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Show ! URGES DEFEAT 1 1 - 1 "Replying to The Telegram's request for a statement aa to the labor situation situa-tion with regard to ths improvement program which It la proposed to finance with municipal bonds on which ths ' taxpayers will pass tomorrow, permit me to stats that at present I am doing considerable municipal improvement work. At no time during the press.-it ; season have I been hampered ny a ' shortage of labor. To the- contrary, many men who have applied fur work have been turned away. This -onill- " tlon, however, haa especially prevtilej during the past several weeks of In- ' clement weather, during which time It' has been Impossible to proceed with certain branches of my work, but I feel ' safe in slating that had conditions been favorable to driving ahead with a full force on all the work I have under way. I would have had o difficulty in securing plenty of help. "II may he well for me to state also that I do not anticipate any difficulty along these lines. There are a greet, many men past military age who rather depend upon this class of work for the support of their families. " These men are generally unskilled In fartory work, mining, farming, carpenter work, plumbing and such other lines of work as would tend to promote and assist war activities. J. W. MKLLKN. I "Contractor." |