The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1919-07-24
Employment for Discharged Soldiers.


the Secretary of War, has made pub
lie the first list of great manufactur-
ing concerns throughout the country
willing to take discharged soldiers
who heretofore have been unskilled
men, and train them in special trades,
paying them good wages while at
work learning something better.
The Merchant Shipbuilding Cor
poration, at Hartman, Pa, has writ
ten the following letter to Colonel
Woods, as a sample of what is now
offered the returned fighting men, in
which 800 ambitious young-exservice
men are called for, who are willing to
begin work at from As to 5Sc. an
hour.
81 have your letter Of July End, ad-
dressed to the Merchant Shipbuilding
Corporation, regarding our taking SOL
diers and sailors who are in need OF
special training, to fit themselves for
skilled work. In reply l wish to say
that we have men doing this very
thing on an extensive scale since ear
ly in the winter, and have taken on
in addition to our own employees
hundreds of ex-service men, who are
rapidly being trained and promoted
to higher positions. We can use a
large number in addition to these
which we now have, and would be
very glad to have you direct to us
two or three hundred husky, ambl-
tious ex-service men who weigh at
least 140 pounds, and who are will
ing to start work at 46 to SIC per
hour"
1--WE have found" said Colonel
Woods, "that skilled men are COM
paratively easy to place, but that the
difficult problem has been to secure
satisfactory positions for unskilled
men. This large class OF exservice
men, because of their army eXper-
fence and training, are much more
ambitious than 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 in
dustrial training classes and 'Vestl-
bule schools through which it is
possible for men of this type to be-
come skilled worker on the job, while
receiving wages that will support him.
A considerable amount OF work was
done by the United States Training
Service under the Department OF Lab
or during the war to aid in the es-
tablishment of such training classes
in plants, but on July 1st this service!
was discontinued. A great many
plants, however, realizing the I'M
portance 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 will
give vocational training along employ
ment, 81 that eventually the men can
work into better pay. In each case a
better job is waiting for the men IN
the same plant as soon as they COM
plete their training.
The demand for skilled labor is now
so great that such firms are glad to
give the training in order to get bet
ter men. Here follows the list Of those
have volunteered to train soldiers for
better positions while paying them,
and men interested should apply per-
sonnally to the firm nearest their
home.
The General Electric Company,
Main Office, Schenectady, n. Y; The
Underwood Typewriter Company,
Hartford, Conn; The Barber-Colman
Company, Rockford, ILL.,; The Niagara
Lithograph Company, Buffalo, N. Y;
The B. F. Goodrich Company, Akron,
Ohio; The Davis-Bournonville Com
pany, Jersey City, N. j.; The Miller
Lock Company, Philadelphia, Pa;
The Acme Machine Tool Company,
Cincinnati, Ohio; The Burrough Add
ing Machine Company, Detroit, Mich;
The REQ Motor Car Company, Lansing
Michigan; The American Mosaic &
Tile Company, Louisville, Kentucky;
The Victor Monaghan Mills, Green
vile, S. c.; The Timken-Detroit Axle
Company, Detroit, Mich; Chain Belt
Company, Molders, Milwaukee, WIS;
The Lunkenheimer Company, Cincin-
matt. Ohio; The Timken Roller Bear
ing Company, Canton, Ohio; Delco-
Light Products; The Domestic Engin-
eering Company, Dayton, Ohio; Spen-
Ger Lens Company, Buffalo, N. Y;
Buffalo Weaving and Betting Com
pany, Buffalo, N. Y; Montgomery
Ward & Company. Chicago ILL.,; The
Dayton Engineering Laboratories
Company, Dayton, Ohio; ]. & T. Cou-
sins Company, shoemakers 373 De-
KKalb Ave. Brooklyn, n. Y; The En-
pleyment Industry of the Y. M. G. A.
wood working, 8 East Third Street,
New York City; Lanston Linotype Ma
chine Company, Philadelphia, Pa;
Lodge & Shipley Machine Tool Com
pany, Cincinnati, Ohio; Danguard
Player Action School, 609 West 51st
Street New York City; Boston Typo
thetae Board Of Trade, 176 Federal
Street, Room 504, Boston, Mass;
itcomb-Blaisdell Machine Tool
Company, Worchester, Mass; Passaic
Metal Ware Company, Passaic, N. j.;
American Optical Company, South
bridge, Mass; Steul & Thurman Co.,
Wood caryers and cabinet makers,