U.S. At War: Old & Young Manpower

Last week Manpower Boss Paul V. McNutt said that 5,000,000 more women will be needed in war factories next year. Meanwhile old men help; children leave school. The Social Security Board reported that since Pearl Harbor, 24,000 men over 65 who had retired on Social Security had given up their pensions for the time being and gone back to work. Of the 825,000 men over 65 now eligible for Social Security, 70% have deferred their pensions and remained on the job.

The Children's Bureau estimated that twice as many boys & girls between...

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