Pr 5.1. 45’09—i F4 4/3 m M“ DEPOSITOFIY DQz,‘:2,;Mc'N—,-«p UNIW5-’"<*i‘~‘I'?"’vs' ="H‘~ sea RY A Report on some battles. won and gains made in the vital War of Production . . . of the work of a few of the Management and Labor Committees which responded to their country’s invitation to carry out the War Production Drive a . . of suggestions and ideas from the production front. WAR PRODUCTION BOARD Washington, D. C. THE II. S. ARMY - THE D. S. NAVY - MARITIME COMMISSION - WAR PRODUCTION BOARD /Ihr‘ MEN AT WORK . . . FOR VICTORY! On February 27, President Roosevelt wrote a history-making letter to Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board: “The months ust ahead are the critical months of the war. Victory depends in large measure on the increased war production we are able to get from our fac- tories and arsenals in the Spring and Summer of 1942. . . . I therefore direct you to take every possible step to raise production and to bring home to labor and management alike the supreme importance of war production this crucial Spring.” Cln February 28, Donald M. Nelson wrote to the Production Drive Committees in War Production plants: “The President’s production quotas must be met. They must be topped. This oflicial Plan Book presents a straightforward production plan. . . . Start putting it to work. Your country is counting on you.” The Wiar Praoduction Drive was announced to the ‘people of America over the radio and through the columns of their newspapers. It was launched, with the cooperation of the Army, the Navy, and the Maritime Commission, in the plants of prime contractors throughout the United States. Management and Labor Committees were setup. Their members went to work. As the Production Drive took hold, and its results began to unfold, the Committees mailed Reports of Progress to the War Production Board. Through these reports shine two facts that should give pride to management and labor, and heart to the country at large. C O O O ' O . O O The first of these is: That 1n a majority of cases production can be lncreased, and the Pres1dent’s quotas can be met. The second of these is: That both management and labor are eager to cooperate, to work together, to put the common good above the individual advantage. Organized labor in terms of the C. I. 0., A. F. L., and independent unions put forth their best efforts. Management in both multiple-plant national corporations and small companies turned out to get the job done. This book doesn’t pretend to cover the whole story of results, or include all the Labor and Manage- ment Committees that have done a good job. It covers just a few——chosen either’ because their reports were in soon enough to include before the book went on the presses, or because they had some idea or suggestion that has worked, is working, and might work for you. mom PAGE STUFF War Production Drive Makes the Headlines All Over the Country A STEELMEN GIRD T0 RAISE OUTPUT Fflli JOHNSTUWN Management’-L a b o r Pro‘- duction Groups at Twin Plants Hold First Meeting Production drive committees ~' se- lected last week by management and labor at Johnstown's two mag- jor industries met yesterday‘ for purposes of organization and to outline general policies. The 10-man committee named by management and labor at Johns-’ town Plant, Bethlehem Steel Com- pany, in response to a request from Donald -11. Nelson, War Production’ Board chairman, organized with the election of Gordon, R. Baer,‘ superintendent of blast furnaces, as chairman. John Kane, labor representative from the nail mill, was ‘named secretary of the joint committee. It was decided to meet"on call- of the chairman for the disc°usI-_ sion of such matters brought to the attention of the committee for? the increased production of materi- als needed by America in the “War of Survival"—the new name sug- gested by President Roosevelt for World War II. In addition to Chairman Baer‘ and Secretary’ Kane the Bethlehem committee consists of the follow-.' ing: E. W. Trexler, superintend-‘ ent of mechanical department"? J.E F. Wilbur, superintendent of steam and combustion department: W; H. Bennett, superintendent of Gautier division; S. D. Evans, manage- ment's representative; Daniel J.=' Skelly,- open hearth department;-. James Edwards, chairman in Low- er Works 48-inch mill; Joseph’ Ferenchik, 13-inch mill, Gautier di- vision, and Thomas Wainwright, wheel plant. LORAIN ORGANIZES Initial meeting of the four-mem-_ ber production drive’ committee at Lorain Division, Carnegie-Illinois‘ Steel Corporation, ‘resulted in the election of G. M. Craig,'chief in- spector, as chairman. The meeting was given over to a general dis- cussion of the aims and policies. The next meeting will be held the latter part of the month, Chairman Craig stated. Other committee members are D._ M. Thomas, fore- man of No. 2 mold floor, open hearth‘ division; R.’ E. McDermit,, molder, open hearth foundry, and; Steven J. Jendricks, machinist.- Commiiiees to Spur War Ouipui Formed ln70OP|anis W. P. 8. Gets Reports Of Record-Breaking Industrial Production Organization of 700 labor-man- agement committees to get produc- tion drives under way -in war plants has been reported to the War Pro- duction Board. The companies range in size from small. shops throughout the coun- try to the’ Westinghoue Electric av. Manufacturing Co. and the E. I. du Pont de Nemours C0,, W. P. B. said. Several committees said their out- put was handicapped by lack of ma- terials, others breaking production achievements toward President Roosevelt's goal of 45,000 tanks, 60.000 planes and 8,000,000 tons of shipping this year. “workmen of the Jones as Laugh- lin .Steel Corp. -during the month of March helping to -fight the war shattered all previous records and established all-time new highs ‘for the production of coke, pig ‘iron, steel ingots and finished steel prod- ucts," S’. 8. Marshall, jr., vice presi- dent of the Pittsburgh concern, telegraphed W. P. B. Chairman Donald M. Nelson. The plant committee of the Re- liance ‘Foundry. Cincinnati, reported at -its first meeting it had voted to go on a seven-day week and to urge ,night work whenever possible. _ A number of the committees have adopted plant slogans, W. P. B. was told. The Erie Concrete as Steel Implement Co. reported it was build- ing ships on the same spot where Commodore Oliver Hazard _ Perry built ships in 1812, and took for its slogan: “Perry Did It,‘ and So Will We.” American Car «Sr. Foundry Co.’s Buffalo plant adopted “Volume for Victory.” The Houston (Tex.) Pack- reported ‘ record-‘ Steel Plant Hits Peak - As Labor Shares Rule PITTSBURGH, April 2 (UP). —-The mills of the Weirton Steel 'Co., operating under joint labor- management committees in an effort to boost war production, established a new all-time steel tonnage record for the company last month, it was announced today. Nicholas‘ Unkovic, counsel for the Weirton Independent Union, stated that March production was more than that of the best previous month in the company's history, Labor-Employer Amity Speeds Pier-Building. to New Record Construction of ’ a 700-f_oot_ pier and shipway in forty-five. working days-—twenty-three days faster than the previous record, for an operation of this type—is proceeding on sched- ule at an undisclosed Eastern port, it was learned yesterday. With an , April 14 deadline fixed by the Navy Department. work began on Feb. 27 and is 8°in8 forward on a two-shift, seven-day basis. The size of the task is indicated by the fact that it involves the driving of 42.700 feet of creosoted poling framing 200,000 board feet of creosoted timber and pouring 22,700 squa-refeet -of con- crete dock. A sign on the Job site reading “Built Pier,10 in fort)’-five days- we’re doing our part to keep ‘em not the George Rogers Construction,’ Co.," the general contractor for the construction of this pier. Comment-1 mg on the’ record-breaking speed.’ with which this Job is going forward.‘ George W. Rogers, president of the; contracting firm, said yesterday: “Shaving 30 Per cent oil. the pre- vious record for a job of this type.‘ is possible only through effective co-; ordination of deliveries on the part. of the material suppliers. At mass? meetings of the various shifts work-' ing on the job the men themselves‘ have. helped provide the driving‘ force required to maintain the record-breaking schedlile. I feel that this job is typical of the results which are’ being increasingly ob-. iained throughout the country; through ‘close -teamwork -between‘ 59-1508” 18 818394 by “every last man management and men.".n ' Tops Record Iron Output Republic ‘ t e e l Corporation’s Trumbull Cliffs blast furnace at Warren is believed to have set a new all-time world's ‘record for iron -production in March, as production drives backed by labor-manage- ment committees gathered mo- mentum. The big furnace, the newest in the Youngstown district and one oil the world's largest, produced 41.851. tons of iron last- month. The furnace has a rated capacity of 1.200 t0115 P81‘ day and produced an aver- age of 1,350 tons daily last month, a 12% per cent’ indrease. Republic notified- the ;War Pro. duction Board that the corporation smashed its all-time ingot produc- tion record in March,- and pro‘- duced 75,496 tons of electric fu rnac? steel, an all-time record, which‘ vir- tually equalled the whole nalio_n’s electric ingot production in 1937. Republic advised the WPB that labo_r_-rnanagement committees are being organized in its plant and that the corporation is 01: ‘rating 108 hours a week. Plants of 307 other companies in which committees have been formed notified the board of ihoi-r cam- paigns to boost output_and many already have reported large in-.' creases, a statement issuied at Cleve- land by the Office for’ Emergency. Management, says. Republic also notified the WPB lthat individual dopartinental ,pro- duction records were e.%tabii.=hcd “on our No. 1 blast furnace at Buffalo, our No. 3 blast furnace at ‘Cleveland, our shops at'Massillon, Canton, Buffalo and Gadsden, and on _so many of ourbar mills, plane mills and other finishing depart- ments that a complete list would appear almost fantastic.” Armco Breaks Records Another report came from “Bill Johnson and Joe Gividen, of the War Production .drive committee of the Middletown (0.) division Of the American Rolling Mill Co.” It said: . “At midnight March- 31 all pre- vious monthly production records in the history of this 31-year-old s',i_;:eel plant were smashed by blast rnace, open hearth and bloom-' ~in'g, bar and strip mill departments. ‘Blast furnace made 1.000 tons more "lg iron than any preyious month -_—“open hearth produced 3,600 more "tons of steel than the best past "month-blooming, bar and strip ‘rolled 6,900 more tons of ingots- Men did a grand job in spite of scrap shortage and lighter and Tpoorer scrap. We promise not only to’ meet these new peaks in the future, but to beat them as 1942 .,unfolds." _. _ ‘ ~:“ Bethlehem Steel to. has notified e WPB that the Nelson program fbr labor-management committees speed production is being insti- _tuted in all Bethlehem plants, fab- ricating works and shipyards. This will enlist approximately 200,000 additional workers under- fthe Nelson program. Other Firms Co-Operating Owens-Illinois Glass Co. at T0- ledo said it is establishing joint labor-management committees in a score of plants, and Westinghouse Electric & ‘Manufacturing ’_Co. said production drives are under way in 25-plan-ts, each. with a committee which will make individual reports. In addition to formation‘ of a pro- duction drive committee, the Re- liance Foundry Co. of Cincinnati reported it was arranging for medi- cal examinations of employees, con- , tributions to a blood bank, a pay allotment plan for war bonds and- stamps, and a savings plan for in- come tax payments. Labor, Management Leaders Meet Today More than'.'400 representatives of management and labor in key _ industries in Southern California are’ expected to attend a. meet- -ing here today at which the War Production” Board's all-out pro- r duction program will be outlined. The program, largely devised’ ,5 by Donald Nelson, WPB chair- man. calls ‘for a campaign’ to fl -' top President Roosevelt's 1942 production quotas of 45,000 g _' ;tanks, 60,000 planes. 20,000 anti- .{ _ aircraft guns and'8,000,000 tons of shipping. N clson’s challenge to labor and ‘ management will be brought to 1.; Los Angeles ‘by four men rep- ‘ resenting industry and labor with Arthur W. Lutz, Long Beach, in- dustry consultant and chain : store executive, as chairman. Adrian J. Falk of San Fran- _ cisco, another industrial leader; Charles W. Gillis, of the Ameri- chn Federation of Labor, and . George Roberts, of the Congress at Industrial Organizations, will be the other members of the four-man committee. ‘The meeting first to be held on ~.tt.e coast, will open at 10 a. m. in the,-assembly room of the State ‘Building and continue tomorrow -in San Francisco. It will open with the reading of a message from Nelson in which industry and labor will be asked to merge all differences and unite har- 'moniously for the successful ‘prosecution of the war. .After the plan is outlined there ‘will be questions from the audi- enge. There have been 23 such regional meetings in the East and Middle West and Lutz said he had been informed they had all resulted in closer cooperation between labor and management and in greater output. each" others’ problems,” said Lutz, “we f'md we are not far apart in our objectives and ‘that we can unite in the one aim of" making our country victorious.” mittee members concurred. Roberts and Gillis arrived yes- terdayafternoon by United Air- lines from the North and Falk arrived last night. The four will meet at breakfast at the Blit- more Hotel this morning to draft an agenda for- today's meeting. ca as ”[w'."’.e'xLLié -72 '.‘:~‘-.' ‘-1--r Union Official Arrives “As we oome‘to understand The, other com- Plan Aimed At Boost i11 Production As 2,000 workers in the Strom- ,berg-Carlson plant met this noon ‘in a rally, company ofiicials re- vealed the‘ formation of a joint la- bor-management committee to spur production in accordance with the suggestion of Donald M. Nelson, chief of the War Production Board. Stanley H. Manson, executive secretary of the Production Drive Committee, announced that Strom- berg-Carlson was carrying out the Program suggested by the WPB in every particular and has sup- plemented it with certain projects of its own designed to build “pro- duction morale." Tod_ay’s rally, the nrst to _be held ‘at the plant, was conducted as a. last minute spur to a slogan con- test sponsored by the joint com- mittee which closes tomorrow night, Girls Distribute Entry Blanks While a band blared martial mu- Sic. girls ‘clad in red, ‘whirta and blue uniforms paraded through the d"m*8' 119-“ Passing out entry blanks to persons who had not submitted slogans. d The contest, oflering 33 pg-izgg in efense bonds and stamps, is ae- signed to select a slogan which em. Phasizes the importance of produc. tion in the war and the urgency in Slleeding production. More than 5.099 §108ans are expected. 7 Dallas Plant ‘Hits a Lick’ For Ex‘-Employes Now in RAF WASHINGTON, April 5. — The ‘John E. Mitchell Co., of Dallas. Texas, has reported to the War Production 'B:ard_ that ‘a labor- management production drive com- mittee ls .belng formed and that in addition to any merit awards from WPB. the company would award a 8100 Defense Bond for the best sug- gestion for better production. _ The company also reported plans for a series of monthly posters in addition’ to..posters which the WPB will funiisliéirwvo former employee, Alf Hopson and Jack Cauthen, are in the RAF‘. The May poster is to show a picture of Hopson and the legend-I-'-' Ict’s Hit A Lick For Alf- 'l5,000 Units In May” The next poster is to have a por- trait of Cauthen and the legend- “Let’s Hit A Lick for Jack- ‘l00,000 Units in June”- i.‘- ""Th’i's contest," Man,-on pgjnted “in "is only one facet in our d;-iv. for increased production. On Mar 19 three representatives of labor and two of management attended the War Production Board's dig. A BOTTLENECK BROKEN! Production on heavy steel castings for medium tanks was not good. It was a serious bottleneck in the whole tank produc- tion picture. The Symington-Gould Corporation of upstate New York, pooled with the entire industry, developed a new and better type of steel for this use. Then, in order to produce enough castings to meet contractual obligations, Symington-Gould built several new plants. Management, working with the full cooperation of organized labor, set up a Management and Labor War Production Drive Committee to help get these plants really rolling in the Battle of Production. 1 Here are some of the things that committee has done. A completed tank made with Symington-Gould Castings was driven through the plant. The results were electrifying. When the workers got a glimpse of the finished fighting machine they realized the vital importance of those peculiar- shaped castings they had been making! They talked and studied the tank excitedly—-pointed with jus- tified pride to the parts they had made——realized that they were really helping to win the war. From then on, posters, suggestion boxes, production charts had A a deeper meaning. Competition between departments became keener, any lagging department got a proper needling from the other departments it held up, production was on the upswing. Progress is good. The Committee feels reasonably certain that in a short time it will be able to announce full and very impor- tant increase in their production! Thus a serious bottleneck has been broken by ingenuity, skill, and cooperation. An actual tank, rolling through the plant, showed. workers how the tank castings they make were used. Tank received enthusiastic reception. A COMMITTEE GETS ACTION Men and management at Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing Co. in Connecticut were full of talk. Both the Company and the Union had received letters direct from Donald Nelson, asking them to set up a joint committee to promote, to increase They were used to meeting together, for they war production. had been bargaining collectively for some years. But, this was something difierent. It must be kept separate from bargain- ing. So important was it that the three vice presidents of the company and three prominent union oflicerswere among the 16 who made up the head Production Drive Committee. One committee was not enough. Each of the five buildings of the Company formed its own six-man committee responsible to the head committee. Then came some 30 departmental com- mittees, as well as committees on such subjects as suggestions and publicity. All committees meet after working hours and without pay. Seventy-five suggestion boxes have been installed. The sugges- tion committee collects the suggestions and refers them to the Production Drive Committee. The departmental committees are then consulted. Monthly awards for best suggestions are made, the company and the union each contributing a $25 War Savings D Bond. Results are showing. Productivity is increasing, waste is decreasing. Charts indicating increases in production will be posted regularly. Each month a banner will be awarded to the plant and the department with the best production record. Similar awards will be made for scrap reduction. Talk became action. Action means Victory. 04V Each member of the Westinghouse. family of plants did its own job, used its own ingenuity, set up its own Management-Labor Committee for the War Production Drive. Typical of the good ‘ job they’ve done is -the Q4V campaign of the Cleveland West- inghouse plant. The theme of the Cleveland campaign is “Quicker for Victory.” This has been abbreviated to Q4V. ii The Committee opened the campaign with a big War Produc- tion rally at which Hugh Wilson (our last Ambassador to Ger- Weekly award——l.ife-size figure, in color, of Gen. Douglas MacArthur—to the department or group showing greatest increase in pgoduction efiiciency in 1942. many) and iMayor Frank Lausche of Cleveland were the star performers. P‘ Next day a voluntary Pledge, addressed to THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, was signed by employees. Each employee who signed was given a bronze Q4V identifica- tion pin. These same pins were made up in silver and gold to be won by workers as merit awards for high production and good suggestions. Charts, posters, and suggestion boxes were put up; newspaper ads run; publicity obtained. One of the best stunts was the ingenious use of two big cardboard figures. One was the heroic figure of General MacArthur saluting——“A SALUTE FROM GEN. MAcAn'rHUn”—to be awarded weekly to the department or group showing greatest increase in production efliciency. The other was a figure of a slinking Jap with such reminders to employees as “Hirohito say: ‘Thanks for forgetting to wind alarm clock—make worker come late.’ ” “Slap Happy lap”-—life-size figure, in color—a character to remind every employee of the things he must not do, PRIMING NORTHERN PUMP The Northern Pump Co. of Minneapolis was well under way with its own Production Drive when ‘Donald Nelson launched the Nation-wide Drive. The company has adopted the Labor-Management Committee pattern and geared its own plans into those of the War Production Board and is really rolling I Here is a picture story of what this company has done——plenty of meat in it for you to pick up and use in your own plant! Labor-Management Committee meets to discuss ways and means Completion of the hundredth unit, a production goal, was marked of furthering the War Production Drive. by ceremony inspired by employees. Production scoreboards in every department keep employees In line with a policy of having every piece of moving equipment informed of progress. This dramatic job is a challenge to every in the shop carry a thought on the Production Drive are the- man in the department. ' messages on these two-wheeled carriers. Cartoons done by employees adorn sides of freight cars leaving Northern Pump yards. These ideas originatedwith the men and are indicative of their fine spirit. Public address system in the plant is used to provide music during meal and rest periods. Defense Bond news and other pertinent announcements are interspersed with musical numbers. War cartoons, car pooling suggestions, and Defense Bond appeals, on one bulletin, show how thoroughly Production Drive angles were covered. Suggestions that have increased production The main doorway to the foundry Suggested M31‘- in the center of the molding floor 17' _ . \/Contract given opens onto deep mud which makes . for paving it practically impossible to wheel by Apr. 15. material in and out. It is recommended that this space be paved as soon as the ground thaws. The 5" 38-caliber gun mount car- Suggested M81‘- riages have too much material next VP :7: t fl_ t , C to the trunnion block, so 0.015 to u m 0 e e Mar. 19. 0.020 have to be removed by hand scraping. Suggested remedy—Remove more material in the machine operation. At least two machines should be S11gge8ledM8I‘- kept open for odd jobs so all other 17‘ . . . \/O h° - Blanchard grinders will be avail- nggnltfl £3233 able for production runs. jobs Man 13_ It is also recommended that a third Thule new ma‘ chines order- Blanchard be available for broken ed, expected runs as its first duty. The pro- May 4. Door Prizes, in War Bonds, were awarded to men who worked Saturday afternoons and Sundays before plant went on seven- day-week schedule. are crossed off as units are completed. War messages painted on 40-ton cranes are changed regularly. Production schedule on far wall shows unit production; numbers Departmental scoreboard shows 100 per- cent cooperation in the purchase of defense bonds duction runs should be reasonably short so they would not have to be broken down to take on the short runs. When the gun mount assembly crew leaves the building by way of the main shop or the Hydraulic Department, there is much conges- tion. It is strongly recommended that all gun mount assembly men use their own time clocks and enter and leave by the passageway at the immediate east end of the build- ing. It is suggested that the pas- sageway be kept clear, directly north of the southeast entrance. There is a bad situation on four- wlieel lift trucks in the Hydraulic Department. It is recommended that the necessary number of trucks for maximum efficiency be allocated to this department and “ear-marked” so they would not be Suggested Mar. 17. Time clocks placed Mar. 24. Suggested Mar. 17. \/Twelve new lift trucks ordered for delivery in 1 week. Twelve more taken away from the department and that only an authorized person in the department he allowed to utilize the trucking equipment. It is further suggested that the au- thorized person’s name be painted on the equipment. It is understood that Mr. Schultz has ordered 12 trucks and it is strongly recommended that this number be increased tenfold. The trucks which have been provided are inadequate in lifting capacity. It is recommended that the new trucks be of heavier capacity so they will carry the additional load without being out of service and constantly in the repair shop. See any ideas here you can use? on o r d e r . Trucks all to be p l a i n I y marked. All trucks on or- der to have sufiicient lift power. NOT A MAN-H00“ LOST A report from the Labor and Management Committee of Conti- nental Roll and Steel Foundry Co., East Chicago, Ill., indicates all-out cooperation since the adoption of the Production Plan. All-out cooperation . . ~. and a couple of plusses. The Committee, composed of eight members of the organized, nationally recognized union, and eight representatives of Oman- agement, point with pride to the fact that since the signing of a contract between labor and management there have been no work stoppages or work slow-ups; in fact, there has not been one man-hour lost in this plant. Suggestion boxes, painted red, white, and blue, marked . S. O. War Production Suggestions” have been placed in each depart- ment. Bulletin boards have been erected and many. other War Production Plan ideas have been adopted. , C And here are the Plusses! Plus No. 1 . . . .100 percent cooperation between ‘employees and management on fire prevention and protection of life and property. H O Plus No. 2 . . . Car pooling by employees coming to and from work, to conserve gasoline and precious rubber. FIVE WAYS BETTER It took only 4. days for the War Production Drive to get under way in all five plants of American Type Founders, Elizabeth, N. J. Labor-Management Committees were formed in each plant and formulated plans for slogan contests, suggestion boxes, bulletin boards, and posters. In addition, it was suggested that beneficial ideas be inter- changed between committees of the plants in order to overcome problems which might arise simultaneously. KEEN INIEREST AND COOPERATION The Cleveland Tractor Co. didn’t let much grass grow after they received their Official Hand Book. They had their Joint Com- mittee organized on March 16th. Then they quickly set up these subcommittees: Committee on Publicity and Information. Defense Bond Committee. Fire Prevention Committee. Housekeeping Committee. Committee for Saving Material. « Suggestion and Plant Efliciency Committee. \ Transportation Committee. Absence Committee. “WORK FOR VICTORY” CAMPAIGN The Labor-Management Committees of Stromberg-Carlson at Rochester rolled up their sleeves and went to work within 4-8 hours after the War Production Board’s district meeting in Buflalo. They report the adoption of the War Production Drive’s entire suggested program along with some ideas of their OWII. Three thousand three hundred and forty slogans were received from workers in a “Work for Victory” slogan contest. Thirty- Also that a uniform Suggestion Box policy be adopted, whereby suggestions which result in definite savings will be compensated in proportion to the saving which can be made. These awards will be made after a careful cost-study and will be paid in the form of War Bonds or Stamps. Labor-Management committees are on their toes here and some interesting developments are to be expected. Here is an interesting quote from the Cleveland Tractor Com- mittee Report: “ . with the above group of committees we believe we can accomplish all of the things that are necessary to get the needed production on time. Keen interest and cooperation have devel- oped among all employees since the Production Drive Committee was organized and we believe that with this condition existing we can accom- plish whatever is required of us.” three prizes of War Savings Bonds and Stamps were ofiered. The Transportation Committee sent out questionnaires to all workers in an efiort to work out a car-pooling plan so that work- ers .could rotate car use and save tires. And a plan is in work whereby interdepartmental trophies will be ofiered for best production performance and best attendance records. THEY “KEEP ’EM FIRING” Oldsmobile’s “Keep ’Em Firing” campaign is “in” for the dura- tion. Originated during the conversion period, this campaign was designed to speed the output of cannon and shell for our armed forces. Posters, production scoreboards, stickers, plant publications, and campaign buttons were well under way when the War Production Drive was incorporated as part of the program. The plan‘ is also being organized in the plants of 154 Oldsmobile subcontractors and major machine-tool suppliers and special contact men devote their full time to setting up the program in subcontracting plants. The Labor-Management Committee reports several interesting features of the War Production Drive. Lunchroom news flashes get bigplay. Good earthy humor livens up posters. Lunchroom bulletin boards carry news flashes from the United Press thus bringing the war to the workers. These bulletins are changed three times daily. Posters are keyed to the production schedules and new and unusual pictures and slogans appear regularly. Special radio programs on “Keep ’Em Firing,” as well as news-P paper advertising in the home town of Lansing, and big posters around the plant and town, carry the urgency of the war effort to local communities and townsfolk, thereby stimulating the production effort from another and extremely important angle. This stimulation is to be furthered by a full-color motion pic- ture on War Production recently started with the approval of the War Department. A constant reminder of the terrible urgency of TIME. The men go after those Slogan Contest prizes. BRAIN-CHILDREN Straight thinking on the part of Labor-Management committees and employees of many plants has turned up some excellent Production Drive stimulants. Joint Committee holds Q4V flag it worked out. ‘k * * * * ‘k ‘k * ‘k ‘k TO THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES: T I pledge myself wholeheartedly to every phase of our Industrial T War Production Program. I will work to my full ability to meet every demand of our Country’: war effort, and so far as it is humanly possible, I will work. to meet those demands V "QUICKEB FOB VICTORY." ® SIGNED § nrpsanmnr % Westinghouse Electric. In Mfg. Ce., Lighting Division, Cleveland, 0. Workers were proud to sign these voluntary Pledge Cards. Silver and gold pins—— Awarded to workers for outstanding production efliciency. "'5' F535: :<-C3.‘-t's'::1'..'Z.~. ' This graphic display gave workers an idea of the tremendous fire power of gun they built. One company made good use even of the side of a gas tank. On display in the plant-—a batch of souvenirs loaned by work- man who was hero of World War I. ROADS OLEAREO FOR PRODUCTION Roads jammed with the cars of war workers are bottlenecks. Stalled traflic lines are golden minutes given to the enemy. Many war production plants have taken, and are taking, steps to smash these bottlenecks. O A number of Joint Committees have appointed subcommittees to deal with the transportation problem. One committee made up a map divided into sections showing residences of all employees. From this map, groupings of neighbors were formed, with the idea of getting as many as possible to ride to and from work in one automobile. In addition to saving tires and gas, this cuts down the number of cars on the road, breaks traflic jams. Pnopnucnou BEGINS AT HOME Every worker knows the influence home life exerts upon a man’s producing capacity. ' It’s interesting, therefore, to learn from their reports how many Joint Committees have tackled this big problem. Some have carried on real campaigns to take the war and the job into the home; with letters to wives of workers, mass meetings for families, parties, etc. (9 Another committee made a survey of public transportation facilities, made suggestions for smoothing out workers’ to-and- from problems. Still another set itself up as the clearing agency through which workers could arrange auto pooling clubs. Some committees have gone even further, such as the company that completed a deal for several of those colorful busses which used to tote people around the New York World’s Fair and ‘turned them into busses for workers; and the local city road authorities were persuaded to widen the sliver of road leading to the plant on which millions of minutes were being lost each day. Others have gone further and set up special subcommittees whose job it is to; crack the tough nut of housing. They plan to make surveys of all‘available rooms and houses, try to per-O suade people with unused rooms to rent them out, work for rent stabilization and reduction, encourage building where necessary. . . . we have not yet won our battle of production; but I honestly believe that we have passed the turning point. During the next year or so we are going to work harder and sweat harder than ever before in our lives. But we can see ourselves working toward victory. . . . ” Chairman, War Production Board. WAR PRODUCTION BOARD ""'“"""T °*' ”°s'“_“°" "°° CD0 46 23 WASHINGTON, D. C. 7° OFFICIAL BUSINESS ,/