Show J WF A Releases Farm Workers fo to Food Industry WASHINGTON Oct 11 INS INSA A A war food administration spokesman revealed Monday that essential farm workers are being released from agricultural Jobs to work in labOr short labor short meat packing and food processing plants This disclosure coincided with the warning by Re Representative Thomas Martin R. R Iowa of a areal areal areal real danger that midwestern corn belt farmers will be unable to harvest all of this years year's tremendous tremendous tremendous tre tre- tre- tre corn crop due to labor and machinery shortages new and unannounced unan unan- unannounced unannounced program to turn farm workers workers' over to food industries during the slack season No No- vember through January is al already already already al- al ready under way the W F A spokesman revealed It comes at a time when farmers farmers farmers farm farm- ers are faced with the tough job of picking an estimated record corn yield of bush bush- els Under the plan the war man manpower manpower manpower power com commission m i s s ion advises W F A of labor shortage areas in the meat packing and other food processing industries the spokesman said The W FA through the extension service advises county agents in the areas nearest the plants and the county agent then Informs W M C what workers can be spared from agriculture The county agent working with the draft board specifies the time the worker can be 1 spared from the farm Under this scheme there is no change |