Evening star., 1943-09-06
War Output Speeded
As Millions Foreoo
Labor Day Rest
Visiting Servicemen
Swamp D. c. Centers
Over Week End

Spurred by the Presidents call
for increased production to
speed victory, American workers
were spending Labor Day in
fields and factories today while
in Washington organizations
providing accommodations for
visiting servicemen were digging
out from one of the heaviest
week ends in their history.
Executives of labor organizations
and high Government officials also
called on American workers for in
creased output, at the same time
hailing the production records
established during the last year.
Secretary OF Labor Perkins, Philip
Murray and William Green, CIO
and AFL presidents, Secretary of
the Navy Knox and other high Navy
ofacials issued Labor Day state
ments praising labor's contribution
to the war effort and pledging in
creased support.
Ran Out of Food.
With hotels filled to capacity,
Washington USO centers were
swamped with applicants for shelter
over the week end while the snack
bar at the Salvation Army USO at
80l Market Space ran out of food
this morning.
With only candy and soft drinks
on hand, officials were stopping food
and bakery trucks in the street seek
ing supplies, the usual reserves of
sandwiches, cookies, cake, milk.
crackers and doughnuts. all having
been consumed by the visiting
service men.
ut was the biggest week end we
have ever had" said Mrs. Jessie M.
Smith, assistant manager and ex-
ecutive secretary. Saturday night
we had to turn away 10 big truck
loads of men, not to speak of numer-
Gus arrivals in taxicabs. About 1000
went through here Saturday and
1,487 Sunday. I've never seen any
thing like it, and this is the biggest
USO center operated by the Saliva
tion Army"
At the USO center run by the
YMCA similar conditions regarding
accommodations were reported, Off
cials asserting that the Saturday
night crowd was much larger than
usual All the regular rooms had
been taken by 2 pm, it was said,
and all the cots set up in the enner-
gency domitories were sold out by
6 pm.
Officials then fell back on list
of rooming houses in the neighbor-
hood and these, too, were filled by
9 pm.
Station Lounge Packed.
While no travel records were
broken at the Union Station, officials
in charge of the USO Lounge there
reported near record week end.
The upward surge began on Friday
when 1910 servicemen were clocked
through the lounge. On Saturday
the number jumped to 4,4O3. Yes
terday it hit 6,952.
In Maryland tens of thousands
were reported spending the day at
seaside and mountain resorts. Ocean
City entertaining a weekend crowd
OF $4,000, the larges crowd the re-
sort has had all season.
Shipyard workers at Baltimore's
Fairfleld-Bethlehem yards were to
add their part to the Nations Labor
Day observance this afternoon by
launching the yards one hundred
and ninety-seventh Liberty ship, the
S. S. Haywood Broun, named for
the first president of the American
Newspaper Guild (CIO).
Bond Rallies Scheduled.
Two major celebrations-in De-
troit and Boston-Were scheduled in
connection with the Third War Loan
drive which starts Thursday.
Secretary OF the Treasury Nor
genthau, Mr. Murray, r. J. Thomas,
president of the United Automobile
Workers (CIO) head the list of
speakers for the Detroit rally, which
is expected to draw 100000 workers
to Cadillac Square. while the
Charleston Navy Yard is co-operat-
ing in a monster display at the
Boston demonstration
Both the Detroit and Boston cell
ebrations are timed to interfere as
little as possible with war produc-
ton. The War Loan drive also will
provide the theme for special pro-
grams to be piped to workers at
bench and machine over public ad-