Word: war
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...English and American ship-yards by three to one. New ships in vastly increased quantities must be had if this year is to see the tide turn. Yet the unpatriotic action of a large part of our workers at the present time threatens this all-important artery of our war machine. Whether walkouts have been inspired by enemy propaganda or are the result of petty unionist leaders' activity, they offer a serious indictment against labor...
...time that issues be squarely faced. Mere resolutions of loyalty cannot conceal the selfish interest of the war-workers' strike. In dealing with this problem the Government cannot afford to pussy-foot. Complete control of our ship-yards may be the answer. It may even be necessary to utilize the draft to secure a full working force for each war industry. Men in Uncle Sam's khaki drawing $30 a month may find military discipline sufficient incentive to keep...
Shipbuilders engaged in industry essential to the war's prosecution must learn that laying down their work to bleed the Government for their own selfish benefit is little short of treason. No punishment is too severe for such men. If they cannot freely put forth their best, they may be met by a stern curtailment of their liberty. This much is certain, the time for barter with unionism has long passed...
...eighth war lecture of the series being given this year under the auspices of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will take place in the New Lecture Hall on Wednesday, February 20, at 8 o'clock, when Colonel Sir Walter Roper Lawrence, C. B., G. C. I. E., K. C. I. E., C. I. E., will speak on the war. The lecturer, who is a British statesman and soldier, has recently talked before the members of the Harvard Club of New York City and will repeat his lecture at the Harvard Club of Boston on February...
...Walter Lawrence has been, since 1914, colonel and assistant adjutant-general in the British Army. He was commissioner for Lord Kitchener in France from the beginning of the war until the latter's death, when he became Lora Curzon's representative in France in connection with the business of the air service. Since the end of 1916 he has represented the War Office in the treatment and training of disabled soldiers, and is now Liaison Officer between the War Office and the Ministry of Pensions, a post which he has held since...