The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-10-31
GOVERNMENT NEEDS MORE
MEN IN MUNITIoN PLANTS

iHt department. AZ W dSUlntioH
has announced very serious short
age of men in the necessary War Pro-
duction Plants and has sent its call
10 all parts of the United States for
patriotic men to supply this need.
Texas has been asked 10 furnish only
5000 of the number needed at this
time. 1t is squarely up to us to go
"over the top"
Il has been matter of pride to
the citizens of the Lone Star State,
to know that old Texas has gone over
the top whenever called upon during
this war feel that we will "go
over the top" this time Texas
stands second to no State in the mat
ter of patriotic war work; she has
given her sons to the army and her
money to the Government She has
more than gone over the top in four
great Liberty Loans-two Red Cross
campaigns and various other war un-
dertakings Last summer when the
war labor board asNed for thousands
Of war workers and assessed Texas
for a quota of more than fourteen
thousand--Texas went over the top.
Very recently the Department, an
nounced a shortage Of more than one
hundred and thirty thousand war
workers and has asked Texas to sup
I ply 5000 men by November 2Oth. The
I field and office men Of the u. 5 EN-
ployment Service and the Public Ser
vice Reserve. cooperating with the
community labor boards are working
night and day TO supply this demand.
Are they going TO fail in this work?
The answer is with you-American
Citizen--you who are engaged in
non-esseutial work or no work al all
This question is put squarely up to
YOU. not to the man around the
corner. but YOU, the man who is
reading this appeal; and your answer
will 90 further than you think and
TO one you thought possible would
never near il. II will go to the sol
der who is now in those cold and
muddy trenches in France and when
he comes home to ask the question ~
Are you one of those who failed TO
supply US with munitions and sup
plies" What viii be your answerg
What viii be your feelings when you
realize that many Of those dear boys
have not come home and never can.
for no other reason than that they
were not properly equipped and sup
piled with the essentials Of war 20
fight our battles?
Take this home to yourself and
don't say il is not for me. for il does
mean YOU and every American Citi-
zen. The boys "over there" are Civ
ing their lives-you are asked to give
only an honest days work.--every day
and six days week. It will cost you
nothing. because the Government and
all war industries are paying better
wages than you are getting at home
We can place you NOW in war work /
and every day you work for Uncle /
Sam in this work. you save the life of .
one American soldier; a soldier who !
is fighting to make the world a safe .
place for YOU to live.
Don't put this matter off for an
other day, no matter what your bus-
ness may be it is not as important as
the winning of this war Go to your
Community Labor Board or the near
est u. S. Employment Office and let
them tell you where you are most
netoed. Our patriotic women are
ready to take your place and do your
SorN until after the war. no matter
how Ia. d it may be for chem You
owe It to the boys ''over there" you
owe It to your Country "over here
you owe il to yourself in order to re-
tain your own self respect
Don't be placed in the Stacker (
class. because you do not know
there is something for you to per-
form. Find out today what that duty
Is and do t. Remember there are
lines coming after this war during
he days Of reconstruction. when ev-
IN greater work will call you: when !
he backs OF honest patriots and sol ,
: cr viii be turned on the "slasker'
viii have no place among men, so h
urge you again not to be in his ,
lass because you did not know your 4
luty. | believe in an American 4
believe that he viii always respond d
shen he knows what his country ex- I
'ects Of him. believe in You--and 4
nov you will help put Texas ''over l
he top" again. by doing your part in '
illinT this quota Of War Workers. Z
% 1T NOW. v