POLICY CHANGED

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 25, 22 September 1931, Page 3

POLICY CHANGED

Press Association—

"Post Special Service.

UNEMPLOYMENT SUBSIDISING OF LOCAL BODY WORK MUST CEASE PRODUCTION ESSENTIAL

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By Telephone —

WELLINGTON, Monday. Mr J. S. Jessep, deputychairman of the Unemployment Board, to-day m?ide the following statement: "The newly constituted Unemployment Board, after investigation, has unanimously reached very definite conclusions as to its future policy. These have been approved by the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. "The Board has decided that it is imperative that the unemployment funds he largely diverted from work done by local bodies under what is called Scheme No. 5 directly to reproductlve work, mainly on the land." "Whilst much useful work has been done by local bodies, the limits of its usefulness has in many cases been more than reached and it is proposed that the responsible committees in the various centres be. given much more authority to control the woik in their various centres, assot ciated with some permanent public officer. "An outstanding fact is that it is i absolutely necessary that the huge j amount of money being paid out weekly should be definitely turned to productive uses, so that it may tend to increase exports and increased revenue to the State, otherwise it is I obvious that the very source from which the unemployment funds are derived will dry up. "In districts where the main industry is mining, attention will he paid to developing this industry in every possible way. "The change-over will take some time to effect," concluded Mr. Jessep. "Meantime the Unemployment Board is working in close touch with the Departments of Public Works, Lands, Lands Development and State Advances in order to co-ordinate j their forces and save overlapping.