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R E A D E R C O M M E N T S ...
A S T H E E D IT O R V IE W S T H E N E W S N E W S
W hat Pricc Old A ge? ...
A m erican Foundry Convention D raw s L arge A ttendance.
Steelworks Operations for W eek ... ...
Machinę T ool Engineers H ear Latest Developments at Forum Men of Industry ...
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Activities of Steel Users, M a k e rs...
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Technology O pening N ew Fields, G M ’s Guests at F a ir Told U . S. Steel’s Export Business 13 Per Cent of T otal Shipm ents Follansbee Reorganization Plan Consumm ated ...
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« S T E E L p r o d u c t i o n l a s t w e e k ( p . 2 7 ) m o v e d u p 3 p o in ts to 6 6 % p e r c e n t o f i n g o t c a p a c i t y a n d a p p e a rs d u e f o r a f u r t h e r r i s e t h i s w e e k . T h e u p t r e n d r e s u lts f r o m f u r t h e r m o d e r a t e i m p r o v e m e n t in d o m e s tic b u s in e s s . D e m a n d f o r s h e e t s a n d s t r i p is h e a v ie r. S o m e o t h e r p r o d u c t s a ls o r e f l e c t i m p r o v e d vo lu m e. B u il d in g c o n s t r u c t i o n is m o r e a c t i v e . O n th e o t h e r h a n d ( p . 9 1 ) , s o m e r e c e s s i o n in v o lu m e is seen f o r t h e t h i r d ą u a r t e r — u n l e s s f o r e i g n b u y in g o f iro n a n d s t e e l is in t e n s i f ie d . A t r e n d in t h i s d i r e c t i o n is f o r e s e e n a s a r e s u l t o f t h e w a r ’s s p r e a d t o B e l- g iu m a n d t h e N e t h e r l a n d s . F i n i s h e d s t e e l p r i c e s a r e s te a d ie r . S c r a p p r i c e s a r e r i s i n g m o r e r a p i d l y .
W ith t h e f e d e r a l o ld - a g e p r o g r a m t a k i n g a d e ą u a t e c a re o n ly o f t h o s e e m p l o y e s w h o e a r n le s s t h a n $ 1 3 0 0 a y e a r, th e p r o b l e m o f p r o v i d i n g s e c u r i t y f o r i t s m o s t v a lu e d w o r k e r s is a n i m p o r t a n t o n e f o r m a n a g e m e n t . E u g e n e M . K le in ( p . 2 1 ) s a y s i t c a n b e s o lv e d b y s u p p l e m e n t a l p e n s io n p l a n s w h ic h
— i f s e t u p i n t e l l i g e n t l y — a c t u a l l y m a y le s s e n p a y r o l l o u t g o . T h e p r o b l e m h a s a n o t h e r im p o r t a n t a s p e c t — t h a t o f r e t i r i n g a g e d w o r k e r s to m a k e ro o m f o r y o u t h . . . . T h i s s u b j e c t o f f in d in g e m p lo y m e n t f o r y o u t h a ls o c a m e u p f o r m a j o r d i s cu ssio n (p . 2 4 ) a t l a s t w e e k ’s a n n u a l m e e t i n g o f t h e A m e ric a n F o u n d r y m e n ’s a s s o c i a t i o n . I n d u s t r y , i t w a s held, m u s t d o s o m e t h i n g a b o u t t h e m a t t e r .
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a b o u t $ 1 ,2 7 0 ,0 0 0 f o r n e w e ą u i p r n e n t . . . . F u r t h e r t e m p o r a r y n a t i o n a l e c o n o m i c c o m m i t t e e h e a r i n g s ( p . 3 2 ) h a v e b e e n p o s t p o n e d u n t i l N o v e m b e r . W a g e s - h o u r s l a w r e v i s i o n ( p . 3 4 ) is r e g a r d e d a s d e a d f o r t h i s s e s s io n .
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a d iv e r s if ie d c h a r a c t e r f r o m a t h o r - o u g h g o i n g s a f e t y c a m p a i g n — o b - t a i n i n g s a v i n g s , i n c i d e n t a l l y , t h a t p a i d f o r i t s e n t i r e c o s t . . . . E l e c t r i f i c a t i o n — in c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h h y - d r a u l i c s , to w h i c h i t is b e c o m i n g m o r e a n d m o r e c lo s e ly a l l i e d — is , a c c o r d i n g to G u y H u b b a r d ( p . 5 0 ) , t h e m o s t p o w e r f u l t r a d i t i o n - s m a s h i n g f a c t o r w h ic h e v e r h a s p e n e t r a t e d t h e m a c h i n ę to o l i n d u s t r y . H e e x p l a i n s w h y . . . . F r e d S t e w a r t ( p . 7 6 ) d e s c r i b e s a f la m e c u t t i n g a n d a r c w e ld in g s e t u p d e v e lo p e d f o r p r o d u c t i o n o f i n d u s t r i a l t r u c k s . B e n d s r e d u c e t h e a m o u n t o f w e ld in g n e e d e d .
W h e n t i n - c o n t a m i n a t e d s t e e l s r u n r a t h e r h i g h in ti n , s a y s P a u l M c K im m (p . 6 8 ) , t h e y c a n b e u s e d f o r d e e p d r a w i n g s h e e t s a n d s t r i p , p e r m i t t i n g lo w e r - c o s t s c r a p to b e c h a r g e d . H e d is -
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j n g c o s t s o f t e n m a y b e lo w e r e d ( p . 7 0 ) b y p r o p e r d e s i g n o f t h e c a s t i n g it s e l f . T o t h i s e n d , s a y s H . L . M c C le e s , c lo s e co - o p e r a t i o n b e tw e e n p r o d u c e r a n d u s e r o f t h e c a s t i n g is e s s e n t i a l . . . . A . N . K u g l e r ( p . 7 1 ) o f f e r s p r a c t i c a l s u g g e s t i o n s o n s p l i c i n g s t e e l b e a m s o f v a r y i n g c r o s s - s e c t io n s . . . . A m a l l e a b l e f o u n d r y e f f e c ts p r o d u c ti o n s a v i n g s ( p . 5 2 ) b y m a k i n g d i f f e r e n t c a s t i n g s in a s i n g l e m o ld .T h e w a r ( p . 3 8 ) is t i g h l e n i n g t h e s u p p l y o f S o u t h A fric a n i n d u s t r i a l d i a m o n d s ; p r i c e s h a v e b e g u n to ascen d . . , . M o re t h a n 2 5 p e r c e n t o f t h e m a c h i n ę t o o l s p r o d u c e d f o r d o m e s t i c u s e ( p .
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Eugene M . Klein An outstanding authority on industrial pension plans, Mr.
Klein prepared jor his career as a student at Western Re- serue and Cleueland law school, Cleueland. Foli ow- ing his graduation in 1 91 1 he studied employer-employe relationships as a part of his legał worl( jor seueral indus
trial companies. In 1929 he installed a pension plan and became so interested that he decided to specialize in such tvorl(. Since then he prob
ably has installed more pcn
sion plans than any other man 111 the country.
"B a sica lly , a p e n s io n p la n sh o u ld c o in c id e w ith th e re a l o b je c tiv e for w h ic h a C o rporation e x is ts — th e profit m o tiv e ."
WHAT P R I C E
By EU G EN E M. KLEIN
E u g e n e M. K lein a n d A s s o c ia te s C le y e ia n d
li i tli t h e f e d e r a l o l d - a g e p r o g r a m ta k i n g a d e ą u a t e ca re o f o n l y t h o s e e t n p l o y e s e a r n i n g less t h a n $1.300 a y e a r , t h e p r o b l e m o f p r o v i d i n g s e c u r i t y f o r i t s m o s t v a l u e d w o r k e r s is a v i t a l o n e to m a n a g e m e n t . S o u n d b u s i n e s s r e a s o n s n e c e s s i t a t e a s o l u t i o n
EB A L M O S T every industrial organization— in every industry— is losing money or other values because it has not paid effective attention to the mat- ter of retiring etnployes who have reached the age when they no longer arc able to produce efficiently. M any companies do not even realize that they have a problem of this kind. M any dismiss it casually, taking the attitude that etnployes who have been in the service over a long period of years must bc kept on the payroll.
In carrying on along such lines m any companies go to unusual lengths. A t the office of an Eastern m anufacturer of rubber sundries, for example, are to be found four elderly men whose sole job is to push a carpet sweeper across the lobby rug. T h e y arc on the active payroll at
$45 a week each. A man who has been 58 years in the employ of a cas- ket m anufacturer spends half a day, each day, in com piling figures which are thrown into the waste basket the m oment he leaves the office.
These cases are unusual— but m odifications of them are to be found throughout industry.
For a number of reasons the average age of w orkers on industrial payrolls is inereasing. Insurance statistics reveal that 20 to 40 per cent more workers today will live beyond the retirement age of 65 than has been the case in the past. Another factor is widespread unemploym ent.
T h is has placed a premium on jobs, so that an employed person does not think lightly about leaving his joli. Still another factor is the social security system. T h is impels employers to place a prem ium on em ploy
ment stability, causing them to seek methods that w ill enable them to keep their men steadily at work. T h e net effect is that the problem of disposing of older, less efficient etnployes is -growing and w ill continue to grow in importance.
M any companies in the past have set up pension plans. Industrial pension plans, in fact, date back as far as 50 years— so that there is noth- ing new about the pension idea. More than 5,000,000 employes today are covered by private pension plans operated by more than 1200 companies.
These plans have demonstrated their value in m any ways. T h e y are pow- erful preventives of ill-considered labor agitation. Statistics of the T a x
. . A verage a g e of work- ers on industrial payTolls is increasing."
. . C om panies with pen- sion plans h a v e few er la- bor disputes than those op- erating w i t h o u t sUch plans."
"It should be understood the ied eral o ld -a g e pro
gram in no circum stances affccts the operation ol pri- va te p ension plans ad- versely. - . It takes ad e- ąu a te care only ol those vrho earn le s s than SI300 yearlY-"*
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Research institute show that companies with pension plans have fewer labor disputes than those operating without such plans. These statistics reveal that where a pension plan is in effect there is less labor turnover and few er requests are made for w age increases— they reveal that there is less breakage of m achinery, more care in handling prcducts, greater loyalty to the com pany, better employe attendance.
Recently a large company explained, as follows, its reason for adopt- ing a pension system: “ T h e Corporation has recently suffered the loss o f seyeral important and yaluable employes who, based upon inducements of yarious kinds, including the right to participation in pension plans, have left the Corporation to enter the service of other companies.”
Experience am ply demonstrates that a wisely devised pension plan is an asset to an industrial organization in m any w ays. W ith the prob
lem o f old age becoming a more important one for industry, it is only logical to assume that more companies w ill feel im pelled to adopt such plans. T h is is particularly the case under the federal program .
It should be understood the federal old-age program in no circum- stances affects the operation of private pension plans adversely. On the contrary. the federal old-age program presents a m eans by w hich an em- ployer's old-age pension program m ay be lightened. T h e federal old-age pregratn takes care of employes in the low-income group. It takes adt- quate care only o f those who earn less than S 130 0 annually.
T he fact that clearly should be borne in mind by the executive who is concerned with the security o f his retired workers is that the federal old-age program does not take care of his employes in the higher income groups. It does not provide security to an acceptable degree for the men w ho are o f greatest value to him and who constitute the backbone of the business. It is these men that he must have in mind in revising his pension plan or setting one up under today's conditions.
T h e pension problem that confronts the typical m anufacturer is re-
\ealed in a stud\ in an O hic company o f employes ages, salaries and the federal old-age benefits to which they are entitled at relirement age.
It shows. for esam ple, that a m arried man 29 years old and earning $Soo a year w ill be entitled to a yearly benefit of $545.60 on retirement at age 65. or 68.2 per cent o f his salary— proyided his salary remains at that level. Ih at amount may be regarded as satisfactory from the standpoint o f security, because under pension plans it generally is considered fair to retire an employe on a pension equivalent to 50 per cent o f his salary.
A s ih e \a l u e o f a n em ploye g ro w s a n d h is co m p e n sa tio n increases, his p o sition u n d e r th e fed eral old -ag e p ro g ra m ra p id ly d e te rio ra te s. F o r exam p!e, a m a n in th e S3000-S4000 class w h o is no w 30 to 34 vears old can receiye u n d e r th e fed eral p ro g ra m a n a m o u n t th a t is on ly 24.3 per c e n t o f h is salary a t re tire m e n t.
M an y peo p le— in c lu d in g som e th a t o rd in a rily a re w ell-in fo rm e d — re- g a rd a p en sio n p la n as a h u m a m ta r ia n m e a s u re . I t is tr u e th a t a pen sion p la n h as a h u m a n ita r ia n aspect. N o o rg a n iz a tio n , h o w ev er. w o u ld be jusrified in se ttin g u p a p en sio n p la n fro m th a t p o in t o f view only.
B asicalK . a p en sio n p lan sh o u ld coincide w ith th e re a l objective fo r w hich a C orporation exists th e p ro fit m otive. O n lv w h e n it h as b een deter- m in e d th a t a p en sio n p la n w ill benefit th e C orporation, its em ployes and sto c k h o ld e rs sh o u ld th e p lan be a p p ro r e d fo r a d o p d o n .
L nder a w isely concen ed pension system, devised so that it will supplem ent the federal old-age program , an em ployer has unusual lati- tud^ in retiring the older. less efScient men, and o f e f f e c t i n ę pavroli sav-
ings and unw arranted payroll expense in so doing. T h is applies to the great m ajority of employers— for it is practically impossible to discover a payroll that does not include salaries to employes who, from the stand- point of productive efficiency, really constitute a nuisance Yalue. ln evalu- ating his employes an employer is justihed in depreciating them just as he depreciates his m achinery and other eąuipm ent. A n d he can do so with fuli measure ol: fairness to the men involved if he has a proper pension system.
A n exam ple of the results that can be obtained through intelligent action is afforded by the case of a large chemical com pany. It had ap- proximately 35,000 employes on its payroll. A lter careful study it de- cided to retire 294 employes who, at time of retircment, were receiving
$592,000 annually. B y redistributing duties, it replaced them with 180 new employes. Payroll for the replacements averaged only 56.8 per cent of the retired w orkers’ compensation, so that net reduction in the payroll was §245,421. T h e pension program of this com pany costs $4629 less than the savings on the payroll.
The same problem w as tackled by a Pennsylvania steel company.
On retiring 300 old employes, it found that, through elim inating or re
distributing duties, it was able to replace them with 1 1 1 younger w ork
ers. It paid the younger men a som ewhat lower average salary— with the result that its payroll saving exceeded the pension expense.
In both these companies the approach on this problem took the form of a study in w hich the age structure was related to output per dollar o f payroll, thus setting up an cfTicicnt m easuring stick that met every condition of employm ent. T h is m easuring stick quickly located the instances in which older employes were receiving wages not com- mensurate with the services they rendered.
W hile plant conditions and the possibilities of redistributing duties vary, this same type of approach can bring equally desirable results in most industrial organizations. T h e main thing is to recognize the prob
lem and then set about its solution. Benefits can be obtained immediately by taking advantage of the F O A P to retire workers in the less-than-$i3'óo- a-year income group. A certain amount of time may be necessary to re
tire those in the higher-income group. T h is m ight result from the nec- essity of accum ulating funds over a period for the purpose of creating a reserve out of which pension payments can be made suggesting, of course, the wisdom of early rather than delayed attention to the problem.
In addition to creating an outlet for employes over 65, effective action under the F O A P and private pension plans has a desirable effect in an
other direction. It opens new opportunities to youths. Unemployment among youths to the extent of 2,600,000 seems possible of considerable amelioration when it is recalled that 2,500,000 now employed in industry are more than 65 years of age and ready for retirement. T h is is a m at
ter of no smali significance to industry when it is remembered that on the youth of today devolves the responsibility for the industry of tomor- row. It also is of significance in view of the fact that unemployment among youth incites discontent that adds to the menace on the social and political front.
Considered in that light, every man over 65 now active in industry is the cause of a certain amount of dissatisfaction which expresses itself in one way or another— frequently in the form of votcs for political can- didates who, no matter how unsound their proposals regarding business and economics m ay be, are loud and impressive with their promises.
. . It is p ractically im - possib le to d iscover a p a y - roll that d o es not in clu d e sa la ries to e m p lo y es w h o , from the standpoint of pro- ductive efficiency, rea lly constitute a n u isa n ce Yal
ue."
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ities to youths."
. . 2.500,000 n ow em - ployed in industry are more than SS y e a r s o £ a g e and ready for retirement."
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■ D I V E R T I N G i t s a t t e n t i o n te m - p o r a r i l y f r o m s t r i c t l y te c h n i c a l su b - j e c t s , t h e A m e r ic a n F o u n d r y m e n ’s a s s o c ia ti o n h o ld in g it s fo i’ty - f o u r t h a n n u a l c o n v e n ti o n a t t h e P a l m e r H o u s e , C h ic a g o , M a y 6-10, la i d em - p h a s i s o n t h e t r a i n i n g a n d p r e p a r a - ti o n o f y o u th t h a t i t m a y b e a b le to fin d a n d a s s u m e a p la c e in i n d u s t r y . I n li n e w i t h a l l in d u s t r y , t h e f o u n d r y fie ld is m a i n t a i n i n g it s r e c o r d f o r te c h n o l o g ic a l p r o g r e s s , e v e n t h o u g h b e s e t o n a l l s id e s b y e c o n o m ic a n d p o litic a l m a l a d j u s t - m e n t . T o c o n ti n u e t h i s p r o g r e s s , y o u th m u s t b e e n c o u r a g e d in d e v e l- o p in g e l e a r t h i n k i n g a n d le a d e r s h i p .
H o ld in g o f a F o u n d r y a n d A llie d I n d u s t r i e s s h o w in I n t e r n a t i o n a l A m p h i t h e a t r e p r o v e d a n a t t r a c t i o n w h ic h s t i m u l a t e d a t t e n d a ń c e a t con- v e n ti o n s e s s io n s . R e g i s t r a t i o n f o r t h e w e e k to t a l e d 7000. T h e s h o w w ith n e a r l y 225 e x h ib i ts o f f o u n d r y e ą u i p r n e n t a n d s u p p l ie s , w a s o n e o f t h e l a r g e s t w h ic h t h e a s s o c ia ti o n h a s c o n d u c te d a n d w a s b y f a r t h e m o s t a t t r a c t i v e . O p e n o n t h e f i r s t fiv e d a y s o f t h e w e e k a n d t h e p re - c e d in g S a t u r d a y , i t h a d m u c h to o f f e r in t h e w a y o f n e w p r o d u c ts b r o u g h t o u t in t h e tw o y e a r s s iń c e t h e l a s t s h o w in C le v e la n d in 193S.
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C o n v e n tio n s e s s io n s , e x t e n d i n g o v e r fiv e d a y s , f e a t u r e d m e e t in g s , r o u n d - ta b le lu n c h e o n s a n d d is c u s- s io n s , d in n e r s , s h o p o p e r a t i o n c o u r s e s , le c t u r e s , a n d c o m m it te e m e e t in g s c o v e r i n g a l l p h a s e s o f t h e s te e l, g r a y ir o n , m a l le a b l e a n d n o n f e r r o u s b r a n c h e s o f c a s t i n g s p r o d u c tio n . I n a d d it io n , s e s s io n s w e r e c o n d u c te d o n a p p r e n t i c e t r a i n i n g , f o r e - m a n t r a i n i n g , jo b a n a l y s i s a n d c o s ts .
A n o r g a n i z e d in s p e c ti o n t r i p o n M a y 6 to o k a p p r o x i m a t e l y 300 f o u n d r y m e n to t h e W is c o n s in S te e l W o r k s o f I n t e r n a t i o n a l H a r v e s t e r C o., S o u th C h ic a g o , 111., w h e r e t h e y s a w b l a s t f u r n a c e , c o k e o v e n , s te e l- m a k i n g a n d r o l li n g o p e r a t io n s . O n
t h e r e t u r n t r i p , a s t o p w a s m a d e a t t h e M u s e u m o f S c ie n c e a n d I n d u s tr y to s e e t h e r e c e n t l y i n s t a l l e d f o u n d r y d e p a r t m e n t .
I n h is p r e s i d e n t i a l a d d r e s s b e fo r e t h e a n n u a l b u s i n e s s m e e t in g , M a y 8, H e n r y S . W a s h b u r n , p r e s i d e n t an d t r e a s u r e r , P l a i n v i l l e C a s t i n g Co., P la i n v il le , C o n n ., c ite d th e r a p id p a c e o f t e c h n i c a l im p r o v e m e n ts as a c h a ll e n g e to t h e f o u n d r y in d u s tr y , a c h a l l e n g e w h ic h c a n b e m e t in p a r t i f f o u n d r y m e n w ill a c c e p t th e i r r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o f m e m b e r s h i p in th e i n d u s t r y ’s t e c h n i c a l s o c i e ty a n d th u s p r o m o t e t h e b e n e f ic ia l e x c h a n g e of id e a s .
‘• F r e s h T h i n k i n g ” N e e d e d H e s t r e s s e d t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f en- c o u r a g i n g “ f r e s h t h i n k i n g ” y o u n g m e n to t a k e t h e i r p r o p e r p la c e in t h e i n d u s t r y , a n d u r g e d t h a t such y o u n g m e n b e g iv e n a n o p p o r tu n ity to t e s t t h e i r id e a s b e f o r e t h e y slip p e d in t o t h e r u t o f o r t h o d o x e x p e rie n c e a n d t h i n k in g .
“ G iv e t h e m t h i s c h a n c e ,” h e con- c lu d e d , “ a n d u s e t h e A. F . A. a s a c l e a r i n g h o u s e f o r i d e a s ; t h e n w e c a n f a c e t h e f u t u r ę w i t h c o n fid e n c e .”
U r g i n g i n d u s t r y to m a k e d e te r m in e d e f f o r t s to r e s t o r e h o p e , am - b it io n a n d m o r a l e a m o n g y o u n g m e n s e e k i n g p o s i ti o n s , to t a k e re- n e w e d i n t e r e s t in c u r r i c u l a of s c h o o ls a n d c o lle g e s to t h e e n d t h a t y o u n g p e o p le m a y b e b e t t e r pre- p a r e d f o r p o s i ti o n s in in d u s t r y , an d t o m a k e f u r t h e r s p e c i a l a t t e m p t s to p r o v i d e p la c e s f o r y o u n g m e n in p l a n t s , C h a r l e s E . W ils o n , e x e c u tiv e v ic e p r e s i d e n t , G e n e r a l M o to r s C orp., D e t r o i t , p r e s e n t e d t h e f e a t u r e a d d r e s s a t t h e b u s i n e s s m e e tin g .
H is r e m a r k s c o n s t i t u te d t h e th ird in a s e r i e s o f a n n u a l p r e s e n ta t io n s s p o n s o r e d b y t h e A . F . A . b o a r d of a w a r d s to s t i m u l a t e d is c u s s io n of n o n - t e c h n ic a l p r o b l e m s o f g e n e r a ł i n t e r e s t .
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fo cu sed o n o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r y o u th , a n d i n d u s t r y ’s r e s p o n s i b i li t i e s in p ro - v id in g t h e r e f o r . R e c a l l i n g h is o w n p e rs o n a l e x p e r ie n c e a s a y o u n g m a n s e e ld n g e m p lo y m e n t, h e e m p h a s iz e d th e c h a n g e d c o n d itio n s w h ic h con- f r o n t y o u n g p e o p le t o d a y a n d t h e f a c t t h a t th e y a r e b e a r i n g m o r e t h a n th e ir s h a r e o f c u r r e n t u n e m p l o y m e n t.
“T h ir t y o r f o r t y y e a r s a g o , in d u s tr y a n d w o r k i n g a c ti v it ie s w e r e n o t on s u c h a f o r m a l a n d l a r g e scalę, a n d i t w a s m u c h e a s i e r f o r a boy o r y o u n g m a n to s e e w h a t m e n did w h e n t h e y w o r k e d , a n d , e v e n b e fo re th e y w e r e o ld e n o u g h th e m - selv es to w o r k , to b e g in to u n d e r - s ta n d h o w to d o t h i n g s . ”
M r. W ils o n o b s e r v e d t h a t p a r e n t s to d a y a r e to o p r o n e to c o n c lu d e t h a t a f o r m a l e d u c a tio n is a g u a r a n t e e f o r t h e i r o f f s p r i n g ’s e c o n o m ic s e c u rity a n d p la c e in s o c ie ty . F i g u r e s a t t e s t th e w i d e s p r e a d in c r e a s e in e d u c a tio n o v e r t h e p a s t 20 y e a r s . F o r e x a m p le , in 1920 t h e r e w e r e 311,266 h ig h s c h o o l g r a d u a t e s a n d in 1938 th e r e w e r e 1,075,000. I n 1920 th e r e w e re 48,622 c o lle g e g r a d u a t e s ; in 1938 t h e r e w e r e 147,500.
D e s p ite th i s e m p h a s is o n e d u c a tion, u n e m p l o y m e n t a m o n g y o u n g peo p le is s e r io u s , le a d i n g to t h e con- ciu sio n t h a t b o o k l e a r n i n g a lo n e ,
w ith o u t t h e k n o w le d g e o f h o w o r th e w illin g n e s s to d o s o m e o f t h e s im p le r jo b s u l t i m a t e l y p r o v e s a h a n d ic a p .
I n d u s t r y H e lp in g - Y o u th M r. W ils o n n o te d t h a t i n d u s t r y in m a n y c a s e s h a s r e c o g n i z e d t h e p r o b lem s o f y o u th s e e k i n g e m p l o y m e n t a n d h e c o m m e n d e d t h e e f f o r t s b e in g m a d e to s o lv e th e m . A p p r e n ti c e tr a in i n g p r o g r a m s , s u c h a s t h e A- F . A. h a s s p o n s o r e d f o r m a n y y e a rs , a r e a d e f in ite s t e p t o w a r d a lle v ia tin g th e d is tr e s s o f id le y o u th .
As a to k e n o f a s s o c i a t i o n a p p r e c i a - tio n P r e s id e n t W a s h b u r n a t t h e con- clu sio n o f th e a d d r e s s p r e s e n t e d M r.
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e x e c u te d b y a C h ic a g o s c u l p t r e s s . L e s t e r N . S h a n n o n , v :c e p r e s i d e n t a n d w o r k s m a n a g e r , S to c k h a m P ip e F i t t i n g s C o., B ir m in g h a m , A la ., w a s e le c te d p r e s i d e n t to s u c c e e d M r.
W a s h b u r n . H e s e r v e d in t h e c a p a c it y o f v ic e p r e s id e n t d u r i n g th e p a s t y e a r , a n d f o r t h r e e y e a r s p r i o r to t h a t a s a d ir e c to r .
B o r n in C a r b o n H ill, A la ., in 1893, M r. S h a n n o n a t t e n d e d p u b lic s c h o o ls t h e r e a n d l a t e r B ir m in g h a m S o u th e r n c o lle g e f r o m w h ic h h e g r a d u a t e d w ith a B .S . d e g r e e in 1912. Im m e d i- a t e l y t h e r e a f t e r h e b e c a m e a ss o c i- a te d w ith t h e S to c k h a m c o m p a n y in w h o s e s e r v ic e h e h a s r i s e n to h is p r e s e n t p o s itio n . H e w a s in s tr u - m e n t a l in o r g a n i z in g a n d w a s t h e f i r s t c h a i r m a n o f th e B ir m in g h a m d i s t r i c t c h a p te r , A m e r i c a n F o u n d r y - m e n ’s a s s o c ia tio n . M r. S h a n n o n a ls o is a m e m b e r o f t h e A m e r i c a n S o c ie ty o f M e c h a n ic a l E n g in e e r s a n d A m e r ic a n S o c ie ty f o r T e s t i n g M a t e r ia l s .
F iv e D ir e c t o r s E le c te d H e r b e r t S. S im p s o n , p r e s id e n t, N a tio n a l E n g in e e r i n g C o., C h ic a g o , a n d a p a s t d ir e c t o r o f t h e a s s o c ia tio n , w a s e le c te d v ic e p r e s i d e n t f o r o n e y e a r . B o r n in M in n e a p o lis in 1884, h e m o v e d to C h ic a g o w h e n a y o u n g b o y . C o m p le tin g h is e d u c a tio n , h e e n g a g e d in t h e m a n u f a c t u r e o f c lay - w o r k i n g m a c h i n e r y , l a t e r b e c o m in g a s s i s t a n t to t h e p r e s id e n t, H a tfle ld - P e n f ie ld S te e l C o., B u c y r u s , O. I n 1917 h e l e f t t h a t c o m p a n y to a ss o - c ia t e h im s e l f w ith t h e N a t io n a l E n g in e e r i n g C o., m a n u f a c t u r e r o f f o u n d r y e ą u ip m e n t, o f w h ic h o r g a n - i z a t io n h e h a s b e e n p r e s id e n t.
M r. S im p s o n is a p a s t p r e s id e n t, F o u n d r y E ą u i p m e n t M a n u f a c tu r e r s a s s o c ia ti o n , a n d f o r m a n y y e a r s h a s s u p p o r te d v a r i o u s r e s e a r c h a c ti v it ie s o f A .F .A . a n d h a s b e e n a c ti v e in o t h e r w a y s . H e is p a s t p r e s id e n t, K iw a n is C lu b o f C h ic a g o , a f o r m e r a ld e r m a n o f E v a n s to n , 111., a n d a t
p r e s e n t a t r u s t e e o f t h a t c i t y ’s li- b r a r y b o a r d . I n r e c e n t y e a r s h e h a s t r a v e l e d w id e ly i n A u s t r a l i a , S o u th A m e r ic a , M e x ic o a n d E u r o p ę .
F iv e d ir e c t o r s to s e r v e t h r e e - y e a r t e r m s w e r e e le c te d a s f o l lo w s : G e o r g e W . C a n n o n , v ic e p r e s id e n t, C a m p b e ll, W y a n t & C a n n o n F o u n d r y C o., M u s k e g o n , M ic h .; L . P . R o b in s o n , s a l e s m a n a g e r , W e r n e r G.
S m i th C o., C le v e la n d ; H a r o ld J . R o a s t, v ic e p r e s id e n t, C a n a d ia n B r o n z e C o., M o n t r e a l, C a n a d a ; B . D . C la ffe y , m a n a g e r , g r a y i r o n d iv is io n , G e n e r a l M a lle a b le C o rp ., W a u k e s h a , W is .; a n d R e t i r i n g P r e s i d e n t H e n r y S. W a s h b u r n .
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F o u r m e d a l s f o r 1940 a n d a n h o n - o r a r y lif e m e m b e r s h i p w e r e p r e s e n t e d a t t h e b u s i n e s s m e e t in g . T h e J o h n A . P e n t o n g o ld m e d a l w a s a w a r d e d to N a th a n i e l K . B. P a t c h , s e c r e t a r y , L u m e n B e a r i n g C o., B u f f a lo ; t h e J . H . W h it in g g o ld m e d a l to F r e d e r i c k K . V ia l, d i r e c t o r a n d v ic e p r e s id e n t, G rif fin W h e e l C o., C h ic a g o , a n d d i r e c t o r a n d v ic e p r e s i d e n t, A s s o c ia tio n o f M a n u f a c t u r e r s o f C h ille d C a r W h e e ls , C h ic a g o ; t h e W . H . M c F a d d e n g o ld m e d a l to H a r r y W . D i e te r t, p r e s i d e n t , H a r r y W . D i e t e r t C o., D e tr o i t; a n d t h e J o s e p h S. S e a m a n g o ld m e d a l to F r e d e r i c k A . M e lm o th , v ic e p r e s i d e n t a n d w o r k s m a n a g e r , D e t r o i t S te e l C a s t
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T h e h o n o r a r y li f e m e m b e r s h i p w a s c o n f e r r e d u p o n G e o r g e A . T . L o n g , in c h a r g e o f t h e f o u n d r y s e r v - ic e d e p a r t m e n t , P ic k a n d s , M a t h e r &
C o., C h ic a g o , f o r t h e p a s t 37 y e a r s . T h e f o u r m e d a l s w e r e e s ta b li s h e d b y t h e a s s o c ia ti o n in 1920 t h r o u g h f u n d s d o n a te d b y f o u r p a s t p r e s i d e n t s w h o s e n a m e s a r e a s s o c ia te d w i t h t h e m e d a ls . A w a r d s a r e m a d e u p o n r e c o m m e n d a t io n o f a b o a r d co m - p o s e d o f t h e l a s t s e v e n li v in g p a s t p r e s id e n ts .
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m e d a l “ in r e c o g n i ti o n o f h is co n - t r i b u t i o n s to t h e f o u n d r y in d u s tr y - ” A s s o c ia te d w i t h t h e L u m e n B e a r i n g Co. s iń c e 1901, h e h a s b e e n p r o m i
n e n t in te c h n i c a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s con- n e c te d w it h t h e b r a s s f o u n d i n g in d u s t r y . H e w a s o n e o f t h e o r i g in a l o r g a n i z e r s o f t h e A m e r ic a n B r a s s F o u n d e r s ’ a s s o c ia ti o n , w a s o n e o f it s f i r s t d i r e c to r s , a n d w a s p r e s i d e n t in 1911.
M r. P a t c h a ls o s e r v e d a s c h a i r m a n o f t h e c o m m it te e o n n o n f e r r o u s m e t a l s o f t h e A m e r ic a n S o c ie ty f o r T e s t i n g M a t e r i a ls a n d h a s b e e n a m e m b e r o f t h e A m e r ic a n C h e m i
c a l s o c i e ty ; E l e c t r o c h e m i c a l s o c i e ty ; I n s t i t u t e o f M e t a ls ( B r i t i s h ) ; I n s ti- t u t e o f M e t a ls d iv is io n , A m e r ic a n c a l E n g i n e e r s ; a n d B u f f a lo E n g i n e e r i n g s o c ie ty . H e h a s b e e n a c t i v e in t h e A .F .A . m a n y y e a r s , s e r v in g o n m a n y c o m m it te e s , a s a d i r e c t o r in 1926, v ic e p r e s i d e n t in 1929, a n d p r e s i d e n t in 1930-31. H e h a s w r it- t e n m a n y a r t i c l e s o n f o u n d r y p r a c tic e .
B a s is o f t h e W h i t i n g m e d a l a w a r d to M r. V ia l w a s “ h i s o u t s t a n d i n g con- t r i b u t i o n to t h e d e v e lo p m e n t o f cu- p o la m e l ti n g .” B e c o m in g a f f ilia te d w i t h t h e G r if f in W h e e l C o. in 1902 a f t e r e x te n s iv e e x p e r i e n c e in th e r a i l r o a d fie ld , h e w a s n a m e d c o n s u l t i n g e n g i n e e r f o r t h e A s s o c ia tio n o f M a n u f a c t u r e r s o f C h ille d C a r W h e e l s w h e n i t w a s o r g a n i z e d in 1906.
A s a m e m b e r o f t h e A .F .A ., A m e r ic a n S o c ie ty f o r T e s t i n g M a t e r ia ls , W e s t e r n S o c ie ty o f E n g i n e e r s a n d A i r B r a k e a s s o c ia ti o n , M r. V ia l h a s p r e s e n t e d a n e x t e n s iv e l i s t o f t e c h n ic a l p a p e r s r e l a t i n g t o r e s e a r c h , c a r w h e e ls , r a i l w a y p r o b l e m s a n d c u p o la m e l t i n g p r o c e s s e s . H e a ls o h a s c o ll a b o r a t e d in t h e p r e p a r a t i o n o f r e s e a r c h b u ll e t i n s o f t h e U n iv e r- s i t y o f I l li n o is , P u r d u e u n iv e r s it y , M a s s a c h u s e t t s I n s t i t u t e o f T e c h -
s t r u c t o r in c h a r g e o f s h o p s a t R ice i n s t i t u t e , H o u s to n , T e x „ a n d a y e a r o f g r a d u a t e w o r k a t t h e U n iv e rs ity o f I llin o is , in 1923 M r . D ie te r t be
c a m e a r e s e a r c h e n g in e e r f o r th e U . S. R a d i a t o r C o rp ., D e tr o it, an d h e r e w a s i r . s t r u m e n t a l in d ev elo p in g th e s a n d c o n tr o l m e th o d s o f th a t c o m p a n y . L a t e r s e r v i n g a s chief e n g in e e r , h e r e s i g n e d to o rg a n iz e h i s o w n c o m p a n y f o r t h e m a n u f a c t u r e o f s a n d t e s t i n g e ą u ip m e n t, a l
t h o u g h r e t a i n i n g h is c o n n e c tio n w ith U. S. R a d i a t o ’.- C o rp . a s c o n s u lta n t.
M r . D i e t e r t h a s s e r v e d o n th e A .F .A . s a n d r e s e a r c h c o m m itte e s iń c e t h e c o m m it te e w a s s t a r t e d in 1921 a n d h a s p la y e d a p ro m in e n t p a r t in d e v e lo p in g s a n d co n tro l m e t h o d s , in r e s e a r c h w o r k , in pre- s e n t i n g p a p e r s o n s a n d c o n tr o l an d in l e c t u r i n g o n t h a t s u b j e c t b efo re p r a c t i c a l l y a ll f o u n d r y g r o u p s in the U n ite d S ta t e s .
A s a m e m b e r o f t h e s a n d re s e a rc h c o m m itte e , h e h a s w o r k e d o n th e c o m m it te e o n c o n s e r v a ti o n a n d re- c l a m a ti o n , c o m m it te e o n te s ts , sub- c o m m it te e o n c o r e t e s t s , su b c o m m it- te e o n h a r d n e s s t e s t i n g a n d m o ld per- m e a b ility , s u b c o m m i tt e e o n dura- b ility , s u b c o m m i t t e e o n g r a d i n g and f in e n e s s a n d s u b c o m m i tt e e o n physi- c a l p r o p e r t i e s o f s a n d s a t elev a ted t e m p e r a t u r e s . I n a d d it io n to th e A .F .A ., h e is a m e m b e r o f the A m e r i c a n S o c ie ty o f M e c h a n ic a l E n g i n e e r s a n d A m e r i c a n A sso c ia tio n f o r t h e A d v a n c e m e n t o f S cience.
P r e s e n t a t i o n o f t h e S e a m a n m e d a l to M r. M e lm o th w a s “ in reco g n it io n o f h i s o u ts t a n d i n g c o n trib u - t i o n s to t h e a d v a n c e m e n t o f t h e ste e l c a s t i n g i n d u s t r y . ” B o r n a n d edu- c a te d in E n g la n d , h e h a d e x te n s iv e e x p e r i e n c e in t h e s t e e l a n d fo u n d ry i n d u s t r i e s b e f o r e c o m in g to th e U n ite d S t a t e s in 1930 to b e c o m e a f f ilia te d w i t h t h e D e t r o i t S te e l C ast
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T h e M c F a d d e n m e d a l w a s g iv e n to M r . D i e t e r t “ in r e c o g n i ti o n o f h is v a l u a b l e c o n tr i b u t io n in p r o m o t- i n g f o u n d r y s a n d r e s e a r c h a n d c o n t r o l .” A f t e r t w o y e a r s in t h e P h il a d e lp h ia w o r k s o f W e s t i n g h o u s e E le c t r i c & M fg . C o., a b r i e f p e r io d a s in-
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E S T E E L W O R K S o p e r a t i o n s l a s t w e e k r o s e 3 p o in t s to 66.5 p e r c e n t, h i g h e s t r a t e s iń c e t h e e n d o f F e b r u a r y . S e v e n d i s t r i c t s s h o w e d in c r e a s e s , o n e a d e c lin e a n d f o u r w e r e u n c h a n g e d . A y e a r a g o t h e r a t e w a s 47 p e r c e n t ; tw o y e a r s a g o i t w a s 30 p e r c e n t.
p re s id e n t. H e h a s w r i t t e n e x te n - siv e ly f o r t h e te c h n i c a l p r e s s o n v a rio u s p h a s e s o f s t e e l m a k i n g , s te e l fo u n d in g a n d m a lle a b le ir o n .
M r. M e lm o th is a m e m b e r o f t h e A .F.A . p o lic y c o m m it te e o n Hand- book re v is io n , t h e e x e c u tiv e c o m m it
te e o f t h e s t e e l d iv is io n , a n d t h e c o m m itte e o n m e t h o d s o f p r o d u c i n g s te e l f o r c a s t in g s . H e w a s r e c e n t ly a w a rd e d a d ip lo m a o f th e I n s t i t u t e o f B r itis h F o u n d r y m e n f o r h is ex- c h a n g e p a p e r p r e s e n t e d a t t h e 1939 I n t e r n a t io n a l F o u n d r y c o n g r e s s in L o n d o n . I n a d d it io n to t h e A .F .A ., M r. M e lm o th is a m e m b e r o f t h e A m e ric a n , S o c ie ty f o r M e ta ls , a n d th r o u g h h is c o m p a n y t h e S te e l F o u n d e r s S o c ie ty o f A m e r ic a .
T h e h o n o r a r y lif e m e m b e r s h i p to M r. L o n g w a s c o n f e r r e d “in re c o g - n itio n o f h is m a n y y e a r s in t h e cu- pola, p ig ir o n a n d c o k e c o n s u l ti n g field." I n h is c a p a c i ty w i th P ic k - an d s, M a th e r & C o. o v e r 37 y e a r s , h e h a s b e e n in a p o s i ti o n to r e n d e r a n u n iq u e a n d i n v a lu a b le s e r v ic e to f o u n d r y m e n o f th e C e n tr a l W e s t e r n se c tio n . M r. L o n g t a k e s p a r t i c u l a r p rid e in th e f a c t t h a t h e h a s a t t e n d e d e v e ry c o n v e n tio n o f t h e A .F .A . s iń c e th e f ir s t o n e in P h i l a d e l p h i a in 1896.
I n a d d it io n to M r. L o n g , li f e m e m - b e rs h ip s w e r e c o n f e r r e d u p o n R e- t ir i n g P r e s i d e n t W a s h b u r n , a n d u p o n M e s s rs . V ia l, D i e t e r t a n d M e l
m o th , t h r e e o f t h e f o u r m e d a l l i s t s . M r. P a tc h , t h e f o u r t h m e d a l l i s t , al- r e a d y h e ld lif e m e m b e r s h i p a s a p a s t p r e s id e n t.
T h e a n n u a l b a n q u e t w a s s e r v e d a t th e P a l m e r H o u s e o n M a y 9, w ith a p p r o x i m a t e ly 1000 a t t e n d i n g . V a ry - in g f r o m c u s to m o f p r e v io u s y e a r s , th e p r o g r a m c o n s i s te d o f e n t e r t a i n - m e n t a n d d a n c in g .
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C h ic a g o — I n e r e a s e d 6 p o in t s to 65'/4 p e r c e n t, t h e s h a r p e s t u p t u r n s iń c e S e p te m b e r , c a r r y i n g t h e r a t e to th e le v e l o f l a t e F e b r u a r y . C ar- n e g ie - Illin o is S te e l C o rp . a d d e d a b l a s t f u r n a c e a t S o u th W o r k s , m a k in g a t o t a l o f s i x a c tiv e a t t h a t p la n t. S ix a r e a ls o in b l a s t a t t h e G a r y w o r k s .
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to 58 p e r c e n t, s ix o p e n h e a r t h s b e in g a d d e d in t h e p a s t t e n d a y s .
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N e w E n g l a n d — S te a d y a t 53 p e r c e n t, s l i g h t c u r t a i l m e n t a t tw o p l a n t s b e in g b a la n c e d b y a n in e r e a s e b y a n o th e r .
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Y o u n g s to w n , O .— R o s e 3 p o in t s to 53 p e r c e n t a s t h r e e o p e n h e a r t h s w e r e a d d e d . T h r e e b e s s e m e r s a n d 48 o p e n h e a r t h s a r e in p r o d u c t io n . O u tlo o k f o r t h i s w e e k is f o r s t e a d y o p e r a t io n o r p o s s ib ly a s l i g h t r is e .
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C o., C le y e la n d ; W . H . S o m m e r , p r e s id e n t, K e y s to n e S te e l & W ir e C o., P e o r i a , 111.; J o h n T . W h it in g , p r e s id e n t, A la n W o o d S te e l C o., C o n s h o h o c k e n , P a .; a n d D . A . W il
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