The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-09
WMCControIs To Gel Rigid
 Enforcement
Processing Channels Are Set Up at Meeting
 Here Last Week

Having devoted almost a week to discussing manpower problems in Alaska. War Manpower Commission officials from all sections of the Territory Friday wrote finis to their conclave here and set about return- ing to their various stations.
 Arthur Hedges, Alaska Director for the War Manpower Commission summed up the business of the Con- ferences as being mainly directed to- ward establishing channels for pro- cessing employment requests which are flowing in an ever-increasing stream through the several branch es of the agency as AlaSka's busy season draws nearer. He stressed that employers must realize the vital nature of requirements that the hir- ing of new workers be handled through the Commission.
 Good news from the battle fronts, he pointed out, is generally reflected by laxer attitude on the part ot both employers and employees to- ward manpower controls. Such an attitude is entirely unjustified, he emphasized, since a quick end to worldwide fighting requires un- swerving concentration of efforts on the home front. Rigid enforcement of controls now will hasten their en- tire elimination, he concluded, and rigid enforcement of controls is to be the order.
 Details were thrashed out at the meeting to bring Alaska in line with the continental United States as to requirements for securing workers. It will be absolutely necessary for employers to place their employment needs before the local offices of the manpoWer agency. From the local office requests will be forwarded to the central office here for priority screening. As soon as the relative rating of any employers request is determined. an order may be issued and then the entire facilities of the manpower organization will be mo- bilized to secure the needed workers first from within the Territory, then, should that effort fail, from outside areas.
 MT. Hedges underscored that for any employer the best chance for ob- taining additional workers or re- placements lies through complete cooperation with the War Manpow- CT Commission and it's control pro- cedure. Employers who go out on their own" for workers will leave themselves open, not only to loss of workers they may so obtain, but also to punitive action Workers too can best assure their job status by ad- herence to procedures outlined. h. dependent action by either employ CTS or employees will lessen their chances for securing the results they desire.
 Included among those who have met here with MT. Hedges during the past week, were: Fay w. Hunter, Regional Director of the War Man. power Commission, from San Fran cisco; E. E. Lincoln, Assistant Alaska Director; Earl Cooper, Area Direct or for Westward Alaska; William Maitland, Anchorage office mana ger; Charles Hood and Roy Hines, Aleutian representatives; TISgt. Jo- seph T. Flakne, representing the U. s. Armys Director of Civilian Per sonnel for the Alaskan Department; Roy Stewart, placement specialist with the Juneau Office; Virginia Carter, Seattle representative for Alaska; Emory Vincent, Ketchikan office manager; Nan Holt, Kodiak office manager; Milton Ward, Fair banks office manager; Jack Carvel, Juneau office manager.