Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-10-05
MORE THAN HALF MILLION
MEN ARE BADLY NEEDED

MANY women in Louisiana are goln-
to bc called upon to fill occupations now
filled bv men. Tlc State Council OF
Defense today received from Fedora
authorities in Washington n list which
showed that more than onc-half mlllIo'
men are needed in various states I,
carry on important 0or Unnecessary to
promote the war to a successful end
This list is interesting because it deals
with the needs in many states, and Is
given below:
Every shipyard in the country eould
use additional men.
The Nitro plant in West Virginia
needs six thousand men in order t
finish the plant by January l. This
-ls''@ is, required in order that it ma
-silny-'o25, 600 pounds Of smokeless pow
der day to France before the Spring
offensive.
In Maine, New Hampshire, and Yer
mont there is a demand estimated any
where from $4,000 to 10000 men to &c;
our airplane spruce and other timbc
for war work.
Massachusetts, Connecticut, and
RhGde Island are filed with munitiOl.
factories and are short approximately
$4,000 men.
New York State, for instance, has a
great many war plants. The American
Locomotive COMPANY, with plants al
Schenectady and Dunbirk, are manu-
featuring locomotives for France anc
are badly handicapped for lack Of com
mon labor. TIE Interior Storage De
pot at Schenectady is likewise short
Of labor, rs is the Aluminium Company
Of America at MaSSiHa.
In New Jersey, where there are hun
dreLs of war plants, particular attcn
tion is called tothe great shortage OF
men i'll the she'll leading plants in thi>
State. Probably 5000 men are needed
for this purpose alone.
In PENNSYLVANIA several steel mill.
have had to shut down part of their
plant for lack OF labor.
Delaware and Maryland are in a crit
zeal condition and filled vita war in
duStries.
In Virginia the projects at Norfolk
have received in the last six weeks pro
h"hly $1,000 men from other parts o.
the country and still need probabl
1928 more, Ia addition tothis, there
Is a large powder bag loading plant
of the DuPonts badly in need of men,
numerous other industries, including
shlrbullding plants, are suffering.
North Carolina has one new camp at
Fayetteville which alone needs from
5000 to 10000 men. 1t also has seyera.
other camps and war projects.
South Carolina has the great Charles
ton Port Terminals, which should en-
ploy about 1880 men and has about
5000. 5000 men are needed for Cam
jackson Immediately. NJ this latter,
port, ont Of 1000 carpenters, 500 of
them are working as common iaborcr,.
because the common labor work must
bC done first.
The state of Georgia requires 1900
meut or the Pierre Acid plant nj Bruins
wick alone.
In Alabama there is the Air Nj
trGtcs Corporation at Muscle Shoals,
together with various other contract,
associated with it, requiring a force
of about 10000
Arkansas has Camp Pike and the
new Picric Acid plant AT Little Rock
Camp Pike alone needing 10000 men.
Louisiana has the New Orleans Port
Terminal requiring thousands Of men
The same is true Of Camp Knox in
Kentucky.
The DUPONT plant in Tennessee
should maintain working force OF
nearly $4,000 men.
ia CHI, aside froEl the we'll known
waa activities, there are TWO new nj.
trato plants being constructed that to-
Eclher will require $4,000 or 10000
meH.