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I PA(a< * I .^rs ^_^^=;55252522^SBK!S^3BI^^^B^^P M_ ^ ^^ tfHBHHBBAiHBi^Ei^SSSI^I^SSaSiSIIHBHH ; The Right Wii * , THE true American wai where he will help wi He wants to fit in. Americ Right Men in the Right J when this comes about can maximum production be obtained to sup^ . i port our armies ar tne front. L?1 0 The needs of all war industries can be anticipated and met by the Government if employers and laborers will avail themselves solely of the nation-wide machinery which is at hand. The length of the War depends directly on our Country's ability to supply all War Industry with the best workers the COiintrv ran nrnrlnrr m J r WW ??V 111 are needed. The U. S. Employment the official bureau of tY Government in charge of bution of labor. The Pn declared that it is the offi< for recruiting and distributin labor for war work. ^ Ut , # K This admtlsein??t prepared for K THE WE8T VIRGINIAN. PAIR 1 " ' 1 ' i ii - ' Men in th ll w;n Tho [>!> V ? fc# I 1 I IV its to work It has ov< n the war. out the natio a needs the Service Resei obs. Only the local po PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT "Indu?tr> plays as essential and honorable a role in this great struggle as do our Mtf IM/I H un of the Deportment of Labor THIS SPACE C0NTR1BI THE ROBIN 4 military armaments. We all recogr'ze the truth of this. but we must aUo see it? neves-arv implications?namely, that industry, ds,ng a vital task for the nation, must receive the support and assistance of the nation." "Therefore. I solemly urge ail employers engaged in u,-r work to refrain after August i-f, 1918, from recruiting unskilled labor in any manner except through this central agency. 1 urge labor to respond as knally as heretofore to any calls issued by this agency for voluntary enlistment in essential industry. And I a-k them both alike to remember that no sacrifice will have been in vain, if we are able to prove bevond all question that the highest and be?t form of efficiency is the pontaneous co-operation of a free people." WOODROW WILSON. oment they duction and cffi ASove all, tl . . engaged in war Service IS Government rec ie Federal man not engagf the distri- ?elf at. t,hckdisg<: 1 1 ing with the ru ;sident has is a tremendous :ial agency worker ranks wi t '?? ? ? ' ig unskilled He will help be, lited ? Stati Emplqjrmtnt Service US.DepWL.Wr W&MftWmS MONT, MONDAY, ZVENING.AUG1 4^ . ^ n < J . jr e Kignt Jc War er 500 branches throughn, and 20,000 I . S. Public -ve enrollment agents. Ask st office or newspaper for nnmp nnd nf ?- v ??i? v? ? ^ v> c; c ' i w i w nearest representative, or write to the U- S. Employment Service, Washington, D. C. Those employers in war work who seek to get labor through their own or private recruiting agencies are interfering with the Government's machinery and preferring their interests to i ft ^ ? tuose of the nation. Unly through strict com pliance with the Government's program can the constant, restless shifting of labor from one war job to another, with the consequent diminution in prociency, be prevented be Government urges every man work (?o stick to his job until the ommends that he change. Any ?d in war work should put him>sal of the nation by registeriblic Service Reserve. This ily important duty I The war * th the fighter in the trenches. ? it the Hun. _ Jtmrmm rv iUcnm (^- ^^&w| by th JTED FOR THE WINNING OF THE W ISON COAL COMI MaaM?^*?a>*<laailHMHlaaaaMlaMaala*alM** 0 ' ' UST19,1918. ' I 7 |p IjlM j e Division of Advertising Committal on Public Information >. I V 0