Reading Observer 10-1920

UNEl\lPLOYMENT IN

;..,. inr:'l.t¥!·CHARGE

WITH
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At tho Read ng Borough Po ce
Monday hefON he Ma.yor Dr G S
M~ C G F old Mr E J ack!On Mr
WhitJoy &lid Mr S Hayward,
W II am G_ge Gregory Horper

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WIl.;SON AND TH~ GOVERNMENT S
RESPONSIBIJ,.ITY.

Oxford road

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summoned for

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dril"LDg a mot-or Cal' at Ber:ry s. CQrne l
on September 6th and a 10 w tb dr TlDg ~';f'\o,~.: r ·on. B"pI.'ml~r
car WIthout & driver. 1 cenee on th&, tal'D:e
'Defendant p ,ad.d not gu Ity on bo h
mouses Mr T R Kent appc8. ed fo

fendont and MEW

n their workahops
~ wou d 8.BII8n
e y
much beca. sa here as at present IlO ns uc

ooaJ factory wbe e
ann,
tlI~
eh e
bu d DB t ade coUld be camed out & tho \rh t
was hoped hat. 800n one wou d be pTov ded n

ano her area. It had been sa d that the .(jOTe n
ment eself was & very bad employer t:l. would
like to d Bpel that UJ on becaW!e in h ~ own
office fo e:J:&ll\.P~ evory effort "'fl.' made

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ploy every e.x·Servtce mM that
waa po alb e
to emp oy and he Government generJll1y bad
done te ware and we e emp oying )31; 486 ex
Servtoe men ont of 368 000 and there were
37 253 d ..b ed men employ.d or 10 per ,eot of
fhe en re servante male lema. e
pehnanent London 0 p ov DC al
There ~tuI no d9ubt that.. a, Terv arge number
of m(>(l cou d b& abtio bed nto the \n d nsz tudes
While t WIUI IIAld that. t wu for the uayernmer:
to prodaoe some n8 ona acherne: t d d pot want.
Lo produce IIChemM wb ch the oqunt y wou d not.
be able to bea U W8n ed to use aerY ces of the
men fa rea.J. urgent. wo k and wh,.,t waft TeA. v
wanted a 1 0\"8 the country Went lioUles nnd f
they cou d on y get the un onl! to aJ oW' the
aboorpt on of the men ntO the bu d n~ tad ..
thsy woold h&ve gone n m tenths of the wav
towards a solut on of the pr'Qblem of the Ull6Jl1
ployment of

tie

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8erv ce men

The un

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and the M n 8try of Laoou had 'been oons den,ng
prnpaS& s on that sub)eCt 'Vh ch 'b M" st"
had accepted and althou~h t 4 d not Il've nn
ha.t. the Government had hoped be WII! nformed
by Dr Macnamara tbat be hopr to ]jo ab. to
annonnee a set le.ment with n a Khart t me.
Speaking of the cond tion of tradet a the prf!eent
t me Co onel W son aa d th ..t the e ""at! a gen
era tendencr of emp oyer. to mazrk time un 1 I .,ml.lo~,...r.,
the rear or ndu.tna troubles had d appeared

Mr KNIGHT vu:e-c.haU'1D:ln of tIle ocal Em

p oym....t Conuruttee) expr...-.j I~ IIQl'e th.t
they wou d find true oo-ope Il on and coKe. on n
the ranks of ~mp o~n and workpeop1e The
]ocaJ. Advuory Comm t.tee had endeavoured to put
men nto trammg; and they retlommended them
for tTalIDng but the d fBcu t.y ex~rtenoed was
n tho loogthy t mo that elapsed '!It"...,n the
t me the recommenda1on. were maae and the
t mo that the men "OM actuallr placed D tnin
Ifg It bad all!lO ~ lJleot oned t.Qat t 66 matte
waa a Govemmeot or natipna1 one but M a mem
ber of the (lommun ty lie was prepared to t-ake
h. full aha", of the nwonOib htv fn ttylDg to
mprove the present ..bocking condit. on n w"h ch
the workers of the country are find nJl'lUMmse vel
The da.nger n pllllcmg the d sabled men wu-tbat
IOmeon8 had frequently to be d splacecf to make
room for them He appealed to every elllp O)'OT
to endea.vour to abcorb at least one of he \)0
employed d ",bled men jUld by that meaD' Ib,y
would perhap!l reduce the numbe by "'1 lQO
If t.he.v d d that then the r meet ng would not
ha.ve been n va n He heped that "If -.ny em
ploye p aced a d sab ed man they wou d not d 5
P ace an abJ~ ODe to make oom fo It m He wns
afraid that un en eomet.h ug was do e nn onally
to solve the qU6Stion the rood bon' of to I coun
try would be IUch •• DO on. would wlih t" Mr HODGKIN .. ch~ nnM of -the D II\bl..

'ro TO BDITOIl 0-' 'J"RI

DEMOLlTIQN OF T~E
QUEEN S HOTEL
COL. WILSON S AOTION
'1'0 'l'IIlI Jm1ro- 01' TIIlI

lLUDIMG OUDn:]l..

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In connect on '" Ih the tut of a,iiI nK
Wl h the t'J.ue&t on of unemployment. of ex Se:nlCO
men sfter conmltat on ow th the y."0I' t. TW'A
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cons de ed that a certain number could hf!..
emp oyed a.t an ea y date on the work of pull ng
down tbe old Queen, liou.1 lD Frrll' atroot OD
wb ch • t. • '" be erected tb. D." Post ()ftI,e
ment Comm ttee sa d that part of the 4. fficulty
Du ng tho a SCUMlOn, on tb. matter I wu
they had n plac n~ d sabled men :wal tfiat trade
un onll wete nc ned t.O I mt tho .number ~f app1
to d the e wa.e a POM bilit.y of & contract f07
cants and anotbe d fficulty was to gej; empJoyen tb If wo k be rrg ,I1"n ~ a. firm outs de Read ng
to take men on the tenns offerea by tbe u.overn I acco d ng y approached the Office of Work.,
ment He haa recent V endetLt:nured to $let men po nf. ng out how mportant. t ,..as that th!
'1> aoed n the watcbmak ng and lewelle:rr trade., work !!hould be done by a local finn wh c~
but he could find DO employer who woo d a.ccept Wall d g Ve employment 0 80me or he unem
the et'Dl1' There wu no doubt hot fho TO ea
we c rar bel ond the ea.mmg caplle ty and. t wu played ex Serv ee men
not ~n a aouna commerCIal bu • at .11
I th nk t m ght Dler..t your r .. den to
~yor Yo are efemng to ta.ldng di. know that I ece ved a etter dated September
abted. men fpr tan tig
24th n(o m ng me tha.t he eon tract for th~
Mr Hod~k n -Yea.
domol t on of too botel bad a ready been I.t
lIr COLLIER SOld t was very d me lLf.o bnna by a compeL t ve tender to a London firm IUId
any userul l uggest on to overcome the p el!8nt that t wou d be Tea ~d thrat the contract
d llloulty Employe,. had had the m. tet before lor~:anil .. tion
them for a long tlIDB and had done tpe1T' utmost
of the Depa ttnent of the Oftloe
to ab5Ol'b the men II to ndustrv Es.cept under
made t mpe-rat va that these job.
IIOme spec a seh.Ame t WaJI ex eedirigly rt met It' .hou d be dea1t w tb by compet t v~ tender
to 18$:ure the absorp on of the rema Ddet In
On the queKtron hQwever of l tbe empJoy
the bu d ng trade fo enmp e t _Ita '"-en.' d ffi. ment of oca1 labour the QtBce of Worb nformed
cult. to find ) gh wo k flU tab t' for d tabled men ... me that t. s venr un Icel .... that tlbe firm dolnB s own firm had engall'ed obqu~ four per
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and found twa. uol>ONlb • to .p....... thal per. the "ork will uoport abour to
out mch
centage He be eved , mila c.nd t on. I"""'''~ work .. demol t o. 01, old bu ldina.
n a larg. number of c.... On. of 11>1 dlfll
YOUri very f thfully
cult os wa' that r I ~a ... of pe~ bad td be pa d
LESL! WJLS
to men engaged .nd,. b the ti gh rot.. of pay
M n ..try 01 Sh ppmg
ON
that now ru ed n tbe bo ld ng tpnde ~at meant
St James. Park London S

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ROYAL ARCH MASONRY
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MAYOR CONFERS WITH EMPLOYERS.
COL

FREEMASONRY

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that men part ally d ...b ed Ibo Id b.

Septembtir 29th 1920

THE. WORK OF TH
COMMITTE,
THE WOMEN'S POSITION

8 r Mr Ben Bu~n to lette last wellk con
ce n ng myse f and the unre&t n the Emp re
really made me Il1liIe
But wben Mr Ben ~e starts cut III the
ambaOllldor of tJi. _ p oyed ....,.body el..
mqo1. k..p '~D'" I IUY/, oent .. ~na! lett.er
to h m -and I bope bO~~ U mo.. t to OT"!70n.
be st&tetI he repreeenls but espec & Y to -l.hoae
who senoed 0 erieU a (I ""he were lD work O!'
.eek ng for work
But ",hat I am up )..\ nat w tb th. Trad,
U010n tI1P e aJ Lance ~a.iT' 18 the- Tefa,al t<>
.baorb:'th ... part~ly
led or to toa~ them
th~ t,,<I. • tabl. for hem
For tho ,ab of
argument w& have 250
in ..ork pr<>teeted by
TTade UnioDs .. ant n~ J.o Itrike on the other
band tj~ earne numOOlj . of ex Serv!oo men,. are
unah e t6 find 6mpIQym~t I !lav et the 250':'000
step out and the 250
ex Se1'Y ee men atep n
To th .k tbat potty 0 rile.. ar glpnt c .trileN
are going to bring about better times III' nonuo",
There a.re n many or tbe IItreets n ReR.d ftg'
bOb nd th. clMn ut.er\or of the h",,_ .....m
tragedy !.Iv remedy • work. I do not ..... t
men 0 work twenty boun a day lmt to put
the beclr:. fnto t wh 10 th.y do work and th'D
"" e . ha f haTe t.hll j~ o~ know og that. there 8
no complafnfng n onr"itreet.
Y 0tIrI truly
Road ng
, GEORGE EUSTACE
September 29th 19M.

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CON,$CIENTlqQS OBJECTOR S
APPOINtMENT
om

TDll BDrroR e"

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DADINO OllI!ERVI&.

We .boa d be glad if you would k ndly
n~ tb. fol OW1n~ n your ..teem).! pRper
W & the Comm ttee ~f the Cavenham a.nd
Bend ng Vete
Al80c at on at the comm ttee
meet ng he d' bn the.., 28th nst&nt Ull!U'l mOll!! r
passed the ro1 oW' ng resorut oa
That the qammlttee of tb.i. Aaoc at on w sh
to assoclatA!!l lh~~~ Wltb otlter ex Se" ce
men 8 protfl!lt, ngHd' ng th& lation of tho lwu
cat on Ooml1JI~teo of the Borough
Reading n
the re appofntmout. of • 000 ....... "". ob~
G Coppuek as aD &81 staDt lICbool attendance
olllcor
Wt.!'eol that th. . .~tm.nt fli "boolutel,.
cont•..,y fo ill. oapnt _"o ,P'!fPI 1II0r. ~.~ aUy
to tJl... fa'" 01 ;tho BocouaI\ ,...bI\~ .. lI,ngl1
gay. thetr all,,,,n _~~
&'~t ell. dt
of Fran.. qal}i""U ~ a . . Ul,d we
rtlPec'fltliy Uk the Town 00_ I ~ take' tbe
moot stringeD\ &etlOD . '\IOIIIIbl. WDDuUh. al'"
pO!Dtmerit of tl.it ahlil".t: wh?J'tIIII> u.<lem.... d
"''I'' cla..UIO<[ A 1 i!J;~ _ ..I .utt.<>rIti.. 01
the 'R A F. landl ~. ( Appe...,'" thio G
Coppuck a cqlllCletJoe commeDCN from the da. fl
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A meeting of the Road ng Newbwj add Di.. ~
Bon lIecretaty
tnct LoCll EmpJoyment Comm tiee . . . held at
the Employment E:l:ch&nge Be&cilng on Wednes
Cbalrm."
dAy n JBat week when t.laer-e were PJ"I!Isent
F
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F A s.r~> (m the Chair) ?l..m. F C
P J COO l&t\
RJGO INO
Bull nghull
ChiU npori1 G R Road",.
F E BLOOMJ'IELD
A FrancIt,
J Byland R Green atfd W R
F E EVANS
Short (Employ... pan.) A. T K. gb> W .1
BMAR!I.f.,
p .....ih 'J R N Jdnt~ W PamJ.on IJId (1 W
G RA:)GUQ;
ChuLer and Miss E \Vol man (Workpeo~le I
(. p.~
ponel) M1'I. J Simonds (Lol:.1 WI!I' Jl.II810 •
Comm _
Major D F n.. VIr. (Berh Terr.
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>or al F~i:~'ilr E Solly. N .tlon~ FOlk.....
of
aDd n...obihted 8oIdloro a.'"
138 Cannham
Comm ttee
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