Typical of 2,000
Women Workers at Bomber Plant

At the Glenn L. Martin-Nebraska company plants at Fort Crook, more than two thousand feminine workers are doing their bit toward speeding the production of bombers scheduled to bring misery to Hitler, Hirohito and the unhappy fascist.

For women have invaded the airplane-building industry in nearly every department. They work drill presses, lathes, milling machines, huge cutters and hydraulic presses. Many of them are on a par with the men when it comes to final assembly operations, electrical installations, or welding.

The startling thing is that more than 90 per cent of them never had been near machinery prior to applying for a job at Martin's. True, some of them knew something about sewing machines, or typewriters, but for the most part even that machine acquaintance was casual.

Naturally, a certain amount of training is necessary before a woman can walk up to a drill press and make it work. Some received training when assigned to vocational schools by the federal employment service. Successful completion of the training course results in a virtual guarantee of employment in some war industry.

At the Martin plant, women work on an equal basis with men, have the same pay rates for the same operation, work the same hours. They ask no quarter and are given none.