The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-07-21

Oh O0CU1k ING employment 4VS OlO0H1kDS
ed soldiers and sailors has been taken.
Colonel Arthur Woods. a1ststant 70
the secretary OF war. has made pub
lie the frst list Of great mAnufactur-
ing concerns throughout the country
willing 70 take discharged soldiers who
he. etofore have been unskilled men,
and train them in special trades. pay
ing them good wages while at work
learning something better.
The Merchant Shipbuilding Cor
poration, II Hartman, Pa. has writ
ten the following letter to Colonel
Woods. ~ . sample Of what h now
offered the returned lighting men.
in which 800 ambitious young Ak
service men are called for, who are
willing TO begin work 1t from 40 to
6Sc an hour:
7 have your letter Of July "a. ad-
dressed to the Merchant Shipbuilding
Corporation. regarding our taktng
soldiers and sailors who are in need
OF special training. to at themselves
say that We have been doing this very
thing on an extensive scale since early
II the winter, and have taken on In
addition to our own employees hun
dreds Of ex-service man, who aro
rapidly being trained and promoted to
higher positions.
We can use = large number IN I'D
dition to these which We now have.
and would be very glad to have you
direct to us two or three hundred
husky, ambitious ex-service men who
weigh at least i40 poundA ana who
are willing to start work 1t from $50
to 6sc per hour"
we have found.s sa1d Colonel
Woods. that skilled men are COM
paratively easy to place, but that the
difficult problem has been to secure
satisfactory positions for unskti1cd
men. This large class Of ex-service
men, because OF their army experi-
ence and training. are much more
ambitious then they were before they
entered the war. but lack in many
cases the skill In order to hold places
as expert and skilled workers.
"A large number OF Americas
leading Industrial plants have already
Industrial training classes
and 'vestfbule schools through which
II Is possible for men OF this type
to become skilled worker on the Job.
while receiving wages that will sup
port him. A considerable amount OF
work was done by the United States
Training service under the depart
ment OF labor during the war to aid
in the establishment OF such train
ing classes in plants. but on July LIST
this service was discontinued. A
great many plants, however. realizing
the Importance and value OF such
training classes. are continuing the
work. and many are ready to do So"
Colonel Woods office has made the
first list OF concerns which have work
for. discharged service men. and win
give vocational training along en-
ployment, so that eventually the men
ca1 work into better pay. In each
case q better Job is waiting for the
raen In the same plant as soon Al they
complete their training.
The demand for skilled labor II
now SO great that such firms are glad
to give the training in order to get
better men. Here follows the list
OF those who have volunteered to
train soldiers for better positions
while paying them. ard men interest
ed should apply personally to the arm
nearest their home:
The General Electric Company.
Main once. Schenectady. N. Y.
The Underwood Typewriter Com
any. Hartford. Conn.
The Barber Colman Company.
Rockford. Ill.
Inc niagara ldtDpEIdpn company,
Buffalo. n Y.
The B,F. Goodrich Company Akron.
Ohio.
Tho INTERCHANGEABLE Company.
Jersey City. n. J.
The Miller Lock Company. Phila-
dalphia- Pa.
The Acme Machine Tool Company.
Cincinnati, Ohio
The Burroughs Adding Machine
Company, Detroit, Mich
The REQ Motor CIR Company. Lam
sing, Mich.
The American Mosaic 4 Tile Com
pany. Louisville. KY.
The Victor Monaghan Mills. Green
vile. S. c.
The Timken- Detroit Axle Company.
Detroit, Mich.
Chain Belt Company. Mo,ders. MI
waukee. Wis.
The Lunkenheimer Company. Gin
natl. Ohio.
The Timkcn Roller Bearing Com
pany, Canton. Ohio.
Delco -Light Products, The Domes-
tic Engineering Company, Dayton.
Ohio.
Spencer Lens Company. Buffalo,
N. Y.
Buffalo Weaving and Betting Com
pany. Buffalo, ~. r.
Montgomery Ward & Company,
Chicago, Ill.
The Dayton Engineering Iabora-
tories Company. Dayton. Ohio.