Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-03
us TOCONTROL
ALL SHIPYARDS
Will Take Over 100000 Tons
in Philadelphia Dis
trict Alone
BOARD READY TO ACT
WASHINGTON. Aug. 3.

| WASHINGTON. Aug. g.
The Shipping Board Is to begin COM
| Wandering all shipping now under con-
| structlon throughout the country imme-
| diately The board is ready to announce
| a program Of taking over about two million
| tons of shipping now on the ways
The Philadelphia shipping district win
| furnish more than 100000 tons of the
| 1000, 900 commandeered. The New York
Shipbuiding Company, Camden, Will fur
| nish 200, 900; the Sun Shipbuilding Com
pany, $4,000 tons; Cramps, 1000 tons,
and the Harlan and IIollingsworth Com
pany has 5000 tons on the ways.
OTHER YARDS AND TONNAGE
other shipyards to be taken over and the
amount of shipping tonnage on their ways
are:
Newport News Shpbuildng Company
sc, 900 tons; Union Iron Works, San Fran
cisco, 1900 tons Maryland Sh!pbuilding
plant 10000 tons; Baltimore Drydock and
Shipbuilding Company, $4,000 tons Fore
River Shipbuilding Company, 80 900 tons |;
Toledo Shpbuilding Company $4,000 tons (;
Samuel Moore Shipyards, Elizabeth, n. j.,
1880 tons.
Tho Great Lakes Engineering Company,
of Detroit. also may be taken over.
Included among the ships to be taken
over by the Government are English, Nor
weRan and vessels Of other nations
Japan awaits only word from the United
States to swing vast tonnage into the At
lantic to relieve the shipping crisis it was
stated at the Japanese Embassy today.
The question Of returning the ships to
those Governments after they are completed
under Americas supervision is to be left
to the State Department for adjustment
later.
The yards will continue to be operated
by their present owners under Government
direction.
EXPECTED BY JAPAN
Thus far no request for Japanese ships
has been made but Japan expects it will
come and II Is likely she will answer.
Already japanese shipping representatives
in New York have been asked to submit
detailed reports on the extent to which
Japan could respond to a request for ships
in the Atlantic.
'"The answers received thus far are not
particularly encouraging" a high official of
the embassy said today, but ] am sure
we could obvate that difficulty If an Ameri-
can request comes as basis which to
work"
Japan, 1t was stated has been ncreas-
ing her tonnage at the rate of about 3,0OO,-
900 tons a year and II Is admitted has
made enormous sums out Of commerce since
the war began.
President Wilson's embargo on steel IL in
no way a reprisal against Japan for not
putting tonnage into the Atlantic, it was
officially asserted today.
A real shortage of steel caused the en-
barge which will be enforced until this
Government determines it's own needs and
the war needs of its Allies.
1t was admitted, however, that later on
this Government might bargain with Japan
over sending steel to Japan in return for
Japanese shipping in the Atlantic
The, emergency fleet program is rapidly
taking shape under the new management of
Chairman Hurley and General Manager
Admiral Capps.
Coincident with the requistionng of all
American .meIShant ships constructed or
or the ways, AZ many wooden steamers as
possible are beng contracted for
The steel export embargo also will result
In more steel ship plates for the fleet pro-
gram. With the food embargo established,
neutrals will be whipped into giving the
Shipping Board control of enormous tonnage
in return for food cargoes to their coun.
tries.