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Vol. 21 (1943) ; on pages 103, 131, 258. 337, 361. 398, on the insert in the March 25 issue facing page 446, and on pages 626, 68l t 688, 732, and 811 of CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING NEWS,

Vol. 22 (1944) ; and on pages 290 and 385 of Vol. 36 of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. Modern Industry for May contains an article entitled "Getting and Keeping Technical Talent Today and in 40-X" and in it lists the following 10 rules for making engineers happy: 1. Pay them adequately. 2. Arrange satisfactory patent bonus payments. 3. Credit them with fair share of pro­ duction performance. 4. Guard against regimenting them. 5. Make them feel secure in their jobs. 6. Grant them management confidence. 7. Give them plenty of newest equipment. 8. Provide opportunity for training, advancement. 0. Dilute engineering force with women. 10. Prepare for 40-X engineering prob­ lems. Indeed this check list for management applies with equal force to chemists, chemical engineers, physicists, and all technologists. Somewhat intrigued about number 9 in the list we found the following b y way of explanation:

fNSTHWËEN If your present manufacturing o p e r a ­ tions or post-war plans cali for tem­ perature measurement or control, con­ sult H-B engineers. They will give you the benefit o f their 2 7 years' experi­ ence in solving problems involving the use of thermo-regulators, thermostats, thermometers, relays, etc. W r i t e for Blue Books 4 and 5. H-B Instrument Company, 2 5 0 8 North Broad Street, Philadelphia 3 2 , Penna.

A girl thus trailed (as a technician) won't necessarily invent a new radio tube, but she and perhaps several other girls will free the time of Dr. X enough to enable him to complete α gadget that will speed victory or develop a postwar product that will save a company's life. And as they progress, these girls, youngsters for the most part, are relieving more highly qualified and professionally trained men to step into better and more useful jobs.

War Bond buying through the Treasuryinstituted Payroll Savings Plan is piling up postwar purchasing power of vital importance to this Nation's future eco­ nomic welfare. Because this plan ensures industry a rich peacetime market, management should be its most ardent and vigorous advocate. A vital contribution to the war effort, Payroll Savings is also a vital factor in American economic life.

According to WPB the plant construc­ tion for production of penicillin is now 95% complete.

* * * One begins t o appreciate the impor­ tance of food dehydration when it is re­ ported that food is 4 0 % of military ton­ nage and that 80 t o 9 0 % of most fruit* and vegetables, as well as other food products, is water.

* * * For every 1,000 workers on factory pay­ rolls in January, 1944, 67 either changed jobs or left manufacturing work, Secretary of Labor Perkins reports. * * * The chemical industry was listed first, by executives recently polled by Fortune, as the most promising field for a young man after the war. Of the total reporting, 50.6% put the chemical industry first, fol­ lowed by merchandising, 18.3%, foreign trade, 11.9%, housing construction, 10.0%, household appliances, 9.5%, trans­ portation, 8.8%, radio manufacture, 5.2%, finance, 2.4%, and publishing, 0.8%.

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