ITALIAN UNEMPLOYED

Taranaki Daily News, 24 August 1931, Page 13

ITALIAN UNEMPLOYED

SCHEME OF RELIEF PLANNED.

PREPARATION BY FASCISTS..

London, Aug. 12.

Although the Italian Government has hitherto opposed the dole, it is now recognised that a co-ordinated scheme of relief is necessary to deal with the unemployed, says the Rome correspondent of the Times.

The total of unemployed in Italy is now 700,000.

Signor Giuriati, the Fascist secretary, has circularised Fascist secretaries throughout Italy, drawing attention to the importance of doing their utmost, to relieve the unemployed families during the forthcoming winter. He urges Fascist organisations to unite in a vast scheme of assistance.

Relief plans are well advanced in Rome, where there have been gifts of money and other contributions, including large quantities of wheat. Probably public kitehens will be opened. Nevertheless, people are warned against any alarmist view as Fascismo “always prepares for the worst.”