The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-12-10

LOndOn.-"At this stage | suddenly
realize what the work of the men and
women in the factories at home meant
to us, wrote young officer describing
a tank battle in the Western Desert in
a vivid article which has just appear
ed in British newspaper
The people on the British production
front-the men and women in the fac
tories-realize what their work means
to the men in the front line, and they
will put all they can into the effort
so that there shall be no hold-ups for
lack of material, or because of faulty
material.
AS the workers are taken more and
more into the confidence of the man
agements, through the Works Produc-
ton Committee machinery, output in
creases. The fact that suggestions
made by the workers for removing OBJ
stacle> in the way of increased pro
duction are listened to and if found
practical, put into operation. has also
been found to be Il very good incentive
to increase production.
Now that the initial stages of the
Ministry of Production have been over
come, and the new regional machinery,
which we recommended by the Com
mittee over which Sir Walter Citrine
presided. has been put into operation,
the Bulletin issued by the Ministry Of
Production and the Ministry of Labor
and National Service, says that all
those who are engaged on production
should be sure to see that they work
closely with it, land that any criticism
which may develop cannot be laid at
their own door for failure to work
alongside these new arrangements
How The Regional Boards Operate
The new machinery works in this
WAY: There are eleven Regional Pro
duction Boards. to each Of which the
Ministry of Production has appointed
IA Regional Controller who acts as
| Chairman Each Board consists of the
Regional Chiefs of the Ministry Of
Labor and National Service, the Min
| istry of Supply, the Ministry of Air
craft Production, the Admiralty and
TIE bOdIu VI Will tiil't i iat''N
Union representatives, and three repre-
sentatives of Employers. The Director
of Machine Tools also works in the
closest contact with the Board. He is
responsible for all the machine tool
and tool activities carried on within
the Region Then there are the Re
giOnal Transport Officer and the Con
| troller of Factory and Storage prem
iseS BY this means all the many-sided
| influences which bear upon local pro
ducton problems have been coordin-
ated under the Ministry Of Production
Regions are divided into Districts,
and there are about sixty District Pro-
duction Committees, composed of one
representative, the Ministry of Pro
duction, and three representatives Of
Trade Unions and three employer
representatives, and in the districts,
there are the Works Production Com
mitteeS.
The Joint Works Production Com
mttee provide, of course, the closest
contact with the rank and file in the
factories. 1t is through these Com
milteeS that the suggestions and ideas
put forward by the worker at the
bench reach the representatives OF the
Production Ministry, if they affect
wider sphere than the workshop con-
cerned.
Helping Worker Realize His Value
Most people no doubt think of war
production in terms of aircraft tanks,
ships and guns. But the thousand and
one things which go to make up these
vast armamentS are sometimes for
gotten by the man in the street. Every
single item which contributes to the
whole, is as essential a part as the
main elements themselves. The worker
who makes the rivets, the ball-bear-
ings, and all the other small parts, and
who never actually sees the finished
product has to be made to realize that
his job is just as important and nee
esSary as the person who flies the ma
chine, drives the tank, or fires the gun.