THE MIDDLE-CLASS UNEMPLOYED
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Mrs. (Miss ?) Marriott has raised the question of the middle-class unemployed, particularly the younger men, in connexion with my recent article on unemployment. What I had in mind was, of course, no solution for the economic problem. But I do feel that at least half the evil of unem- ployment, particularly for the middle class, is the demoraliza- tion of having nothing to do. And in these occupational clubs there is a great deal to do. If the young men who by education and training are fitted for leadership were to throw themselves into the movement, not in a superior manner, but as equals who want to help, they could not only do a great deal towards diminishing class antagonism, but would also gain experience
which might be very valuable in later am, Sir, &c., H. POWYS GREENWOOD.
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