Show McNutt Reminds AFt of Needs Heeds in Worker Control BOSTON Oct 11 UP Paul UP-Paul Paul V. V McNutt chairman of the war man manpower manpower manpower power commission told the A F L convention Monday that the voluntary voluntary voluntary volun volun- tary system of man power control had not yet proved itself adequate and listed six conditions which must be met McNutt reminded the delegates that some persons believed the voluntary voluntary voluntary vol vol- system has failed and are asking for a national service act but he did not state directly his own position on such proposed legislation He explained that voluntary voluntary vol vol- cooperation refers to the democratic processes by bv which the controls are are established and added There is no implication once the program has been set up that every individual is then perfectly free to voluntarily comply or voluntarily voluntarily voluntarily vol vol- ignore the restrictions That would n not t be a voluntary plan that plan that would be a chaos Things to Be Done McNutt named these six things that tha t have to be done Turnover must be solved transfers transfers transfers trans trans- fers from nonessential to war jobs must be stepped up productivity per worker must go up more people people people peo peo- must be hired and held in the hot stuffy unglamorous disagreeable disagreeable disagreeable disa disa- and relatively paid less-paid jobs more women workers must be obtained and withholding of contracts from tight labor areas needs to be accepted and under under- stood The test of the voluntary cys- cys term said McNutt can can hardly be its ability to hold people by raising wages and tb induce people people people peo peo- to transfer to the industries in industries industries in- in at wage increases Do not misunderstand me I mean what I Isaid Isaid Isaid said but not more I wish to face frankly the fact that wage adjustment adjustment adjustment ad ad- may sometimes be a key factor in a man power situation In copper and in certain other instances instances instances in in- stances we have placed the man manpower manpower manpower power facts before the war labor board for its full consideration But we will do that only when we weare weare weare are convinced that wages and wages alone are the man power bottleneck Must Speed Work Vork McNutt said that in to overall terms we must have million people at work in munitions production production production pro pro- by July of next year Despite Despite Despite De De- spite cutbacks cutbacks about about which there is lots of talk but ut relatively little cutting the cutting the rate of increase in war employment required in the ext six months is about three times as great as that achieved during the past months I I 1 Israel representing the General Federation of Jewish Labor in Palestine told the delegates that his organization was grateful to the A F L f for or con- con assistance in building Palestine Palestine Palestine Pal Pal- estine and a labor movement of trade unionists who to together together together to- to gether with their families constitute constitute tute a quarter million persons or more than 40 per cent of the Jewish Jewish Jewish Jew Jew- ish population Business COf Corning Coming ng Up Most of the conventions convention's business business business busi busi- ness was still ahead of the dele dele- ga gates tes Members of the resolutions committee committee committee com com- have discussed the U M W application extensively and well- well placed sources say there is virtually virtually virtually virtu virtu- ally unanimity for readmission of the miners provided their president president president dent John L. L Lewis first makes a definite commitment on the dismemberment dismemberment dismemberment dis dis- dis- dis of his catch-all catch District District District Dis Dis- 50 which crosses the jurisdictional jurisdictional lines of some A F L unions The Lewis issue is not expected to reach the convention floor before before before be be- fore Tuesday |