5 SEPTEMBER 1925, Page 16

THE LAMENT OF AN UNEMPLOYED MAN

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—" The Lament of an Unemployed Man " is full of interest to me. I have been out of work since the Food Control was dissolved at Christmas 1920. Can you imagine with what feelings one reads of a posse of busmen striking over a dog brought inside an omnibus ? These people do not know what it is to be out of work. I wonder that some business syndicate has not set to work to train all ex-officers, soldiers, and civilians into Labour Corps ; such as bricklayers, window cleaners, and engineers. Is it because the professional labour man would down tools ? There are thousands of us—educated men—who would willingly take their places.

I believe we should show the professional Labour man, not only how to work, but how to live on our wages and educate our children.—I am, Sir, &c., FATHER OF A MOTHERLESS THREE.