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4-2221 sEDERAL '\:ORXS li.G32ICY WORK P:S:.OJ3CTS ADHIHISTRATICH F or Releas e Thur sd .'.1.y, i-brch 20 , 1941 WPA OP.iDES 17 SCHOOLS TO TRAI N AVIATIOlT SE..1.VICEMillH Fre d R. Rauch , .Acting Deputy Commissioner of Work Proj e ct s , announc ed to day t ha t 17 tr a ining scl1ools for a i r ;;Jort servic emen have been e s tablished as the b eginning of a pro gr am to p l <'. ce q_ua lifi ed. W?A worl:ers in p riva te j obs a t a ir fiel d s i n a ll par ts of the country . Instruct ors for t hes3 schools r 0c ently c omp l e t e d cour ses c onduc t od 0 in Washington, D. c. , a nd Atlanto., Ga . , by t he U, s . Offic e of Ed'J.ca tion to quali fy them o,s te acher s . Each wi ll :i;:rovide a t hree- month cour se in m;:,.,in- tenance of airp orts and sorvid.ng of p l t.cnos for ten men selec t ed from WP.A r oll s . Following compl e tion of ot h ,:-r i nstru c t or s I co,ir s -:; s , eo.,ch tr .1.ining ten t eachor s , ad.Qi t i ono,l t;roun d se r vic omon tl' r! ining schools wi ll be: op on0a. ;:i,t air ports dos i 6nated by tho Civil Aorommtics .Admini s tr a t ion . Cour ses for i nstructors will be ~o ld in comi ng wooks a t Hou s to n , 1ox., San Fr~ncisco , Portland, Or o . , and sevora l midvros t orn ci ti o s . The number of WPA tr::dn oes , now about 180 , will thus be incror,scd. week by wcok lli'. til sev e r a l t h ousand hav e b ee=i tr a i~ed in gr ound servicemen schools . 11 The Bx:pand.ing aviation i ndust r y of t ho Unit ed States no doubt will r equire many hundreds of nc,w gTound worko1~s t h i s year , 11 Mr . Rauch so.id . traininc WPA emp lo yocs in tho duties of a ir~)or t servicemen , we c an assist in r eturning t horn to :::,riva t e Or.l})lo~rmen t and he l p materially to mee t a need wh ich Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 4-2221 - 2 - • will a r ise wi th t housands of new p l anes us i ng our air fie l cls . 11 Cours0s ar e already under w3,y a t J3eEdi x , Basking Ric",f;G n.nd. We s t Tr en t on, N. J.,; Roosovc:::lt P ioli, N. Y. ; Boulovar J. Airp ort , Philado l )h i r1 , and. Loc k Hav en , Po.• ; Curtiss- Wright Fi ol d , Bal timore , ancl Hage r s t oun , Mi. ; :ByrLi Airp ort , Richmond , Va ., and Cancl.le r Fie l d , Atlanta. , Ga. Courses a r o be i ng set u p th i s week at Ral e i gh , lT . C.; Co l umbia., s. C. ; J acksonvil le , Hi Gmi and Tam1)a , F la.; and Memphi s and Nashv ille , Tenn. An initia l cour se was compl e t ed re c ent l y a t Co ngress i onal Ai r po rt , near Was h i ngto n , D. c. The p r oject i s sponsored. by tho Nat i onr-,1 Def ense Corami.s s i on a1cd co- sp onsored b;;l t ho Off i ce of Educ.'.l.ti on nnd tho Civil Aoron,'.'.utic:s Ad.m i n i strat i on . Tho Clwi. des i gnates tr aining sites , ancl tho Offico of Ec:.ucation is r espons i b l e f or tho t r n.i ning of experienc ed nir port mon as inst r uct ors and t he cour so given t h e WP.A tr a i nees • Mon who compl ete t ho c our se wil l bo qualified fo r me..icitonanco and s ervic e duti es rangi ng fro m t axiing and f ue li rg of p l anes to en.r e of pur?.chutes a n d cr ash pro c edur es . Their tr.'.li:\illf; p r ovi des a ctua l wor k on ousy fie l ds , where it i s OXJ.)e ct od t hat t he CAA s t uden t tr a i n i ng :progrnms and other a ctiv i t ics wi l l re quire su ch serv i c es . ooOoo Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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