Dear Sir,

As I am one of the shopmates referred to in the letter to your paper last week I feel I must take exception to some of the remarks which it contained. With regard to the young men hiding behind the magic word “munitions” I should live the soldiers to know that over 20 young men in this shop have applied for leave to join the Army and have been refused, and every man in the shop has volunteered to work on munitions and possesses a letter from the Minister of Munitions saying he can best serve his country by staying in his present employment, and that I think the men and lads in this shop have done all they can for the country’s cause.