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DALLAS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1942
THIRTY FI RS TYE AR, No. 4
Retired Workers
Facing the Facts
The Spotlight
wih PHILIP PEARL
By “COKE"
—More bullets.
more guns.
more
America’s vital needs if the
most of the essential defenes occu-
which Senator McCarran was invited. paid to his children, his widow, pro-
why it is so vital that they set aside
Regartless of the extent to which tion.
In support of her
in actual combat
a
"We're all for 'round-the-clock oper-
Act had arrived safely overseas.
YOUR
And the best way we can pre-
POLL TAX
Pay It Now
*
will be watching to see just
8
f
Bill Asks Insurance
For Heroic Workers
Millions in Back Pay
Sought by ‘Red Caps’
Medals for Workers
And Unions Asked
By Congresswoman
$5,000,000 Defense
Bonds Are to Be
Bought by Hatters
Women Defense
Workers Inject Style
of Organized
appointed to
Legislative Meet
Summoned For Jan.
Plasterers Local
Buys Defense Bonds
bombs,
among
AFL Protests
Transfer of U. S.
Agencies from D. C.
raiding between employers, a practice
that has already assumed serious pro-
Laughlin and
Thos. Jones Head
Bldg. Trades Body
The United States has "virtually no
available reserve of workers left in
At the last regular meeting of the
Dallas Building Trades Council, held
last Wednesday, January 21, in tle
Labor Temple, after transacting rou-
a possibility because that way we lose
everything. We cannot let that hap
War Officials Points Out Necessity of
Labor Force Composed of Persons
Not Qualified for Army Duty.
day for the purchase of defense bonds.
That is why we are going to venture
some explanations.
As soon as the defense bond pro-
Training of Older
Men For Defense
Jobs Is Urged
AFL Membership
Reaches New All-
Time High Mark
Million Tons of
Lend-Lease Food
Reach Britain
Metal Trades
Official Favors
Seven-Day Week
Organized Labor to
Be Represented On
Communications
Tourists Will Get
Cotton Souvenirs
Hotel Workers
Pledge $500,000
For War Effort
proposal, Mrs. Rogers said:
"Every one of us knows that the
war cannot be won with men alone, no
matter how brave and gallant they
pations,"__
chief of the Labor Division of the or-
Faith, like light, should always be
simple and unbending; while love,
like warmth. should beam forth on
every side, and bend to every neces-
sity of our brethren.—Martin Luther.
efforts to harrass the workers
of his State and Nation by at-
tempting to pass laws that
would be obnoxious and detri-
mental to the forces of organ-
ized labor.
Buy Your Poll Tax Receipt
Now! January 31—only eight
days more—is the last day you
can get one. Do not fail. Re-
member your enemies! Be pre-
pared to vote against them
next July.
In a letter to Secretary Wickard, ation, with three shifts daily of eight
the Right Honorable R. H. Brand, hours each,”-McDonagh said. "Such
head of the British Food Mission in shifts can be staggered so that, while
vised Secretary of Agriculture Claude week has labor's 100 per cent support,
it Wickard that the 1 millionth ton Joseph S. McDonagh, secretary-treas-
of American food being shipped to urer of the A. F. of L. Metal Trades
Great Britain under the Lend-Lease Department? declared.
tance and history of cotton, a large tical and simple plothing.
oil company will distribute more than
100,000 cotton bolls to tourists pass-
a a
Many Members
labor have been
test case that may determine whether
millions of dollars in back pay will
be won by nearly 7,000 "red caps” in
the nation's railroad terminals was
argued before the Supreme Court by
the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks,
represented by Judge Charles M. Hay
of St. Louis.
The case is also expected to bring
suits filed by the Clerks, one against
Being Employed
Notify S.S. Board Into Work Clothing
tine business before the organization. . ,
the election of officers was held with part of that wage each and every pay
of Food, a telegram to the following practical plan for continuous oper-
effect: ation of industrial production facili-
'I am informed that arrivals of ties in a nation-wide broadcast.
nation is to become the arsenal of de-
mocracy.
But so great have been the de-
mands on Amerca’s manpower by
stepped up industrial production and
by the armed forces that men have
not been able to fill the breech.
serving as junior United States sailors who distinguished themselves
senator has been replete with ‘ ‛ "" "
the Dallas (Texas) Union Terminal
and the other against the Jacksonville
(Fla.) Terminal.
The British Food Mission has ad-keep machines going seven days
New York
slacks and jackets, culottes, mechan-
ics' suits and utility aprons. Though
meeting all requirements of smplie-
ity, the cotton garments are being
made for defense workers in the sea-
son’s most popular colors. And they
have a streamlined effect altogether
different from anything ever seen be-
fore in worke lothes.
Fashion designers predict that the
new cotton denims, chambrays, dun-
bars, seersuckers ind broadcloth de-
fense garments wjil have a profound
effect on styles both during and after
the war. Already they are affecting
the high style field where simplicity
of design is becoming ever more
prevalent. And after the war the new
cottons will be worn by women in
their gardens, on country outings and
on other occasions demanding prac-
.
Cement Finishers Local 549 at last
meeting voted to purchase Defense
Bonds to the amount of >700 at ma-
turity.
When a man has not a good reason
for doing a thing, he has one good rea-
son for letting it alone.—Sir Walter
Scott.
ing through Tennessee, Mississippi
and Arkansas from other sections of
the country.
E. T. Woolfolk, Jr., president of the
Mid-South Oil Company, told the Na-
tional Cotton Council that cotton bolls
to be distributed through his firm's
stations in the three states will be ac-
companied by a 600-word description
of cotton printed on a large green
card. The card and cotton bill are
enclosed in a glassine envelope.
"We are proud of the South’s great
cotton crop," Mr. Woolfolk said, "and
we want everyone who comes into the
South to receive a real boll grown in
the world's greatest cotton empire."
vent it from happening is by buying
every week from our pay as much as
we can possibly afford in defense
bonds.
So, let's go. Don’t hesitate or de-
lay. Don’t wait to see what the other
fellow is doing. Let's try instead to
sign up first on the pay allotment
plan and then get after the other fel-
low who hasn't. If you do this, Amer-
ica and the American Federation of
Labor will give you their blessing. If
you fail, you are falling down on the
job of protecting America and your-
self.
Memphis, Tenn. — Undertaking a
three-state campaign to familiarize
visitors to the South with the impor-
the United States? wrote: machines work all the time, no em-
"Dear Mr. Wickard: I have receiv- ploye need toll over 40 hours a week." pen
e1 today from Lord Woolton. Minister McDonagh proposed a year ago 1
THE DALL AS CRAFTSMAN
Cooperation Between the Employer and Employe for Their Mutual Benefit and Progress and Development of Dallas
Dallas, Texas, Jan. 20.—With thou-
sands of retired workers returning to
employment because of the expanded
production under the defense pro-
gram, and the changing circum-
stances in so many instances, it is im-
portant that every individual receiv-
ing old age and survivors insurance
benefits know what they must do in
order to protect their benefit rights
in the future, declared Mr. Ernest L.
Tutt, manager of the Dallas Social
Security Board field office in a state-
ment today.
“Retirement payments are made to
qualified workers who reach the age
of 65 and stop regular work, to their
wives when they reach 65; and to
children of retired workers until they
reach the age of 18 provided they are
attending school, 16 if they are not,"
Mr. Tutt said. "Survivors’ payments,”
he continued, “become due only when
a qualified worker dies and may be
Lt. Col. Joseuh F. Battley, aid more effectively in the formulation
of basic plans affecting communica-
Washington, D. C. (AFLWNS>—
The American Federation of Labor
gained 258,668 new members in the
last four months of 1941, bringing its
total dues-paid membership as of De-
cember 31 to an all-time high of 4,-
Meany announced. This figure does
not include a floating membership
estimated at 500,000 which is not on
a • dues-paying basis. The previous
membership record of the Federation
was recorded last August 31 when the
figure was 4,569.056.
Most of the new gains in member-
ship were achieved in defense indus-
tries and in miscellaneous plants
[hitherto unorganized, Mr. Meany said.
millions adds up to billions much
quicker than >1,000 bills from the few
that can afford such purchases.
Sign Up Now
So don’t buy one or two or three
>25 bonds and think you’ve done your
bit That isn’t what .the Government
gram got under way the American
Fdeeration of Labor went to the
Treasury Department and bought $50,-
000 worth of the bonds. Right down
the line, affiliated national, interna-
tional and local unions followed suit.
Many of them would have liked to buy
more than >50,000 worth. But that
is the limit any organization can buy.
Now these purchases amount to a
sizeable chunk of money, from our
point of view, but it is only a drop in
the bucket compared with what the
Government needs The Government
does hot need millions. It needs bil-
lions. It does not need lump sum
purchases which end where they be-
gin. It needs a steady and continu-
ous flow of funds week after week.
It needs your >1 or >5 bills week after
week. This kind of money from the
an amalgation of the two forces
would bring great strength and ___ __
economic power to the partici- what John L. expects to get out
pants. But those on our side [of it.
New York, N. Y. (AFLWNS).—
Workers in New York hotels organiz-
ed in the American Federation of La-
bor will raise >500,000 out of their
own pay checks to purchase defense
bonds and support the American Red
Cross War Fund drive, and will take
a full part in all civilian defense ac-
tivities.
The program was adopted by 800
shop chairmen and shop delegates to
the New York Hotel Trades Council,
representing hotels employing 50,000
workers in the organized trades, at a
meeting at the Hotel Astor.
the American Board of Arbi-
tration. Their names were sub-
mitted to this body by the pres-
ident of the Central Labor
Council. He was authorized to
make these nominations at a
meeting held a few weeks back.
It is indeed heartening to know
that members of labor are rec-
ognized as men capable of serv-
ing in such capacities and those
who have received such nomi-
nations and notices of their ap-
pointment are responding in
the affirmative, stating they
are glad to assist wherever pos-
sible. It means that an or-
ganization that has the need of
the services of an impartial ar-
bitration committee can secure
unbiased and impartial mem-
bers by calling up this associa-
tion.
Washington, D. C. (AFLWNS).—A
>. Otn^l .1 MUu County tor Labor and A fill'd Volga. Iga Bad, art 1. FlglMagto, Or—** Md
Washington. D. C. (AFLWNS).—In
tribute to the civilian workers who
displayed such heroism under fire at
Pearl Harbor, Guam and Wake, Rep.
Coffee of Washington introduced a
bill granting insurance benefits to the
dependents of those workers who lost
their lives or may be killed in the fu-
ture at military, naval and air out-
posts.
The bill provides a >5,000 death
benefit. It applies to workers, wheth-
er employed by the United States or
by private contractors, engaged in the
construction, operation or mainten-
ance of military, air or naval bases
outside the United States but sub-
ject to the military or civil juris-
diction thereof, who dies or has died
since Dec. 6, 1941, from injury suf-
fered or incurred either in the course
of such employment or as a result of
enemy action.
Many Members of the Amer-
ican Federation of Labor are
wondering what trick John L.
Lewis has up his sleeve in his
proposal to renew peace nego-
tiations between the A. F. of L.
and the C. I. O. There is no
doubt in the minds of any in-
formed member of labor that
The Morning Paper of Last
Thursday carried the announce-
ment that our junior senator,
W. Lee O’Daniel would again
seek senatorial honors from
this State and offers his can-
didacy to the voters of Texas
at the primaries to be held this
summer in July. Members of
organized labor will again have
the opportunity — providing
they properly equip them-
selves with a Poll Tax receipt
—to cast their vote against this
arch enemy of the forces of la-
bor. His record as governor
and his tenure of office while
the labor force is expanded, however,
there must be increased efficiency in
its use, Battley continged. “Jobs for
which skilled, all-round workers for-
merly were required must be simpli-
fied through breaking down opera-
tions and provisions for specializa-
tion. More and more efficient fore-
men and supervisors must be develop-
ed," he said.
Re-examination of Selective Service
registrants in class 2-A—men neces-
sary to the "national health, safety I
and interest” in non-defense fields—
and in class 2-B—men in essential
national defense jobs—is contemplat-
ed," Battley said. "When our mili-
tary manpower needs multiply vastly,
when our industrial production lev-
els off, when our industrial training
programs succeed—and it seems that
all of these things are happening or
will happen—then you will be told
that it is the time to look into class
2-B deferrments."
William C. Hushing, chairman of the
AFL legislative committee, presided
at this conference which drew up a
strong declaration opposing the trans-
fer of Government agencies to other
cities.
President William Green then trans-
mitted this declaration to President
Roosevelt. The President was in-
formed that the proposed transfer was
unnecessary, that it would entail un-
warranted expenditures, that it would
work incalculable harm to the effi-
ciency of Government operations and
that it would be destructive of the
morale of Government employes.
The declaration of the conference
further pointed out that there is am-
ple government-owned land in the Dis-
trict of Columbia for the election of
temporary office buildings to provide
new space for expanded Goveriment-
al activities and tor the construction
of sufficient housing for new Federal
employes coming to this city. This
construction program, the represen-
tatives of the Building and Construc-
tion Trades Department estimated,
could be completed in from 90 to 120
days and the cost would not be high.
Following the submission of these
protests to President Roosevelt, Mr.
Hushing appeared before a joint
meeting of the Senate and House Dis-
trict Committees to testify against
the proposed transfers. At this hear-
ing, a mystery developed as to just
who had ordered the transfers in the
first place and why. As a result it
was decided that a conference he held
with President Roosevelt to find out
the solution to the mystery. The Di-
rector of the Budget refused to ap-
pear at the hearing and no justifica-
tion was presented for the removal
order.
mor . airplanes, more
■ engines. These are
America needs more guns, more
ships, more, tanks and more, war-
planes. To get these, It needs more
industrial production, more labor,
more materials and above all, more
money.
How is the nation going to get this
money? President Roosevelt explain-
ed that very simply in his annual mes-
sage to Congress. "Taxes and bonds"
he said, "and bonds and taxes.”
Taxes hurt. They hurt the work-
ing man more than anyone else. Once
you pay out your money in taxes, you
will never see it again.
Beyond this, is the obvious fact that
the Government can never impose
taxes heavy enough to raise the 56
billion dollars the President has set
as the cost of the victory program in
the next fiscal year. That sum is half
of the estimated national income. The
Government can’t tax to that extent
without crippling the country.
The only other solution, therefore,
is borrowing, which means bonds.
There are many kinds of borrowing.
The Government could get all the
money it wants from selling bonds to
banks, but that is dangerous. Exper-
ence shows that when the banka be-
come overloaded with Government
bonds inflation results. And the one
thing that America and each and
every one of us cannot afford right
now is sky-rocketing inflation.
But there is another kind of bor-
rowing that is safer and more feasible
a constructive and thrifty form of
borrowing in which each of us can
play his part.
America Asks for Help
We refer, of course, to the defense
bond program. Under that program,
the Governmeit is asking every ope
of its citizens for a loan. Such an
appeal needs no slogans to sell it to
American workers. It needs no ar-
guments. When America asks for
help, we would feel like traitors if
we refused.
But there are some aspects of this
defense bond program which need
clarification so that the workers of
America who depend on their wekly
wage for a living can understand
were called
are. We know that it must be won
with the materials of war.
"We know that there is no drama.
There is often agony of spirit and
mind—during the sweat of produc-
tion. Much of the production is ex-
tremely difficult, and is performed
under very trying conditions. I think
Congress should provide , a distin-
guished service labor cross, that we
may during this great emergency ex-
press our deep appreciation to those
who make possible the materials es-
sential to the winning of the war.
"It has been proposed that indus-
try provide celluloid buttons for
workers who render unusual service,
but this is not sufficient. The mere
commonness of these buttons makes
them valueless. There ought to be an
award of real distinction. It could
go to a union, or an individual, and
should carry real honor on the basis
of outstanding service to the nation.”
Washington, D. C. (AFLWNS).—
Uncle Sam’s request that industry
tions systems in the emergency," said
Mr. ny.
The attitude of the DBC wa sout-
lined in a letter to Robert J. Watt of
the American Federation of Labor,
Paul E. Griffith of the National Fed-
eration of Telephone Workers and Jo-
seph P. Selly of the American Com-
munications Association.
"You gave complete assurance,” Mr.
Fly wrote, "that you would use great
care in selecting nominees for the
various committees and would certify
to the board American citizens of re-
sponsibility and competence In the
particular fields concerned, who would
have the single aim to serve as best
possible the interest of national de-
fense and” security.
"The board members as a whole
were impressed with the spirit of unity
and loyal determination for construc-
tive work in the prosecution of the
war which was reflected by each of
you as the leaders of different, and, I
might add, heretofore differing, labor
organizations.”
Carl Hoblitzelle, President of
the Interstate Amusement
Company and 'as such the em-
ployer of many members of or-
ganized labor, addressed the
Dallas Central Labor Council
last Friday night. Mr. Hoblit-
zelle has been selected the head
of the Volunteer Placement
Service of the Civilian Defense
Program of Dallas, having been
appointed to that place by
Mayor Woodall Rodgers and he
called upon the delegates of the
Central Labor Council to work
with him on this program. He
explained that every one and all
our resources were needed to
win this war and it had to be
an “all-out” endeavor. The
delegates joined in wholeheart-
edly with the suggestions of
the speaker and authorized
Bill Harris, president of the
Council, to submit a list of
names to Mr. Hoblitzelle that
would be happy to serve in any
The “Blackout” Held in Dallas
this past week was pronounced
a huge success by army officers
and other competent observers.
As a whole, the people of this
city co-operated 100 per cent.
A few, just a few, refused to
go along and their addresses
have been published in one of
the daily papers. Such acts
are foolhardy ones. The vio-
lators should be sharply repri-
manded or fined. We are in
war. It is a serious business
and there is no time for foolish-
ness. The next “blackout” may
be the real one. Those who are
prepared will be in a measure
safe. Those who are “smart-
alecky” about it will bring grief
to themselves and possibly dis-
aster to their neighbors.
P A \
vided the children are in her care,
and she may also receive survivors'
payments for herself when she
reaches the age of 65. In addition,
in case the deceased wage earner
leaves no widow or children, his de-
pendent parents may receive month-
ly benefits when they reach 65.” Mr.
Tutt stated.
It was explained by Mr. Tutt that
the largest group whose status is be-
ing changed consists of retired wage
earners—those indivdiuals who are
going back to their old jobs or en-
gaging in other employment covered
by the old age and survivors insur-
ance system. In such cases, it was
emphasized that the worker should
immediately notify the Social Secur-
ity Board that he is returning to cov-
ered employment, because during tho
period of employment he will not re-
ceive benefits, provided his wages
amount to as much as >15 per month
or more. Anyone reoeiving old age
and survivors insurance benefits who
receives as much as >15 per month
in wages should notify the Social Se-
curity Board office, Mr. Tutt stated.
Washington, D. C. (AFLWNS).—A
special meeting of the National Joint
Legislative Conference of the Amer-
ican Federation of Labor ' and the
Railroad Brotherhoods has been
called for 10 a. m. Jan. 5 at AFL
headquarters here to consider the pro-
posed transfer of various Federation
agencies from the nation's capital to
other cities.
Senator Pat McCarran, chairman of
the Senate District Committee, has
been invited to attend the meeting and
I give his views to the conferees.
capacity they
upon.
Lend-Lease foodstuffs have just
passed the millionth ton mark. Please
convey my hearty congratulations
and grateful thanks to Mr. Wickard
and the Department of Agriculture on
this splendid achievement within nine
months from the passing of the Lend-
Lease Act.’
May 1 with respect add also, the
congratulations and thanks of the
British Food Mission."
"The letter came to me,” SecreUry
Wickard said, "because I happen to
be Secretary of Agriculture, but the
expressions of appreciation are for
American farmers who have made
possible this splendid record.
the following results:
portions, cannot be avoided unless I Maurice Laughlin President, Elec-
greater voluntary co-operation can be|tricians No. 59.
secured, Battley continued. L. E. Dilley Vice-President, Iron
Those Net Fit for Army Must Be Workers No. 418.
Trained Thomas R. Jones Secretary-Treas-
The huge training programs for de- urer. Painters No. 53.,
fense workers, now in operation, must Board of Trustees Roy B. James,
be “supervised with a view to train- Sheet Metal Workers No. 25; L. C.
ing men for defense employment whoBray. Lathers No. 140; Charles Hen-
are not liable for military service be- derson. Carpenters No. 198.
cause of physical defects and age,” Sergeant-at-Arms — Frank Dunn,
the officer said. Hod Carriers No. 518.
“In the event of a shooting war, A. J. Essary. of Asbestos Workers’
with a vastly expanded production Local No. 21 and D. M. Cooper, of
program and .with depletion of our la- Carpenters' Local No. 198, who have
bor resources by the armed forces, served the organization the past year
our great problem will be to get the as president and vice president _ re-
necessary workers for war industries" spectively, declined to permit their
Battley declared. named to be nominated for re-elec-
Washington, D. C. (AFLWNS.-
Distinguished service medals for
workers doing an exceptional job in
producing defense materials are pro-
vided in legislation offered by Con-
gresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers
(Rep., Mass.).
Awards may be made to individuals
or unions where "excellent perform-
ance" is rendered, in the same way
that awards are made to soldiers and
Washington, D. C. (AFLWNS).—
Following protests by the American
Federation of Labor against the order
by the Budget Bureau directing re-
moval of various Government* agen-
cies from the District of Columbia to
other cities, Congress acted quickly
to halt the proposed exodus.
A group of Senate and House lead-
ers were promised an interview with
President Roosevelt on the matter
after Senator McCarran had intro-
duced a resolution declaring that the
Budget Bureau order was without au-
thority of law and contrary to the will
of Congress. The resolution further
provided that no Government agency
shall be moved from Washington
without the consent of Congress.
The entire problem was first can-
vassed at a special meeting of the
National Joint Legislative Conference
of the American Federation of Labor
and the Railroad Brotehrhoods to
Answering the call of defense
plants, scores and hundreds and thous-
ands of American women have desert-
ed the kitchen and the typewriter to
become drillers, riveters, welders,
wire winders, and sheet metal work-
ers. The stream of women workers
coming into defense plants has been
so great that in one government ar-
senal. where women represented only
two per cent of the employes three
years ago, today more than 96 per
cent of the workers are women.
This great influx of women work-
ers into factories has brought new
problems to America's fashion design-
ers, for women have politely, yet flat-
ly, refused "to be caught dead” in the
plump and sometimes shapeless work
garments worn by men.
To meet this demand for stylised
work clothing, the U. S. Bureau of
Home Economics early this year de-
signed six styles of work garments
for women—all of them cotton, for
cotton alone met the prime require-
ments of washabifity, practicability
and serviceability.
Going a step further the American
School of Design has prepared a se-
ries of more than' 25 adaptations of
the Bureau's* garments. The princi-
pal styles have' been in coveralls,
wants. It isn’t what the Government
needs. In order to do your part you
should sign up at once on an allot-
ment plan by which whatever sum
you can afford will be deducted from
your pay each week toward the con-
tinuous purchase of bonds. Go to
your union local and your employer
and tell them you want to do this.
You will find them anxious to co-
operate. And don't be content with
assigning a mere one or two per cent
of your pay for this purpose. Make it
five per cent or 10 per cent, accord-
ing to your means and your respon-
sibilities. Surely, a worker averag-
ing >40 or >50 a week can afford to
turn over >4 or >5 a week to America
when It calls for help.
And make no mistake about it—
this is no gift. It is an investment
of the safest and wisest order. When
the war is over, there is going to be
an awful letdown in production. Jobs
be much scarcer and the reconstruc-
tion period is bound to be painful.
You can insure yourself against fu-
ture suffering if you have a nest-egg
! of defense bonds to fall back upon and
carry you over this trying period.
The only way you can lose your
: Investment is for America to lose the
’ war. We refuse to contemplate such
Washington. D. C. (AFLWNS).—
Max Zaritsky, president of the United
Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers,
announced the opening of a drive for
the purchase of >5,000,000 of defense
savings bonds by the members of that
union. Mr. Zaritsky wired President
William Green that the members of
the union will subscribe for these
bonds to the limit of their ability.
Washington, D. C. (AFLWNS).—
Labor will receive a full place on the
committees of the Defense Commun-
ications Board which are to plan the
work of the country’s communications
systems under war conditions, James
Lawrence Fly. DCB chairman, said.
As a result of a recent meeting be-
tween the Labor Advisory Committee
and DCB, the board will invite repre-
sentatives from labor to act on seven
committees, handling the problems of
aviation, cable, dometsic broadcasting,
international broadcasting, radio com-
munications, telegraph and telephone.
Labor thus will be in a position "to
The following article which was
published in “Defense," the official
weekly Bulletin of Defense Agencies
in the Office for Emergency Manage-
ment. explains the immediate, as well
as the urgent, demand for defense la-
bor and the need for training older
men for such jobs.
ftce of the Under Secretary of War,
told a conference of Army and Navy
officers and OPM Labor Division offi-
cials gathered in Washington Decem-
ber 5 to discuss problems of labor
supply throughout the New England
and Middle Atlantic States.
The international situation "has
driven home the basic fact that we
must become a totally armed Nation
both in men and machines,” Lt Col.
Battley said, "We can no longer ex-
pect to superimpose military demands
on peacetime needs. Both normal
peacetime production of industry and
normal peacetime activities of men
must yield."
Not Enough of Physically Fit to Go
Around
Attending the 3-day conference were
representatives of the Under Secre-
tary of War, the Under Secretary of
Navy, and the Selective Service Sys-
tem assigned to the Eastern Seaboard
States as advisers on occupational
deferment and labor supply for de-
fense industries. The officers are
also members of the OPM Labor Di-
vision's regional labor supply com-
mittees.
Emphasizing the need for employ-
ment of persons not qualified for
military service, Battley declared that
employers and training courses have
neglected those “over age,” those phy-
sically disqualified, and women.
The active competeition between the
armed forces and industry for the
young—the physically superior men—
must cease. There just aren't enough
to go around, he asserted. Rigid in-
structions to prevent training and
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