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Show STRIKERS 60 BACK TO WORK IN SHIPYARDS Washington, Feb. 18. President Wilson's Intervention has terminated the eastern shipyards strikes. He-ports He-ports tonight to the shipping board from union heads In all districts In which carpenters nre out said that tthe strikers would bo back to work by noon tomorrow. A. L. Hutcheson, president of tho Brotherhood ot Carpenters and Joiners Join-ers Is expected here to take up the situation with government officials. Although heretofore Hutcheson ha 1 declined to leavo to the shipbuilding labor adjustment board a settlement of tho 'carpenters demands, official: believe that after President Wilson's message of last night ho at least will be willing to renew relntlons with the board. The carpenters brotherhood, It was brought out tonight, was made a party to the creation of tho 'adjustment 'adjust-ment board by tho signature ot its vice president, but Hutcheson over-luled over-luled his subordinate's nctlon. This fact, according to V. Everlt Macy, chairman of the adjustment board, is causing tho present trouble at Seattle, where carrpenters aro trying to enforce a closed shop. All carpenters carpen-ters In the western yards agreed to the Pacific coast wage award, Mr. Macy said until they learned recent ly that Hutcheson hml repudiated It. William Dlnckman, director of la- k bor for tho emergency fleet corpora.- H tlon, Issued ri statement tonight dft- during that shipyard strikes threat- cned the II fo of organized tabor, ia 1 that a further shortage of hlilp.i will force the closing of plajits 'producing 'H "It Is only through shipyard Is- bor," he said, "that relief to labor H throughout the country can coim Therefore, uncalled for strikes wK Kt only threaten the safety of our ar- .ji, . ta sbbbbbbbbbI mles In France, but the very hears. fy'Z &?LLL1 of labor Itself through the reduction " H in employment which Is faced by H millions of men not engaged dlrccttjr H In shipyard work." H |