Evening star., 1942-12-03
McNutt Cites Need for Force
If Industry Fails to Cooperate
Monpower Head Tells Manufacturers
Of Steps to Ease Worker Shortage
b. the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-Failure
by industrial management to do
its part in mobilizing manpower
would lead directly to the exer-
else of compulsion on an un-
necessarily wide scale, Paul v.
McNutt, chairman of the Man.
power Commission, told the war
time meeting of the National
Association of Manufacturers
today.
This is not threat, Mr.. Nc
Mutt said, but statement of fact
~ based on the existence of
an armed force totaling 5000 900 at
present and scheduled to rise to g.
10000 by the end of l943.
Each of you" Mr.. McNutt told
the manufacturers, will loose Just
about as many men during l943 as
you have hitherto lost altogether.
Moreover. replacements are going to
be harder to get. We will be for
tunate if 100000 more people can
be squeezed out of the present pool
OF Ia million unemployed"
Lists Practical Steps.
Mr.. McNutt pointed out these
steps as practical ones which manu-
facturers could take to lessen the
impact of the man power shortage
on their businesses:
l. Every employer should make a
careful survey of his employees to
determine how many are of draft
age, their selective service classifica-
ton and the minimum training time
required to replace workers in each
occupation.
2. The results of this survey should
be explained to the draft boards
where most of the employees are
registered. He acknowledged this
was diff1cuit for some large concerns
but said it was worth the effort
and warned DO not infer that YOU
will cease losing men once the draft
boards know the spot you are in
We cannot raise a 100000 man
Army without cutting draStically
into the male labor force, but we
can plan for replacements.
3. Do not wait until men enter
the armed forces to fill their Jobs
Establish definite training pro-
gram not only for production work
men, but also for supervisors. Train
women because you may rest as
sured that large proportion of the
men you train from now on will
go into the Army and Navy.
Urges End Of Enlistments.
Mr.. McNutt said cessation of vol
untary enlistment in the armec
services would help industry solv,
some OF Its manpower problems
but added I'VE must measure tn,
effect of this step on the eficienc,
and morale Of the armed forces"
He said one Of the responsibilitie
of the Government in the man
power problem was the establish
ment Of national standards of oc
cupational deferment binding upol
local Selective Service boards an,
said list of essential occupation
was being drawn up for the guidanc
OF such boards.
Entrance Of men into the arme,
forces is not the only manpowe
difficulty, he said, calling a turn
over of labor an equally seriou
problem for which, he said, a larg,
share of the responsibility could b,
placed squarely on employers. H,
said the hiring away of labor essen.
tial to other manufacturers was ar
easy way out of a tough spot t.
many employers" adding that tn,
solution of the problem was 1T
make most Of that hiring unneces
sary by directing men to the mos
essential jobs when change II
jobs is inescapable.
Directors Are Elected.
The following were elected di.
rectors at large of the Manufactur
ers' Association for 1894:
c. S. Davis, president. Borg-War.
ner Corp, Chicago: J. Howard Pew
president, Sun Oil Co., Philadelphia
James H. Rand, jr., president, Rem
ington-R Inc, New York; Ernest