The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-08-16

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employers, is immaterial to the gen
eral public.
The laboring man who is imbued
with the true American spirit, with
out faint of bolshevism, can rise just
as high as his talents and capabili-
ties will let him. However, just as
soon as his genius, good sense and
industry shows itself, he is gener-
ally removed from the laboring
class as an employe, to the employ
er class, thus giving the demagog
chance to howl against him as a
capitalist.
No one class is going to "rule the
world" after the war. The indus
trious, capable and the intelligent
the men who have within them the
true spirit of service-are going 10
be in charge of world affairs.
GOmpers Speaks
when any governmental author
ity has the power to regulate and
determine the relations of workers
and employers, the right Of the
toilers to determine their own part
in their relations with employers is
taken away from them. In periods
of slavery the government of the
time always had authority and the
power to determine the relations of
the slaves to their masters (the
workers to their employers) and al
ways exercised that power"
Samuel Gompers is drawing ri
diculous comparison when he com
pares government intervention of
today through arbitration, with COM
pulsory slave labor. The workman
now is living well, and has not been
restricted by the government. But
it becomes a necessity in war times
to put some limit on his demands,
and to see that production is not
interfered with by strikes. It is for
this purpose that the national labor
board has been organized. It is in
deed far fetched to compare the
workingman of today with the slaves
of over fifty years ago.
New Age Limit
New age limits for men entering
the merchant marine through the re-
cruiting service of the United States
shipping board have been announced
by Chairman Edward N. Hurley
From now on adventurous youths
from 10 to 20 inclusive will be ac-
cepted as sailors, cooks and stew
ards on all American vessels making
mercantile voyages if they first pass
through the training course provided
by the shipping board on its fleet Of
training ships. Men between 80 and
So inclusive will also be accepted in
the same way for these three rat
ings. Hitherto all the 5000 men a
month accepted for training by the
shipping board and subsequent ser
vice in merchant crews have been
within the present draft age limits
of 81 and 81, but in order to draw
more lightly on men available for
military duty under present draft
regulations the board hereafter will
accept men of draft age only for
training as officers or fremen. Age
limit for officers is much wider,
however, being 10 to SIS inclusive
and only men who have spent two
years at sea will be accepted for
training. New age limits for fire
men are 81 to 81. Firemen who
have fired six months on boilers of
IS pounds pressure will be given
special training as oilers and water
tenders.
1--WE expect the new age regula-
tons to stimulate recruiting for
the merchant service" said Mr.. Hur-
ley in announcing the change We
have had several thousand inquiries
by letter through our 5000 recruit
ing stations from youths under the
draft age who want to 90 to sea.
We are building for the future and
hope that the majority of youths
under 81 to be trained by the board
as sailors, cooks and stewards will
stick to the merchant service after
the war is over"