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THE problems of man-power and woman-power to which attention has been directed by recent speeches of the Minister of Labour and National Service in view of the growing demands which the War is making upon our resources, have two main aspects, mobilization and utilization. The former is liable to receive more than its due share of attention, and the recent report of the Beveridge Committee on Skilled Men in the Services is a timely reminder that the reservoirs of labour, skilled or unskilled, male or female, are strictly limited. The mobilization of every available man or woman will be insufficient to develop our full fighting and productive powers unless there is wise apportionment of labour between the different fighting services, war production and the essential services, including civil defence, transport, and the like. Equally it will not be developed unless that disposition is made in conditions which call forth from each individual his or her maximum effort, and in which physical, mental and moral vigour can be sustained through whatever days of trial or endeavour lie ahead.
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ADULT EDUCATION AS A SOCIAL ACTIVITY. Nature 149, 391–393 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149391a0
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