U.S. At War: Manpower Solution?

The manpower problem, basic to almost all national problems, last week was getting the attention it deserved. Frankly worried, Franklin Roosevelt called in five of his top advisers—James F. Byrnes, Bernard M. Baruch, Samuel I. Rosenman, Admiral William D. Leahy, Harry Hopkins. The five quietly grouped themselves around a White House table, tried to get 'at the facts. Their findings, when completed in a week or two, will not be made public, will go to the President.

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