WASTED WEALTH
"We ai-e allowirig the wealth of England to rot before our eyes," said Dr. A. D. Lindsay, master of Balliol, at the Conference of Occupation Centres. "The wealth of England lies in the organisation, independence, initiative and skill of its. great work-ing-class population. I am appalled by the loss to the organised social structure of workingclass lif e which results when unemployed men are unable to re-
i ]|^ ■»— — II i ■ i n a ii fcain their membefship of their trade unions. The trade unions are confronted with an. entirely new situation ahd I do not think they realise. are gyappling with it. If a^ Rflemployment centre is nothing but.a. recreational : centre, it is nothing but dope. I visited one,. centre which has been in cxistence for t\yo years and when I as/ed what the 'men | did there h wjas told that they • played draughts. Fancy playing draughts fpr^two years! Anything more like Hell I cannot imagine. Np decpnt man wants j to play. gajnes the whole time. ! Of course if you do it profession- j ally it becomes a job and that isa different matter. But to set unemployed men playing games all the time is rather worse than nothing."
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 601, 4 August 1933, Page 4
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202WASTED WEALTH Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 601, 4 August 1933, Page 4
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