AMERICA'S WORKLESS CONSTABLES HONOURED

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 1, 2 January 1932, Page 12

AMERICA'S WORKLESS

CONSTABLES HONOURED

MANY FACE STARVATION

CHURCH SUPPORTS RELIEF

WASHINGTON, 30th December.

Mr. Edward McGrady, of the American Federation of Labour, advocating Federal relief for the jobless, told a Senate Committee that American salary and wage-earners, on a basis of the 1929 pay, lost between 18 and 20 billion dollars in 1931.

He estimated \thafc there wore 7,500,000 totally unemployed and 6,000,000 others working only three days a week or, less.

He stated that many faced starvation, and emphasised the difficulties of •mine workers in seven of the States.

Meanwhile the United States Koman Catholic Hierarchy, for the first time, formally announced its approval of Federal appropriations for the unemployed" with the presentation of a report by 80 bishops, which asserted: "We are convinced that, due to the yastness of the number suffering, Federal and State appropriations are necessary."

A representative of tho National Roman Catholic Welfare Association presented the bishops' plea.

KING'S POLICE MEDAL

ECHO OF PROGRESS WRECK

The King's Police Medal ,"for acts of exceptional courage and skill or conspicuous devotion to duty" has been awarded to Constables 3T. A. H. Baker, of Island Bay, and W. S. Hammond, of the Taranaki Street Station, according to advice received by the GovernorGeneral. The awards have been made in recognition of the conspicuous bravery displayed by the two constables in their endeavours to rescue members of the crew of the steamer' Progress, wfyich was wrecked at Ohiro Bay, Wellington, on :Ist May, 1931.

Constable Baker was in charge of a 3mall boat which put out i. a heavy sea and which capsized after one man had been rescued. , Constable , Baker was injured. Constable Hammond made an effort to swim out with a life line, and ho.was badly buffeted by the sea and thrown on to the rocks. In recognition of their gallantry, the two constables have already been granted a Record of Merit by the Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. G. Wohlniann), and they have'also been honoured, by the Royal Life-Saving Society. - . The King's Police Medal was instituted in 1909 as a'reward "only .for acts of exceptional courage and skill or conspicuous devotion to duty" to officers and men of any recognised Police Force or organised Fire Brigade in the [United Kingdom, India, and His Majesty's Dominions Beyond the Seas. The number of medals awarded in any one year shall not exceed 120.