Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-02

offices will be the best sources of
as to how the new
controls will be applied in given
area.
Manpower officials, who have out
lined the program in past weeks,
have emphasized that it is based on
voluntary. locally administered pro-
cedureS which have been successful
in many labor shortage areas.
FULL PURPOSE
Its three-fold purpose is:
l. To convince job-seekers that
they should enter industries ac-
cording to the Importance of those
industries to the war effort. This
procedure, called priority referral,
is designed to send workers to crlti-
cal jobs for which they are quail
fled and in which wages are COM
parable to those they have been
getting. 1t will be supplemented
by employment ceilings limiting
hiring of employers, and 'manpower
priority committees. which will de-
eide which industries shall have first
call on available labor.
.. To check what officials regard
as a dangerous decline in employ
ment in munitions and war-support-
ing civilian activities.
3. To recruit workers over long
distances if advisable - for indus
tries which are plagued by labor
These include numbering.
foundries, forge shops and
ball bearings.
HOW JOBS CHANGE
Bureau of labor statistics reveal
that the industrial labor force lost
| 100000 workers in the first quarter
of the year and that munitions in
duStrieS despite increased pro-
duction requirements in several
heavy items - dropped 100000
per month during this pc
riod. Moreover, preliminary studies
indicate an intensification of the
trend in April and May.
Public acceptance of the new hir-
ing plan is not assured, although it
has been endorsed by labor, man
agement and government leaders
and has been reported by VINO to
be we'll set up all over the nation.
A recent public opinion survey re-
vealed that a majority OF people in
terviewed did not approve of VINO
chairman Paul V. McNutt's new
AS the program went into effect,
the VINO made several minor shifts
in its classification of various areas
according to their labor needs.
Sacramento. Calf, was added to
the list in a group III category
(areas expecting shortages within
so days.
Tom Finney, USES director. an
nounces that in the application OF
the new war manpower regulation
in Imperial valley. the employment
ceiling as applied elsewhere will not
be put in effect.
Hiring will be on the basis OF
actual need rather than a definite
quota.
I'VE expect to adhere rigidly, to
the control referrals," Finney said.
He emphasized that critical labor
shortage existing in essential indus
try will come under Group A which
is the highest priority rating.
Headed under Group B are es-
sential firms in which no severe
shortage is reported.
Listed as Group C are those who
only require maintenance OF the
present staff.
Every business which does not
to the war effort auto
ma .ically is classified in Group d.
This does not mean that less es-
Sential firms will not receive con-
sideration," Finney.
"On the contrary he said every
effort will be made to assist every
group"
Finney pointed out that the
United States Employment Service
does not do actual hiring for any
business.
1T is our mission to refer men
for employment" he declared, but
EMPLOYERS need not accept them"