The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-12-24
Proposed Ndtiondl
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with these regulations, assign persons
liable to service under this act Gnclud-
ing men registered under the Selective
Service Act but who are not in mill.
service in aid of the war effort as the
President deems necessary to the sue
ceSSful prosecution OF the war, in
Guiding the production of war mate
rials of every sort, transportation and
agriculture, and training for the per
formance of all such work
1t is provided that every person
volunteering for or assigned to serv-
ice under the act ''shall receive the
compensation and work the hours ap'
plcable to the kind of work which he
or she shall perform in the plant OF
place of employment and no Suci
person shall be obliged to join any
union or organization of employees rs
act, but without prejudice to his or
her privilege so to do if he or she
so Desires
Work Rule Is Called Vital
Commenting Oh the foregoing sec
tion, Mr.. Clark said that 1T cannot
be too strongly emphasized that the
legal power to transfer and assign
war workers is of the essence and
that experience i'm other English
speaking demOcracieS show that Il
law of this sort can be effectively EN-
pIoyed with little actual use, in prac-
tice, of the compulsory powers.
but the experience also proves that
the existence of the legal power To
order the work assignment when nee
eSSary is absolutely essential To thc
accomplishment Of the purpose" he
said.
The section providing for Il director
of national service differed materially
from the similar section in two pre-
viOuS versions of the bill. In this sec
tion Mr.. Clark would have the Selec-
tive Service System utilized as the
agency to register and classify thoS"
liable for service under the act and 10
the nations war plants or other places.
TO aid the local boards in their adj
ditiOnal duties the President or the
Director of National Service may as
sign to such local boards representa-
tiveS of the War Production Board,
the United States Employment SeV-
ice or other agencies of the govern
ment, provided, however, il is added,
that the President retain the War
Manpower Commission 'as Il purely
advisory body"
In outlining the significance of this
section Mr. Clark commented that the
Director of National Service, to be
appointed with the consent of the
Senate, must command the full con-
tdence of the country and she must
have IA record of demonstrated accom-
plishment and must wholly be diSasso-
cated in the public mind from any
political purpose or ambition
Time Limit Is Provided
The act, it is provided, shall cease
To be i'm effect on one Of the following
dates, whichever is earlier:
dec. 81, 1914.
2.-The day following the day of Il
proclamation by the President that the
war is ended.
3-The date specified in II concur
rent resolution of the two houses of
Congress.
fhn f,r lst h1e
amply demonstrated by incidents show
ing scarcity of manpower in Navy
yards and other establishments, Mr..
Clark said.
Replying to possible charges that
the legal power to require II person
to do war work is ''undemocralic," Mr..
Clark declared that 'the answer is
that If ii Is not 'undemocratic TO select
ii person for military duty and send
him for i'm indefinite period across tn"
it is no more 'undemocratic' to require
him to do war work at home, if and
when necessary to meet the nation 5
need"
Mr.. Clark illustrated how the pro-
posed act would work if, for example
the country needed 100000 more ship
yard workers. He said the President
would describe the need and issue Il
call for volunteers within forty days.
The call would prescribe chat if at the
end of the stipulated period there
should be Il deficiency of qualified
workers the necessary number would
he selected through the Sclcctive
Service system. The selected persons
would be assigned where needed hut
in or near their home localities if pos
Siblc
Civilians Will Bc Trained
Mr.. McNutt made known al II press
conference that the government WAS
preparing Il program for scientific
training of needed civilian specialists
similar To the one recently formulated
by the Army and Navy for collcgr-ag,
men He said that the ManpOwer Com
mission expected to use the facilities
of more universities and colleges than
the armed services would employ.
I'VE will apply To any college that
can provide the needed instruction.
he said 1--WE will 90 to those with SDp.