The means by which he lives are suddenly removed, and ruin in a form more or less swift and terrible stares him instantly in the face.

That is a contingency which seems to fall within the most primary and fundamental obligations of any organization of government.

I do not know whether in all countries or in all ages that responsibility could be maintained, but I do say that here and now, in this wealthy country and in this _scientific_ age, it does in my opinion exist, is not discharged, and will have to be discharged."[64] Mr.Churchill proposes not only to guard against periods of unemployment which extend to all industries in the case of industrial crises, but also to provide more steady employment for those who are unoccupied during the slack seasons of the year or while passing from one employer to another.

Above all he plans that the youth of the nation shall not waste their strength entirely in unremunerative employment or in idleness, but that every boy or girl under eighteen years of age should be learning a trade as well as making a living.

Few will deny that the program of Mr.Churchill and his associates in this direction marks a great step towards that "more complete or elaborate social organization" which he advocates.
One of the most significant of all the measures by which Mr.Churchill plans to lend the aid of the State to the raising of the level of the working classes is his "Development" Act.