page_title: War Manpower Commission
hierarchical_section_title: War Manpower Commission
caption_attribution_description: English: Paul V. McNutt, chairman of the War Manpower Commission, calls the first meeting of the Commission on 6 May 1942. The committee members seated from left to right are: Donald M. Nelson, War Production Board; Claude R. Wickard, Agriculture Department; Paul V. McNutt, Federal Security Agency; Francis Perkins, Labor Department. Members shown standing are not identified.
context_page_description: The War Manpower Commission was a World War II agency of the United States Government charged with planning to balance the labor needs of agriculture, industry and the armed forces.
context_section_description: The War Manpower Commission was a World War II agency of the United States Government charged with planning to balance the labor needs of agriculture, industry and the armed forces.
caption: Chairman Paul V. McNutt opens the first meeting of the War Manpower Commission, May 6, 1942.
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