There was to be no compulsory supply of labour, declared
Mr. Lloyd George, if an adequate voluntary supply was forthcoming. If, however, the voluntary workers would not come forward, compulsion was inevitable. The representatives of the Trade Unions had asked for seven days in which to recruit all the labour needed, and from to-day they would be hard at work enlisting their workers. We take it that this army when recruited will be a kind of mobile reserve which can be hurried to the points where the industrial line aeems to be breaking tinder the strain. Contracts made with the men will be enforceable, and powers are taken in the Bill to obtain more control over discipline in the shops. Munition Courts will be set up and have power to inflict penalties on men who unreasonably absent themselves from work. Mr. Lloyd George ended his speech by dealing very eloquently with Germany's silent preparations.
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