THE SELECTED READINGS WERE COMPILED TO PROVIDE SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS WITH A BROAD BACKGROUND OF DEVELOPMENTS LEADING TO THE EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1946 AND ARE CONCERNED WITH THE FORMULATION OF U.S. EMPLOYMENT POLICIES FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II. PARTS I AND II (VT 004 819) PROVIDE THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND FROM THE LATE 1920'S THROUGH THE GREAT DEPRESSION. REPRESENTATIVE SELECTIONS OF PART III, WHICH DEALS WITH THE POSTWAR ECONOMY, ARE--(1) "FULL EMPLOYMENT AFTER THE WAR" BY G. SOULE, (2) "POSTWAR BOOM OR COLLAPSE" BY S. SLICHTER, (3) "AFTER THE WAR--FULL EMPLOYMENT" BY A.H. HANSEN, AND (4) "HOW TO ACHIEVE FULL AND STABLE EMPLOYMENT" BY M.A. COPELAND. REPRESENTATIVE SELECTIONS OF PART IV, WHICH COVERS THE PASSAGE OF THE ACT, ARE--(1) "FULL EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1945" INTRODUCED BY MURRAY, (2)"FIVE VIEWS ON THE MURRAY FULL EMPLOYMENT BILL" BY HANSEN, HARRIS, HABERLER, SLICHTER, AND MCNAIR, (3) "SUMMARY OF FEDERAL AGENCY REPORTS ON FULL EMPLOYMENT BILL" SENATE COMMITTEE, 1945, (4) "ASSURING FULL EMPLOYMENT IN A FREE COMPETITIVE ECONOMY, SENATE REPORT 583, 79TH CONGRESS," BY WAGNER AND RADCLIFF, AND (5) "CONFERENCE AND COMPROMISE" BY S.K. BAILEY. AN EXTENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY ON FULL EMPLOYMENT IS INCLUDED. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE AS Y4L11/2--EM7/7/V.6 FOR $1.25 FROM SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS, U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402. (MM)