VOLUNTARY TRIBUNALS
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
SIR,—There can be no doubt that our Labour Bureaux have failed in their beneficent object, chiefly because the touch has not been sufficiently close between the officials and the unemployed. I believe that if the following suggestion were acted on the number of the workless would be greatly reduced. In every district there are hundreds of retired men from vocations, professions, and the services, men of the highest character, and good business capacity. If there were tribunals, these men would gladly give their services. They would know a large number of the candidates for work and would use their influence to get these men employment. These tribunals might either supplement or supersede the present organization. Classification is also greatly needed, and the most deserving of the out-of-work men should wear a distinctive button.—I am, Sir, &c., J. P. BACON PHILLIPS.
Burgess Hill, Sussex.
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