Evening star., 1945-03-15
Job Control MAY
BE Placed in
New Draft Act
Issue Moy Be Solved
In Rewriting Low
Expiring Moy IS
BY ]. A. O'LEARY.

writing a new draft law for tn,
armed forces before it dispose.
OF the home-front manpowel
problem unless conferees namec
yesterday by both Houses reach
an agreement before long on tht
controversial job control bill.
The two different methods of oh.
tanning manpower for war industry
were submitted to five Representa-.
tives and five Senators for settle.
ment after the administration beat
of a move to have the House aban-
don its work1or-jail plan and turr
to the Senate type of job control
based on the present system of the
War Manpower Commission.
The vote was 211 to 1T in favor
Of sending the whole issue to con-
ference, where it is possible to con-
slider compromise, stronger thar
the Senate bill.
Draft Act Expires May Is.
Meanwhile, the May Is expiration
date Of most of the Selective Serv-
ice Act, under which men are called
for the Army and Navy, drew nearer
Although the prediction was made
on the House side yesterday tha'
sending the work bill to conference
would lead to a stalemate. the neee
for early re-enactment of the mill
tary draft law may operate to pre-.
vent such a deadlock.
Chairman Thomas Of the Senate
Military Affairs Committee has in
troduced brief resolution in the
Senate extending the military In.
duction machinery from May Is
1945, to May Is. l947, but no action
has been taken on it.
Chairman May of the House COM
mittee said he would introduce a
draft-extension measure in a few
days, because he plans to hold hear
ings on it before it is reported to
the House.
While the extension of the draft
machinery would be proposed in 9
separate bill, the debate on it would
serve to keep the spotlight on the
manpower measure, which also is il
the form of an amendment to the
Selective Service Act. If a worl
bill has not been written into Law
by the time the draft extension i!
brought out, job controls conceiv-
ably might be proposed as ar
amendment to the new bill.
Conferees Named.
Each branch named a confer
ence committee on the work bill
weighted in favor of its type OF
manpower control.
Both houses have voted for COM
pulsion, but from different angles
The House plan would put pen
atty of $4,000 or five years i'm
prisonment on any man 18 to Al
who disobeys a work order of his
draft board. The Senate would
penalize any employer up to $4,000
or imprisonment for one year il
he hires any one-man or woman
in violation Of war manpower EN-.
ployoment ceilings. The essentia,
difference is that the Senate bill
gives the employe forced out oi
a nonessential job by labor cell.
ings the option of going to an es-
sential plant or not working.
The conferees, who have not fixec
a time for their first meeting, are
House - Representatives May o.
Kentucky, Thomason of Texas ane
Brooks of Louisiana, Democrats, ane
Andrews of New York and Short O
Missouri, Republicans.
Senate-Senators Thomas of Utah
johnson of Colorado and O'Mahone,
of wyoming, Democrats, and Austir
of Vermont and Burton of Ohio
Republicans.
The House selected the top-rank
ing members of it's Military Affair
Committee, but the Senate picket
(Coo MA NpOyXUD nono A9N