The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-09-25
Information On
Social Security

AHeTiCdH IeCil1llcIdnS Tor service
with the British Civilian Technical
Corps will be recruited through the
United States Employment Service
and its 1,500 affiliated state employ
ment offices in a nationwide drive, it
was announced today by Federal Sc
curity Administrator Paul V. McNutt.
! Mr.. McNutt offered the facilities Of
Governments employment service for
! this purpose following endorsement Of
the work of the Civilian Technical
Corps by the President and officials
of the Office for Emergency Manage
ment.
Recruitment Of American workers
for service with this non-combatant
defense group in England is an i'm
portant step in the Administration
program for increasing U. S.-British
cooperation" Mr.. McNutt stated. "The
Civilian Technical Corps is a nom
military group of skilled craftsmen
organized to maintain and repair
radio location apparatus, communica-
tions systems and other vital techni-
cal equipment used by the naval,
military and air forces"
Mr.. McNutt emphasized that the
State Employment Services would not
accept applications from men who are
more urgently needed in key defense
jobs in American industries. He also
stated that arrangements with the
British government provide for the
! return to this country of American
members of the Civilian Technical
Corps at any time they are needed.
The local state employment offices
throughout the country will interview
and select qualified applicants for re-
ferral to the Civilian Technical Corps
headquarters in New York. Several
! thousand men between 18 and so
years of age who are skilled as radio
and automobile mechanics, electrical
wiremen, instrument repairers, metal
workers, and in a number of other
technical occupations are being
sought.
The British government provides
transportation to and from this coun-
try for American c. T. C. workers
and furnishes free board, lodging,
uniforms, and medical care in addi-
ton to salaries ranging from $24 to
$3S per week. The regular term of
service is for three years or the dura-
ton of the war, whichever is shorter.
Applicants must pass an examination
and physical test.
Mr.. McNutt said that Americans
who join the C. T. C. will be perform
ing a highly important service for
this country as well as for England.
"They will get invaluable experience
in the art of technical Defense" he
said. owe need that kind of expert
ence here"
Mr. McNutt said that in recogni-
tion of the Importance of this service,
the U. S. Selective Service headquar-
ters had instructed the local draft
boards that they may grant class lib
deferments to any men who Joined the
Civilian Technical Corps.
An intensive drive to forestall
threatened unemployment due to ma
terlals priorities got underway today
with the announcement by Federal
Security Administrator Paul V. Nc
Mutt that labor supply officers of the
Bureau of Employment Security, So
cial Security Board, will begin imme-
diate surveys in five cities to deter
mine the possibility of transferring
to defense production, personnel and
plant facilities which will be affected.
Representatives of the contract dis
tribution division and the priorities
branch of the labor division of OPM
will accompany the labor supply of
ficers and work with local representa-
tives of labor, management, and state
employment services in formulating a
plan of action for each community.
Meadville (Penn.), Evansv e
0nd.), Mansfield (Ohio), Quincy
Gll.), and Newton Qowa) will be the
first cities to be surveyed, Mr.. McNutt
said, and the program will be eX-
panded rapidly to scores of other
areas which may be affected. These
cities have one or more of the fol-
lowing consumer industries affected
by materials priorities: Automobiles,
zlppers, refrigerators, stoves, wash
ing machines, and other household
appliances.
In those instances where the plant
can be adapted to defense production,
the defense contract service will at
tempt to allocate suitable contracts
When conversion is not possible, the
Bureau of Employment Security and
its affiliated state employment serv-
ices will be responsible for the regis
tration, placement, and, where need
ed, arrangements for retraining of
all workers who lose their jobs be-
cause Of curtailed operations. Infor-
nation will be obtained on the date
and extent Of lay-offs and the occu-
pations of workers involved. All
workers to be laid off will be regis
tered at local state employment Of
fees, and arrangements will be made
for voluntary transfer and referral
Of such workers to openings in de-
fense plants. Where the workers are
not qualified for referral to defense