THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. SECRET. COPY NO. L.P. (42) 45. 20th February, 1942. WAR CABINET. LORD PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE. COAL PRODUCTION. Memorandum by Minister of Labour and National Service. As invited by the Committee at their 13th Meeting on the 13th February, 1942 I submit the following report on the extent to which further miners can be combed out from other industries. 1. of the 104,000 ex-miners who were registered last July, 42,000 have already been declared to be unfit for coalmining employment, while 32,000 have reentered such employment.