ARMY AND INDUSTRY
RIVALS IN BRITAIN
COMPETITION FOR MAN-POWER
(Rec.,ll a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 23. Allegations of mismanagement and waste of man-power under conscription, which, it is stated, has resulted in a continuous tug-of-war between the Army and industry, have been a frequent cause of criticism of Britain's war effort.
Discussing this, "The Star's" Labour correspondent says that men of 40 are being called up while youngsters of 20 are still in civilian clothes* and married men with families have to go while single men are still at home.
"The racecourses and dog tracks are daily packed with men of military age. Brilliant men are being wasted peeling potatoes in the Army," says the newspaper.
"We are desperately short of coal, but the Army is not releasing miners. With women from 18 to 60 regarded as available, we have a potential war strength in men and women of 26,000,000 with which the Government has to man services, factories, shipyards, and other necessities of a nation at war. " ,
"It is a tight squeeze. Naturally, there is competition. . The forces are wholehoggers. The 'brass hats' believe the place of every man in the war is in khaki. Industry says that men in khaki are useless unless they have weapons, and so men must make munitions."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 74, 24 September 1941, Page 7
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