The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-09-09

tlOnS DEOQuCIlOl Ol W JUS III l
services that are essential to the
vital accessories of civilian life"
McNutt made it clear that tt
ing at continued large expansion, de-
spite labor and other warnings that
such expansion will mean decreased
war production, which in fact made its
appearance some months ago, drawing
cries of alarm from Army and Navy
officials and War Production Board
heads.
1T is easy to see, why large scale
changes in the jobs of civilian workers
must take place, McNutt said
2,OOO,O Military Expansion
"The military services" he CON
tinued, plan to expand from 9,3OO,Ooo
40 11.3OO,OOO between July, 19i3 and
July, 1914. These men and women
will be drawn from war-uSefuI jobs as
well as from other occupations.
AT the same time, aS our commit
mentS on the battle fronts multiply
the war industries are required to meet
rising schedules of production. They
must replace the men drawn into war
service, replace those they lose from
accidents, normal deaths, rctirementS,
and other kinds of turnover, and add
enough skilled workers to assure that
production schedules are met within
specified periods"
Then, bearing out labor's forecast
of trouble if too many workers are
taken from industry for the Army and
Navy, McNutt added:
"Any reduction in our ability to
equip our fighting men means that the
prosecution of the war Will suffer, vic
tory will be delayed and many lifes
will be necdIcSsly lost
Labor Warning In March
The point made by McNutt WAS en-
phasized by President Green of the
American Federation of Labor, last
March, when ne declared the fedora
TONS intention to fight amy unreil
sonablc plan To strip industry 1W
skilled workers 10 build UP IN cNcNHi
Sivcly large Army" and said too bfs
an Army would cndanger production
and morale. In connection with Army
expansion, observers point out that a
group in Congress is demanding Army
Limitation and that the whole subject
of the size of the military services may
be subjected To congressional review
and possible action in the next few
months.
McNutt emphasized the assertion
that transfer from one waruscful jol
TO another was unoconOmiCal, except
where il involved higher utilization
of worker Slils. He stated that il
areas where teachers were scarce, fol
example, II transfer from this occu
patton to Il War-plant job meant that
the gap must be filled by an incNpcri
encod person. and that the individual
shifting To new job in n war plant
also had to be trained, with result
ing loss of time and skill in both in
stances.
Advice To individuals
Asserting that the solution of ih'
labor shortage problem rested with the
community where ii existed, the WA'
head offered This advice for the guild
Hiltf III lh'llN lih'llN WIN i'S''i' W. .l''
transfers:
"l-Mak" up your mind whether ol
not your present job is directly uScin
10 the prosecution of the war or To tlI,
maintenance of essential civilian Scr
ices. If in doubt, the United State,
Employment Service can tell Nol
whether your job is wHr-uS"iul.
22-lf YOU are not in II WaruSetu
job, the USES will refer You to one.
- Consult your local USES ollic,
for information about the jobs 10 b'
filed and how 60 apply for them"
Typical of TIA" jobs and activitir,
not considered war-uScful by the Man
power Commissions McNult said, wcr,
these concerning workers engaged il
the manufacture "Oi costume icWclry
curtains, drapcricS and bcdsprcads
garden, beach, porch and toy furn
lure; games ana toys; greeting, sou
ycnir, visiting and picture postcards
musical instruments except for th'
armed forces; all kinds of novelties
signs and advertising diSplHyS; Suf
drinks, and employees in the retail
and whol"sal" trade handling beer
wines and liquors, candy, comlcctionrr.
and nuts"