Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-21
ASKS SKILLED LABOR
NOT TO ENLIST IN RANKS
Committee on Industrial Prepared
ness Wants to Keep Munition
Workers at Home.
ENORMOUS TASK is AHEAD
Chairman Myers, of Virginia Branch,
Now Engaged in Making Survey Of
What Local Plants Can Do to Help
Nation.

Employees in plants making military
stores or munitions OF war are urged
not to enlist for active service at the
front by L. 7. ID. Myers. Jr., chairman
of the board OF directors for Virginia
of the committee on Industrial pre-
pnredness of the Naval Advisory Board
Yesterday morning Mr.. Myers received
a telegram from Howard e. Colin,
chairman Of the National Committee on
Industrial Preparedness. urging him
to expedite the work of his committee
Of investigation and advising, in view
of the present excitement over recruit
ing for Mexico, that workmen in NUM-
ton plants be reminded of their OPP
portunity for greater service at home.
The telegram from Mr.. Coffin stated
that immediate action on the industrial
inventory was necessary, and called on
Mr.. Myers to use as field aids all MEM
bers Of the five engineering societies
in Virginia. which are aiding in the
movement The telegram save full in
structions to rush tho work on the
ground that quick action was now
necessary.
All manufacturers whose establish
ments produce supplies which may be
needed by the army and navy, as we'll
as those producing munitions and those
such use. are urged to make reports
AT onre rs patriotic duty. Those
heads of manufacturing plants who
have not received the blank forms for
report are requested to apply to Mr.
Myers AT 1901 Mutual Building, Rich
mond.
KEEP INDUSTRIES
ORGANIZED, HE SAYS
"lt should be borne in mind said
Mr.. Myers. that one of the objects OF
this movement is to keep the indus
tries OF the country organized and to
prevent the enlistment of the oper-
atires for field service when, as the
present European war has abundantly
proved. they can be of greater service
To their country by staying ut their
work and producing supplies and mu-
nitions for the men at the front"
The Committee on Industrial Pre-
paredness of the Navy Consulting
Board of the United States is IL nom
partisan organization of business and
professional men to investigate the in
dustrtes of the country with n view to
obtaining exact and complete knowl-
edge of the ability of these plants in
time of war to supply the necessary
munitions and equipment for national
defense. This committee has the full
support of President Wilson. the heads
OF the army and navy, and the strong
est nonpartiSan elements of the ma
TONS life.
In an open letter To the business
men of the United States, President
wilson asked for their corporation
with the engineers and chemists in
taking an inventory of the industrial
resources for their organization in
national defense. The records Of the
investigation are for the exclusive use
of the Army and Navy Departments.
and Will be kept absolutely secret.
Participating in the active collection
of the material are 10000 American
engineers of the highest training. mem
bers of the American Society Of Civil
Engineers. the American Institute OF
Mining Engineers. the American So
ciety OF Mechanical Engineers, the
American institute of Electrical En-
Einccrs and the American Chemical So
cicty.