Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-29
JOHN c. SAYLOR
GUEST OF HONOR
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Charles Warner, State director of
Federal Reserve, said il does his heart
good to see 40 many men from different
vocatiops together in "a common cause
and TO see them honoring MIR. Savior,
who, he said had been Of great help IN a
| number of civic movements IN which ne
| (Mr. Warner) had been interested. lie
told Of hls interest in the educational
movement, revision of health laws Affect
| ing employment of women and children,
and later in the Federal labor problem:
| Mr. Savior, he said, has broad vision and
merits the trust the government has
| placed IN him lie has always been
loval 20 the cause nearest hia heart but
: always was willing to listen to the other
| side, manlfcat,ng spirt ot tar piay
Mr.. Warner told Of the boys and men 9
reserve problem intrusted to hts depart
ment. which the government is trying To
develop throughout the United States
lie paid high compliment To Mr.. Savior
WHAT THE WORK Is
James l., Rodier Of the United States
| Department Of Labor, speaking on ''The
| Actions of the Just" launched into n
rulogy of Senator Salisbury, who
sat next to him Mt the table, stating that
lt was u compliment to him to know that
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| quet table with organized labor and be one
| of them Labor. he said. constitutes the
first, second thrd and all subsequent
| hnes of defence. l,alpor he predicted, Will
| he factor in making the Teace that viii
| follow the war Today labor is getting
| Justice, II has come INTO its own and 1T
| will show that il has the Wisdom to take
| advantage of the opportunity that ~
| presented to II. lie citrd the action ct
| tho government in raising railroad men
wages a few davr ago as a matter Uf lustlce.
| Directing his remarks toward Mr.
| Savlor, he told him of the great rcspon
siiity Tint has hecn placed IN his hands
| and charged him To I've Just and 10 think
| of the worklngman g heritage. that he -
| entitled to n part of what he produces
David Snclenhurg, who is n member ot
| tho State Council of Defence spoke ~
complimentary terms of Mr. Savior, who,
| he ss,id had helped spread the spirit #
| hwnanit. IN Wilmington such as docs not
EXIST IN many other places lie gave Mr.
| Savlor tho credit Tor tho Labor i'av
| parade ~ 1914 when capital and la''or
| marched tnrpthcr for ono common causs
| Then he said new era hegan to dawn
| for Wilmington Give the hcet that -
IN WOW for our fight. which - for the gond
| IF at the world he sald ~ conclusion
.1amea O'kane. FORMER president of the
| Central Labor Union Thought Mr. Savior
was entitled 70 the tribute that wac holnf
| paid him ON behalf II tho t'ontral Tabor
| Union, he presented to MIR Saylor q
| handsome travelling hag
NR aAyLoR euRrRIaFp
| Mr.. Savior made a br1ef address of
| appreciation for the gift. which came az
a surprise IL him Speaking If local
| affairs, he sald capital and labor had been
| cIoser together elnrc the lahT l'av
| parade ot 1914 The Central Labor
| t'nou. he SAID had been engaged ~ clvlc
| movements along non partisan limos lie
| expressed hia appreciation uf the tributes
| PAID hm. Speaking nf hlmeef 10 said Z"
| had been working for the government
without pay for tho paaj two ypara and
| he guesscd the government thought It
was about time to put HIM ON the raN-
| r,ll u have been taking So many delo-
CATIONS to Washington ~ soc senator
| Saulsbury he ea,d that ! gueaa tho
| senator thought the host WAY to get rld
Of Saylor was to get hm ioh Mr.
Savior SAID he had established hle office
in the old Federal Building at SIXTH and
| King streets The object of the Office a
| Ia get the Nottingham and tho job closer
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workngman job without cost, and puts
him IN the night place. lac SAID Tie told
| of the details Of the oihce. which las
| numerous asseistante and offices will he
] opened m Dover Georgetown. layton.
| Delmar and other places throughout the
/ State, 10 see that the farmer gets the
| labor he needs We don want any
strikes. he said If capital viii meet us
across the table and dlsCuss the problems.
| there will be no strikes He sald his
office was To aid IN settling problems, as
well as placing labor where II Will do the
most good aud where 1t will get the proper
truatrnent.
John b. Densmorc of Washington.
director general OF the Employment
Service. SAW he was partly responsble
| for the appointment of Mr. Saylor. which
was made aftnr consulting Senator Sauls-
| bury What VIC wanted Principally,
| he said, was u man blg enough TO order
! the employees around when We have TO
| do 90, and we soon viii we wanted
slOO. 600 man for $4,000 and believe
we have the 500 600 man Mr. Ssylor
he sald, is one OF 10 district superntendents
| In the country. As result Of the ex-
tension Of the Employment Service, be
| believed the country this year will have
| the largest food production III Its history
He told how order had been brought
out OF chaos III industry as result OF
organization of the labor servlce. When
| the war broke out each government
| department making contTaots had Its
| own problems of labor ID production;
| the result was rivalry regardless OF the
| interests of other DEF artments. Now all
| this has been systematized under one
| head, the Department of Labor, which
| has seven bureaus that handel all OF
these problems.
Behind every soldier he sad, you have
| 70 have about 20 men in industry, and
il is the mobilization of this amy that
is our work; "handpicking them, putting
each man in the right place This year
we have to mobilIse FIVE to six million
men We have TO mobihze 200, 600 a
month and puck them out very carefully.
Over 4,O0O, 900 men have To be recruited
for this service before the last of August.
II VIII be necessary shortly for the now
essential industries, some of them at
least, TO close 80 that the help can go into
war essentials. 1t falls To the lot of
superintendents to create sentiment
among employees in the non-essentlal