Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-03
SHIP SLACKERS ARE
ON PAR OF COWARDS
Colonel Roosevelt Dcnonnosu Them
~ Traitors Good shlpbuilder
Same NJ Good soldier.
GIVES SHlPYARD ADDRESS
Former President l. Principal
Speaker AZ Launching Of Firss
Vessel at Ncwburgh. N. Y.

NEwBuRQH. N. Y. Sept. A.
With former President Theodore
Roosevelt leading the cheering. the
steamer Newburgh was launched 20.
day by The Newburgh shipyards
company Tor the Emergency fleet
corporation. The vessel In OF e,O0s
tons and Is the first OF tsn 10 be
launched here
Colonel Roosevelt made an ADJ
dreas. Thomas G. Desmond, presi-
dent OF the company said the yard
would turn out one similar vesssi
each month,
slackers IN American shipyards
who loaf individually and unions Of
shipbullders which limit the output
OF ships were denounced by Theo-
dore Roosevelt today as traitors 10
the country. Colonel Roosevelt de-
livercd M address on the occasion of
the launching from the Newburgh
shipyards OF tho first OF ten vessels,
each OF 1000 tons dead weight,
which are 10 be built here for the
United states shipping board. !,
Employees Not Included.
Colonel Roosevelt expressly ex-
empted the employees OF the local
yard from his denunciatlon by say.
ing that he understood that a warm
spirit OF helpfulness and co-opera-
ton had been developed hore. En,-
phasiElng tho patriotic service rem
dered by ahlpbui.de1, the colonel
said
"a Stacker IN our shlpyardn IL as
shameful a creature as a coward III
the army In France. and n good
worker In the shipyarda stands hon
orably forward like q good soldier In
the army | have come here 10 New
.burgh larssly because my Inquiries
have convinced me that here there
has been no organized Limitation Of
output and practically no loafing.
am convinced that, generally SPEAK
ing, there II a fine spirit OF patriot.
Ism In shipbuildlng labor In all parts
OF the country.
Yet II has been alleged to mo
that In cerinln yards men have
loafed individually and that In cer-
Tain yards unions have actually linz
ited the output 20 as 10 limit tho
number OF rlvetH driven In d day, or
to limit the number Of days that they
work. or In other ways to prevent
the development OF our full strength
and our utmost speed. such men
eAN AlhiAhia 70 AUN tVNnNfH.
Would Put SiAckcrx In Army,
III ] had my way | would tako
any such man and any men who
aided or abetted him. put him in the
army at once and send him across
the water TO do the hardest work
In the most dangerous position, and
would not give him n rifle until he
had learned the spirit OF patriotism.
ANY ha In. ..rF ID
his job Is a traitor 10 his fellow
Americans IN France. a traitor to the
men who need all the help we can
give them. On the other hand you.
whom am convinced represent the
enormous majority OF the shipyord
workers you who are doing your Ut
most night aad day week an and
week out. stand on the honor roll OF
American citizenship as second only
90 our troops in France. and 1 honor
you. | am proud beyond measure
that | am your fellow countryman.
Tho army we have IN France has
been put there only because the Brit
ish furnished us 90 per cent OF the
tonnage needed 10 ferry them across,
From now on American shipbuilders
must bear this burden. Therefore
any limitation OF output In our ship
yards ls crime against the country.
Any union rule or workmen's agree
mcnt 10 limit tho output In shipyarda o.
should be treated as criminal al this
time PerEhlngs men are not limit
Ing their output shame and dis
grace should he the portion OF any
man who herr at home limits the
output necessary 60 make the blood
and labor OF our soldiers AT the front
u avail
should Go to ShipyAr,ls.
III Is the patriotic duty OF men In
ho lcHs essential Industries 60 leave
hose industries and to come TO the
hipyards and TO place their techni-
al skin at the service OF their coun-
~ IN the way which will best help
% win the war Shlpbuildlng Is the
ieck ~ our industrial bottle 40 far
IS this war Is concerned. Let every
nan flf 90 work IN shipyard go 10
he shlpyard nearest TO him TO help
'ut In our great need for skilled
abor"
Coiopel Roosevelt declared that
10 profiteering whatever should be
llowed out OF war industry. In ask
ng labor 10 do It's utmost. capital
houid be held by the government TO
he same standard