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In WPB
Women in industry, one of the
most vita] problems of the pres- |
ent day. was the topic of dis
cussion at the War Production
conference on February 3rd, it
was announced recently by Leigh
ton H. Steele of the War Man
power Commission, who is direct
ing the panaJ at the Civic Audi
torium in Seattle.
Steele opened ihe study with a
brief explanation and introduc- ]
tion of the subject—“Maximum j
Utilization of Women m Indus- ,
try.”
“Questions from the floor were j
answered and relative issues were
detailed,” Steele said, after he had
issued invitations to those who!
were interested, to participate in I
the event.
“Will women who have replaced
men called to service surrender
their jobs, when those men retuhn
from service? And—Is the utili- i
zation of women in industry a
temporary affair?”
The answers to those two ques
tions were made by George W i
Allison, research director of Puget
Sound Power and Light Company,
as one of the members on Panel
A.
Allison, just arrived from New
York, where he has worked in all
phases of personnel work, has had
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25 years of such experience, scat
tered over the entire United
States. His article will cover
induction of women in industry,
practical induction training, build
ing an induction program and
benefits of an induction program.
Other aspects of women in in
dustry were covered at this time
by Lt. Harold Mosher, training of
ficer oil the Thirteenth Naval Dis
trict, who asked, “What are the
women themselves thinking so far
as their position in heavy indus
try after the war?” He gives his
viewpoints in his review “Train
ing Women in Specific Skills,”
which covers discovering apti
tudes by test, types of skills for
women and training for older
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women. —
Roberta Lee Ripple, women's
personnel advisor, Associated
Shipbuilders, commented on
"Maintaining Production with
Women,” high-lighting effect on
production and production costs,
types of work for women, effect
on personnel turnover and part
time employment.
Miss Ripple states this startling
fact, “If a woman worker sur
vives her first two weeks in the
yard and is able to adjust herself
to its tempo and do the assigned
work, her record of turnover and
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men.”
Mrs, Muriel E. Job, women's co
ordinator of the U. S. Navy Yard,
has compiled her research mate
rial in the form of a letter from
one of the women working at the
yard, and it touches on "The Ab
sentee Problem Due to Women in
Industry,” ear-marking the causes
for absenteeism, absenteeism o .
the swing and graveyard shifts
and methors in reducing absent
eeism.
"Safety in Industry as Applied
to Women" was the matter hand
led by Vincent Anderson, super
visor of safety at Boeing Aircraft.
It details safety .raining, change
in facilities and safety regulation
regarding wearing apparel.
People of Seattle were urged t >
participate in the conference
which opened with a dinner at 6
p. m., reservations being made
with R. L. Dyer. Seattle. Panel
discussions followed at 8 p. m..
with Colonel James L. Walsh of
Washington, D. C., giving the ad
dress, “Logistics—Key to Quick
Victory.” Reservations were lir.V
ited for the occasion.
Faster production of weapons to
be used against the Axis through
the elimination of accidents was
one of the major themes February
3'd, when key production men con
vened for the Northwest War
Production conference held at the
Seattle Civic Auditorium.
Col. James L. Walsh of Wash
ington, D. C., army ordnance of
ficer of World War I„ and an ex
pert inth e solution of production
bottlenecks in this war, was the
principal speaker.
Keynoter at a 6:00 p. m. ban
quet was Leon F. Moore, chair
man of Seattle Safety .Council’s
industrial committee, who stressed
the national waste caused by ac
cidents and enumerated weapons
used against this common enemy
—carelessness.
L. B. Cooper of the University
i of Washington, department oi
j mechanical engineering, was the
I chairman.
Panel discussions, beginning at
• 8 p. m., followed the banquet.
Subjects were Maximum Utiliza
tion' of Women in Industry, Weld
ing Methods and Application, Ma
chine Tool Operation, Production
Control and Application to Elec
tricity for Maximum Manpower
Utilization.
Technical di cussions of pro
duction problems will include
specific suggestions for the reduc
tion of war plant accidents. Cooper
said.
Sponsor, of the conference are
were the American Institute Elec
trical Engineers, American So
ciety of Mechanical Engineers.
American Society of Tool Engi
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences,
neers, American Welding Society,
Illuminating Engineering Society.
Society of Automotive Engineers
md War Production Board.
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Draft
Classes ;
Explained
John L. McCormack, Territorial
Director of Selective Service,
states because of a great many in
quiries from registrants regard
ing the meaning of different
classifications, the following list
of present classifications is pub
lished with a brief explanation of
each class:
Class 1-A—Available and sub
ject to military service. I
Class 1-A-O—Available for
noncombatant military service;
conscientious objector.
Class 1-C—Member of land or
naval forces of the U. S. (either by
enlistment or induction.)
Class 2-A—Man necessary in
support of war effort.
Class 2-B—Man necessary in
war production.
Class 2-C—Man deferred by
reason of agricultural occupation
or endeavors.
j Class 3-A—Formerly deferred
by reason of maintaining bonafide
family relationship. (This class
ification has been eliminated and
| all registrants previously in this
class will be reclassified and
1 placed in one of the other groups.)
Class 3-C—Man deferred both
' for dependency and agricultural
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occupation imd endeavor.
Class 3-D—Man deferred by rea
son ol extreme hardship and pri
vation to wife, child or parent.
Class 4-A—Man deferred by
reason of age. This class shall
consist of all registrants who have
attained the age of 45 since regis
tering.
Class 4-D—Officials deferred by
law.
Class 4-C—Man deferred be
cause of nationality.
Class 4-D—Minister of Religion
or Divinity student. *
Class 4-E—Available for work
of national importance: conscien
tious objector.
Class 4-F—Man having defects
disqualifying him lor military ser
vice.
If a registrant is between the
ages of .33 and 44. inclusive, he
will be identified by the letter
“H” after his classification; such
as 1-A <H>. 2-B 'H1. This indicates
he is in the above named aged
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Since 3-A has been eliminated,
all pre-Pear. Haroor fathers are
n> I'.-, oei.ng reclassified out of this
clas>. Regis?runts in this group
who are classified into Class 1-A
will have the number “4” added
to their classification indicating
they are pre-Pearl Harbor fathers.
Registrants in the former 3-A
class who are re-classified into 2-A
or 2-B will not have the figure
•'4” added as the 2-A and 2-B
groups arc deferred because of
occupation. When pre-Pearl Har
bor father.- are called, registrants
in Class l-A-4 whose occupations
arc not g.-sen?;al to the war effort
will be called after all other avail
able 1-A men are taken and be
fore the registrants in Classes 2-A
and 2-B.
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