5. Information for industries on how to use the handicapped in work they can do, maximizing their abilities and making minimal demands on their disabilities. 6. Handbook giving all the information on his rights and privileges a soldier or war worker needs to know.

7. Information centers for servicemen and war workers giving, in large cities, full information through specialized and trained interviewers, and in small places standardized information and handbook with referral to agency concerned which can give full advice and service.

8. Pooled information for guidance of production program for various industries. 9. Information on demobilization ratios in different geographical areas.

10. Economic and job information for soldiers, veterans, and war workers to guide them in their plans for retraining and employment now.

11. Report system for a quarterly survey and assembly of all information necessary for the reemployment program.

Demobilization, reconversion, and reemployment.

12. Questions of scheduling of reconversion of plants while the war is going on and afterward.

13. Problem of rate of demobilization in relation to ability of industry to absorb workers.

14. Cut-backs on contracts in areas of labor shortage first and in areas of labor surplus last.

15. Demobilization of war workers in industries and areas with due regard to the effect of such demobilization on the workers, the returning servicemen and on industry.

16. Aid to industries in the development of manning tables and job and labor inventories in projecting peacetime plans.

17. Balancing labor supply and demand by redistributing production where

necessary.

18. Redistribution of labor from region to region to take care of the displacement occasioned by the war and to improve its utilization.

19. Continual reappraisal of the national production requirements in relation to consumer demand and manpower resources.

20. Provision for maintenance, reeducation, and utilization of men and women in factories where retooling is going on.

21. Limits of demobilization of Army and Navy in the light of national defense needs.

22. Estimated demobilization schedule after one enemy is defeated; when both are defeated: during period of military government, and after.

23. Demobilization priorities: Those who have jobs waiting first; oldest or married first; longest in service first? Which policy will serve reemployment and stabilization best?

24. Demobilization of wives with husbands.

Retraining.

25. Adequate provision for vocational training through utilization of agencies concerned and established institutions to enable soldiers and war workers to enter new employment.

26. Conversion of war-training institutions and programs, civilian and military, to peacetime training; utilization of suitable plants and facilities. 27. Institution of new facilities and courses if necessary.

28. Course construction, based on job analysis; streamlining and acceleration. 29. Preemployment or vestibule courses for men and women, war workers and veterans, in industries.

30. Continuous training in industry after employment.

31. Liberalization of apprentice training for war veterans providing suitable credit for training and experience along the lines of the trade, and acceleration according to capabilities.

32. Experimental determination of minimum and maximum time required to learn a trade or other occupation.

33. Establishment of apprenticeship ratios by the labor unions and local apprenticeship committees for veterans.

34. Vocational and educational guidance, including testing for all applicants for retraining.

35. Determination of standard cost ranges for instruction, tools, and materials for training.

36. Securing of lists of accredited schools and training facilities.

37. Encouragement of the establishment of training departments in industry.

38. Encouragement of modern methods of instruction; visual aids, job sheets, laboratories, etc.

39. Encouragement of vocational education on adult level; subengineering technical training for foremen.

40. Continuation of job instructor training, job relations training, in industry and in Government.

41. Prediction of retraining needs so that educational institutions may prepare their educational services.

Reemployment.

42. United States Employment Service program-setting up of experimental stations in which best methods for veterans and war workers are worked out— training for counsellors, etc.

43. Definition of programs of public and private associations for employment of

veterans.

44. Definition of work of Selective Service System veterans' representatives. 45. Occupational analyses from the point of view of showing common or transferable job elements and skills, and coding of occupations and workers on this basis to facilitate placement.

46. Preparation of charts on occupational trends.

47. Preferential employment for veterans in Government and industry; employment ratios for veterans.

48. Training on the job for disabled veterans in Government work with pay while training.

49. Occupational guidance.

50. Controlled referrals based on occupational information in hands of United States Employment Service.

51. Provision for securing the veteran his old job.

52. Estimated need and plans for public works and national service to take up slack in employment in interim period and afterwards.

53. National service up to 1 year, or other length of time to be determined, for all youth, men and women, including outdoor work, living and training.

Rehabilitation.

54. Physical and mental rehabilitation of veterans while in the Army or Navy hospitals, or afterwards with the Veterans' Administration, with full utilization of physical and occupational therapy.

55. Vocational rehabilitation, including advisement and training under the Vocational Rehabilitation Service of the Veterans' Administration, with placement and follow-up.

56. Coordination of all rehabilitation programs, so that continuous service is rendered the individual under military and civilian jurisdiction, in guidance and training; transferrable guidance schedules and records.

57. Rehabilitation of disabled war workers through the Rehabilitation Service of the Federal Security Agency.

58. Occupational analysis to determine physical requirements of jobs in preparation for selective placement of handicapped.

59. Establishment of employment ratios for the handicapped in industry, i. e., in the same proportion in industry as they are in the population or by some other measure.

60. Coding system for the purpose of relating certain patterns of disabilities to occupational demands; comparison of systems used in England and other countries.

61. Domiciliary care in veterans' hospitals for seriously disabled veterans.

62. Adjustment of Workmen's Compensation Laws in the various States so that they do not work a hardship on those they aim to protect; Federal funds for extra compensation for second injuries, etc.

63. Securing of favorable attitudes of employers and workers toward the handicapped to aid in their employment.

64. Provisions for extra amount of permanency in jobs for the handicapped in view of the fact that the handicapped have difficulty in securing new jobs while as a matter of fact they hold their jobs very well.

65. Social rehabilitation of handicapped, especially the blind, since the reconstruction of their social and personal habits is basic to vocational rehabilitation. Resumption of education interrupted by the war.

66. Provision for continuation of educational plans of veterans and young war workers.

67. Determination of conditions under which education will be furnished, including a length of time in relation to the length of service and proved educational achievement of the applicant.

68. Prediction of the amount of higher education needed and in what fields so that the institutions may prepare faculties and materials; poll of Army and Navy to secure intentions in regard to amount of education and subject matter desiredunder various conditions: Government paying a certain amount; without Government subsidy, etc.

69. Determination of rates to be paid by the Government for tuition.

70. Determination of Government aid for subsistence while receiving education. 71. Revamping of college courses and methods to make them suitable for older and more experienced students; increase of technical education, and education in economic and political problems capitalizing the new knowledge of the world. 72. Advanced standing or credit on length of college courses for war experience, training and travel.

73. Provision whereby those who can make the best use of education will get the most of it; emphasis upon special consideration for the bright as well as the backward.

74. Information bulletin revised annually listing all the courses of all the higher institutions indexed by course, occupation and locality.

75. Information bulletin on all vocational education indexed by occupational objective and locality, including all private as well as public institutions.

76. Listing of schools on the recommendation of Governors of States or regional educational agencies as accredited for the education of veterans.

Provision for special groups.

77. Retraining and reemployment for women.

78. Retraining and reemployment plans for professional workers, technical workers, youth, aged and the disabled."

79. Securing the cooperation of special groups, organizations, manufacturers associations, trade unions, etc., in educational plans.

Unemployment compensation and assistance.

80. Establishment of a temporary plan for unemployment compensation to carry over the adjustment period between dismissal or discharge and work for veterans, war workers and others not presently covered by unemployment insurance-this plan to run so long as the Congress deems advisable. This plan would involve Federal supplementing of existing State unemployment systems to the extent necessary.

81. Exploration of the advantages and disadvantages of dismissal pay. The practicability of this is open to serious question.

82. Old-age retirement system can be invoked in case of the superannuated. 83. Federal compensation to veterans while undergoing training.

Stimulation of production for jobs.

84. Government aid in industrial and business expansion.

85. Cooperation of business organizations, chambers of commerce, etc., in making jobs for demobilized soldiers and war workers.

86. Gearing American production to any plans which may be developed for reconstruction in devastated areas of Europe and Asia.

The above list of problems is not exhaustive, but is indicative of the types of problems which will have to be solved if the major task is to be accomplished. Progress to date.

It should be borne in mind that the Executive order provides that the functions conferred on the Administration shall be performed through existing Government agencies and officials in so far as is feasible. It is the purpose of the Administration to fully comply with this provision, and accordingly it is anticipated that the organization to be developed will concern itself with basic problems relating to the coordination of functions and programs.

The Administrator has met a number of times with the representatives of the nine agencies making up the Policy Board, namely, the Department of Labor, Federal Security Agency, War Manpower Commission, Selective Service System, Veterans' Administration, Civil Service Commission, War Department, Navy Department, and the War Production Board, with the view of determining the programs of these agencies as they relate to retraining and reemployment in the interest of an integrated program.

In addition to the organization of the Policy Board an administrative office has been established.

Sufficient time has not yet elapsed for the Retraining and Reemployment Administration to give adequate consideration to the development and formulation of proposals to be presented to Congress for its consideration in connection with its functions. Such proposals as may be indicated will require a more comprehensive study and analysis of what is now being done under existing laws and through existing agencies in the fields of retraining and reemployment and what needs to be done.

It is the purpose of the Administrator to have comprehensive studies made for effecting the coordination of related work being done by the several agencies and establishing such programs for the post-war period as may be necessary to accomplish the objective of providing employment to the millions of workers and soldiers who will be faced with the necessity of seeking peacetime employment. It is believed that plans for the transition from war to peace constitute part of the war effort.

Soon after the Executive order was issued establishing the Retraining and Reemployment Administration the heads of the Government agencies represented on the Policy Board were requested to designate their respective representatives for membership on that Board. The Board was promptly organized and held its first meeting on February 28, 1944.

The Board has concerned itself with taking inventory of its responsibilities and functions in relation to the Administration and has given detailed consideration to the establishment of local information centers where returning soldiers and war workers might go to ascertain their rights and privileges. The Board has also given consideration to the formulation and release of information in written form to persons being discharged from the armed forces. An appropriate pamphlet is now being prepared.

Further, initial meeting was had by the Administrator with labor represented by Mr. William Green and Mr. Philip Murray. The part labor is to play in the work of the Administration was thoroughly discussed and both representatives asked to name a liaison officer to deal directly with the Retraining and Reemployment Administration on problems as they arose. This request was granted, and Mr. Matthew Woll and Mr. Robert Lamb were named.

Conference was had between the Administrator and Mr. Lamb and Mr. Woll recently, and they are cooperating by writing local organizations of labor, taking up with them a number of problems that will arise in reference to the reinstatement of men and women now in the service of the Army and Navy in employment. Conference was had with the Manufacturers' Association to obtain information as to what steps they have taken and the cooperation that could be obtained through this organization made up of more than 40,000 manufacturers. They have agreed to obtain information essential in the planning required by the Retraining and Reemployment Administration.

A letter was addressed to all Governors with a view of determining what steps are being taken by the several States dealing with the problems of retraining and reemployment. Excellent responses have so far come in from 27 Governors. These reports are being analyzed, and a summary will be prepared from which prompt information may be obtained as to just what the plans are in each State and how they will fit into the final planning.

Conference was had with Mr. George Romney, managing director of the Automotive Council for War Production, relative to the steps being taken in the planning of the automotive industry. Valuable information will be obtained from this organization relative to reconversion and the problems that might arise relative to reemployment not only of those now in war work but men and women in the services.

General HINES. Probably one of the most interesting reactions, following one of the first steps taken, was the response from the Governors. I wrote to all the Governors of the United States telling them of this appointment and asking if they would communicate with me as to the plans thay were making in their own States to meet the problems that would arise following the war. That response has been most helpful. I have a summary of important extracts from their letters, which I can place in the record and furnish the committee at this time if you so desire.

The CHAIRMAN. We will be very glad to have it, General. (The summary follows:)

OFFICE OF WAR MOBILIZATION

RETRAINING AND REEMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION

WASHINGTON 25, D. C., May 15, 1944.

LETTERS FROM STATE GOVERNORS

CONDENSATION OF INFORMATION SUBMITTED

Informational letters from the Governors of 45 States have been analyzed herein and a condensation of the contents of each is set forth below. They have been arranged alphabetically for convenient reference.

A permanent Committee on Veterans' Assistance has been established which is now engaged in coordinating, at State level, all activities of interested agencies. It is expected that this coordination will be expanded to local levels shortly. Arizona.

In addition to a very comprehensive program of road building, plans are also being considered for development of the Colorado River irrigation project, establishment of post-war flying instruction schools, and utilization of the beneficial climate of the State for incapacitated veterans. This last plan will necessitate additional hospital facilities and should result in increasing need for reclaimed lands available through irrigation.

A strong plea is made that Congress take action to indicate the amount of Federal appropriation for State public-works programs since the lack of such knowledge hampers the progress of the State and local planning commissions. Arkansas.

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The State planning board is organizing and directing the preparation of a 6-year plan for public-works program covering State, counties, and cities. volunteer organization of industrial and business leaders, the Arkansas Economic Council, is progressing rapidly along the lines of the Committee for Economic Development in developing the plans of private enterprise.

California.

Has established the Reconstruction and Reemployment Committee as the State coordinating agency on post-war problems. There is also a citizens' advisory committee for demobilized service men and women. Reports of surveys are in preparation and results will be submitted as soon as available.

Colorado.

Plans are indefinite and immature, although an attempt is being made to centralize the post-war planning program in the Colorado Council of Defense. Consideration is being given to decentralizing activity to local committees. Connecticut.

The Connecticut Commission for Reemployment, with representatives of industry, labor, mercantile business, veterans' organizations, service clubs, and governmental and educational agencies, has worked out extensive plans for community organizations. A basic plan has been prepared, to be activated by the local organizations, covering guidance and placement services for both veterans and war workers, with special emphasis on returned servicemen. They have also worked out an information directory for service men and women.

Their reemployment plan is primarily based upon stimulation of private industry.

Florida.

The Florida State Planning Board has been designated the responsible agency for the development of plans. This organization will cooperate in providing Retraining and Reemployment Administration information regarding covering the State of Florida.

Georgia.

No definite action has been taken but is eager to cooperate with Retraining and Reemployment Administration.