As workers left the farm for military service or defense jobs, farm wages rose.

Mr. Peretz said he would leave the defense job in any case.

Cuts of $149 billion over five years would reduce defense jobs by 200,000 more - in a private sector that employs nearly 100 million.

Later, additional training for teachers and other civilians in national defense jobs were added.

Many players had professional experience but were 'back home' working defense jobs or coaching in academia.

I had to make sure I siphoned off some of these defense jobs for my family.

To state legislators, diversification does not mean giving up the defense jobs already in place, though.

Allen worked at a defense job for the first half of the war, before joining the Navy in 1943.

"There still are defense jobs we need to do, but we have to be more responsive to helping solve the nation's economic problems."

What vision he brings to the defense job is unclear.