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How the Shortage of Skilled Mechanics Is Being Overcome by Training the Unskilled · United States. Council of National Defense. Committee on Labor. Section on Industrial Training for the War Emergency — chapter 1 of 21 · ~304 words · public domain

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SEPTEMBER, 1918

How the Shortage of Skilled Mechanics Is Being Overcome by Training the Unskilled

SECTION ON INDUSTRIAL TRAINING FOR THE WAR EMERGENCY COMMITTEE ON LABOR COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE.

SECTION ON INDUSTRIAL TRAINING FOR THE WAR EMERGENCY

National Committee

REPRESENTING LABOR:

FRANK DUFFY, General Secretary, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Indianapolis, Ind.

HUGH FRAYNE, General Organizer, American Federation of Labor, 706 Council of National Defense Bldg., Washington, D. C.

JOHN GOLDEN, President, United Textile Workers of America, 86-87 Bible House, New York.

GRANT HAMILTON, American Federation of Labor, Washington, D. C.

ARTHUR E. HOLDER, Member Federal Board of Vocational Education, Ouray Building, Washington, D. C.

MISS FLORENCE C. THORNE, American Federation of Labor, Washington, D. C.

CHARLES H. WINSLOW, Federal Board of Vocational Education, Washington, D. C.

REPRESENTING EMPLOYERS:

FREDERICK A. GEIER, President, Cincinnati Milling Machine Company, Cincinnati, Ohio.

HENRY M. LELAND, President, Lincoln Motor Company, Detroit, Mich.

C. E. MICHAEL, President, Virginia Bridge & Iron Company, Roanoke, Va.

PERCY S. STRAUS, R. H. Macy & Co., 1317 Broadway, New York.

H. E. MILES, Formerly President, Wisconsin State Board of Vocational Education, Chairman, Com. on Industrial Education, National Association of Manufacturers, Racine, Wis.

C. U. CARPENTER, Works Manager, Dayton Recording & Computing Machine Company, Dayton, Ohio.

G. B. DUFFIELD (Chairman, Michigan Branch Committee), Detroit Lubricator Company, Detroit, Mich.

REPRESENTING EDUCATION AND WELFARE:

S. W. ASHE (Chairman, New England Branch Committee), Chairman, Education and Welfare Department, General Electric Co., Pittsfield, Mass.

JOHN C. FRAZEE (Chairman, Pennsylvania Branch Committee), Member of State Committee of Public Safety, 704 Finance Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa.

C. R. DOOLEY, Educational Department, Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., East Pittsburgh, Pa.

R. O. SMALL, Deputy Commissioner of Education, State House, Boston, Mass.

DR. CHARLES MCCARTHY, Ph. D., Chief, Reference Library, Madison, Wis.

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