AFTER THE WAR

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 86, 3 August 1942, Page 6

AFTER THE WAR

WHAT OF UNEMPLOYMENT NEED TO PLAX THE FUTURE "Main* professional workers and skilled operatives will be released owing to demobilisation, and it is of great importance that these men should not be allowed long periods of unemployment. It is probable that there will not be lor at least a year after the close of the war any great measure of unemployment. '"Demobilisation must be a slow process, otherwise, there will be nothing but confusion and chaos. Moreover, as we foresee, 'it is necessary for the Allied Powers when victorious to maintain strong forces, even the production of munitions of 'Avar will not immediately cease. "It Avould-.be as Avell in any case that the big industries connected with the building trades should themselves plan for the future. The more -comprehensive the policy, provided that it is a sound policj r , the more likely it is that Ave shall be able to cope with the big demand lor neAv houses Avith ncAV plans and new technical methods. "What is wanted is a very close alliance on the part of the Ministrj* with the building trades and the local authorities." —Sir Percy Alden, a British authority on the housing question, writing in the "Contemporary lleview" on post-war problems .