El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-03
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London, Eng May 5.-Shipyards
crews are working as little as possible.
doing their work in slipshOd and dan
EerUus manner, while transport crews
are CeseriIuR-au because Of the lure
OF liquor This is stated in official re
ports by the heads OF government bu-
reZus which show that England's war
operations are being seriously handi-
capped by the growing menace Of drink.
From vice admiral Sir John r. Jel-
licoe, commander in chief of the home
fleets. down, the officers responsible for
the navy are Of the opinion that the
snort hours worked by the men in pri-
vat= yards is due TO drink. They de-
scribe conditions as deplorable and urge
on the government the necessity OF
adopting the total prohibition OF alco-
hciic drinks or restrictions on the sale
o. Them.
The slackness Of the men. il is al
legged, is due 10 the fact that they arc
earning more money than usual and
that while they have any to spend they
VIII not work sunday work is con-
demEed, as il is commended that the
double wages earned that way lead the
meL. 10 lay off two days during the
week
Conditions DisauIeting.
Vice admiral JellicOe. in a letter 10
the Admiralty on this subject SAYS:
II am very uneasy about the labor
situation in the Clyde and the Tyne. 1
sent a telegram or two lately about il.
on may think I am exceeding my
efficiency OF this fleet is so affected bv
~ that / felt it my duty 20 wire today
An officer IN responsible position
has arrived here and his account of
things on the Clyde issmost disquietins
He said the men refused altogether 10
work on Saturday afternoon. that thew
look Wednesday afternoon off II not
the yhoie Of Wednesday and worked on
sunday because they got double pay for
IL. He said also that they only worked
IN q nalt hearted manner.
Ny destroyed bookings and refits
are delayed In this case by those labor
as they need to-
Drinking Decreases Work.
rear domiral Frederick T. Tudor
third sea lord, supplies a statement
showing the effect Of excessive drink
ing on the output Of work as regards
snlpbuilding, repairs and munitions Of
war. which is being carried out Uy con-
tract for the admiralty Admiral Tu-
dor says:
Briefly. the position is that now that
while the country is at war the men are
doing less work than would be regarded
as an ordinary week work under nor
nal conditions Thus the problem is not
now 10 get the workmeu to increase
their normal peace output, but how TO
get them 10 do an ordinary days work
as the case may be-"
During the first week Of March. ad-
miral Tudor says, 1855 filters employed
on submarine engine work did the
equivalent OF a full weeks work Of IS
men,
Work Is Poorly Done.
The captain superintendent % the
Clyde IN his report says;
I'm the ship yards last week. where
a warship was under repair. the work
on the inner bottom Of the ship was so
badly carried out as to suggest at once
on Inspection that IL could not have
been done by men who were sober II
was dangerous and had 10 be con-
demned."
Capt Clement Gres torez. director Of
naval equipment. in his report SAYS
The condition of the labor is de
plorable and the men are in the most
uncertain and Indispensable state This
is so serious that any time the whole
OF the shipbuildins work on the Tyne
may come 10 a standstilL"
Transport Crews Desert.
The director OF transport reported
that the work of transport Is being
conducted under serious difficulties"
The workmen, the director con-
unued, apidly are becoming absolute
IS out Of hand Yesterday the crew Of
transport deserted The same thing
happened the day before. Firemen 30
a aboard the transports drunk. making.it
impossible 70 get up a full head of
steam