The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-12-21
LABOR NEEDED
FOR WAR WORK
United States Public Service Re-
serve Being lnaugurated by
the Government.
PRODUCTION TO Be spfEDED
Skilled and SemiskilIed Men Not NoNs
Engaged In Producing War Ma
terial to BE Enlisted In the
Public Service.

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Washington.-A United States pub
lie service reserve is being inaugu-
rated by the department Of labor in
an effort to get men for work in the
shipyards. The department is work
ing In cooperation with the shipping
board and William Edwin Hall Is d.
recting the work. State directors nre
being appointed and local organiza-
tons are being perfected In every
state.
1.-THE primary object of this cam.
paign," said Mr.. Hall, 'is to obtain
large list of skilled and semi-skilled
men who are not now producing war
material or doing work useful to the
prosecution Of the war. and to get
them into the shipyards and the fac
tories which must be maintained at the
highest speed II industry Is to meet the
Unsuitable demands Of a large army at
the front.
1T appears from published reports.
such as the arrival of the Rainbow Dr.
vision in France, that the number Of
American troops ut or near the firing
line is constantly increasing, and we
civilians whom these troops have gone
over there to protect, would be shame
fully derelict in our national duty and
quite wanting in patriotism II we did
not make every personal sacrifice to
keep onr soldiers 100 per cent sup
piled.
Labor Needed In War Work.
"a number Of the non-essential in
dustries are employing labor which Is
urgently needed for war work-in the
shipyards, for example. One is sur
prised to see how many kinds of work.
ers are needed to build ship. The
shipping board has prepared for the
public service reserve list of SO diff
ferent peace" occupations from which
men must-absolutely must-be drawn
In order that our tremendous shipbuild-
ing can be carried out in time. You
often hear 1t said that ships will win
the war; but today 1t Is being put in a
little different way by those who know
the situation: A failure on the part
Of American civilians to build the nee
essary number Of ships will make II
impossible for the United States to
continue to fight. A lack of ships may
lose the war;
1.-THE United States public service
reserve" explained Mr.. Hall, "!s work
ing Mt high speed today to obtain all
these men needed for shipbuilding. fol
making equipment, for gun manufac
turing, for mechanical draughting. fol
hundreds Of other vital operations
from the tnon-essential industries
that is, from industries which are i'm
portant to a country Mt peace but, ir
the final analysis, virtually unneces
sary to a country at war.
"Our effort Is always to obtain thu
workers for war industry withou
crippling the peace industry. We will
not draw away an over-production o.
ployer. War means suffering. A con
any one industry, from any one EN-
pjloyer. War means suffering. A con
siderable disturbance of industry Il
inevitable. The public service reserve
proposes to bring about the necessar.
shifting Of labor with just as little dis
turbance as possible. We want no in
dustry and no employer to have t,
bear any more than fair. Legitimate
share of the burden which the per
emptory demands of war throw upol
ali of u.s."
Differs From Army Enlistment.
Men who enroll in the Unite
States public service reserve stat
their trade and suggest other classe
; Of work they could do, If necessary, 70