United States Army in World War II: The War Department
The Army and Industrial Manpower
by Byron Fairchild and Jonathan Grossman
Center of Military History
Department of the Army
Washington, D.C.
1958
. . . to Those Who Served
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: War Department Labor Planning: 1920–40
The First Decade of Planning—Criticisms and Revisions: 1931–37—The Last of the Industrial Mobilization Plans—Organizing for Industrial Mobilization
Chapter 2: Organizational Problems: 1940–45
Revamping the Labor Section—The Labor Section Under the Army Services Forces
Chapter 3: Wartime Limitations on the Size and Utilization of the Civilian Labor Force
Labor Laws and Defense Contracts—The Strength of the Army and the Size of the Labor Force
Chapter 4: Labor Disputes and the War Department
Strikes and the Defense Effort—Slowdowns and Similar Restraints on Production—Strikes in Wartime: 1942–45—The War Department and Antistrike Measures
Chapter 5: Subversive Activity, Security, and Labor Supply
The Army and Subversive Activity—The Alien Problem
Chapter 6: Bringing Work to the Worker
The Location of Facilities—The Labor Supply Factor in Contract Placement—Labor Supply and Cutbacks
Chapter 7: The Army Makes a Frontal Attack
The Boeing Special Project Team—The West Coast Labor Problem—The War Manpower Commission Program—Extension of the Special Project Team Program
Chapter 8: Building Up The Labor Force
The Employment of Negroes—Bringing Women Out of the Home—Industrial Deferments as a Recruiting Measure
Chapter 9: Temporary Reinforcement for Industry
The Employment of Foreign Workers—Workers in Uniform—Putting Prisoners of War to Work
Chapter 10: The Enforcement of Manpower Policies
Selective Service as a Sanction—Plant Seizure as an Enforcement Measure—Labor Problems in Plant Seizures
Chapter 11: The War Department and National Service
Chapter 12: Looking Back—A Chronological Summary
Tables
1. Percentage of Job Terminations in Pacific Coast Aircraft Plants by Cause for Men and Women: January–June 1943
2. Monthly Labor Turnover Rate Per 100 Employees in Aircraft, Munitions, and Nonmunitions Industries: 1943–44
3. Schedules of Production and Actual Production of B-17’s (Flying Fortresses) at Boeing Aircraft Company, Seattle and Renton
Charts
1. Number of Strikes in All Industry and Man-Days Lost Annually: 1927–44
2. Munitions Production and Industrial Deferments