INCREASED USE
OF WOMEN ON
FARM SOUGHT

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Denver, Oct. 7–(U.P.)–A three-point program, designed to correct the increasingly dangerous shortage of farm labor in Colorado and other western states was advanced today at a Denver conference.

Spokesmen at the meeting of farm and business leaders, called by the Denver chamber of commerce, said that unless steps are taken quickly, the nation's war effort may be seriously impaired.

The three main suggestions for alleviating the labor shortage are:

Employment of more women in all possible occupations; inportation of labor from Mexico and other foreign countries; and better application of draft regulations to grant deferment to key men in agriculture.

A. J. Bromfield, president of the Denver chamber, says employment of women must be considered essential to solving the labor problem to a far greater extent than ever before.