All of these efforts were necessary in order to smooth out the natural fluctuations, for example, through death, sickness, expirations or breaches of contract, but especially through drafting into the Armed Forces and the shifting of industries into other regions and to facilitate the enlargement of the armament works, the establishment of new factories and the fulfillment of new programs.
3. The result of the registration action for men and women up to the 7 April is as follows:
On the basis of the order of 27 January 1943, 3,249,743 men and women have registered. The results are not yet final.
| The number of men amounts to | 553,415 |
| that of women to | 2,696,328 |
Up till now about 52% of these registrations (that is 1,851,771) have been definitely fixed up by the Labor Bureaux.
Up till now only 32.5% of the men come into question for the direction of labor as the majority do not fit in with the requirements as a result of old age or sickness.
Employed up to the present moment are 66,008 men. Up to 7 April 732,489 women were put to work.
This result must be designated as outstanding. 44% of these women, however, work less than 48 hours per week because of their domestic circumstances. The basic armament industry has received from the women and men employed
20,670 men
341,100 women
It was possible to make some 130,000 available to agriculture and the rest to the Armed forces, postal service, railroads, etc.