SOLDIERS’ REHABILITATION

Taranaki Daily News, 23 July 1930, Page 11

SOLDIERS’ REHABILITATION

•DUNEDIN R.S.A. -SUGGESTIONS. - 1 By, Telegraph.—Press Association. s ; ■ Dunedin, (Last Night. • -The Bill .which it .is proposed to introduce into. Parliament for the alleviation of unemployment was read tonight at a meeting off the executive of the Dunedin Returned Soldiers’ Association, and after a full discussion the following motion was unanimously carried: “That-the Dunedin R.S.A.. appreciates the fact that the Government, recognising the seriousness of unemployment among returned soldiers, has suggested the appointment of on© of thecNew Zealand R.S.A. members to the proposed' unemployment board. However, the Dunedin Association desires to know before any steps are taken in this •direction if and how soon the Government proposes to put into operation the ■recommendations of the Rehabilitation Commission, because the question of properly rehabilitating the 500 men dealt with by th© commission is more pressing. Moreover; the suggested soldiers’ civil re-establishment league would be more fitted to deal with all returned, men, both physically fit unemployed men .nd men suffering disability. It is suggested that on a proportionate basis any such proposed unemployment board could allocate funds to the league to disburse to physically fit. returned men unemployed under the Unemployment Aet. This suggestion is put forward because it is felt that many of the cases of returned men physically fit are unemployed because of some result of war service.”