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Show Hb ! i The Delays In m :"- Shipbuilding H ' t The obstacles encountered by our Hp "s shipbuilding program seem without Hf L?' limit and have about exhausted Am H ; "' crlcan patience. First the program Hf , "' was delayed by the row over the H ):' type of ships to be constructed and l ' K other differences. Now it is the ln- Hff f cessant friction between capital and Hlj ',''' labor. The companies say many of ijr A the laborers are slacking and soldter- I .- f' . Ing on the Job and that the mora ?; I r they are paid, the less work they do. ! (h The workmen say that some of the V ' companies are using' the emergency ft to make a lot of money for them- y selTos. -i: Our war work can proceed only f$; '' ao fast as our ships are built." The ilR. more the 'ships are- delayed, the Vyifc ' f longer the war will be, the more will sVB" -,.'&. be the, loss of life i among our sol- nmttgx -'- i -fjn, 1. -- rft diers, and. the heayler will be the gHKv burden of debt we hare to take on. F Everyone on the shipping Job should HffirJ Tealiie this thoroughly. 1'. K - ' .This is no time fpr either capltal- if Ists or work pcoplo to uso emergency emergen-cy to secure gains they could not get in pcaco times. In so far" ns any of them do seek to take unfair advantage, ad-vantage, they will incur the enmity ot the entire American people. Tho" government should promote an ex; tensive campaign of patriotic education educa-tion In all the shipbuilding centers. It should send to these localities some of Its best speakers and plenty plen-ty of patriotic motion pictures. ' . The shipbuilders- should 6e hefpgd to see what a terrible thing the German menace. Is, They should be shown how the German government Is the most brutal the world has ever seen, that It has trampled on all laws and agreements, and that nothing In tho world Is safo If It should win the war. If there Is a slacker spirit among tho shipbuilders, It will bo much more effective to appeal In this way to their reason, than to try to drive them. Let them see that their Interests In-terests demand tho speedy construction construc-tion of those ships, and things will begin to hum In the shipyards. |