Henry Lumley Drayton
Conservative (1867-1942)
Sir HENRY DRAYTON:
The item we have here, as I understand, is item 288. My hon. friend is addressin-g his remarks more to one phase of the activities in the cities, where you have these committees of employers who are co-operating, -and very properly so, with each other, for the purpose of doing what everybody ought to be pleased to do, and th-a-t is to see that the returned -man gets the first chance of employment and of rehabilitating himself if at all possible. My hon. friend mentioned three cities where that arrangement has been made. I hope that during the present year we shall no longer be left in that position, but that these activities will be extended to every place in the -country where -there is considerable employment. We should n-ot have the three cities my hon. friend refers to standing ou-t by themselves. At the same time, this work of organization and of getting employers interested in this most necessary movement is going along very slowly, if we
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have it started in only three cities. But that, after all, is only one branch of the work. I said I thought the vote was too small, and my hon. friend agreed with me. What amount does my hon. friend think would be fair to take charge of soldier unemployment for the year?