Show manpower y PAUL V man WRY the new frontier in manpower la Is effective use of manpower management labor and the public must tea see to it th that at no workers and no hour of any workers time la Is wasted during the past two years year mini inan power problems have changed from time to time at first it was largely a matter of getting the right workers in the right jobs in the right numbers at the right time workers to be put into right jobs were 6 drawn largely from the unemployed at the same time there was the job of training work workers to take their part in the production of goods needed in our war effort many workers had lost their skills through years of unemployment and needed retraining many others took jobs tor for the first tune time and needed training to give them skills which they did not kave have in meeting these manpower needs united states employment service offices of the war manpower commission placed more than workers from may 1942 to may 1943 ot of whom were to in war industries end in agri agrical cul wr wre during this war training facilities gave training to more than enrollees we now have fewer than persons unemployed in the country and this Is thought to bo be an irreducible minimum As we got get nearer the bottom of the manpower barrel the manpower problems to be met change in character more workers needed than are available I 1 even though several million more women join oin their sisters in overalls by july of next year and other millions of youth handicapped persons older workers etc take jobs by july of next year the demand for workers Is so BO great that there still will be many more persons needed then than are available consequently we will have to be very careful in sending new workers into places where they are needed most and in using them and other employed workers so that their work time is not wasted it used to be that when a war plant let us say wanted work ers rs the eni employment service go out and find the tha needed people now the war manpower commis lon on officials have to find out whether or not these workers are really needed using the experience of other war plants they may find that the plant has a very high percentage ot of highly skilled workers whose skills are not being fully used and that some ot of those could be shifted into other jobs then less skilled skille d persons persona or persons with physical disabilities could be put piat in their place in other words with as few workers available as we have today the shipyard should justify its request for more workers by showing that lt it Is making the best pbs possible sible use of all the workers it already has i that is just common sense it represents a kind of rationing ot at manpower to those who can use the manpower best job of bureau of manpower utilization the bureau of manpower utilization that has the job of ensuring effect effective ly e use ot of workers Is the newest of the war manpower comm ts a iilona bureaus the work Is done largely in the field by a small staff they are skilled management engineers and practical business men this stall staff Is at the service of american industry on the call ot of industries dus tries and area manpower ofil ceals it la As their job to consult with and assist management to make the best possible use ot of workers the field force will be supplemented by a volunteer group of skilled engineers and managers the manpower officials in the various regions led feet free to call upon these individuals when it Is felt that they can bo be ot of special service in solving problems ot of the best use usa ot of workers however the great bulk ot of the commissions work will be done by the staff ot of about manpower utilization consultants consul ants there is another side to use of 0 workers that many persons persona don dont t recognize workers frequently have to stay away from their jobs to visit ration boards selective service boards do shopping do the laundry or to take care ot of children women particularly often quit because they find it impossible to carry on a full time job and manage their household with the thai shortage ot of community services all ali uch such absenteeism and turnover tover holds down production therefore effective use ot of local labor supply depends in good part on adjustments witt within an the community the program of an eastern city shows the extent to which a community can adjust itself itsek to the needs ot of war workers in this city great emphasis has been put on the tha provi slon iloa ot of wide recreational facilities hours oi of employees tn in the wr war PI plants a ants in addition child care cen tr tars s have hav abeen been to take oara care 0 ot f the children of working worling parents |