Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-22
LARGE MANUFACTURING ENTER.
PRIZES TO SCHOOL VET
ERANS.
DISTINCT STEP TOWARD
SECURING EMPLOYMENT
unskilIed Men to Be Fitted For Special
Lines of Work BY Large Concerns
Good Jobs For Ambitious ex'Ser'
vice Men-list Of Corporations Of
fcrin5 Assistance.
Special to Times Republican.

Washington, July IA dlstlnC|
step forward in the work OF securing
employment for discharged soldiers
and sailors has been taken. Colonel
Arthur Woods, assistant TO the secre-
tary OF war, has made public the first
list of great manufacturing concerns
thuout the country willing to take dis
charged soldiers who heretofore have
keen unskilled men, and train them in
special trades. paying them good wages
while at work learning something bet
ter.
The Merchant Shipbuilding Corpora
ton, at Hartman, Pa, has written the
following letter to Colonel Woods, as
a sample of what is now offered the
returned fighting men, in which SVo
am bitious young ex-service men are
called for, who are willing TO begin
work at from IS cents to IS cents an
hour:
y have your letter Of July =, ad-
dressed to the Merchant Shipbuflding
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 early
in the winter, and have taken on in
addition to our own employees humid
reds Of eX -service men, who are rapid
~ being trained and promoted to high
er positions. We can use large num-
Der in addition to these which we nov
have, and would be very glad to have
ycU direct US to two or three hundred
husky, ambitions ex-service men who
weigh at least $40 pounds, and who are
willing to start work at from IS 10 IS
cents an hour"
Jobs For Skilled Men.
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 ex-service
men, because Of their army experience
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. \ large number OF
Americas leading industrial plants
have already established industrial
training classes and vestibule schools
thru which it is possible for men Of
this type to become skilled workers on
the job, while receiving wages that
will support them A considerable
amount of work was done by the
United States training service under
the department Of labor during the
war to aid in the establishment Of
such training classes in plants, but on
July this service was discontinued.
A great many plants, however, realiz-
ing the importance and value of such
training classes, are continuing the
work, and many are ready to do So"
Colonel Woods has made the first
list Of concerns which have work for
discharged service men, and will give
vocational training along employment,
so 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 complete their
training.
Firms Which Train Soldiers.
The demand for skilled labor Is now
~ <itaL IiIil soAtH LLIlHS are RIdu 10
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
and men interested should apply per-
sonally to the firm nearest their home:
General Electric Company, main Of
flee, Schenectady, \. Y; The Under
wood Typewriter Company, Hartford
Conn; Barber CoIman Company,
Rockford. Illinois; The Niagara
Autograph Company Buffalo, n. Y;
| 3. F. Goodrich Company, Akron, O.;
Davis Bournonville Company, Jersey
| City, \. j.; Miller Lock Company, Phi
ladelphi, Pa; Acme Machine Tool
| Company, Cincinnati O.: Burroughs
Adding Machine Company, Detroit,
Mich: REQ Motor Company, Lansing,
| Mich; American Mosaic & Tile Com
Pany, Louisville. Ky; Victor Mona
| CHAN Mills, Greenville, S. c.: Timken-
| Detroit Axle Company Detroit. Mich;
Chain Belt Company, molders Mil
waukee, Wis; Lunkenheimer Compa-
ny, Cincinnati, o.; Thinker Roller
Bearing Company, Canton, O.; Delco-
Light Products. Domestic Engineering
Company, Dayton, O.: Spencer Lens
| Company, Buffalo, n. T.: Buffalo