Evening star., 1943-05-26
Politicians Blamed
In Federal Worker
Stacker Charges
House Member AssuiIs
lsoIotionist' Critics at
Management PorIey

Management PorIey
Stacker charges hurled against
Government civilian employees ac-
corded draft deferment are largely
Spolitical in character, Representa-
tive McMurray, Democrat, of Wis
consin said todya.
Mr.. McMurray said the choice of
serving in the armed forces or re-
naming in Washington in a job
deemed essential is one which should
not be left to the individual. THE
responsibility rests on management u
ne told Government executives at
tending the closing session today of
the second conference of the WASH
lngton Chapter. Society for the Ad-
vancement of Management, meeting
at the Washington Hotel.
Blames Isolationists.
''The greatest criticisms leveled at
Government employees not in uni
form comes, with few exceptions,
from the pre-Pearl Harbor isolation
lists in the House" Representative
McMurray said. These attacks are
for political purposes The isola-
tlonists, with few exceptions, are
more interested in winning the 1914
election than in winning the war;
| Mr.. McMurray admonished de-
partment heads to place in the
hands of legislative friends the facts
concerning each case of employees
about to be attacked. The reason
bitter attacks on some individuals
are not answered at the time the
charges are made is that we do not
know the facts in the case" he said.
An address by Attorney General
Biddle yesterday afternoon on legis-
lative-eXecutive conflicts and a
speech by War Manpower Chairman
McNutt last night on manpoWer
problems were highlights of the first
days sessions.
Mr.. Biddle said every effort should
be made to minimize differences be-
tween the legislative and executive
branches, differences born out of
war and having historical precedents
IN this country. When war broke
out, Mr. Biddle said, Congress gave
the President emergency war powers,
RaIonlng restrictions and irritations
have caused protests from the peo-
pie, resulting in a move by Congress
to exercise a closer check on execu-
tive actions, Mr. Biddle said.
Cites Illustrations.
He emphasized the right and
wrong way to achieve cooperation
with Congress. He cited a sugges-
| ton to modify customs and immi-
grafton laws as an example of incur
ring congressional disfavor Imme-
diately cry went up that America
would import coolie labor and let
down the immigration bars, he said.
! Conversely, he mentioned Lease
lend administrator Stettinius' sue
cess in obtaining an extension of
| the lease-lend law
We in the executive branch
have erred Just as much as those
members Of Congress who sought to
uSurp executive functions" Mr..
Biddle remarked. A proposal that
Congress act as a court of review
Of administrative regulations and
/ procedures was an invasion of ex-
ecutlve prerogatives. he said
/ Mr.. BiGdle termed as bordering
| on impeachment" proceedings the
recent House action in cutting off
| the salaries of three officials whose
| abilities were not questioned, but
| whose alleged "subversive" activi-
| ties aroused congressional ire. Con-
! greSs, he said, had fired three mem
bers of the executive departments.
| A Senate committee yesterday
struck this item from an appro-
priation bill
/ McNutt Stresses Mana cement.
! Asserting that America has
/ reached the bottom of the man.
! power barrel, Mr.. McNutt said the
keys to good manpower utilization
are better management and better
/ personal administration.
! Somewhere ahead of us is a
| point where nearly all the women
/ who can will be in the labor force
| Mr.. McNutt stated I'VE will have
/ contracted civilian services to the
| barest essentials. We will have ex-
| hausted the pools of manpower
among the aged, the handicapped,
] the minority groups and the loyal
! aliens. Effective management, be-
! gun now, is the only way to bring
about maximu mmanpoWer utiliza-
ton
! No one in Washington, the man.
power chief added has any magic
formula which will ENABLE en-
ployers to make better use of their
men. All our services do is to act
as a clearing house-to make the
practice of the best plants known
and available to all"
He defined some of the manpower
shortage problems as follows
The mushroom growth of wal
industries, often in fields of pro-
duction unfamiliar to management
and labor alike, has overloaded the
capacity of many plants for orderly
induction and training of new work.
erS. This growth also has led tC
| shortages Of competent supervisoS,
foremen and executives. Unavoid-
able shortages of key materials and
changes in products as processes
necessitated by battle experience
have hindered the smooth sched-
uling of production and the full use
of manpOWer.'
Taylor Speaks Today.
1t was his conclusion that man
agement, together with representa-
tiVeS of organized labor, have con-