The sun., 1918-07-10
POSTERS NEEDED TO
SPEED SHIPDUILDING
Naval Officer Says They Will
Inspire Workers in
American Yards.
CONTEST PLAN PRAISED
Value of Artists Ideas in
Food Campaign Will Be
Duplicated.

Nothing Is moro vital to the success
Of the shipbuildins programme than
posters. II Is my earnest hope that
every shipyard and every Industrial
plant tire products Of which 20 to the
shipyard will be literally plastered with
ship posters"
That statement was made yesterday
by Lieut.. Walter L. Todd OF the ONCE
OF Naval Intelligence. Washington, ID. c.,
to A. r. Parkhurst, Jr, secretary Of the
National Service Section Of the United
States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet
Corporation at the sections feadquar-
ters In this city
Lieut.. Todd said that DR.. Eatons sec
ton did wise thing in arranging its
competition through THE Sun for post
ers to speed up shipbuilding, and he was
sure that the response which the work
ers would make to the appeal of the right
kind Of posters would be extremely
great.
Lieut.. Todd is New Yorker. who left
his business as a manufacturer to go
into the service OF his country.
Arthur Williams. Federal Food Ad-
ministrator for this city, says he be-
lieves the ship posters accepted In the
competition will do for shipbulding what
food posters have done for the food con-
servation programme.
1T would seem that no single thing
has been more effective in securing the
cooperation OF TIE American public in
Mr.. Hoover's food conservation efforts
than the splendid poster work Of his or
ganization In Washington" Mr.. William.
said to a SUN man. The work has been
forceful, of very high art merit. and has
conveyed directly to the best sentiments
or the people tie thought which Mr.
Hoover has been desiring to bring to
them.
The response in New York city has
been virtually unanimous from every
part OF the city. and undoubtedly a cor
responding response has been found all
over the country 1T would seem that
the same kind of a reception would be
given TO corresponding work in posters
representing the need OF ships to carry
on the war. I can think Of nothing that
would so fully inspire the man who
builds the ship. whatever part he may
have in it-whether in designing. or weld
ing the plates. or driving home the
r!vets. or standing at the throttle or FIR
ing the boiler OF the lifting engine to do
! his best to build the fleets so greatly
needed by his country at this time
There is nothing that will so plainly
and inspiringly tell the story of the
need Of the response of the workmen OF
America and of the accomplishment
through their efforts. than we'll designed
forceful posters corresponding in the
shipbuilding world with those whic!,
have been found so effective in the
efforts OF the Food Administration.
Perhaps no better means are at our
20 tvox IN th, bail 80 =,
ship that he is serving his country and
is. in fact, upon the firing line and doing
his part Just as the man on the western
front is doing his part In his work
The man in the second line trenche :
certainly applies TO the man with the
sledge and the rivet and the others uf
our great organization of American ship
builders.
Another thought occurs to me and
that is the added opportunity To the
artists OF America, whether they be in
the army or navy or in the salpyards
or whether they be the boys and girls
in the schools. to portray wildly and
effectively the great part which the
shlpbullders are taking In the war and
can take in prosecuting the war to a
successful conclusion.
1T must gratifying to us OF America
to know that our posters have rendered
such effective work in all departments
of our Governments actiNities--food.
fuel. Liberty Loan. War Savings Stamps.
sc In comparing the work OF Aneri-
cans with the work OF the French and
the English in this respect, there Is much
of which We can all feel proud"