Evening star., 1918-06-22

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develop the sipyads that spiritual attitude toward the work.
that morale the part of the worker, which combination OF
encouragement reward interest of pleasure of competition
and contenen you would how gravey look upon
anything which would tend to couneact that feeling and put INTO
the heart of the humble and patriotic pyad worker feeling
of resessne. conten and physical deprivation and hard
ship.
SENATOR KENYON that the unanimous opinion of the
Shipping Board?
MR.. COLBY. think say that that is NOT ONLY TIE
UNANIMOUS OPINION OF THE SHIPPING BOARD, BUT OF
THE MEN IN MORE IMMEDIATE CHARGE OF THE WORK IN
THE SIIIPYARDS OF THE EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORA
TON.
SENATOR KENYON And you come to the committee repre-
senting the Shipping Board, do you? 4
MR. COLBY Exactly; and at the request of its chairman
SENATOR KENYON (coninuing) And state to the COM
mee that the opinion the Shipping Board the passage OF such
provision this would retard the shpbulding work?
COLBY That precisely the point desire to make AND
desire only that point but desire to have you absove
intention take part in the debate OF very great
question have given, say anything like the time and
study necessary mastery Of this question in any OF its important
phases
But win YOU allow me to say thing further? 1t only
few months ago that French 'front.' went to Europe
you may recall in connection with the American Mission
the lnterAied War Conference brought back with very
deep impression of the concentrated thought and attention Europe
upon the problems of the
saying this that am about to not in the least degree
with any critical But as see the nentness the me the
earnesness the interest that thrown into this question, it strikes
singular and strange that there much parliamentary
sudos controversial energy the country when all energies
needed from the other today to blow back this
terrible danger that confrons free institutions
y SENATOR KENYON. Food needed, too is it not?
MR. COLBY. Senator refuse to be diverted by the tiuar
heading of this bill.
SENATOR KENYON 1t is not ttuar
COLBY The Food Administration is in hands in which
country places great confidence and reliance and when hear
the Food Administration insisting this dene
emergency shall look this conservation, and
not a prohibition
SENATOR NORRIS. Mr. Colby, what asking you not
spirit of contention very much impressed by
what you say but wanted first ask you about your objection
this legislation the of rider good deal of the legislation
of the country is put into operation in that way
COLBY. Do you not think that all regret that this
is the case?
SENATOR NORRIS Yes do this feeling against
legislation would be just great would not if
a separate bin as it came in the way of rider?
MR. COLBY. Well think it would be intellectually better
sportsmansp put the question straight discuss straight
to decide it straight
SENATOR NORRIS. Do you think those people that are
working the shipyards will object to because is rider
appropriation bill?
MR. COLBY. No, that is refinement which for dis
with the Senate Committee; do not think they will have
any interest with that
SENATOR NORRIS These people patriotic are they not
these workers in The shpyards?
MR. COLBY. think they patriotic element as we
have IN the country.