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a member of the Presidents
Economic Sterilization Board, and
president of the National Farmers
Union, challenged the United States
Chamber of Commerce, which, he
said, proposes Ito turn the whole
war production mess over to the
Baruch committee. which for this
purpose would consist OF Mr.
Baruch," to face up" to the Tolan
bill and the report filed by the
House Defense Migration Committee
recently.
Mr.. Patton, who said he was
speaking in behalf of the Farmer
Union and for other farm and labor
organizations, also challenged Mr..
Baruch ito comment publicly and
for the record on the Tolan COM
mittee's findings and recommended
tions." Mr.. Barucn is reported to
be taking an interest in the man.
power situation, and is said to have
expressed opposition to the Tolan
committees findings.
"It is time to put up or shut up"
Mr.. Patton asserted in commenting
on the actions Of various officials,
and he urged Mr.. Baruch and 9TH
ers, in the public's interest, to eval-
uate the Tolan proposals.
Would Channelize Hiring.
The Management-Labor Policy
Committee is reported to have rec
commended that the President issue
an executive order requiring all
war contractors to hire exclusively
through the United States Employ
ment Service. John Green, a men,
ber of the committee and president
of the CIO Marine Shipbuilding
Workers Union, has informed the
Senate committee. without referring
to the report, that the employment
service, as it is now constituted, is
an obstacle"
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acter of the manpower problem" he
said, "the survival OF ideas of State
autonomy in the employment sery-
ice amounts to sabotage of the war
effort. Similar words are applicable
to outmoded State laws restricting
the recruitment of labor in one State
for transportation to others. No
enemy agent could devise more
effective way of preventing us from
fully utilizing our available labor,
force"
Coming in the face of assertions
by labor leaders that enactment Of
compulsory labor legislation would
be Fascist" move in "the peoples S
war" Harry Hopkins. adviser to
President Roosevelt. predicted "a
selective service for war work at
home which must distribute the
Nations .manpower and woman
power fairly, firmly and emciently." :"
Writing in the American Maga-
zine, Mr.. Hopkins said there are
9,776,00O wage earners in industry
whose products are used for direct
civilian supply, such as food, tex
tiles, hardware, furniture and shoes.
He said it has been estimated that
7,166 900 have been or can be moved
into war work
Continuing, he said:
I'm the all-out war effort $4,000
workers in the electrical machinery
industry will have to change to war
work, leaving $4,000 for civilian
work. Almost no workers will remain
for civilian production or repairs OF
refrlgerators, vacuum cleaners, laun-
dry equipment or cash registers.
Sees Idle Absorbed.
I'm all machinery employment ex-
cept electrical, 1,087 900 persons will
be in war work, 1000 in civilian
work"
In addition to the wholesale shift
ing of present workers to war jobs,
Mr.. Hopkins foresees the employ
ment OF 6,6O0,OO0 persons now idle
4.50O,0O0 women, 900, 900 older work.
ers and 100000 boys and girls. In
connection with the last group, he
writes:
High school courses should be
shortened so students will have more
time to work, especially on farms.
Some students should quit high
school altogether. A diploma can
only be framed and hung on the
wall. A shell that a boy or girl helps
to make can kill lot OF Japs. If we
don't win this war there won't be
any high schools to 60 to-"
Other comments in the Hopkins
article:
Every college and university
should be turned completely into an
Army and Navy training center.
Those women who cannot work
in the factories and shops will per-
form such essential tasks as caring
for children whose mothers are
working in munitions plants.
Mems and women's shoes and
clothing will be standardized and
rationed before the end of 1943.
There will be plenty Of head
aches, but plenty of aspirin"