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Duhig's two right hands are represented by the "contact" women who place 90 percent of the students. Mrs. Barnes and Miss Baldwin, each a specialist assigned to her own field, carry an equally heavy load and are charged with the engulfing job of placing all the camp councillors, chauffeurs, research chemists, tutor-companions, cooks, bellhops, waiters, and infinite number of others who apply at the office...
...moving up a name each time somebody else docs. They get $25 for each transfusion, generally losing about 500 cc at a time. "Some of the most delicate-looking boys go over to the hospital and it doesn't bother them a bit," says white-haired, little Miss Baldwin. Sometimes if a vein is a trifle stubborn the doctors have to "fuss around a bit more," but generally it's well worth the money and the donor's blood should be replaced in 24 hours. Some men, through various shennanigans, manage to put in a transfusion once a month...
...rush last summer caused a tremendous influx of business in the Bureau. Since it does not generally hand high-paying factory and defense jobs (though it can fill them when they come in) a lot of students got this sort of work through their families and friends. Consequently Miss Baldwin, who deals out the moderate-salaried camp positions, had to turn down a good many employers. Things begin to get hectic around the middle of March, when parents are looking for sailing instructors, camps for swimming coaches, and when students start to register...
...rare that an applicant fails to get placed, aided as he is by the long experience and contacts of Miss Baldwin and Mrs. Barnes. To them falls the added task of seeing that the students get to the interviews on time, bolstered with a bit of philosophical and psychological etiquette on how to greet and impress possible bosses. If they don't get the job, they try again...
Other medium-tank production lines were beginning to roll at Baldwin Locomotive, Pullman-Standard, Pressed Steel Car. Lima Locomotive will soon be in production. Some, perhaps all of these, will soon get speed-up orders. But the big push will come from Ford and General Motors. With plants already available and top priorities for tools, they are expected to be in production by summer...