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War Manpower Commission

American  

noun

U.S. Government.
  1. the board (1942–45) that regulated the most efficient use of labor during World War II. WMC


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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

The story had sicked the War Manpower Commission into investigating.

From Time Magazine Archive

The board can also recommend to the War Manpower Commission a change in the draft status of noncomplying union members.

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

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