The Washington herald., 1918-10-07
OHIO DISTRICT
WAR WORKSHOP
Holland Tells ofIntense In
dustrial Activity in
Midwest.

Today there are ZIG direct contrscu
In effect which have been entered int,
by the Emergency Fleet Corporate
and Industrial corporations In ils
Ohio district which are engaged ca
clusively in war work
But in addition 10 these direct con-
] tracts there are a large number OF sub
contracts. such. for instance. as those
which the American international
Corporation represents. There are ir
the city OF Hamilton a large number
OF sub-contracts, these calling for the
supplying Of the industries with need
ed material with which TO carry on
and complete their work
The Ohio district e. perhsps The
greatest industrial district In the
United States now engaged In war
work II includes Pittsburgh. Wheel.
ling. Niagara Falls and all OF Ohio
The magnitude OF this unsurpassed
workshop, almost all OF II created
within a year and a half. and all Of
Z IL producing materials which the GOV.
ernmeut needs in order to carry on the
war justifies this statement, that to-
day the Ohio district is pr0ba bly, the
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surpassing even any Industrial center
| in Germany.
SO7 Meetings Held.
In eleven weeks SCI meetings. almost
, all Of them at the noon hour. have
/ been held in war work industrial
plants. and the aggregate attendance
at these meetings was somewhat ir
excess Of IHo71 The average attend.
nu"e. Therefore. at each Of these meet
inEs was a little under 1000 There
were some duplicates but for the
most part these meetings. al which
the industrial workers were addressed
under the authority Of the Emergency
! Fleet Corporation. represented each
Of them an individual plant.
/ Yet the whole of the Ohio district
has not yet been covered by those
who. under the direction of the Emcr-
/ genCy Fleet CORPORATION. are making
daily addresses 10 these skilled srti-
sans. wonderfully skilled many Of
q them. IN view ~ the fact that a wear
and 4 half ago few 0f them had more
than an sprr'u'ire KNOWLEDGE of the
work which they were expected 10 do
Worlds Greut workshop.
h1NlAAF lAFd CT DC obtained OF tho
enormous extent 0f the industry now
carried on in Tho Ohio district. which
! is exclusively u.cur led in making for
the government supplies and material
for the army and the navy. II there
be some detailed statement which will
set forth the number Of meetings wf.-h
have been held in several Of the larger
cities Of Ohio since the latter part of
July. In Cincinnati there are IOT in
dustries engaged exclusively in war
work which were represented at meet
finEs in that city. The public has lit
1 tie idea Of the extent Of the war work
which has been and is being done in
I Cincinnati. This work will be con-
lnued until the war ends
In Dayton. a city estimated as con-
tanning 2n."'0 population. war work
Us producing vast quantities Of mate
rial needed by the government Under
the direction Of the Emergency Fleet
/ Corporation there have been since
l July, flfty-nine meetings ia Dayton.
attended in the aggregate nv great
/ body OF skilled artisans. il IL esti-
mated that from 15HlD 10 ISO0 work
ers are enlaEed in the great aviation
works at Dayton: certainly as many
as that attended the meetings which
were held at the aviation camp. Much
I Of the facilities and wonderful perfec-
/ ton Of equipment which characterize
the National Cash Register plant. and
which rC"rcsonr the achievements Of
John II. Patterson. have been devoted
/ for a year 10 the production Of war
material. Il was necessary to hold
eight meetings in order to enable all
the skilled artisans employed in this
1 plant to hear the addresses
At one time the suspicion wa
strong that considerable nro-Ger-
man element was 10 be found among
/ the wOrkinEmen OF DAYTON II that
. suspicion at any one time were Jus
/ titled. il no longer can be- The artf-
sans ther" are working as one man
in loyal support Of The government.
In ToIedo's Workshop.
Toledo has bor.mc one OF the great
workshops or the Ohio district Some
highly important work for the gov
ernment IS now being done there.
Nearly fifty meetings. each one for q
different industry, have been held in
Toledo. and not an Of the Industrial
workers there have had opportunity
70 hear the pleas which are being
made by those whom the Emergency