Show rationing A ny by PAUL V mcnutt ci wr war manpower commission the he new frontier to in manpower Is active use ol 01 0 manpower man s ment ement labor and the public must e to t it that no workers and no n hour any a worker i time Is wasted during the past two years man ower problems havi have changed from line to time at arst it was largely J matter ater of getting the right work rs 8 la in the right jobs in the right lumbers umbers at the right time work rs to be put into right job jobs wart rawn awn largely from the unemployed at the same time there was the bb b of training work workers lers to take their art in the production of goods needed la in our war effort many workers lad d lost their skills through years of mem amplo ent and needed retrain many man others took jobs for the rt t time and needed training to alve ive them skills which they did not pave ave in meeting these manpower needs united states employment service odthe war manpower corn com assion placed more than workers from may 1842 1942 to may 1943 of whom were la in war industries destries dus tries and in agriculture 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 be an irre duel ble ie minimum min mum at As we get near nearer th the bottom of the manpower mac power barr barrel the manpower problems to be met change in character more workers needed than are AaU available able even though several leveral million more W women omen join their sisters in overalls by y july of next year and other mil lions ions of youth handicapped persons older workers etc take jobs by july illy of next year the demand for workers worker Is if so 10 great that there still will be many more persons needed than are ara available consequently we will have to be very careful in sending new workers ato places where th they ey are needed st and in using them and other rop loyed workers so that their work i time e Is riot not wasted it used to be that when a war plant nt let us say wanted workers the employment service could go out and find the needed people now the war manpower commis sion officials have to find out whether or not these workers are really needed using the experience of other war plants plant they may find that the plant has a very high percentage of highly skilled workers whose skills are not cot being fully used and that some of those could be shifted into other jobs then less skilled persons or persons with physical disabilities could be put in their place in other words with as few workers a available as we have today the should justify its request r more workers by showing that it Is making the best possible use of all the e wo workers r kers it already has that Is just common sense it represents a kind of rationing of manpower to those who can use the manpower best job jb of bureau of cf manpower utilization the bureau of manpower utilization that has the job of ensuring effective use of workers is the newest of I 1 the war manpower commissions commission sion a bureaus the work is done larg largely ely in the field by a small staff they are skilled management engineers and practical business men this staff Is at the service of american industry on the call of industries dus dust tries rles and area manpower officials it Is their job to consult with and assist management to mk mako the best possible use of workers the field force will be supplemented by a volunteer group of skilled ginders and managers engineers Egi the ahe manpower officials in the va bous free to call ju regions feel upon these individuals when it is felt that they can be of special service in solving problems problem of the best use of workers however the great bulk of the commission work will be done by the staff of about manpower utilization consultants consul acts ants there is another side to effective use nse of workers that many persons dont recognize workers frequent ly lv hay have to stay away fro from their jobs jobi to visit ration boards selective service boards do shopping do the laundry or to take care of 0 children t particularly i often quit because they find it impossible to carry on a full time job and manage their the shortage of community sery services ices AH such absenteeism and turnover 9 holds down production therefore ause of local labor supply depends in good goad part on adjustments within the community the program program of an eastern city shows hows the extent to which a community can adjust Itself to th the needs ds ot of war workers in this city great emphasis has been put on the provision of wide recreational facilities hours bours of et employees in the war plants in addition child care centers have to take tare care of the children of lot working parents k |