TOPICS OF THE DAY
Twin Evils “War and unemployment are the twin devils that threaten our present civilisation. Unless we can banish them, and the fear of them, from our midst it is certain that civilisation as we know it will not- endure. The two are closely connected as mutual cause and effect, and they can he outlawed by no other way than by international co-operative action. Our ideas as to the function of the State have altered radically and rapidly. Every Government has been forced to go into business. No State now dares to remain indifferent to the standard of life of its citizens and to their security of employment. Both of those are now coming to be regarded almost as statutory rights which it is the duty of the Government to ensure. Thus the success of every administration is being judged mainly by it= success in reducing unemployment -in restoring agriculture and industry to a profitable level.”—Dr. James A. Bowie, Principal of the School of Economics, Dundee, addressing the Insurance Institute of Perth on World Economic Trends. •
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20786, 22 April 1939, Page 6
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