The rationale for present manpower programs and its utility for future manpower policy are discussed. The approach focuses attention on such questions as the following: Does the present de facto meaning of manpower policy, which is implicit in what is now being attempted in the so-called "manpower programs," exhaust the potential…

Until recently national manpower policies and programs have focused relatively little attention on the more skilled and better educated segments of the labor force. The concept of "manpower" has emphasized the training and placement of the disadvantaged. But a comprehensive manpower program must focus on the employment problems of individuals at…