Kaiser
Worker Recruiters Active
Scour Country for Men
In search of 9500 good men and true, the three Kaiser yards have 25 recruiters scouring the middlewest and southwest, to say nothing of Washington, D.C., for men to work in the Portland yards. These 9500 men are required to bring the employed personnel of the Portland maritime yards up to the ceiling of 99,500 authorized by the War Manpower Commission, according to L. P. Randall, per-
Scour Country for Men
In search of 9500 good men and true, the three Kaiser yards have 25 recruiters scouring the middlewest and southwest, to say nothing of Washington, D.C., for men to work in the Portland yards. These 9500 men are required to bring the employed personnel of the Portland maritime yards up to the ceiling of 99,500 authorized by the War Manpower Commission, according to L. P. Randall, per-
sonnel
manager of the three yards. While the recruiters are looking
for men for local .plants, they also are endeavoring to find 5700 men
for the Richmond, Calif., yards of Permanente Metals corporation and Kaiser
Cargo, Inc.
Old Man Draft and the farms are drawing heavily upon shipyard manpower, and replacements will be needed.
Recruiters under the direction of Bert Inch, manager of labor recruitment for the seven shipyards, now are working in Illinois, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, Montana, Kansas. New Mexico, Utah and neighboring states, and two men have just been assigned to Washington, D.C.
They take only men who have been certified to them by the United States employment offices in those areas. At present, no women are being recruited for jobs, in the Portland yards, and new recruits are advised to leave their families behind until they can arrange definite housing here, Ran dall said.
The greatest manpower need in the Portland yards now is for 400 electricians, 1500 electrician-helpers, 300 sheet metal workers, 300 sheet metal helpers, 600 welder trainees, and 200 chippers.
When this total of 3300 is filled, a happy balance will be reached and the recruiters will be asked to send out other men for other crafts, bringing the entire manpower force up to ceilings authorized. Present ceilings are: Swan Island, 29,000; Vancouver, 36,500; and Oregonship, 34,1500.
Oregonship has the greatest need for electricians and helpers, while Swan Island needs chippers. The electricians are needed for the Victory ships, which require 50,000 manhours of electrical installation compared with 5500 hours for the Liberty ships. The transports will demand `even more electrical manhours.
During the first 15 days of March, recruiters were just getting nicely started in their work. About 225 new recruits had arrived, but the arrivals were increasing daily.
Old Man Draft and the farms are drawing heavily upon shipyard manpower, and replacements will be needed.
Recruiters under the direction of Bert Inch, manager of labor recruitment for the seven shipyards, now are working in Illinois, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, Montana, Kansas. New Mexico, Utah and neighboring states, and two men have just been assigned to Washington, D.C.
They take only men who have been certified to them by the United States employment offices in those areas. At present, no women are being recruited for jobs, in the Portland yards, and new recruits are advised to leave their families behind until they can arrange definite housing here, Ran dall said.
The greatest manpower need in the Portland yards now is for 400 electricians, 1500 electrician-helpers, 300 sheet metal workers, 300 sheet metal helpers, 600 welder trainees, and 200 chippers.
When this total of 3300 is filled, a happy balance will be reached and the recruiters will be asked to send out other men for other crafts, bringing the entire manpower force up to ceilings authorized. Present ceilings are: Swan Island, 29,000; Vancouver, 36,500; and Oregonship, 34,1500.
Oregonship has the greatest need for electricians and helpers, while Swan Island needs chippers. The electricians are needed for the Victory ships, which require 50,000 manhours of electrical installation compared with 5500 hours for the Liberty ships. The transports will demand `even more electrical manhours.
During the first 15 days of March, recruiters were just getting nicely started in their work. About 225 new recruits had arrived, but the arrivals were increasing daily.
Searching
for Shipbuilders L.P. (Les) Randall, of the three
Kaiser yards, points out on a wall map the locations of his recruiting
staff. Charles (Chick) Johnson, in charge of the detail work in the recruiting
office at Swan Island, looks on from the left.
Pneumonia
Cases In
Yard Found Normal
(RICHMOND) - Physicians of the Permanente Foundation hospital at Oakland, Calif., have made a special study of pneumonia victims from the Kaiser yards to determine whether the rate of the disease is high in any particular, occupational group. An analysis of the cases of 864 Richmond em-
Yard Found Normal
(RICHMOND) - Physicians of the Permanente Foundation hospital at Oakland, Calif., have made a special study of pneumonia victims from the Kaiser yards to determine whether the rate of the disease is high in any particular, occupational group. An analysis of the cases of 864 Richmond em-
ployes
who had pneumonia between September, 1942 and September, 1943 showed that
the number stricken in any group was in direct proportion to the number
employed. For example, slightly more than 10 per cent of the 15,500 welders
had pneumonia. Ten per cent of the 4900 laborers contracted .the illness.
FIGURES NORMAL
The study showed further that there was no more tendency toward pneumonia among newly arrived workers than among those who had been at the yard for some time.
Among the 85,200 Richmond shipyard workers, there were 9.5 cases of pneumonia for each 1,000 workers, and doctors said this also was the average for all the population of the San Francisco Bay area during the same period. The study showed that of the 864 pneumonia cases treated, 8.2 per cent died. This figure is considered normal for any unselected group.
SIMILAR EXPERIENCE HERE
No similar statistics are available at the Kaiser Vancouver yard. Oregon Ship or Swan Island. However, Dr. Forrest E. Reike, three yard medical director, said that an analysis of records showed an experience similar to that of Richmond. "Local shipyard workers, whatever their type of work may rest assured that with ordinary care to avoid exposure to weather and fatigue, they need not expect any more or any different pneumonia than other groups in the region," he said.
FIGURES NORMAL
The study showed further that there was no more tendency toward pneumonia among newly arrived workers than among those who had been at the yard for some time.
Among the 85,200 Richmond shipyard workers, there were 9.5 cases of pneumonia for each 1,000 workers, and doctors said this also was the average for all the population of the San Francisco Bay area during the same period. The study showed that of the 864 pneumonia cases treated, 8.2 per cent died. This figure is considered normal for any unselected group.
SIMILAR EXPERIENCE HERE
No similar statistics are available at the Kaiser Vancouver yard. Oregon Ship or Swan Island. However, Dr. Forrest E. Reike, three yard medical director, said that an analysis of records showed an experience similar to that of Richmond. "Local shipyard workers, whatever their type of work may rest assured that with ordinary care to avoid exposure to weather and fatigue, they need not expect any more or any different pneumonia than other groups in the region," he said.
MINIATURE
PLATE SHOP
(SWAN ISLAND) - Outfitting dock employes describe a new establishment in the Outfitting building as a miniature Plate shop. Bays are being arranged for shipbuilding, assembly and burning of plates. The plan is expected to increase production and provide better working conditions for employes who formerly labored in what they called the "gadget shop."
(SWAN ISLAND) - Outfitting dock employes describe a new establishment in the Outfitting building as a miniature Plate shop. Bays are being arranged for shipbuilding, assembly and burning of plates. The plan is expected to increase production and provide better working conditions for employes who formerly labored in what they called the "gadget shop."
MENU
SERVINGS GAIN
Popularity of the home service menus has resulted in an increase in servings, Oregon Ship and Swan Island child service centers, which dispense the ready-to-eat suppers to shipyard workers, noted this week.
For the week starting March 27, menus - and one or all of which may be obtained by notifying and pre-paying the center two days in advance - follow:
Monday - Italian spaghetti; lemon Jello with grapefruit, orange and apple.
Tuesday - Baked ham with Creole lima beans; cinnamon rolls.
Wednesday - Swiss steak with brown gravy; apple turnover.
Thursday - Baked stuffed pork chops; graham nut bread.
Friday - Spanish beef with rice; prune and peach upside-down cake.
Saturday - Boston baked beans; cabbage and carrot salad; Boston brown bread.
Both the Swan Island and Oregon Ship centers have invited workers and their families; as well as the general public, to open house Sunday, March 26, between 2 and 5 p.m.
Popularity of the home service menus has resulted in an increase in servings, Oregon Ship and Swan Island child service centers, which dispense the ready-to-eat suppers to shipyard workers, noted this week.
For the week starting March 27, menus - and one or all of which may be obtained by notifying and pre-paying the center two days in advance - follow:
Monday - Italian spaghetti; lemon Jello with grapefruit, orange and apple.
Tuesday - Baked ham with Creole lima beans; cinnamon rolls.
Wednesday - Swiss steak with brown gravy; apple turnover.
Thursday - Baked stuffed pork chops; graham nut bread.
Friday - Spanish beef with rice; prune and peach upside-down cake.
Saturday - Boston baked beans; cabbage and carrot salad; Boston brown bread.
Both the Swan Island and Oregon Ship centers have invited workers and their families; as well as the general public, to open house Sunday, March 26, between 2 and 5 p.m.
Shipyard
Workers
Help Find Mascot
(OREGON SHIP) The plaintive question, "Where, or where has my little dog gone?" was answered for two soldiers by Oregon Ship workers and a St. Johns resident this week.
The dog, a mongrel named "Two Bits," is mascot for a troop transport ship which recently evacuated wounded Americans from two South Pacific battle areas. He turned up missing after the vessel had docked on the river near the O.S.C. yard.
Two soldiers - Corporal Les Neighbors and Sergeant L. J. Louvire - related the misfortune to Mrs. W. D. Bee, St. Johns restaurant owner, who inserted a notice of the dog's disappearance in a local newspaper.
Field Clerk Gladys Bjornstad and
Help Find Mascot
(OREGON SHIP) The plaintive question, "Where, or where has my little dog gone?" was answered for two soldiers by Oregon Ship workers and a St. Johns resident this week.
The dog, a mongrel named "Two Bits," is mascot for a troop transport ship which recently evacuated wounded Americans from two South Pacific battle areas. He turned up missing after the vessel had docked on the river near the O.S.C. yard.
Two soldiers - Corporal Les Neighbors and Sergeant L. J. Louvire - related the misfortune to Mrs. W. D. Bee, St. Johns restaurant owner, who inserted a notice of the dog's disappearance in a local newspaper.
Field Clerk Gladys Bjornstad and
HUNDRED
PERCENTERS
(VANCOUVER) - The tool room department on the Outfitting dock has given 100 per cent support to the Red Cross, according to C. Thomas, foreman of tool rooms.
Reporting for their groups were: Leadmen F. Taylor, A. Buckman, K. Blodgett, O. Banks, H. Dorgan , M. McDonald, F. Toothaker, and G. Thompson.
(VANCOUVER) - The tool room department on the Outfitting dock has given 100 per cent support to the Red Cross, according to C. Thomas, foreman of tool rooms.
Reporting for their groups were: Leadmen F. Taylor, A. Buckman, K. Blodgett, O. Banks, H. Dorgan , M. McDonald, F. Toothaker, and G. Thompson.
Worker
Will Employ
Disabled Veterans
(VANCOUVER) - Post-war planner extraordinary is Charles W. Call, day shift welder on the Out-fitting dock. Proprietor of a chicken ranch in southern Oregon, Call plans to enlarge his business after the war to enable him to handle from 40,000 to 60,000 chickens, and he will use only disabled veterans as helpers in the venture.
Veteran of World War 1, Call knows something of the disillusionment in store for the returning soldiers and with his savings from his employment here, hopes to provide work for many of them.
Realizing what low markets and high feed can do to profits in the chicken business, Call plans to grow most of his own feed and is having plans drawn for his own refrigeration system, which will enable him to hold the birds, killed in prime condition, until the market is right for sale.
Disabled Veterans
(VANCOUVER) - Post-war planner extraordinary is Charles W. Call, day shift welder on the Out-fitting dock. Proprietor of a chicken ranch in southern Oregon, Call plans to enlarge his business after the war to enable him to handle from 40,000 to 60,000 chickens, and he will use only disabled veterans as helpers in the venture.
Veteran of World War 1, Call knows something of the disillusionment in store for the returning soldiers and with his savings from his employment here, hopes to provide work for many of them.
Realizing what low markets and high feed can do to profits in the chicken business, Call plans to grow most of his own feed and is having plans drawn for his own refrigeration system, which will enable him to hold the birds, killed in prime condition, until the market is right for sale.
Pipe
Gets X-Ray The X-ray machine, operated here by Russell Kurtz, representative
of Industrial X-Ray Engineers, (center) is used for inspection of pre-fabricated,
high pressure steam lines on Victory ships. Watching, are day shift Acetylene
Welders C. R. Hoffine, (left) and Claude Smith. All pipe subjected to
high pressure is acetylene welded by Leadman Charles McGuire's crew. (Oregon
Ship Photo)
'Two
Bits' Comes Home Through the. efforts of Oregon Ship workers and
a St. Johns merchant, "Two Bits," mascot for a troop transport,
was returned to his masters. Mrs. W. D. Bee of St. Johns and "Andy"
Anderson, swing shift timechecker who had adopted the animal, present
him to Corporal Les Neighbors and Sergeant L. J. Louvire, who are attached
to the ship. Lieutenant G. A. Oakes, official of the guard force, looks
on. (Oregon Ship Photo)
Method
of Computing
Bond Interest Told
The date used to. compute the interest and determine the redemption value of a war bond is the first day of the month during which payment is completed. So say Kaiser Shipyard War Bond department heads.
Stamped on each bond issued by the yards is the date of the payroll week when it was paid for. This is done to keep the worker informed of his payroll deduction status.
Bond Interest Told
The date used to. compute the interest and determine the redemption value of a war bond is the first day of the month during which payment is completed. So say Kaiser Shipyard War Bond department heads.
Stamped on each bond issued by the yards is the date of the payroll week when it was paid for. This is done to keep the worker informed of his payroll deduction status.
Material
Expediter Tom Caton of the Boiler Erection shop read the item and identified
the animal as the one which had been playing in the shop the day before.
Mrs. Bjornstad discovered that the dog had been taken home by "Andy"
Anderson, swing shift timechecker.
Anderson was notified and returned "Two Bits" to the guard office, where the soldiers reclaimed him.
Anderson was notified and returned "Two Bits" to the guard office, where the soldiers reclaimed him.
".
. . there's such a thing as carrying this "Share the Ride"
campaign too far!"
