August Index for the Official U. S. Bulletin in This Issue U. S. TROOPS HAVE CUT OFF ST. MIHIEL SALIENT and .CAPTURED 13,000
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August Index for the Official U. S. Bulletin in This Issue PUBLISHED DAZLY under order of THE PRESIDENT of THE UNITED STATES by COMMITTEE on PUBLIC INFORMATION GEORGE CREEL, Chairman * * * COMPLETE Record of U. S. GOVERNMENT Activities VOL. 2 WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1918, No. 412 U.S. TROOPS HAVE CUT OFF President Warns Bridgeport Strikers ST. MIHIEL SALIENT AND They Must Return to Work at Once .CAPTURED 13,000 GERMANS Or Be Barred From War Industries GEN. MARCH ANNOUNCES SENDS LETTER TO UNION MEN IN HIGH SPIRITS COTTON INDUSTRY STATEMENT AUTHORIZED BY THE PRESIDENT Machinists Told They Will Also Lose Chief of Staff Tells How Any Draft Exemption Privileges Pershing's Men in* Two Plan to Secure the Stabilization They Hold on Account of Being of Prices and Distribution Essential Workers-Statement on Days Have Regained Ter- Is Outlined. ritory Held by Enemy for the Taking Over By U. S. of the Four Years-Declares To avoid misinterpretation of the Smith and Wesson Plant. statements made concerifg the stabiliza- America Will Go Through tion of the cotton industry, the President The President authorizes publication the following: of the following letter to District Lodge With It. authorizes No. 55, International Association of The demand for high-grade cotton Machinists, and other striking workmen Press interview by General March, which is out of proportion to the avail- of Bridgeport, Conn.: September 14, 1918. able supply, and the fact that the Gov- THE WHITE HOUSE, GENTLEMEN: the last Last saturday, ermnent, through early agreements with Washington, September 13, 1918. time I spoke to you, the position of the the Allies, must act as a common buyer Gentlemen: various armies along the front was I Elm in receipt of your resolutions of pointed out; and since that time the for Allied purchases, make it necessary September 6 announcing that you have British and French have continued their to secure some basis of distribution of begun a strike against your employers in advance on the 40-mile front between all grades of cotton. Based on the stand- Bridgepott, Conn. You are members of Havrincourt Wood and St. Gobain High- ard grades established by the Department the Bridgeport branches of the Interna- lands until they are now nowhere more tional Union of Machinists. As such, than 5 miles from the Hindenburg line. of Agriculture, an effort will be made to and with the approval of the national Progress has become slower, owing to provide a way by which the low-grade officers of your union, you signed an increasingly heavy artillery fire by the cotton will be brought to sale and use agreement to submit the questions as to enemy from his line of defense, generally along with the high-grade cotton at jea- the terms of your employment to the the old Hindenb-lrg line. In Flanders, National War Labor Board, and to abide the Belgians have taken over 6 miles sonable and just prices. the award, which in accordance with the of front, whlh until recently were held Protection to All Parties. rules of procedure approved by nie, by British troops, and have advanced might be made. their line somewhat, near Dixmude, It is believed that by this course both The members of the board were not northeast of Ypres. The British on the producer and consumer will be better able to reach a unanimous conclusion on Thursday and Friday Improved theit po- protected than by continuation of the all the issues presented, and as provided sition along Le Basse Canal, 6 miles in its constitution, the questions upon north of Lens. present chaotic conditions of the market. which they did not agree were carried The American Offensive. The plan Is to create, subject to the before an arbitrator, the unanimous choice of the members of the board: The American movement at St. Mihiel 'approval of the President, a cotton com- mittee to devise methods for (a) broad- The arbitrator thus chosen has made is, of course, freshest in your mind. The an award which more than 90 per cent of pld St. Miiel salient was the first one ening the channels of distribution and use the workers affected accept. You who that was established along the western of the great stock of low grades now constitute less than 10 per cent refuse front in September, 1914, and is the last practically to abide the award, although you are the one lo go; the narrowest and most an- unmarketable, (b) eliminat- ing speculation and hoarding, and (c) best paid of the whole body of workers gular of all salients, projecting 12 miles affected, and are, therefore, least entitled into the French line and having import- apportioning the foreign orders. to press a further increase of wages be- ant military bearing because it is across May Recommend 'air Price. cause of the high cost of living. But, the railway of the Meuse Valley, cutting whatever the merits of the issue, it is of Verdun from Commercy and Toul and It may be part of this committee's duty closed by the award. Your strike against leaving only one supply line, the one to recommend basic prices on cotton. If, it Is a breach of faith calculated to re- that goes out to the west toward Rheims. after investigation, it is found necessary, flect on the sincerity of national organ- This salient was cut off by the American a fair price will be fixed. ized labor in proclaiming its acceptance army in less than two days, parts of During this investigation and in order to of the principles and machinery of the Thursday and Friday, by quick, sharp avoid stagnation, a separate committee of National War Labor Board. blows on both flanks. On the south flank three is being set up with authority to If such disregard of the solemn ad- our troops advanced along a 10-mile buy cotton for the use of the United judication of a tribunal to which both front between Xivray and Fey en Hays, States Government and the allies, at parties submitted their claims be tem- (Continued on page 6.) prices to be approved by the President porized with, agreements become mere A, 2 TIMB OFFICIAL 1'. S. BLLETIN: SATURDAY, SEPTEMlER 14, 1918. scraps of paper. If errors creep into tary induction of any. such person shall awards, the proper remedy Is submission RULES FOR REGISTRATION be suspended until and including Octo- to the award with an application for re- ber 12, 1918. bearing to the tribunal. But to strike OF BRITSH SUBJECTS AND " The registration cards of all British against the award is disloyalty and dis- subjects, including Canadians, between honor. 20 and 44 years of age, both inclusive, at The Smith & Wesson Company, of CANADIANS LIVING INU. S. the time of registration, who register Springfield, Mass., engaged in Govern- after September 12, 1918, in pursuance of Inent work, has refused to accept the me- ORDERS SENT BOARDS the President's proclamation of August diation of the National War Labor Board 81, 1918, shall be placed in a separate file and has flaunted its rules of decision ap- as received and the involuntary induc- roved by Presidential proclamation. Terms of Treaty to Be Fol- tion of any such perspn shall be sus- With my consent the War Department lowed in Permitting Cer- pended in accordance with article two has taken over the plant and business of of said treaties for the period of 30 daes the company to secure continuity in pro- tain Registrants to Join after the respective dates of registration. duction and to prevent industrial dis- Mailnk of Questionnaires. turbance. Military Service of Their It is of the highest importance to se- "When instructions are given -o mail cure compliance with reasonable rules Own Co u n t r y-Allowed questiennaires, no questionnalres shall and procedure for the settlement of in- Until Oct. 12 to Make be mailed to British subjects, including dustrial disputes. Having exercised a Canadians, whose involuntary induction drastic remedy with recalcitrant employ- Choice-Men 20 to 44 In- is suspended as above directed until the ers, it is my duty to use means equally expiration of the time within which any well adapted to the end with lawless and cluded. such person may be involuntarily in- faithless employes. ducted into military service. Therefore, I desire that you return to The War Department authorizes the " British subjects, including Canadians, work and abide by the award. If you following from the office of the Provost who were 18 or 19, or were 45 years of refuso, each of you will be barred from Marshal General: age on September 12, 1918, or at the time employment in any war Industry in the Subjects of Great Britain, including of registration, if they register after community in which the strike occurs for Canadians, between the ages of 20 and September 12, 1918, are not covered by a period of one year. During that time 44, both Inclusive, who registered Sep- the terms of the treaties between the the United States Employment Service tember 12, will be given until October 12, United States and Great Britain and will decline to obtain employment for you 1918, to join the military forces of Great Canada. In any war industry elsewhere in the Britain under the terms of the recipro- " Such persons can only be involunta- United States, as well as under the War cal treaties between the United States rily inducted into the military service of and Navy Departments, the Shipping and\Great Britain and Canada. the United States, provided they are Board, the Railroad Administration, and Telegram of Instructions.