The following firms in Worcester, Mass., are using the vestibule principle in special efforts at training unskilled men in their shops: The Heald Machine Company, Bradley Car Works, Reed Prentice Company, Sleeper & Hartley, Inc., Rice, Barton & Fales.
In a large factory making power machines the men from one department threatened to strike because “the women were being paid higher wages than the men.” Investigation disclosed that all were working at the same piece rates but the women were producing more.
A member of a British Commission which visited the United States last winter said:
“England delayed the winning of the war two years by delaying the introduction of women one year.”
PARTIAL LIST OF VESTIBULE SCHOOLS OR TRAINING ROOMS IN FACTORIES
- Recording and Computing Machines Co., C. U. Carpenter, C. P., Dayton, Ohio.
- Curtiss Aeroplane Corporation, F. L. Glynn, Director of Training, Buffalo, N. Y.
- Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation, J. F. Johnson, Director of Training, New Brunswick, N. J., and Long Island City, N. Y.
- Nordyke & Marmon Co., Indianapolis, Ind.
- Packard Motor Car Company, Detroit, Mich.
- Lincoln Motor Company, Detroit, Mich.
- Norton Grinding Company, John C. Spence, Superintendent, Worcester, Mass.
NOTE.—The above training rooms are remarkably efficient and successful; they should be seen. By special arrangement the men above named are assisting in the development of training rooms in their vicinity. Write them when ready to act. Also O. D. Evans, very expert in training, Army Ordnance Department, Production Division, 1710 Market St., Philadelphia.