TRANSFER OF WORKERS
AUSTRALIAN WAR ACTIVITIES (Eec. 1.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, Aug. 24. The Federal authorities „ plan to divert another 200,000 men and 'women from non-essential work to war activities between next January and the end of June, says the ‘ Daily Telegraph.’ This will mean the total transfer of about 500,000 workers to war activities this financial year. About half of the 200,000 workers will probably bo women. Of the 318,000 workers being diverted between now and the end of December only about 40,000 will be women.
The Government, it is reported, considers that by the end of next Juno it will have gone as far as it can in diverting men and women to war work. Australia will then have slightly more than 1.000,000 men and women working full time in the services and war industries. The Government proposes, it is reported, that the production of war materials after June should he increased by methods other than finding more labour. These methods include better distribution of raw materials, improvement in management and implementation, and more scientific methods of shift working. The lack of extra men for the three fighting services will be compensated for under this plan by the increasing mechanical striking power.
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Evening Star, Issue 24281, 24 August 1942, Page 4
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203TRANSFER OF WORKERS Evening Star, Issue 24281, 24 August 1942, Page 4
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