Word: hollerith
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...think that subcontracting will win the war were talking last week about an ingenious new mechanical scheme to increase subcontracting. Its author is a fast-talking, high-domed, ex-filling station owner from Richmond, Va. named James S. Stanley, who has a passion for punch cards and Hollerith sorting machines. He was last heard of eight years ago as the founder of the Leisure League of America, to which he contributed suggestions for 700 ways to kill time. But his own hobby has always been work...
Once the code is set up, a prime contractor translates into it the parts of his job he wants help on. The U.S. Census Bureau's Hollerith machines take this alphabet soup and turn it into a directory. Thumbing this directory to see where his machines belong, a would-be subcontractor can then write the prime contractor (whose name is also coded) for detailed plans, make a firm bid for the work...