Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-12-12
The Death of the WPA

Last week President Roosevelt bv executive order dis
continued the WA and transferred all authority over the
the nations manpower labor War; and Navy to the War
Manpower Commission under Chairman Paul " McNutt
promote the most effective mobilization and utilization of
the national manpower and to eliminate far possible
the waste of due to descriptive recruitment and
undue migration of workers
Almost from the day of the nations entry the
the numerous separate agencies having authority the
national manpower its ALLEGATION and distribution has been
subject of much critical comment That chaotic conditions
had developed and threatening to most serious
proportions matter understood by every of
binary intelligence concerned with the outcome of the
In its overall effect the national manpower problem citi
everywhere will applaud the President for having
created single, central unified authority to handle this
vitality important problem.
Immediately however there arises the question of the
effect Of the Presidents decisions Negro manpower
his further nteraon into the war industry into the
Army and Navy and the replacement of the thousands OF
Negro workers who will be out OF employment upon the dis
continuance of the WPA
Regarding the Negroes now employed in Industries,
it outstanding fact that there has been great increase
in the total number employed whole in recent weeks
and that employment has been given them IN factories ana
occupations where employment had been given before
But this has been due far vaster prporonate increase
the workers and not because of the removal
of the circumstances and conditions that have prevented the
fullest utilization of Negro worker in the proportion to
which their numbers relate to the total manpower of the Ma
ton.
In certain sections of the country the tendency mas
been observed whereby, although there has been grow
ing increase job opportunity and demand for workers in
war industries such demands and increase have had little or
effect the number of Negro workers employed by WA
as compared with affects of such increased demands on the
number of other workers employed by WPA Moreover the
existence of WPA certain of the country has played
an important role in keeping the OF large segents
of Negro workers at lower minimum Level than meets the
of war time living.
Having served Chairman of the War Manpower Com
mission for some weeks under which recently placed the
Presidents Committee Fair Employment Practlce
charged with the responsibility of enforcing executive Ut
der No 1902 by which discrimination in war INDUSTRIES was
barred Chairman Paul VMcNut has by deed and repeated
public utterances shown understanding of the crcun-
stances and conditions under which the Negro OF the country
has been forced to carry OF continued demand for the OPP
portunty to work fight for his country In the time OF
its need and the relationship OF the Negro TO the tota
effort
With the mobilization utilization of the nations
anpoer its distribution and ALLEGATION TOR LABOR the army
and navy under Chairman Paul Y. McNut ana the war
Mannower Commission with full authority power and re-
sponbiy there is every reason to look forward TO ie
fullest use of the Negro in phase of the war
necessary step TO hasten the day OF Vlcofs over " ~
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