USE OF MANPOWER
Sir. —The Government has appealed to us all to increase production. It has been obliged, for obvious reasons, to sadly deplete the production, or man-power, by taking a great number of our younger men to territorial training camps for two or three months.
I agree that this is necessary, but is it neessary to still maintain the huge staff of able-bodied men on the 13A scheme, at a good wage, doing the most unproductive work? \ T am a small-holder, and when possible I go out and do labouring jobs for my neighbours. During the last week I have been asked by four of my neighbours to do ordinary labouring jobs; which are absolutely necessary for them to carry on their, good work. These men are doing their utmost, yet they can not get assistance, although in my neighbourhood there are 12 or 14 able-bodied men employed on back roads. In some cases there is only one household using the roadway. Is it not time that this scheme was abolished? There is jjlentv of private work to do, and plenty of men to do it if they were released from this most unoroductive work. There is an important job for every-, one in this country if this war is to lie won, but it is not on the back roads. Moual SurroiiT.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23773, 28 September 1940, Page 15
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