IDLE WORKERS
CONDITIONS IN U.S.A.
WORSE THAN LAST YEAR. LABOURi LEADER SUMS UP. aY OaHI.IC CRUMS ASSOCIATION COHARMitIi Received 9.55 a.m. to-day. WASHINGTON, Fch. 21. Mr Edgar Wallace, Legislative iepre r tentative of the American Federatioi. of Labour, told the House of Agricul cure Committee that the present unemployment condition© were comparable with those ol‘ 1920. when there was ; general depression ill the United States, .ir Wallace stated that 40 per cent, of the potental labour power of the •ountry was now idle, whereas normally 20 per cent, were idle. He said that general conditions were far worse at present than in 1927.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 22 February 1928, Page 5
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103IDLE WORKERS Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 22 February 1928, Page 5
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