tical charts, 1943-44, and monthly operating reports prepared by WMC local, area, and State offices, 1943-45. Records of the Analysis Division include records of the Area Section, relating to war housing, 1942-44; industry labor market reports of the Industry Section, 194244; files of the Chief of the Special Studies Section, 1942-44, and issuances concerning employment trends and cutbacks in war industries, 1942-45; Foreign Labor Market Section source materials on foreign labor, 1939-44, and manpower reports, 1940-44; and Historical Analysis Section records collected from WMC units and other agencies, 1940-46, draft chapters of the unpublished WMC history of labor mobilization for war production, recruiting campaign records, excerpts from WMC field reports, 1944-46, and newspaper clippings and excerpts relating to manpower, 1939-42. RECORDS OF THE INFORMATION SERVICE. 1942-45. 90 lin. ft. Included are records of the Office of the Director, consisting of minutes, communications with regional directors, correspondence, reference files of publications relating to labor market developments, and office files of assistants to the Director; records of the News Division, consisting of WMC press releases and other issuances, with guides, and office files of a staff information specialist; records of the Program Division, consisting of office files of officials who served as managers of publicity campaigns for manpower programs or as information specialists, and collections of human interest stories and radio broadcast scripts; records of the Field Division, consisting of office files of officials and staff members, working papers relating to and copies of publicity materials distributed to field offices, reference files of publications, and instructions to and reports from regional offices; and records of the Special Serv ices Office, consisting of information materials submitted for clearance. RECORDS OF THE LEGAL The records include a general file, 1942-45, of reports, drafts of proposed legislation, memorandums, correspondence, and publications concerning functions and operations of the Service; office files of general counsels, 1942-44; regional attorneys' monthly activity reports, 1942-45; records relating to procedural matters and special problems of several WMC agencies, 1942-45; and reference files on legislation and WMC policies, programs, procedures, and operations, 1942-45. RECORDS OF THE ASSISTANT The Office of the Assistant Executive Director for Business Management was established early in 1943 to recentralize WMC administrative functions, originally placed with an administrative service in the Office of the Executive Director, but dispersed in December 1942 with the appointment of a special assistant executive director for personnel management and the creation of a budget. and administrative planning service. The records include files of the Office of the Director, consisting of minutes and agenda of meetings, reports, correspondence, budget estimates, job descriptions, and administrative and procedural issuances, 1944-45. Files of the Budget and Finance Service, 1941-45, consisting of correspondence, budget estimates and justifications, organization charts, and lists of position titles. Records of the Personnel Service, 1942-45, consisting of reports and correspondence of the Director. Records of the Administrative Service, consisting of WMC central files, 1942-45, arranged by year and thereunder according to a subject-numeric filing scheme, with indexes; outgoing correspondence of the WMC Chairman and WMC offices; and administrative manuals, publications, and issuances. RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF This Bureau, established in December 1942, included the Industrial and Agricultural Employment Division, which had absorbed most of the headquarters functions of the USES; the Minority Groups Service; the National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Personnel; and the Procurement and Assignment Service. Later, other divisions were created within the Bureau or transferred to it. In 1945 the Bureau of Placement was largely disbanded. The National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Personnel and units of the Industrial Allocation Division dealing with labor transfer and foreign workers were transferred to the Office of Operations, and the Procurement and Assignment Service and the Veterans' Employment Service became independent offices directly responsible to the WMC Executive Director. Remaining Bureau of Placement units became the Division of Employment Office Standards and Methods. When the WMC was terminated, most of the functions of the former Bureau of Placement were absorbed by the USES, which was transferred to the Department of Labor. General records, 1943-46, include reports, correspondence, and press releases concerning Legal Service and Bureau of Placement appraisals of State and regional office employment stabilization plans, 1943-45; records concerning employment of prisoners of war, 1944-46; publications of the National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Personnel, describing specialized work in various professions; workbooks, discussion outlines, and instructors guidebooks issued by the USES and the Bureau of Placement; and letters sent by the Director of the Bureau. Records of the Employment Office Service Division, formerly the Industrial and Agricultural Employment Division, include USES instructional bulletins for administering and operating field offices, 1942-43; and office files of the Chief of the Field Service, Ohio State Employment Service, 1939-42. Records of the Industrial Allocation Division (43 lin. ft.) include a general file of minutes and agenda of meetings, reports, correspondence, and publications relating to the organization and functions of the Division, 1943-45; records of the Office of the Chief, relating to the manpower situation in certain industries and companies, 1943-45; records of the Industry Section, consisting of office files of several staff members who served as industrial employment specialists, 1943-45; files relating to manpower and production in the steel, 1944-45, forge and foundry, 1943-45, mining, 1943-45, and cotton textile, 1943-45, industries; office files of the Foreign Labor Section representative in Mexico, 1943-46; Recruitment and Transportation Section correspondence, reports, and other records concerning the transportation of foreign workers, labor recruitment efforts for railroads and shipyards, and interregional labor recruitment, 1944-45; and copies of USES form "Request for Clearance" submitted to local USES offices by employers, 1941-43. Records of the Rural Industries Division (19 lin. ft.) include office files of the Chief of the USES Farm Placement Service, 1940-43; general records of the USES Farm Placement Service, 193943, consisting of agricultural reports of State USES offices, reports and studies prepared by the Agricultural Extension Service, correspondence, reports on field trips, agenda for meetings, and summaries of conference proceedings; and farm labor market reports, 1941-43. RECORDS OF THE PROCUREMENT AND ASSIGNMENT SERVICE. 1941-46. 76 lin. ft. This Service, established in the Office of Defense Health and Welfare in 1941, was transferred to the WMC on April 18, 1942. The directing board helped develop policies and programs for recruiting physicians, dentists, veterinarians, sanitary engineers, and nurses for the Armed Forces; allocating such personnel for the civilian population; and appraising such personnel for proper placement. When the WMC was terminated the Service was transferred to the Federal Security Agency, where it continued until 1946. The records include minutes and agenda of meetings and conferences, 1941-46; reports, correspondence, budget estimates, press releases, and lists of Medical Corps appointments, 1941-46; field correspondence, 1942-46, and reports, 1944-45; processed forms, form letters, directives, and instructions used by the Service, and statistical data relating to the training, recruitment, and classification of nurses, 1944-45; a card index to members in State and local committees and files of the Executive Officer, 194245; and records of the Field Service Section, 1942-45. RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF MANPOWER UTILIZATION. 1936-45. 21 lin. ft. This Bureau was established in January 1943 to develop programs and policies for maximum use of manpower by industry, agriculture, and the Government. Included are records of the Office of the Director, 1942-45, consisting of minutes of meetings; reports; correspondence; newspaper clippings; press releases; copies of congressional bills and acts; issuances of the Bureau, the WMC, and other Government agencies; and records relating to conferences and meetings. Records of the Industrial Division (formerly Division of Industrial Consultants), 1943-45, consist of manpower utilization survey reports on companies having Government war contracts, and instructions to regional manpower directors. Records of the Division of Occupational Analysis and Manning Tables (formerly a part of USES), 1936-45, include publications and issuances containing interviewing aids, job descriptions, industry manning tables, and job analysis manuals. Records of the Industry Associations Committee (formerly Special Industrial Division), 1943-45, consist of minutes, reports, correspondence, manpower utilization case histories, and press releases relating to the Bureau's contacts with trade associations. RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF Established in November 1942 to consolidate and coordinate WMC training functions with those transferred from the Federal Security Agency under an Executive order of September 17, 1942, the Bureau included the National Youth Administration, the Apprentice Training Service, the Training Within Industry Service, and the defense training units of the Office of Education. The Bureau developed procedures and standards and assisted field offices in training matters. Records of the Office of the Director include records of the Office of the Director of Defense Training, Federal Security Agency, relating to defense training courses, 1941-42; letters sent relating mainly to surveys of occupational and training needs and training projects in operation, 1942-43; and issuances and publications, 1943-45, prepared by the Bureau of Training and its constituent and affiliated agencies. Records of the Professional and Technical Training Division include a fragmentary file of correspondence, memorandums, and reports on problems of youth and defense training, and war emergency training facilities and services, 1939-43; the Handbook of Operations issued by the Bureau of Training on April 30, 1943, containing organization charts, copies of Executive orders, statements of functions and relationships, position descriptions, and copies of instructional and procedural memorandums; and miscellaneous issuances, 1940-43, relating mainly to training for war production and to occupation classification. The Training Within Industry Service was established in August 1940 under the Advisory Commission to the Council of National Defense. It was later transferred to the Labor Division of the Office of of Production Management (OPM) and to the War Production Board. In April 1942 it was transferred to the Federal Security Agency and in the following September to the WMC. The records (119 lin. ft.) comprise a subjectclassified general file relating to the policies, organizations, and procedures of the Service, 1940-45; outgoing correspondence, 1942-43; files relating to field office organization and operations, 194045; records of the principal training specialist, 1941-45; and files of the Office of the Director, 1940-45. Files of the Office of the Associate Director, 194045, consist of records used to prepare the final report of the Service, The Training Within Industry Report; records documenting the training programs developed by the Service, including job instruction, methods, and relations programs; supervisory selection bulletins; the Red Cross home nursing course; records relating to meetings and conferences, 1940-45; information exchanges with foreign governments, organizations, and individuals, relating to training programs, 1941-45; policy and procedural issuances to headquarters and field offices, 1941-45; publications, 1941-45; and speeches, articles, radio scripts, and other publicity material, 1940-45. The records of the Service also include assistant directors' general correspondence, program development RECORDS OF REGIONAL Twelve WMC regional offices were applications for civilian-type production; reports, tabulations, and compilations pertaining to the labor market; appeal case records arising from employment stabilization programs; press releases, speeches, newspaper clippings, and radio scripts; training material for regional and State office staffs; State office field supervisors' narrative monthly and annual reports analyzing the operations of local USES offices; records relating to agricultural labor and rural industry; manpower utilization surveys and case histories; and records relating to manning tables and to WMC training programs. RECORDS OF THE WAR PRODUCTION BOARD The War Production Board (WPB) was established in the Office for Emergency Management by an Executive order of January 16, 1942, which transferred to it the functions of the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board and the Office of Production Management (both established in 1941). Certain units of the Advisory Commission to the Council of National Defense had been transferred to the Office of Production Management in 1941. The function of the WPB was to exercise general direction over the war procurement and production programs of all Federal departments and agencies. The WPB was terminated November 3, 1945, and its remaining functions and powers were transferred to the Civilian Production Administration (CPA), which, in turn, was consolidated with other agencies in 1946 to form the Office of Temporary Controls. An Executive order of April 23, 1947, provided for the termination of the Office and transferred the functions of the former CPA to the Department of Commerce for liquidation. There are 1,750 cubic feet of records. dated between 1940 and 1947 in this record group. RECORDS OF THE WAR PRODUCTION BOARD. 1940-47. 1,640 lin. ft. These consist of minutes of the Advisory Commission to the Council of the National Defense, 1940-41, the Emergency Facilities Committee of the Advisory Commission to the Council of National Defense, 1940-41, the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board, 194142, the Council of the Office of Production Management, 1941-42, the War Production Board, 1942-45, the WPB Planning Committee, 1942-43, Production Executive Committee, 194344, the Requirements Committee, 194245, the Committee on Conservation in Construction, 1943-44, and the CPA Priorities Policy Committee, 1946-47. Also a "policy documentation file," comprising selected records from the files of organizational units of the WPB and its predecessor and successor agencies, brought together to document the growth and development of policies, functions, and administration of agencies responsible for controlling scarce and critical materials and commodities and for mobilizing national industrial resources for war. A subject index accompanies the file. There are also a "select document file" of records selected from units of the CPA and its predecessor agencies for inclusion in the "policy documentation file," but not interfiled when the CPA was discontinued; a "related materials file" or "mobilization planning file" relating to the mobilization of industry during the war, with subject indexes; and files of the Office of Industry Advisory Committees, 1942-47. Also included ar |