RETURNED MEN

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 75, 29 March 1944, Page 6

RETURNED MEN

t TUC Docccocunc leenr c 'THE-PREFERENCE ISSUE O.C. . ' SYDNEY, TVlarch 3. The Australian . Trades: and Labour', Council's opposition •to preference to returned soldiers because it contem- . plated unemployment • for., some h workers has aroused ; hostility among s ex-servicemen: ,The Federal Governd ment is understood to disfavour, prea ference. ~ .■■■•■ ;■■.,*.■■ d The, secretary of the ..New South Wales' branch" of the. Refurne'd ■ Sole diersl League (Mr. J. R. Lewis)' saidtha* already attempts had been-made l to displace incapacitated men of this; war from their jobs. "We have hadl f to fight to keep these ex-servicemen in: t employment," said Mr. Lewis. ; "Many; employers lack sympathy ..with- re-: turned men. .We had a practical demonstration of this during recent' ret trenchments at munition factories'and omces." ' • o - Lewis said that the Returned Soldiers' League's policy was preference an initial employment, preference m Promotions, and preference in retention if dismissals through iietrenchment.were necessary. Mr. Lewis said' at the servicemen paid tribute'- to' the men who ha.d faithfully served in essential industries to supply the requirements o. war. But people in industry had not suffered the rigours of active service; they had not been denied the amenities of civilisation; their constitutions had not been underl mined by ,exPoS^e, privation, disease, the person -who, during the war ' ■ ~ '' THE MEAT ■ rat«>n , USE OF^UPON 24 t? A+S a spePial concession to cover the 16 Rationing 'Control-' conn^n 10"1138.' that u-PS 4 ln^ he meat rationing series, ]^h^°lmal^ would not be available * Easter Monday, may be used on . ? fter the Preceding Thursday. It n£L d been pointed out that housewives who } v°uld have to buy meat on Thursto cover the period up to Tues£ay would in normal circumstances not nave the benefit. of the new week's coupons when-making their nurchases ~ siaar -»»A-*-?sa _J__ "