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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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At a conference likely at Tuskegee Institute, Dr. Haber highlighted training 13 million for war jobs and shifting 3 million workers to essential industries for 1943's $80 billion war production goal. Closing session featured Tuskegee choir; summary committee led by Dr. Ira DeA Reid.
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The closing session of the conference was held in the Institute Chapel where the Tuskegee choir, conducted by William L. Dawson, sang numbers. A summary of the conference's findings is being edited by a committee, headed by Dr. Ira DeA Reid of Atlanta University. Other members of the committee are Mrs. Bessie Walcott of Tuskegee Institute Public Relations Department, Cy W. Record, FEIC, Atlanta; L. Herbert Henegan of the Information Division, FSA; and Sherman Briscoe, USDA, Washington.
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Dr. Haber emphasized training and full utilization of manpower, stating more than 13,000,000 men and women will be trained for war jobs next year and 3,000,000 workers may be shifted from less essential to essential industries to achieve 80 billion dollar war production in 1943. The closing session was held in the Institute Chapel where the Tuskegee choir, conducted by William L. Dawson, sang. A summary of the conference's findings is being edited by a committee headed by Dr. Ira DeA Reid of Atlanta University, with members Mrs. Bessie Walcott of Tuskegee Institute Public Relations Department, Cy W. Record, FEIC, Atlanta; L. Herbert Henegan of the Information Division, FSA; and Sherman Briscoe, USDA, Washington.