The Ordway new era., 1917-12-21
LABOR NEEDED
FOR WAR WORK
United States Public Service Re.
serve Being Inaugurated by
the Government.
PRODUCTION TO Be SpEEDED
Skilled and SemiskiIled Men Not Now
Engaged In Producing War Ma
terial to Be Enlisted in the
Public Service.


Public Service.
Washinston.-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
shlpyards. The department is work.
Ing In cooperation with the shipping
board and William Edwin Hall Is d.
recting the work. State directors are
being appointed and local organlza-
tons are being perfected In every
state.
"Ihe primary object of this cam.
paign." said Mr.. Hall, 'is to obtnin a
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 he maintained Mt the
highest speed If industry is to meet the
Unsuitable demands Of n large army Mt
the front
at appears from published reports,
such as the arrival of the Rainbow Di-
vision in France, that the number of
| American troops at' 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 If 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 n ship. The
shipping board has prepared for the
public service reserve n list of SS diff
fcrent "peace" occupations from which
men must-absolutely must-be drawn
In order that our tremendous shipbuild-
in. can he carried out in time. You
often hear 1t said that ships will win
the war; but today it Is being put in n
little different way by those who know
the situation: A failure on the part
of American civilians to build the nee
essury number of ships will make 1t
impossible for the United States to
continue to fight. A lack Of ships may
lose the war;
THE United States public service
reserve" explained Mr.. Hall, "is work
ing at high speed today to obtain all
these men needed for shipbuildinS, for
making equipment. for gun manufac-
turing. for mechanical draushting. for
hundreds of other vital operations
from the non-essential industries
that is, from industries which are i'm
portnnt to country at peace but, In
the final analysis, virtually unneces
sary to n country at war.
sour effort is always to obtain the
workers for war industry without
crippling the peace industry. We vii
not draw away IN over-production OF
DIoyer. War means suffering. A con
any one industry, from any one EN-
piloyer. War means suffering. A con
siderable disturbance of industry |:
inevitable The public service reserve
proposes to bring about the necessar!
shifting Of labor with just rs little dis
turbance as possible. We want no In
dustry and no employer to have tt
bear any more than fair Legitimate
share of the burden which the per
cmptory demands of war throw upOI
all of u.s."
Differs From Army Enlistment.
.Mcn who enroll in the United
States public service reserve stat'
their trade and suggest other classe
of work they could do. If necessary, 70
the war, The enrolled men will re
main at their present jobs and whel
they are notified that an opportunit.
TO nut them into war work has arisen
they are under no obligation to accep
the new Jobs unless satisfied witt
wages and conditions. Thus their en-
rollment in the reserve differs from en-
listment in the army. where the soldie
has no choice but to obey.
Every day more and more Ameri
cnn workers are beginning to feel II
their hearts that in this critical perio'
of the nations history they should b
devoting their energies to the actun
wnr needs of their country. BY en-
rolling in the United States public re
serve they enjoy happier conscience
for they know that they have thereb
declared their patriotism and that tn
moment d war indusry needs men o
their type they will be given chanc
to serve the country without leavin