The Washington times., 1925-10-10
PLANS
SCHOOLS BY
STATE
/ .4oO, 900 Are JobIsss Now IN
England Uneinpl oyinent Aid
Costs Hall Billion 4 Year
By CHARLES A. SMITH
international News service

LONDON, oct To- The Baldwin
governments first real effort on =
big scale to combat the unemplOy.
ment cancer now gripping England
is foreseen In the announcement
Of 1 scheme to establish stats
schools for the training of unern-
ployed men for positions Il the
English colonies and IN skilled
trades at home.
TIL scheme. which has many
sound features, Is to be put into
action at once and It IL predicted
by social workers that II viii have
81 tremendous bearing on the I'M
enn6IOyment problem here.
AZ the present time there are
nearly 1, 400, 900 workers In Eng
land. This figure means that Tor
every fOrty-seven persons employed
there n at least on unemployed,
and also that there are nearly
17O,O 900 more workers than there
were b year ago.
Relief Wasted
The system Of unemployment
relief now III force costs practically
$500, 0OO. 900 year, which q prac-
tscally waste expenditure. BY the
new scheme Il win mean eventuaily
that al the money iginaliE wasted
every year viii provide instruction
for the voorhees,, and enable them
~ take up positions as trained
Yaleu At home and abroad.
Az an experiment only, zs4OO men
yvfIl Sc taken into the state schools
and trained the first year. Is the
results are satisfactory, this mum.
Der WIN gradually be raised until g
large percentage OF the male I'm.
employed are trained. Four CEN
tiers are 10 be opened up at ONE,
and these will Immediately start to
train 200 men each. Half of these
win be trained for emigration to
the colonies. and the other half Tor
nOsitfons at home. In addition to
SOME Of the men receiving the Gus.
tolaary unemployment benefit, or
dole as II u Familiarity termed
here, they will Be given free train.
ing, free meals during working
hours, and about % cents pocket
money. Those men who are train
ing for the DOrniniCns. however.
viii be given free full board and
lodging, and for this privilege they
win forfeit the whole Of their I'M
employment benefit except III for
pocket money. They viii also
receive free passage to the colony
they select when they are deemed
proficient.
To Work Union Hours.
The hours to Be worked BY the
men training for work ~ home WIN
- cr<afsfffnA fraHa rr11f0a h0sf5a.
willis the hours for those training
for the Domfnions win be on sl1e
elastic principle.
1T Is argued by the promoters Of
the scheme that instead Of thOut
sands Of men hanging around street
corners. az they have done hitherto,
they win be engaged in obtaining
instruction which Will eventually
obtain them work, and that In the
long run ii will save the state
many thousands Of dollars.
Those men learning home trades
will be instructed chiefly In the
use Of tools for certain trades.
Handymen win be trained as brick
layers, pIasterers, cabinet makers,
carpenters, painters, and elementary
iron work. Men training for colo
NAL emigration viii be instructed in
the duties Of farming and settling
on the land.
The men viii be housed and fed
on the army style, and there will be
a communal system as far as posi-
BILE. Only single men win be taken
on at present at the residential CEN
tors. An age limit of. twenty-five
is imposed on all intending schol-
ars.