BRITISH POLITICS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 12 March 1930, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS

UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM

BOLD AND DEFINITE POLICY

WANTED

SPEECH BY LLOYD GEORGE

(United Preaa Asaociation—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright)

LONDON, 10th March

In the House of Commons Dir Lloyd George initialed a debate on unemployment. lie pointed out that the figures had increased from 1,100,000 to over 1,500,000 silted Labour had been in office. We could not got below the present figures unless a bold and definite policy was adopted. Even assuming all the merits of the tariff issue were on the side of the Conservatives he did not know whether Mr MacDonald wanted a dissolution, but he advised him not to seek it with a million and a-half unemployed. The Conservative plan depended upon an effective majority. The squaring of the dominions was not as easy as squaring Lord Beaverbrook by scaring him. They could not scare the dominions, and even a referendum meant time. He pointed out that Britain was lagging behind agriculturally, electrically and in road traffic improvement. Mr Thomas referred to a city’s firm's circular cabled sth March advising poo-, pie to transfer their money abroad. “I say that any one guilty of tha* conduct ought himself to leave tin. ..ountry. It would be better without him.’’ (Cheers}.