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United States. Council of National Defense. Committee on Labor. Section on Industrial Training for the War Emergency
A wartime government publishing office rather than an individual author, this section produced practical material to help American industry train new workers quickly during World War I. Its surviving work offers a direct look at how the United States tried to solve urgent labor shortages on the home front.
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How the shortage of skilled mechanics is being overcome by training the unskilled
by United States. Council of National Defense. Committee on Labor. Section on Industrial Training for the War Emergency
About the author
This author credit refers to a federal body, not a single writer. The Section on Industrial Training for the War Emergency was part of the Committee on Labor within the United States Council of National Defense, a World War I agency created to help coordinate industry and resources for national defense.
The section is best known today through publications such as How the shortage of skilled mechanics is being overcome by training the unskilled, issued in 1918. That work focused on fast, practical training methods for factory labor at a time when wartime production created intense demand for skilled workers.
Because the named author is an organization, little in the way of a personal biography or portrait exists. What remains most meaningful is the historical record: publications and archival materials that show how this office tried to connect labor policy, industrial training, and wartime production needs in the United States.