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Show oo MORE MEN NEEDED ON MUNITIONS WORK WASHINGTON, April 28. Thou-j Bands of mechanics and tool makers j must be transferred from work on i non-essential products if the muni- tions output is to be brought up to the daily requirements of the nation's ', fighting forces, according to a statement state-ment issued tonight by the labor department de-partment Munitions production is now only 75 'per cent of the ordnance departments; program, said I. W Litchfield, chief! of the clparance division of the federal fed-eral employment service. This de- ! partmenl could place lO.'OOO skilled men tomorrov, Unless local manufacturers aid in persuading their workmen to take up war work, a call upon the 250 000 men enlisted in the national reserve will be made within a short time |