Unemployment Insurance
On Tuesday, in the House of Commons, the Prime Minister announced the names of those who are to serve on the Royal Commission on Unemployment Insurance under the Chairmanship of Judge Holman Gregory. They are Councillor W. Asbury (Chairman of the Sheffield Public Assistance Committee), Professor Henry Clay (Professor of Political Economy in Manchester University and the author of several famous books), Dr. H. J. W. Hetherington (Vice-Chancellor of Liverpool University, who, as Chairman of Trade Boards, has had much expe- rience of industrial conditions), Mr. E. C. P. Lascelles (Deputy Umpire under the Unemployment Insurance Acts), Mrs. C. D. Rackham (a member of Cambridgeshire County Council and temporary Inspector of Factories), and Mr. H. M. Trouncer (President of the Institute of Actuaries). Although the need for a Royal Commission was not, to our thinking, proved, it must be admitted that the Commission has an impressive amount of expert knowledge at its disposal. Mr. Maxton complained bitterly that it included no representative of the Trade Unions, but we imagine that the public will be well satisfied with the personnel.
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