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...what's the difference between a riveter and a welder...
Until last week, arc-welding magnesium was almost as impossible as welding paper, and for the same reason: this most inflammable metal* would ignite from the heat of the welder's electric arc just as it does in magnesium incendiary bombs. But after two years of research, engineers of Northrop Aircraft Inc. discovered that magnesium can safely be arc-welded if the hot metal is blanketed with helium to exclude atmospheric oxygen. The helium also cools the molten metal, acts as a metal-cleaning flux...
...present emergency shipbuilding program involves many shortage-induced special costs, such as the $200-300 it takes to train each additional welder. Despite such extras, Henry Kaiser's yards have reduced their overall man-hours per ship by some 25% since the program started. In certain subdivisions the reduction runs up to 70%, thanks to the repetitive methods possible with large orders. (Last week Henry Kaiser got an order for 80 more Liberty Ships.) These reductions in man-hours may mean that, after the next peace, U.S. shipbuilders (if they still get large orders) can maintain the U.S. standard...
Consequently, a welder's memberships would read like a partial roster of A.F. of L. craft unions: the Boilermakers, the Carpenters (to work on steel window frames), the Sheet Metal Workers, the Plumbers, the Sawmill Workers, the Machinists. For each new membership he had to fork out an initiation fee, until his pockets bulged with union cards but his pocketbook was flat...
...hopeful independent union, the United Weldors,† Cutters and Helpers of America, called on the 200,000 welders in the U.S. to strike in protest. Promptly U.S. troops with fixed bayonets and armored cars rolled into the Bay area. OPM's Sidney Hillman, who declared that "no welder need belong to more than one union to work anywhere in any shipyard," sputtered from Washington: "Shocking act of disloyalty." A.F. of L. officials raised their hands in holy horror. Public opinion fell on the welders' heads like a ton of bricks. The strike call was a dud. Only...