Show MINERS ASKED TO SPEED PRODUCTION GRAVE DANGER OF COAL FAMINE CAUSES PRESIDENT TO APPEAL TO WORKERS Men Who Are Arc Drafted May Bc Be Given Deferred Classification But Will WillBe WillBe WillBe Be Expected to Work Ev Every ry Day Dayto to Provide Sufficient Fuel Washington Fearing a coal oal famine again this tills winter President Wilson on August 11 Issued an nn appeal to miners for full speed production The text of the proclamation follows To 10 all those engaged in coal mining min ing lag The existing scarcity of coal is creating a grave danger In fact the most serious which confronts us and antI calls cans for prompt and vl vigorous orous action on the part of both oth operators and und miners milers Without an nn adequate supply our war program will be retarded the effectiveness of our fighting forces In France will be lessened the lives JIves of our sol soldiers will be unnecessarily endanger endangered endangered en en- danger d and their hardships increased increased in In- creased and there will be much suffering suffer suffer- suffering ing in man many homes honnes throughout the country countr during the coming winter I am well am-well aware that your our ranks have nave been seriously depleted depicted by uy the we draft by voluntary enlistment and amI b by bythe bythe the demands of other essential Indus Indus- tries This handicap ron can be be overcome however and sufficient coal can be mined In spite spile of it If everyone connected connected con con- with the Industry from the highest official to the youngest bo boy will give ghe his best work each dl day for forthe forthe the tho full fun number of work hours operators must be he zealous as never before before before be be- fore to bring about the highest em- em clency of management to establish the tho best possible working conditions and anti to accord fair treatment to ever everybody body so that the opportunity to work at his best mu may be accorded every worl workman man The rhe miners should report for work eer every day unless prevented by unavoidable unavoidable un un- un avoidable causes and should not only sta stay in the mines the full time but also see sec to it H that they get out more coal than ever eyer before The other workers worker's work work- workers ers er's In and about the mines should work as regularly and faithfully so that the work worl of the miner ma may not he be retarded in an any wa way This will be especially necessary from this time forward for your our numbers ma may be I further lessened b by the draft which will Induct Into the array army your our fair fall share of those not essential to in indus indus- us try Duty Outlined to Workers Those who are jire me drafted but who o aro essential will be given deferred classi classi- h and aUlI it is their patriotic duty to accept it H. And It is the patriotic duty ut of their friends and neighbors to hold them in high regard for doing so The Tho only worker who deserves the condemnation condemnation con con- of of his community is the theone theone one who fails to give glye his best In this I crisis not the one who accepts deferred de do classification and works worl s regularly regu regu- larl and diligently to Increase the tile coal output A great task is to be performed The operators operator's and aud their staffs alone cannot do It nor can the mine mile workers alone do it but both parties working hand In hand with a grim determination determination tion to rid the country of Its greatest obstacle to winning the war can enn do It With full fulI confidence that I call cnn upon you ou to assume the burden of producing producing pro pro- an ample supply of coal you will wm I am sure sur accept this burden and will successfully carry It through andIn andin and in lu so doing your you ou will twill be performing a service just as worthy as service ser in inthe Inthe inthe the trenches and will win the applause and gratitude of the whole nation WOODROW WILSON The White House August 11 1918 1915 |