THE RELIEF TROUBLE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 578, 8 July 1933, Page 4

THE RELIEF TROUBLE

It is to be hoped that there is no truth in the report that a national strike of relief workers is imminent, although there is no doubt that such a happening would he welcomed by certain orgdnisers, who would be pleased to have this opportunity of furthering their own lawless political ends. Probably there are some among the relief workers who think that they would be able to improve their position by making a show of force, and it is upon such material that astute and unscrupulous agitators can work best. Everybody knows that the lot of relief workers is hard and practical sympathy has been shown with them on many occasions. More fortunate people have helped them in the past and will continue to do So ; but there would be complete evaporation of such sympathy if anything so Giibertian as a strike of unemployed were staged. Unfortunately there are movements as-

soeiated with the unemployed which could cause a . certain amount of trouble if they were able to give rein to their ideas, and every relief worker in the country would suffer for their I follies. T'herefore, it is essential that relief workers should be highly suspicious pf those people who, uhdeil the gtiise of friendship, would not hesitate tb d'o things that could be liothing but inimical to their welfare.