The Wyandotte herald., 1942-04-24
INVENTORY Of
MANPOWER To
START SOON

Au inventory OF manpOWer III the
N!andotte area i 10 he taken within
the next few days. for war pruduc-
ton purpO>, :. according tu Charles
NeStOr. manager of the Wyandotte of
flee Of the United States Employment
Service.
The inventory i to be conducted by
the United States Employment Ser
vice in cooperation with the Selcctive
Service Boards. QuestiOnnaireS will be
sent by the local boards To all men be
TIVE en the ages of 20 and II who reg
istered OH February Ii for military
service. Later, the same QUESTIONABLE
will be sent to other civilians in this
area who are betwet II the ages of Is
and 64-thOSe who have already regis
tered under Selective service and those
who will register later
When the registration is completed
all over the country and the question
naires are in from all localities, the
government will have Il record of the
OccupatiO skills of forty million
men," says Mr.. NestOr.
To-day there are about seven mil
lion workers OH the payrOlls of war
industries. The country probably will
need as many as seventeen million.
The queStiOnnaire is intended to
bring out the story Of what each man
is qualified to do i'll war production.
1t contains list of 22J jobs essential
to war production. Each man is asked
to check those jobs in which he has
had experience or training. The ques-
tiOnnaire must be filled out and re-
I'm fn hta Pl
within ten days after receipt They
will then bt sent to the WyandOtte of
flee of the United States Employment
Service where they will be examined
10 determine which men are already
qualified or can be trained quickly for
work III essential war industries.
The employment service will keep
the StlectiVe service system Informed
as To the working forces needed for
w;lT production and for essential civil
ian production, SO that these require
mentS may be- taken into account i'll
classifying men registered for military
service.
IF Il man is skilled in q line that is
critically important To war production
and is working Oh job where he il
using that skill, his ALLEGATION TO mill
tary service or his deferment will de
pend on the possibilities of replacing
him OH his war production job. In
such cases the selective service system
and the United States Employment
Service will cooperate closely TO see
that men more urgently needed for
war production or for necessary civil
ian production are not inducted into
military service Final decision is made
of course. by the draft board after
studying all the facts
However men deferred from mill
tary service on occupational grounds
will be replaced wherever possible by
vOca tiOnal traineeS or other qualified
persons who because of age, sex or
other reasons are not eligible for mill
tary service.
To speed up war production, every
effort also will be made To shift work
erS from less essential jobs TO war
industries
When filled out the QUESTIONABLE
will give the following information as
to each man registered Social Secur-
ity number, date of birth, race, citi-
zenShip, marital status, dependents,
| education. present work status, pre-
sent employer. job for which the work
! er is hest fitted and other occupations
at which he has worked
Labor unions. trade associations and
other organizations are being asked to
/ cooperate in the survey by helping
employees fill out and turn in the Ques-
liOnnaires.