WAR INDUSTRY

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 173, 24 July 1942, Page 5

WAR INDUSTRY

Transfer Of Workers And Plants SPECIAL ADJUSTMENTS British Official Wireless. Rec. 1 p.m. RUGBY, July 22. Nearly 250,000 workers have been released for other work during the 14 months since the concentration of industry was begun, and over 55,000,000 square feet of factory space has been liberated for other uses, said Dr. Dalton, President of the Board of Trade, in the House of Commons. "We have not yet reached the end of the process," he said. "There are certain concentrations and schemes actually proceeding, and there will be cases where reconcentration will be necessary due to shrinkage of materials or greater need for labour for war purposes than ever previously anticipated." Other points from Dr. Dalton's speech were:—(l) The Government has not forgotten the vital importance of export trades after the war, and plans nave been closely studied to enable a new export drive to start immediately conditions permitted. (2) Utility clothing now amounted to about 80 per cent of the total civilian production. (3) He had appointed a committee to advise him regarding the production of utility furniture.