The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-19


 business organizations to take the lead in restoring self-government to it's former status.
 Regional War Manpower Admin istrator Joseph A. Smith said in his address that New England's great est manpower source lies within the labor force already employed in war industries.
 Urging full time employment for each worker at his highest skill, Smith said, "the tremendous labor potential still unused within in- dustry's own backyard represents the services, not of new green labor, but the services of men and women who are already a part of the eX- perienced personnel of industry"
 Smith recommended well-organ- ized training programs to combat turnover and absenteeism and to increase production and manpower utilization.
 Carl A. Gray of Plainville, Conn.,, chairman of the Connecticut Re- Employment Commission, told the conference that the adjustment to civilian life of men and women from the armed services and farm war industries is one of the most cri- tical tasks facing New England con- munities. If the country can take a man from his job and train him for war, he said, 1t should have the courage and willingness to muster him back into civilian life.
 Plans For Jobs
 Gray, a native of Worcester, who has been studying Connecticut en- ployment problems since 1889, out lined plan by which returning servicemen would register for work at local employment offices. If there were no jobs available registrants would be referred to an occupation al counselor for advice and would be enrolled temporarily in an orien- tation course.
 Any plan for rehabilitation of servicemen will be costly, he pre- dicted.
 That money can be spent either as an investment in training them and teaching them to be productive citizens, or it can be squandered in gifts, bonuses and other temporary paliatives," Gray said.
 Boston, Nov. 19-(UP)-Gov. Ray mond E. Baldwin of Connecticut believes that now-not after the war-is the time for the United States to begin building a friendly economic and cultural relationship with South America.
 We can't afford to wait until peace comes" he said in addressing a state dinner at the second New England war conference last night |, South America offers the world a new frontier, he said, "the greatest frontier we have ever seen (butI ] don't mean that here is only mar ket for our products
 But here is a practical oppor- tunity for us to learn to understand our neighbors, to appreciate their culture and the history of thei! country as we hope they will learn to appreciate ours" he said. "A whole new frontier in human rela- tionship is before us. and our suc- cess as a people may go a long way towards determining our success in attaining and preserving q perma- nent peace throughout the world.
 For Connectlcut's part. the gov ernor said the state planned q postwar goodwill ambassador pol icy In reverse. Instead of sending delegations to South America. Con- | necticut plans n Connecticut con- ference" to be attended by com mercial attaches. business and cul- tural representatives from the 2l South American republics.
 It's purpose, he said. would bc to cement friendly relationships bee tween his state and those to tho south.