The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-06-03

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Houses have been opened by the Min
istry and placed under the manage
ment Of the National Service Hostels
Corporation, non-prOfit making com
pany established with Government
finance by the Ministry to run hostels
for war workers.
The Merchant Navy Houses, man
aged by a resident superintendent and
his wife, provide the accommodation Of
a good class hotel at the rate Of Is. Cd.
a day for board and lodging, or IS. for
bed and breakfast, or IS. for a bed for
for boys and apprentices), and the
meals are provided by managers with
full catering experience and knowledge
of the seamen's likes and dislikes.
There are also Hospitality Commit
tees at the main ports to take care Of
the needs Of Allied and neutral sea
men. The Governments of Poland,
Holland, Norway, Belgium, Greece and
YugOslavia all maintain their own wei
fare organizations. The United States
resentative in Britain for the same
purpose, the Fighting French National
Council has followed similar pro-
cedeure and there is Danish Club
and other facilities for sailors from
Denmark.
When Victory Is Won
Non-European Seamen, particularly
Indian and Chinese sailors, but includ-
ing also Arabs, Africans and West
Indians, are the concern of a special
organization of the Ministry of War
Transport A Cheshire mansion, stand
ing in it's own grounds, acquired by a
committee of shipowners and running
now on the lines of the Merchant Navy
Houses, looked after in Britain by
three Indian welfare officers appointed
| by the Government of India.
The Ministry Of Labour does not re-
gard all this as a purely wartime de-
velopment. when victory has been
Won it says, "and the merchant sea-
man pursues his vocation in peace, it
is essential that no matter at what
port he may land, he should never be
at a loss for a comfortable bed, Il good
meal i'm cheerful surroundings, and a
drink if he wishes, a place where he
may obtain rest, refreshment, recrea-
ton, and companiOnship." To meet
these needs the port welfare organiZa
ton will undoubtedly be maintained
after the war.
Leisure For War Work
How the war trades secured, with
the help. Of the Trades Unions. the vol
unteer part-time service of city's
business men, officials, tradesmen and
teachers has recently been described.
The story illustrates the spirit in
which all classes of Britain's people
are responding to the more and more
imperiOuS demands of the war effort.
War factories which have grown up
in the neighborhOOd of one of the most
ancient British university cities re-
quired more labOur than was available
at the local employment exchanges,
and the exchange manager conceived
the idea of a local volunteer labOur
service which would enable public
spirited citizens who had spare time,
to give ii to the nearby munitions fac
tories.
Representatives of the organizations
interested in the scheme included the
National Association of Local Govern
ment Officers, the Association of
Clerks, Shop Assistants, and Ware
hOusemen and Clerks, the Bank Off
GERS Guild, the Association of Second
airy and Elementary School Teachers,
the Civil Service Clerical Association.
and several employers associations.
The list shows the variety and range
of the occupations covered by the
scheme.
Output Substantially Increased
Before putting the scheme before
their members, officials of these or
ganiZatiOnS Went around the local fac
tories and found out from the manage
mentS the kind of work which could
be done on Il Separte basis. In the
ma ajority of cases all the leisure avail
able was at the week end. Arrange
mentS therefore were made to recruit
the volunteer workers for Saturday
afternoons and SundayS-and one fea
ture of the scheme which enhea rtened
everybody concerned was the readiness
with which full-time factory personnel
cOOperated. Some of the regular work
ers, having already worked long hours
during the week, gave up their week
end leisure to act as instructors to the
spare-time volunteers
In one factory there are now 200
volunteers. in another 1O3, in a third
1T, and in Il fourth 129-all of them
white collar workers during the
week in every kind of profession, who
have learned to carry on with pre-
liminary work in certain processes Of
production 50 that the regular workers
on the Mondays are able to get ahead
with finishing processes and secure a
marked and permanent increase of out
put. This Volunteer Service is man
aged by standing committee which
includes representatives of the Unions
named.