HUMANISING INDUSTRY

Nelson Evening Mail, 31 July 1916, Page 5

HUMANISING INDUSTRY

MINISTRY OF (MUNITION'S WELFARE DEPARTMENT. AN IMPORTANT MOVEMENT. (Ree. July 31, 10.55 a.m.) ' LONDON, July 30. Mr Lloycl George contributes a fore"■vurd to ;i book on Welfare Work by Miss E. D. Proud, formerly of the Ado'laido University, and recently of England and the Welfare Department, of the 'Ministry of Munitions. ' Mr Lloyd George describes the establishment- iof the Welfare Depai't-ment, of 'which .it Ls .im.'possibl to exaggerate 'the importance in. safeguarding female workers' health and well-being. Lady supervisors were -being appointed in a.U national factories in which women were employed. Mr Lloyd George hopes that all controlled estab.lis3rme.nts will follow suit and thus help- to secure a larger and speedier output- and .preserve the 'working health and happiness. It vc'lieves the harassed -employers of needless -strain. It- is .strange irony that the making of the weapons of destruction should afford a:i occasion to humanise industry. It may -well be that when the tumult, of war is a distant echo and the making of munitions a nightmare of the 7>ast-. this eifort to soften the •asperities and secure the -workers' welfare and build a -bridge of sympathy and understanding between the. employer 'and employed will leave behind, results of permanent and enduring val-ufe -to the "workers, the nation, and mankind at large. SECURE OF FV.KMV PROPERTY URGED. (R-sc. Julv 31. 9.20 a.m.l LONI>ON\ July 30. Sir Henry Dalziel. M.P.. urges that it is the duty of the. British Governmentto commandeer all enemy property as a means of bargaining- and seeing that our wishes are carried 1 out.