BALDWIN ALOOF

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1003, 20 June 1930, Page 11

BALDWIN ALOOF

KEEPS OUT OF PARLEY ON EMPLOYMENT SAFEGUARDING A BAR United r.A.—By Telegraph Copyright I Reed. 9.5 a.m. LONDON. Thursday. ! Mr. Stanley Baldwin, Leader of the ! Conservative Party, has declined to J participate in the tripartite unemploy- i ment conference. A British Official Wireless message j says Mr. Baldwin has written a letter: to the Prime Minister explaining why the Conservative Party declines to ( accept his invitation to take part in] the conference, which was made by j the Prime Minister in the House of Commons last evening, and accepted by Mr. Lloyd George on behalf of the Liberals. No official statement is available, but it is understood one of the principal reasons put forward by Mr. j Baldwin for refusing Mr. MacDouald's i offer is that the Government will not consider the safeguarding policy as a remedy for unemployment. Miss Margaret Bondfield, Minister J of Labour, stated in the House of • Commons that the number of persons classified as belonging to the iron and steel industries who were registered as unemployed in Great Britain was 65,000. Endeavours are being made in Great ; Britain to have the unemployment j problem treated as a national issue, ! with the three political parties pooling their resources and working toward its common solution. Mr. Lloyd George. Leader of the Liberals, has assured the Labour Government of the. support of his party upon this and other emergency measures. MORE SHIPS BUILT British Official Wireless Reed. 11.50 a.m. RUGBY, Thurs Twenty-nine vessels. totalling 138,000 tons, were launched from the Tyne shipbuilding yards during the past five months, this being an increase of two vessels and 49,000 tons, compared with the corresponding period of last year.