U.S. Department of Labor Manpower Administration Office of Manpower Policy, Evaluation and Research.

This article presents information on a program of research contracts and grants administered by the U.S. Department of Labor, Manpower Administration, Office of Manpower Policy, Evaluation and Research as of April 1968. The Secretary of Labor was directed to establish a comprehensive manpower research program to evaluate the impact of changes in the structure of production and demand on the use of the nation's resources. The studies include "An evaluation of the skill demands of manufacturing and service processes at various levels of technology," by E. R. F. W. Crossman and Stephen Laner, "A study of employer policies in a large metropolitan labor market area," by Lloyd Ulman, Margaret S. Gordon, and Harold L. Wilensky.