MENWOMEN. Factory positions open for those who have experienced mental or emotional illness. Good starting salary. No experience necessary. Scientific evaluations to assist in proper placement.
Within 5½ hours after the Oakland (Calif.) Tribune hit the stands with this unusual classified ad, it drew 31 replies. Many a former mental patient clipped the ad and answered it later, and there was a total of no replies. Industrial Psychiatrist W. Ray Poindexter Jr. found, after a 2½-hour screening session for each applicant, that he could recommend more than half for jobs either in the factory or at home. This week eight women and...
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