ENCOURAGING ENLISTMENT.
EMPLOYERS CRITICISED
TRADE TOO GOOD
(Press Assn. —Reed. 9.5 p.m.)
LONDON, August 20
Sir George Pragnell, Chairman of the National Patriotic Association is dissatisfied with many business men for failing to encourage their employees to enlist by promising reemployment on the return of peace. Trade was too good for recruiting to be good. Five thousand shopkeepers have signed a pledge to assist, but the bulk are less inclined now to lose workers than earlier in the war. He believes another half million would immediately enlist if the employers encouraged them. Tho Wholesale and Textile Association in a manifesto agrees to re"engage enlisted employees.
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Northern Advocate, 21 August 1915, Page 3
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105ENCOURAGING ENLISTMENT. Northern Advocate, 21 August 1915, Page 3
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