The Services of the Workless The voluntary labour of the
unemployed, which has transformed a Welsh mining village, could not be used to. better purpose than in building open-air nurseries for slum children. When Lady Astor opened the first of these at Middlesbrough last week she was able to say that seven similar schemes were in progress on 'Tyneside and in South Wales. The little children of the very poor will benefit by the nurseries, and the unemployed Men who are' building them will have some relief from the mental and moral torture of enforced idleness. The -National 'Council of- Social Service and the Pilgrim Trust supply the materials, and voluntary contributions Provide for the -upkeep.. There should. be many other districts, besides South Wales -and Tyneside, that can find such useful work fpr the unemployed to do. Guild- ford's new open-air bath is another example of the public amenities which workless men can provide, when they are suitably encouraged and assisted. Imagi- nation and leadership are needed in every district; the money required will rarely be lacking. * • *
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