Construction; Guns Not So Good According to reliable reports from Germany, the number of workers now employed at German naval dockyards is greater than during 1914-18. Figures given are 34,000 at Wilhelmshaven and 10,000 at Kiel. Within a year or two of Hitler's advent to power the numbers at each of these bases rose-from an average of little over 1,000 to about 12,000, working in three shifts of 4,000 each.
This total has since been approximately tripled, though some of the men are still engaged on work which is only indirectly connected with atmaments, Though nominally a 48- hour week is worked, the usual working week in practice is one of 60 hours. With the object of attaining this three shifts are worked wherever possible.
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