The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-29

governor took the pledge, buttoned up his lips and started being the strong silent type. In all of 1943 he didn't make more than half a dozen speeches which is probably his life time record in taciturnity.
 With the turn of the year, how ever, the governor turned over to his old leaf, and is now back in form as an after dinner or break fast-o lunch spellbinder, making things seem much more natural. Maybe the word has got around that there's going to be an election this year.
 NON-POLITICAL SUBJECTS
 Not that there was anything poli- tical about these first half-dozen speeches, MT. McNutt got of his chest. Taken together, they con- Stitute rather complete report on what the War Manpower Commis- sion and related agencies have done in the last two years and what they are going to try to do in the next six months. Among past accomplishments is the closing of 662 red light districts in cities near camps or in war production cen- ters. Among future goals are the training and placement of every veteran in useful job and recruit ing of the necessary labor force to meet every war production pro gram with or without national service law.
 At French Lick, Ind, speaking before the National Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association, the governor came right cut and told 'em to work out labor plan for their own industry, for No law will ever enable any industry to hold workers and utilize them we'll if its management methods do not make sense Do not sit back and think a law will solve your prob lens for you. A law can only help those who help themselves" It was all good straight talk aimed at every other industry which thinks that national service legislation will automatically end all man. power problems because it would enable the government to move people around wherever it wanted them.
 BRICKBRATS, BOUQUETS
 At Louisville, Ky, a few nights later. Governor McNutt had oppor- tunity to praise the city for having done 8 good job in meeting it's la Dor requirements problems through community organization. Speaking before the Executives Club in Chi cago week later, he lambasted that city for having fallen down on the same job.
 Before the Conference of Mayors meeting in Chicago, McNutt had an opportunity to spell out what lo- cal communities could do - and what some have not done - in the 600 camp areas and 1,50O war pro- duction centers to provide decent housing recreation facilities, check juvenile delinquency and venereal disease. And, as parting shot, he suggested that when the war was over, instead of erecting monu- ments as war memorials, the cities consider the erection of memorial schools, hospitals, community cen ters.
 At Detroit, before the Victory Council, McNutt outlined plans of the agencies which he heads, for the next six months-bringing the labor force to its peak, cutting down on unemployment through cutbacks, orderly transfer of work CTS from plants with cancelled con- tracts to those with thrilled orders. Again referring to proposed nation al service laws, McNutt declared that the present need for such leg iSlation 'is based largely upon the fact that many communities have not organized themselves to solve their own manpower problems" ForeSeeing postwar need for local experience in industrial states manship, he declared that the new problems of industry could be best , met through peace manpower management-labor committees"
 So runs the McNutt program and thus McNutt toots his own bazoo.