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...well Paul McNutt and Claude Wickard would do with their new powers (see below), only time would tell. To some Administration critics, it seemed ironic that the men under whom manpower and food situations had steadily worsened, should now emerge as the czars. But the new setup, if not perfect, was far tighter and better than anything tried before in World War II. Much of the divided authority which had kept Paul McNutt and Claude Wickard busy debating instead of working was now clearly and finally determined. How well they would do the job was now, for the first time...
...pleased Paul McNutt, his new authority as Manpower Commissioner looked great & good. In the past he had been expected, with nothing but advisory powers, to do as tough an administrative job as the war has yet produced. Now Franklin Roosevelt, by executive order, had given him something to work with...
...Under his control goes the entire Selective Service System. For the first time, McNutt can now tell the 6,400 local U.S. draft boards which men they can have and which they must leave in jobs...
...Before the Army & Navy set their draft quotas, they must confer with McNutt, who can carry his case to the President if he thinks the armed forces are raiding the civilian population too heavily. Heretofore, Army & Navy have taken men without regard to other manpower needs...
...McNutt can now decree, in any plant, city or area, that employers must hire men only through the U.S. Employment Service. He can thus stop labor pirating...