The appeals which are being made for support of funds to assist foreigners unable to find work during the present depression will, it 43 hoped, receive the sympathetic sup-Port of all who can give of their good. fortune to assist distress. This feeling does not, of course, preclude consideration of other measures for mitigating unemployment at thi time. Naturally depression Induces firms to seem means of cutting down} expenses. Overhead charges_come under severe review and the reduc-_ tion of staff or the replacement of higher pald by lower-paid labour is inevitable consequence. At the same time it is fitting to urge upon employers, and particularly those with fiarge interests at stake, the need for proceeding cautiously "in this dire:- tion. The community as a whole is not impressed by every argument ad-Jduced for justifying so-called retrenchment operations. Nor possible to congratulate a firm on, generosity in the cause of charity if, by its owa conduct, it aggravates dis
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