INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21224, 21 September 1940, Page 9

INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN

GUIDANCE DURING RAIDS KEEPING UP PRODUCTION 2,000,000 LEAFLETS ISSUED (United Press Asn.—Elec. Tel. copyright) LONDON, Sept. 19 The Home Secretary, Sir John Anderson, has issued 2,000,000 leaflets giving employers and workers guidance for working during air raids. The Prime Minister, Mr Churchill, in a preface, says: “The experience of the last few weeks has taught us that one of the greatest problems is to maintain production in spite of air raids. This plan has been evolved by employers and employed, so let ivs all work it together until victory comes.” The plan provides for the posting of spotters and for improved protection for workers, permitting a continuation of work until danger is imminent. • Workers’ pension, compensation and insurance rights are specifically preserved. Six thousand persons have already received personal injury allowances. The Minister of Aircraft Production, Lord Beaverbrook, in a message to the Ministry’s repair organisation, paid a tribute to the continuation of work in spite of raids. “In the week to September 14 your output of bombers and fighters was in excess of all types lost or destroyed in battle or accident. One organisation, in spite of the fact that vast and grievous bombing resulted in many casualties, lost only two days. Another lost only 15 minutes during the week.” Brought Back To London The special department of the Ministry of Labour responsible for developing Government training centres and for providing semiskilled munition workers and supervising an increase in private training schemes, which had been evacuated to the country, has been brought back to London. This decision, said the Minister of Labour, Mr Ernest Bevin, emphasised not only the Ministry’s view of the increased importance of training but also its resolve to carry on in London.