The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-03-27

necessary. tor believe tAhuf Itself
will produce conditions whieh WI
rcudcr idle sl Thought ot rnu~-criptIus
Wurtmru.
1T would be useless 60 mauuta,-
,dro material aud supplies u pile
up the products on the WharVcs lf
there are no ships 90 transport them.
So, unless our ship workers u" B ear
best other industries must slow down
pr hast ,umplctoiy with the result th'i
thousands Of workers viii suffer TOO
lack ~ employment
II uolioy, that labor has begun q
realize that fact, bu, ! wan to drive
6 hom. 20 tncm, for there as, some.
I regret to say. who DO not yet sense
their responsibility There are nan
who are not working To- their iuil ca-
paoity. There are many who. because
~ the high wages they are earning,
are prone To- take too many holidays
Labor generally throughout uur ship
yards ls today receiving the highest
wage over paid Tor similar work The
additional cost of our ships. due To In
creased wages iu shipyurds VIII hc IA
excess uS $500 600. 900. We expect.
and we have q right 90 expect. tho
country has "a right 90 expect, that Ia
Dor VIII render for this Increase ot
wagc a corresponding Increase in out
put of ships.
NJ Has Not Gnnc Snopthly.
AN has not gone smoothly iu 10
labor situation and there have been
times when this phas" uf the problem
was enough to causo encouragement.
Tho vast majority 81 lahuJinr mon are
patriotic, the leaders, whom have
known through close contact In Wash
iugton especially Mir Gompcrs nud
his immediate associate. have NV
confidence ana the couusry recognize
their patriotism. viii, only M ak
ccption. tho leaders az the shipyard-
! crafts generally have shown q spirit q
! cooperation. ready to- sink their per-
Soual difference in the commou pool
81 patriotism.
we have established e labor ad-
iustmcut board whose complete iau'-
4 moss cannot he questioned The scale
OF wages awarded hy this bora ms
t been most liberal W, have not
hiamrd labor for the reduced average
! output lu various Yards. Their arr"
some labor restrictions which W."
would like To- have removed rcstr'r-
'iuu- against ouptut We would Ike
o. SEQ the whole hody OF labor put
forth It's maximum effort ~cncuura2-
ing each Individual workman 90 DO
his best. without any fear of establish
ing now average standards when thew
incroas. the output when an ~"
, leaders and AN the mon TAX" his Wow
Of the national emergency. the eff"
ien"N uf an the yards vii h' meas
urphly Increased
In 'gl6 thor" were less thuu O. 'n"
men employed zoo all the ship,ardS oi
the country and on March . iHl> Ne
had increased this number 20 236 ooo
81 whom lT0.Ss9 were working ON ace
tual shin construction n the re-
muIndar LOO ward construction O.
other hruuchc, ~ the industry Thou
sands 81 others ere taking out timncIs
fnr our wooden construction aud 90
he scores of inland steel plants wilton
are fabricatiuE parts for steel vessels
81 desire 20 make u brief reference
tn what have been p%ppu.IrlF ctl"l
our three fuhricltiug s~lIpyards. Tn"
su-cnlled Fabricated shin js almost "a
now method OF ship coustructi"H-a'-
wn. 3s Now Co England as 10 b, q" u-
but from th, prnrrres 81 the work
thus ftr. We are confident that i' VIII
Ir the m,au- of adding mit'iuu- ~
t0ns ~ our merchant marine.
These three Assembling plan. e..
with their 20 ways NJ IIor island ,>
10 Newark BAY and 10 ~ Bristol vii
Whcu they are iu full operation, tu'n
nu, In tho Same length OF fiWc. ~