The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-04

Cooperate 70 End
Worker Pirsey
Men Who Quit Job May
Be Out in the Cod
Fseis Stranger Than
Nsmesske's Fiction
Footing The Bills
For Competitors
BIZ RAY TUCKER

WASHINGTON A seemingly
alright arrangement to prevent
piracy Of their skilled help has
been evolved by the nations Lead
ing aircraft corporations in con-
junction with representatives Of
the army. navy and selective serv-
ice system. The need for some
solution Is reflected in'the amsz-
ing fact that a West Coast COM
pany manufacturing some OF our
finest fighting and transport ships
lost almost a thousand trained
technicisns in October.
The program required no special
legislation or regulation from
Washington. Nevertheless. 1t
amounts TO a semi-compulsory
claiming Of a man 10 the Job for
which he is best fitted. II .
worker gives notice that he wants
TO quit to enlist or to switch TO
some other firm, he must continue
to stick to his old occupation for
sixty days. That provides q cool
ing off period during which his
status can be examined by his i'm
mediate employer and various
governmental agencies.
II II In determined that he In
more valuable making engines.
wings or ailerons, the machinery
TO keep him in his place begins
to operate through an agreement
to which labor, management and
Uncle Sam have subscribed. He
will not be accepted for enlistment
or draft unless he can present an
honorable discharge" from his old
boss. Nor will he be able TO obtain
employment in any other plane
factory in the area. which covers
all the important plants of this
kind in about ten states. In short,
he becomes a man without q
jumper or a uniform.
A romatic story lies behind the
rescue Of Colonel H. c. Adamson,
inspection officer with the Ricken-
hacker expedition which was re-
covered after all but the courage
GUS wives Of the missing men had
given them up as lost.
Norweigan-born Hans, who IL
an old-time Albany and New York
City newspaperman with politics
as his speciality, was named after
Hans Christian Andersen, the au-
thor of famous fairy tales. He
grows furious when routine pub
Lefty agents of the Air Forces at
Washington identify him as mere
H. c." He is extremely proud Of
his fun cognomen, and as a re-
corder of Tammany Hall doings he
had TO write some fantastic yarns
on his own account. But his
friends here now note that his
celebrated compatriot never wove
a more fanciful story Of adventure
than the air officer himself has
just lived through in the Vastly
deeps of the Pacific Ocean.
Adamson's letter TO his wife, in
which. he told how his sufferings
gave him a sense of nearness to
his Creator" also intrigues his
old journalistic buddies. For the
colonel was never of the type
known as "churchy." But his
reaction bears out the reports
which army and navy chaplains
are making every day. Soldiers
and sailors who have not prayed
since babyhood are becoming deep
ly religious because of their tragic
experiences and their daily COM
munings with death.
The Aeronautical Chamber Of
Commerce of America faces q
breakup because OF bitter rivalries
between old-line aviation firms and
such newcomers to the field as
Ford and Higgins. Oddly, the in
ternal clash may result in more
speedy and efficient output Of the
planes 50 sorely needed at Guadal-
canal, Buna. Tunis and Stalingrad.
The organization was founded by
the senior concerns as a clearing
house Of information and a poll
teal spearhead at the Capital with
Colonel John H Jouett as Wash
ington representative. The long
established companies contributed
fairly large sums TO support 1t
during the days when profit pick
ings were not only lean but nil.
As business expanded after June
1910, the so-called interlopers, in
GLIDING makers Of parts and ac-
cessories, joined up. but they con-
tributed far smaller amounts than
did Douglas. Martin, Boeing. North
American, etc.
The veteran outfits complained
that they were footing the bill
while their present and future
competitors were reaping most Of
the benefits. The Chamber still
lives but in a state Of suspension.
Ironically. Colonel Jouett has re-
signed 10 head Andrew jackson
Higgins air production branch.
which fact convtnces those who
protested that they were night
when they leveled their original
Indictment
Meanwhile, plane corporations
on the East and West Coasts, In
self protection, have organized
their own industrial units. Basic
idea is TO exchange designs. en-
gineers and employees whenever