New Britain herald., 1917-07-24
 Former Retires Voluntarily and Latter Is Asked By President Wilson to Re- linquish His Office.
WHITE ADVISED
 ALL TO RESIGN

a. Succeed Denman and Washington L.
 Capps, Chief Constructor of Navy,
 Will Replace Goethals-
 Colby on Board.
 Washington, July 24.-President Wilson today asked Chairman Den man of the shipping board to resign and accepted the resignation o1 Major General Goethals as general manager of the emergency fleet cor poration.
 Edward N. Hurley a Chicago busi- ness man and former chairman o1 the federal trade commission, will be- come chairman of the shipping board. Washington l.. Capps, chief construc' .tor of the navy will succeed General Goethals. Bainbridge Colby of New shipping board in place of Captain John B. White, whose resignation the president accepted today.
 President Wilson today accepted the resignation of Captain White from the shipping board.
 After his resignation had been &C., eepted Captain White said he advised a9l the other members of the board to resign and give the president a free hand for reorganization.
 Chairman Dennan. received the presidents request for his resignation at noon and rendered it immediately.
 II want to help the president in every possible way he said, "and never have questioned the wisdom ,of -his decisions" ,,..,.
 The presidents action came as a surprise. >-..
 Letter to Denman.
 "The presidents letter to MT. Den- man follows:
 T hope and believe that I am in terpreting your best judgment as we'll as my own when say that our, duty concerning the debate and misunder- Standings that have arisen in con- nection with the shipbuilding pro- gram ought to be settled without re- gard to our personal preferences or our personal feelings altogether, and with the single purpose of doing what will be best to serve the public in- terest.
 No decision we can now arrive at could eliminate the elements of con- .roversy that have crept into almost every question connected with the program; and I am convinced that the only wise course is to begin afresh mot upon the program for that is already in large part in process of execution, but upon further execu- ton of it.
 II have found both you and Gen eral Goethals ready to serve the pub S4c at personal sacrifice. Realizing that the only manner in the way which can be completely cleared for harmonious and effective action is to carry our shipbuilding plans forward from this point through new agencies, General Goethals has put his resigna ton in my hands, and l have ac- cepted it in the same spirit in which it was tendered-not as deciding between two men whom I respect and admire, but in order to make inWdious de- cisions unnecessary and let the work be developed without further discus sion of what is past.
 "I am taking the liberty of writing tu tell you this in the confidence that , YOU will be glad to take the same Ntsinterested and self-forgetting course that General Goethals has taken. When you have done as he I am sure you may count with utmost confidence upon ultimate verdict of the people of the country with regard to your magnanimous and unselfish view of public duty and upon winning in the retrospect the same admiration and confidence that I have learned to feel for you.
 With much regard and very great appreciation of the large services you have rendered.
 Cordially and sincerely yours,
 
 Letter to Goethals.
 President Wilson's letter to Gen. era1 Goethals follows:
 Your letter of July 20 does you great honor. (this was the generals letter of resignation) It is conceived in fine spirit of public duty such as l have learned to expect from you. This is, as you say, a case where the service of the public is the only thing to be considered. Personal feelings and personal preferences must be resolutely set aside, and we must do fine thing that is most serviceable It Is with that thought in my mind that l feel constrained to say that I think you have interpreted your duty right iy.
 NO impartial determinat tiOn of the questions at issue can set the ship building program promptly and eff fectively on it's way to completion or S.. success. IL is best that we take the self-forgetting course you suggest and Segin again at fresh sheet of paper begin, not the shipbuilding, but the further administration of the pro- Tram. This shipbuilding is happily
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