Show MINERS MINEM ARE NEEDED FOR COAL production john C forrester Fo neste iia nia nager of the price office of the U S eni em ploy men service said today that production ot of coal in the nation I 1 is far short of war reeds needs for the I 1 first time a notional national is being I 1 made for coal miners in the I 1 in the western states because of i a critical shortage of miners and a need for recruiting a minimum i of workers TV mr forrester said that in UT approximately workers are currently needed for work in the coal mines these workers must be supplied through in migration of workers from other states by use of women in jobs formerly held by men by transfer of workers from less essential employment the tha transfer of workers with previous underground mining experience is urgently sought women are now being employed on certain surface operations such as picking pieces of rock slate timber and other waste material out of the coal as it moves over the tipple on a conveyor mr forrester said that the training division of the has already worked d out and put into operate on the job training for encee workers in several of ihfe mines it is expected that this training will be increased and i more extensively used which will help provide for the fullest utilization of manpower mr forrester explained that with the operation cooperation co of government agencies mines are attempting to gear their work programs to provide continuous year round w work 0 r k schedules mechanization better housing and school facilities but the fact remains that adequate manpower on the job is the no 1 requisite for meeting coal production action schedules |