The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-06
OENMAN APPROVES
PLANS ADOPTED BY
NEW SHIPPING BOARD
Declares General Cocktails Successor
and His Own Are on the
Right Track.
BITTER TOWARD RIVAL
Promises Detailed Statement in Few
Days Covering Transactions Over
Which Troubles Originated.

Washington. Aug. 5.--William Dem
man, whose resignation as chairman
OF the shipping board was forced by
the president at the same time as
was the resignation of General Goe-
thals, tonight issued a bitter state
ment alleging that the new board and
general manager are pursuing the very
policies for which he commended. He
wishes General Goethals good luck
in France
The statement will in no way re-
feet on General Goethals great repu-
tation as an organizer and command
err" MIR. Denman says in promising
TO make public in the future the de-
tails of these transactions. Il sin
cerely trust that no incident of the
relationship that has brought us to-
gether in an entirely different enter
prise will stand in the way of the
realization of his ambition to serve
his country in some military project
to be executed in France"
OF his successors Mr.. Denman says:
'Thev must hereafter face the kind
Of publicity. paid and otherwise.
which has been coercively directed at
the majority of the board
His statement continues:
They have decided that they will
construct as many wooden ships as
possible In this they disagree with
the policy pursued for many months
of discoura cling and disheartening the
wooden ship manufa Cturers,
admiral caDps has not adopted his
predecessors suggestion that s22 ,000.-
900 should be invested in a govern
ment plant largely composed OF piles
and piers. and docks, on leasehold
from the private owner, where the
! land itself could be bought for less
| than ave lree cent Of the Investment
They have declined TO enter into
| fabricating contracts for s350,000,-
600 worth of ships with three con-
/ tractors without careful study Of
the facts and figures involved in such
contracts. 1t is more than likely they
Will never execute contracts even re-
motely resem bling those proposed to
! be offered.
They have not adopted the former
general managers suggestion that the
price of steel should be left to the
council of national defense where 1t
would receive its first consideration
by, the steel and iron committee head =
4 ed by Judge Gary. Of the Steel cor
! poratton, and of which committee Mr..
Farrell is member. They have left
the consideration of price where the
majority Of the board desired it. with
the federal trade commission.
They have substantially modified
General Cocktails plan announced as
final before consultation with us TO
commander the ships on the stocks
They have declined to adopt the
proposal to pay the very high con-
tract payments for the ships under
construction on the stocks
Since we have the presidents per-
mission to seek the verdict of the
public on the matters on which he
! hesitated to give his decision, | shall
present q statement of these facts and
principles as I understand them, with
In the next few days. The power del
egated to the board to invest $73O.-
10000 in the speedy building of shins
came from congress, and | trust the
statement will be recorded in the Con.
gressional Record"