The sub., 1945-01-06
DEFEATISM AT THE E. E.
By EUGENE MITCHELL

By EUGENE MITCHELL
 Defeatism is the word that comes to mind when one thinks over policy the Electric Boat Company to be following regarding the layos Many first class mechan
 s have been released while comparatively inexperienced and kept to step into their shoes It doesn't make sens this getting rid of the best and keeping the est The only explanation this writer can think of that the management convinced that the Electric Boat Com pany part in the effort is nearly and is time to relax bit, and to The obvious to do h shorsghted way to get rid of the highest paid people as quickly as possible With vicious still On and likely to be for than year more they to be ready to settle back into the old peaceful days when as one old timer told me, "A MAN WHO'D GET FIRED ANYWHERE ELSE COULD ALWAYS HOLD DOWN JOB AT THE SHIP 6 ENGINE WORKSP
 It doesn't make sense in the public press that the Navy urgently needs type of ship and then for have to look at the empty and the idle ma chimes build successfully the finest submarines in the world what them out in many thirteen months ahead of Navy schedule then we can surely build the easier type vessel to construct the surface hp The Navy Department has always shown good in pac ing contracts for ships and other materials and as the De- partment has lot of money invested here, wonders what the catch is Perhaps the officials and stockholders of the Electric Boat Company want 75 for such face ship contracts than the figures quoted in other yards The probable explanation that the B. officials have not tried to any szeabe contracts for such york; doubt shudderng at the thought of building type of boat with it's problems
 Ships not the only things that could be built here without extensive reodeing. Almost any type of heavy construction could be done and there is plenty of heavy eructon to be turned out before the boys home again.
 The vast majority of E. B. workers would be mighty glad to this plant operating at capacity again. We know what long tough scrap there still is ahead of us rea tves and friends out there in the Western Pacific We know that the amount of Japs killed by the Allies during these three years does not equal the increases to their sol der population during three period We want to keep right turning out implements of but here plant half emped of it's trained mechanics and other workers while this dire need for vital equipment exists Is the largest and best equipped industrial plant in Eastern Con- necut to seed right in the crisis of this when being begged and stirred to greater efforts when workers being told that moment of relaxing parts and the United Nations may lose the war? Must thousands of workers at the Electric Boat Company be forced drop out of production and contribute to other setback such the slaughter in France of foresight of management? Are to be out of the effort for good unless follow the pied piper to active sector of the home front?
 Contrary to opinions published in certain articles, here put great deal of extra effort into days work here when submarines vital to the effort The 3 months ahead of Navy schedule that In back of our minds such thoughts Ths is for John this is for Jim this is for Hary" We knew that the idea expressed by "a very small sma" is the word) minority that the boat will be launched just quick whether work hard or no absurd and vicious and just trans parent excuse for plain laznes Now who took pride h the knowledge that added efforts being arded in increased production and speeder delivery of sub marines feel let down. working at job that is no longer
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