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Show IMS RESPOND TO ISIi'S NEEDS Registration of Skilled Mechanics Me-chanics for Shipbuilding Is Progressing. HUNDREDS ENROLLED Director William Slackman Issues Statement Urging Immediate Action. Complete satisfaction with the manner in which the skilled mechanics of Utah have responded to the call for shipbuilders shipbuild-ers nas expressed last night by C. C examiner of ln- ? v hor and J. T- v Mnn of the h." x e ouncil 01 -rr-v' t' defense, who $'5"r?r "vs-- have been de-tf-f votinc their at-ten: at-ten: ion to the rejnstraiion lor the prist ten days at the registration headquarters, 153 TYesi South Temple street. The- registration 1:1st night showed that more than 1500 men aJ ready have been enrolled in the public service reserve and before the close of the week there does not appear to be a question that i: tab's full quota of 1660 will be registered. Those who enroll for the reserve will be given, a button showing that they are affiliated af-filiated with the movement and are ready to respond at a moment's notice. The button Is made of copper and is oval, about one and one-quarter inches long and three -Quarters of an inch wide. It bears the legend. "'Shipyard Volunteer." In the center is a merchant vessel, with the letters ' V. S." on the hull. Mr. Cliso And Mr. MoraJi spent yesterday yes-terday at Garfield. Magna. Arthur and M'dvaJe in an effort to arouse enthusiasm enthusi-asm among the skilled employees of the Utah Copper company who are qualified for work on ships, and they reported last night that nearly every man who had any i qualifications for such work willingly en- i rolled. Other parts of the state will be visited durinq- the week. At the registration headquarters It is announced that steel structural men are still in some demand on the registration rolls, as well as coppersmiths, the latter being scarce in this part of the country. Director Blackmail's Statement. "William Blackman, director of labor for the Emergency Fleet corporation, yesterday yester-day issued the following full statement from Washington of the present labor and shipbuilding situation as it affects the business of the country: This war can be won through the construction this year by the United States and her allies of P.S'.'O.Oo tons of shippmsr. This amount will not only overcome . the submarine losses. i but will also leave the margin neces- ; sary to care for the transportation of ' 1.5'V,f?"0 American troops and supplies overseas. Partial relief, but in a military sense only, is being obtained through the limit ins: of imports, and the transfer of ships to army use from the less vital import trades, under the president's onJer. This work is now-being now-being undertaken by Joint organization organiza-tion on the part of the sliipnins: board and the war trade board. YVhile raw materials absolutely necessary to supply sup-ply the country's vital necessities will, of course, be permitted to enter our ports. I L is now necessary t o rehie-tantly. rehie-tantly. but drasticaiiy, curtail the importation im-portation of supplies for the manufacture manu-facture of non-essentials. This to enable the shipping used for this trade to be released for war purposes. pur-poses. In spite of this method for obtaining obtain-ing partial relief, the only real answer an-swer to the problem is ship construction. construc-tion. This construction not only depends de-pends for Its success upon labor, but the very life of labor itself depends on this construction tills became 1 3.000.000 men a re employed in t he manufacturing plants of the United States today, of whom fi.C0'".r,rO are working on w,i r rrn rerials and subsidiary sub-sidiary ind ..is tries aione. Threat of Shutdown. All of these tnen are threatened with forced shutdown, and these shutdowns are absolutely inevitable unless the snips are built. Kven the trades directly manufacturing w-ir supplies and the munition plants themselves face a limitation of their output. Tills is plain on its fa"e. for not only are the ports and docks jammed with supplies for overseas, but there are. In the seaeoast terminals n lone, more th n 3O.0u0 freight i-ars loaded with supplies for Kvurope literal! y mountains of materials for whieft there Is insufficient shirpins' tonnace. No greater surplus of supplies r.m possibly be permitted to h umuhite In these port s. even thouerh the estimated esti-mated amount of war supplies needed this year for overseas shipment will total "s.500.00" tons. There Is but one thing ahead a j forced slow-down in America n fa c-tortes c-tortes until tl.e ships arc huilL The situation is one in which not only the nation is vitally ii, teres td, but one which strikes at the very heart of labor its. If. . Int.-rruptions to business and consequent loss of earnings to the employee will rcur or at )e xst production pro-duction will be retarded with the jame result until we hve adequate shipping. ThtTi. t!:1 welfare of all labor, both ore;' rize 1 and unorganized, unorgan-ized, to th extent of some 1-l.O'ij.O'n) now employed, m at stake in the shipyard Menace to Labor. The co;illess day a nd the freicht embargo have already had a tremendous tremen-dous effect upon labor throughout the country, a nd the ad ll t ional force of 1 1 1 e n e sa r y cm i n tr c u rta 1 1 ni f n t of raw TnaterL'iJ importation will al.-o f-dl li.-avilv upon labor within tho next few w cf'ks. It is only throuch shipyard labor that r'licf to labor throughout tL na-i na-i :on can cO!i:e, Tli ere tore, tin- alk d -fur m nk' s not otdy On t rt t lie . j-af-M y (' oirr anidt-s in J-'nuii e. but t ri-; v.-rv l"-ai t of lal-or itn li thro ;h the r- :;r ;o:j n employin f-nl Wlmli in f.iel by rallhons r(f rrv-n not eti-taL'fd eti-taL'fd liiit'Ily in "hipyanl work. 'o t h:s ri-.iaoii. a srup ard strike is in c!!.''i a 1 kfi:t aiiu-d at nil !a-i-or ui (be (ouiitry. and Xt.rritfi. the j very ;f of oi l;i.- 1 la i air 1 1 .-If. 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