INFLUX OF WORKERS

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 83, 4 October 1929, Page 11

INFLUX OF WORKERS

OFFICIAL SAFEGUARDS

Despite the fact that the major problem of creating avenues of employment for the early placing of unemployed has been dealt with, the Cabinet Committee, which is administering the Government's unemployment relief proposals, is finding itself fully occupied at the meetings which it is having daily. The four Ministers comprising the Committee are giving preference to this business and are meeting every morning at 9 o'clock. *

The Prime Minister (Sir Joseph Ward) announces that it has been decided that it will be necessary to enforce tlie stipulation that the men engaged must have been resident for three months, in the Dominion. "The object of this will be obvious," said fcur Joseph. "If some such safeguard were not applied there would in all probability be an influx of workers from overseas, with the result that the position would become worse than if the trove rnment made no atteln p t to deal with it."

Sir Joseph Ward expressed appreciation of the helpful attitude taken up t>y the Wellington members of Parliament m urging unemployed to register with thd Labour Department. He hoped and believed that the members vi question- were expressing the attitutle of Labour organisations generally and ho had no doubt that they would extend their assistance still further. As soon as registrations are sufficiently complete," added the Prime Minister, "it will be possible to allocate the men. The object will be to custribute them, as far as possible, with the best advantage to themselves, that is, as near to their homes as possible. J-t will be recognised that this will not J>e practicable to the extent that the Government would like, but it will be followed Tvherever it is reasonable to

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