Evening journal., 1918-05-03
HARLAN'S MEN own
S3S5.55O OF BONDS
Workers Behind the Lines
Expectto Increase Amount
TO at Least $5OO,OOO
ALL ARE WORKING
TO WIN THE WAR

shipbulders from the Harlan plant
Of tho Bethlehem Shlpmuilding Cor
poratlon held a rousing Liberty Loan
rally IN Turn Hall last night. when it
was announced that the subscriptions
By the men had gone "oycr the top
and half way up again.
The Harlan men 5000 Of them--pa
raded throueh the streets Of the city
on the opening day Of the campaign,
and as a consequence held themselves
responsible for making a fine showing
in subscriptions. A goal Of S250OOO
was fixed, which meant a nifty dollar
bond for every man, woman and child
employed ln the plant. AT the conclu-
sion of the meeting last night 10 was
announced that the total 20 date was
1886 $50, which meant S75 for every
person employed at the plant This, II
was said, is Si5 more per man than any
OF tie other Bethlehem Shipbuilding
plants have subscribed for. The llar-
Ian campaign will continue over Today,
in the hopes Of being able to make the
grand total S5O0,O00 or 500 for every
person employed at the plant.
Buying Liberty Bonds and building
ehips were the two Ideas around
which the speeches made at the meet
ing evolved. Major w. n Hedges, OF
She i57th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
who saw two years fghting on the
western front, came from Philadelphia
80 address the meeting.
He told OF the difficulties that beset
The nrst Canadian troops when they
got over. How they were without
equipment TO protect themselves from
gas and liquid fre attack, but that our
bows going over now would benefit
through the sunerings and sacrifice
made by the English, Canadians and
French.
General Manager Weaver was given
rousng greeting when he was in
troduced lie told the men that he
was glad of tho invitation TO be pres
ent and complmented them on what
they were doing. one Of the things
that he called their attention TO was
tho fact that az noon and at night most
Of the men quit their work from to
Z f-2 minutes before the time for quit
ting. He explained that while this
was a trifle when one man was con-
Bidered, that when taken In the aggre-
gate with many thousands of men Il
meant big loss. Computed IN iigures
Il meant the work Of 100 men working
JOE Ten uHNUa luis was NAN AN"N Va
tailed IN one day. He asked the men tt
consider this loss.
William Buckley. a labor organizer
created something like a sensation
when he seconded Mr.. Weayers state
ment Ia an address made later In thl
evening. Mr. Buckley s1hl That this wa
no time for labor disputes. lie under
stood ihat the men were working NOR
tremendously at the Harlan plant noW
than ever before In their history. an'
that this meant a big output.
Tie appealed TO the men TO forget dii
fcrcnccs. That they must realize tina
they were Just as essential as the mel
in the trenches. and that TO waste fif
teen minutes a day by quitting earl.
was unjust and unfair 90 the men whit
have gone over.
Other addresses were made by Su
perintendent C. W. Weaver and AS
slstant Hull Constructor Collins Of tn
Harlan plant and a strong appeal %,
The presiding officer to forget every
Thing but 10 build ships.
The Harlan band made more friend
with It's splendid music and was glyeI
rising vote of thanks for their ser
vices. a collection was taken for thl
aAhaeeo fund for the boys
In response to The appeal OF presi
dent Wilson, bankers of this city, "a
well as many hundreds OF others, yes
terday subscribed to the Match tn
President" fund, subscribing to eithe
q nfty dollar bond or even higher.
In this case Of the bankers the sub
scription was more thon a fifty dolla
bond and there were twenty-fou
v.,r,ns mt IN fhfc honor rol frhl
names OF the honor subscribers fol
low.
Ohio Nowland. John s. Rossell