BRITISH " REFUGEES " FROM ENEMY TERRITORY
Sm,—Mr. Hamilton confines his fully justified remarks to Germany, but Britons who left Czecho-Slovakia on account of the War are in the same position. Now many of them are looking for situations, and, highly qualified though large numbers of these people are, positions are not so easy to find.
Like myself, some of these " refugees " have their names recorded in the Central Register of persons with special qualifications who are prepared to accept suitable employ- ment in war-time. If their experience is the same as mine, all they can get from the Ministry of Labour and National Service is a printed letter stating: "I am to explain that persons whose names are included in the Register are being given the opportunity of having their names submitted for vacancies notified to the Register which are suitable to their qualifications, and a communication will be addressed to you in the event of your services being required."
If " refugees " from enemy territory could be given some kind of preference (all other things being equal) as jobs become vacant under National Service, there would be less dislocation caused by taking people from existing occupations, and thus some of these unfortunate victims of the War would be provided for without costing the taxpayer a penny.—Yours
faithfully, J. H. WATSON. r Kingsmead Close, Birmingham, 29.
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