The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-21

through a central agency, the U. s, Employment Service, "or through other central hiring systems, such as Union hiring halls, If they meen specified standards"
 2. Authority to control methods of labor utilization. preventing transfer of workers from a plant where they are needed to one where the demand is caused solely by improper utilization of labor or a deside to hoard workers"
 3. Authority to compel individ- uals to remain on the job or to transfer to another
 Each of the bills now before the committee fails to meet one or more of these basic requirements of national service legislation" McNutt said.
 "The power to keep men on jobs" he added, "or to send them to jobs, should not be permitted to be the instrument for undercutting estab- lished wage standards.
 On the other hand, no individual can be promised that the power of assignment will not require him to make sacrifices"
 Asserting that the compulsory as- pect of national service legislation could be grossly exaggerated" Mo- Mutt said:
 "The power of compulsion is in essence of protection to the great majority who act voluntarily. They must be made to feel that when they act voluntarily the government approves the action, and is prepared to require compliance by the few who refuse to cooperate. Thus theil sacrifice will not be jeopardized."
 Not Serious Issue
 McNutt dismissed as mot a seri' ous issue" the question whether worker assigned to plant shoule be required to join union.
 Representative of both manage ment and labor assure me that any difficulties arising on this score car be ironed out through existing ma chinery in a manner satisfactor. to management. labor, and the gov ernment, and in manner whicf will involve no hardship or inJus' tice to the individual worker" ht said.
 Discussing means of solving th' farm labor problem, McNutt sait that flair rates of pay" subsidiZa tion of travel expenses, a careful al rection of the movement of sea sonal workers, and vigorous re cruiting program are all necessar. for a successful solution.
 McNutt said only about 2,0O0 0O persons are now unemployed, man, of them old, disabled, or far iron centers of war production. Abou 900 GOO of this group can be ab sorbed If employers relax their mir ing specifications craSticaliy," n said. "Women are not going to ente the labor market automatically" h added. Unions must relax require ments and employers aust plan t hire women on an unheard-of scale The government must plan for tn care of children"
 There are acute shortages now o i, all types of male labor in 66 majo ; centers of war production, McNut , testified, and by next summer tn shortage will apply to l60 areas. :, He named the State of Connecti
 cut and Mobile. Ala. as shortag
 areas and added that the turnove in West Coast war plants ha . reached Fantastic heights" whil i 'labor piracy is rife in Buffalo an . Detroit"
 McNutt said that some form < government control may have to !
 exercised over employers who "hoe f labor, or use 1t ineifectively to th 4 detriment of vital production. . National policy decisions c manpoweT, he added, must be T
 lated not only to plans for expar n sion of the armed forces but alt 4 to every agency whose actions has
 a significant effect on labor suppl 1. and demand"
 n This. he said, called for cooperl o ton by the War Production Boar f the War Labor Board, and tll Q agencies dealing with rviceS, houi Y ing, and transportation. Four Manpower Bills n The committee. which is consiC N ering four manpower bills, hal
 Agriculture Secretary Claude
 Wlckard on Thursday, Draft DireG
 tor Lewis B. Hershey Friday, an } War Secretary Henry |. @timso c next week. Presidents Wlilia y Green and Philip Murray Of tf