The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20
SHIP YARD CROWS We DON'T REALI
Fore River Plant Is Visited by Kansans Cannot Unders
Secretary Daniels. Secret of Troop Movement
IA New Destroyer of Latest Plan Some Way of Smugg
Type Is Launched. Information Trains.
PRAISE FOR SHIPBUILDERS OBEY ORDERS, SAYS KEILM
Kaisers Greatest Dsappoint- Former Topekan in Fra
ment Is in American Workers Points Out Folly Farewt
No Profeerng and No Slack We Not Understand Mot
Is mel of SIu
Fore River Plant Is Visited by
Secretary Daniels.
A New Destroyer of Latest
Type Is Launched.
PRAISE FOR SHIPBUILDERS
Kaiser's Greatest Disappoint-
ment Is i'm American Workers.
No Profiteering and No Slack.
ers Is American Motto.

Quincy, Mass, April 2O.-It took
no less person than Josephus
Daniels himself to pry off toda.' the
lid of secrecy which upon the 1eclara-
ton of war. was clamped down by
ties Of the Bethlehem shipbuilding
corporation at its Fore river plant
and Squantum works. The secretary
of the navy came here on a tour of
| inspection of these yards, escorted by
Joseph w. Powell. vice president of
the Bethlehem shipbuilding company
With Mr.. Daniels, Governor Mccall,
the mayors of Boston and Quincy,
and other guests, arrived at Fore river
early in the morning. Here was a
launching stand over which one or
the latest type of destroyers being
turned out at Fore river poked her
sharp cut bow.
The Fore river band played the
Star Spangled Banner and Mrs
Daniels gracefully discharged her Of
flee as sponsor. as the latest of Uncle
Sans warships took the water to the
cheering of a constantly augmented
mass of grimy shipbuilders.
Mr.. Daniels appeared tremendously
impressed for the yard when he last
visited it had $500 men at work
Today it has 10000.
Workers Are Patriots.
After the destroyer had been
launched the ship builders called on
Mr.. Daniels for a speech
1.-The most gratifying thing about
this war" he said, lis that the hulk
of the men of all cal1ings have been
ready to make whatever sacrifices the
authorities have asked them to make
There has been a hearty response oy
the American people in all directions
The spirit of America is that there
will be no profiteering and no tolera-
ton of slackers, either in the military
service in munition plants, IN the
ship yards or anywhere else.
The men who are turning out de-
stroyers and munitions are just as
brave as men who are at the front
Unless their courage and Willingness
| make a sacrifice to furnish the nipple
ments of war the brave men at the
front will give their lives without the
agencies which will enable them 10
| win the war.
Hun Propaganda Fails.
THE greatest disappointment of the
| kaiser has not been the failure of the
U-boat warfare to starve our allies,
altho that was keen disappointment
The greatest disappointment was the
falling down of the well-planned prop
aganda to foment social revolution in
I, America The greatest disappoint-
mentsof all is the efforts of his paid
| spies and emissaries whispering in the
| ears of any laboring man who would
listen, are worse IMAM WdSLeu LdpOI
in America understands that it de-
ponds for it's life and progress and flu
ture victories upon overcoming Ger
man autocracy in this war.
''It is easy for me to understand the
suspicious and distrust that crowds the
mind of the average worker in con-
nection with war. From the first
| dawn the masses have been pawns in
every struggle and warfare has ever
been made an excuse for setting back
| the hands of progress. 1t is not so to-
| day. There is not a single body in this
country with any executive power that
| does not have upon it a representative
| of labor, sitting side by side with rep
resentatives of employers. A trade
unionist, William B. Wilson, is secre-
tary of labor; Samuel Gompers is a
the council of national defense and
union is on the emergency construc-
ton board that builds our ships"
| A Mushroom Shipyard.
Mr.. Daniels announced that the
new destroyer had been christened
The Bell in honor of Rear Admiral
Henry H. Bell, a native of North
| Carolina, who commanded division
| of the United States fleet under Far
i ragut in the Civil war. Mr.. Daniels s
party then visited the Squantum works
| where a great surprise awaited him.
! Where a few months ago was a quag-
| mire today there stands a great ship
| building yard.
One of the most completely equip