Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-04-11
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ers. All plan to increase the num-
Der by from 100 to $50 per plant
within the next few weeks
Bethlehem Fairfield Steel COM
pany Of Baltimore on Oct. l, had
SO employed as messengers and
service boys. Today they have more
than 500 in their employ as skilled
workers. On March l, the COM
pany hired the first Negro welder
and two days later requested five
more. They are hiring unskilled
workers at the plant at q rate of
IL per day.
PULLMAN OPENS UP
The Trojan Powder company of
Sandusky, O., started work with
100 out of their total enrolment
of 1000 In this group are two
clerical workers; IL production
workers with the rest scattered
throughout the plant.
The aircraft division of Pullman
Standard Car company of Illinois
hired Negro workers for the first
time during March and its group
included three sheet-metal work.
ers The company plans to take on
larger number later.
Another new firming hiring
Negroes is Jeffersonville Bolt and
Machine company. The number
employed was not given.
-. New Orleans where Hig-
gings industries are located
saw this firm with 62 on its
have $50 with training courses
payrOlls a year ago. They now
estabiisher for an unlimited
number. Tie company plans
TO hire 5000 workers and off
Gals have stated they will
hire as many Negroes as can
qualify. Higgings builds "liber-
ty boats" and torpedo boats.
Consolidated Shipbuildingg cor
poration which had no Merge
workers, hiding behind the fact
that the boilermakers union re-
fused to permit Negroes to join,
now has 278 with one working as
a shipwright. Others work as chip
pers. painters, shipfitters, cleaners
and scalers.
CURTISS ADDS 81
Bethlehem Steel company ship
building division in California has
hired 81 in the last three weeks,
compared to none year ago.
Curtiss- Wright Beaver Falls.
Pa, plant has 80 compared to
one short while back. They
arc employed as weIders,
shank guiaerA, snag guiders
and maintenance supervisors.
National Malleable Iron and
Steel Castings company, Sharon,
Pa, previously not hiring any, now
has 43, all of whom are engaged
in production work.
Pussy and Jones Shipbuilding
corporation, Wilmington, has 100
working in the plant and plans to
use them in machine shop and
welding when training courses are
completed
Eastern Malleable Iron works
in the same Delaware city, has 375
On it's rolls, representing so per
cent of its entire personnel. The
company also asked for Negro de-
tense workers as fast as they are
| available
Bendix Radio of Maryland has
interviewed Negroes, male and fe-
male for production workers.
WOMEN IN BOMBER PLANT
| In Omaha, Armour Packing
company has hired Negro women
for the first time. Three garment
manufacturers, which hitherto re-
fused to employ Negroes, now
have them in their plants. They
are S. L. Robinson company, Oak
Brand Mfg. Co., and Omaha Cap
company. Most workers are power
machine operators who learned the
trade in NYA and WPA training
classes.
Also in Omaha, women are
in training for the Martin
Bomber plant at the request
of plant officials. There is
huge assembly plant here
which will use small number
of defense training graduates.
In Wichita, Kan. Boeing Air.
craft company has begun an up
grading of Negro production work.
lers.
| Also in Wichita, Beech Air
craft company has Negro produc-
tion work ers for h G
first time. Standard Steel works
has also hired IS for the first time
in that city.
In the East Bay area of San
Francisco, there are $40 engaged
i'm shipbuilding. Before a few
weeks ago, no Negroes were en-
ployed in this section in these
yards. They work as clippers
boilermakers, painters, welders
and in general work. Moore Dry
Dock company employs 254; Rich
mond Shipbuilding company has
SO and Todd company SO. In this
area, it is interesting to note that
separate local was set up which
at first had only 10 members.
Since the splurge in hiring Negro
workers, this local, No. 26 Boiler
makers, affiliated with AFT. has
reached a membership of 215.
WORK WITH CONSOLIDATED
| Consolidated Ai4,raft company
has 305 in it's San Diego plant,