Evening star., 1943-01-31
Some Colleges May
Have 10 Close Doors,
McNutt Admits
Institutions Thot Fail
To Give U. S. Service
Have No Place, He Says
By JESSE O, IRWIN,

AS preview Of his testimony be-
fore the House Military Affairs Com
mittee's fate OF the liberal arts
hearing Tuesday, Manpower Chair
man McNutt last night predicted
that some private colleges, like
some business organizations, may
have to close their doors for the
duration"
Addressing Haverford CPaD Col
lege's first midwinter graduation
class, Mr.. McNutt said that In the
grim days that lie ahead there Is
no place in our society for institu-
tions which fail to render national
service"
Washington will not dictate a
uniform plan Of action to the COL
,leges." he added. washington is
not Berlin and we do not propose
to regiment colleges to any stand
ardized program Of directed
services
Enlisted Students Called.
Mr.. McNutt's address came about
"A hours after the War Department
issued an active military duty call
to most Of the enlisted students in
colleges, effective at the end of
seme.ters ending after January /,
1943. A VINO education committee
also met last week to draft rules
governing the armed forces special
lied technical military program in
many OF. the larger higher learning
institutions.
The manpower chief was re-
quested to outline his committee IS
program to the House group after,
it was said, members were appre-
hensive over the future OF hundreds
Of small liberal arts colleges.
At the same time, congressional
committees investigating the man.
power situation had before them
yesterday for study copies of reso-
luton adopted last week by the
Sixth General Assembly of the
Council Of State Governments stat
ing that "far from satisfactory
progress has been made towards So
luton" Of the manpower problem
The council also forwarded a copy
of the resolution to the White House
Council Charges Failure.
The present manpower admins
tration" was cited In the councils
resolution as failure" and there
is most urgent need for a clear
cut statement by the Federal Gov
ernment on the overall policies OF
manpower" Mr.. McNutt, a former
council president, addressed the as
sembly.
Commenting on the resolution,
Senator Pepper, Democrat, Of Flor
ida said q Senate labor subcommit-
tee, of which he Is chairman, would
soon hold hearings on whether a
national manpower policy exists
He indicated the committee might
discover a policy leading toward ma
tional service legislation, which, he
said, is not now and probably never
will be necessary. The Senate Mill
tary Affairs Committee expects to
question Mr.. McNutt this week as
to whether the commission has an
overall policy
At Haverford, Mr.. McNutt said
"the manpower problem is critical
1t is my heavy responsibility to dc
what is humanity possible to solve
it, We shall solve this problem
but your Government needs all the
skilled assistance and all the in
telligent good will attainable."
Mr.. McNutt called for continued
voluntary cooperation by the Ma
tion's colleges in the war effort.
Method Of Selection.
Stating that geographical location
and physical accommodations were
the determining factors in selecting
larger institutions for specialized
training units of the Army and
Navy, Mr.. McNutt said there is also
a place for smaller colleges in par