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Show I PLAN TO ABANDON ATHLETICS General Manager Plez Siys Attention of Shlpmen Will Be Given to Building Vessel. Athletics In the shipyards of the country will bo abandoned, according to Charles Plez, vlco president and general manager of the Emergency Fleet corporation. "We nro going to concentrate as much of our attention as we can on making ships after this," declared Mr, Charles Plez. Plez. "The men have been diverted too much, I am told, by labor leaders, and the men themselves complain that they are led to waste too much tlmo In getting ready for athletic events and too much tlmo to recovering from them, "I always havo favored alhletlcs In moderation, but tho bind of professionalism profes-sionalism we havo had serves no useful use-ful purpose. It has becomo now only a question of who can pay tho highest calories to n fow sturs. I feel safo In suylng that the samo conditions will not exist next year." |