Liberty for America Through Shared Labor Duty
A World War era appeal urges every worker to maximize productive time in factories to support troops abroad. President’s statement calls for employers to hire only through the central agency after August 1 1918 and for labor to volunteer for essential industry. It emphasizes efficiency through voluntary cooperation and total commitment at every working minute.
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Workingmen of America Promises to Speed War Labor
The text urges workers to support essential war production by recruiting from less critical jobs through the U S Public Service Reserve and labor clearing houses. It emphasizes using government help to reassign 250,000 skilled and unskilled workers monthly to maintain top speed in essential war work.
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Washington
Seattle Leaders Rally War Effort With Broad Business Support
A roster of Seattle businessmen and firms pledges support for national defense. Leaders from insurance, banking, manufacturing, groceries, real estate, autos, ships, and utilities unite to back wartime mobilization and contribute resources through organized drives and associations. They include Northern Life, Northwestern Mutual, National Bank of Commerce, American Savings, Boeing, Pacific Car, Frederick & Nelson, The Bon Marche, and many regional firms.
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Henry Suzzalio
H. C. Henry
A. W. Leonard
C. J. Smith
F. K. Struve
M. F. Backus
Jd. D. Hoge
E. C. Hughes August Mehlhorn, Jr
T. S. Lippy
Elbridge
A. Stuart
D. Lowman
H. Cobb
Chas. A. Kinnear
Frank B. Cooper
Reginald Parsons
Robert P. Oldham
Frank Waterhouse
Ole Hanson
William Pigott Moritz Thomson
John Murphy
A. Keenan
Jas. Q. Clemmer Jotn
T. Casey Lee H. Wakefield
F. J. Martin
Joshua Green
Insurance Companies
Northern Life Insurance Co
Northwestern Mutual Fire Asia
Northwest Trust & Savings Bank National Bank of Commerce
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Boldt’s Restaurant & Bakery Co
Western Smelting & Power Co
Great Western Smelting & Refining Co
Dairy and Milk Products Companies
Carnation Milk Products Company
Pure Milk Dairy A. Kristoferson, Inc
Standard Furniture Co
the Rhodes Co
Frederick & Nelson
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Bon Marche
Frasee-Paterson Co
M. A. Gottatein Co
MacDougall-Southwick Co
the Grote Rankin Co
Nut House
Kilbourne-Clarke Co
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co
Black Manufacturing Co
Crescent Manufacturing Co
Lang Manufacturing
C. Hendricks Manufacturing Co
C. C. Belknap Glass Ca
Boeing Airplane Co
Centennial Mill Co
Remis Bros. Bag Co
Rothweiler & Co
Pacific Creosoting Co
Metropolitan Building Co
Lee H. Wakefield Co
Barton & Co
Kelley-Clarke Company
Columbia Salmon Co
Carlisle Packing Co
Lindenberger Packing Co
Hofius Steel & Equipment Co
Heffernan Engine Works
Commercial Boiler Works
Seattle Machine Works
Westerman Iron Works
Marine Pipe and Machine Works
A. H. Cox Co. Whiton Hardware Coe
Perine Machine Co
Crane Co
Pacific Coast Steel Co
Stetson-Real Machine Works
Pacific Car & Foundry
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Elliott Bay Shipbuilding Co
Olympic Foundry
John Davis & Co
G. Kinnear Co
Portland Cement Association
Automobile Companies
Eldridge Buick Co
Overland Pacific, Inc
Frank Waterhouse & Co
Automobile
Geattle Automobile Co
White Automobile Co
Pacific Motors, Inc
Geattle Construction
Rogers Brown Griffin &@ Co
Galbraith, Bacon & Co
Northwestern Zn Exchange
Augustine & Kye Schwabdacher Bros. & Groceteria Stores
Bonney-Watson Co
Railroad, Transportation and Power Companies
Paget Sound Traction, Light and Power Co
Seattle Rainier Valley Railway Co
City Light Dept
Japanese Import and Export
Uies Mitwal & Co
Cones Oriental Co
Choate & Co
Leading Bakery Baking Co
Roslyn Feel Co
Pacific Coast Coal Co
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United Bales Co
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Yokohama Specie Bank
State Bank of Seattle
National City Bank
Seattle National Bank
Union Savings & Trust Co
Scandinavian-American Bank
Dexter Horton National Bank
Seaboard National Bank
First National Bank