Social Work of Rudolf Golouh and Albin Prepeluh in the Provincial Council of the Drava Province between 1931 and 1935

Abstract

Formerly members of the Yugoslav Social Democratic Party and authorities on social is- sues, Rudolf Golouh and Albin Prepeluh played a significant role in the Provincial Council of the Drava Province during the period of aggravated social conditions of the economic crisis. Participating in numerous Council discussions, they fought for better living conditions and social welfare for the working classes and for the more impoverished segments of the rural population. One of the most significant results of their endeavors was the establishment of a poverty fund whose principal task was to help the unemployed. Golouh and Prepeluh were the only councilors who were not members of the ruling party, and their critical political views on government policy on coping with the consequences of the economic depression were extremely weighty, particularly in Slovenia. They were among the most active councilors of the Drava Province during the first half of the 1930s.