was reimbursed by the navy. This program was continued through Febru- ary, 1946, with a total of 1100 trainees having received training here. At the time this program was discontinued the navy requested that the school continue with another navy training program, but the urgent need by returning servicemen for housing accommodations in connection with their instruction in agriculture and industry made it necessary for the college to decline the invitation to continue navy training here. FOOD PRODUCTION WAR TRAINING California Polytechnic School served as the state headquarters and offices for the Food Production War Training program. The FPWT program was a training program financed by federal funds to give farmers and members of farm families training in methods of food production train- ing of farm workers in preservation and conservation of food and related mechanical skills. The president of California Polytechnic was state director of this program. WAR PRODUCTION TRAINING National Defense Training classes at California Polytechnic started September 3, 1940, at the very inception of this program in the United States. Instruction was given in machine shop, welding, and aircraft sheet metal work. Some classes were run 24 hours a day, seven days per week. In October, 1940, the fir st unit of a National Youth Administration resident project was dedicated and almost immediately 230 young men began training in welding, machine shop, and aircraft sheet metal. In May, 1941, courses for radio technicians were added to the War Production training program. In March, 1942, classes were begun in radio repair, aircraft sheet _..3..