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Show UTAH ASKED TO GIVE SmPDUILDERS Enrollment of Skilled Artisans Ar-tisans to Begin in Salt Lake Tomorrow. Appealing tr the patriotism and loyalty of American mechanics, men who are skilled in the um of tools, to hold themselves them-selves m read.ness to aid in the building oi ships. tht the American tonnage may be mt reased to meet the demand for tro"p trarsportatlon as e!i as merchandise, merchan-dise, the pn ernmer.t has established a public service re;ere. reff.strat ion for h!ch will beffin tomorrow rr.cmir.g in alJ of the larrer cities of the country-Utah country-Utah has been called upon to' enroll HSO men during the coming w-eek. but the enrollment w:il be continued indefinitely indefi-nitely in order that all skilled mechanics may be available if ncssity calls them. In Salt Lake the eniollment will be conducted at 1"3 Weet South Temple street. The office will be in charge of C. C Cliee, examiner of the federal department de-partment of labor, and J. T. Moran of the state council of defense. An enrollment enroll-ment office will also established in Ocden. opening tomorrow mom;ne. and provision for enrollment in other parts o: the 6tate will be made as quickly as possible. Ursring men who can qualify for any work m connection wrh shipbuilding to enroll in the public service reserve and hold themselves in readiness to respond a r a moment's notice. Secretary of war Newton E. Faker yesterday sent out the following message : For that reason I want to ask th friends and families of the men m our national army to lend their support sup-port in every way to the shipping board to the end that the necessa:-y e:":';cient labor may be enrolled in the United States shipyard volunteers. They are doing: a work of vital importance im-portance to the defense of the nation, na-tion, and the men who enroll m the shipyards are undertaking a patriotic patri-otic service as trreat as anv that can be performed behind the firing line. Programme Extensive. Those who enroll are eriven a certificate certifi-cate showing that they have plaed them-selves them-selves at the command of the public service ser-vice reserve to help in the world war. which "will be won or lost in the American Ameri-can shipyards." The certificate bears , the signature of Edward N. Hurley, chairman chair-man of the United Stares shipping board, j Within six'y days three huge govern- ; ment shipyards will be completed, and soon thereafter more than 60,000 work- ! men will be required to furnish for them ! the three eiht-hour shifts necessary if! these yards are to turn out. ships ac- ! cording to schedule. The shipping board now has T16 ship ways, ZOZ of which are for wooden vessels ves-sels and 41o for ships of steel construction. construc-tion. They are now being operated under un-der one shift a day, while if sufficient workmen can be obtained they can be operated by three shifts daily every day in the year. The programme of the board calls for the building of eich t times the tonnage of at a cost of more than one bil lion dollars. The board has the necessary neces-sary yards, material and money, but is lacking only in the men to man the yards. Under the present enrollment emphasis is placed on the fact that i he government govern-ment is not seeking to put men immediately imme-diately to work in the shipyards, but is merely enrolling for a reserve. As the building of ships progresses the need of more men will develop and news types of men will be needed to carry on the later stages of the work. Will Be Reserves. In order to avoid needless confusion in I he shipyards and unnecessary ha rdshin to t orkingmen, those who "enroll are urged to stii-k to their present jobs until un-til the department oi" labor tells them that a place for greater service is open elsewhere. else-where. Py enrolling a largo number of skilled men in tiie public service reserve the department de-partment v ill be able to stabilize the labor la-bor supply. As a gauge of the future needs, the local employment bureau is advisod that there were approximately 50,000 men employed in the shipyards of the country six months ago. while there are now a bout Hr-.'t. A volunteer army of 2:0,000 hold in reserve, each man ready lo put his whole hei rt in: o the work when ca lied. 1 will uive assurance that the situation ot '. the. future will be met. Demands of the old yards will bo satisfied and all the men 'necessary to operate new yards wih three shifts of men. All classes of skilled labor arc needed for t.e reserve. in chiding acetylene welders, asbestos workers, anglesmiths, drop forge men, flange turners, boiler -ma kers. riveters, ship carpenters, ehip-pors ehip-pors and ealhers. electrical workers, crane opera tors. foundry workers-, liftsnvn. template workers, machinists and helper, painters, plumbers a nd pipefitters, site---', rectal workers and coppersmiths, ship inters, in-ters, structural iron workers. erectors. lxlters-up. cementers and other classes of skilled workers. Unskilled workers and laborers are not in demand and are said to be the bane of the shipyards-. |