The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-07-05


my judgment, it is the business that
lessons efficiency.
Now if you say you must have sa-
looms at the doors of the navy yards,
in order to produce efficiency, then
you ought not to say that man who
is fighting should not have it to make
efficiency, because we want to win the
war; And the same principle prevails
everywhere, and ought to prevail
everywhere during this war.
SENATOR KENYON: Mr.. Secre-
tary, l do not want to ask for any
naval secrets, but you can tell us how
many men are employed in the navy
yards in making torpedoes, torpedo
boats, etc.-approximately?
SECRETARY DANIELS: Well,
can get this information for you;
can send it down to you. Probably
we have between 20 times and 100
times. 1t has been increased very
much. l can get the figures and put
them in the record.
SENATOR KENYON: There are
approximately 10000 employees at all
navy yards and stations.
SECRETARY DANIELS: OF
course; men of all nationalities.
SENATOR KENYON: Men of all
nationalities?
SECRETARY DANIELS: Yes.
SENATOR KENYON: And are
all of those navy yards where they
are working in dry territory which
was made dry by the zone system?
SECRETARY DANIELS: No; the
navy yard at Charleston, s.. c.; the
yard at Norfolk, Va; the yard at
Washington; the yard at Bremerton,
Wash, and some others, were made
! dry BY law.
Worlds Greatest Gun Factory
have not spoken of the navy gun
factory at Washington. We have here
in Washington naval gun fastory
that will soon be one of the biggest
gun factories in the world. We have
increased the number of men during
the last six months over two thou
sand. The efficiency of that yard has
steadily improved. Congress made it
dry. We have not heard a criticism,
or word from any man in that yard
against that action.
SENATOR GRONNA: None of
the men have quit work because of
Prohibition?
SECRETARY DANIELS: No
body has quit work, and no man has
decreased his efficiency. AS I say, it
| is very high class of men who work
there.
SENATOR THOMPSON: There
are different nationalities employed
there, too?
Abstinence Promotes Efficiency
SECRETARY DANIELS: Yes.
And nobody has quit work and no.
body has lessened his efficiency. Most
of them were efficient before. Under
stand me, I do not advocate any pol
icy on the ground that if man takes
drink he is going to be inefficient,
and if he does not take it unless in
very large quantities he Immediately
destroys efficiency. But l never knew
man who drank long while who
could do anything as well as he could
have done his work if he did not
drink. Total abstinence promotes eff
| ficiency everywhere.
SENATOR WADSWORTH: Mr..
Secretary, I am not informed as to
this matter myself, but the questions
occurred to me a moment ago: Do
our men on the other side receive any
wine ration?
SECRETARY DANIELS: They
do not.
SENATOR WADSWORTH: Or
any rum ration?
SECRETARY DANIELS: They
do not
SENATOR WADSWORTH: Do
you care to say whether that matter
has been taken up from the other
side?
SECRETARY DANIELS: Do you
mean do they receive any from our
government?
SENATOR WADSWORTH: Yes.
SECRETARY DANIELS: No.
SENATOR WADSWORTH: Are
they permitted to obtain any?
Liquor Forbidden on american Ships
| SECRETARY DANIELS: In the
navy. of course, and in the army, too,
if man is on leave, he can obtain it.
There is no law in Great Britain or
France, such as we have here, forbid