The sun., 1918-07-01
PARKHURST OFFERS
GOOD POSTER IDEAS
secretary's Hammer and longs
Booklet Urges More
Ships.
LAUDS BOYS IN TRENCHES
Same Thoughts, In Pictures,
May Win in ST, 900 Prize
Contest.
IAUDs BOYS IN TRENCHES

Poster artists competing in the $1,000
,rize contest Of the National Service Sec
ton OF the United States Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation, running
An THE SUN, can get inspiration for
their work in the hammer and tongs
talk by A. R Parkhurst. Jr.. secretary
n, the section, in a booklet. Beating the
1-.Roa,." which will be distributed at
sbpbulding plants in the near future.
As the purpose OF the contest Is 90
obtain for the Government lot Of post
ers that will speed up shipbuildins. the
printed thoughts in the booklet, II con-
yerted into pictured ideas. will 80 long
xay in squirting shipworkers on to in
creased endeavor, although they are now
eteaming up under great tension.
The man in the shipyard Is the man
OF the hour" the booklet says. Each
o, that vast army Of ship workers is as
truly a soldier as though he were clad
IN khaki and standing in the muck and
mire Of the trenches. or battling his way
over she'll torn fields TO fly at the throat
dealing rain of machine gun bullets with
the clatter Of rivets and give US ships.
ships, and more ships!
Heavy Burden on Ship Builders.
The burden Of the war now rests on
the shoulders of our American soldier.
The burden Of building the ships must
be carried by our men in the yards.
American soldiers in France are fight
ing day and night. The soldiers Of the
shipyards must work just as faithfully.
Just as uncomplainingly, and Just as
herocally as the boys Over There.
The American soldier won't quit until
his objective Is won. To throw down
rife and turn back is to be shot as q
deserter The sentry on post cannot
sleep. The safety OF his exhausted
brothers rests in his hands. II he sleeps
the Hun slips across No Mans Land
and plies his rnurderous trade among
the sleeping defenders OF liberty and
civilization.
The worker in the shipyard cannot.
must not quit.
The man who throws down his ham,
mer. riveting gun or wrench Is as much
q Stacker as the soldier who turns his
back on the foe and quits his post Tho
soldier who quits Is shot. The worker
who quits goes scot free, but he leaves
with the guilty knowledge that he is
despised by his fellow workers and with
the brand Of the gutter scorched upon
his conscience.
Work and sweat Is the duty OF every
man engaged in building ships to-day
Each stroke of his hammer Is a blow
aimed at the heart of the Kaiser. The
safety OF wives, sisters. sweethearts and
alt A. hA .kt
yard host. German atrocities, that for
uanton cruelty and heilish ingenuity
stagger and appall humanity. are Of daily
and hourly occurrence. Belgium and
France have fought and bled like heroes!
Americas turn to bleed has come.
C-Boats Strengthen u. q. VIII.
The Kaiser has sent his murderous
and sneaking C-boats to these shores to
turn back our troops bound for France.
The undersea shark turks in the track
Of ships and speeds home the torpedoes
which imperil the lives of our boys on
board. But each ship sunk but strength
ems Americas determination to see that
justice is done. and hale before the
Highest Tribunal those murderous as
sassins whose lust for power and blood
has turned the world upside down. For
Atlantic will have been Spawned and the
bridge TO Pershing SO solidly builded
that no blood hungry Hun will dare to
approach the worlds most formida BILE
armada OF merchantmen.
The U-boats were sent here to stop
America, but America Is awake and
ready. and won't be stopped. The lane
TO France is open. and the flow of troop
laden ships Is undated. Keep the lane
wide open and let the flow of khaki clad
heroes speed to stricken brothers In
France and stem the Hun horde as 1t is
driven forward by bloodthirsty and mon
strous fiends whose lust for world power
has reduced the fatherland to a land OF
Widows. orphans. lunatics and cripples.
Keep the home fires burning. you
men Of the shipyards. until their glow
Is reflected on the starry canopy that
covers your sons and brothers whose
lives are being sacrificed for you and
the dear ones they left behind.
Their sacrifice Is made for you and
Yours. Will you desert them in their
hour of need and peril? Work and
sweat and toll and work some more. that
they may know you are standing
squarely behind them and with your
brain and Drawn helping to make the
victory for freedom sweeter. surer and
nearer"
The contest does not close until July
IS.