MONETARY REFORM

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21506, 1 June 1933, Page 11

MONETARY REFORM

PROPOSAL TO GOVERNMENT STATEMENT EIY MAYOR .An announcement that he proposed to arrange for representations to be mad® to the Government urging the adoption of some system of monetary reform or control was made by the Mayor, Mr. G. W. Hutchison, yesterday, when replying tc a deputation of 15 women representing the Douglas social credit movement. The deputation was introdueetf by Mr. A. J. Stallworthy, M.P. Reference to 'the position of unemployed women was made by Miss I. Wilkinson, who said that under the existing legislation Women contributed to the Unemployment Fund without receiving any commensurate benefit. She quo ted cases of extreme hardship ai:d pointed to the lowering of the morale of the unemployed through having 1 o rely on charity for sustenance. The adoption of the Douglas social cr ad it system would alleviate tho present economic disabilities from which the people were suffering, and Miss Wilkinson urged the Mayor to give his li oral support to the movement. The Mayor outlined the steps he had taken to bring the needs of unemployed women before the Unemployment Board with the result that £SO a week had been allocated to Auckland. Mr. Hutchison did not suggest this assistance was adequate, but the best possible use was being made of the amount The Mayor agreed that the adoption ly the Government of a scheme of monetary reform or control, designed to bring about an immediate improvement ill the economic condition of the people, was urgently necessary. In the very near future he hoped to arrange for representations to be made to the Minister of Finance, the Rt. Hon. if. G. Co.ites, in this direction, without advocating any one particular niQphod of a number which had been put forward by various organisations. In thanking the Mayor, Mr. Stallworthy said the deputation appreciated the work done by Mr. Hutchison in the interests of the unemployed.