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"placing the right man in the right place at the right time, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for the duration," and stated further in 1942 that victory or defeat depended on our making the "strategy" of manpower work. Mr. McNutt had few actual powers and depended largely upon cooperation with the United States Employment Service, the War Labor Board, the Selective Service System, management, labor, and public opinion for the accomplishment of his mission. Although the war was won, and the world can well be reminded that American production, as well as American arms, was responsible for the victory, much adverse criticism can be directed towards the manner in which manpower was utilized.

Many evils grew out of the fact that voluntary cooperation was the basis for the administration of manpower. [[footnote]]5 The files of the USES include the case of a man, 45, a machinist for the Navy in World War I, married, living in Philadelphia with his wife and two children. Because of the existing shortage of machinists in Philadelphia, the USES interviewed the man, described the shortage of his skill, told him an important job in war work required his services. The man had been happy in the employ of a Philadelphia bus company for the previous ten years; he worked pleasant hours, had seniority rights and privileges as a bus driver, and made $1.20 per hour. The war job paid $1.10 per hour, so the man stated: "Why me? I don't think I should do it." USES closed the case. Its files show that in a survey of 36 key cities, only 10% of the men approached in this manner transferred to war production. USES was equally powerless to combat the widespread discrimination against women, minority groups, and workers whose parents were not born in the United States. Management refused to

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[[footnote]]5 McNutt, P.V., "Our No.1 Problem...Manpower", [[underlined]] Saturday Evening Post [[/underlined]], Vol. 215, November 21, 1942, p. 108ff.

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