War Manpower Commission
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
Government agencies such as Selective Service, Veterans' Administration and the War Manpower Commission will be notified that he is on his way.
From Time Magazine Archive
The visit was an eloquent demonstration of a fact which the War Manpower Commission is just now learning the hard way: men & women do not respond according to the slide rule.
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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