IT IS OFTEN conceded that many of America's problems are ours too, although our two countries are usually out of phase. With the growth of unemployment in Britain, and the growth of new, scientifically based industries, there is evidence that manpower problems now becoming apparent are similar to those which have been steadily developing in the US during the last five years or so. The recent NEDC Report ‘Growth of the United Kingdom Economy to 1966’ has pointed out that a shortage of skilled manpower will continue side by side with large-scale redundancies in some major industries. Re-training schemes will obviously become necessary.