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Show f and seven pence per man a week, the fund to be contributed Jointly by the workmen, the employer and the state. He. was' convinced parliament would gladly apply Its remaining strength to grappling with these hideous problems prob-lems of social' disorganization, which are marring the health and happiness of tho country and which If neglected neg-lected might affect Its .strength and honor In the world-1 Mr. Churchill's outlined plans appear ap-pear to be well received by both parties. par-ties. The labor exchange scheme will be voluntary and It Is estimated will cost $1,000,000 yearly. Tho, Insurance scheme, which will not bo introduced until 1910, will be compulsory and will be applied in the first Instance only to tho trades mentioned, involving about 2.250,000 workmen. It la undor. stood tho contribution of the workmen, work-men, the employers and the state will not necessarily be equal in amount CHURCHILL WILL INTRODUCE BILL London, May 19 Winston Church-Ill, Church-Ill, president of the board of trade, announced In the house of commons tonight that tomorrow ho would Introduce Intro-duce a gvernment bill creating a national na-tional system of labor exchanges similar sim-ilar to those already existing on the continent of Europe for the purpose of better organizing of labor and reducing reduc-ing unemployed in London nad other English cities. With this new departure, he said, the government also intended to associate asso-ciate a policy of unemployment Insurance. Insu-rance. If the bill is adopted It is proposed to start a schemo beginning In 1910 dealing first with the whole group of tho house building, general construction, engineering and machine trades and ship building. This would cover rouphly nearly the whole field of unemployment and, In face the worst part. The government, said Mr. Churchill proposed to aim at a scheme of bene! fits rather lower than paid bv tho strongest trades union. This will necessitate ne-cessitate rnlslng betweeu five pence |