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Amarillo Committee Forms to Direct Local Manpower
A new five Texas manpower committee led by Fred A. Wells will set employment ceilings and priorities for war industry labor in the Amarillo area. Members include Capt. L. W. Hesselman, Capt. R. M. Smith, A. B. Cotton, G. A. Leithner, and W. O. McLeod, with aims to allocate labor, curtail excess needs, and redistribute production as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Fred A. Wells
Texas
War Manpower Commission
L. W. Hesselman
Eighth Naval District
New Orleans
Navy Department
R. M. Smith
Pantex
War Department
A. B. Cotton
War Production Board
Oklahoma City
G. A. Leithner
Division of
Railway Transport
DDT
William O. McLeod
United States Civil Service Commission
Dallas
Fort Worth
Houston
Beaumont
Panhandle
Wells
Area Labor Management Committee
Labor-Management Committee
Area Labor-Management Committee