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Baruch, Bernard M., 1870-1965 Report on war and post-war adjustment policies

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01592.01 Author/Creator: Baruch, Bernard M., 1870-1965 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Book signed Date: February 15, 1944 Pagination: 108 p. ; Height: 23.5 cm, Width: 15 cm Order a Copy

Co-authored with John M. Hancock. Report on how best to demobilize soldiers and civilians after World War II, and return them to work. Also discusses how to return the government's workforce to peacetime leadership. Commissioned by James F. Byrnes, Director, Office of War Mobilization. Bound in blue cloth. Signed on free front endpaper by both authors. Printed, U.S. G.P.O.

Baruch, Bernard M., 1870-1965
Hancock, John M., fl. 1944
Byrnes, James F., 1879-1972

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