The second point is the extent to which the Government's enlargement of unemployed. insurance has legalized abuse.
Miss Bondfield, Minister of Labour, poohpoohed much of the reported abuse, but admitted that the Act had enabled employers to "The original intention was, to have the new Cunarler ready for launching in 1933. But it is known that the United States, who put their hopes of securing the Atlantic passenger trade in two new 30,000 ton ships, hope to have the latter ready by 1932. So the Cunard Ca, are hurrying the pace. Prepara: tions at Clydebank are far ad-
It is estimated that the ship will employ at least 300,000 men in all sorts of trades. Marble will be imported from Italy and Norway for halls, swimming baths and bath-Yooms. There will be rooms in Adams, Chippendale, Louis XVI and Georgian furniture. Some 900,000 pieces of silverware, 60,000" of cutlery and 200,000 of earthenware, lass and China will be needed: Also uniforms for a crew of 1,200.
Of the £6,000,000 to be spent half is expected to go into the hull and halt for the business of filling it. In case underwriters cannot take up all the necessary insurance, an act has been passed to enable the Government to help.
The expected speed of this giant, it is said, is "at least 30 knots." The Cunard directors having signed for one ship are thinking of signing for another. If two ships are needed there is great economy in building them as sisters.
Profits of Porters and Chefs dole the other three da as in other cases it was urged the. action was perfectly legal the Act stood at present." she said, "Ig was_a development never con: templated when the fund was established."
Sir' John Simon pinned Miss Bondfeld to statements ju the Ministry of Labour Gazette for November 1990—her own Department's showing which she had never ansivered—that there were fully 300,000 people drawing unemployment pay to which they were not entitled.
The "Daily Mail" to-day caleu-Yates. that there are 500,000, The abuse of the dole by married Women is undoubtedly very great particularly in the cotton trad For example, 'a girl cotton oper:
SAIN shatter tote dalat ite Bae etn mills, She applies for work as a spade eat nose exchange, Then because there is no work locally for cotton operatives, she claims and receives the dole on the ground that no suitable Sagat Of sefand sort Sie He Sac cen in looking after her home."
have lately been spending a few days in Manchester and on the evidence of reasonable experienced not. appear exaggerated. Here then A tin a crmrcting: he comma fon Committee, which, Te is The Ministry of Labout's inquiry into conditions in the catering trade, with a view to forming a union in it, if it has done nothing else must have made many persons wish they had been born with the capacity to be a chef, a writer, or a hotel porter.
ris employed in hotels are said to get enough leisure to turn it to useful account in making hats and frocks: one of them "even wrote a novel," but this of course is a much lower grade of labour.
'A manager of a good hotel makes from £2,000 to 24,000 a year; fehef may make £2,000; a porter at a hotel "not, many miles from Charing Cross" returned his earnings to the Income Tax Commi sioners at £2,000 a year, and they declined to accept so low an estimate. 4 'A story was told of a West Country hotel which was falling. Th proprietor sent for the head waiter and said he was sorry he would have to go. The waiter replied that that would not happen as he himself hag bought the hotel, "Oh," said the proprietor then you'll keep me on as waiter. 'I shall not" returned the other, "You're not: good enough to be a waiter, You will continue to be my, employer and, I shall be a waiter."
So far there appears no evidence of amy need for a union in the catering trade, employees make plenty of money, are well treated fand there is no. tmemployment among thept: a An Edgar; Wallace Figseo Mr. Edgar Wallace's new play "Phe Mouthpiece," at Wyndham's
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