Report of the Shipyard Employment Managers' Conference Held Under the Auspices of the Industrial Service Department of the Division of Construction, Emergency Fleet Corporation, Washington, D.C., November 9 and 10, 1917 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1917 Excerpt: ... PROCEEDINGS. STATEMENT OF MEYER BLOOMFIELD. Head of Industrial Service Department, Division of Construction, Emergency Fleet Corporation. The Chairman. Gentlemen, this conference has been called by the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation. It is a conference of shipyard employment managers. It is informal. There is a program of business outlined for to-day and for to-morrow morning. Before I present Admiral Bowles, I want to make an announcement to the gentlemen present concerning the organization of the Industrial Service Department. Since our last conference, held in Boston, there have been additions to the department, and you ought to know just what is being done. Later on there will be a good deal said about the scheme of reporting information, the methods of getting your reports, suggestions for blank forms for gathering and reporting material which we can use in common, so that we can make some helpful interpretation of the situation in each yard. We have three sets of reports so far. They have given us a very good line on what is happening on the employment side in the shipbuilding industry. But we can not stop--we can learn to get these reports better or more effective. Of course, every shipbuilder is welcome to the information and material that have begun to flow into the office of the Industrial Service Department. Mr. McNary will explain the organization of the training school, which will open at Newport News on the 15th of this month. I think I may say that you have here one of the best conceived plans of industrial training in this country. Those who know the work of industrial education will appreciate the care, thoroughness, and skill with which that plan has been organized. It is more than a plan. It is intended specifica...