Labour Policy—False and True

INDEX

For convenience of reference this index is divided into Parts as follows:

PART I ACTS OF PARLIAMENT, STATUTORY ORDERS, ETC.
PART II PERSONS
PART III PLACES
PART IV PUBLICATIONS
PART V ORGANIZATIONS
PART VI SUBJECTS

PART I. ACTS OF PARLIAMENT, STATUTORY ORDERS, ETC.

Acquisition of Lands Acts, 104
Coal Industry Commission Act, 1919, 158
Mines Control Agreement (Confirmation) Act, 1918, 157
(Decontrol) Act, 1921, 161
Emergency Act, 1920, 158
(Minimum Wage) Act, 1912, 155
Regulation Acts, 155
Combination Laws, 46
Conciliation Act, 1896, 142
Corn Production Act, 1917, 89, 171, 172
1920, 89
Acts (Repeal), 1921, 171
Education Act, 1918, 118
Acts, 142
(Choice of Employment) Act, 1910, 152
(Scotland) Act, 1908, 152
Factory and Workshops Acts, 142, 247
Health Insurance Acts, 142, 178, 196, 262
Industrial Courts Act. 1919, 142, 148, 248
Labour Bureaux (London) Act, 1902, 175
Exchanges Act, 1909, 142, 151, 152
Local Authorities (Financial Provisions) Act, 1921, 197, 198
Metropolitan Common Poor Fund (Outdoor Relief) Regulations, 1922, 198
Mines Acts, 142
Mining Industry Act, 1920, 159, 162
Ministry of Transport Act, 1919, 166
Munitions of War Act, 1915, 137, 138
National Health Insurance Acts (see Health Insurance Acts)
Insurance Act, 1911, 109, 176, 196
(Part II Amendment) Act, 1914, 176
(Part II) (Munition Workers) Act, 1916, 109
Outdoor Relief (Friendly Societies) Act, 1904, 196
Overseas (Credits and Insurance) Amendment Act, 1921, 204
Trade (Credits and Insurance) Act, 1920, 204
“Peels Act,” 1825, 46
Prevention of Employment Bill, 1919, 110
Price of Coal Limitation Act, 1915, 157
Railways Act, 1921, 168
Reform Act, 1832, 47
Representation of the People Act, 1832 (Reform Act), 47
Regulation of the Forces Act, 1871, 164
Relief Regulation Order, 1911, 195
Right to Work Bills, 124
Roads Acts, 1920, 191
Shops Acts, 142
Trade Boards Acts, 142, 149, 250
Trade Disputes Act, 1906, 33, 249
Facilities Act, 1921, 199, 200, 203, 204, 245
Unemployed Workmen’s Act, 1905, 115, 175
Bill, 1907, 124
Workers’ Dependents (Temporary Provision) Act, 1921, 183, 184, 185, 186, 196
Unemployment Insurance Act, 1920, 176, 262
(Temporary Provisions Amendment) Act, 1920, 181
Act, 1921, 178, 180, 181, 183
(No. 2) Act, 1921, 178, 181
Act, 1922, 184, 197
(Relief Works) Act, 1920, 191
Insurance Acts, 109,116,118,142, 174, 183, 184, 196
Work, Right to, Bills (see Right to Work)
Workmen’s Compensation Acts, 142

PART II. PERSONS.

Acworth, Sir William, 100
Askwith, Lord, 135
Barnes, Rt. Hon. G. N., 30
Beer, M., 48, 49, 79
Bell, Richard, 21
Benbow, William, 47
Bevan, E., 254
Blanc, Louis, 125
Booth, Charles, 50
Bowley, Professor, 139, 157, 274, 305
Burns, Rt. Hon. John, 127, 128
Burt, Rt. Hon. Thomas, 21
Cameron, Alex. G., 63
Cave, Lord, 250
Cole, G. D. H., 44
Connolly, James, 51
Cox, Harold, 93, 105, 125, 127
Crooks, Will, 22
Duckham, Sir Arthur, 159
Emerson, 98
Engels, 73
Estey, Prof. J. A., 43
Farrar, C. F., 9
George, Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd, 156, 253
George, Henry, 50, 101
Goodenough, F. C, 243, 244
Goschen, Sir Harry, 198
Gosling, Harry, 72
Hardie, Keir, 21, 22, 27, 54
Henderson, Rt. Hon. Arthur, 22, 23, 30, 59, 65, 67, 72, 77, 112, 254
Hodge, Rt. Hon. John, 30
Huysmans, Camille, 77
Hyder, Joseph, 104
Hyndman, H. M., 50, 52, 53
Kindersley, Sir Robert, 200
Kitchener, Lord, 136
Lane, William, 98
Law, Rt. Hon. A. Bonar, 136
Lenin, 73, 79
Leon, Daniel de, 54
Lesser, Henry, 260, 261
Leverhulme, Lord, 214
Lloyd-Greame, Sir Philip, 204
Long, Lord, 175
MacDonald, Ramsay, 67, 72, 124
McDougall, Professor, 232
McKenna, Rt. Hon. R., 139, 240, 242
Mackenzie, Sir Wm., 148, 168
Mallock, W. H., 98
Mann, Tom, 51
Marriott, M.P., J. A. R., 126
Marx, Karl, 49, 50, 73, 280, 251, 282, 283, 284, 285
Miliukov, Dr., 52
Morris, William, 50, 52
Owen, Robert, 47, 98
Palme Dutt, R., 74
Plender, Sir William, 200
Postgate, R. W., 65
Pratt, Edwin A., 99
Rew, Sir Henry, 174
Roberts, Rt. Hon. G. H., 30
Rowntree, B. Seebohm, 305
Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter, 156
St. Aldwyn, Lord, 156
St. Davids, Lord, 187
Schuster, Col., 200
Shackleton, Sir David, 22
Shadwell, Dr., 41, 53
Stamp, Sir Josiah, 94
Stuart-Bunning, Mr., 67
Thomas, Albert, 65
Thomas, Emile, 126
Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H., 72
Vandervelde, Emile, 65
Wallace, Dr. Alfred R., 101
Watson, Sir Alfred, 186, 260
Webb, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney, 50, 76, 80, 93, 254
Weir, Lord, 291
Whitley, Rt. Hon. J. H., 143, 265
Williams, Robert, 84
Withers, Hartley, 92, 304
Wolfe, Humbert, 133

PART III. PLACES.

Berne (Socialist Conferences), 65, 67, 73;
Reconstitution Second International, 65
Brook Farm, Socialist Phalanx at, 98
Clyde, Strikes of 1916, 52;
Causes of, 52;
How engineered, 79;
Success of Works’ Committees on the, 267;
Workers’ Committee, 80
Geneva, Resolutions on Socialism, 67, 68
Hollesley Bay, Farm Colony at, 127
Kienthal Conference, 65
Laindon, Colony at, 128
Lucerne Conference, 67
Minsk, 83
Moscow, 74
North America, Socialist Phalanx in, 98
Paris, 65, 67, 73, 77
Poland, 81, 83
Poplar, Guardians, 198
Port Sunlight, 214
Russia, 77, 82, 83, 84, 120
South Ockenden, Farm Colony at, 128
South Wales, Miners’ Strike 138, 155
Stockholm Conference, 65
Vienna, 75
Washington, Conference at, 238
Wisconsin, Socialistic Phalanx at, 98
Zimmerwald Conference, 65

PART IV. PUBLICATIONS.

“Accountant,” 204
“Bolshevism, an International Danger” (Miliukov), 52
“Call,” 5
“Case for Capitalism” (Withers), 92
“Case for Land Nationalization” (Hyder), 104
“Co-operative Magazine,” 40
“Daily Herald,” 42, 84
“Division of the Product of Industry” (Bowley), 274, 305
“Economic Liberty” (Cox), 93, 125, 127
“Edinburgh Review,” 9
“Evening Standard,” 9
“German v. British Railways” (Pratt), 99
“Group Mind” (McDougall), 232
“Guild Socialism Restated” (Cole), 44
“Historical Sketch of State Railway Ownership” (Acworth), 100
“Histoire des Ateliers Nationaux” (Thomas), 126
“History of British Socialism” (Beer), 48, 49, 79
“History of Trade Unionism” (Webb), 50, 76, 80
“Human Needs of Labour” (Rowntree), 305
“Industrial Democracy” (Webb), 76
“Justice,” 53
“Labour and the New Social Order,” 57, 85
“Labour International Handbook,” 74
“Labour Leader,” 54
“Labour Party and the Countryside,” 89
“Labour Supply and Regulation” (Wolfe), 133
“Land Nationalization” (Cox), 105
“Life and Labour in London” (Booth), 50
“Nineteenth Century,” 9
“Official Policy for reconstruction after the War,” 231
“Organization du travail” (Blanc), 125
“Poverty and Waste” (Withers), 304
“Prices and Wages in the United Kingdom” (Bowley), 139, 157
“Progress and Poverty” (George), 50, 101
“Quarterly Review,” 9
“Red Catechism,” 281
“Revolutionary Movement in Great Britain” (Shadwell), 41, 53
“Revolutionary Syndicalism” (Estey), 43
“Right to Work” (Marriott), 126
“Socialist,” 55
“Socialist Standard,” 55
“State and Revolution” (Lenin), 73
“Sunday Times,” 9
“Two internationals” (Palme Dutt), 65, 74
“Times,” 9, 41, 191, 243
“Trade Unionism and Political Action,” 29
“Unemployment: A Labour Policy,” 118
“Workers’ International” (Postgate), 65

PART V. ORGANIZATIONS.

Amalgamated (Society of Engineers) Engineering Union, 29, 30, 78, 136, 267
American Socialist Party, Connection with Socialist Labour Party, 54
Bolsheviks, 73
British Socialist Party, 53, 58
Building Trade Unions, 119
Communist Party of Great Britain, 53, 74
Electrical Trades Union, 77
Electoral Labour Committee, 21
Fabian Research Department, 54
Fabian Society, 21, 25, 53
Federation of British Industries, 239, 255
General Federation of Trade Unions, 26
General Workers’ Union, 30
“Hands Off Russia” Committee, 52
Harmony Community of Equality, 98
Herald League, 25
Independent Labour Party, 21, 25, 54, 74
Industrial Workers of the World, 51, 55, 79
Interim Industrial Reconstruction Committees, 143
International Labour Organization, 253
Jewish Socialist Party, 25
Joint Council, 26
Labour Party, Evolution of, 21;
Constitution, 1900, 21, 22;
Reconstitution, 1918, 22;
Objects, 23;
Membership, 25;
Finance, 25;
Sectarian characteristics, 27;
Want of leadership, 30;
General Policy, 32;
Adoption of Socialism, 46;
Home Socialistic Programme, 56, 85, 224, 226;
International Socialistic Programme, 68;
Approval of Direct Action, 76;
Policy for Unemployment, 106, 124
Labour Representation Committee, 21, 22, 52
Labour Representation League, 21
Labour Research Department, 54
Land Nationalization Society, 101
League of Nations, 37, 38
Local Labour Parties, 23, 28
Miners’ Federation of Great Britain, 44
Ministry of Labour, The work of the, 153;
The need of a real, 251
Ministry of Munitions, 137
National Council of Social Service, 196
National Federation of Employers’ Approved Societies, 258, 260, 261
National Guilds League, 55
National Joint Council, 26
National Socialist Party, 53
National Union of Railwaymen, 30
National Union of Sailors and Firemen, 77
Parliamentary Labour Party, 22, 27
Plumbers’ Union, 29
Post Office, 99, 100
Shipyard Labour Department, 212, 288
Social Democratic Federation, 21, 25, 52, 55
Socialist Labour Party of Glasgow, 51, 54, 79
Socialist League, 52
Socialist Party of Great Britain, 55
Socialist Societies, 52
Trades Councils, 22, 25
Trades Union Congress, 21, 25, 50, 122
Women’s Labour League, 25
Works’ Societies, 262

PART VI. SUBJECTS.

Administrative Staff, Capital and, 231;
Manual Workers and, 232
Agitation, Workers’ belief in, 216
Agriculture, Councils for, 90;
Government’s new policy in 1921, Repeal of Corn Production Act, 1917, a “breach of faith,” 171;
Government war-time control, 171;
Joint Conciliation Committees, 172;
Labour’s Policy for, 35, 89;
Unemployment Insurance, 174;
Control by Workers of, 91;
Wages Board, 171, 172, 173, 174
Approved Societies, National Federation of Employees, 261
Arbitration, Industrial, under Munitions Act, 137;
Failure of compulsory, 137;
under Industrial Courts Act, 148, 248
Aspirations, The Three Dominant Industrial, 222
Ateliers nationaux, Failure of, 126
Bolshevism, An International Danger, by Dr. Miliukov, 52;
Repudiation of, by Second International, 72;
The Essentials of, 73
“Brooklands” Agreement, 1893, 146
Capital, Marxian Fallacy of the Origin of, 282
Capital, and Administrative Staff, 231;
and Manual Workers, 231
Capitalism, 38, 41;
Alleged defects of, 95;
Our Debt to, 93;
Meaning of, 92;
Socialists’ description of, 41;
Where Reform is needed, 97
Census of Production, 1907, 273
Chartism, Labour’s connection with, 47
Chief Industrial Commissioner’s Department, Absorption in Ministry of Labour, 142
Citizen, The duty of the, 305
Coal Industry, Failure of Part II of 1920 Act, 162;
Government war-time control, 157;
Mining Industry Act, 1920, 159;
Pre-war conditions in, 155;
Royalties, 163;
South Wales Strike, 1915, 155;
Strike of October 1920, 160;
Strike of April 1921, 161;
Government policy, 163;
Sankey Commission, 158;
Government’s action on Report of, 117
Combinations and Monopolies, Regulation of, 254
Committee on Production, 135, 136
Communism, Its meaning, 74;
First Communist International Congress, 74;
Communist Party of Great Britain, 53, 74
Community, Industry and, 233;
Protection of, 248;
Workers and, 220;
Wages and, 273
Competition, Labour’s objection to, 32, 58, 96
Conciliation, Machinery for, Industry’s own, 143, 144;
State’s, 148;
Preferable to intervention, 247
Consumer, Responsibility of the, 303
Contentment in Industry, What it depends on, 256, 263, 271, 279
Control of Industry, 58, 60
Co-operation, Between Employers and Unions at beginning of war, 133;
The Marxian argument against, 281;
The Workers’ own resort to, 280;
Methods of securing, 289
Co-operative Movement, 24, 39, 121;
Emergency Conference of, 25
Cost of Living, Labour Party Committee on, 141;
Recommendations of Joint Committee on, 114;
Relation of Wages to, 140;
Summer Committee on, 140
Council of Action, 31;
Establishment of, 82
County Wages Committees, 90
Currency, Inflation of, 139
Debts, Inter-Allies, 242
Demand for Labour, Equalization of, 256
Demarcation of work, between Trade Unions, 29;
Effect on industry, 300
Democracy and Dictatorship, 66
Depression, Policy for Present trade, 235
Dilution, Meaning of, 134;
“Treasury” Agreements, 135;
How introduced on Clyde, 267
Direct Action, Meaning and qualities of, 76;
Labour Party’s adoption of, 80, 81;
On the Clyde, 1916, 78
Discontent and its Causes, 213
Dockers’ Inquiry, 273
Dock Strike, 1889, 50
Educational System, Reorganisation of, 34, 118
Electricity, Nationalization of production of, 85, 86
Employers, Suspicion of, 218
Employment, Dependence on demand, 126
Employment Exchanges, 142, 151, 176, 177
Environment, Effect of bad, 214
Exchanges, Stabilizing the, 239
Executive Management a matter for Employers, 269
Expenditure, Reduction of National, 237
Export Credits Scheme, 200, 204, 244;
General Guarantees, 206;
Specific Guarantees, 205
Factory Conditions, Regulation of, 247
Farm Colony Fiascos, 127
Finance, Labour’s Scheme of, 121;
Labour’s vagueness with regard to, 227;
Revolution in Public, 36
Financial Policy, Revision of National, 240
General Election of 1900, 21;
of 1906, 22;
of 1910, 22;
of 1918, 22
“George Scheme,” For confiscating rent, 101;
Argument for, 102;
Answer to, 103
German indemnity, 121
Government’s normal labour policy, 142;
Policy for present depression, 235;
Proper normal relation to industry, 246;
Policy with regard to coal industry, 155;
Railways, 164;
Agriculture, 171
Human Relationships in Industry, Enumeration of, 230
Human Status in Industry, Dissatisfaction of worker with, 215, 222, 223;
Means for conferring on workers’, 263
Ignorance of Worker about Industry, 212
Imperialism, 37, 38
Improvement, Desire for, 216
Industrial Conference, 1919, 117;
Labour’s recommendations to, 111;
Labour’s Report to, 59;
Rt. Hon. A. Henderson’s Addendum to, 112
Industrial Conciliation Machinery, Description of, 143, 144, 147;
The Slowness of Ordinary, 263
Industrial Research, 250
Industrial Revolution (1780-1830), 93
Industries and Businesses, Control of Capitalistic, 88;
to be nationalized, 85
Industry, and the Consuming Community, 233;
and the Nation, 233;
Ignorance about, 212
Insurance, by Industry or Industries, 259;
by State or Industry, 258;
State, 259
Insurance Companies, Nationalization of, 87
Inter-Allies Debts, 242
Internationals, The First, 65;
The Old Second, 65;
The New Second, 67;
The Third or “Moscow,” 53, 73;
Vienna or “Two-and-a-half,” 75
International Co-operation, 37
International Financial Conference 1920, 236, 305
International Labour Charter, 1919, 66
International Peace, Establishment of, 236
Job-Finding Organization, Need of a, 258
Joint Industrial Councils, 143, 265
Joint National Councils, 265
Justice, The Need in Industry of Strict, 286
Labour Exchanges, see Employment Exchanges.
Labour, Government Departments concerned in administration of, 142
Labour Management, Effect of relieving Employers of responsibility for, 138
Labour Party, see Organizations
Labour Problem, What it is, 15;
Solution of, 18
Landlordism, Labour’s proposal for abolition of, 90
Land Nationalization, 58;
Conceptions underlying each Scheme, 102;
different schemes of, 100;
“George” or Taxing-out Scheme, 101, 102, 103;
Nationalization Society’s or “State Purchase” Scheme, 101, 102;
Socialist Confiscation Schemes, 101, 102, 103;
Disadvantages of, 105
Liquor Control, 87
Maintenance of Workers, 114, 115, 118, 122, 124
Manual Workers, Administrative Staff and the, 232;
Capital and the, 231;
Inter se, 232
Mines, Nationalization of, 85, 86
Municipal Enterprise, Extension of, 88
Municipal Socialization, 70
Municipalization of Land, 100
Nation, Industry and the, 233
National Expenditure, Committee on, 153, 186;
Reduction of, 237
National Guildism, 43, 95
National Industries, 70
National Joint Council, 26
National Wages Board, 90
Nationalization and Democratic Control, 15, 44, 227
Nationalization, Limits within which it is practicable, 99
Nationalization of Land, 58;
Different schemes of, 100;
of Mines, 85, 86;
of Insurance Companies, 87;
of production of electrical power, 85, 86;
of Railways, 85;
of the means of production, distribution and exchange, 56
Nationalization Society’s Scheme of Land Nationalization, 101
“New Australia,” 98
Nottingham Glove and Hosiery Industry, 144
Outdoor Relief, Reform of Present System, 261
Output, Workers’ Belief in Restricting, 294
Parliament of Industry, 254
“Passing it on,” 293
Payment by Results, 298
Peace, Establishment of International, 236
Personal Freedom, Effective, 33
Political Power, Labour’s Struggle for, 47
Poor Law Relief, 195;
Ascertainment of applicant’s income, 196;
Assistance to Guardians to carry out works, 197;
to raise loans, 198;
Funding the cost, 197;
Help to poorer Metropolitan Unions, 198;
Principles governing administration, 195
Prices, No “Niggling” at, 301
Problem, the Labour, What it is, 15
Process, Subdivision and simplification of, 299
Product of Industry, Equitable share of, 222, 224;
Insufficient distribution, 97
Production, Importance of, 256, 290;
What it depends on, 256, 291;
Obstacles to, 291, 302;
Need for immediate reduced cost of, 245
Profits, Limitation of Employers’, 136
Promotion, 279
Protectionism, 37, 38
Public Opinion, Formation of Sound, 303
Public Works, 123
Railways, Conciliation Machinery of 1921, 168;
Councils, 170;
Government war-time control, 164;
Nationalization of, 85;
Pre-war conditions, 164;
Sectional Councils, 169;
Strike of September 1919, 166;
The Railways Act, 1921, 168;
Wage Agreement of March 1919, 165;
Wage Agreement of March 1920, 166
Reconstruction, The Vagueness of Labour’s Scheme of, 224
Reform of Industry v. Reconstruction, 228
Relief Works, 124, 127, 128
Remuneration of the Workers, 271;
Systems of, 275
Reparations Policy, Reconsideration of, 241
Right to Strike, 70
Right to Work, Unsoundness of, 124
Road Fund, Report on the, 191
Road Schemes, Expedited, 191;
1920-21 Programme, 191;
1921-22 Programme, 192;
Conditions attaching to Grants, 194;
Provincial Schemes, 193;
Special Metropolitan Schemes, 193
Royalties, 163
Sankey Commission, The, 158
Secret Fund, Workers’ Notion of the, 292
Shop Stewards, 79
Shortage of Labour, Unsettling Effect of, 134
Social Service, 306
Socialism, Definition of, 40;
Origin of name, 40;
Basic characteristics, 40;
First adopted by Labour (1832), 47;
Renounced by Labour (1842-85), 49;
Different kinds, 40;
Revolutionary, 47;
Earliest form, 47;
Recent form, 51;
Direct Action, 76-84;
State Socialism, 42, 50, 226;
National Guildism, 43;
Syndicalism, 42;
Nationalization and Democratic Control, 44, 225, 227;
Home programme, General outline of, 56-64;
Industry, 85-88;
Land, 89-91;
Criticism of, 92-105;
International Programme, 65-75;
Geneva Resolutions, 68;
Socialist Organizations, Home, 52
International, 65-75;
Marxian Doctrines of, 280, 281, 282, 283;
Failure of Experiments in, 98
Socialist Confiscation Schemes, 101, 102, 103
Socialistic Experiments, Failure of Past, 98
Socialization, 68;
of land and industry, 34
Socialized Industries, Administration of, 70
Soviets, Setting up of local, 84
Standard of Living, 139;
A national minimum, 32
State Conciliation Machinery, 148
State Control and Prices, 60
State Ownership of Land, The Disadvantages of, 105
State Purchase Scheme, 101, 102
State Socialism, 42, 95;
Era of, 50
Surplus Wealth for the Common Good, 36
Suspicion of Employers, 218
Sympathetic Handling of Labour, a special art, 287;
An illustration of its successful application, 288
Sympathy in Workshop Life, The money value of, 287;
the need of, 285
Syndicalism, 42, 95
Syndicalist Revolutionary Ferment, 1905, 51
Tariffs, Protection, 38
Taxation, Lowering of, 238
Taxing-out Scheme, 101
Time- and Labour-saving Appliances, Difficulties of Introduction of, 297
Trade Boards, Acts, purposes of, 149;
Administered by Ministry of Labour, 142;
Need of, 250;
Cave Committee’s recommendations, 250;
Mistakes of, 250
Trade Facilities Act, 1921, Guarantee of Loans under, 199;
Policy of Advisory Committee, 200;
Difficulties of Committee, 202;
Guarantees already given, 203;
Beneficial effect of, 245
Trade, Freedom of International, demanded by Labour, 38
Trade Union, The Worker’s attitude to his, 219
Trade Unionism, Development of, 46
Trade Unionism and Political Action Sectarian Programme, 29
Trades Councils, Inclusion in Labour Party, 23;
Political Subjection to Trade Unions, 28
Trades Union Congress, Functions of, 21;
Labour’s Parliamentary Representation, Furtherance of, 22;
Unemployment, joint manifesto on, 122;
Constitution of, 25;
Socialism, attitude towards, 50
Training, demanded by Labour for all persons unemployed, 111;
Women, 118;
Young people, 119
Transport Systems, Reorganization of Continental, recommended by Labour, 121
Transport Workers’ Federation, Contentions of, at Dockers’ Inquiry, 273
“Treasury” Agreements, 1915, Repudiation by Clyde Engineers, 79, 267;
Negotiation of, 135, 136;
General failure of, 137;
Enforcement of, by Munitions Act, 137;
Purpose of, 135
Trusts, Report of Committee on, 254
Unemployment (see also Export Credits Scheme; Poor Law Relief; Road Schemes; Trade Facilities Act), Injurious effect of, 215;
Total prevention impossible, 126;
Provision against, essential for contentment in industry, 256;
What can be done, 256;
Labour policy for, 106-123;
its unsoundness, 124;
Government policy for, 175-208;
Labour’s refusal to co-operate, 117
Unemployment after the War, 1917, Memorandum on, 107
Unemployment Insurance, Need of proper Scheme, 257;
Insurance by State, 259;
Insurance by industry or industries, 259;
Insurance by firms, 261;
The State Insurance Scheme, 176-187;
cost of, 208;
Acts of Parliament, see Part I
Value, Marxian Fallacy of, 283
Wages, Legal minimum agricultural, 90;
and prices, increase of, 139;
and the community, 273;
are higher wages practicable, 273;
in unorganized industries, 250;
Misconceptions, as to, 212;
Relation to cost of living, 140;
Remuneration of the worker, 271;
Settlement of, 275;
Statutory minimum, 149;
Systems of remuneration, 275;
12½ per cent. bonus, 139, 252, 273;
Uniform national, 271;
Wage relationships among the workers, 272;
What are fair, 276
War Aims, 1917, Memorandum on, 107
War Wealth Committee, Report of, 240
Whitley Committee, 56, 264
Whitley Councils, 143, 264
Whitley Report, 1918, Labour Addendum to, 56
Work, Workers low conception of, 217
Work or Maintenance, 106, 111, 118, 122, 124
Work, Right to, Bills to confer, 124;
Unsoundness of claim, 124;
Failure in France, 125;
Impossibility in practice, 126
Workers, Ignorance about industry, 212;
and about Wages, 212;
Discontent and the causes, 213;
Effect of bad environment on, 214;
Fear of unemployment, 215;
Dissatisfaction with status, 215;
Belief in agitation, 216;
Desire for improvement, 216;
Low conception of work, 217;
Suspicion of employers, 218;
Relationship of, to Trade Union, 219;
to community, 220;
Three dominant aspirations, 222;
Relationship of, to capital, 231, 256, 263, 271, 279, 280, 285, 286;
to administrative staff, 232;
to one another, 232;
Fallacious views on:
Co-operation, 281;
Capital, 282;
Value, 283;
“Secret Fund,” 292;
“Passing it on,” 293;
Restricting output, 294;
Time- and labour-saving appliances, 297;
Payment by results, 298;
Simplification of process, 299
Works’ Committees, 143, 265, 266;
Slow progress of, 266;
Success on the Clyde, 267
Works of Public Utility, 187;
see also Road Schemes, Unemployment