Evening star., 1944-06-30
kunpower
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tor McNutt, in announcing the ex
tension of the plan to the entir
country declared that priority re
ferral will make it possible to brinI
about the transfer of many worker
from less essential. to essential in
dustries and from areas where ther
is surplus of labor to those wher
the shortage of labor has become ,
serious problem
Plan Varies Over u. S.
The plan varies in application
from community to community. II
New York, for instance, where ther
is a surplus OF labor, the program
merely provides that less essentia
firms with four or more employe
may not hire man workers in tn,
18-45 age group except on referra
by the. USES.
Certain areas in l6 States. in ad
dition to the Washington area, re
quire that women as well as men b'
hired through the USES or its ap
proved channels. Covered under tn,
Washington plan are Prince George
and Montgomery Counties, Md.
Fairfax and Arlington Counties, Va
and Alexandria, Va.
No Limit Now on Choice.
Ernest v. Connolly. acting Wash
ington area VINO director, said tha
until the USES sees how willing
workers are to take the jobs Offered
them, no limit will be set on thu
number of job choices a worker viii
have.
It was pointed out, however, tina
| If a worker turns down jobs withou
good cause he will have to remair
unemployed until he finds job tn,
USES will permit him to take. H.
will not be allowed to take employ
ment in less essential work. TIL.
USES, however, will continue to of.
fer him priority jobs until he take!
one OF them.
Mr.. Connolly emphasized that 6
workers skills will be the first con.
Germ in Offering him a job and tha
he will have good cause for refusing
work If the wages are less than thu
tamount he made on his last job ol
less than the wage paid on com.
parable. jobs. a'a
All Employers Start Equal.
Although ultimately some employ.
ers may be allowed to hire worker.
up to their employment ceiling with.
out getting the workers referred by
the USES, Mr.. Connolly said, the
program goes into operation with al
essential and locally needed employ.
ers In the same position. No hiring
arrangements have been made vel
with individual employers, although
the standards list the conditions un-
der which VINO will make arrange.
ments with labor unions, nonprofi'
employment agencies, professiona
organizations, schools and other in.
stitutions to refer workers to jobs.
Mr.. Connolly said all employer.
in essential and locally needed work
will start out in group S of the 81,
priority groups, which determine
the order in which they get labor
The Manpower Prior1ties Committee
then will decide gradually which
plants are doing such critical worl
that they deserve a rating in on,
Of the four top priority groups.
Twelve applications for highel
priorities, the area director reported
already have been received. TIL,
Manpower Priorities Committe.
was to consider them at a meeting
today. The committee, Mr.. Con
molly said, is scheduled to NEE
twice weekly to go over applications
He disclosed the Manpower Prioritie
Committee may give him authorize
ton to establish priorities for small
firms.
Ceilings Major Factor.
Mr.. Connolly emphasized that EN-
ployers do not have to file an ap
plication for high priority in orde
to get workers, as long as they ar
below their employment ceilings
The Manpower Priorities Commit
tee, he explained, comes into tn
picture only when employers wan
their employment ceiling adjuste,
Or can't get the workers they neet
by taking their chances for worker
with the other employers depen
dent on the USES.
He said that very few plant
will be placed in any of the fou
top priority groups.
Even less essential establish
ment, however, could jump into on
of the four top priority groups t
fill a pressing emergency neee
Establishments will go Individual
into the four top groups rather tha
on an industry-Wide basis. On
establishment which is having diff
flculty getting help because Q
transportation troubles, as an ex
ample, might become a top priorit
plant while competitor nearer tn
source of labor supply remains il
Group 5, it was explained.
Advertising Permitted.
Into the four top groups will G,
establishments producing product
or providing services of the highes
urgency which are currently in neet
Of manpoWer to make up deficits il
production or service schedules
equally urgent facilities which an
ticipate need for labor based OF
an increase in production or serv
ice schedules; facilities of lesse
urgency which are currently behint
) schedule because of manpower diff
t1culties, and facilities of lesse
, urgency which expect addhiona
labor needs based on future scned
ules
Meanwhile, arrangements wer
completed to permit employers t
advertise for help In classified ad
vertising sections of newspapers,
notice will be carried that "appli
cants for positions listed on thes
pages may be interviewed first b
the advertiser and must then Secur