Evening star., 1918-01-27
250,0O0 WORKMEN FOR
SH|PYARDS ARE SOUGHT
Department of Labor to Begin Cam.
paign Tomorrow to Supply
All Yards.

600 workmen for American shipyards
is to be inaugurated tomorrow The
effort is to be made by the Department
Of Labor, with the cooperation of the
Council of National Defense, the ship
ping board. governors of states and
organized labor and business. The pur-
pose is to supply all present and future
labor needs of the shipyards
1t is purposed to enroll every man in
the country who has some skill in a
mechanical trade used in shipbuildiup
and is willing to accept employment in
this branch of war industry. and to
have him registered in the United
States public service reserve, a division
of the United States employment serv-
ice and the war labor RESERVOIR" which
the Labor Department is creating to
meet the coming needs of every war
industry.
With the institution of this coast-to-
coast drive for shipbuilders. the inde-
pendent efforts of the shipping board,
Council of National Defense and the in
dividual shipyards cease and the entire
shipyard labor supplying question is
turned over to the United States en-
ployment service of the Department of
Labor. Men fitted for shipbuilding
work ana YARDS in need of men will
hereafter be brought together through
the medium Of the federal employment
service, which. with the cooperation of
state and municipal employment serv-
ices, now has more than 200 labor ex-
changes throughout the United States.
"Four-Minute" Campaign.
Beginning tomorrow morning, a
small army of 10000 "four-minute
weeks tie Importance of shipbuilding
to the war program. tell of the re-
qulrements of the yards and encourage
enrollments in the public service re-
serve Every part of the United States
Will be covered in this educational cam
paign. This Will culminate February
II with national shipbuilders' regis
tration week." during which all the
volunteers for shipbuilding will be reg
lstered as to their experience. skill and
trade by experts of the United States
employment service.
enrolment and registration in the
reserve of the federal employment fserv-
ice will, however. begin immediately
in those states which already have or
ganized the reserve. There are thirty
two such and and the remaining
sixteen are expected to be similarly
organized within the next fortnight.
Inc east, middle west and northwest
are especially well organized and the
southern tier is now completing or
ganization.
Join in Campaign.
The international labor unions whose
members are in trades concerned with
shipbuiding have officially Joined in
the campaign and have appointed en-
rolling agents. The various state coun-
ellis of defense also are behind the edu-
cational and enrolment work and rep-
Fesentatives of the councils together
with enrolling agents of the trades
unions and the reserve, are stationed
in every county and twonship in the
United States to follow up the Emission
ary work" of the four-minute men with
enrolment blanks. Each volunteer ship
builder enrolled will receive badge.
$4,000 of which are now on their way
from Washington to the west
During Registration week" the
several hundred thousand men enrolled
will be interviewed by travelling exami-
ners sent out by the United States en-
ployment service. These will ascertain
the exact experience and fitness of each
man and make a record Of the kind of
shipyard work for which he is trained
"The right man in the right job" is
the slogan which the Labor Depart
ment and the employment service have
adopted.
Each Of the forty-eight states has
been allotted certain quota, according
to its density Of population and indus-
ri