The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-18
Works Manager at Plant.
Issues Statement Concern
ing Grievances Causing
Trouble.
UNIONS HELD IN NO
WISE RESPONSIBLE
Plans for Launching of Ship
"Escarnbia" 1t Is Not Be
leived Will Be Materially
Delayed.

The walk out of number of wood
workers at the plant of the Pensacola
Shipbuilding company during Thurs ;
day and Friday. not as a concerted
action on part of any union, but as
the result of grievances concerning s
the discharge of superintendent of
wood workers, whose wife was said
to have been slated to sponsor tho
launching of hull number 965, will not
interfere with the launching of the
ship, it is asserted, nor with progress
of work at the yards.
The hull, Which was to have been
named the Welka," until authority
was secured by Senator Duncan Il.
Fletcher, at the solicitation of the local
chamber of commerce. from the en-
iergency fleet corporation for it to
bear the name "Escambia.p will be
launched the latter part of next week.
as formerly planned. it is asserted and
a local girl, daughter OF a man who
| is in no wise connected with the plant
but who was instrumental in bringing
| 1t to Pensacola, viii sponsor the
Launching. 1t is expected,
Concerning the grievances, real or
imaginary, which resulted in num-
Der of the men at the plant leaving
their jobs. Works Manager ". 7. New
lins, in an interview, says:
Statement of Works Manager.
Not to lend dignity to walk-out
which was unauthorized by the organi-
zation of Carpenters, but which in re-
ality was engineered by disgrunt1ed
employe, who to bolster up a claim
entirely remote from the actual cause
of his dismissal, has misrepresented
and withheld facts, which were they
known, feel confident would set mat
tiers right in the minds of misguided
employees.
ITO give the true facts. / make this
statement, and likewise ask you to
publish copies of letters which were
read TO the committee who waited
Upon Messrs. Crenshaw and Amos.
but were withheld at the mass meet
ing of the wood workers, and from
press reports.
In the first place, the question of
naming sponsor for hull No. $50
had nothing whatever to do with the
dismissal of General Carpenter Fore
man H. DelCampo, who so appears on
the company's payroll and records. but
who poses as a departmental superin
tendent.
"Mr. McRae, Superintendent OF hun
construction, requested DeICampo'S
J resignation for the reason that he
failed in the main requirements of 4
good leader; he was incompetent and
guilty of insubordination. and lack of
tact, but who out of consideration for
the mans feelings. and SO as to place
no obstacle in the way of his obtain
ing other employment, Mr.. McRae did
not specifically state in the letter to
Mr.. DelCampo the above named rea-
sons.
When 1 was informed of Mr. Nc
Rae's action by the receipt of a copy
of this foremans dismissal. called
upon Mr.. McRae to particuiarize.
which he did in the letter set forth,
and which bears out two of the
charges upon which te dismissal was
based.
THE third charge (Iack of tact) is
covered by a police court case OF Del
Campo VS. Lowry. in which in dismiss
ing a subordinate, he conducted him
self and used language towards this
subordinate which provoked a fight in
which he was worsted, and after being
so worsted. caused a warrant to be
issued for the mans arrest. The trial
judge, however. stated that both men
were equally guilty, and the only rea-
son why the jury did not find Del
campo guilty was that the principal
witness had left the state.
The charge of incompetency is
borne out by his not placing the crib
blocks as directed, and in this he
jeopardized the property of the COM
pany. and the lives and limbs of his
fellow employees. as he had nothing but
a vertical snoring under the vessels
bottom, where had any disturbance
taken place the huh would have top
pied over like a house OF cards.
by his refusal to obey Mr.. McRae1s
orders to move his office to a point
where he would be In constant touch
with the department head, and TO CEN
traIfze the control. he proved the
charge of INSTRUMENTATION.
In mixing in a fist fight with a
subordinate. he sustains my charge