How the shortage of skilled mechanics is being overcome by training the unskilled
SEPTEMBER, 1918
SECTION ON INDUSTRIAL TRAINING FOR THE WAR EMERGENCY COMMITTEE ON LABOR COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE.
National Committee
Representing Labor:
Frank Duffy, General Secretary, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Indianapolis, Ind.
Hugh Frayne, General Organizer, American Federation of Labor, 706 Council of National Defense Bldg., Washington, D. C.
Grant Hamilton, American Federation of Labor, Washington, D. C.
Arthur E. Holder, Member Federal Board of Vocational Education, Ouray Building, Washington, D. C.
Miss Florence C. Thorne, American Federation of Labor, Washington, D. C.
Charles H. Winslow, Federal Board of Vocational Education, Washington, D. C.
Representing Employers:
Frederick A. Geier, President, Cincinnati Milling Machine Company, Cincinnati, Ohio.
United States. Council of National Defense. Committee on Labor. Section on Industrial Training for the War Emergency
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SECTION ON INDUSTRIAL TRAINING FOR THE WAR EMERGENCY
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INTENSIVE TRAINING OF UNSKILLED WORKERS AS A MEANS OF OVERCOMING LABOR SHORTAGE
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PROVED BY THE FACTORIES
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DECLARATION OF POLICY
KEEPING CHECK ON TRAINING
POSSIBILITIES OF DEVELOPMENT
ELIMINATING HOUSING PROBLEM
ACTIVITIES OF THE CHAIRMAN
PRATT INSTITUTE’S NATIONAL SERVICE COURSES IN MACHINE WORK
BOARDMAN TRADE SCHOOL
DAYTON INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE
WRIGHT-MARTIN AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS COMPANY
OFFICE SCHOOL
GUN DEPARTMENT ADJUSTER’S SHOP
CARTRIDGE TRAINING SHOP
TOOL DEPARTMENT TRAINING SHOP
MANUFACTURING TOOL SHOPS
TOOLROOM ANALYSIS
THE BLANCHARD MACHINE COMPANY
THE AMERICAN SHELL COMPANY
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC AND MANUFACTURING CO.
NORTON GRINDING COMPANY
DETROIT STEEL PRODUCTS CO.
SCOVILL MANUFACTURING CO.
OHMER FARE REGISTER COMPANY
COURSE FOR LATHE OPERATOR
BURROUGHS ADDING MACHINE COMPANY
UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER CO., INC.
THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY
PACKARD MOTOR CAR COMPANY
NORTH AMERICAN MOTORS CO.
THE H. E. HARRIS ENGINEERING CO.
OAKLEY MACHINE TOOL COMPANY
LINCOLN MOTOR COMPANY
TRAINING FOR THE TOOL ROOM
MUELLER METALS COMPANY
DETROIT LUBRICATOR COMPANY
INDEPENDENT PNEUMATIC TOOL COMPANY
ROYAL TYPEWRITER CO.
Report of Training School for July, 1918
Names of Operations Taught in Training School
General
CINCINNATI MILLING MACHINE CO.
THE STANDARD PARTS CO.
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS
GLEASON WORKS
DIAMOND CHAIN AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY
THE SPARKS-WITHINGTON COMPANY
LOCOMOBILE COMPANY OF AMERICA
THE TIMKEN ROLLER BEARING CO.
CARLTON MACHINE TOOL COMPANY
THE WILLYS-MORROW COMPANY, INC.
THE STENOTYPE COMPANY
INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS
PARTIAL LIST OF VESTIBULE SCHOOLS OR TRAINING ROOMS IN FACTORIES
EXTRACT PROM A REPORT BY MR. BEN H. MORGAN, EXPERT ADVISER TO THE DILUTION SECTION OF THE BRITISH MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS
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