Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-21
McNutt Sets Up
New Committee
On Mdnpower
Advisors Represent
Labor, Management
And Agriculture

Chairman Paul V. McNutt Of
the War Manpower Commission
yesterday appointed new Man.
agement-Labor- Agriculture Ad-
visory Committee of nine mem
bers, succeeding a l7-member
group.
The old Management Labor Policy
Committee recommended the ap-
pointment of a new and smaller
committee 1t said the old COM
mittee had been helpful in advising
with the Manpower Commission
during the last 10 months, but that
the maximum force of full and
complete cooperative effort of
Government, labor, agriculture and
industrial management has not yet
been brought to bear on manpower
problems.
Attending the three-hour execu-
tive session we're President Philip
Murray of the CLIO, william Green
of the AFL, Edward A. O'Neal Of
the American Farm Bureau Fedora
ton, James O. Patten of the Ma
tional Farmers Union, Eric john
ston of the United States Chamber
of Commerce, Frederick Crawford
of the National Association of Man.
ufacturers and Master Albert A.
Goss of the National Grange. They
explained that the action had been
taken at the request of the full
committee.
All Decisions Unanimous.
Acting as spokesman, Mr.. john
ston said the new committee would
be made up of the seven leaders
present and r. Conrad Cooper, as
sistant vice president of the Wheel
ing CIV. Va Steel Corp, member
of the original committee. A rep
resentative of the Railroad Brother
hoods is yet to be selected, Mr..
Johnston added. Messrs. Goss.
Green and Murray were not men,
bers of the old committee.
The Chamber of Commerce leader
said it had been agreed that each
principal ordinarily will be repre-
sented by alternates, who will at
tend the conferences. He said all
decisions of such meetings will be
unanimous. If disagreement arises,
the alternates will take the question
back to their principals. If agree
ment is not reached, majority and
minority reports will be filed. Re-
ports and recommendations will be
made to Mr.. McNuttt.
Retiring committee members said
their group requested reorganization
to permit management to have a
united voice in advising Mr. Nc
Mutt. The original management
panel members were able to speak
only for the industry or companies
they represented.
Flemming Headed First Group.
The retiring committee, which
was organized on May 25, 1912, with
Arthur S. Flemming, member of the
Civil Service Commission, as pre-
siding officer, shaped many of the
manpower commissions policies.
Retiring committee members in.
clude H. A. Enochs, chief of per.
sonnet, Pennsylvania Railroad; r
E. Gillmor, Sperry Gyroscope Co..
r. Randall Irwin, industrial rela.
tons director, Lockheed Aircraft
Corp; G. j. Whipple, president, Hib-
bard, Spencer Bartlett & Co.; Ken.
meth Gardner, industrial relations
counsel, New York Shipbuildins
Corp; Frank P. Fenton, director OF
organization, AFL; John p. Frey,
president of the Metal Trades De-
partment, AFL: George Masterton
United Association of Journeymen
Plumbers and Steamfitters, AFL;
Clinton Golden, United Steel Work.
ers, CLIO; John Green. Industrial
Union of Marine and Shipbuildins
Workers of America, CIO; Waite,
P. Reuther. United Automobile
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