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fir"- Bennett Turns Spotlight

On The Dunning Budget .With Devastating Result

Quotes Page After Page From Hansard Showing Inconsistency Of Government Attitude And Moves Vote Of Non-Confidence

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(Speech of Rt. lion. RB. Eennett, QOSIUOD Leader, in the House of . ...,rro::s.~.\f:rr'cir ‘l, during Budget debate; concluded from Friday's Guardisri.’

Unemployment Commission

aniczlrcr related problem --and it. is connected also with tariffs,

l. with the development of our in-

dustrial life, with the lessening of the opportunity for men to find work-is the problem of unem- ployment. In connection with this

propose to sayn few words. I have not for-gotten the denuncia- tions hurled acrors the floor of this house ciuring the years that we held office. I have not for- gotten the statements which were made during the general elections I have not forgoiten the fierceness of the Zlilililki made upon myself and upon all those who had to deal weir the problems then before us. On an occasion such as this I cannot help but refer to the lan- guage of the Prime Minister at’ the beginning of the elections of ‘.935. when he said:

“Sillre Mr. Bennett came into office, you have lrud even strong- er reason for believing. that un- ernplovrnerrt is the most urgent of f‘... 1111's r1ntltmrrl problems. Each {you have seen its menacing . 10w creep nearer and nearer yo own doors; more and more ,. \‘l“,!‘.' ironies. Everywhere today its terrors stalk abroad in our land. I uoubi, however, if even this ex- ec, has been sufficient to c you to realize to what pro-

ou have felt us cruel privatlons in l

pendent upon them for support. Figures on (iirect relief are avail- able iron‘. Italy, 1032, to May of this your". 'I‘hese figures, which 1n- clude dependents and those rc- ceivlng partial 1nd part-time re- lief, reveal u startling increase, from year to yenr. of persons who

have been compelled to receive stale assistance. In May, 1932, there were 597,000 who, in this

manner received direct relief. In May of this year there were 1,- 272,000.

"They are. however, far from re- vealing the true picture. Ii: is net with statistics, but. with human lives, that we are concerned. You cannot measure fear, privation and want. by any yardstick or add- ing machine. who will venture to estimate what the enforced idle- ness of hundreds of thousands of human beings, and the enforced acceptance of relief from the state by a very much larger number, over a period of two, three, four and, for some, five years, has meant 1n the way of physical suf- fering, of nreninl anxiety, and of human anguish to lives and homes of which there is no record ivhai- ever? Who will venture to esti- mate what the effect of all this may be upon the health and mor- ale of the nation? 1s it any worr- der that today there is widespread unrest and discontent throughout the land, and that. in the case of young and old alike, many are in a condition of despair?"

Mr. King's Promises Then followed a statement of the remedy proposed. There was

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lwo. Fortunately, it titles not follow that. because men and women are unemployed, they

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to be the appointment of a com- mission and ctr-operation with the provinces which, with the excep- tion of one, were governed by Lib- eral administrations. The Prime Minister continued:

“The services of all departments of the federal government wiir be made. available in the commission ill any and all phases of its work. The Liberal party has no reason to doubt that the services of all departments of provincial gov- ernments will be made equally available. A guarantee of pro- vincial cooperation is to be found in the fact that, save in one pro- vince. n11: of nine, Liberal gov- ernments also already in office" The right hon. gentleman referred to the movement for a. national government, and stated that. in his opinion there could be no fin- er example. of it national govern- ment. than a Liberal government. at Ottawa and Liberal govern- ments in all the provinces. The right. hon. gentleman then referr- ed to the hon. member for Winni- peg North Centre (Mr. Wood‘- worth) and myself and concluded by stating that his program was to have a national commission which would be asked by the Lib- eral government to secure eo-op-

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I 5119.11 now give a short state- ment of the results. The bureau of statistics defines an unemploy- ed person as follows:

The unemployed person in the following estimates is the person who could tell a census enumera- tor that he had worked as a. wage- earner or that he had a wage- earnlng occupation, but is at pre-

sent out of work (not through illness, accident, strike-or lock- out, etc.) _

This definition excludes the boy or girl of working age who has never worked at o. steady job, also the boys or girls on the farm who would be wage earners un- der better circumstances.

The leader of the government used the figure of 400,000 on which he based iris statistics. Here are the figures of the bureau of stat- istics brought up t0 date: '

1931

May 440,000 June 437,000 July 431,000 The figures for the different

months are given, and. when we get to August, 1935, the bureau puts the figure at 492,00. The figures for the following months are:

1935 September 455,000 October 435,000 November 479,000 December 546,000

Then coming down to January, 1937, the bureau gives the figure of 500,000. That ls the figure that ls now given.

Turning to relief, the leader of the government. used the figure of 1,272,000, although the bureau's figure is different. Before I come to that, I will give the figures that the leader of the govern- ment gave in his speech on Octo- ber 8, when, nearly overcome with emotion after listening to eight Liberal premiers in the Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, he re- ferred to the unemployed as hav- ing reached flgures for different months of 1,322,668; 1,197,576; 1,- 103,690, and so on. These figures may or many not be accurate.

Many Opportunities

At any rate the government came into office and appointed a national employment commission consisting of Arthur B. Purvis, as chairman; A. N. McLean, Alfred lvfarois, Tom Moore, Mrs. Mary M. Sutherland, W. A. Mackintosh and Mr. E. J. Young. Major Hugh Spencer Relph was secretary; Miss C. “Ibitton, co-ordination of aid, and Ray Brown, director of pub- licity‘. V. (7. Phelan, former pri- vate secretary of Mr. Heenan when he was minister, was made direc- tor of registration. A youth em- ployment committee was appoint- ed, as follows: Alan Chambers, chairman; Robert F. Thompson, Joseph McCulley, W. C. Nickerson, Andre Montpetit. ,

Sessiunal Iiapcr 128A, filed on January 29, 1937, covers approxi- mately thirty-five orders ln coun- eil. dealing with appointments. We have no record ofthe amounts that may have been expended for add- ing machines and the like, But I want this house to take note of what has been by this govern- ment since it came into office done to solve i-heeuemployment problem and when hon. members hear it 1 think they will have a. batter ap- preciation of just what is involv- ed than they now have. First is the order in council appointing the National Employment _Com- mission. Next ls an order in coun- cil of June 6. 1936, appointing Major Ralph secretary of the com- mission at a salary 0f $400 a month 1o be paid from moneys provided by parliament. Then on July 9, 1936, another" order in council was passed, and listen to this:

“The committee of the privy council. on the recommendation of the Minister of Labour, advise that under the provisions of the National Employment Commission Act 1936, the following persons be nppnirited to the staff of the Na- tional Employment Commission:

“Mr. Oscar ‘F. Martin. clerk messenger, grade 2, oi. a salary of $1.080 per annum;

"Miss Betty Brice, stenographer, grade 2. at a salary of $1,080 per 11111111111}

“Mr. H. P. Gardiner, head filing clerk, grade 4, at a. salary of 91,- 680 per annum; ~

“Mr. Harry Baldwin. superinten- dent in charge of relief division, ui. n. snhu-y oi‘ $4,500 per annum."

Next is an order in council dat- rvi July l7, i936, appointing Mrs. Hazel C. Binks to the staff of the commission as a stenogra-pher, grade 2. at a salary of $90 par month, effective from and includ- ing July 14, 1933. Next is an or- der in council dated August l, 1936, recommending that»- "--authority be granted for pay- ment of the sum of $113.86, being expenses incurred in connection with a. conference of members of the Canadian Welfare Council, mi the question of national regis- tration and classification of per- sons on relief-the amount in question to be paid from vote No. 332."

Next is an order in council of August 7. 1936, appointing a bilingual assistant secretary to thl National Employment Commission and recommending that- ‘t-Eduiard Foumier be appointed at s. salary of three hundred dollars per month. less statutory deduc- tions, chargeable 1o vote 332 of the special supplementary esti- mates. effective upon assumption o! duties."

Next is an order in council of August ‘i. 1939, appointing Mr. John A. Bethune clerk on the staff

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$1,500 per annum.

The next order in council Ls dated August 21. 1936. appointing Mr. T. W. ONeili secretary to ex- ecutive at $145 DE!‘ month. and Mary Alberta Veniot, stonqgraph- er grade 3. at $90 per month.

The next is an order in coun- cil of August 21. 1936. appointing Mr. Phelan as director of regis- tration at u salary of $3,960 per annunwimd he is already a civil servani. -

Mr. Rogers: A number of these employees are transferred from other ‘branches.

Mr. Bennettf Quite. The salaries were not, though. Next is an or- der in council dated August 21, 1936, recommending that authority be granted_

“—io pay the National Employ- ment Commlwlon the sum of $1,- 000 out of vote No. 332, as an ad- vance to the commission to cover expenses of’ individuals or groups whose services may be required by the conunisslon."

Then on August 2i, 1936. this order 1n council was passed, and this ls a Jewel: -

"The undersigned has before him recommendation from the Nation- al Employment Commission that it. is considered that the tabula- tions of relief scales, ete., first prepared by the Canadian Wel- fare Council, in 1935, provide 1n- formation which t-he commission should have.

"That to obtain this informa- tion through the commission's own offices would involve not. only con- siderable expense but also loss oi time, and that its revision up to date and the incorporation oi similar information respecting a number of mialler relief authori- ties, not dealt with in the tabula- tions already prepared, can most efficiently and cheaply be secur- ed from the Canadian Welfare Council. The commission eon- siders that a fair utimate of the cost of this revision would be up- proadmately $150 but recommend that $500 be paid to the welfare council therefor.” '

And that. was paid. And where did the information come from? from the bureau o! statistics.

Then on August 30, 1936, an or- der in council passed appointing Mir. David Shepherd as a. special adviser to the National Employment. commission at a salary of

September 2. 1936. an order in council was passed recommending the appointment of a youth em- ployment. committee, consisting of the following: Alan Chambers, R. F. Thompson, Joseph McCuhey. Andre Montpetit, W. Clifford Nick- orsmr. and they are to receive a living allowance of $19 per diam and travelling expenses while en- gaged on the work of the com- mittee, such allowances and ex-

‘of the Employment. and

$85 per month, Dennut. Gallant

and McCadden. On October 1.

1936, special supplementary esti-