HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AFFAIRS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEVENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 2239, H. R. 1742, H. R. 1728
and H. R. 992

BILLS RELATING TO THE FULL UTILIZATION
OF MANPOWER

86329

MARCH 25, 26, 30, 31

APRIL 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 23
MAY 6, AND 7, 1943

Printed for the use of the Committee on Military Affairs

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1943

CONTENTS

Statement of—

Hon. Howard W. Smith, Member of Congress from Virginia

Mr. John D. Battle, executive secretary, National Coal Association__

Edward R. Burke, president, Southern Coal Producers Association..

Heath S. Clark, president, Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co..........

Walter Gordon Merritt, attorney.

C. E. Wilson, president, General Motors Corporation.

Clarence B. Randall, vice president, Inland Steel Co.

Edward E. Butler, executive vice president, Vinco Corporation__

Page

3-6

6-10

11-22

31-52

52-59

61-87

87-90

90-92

R. J. Goldie, vice president, Timken-Detroit Axle Co.

93-98

C. C. Carlton, vice president, Motor Wheel Corporation_

M. B. Linquist, Murray Corporation of America.

J. C. Argetsinger, Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co-

J. A. Voss, director of industrial relations, Republic Steel Corpora-

tion_.

130-146

E. F. Blank, director of personnel relations, Jones & Laughlin Steel

Corporation..

146-161

Joseph M. Larkin, vice president, Bethlehem Steel Co.

Eugene McAuliffe, president, the Union Pacific Coal Co..

National Lumber Manufacturers Association...

161-172

172-174

175-176

J. Handly Wright, executive vice president, Associated Industries of

Alabama

176-178

Dr. J. E. Walters, vice president, Revere Copper & Brass Co.......

Guy W. Vaughan, president, Curtiss-Wright Aircraft Co.....

Hon. H. P. Fulmer, Member of Congress from South Carolina..

Ross R. Johnston, secretary-

179-197

197-201

203-226

227-229

Address by Donaldson Brown, vice chairman of General Motors

Corporation....

229-235

Richard Maize, secretary of mines, Department of Mines of Pennsyl-

vania.

235-240

Hon. James W. Wadsworth, Member of Congress from New York. 240-298

Lee Pressman, general counsel, Congress of Industrial Organiza-

tions..

Walter M. Nelson, general counsel, Foreman's Association.

299-327

327-331

Kenneth Diller, foreman, General Motors Diesel Engine Division. 331-341

William Stafford, foreman, Timken-Detroit Axle Co..

342-356

William Sanders, foreman, Hudson Motor Co.

Walter M. Nelson, attorney

Walter M. Nelson, attorney-

W. Allen Nelson, president of the Detroit Chapter of Ford Motor Co. 373-378

Mr. Milo J. Warner, past national commander, the American Legion. 379-409

Mrs. Doris Corwith, past national president, the American Legion

Auxiliary

409-427

H. Gerrish Smith, president, Shipbuilders' Council of America. 429-448

Richard T. Frenkensteen, United Auto Workers, Congress of Industrial

Organizations. -

356-359

359-368

368-373

448-480

A. C. Horrocks, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co..

480-487

W. Allen Nelson (resumed) -

489-500

Frank Elliott, secretary-treasurer, Chrysler Chapter Foreman's Asso-

ciation

501-505

Robert Turnbull, secretary-treasurer, Packard Chapter Foreman's

Association.

505-515

Hon. Robert P. Patterson, Under Secretary of War

517-548

Ernest L. Bell, executive secretary citizens' comm'ttee for National

War Service Act...

548-573