PREFERENCE FOR SERVICEMEN

Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24625, 23 July 1945, Page 4

PREFERENCE FOR SERVICEMEN

AUSTRALIAN MUNITION s FACTORIES % (N.Z. Press Association— Copyright) • CANBERRA, JlOyjfcPreference to members of armed forces would operate- yffjir retrenchments from Govern?!#' munitions factories, said the of Munitions (Mr N. J. O. Makm)',Jßsf nouncing a decision of a Cabinet committee. .. Tf*- 1 It was decided that the order Mr dismissals should be: (1) ongw^ men and women;, (2) married fflW; without families; (3) married WWfc with families; (4) members of'ljbfjL forces and persons judged to be entitled to preference under the Ber. establishment Act in accordance tp length, locality, and nature of their service.

Mr Makin’s announcement meanr that the Government has decided ' that 'returned soldier preference J* supreme over all other preference*.,including the. “last-to-come, flrst-to-go” rule of many Ain ions. Union officials said to-day that ijtt decision of the Cabinet sub-cdßsnut*. tee might precipitate a trade union, revolt. The attitude of officials is that, if a “work-for-all” policy was adopted* by the Government there would be tth need for soldiers’ preference.