Mr. Churchill underlined the meaning of Mr. Baldwin's announcements. The
effect of the earlier rating relief, he said, would be to treble the relief originally proposed on selected coal traffics and yet to retain undiminished the relief promised to other heavy traffic. He added that the Forestry Commission would give preference on forestry holdings to displaced miners. This is in accord- ance with the suggestion of the Transference Board. As for Lord Lovat's forthcoming tour, to which Mr. Baldwin had already referred, its purpose was to arrange for the migration of 11,500 persons from the mining districts alone. The total additional cost which the Government would incur in helping migration was £2,000,000. Alto- gether it is clear that the Transference Report is yielding definite results, though a common criticism of the Report was that it was indefinite. Forestry holdings for miners and the increase of training centres are promising move- ments, both directly due to the Report. We shall not come successfully through this industrial depression unless every class in the nation recognizes that such a special effort is necessary as was made after the War on behalf of the wounded. Mr. Baldwin made use of that very analogy, and it is a sound one. The unemployed are the wounded soldiers of industry.
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