Minister of Labour Demonstrates Notable Decrease in Long-Term Unemployment London, Feb. 16. NGLAND was getting to a position now where she would Berlin, Feb. 17, The Young Men's Christian Association branches at Dresden, Leipzig, Chemnitz, Plauen, Zwickau and Burgstdedt have been dissolved. Their property will be liquidated—Reuter. always have in good times a standing army of 2,000,000 unemployed, said Mr. Arthur Greenwood, deputy leader of the Labour Opposition, in the House of Commons today in moving a Labour motion of censure against the Government for its alleged inadequacy in combatting unemployment.
The motion expressed regret the continued failure of the Government to produce definite plans for provision of work and wages under the present system, or to initiate a policy w! ich recognizes that the problem can only be solved by application of Socialist principles."
Specific proposals to reduce unemployment were made by Mr. Greenwood. They included shorter working hours, holidays with pay, abolition of overtime, organization of foreign trade, large-scale schemes for land drainage, and improvements in the transport Mackie, general the World's Student d on, is to be the Prayer Service 19
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