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Show CALUEES LOYAL to mum Men Conform to War Time Needs, and Do Their Best in Shipyards. SPEEDING UP WORK Men Drawing $7.40 for Eight-hour Eight-hour Day and Time and a Half Overtime. HELENA, Mont., March 11. A statement published here today, G. Y. Harry', federal commissioner of conciliation, con-ciliation, said he expected no trouble from caulkers employed at wooden shipyards in tho Pujget Sound and Columbia Co-lumbia river districts. "The caulkers, while they are patriotic pat-riotic as any other class of workors, are jealous against a considerable increase in-crease in their numbers," Mr. Harry' said. "Notwithstanding this when tho wartime needs of tho government were made, plain to them, they waived their objection to apprentices and now there is one of these to ovory caulker. They waived also the question of common labor for the work now done as horsing hors-ing that is work on platforms, laying out material and tho like. "The result is," said Mr. Harry, "that tho work has been fully speeded speed-ed up in the coast yards and the wages and conditions satisfactory. Caulkers are drawing $7.40 for an eight-hour day and time and a half for overtime and many of the men avail themselves I of tho overtime, to their own benefit ! financially, and to tho government's in ' connection with its war work." Speaking for the shipwrights and caulkers, a union representative gave out a statement in Seattle last night that no fears need .be entertained of any shortage of caulkers. To prove : their loyalty, it was stated they would I put apprentices at work as caulkers. I rr , |