THE UNEMPLOYED

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 23, 23 December 1932, Page 2

THE UNEMPLOYED

3.45 P.M. EDITION

POSITION IN BRITAIN. ATTACK ON PRIME MINISTER. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received December 23, 2.20 p.m. LONDON, Dec. 22. In the House of Commons Mr Lloyd George attacked Mr Ramsay MacDonald on the subject of unemployment apropos of the Prime Minister’s broadcast from Lossiemouth on Monday, when he appealed to the public on general lines to help those unemployed by personal service. Mr Lloyd George began by referring to the Prime Minister’s absence from the House on Monday when unemployment was debated, and said: “if he was really ill, no one would think anything about it, but if lie was well enough to travel to Lossiemouth, and there broadcast a speech on unemployment, when the House was debating the subject, then it was an insult to the House.” . After quoting from the Prime Minister’s broadcast,. Mr Lloyd George said: “Mr MacDonald went to Lossiemouth to file his petition in bankruptcy for lie disclosed that there are no assets worth realising.” Mr Lloyd George added that the labour exchanges were now fuller than ever and the docks emptier. There were the same old slums and more ships rotting. The Prime Minister left all this to the departments with a fine gesture of charity. . Major Elliott, Minister of Agriculture, said the Prime Minister should not be blamed because, although not in good health, he kept an engagement to broadcast made long ago.