Rochester, N. Y.
When you came to Rochester we were very much impressed with the
suggestions you made as to the introduction of women into industry.
We sent two representatives together with others from Rochester to
Dayton, as you advised, to investigate the conditions there and also
in Cincinnati. The excellent arrangements made by the Cincinnati
manufacturers to relieve the shortage of labor by placing women at
work in machine shops and elsewhere were extremely interesting.
After learning what had been done we started using women in our
machine shop in line with your idea and the results have been very
satisfactory. * * * It is not a question of economy with us but
of releasing men for other work in the foundry which women cannot
perform. We believe that an intensive training of two weeks would
enable women to turn out practically as much work as men are now
doing.
August 5, 1918.
(Signed) JAMES E. GLEASON.