UNEMPLOYMENT

Hokitika Guardian, 17 August 1932, Page 5

UNEMPLOYMENT

ITS TWIN DANGERS

WARNING BY BOARD MEMBER,

(Per Press Association— Copyright.)

MASTERTQN, August 16. j Twin dangers to the national , welfare that lurked in the background of the unemployment 'trouble were brought into prominence by Mr J. S. Jpssep, the Deputy-Chairman 'of the Unemployment Board, when speaking in Masterton to-day. ■! .. 5 w

The danger spots that were pointed out by/Mr Jessep were; the possibility of perpetuating the condition of unemployment in the endeavour to cure it, and risk of permanently impairing the individual characters and the standing of the men affected. • ’ v

In respect of these two important considerations Mr Jessep specially; besought the co-operation of the Local Committees, as Co-Trustees with the * Unemployment Board, in the administration of the unemployment fund. '

.Replying to the assertion that towns like Masterton were , not getting as much of the relief funds as the cities - were I getting, Mr Jessep said that the seales of relief would necessarily vary according to the:' needs of the people in the different *Jt was impracticable to ley down an arbitrary scale of relief %o cover lie whole area from North Cape to the Bluff, as the means, through the natural resources or otherwise,, of . supplementing the livelihood of the individual varied in,., different places, ' . • *?"* ' ■ Mr Jessep explained that the 4A Scheme had been withdrawn for the time being, for the reason that the Board did not want to 'interfere with the seasonal industries; ./particularly those in .the dairying .districts.' Individual cases, he said, would be dealt with on their merits.,, -’ , ,