Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-14
labor MOBILIZATION
NOT YET COMPLETED
War Industries Board Frowns Upon
Essential and NonessentiaI
business as Usual"
MANY PRIVATE CHAUFFEuRs
Chairman Baruch Expects Power
Dnl'' to Pass Congress-No Effort
TO Interfere With Work OF Con-
scription Law.
fspectal TO. Tho Times-D;spatch.

Especial Tho Tunes DiSpatch.l
WASHINGTON. October 13.-The
mobilization of labor for employment
In vital industries is not get complete
Further sacrifices must be made b" the
nonessential lines OF business; in fact.
every Industry not absolutely needed
in tho prosecution OF tho war or Of
lation Will soon be stripped of the men
in It's employ In order TO, meet the de-
mands o., the straight. var industries.
This is .the substance OF an ANNOUNCE
a further survey of the industrial field
and OF the labor market. The board
mas given no intimation Of the r.ans
this end, except that it's success must
rest in large measure upon the patri-
ot.c ,eo-operation OF the employees. IL
ttal industries.
IT Ia the intention of the war indus
Bernard NJ. baruch. to cause as little
disturbance as possible of the present
distribution OF labor In so. far as re-
their present homes is concerned Il
will be the poiicy OF the board to OBJ
tain employment for them in the cities
side. the change contemplated being
one OF occupation and not of location.
But It Is quite understood tina, this
many Instances 1t will be necessary for
ms saa a. men; but 4 y y s., sxoss,sd TIA,
the services of the men in speeding
up Vital industries is fully explained
: to them that there will be few men
who will demur on account of pcrsonal
inconvenience.
It appears that many manufacturers,
lesser essentials. have failed to grasp
the. Significance OF the many confer
ences between other employers and the
followed Invariably by the announce
ment of further entertainments of either
raw nav,, maserials also, or Of fuel or Of trans
try would be exempt from the general
program OF conservation which tho
government has undertaken in it's eff
fort to have the output OF factories
Keep pace With the output OF the ship
yards. the military camps and the
The war industries board wants 1t
understood that business as usual" is
not to be: thought Of at the present
and 70 the nonesscntial alike. The es-
sentiai industry must do more bust
ness than usual and tho nonessential
must do less OF none at all. 1.-THE only
business in this country to-day" Mr.
Bnruch declares. us war and the win
ming ming or the war" Every resource of
employed to that end. voluntarily II
possible. but involuntarily, /; need be.
cHAUFFEuRs DISREGARD
-WORk-OR-FIGHTn ORDER
II is stated positively by the war IN
effort on its part to interfere With the
operation. OF the select!vc service act.
put i,a the board gives an indication OF
its plans when II called attention 10
The fact that there are now about ,25o.-
ooe men IN the country employed as
11s sHtion Of ,bs Sa., + also males
stun thousands Of men who are serving
as private chauffeurs. notwithstanding
me "work-or- fight" order of the pro-
vost- a rahal general. II may be as
sumed from, this that the board does
not regard the travelling salesman as
an, eSsse , factor: even to an essen
Tia! business. and that il certainly does
sentiaI. % 20.
MT II Is; Of course. generally known
the ages OF twenty-one and thirty-o
who nave no dependents and who are
physically Mt for military service have
ma rsha l-5anerai. From tne statement
made, hQrever. 1t MY be assumed that
inc war industries hoard is preparing
supply the needs OF essential war in
dustr;es from the ranks OF those men
Who, having been g:voh deferred classi-
ncs ION Tor any reason, skill remain in
tneir oid employment regardless OF the
fact that such employment is deemed
the war.
Regarding. the power bilr' now
declared that no confidently expects IL
TO pass In very short time. lie laid
emphasis uron the Importance Of this
OF Philadelphia, which has been force,
TO abandon project for HOSPITAL
BADLY needed because the electric
power company fro-, which the ins,i-
tuition would haveeto draw its power
could not supply IT.