Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 36

OAKLAND TRIBUNE, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1940 C-7 PONTIAC PRESIDENT INAUGURATES SCHOOL FOR FUTURE EMPLOYEES Youth and the i i No Age Limits In Hiring Policy Aiitn nniKTrv nuiv ii iwujii Older Workers Fare Equally With Young Pontiac President Inaugurates School For Future Employees Behind tch nd every luxurlus new Pontiac now on display at the JBth Annual Pacific Auto Show Is a hsIIP jfiir sH 3 wBe al I ItI ijn I I jjfc? jppppj Rtav BMBB Ym BSsssWBFH HRJBI WF JHH HkJBHKBM.t:R1MHH single itory leldom told. It la Older workers fare as well as younger men at employment officei of motor companies, available statistics indicate. The automobile industry practice is in line with tne recommendations for industry in general and for Government agencies, as well, which was made recently by a special com utm-r of vounff men the future buildera of America's Motor ears. It is the story of Pontiac's Appren tice School the successful culmi nation of a far reaching apprentice mittee on employment problems of older workers, appointed by the Sec program begun back in 1925. Here tween student and teacher at the school is this fine picture retary of Labor.

The committee re-, carefully selected youths absorb the port concluded that there should be who attend the school. 4 Reward. Graduation and a bonus, check from Harry J. Klingler, president and general manager of Pontiac. Boys are trained to succeed.

1 Shown here are a few of the students and a portion of more than $50,000 worth of up-to-date machinery in Pontiac's Apprentice School. 2 Symbolic of the relationship be skills of tool and die making and student and Instructor. 3 Book-work, too, is a part of the training. This young student Is typical of the smart lads electrical engineering in a four-year, scientifically planned course. no discrimination on age alone.

In hiring men, automobile plants choose from the available manpower without discriminating against older individuals. This was borne out in surveys conducted In MEET TO STANDARDIZE SERVICE The school provides an ever level reservoir of skilled men for the Pontlae plant but its significance lies 1940 JUST A REHEARSAL FOR automotive manufacturing centers in 1935 and in 1937. deeper than that both for the stu Neher Group Plan Campaign On January 1, 19S8, L. J. Tescher and K.

W. Trowbridge purchased dents and for the Nation. The school and its aims are close to the heart NATION'S BEST TOUR YEAR of Harry J. Klingler, Pontiac pres-Mpnt and eeneral manager, who By I) TJ. BATUMI'S General Sales Manager Pontiac Motor Division points out: COMPETENCY REQUIRED The Summer just past set a tour "TVio Tippd is not iust for men but the replacement motor business of plus the money to run them is true "call of the open road." ing xecorcj in the JiailecL States, But LDon Neher.

AUthat time the Don Pui cBSserg TrtreHdy trave- Tound that the 1941 models again have things that need to be aone. inai moans rliasirp. effort, initiative on was, I believe, merely a rehearsal for the 1941 vacation season which should be a real record breaker. taken a lengthy step toward motoring perfection. They are wider the part of the youths we take for training.

Neither good mechanics or good soldiers are produced for this statement are longer, more powerful. Operating costs, however, have been held at very apparent: issfl BBkaamr9 SJBSSl BSrallft! SPSjSjtPCrT, lv. SBSSbPJB BBC'kiySBa BP SMootraV TBSw'SBa bsbbsbsbbbbbsbbssbsbshw Wf' ssr sj Large scale re-employment by da the level of other years or even Neher replacement business had 24 employees, doing all of their business, manufacturing and selling, out of the location on Broadway, according to L. J. Tescher, managing partner.

"At the present, there are T5 employees, five retail branches, and two manufacturing units in Northern California with one unit starting for the purpose of stationary fense industries with the money re reduced. Trunk space again is increased and mechanical driver leased thereby is just getting into Only one automobile company in 10 sets any age limits on new employees, and no limits at all under 46 are reported, a U.S. Department of Labor study shows. 45 TO 60 GROUP That workers between the ages of 45 and 60 draw the highest annual earnings, and that more than halt the men-over-forty working in automobile plants were found to hav'te been past 40 when hired, was shown at the time of the most recent survey. Constituting nearly 29 per cent ef total employment in recent years ef high employment, and more than that in periods of low production, workers past 40 show average earnings materially above the general level.

Earnings analyzed by age groups reach their peak in the 50-55-year group. Many operators in motor plants require skilled performance, which is achieved only through long experience. Numerous unskilled jobs do not call for speed and strength. Thus older workers find more employment opportunities than some industries offer. Of men working on jigs and fixtures, tools and dies, between 30 and 52 per cent were hired after their 40th birthday.

circulation during the Summer of helps again step in to further re duce driving strain. 1940. In 1941 the program should be in full swing and when the American family is in funds it travels high, merely by the application of instruction and training to a man. The man has to reach for the training, take it in, make it a part of himself and himself a part of it." Thirty-five boys are studying at the school at present and "studying" means actual, supervised work at $50,000 worth of up-to-date machinery. This is not play work.

Students are paid 40 cents an hour to start and work a five-day week of in Vinnrs iust as do their seniors in It has been rightly said that transportation is civilization. The Automobile Association esti wide and handsome. engine production exclusively. In the three years since the purchase of this business from Don Neher, this company has manu New car sales continued strong mates there were upwards of 58, 000,000 tourists on the move last even alter the close of the 1940 model run and continued on when factured over 20)000 replacement units, and distribution now reaches to all of the 11 Western States. Practically every one of the pres the first of the 1941 models reached dealer showrooms.

This bridging of two model years without a sales season. I like to think of this seasonal mass migration of Americans as a concerted attack on the barriers of sectionalism and misunderstanding. Today we are a more Here is a group of Don Neher Motors executives at a meeting at the Leamington recently. Service and sales were under discussion. In the group are branch managers J.

Hook, San Francisco; James A. Moore, Sacramento; Jack Douglass, Los Angeles, and Mabel Mc-Cann, secretary. Standing, Al Mouchou, Oakland service manager; Ralph Harwood, Oakland retail manager; Calvin Lower, L.A. service manager; Howard Tunnison, assistant general manager; L. J.

Tescher, general manager; Louis JacUlch, production manager; Henry Hansen, purchasing agent, and C. B. Steel. the plant proper. Every six months the wage is raised five cents an hour until during the last six months in thp student is receiving 75 ent executives of the company were pause means more new cars than ever before in the hands of families with more ready cash than they've in the Don Neher Motors organization when it started.

United. States than at any tThie in our history thanks, to a great degree to the automobile. cents an hour. had in a long time. And new cars Truck lines are being operated between all California branches Upon graduation the students are presented with substantial bonus checks by President Klingler and are Immediately absorbed into the and a weekly carload of replace Research ment motors is being shipped for whenlin the French Room of the Leam higher caliber available needed.

Pontiac organization wnere me sub Northwest distribution out of the Don Neher Motors Portland branch. and a great deal of interest was brought out. The phenomenal increase in sales since this company decided to sell direct to the public through their own branches American Life 'The problem of the defense and preservation of our American way of life is paramount. Nothing else is so important. Defense needs must take first rank in our thoughts and activities.

But this does not mean The interesting feature, particu sequent rise 01 xne majority i rapid. ERNEST, EFFICIENT Thr is an air of leisurely effi larly to the management of Don Neher Motors, is the fact that their astounded everyone present. labor union connections have been ciency about the school. Everything One of the latest scientific advances for measuring strain on automobile parts Is to make a transparent plastic model of some highly stressed metal part such as a gear or connecting rod and to examine the metal by passing polarized light through it. When the model is subjected to loads which represent the conditions of actual use, bright bands of color appear, like miniature rainbows, indicating the sections of greatest strain.

Thermostat Damage If the water supply in the motor's cooling system becomes exhausted" or dangerously low the thermostat controls may be damaged by reason of excessive heat, according to the California State Automobile Asso- ciation. After overheating has oc-' curred the heat indicator should be watched to make sure whether it if functioning properly. If the indi cator is not working the condition should be corrected without delay. ington Hotel for branch managers and executives of Don Neher Motors. The meeting was attended by all branch managers and service managers from the Oakland, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento and Portland branches.

The purpose of the meeting was to standardize all service and sales practices throughout the West in Don Neher Motors branches. The meeting lasted for several hours of considerable assistance to them. There has been no labor trouble of The company is now holding schools nightly for the purpose of training their younger mn to do jobs that require expert knowledge and precision workmanship. These schools are being supervised by the more experienced men, as well as by expert instructors brought in from the trade schools and precision machine ships and tool workers shops, A meeting was held last Sunday, Proving Ground that we can safely Ignore or cast aside our manifold and pressing responsibilities in regard to the normal and continuing economic needs of the country. There is no necessity for that." Alfred P.

Sloan chair Automobiles have been driven for more than 76,000,000 miles on the any kind, and according to Don Neher Motors management, '-their union affiliations have been a decided asset in the growth of this business, making man power of a General Motors proving ground at Milford, since it was built in man of General Motors. 1924. Is spick and span, ine lams run silently. A student in a starched jumper stands beside each machine as earnestly Intent as a devotee before a shrine. Behind him, perhaps, gray-haired, smiling Harry Lums-den, a crack tool-maker for 25 years, stands ready with advice, encouragement.

Heads bowed at their bench like so many young shoemakers are the electrical students exploring the innards of a generator. David Dodd, the die making instructor, flutters about the construction of a compound die like a mother hen around her brood. Bill Kent, who teaches tool making watches a student operate a dia mond bit as it cuts into carbide. "If this lad gets any better hell be showing me," Ken whispers wrvlv. This modern nfethod of developing skilled technicians is a far cry from the old method still used in some industries of teaming a youth up with an experienced worker in ac tual production work fand allowing him to sink or swim.

Today each graduate of the Pontiac Apprentice Schools is an odd-on favorite to-succeed in industry and to succeed in Only $25 more for an Eight in any modell life. He's trained that way. I Motor Industry Activity Makes More Jobs A production assignment to the THIS IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU 8UY A MEW 1941 PONTIAC! 1. NEW BEAUTY AND LUXURY 2. ENCLOSED RUNNING BOARDS On Two Series 3.

GREATER OVER-ALL LENGTH 4. INCREASED POWER 5. RECORD GAS AND OIL ECONOMY Built-in Oil Cleaner automobile Industry means a pro duction order to the Nation. When Detroit's production wheels turn so do those in Youngstown Birmingham, Worcester, Memphis, Seattle and hundreds of other cities and towns. Hn jaMenaBBBaagBsnaasemsBBSBBsaSBSi 1 "sJeV liB Making ready to product In the motor cities first involves getting parts, tools and materials from com munities, big and small, in nearly every section of the country.

One automobile company has compiled the folowing list', showing by State the number of plants from which it purchases parts, glass iron and steel and tires: 1 Alabama, (: Arkansas, 1: California fil f'olnrarln. fi: Connecticut. 18 6. LARGER, SAFER BODIES 7. NEW, TRU-ARC SAFETY STEERING Florida, 1: GeorKla, Illinois, Indiana, 61: Iowa.

10: Kansaa, Kentucky, Louisiana. Maryland, Massachusetts. 28; Michigan, 186 Minnesota, 14: Missouri, NEW INTERIOR LUXURY 17; Nebraska, 2: New Hampshire. 3 New Jersey. 21: New York, 85 North Carolina.

2: Ohio. 16: Okla pss9 i to i 8 HI lssssssRSIHsMsfissM Ssssmk 'm-lWssssB al PERFECTED "TRIPLE-CUSHIONED" RIDE homa. 6: Oregon, Pennsylvania, 87; Rhode Island, 1: South Dakota, Tennessee, Texai, Utah, Virginia, Washington. West BHSBJ THAT RIGHT THE Virginia. 11; Wisconsin.

42. Excludes automobile textiles brake lining, storage batteries. THEN THAT MEANS YOU CAN SET A NEW PONTIAC boy that's eooe NBWS TO Mf I'M AND MY PONTIAC SAVING SO MUCH ON L'ONTIACS HIGHEST-PRIsj'T jpe'doV NEW DELUXE'TORPEDO" GAS, OIL AND UPKEEP 60INS TO SEE A I 'TORPEDO' IN THE WW PRICE FIELD SIX IS PRICED JUST ABOVE THE 10WEST- 111 Drive Your New IIS COSTING MI PONTIAC DEALER Jjk. v. LltS THAN ANY CAR PRICED CARS TOMORROW Cor Carefully I'VE EVER OWNED I 10.

CHOICE OF A SIX OR AN EIGHT IN ANY MODEL $25 more for an Eight sfe 99 other Im-flt-iA provements and ZJgSg outstanding features that make Pontiac ii more than ever "America's It takes extra driving care to avoid marring that new car during the early period of ownership, ac cording to the National Automobile DARINGLY DIFFERENT when it was first introduced a rear ago, Pontiac's "Torpedo" styling is today the recognized vogue in modern motor car design! Why, therefore, should you be satisfied with anything less, especially when "Torpedo" styling is now yours on every model of Pontiac's 1941 line even the new low-priced De Luxe "Torpedoes" any new car buyer can afford! See these new "Torpedoes" today. You'll find them longer, wider, more powerful yet with no sacrifice of Pontiac's famous economy. And you can take your choice of a Six or Eight in any model for only $25 difference in price! Club. Records of manufacturers show that most damage is done with respect to bruising fenders and scuffing bumpers and the like dur tng the period when the new owner is getting the feel of the vehicle. Motorists should drive it then with special caution until sure' of allowing proper clearance in the various traffic pinches in which the driver may find himself.

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