The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-03

Hartford, June 3-Acting on an
order received from Chairman Paul
v. McNutt Of the War Manpower
Commission In washington, State
Manpower Director william J. Fitz-
gerald today issued an announce
Tnent which gave the state indus
tries which are most vital TO the ma
tons war effort priority on all
available male labor.
The edict on priority referrals in
cludes all areas In the state not now
in the priority referral regulations.
cities such as New Haven, Bridge
port, New London, Stamford, Nor
walk, Ansonia and Norwich which
previously have not been In the pri-
GRITTY referral areas are now includ-
ed.
The new regulation goes into eff
feet o. Of June 10th and under In
structions from washington region
al directors are directed to put into
effect not later than July LIST plan
designated to aid war industries in
which there Is now q critical short
age Of male labor.
The order stiffened the volun-
tary system by extending through
out the entire state certain methods
locally developed and tested In pre-
vious operations. The order for
Connecticut and the nation In gen.
eral, resulted from q critical review
of existing operations requested by
the VINO National Management
Labor Policy Committee last month.
The order permits adaptions to
local community needs.
Four steps will be taken to carry
out the priority preferral plan.
These include establishment Of q
nationwide system Of priority refer
rails, after consultation with region
al and area committees to the de-
gree necessitated by regional and
national manpower demands, which
provides that employers shall hire
all male workers only from those
referred by the WINGS United
States Employment Service or by
approved arrangements.
The second step provides for set
ting employment ceiling In the lS4
areas Of labor shortage as defined
BY the VINO. New Haven, New Lon
don, Stamford, Norwalk, Ansonia,
Norwich and Bridgeport as well as
other cities In war industry areas
are included.
It provides for the creation OF
ynanpower priorities committees IN
the affected areas. These commit
tees will decide which Industries In
their respective areas are entitled
TO prioritis in the Yeferral OF avail
able labor. It also provides for In
Classification Of the recruiting ac-
tiyities of the U. s. z. 5. so that
men may be transferred from areas
Of labor surplus into those areas
where urgent production requires
more labor.
In announcing the priority refer
rails for all areas Mr.. Fitzgerald
said that manpower must be proVid-
ed TO keep war production ana eS-
sential goods and services on sched-
,,le. We are in the most vital per-
Tod of the war.
"It is clear, therefore, that from
here on we must make even greater
effort: first, to hold workers IN es-
sentiai Jobs once they are so placed;
second, to recruit workers for such
Jobs from less essential activities;
third, to shift workers from areas
which may have available labor to
areas which need more manpower."
This third point is far more Inn
portant and indeed far more dif-
ficult today than ever before. The
problem OF transferring workers
from loose labor market areas to
critical areas can be solved only If
workers and the people generally
can be brought to see the critical
shortage in q given area or given