Factors influencing working con~ ditions are dealt with in the first part fof the report, Tt states: Several factors have been at work in attaining degree of improvement in working conditions. The most important has been the initiative and. interest of factory owners themselves, more especially owners of new plants, Many" owners are" younger " men, technically well. trained, sons of pioneers who themselves had less opportunity: and the younger men are Erogressive. University trained men ound. more commonly acting as engineers and as chemical Rineors. Even in smaller machine Shops manufacture to an accurate Growing iz more usual than formerly when a rough sketch sufficed. Train Ing of workers end supervisors is coming to be regarded as important fand in the choosing of apprentices many" owners demand aerial educational standard.
'A. second method of inducing imevement. has Been the careful jpervision by the Section staff of all installations in new enterprises. Pull advantage has been taken of the reconstruction period to obtain com: pliance with the best standards pos Sible, In these efforts owners have xklven willing ce-operation.
Obtaining Compliance The Section has, in the seven years of ils existence, relied upon educational approach. In 1939 instrument of enforcement. was sug. gested. Article 33 (0) of the Law
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