13 APRIL 1934, Page 19

CLUBS FOR THE UNEMPLOYED

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Reading Mr. Powys Greenwood's article in last Friday's Spectator, I note with interest one or two new side- lights he throws on the problem of unemployment, namely, that the social idea embodied in many of the clubs for unem- ployed may ultimately lead us to a truer integration than we have yet known ; and that the black-coated or unemployed employer may find in these clubs a useful outlet for his faculties. I would like to ask Mr. Powys Greenwood how we can attract these latter ; and also, what can we do about all those younger men—now having to live in enforced leisure in their father's homes—always hoping for some opening which will give them even a semblance of independence? -