Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-12
BOWLES, INCOGNITO. 4
VISITS HOG ISLAM
New Boss of Operations Lool.
Over Shipyard Working In
recognized and Unannouncea
PLEASED WITH RESu1y
would Like to See More at w.,
With Overcoats Off" Only
Cryptic Comment

Taking a leaf from the listory
Caliph Haroun-al-Ras who ,,,,si NJ, we
Bagdad's ship of state so succssssl''
in the dim and dusty past. Rear Adn,,a1y
Francis T. Bowles. the big boss Of on.a'
tions at the Hog Island shipyards na4
ounaged himself last night as an oss, osn'
nary citizen and visited Hog IslanS s'' ~
cognito. n'
The good Hlroun-al-Raschid. as 90.
will remember. was wont TO get his
formation about goinEs-on I'm his dor,..
by Disgusting himself and wandossaaa
about, accompanied only by his Cr,as
Nizier and his EXecutioner, Mezrour .s
miral BowleS, so far as could be aso.s
tained, went to Hog Island wltbou, ~.
eNecutiorer. No heats have fatlen NY
the basket today. ~
But, evading all curious eyes, ,he "A
miral slipped out of town last mia,
ana prowled around tho Hog Issns
yards for hours, seeing cverytblns
noting everything, jotting everythIrs
down In the back of his head. The uo,s
Is going on there by night as well !.
by day. in the Governments eagerne.,
to get its ships completed, and the who.
island Is lighted up for the Thousands 4,
men on the might shift"
Admiral Bowlcs must have devo,.a
most of the night TO his inspectjon !,
the yards. because, for the first ,m.
since he arrived to supervise the wo,e
of the American international Shin
building Corporation at Hog Island <.
was late in getting to his offices nm.
morning. He was so late that he a.,
e'ded ,h i,T"n,.dI,G,,n, an inspection trip .
plan Or today.
The t'ws of Admiral Bowles's secr.,
visit t, the yards was made known Nv
the admiral himself when he receivsd
ncwspapermen at his offices in the Med.
cal Arts Building today.
81 went down there to see what IN.
night shift is doing" said he. II don't
suppose any of Ihc men | talked to knew
who was, X
But they probably know by thb
time" he added with a grim smile.
Admiral Bowles SAID he would spend
today in making out an official report
on his observations at Hog Island last
night, and that he preferred not to maxi
those observations public at this time
1T was certainly Il fine night for
work" was his only comment. THE H.
Elimination was excellent. And II mild
weather continues the men ought 10 b.
able to work with their overcoats off,"
Then he added remark which may
or may not have been cryptic. He said
I'D like to see more men at WORK
with their overcoats off"
With thoughts of the Caliph's atten.
dant eXecutioner in mind, the news.
papermen asked Admiral Bowles Nh
would comment on the demise OF The
$40, ,000-a-year publicity bureau whd
has been maintained by the shipbuH
ing corporation. Admiral Bowles lin
self now constituting the sole ''inforar
ton department of the Hog Island
plant
Tho event of chief interest to Philads.
phia in the Hog Island situation is tn
final passing of the publicity bureau
which has been under such hot fire frol
the probers since the investigation frs
began. Tho disintegration of this ap
pendagc TO the shipyards began severs
days ago, with the announcement this
! ID. Il. Pierce, the S10,000-a-year pub
/ licity agent. has resigned to go to Franc
and engage in Red Cross work. r. L
| Hunt, the $S000-a-year publicity assls
tant, has followed in the footsteps Of hi
! chief and resigned, and now it Is an
nounced that other employees of the IN
| formation department" have been trans
fcrred to the emp oyment bureau, wher.
/ they will endeavor to procure employs
! for the yard.
II didn't fire those men," said he
/ Nor was ] the cause Of their removal
That ended the interview. F
Latest news regarding the housing
program is to the effect that the. nunbe'
Of houses for employees to be built 10
the Fortieth Ward is not to be greaty
reduced from Tie plans originally made
This announcement was by C1.ief Chests'
T.. Albright. of the Bureau of Surveys
after a conference with owen Brainard
architect of the housing committee OF ths
Emergency Fleet Corporation. Accon'
ing to Chief Albright. the acreage IN
volved remains the same, 225 acres bens
embraced in the site. and the inltn
construction will involve the erection o.
approximately $500 houses.