Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 154, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1917 — Deaf Men Found to Be Best Workers in Noisy Factory [ARTICLE]

Deaf Men Found to Be Best Workers in Noisy Factory

The war is developing new labor conditions and problems. Probably the mo§t unique instance which has come to light is. contained In a request made of the labor bureau of the Ohio branch of the national defense council by an Ohio manufacturer, says the Columbus Dispatch.? “I want from twenty to thirty deaf men. If they are deaf and dumb both, it won’t make any difference.” This was the request made by a big Ohio 1 manufacturer. “I will pay them from $2.50 to $3.50 per day and give them steady work. I want to put them to work in one branch of my factory where the noise is so great that it is impossible to keep hearing men on the job. I tried a couple of deaf men and they have proved so successful that I want a score or more of them.”