-17- employment of approximately 1,500,000 men. A supply of labor to this extent can be obtained only through transfering contracts for the civil population to occupied territories or through an immensely increased employment of women; otherwise, most grave disturbances in the production of goods will take place. This shift- ing of the labor supply in favor of the manufacture of arms and ammunition must lead to a most serious dis- ruption in the manufacture of other goods important to the war effort (railroads, post, Dr. Todt' s Organiza- tion building fortresses, roads, etc., the Four Years Plan, etc.). This shifting will likewise disrupt the manufactures needed for absolutely essential repairs and replacement needs, as well as the guaranteed pro- visioning of the inhabitants with consumption goods provided for in the rationing scheme, as clothing cards, etc. |