In the House of Commons on Tuesday Mr. Tennant said
that the Government would do their best to transfer attested married men to reserved occupations in order to take the place of single men in those occupations. The single men would thus bo set free to serve in the Army. Legislation would not be necessary to make the transfer. He appealed to all employers to help the Government in making the exchanges. Mr. Long said that ho would take every precaution to prevent hardship being inflicted on families in which a single young man was the sole supporter. He also stated that the Government wore considering the pro- posed moratorium in favour of attested married men against rent and other liabilities. Once more Mr. Tennant was assailed with questions about men who had been required to attest although they had already been medically rejected after August 14th. He replied that in those cases the attestation would be cancelled.
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