We are planning to have this school in operation within the next
month. The writer expects to be responsible for the results. We
expect to take one good man from our own plant as an instructor, and
we are also in communication with an instructor from a college in a
Western State whom we may have in direct charge of this work should
he prove to be the proper person.
At the present time we have in our factory about 75 female employees,
on Lathes, Milling Machines, Grinders, Finishing Gauges, Lapping,
etc., also inspectors, timekeepers and stock chasers.
Since your last visit we have employed a trained nurse who is in
charge of the employment and welfare work of all women employed in
the factory. This we have found has given us much better results and
can truthfully say that with very few exceptions, every girl employed
is certainly making good.
We have one instance where a man employed in the screw machine
department, employed in that capacity for about a year, was having
trouble in not producing on his machine. We had him exchange machines
with a woman who had had a month’s experience and found that she
practically doubled his output the first day.
(Signed) J. D. SHERMAN, _Factory Manager_.
August 5, 1918.