Show I I R RT T ln A i les Ies Informs tons ions ons Wage Demand ft II 11 Not Be Met andI and W I Ws W's I as s May Be ie Liose Closed IBy I By Dy Associated Press I HINGTON Jan 30 It It I will be the policy of the I ment in shipyard strikes the he job stand Charles general of the I ri Fleet leet corporation said to- to preferred particularly to thet the t S Seattle attIe where he sal saleen said saido o d been een out for a a. week and an ls o w where er he l said id J U t ted d workers in i two tr trades des 10 fid go out shortly and tie 1 work in the district iz a lared red most of ot the yards ards a spell that he did J fhe the he government would conJ con- con J furnish work at extremely EPS s unless increased skill and justified it it and that in his i. i s highly unwise fot ship ship- fliers rs in their own interests jes fes at existing scales BREATHING SPELL the yards needs a breath- breath I. I j said Mr lr and aniT an anto n 1 iT J to go over their joa a view to eliminating pro- pro actors which have tended tom to m costs How greatly the costs Increased en-Increased is shown by thet the t one Pacific coast yard ard to o s some me extent ot of the general 1 ij rages now give each work- work in the same time ii have been given 1 e gli Iago ago while in the same 11 average output of ot work W 1 is only 70 per cent of ot vas vas' acar ago UNREASONABLE REASONABLE tIg g this decreased efficiency Increased i wage the result 11 t make ship construction n Irely unreasonable Some Somei i for ships have been already Ib ti the government In my present present temper of ot congress latitude toward ship ce cel celt it highly unwise for ship ship- kers In their own interests tikes strikes against existing wage vage 1 l SITUATION e eattle where the men have bave OC week weel the demand is for our ourS our pay as minimum for all the yards skilled semi- semi 1 I r do not think will continue to fur- fur rk at extremely high wages K i s s Justified by the increased Jie o and the Increased per per perman man nan that high wages g. g |