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{EDUCATIONAL BULLETIN

WAR-TRAINING
IN KENTUCKY

Published by

, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
JOHN W. BROOKER
Superintendent of Public Instruction

ISSUED MONTHLY

' ,_§ Entered as second-class matter March 21, 1933, at the post office at
Frankfort, Kentucky, under the Act of August 24, 1912.

ol. X 0 January, 1943 ’ 0 No.1]

VOCATIONAL
WAR-TRAINING
IN KENTUCKY

Published by

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
JOHN W. BROOKER

Superintendent of Public Instruction

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

JOHN W. BROOKER, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Chairman
W. H. BROADY, Canmer

HOYT MOORE, Fulton

FRANK DUFFY, Cynthiana

W. G. HAMMOCK, Pewee Valley

CARL W. KINNER, Louisa

JOHN NOLAND, Richmond

LAMBERT SUPPINGER, Frankfort

GEORGE L. EVANS, Secretary

VOCATIONAL WAR TRAINING STAFF
RALPH H. WOODS, State Director

WAR PRODUCTION RURAL WAR PRODUCTION
Program No. 1 Program No. 3

HAROLD G. WILSON, E. P. HILTON, Supervisor

Supervisor HAYWARD BROWN,
CHARLES R. CRUMPTON, Asst. Supervisor

Asst. Supervisor CARL H. STINSON,
THOMAS L. HANKINS, Asst. Supervisor

Asst. Supervisor J. B. WILLIAMS,

Asst. Supervisor

KENNETH T. MARSHALL, Auditor and Accountant

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WAR—PROI

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STATE ADVISORY COMMITTEES

”man WAR-PRODUCTION TRAINING
W. C. BURROW, Commissioner of Industrial Relations
W. B. HARRISON, Secretary, Louisville Industrial Foundation
ED C. WEYLER, Secretary, State Federation of Labor
R. G. ADAIR, 2nd Vice President, Louisville Rolling Mills Company
SAM CADDY, President of District No. 30, UMWA

RURAL WAR—PRODUCTION TRAINING ' -

M. D. ROYSE, Chairman, U. S. D. A. War Board

BEN KILGORE, Executive Secretary, Kentucky Farm Bureau
Federation

H. H. NEEL, President, Ewing-Von Allmen Dairy Company

W. P. KING. Executive Secretary, Kentucky Education Association

‘ION J. B. KELLY, Professor of Farm Engineering, University of

Kentucky

BRUCE STIGALL, President, Milk Wagon Drivers’ Union

EARL MAYHEW, Director Farm Security Administration in
Kentucky

Consultants:

HORACE CLEVELAND, U. S. Employment Service
LEONARD ROUSE, Agricultural Adjustment Administration

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FOREWORD

Never before has skill of human hands meant so much to the
destiny of America as it means today. Never has any country had so
demonstrated the need for thoroughly trained manpower. Through
the War—Training Programs the public schools are placing emphasis
where it is most needed.

The effectiveness of the vocational program for War-Production
Training is extremely gratifying to me. \Var—Production Training
has shown that the schools are readily adaptable to the needs of the
hour. Industrial education has kept pace with the ever-growing
need for trained personnel to man the rapidly expanding war
industries.

Vocational training for Rural “Tar-Production \Vorkers brings
into focus some of the responsibilities confronting America today.
\Ve realize that, whether in peace or war, our people must be fed; and
now, we are being asked to “feed the world.” I, therefore, urge
superintendents, principals, and all other school people to 00-
operate in every way possible to provide whatever instruction or
training necessary, that we may meet the food—production goals so
vitally necessary to the winning of the war and to the formulation of
a lasting peace.

In a democracy, the public schools are the training institutions
of the people. In this hour of crisis, the public schools are faced with
a challenge. They are meeting that challenge. Vocational education

1 has aptly demonstrated that all educational training must be ﬂexible‘
readily adaptable to the needs of the people, whether in war or peace.

The purpose of this bulletin is to assist those operating vocational
war training courses and I commend it to all patriotic Kentucklans
for careful perusal.

Very truly yours,

J OHN \V. BROOKER .
Superintendent Public lnstructlon

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CONTENTS

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Origin and Purpose of Vocational War Training ______________________________________ 1231
War Production Training .............................................................................. 1235
How the Program is Handled in the State ________________________________________ 1237
Occupations Essential to War Production . 1237
Boundaries Disregarded ................................. 1237
State Administration ________ 1237
Salaries of Employees ..... 1238
Advisory Committees ...................... 1239
Appointing New Local Employees ........ 1239
Production of Articles During Training _________ 1239
Disposal of Articles Made During Training ............................ 1239

Training Services for Supervisory Personnel and Military
Branches ................................................................................... 1240
Approval of Courses . ......................................... 1241
Courses for Civilian Employees of Armed Forces. 1242
Pre-Employment Courses ....... , ..................................... 1244
Supplementary Courses ..... 1244
Hours per Week ................................ 1244
Total Length of Training Period ________________________________________________ 1245

Welding Courses Must Conform to Regulations of War-
Production Board ........................................................................ 1245
Recruiting Trainnees ...... 1245
Placement of Trainees 1246
Age Limits ...................... 1246
Fees ...................................... 1246
Certiﬁcate of Training ................................ . 1246

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Payment for Transportation of Trainees
Sales Taxes ..............................................
Separate Systems of Accounting

Purchase of Equipment ....................
Use of Equipment ............
Rental of Space ...........................................
Priorities for Equipment and Supplies .

How the Program is Handled in the State and Community 1256
Administration ........................................................................ 1256
Objectives of This Program _______ 1256
How the Program is Financed ..... 1257
Making Application for Program . 1257
Courses that May Be Offered ____________ 1258
Who May Enroll ______________________________ 1258
Organization of Courses ...... 1260
Use of Funds ............................... 1260
The Local Supervisor __________________________ 1261
Qualiﬁcations of Local Supervisors 1261
Duties of Local Supervisors ______________ 1262
Salaries of Supervisors ____________ 1262
Selection of Special Teachers 1263
Qualiﬁcations of Teachers ........ 1263
Rate of Pay ......................... 1264
Advisory Committees .................................................. 1264
Provision for Equipment and Housing Falicities .................... 1264
Disposing of Articles Made in a Rural War-Production

Training Class ................................................................................ 1266
Instructional Supplies Deﬁned ...................................................... 1266
Records and Reports ..... ,. ...... 1266

Organization of a Rural War-Production Training Program in
Fleming County ___________________________________________________________________________________ 1267

ORIGIN A

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ORIGIN AND PURPOSE OF VOCATIONAL WAR TRAINING

A quarter of a century ago we were engaged in war. “'e sent the
ﬂower of our young manhood to Europe to fight and to die, if need be,
10 save the world for democracy. We had hoped that the peace which
followed the Armistice of 1918 would be an enduring one, but. alas,
four hopes were dashed upon the rocks of reality. The winds of greed
:blew the war clouds over the countries of Europe, and when Germany

invaded Poland another world war was in progress.

It was innnediately realized by most of those on the bridge of the
Ship of State that this war, started by the designing dictators, was to
bee war in which production was to have a significant role. The war
was yet young when we realized that it would be necessary for us to
defend ourselves from enemies without and from dangers within.
Only a few months had elapsed when we came to the rather universal
realization that America would need skilled men to produce planes,
arms, tanks, ships, and other materials of war. How were these
millions of trained workers to be supplied? The leaders of America
turned to the public schools, especially the vocational part of our
ltotal program of education. The vocational, schools and depart-
;ments answered this call immediately and effectively.

On June 17, 1940, the President of the United States recom<
mended that Congress appropriate funds to the United State Office
of Education with which to carry on a defense-training program.
On June 23 Congress passed the second deﬁciency appropriation,
which included $15,000,000 for defense training. On June 25,
representatives from the vocational staffs of the various States met
in Washington to counsel with the Ofﬁce of Education on the formula-
tion of plans and policies to govern the operation of the proposed
‘defense-training program. On June 28, President Roosevelt signed
the bill, and by July ], more than 30,000 people were enrolled in
defense-training courses. From that beginning up to the present time,
the vocational schools and departments in the United States have
trained over 5,000,000 people for war industries.

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It should be emphasized that vocational training is basically a
illllction 0f the States and local communities. The funds appropriated
101‘ the early defense training and the present war-training programs
are alloted by the United States Ofﬁce of Education to the respective

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States. The instructional programs are carried on by the local 00111—
muuities, and the teachers are hired by the regular boards of educa-
tion as are any other teachers.

\Var-training programs are ox (led both in the urban centers
and in rural areas. In the larger eente pre-employment and sup-

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plementary training are provided. Pro-employment courses are for

those who need to refresh their skills or for those who need to com-
pletely develop the particular abilities and attitudes in order to
satisfactorily accept jobs in war industries. Supplementary courses
are for persons already employed, who come to school six to twelve
hours a week during the time they are off from work, to develop addi—
tional skills which will quality them for promotion to higher—grade
jobs in war imlustries. Supplementary—traini11g courses are initiated
for the most, part at the request of the employers and the trade unions.

The programs in the rural areas were initially known as out-of-
sohool youth defense—training and were for youth over 17 but under
25 years of age. This training was intended to create a reservoir of
youth with preliminary training who could go into defense industries
when the occasion demanded or who would be better qualiﬁed to serve
agriculture as it became increasingly more mechanized. These courses
also serve as a device for the selection and guidance of individuals into
advanced or more specific training courses.

Congress provided in the Appropriations Act that the out—of-
sehool youth defense-training program be transformed as of July ],
1942, into a rural war—production training program for persons 17
years of age and over. Also, in addition to the general pre-employ-
meut preparatory shop courses which had been offered in auto
mechanics, metal work, wood work, and electricity, provisions were
imade to otter specific courses in farm-machinery repair and production
courses in all the enterprises and areas or ﬁelds where increased food
production is needed.

The war-training programs are in reality an expansion of the
regular program in vocational education. Kentucky has been otter-
111:; vocational training for twenty—ﬁve years. During the past year,
ill addition to those in war-training courses, approximately forty
thousand people have participated in and beneﬁted by the regular
lll‘Og'rain of vocational education in Kentucky.

War calls l’()' a high order of skill in a relatively large portion
”fOHI' people. A high order of skill will also be needed in the peace-
time that is to come.

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WAR-PRODUCTION TRAINING
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War makes enormous demands upon the nation’s industries,
calling‘ for tanks, guns, ammunition, airplanes, ships, and motor
vehicles. These, and other manufactured articles too numerous to
mention, are the instrumentalities of modern warfare. In order for
industries to turn out all this equipment, they must be provided with
ravv materials and men—skilled men and women to fabricate the raw
materials into instruments of var. Never before has there been such
ademand for skilled workers.

Nearly two years before Pearl Harbor, leading men in this
country realized the need for industrial expansion in war industries.
One signiﬁcant fact was apparent: that many millions of trained
workers would be needed, and in order to provide this training it was
necessary to expand the training facilities. The National Defense
Training; Act was signed by the President of the United States on
June ‘28, 19-10, and in August of that year Kentucky had several
hundred people enrolled in trade and industrial defense-training
courses. These courses were operated by the vocational schools and
vocational departments of the State. Eleven centers in the State have
been developed where \Var Training for Production “Yorkers is
carried on. These centers are shown on the accompanying map. Two
igeneral types of courses are offered: Pre-employment courses for
P901318 preparing to enter industrial occupations, and supplementary
COurses for those already employed but who need further skilled and
technical training.

Pp to now 62,478 persons have been trained in these courses in
Kentucky and placed in jobs through the United States Employment
Service. At this writing 5,951 persons are in t'aining in such areas
01‘ ﬁelds as machine operation and assembly welding, electricity, radio,
aircraft sheet, metal, and woodwork. For many years Kentucky has
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Dre—employment courses were offered to persons who had no employ—
able skills in occupations needed for the defense effort. Now that we
are at war and manpower is scarce, women trainees are being enrolled.

In addition to training production workers for war industries.
many thousands of civilian employees of the armed forces have been
trained through trade and industrial education.

Trade and industrial education has a large part to play in the
training of war—production workers. civilian employees for the armed
forces, and uniformed personnel, and in conversion training for
persons in non—essential industries to war industries. Also. after the
war, it will be called on to train persons for readjustment from war
industries to peace-time industries. The regular trade schools must
continue to train boys of high—school age to enter industry or the
armed forces. as the need requires. Public education will meet the
challeg‘e with the same efficiency in the future as in the past.

How the Program is Handled in the State

Occupations Essential to War Production

The authority and responsibility for determining the occupa—
tions essential to war production rests with the \Var Manpower Com—
mission. The l'nited States Employment Service and the l'. S. Ofﬁce
of Education have compiled a list of occupations approved by the
War Manpower Commission as essential to war production. This list
may be secured upon request to the State Department of Education,
at Frankfort.

Boundaries Disregarded

State, district, and other public-school boundaries are disregarded
in making training facilities avail-able for existing and contemplated
training needs.

State Administration

The State Board of Education. through the State Director of
Vocational Training for \Var—l’roduction \Vorkers. is responsible for
the conduct of the program. The operation of the program may be
carried 011 directly by the State Board of Education. or through local
school boards. The Government reserves the right to inspect ally or
all Programs to determine their effectiveness and whether they are
being carried out in accordance with needs for war production and in
conformance with provisions of the Acts. provisions of the Regula-
tions, policies of the U. S. Ofﬁce of Education, and the standards set
forth in the approved State Plan.

1237

Salaries of Employees

No funds certiﬁed to the State under this Act may be used to
increase or replace the salary of any member of the State or local
administrative, supervisory, or coordinating staff who is already
employed on a full-time basis. The funds may be used for the employ-
ment of additional workers for the war—production program in order
to provide a suﬂicient number of workers of such quality that the
regular program will not suffer because of undue burdens placed upon
regular employees.

WOMEN IN WAR TRAINING
1.000 . WAR PRODUCTION TRAINING NO. 1

July to November, 1942
900

300

100,

Salaries of all personnel, employed or assigned to direct, super-
vise, or coordinate the war—production vocational training program,
paid from funds appropriated under this Act, must conform to the
going wage of the service for which they are employed. Instructors
employed for this program shall be paid the going wage of a teacher
or industrial worker in the State or the local community to which they
are assigned. Such wage rate shall apply to the total hours per Week
Without consideration for time-and-a-half for overtime or holidays'
The travel expenses of all such persons must conform to the regula-
tions in the State for persons in similar positions. The use Of

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Federal funds allotted to the State must be limited to actual expenses
necessary to the conduct of this program and must be justiﬁed on the
proper form.

Advisory Committees

The Kentucky State Plan for vocational training; for war-produc-
tion workers provides for the establishment and utilization of State
and local representative advisory committees. These committees shall
be composed of representatives from management and from labor.
Representatives of our interested groups or agencies, whose coopera-
tion is essential to the successful operation of the program, may serve
as consultants to the committees.

Appointing New Local Employees

The appointment of new local employees shall be made by the
local school board, subject to the approval of the State Supervisor
and meeting the standards prescribed in the State Plan.

Production of Articles During Training

Schools should produce articles of value for the war effort during
the training process when the production can be a by-product of the
training. Articles shall be useful as equipment or as parts needed in
connection with the war effort. Production work shall be chosen
primarily on the basis of its instructional value. The primary
objective of the school training program shall be to train workers for
war production in the shortest possible time. The training shall also
provide each trainee with the minimum instruction in each type of
operation required to perform the work for which he is to be employed.

Disposal of Articles Made During Training

Articles made in war—production training courses from instruc-
tional supplies bought by Federal funds allotted to the State are the
Property of the State Board of Education and are to be used at the
discretion of the Board in the war-production training program.
Such articles may be assigned by the State Board of Education to
local boards or institutions for use in war—production training
programs, provided they are properly labeled to designate ownership.

When a local school board furnishes the material for a war-
Dl‘oduction training group to construct certain pieces of equipment for
shops being operated under the State Plan for vocational education,
Such equipment may be considered the property of the local school
board.

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Training Services for Supervisory Personnel and Military
Branches

The following training services may be provided for supervisory
personnel in war-production industries:

Job Instructor Training in cooperation with the Training
Within Industry Section.

Other supervisory training which will assist industries in
the war-production program.

Improvement of instructors by inservice training.

The following training services may be provided for military
branches of the Government:
1.

Civilian employees may be trained on the same basis as
employees of war industries. Such training must have prior
approval of the respective commanding officer and the
Federal Director of Vocational Training for War-Production
Workers, which may be in the form of trainee quotas.
Uniformed personnel may be trained when facilities are
available and special arrangements are made and approved
by the Federal Director.

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Approval of Courses

Forms f ' requeuting approval of tours will be furnished on
request. to the State Direct 1 0t Voezitional Training for \Veuu
PI‘Oduction “Yorkers. COUI‘S’» not on the approved list of occupations
mustllave inior a]n)rova1 from] the State I)ireetor before the fornls

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are made out and submitted. The following courses are now being
offered in “Tar-Production Training:

Aircraft sheet metal Foundry

Aircraft riveting Sheet metal

Aircraft woodwork Electricity

Aircraft engines Automotive mechanics

Aircraft machine shop Inspection and testing

Aircraft welding, electric Machine shop
(heavy) Radio and communication

Aircraft welding, electric Welding, electric (heavy l
(light) material) i

Aircraft patternmaking Welding, electric (light l

Aircraft blueprint reading material)

Aircraft mechanics Welding, gas (light material)

Ship carpentry and wood- Forging and blacksmithing
working Pattern making

Ship electricity Machine woodworking

Ship machine shop Automotive assembly

Ship welding, electric (heavy) Mechanical drafting

Ship welding, electric (light) Junior cartography

Courses for Civilian Employees of Armed Forces
All courses for civilian employees of the military branches of the
Government who are being paid during the training period must
have prior approval of the Federal Director of Vocational Training
for War Production Workers, and must conform to the requirements l
for the respective service as follows: 1
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1. Signal Corps

a. Courses must conform to the standardized courses
approved by the Civilian Training Branch of the
U. S. Army Signal Corps.

b. The number in training must not exceed the quota ‘
of trainees for the State as established by the Signal ‘
Corps.

2. Air Corps

The courses shall be established only upon the written
request of the commanding officer of the major control
air depots.

3. Ordnance Department
Written request similar to No. 2

4. Navy, Marine, and Coast Guard
Written request similar to No. 2

5. Quartermaster Department
Written request similar to No. 2

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Pre-employment Courses

Pre-employment courses provide specific and intensive training
for deﬁnite pay-roll jobs in war industries to groups of persons who
will. be available for placement in war plants upon completion of
training.

Upon the advice and counsel of representative advisory com-
mittees, employers, labor, and pnblie—employmcnt offices, the State
and local administrators of vocational training for var-productioH
workers shall determine what pro-employment courses may be given,
All courses shall meet the following conditions: '

1. The training must make a direct contribution to the war.
production program.
2. There must be a demand for workers in the pay-roll jobs

for which the persons are being trained, either locally or at
points to which trainees may be transferred.

3. Qualiﬁed trainees must be available.
Adequate training facilities must exist or must be provided.

5. Occupationally competent persons who can teach must be
available as instructors.

Supplementary Courses

Supplementary courses provide speciﬁc and intensive training
for deﬁnite pay—roll jobs to groups of: persons who are already
employed in. war plants, for the purpose of increasing their effective-
ness on their present jobs or preparing them for other jobs in war
plants. Organized instruction may be provided for apprentices in
war-production plants when such programs cannot be adequately
carried on by the regular trade and industrial education program
under the Smith—Hughes and George-Deen acts.

It is the responsibility of the local school ofﬁcials, with the co-
operation of employers and labor, to determine which supplementary
courses, subject to approval by the State Director of Vocational
Training for \Var-Production \Vorkers, should be given for the local
war—production industries.

Courses given for Civil Service employees of the military
branches are to be established only after approval of the respective
commanding ofﬁcer and the Federal Director of Vocational Training
for “Tar-Production “Torkers, which may be in the form of assigned
trained quotas.

Hours Per Week

Courses should be scheduled so as to provide speciﬁc intensive
training for deﬁnite pay-roll jobs in the shortest possible time.

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Pro-employment courses may not be scheduled for less than l3
hours per week without prior approval of the State Director and,
Where possible, should he 30 hours per week or more.

Total Length of Training Period

All war-production pre—employment training must get the
trainee on the job in the shortest possible time. It is the spevial
responsibility of every instructor and supervisor to see that this is
ilnne.

Welding Courses Must Conform to Regulations of
War-Production Board
In order to obtain welding rods and electrodes, welding courses
must conform to regulations of the “Var—Production Board.

Recruiting Trainees

Trainees for pre-enlploynlent courses are referred by the U. S.
Employment Service upon written requisition (VE—ND Form RT) by
i116 schools. It is, however, the responsibility of the local school
authorities, at an early stage in the training of an individual, to

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determine whether the individual is trainable for the work for which
he is being scheduled. If he is not, he should be transferred to another
program or eliminated.

Trainees for supplementary courses are recruited by the school
authorities, in cooperation with employers, labor groups, and the
U. S. Civil Service, from among employees in war-production plants
or civilian employees of the military branches.

Placement of Trainees

The United States Employment Service is the ofﬁcial agency
designated to place workers in war industries and give effect to
priorities in referral to jobs. When employers or labor organizations
make direct requests to school authorities for workers, the above fact
should be brought to their attention, and they should be directed to
place their order with the United States Employment Service, or the
order may be taken and relayed to the Employment Service, which

will make referrals. The school authorities should submit promptly ‘

(on Form ES “T”), to the United States Employment Service,
instances where individuals leave training courses to accept work
secured on their own initiative.

Age Limits

There is no upper age limi