(Signed) Wm. Earl Leever,
Assistant to General Manager.
UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER CO., INC.
Hartford, Conn.
The Underwood Typewriter Co., Hartford, Conn., has undertaken the employment of women on a part-time basis, such as will permit them to attend to their household cares to a reasonable extent. Further, they are offering employment to women having small children between two and one-half and nine years of age, having given over a space in their plant for the care of such children throughout the work day, practicing the kindergarten plan. They have found many who are willing to engage with them under this plan, and are pleased to report the whole general scheme is working out well. Many of the women of either class have become expert in skilled work with but a limited time for training. Under their method, however, the instructing is done in each of the manufacturing departments where the plan has been introduced, as they have operated under good regulations as to quality and quantity for many years back, rendering it very practicable in their case to not instruct and train in separate spaces, although they appreciate the need for acting otherwise with new work, such as has been brought about by the war, and wherein the tasks at hand are not subject to accurate measurement to start with.
(Signed) C. D. Rice,
Manager of Factory.
Photos are herewith shown which illustrate the mothers on part-time work in the factory while the children attend the kindergarten in the plant under expert instruction.
The experience of the Underwood Company indicates conclusively that advanced age is no barrier to productive value.
Part-time workers assembling typewriters. Their children are cared for meantime in the company’s kindergarten—Underwood Typewriter Co.
