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...Czar of Czars Byrnes, Production's Nelson, Manpower's McNutt, Transportations Eastman, Rubber's Jeffers, Prices' Brown, Oil's Ickes, Informations's Davis, Censorship's Price...
...next at bat. Columnist Damon Runyon quoted odds of 9-to-5 that the major leagues would not be able to play out their 1943 schedules. Already some 225 of last year's 400 major leaguers had gone into the services. Nobody, not even Manpower Boss Paul V. McNutt, knew how soon local draft boards would call the elderly and ailing ballplayers still left...
...golfers have stayed away from the links in large numbers since gas rationing began. Last week they were urged to resume play by no less an authority than Manpower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt. Surprised to learn that many golfers feared golfing would be considered unpatriotic, Duffer McNutt (hundred-and-eighties) told Ed. Dudley, president of the Professional Golfers' Association: "If country clubs can provide horse-drawn vehicles to get their players to the courses or if the people can reach them by public conveyances, there is no reason why they should not play in their spare time." At least...
...with improvement of workers' living conditions and environments. Labor must live as well as work. While some absenteeism is inexcusable, this small proportion is negligible and no rational cause for vitriolic attacks on workers. Neither threatening workers with army service nor mud-slinging will solve the problem. Paul V. McNutt and the labor management committee of the War Manpower Commission, together with unions and local authorities are beginning to meet it. With sensible thinking and sober action, the obstacle of absentecism can be hurdled. But with the handicap of anti-labor attitudes, the bar can never be cleared...
...week, and politics lent a hand to stir the confusion. The House Military Affairs Committee launched a bill forbidding induction of heads of families until all single men, all childless married men in each respective state had been called. A rider forbade induction by occupational groups, played hob with McNutt's plan to force nonessential workers into war industries...