War Manpower Commission
Americannoun
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During the war, the War Manpower Commission sent prisoners to non-war production factories, canneries and farms throughout Indiana.
From Washington Times • Mar. 5, 2017
As New York regional director of the War Manpower Commission in World War II, she evolved "the Buffalo Plan," juggling manpower on the basis of priorities, which was copied across the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
No one expected Washington to lose much sleep over this; the War Manpower Commission has been trying for months to force such nonessential workers into war plants.
From Time Magazine Archive
Inside a few weeks they virtually supersede the War Manpower Commission.
From Time Magazine Archive
Melvin Butler leaned on the US Civil Service Commission and the War Manpower Commission as hard as he could so that the laboratory might get top priority on the limited pool of qualified applicants.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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