Show GREAT DRIVE FOR I SHIPYARD HELP Call for Volunteers to Aid in Speeding the New Merchant Fleet TO BE READY WHEN CALLED Reserve Organization Fa Formed to Corn Com piete Gigantic Program to Win War War Good Good Pay and Living g Conditions The Tye United States Shipyard V Volunteers Volun of or the Public Service Reserve u a reserve organization of ot American mechanIcs mechanics mechanics me me- skilled workers In tn many lines of at trade has been formed to bring to completion the gigantic shipbuilding program necessary to win the war Two hundred and fifty thousand workmen workmen workmen work work- men are to be enrolled and they will stand ready when called to go to the shipyards and speed Americas America's merchant merchant merchant mer mer- chant fi fleet et to completion An appeal for volunteers has been neen made by the department of labor the council of national defense the shipping board the minute four-minute men g governors of ot th the various states organized labor end and business men The aim is to fill all the present and future needs of the governments government's shipyards Pay of volunteers will be In accordance accordance accord accord- ance with the prevailing wage In the shipyards at the time they are called Construction of ot houses for the workers Is being pushed with energy and the necessary homes will be ready rendy when the men are called caked Preliminaries Are Arranged All preliminary work such as ns the building of or shipyards and construction of housing facilities preparation and transportation of ot material material ma mn- and the training of at workmen Is being rushed to completion Thus the organization of at the shipyard volunteers Is being hastened with energy and en en- Volunteers are requested to go so to the nearest enrollment agent of the public service reserve or state council of ot defense defense de de- tense and sign up Should there be no enrolling agent In the vicinity they are asked to write to Edward N. N Hurley Hurley Hurley Hur Hur- ley chairman of ot the United States shipping board Washington Cards are issued to all applicants bearing statements of ot the purpose of ot the shipyard volunteers classifying them according to trades and asking signers to respond when called Buttons Buttons But But- tons will be given to volunteers bearing bearIng bear- bear Ing the inscription U S. S Shipyard Volunteers This button Is to be an honorary recognition of ot the wearers wearer's willingness to sacrifice personal desires for tor public need In addition the worker will receive a certificate signed by hy Chairman Hurley which reads This is to certify name of at volunteer volunteer vol yol- vol- vol of ot city state has enrolled In the United States Shipyard Volunteers of ot Public Pub Pub- lic Ile Service Reserve to aid the nation In Its Imperative needs for merchant ships with which to overcome the submarine menace and maintain our forces at the front Quota of Each State Each state has hns been assigned a n quota based upon the population and Industries The quota Is as follows Maine 2972 2912 New Naw New Hamp 1693 1698 Pennsylvania Vermont 1390 Ohio Indiana Rhode Island 2355 Illinois Michigan New York 33 26 6 Wisconsin Minnesota Alabama Iowa Mississippi 60 Missouri Arkansas North Dakota 2534 2584 Louisiana South Dakota 2393 Oklahoma Nebraska Texas Kansas l Montana 1583 Delaware Idaho 1621 Maryland Wyoming DISt of ot Col Cob 1390 Colorado Virginia New Mexico 1428 West Nest Virginia Arizona ESS f N N. Carolina Utah v 1660 S. S Carolina Nevada H. H Washington FlorIda Ore Oregon on Kentucky California Tennessee Trades Needed in Shipbuilding The department of t labor laboe has provided provid- provid ed pd the following list showing the kind of f trades most needed In shipbuilding and a special appeal Is addressed to tomen tomen tomen men In those occupations to enroll Inthe in inthe the United States S Shipyard volunteers volunteers volunteers volun volun- Acetylene and electrical welders asbestos asbestos as as- workers blacksmiths angle- angle smiths forge drop-forge men flange turners furnace men boilermakers riveters reamers carpenters ship carpenters dock doel builders chIppers and electrical workers electricians wire wire- men crane operators foundry workers workers work work- ers laborers all an kinds template makers machinists and Ion machine chIne hands all sorts helpers helpers help help- ers painters plumbers and pipe fitters sheet metal workers coppersmiths copper coppersmiths smiths structural Iron Ironworkers workers erectors erector holters up cement cementers ers and crane m men n. n |