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Show 0 0t t 1 1MN MN MNRationing Eitioning Rationing Manpower ManpowerBy By PAUL V McNUTT---- McNUTT McNUTTCha McNXJTT- McNXJTT McNXJTTC&aJrmj - - - - - Cha C&aJrmj CaJrmj & , ma . * VTsr War Maapowa Maa owr Commiaaroa Commli CommliThe . The new frontier In manpowereffective manpower . 1effective effective u.e ue use u . e ot of manpower Man- Man Management Ma Maagement Mar - gement agement laber labor lab r and the public must must.ee mu musee mui muiee .ee ee see . ee to te It that tha t no na worker workers . and no hot hotof houof hour hourof ' b . I wa.tedDurlne waitedDuring watted wa.ted wated waited wattedDuring . of an any , . worker workw'B workwB worker's workers . tune time * During Durlne the past pa t two yeara yean year . man manpOet ma mapower marpower pO\\et pO et power \ . problems probletna have bave changed frog frogtime from fromtime trortime time to time At flrBt flut first It was wa largel larely large largea , a . ma matter tter of ot letting retUne getting the right work wort workera wortera worher era In the right job ' lobfl 'obs obs . In the rllht rllhtnumbers rig rignntimberB ! numbers at the right time ' Worhera Work- Work Worken Wonl Wonlere - en ere to b bi be i put Into right lobs 'obs obs jobs ' wet wetdrawn were weredrawn werdrawn drawn largely luely , trom from the unemployetAt unemployed unemployet unemployedAt At the same came ame time there wa was th'job thjob the theI thejob tt ttjob ' I job of training tralnnl ! workera worken workers to take tbeir the thepart : ! I Ipart part In the production of ot gooda loods goods needI needed nee neeed need ed In our war effort . . Many workers worker workershad workerhad workerhad I had lost boat their &kUl kUl & skills akUhs . through year years , t tunemployment of ounemployment I Itmemployment tmemployment unemployment and needed retrain- retrain retrainIDe retrainlug - Ing IDe lug Many otheri othen other . took joba jobs for tor the theArst th thDrat thi flrat Arst Drat time and needed training tralnlnJ 1 1give b to toJIve give JIve them skills skl11 klllt . which they did at athave not notlave nohave nohaveIn lave have ! laveIn haveIn In meeting meetlne these theae manpower need needUnited ; . United States State . Employment .ervice ervice servic servicoffices . .erviceClmcea rvlc < office Clmcea offices * of the War Manpower com corn commi cornmission cornmirion mi mission . . Ion placed more than 11 000 000 000worker 00workers 00 00workeri < workeri worker workers . from May 1942 1042 to May1943 May Mai 1943 , . of whom 1 7 ' 921 000 were in war warIndustrle wa waindustries waiIndustrie Industrle industries * . and 3 8 727 000 In agrlcultare arlcul agrlcul arlculture agricultore , ture tare During Durlne this thJ thus war training traln1n , taclllues facll fact facllItJe ] ItJe Ities . gave eave training tralninJ to more than the thai10 . 1 10 000 000 enrolleesWe enrolIeeB enrollee enrollees . We now have fewer than 1000000 1000000person 1 000 OW.persons OWpersons 00 00persona . ) person persona . unemployed in the country countryand countryand , , ' to be irreduci Irreduci- Irreducible irreducible irreducible - and tola this is i . thought thoulht an ble minimum minlmum As A . we get aret nearer the thebottom thl thlbottom thebottom ' bottom of th- th the thmanpower ( he . - manpower barrel th the thmanpower the themanpower themanpower manpower probltma problema problems to be met metGh8ll.e me mechange melchange Gh8ll.e Gh8lle change . In tit character12.t character characterfilere filere lIete 12.t 12t . VTerfceni W.rken Wrken Workers . NeededUuui Needed Needednaa NeededWan naa Wan Ar Are . AvailableEven Available A.llAble AllAble . . i Even though everal .everal several . million more morewomen morewomen morewomen women join "ota ota " their isters "ten ten sitters . " In overaU overabll overabllby overallsby . ; b ) ' by July Ju1y of 01 next year and other mil mil1I miltens milUoni 1I tens of youth , , handicapped bandJcapped person persons personsolder . o14u ) ] der workers , , etc , take jobs job . byfitly by byJuly byJuly July fitly of next : year :7eer 7eer , the demand for forworken forworkers forworken worken workers li is i , ao so o , great reat that there .tlll tlll still stillwill . .tlllwill tillwill will will be many maD7 more person persons per on . needed neededthan neededhen neededthan than hen are ens available .vanable vanable gvallable gvallableConsequently . CongeQuently Con.equently Conequently Consequently . , we will wID have to be be'I'el berery beTory 'I'el Iel rery ' ' ) carefu1in careful in lending aendlnl sendtng new worken workers workenInto workersnto workersInto Into nto placea place places . where they are needednowt neededmoat needed neededmoat moat nowt and in using wlnl them and other otheremployed othermployed otheremployed employed mployed workers worker . BO 10 so tha tbat that t their work worktime workline worktime time line ij is . not wasted wastedIt wastedIt It Used to be tbat that when a war warplant wardent warplant plant dent , , let ui WI us lay say , , wanted 10 000 work workor workrs workW or rs . , the employment ervice aervlce aervice could couldJO couldo couldgo JO o out o\Jt o Jt \ and find the needed people peopleNow peopleNow Now the War Manpower commlg comml commis commisIonpfficialn commlgIon . JiODomclall Ionpfficialn Ion , .officials officials . have to find flnd out wbether whether whetheror wbetherII whetherr II ( r ' not bet t these theae workers workera are ate a e reallyneeded teally really teallyDeeded reallyceded Deeded ceded DeededUaln cededUaing Ualn Uaing U tng , the experience of other war warplanta warlants warplant planta lants * th they 7 may find ftnd land that the plantas plant planthas planthas has as 1 C . very high percentage of highly high high1y highr 1y r skilled wor workers r . whose skills akills are are110t areof arenot 110t of being beine fully tully used and tbat that .ome ome some somef . someof .omeof of f those could be shitted .hlfted hlfted ihlfted . into otherjobs other otherjobl otherba jobl ) ba Then less lelll lees skilled persons orersons or orpersona orpersona persona ersons with physical phy.lcal phylcal . CllsablllUes disabilities CllsablllUescould disabilitiesould disabilitiescould could ould be put in their place placeIn placeIn placeIn In other words , . with a as . few work worker workra worken er ra . . available .vaUable vaUable a as . we have today the the.blp:7ard thehipyard theshipyard .blp:7ard .blp7ard blp7ard hipyard . : . should .hould hould justify Jusill7 its btu requestn request requestfor requesttor for n more workeri workera worker . by bowing .howlng howlng showing . that Itto It ItIa itI Ia I makin making , the best possible pos.lble poslble . use ule of 01 all allthe allie allthe the ie workers It already huThat hasThat has hu hasThat That Is la lust Just common sense aense Itrepresents It Itrepresents Itepreaenta represents epreaenta a kind of ot rationing raUonlng of ofmanpower oflanpower ofmanpower manpower lanpower to those tho.e thoe . who can use theanpower the thelOaDpower themanpower lOaDpower ) anpower best beat . . Job ob of or Bureau of ofManpower oftanpower ofBlaopower Manpower tanpower Utilisation UtlllsaUoD Vtlitaation VtlitaationThe UtilisationThe The Bureau of Manpower Utilizaon Utillzatlon Utillza Utiliza UtillzatIon tIon on . , . that has haa the ' job 'ob ob of ensuring ensuringeffective ensuringffective ensuringeffective effective ffective use of workers if is 1 $ the new neweat newit newest eat it of the War Manpower comml commie commieon commlaslon . lion on s a . bureaus The Tbe work is donelargely done donelarel donergely larel rgely , , . in the field Held eld by a . small .mall mall .taff taff staff staffhey . staffThey .taffThey They hey are skilled akilled management engl engi englneer engieera engineers neer eera . and practical pracUcal business buslness men menThll menThis This Thll staff Itaff Is at the . service .ervlce ervlce 01 of 01American ofmerican ofAmerican American merican Industry on OIl the call of Indu.trles inustries in dustrles du.trles dutrles ustries . and area manpower offiala offclals am offi amclal ! clal ala . It is . their ' Job 'ob ob to consult con.ult conult . with withaDd withred withand aDd red assist aulst management manalement to make the thetot thebest est ) tot possible use we of workerllThe workersThe workers workerll The field f1eld fleld force torce will wUl be supplemented supplementI supplement ed I by a volunteer group at 01 of .kllled kllled skilled skilledigtneers . skilledengineers .kllledengtneers engtneers igtneers and managersThe managersThe managers managersThe The manpower officials In the various va varioua vaaDs rioua aDs region regions * . feel tree free to caD can call upon uponthese uponeae uponthese these eae Individuals when it Is felt telt that thatthe thaticy thatthey the icy , . can Ciao be of special service intlying In Inlolvlne insolving lolvlne tlying problems of ot the best use of ofworker oforkera ofworkers worker orkera . However the great Ireat bulk ofthe ofC of the C commission commJsslon a s work will be doneby done doner by r the staff of 01 about 175 Manpower ManpowerUtilization Manpowertilization Utilization tilization consulantsThere consulantsThere consulants consulantsThere There Is another side to effecUveu.e effectiveie effective effecUve use u.e ue . ie of 01 workers worken that many persons personsdon personsto personsdon don to t . recognize recoi1l1ze { Workers frequent frequent- frequently frequenthave frequently - - ly have to stay Itay away from their theirJob theirha theirjobs Job ha . to visit ration boards selective selective.ervlce selectivervice selectiveservice .ervlce ervlce . rvice boards board " do shopping shoppinC do the thelaundry theundry laundry undry or to take care of 01 chJldrenWomen childrenWomen children chJldren Women . , particularly partJcularly often oftm quittcause quit quitbecau.e quitbecauce becau.e becaue tcause . they find ftnd it impossible tocarry to tocarry toirry carry : irry on a full time joband job and manace manage manacetheir manageeir managetheir their eir household with the shortaje shortage shortagecommunity shortajeof shortageof of community servicesAft services servicesAU AU All Aft . such .uch uch absenteeism absenteclsm and turnoverIda turnover turnoverI turnoverholds turnoverholds I holds Ida down production producUon . . Therefore Thereforeetrectlve Thereforereceive Thereforeeffective etrectlve receive use of 10 local < : a ) labor supply supplydepends supplypends supplydepends depends pends In good part on adjustmentswithin adjustments adjustmentswithin adjustmentsthin within thin the communityThe communityThe community The program at of o ( an eastern astern city cityhow cityown cityshows how ! own . the extent to which a commumty commu commurot commuty rot ty , . can adjust Itself to the ' needs needsof needswar needsof of war workers . . , In this thi * cilv citv city great greatemphasi greatnphasis greatemphasi emphasi nphasis * . has been put on the provl provi provlslon provirt provision slon ) rt of ot wide recreational recreationalaril ( acil facd aril tieshoura tIes tIeshoun tiestins houn tins of 01 emplo employees ) ees In Ln the war warplAnts warants warplants plAnts ants In addition child care cen can canrs centets centers tets rs bare baTe have been established establJshed to takecare take takere I care re of or the children of ot wort wortg wor ) < I i"igparents iigparents . 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