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CORN FOR SALE.
See 4. w Richardson
FARM LABOR BUREAU.

The farmers of northern Louisiana
are in need of meu to assist in harvest
ang the crop. The Office Of the FARM
LABOR EMERGENCY BUREAU,
Frank \, Cripren, Director State House
Baton Rouge, is being supplied with
requests for these men and with all
information pertaining to housing con
ditions the wages paid All applicants
fo- work will be furnished with this
information before thew are sent to any
particular farmer, and the Department
Is anxious to obtain at once as many
letters Of application as possible through
out Louisiana. Not only men are ac-
certed, but there is grea. need of BOYS
from sixteen to twenty Zone. Their
welfafe will be looked after by the
Department and they will be guafah.
teed fair wages.
This Is war work Food will win the
war, and food vii be wasted unless
men an dbovs answer the call TO assist
in harvesting.
This is also an opportunity to engage
IN a real, useful occupation and be
IF material assistance to this govern. /
nent in winning the war
Letters Of APPLICATION should be sent I
lireet to Frank A. Crippen, Director,
State House, Baton Rouge, La.
-w.s.s-
SAVE COAL 70 BACK OUR BOYst
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-06-08
ire Doctor Away from home when mos
The Doctor Away from home when
Most Needed.

People are often very disappointed
to find that their family physician is
away from home when thev most need
ms services. Diseases like pain in the
stomach and bowels, collie and diarrhoa
require prompt treatment, and have in
many instances proven fatal before
medicine could be procured or a physi.
clan summoned. The right wav is to
keep at hand bottle of Chamberlain 3
Collie and Diarahoea Remedy. No ply
stefan can prescribe a better medicine
for these diseases. BY having it in
the house Tou escape much pain and
suffering and all risk Buy il now; it
may save life.-Obtainablc Everywhere
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-06-08
MEN WHO LEAVE COUNTRY
TO EVADE MILITARY SERVICE
WILL BE WATCHED

Men Of ScIcctivc service age who
leave the United States Ia cvadc mill
tary duty viii have t. stand trial ON
charges violations of the Sclcctivc ser
vice act when they return ia the coun-
fry, according TO the Department Of
Justice, even though they 80 not re
fHrn until after the war.
The department has at hand Informs
ton from which complete lists may he
prepared Of all men who have left the
country to avoid service, SAYS n recent
statement authorized by the Attorney
General.
keeping Our Fighters Fit - For
War and After is the title of an Off
cial book issued by the Commission on
Training Camp Activities, describing
the athletics, mass singing, social life,
aud other rcrrrations of men in Army
and Navy camps. The book tells of
the thcaters, the work of the \. NJ. &.
A. Knights Of Columbus, and other or
CARNATIONS associated with the commits
sion in welfare work, and gives details
of life in the camps.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-06-08

Inc lrSt Porto Rican 1aborers &c
reach the United States under Govern.
ment auspices will be at work upon Go,
crnncnt contracts within month. JJc
Employment Service of the Departments
Of Labor has already found cmrlovmcn.
for Mt least 10000 of these ncn a.
common laboreFs or construction Wort,
at Norfolk, Newport News, Baltimoro.
ana vicinity. ARA lgcmcnts are now
being made by the Department of La
Dor to provide proper housing for these
men.
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SHERTFF'S SALE.
state of Louisiana, Parish of Vermil.
ION, II, Judicial District Court.
No. 5198.
Bank of Ahhnrinn

Hers of Oriska Broussard, deceased
by virtue of writ of seizure and
sale to me issued out of the Honorable
seventeenth judicial District Court, in
anu Tor the Parish of Vermilion, State
oi LOUISIANA, IN the above numbered
ana entitled suit, fully authorizing
ana empowering me in the premises,
have seized on the 2sth dav Of lam
arv, 1918, and taken into nv possession
to satisfr said writ, and I will procaed
to sell at public auction to tbe Iast
and highest bidder, Mt the nrincinai
front door of fine Court House. in XII.
bcvillc, Nermilion Parish, Louisiana
within legal hours prescribed bv law
for judicial sales, on
SATURDAY, MY 18th, 1913.
the following described prnpcrty s;t.
uatef in Vermiiion Paris. La. to-wit.
one certain tract of land situated in
t.e farlsh Of Ncrmlion, La, Just soutb
OF the Town Of Abbcville. contajpinc
one Hundred and Fifty-fve acres, m9fe
or less, and bounded North hy Mrs
Leon Broussard, Augustin Morton !,
H. Summers, and heirs Of Razile Brous.
sard, south by Aloide Leblanc ami
JOS u. Leblanc, Ecast by EYrcno 10.
mary and West hy EuGcpo Don,,r,,
II. A: Eidredge and Edmar Trata5'
Together with all buildings and i'm.
proponents thereon situated or thereto
belonging. '"'ie'o
Save and except such nortions %
the eastern Fortv-thrre arooyts -
sad tract heretofore suhdiviJoJ hv
+; =. Chanute, q F., into }ots an3
'Which portions were sold by Mrs Oris.
her life '''''' o"''hg
Il is the intention to sol .bo fol.
loving real estate, included in the
fo1Ve DESCRIPTION, and no other. tbo
balance Of snid properte. beinp reloas.
"a from the oDeration If the rnor,page
u the plaintiff, to-wit:
One certain tract Of land. living and
'elng situated in Parish Of Vermilior
t,o'uSlaha, near the southern limits If
ne iown Of Ahbeville, confirming One
luhnrea ana Twenty-three Acres, more
u lesS' ana bounded North bv Mrs Leon
or assigns Augustin Morton
:. H. summers and Heirs Of Bazilc
'roussafd, East BY John Nuyier, Sam.
On ehauVln, ~ ais, and Lots <. Ct
~ ., OF 'hannt" Surver recorded in
% Of records Of VcrmilioD bar;sb re-
g.. 1 ~ q" - u teBidHc, and
esq oV .Enycac Demary. II, A u.
redge and Edmar Trahan. Togetbe,
18th alb buildings and improvpments
lcreon einen's
Al,o lots Two, Three. Fives Sieve.
nd Eight Of the Chanute Snr~ev ~
ms or Mrs: Orska Broussard. lyins
.sf OF the above described tra1. ana
men survey was made on qrc5:29nd
US ard Is recorded in Volume 40 ~
'ny,eyancess, at rage AZ o ftho reao+Js
the CLERK and Recorder ofics Of
.rmilion Parish. La. u
70 be sold for cash without benefit Of
sh ,n1s Once, Abbeville, La, April
e,r =, AUG. MORTON,
ou..S sseriii, Ver'niliOn Parish, La.
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-------------W S.S.--
MORBIDITY WEEKLY REPORT
Week ending June |, 1918.

Week ending June /, 1918.
Cerebrospinal Meningitis: Evanpc
line |; Orleans ., Rapides I.
,(fapides: Camp BcauregardD.
Smallpox: ASSUMPTION |. Caddo .
jefferson ); Lafourche /; Orleans 3:
Ranides 4; st. Landry !; st. Martin 3;
Ta1gipahca !, Winn !.
typhoid: Assumption >, Beauregard
], Iberia ,; Lafayette |; Orleans I;
Ona"hita J, RapideS >; Richlaud |, St
Charles /, st. James + ST. Martin 3
st Mary |; Tangipahoa 3.
D1Phtheria; Orleans 40, Ouachita =,
PiaquemineS |; Pointe Coupee L.
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of SEES, -, y, -, %, y, IS, =. T. Of
See, b; all Of Secs. -, -; Y. = of
y. +. Il; w. = and s. y Of $. +. y,
of See. -, y. = Of y. = and 5. y
Of Sec. 56, in Tp IT, 5. K. > +.
:. W. = of Sec. +; all of Secs. , and
6; \. f.. Il of y. +. y, y. !. of y.
Il. y and all North of Bay in the
5. z. i of y. T.. y and f. =. If =.
+. II of Sec. II; all of Secs. :, 9 and
II outside Of Bay, i'll Typ. i, :. r.
, East
All Of Secs. and >, y. y and y. u
of $. 4 OF See. ,; " w. i of :. w.
y, and :. y of s. w. }, Of Sec. { :;
W. u Of y. f. =, w. u and s. f.
i of Sec. ;; all north Of canal in y.
4 of Sec. = and all north Of canal in
y. = Of y. ". Il of See. 9, aud -
w. Il of y. f. y and y. y of y. W.
Il of See. IL; in TIP Il, s. X. > +.
containing 10000 acres, more or less,
On said date of sale | viii sell snch
portions of property as each debtor may
point out, and in ease the debtor will
not point out sufficient property, | will
At once, and without further delay. sell
the least portion of said property Of
any debtor, which any bidder viii bid,
for the amount of the taxes, interest
and costs, due by said debtor. This
sale will be without appraisement, for
rash, in legal tender money Of the Uni
ted States.
The property sold shall be redpenabIe
any time within the space of one year
by the payment of the price, given with
costs, and 203o penalty added.
May 2lst, 1918.
AUGUSTIN MORTON,
Sheriff and Ex-Oficio Tax Collector,
VermiIion Parish. aIa.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-06-08

Under a new agreement the Arm
will handle all mail for the expedition
airy forces after il leaves United state
ports. The Post Office Department vii
deliver the mail 10 military authorize
at the port of cmbarkation in this coun
try and receive il from them at not
III France for dispatch to the Unite
States. Tae domestic mOncv-order SCI
vice to the troops will, for the present
At least. continue under the direction o.
the Post Office Department in France
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-06-08
How she Ranished Backache.

Mrs. Fife f. Kleppe, Averill, Mimi,
writes: 81 was at a sanitarium three
time, for rheumatism and kidney trou-
bic and got no relief. On my return
began using Foley Kidney Pills; found
immediate relief: half bottle completed
the cure. Always use when l feel
pain in nv back. -
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LOOK WHAT YOU CAN DO IN
THREE MONTHS

san Angelo, Texas, April l2.h, 1918
Tyler Commercial College,
TYLER, Texas.
Gentlemen:
In May, 1905, | entredc your school
"a raw recruit, lust off the farm. In
a little more than three months aftc,
that time, was doing court reporting m
the ditsirct courts of Texas, and have
been engaged III that business continu
OuSly ever since, using solely the Bvrrc
Simplifed Shorthan, of which your
president is the author. 1t has boon
my privilege to report as difficult cases
as are recorded in the Texas Courts.
The Byrne Shorthand is sufficient for
all the demands for shorthand 4
Ny purpose III stating these facmnat
this time is with an aim towarS>llity e
II th oset who who dssis to become "sant E 5a
the Govsuccessioa 'sy hay 4s-,t nl
sess- y pirs..e- rs. a. ~ q: der of Sc /.
TOM J. CUNNIabie Seventeen,
Shorthand Reportet, in and sr
District Of Texas. IL, L.. and > ~
This young man rce.lzes tn, aheed
OF the government for efficient help,
ana the opportunities it opens to those
who are ambitious to succeed. The
success of commercial employees has
always depended largely on the demand
Tor their services, and this demand has
now reached a new high mark.
The closing of the school wear for
The summer vacation will allow many
teachers and pupils to enter the TYLER
tomercial College now and be engaged
IN helping Uncle Sam bv the time tbe
school opens again. The paw is SO
good and the work so pleasant that il
IS doubtful if any will quit to resume
school duties in hefall. Fill in blink
fro free catalogue.
Tyler Commercial College, TYLER. Texas
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-06-08
I7.,os nor tKrid weather. The man

fa,ns nor t0Frid weather.. The manu-
fracture of Those belts is one of the most
intricate of Che operations in the tex
tile field. T.. S. Army belts are made
almost, entirely of cotton.
The exact weight of the 220 rounds
carried by the American soldier in
France is II pounds. With the Spring
field rife % aimed shots can be fired
each minute. Firing from the hip 40
shots can be fred minute. The new
United States model 1917 (modifed En-
feldl does even better.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-06-08
----W,S. S,--------
BAD Kidneys laid him I'D,

\ slight kidney impairment may lead
TO dropsv or Bright's disclose. Don't
neglect it. Frank Miller, Bingham
Utah, writes: "Was troubled with my
kidneys so bad | could not work. Tried
many kinds of medicine which did me
no good Then | tried Foley Kidney
Pills; now feeling as good as 1 even
did before. - Sold Everywh ere.-Adv
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-06-08

fsteiaeptStandard, will have q - Eit
city ~ from 3 to ) tons, and viii b.
distributed as needed through the var
ious branches of the Army. Ten thouS
ands of these class B standardize,
trucks have previously been ORDERED
and are now in process of manufacture
and delivery.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-06-08
STR AYED.

One mare, left Defcambre, La, about
the 23rd, Of April, 1918; former home,
Morse, La, weight about 1000 pounds
white and red grav; white SPOT in the
forehead; sore inside of left leg and
on tbs lett aaRki u1bTandsdi evidence
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-06-08
AMERICAN INFANTRYMAN
HAS ADVANTAGE IN
AMMUNITION EQUIPMENT

The American infantryman in the Elk
peditionary Forces carries 200 rounds
of ammunition in the pockets of his
light canvas webb belt and his bando-
leers. The German soldier has only 100
rounds, and 30 of these are I'm his KNAPP
sack. To secure them at critical NOM
ent he must lose valuable time.
The Aemirean webb belts, according
to the War Departmept, are far SUM
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-06-08

State of Louisiana, Pa ish of vermilion,
SherjsyARd Taxf>0llectof's Office.
ra.oo;aSg,iusxillsa22 - Nass p :. .ais >
s., of is Rice co & hereb~ given fs, Act td
all particle on terry mortgages an real al
estate in on parish, on which
taxes for the year 1917 have not been
pald, 1 will begin the sale of same at
the Court House door in Abbeville, La
Oh Saturday, the Goth day of May, A.
y. 1918. and that a number of pieces of
property so delinquent are now being
adv ertised in this paper, The Abbcv,lle
1 fcgress, in conformity with me law
preparatory to such sales Tho alton
ton of the mortgage creditors is r>pr
cially called to these advertisements,
tl tax Sales, and they are wa,ncl 20
I 'Ae such steps prior to th sale as may
L. necessary to pro Get their riuh',.
AUGUSTIN MORTON,
Sheriff and TX Of,io Tax
Collector, Eermilion Parish, IL.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-06-08
ABBEvIELE, LA.
S1225Mii.;;!x!I[l..aaHl

to whereabouts will be literally re.
warded
CLE"SCLC SAUNIER.
ll'tI DelcambTe, La
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-06-08

Saw Won saw IT in the Progress.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-06-08

Tyler Commercial College, TYLER. Texas
Il
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-06-08

psIixsriiaFFp present 900 motor trucks
hsatatar- 1Tl,rars =
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-06-08

women, and the land
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-06-08
sATuRnS3 \

susan z McKeo1PJs 90 -, :,
of tie S. +. inG W. =,
s y cf Sec .. = %
of y. Z ". s ~; ". Z,
y and S. + =, q, W
Z Z an and 7, \ 9kad !. T. Z. 5. VI.
81; n. w Gueyd,A Of Sec.
of N. W " lsfo3.29and W Y
u aud Mil y, S w.
20: all 2akifhRs9l Of +, see I,
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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-06-08
70 Va "a u q, ss pa ~ pa ~ - - - -
WAR nTEEST
w T. u Il " - 40 Az - " ~
Stories and Conditions Thughou the United States
And On the FrontsFrom Washington, D. C.
1'"N OA Nd
V, ~ - y -

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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-06-08
Notice to Mortgage Creditors.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Vermilion,
sherjsqASd Taxfs0lleetof,s Office:
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-06-08
ABBEvnrr pnoenrsfzt A Able, LOUISIANA
STATE TAX SALE
Continued from Page {
SIXTH WARD.

iartha !. Holmes, % acres, lot 6, act or
part. sue. Julia Holmes. val. $4,000;
parish $3.50, state $l.65, con. vet. .53,
good roads ,OS, Vermilion school 81,
...I,.T TR
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-06-08

Ea ~ "a ~ FaslHs p
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-06-08

hOpONcllAN MIN lON,
Sheriff and Ex-Officio Tax Collector
Vermilion Parish, ola.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-11

essarily will be won or lost this year,
but it undoubtedly means, as the British
Premier thinks, a prolonged battle, per
maps Tor seven or eight months, from
the North Sea to the Adriatic, with Ger
many and Austria throwing in the whole
OF their strength"
1T means that if democracy can hold
this line the intolerable German thing
is beaten.
Everything depends says Lloyd
George, upon keeping our strength right
TO the end, whatever the strain upon our
resources may be-"
lie adds: with American aid we
can do it,"
The answer lies here.
1t lies with all of US
Every buyer of a Liberty bond con-
tributes to the answer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-11
A Forty-Foot Channel Now

What Congress intended to decree last
year regarding the deepening of the Hell
Gate channel the House has now mad,
explicit and mandatory by inserting ;r
the rivers and harbors bill a direction
for the dredging of forty-foot channel.
II this amendment becomes law, as it Ger
talnly ought to, this city and the nation
at large Will have reason to be thankful.
Why the army engineers charged with
the work should have taken to tecbnica]-
ties IN constituting the bill of last wear
and have insisted that it provided for
only thlrty-fve foot channel it is use
less to inquire. The fact Of Importance
now is that there can be no misunder-
standing of the new provision sponsored
by Mr.. Dempsey, no clubbing over its
verbiage.
New York needs forty-foot channel.
not for its commerce alone, great as that
Is, but for purely military purposes. A
enamel less deep would not float the
biggest warships through He'll Gate so
they could get from Long Island Sound
to the Brooklyn navy yard. Congress-
had that fact dinned into its ears so lone
that finally its significance became an
parent With the new provision written
into the law, as it should be, there need
be no question about dredging a shall
lower channel now and deepening it later
at great expense; the work can be done
all at once and this great harbor i'm
provement be made adequate to the ports
needs, whether in peace or war time
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-11
Les Apaches!

1T IS long jump from Arizona to
Montmartre, yet somehow the honorable
American name of Apache achieved the
crossing and came to be fastened upon
the most desperate criminals in the
world. Even if everything that Partisan
romance credited to these super-gang-
sters cannot be believed, there was ample
terror in their train, and the pitched bat
tie which ended some Of their leaders in
Paris house outleaped the most vaunt-
ing "movie'
Now by one Of those chances which
make ctymology so thrilling and elusive
pursuit the word travels back to Amer
lea and reappears in our voluble District
Attorneys Office. Justice is not one of
etymology's strong points. Our Ameri-
can Apaches were rare fighters, but they
were harmless enough until whites dis
turbed them. If real parallel for the
French Apaches is wanted one can be
found in quite different group of Amer
leans, our "bad men" of the West.
Aryans all. "Hooligan," the London
name for street rowdy of milder type,
holds similar injustice to distinctly
scrappy yet wel-behaved race. Our own
"hoodlum" that came from San Fran
cisco and "plugugy" that came from
Baltimore may be equally slanderous;
but their exact derivations are still mat
tiers for chronological debate. so a COM
plalnant has yet to appear.
There have been earlier transplantinps
OF names. London toughs were called
Mohocks' century and quarter ago,
a tribute to our Mohawks, who certainly
were anything but thugs, however dan.
gerous they proved to white men. Cana
dian Siwash holds somewhat different
story. 1t is no more than French
savage" done into Chinook jargon and
thence accepted by the white man. The
American and English mind is appar
entity not as accurate as the French.
which takes its words where it finds them
and preserves them as intact as tongues
Will permit. We hate to think what
broadway will do to Lies Apaches" in
trying to import the genuine French ac
cent with this old American wine that
has now twice crossed the Atlantic.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-11
May He Not See General Wood,
Nrom Tho Mil,,o,1.o, c

From Tho Mil1oauhcc Scutinen
General Leonard Wood has returned from
the Western front loaded with rca1 ;n+or
nation such as only military expert con1d
gather. ~'N'u
lie has thoroughly inspected every ,ni+
OIL our troops i'll France and has seen Thorn
at work in the trenches.
with the eye of an cxacting and thor.
o"s"iS competent critic he has noted all
points OF merit with satisfaction and al,
delects with anxiety and zeal to speed the
remedies.
shortcomings might be camouflaced TO
deceive the inexperienced civilian eve If
Secretary Baker but they would not escane
the attention of General Wood.
therefore if there be any one man in nov.
tcular who can tell to dot Just what ;s
the actual condition of our troops in Franco
that man assuredly is General Leonard
Wood.
IL is therefore with amazement that one
mas senators, and even Democratic Sena-
tors, pleading with President Wilson to
accord to General Wood an audience"
IN the name of common sense and ordi
nary zeal for the national interest whv
should he not accord General Wood an
audience?
because the general is a Republican? But
what has that to do with it? Is this a
Democratic war or an American war?
Because General Wood has nroved r. bovo
been absolutely right about the great need
OF preparedness? But what has that RI H.,
with it?
One would think that President Wilson.
with keen desire to learn from CONNIE
tent and plain-spoken soldier lust how
things actually stand with our armv in
france would jump at the opportunity to
accord General Wood an audiencev
1t is intimated that "the pressure unon
the Presidents time is severe"
NO doubt. 1t would be lot less severe
II he would call into collaboration some men
OF the real Root-Rooscvclt Cabinet size
even at the cost of Mr.. Bryans grand old
principle about observing Democrats"
BUT that by the way. Surely President
VINO has time enough to spend on long COL
ioques with Colonel f. NJ House and on
correspondence about the imperative ma.
tlonal necessity of electing Mr.. Joseph F.
dawes as Senator from Wisconsin must
nave an hour or so at his disposal for such
man as General Leonard Wood. who has
more truth to tell about the whole Amer.
can military situation in France than anv
man in the world except General Pershing
and can be implicitly trusted to tell tha
truth without fear or favor, politics or Aa+-
terry ~
we doubt extremely that the President !.
ind1sposed to talk with General Wood,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-11

imports of gold began to swell the banks
SURPRISES, and hence bank credits.
But the adjustment of wages is far
from being the exclusive, or even the
main, cause of the unparalleled number
of strikes which have been called in this
country since last April. We have been
undertaking to shift industry from q
peace basis to war basis. This has
meant an enormous amount of planning
and rearranging. Patience and brains 20
do all this planning and rearranging
have not always been in evidence.
1t is the testimony of Chairman Hur-
ley that in the shipyards work the ineffi-
cheney Of labor has not been greater than
the inefiiciency of management. Slowly
but surely the latter will be eliminated,
and automatically the efficiency of labor
will rise. This in itself means better
wages and less friction.
If we could remove, as we easily could,
the greater part of the force making for
higher prices and higher cost Of living
the loss from strikes could easily be re-
duced to minimum, at least while the
war lasts.