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Washington, Sept. 7.-Workers in the nonferrous metal and lumber industries in 12 West Coast states today were forbidden to switch to other jobs without first obtaining specific permission from the U. S. Employment Service.

Acting to check man power losses which he said already had reduced production of copper, other nonferrous metals and lumber, Chairman Paul V. McNutt of the War Man Power Commission designated the 12-state area as a "critical labor area."

Describing it as an employment stabilization plan, Mr. McNutt's order said it was designed to halt wasteful pirating and migration of workers engaged in the production of essential nonferrous metals and lumber.

The order directed all departments and agencies of the Federal Government to "take all steps which may be necessary or appropriate" to insure observance of the regulations.

The "critical labor area," the first to be established in the country, is composed of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, New Mexico, and Texas.

CORPORAL O'NEILL VISITS S. F.

Gilmore O'Neill,'formerly of O'Neill Lumber Co., San Francisco, recently visited San Francisco. He is a corporal in the Army Air Corps at Cochran Field, Macon, Ga., and has passed the examination for Officers Training School.