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THE
MARCH 13, 1926
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
45
The Technical Department—(Continued from page 44)
Superintendents' Club of New York
Discusses Shortage in Factory Labor IIIIII
Committee of Three Appointed to Confer With Industrial Relations Committee of the New York
Piano Manufacturers' Association to Have that Body Represented at Meetings
U*AITH in the Superintendents' Club of the
New York Piano Manufacturers' Association
and its aims was restored somewhat at the meet-
ing held Thursday evening, March 4, in the ban-
quet rooms at 30 West Thirty-third street.
About fifteen superintendents attended the gath-
ering and, following the dinner, entered into a
lively round-table discussion of the most im-
portant question of the day, the scarcity of com-
petent labor. This topic, though plainly a prob-
lem for the manufacturers themselves, was dis-
cussed from the superintendents' angle, and
many valuable suggestions were made as to the
proper means of training men for the more
skilled factory positions.
Much interest was shown in the recent meet-
ing of the Engineers' Club of Philadelphia, de-
voted to the topic, "Piano Construction as an
Engineering Problem," where William Braid
White, editor of the Technical Department of
The Review, was the principal speaker. A. K.
Gutsohn, who was informed about the meeting,
told of the benefits to be derived by the indus-
try in presenting such a topic to young grad-
uate wood-working engineers with the hope of
attracting high caliber men into piano manu-
facture. The idea was also entertained that
similar meetings held under the auspices of
Y. M. C. A. industrial departments in the larger
cities might also tend to draw workers into the
industry who were actually interested in making
a future for themselves in it.
E. Voelckel, president of the Superintendents'
Club, stated that the entertainment committee
had intentionally neglected inviting a guest
speaker for the meeting in order to provide
more time for discussing the important question
of how to obtain workers in the future. At this
point Walter Drew, counsel for the New York
Piano Manufacturers' Association, and a mem-
ber of the club, volunteered to donate $100 out
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of his pocket to provide interesting speakers for
future meetings of the club. Mr. Drew was
thanked for his offer but no action was taken.
Under the head of new business it was moved
that the chair appoint a committee of three
to confer with the industrial relations committee
of the manufacturers' body to urge that at least
one member of the latter's committee or^a mem-
ber of the Association attend future meetings
of the superintendents in order to carry word
back to the Association about what is being
done. It was pointed out that this was pro-
vided under the original by-laws of the club,
but the practice of entertaining guests from the
manufacturers had lately fallen off, and there-
fore little notice came of the club's suggestions.
President Voelckel announced that the com-
mittee would be appointed before the next
meeting. A nominating committee to prepare
a ticket of officers for the annual meeting was
appointed as follows: L. B. Wing, R. C. John-
son and Henry Fry.
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CHICAGO, I I I . , March 6.—George N. Lamb, sec-
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Association, has prepared a new twenty-four-
page booklet on that wood, which contains a
lot of interesting reading matter and is pro-
fusely illustrated. The booklet may be obtained
from the Association, 616 South Michigan boule-
vard, Chicago, 111.
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