THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 8, 1940.
NURSES MAY BE CALLED UP
"Nursing is too honourable profession to need conscription," is the reply made by Mrs. Drap- per, national organiser of the Guild of Nurses, to Lord Davies.
Speaking at Cardiff,-Lord Davies had stated, "We must conscript nurses; the position is nothing short of a tragedy. The shortage in Wales is causing us the gravest concern,"
Mrs. Drapper points out that the Minister of Health had not yet taken any definite steps towards putting into effect the proposals of the Inter-Department Com- mittee, which, after a full in- vestigation, strongly advocated improvement in nursing condi-
tions.
Mrs. Drapper stated that the strain of excessive hours worked had been intensified by war con-
ditions.
BEVIN ORDER CAN BRING A 'NEW DEAL'
A REVOLUTION in British industrial history,
as great as that carried out by the Wagner Act granting Trade Union rights to America, is possible Within the terms of Mr. Ernest Bevin's National Arbitration Order.
AXIS RIFT OVER SUPPLIES
The Ministry of Economic War- fare has evidence that all is not well with the industrial supply re- lations of the Axis Powers.
Hitler and Mussoini are compet- ing for the purchase of oil seeds
the price of German coal has been' raised to Italian customers; and Germany either will not or cun- not supply rubber to her ally.
The Order prohibits strikes and lock-outs dur- ing the war emergency, but it bestows vast new in the Balkens and oil in Rumania;
powers on the Trade Unions.
RAIDS
COMPARED
The American Press continues to comment on the high morale of the British public.
Already a number of applica- tions for improvements have been referred to the Ministry of La- bour. Some of them will be pass- ed by Mr. Bevin for settlement by normal negotiating machinery.
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Others where dispute has reached deadlock or where no machinery exists will go to the National Arbitration Tribunal.