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2 "That inasmuch as the causes of the want of employment arc national rather
than local, this Conference is of opinion that it is inexpedient that isolated action
should be taken by any particular Board of Guardians in the Metropolitan area,
with the view of affording special relief to the Unemployed, and suggest that
steps should at once be taken, with the assistance of the Local Government
Board, with a view of agreeing on a common plan of action, should the necessity
arise during the coming winter.
3. "That the Government be approached and asked to empower the Commissioners of
Woods and Forests and the Board of Agriculture to acquire waste and unused
lands for the purpose of productively employing the Unemployed during the
coming winter."
4. "That in the opinion of this Conference it is impossible to find proper work for
the Unemployed, and therefore considers that a joint application of the various
Boards of Guardians of the Metropolis should be made to the Local Government
Board to permit the Guardians to give individual relief in exceptional times of
distress without applying the Labour test."
5. "That the Government be asked to carry out the policy of Lord Salisbury's speech
at Bradford, and to bring forward during the coming Session of Parliament,
measures dealing with the question of the Unemployed."
6. "That the London School Board be asked to give out whatever work of School
painting and repairing is possible during the Christmas holidays, when work in
the various branches of the Building Trade is slackest."
7. "That a copy of the loregoing resolutions be sent to the Prime Minister, the
President of the Local Government Board, the First Lord of the Treasury, the
Colonial Secretary, the Home Secretary, the Boards of Guardians, Vestries, and
District Boards of the Metropolis and the School Board for London."
(See also Unemployed).