Document 44yen9nqj7VZkJBq4wKdzYdjQ

,41/soo ho i fn -! s *w s5 t GO (*s 6 2 ** CL CL 3 CO 8AO/0I v X^a 'iaterlaif! Dept; l-or Jrockbank. 6th Jurcb 1944 Aitum On FrMiy nomine Swphcrt mi la to ih ua t Ttry abort notloa, one a nuaber of point a *ara llUU'Ml llratly, on thr piaetloa of C. and 0.2. aubatltutlon and rwaiioontlon, we told hla that Arohar a no Feudally had takan strung oacaptton to tha draft oabla, of ahleh you baa# a co^, on tha Fround that they had laat year spent a rood daal of tlua cdBslalnlas la lood aoleee that rt.f,L. and V.rt.A. vara eon,: lately avibetltutible for C. and and that, for political reasons, they tharaforo t'xu,Jtt that It would ba noat unfortunate If we had to po back on tMa atataaant now. 'a hao tharaforo to a^raa to codify tht aablo la tha aanaa of laealng tha putting of tha reoueat for an additional allocation to tha discretion cf C.K.U.*., but rk.laiung tha position to then and warning then that thla would Ianto up Tory short Indaod ot tha and of tha year, and that. If any of ti a now Oanaads ! loh Shepherd hao forecast old doralop, wa night ba faroeo to ooabaek for naro. C.J.Brookboak, Cod., AbraalTaa Control, ftalaoe Chaabwm, Mill street. /tbophord % S Shepherd took thla nrjr U, though X do not know, of ewM, *hat hlo reaction *1X1 b* oa farther reflection. Ka agreed to bo hla boat lib tha praoaat allocation. To* *111 bo getting a revloed draft eabla la tha oaxt dap * to. Seeondlp, *a rafarrad to hla daoand for adoltlonal hboir. aod to af lattor of tha Febnurp, of dilw pou bav* had a 00jp. To thla ho baa replied, atlll la tha oaaa geotnl taraa, and u no* deaan perfeotlp dloar that *a oaannt aka a atroag enough caao of lasedlate doaaaAa to get tha labour ha aooda. *a explained thla to hla, aad quoted tha intlnat&on w had cot reeantlp about tha aort of boat hlob aa Mm appUad to dooaada for aa* labour - nanelp/ho* long *111 It wo baforo tha produet of thla labour *111 lapaot 00 tha eneepM Mtoherd acraad that hla daoanil swuld not fulfil thla Kat. Xneldentallp. ha aaaaa to bo talking ao* elalp about aa Adniraltp reuulreaeot far Insulating aloth for tha pa tarreta <f battlaahlpa, aad ha proalaad to glva ua o refaraaoe to the Badaaar Adolral eofloarnad. Sot It doaa not look oa though, ualaon thoro are ao* daaelopaeata, *0 dball bo able to got any adcitlonal labour, at laaat for Tumoro. Thla, of aowraa, haa a dlraot affect /aa I I 1r ' / \ \ * V 1 * I Q. 0. D CO N4-6 a od Uulr probnblt daaaad for tba r oatarlale #jr suites the loem'u sitteta tbr fira tan Ulkau about lock taaa late likely. Shepherd ofttrod, at aa alternative aolutloa to hie la'j-id* r>ro*>lm, to bulla at* w*i *inc ciptcU; la Leeds, uher* tie uaosrctoos that labour *as aamltr, but It la eloar that this *ould taka six aoatha ar ao cm, at oourae, nobody earn lautoUt that labour *111 b* like la Lauds ly then. Thirdly, aad ravartlag for tbs aoauot to the splbrAai! grtda supply position, 3ispfasrd suiveatad, ss aa alternative alleviation, the mating to bis of sort Ball 3?. /a you ibjv, tbla la at prorant entirely allocated, aad there aboulu ba aona to coarc, but 2 think ** aitf'it bear tbla la slat la case either the laerleaa demand does aA ooaa op to ;>rogr&an* or tha Canadlaa produatlea axesada it. Z aentloned to hla tha laforstloa, lob 1 utdar*tood Control had ebbed for, oa aad umi of aasstto for tha Aa-allao.-itloa Popart, aad got a revere shook, slice bo sold that thara *ara tu; to, aad thaao vara tha tutbing of insulating aivtriiNi aau udo aa a bled ar la S*> par cant. mqwUc. Bob ttcphcrd'] ia.oraatlcn about the aatintla a f om of hla subsidiary eospaalee aay vail ba out <f dote, aad Z oarv.laly hapr St la, boeauaa if ho la aorraet va hero Just la /aablaa --: - . '1 ----V ___________ / 4 *i. "--C. I -1 "5 -I i CO H+7 a mUm M AurlM lnfonaod thoa that our oorllar Ihfonut&sa that oaoalto aa uaod m 85 par ooad. angaaaia w*a wren*. X abould oartelaly ba vary <Ua to kaiv *ilch is tha truth. X oaeloao eojtr at a furthar lattar doallr with lnaodlato dollvtrloa'tf Khodoalaa aabootoo ta tha O.7.A. `fcaohord acceptad thla, aad X oa jpoaa that Control flaa axpaet wlthlb tha Bow faw veato to bavo ito flrat U.vuloaa and to haa to aako Ito fir at pajaaato. Xoura ilnttNl;, Q. CL D CO %r Li * y.v*1 - 1* ;a . '* 9. . - "vr' * .