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Show STRONG APPEAL JS MADE FOR ECONOMY Washington. March 17. The Davy department has made a strong appeal to other brancht - of the government service which make use of vessels to utilize the naal dry docks and navy yards in repair work U is pointed out that the fluctuation In the amount and continuity of purely pure-ly naval work In such yards and docking dock-ing stations is greater than should exist with due regard to economy, yet ihehe facilities should be kept in condition for instant service in case of emergency. Further. It Is argued that the difference in cost of repairs re-pairs la favor of private bhip yards. I due to the difference In length of hours constituting B day s work, is gradually disappearing and In the near future private ship yards must come to the government s eight hour basis ba-sis Work at the navy yards for government govern-ment ships is done at actual cost and there are now in the yards 13 vessels ves-sels under repair belonging to other departments, while half a dozen new craft are being constructed. |