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City Manpower Plight Highlighted by Cedar Rapids Bureau
The Young Men’s Bureau of Cedar Rapids began a house to house canvass to locate every employable nonworking person as the city fights a rising labor shortage. Bill Barnes urged local recruitment, noting housing limits and migration back to farms as key factors. Team captains led canvass efforts across east and west sides to supply names to the U S Employment Service.
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Young Men’s Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
Barnes
War Cy Manpower Committee
Bureau
United States Employment Service
Don Woodward
Herb Beckman
Art Hauskins
Howard Barr
Paul Palmer
Wally Gates
Dick Proctor
Clayton Mossman
Raich Wilson
Vince Bierne
Jack Dorton
Ray Happel
Frenk Loufek
Bob Prastka