Evening journal., 1918-10-01
HEARTY RESPONSE
TO WAR WORK CALL
Military Importance of Skill
led Workers Shown by
Demands for Labor
FEWER IDLE MEN
NOW IN WILMINGTON

Skilled mechanics for war work are
In urgent demand everywhere. Increas-
Ing calls are being received by the
United States Employment Service for
many trades. and every effort Is being
made by Its officers and agents through
out the country to explain to skilled
men the importance OF putting patri-
otism above convenience and leaving
non-wsr work to. take their part In the
war production program. Whole-heart-
ed response Is noted everywhere when
the call Is made directly to men OF the
skilled crafts, even though this usually
means leaving home and family for
distant state.
The spirit manifested by the soldier
In overalls Is no less patriotic than the
spirit OF the soldier in khaki and while
the general public does not appreciate
the fact, a skilled man In the Industrial
army IS frequently doing more to win
the war than he could possibly do In
the trenches.
The production OF gas masks hinges
on the production OF small brass parts.
II q call received from a concern In
Worcester. Mass, for ~ flrst-cass tool
makers, with experience on drawn press
work, can be promptly supplied, the In
crease In production of masks as
whole would be counted by thousands.
concern in Connecticut, the entire
output Of which Is i2-inch shells. >has
Just reported urgent need for two high
liz skilled men on open hearth furnaces
and five semi-skllled men, two as first
helpers and three as second helpers 10
the meiters. The manager OF this con-
csrn reports that a good melter can pro-
duce enough steel to make twenty-five
tons OF steel a day. which he estimates
the equal in military effectiveness Of
an infantry battalion on the lighting
front.
AL men Of this craft known are at
present employed IN the steel Industry |
on war work, but It Is possible that /
somewhere in the country there are
men who have taken up Turning or
some other occupation who. earlier In /
life, were melters. The pay is high, and /
the Importance OF the work IS very I
great.
Thousands OF carpenters are needed /
Immediately 90 rush 20 completion /
construction work necessary to the
largely increased army.
Many shlpyards have recently COM
p.eted additions and extra mechanical /
facilities for building more ships, IN
consequence Of this. urgent calls have
been received for hundreds OF addition
al rivetlng gangs. The Emergency Fleet /
Corporation realizes that there Is not a /
sufficient number Of experienced rivet-
ers and is willing to teach a limited 1
number OF men who have had mechan-
ical training
Noxx.rr,orn.. no~or4a frorr Eurra North ]
Dakota, indicate that the patriotic COM
munity cooperative spirit is largely in
fluencing the farm labor situation in |
that section.
The employees OF Blacks Department |
Store Of Fargo have organized shock
Ing club composed Of about fifty /
young men and women. The members
OF this club have been giving a very
practical demonstration Of whst real
patriotism Is by harvesting the wheat
on the farms IN the vicinity
Mr. Bennett. a leading farmer on the
section on whose farm the club harvest
ed 35 acres OF wheat, writes 20 the 10
cal paper: 81 made an inspection OF
the shocks today and was agreeably
surprised at the excellence OF the work
done While they are all great work
tArf lAtAN o. NAN W AfNo s0AAuN ffNAAAAi
IN the party who can do more work
shan any man ] have ever had on the
place"
There were fewer applications for
work at the local offices Of the United
States Employment Service last week
than for the week previous. Therewas
q total Of $50 men and women, divided /
among the offices as follows: Main Of
Zee. Sixth and King streets, 3si Branch /
No. 4. Front and King streets, 347; /
"oman's Division. S3s Market street, /
iA.
mere IS no better place FOR meeting /
people from all parts OF the world than /
at the offices OF the United states En- /
ployment Bureau. Foreigners immedi- !
atcly upon their arrival seek the near
est branch Of the government service, /
feeling sure that they will be afforded
an opportunity Of selling their services
to the best advantage and that they arc
safe from the unscrupulous labor shark
that preys upon the ignorant visitor. !
Among the foreigners seeking employ
ment at Branch No. 1, u. s. Employ
ment Service, Front and King streets,
Yesterday, were several natives Of tle
West Indies, Switzerland and Australia. 1
James O'Kane. examiner in charge OF I
Branch 1, L. s. Employment Service, |
'front.' and King streets, is confined to 1
lis home with the Spanish influenza.