NATION WAKING UP

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2483, 9 June 1915, Page 5

NATION WAKING UP

SHELLS FOR THE ARMY ORGANISING THE WORKERS SPLENDID SPIRIT SHOWN (Reo. June 8, 11.30 p.m.) London, June 8. The masters fn Lancashire'are rapidly organising for shell-making, and of J 50,000 skilled engineers in the Man- ' Chester district 18,000 have already 1 been engaged to make munitions, pro- 1 viding employment for 75,000 unskilled ' men and women. '• Hitherto only a few of the 18,000 1 were makin'fc shells, but the problem of £ diverting a considerable body of skilled i workers is being solved by the workers' l eood-will. The trades union officials s declare that Mr. Lloyd George has ac- 1 complished a great task by broadening t the men's views. Tho masters, who c have had a committee working for some 1 timo now, are being urged to add re- 1 presentatives of labour. Committees are completing tho a census of labour and of the work in t hand in engineering establishments, to v enable the authorities to decide how c many skilled men may bo spared for e shell-making; also, in some cases, tho t transfer of civil work to other firms t with the view of transforming their e own workshops for Government require- \ ments. t Many women are offering their ser- 6 vices, and ulso superannuated engineers. ]