The sun., 1915-06-21
Empire Cannot Spare
a Single Man, Declares
Lloyd George to Workers
Minister Of Munitions Tells Representatives Of Labor
That Only by Getting Maximum Work From
Every Citizen Can Germany Be Defeated


this concern. II Is your concern Just
as much as II Is ours, and ! want YOU
to help us. This Is business for all
Of us and we want every business man
In the community to give his very best
to help the old country through In the
great emergency and crisis.
II would make the same appeal 20
labor. | want them also to feel that this
Is their business Should, Germany win,
God help labor Il will come out OF 1t
worst of all. The victory Of Germany
will he the victory OF the worst form Of
autocracy that this world has seen for
many n century. There IL no section Of
the community that has anything like
.he interest in overthrowing this military
caste which labor has. and the more
they realize that difficulties will vanish,
obstacle. will go. and chickering's and
s.ackncss, and We shall have them work
.ng A. one man TO help us to win "a
triumph for democratic free government
against the autocratlc systems OF Ger
many and Austria.
Must rRii In All Ala.
THE first I should like to call at;en-
ton to are those rules which had been
set up. for very good reasons. to make 1t
difficult for purely unskilled men to
claim the position and rights OF men
who have had "A training. That is true
In every profession. I happen, my
Lord Mayor. 20 belong to about the
strictest trade union In the world--the
most jealous trade union in the world.
II any unslilled man--and by an un-
skilled man we mean "A man who has not
paid our fees--if any man of that sort,
however brainy he was. tried TO come In
a. III
would soon settle him. But IL during
the period % the war there were any
particular use for lawyers. II you find
that uron lawyers depended the success
Of the war. and ii requires a good deal
OF imagiuatiou---evou my Celtic i'm
ag.n1t'ou will hardly attain TO the OK
allied he'ght--but II that were possible
for "A moment. do you suppose that even
;he Incorporated Law Society, the great
es; and narrowest o. all trade unions,
could stand In the way Of bringing IN
outside help In order to enable us TO ge,
through our work?
We'll. now. the same thing applies
here. |; all the skilled engineers In
this country were turred on to produc,
wha; is required, II you brought back
from he front every engineer who had
been recruited, II you worked them l.
the utmos; limits OF human endurance
YOU have not got enough labor even then
TO produce all we are got. 2 to ask y0i
10 produce during the next :ew months
Therefore We must appeal 10 the patriot
ism Of the unions OF ;his coultry TO re-
lax these particular rules IN order 10 eke
ou;. as II were. :he skill, to make K go
as tar as it possibly can 70. IN order n
enable US to turn out necessary muni-
t!ons Of war 20 win a real and speedy
triumph for our country In this grea;
struggle.
The same thing applies 20 the work
of women IN he factories. There is A
good deal OF work now done by men
and men only, in this country, 1t Is
done In France nj the present moment
in shell factories by women. Why is
that? They have not enough men 20 e
round. The men are working as hari
as they can, for as long hours as they
possibly can suppor'. but in spite OF
that they would not turn out suHicien'
number of shells and other material o,
war without doing out a good part Of
the work 10 women in those factories
Well. now, II there are any trade unioi
regulations 10 prevent the possibility oi
hat being done hope that during th'
period of the war these will be sus
pended.