GLEASON WORKS
Reading edition
Rochester, N. Y.
When you came to Rochester we were very much impressed with the suggestions you made as to the introduction of women into industry. We sent two representatives together with others from Rochester to Dayton, as you advised, to investigate the conditions there and also in Cincinnati. The excellent arrangements made by the Cincinnati manufacturers to relieve the shortage of labor by placing women at work in machine shops and elsewhere were extremely interesting.
After learning what had been done we started using women in our machine shop in line with your idea and the results have been very satisfactory. * * * It is not a question of economy with us but of releasing men for other work in the foundry which women cannot perform. We believe that an intensive training of two weeks would enable women to turn out practically as much work as men are now doing.
August 5, 1918.
(Signed) James E. Gleason.