Wives & Clubs

Smug housewives who have drawn Britain's Dole, claiming complacently to be "unemployed." were kicked out of their petty sinecures by the thousand last week.

Kicking was done by the Public Assistance Office in each county. Such offices used to administer only poor law relief. They were appointed local Dole dispute referees when it was "tightened up" as one of the first acts of the National Government (TIME, Sept. 21). Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, whose main election appeal was to women, arranged that the new Dole screw should not turn against them until last week.

Under present regulations 81,716 women applied last week for continuance of their Dole. In 71,567 cases their applications were promptly denied.

General tightening of the Dole reduced the number of Britain's "registered unemployed'' in "all classes" by 27,000 last week. But men "wholly unemployed" increased 13,000.

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