Only 331 of the nearly 1,900 kinds of jobs analyzed were found to be definitely unsuitable for women. The study, prepared by the Bureau of Employment Security of the Social Security Board, included the vital airplane, shipbuilding, and machinery industries, where widespread shortages have already occurred, as well as a number of other heavy production industries. An additional 47 occupations in these fields are already customarily filled by women exclusively or by either men or women.

The remaining 1,185 -- almost two-thirds of the total --were occupations in which the degree of physical strength required and the conditions under which the work is performed present no barrier to the employment of women. Moreover, 654 of the occupations in this group were of a kind in which women could be placed immediately, only a brief period of preparatory training, if any, being necessary.

Houses for City Dwellers

Dwelling units provided in nonfarm areas during the first half of the current year numbered 319,000 and were valued at $1,116,000,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Units provided were the greatest for any similar period in the past 10 years and were 31 percent above those constructed in the first half of 1940, it is stated.

Some Construction with Public Funds

Projects financed with public funds during the first half of the current year included 53,671 units, or 17 percent of the nonfarm total. Of this total, 39,982 units were designated for the use of families of defense workers and of officers and enlisted men. The total of all new defense housing units in the United States paid for with public funds now stands at 63,767. The remaining 13,689 publicly financed projects during the first half of 1941 were in nondefense U.S.H.A. projects. During the first 6 months of 1940, 21,416 units, approximately 9 percent of the total number, were publicly financed. All of these were in U.S.H.A. projects.

Red Cross Building 62 Camp Units

A Red Cross construction program involving an expenditure of $1,250,000 is now under way to provide headquarters buildings at 62 camps and posts of the United States Army.

The new buildings will consist of onestory structures, conforming to the architectural plan of the individual camp. Most of them are to be of southern colonial style, constructed of wood, although some will be finished in brick and others in Mission style.

Seamen for the American Merchant Marine

Formal dedication of the United States Maritime Commission's first Pacific Coast training station for apprentice seamen will be held Saturday, August 30, at Port Hueneme, Calif., where the Commission has erected a $750,000 educational institution to provide seamen for the expanding American merchant marine.

Port Hueneme has an enrollment capacity of 400 trainees which can be expanded under emergency conditions. The first class of apprentices will be enrolled soon after the dedication. These enrollees will receive their preliminary shore training and they will go aboard the AMERICAN SAILOR for sea training when the present class of trainees on that vessel graduate. Apprentices take a sixmonths' course and are paid $21 per month.

Airplane Intake Icing Receiving Attention

Means to prevent the icing of the intake systems of aircraft engines, one of the known hazards of aviation, is the object of an extensive investigation now under way at the National Bureau of Standards.

The project is sponsored by the Army, the Navy, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and the Civil Aeronautics Administration.

The present investigation deals with ice that forms inside and at times clogs or partly clogs different parts of the intake system. Under extreme conditions these ice formations may cut off the supply of air and even the flow of gasoline.

NOTE:

Health Supplies Rating Plan

To assure a plentiful flow of essential health supplies into civilian channels, as well as for military uses, E. R. Stettinius Jr., Director of Priorities, has announced the Health Supplies Rating Plan.

Accompanying the order which puts the plan into effect is a list of fourteen categories covering medical, surgical and dental essentials necessary to public health to which an A-10 rating may be assigned.

This list was drawn up by the Health and Medical Committee of the Federal Security Agency, the Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply, and the Health Supplies section of the Office of Production Management, in consultation with the Army and Navy Munitions Board, and will be revised from time to time as scarcities are relieved or threaten to develop.

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Manufacturers of the equipment and supplies listed use some quantities of many of those materials which, because of their present scarcity, have been placed under priority control.

A manufacturer wishing to avail himself of the assistance offered by this plan should make written application to the Health Supplies Section, Office of Production Management, Washington, D. C. for Form PD-79, "Report of Requirements for Scarce Materials," and at the same time file a complete list of all the finished articles he manufactures which may be covered by the plan.

New Basing Point

Amendments which add Cincinnati as a basing point, establish net f.o.b. line prices for "rerolling" rail on certain railroads, and provide uniform shipping point prices

various Gulf ports were announced.

By adding Cincinnati, OPACS now has provided basing points for the major scrap consuming areas in the United States.

The amendment having to do with "rerolling" rail permits railroads not operating in a basing point to sell such rail f.o.b. lines at the average price of their f.o.b. lines sales during the period from September 1, 1940, to January 31, 1941. Rerolling mills may absorb all transportation charges necessary to obtain delivery of the rail. This permission to absorb freight applies to rerolling mills only, since in no case may rails of rerolling quality be diverted for melting purposes.

The term "rerolling" is applied to a type of scrap rail which is reprocessed by the mills into reinforcing bars. This product is in great demand for heavy construction of all kinds.

"Pots and Pans"

A total of 6,700,000 pounds of "pots and pans" donated in the nation-wide defense aluminum collection by housewives has already moved towards defense production.

This total represents 124 separate government directed allocations from concentration points to smelters having defense preference ratings.

The Office of Production Management has received final reports from seven states and the District of Columbia, and reports more than three-fourths complete from ten additional states.

These results to date indicate an estimated average collection of nearly half a pound of scrap per occupied dwelling. This "per family" estimate projected on a nation-wide basis indicates a national collection of nearly 14,000,000 pounds of "pots and pans".

Labor Adjustment

"When we get tired of looking at one another, we go out and look at something else. Then when we come back things seem to go better." This is the experienced judgment of one of the negotiators between the National Association of Manufacturers of Pressed and Blown Glassware and the American Flint Glass Workers Union, concerning the late August settlement, affecting 27,000 workers in the glass industry.

This association is a pioneer in labor adjustment problems, claiming an unbroken series of cordial relations with employees and labor unions since its organization in 1889 (it is primarily a single purpose association devoted to collective bargaining; many of its members belong to the American Glassware Association, a full purpose organization of glass manufacturers).

Annual negotiations are carried on each year covering wages, hours, and various matters pertaining to employment; the one just concluded is effective for one year from September 1, 1941. Various regulations are worked out as to such branches of the glassware industry as Pressed Wear, Cooking Wear, Shades and Globes, Mold Making, etc. (34 Conestoga Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa.; C. E. Voitle, Secretary.)

Teamwork

Many associations are assisting the government in securing a full response from industries which have been asked to fill out OPM questionnaires; and are aiding their members in thoroughly understanding the reasons for the schedule and the type of information desired. In late August a questionnaire was sent out by the Office of Production Management, in cooperation with the Census Bureau, to printers throughout the country in cooperation with such associations as the United

Typothetae of America, in an endeavor to secure needed metals for National Defense purposes with as little as possible disruption to civilian requirements.

The UTA mailed to over 4,000 members and prospective members a six-page explanatory bulletin, including a number of flow charts and questionnaire instructions, headed "What The OPM and OPACS Want To Know."

The flow charts showed in graphic form the use of various types of metals in the making of lithographic plates, electrotypes, photo engravings, etc. These charts are believed to be helpful in assisting printers to not only gage their needs but to discover ways to conserve metals and to accumulate scrap. zinc, brass, etc. (719 15th St., Washington, D. C.; Donald Rein, Executive Vice President.)

Milk

One of the best examples of cooperation between trade associations and farm cooperatives is the annual Dairy Month promotional campaign. Among its sponsors are many associations of food processors and distributors, and such producer organizations as the National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation and the National Dairy Council.

Over 500,000 Dairy Month posters and signboards were displayed throughout the United States to increase the sale of milk produced by America's over 25,000,000 dairy cows. The Institute of Distribution, in cooperation with the Limited Price Variety Stores Association, was one of the sponsoring trade associations. The Institute has just issued a pictorial bulletin summarizing the 1941 campaign, and it is claimed that about 30,000 employees in both associations' over 15,000 stores wore badges reading, "Make America Strong Drink More Milk." (25 W. 43d St., New York, N. Y.; J. P. Nichols, Managing Director.)

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Radio Makers

Another example of the helpfulness of a trade association to its members in dealing with National Defense agencies is the work of the Radio Manufacturers Association, which has carried on a number of surveys. An extensive one, completed in April, covered the industry's defense productive facilities.

The RMA has, during the past year, assisted members in securing government contracts by keeping thoroughly in touch with government needs, and assisting and arranging conferences between radio manufacturers and government officials. Its priorities committee is cooperating with OPM. Special sections have recently been organized to deal with priority National Defense problems such as the transformer, coil, instrument, and variable condenser sections. (1317 F Street, Washington, D. C.; Bond Geddes, Executive Vice President.)

Trade Executives

Announcing the program of its 22nd annual convention to be held at Hershey, Pa., the American Trade Association Executives states that the theme will be "The Impact of Defense on Industrial Operations and Civilian Economy." Among the subjects to be taken up will be Labor Dislocations and Labor Priorities, Civilian Supplies and Allocations, Export Control, Fuel Conservation, Standardization and Simplification, Taxation, Antitrust Attitudes in Relation to Defense, Priorities, Restrictions on Purchasing, Post-War Planning, etc. A series of "Club Sessions" are planned, each composed of from 20 to 25 persons. (726 Jackson Place, Washington, D. C.; Sylvia Pacelle, Executive Secretary.)

Motor Car Dealers

Claiming to be one of the largest of the nation's local associations in its field, the Los Angeles Motor Car Dealers Association has concluded its annual convention and outlined its 1941-42 program of activities. It is realized by those in attendance that some serious problems are to be faced by this and the over 400 other local associations with which the National Automobile Dealers Association keeps in contact.

The Los Angeles local cooperated during

the first half of 1941 in several contests held in Southern California to determine best methods to consorve gasoline consumption of automobiles. (1151 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, Calif.; L. R. Spencer, Executive Secretary.)

Textiles

The Cotton Textile Institute announces that membership is constantly increasing, largely due to the services of the Institute in connection with National Defense problems. In August it established a Cotton Research Division which will be headed by a former Department of Agriculture expert and a large fund is being raised to increase promotional activities in cooperation with the National Cotton Council, representing cotton growers. It is hoped that this will average 5 cents a bale for the 1941 American cotton crop.

The objective of the promotional program is to keep moving upward the basic domestic trend in cotton consumption with the aid of research, more effective merchandising, the development of new uses, and a wider fashion appeal for cotton. A fashion director has been engaged by the Institute, and the volume of information and merchandising aids available to retail merchants will be increased. (320 Broadway, New York, N. Y.; C. T. Murchison, President.)

Electrical Manufacturers

Few if any trade associations have a larger number of divisions or product groups than the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, which was formed 15 years ago by the merger of three organizations of electrical manufacturers. The services of NEMA have been summarized in a recent release, "Every Member Counts In NEMA", and it is stated that "Our organization is divided into seventy-one major product groups, each consisting of those who manufacture specified electrical products. Control of Nema is in the hands of its 363 members. At present, there are approximately 45 committees, dealing with various activities. The basic association budget varies substantially from year to year, depending on the current problems and the amount of money needed to cope with them. For 1941, this will be approximately $425,000. (155 E. 44th St., New York, N. Y.; W. J. Donald, Managing Director.)