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Show In 583 days Herbert B. Maw and Gus P. Backman will retire to private life The lig Search i Published F. 72 IV, NO. L. Salt i i i ie Friday Publisher Lake 5-3989 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, MAY 28, 1943 2. i alternate Jensen, Street, Dial A Specialist in Neglected Truth VOL. T i every City, $2.00 Utah a year 10c PER COPY Ty¥lanpower Resources Not Exhausted In spite of the emphasis being placed on the absence of a labor pool in the Utah-Nevada area, and the insistent cries of ‘‘manpower shortage’? by Gus P. Backman and his retinue, there is good reason to believe that the labor resources of this area have not been wholly exhausted, nor even fully utilized. We propose to show that the shortage of manpower in Utah and White Pine County, Nevada—and probably throughout the WNation—can be alleviated, and possibly overcome entirely through the application of modern methods coupled with a willingness to forget ancient prejudices in the midst of a great national emergency. If current production levels can be boosted from 25 to 100 per cent without hiring a single additional worker in steel, mining, coal, nance, smelting, and in other important ord- tries—and those levels can then the manpower be as eritical Chamber lieve. as be so mcreased— shortage would not seem to the wails of Commerce of would the Salt lead Lake us to be- And if production levels in the vital war industries are now at satisfactory levels—if production needs are being fully met—then it may even be possible that, with improved efficiency, in those industries, a release of a number of workers might actually be made to take the pressure off civilian economy. That however, is contingent upon absence of further demands for increased production of essential war materials. Full utilization of available, on-the-job manpower and womanpower in this region today is at least a partial answer to the labor shortage and (Continued indus- on following page) The Faltering OPA In October 1942, the President and the Con- eress agreed upon a program of a stabilized economy for the Nation to function for the duration of the war. That program included the _ stabilization— virtual freezing—of price levels and wages as of September 15, 1942. Inequities in the wage structure were formula to was be to adjusted, be applied and to the Little smooth Steel out any and bus- mal-adjustments. The goal was to give farmers, workers iness the nearest possible approach break so long as the war should last. was generally accepted and approved. to a fair The plan The labor unions led out with their unstinted support. Philip Murray, President of the CIO, and George Meany, Secretary of the A. F. of L., gave the President’s program their wholehearted backing. Their leadership was hailed by all classes who appreciated the necessity for a stabilized economy to keep war industries dustries going at top speed. But to the hold prices Office up its end to in the climb cost of of and Price and civilian Administration the program. climb. The of living in this in- failed It permitted overall region increase reached 35% over last year’s levels. And now OPA comes forward with the timid— almost insulting—proposal to roll back the price of meat, butter, etc., by about 10%. OPA takes a faltering step forward and then retreats twofor fear somebody will distance of the thirds say “Boo’’. Vaciliation, hesitation, and indecision seem to have aborted OPA performance. If we are to have a roll back of prices to September 15, 1942, why, in the name of common If Mr. linger? Why sense, don’t we get it? Prentiss Brown can’t move prices back to the agreed upon stabilization (Continued on point, following he page) should JUN 10 1943 get |