Despite being told that their work would help end the war and perhaps all future wars, not seeing or understanding the results of their often tedious duties—or even typical side effects of factory work such as smoke from smokestacks—and the war in Europe ending without the use of their work, caused serious morale problems among workers and caused many rumors to spread.
Porén, malia que se lles indicaba que o seu traballo axudaría a finalizar a guerra e quizais tódalas guerras futuras, non ver ou comprender os resultados das súas tediosas tarefas, os efectos secundarios típicos do traballo nas fábricas e a fin da guerra en Europa sen o uso do seu traballo provocaron serios problemas na moral dos traballadores e que se espallasen moitos rumores.