PROPER PLACEMENT OF WOMEN IN INDUSTRY

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The entrance and acceptance of women in the heavier industries has been almost as spectacular and unexpected as the unsuspected attack on Pearl Harbor itself by the Nipponese. Little did we realize, at the start of all this, the important role women would occupy in the essential war industries. Prior to this the operation of lathes, grinders, coremakers, molders and so forth was strictly a man's job. The mere thought or suggestion previous to the outbreak of hostilities with the Axis of women running the various heavy machines was pooh poohed and joked about. The majority of those in the heavy machine shops thought and said it could not be done. The emergency, however, became so great that something had to be done. Men were needed for our armies on all fronts—but they were also needed by our essential war industries. Military necessity demanded the release of manpower for the

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