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Hoyer-Millar.
Leader Russell was in here to-day
about the background of Mr. Paul
s speech about the Civilian Technical
Squadron Leader Russell said that the
Security people in Alabama had had the
Squadron
I asked him
McNutt'
Corps,
Social
bright idea of~ getting rid of their local un-
employed on the C.T.C. and had put this idea up
to Mr. McNuDt as Federal Security Administrator.
Mr. McNutt had welcomed the idea, had promised
the assistance of his organisation in finding
people for the C.T.C. and had made^- speech
reported in the New York Times.
Squadron Leader Russell was anxious that
the Embassy should write a letter of thanks to
Mr. McNutt for his cooperation, and showed me
the attached copy of a letter which had been
written to him by the American Advisor of the
C.T.C.   I see no objection to this idea, and
attach a draft.   But it seems to rae high time that
we coordinated the C.T.C. activities in this
country.    It is obviously very undesirable that
there should be two bodies engaged in recruiting
labour for this purpose, probably offering different
rates of pay and conditions of service and competing
with one another in the same field.    I gather
that Air Marshal Harris has,on Mr. Hopkins1
suggestion,spoken to Mr. Stettinius about the
proposal that the Americans should organise the
C.T.C. for us, and it seems to me that the sooner
they do this and take over the existing C.T.C.
organisation the better. Perhaps we
this over with Mr. Poster and try to
action.
should talk
get some
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ie.nber, 19^1.