The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-19
Is. 19 Year Old Draft
 Bill Will Be Rushed
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set draft schedules between now and Dec. 1, when the 1919 group will be "processed'' ard ready for induction. The November draft call is estimated too include 400, 900 mar ried men with wives only.
 The priority provision is expected to find some support in the senate where Sen. Robert T. Taft, R., o. has long been a advocate of nation. al uniformity in draft quotas to eliminate inquelities between diff ferent boards.
 Man-Power Crisis
 Washington, Oct. 19-(UP)-A top official of the war manpower com mission reported today that the current manpower crisis developed because of "mal-distribution, rather than an actual shortage of workers" l"
 He remarked that manpower wor- ries still are insignificant in con- trast to those faced by the British.
 Many of this country's problems have been aggravated considerably by employers and labor unions "whc still act as if this were a peace time labor market" he asserted.
 This off1cial-who declined to be quoted directly because he was ex- pressing private opinions-reported that many war plants still refuse to hire negroes, women, aged, or physi- cally- handicapped workers, though serious labor shortages exist in theh localities.
 Numerous industries are not co. operating with WING pleas that they step up training programs. Shortages in nearly 150 categories os skilled workers already are so acute that the only way they can be obtained is by training unskilled workers, ht said.
 Some plants which still refuse ts hire women could replace 30 or 4 per cent of their workers witt women," he said. He mentioned specifically several well-known wal plant which discriminate agains negroes.
 This and other officials agree that despite numerous local labo shortages which have caused seri ous production lags in some indus tries, tn ecountry is just gettinI started toward all. out mobilization of man and woman power.
 WING officials and the Britisl press service provided the follow ing figures to illustrate the shar contrast between the British an American manpower situations:
 Of Britain's 46,750, ,000 population 16,oo0, ,0o0, or slightly more than one third, either are serving in tn armed forces or working in direc war activities, including civilial defense, but not including agricu. ture.
 Of Americas 134,0oo,o0 popula tion, about 20.000,000, or slightl less than one-seventh, will be serv ing in the armed forces or workin in direct war activities, includin neither civilian defense nor agri culture, by the end of this year.
 Britain already has mobilized 1t manpower virtually to the limit but the United States, according t present plans, will have increase the total of persons in war jobs c the armed forces only to 28,500,0 or about one-fourth of the tots population, by the end of next yea,
 Chairman Paul V. McNutt jus last 1.ight announced WN5C'S ftrs statement of policy regardin women workers. The policy urge removal of all barriers against VIC men workers, that they be hired an trained lon a basis of equality wit men and that they be given fire access to foreman's supervisory, an technical jobs."
 It urged employers "tO analyz all jobs in their plants at once t determine which can be filled b women and to prepare for employ ing the largest possible number"
 McNutt added, however, that rt cruiting of women workers shoul be planned carefully on a loci basis to meet local needs" He ree commended that in areas designate as critical labor localities by VIM '.all women able to accept employ ment register for employment { training with the nearest local oftit of the United States EmpioymeI Service" subdivision of WING.