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Feb. 1, 1943
PUBLISHED FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE NORTH CAROLINA SHIPBUILDING COMPANY
Vol. I, No. 6
AWARDS OFFERED FOR PRACTICABLE IDEAS
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The Suggestions Committee plan gets off to a good start with two employees shown offering
Edmundson, dropping his in the Suggestion box. Robert Barefoot is shown at right.
Carry Your Draft
Classification And
Registration Cards
Carry your draft classification
card with you at. all times!
Effective February 1, all men
in the 18-45 age group who have
been subject to selective service
for six months must' carry these
cards.
This applies to North Carolina
Shipbuilding Company em
ployees, as well as all other civil
ians. Failure to carry both classifica
tion and registration cards will
subject the offender to possible
penalties totaling five years im
prisonment and a fine of $10,000.
The ruling from selective serv
ice headquarters in Washington
is part of a program of vigorous
action against offenders. Check
ing up on these cards will start
February 1.
If you do not have your classi
fication card get one immediate
ly from your draft board. Do
not confuse it with your regis
tration card. The classification
card carries your order number
and the class in which you have
been placed.
SUBSTITUTES
During the days of prohibi
tion,' many strange products
were used to take the place of
the traditional champagne in the
launching of ships. Water, mo
lasses, tomato juice and even ice
cream are just a few on record. .
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329 More Shipbuilders Go .
To Armed Forces Of Nation
A total of 329 men from tlje
yard entered the armed services
of the nation between December
15, 1942, and January 15, 1943,
making a total of 2,067 since
the wir began on December 7,
1941.
Of the 329, 43 entered the
Navy, 16 the Army, 4 the Army
Air Corps, 1 the Naval Flying
service, 4 the Marines, 2 the
Coast Guard and 259 by way of
the Selective Service system.
The list covering the period
December 15-January 15:
Administrative department:
W. C. Johnson.
Auditing and bookkeeping de
partment: Robert Velthuis.
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Training Provided In War Work
By Thorough Co-Operative Plan
The United States Office of
Education in cooperation with
State and local vocational
schools gives training of less
than college grade to war pro
duction workers. This pro
gram, according to the New
York Times, calls for the
training of 1,500,000 men and
women, now in non-essential
Tit For Tat
Last Saturday, says The Port
hole, of Commercial Iron Works,
Portland, Ore., there were 1,662
men Not Working.
What if on that same day
on New Guinea, 1,662 soldiers
decided to take the day off. They
phoned to say they had a slight
cold, that the car wouldn't run,
that the weather was pretty
nasty outside. Some didn't phone
they merely rolled over and
told the sergeant to call them
later. One man shdwed up drunk
so he didn't fight much that day.
How long would this be "a free
country?"
industries, at a cost of close
to $100,000,000 and is expect
ed to help readjust the labor
supply situation. Workers in
communities where unem
ployment still exists or work
ers who have bee,n displaced
from non-war jobs, will have
an opportunity to learn a war
trade at government expense.
At left is Linwood
Prepare Proper
Lunch For Those
Doing Hard Work
By Cordelia B. Foster
Home Service Director of Tide
Water Power Company.
The worker gets mighty hun
gry while he's doing his stren
uous job, . and the energy plus
other food elements the lunch
box supplies are welcomed as
real aids in taking away the lag
he feels after he's been on the
shift for several hours.
He wants something to fill him
up in a hurry, and something he
can eat quickly. So have sand
wiches varied. Naturally, sand
wiches are the main item in the
lunch box. And it is the fact
that sandwiches are in the lunch
box menu every day that makes
variation in them particularly
important. Fillings and butter
for sandwiches should be spread
on the very edge of the bread
slices so there is no chance of a
"dry bite." Wrap the sand
wiches in waxed paper to keep
them fresh-tasting -and, most
important, pack them so.they are
not crushed by heavier items in
the lunch box.
Had you thought of putting
peeled oranges in his box? The
lunch box meal offers one of the
best occasions for getting raw
fruit into the night workers
daily meal scheme. Sometimes
it is a good idea to include two
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theirs.
COMMITTEE'S
PLAN PLACED
INTO EFFECT
War Bonds, Stamps
Offered For Sug
gestions Through the cooperation of
the U. S. Maritime Commission,
a Suggestion Committee Plan
has been established here in an
effort to provide a means by
which employees may advance
any idea for further improving
the operations of the yard, or
their own line of activity. Those
submitting good and practicable
ideas will receive awards.
Awards will range from $5 in
war savings stamps to $100 in
war bonds on a monthly basis.
Monthly awards have been ap
proved by the Maritime Com
mission to the extent of $250
provided sufficient meritorious
suggestions are accepted during
the month.
Members of the Suggestion
Committee, which will review and
pass on ideas submitted by em
ployees, are: J. A. Maclay,
Superintendent Hull Construc
tion; W. E. Begor, Welding En
gineer; A. Barton, Superintend
ent Hull Outfitting; W. F. La-
Porte, Plant Engineer, and G. G.
Poletika, Chief Machinery En
gineer, u. T. Lewis, iormer
supervisor of the bond depart
ment, is secretary.
The purpose of the Suggestion
Committee system is to provide
an orderly method of submitting
and considering ideas and recom
mendations of employees, to pro
vide means for recognizing and
rewarding individual ingenuity,
and to promote cooperation.
Suggestions are desired on all
subjects relating to the business
of the company, namely: to in
crease production; -to reduce
man hours; to eliminate waste
of time and materials, including
light and power; to rectify con
ditions that are hazardous to
health and safety; and to ex
pedite handling of materials.
All employees of the yard, up
to and including quartermen, are
eligible to make suggestions and
receive awards.
Suggestion boxes have been
placed at various convenient
points in the yard. Stationery,
including envelopes addressed to
the committee, is included in
each box.
Each suggestion will be
acknowledged and sent, without
the suggester's name, to the
proper department head for in
vestigation. After investigation,
the department head reports to
the Suggestion committee on the
merits of each suggestion sent
him for investigation, and serves
with the committee on all sug
gestions from employees of his
department. The department
heads do not have a vote, and
while .their views will be taken
into consideration, the commit
tee will not necessarily be bound
by them.
The Suggestion Committee
will review all suggestions re
ceived and determine the award
for those accepted and the de
cisions of this committee will
be final. If a suggestion is not
accepted, the suggester will be
notified by letter or in person,
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