No Italian Farm Labourers Admitted
(Special. 11 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 22. The day following the issue of the Government White Paper which Emphasised the fact that there was a deficiency of 33,000 agricultural workers in Britain, the Minister of Labour (Mr Isaacs) told a questioner in the House of Commons that he was not prepared to consider applications by Italian exprisonei's who had applied to return to Britain to carry on farm work. The Minister said he was hopeful that sufficient men would be found by enlisting Poles who were already in the counti’y. The News Chronicle, commenting on the question, describes the Minister's reply as “fatuous.” and asks why Italians who were already trained for farm work, and who had already proved themselves friendly and willing workers, should be discouraged from coming to Britain.
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Northern Advocate, 23 January 1947, Page 5
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