Show SHIP WORKERS TELL OF LAXITY German Agents Are Arc Busy Among 1 Laborers at Hog flog Island Is Ts Testimony I Washington ton Feb 20 20 O Preliminary steps stells in the department 0 of or justices Justice s h in inquiry Into expenditures urea i of or government at Hog funds for 01 tho shipbuilding plant Island Pa la were taken today toda b by G. G Carroll f assistant ll tant to the attorney general He lie Inspected of or tho ho emergency fleet corporation relating to contracts with the time American InterI IntelI Inter Intel I national corporation for constructing Chairman Chair Chah with the lie plant and auth C man Fletcher of or the Senate commerce committee Senator Fletcher was requested to toaliI aid aliI the department nt of ju justice by submIssIon submission sub flub mission lon of or any su suggestions d pertinent per per- Uncut The department has complete committees committee's transcripts o of tho timo mon mony Witnesses before the he Senate committee commit commit- tee today Included Rube Allyn a dock dock- I I bull builder el representing unorganized cd workers at c. c Ho lint IIi Island and Akbert Freedman employed in tho the I stores department of the lie yard ar Allyn predicted that it would be he necessary to conscript labor before the war wal ended l and nd told the lie committee speak German In lug ing laborers were iero responsible for or false alse stories of accidents at nt the Hog Island yard designed to keep workmen a awa away way who said lie he was dl discharged din dis charged when ichien ho lw told his superintendent I dent he lie was going going- ID tb Washington to give voluntary testimony before the lie Senate committee described alleged in inefficiency inefficiency in- in efficiency and lax methods at the tho yard an and Bal said a a. number of ot ere were dismissed se after the tIme Senate enato estl investigation atlon a- a tion started hut hilt that the hl high h salaried led hid men were retained He lie declared that buttons for foi admission o of workmen to tolie tho lie yards ar s were wore sold In iii Philadelphia sa saloon sa- sa loons loon The committee took look the name of or the superintendent who discharged Freedman Freed Freed- man and amid indicated that hat he lie would woul be called to testify I i I I I I I I |