On Wednesday, the debate in the Commons turned on the
proposed Government scheme for juvenile -emigra- tion. Labour Members showed extraordinary nervous- ness, appearing to believe that the Government were about to reintroduce wholesale transportation. The scheme, of course, is to enable young men to start their lives among the opportunities of the Dominions instead of the horror of the shims. We quite agree that every safeguard ought to be taken that no pressure should be put on possible emigrants, and that the scheme will not, in itself, put an end to unemployment here. But it is going to be extremely difficult to get anything done if Labour opposes every measure of amelioration because it will not, in itself, effect a complete cure, and proposes, as Mr. Shinwell did, the shortening of working hours as a remedy for every- ill.
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