We have established a school for vocational training, appointing an instructor in each department who takes direct charge of each new employee. Through this system we have placed many women on work which was entirely operated by men heretofore.
One of the delicate situations confronting us at this time is the transferring of help from one department to another. We are appealing to their patriotism and have established a Disston Volunteer Transfer System—Industrial Soldiers Volunteering for Heavier Work, Filling Jobs Where Women Cannot. We are very much interested in this work and are making every endeavor to eliminate the labor turnover which we are all experiencing in these times. We have women operating milling machines, drill presses, emery grinding machines, file hardening, saw setting and filing machines, also power punching presses, all work never attempted by women in our factory before. The result has been more than satisfactory.
August 7, 1918.
(Signed) Wm. D. Disston,
Vice-President.
THE GRATON & KNIGHT MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Worcester, Mass.
We do not maintain a regular separate school for training the employees on our business because of the fact that we have such a large variety of trades that it would not be practical for us. We do, however, maintain a training system for the employees in our various departments and have men assigned for such work in the departments.
When we have a large number of employees to train in some one line of work we establish a separate organization for them with a view to training them to carry on very efficiently and become skilled employees as soon as possible.
August 7, 1918.
(Signed) F. H. Willard,
Assistant General Manager.