President's Committee on Manpower

On April 15, by executive order, President Johnson created a panel to evaluate the nation's current and future manpower requirements, including the impact of federal programs, and to make recommendations regarding them. The committee is a direct result of the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 which requires the Government to appraise the over‐all manpower situation and for the President to report to Congress each year on this subject. One of the first topics the committee is expected to take up is the problem of providing enough scientific manpower to meet the needs of the federal government while still leaving an adequate supply of teachers in the colleges and universities.