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\K\s \ ORK. Ck t . M
shipways, their timbers
above marsh-girteit hays anti rivers:
hundreds *»t hul'>. their naketi «>i ha'*
-clad ribs yawning -»h\ arti; acre* •
giant cranes an*l «i'*ni t". niach.in
shop." ami >awm Is — *» ;is. in romp'
silo, is a pict e of
building on * • Ne fh At antic coa
whom mom than loO.fHM) nun an*
strivim; *» ho! i» mu " 1
ion*.-* ononis*' of a of -
from thr hom**lan*I to it so!«Ji«*rs o* -
erseas.
Th«*M' 11)1 n. e«i»*va!«'nt almost *•»
four <|fvisi ns th<
noo<is thov an* .^‘r' intj. hp ■** n>'up
,M| 6S fw'
-OCKf tons of i*ai*K° on a s*n“ 0
Ph iiave launched 70 others. And
in a year when preparat;.
rather than production n ces>a ri!y '
»m ,»m tl task of the newly ereatH
• astern yards.
•‘Make Schwab forget the Pacific."
wa> the placarded message whi< i
• jt« -ted the Kmenrency Fleet Oorpo'
at o»>*s director-general when he vi
t *d a (\»ninvticut shipyard. The •
t.husia>Tn which dictated the slogan
exhibit- d by a grout majority of tl
Managers and warkers in the plant:
which dot the coast from Maine to
Virjrnia and inland waters as fa *
wpc« ;4ii l.ako hne. Outnistanceii *n
vo-1act’on early in the war by the
ilrea«ly organized shipbuilding indu>*
• * v ot* th<> Pacific, the Atlantic vails
now are getting their stride, and stan
dardization of their output— a typo
,, n!; nt vil! speed the work. Th» \
pe»!o-am ' >acle in as^embt
nvd -■ electing plants ar.d
sit>'>builders and
building ships
In this accomplishment, which in
peace times would have occupied five
years rather than twelve mouths,
there has been a graphic illustration
of the first hall ol the War Depart*
months “work or lignt*' policy. Not b.\
compulsion -- for the shipbuilders are j
volunteer.; - men have flocked by tin !
thousands to tile Atlantic yards ai d
hate labored through days ol’ ten
hours 1'heiv is nothing figurative in
the sweat of tlu* riveter's brow. And
the riveter’s backbone of the indust
ry. is typical of his fellows^ Wage.
are high , from the laborer’s $4.40 to
the rivet diner’s $20 or $20 a day. ,
but emergency has compelled ther
payment.
Production, encouraging as it is,
has not kepi pace with the Kmergcn- ’
cy. Fleet Corporation’s program.
There are many contributing causes -
scarcity of materials, transportation
deyays, inadetjuate labor supply am
absenteeism of workmen. Some of th »
shipbuilders cannot stand the prosper
ity which suddenly has become the
lot The result is five day’s work
where there might be six. and a con
sequent slowing up of production.
Near the larger cities absenteeism
averages 1 •) *20 percent, tapering
down to :> and 10 percent in the mo '•
isolated communities Managers, a*
first attributing the trouble to Sun
day work, when employees drew dou
ble pay and. in many cases “laid off”
a week day for recreation, generally
have discontinued seven-day operat
ion, except in emergencies. Hut evrey
days tmu- er still has its list of ab
sentees, < >vious!y a serious blow *«>
efficiency.
Put -s|; ckensm is an of Tense or j
the minority, The real spirit of u c |
shipyards is typical of America rt ]
war. Propaganda plays its.part, a tel i
ing one, and by means of com pet ion in I
construction, honor rolls of high p’’o-.
duction and noonday meeting designed j
to emphasize the imjtc.rtance of the |
shipbuilders’ share in the national ef
fort, enthusiam is maintained at a
’dv i pitch and is reflected in output^
J\very , ’ant has its school, where
bridgebuilders and structural iron
wo:' ors barn to erect steel ships, aid
where hou e carpenters are taught
the principles of wooden hull con
struction. I i both branches of the in
dustry, as well, many laborers have
passed tests which have rated them ; >*
j skilled workmen . In the Submarin*
| Koat Cot poration at Newark the
“school gangs” have built and launch*
; cd three a.oOO- ton steel freighters,
an inspiring example of the American
I way of <loing things when they have
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The shipyard* army, like the khaki
clad force whose going to foreign so i
called it into being, is an organization
of youth. At Newark an 83— year
old Civil War veteran directed work
on un outfitting pier, but this class
an exception. l^ess of an oddity is a
negro boy of 10 who is operating
‘‘gun" as yard phraseology terms t!
compressed air riveting machine. ,M
• n the twenties and thirties, with fee
w in the follies and fifties, are build
ing the American merchant marine.
Shipyards mechanical appliance.,!
like the men who operate them, large ;
Iv are a product of war time demand
Railroads, cranes and derricks which
travel in yards and on piers have sup
planted the cruder and slower means
of carriages of former years, and a
wide use of fabricated st^el-parl
wholly prepared for erection at th-*
mills where they are rolled -- has pi <
speed into shipbuilding.
The hull riveter, an appliance which
drives 7.000 rivets a day to 1,000 hy
the hand process, has made its appeir
-ance in some of the yards and is em
ployed to erect sections of hull
which are swung into place by der
ricks. While wooden ship construction
must remain in a great degree a task
for the human hand, its productive
has been hastened bv resort to man ■
new mechanical auxiliaries.
And what of the product of tbc
war-i rone’led haste? Th** shins site:*
for * hem sol VC'*. Some of them lack I
finish which wa<>i.h<» oldtime chin
builder’s pride. Equipment and fn
ings are held down to a minimum
keeping with serviceability. Rut t’*c
demand is for cargo space .and dc
are drawn to meet i4. Wood* •)
vessels, mostlv of 5.500 deadweio-i t
tons and averaging <000.000 in co
are oouinped with coal horning en^i*'.
es Steel shuts. which range from -
500 to 15 000 ton* and cost <750 0r0
to <5,500.000 are being adapted M
manv ease? to fuel oil. On even*
is a gun platform, on the larger shb
two. ,rrirp reminders of that intorrat
?on;d lawlessness which chaOerwv
Vmerican courage and re«oii»vefulne.;
to a n* »-fovmanee which has ama^» vl
the world.
The months of e-'dtiniy readv are r*» 1
in the North Atlantic shinvards T’ <•
>i*d »•' nf qnl(v*ti*',r from thou sonde «>f
I «.im’nts men who cnnld build si1”'!,
or loam to build them, is over. T’ »•
destructive labor turnover of O'
I du * t vy *s first phase has been nlmocj
nhoHv eliminated. Frodion her.
I racks and houses ;»t some of *he ieer ‘
-ed centers has helned to stabilize t*'«'
labor nroblem. Though suonlv has **'t
vet fnl'v met demand for men and
materials, the day of an even balnn*'-*
is drawing nearer. From now on com*
nleted ships will he reckoned not : \
thousands hut in millions of tons a
vonr \ carpo bridge to France prom
ises to be a reality.
SAYS AMERICAN
IS GUILTY OF
ESPIONAGE
PARIS, Oct., 25— Nettled by the
effect of the Scandinavian transla
tion of Hugh Gibson’s book. <‘T1,,‘
Rape of Belgium,” in Norway, Swed
en and Denmark, the German Foreig n
office, through its official propagan
da bureau has accused the author of
espionage during September and Oi
ober, 1914
Mr. Gibson at that time was Secre
tary of the American legation at
Brussels. His recall from his post at
Brussels during the v.j'inan occupat
ion was request'd from Washington
by Baron von der Dachken, Germ a n
Civil Governor of Brussels. He is now
Paris representative of tho Committee
on Public Information.
An article in the Politiken of (Cop
enhagen states that on numerous oc
casions (Tibson took advantage of his
“diplomatic immunity” and the pass
ports given him by Von Parotsky, Von
-Luttwitz, and Baron von der Golt*.:
allowing him to cross German lines,
to carry information to the Belgium
and Allied armies .
The Germans make the formal
charge that on one of Gibson’s trips
from Brussels to Antwerp during the
sieg«* he brought a full, complete re
port, of the number and location of
German troops investing the fortress,
location of siege guns and other val
uable military information.
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