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Show Student of Defense Training Writes Of Success In New Job Of Interest to many of our readers read-ers Is information contained In a lecent letter from Melville H. Hums-man, Hums-man, a former student in the defense de-fense training classes at the Branch Agricultural College, which was addressed ad-dressed to C. B. Cooley, supervisor of defense training in this area. Mr. Huntsman, who recently completed his course at the B.A.C. went to Calitornla in October where he secured se-cured employment with the Douglas Doug-las Aircraft Company in Long Beach. ExcerpU of Mr. Huntsman's letter let-ter are given below: "The next morning after arriving arriv-ing in Long Beach I went down to the Douglas Aircraft Company employment em-ployment office and put in my application. ap-plication. I was told to come back the next clay for an interview, which I did, and I was hired, pending pend-ing my physical examination. I passed that all right and started to work the next day as a "Metal Fabricator." Fab-ricator." The work Is assembly work which consists mainly of assembling as-sembling certain parts of a wing and then riveting them together. The work Is not hard, but has to be wry exact and one has to keep busy. The pay Is 65c per hour for the night shift and COc for the day shift. They pay 5c an hour raise a month mon-th for three months, then you are on your own. "This new plant at Long Beach is the "New Blackout Plant." There are 7,000 men working here and by next summer they expect to have 30,000 employees. They are hiring 40 to GO men a day. "My opinion is that any of the men up there (in Cedar City) who has as much as 100 hours in aircraft air-craft training, which includes some riveting, could get a Job at this new plant. Most of the fellows down here have paid quite dearly to ge: 50 to 100 hours of riveting, but some of them are getting right on at the aircraft industries. "Another thing that might be of interest to you is this: North American Am-erican Aircraft Company at El Se-gundo Se-gundo is advertising for trained automobile mechanics to do assembly assem-bly work In their new plants." In speaking of the value of the training received at the B.A.C. under un-der f.ie defense program, Mr. Huntsman Hunts-man continues: " the out-of-state boys are getting the Jobs be- Make an investment in health. Buy Christmas Seals. They help to protect you against tuberculosis. cause they have had exceptional training in defense schools, while California boys are attending private pri-vate schools. What I would like to Impress on all boys is this: I got n Job at the first place I rustled. I was at work in three days after reaching California. I think they can do the sameevery one of them if they can get a little money to come one." In conclusion, Mr. Huntsman said, " I wfant to show my appreciation apprecia-tion for all of your help when I was in trouble and also how valuable I consider the training I received at the B.A.C." 'JP I MW'W m)MM Ml l II J I lIHIUllllHW |