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Womanpower May Be Drafted

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WASHINGTON--President Roosevelt said today the Administration has reached no decision on means of solving the critical manpower problem and warned against premature conclusions that plans for national service or "labor draft" legislation have been abandoned.

Discussing the general manpower out-look at his press conference, he also disclosed he may call for nationwide registration of women, largest untapped source of labor, to uncover potential workers for ever-expanding war industries. He emphasized that there are no plans to draft women.

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