New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-30

the new appointments will give him
and that there is no friction in conse-
Quence Of the reorganization. The
Emergency Fleet Corporation Is simply
being adapted 10 the tremendous task
before It. There is plenty Of brain IN
America for the task, and 1t Is gong
TO be used. IL Is understood that
Messrs. Heyworth and Piez are MI
Hurley's personal selections.
Page Made Trustee
Charles r. Page, the newest memoe.
of the Shipping Board. has been eieStcu
a trustee of the Emergency Fleet ,Ur-
poration, vice +. A. Eustis, one OF .ne
boards special experts, thus mah,hs
every member of the board trustee
of the corporation, the two other Vtus.
tees being Admiral Capps ana 'ap'a'"
Barthold
.The reorganization Of the Fleet Cor
noration has not been completed.
A. the meeting of the Southern ium..
bermen. Chairman Hurley "sweetened
them nm" by announcing an increased
nrice for the "big sticks" which are SO
hard 10 find and so difficult to get out
of the woods. and some modification IN
srecidcations. The meeting discussed
various phases Of the wooden ship en-
terprise as il relates to close ooopera-
ton between lumbermen and builders.
Chairman Hurley thinks the builders
are as much at fault as the lumoermen
in the matter of the material that is
needed first being delivered last
II was explained that as most OF the
lumbermen never built ships before,
they did not lay their plans TO nj the
limitations of the sawmills. mus,
ward that had q contract Tor tWeIye
ships would start 10 lay tweVe keeis
simultaneously, instead OF, say, staItiHs
with four ships and getting quick! III
position 10 use the smaller dimehsIyi,
material, which the mills can supp!
much more rapidly than the iAiee
pieces. ol,o snecial
effort to rush their shlpmehts :" 80
units, so that when work pesins " fo~
en'r n need not stop az any stage Iol
iant Of material. The lumbermen re-
20 that thev have a special response
d b;iitv for the wooden ships and' per
bans have hopes that If they render
IRE Efficient cooperation there ma!
nnssiblv be some extension Oh the
wooden ship programme. when tne
board regards as definitively lald down.
Tbe lumbermen, on their part resis
.arod some vigorous objections TO .he
manner in which the Fleet CorpolHt1o..
has retarded their work by 1requeH'
changes in schedules.
All Eager to Help
As the conference was held on 'he
initiative of the lumbermen, IL may NC
taken as an indication OF their ease
ness to do everything WITHIN theIf
mower TO rush the construction OF
wooden ships. In order to hasten ue
livery of materials II was agreed 'ha'
hereafter the Southern Pine hneI-
gency Bureau, which IS the luihoti
mems voluntary contribution 10 the
task of acceerating wooden snip con
struction, will be permitted 10 disIrlp-
ute parts Of a ship schedule among
heretofore the board has insisted
nat an entire schedule must be nan
died by one mill, which has resulted IN
delay, as it was not possible IN GOING
so to utilize small mills. Inc EmeI-
gency Bureau welcomes the com
Wandering order, as II VIII be cruz
that it can use TO stir up the letharglc
or indifferent mill owners who nave
confessedly not been doing 'heir
Bit"
Among the lumber manufacturers IN
attendance at the meeting were: W H.
Sullivan. chairman of the Southern
PINE Emergency Bureau, vice-pree sl-
dent of the Great Southern Lumber
Company. Bogalusa, Ga; F. ". Ste
vens, vice-chairman of the Emergo ney
Bureau and general manager Of the
Bagdad Land and Lumber Company,
Pensacola, Fla; Charles $. Keith. pres
dent of the Southern Pine Associa-
ton and president Of the Central Coal
ard Coke Company Of Kansas City,
No; John II. Kirby president Of the
Kirby Lumber Company, Houston,
Tex. and vice-president Of the South
ern Pine Association; p s. Gardiner.
vice-president Of the Southern Pine
Association and vice-p president Of East
man. Gardiner & Co.. Laurel, Miss;
Is. NJ. Nelson, Of the Long Bell Lum-
Der Company. Kansas City; George K.
Hicks. Of the Bowman Hicks Lumber
Company, Kansas City, and j. Z.
Rhodes, of New Orleans, secretary and
manager of the Southern Pine Associ-
alton.
Following this wooden ship speed
NJ" meeting the builders Of steel
ehips will come to Washington
Wednesday to lay their troubles be-
fore tho hoard and get their ginger