RELIEF WORKERS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21297, 26 September 1932, Page 13

RELIEF WORKERS

Sir, —I feel I must reply to the re- j marks made against relief workers in the | Manurewa district. Oiving to misfortune I 1 was glad to accept relief work as I could not got anything to keep the five of our family going and, I must say', after ' tlio practical experience on this work of somo months, my sympathies are largely with the relief workers. I have had a life of easy living practically up till this slump, and, having lost all, had to take the only avenue open. I can honestly say that, generally speaking, the relief workers earn every penny they get. You will always get a slacker or two on any job or walk in life, and it is very easy for men who live on farms and have every convenience at hand and can have a spell whenever they like to judge the poor relief workers. Let any farmer be forced to work all day with pick and shovel, or grub gorse, or work on a stone crusher and shovel metal into lorries for eight hours on a stretch and I will guarantee ho will be more tolerant for his fellow-man. In times like these we need tolerance and more of the unselfish spirit. Let us all pull together and not backbite so much and I think both taxpayer and worker will bo happier and more contented. Tolerance.