The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-26
COUNCIL WILL AID
. SHIPRUILOIAG CAMPAIGN
Effort 90 Increase Interest and re-
Cruit Workers WIN Be Discussed
~ Fridays Meeting.
NDusTHYs VAST INCREASE

%tfVgAFT&N are NOW ia 0t~fF2AHSM UT
Under Construction In Twcnty-flvc
states, on OCcans, Great lakes and
Gulf
Al meeting al the Capitol next
Friday the Virginia council of defensa
will consider. among a number 81
other matters. proposal from Wash %
ingtou. sent at The request OF the
United states shipping board and the
Emergency Fleet corporation, looking
70 cooperation between the councils
of defense Of all the states IN the
work of carrying out the national
ahtphuIldlnE program one Of the
leading shipbuiIding authorities 70 this
country, Homer L. Ferguson. presl-
sdeut OF the Newport News shiphuiid-
ing and Dry Dock company. Is a mem
Der OF the Virginia council
The facts tn the case. as now PR
scented and the specific saxReEttous to
the state councils. were given out "a
follows yesterday
The immensely Of the task ot build
lag vessels sufficient In tonnage 10
transport our army to France. main
tain tt there. supply the increased de-
maud Of our allies for munitions,
foods and supplies and at the sam =
time overcome the t1evfta bic loss from
submarines. has been until recently
lost sight of IN our recent military
diplomatic and economic activities.
W. are separatea bv the Atlantic
ocean from The nsId OF battle and
the fundamental fact IS that without
adequate chipping we shall be wholly
unable to do our share in winning
the war.
The immediate program Of the
T.uergencv Fleet cur3oraffon includes
.4oa vessels of varying tonnage. with
total dead weight tonnage OF $685.
Sog tons
In order 10 carry out TINS huge pro-
gran, dozens Of new shtpyarda have
haan e~tabitshed Some OF them for
the buildtnx merely ef n single wood
an vessel Of few thousand tons
This gives some idea Of the enormous
nroblen1R involved In the vast totals
reouired shtpvards are row in OPP
J Grafton or under construction in tween
~. eve states including practically all
touching on ottber oceer' the gulf and
tha great lakes
The United States Shipping board
tzr4 f,r7srxr7-r-y- Fleet corporation has
rec, rrroFn5sa5 ana Is attarktng this
great nrobler7 with renew ed viEor and
e4yar+tVenewS huf there remains much
3tnDortan, constructive and admins
trafive work which must be done on
The snot in each shtpvard and IN each
shlpvsrd community
Tina work asked - nc state coun-
~f1n u,tlf in a general wa. he in three
stages
To Make Conditions Good
I The 6rst gtaxe viii be
/ laI To make certain that the con-
arfone IN and ahouf, the wards are
.ea4,, rcr a, frH,v ~ mechanics
/ T-bts viii include assistance in i'm
,,ro,,irg bou~inr conditions and the
8r4Ufystior ~ ~. system ~ ar7pIov-
men. eYrbap-as ron. being developed
IA, To rreass the A7elfnx IN shin
,,.r4 rcr, v.nr3.3sa thai 4htn conmtruc.
sior "a ~ me highest fnnnortance. md
+ fhat the artisans In the shtpyRrds
must receive recognition from the
ruhllc as natriottc members OF the
com rnuntty entitled 10 good livinE
Conditions hospItahls reception and
ter,tartafnus-t The government rec.
,-vf7as fha work "a netviotIe by treat.
irr ,he service as parallel with that
Of the arrv and navy. fact that
should be widely published during
zach stage OF the work.
second stage of Campaign.
The second stage viii be 10 recruits
mem already In shlpbuildfng trade for
lronedfata erlol9yn4ent In the vards
rrhs Yh4rS st.gp wifi be
taA OF continue the recruiting OF
trained shipvard workers
tal To continue the recruiting o,
-reIatsa trades and train them In shty
,,onatrucftor un4nr sarvtre conditions
means for which will shortly be in.
40 q, f4 "a fr4x a
Living conditions I'm acme shfpbui1d
ing communities are such that ,ht
so-,.E st,s. ~ +la u.rrE NAV he en-