The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-08-05
PENSACOLA NOW
D R c ANIzEs i
LOYAL Y LEAGUE
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one job to another declared the
speaker.
He also stressed the necessity of
men forsaking the jobs which women
| or boys and girls can FILL and expressed
doubt as TO the patriotism of men
| who continue in such employment when
they ought to be rendering service in
essential masculine employment.
The second speaker was Assistant
/ Superintendent James A. Metcalf, who
| explained the plan of organization of
the Self-Preservation Loyalty League,
but prior thereto he gave a plain.
| straightforward presentation of the ne
cessities of the situation which call
for the cooperation of all interests in
developing the potential or latent Ia
! Dor power, so that Florida and other
| states may have sufficient thereof for
| their own needs and may. without suf-
fering loss or inconvenience, easily
| furnish their respective quotas of men
| for essential war industries.
! One of the striking features of Mr..
Metcalf's talk was his reading from
| the report of a secret service investi-
gator concerning idle and non-produc-
/ tive labor right here in Pensacola.
In these times. when people are lit
| orally fed up on oratory concerning
alton, I believe a man ought to have
a very good reason for asking an au-
dience like this to listen to him. said
Mr.. Metcalf.
ST therefore start with this PROPOSE
, tion.'' he continued despite the i'm
portance Of Liberty Loan drives, thrift
stamp campaigns. Red Cross. Y. NJ G.
A. and Camp Recreation Fund sub
scriptions, the cause / present to you
this afternoon is the most important
of all.
II am justified in saying this for the
reason that, while our government,
typica1ly democratic and fne-spirited.
only comes and asks the citizenship to
loan its money for war uses. yet that
money is here, and the government
can come and take it whenever 1t
pleases. ut food. ships, munitions and
other war equipment must be produced
before it is available for government
use. And it is up to us, if we are pa
triotic citizens, worthy of the boys who
are fighting for our Flag and our
freedom, to see that the man power is
secured for such production.
with nearly thirty million men
abruptly removed from the ranks OF
producers during the past four years,
while they continue to consume ami
u6SITOy aI dH abnormal rate the WbTl0
is confronted with a terribly serious
up this labor slack
Here Mr.. Metcalf introduced the re-
port Of the secret service -investiga-
tor concerning local labor conditions.
which is summarized at the beginning
of this article, and continued:
These idlers must be put to work,
and those engaged in non-essential oc-
equations must be induced to get into
those which are essential. This can
be done by the creation of a strong
public sentiment-by making men who
go into war industries to feel that, as.
a part of the national industrial army |
they are performing just as real and |
just as important service as are the |
men fighting over in France. And, |
if we fail to stimulate production TO !
the utmost, the men in the trenches |
might just as well back out and come |
home, despite the valiant, noble serv- |
ice they are rendering"
When he came to the reading of the !
resolutions, Mr., Metcalf explained that
these Self Preservation Loyalty Lea |
CUES, which are being organized only |
in the Sixth district, comprising |
Georgia, Alabama. Mississippi, LOUISE |
ana and Florida, fit very nicely into |
the plan announced from Washington /
whereby community labor boards are |
to be organized for raising the labor /
quotas assigned to each state, county |
and city.
These boards, he explained, are to be
of one representative of en-
ployers, with the local representative
of the United States Employment Ser
vice as chairman or arbitrator
by this PLAN" he said. "the govern Il
ment is putting it straight up to capi-
tai and labor to lay aside their diff
ferences for the duration of the ~
and TO get together for the handling
Of the labor situation on basis of
mutual Cancellation and cooperation.
II there are blessings which come
rom war, as some believe, one of them
will be that divergent inter-
ssts are being brought closer together
N this country, and | believe il signal
yes the dawn of a new industrial
era"
Assistant Superintendent Metcan
mentioned the Importance of the col
pred people of the South as an indus
rial factor and called upon Prof. Wal
.er s. Buchanan, president of the co/
bred A. & NJ. College, at Normal Ala,
Who is also travelling examiner of the
United States Employment Service, to
say a few words to the colored people.
who were present in large numbers at
he city hall.
President Buchanan, who is a fluent
md forceful speaker. brought forth
applause when he declared that the .
negroes are ready and willing and an
lious TO do everything they can To
1elp TO win the war as soon as they
ire told by the white folks what they
must do.
Il don't believe you white folks half
appreciate how anxious We are to re-
spond," he said. He cited one instance .
which occurred at Augusta, Ga, few
lays ago. when Superintendent Cliff !
was speaking. Will Hogan,
Jacksonville colored man, arose and Z