WORK AND WAGES AFTER THE WAR
WHAT TO DO WITH RETURNED ' SOLDIERS? By Telegraph—Presn AJi'ociutkln—Ooprrifthl London, December 15. ( Lord 1 Parker of Waddington, in the House of Lords, drew attention to the proHlems of employment for soldiers ( after the war and the reorganisation of ( industry. Women could not be expected to return to pre-war conditions. The r Government st "ild act in this matter in concert with tho Dominions. Lord Newton said that before the Coalition Government was formed an undertaking was given that the Army should 'not he disbanded suddenly, and thus thrown on the labour market. ( Tho Marquis of Crewo said that tho possible roturn to the land of many soldjers was being considered by a 6pecial committee. A multitudo of questions would arise wlien throe million soldiers and war workers wero released. The population of the United Kingdom a month heforq the war broke out is officially estimated at 46,089,249. There are no sufficient data as to tho elFect of the war to enable tho regis-trar-general to frame any reliable estimate of tho population this yw or nest,
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2646, 17 December 1915, Page 7
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181WORK AND WAGES AFTER THE WAR Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2646, 17 December 1915, Page 7
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