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City Manpower Shortage Crises Prompt Canvass Drive
Cedar Rapids launches a house to house survey to find every available nonworking person as war industries face a potential move to No 1 labor shortage. The Young Men's Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce leads, with Barnes urging local recruitment and assignment to U S Employment Service.
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Young Men’s Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
Barnes
Bill Barnes
Iowa
Bureau
United States Employment Service
War Emergency Manpower Committee
East Side
West Side
Don Woodward
Herb Beckman
Art M Hauskins
Howard Barr
Paul Palmer
Wally Gates
Dick Proctor
Clayton Mossman
Ralph Wilson
Vince Bierke
Jack Dorton
Ray Happel
Frank Loufek
Bob Prastka