INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE EXTENSION OF SCOPE MR BEVAN’S MAIDEN SPEECH (Official Wireless) (Received July 4, 11 a.m.) RUGBY, July 3 Mr A. Bevin had the unusual experience of making his maiden Parliamentary speech in the House of Commons from the front bench, when moving the second reading of the Unemployment Insurance Bill, which incerases the rate of benefit and extends the scope to a large number of black-coated workers. Mr Bevin said: “ Unemployment in certain branches of industry is being created deliberately of sheer national necessity, partly by the delay in the transfer of workers to war industry. When you deliberate- , ly in the interests of the State, create unemployment you cannot then take advantage of the rates fixed for an entirely different purpose.” Mr Bevin explained that an increase in the contribution rate of worker and employer was necessary because he had to see that the new regulations would not entail borrowing, especially as he regarded a temporary boom after the present war as impossible. Widespread Attacks An Air Ministry communique states Royal Air Force bombers continued attacks on Tuesday night, the targets including aerodromes in Denmark and Belgium, communications in the Ruhr and Westphalia, objec tives at Hamburg and Dortmund, and the docks at Zeebrugge. All the aircraft returned safely. Coastal Command aircraft to-day bombed enemy bases at Texel and Ymuiden, in Holland, in the course of which they shot down an enemy fighter without loss. One of our aircraft failed to return from a reconnaissance yesterday.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21156, 4 July 1940, Page 7
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