D. B. Peckham, division controller of Western Electric Company, Inc., writes Mr. J. R. Shea, works manager, asking him if he recalls a staff conference in which they discussed the request by the Civil Communications Section for recommendations of two men for job assignments in Japan. He informs Shea that the man taking the assignment would be permitted to take his wife to Japan. Peckham goes on to discuss the compensation. A job description for a wire equipment supervisor is attached to the letter.
Letters Western Electric Company AT & T Employees Wages Japan Job descriptions Cables Telephone Manufacturing industries Supervisors, Industrial Civil Communications Section (CCS) Bell System Wilkinson, K. L Burke, F. L Weeks, Gilbert E Shea, J. R Peckham, D. B
Time Period
Nineteen forty-eight, A.D
Place
United States Japan
Source
Copy of letter: Letter from D. B. Peckham to Mr. J. R. Shea, August 6, 1948; Kenneth Hopper Papers on Management; Box 19 Correspondence Incoming & Outgoing; C.W. Protzman; Folder 1 Correspondence: Incoming, 1948; 2 pages
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