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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14837, 14 February 1919, Page 7

The unemployed problem is growing more acute in various parts of Queensland. Olie of the speakers a.t an unemployed meeting at' Towns dll e (states a telegram from Brisbane published in the Melbourne Argus recently) said that the Labor Government would not do anything until it was forced to act. If the men did net get food they would have to go into the -stores and take it. Anothoi 1 speaker at a meeting at Bundaberg declared that distress was only setting in. The Acting Premier (Mr Theodor**), referring to the unemployed problem, said that notwithstanding the serious view af the situation that was taken by the Ministry and the sincere effort it was making to solve the problem, he noticed that a feW I.W.W. men, who were bitter antagonists of the Ministry, wevc abusing it. He thought it was time the workers of Queensland awakened and "booled out" the loudmouthed disturbers of the Labor moveraant. It would be far better if the toilers 'allowed their authorised unions aiid, officials to speak for them, as necessity I , arose. "At any rate," added Mr Theodore, "the Ministry is nob going to be bluffed by the L,W. W. element that is endeavoring to fasten to the Labor movement like t>arnacles to a ship."