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Show INDUSTRIAL FORCES j WILL BEJHH0I1ED. Artisans Will Be Recorded So as to Be Available for Volunteer Work. Special to The Tribune. -WASHINGTON', Jan. 4. It was 1 learned today at the department of la- bor that the international trades unious have decided to give complete co-operation to the movement to enroll the industrial forces of the nation iu the United States public service reserve. All trades union men in the northwest are now receiving a call from the re- j serve to place their 6kill at the service i of the country if they have cot already i entered upon some form of war work, i Twenty thousand artisans are wanted for the Puget sound shipyards, and a minimum of 125,000 more for yards in other sections of the country. Enrollment Enroll-ment in the United States public serv- 1 ice reserve does not bind any man, but gives the government a complete record of his abilities so that he can be obtained ob-tained to fill an important job if he is satisfied with the wages and conditions. condi-tions. "We appreciate highly the way the labor unions have caught the spirit of the United States public service reserve," re-serve," said William E. Hall, national director, today. "Everywhere they are supporting the movement to enroll the industrial power of the nation in the reserve, where it may be drawn upon as needed by the National war programme. pro-gramme. The fact that only voluntary service is intended, with good wages, has appealed broadly to the American workingraan. "The situation requires co-operation," continued Mr. Hall. "Neither organized labor nor unorganized labor, nor anything short of. harmonious action ac-tion by the nation as a whole, can meet the need. Patriotism is confined to no class. The nation must have the complete com-plete working support of both the union and the nonunion man to bo able to successfully suc-cessfully fill the tremendous demands of this' war. The supreme immediate need is for men who can fit into ship-work, ship-work, where the opportunity for patriotic patri-otic service, at good pay, is immeasurable." immeas-urable." Local enrollment agents have been appointed in most of the districts of the northwestern states, and others are being selected as fast as the organizing machinery of the public service reserve and the department of labor can handle the matter. An intensive campaign for enrollment will be conducted during the current month. |