UNEMPLOYMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 September 1921, Page 5

UNEMPLOYMENT.

CONDITIONS IN BRITAIN, POSITION IMPROVING. A MARKED DECLINE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn —Copyright. Received Sept. 28, 7.35 pjn. London, Sept. 28. The Cabinet committee on unemployment held three sessions. Afterwards Sir Alfred Mond, interviewed, said the position was improving, and there was reason to think it would continue to improve. He described the Labor proposal for Government trading as disastrous, but the Government favored the extension and elaboration of its credit schemes for overseas trading. “But I am not pessimistic,” he added, “because if things improve in China, Japan, Argentina, Australia, Canada and South Africa I can see a very considerable re- * vival in trade taking place.” The number f unemployed had declined from 2,170,000 a July to 1,465,000 in the middle of ieptember.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

POSITION IN AMERICA.

MANY EX-SOLDIERS IDLE. SUGGESTIONS FOR RELIEF. Received Sept. 28, 7.35 p.m. Washington, Sept, 27. American Federation of Labor officials declare that while organised Labor desires Jo co-operate in the unemployment conference it will fight any moves appearing to ae Wows at American labor standards. Mr. Frank Morrison, of the federation, ;aid there must be no more force or big wage reductions, or abandonment of such fundamental principles as collective bargaining or the eight-hour day. An American Legion representative told the Unemployment Committee that there were 75,000 unemployed ex-service men in New York City, aeventy-five per cent, being unskilled and eighty per cent, illiterate. He estimated that half a million ex-soldiers throughout the country were idle.

Mr. R. R. Lutz, of the National Industrial Conference Board, said that on June 1 3,500,000 wage-earners were unemployed. The normal unemployment was 1,500,000, or 12 per eent. of the total industrial workers. A New York telegram states that veterans of the world war are recruiting an army of unemployed to invade Washington in trucks. Received Sept. 28, 10.1/> p.m. New York, Sept. 27. The committee of the unemployment conference, which is making an investigation into emergency measures, will, it is understood, make four suggestions for temporary relief—namely, a split week, one workman doing three days and the other three in rotation; workmen to work alternate days; manufacturers during the period of cheap raw materials to make up their stock in anticipation of a coming business revival; other manufacturers during the dull period to make repairs and improvements to their factories.