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CONVAIRIETY
December 17, 1952
Signal Blasts Call 1200 to Defense Posts at Convair San Diego
"BATTLE" STATIONS—-First plant-wide defense drills at Convair San Diego
late last month brought these scenes of action. More than 1200 persons were
involved in demonstrating their duties. At top left is scene in control center with
F. G. Merritt, assistant control officer, in charge, surrounded by chiefs of various
services. Other photos illustrate what was going on in plant as first aid units
were set up to care for simulated "casualties." Work horn blew drill signal.
FW Reminded
About Sabotage
“Each employee at Convair FW
has a vital role in safeguarding
the security of this plant and of
the United States.”
This statement by Division
Manager August C. Esenwein
brought a sharp reminder to all
Convair FW employees that the
saboteur works all shifts.
In conjunction with the recent
distribution to all employees of
a security pamphlet published by
the Department of Defense, Esen-
wein urged that constant vigi-
lance be maintained against the
threat of sabotage.
“You must be constantly aware
of this threat and fulfill your
responsibility by keeping our In-
dustrial Security department fully
advised of anything which is in
the least suspicious,” he stated.
Any and all suspicious incidents
or acts of behavior should be re-
ported immediately to supervisors
or the Industrial Security depart-
ment.
Damage or attempted damage
to equipment and parts which ap-
pears willful and deliberate
should be reported at once. Such
parts and equipment should not
be moved or handled until investi-
gators give permission.
Esenwein also pointed out that
regulations governing the wear-
ing of employee and visitor badg-
es must be strictly and rigidly
enforced.
“Any person on company prop-
erty not wearing the required
type of badge should be ap-
proached and requested to pro-
duce and wear the badge,” Esen-
wein continued. “If the person
cannot produce it, he should be
detained and turned over to the
Industrial Security department.”
Convairiety 'Year-End' Issue Slated
To Feature Several Special Pages
Convairiety’s next issue, dated Dec. 31, will feature a review
of 1952 and a forecast for 1953, as has been customary in the past
for the “New Year” issue.
In addition to capsule predictions on future business and em-
ployment levels at the various divisions, the Dec. 31 issue will
feature several special picture pages of particular interest to
Convair people. They will carry airplane photographs of a size
not usually possible for publication.
Inasmuch as the day after Dec. 31 is New Year’s Day and
therefore a holiday, every effort is being made to make Convair-
iety available on the news stands a day earlier (Tuesday, Dec. 30)
to assure complete coverage.
Housekeeping Perfection
Good Only for a Tie
Anything less than perfect was
out of the running in the Novem-
ber housekeeping contest at Con-
vair San Diego as not one, but
three departments scored “zero
violations” to tie for first place.
All three—Fabrication at Plant
1, Experimental and Fabrication
at Plant 2—are previous first-
place winners, and these were the
second perfect scores for Plant 1
Fabrication (October) and Plant
2 Fabrication (July). It was the
seventh first place for Experi-
mental, the third for Plant 2 Fab-
rication, and the second for Fab-
rication at Plant 1 this year. .
As there is only one trophy for
first place, the Housekeeping
Committee voted to purchase two
more so that each of the winners
might have one to keep during
December.
Stung by its last-place rating
in October, T-29 Primary and
Final Assembly made the most
spectacular gain during Novem-
ber, advancing to second place
with only .004 violations per em-
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ployee. Much of the credit for
the marked improvement was
given to an intra-department con-
test started during the month
(Convairiety, Dec. 3, 1952), ac-
cording to Supt. John Hopman.
Although top scores in the No-
vember contest set new records,
total violations noted throughout
the SD Division more than
doubled those in October, jump-
ing from 282 to 613. However,
in November inspections which
previously were restricted to the
first shift were expanded to' in-
clude nights.
Decided improvement was also
shown by R3Y Final Assembly,
which climbed from fourteenth
place in October to fifth last
month with .013 violations. In
third place in November was
Electronics and Armament, with
.011, and Material was fourth
with .012.
Here are scores for all competing
units, listed in order in which they
placed:
Violations per
Employee
Nov. Oct.
Fabrication, Plant 1............ 000 .000
Experimental .................................000 .011
Fabrication, Plant 2 ...................000 .009
T-29 Primary & Final Assy......004 .202
Electronics & Armament .......Oil .011
Material ...........................................012 .002
R3Y Final Assy..............................013 .066
Manufacturing Control.................016 .013
Tool Manufacturing.......................017 .004
Plant Engineering.................... 017 .007
B-36 Comp. & T-29 Controls... .020 .054
T-29 Major Assy..................... 024 .001
R3Y Major Assy............................075 .007
Nov. Oct.
340 Final Assy..............................075 .004
Field Operations.............................081 .035
340 Major Assy..............................186 .034
*Follow-up* Lands
SD Man in Yuma
Not everyone would under-
stand the telegram: “En route
from Yuma with Herman Hag-
man’s follow-up man ‘A,’ ”
signed Janet.
But in Dept. 4 at Convair SD
where Hagman is a buyer the
meaning was quite clear to
friends. Janet Freeze and Don
Walker were married.
Clarks CIPs Click
Twice in Single Day
Nov. 20 was “CIP Day” for Leroy T. Clark, Convair
Fort Worth general supervisor in the inspection depart-
ment, who scored twice on that date with cost improve-
ment ideas.
Even more important was the
fact that Clark was personally
responsible for realizing one-
fourth of the entire 1952 quota
for his department, according to
Roy Crabtree, assistant super-
visor of cost reduction.
Clark’s idea will result in an
estimated savings of $57,000 an-
nually, Crabtree reported. The
departmental quota was $226,800
for 1952.
The CIP was a revision of poli-
cies and procedures for armament
and electronics inspection.
Clark’s second CIP approved on
Nov. 20 concerned armament test
firing procedures and eliminated
a serious safety hazard, Crabtree
pointed out.
These have not been Clark’s
only successful ideas, however.
During his first year at Convair
FW, Clark received cash awards
for three ESP’s. Since 1948, he
has had four CIP’s approved.
Even before joining Convair
FW in 1947, Clark’s ideas were
earning recognition for him. At
one time, he received a commen-
dation from Delta Airlines for
re-sequencing maintenance opera-
tions, and later, as an instructor
TWO A DAY—Leroy T. Clark
of Dept. 27-9 at Fort Worth,
general supervisor of Electronics
and Armament Inspection, who
recently put his department over
top of 1952 CIP goal. He had
two CIPs approved in single day!
at Oklahoma’s Southwestern
State College, Weatherford, he
was commended jointly by the
Air Force and the college for
his part in setting up test stand
operations.
In addition to his work at Con-
vair FW, Clark attends T C U
night school where he is working
toward a baccalaureate degree in
business administration.
Missile Division
Gives to Hospital
The Guided Missile Division
this month made its second con-
tribution to the New Wing Fund
of the Pomona Valley Community
Hospital, bringing its total gifts
to the proposed hospital annex
to $12,500.
Jack Glass, assistant to the
Missile Division manager, pre-
sented a $7,500 check Dec. 5 to
Homer Duffy, chairman of the
building fund’s industrial division.
Last April the Guided Missile
Division contributed $5,000 to the
proposed $700,000 annex. The
latest check represents Convair’s
1953 donation, and receipt of the
check brought the building fund
up to more than $625,000, accord-
ing to hospital officials. Plans
are now being completed for the
new wing, and construction is
expected to get under way in the
near future.
Pomona Community
Chest Given Boost
The Pomona Community Chest
last week received a $5,771 boost
from Convair’s Guided Missile
Division, almost half of it con-
tributed by individual employees.
The total included $1,896.90
contributed by 777 employees at
Pomona, $847.11 by employees at
San Diego, and a $3,000 check
from the Guided Missile Division.
The amount from San Diego
is one-half of $1,748.22 collected
from 1099 employees in a recent
drive. The division of funds was
made because most of the Di-
vision’s employees now in San
Diego will probably be transfer-
red to Pomona early in 1953. The
other half was presented to the
San Diego Community Chest.
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