UNEMPLOYED

Hokitika Guardian, 9 January 1932, Page 5

UNEMPLOYED

SERIOUS DISTRESS. DEMONSTRATION AT DUNEDIN. (By Teleyruph. —Per Press Association) DUNEDIN, January 8. Over four hundred unempioyou took part, in a deinou'stianon ui tne Town Dad and at the nospitui Board tuuay wnen additional rebel was demanded. ine mass meeting of the unemployed at- tile ion’ll nail was organised last nigut, and a deputation waited „u me unemployment committee. uiiomidoyment Committee rein.-,. u c., mar one spokesman, Air Buliuntyiic. Tile unemployed surged into tiie room, and there was then an acrimonious exchange between the members of the Committee who remained and a number of the unemployed, leu by air Mailantyne. the crowd then m..relied to the Hospital Hoard, which consented to near tne necessitous cases, but refused a demand lor relief lor all. The Chairman, Mr W. E. 5. Knight, has tonvarded a te.egram to the Prime Minister, as follows: “Deputation of over four hundred wa.tcu on the Board, demanding more assistance than is provided by the* Unemployment Board. Single men were represented to be in desperate straits now that the relief depot is closed. Married people with families also in sore straits. Strongly urge that you extend relief granted by Unemployment Board each week, ai’.so for fourth week,” SITUATION IN AMERICA. DEPUTATION TO PRESIDENT. WASHINGTON, January 7. Fourteen thousand unemployed, mainly from the State of Pennsylvania,, impressively presented to President Hoover a request for immediate relief, to which the President replied; “Depressions and their result, like war, must be fought continuiusly upon many fronts, and the fight cannot be won by a single skirmish or a panacea.” Mr Hoover asserted that he believed that the Administration were now engaged on “a final campaign against depression,” in which, he said, “the Government is spending half a billion dollars" a year above normal to give employment.” These unemployed, in their appearance and behaviour, were notably unlike the Communist gathering reported on December Bth. They were peaceable marchers, and they received compliments from many officials. Before leaving the capital city, the men gathered at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.