War Industry

Vocational Guidance

DONALD R. MASON '13 recently wrote the chairman of the Dartmouth Alumni Council Vocational Guidance Committee, J. W. Embree '21, that there are openings for war workers in Baltimore. He said: "If you hearof any men around the country who are interested in getting into airplane companies orship building concerns, we have in Baltimorean excellent opportunity for these men withour large shipyards and airplane manufacturers and it so happens that I am in a prettygood position to get them in these concerns."

This is an example of the way Mr. Embree wants to have his nation-wide program of vocational help for Dartmouth men work out. It is important for his committeemen in large cities to have associations with local industries that permit them to put qualified alumni in touch with war jobs. Regional alumni committees are willing to do anything they can to help you or members of your families in locating new work. But don't move from New England to Detroit without first corresponding fully with the Detroit committee. Your original request for information on the Dartmouth Vocational Guidance Plan should go to Francis J. Neef, Director of the Personnel Bureau, Hanover. He will put you in touch with one or more regional groups according to your desires and qualifications.

Another word of caution must be given very early in this discussion of personnel assistance to alumni. It is well expressed by Mr. K. H. Woolson, vice-president and general manager of Jones and Larnson Machine Co., Springfield, Vt., which has become a war boom town in manufacture of machine tools.

WOMEN ARE NEEDED

In reply to our question about what guidance should be given to Dartmouth men who ask: "How can I get into a war industry job?" Mr. Woolson expressed approval of the Dartmouth plan of vocational guidance. But he warned that a burden of responsibility rests on the regional committees which he says "can be very helpful to war industry or the exact opposite.... the Dartmouth committees can serve as valuable preinterview centers to manufacturers. The system must be honestly selective if it is to prove helpful to the manufacturers, and, in the last analysis, it can only prove helpful to the applicants if it is helpful to the manufacturers. Committees should be in close enough contact with war industries so that reference will not be made of applicants whom they cannot employ."

It is also his opinion that women should seek employment in war industry and that they "may well be required in the not too distant future and, in any event, can be just as helpful in winning this war as can the male members of the family Our own practice now, when an opening occurs, is to find out first whether or not a woman can possibly do the job." He warns that' applicants, either men or women, can be sure of a job if they are willing to accept the work offered but it "is not easy for the applicant who has been in upper income brackets to find similar return in war industry where preference is given to experienced employees for positions of executive and supervisory responsibility."

Neither Mr. Embree of the Alumni Council (where the Vocational Guidance work heads up) nor the regional committeemen, nor Mr. Neef in Hanover make any claims that the alumni placement service can solve the serious war problems created in the lives of many Dartmouth men whose work has been completely dislocated by the war and who must find other employment. But the framework of an advisory system has been set up and the following men will help you if they can:

Dartmouth Committees

ARIZONA Phoenix, Laurens L. Henderson '22, 505 Title & Trust Bldg. ARKANSAS Little Rock, David K. Russell '28, 2700 State St. CALIF. San Francisco and Oakland, Hubert A. Des Marais '26, 1756 Fulton Rd., Palo Alto; SanFrancisco, B. L. Winslow '20, 430 Bush St.; LosAngeles, Leon I. Rothschild '24, 647 Thayer Ave., West L. A.; San Diego, Vance Dickerman '31 Cuyamaca Club, Union Bldg. COLORADO Denver, John McDonough '28, Colorado Nat. Bk. CONN. Bridgeport, John F. Conners '14, The Stanley Works; Hartford, P. S. May '29, 1430 Forbes St., Glastonbury No. 2 Court; Hartford, Charles B. Rice '23, 18 Asylum St.; New Haven, C. W. Gowrie '24, 227 Church St.; NewLondon, Arthur V. Shurts '30, 216 Mercer Bldg.; Stamford, E. E. Robie '17, Rice School DELAWARE Wilmington, Thomas Herlihy Jr. '26, Citizens Bk. Bldg. D. C. Washington, Wellington F. Barto '29, 725 13th St., N. W. GEORGIA Atlanta, Frank J. O'Gara '23, DavisonPaxon Co. ILLINOIS Chicago, Louis E. Leverone '04, 2841 S. Ashland; Peoria, John H. Reno '31, 1104 Commercial Merchants Bk. Bldg.; Rockford, Karl C. Williams '23, News Tower; Indianapolis, Hiram W. McKee '27, Union Trust Cos.; SouthBend, Robert L. Oare '34, Associates Bldg.; South Bend, Harry E. Wheelock '34, W. Washington Ave. lOWA Cedar Rapids, Harvey C. McClary '13, 704 Dows Bldg., P. O. Box 1110; Des Moines, Francis A. Robinson 'OB, 1124—44 th St.; Koekuk, A. C. Ferguson '12, 611 Blandeau St. KENTUCKY Louisville, Rodgers L. Wyckoff '25, 1926 Lowell Ave. LA. New Orleans, D. T. Cushing '02, Great Southern Lumber Co., Bogalusa, La. MAINE Portland, Fred C. Scribner Jr. '30, 465 Congress St. MARYLAND Baltimore, Donald R. Mason '13, c/o Remington Rand, 345 North Charles St. MASS. Boston, Donald W. Gardner '27, Chm., 570 Rutherford Ave.; Hoi yoke, C. H. Kent '10, Hercules Powder Co.; Holyoke, M. D. Pomeroy '14, 56 Suffolk St.; Lynn, Edward R. Butterworth '30, 29 Valley Rd., Nahant, Mass.; Pitts field, Howard D. Sammis '23, Berkshire County Savings Bk.; Springfield, George F. Weston '23, 334 Dwight St.; Worcester, Parker Trowbridge '13, Paine, Webber Co., 340 Main St. MICHIGAN Detroit, Arthur C. Lyman '27, 607 Shelby St.; Flint, Rev. Otis G. Jackson '24, 412 East Kearsley; Grand Rapids, John W. Dregge '24, 919 Orchard Avenue, S. E. MINNESOTA Duluth, L. J. Cone '17, Sullivan Mchry. Co., 1 E. Mich.; Minneapolis, Paul Hommeyer '25, Br. Mgr., Union Central Life Ins.; Minneapolis, Charles D. Doerr '32, c/o McKesson & Ro'bbins, 24 North 3rd St.; Rochester, Dr. Waltman Walters '17, Mayo Clinic; Winona, H. S. Horton '11 MISSOURI St. Louis, Martin M. Kerwin '33, 212 W. Big Bend Blvd., Webster Groves NEBRASKA Omaha, I. W. Carpenter Jr. '15, Carpenter Paper, 9th at Harney NEVADA Reno, Clyde D. Souter '06, Byington Bldg, 15 West 2d St. N. H. Concord, Laurence I. Duncan '27, Patriot Bldg.; Laconia, Dennis O'Shea 'OB, Main & Water Sts.; Manchester, Kenneth W. Davis '24, Amoskeag Bk. Bldg.; Nashua, Robert A. Brown '16, Nashua Gummed & Coated Paper Co. N. J. Elizabeth, John F. Chesterman '32, 112 Chatham St., Chatham, N. J.; Newark, Gordon M. Carver '31, Prudential Life Ins. Co.; Newark, G. E. Wiedenmayer '29, 472 Ridge St.; Paterson, Ralph M. Fischer '13, 451 E. 37th St.; Trenton, Theodore S. Cart '20, Atlantic Products Corp. NEW YORK Albany, E. Bradley Carnell '30, Albany Business College; Buffalo, Edmund J. Felt 18, 310 Woodward Ave.; Buffalo, K. L. Thielscher '17, 77 Swan St.; Buffalo, Frank W. Tindle '28, 70 Niagara St.; New York, W. A. Griffin 'O8, Chm., American Tel. & Tel. Co.; Rochester, Clark Weymouth '26, 604 Lincoln-Alliance Bldg.; Schenectady, M. L. Frederick '15, 1 River Rd.; Syracuse, William G. Morton '28, Onondaga County Savings Bk.; Utica, Roland E. Chesley 'OB, Box 382 N. D. Fargo, Murray A. Baldwin '18, Dakota Clinic OHIO Akron, Hollis L. Riddle Jr. '23, 177 Castle Blvd.; Cincinnati, James E. Traquair '26, 1342 Park Ridge Ave.; Cleveland, Bruce W. Eaken '26, Guardian Bldg.; Columbus, Rowland S. Wilson '34, Sleepy Hollow, 5274 Riverside Dr.; Marion, Chester C. Roberts '11, Marion Reserve Power Co.; Toledo, C. G. Broer '27, 626 Jefferson Ave. OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City, Kent B. Hayes '23, 'First Nat'l Bk. & Trust Co.; Tulsa, Kenneth O. Herwig '27, Philtower Bldg. OREGON Portland, Frederic A. Fisher '23, Public Service Bldg. PENN. Altoona, R. M. Phelps '14, Penn. Edison Co.; Erie, Dr. W. J. Harrison '3O, 213 West Bth St.; Harrisburg, John A. Bogar '29, Box 735; Philadelphia, Thomas B. R. Bryant 'lB, 711 Witherspoon Bldg.; Philadelphia, D. H. Monahan '24, 5010 Pine St.; Pittsburgh, William H. Lang '33, Carnegie Bldg.; Reading, Milton G. Shultz '3O, Berkshire Knitting Mills. R. I. Providence, Rupert C. Thompson Jr. '28, Providence Nat'l Bk. S.D. Sioux Falls, Theodore M. Bailey '9, Bailey Glidden Bldg. TENN. Chattanooga, R. P. Williams '32, Chattanooga Bk. Bldg.; Knoxville, Reuben Hayes '07, Southern Railway Bldg., Gay St.; Nashville, Edwin R. Frost '3O, 3810 Whitland Ave. TEXAS Dallas, W. A. Green Jr. '14, W. A. Green Cos.; El Paso, William Lawson Jr. '3O, 3221 Lebanon St.; Fort Worth, William Whaley '28, Box 996; Houston, Clarence W. Sanders '22, Shell Petroleum, Shell Bldg.; San Antonio, Jairus S. H. Allis '27, 911 W. Woodlawn Ave. UTAH Salt Lake City, Robert E. McConnaughy Jr. '21, 205 Kearns Bldg. VERMONT Brattl'eboro, E. H. Crane '98, 58 Western Ave.; Springfield, F. R. Adams '19, John T. Slack Corp. VIRGINIA Norfolk, Lawrence Lockwood '147, 301-321 Dunmore St.; Richmond, Paul Gibson '15, Grace-American Bldg. WASH. Seattle, G. C. Nickum '31, 400 Poison Bldg.; Spokane, Harold W. Frederick '22, West 1120 Third Ave.; Tacoma, Fred Shaneman '25, Box 1297 WISC; Milwaukee, Clifford A. Randall '27, 135 West Wells St. CANADA ONTARIO Toronto, John F. Graydon '23, Canadian Facts Reg'd, 11 Jordan St.

Steps will be taken by Paul McNutt's Man Power Commission to mobilize additional millions of men and women for work in war industry and the element 'of choice of employment may before long be eliminated. For those who decide now that their best contribution can be made through industry many plants and many cities offer training schools. There are Dartmouth men in numerous centers of the country who will help, so far as possible, well qualified Dartmouth applicants along this line or with other vocational problems.

EXECUTIVES IN THE WAR PRODUCTION BOARD The counsel of Dartmouth men prominent in war work is carried in the accompanyingarticle. Right, A. C. C. Hill Jr. '25, assistant to Chairman Donald Nelson of the WPB. Leftis Samuel S. Stratton '2O, Assistant Chief, Bureau of Priorities, WPB, whose original leaveof absence from teaching at the Harvard Business School when the OPM was first organ-ized led to his present job of large responsibility with the WPB.