COAL POSITION IN BRITAIN
RECALL OF MINERS URGED DEBATE IN HOUSE OF COMMONS (Rec. 1.20 p.m.) Rugby, Oct. 6. When the House of Commons resumed discussion on the coal position to-day the majority of speakers urged the Government to recall miners from the forces and industry, taking the view that it is not a question of reducing consumption but of increasing production in order to bridge the estimated gap of 11,000,000 tons between production and consumption.
Winding up the debate, Sir John Anderson, Lord President of the Council, said it /was quite false to assume that there existed to-day a large untapped reserve of miners in the services or industry, although since 1941 several thousand ex-miners had gone back to the pits. The most that could be released now for mines, even including those from the field army, was 3000 to 4000. The principle of equal sacrifices would have to apply. Battle casualties would have to be met as they occurred by drawing even upon reserves vital to industry, such as the aircraft industry. Sir John Anderson said agriculture recently relinquished 10,000 men though the Government had been told it would be impossible.—B.O.W.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 7 October 1942, Page 2
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