPLAINED BY MR. BRUCE
(United Press Association.—Copyright.) MELBOURNE, 20th June. The Premiers' Conference is considering the adoption of a Federal scheme of child endowment. Mr. Bruce, addressing the conference, said the Commonwealth's attitude was clear. The Government believed that assistance should be limited to those wage-earners who were unable to rear theiv families without unduly handicapping thornselves. The Commonwealth Government could hot accept the principle that parents able to provide for thoir children should be relieved of tho responsibility by "the community. Nor could it accept any scheme which would iinposo the cost of child endowment on the general revenue or add to tho existing obligations of industry or increased taxation. Ho suggested that a scheme might be evolved by each State in tho direction of fixing a new Uving wage, with incidental provision for child endowment. This could be dono only with the assistanco of tho Commonwealth Government, which suggested that discussion should bo directed towards the desirability of arriving at a consistent and uniform system of wago regulation throughout tho Commonwealth.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 143, 21 June 1927, Page 9
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177CHILD ENDOWMENT Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 143, 21 June 1927, Page 9
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