LIKE BRER RABBIT
The Rotorua rejief workers, or that section of them represented by the signatories to a petition of which we publish the text to-day, have decided to protest to the Unemployment Board regarding the recently announced reductions in the scale of sustenance. According to the terms of the petition, the relief workers apparently consider that if they were placed on the same footing as the men in the metropolitan areas, they would be in a better position, and they accordingly suggest that steps should be taken to place them on the metropolitan scale. The wisdom of this request, quite apart from its probable futility, is extremely dpubtful, Althoug|b. it
cannot be claimed that relief workers in any part of the t)ominion are reeeiving anything more than a pittance, the local men would be well advised to remember that any comparisons with men in the metropolitan areas will in all probability, react to their disadvantage. For some time past, largely as a result of strenuous representations made by the Rotorua Unemployment Committee, this district has reeeived an increased allocation and the men have in consequence reeeived a higher weekly payment than has been made in very many districts. Comparison with payments made in metropolitan areas, at least, are in favour of Rotorua. It is possible, therefore, that if the Minister accedes to the prayer of the petitioners and places Rotorua on the same footing with regard to sustenance, as the city unemployed, the Rotorua men will have cause to regret their action. If the request is not ignored completely or shelved, the natural reply will be to ask for comparative figures. The men would be> well advised to ascertain how they will stand on this comparison, before they forward their suggestion. At the best, relief workers can only make the best of an exceedingly bad job and the Rotorua men in this case may find it more profitable to emulate Brer Rabbit and "lie low and say nuffin'."
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 327, 14 September 1932, Page 4
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