Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-08-03
COCKTAILS AND
DENMAS| QUIT
Wilson Ends Ship Dispute by
ReOrganizing Board.
TO START ANEW, He SAYS
Edward N. Hurley, of Chicago, and
Rear Admiral. capps to Head the

Edward N. Hurley, of Chicago, and
Rear Admiral. capps to Head the
Board.
President Wilson settled the con-
troversy over the government plan for
construction of the great emergency
feet.
AS tie first step, he accepted the
resignation which Major General
George w. Goethals, general manager
of the Emergency Fleet corporation,
extended several days ago.
He then sent letter to William
Denman, chairman of the shipping
board, the opponent of General Goe'
thals in the wranGle, asking that he
also resign. Mr.. Denman did so.
The president accepted the res 'gna
tion of Captain John B. White, of Kan.
sas City, supporter of Mr.. Denman,
on the board.
AS the final step, the president an.
nounced that Edward N. Hurley, a Chi
cago business man and former chair
man of the federal trade commission,
will become chairman of the shipping
board; that Rear Admiral Washington
L. Capps, chief constructor Of the ma
Wy, will succeed to the. post of General
Goethals, and that Bsinbridge Colby
of New York, will take the place Of
Captain White.
~ 'T want to help the president In
every. way possible" Mr.. Denm1n
said, "and I never have questioned TIE
wisdom of his decisions"
Announcement of the presidents ac-
don was made with publication of the
letter tho executive sent to NJ. Den
man. In this the president suggested
that Mr.. Denman would be glad to take
the same disinterested and self-ror-
getting course that General Goetha!s
has taken"
The presidents letter follows:
81 hope ard believe that I am inter
preting your best judgment, as well as
my own, when I say that our duty con-
cerniGg t~c debate and misundeTstand-
ings that have risen in connection with
the shiphHildiDg program ought to be
settled without regard to cur personal
preferences or OR personal feelings
altogether. ard with tie single purpose
Of doing v-hat will be best to serve the
public interest.
mo decision we can now arrive at
could eliminate the elements of ccntro.
versy that have crcrt irto almost every
question connected with the program.
and am convinced that the only wise
course Is to begin afresh-not uron the
program, for that Is already in large
part in process of execution, but upon
the further execution of it.
"I have found both you and General
Goetha!s ready to serve the public at
a personal sacrifice. Realizing that
the only manner in which the way csn
be completely cleared for harmonious
and effective action IS to carry our
shipbui1dng plans forward from this
point through new agencies.
General Goethals has put his resig.
nation in my hands, and have accept.
ed it in the same spirit in which 1t
was tendered-not as deciding between
two men whom I respect and admire,
but in orde. to make invidious decis.
ions unnecessary and let the work be
developed without further discussion
of what is past.
81 am taking the liberty Of writing
to tell you this in TIE confidence that
you will be glad to take the same dis
interested and self-forgetting course
that General Goathals HIS taken.
"When you have done as he has
done, am sure that you may count
with the utmost confidence upon the
ultimate verdict of the people of the
country with regard to you magnani-
nous n unselfsh view Of public duty,
and upon winning in the retrospect
the same admiration and confidence
that have learned to feel for you.
with much regard and very great
apnreciation of the large services you
have rendered.
"Ccrdially and sincerely yours.
WOODROW WILSON,"