The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-12
Industrial Training
Conference Arranged
War Council Directing Plans for New Haven Gather
ing December 3; Program of Addresses Released

A statewide industrial training
conference to be held In New Ha-
ven, December 3, was announced to-
day by Governor Raymond E. Bald
win.
The manufacturing committee OF
the Connecticut War Council has ar
ranged the conference with the as
sistance of the state and federal
training agencies. Governor Bald
win, as chairman OF the council, and
Alfred G. Fuller, chairman OF Its
manufacturing committee, are issu-
ing more than 1000 invitations to
executives Of Connecticut war plants,
labor leaders and other interested
groups.
DR.. Frank II. Sparks, director Of
the Bureau OF Manpower UtiliZa-
ton, War Manpower Commission,
Washington, will be q speaker, rep
resenting Paul v. McNutt, chairman
of the War Manpower Commission.
The meeting will be In Woolsey
Hall, Yale University. The impor-
lance Of industrial training In MAIN
tanning war production will be the
theme OF the all-day conference.
while there are many aspects Of
the manpower problem" Governor
Baldwin said, there Is one tried
and proved solution to part Of the
difficulty. Industrial training has
demonstrated Its value"
The training agencies, whose work
Is now coordinated through the War
Manpower Commission will have q
definite program to offer the indus
trialists at the New Haven con-
ference, the governor said. Spe-
cial emphasis will be placed on the
value OF q training coordinator re-
sponsible for training work In each
industrial plant.
The list OF speakers includes the
governor, william ]. Fitzgerald, state
director for the War Manpower
Commission; w. Stewart Clark,
works manager OF the General Elec-
trio Company, Bridgeport; F. r.
Hoadley, president Of the Atwood
Machine Company, Stonington, and
Professor Lauren e. Seeley Of Yale,
regional advisor for engineering,
science and management war train
Ing.
Thomas G. Newton, training super
visor Of the Armstrong Cork COM
pany, Lancaster, Pa, will describe
the training program at this war
plant where the results achieved
through training have had national
attention.
The training agencies concerned
are Training Within Industry, con-
Quoted by the War Manpower Com
mission with Albert E. Whitehill as
district representative; Engineering,
Science and Management War
Training, conducted by Yale Univer-
sity and the University Of Connect
cut, with Professor Seeley as re-
gional advisor; Vocational Training
for War Production Workers, con-
Quoted by the Connecticut State
Department Of Education, with A. s.
Boynton as director; and the APP
prentice Service, conducted by the
War Manpower Commission, with
2erley Hovey as field representative.
]. Frank DAILY Of the War Man.
power Commission staff is state chief
OF training. Mr.. DAILY and the heads
Of the various agencies constitute
the advisory War Council commit
tee on training.
The program follows:
Morning session: 10 a. m.
Presiding, Alfred G. Fuller, chair
man OF the manufacturing COM
mittee. Connecticut War Council.
Address OF welcome, Mayor John
w. Murphy Of New Haven.
CONNECTICUT Takes Action on
Industrial Manpower," Governor
Baldwin.
eliminating Critical Labor Areas
Through Training" william J. Fitz-
gerald, state director, War Man
power Commission.
THE Complete Training Program
and What It Means to Industrial
Manpower," Thomas q. Newton,
training supervisor, Armstrong Cork
Company.
"A Manufacturer View Of an In
dustrial Training Program" w.
Stewart Clark, works manager, Gen.
eral Electric Company, Bridgeport.
Afternoon session: 2 p. m.
Presiding, Harold r. Woodcock,
state war administrator.