New-York tribune., 1920-12-26


between his legs like an animal enter
ing a burrow The child was almost
blind. suffering from cataracts. and his
head was covered with tiny scars and
scratches.
The fathers story is that when the
lowered unless these cases are dealt
W tn.
When the reconstruction period be-
gan after the armistice the unemploy ed
we're divided into two groups-eX-sorv.
ice men and civilians. Unemployed
women were dealt with separately, but
under the same headings, depending on
whether they had been working as
auxiliar es to the various services or
in civilian pursuits.
Here are the reconstruction and re-
employment projects that the govern
ment is now carrying out:
Ex-Service Men
Out-of. Work Dopatlon: THIS was In
stituted Immediately on the signing Of
the armistice. Each unemployed ex-
, service man was paid "a shillings
| (abcut sb.75 at normal exchange) a
week. Later, due to high living costs.
tn q was raised to 80 shillings. So far
f35,O00,00O has been thus expended
| This sum s to be raised to G40,O00, 900
| by March 81, 1921.
! unemployment Insurance Act: The
Donation System is obviously an emer-
! gency policy and ruinous both fnan-
ciallv and in national morale. 1t will
be discontinued on March 81, 1921,
when the functions of the donation
scheme will be supplanted by the I'm
employment Insurance Act
Under this plan each Of the H.
500 900 workers of England will pay q
small weekly sum toward unemp!oy-
ment insurance, and when unemp Dyed
will receive weekly bonus for main
tenance. No man who has not paid
four installments Of his dues shall
receive che benefits Of the plan, and
there are other limiting clauses, but
the act will assure national unemploy-
ment insurance.
Civil Liabilities Department: This
for ex-service men who we're skilled
laborers, but who were unable to buy
tools. Also to enable men formerly
in business 70 reopen their shops. So
far So. 900 has been spent since the
armistice; eA,000000 is still to be
spent
Land Settlement: To enable men to
buy farms, 97,500,000 spent; S23,000,-
000 TO be spent.
Overseas Settlement
Overseas Settlement: To enable men
and their families to emigrate to colo
nies and purchase land there. $4,000
spent, $1,000, ,OooAo be spent.
Broken Apprenticeship Scheme: When
the war came many men serving their
apprenticeship enlisted. They are now
returned to civilian life, and would like
to follow their old trades. But, having
served say one year of their apprentice
ship, they must go back and serve the
meanwhile a boys pay. These men are
about twenty-five years old; many arc
married.
{ To enable them to resume their op-
premiership the government offers q
weekly bonus on condition that both
apprentice and employer will enter into
en- agreement that the apprenticeship
will be completed. A total of forty
trades and 4A9o4 men benefit by this
plan. A million POUNDS has been
spent; f5,500.000 remains to be spent
Industrial Training FOR Disabled
Men: Men physically unfit or physi-
cally disqualified to enter their former
pursuit receive vocational training
spent; f26,500,000 remains to be spent
There are about fifty government fac
tories and 200 other centers training
over $4,000 men under this plan.
The National Scheme: This is the
latest plan and is being worked out
Each British firm is 70 take on dis.
abled men to the extent of per cent
of its personnel. So far 22,76O firms
have agreed and have absorbed 2lS,44
men.
Appointments Departments: Two
hundred and thirty thousand officers
we're demobiized More than 1900
is asking business firms to take officers
in to learn their business, agreeing thai
after year of free work they will pay
the officer at least "a 1920 at norma
exchangc) weekly. During the first
Two years the government provides {
bonus for the officers maintenance
This clause, which also provides fol
men of high standard of education
who served in the ranks, gives grants
for education at higher institutions
SO far, 42,9I0 men have been aided b.
this department.
Employment Relief Work Act: This
act contemplates government building
projects, which shall employ the ex-
o~~ wv A'e'.'' ~ VIZ Poot lcW year
transportation In Britain has changed
from rail transportation to the use OF
motor truck routes Britains roads
cannot handle this traffic, end main
arterial roads are to be built in Lon
don and the provinces
This act also provides for govern
ment housing projects. There is p
shortage Of 100000 houses and 55 O0C
fewer men are employed IN the build
ing trade now than in 1914, due to loss
Of man power in the gar and the re-
fusal Of the trades unions 10 dilute
their unions with unskillcd men. Lon.
don alone has projects demanding 5Ot
ricklayers, who in turn would provide
for the employment Of 10000 other
men. Arran ngemcnts are being con-
sidered with TIE Joint Industrial Coun-
Gil of the Building Trades TO adjust
this matter so that housing schemes
can be begun.
Civilians
Civilian unemployment Is divided
into cases Of direct results Of the wa
and indirect results. The indirect re-
suit comes In the general Industrial de-
preston. The direct result comes "a
the men who at the beginning Of the
war entered war plants and munitions
mar 1factores and now, with these fac.