Mr. Churchill, addressing the Dundee local authorities on Friday, September
23rd, refuted the suggestion of Labour politicians that the Government had done nothing to relieve distress. They had, in fact, spent £105,000,000 on the unemployed since the Armistice. No other country had done. as much, though unemployment was rife everywhere, even in America. Mr. Churchill reminded the Labour men that, if industry had not been " repeatedly stabbed at and struck at by strikes and stoppages," there would be far less unemployment and we should be better able to cope with it. The miners' strike, above all, had prevented any revival of trade and had cost the State alone over £60,000,000. Mr. Churchill said that particular towns and areas probably required special assistance for a time. On the whole, however, he regarded- the insurance scheme as the best method of dealing with unemployment.
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