The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-09-02
WPB Official
Presents Awards
Six FairchiId Employees
Receive War Bonds.

costs, six employees of Fairchild
Aircraft Division of Fairchild En-
gine and Airplane Corporation were
presented with war bond awards by
Charles f. Wilson, Vice-Chairman Of
the War Production Board, at cere-
monies at one of the local plants last
Thursday, August 26. The occasion
was the first Fairchild Grand
Award" ceremony in which the
three most valuable production sug-
gestions of the past year received
honored recognition. Brigadier Gen
eral Frederick M. Hopkins, Jr.,
Army Air Forces, also was present
along with Theodore Quinn, Execus
tive Director of the War Production
Drive; ]. Carlton Ward, Jr., and
Sherman M. Fairchild, President
and Chairman respectively of Fair
child Engine and Airplane Corpora
ton, and Edward r. Place, editor of
Labor Management News" Other
Fairchild officials participating in
the presentation were Richard S.
Boutelle, General Manager, and
Paul j. Frizzell, Assistant General
Manager
Winner of the top award was
World War I veteran Mcclellan AL
temeier, a former floor sweeper at
Fairchild, who devised several ma
chimes for sorting and retaining
scrap aluminium, rivets, plastics,
rubber and other critical materials.
Altemeier was a featured speaker on
the Army Air Forces radio program
which was broadcast coast to coast
on Monday evening, August %.
Second honors went to four men
who collaborated in suggesting inn
portant changes in large airplane
part which, after is adoption, re-
suited in a tremendous saving of
time. Sharing the honors of second
pace were Martin Kelley, Karl Ku-
bert, Charles Mullenix and Roy
Shindle.
Gail Mongan, third place winner,
submitted a suggestion which cut
the milling time on small part to
Ione-twentieth of the former time.
Wilson, General Hopkins an d
Quinn gave brief talks in seven of
the rs Fairchild plants in the city.
Wilson stressed the Importance of
labor-management cooper on,
pointing out the tremendous value
which combined efforts have shown
on the production front. Keep
pitching" he said Everything you
produce here, to an important de-
gree, has a direct effect on how
quickly we will win this war" Will
son commented on the efficient and
economical way in which many idle
buildings in the city were being OPP
Grated by Fairchild for war pro-
duction, stating, ut is a fine example
of American ingenuity"
General Hopkins, representing the
Army Air Forces, mentioned the
importance of continuing the pro-
duction of Fairchild trainers on
schedule to help put more big bomb
ers over central Germany to con-
tinue the effects which have already
been felt to small degree in Sicily,
Italy, Hamburg and then Berlin.
In brief talk in one of the largest
plants, Quinn said, Il have seen here
in your plants one of the finest Ia
Dor management organizations in
the entire country, and if l were to
go back into industry today, 1 could
think of no better place to work
than right here"
The Victory Suggestion System"
as it is called at Fairchild, operates
through acknowledgement COM
mittees in the larger plants. Since
its inception just over a year ago,
the system has produced 2116 sug-
gestions from employees. Of these,
/ 1913 have been of sufficient value to
warrant awards in war stamps,
Fairchild Production emblems and
official certificates. Women en-
ployees have won IA of the awards.
Rural mail boxes, made of wood and
colorfully decorated, are use d
throughout the Fairchild plants into
which workers may deposit their
ideas. Award ceremonies are held
monthly, and every six months
hereafter semi-annual gran d
award ceremony is to be held to pay
tribute to employees who have SUBJ
mitted the three most important
suggestions Last weeks ceremony
was the first of these and also
marked the second anniversary of
the dedication of the biggest Fair
child plant in Hagerstown,| which
first went into production in August,
1941. Thirty-nine Fairchild en-