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...occupations in 21 defense industries surveyed by the Federal Security Agency, McNutt thought women could be used...
Secretary Perkins, stout defender of the 40-hour week, cautiously suggested that a 48-hour week might be necessary. But much more far-reaching was a plan sent to the White House by silver-thatched Paul McNutt...
...details were not revealed but it was described as a plan for the complete mobilization, of man power: Mr. McNutt recommended a central authority which would allocate workers to the spots where they were most needed. The job of this central authority would be to iron out the present confused man power-procurement program, now handled by six different agencies-Army & Navy, Selective Service, Civil Service Commission, Office of Civilian Defense, Employment Service. The plan still awaited the President's scrutiny, and he was expected to issue an executive order to implement...
...most, the McNutt agency could only coordinate the recruiting of man power. Before anyone can actually be drafted, for other than a military job, new laws will be required. But in Manhattan last week Brigadier General Lewis B. Hershey, head of Selective Service, told a luncheon of businessmen that the time was not far distant when citizens must face the possibility of being either in the armed services or in an essential war industry. Objective of General Hershey's proposed draft system : mobilization of some 60,000,000 people. By the end of this month practically every able-bodied...
Even if all had been well about defense, finances and air-raid shelters, President Quezon would still have felt pain about Commissioner Sayre. Artful Manuel Quezon got whatever he wanted from Commissioner Frank Murphy, played poker with Paul McNutt, but cannot get around superconscientious Francis Sayre...