Evening star., 1943-11-07

FOLLOWING Is the tert of the
"decl1rntion" by the nine-nl1n
National MGndgement-L1bor Pol
icy Committee of the War Man.
poDer Commission to help carry
out the manpoWer program on q
voluntary basis:
The representatives of labor, agri-
culture, and management recognize
the grave responsibility that rests
upon them and those they represent
to supply the effort required to pro-
duce and deliver the materials of
war. They understand that the
people must rise to the occasion by
developing and imposing such of
their own solutions for performance
and self discipline within each COM
munity as the necessities of war
require.
Therefore, as the representatives
Of labor, agriculture. and industrial
management, the members of the
War ManpoWer Commissions Man
agement-Labor Policy Committee
mutually declare and pledge that:
/. They will devote themselves
Fundamentally to promoting the
production of the goods, the food
and the services required by the
war.
2. They will strive vigorously and
exhaust every possibility to solve
the Nations manpoWer problems
through voluntary. cooperative ac-
ton in every industry and every area.
8. They will call upon local man
Iagement, labor and agriculture to
attack manpoWer and production
problems. community by community
and plant by plant. in cooperation
with the appropriate agencies.
4. They will attack vigorously the
basic causes of excessive turnover
in essential activities through:
(a) Cooperation with the COM
munities and the State and Fed
eral Governments in providing suit
able housing, transportation, shop
ping. child care and other necessary
facilities and services.
% Provision and expansion of
oouiio, ddcdud CC diiu SdIlSl dCIOl y
wage, hour and other conditions OF
employment.
(c> Active participation in the
local development and enforcement
of employment sterilization and
control programs.
5. They will take all possible steps
to assure the maximum utilization
of manpoWer engaged in war activi-
ties through:
ta) Reduction of absenteeism to
the lowest possible level.
tb) Maintenance of regularized
production schedules as far as pos
sible consistent with strategic re-
quirements.
Co Continued efforts to eliminate
manpoWer boarding and restrictive
practices which preclude the high
est possible per man-hour output.
(dD improvement of performance
by adoption of appropriate measures
designed to increase the effective
per manhour output of workers.
te) Upgrading workers in such
manner as to make full use of their
highest skills that are needed in the
war effort.
f) Continued development within
each plant or establishments of
systems of training and improve
ment of the skills of workers.
(gD Adoption of such maximum
daily and weekly hours of work as
may be required to meet production
schedules and as are consistent with
good health and sustained perform
ance.
6. They will take all possible steps
to assure the maximum utilization
of potential manpower reserves not
now engaged in necessar war &C
tivities in each community. through:
ta) Continued and accelerated re-
crlntment of women to augment the
labor force and 70 replace, where
ever practicable, men who are
needed elsewhere.
(b) EncOllT3 pinC and facilitotjpo