HOPE FOR WORKLESS

Taranaki Daily News, 7 March 1935, Page 4

HOPE FOR WORKLESS

EMPLOYMENT IN OWN INDUSTRIES. SPECIAL SCHEMES FOR 400,000. - (British Official Wireless). Rec. 5.5 p.m. s Rugby, March 5.; Speaking in the House 'of Commons during the debate on unemployment, the Minister of Labour, Sir Oliver Stanley, drew attention to the fact that last December more people were employed in British industry than ever before. In 1934 chronic unemployment affected no more than 400,000 persons, he said. Of a total insured population of 12,750,000 60 per cent., or 7,750,000, had been continuously employed and the average period of employment of the remainder had been 32 weeks in the year. AU but 400,000 had hope of work in their own industry and locality ahd could best be helped by restoring greater prosperity to industry. The material for the great and special schemes was for the 400,000 chronically unemployed and not for the whole of the 2,000,000 on the register. Sir Oliver Stanley pointed out that the question of shorter hours was an international problem. Any international convention must provide that aU the signatories meant shorter hours without lower wages.