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
War Manpower Commission retorted that manufacturers had made no requests for manpower, crossly added that they probably would not get it if they did.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Certainly no one gave any credit to Paul McNutt's much denounced 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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