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is desirable that the Selective
Service System be made an in
tegral part Of the War Manpower
Commission, and the committee
so recommends. In making this
recommendation the committee
is fully aware of the excellent
job that is being done by the
Selective Service System at all
levels from the director to the
$500 local boards. However, it
Is increasingly evident to the
committee that centralized au-
thority is essential to successful
conduct of the manpower pro-
gram.
Would End Enlistments.
CO. Capitalization of authority
over manpower must encompass
the cessation of voluntary enlist
ment, which results in an uncon-
trolled flow of manpower from
civilian employment into the
armed forces. This flow has seri-
GUS repercussions on vital pro-
duction. Employers cannot an
ticipate enlistments and hence
cannot plan for replacements.
Skilled men leave essential in
dustry without an evaluation of
their relative contribution to the
war as civilians or members OF
the armed forces. The committee
therefore recommends the cessa-
ton of voluntary enlistments.
Co The armed forces are de-
pendent upon an adequate supply
of skilled men, The cessation of
voluntary enlistments would re-
quire definite arrangements for
supplying these men. The COM
mittee therefore recommends
that this function be assigned to
the selective service system, and
that practices OF the selective
service system be revised in such
manner as to permit the proper
discharge of this duty through
special draft calls.
Cd The committee believes
that the training programs for
various branches of the armed
forces, which are conducted in
civilian establishments, can be
co-ordinated with essential civil
ian training programs in such q
manner as to increase the ef-
fectiveness Of colleges and uni
versities as the producers OF vital
ly needed technical men. The
committee, therefore, recon-
mends that arrangements be
made whereby these programs
will be co-ordinated with civilian
programs under general policies
prescribed by the chairman Of
the War Manpower Commission.
(e) The administrative and
operating organization and re-
sources of the War Manpower
Commission must be increased
sufficiently to cope with the tre-
mendous load of work required to
handle the manpower program.
Recent transfer of the United
States Employment SERVE to the
War Manpower Commission was
a step in the right direction. The
network of local employment
offices, operating under direction
of national, regional and area
war manpower directors, can and
should be made the primary
clearance agency for the recruit
ment and employment of work.
ers. However, this can not be ac-
complished unless Congress makes
additional funds available to the
employment service, and removes
impediments that have been
placed in the. way of effective
employment service operations.
The creation of a full and effec-
tive administrative and operating
organization is one of the most
important problems now con-
fronting the War Manpower
Commission. 1t Is therefore rec
commended by the committee that
strong and vigorous action be di-
rected to this end Immediately.
Four Major Problems.
3. Successful prosecution Of the
var requires that employers, EN-.
oloyes and potential employees alike