Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-10
&-Hour Regulations
Awaited by Workers
In Private Industry
Tentotive Effect
Of Full Mobilization
Explained by Harper

Explained by Harper
Continued From First Page
overtime pay provisions of the Fair
Labor Standards Act or union agree
ments, the additional eight hours of
work will mean 80 per cent in
crease in weekly earnings.
Mr.. Byrnes insisted this would not
be inflationary. explaining paying
more for the same work makes for
imitation while paying more for
extra work does not
Other points explained by Mr..
Harper were;
Employees will be ordered to stop
Immediately all recruitment of
workers, including those lost
through the draft, by frightening
working hours for other employees.
Will File Schedule.
While they are making such ad-
tu5tments over the period before
March 81, they will gauge their
ability to attain the 48-hour week
by that time. If they have not at
tanned it by March 81 they will give
the War Manpower Commission a
schedule showing how they may at
tain it by release of workers or in
tra-plant transfers of persons from
one job to another.
Should these employers find it
necessary to take on more workers
meanwhile to meet production
schedules. they may obtain them
from the United States Employment
Service, WINGS hiring agency, but
not attempt to hire them by other
means.
The schedule of release showing
how employers propose to discharge
workers so as to get themselves on
the 48-hour week within a reason
able time" after March 81 will be
filed with the VINO.
The VINO will compare these
schedules with schedules it has on
needs of other employers for work
ers. 1t expressed confidence that it
would be able to place all but few
of the released workers in jobs where
they are needed. It said three jobs
are open for every two men" in the
shortage areas affected.
Employers who contend the order
should not apply to them because
q shorter work week would be
adequate and more desirable" will
be allowed to present their cases
Co the WMC) for exemption and
convince us if they can"
While the VINO expects to place
ell workers released by employers to
attain the 48-hour week, it &C
knowledges that there will always
be a few left that you can't place, :"
and that draft eligibles among them
may be indicted
May Reduce Some Hours.
When it develops that employers
are releasing persons more rapidly
than they can be placed in other
Jobs. the VINO will notify them to
slow down their release schedules or
reduce their work week to less than
48 hours.
If the labor shortage in an entire
area is cured by the program, it may
be given shorter work week if that
can be done without leading to an
other shortage.
Some plants probably will lengthen
working hours on the way to a a.
hour week department at a time,
so that some departments Temporal
lily will work longer hours than
others.
May Be Extended Later.
While the Presidents order estab-
hshed a general national policy that
mo place of employment shall be
deemed to be making the most effec-
tive utilization of its manpower If
the minimum work-week therein is
less than 48 hours per week." Mr..
McNutt limited the mandatory ap-
plication to those labor shortage
areas he named.
The VINO chairman indicated the
mandatory application Of the order
would be extended to other areas
later. However, it was predicted
that it might never apply in areas
which have plentiful manpower-
such as New York City.
In addition to Washington, the
cities in which the order is effective
Immediately are:
Bath, Me; Bridgeport, Waterbury,
Hartford and New Britain, Conn;
Portsmouth, N. H.; Springfield,
Mass; Buffalo, N. Y; Somerville,
N. j.; Baltimore and Elkton, Md;
Hampton Roads, Va; Akron and
Dayton, Ohio; Detroit, Mich; Mani
towoc, Wis; Sterling, Ill; Bruins
wick. Ga; Charleston, S. c.; Macon,
Ca; Mobile, Ala; Panama City,
Fla: Pascagoula, Miss; Wichita,
kans.; Beaumont, Tex; Cheyenne,
Wyo. Ogden, Utah; Las Vegas. New;
Portland, Greg; San Diego, Calf;
Seattle, Wash
Program is Imperative.
Mr.. McNutt made this explanatory
statement:
The purpose of the executive
order is TO make more manpower
available as needed and to increase
production. II is imperative that
this be done in an orderly man.
ner, $50
nose establishments IN which
the minimum work week is less than
% hours are to stop recruiting
Cabor) at once unless they can go
to a 43-hour week without need
for releasing workers or due to ex-
pansion or production schedules
still need more workers.
They will go on a 48-hour week
In such manner as will assure
orderly absorption Of surplus work
ers by absorption or transfer within
the employers operations.
No employer should, prior to
March 81. release workers for the
purpose of attaining the 43-hour
week. If by March 81, l943, an en-
ployer has not attained 46-hour
week without the need for releasing
workers for other employment. he
will advise the area representative
Of the War Manpower Commission
of what number need be released to
attain 48-hour week.
Cases to Be Reviewed.
"The enDlOVer will AT that time