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way* industrial trad# subjects were taught in the publio
schools to help train the student to support the war crisis
and to enable him to begin a life's work upon graduation
from high, school.5
The years immediately following World War I repealed
to the observant a significant need for the application of
sounder methods of training skilled workers* ■ The war
boom was deflated# and industry began to adopt.the $logan
of "training on the Job* again# Industry no longer, wanted
quickly trained employeesj they wanted well-trained worker#
to cut their budgets#
The decade beginning in 1920 saw the first real move-
ment toward a national system of apprenticeship. with the
appointment by the American Construction council of-a
General Apprenticeship Committee* The Council «a a national
body representing all phases of the construction industry*
including architect®, engineers# manufacturers, and-real
estate-and insurance companies. The Council felt that In
order to promote the idea of apprenticeship effectively among
the construction industry and to insure support and permanent
results, they mmt obtain national action,6 Franklin ©.
Roosevelt was president of the Council at the-time# He
emphasised the duty of the Council to Marouse the country to
Education! a?°erl<"m AfB«,«°^8 iap and Induatrlal
S* Deparfcmant of Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship,
Craft Training testerday and Today, p. 4.
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Moses, Morgan Clay. American Apprenticeship and its Contribution to Industrial Arts, thesis, May 1950; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc163804/m1/28/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .