Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-19
D|RECTOR-GENERAL
OF SH|PBU|LD|NG
GETS ON THE JOB.
Everything That Is in Me
I'm Going to Give This
Thing" He Says.
FIRMLY BELIEVES DOCTRINE
WILL "PUT OVER" VESSELS
Tells Board He Is Field Man,
Full of Pep and Op-
timism.
MEN AT YARDS WILL WIN
approval and Encouragement Is
What Is Needed" Declares
Steel Magnatc.
MEN AT YARDS WILL WIN
approval and Encouragement Is
What Is Needed" Declares
Steel Magnatc.

Steel Magnatc.
WASHINGTON, April ls.-Charlcs NJ
schwab got on tho Job to. day as d
rector genera! Of shiphuiding.
Everything that is in me I'm going
TO give to this thing" nc said in the
Office OF Edward y. Hurley. chairman
OF the Shipping Board. 1T is every
ones duty TO hclp. | am not talking
the h'7pant patriotism tina, SO many
talk. I mean X. don't know what
can do, but am nllcd with pep and
optimism, and I'm going 10 do rny best,
m going 10 build ships I'm not q
politician. and don't know diplomacy,
but I'm going 10 do tho work"
Charlie" Schwab--a former laborer
and man who came up from the
ranhs-is going TO carry the gospel o.
praise and encouragement TO the work
ers In every shipyard ia tho country
He believes that this doctrine will ''pu,
over" the shipbuildinE program. and for
this reason he has designated himself
An outside man"
Tin field man" nc said Il told
Mr.. Hurley and the board that was my
only value. and that's all pretend 10
DC. I'm great believer in the fact
That a leaders chief province is TO get
enthusiasm, optimism and push into
tho PEOPLE working for him one o.
the first things I will do is 10 tour the
shipyards OF the Atlantic coast My
real usefulness viii be at the yards. for
only with his own people in his own
way can a man give his best efforts
Niter All man can only help. The
great burden rests on tho people at the
;ards-tho on-s-who do the work. Tho
arc 'he ones who have the reHronsibil-
tiles In this matter. Much good can be
accomplished by encouraging rather
than cr!,iclZing, and the newsnapers
can help wonderfully. y real man can
DO his best work under praise. An
nrovai and encouragement, is what is
needed from ;hc public at large for the
success Of this great undertaking."
Mr. Schwab was enthusiastic abou,
The work already accomplished hv NJ
Hurley and Charles Picz, vice-prcsident
OF the Emergency Fleet Corporation
PRAISES WORK ALREADY
ACCOMPLISHED by BOARD
Their success" he said. has been
prodlEous. They have laid the founda-
'ion, and the preliminary work has
been well done. We should remember
that new enterprises started by new
people must necessarily go SLOW until
they learn"
Throughout his twcn,y-mnu,e chat
with newspape: correspondents Mr.
Sch"ab Kept up a running string OF
anecdotes illustrating the different
points made by him.
we are willing TO take orders from
ME- Schwab,' said AIr. Hurley. when
Il question arose concerning the form
cr's authority.
"oh. no. replied the steel maCnate
NO one VIII get orders from me.
never issue them. rely on the men
TO see the right thing done"
The new director general as vet has
Tot chosen any OF his subordinates. but
II is believed his main office will no
established in Philadelphia. He viii
not stay IN Washington for any length
of time.
ships arc not built in Washington"
was Mr.. ilur!oy's comment
Another thing made plain bv Mr.
Schwab was that no member of tho
:"hwab or any other family related ,o
il, viii work for him
Il haven; any favorites," he said
"All ] want arc men who can do the
work. DO YOU know that I never mn,
any member Of my family in any in
dustry with which was conncc,edo
and tell YOU that's taken a good deal
Of nerve with a strong minded wife"
HOW sCHWAB GETS HIS
EMPLOYEES TO no THINGS
As an example Of how nc homes TO
snis
Mr.. Schwab told this story about an
experience he had when general man.
aeer of the Carnegie Company.
There was one mill" he said. that
wasn't doing anywhere near it's best.
although IL was supposed to have the
best men working. So ono day at the
closcI Of work. ] asked the foreman if
he hid piece of chalk. lie gave me
ono.
ow many lrcats did you make last
nighf?' l asked.
Eight he said
AT that, ! took tho chalk and mark
cd n large figure eight on tho floor.
The next morning saw II had becn
erased and that the number nine was
there. The next morning I saw ten.
and two weeks later the foreman was
chalking thirty heats for mill that
only had eight as its best record in
the past.
ITS all Il question of appeal to pride.
Ships will be built on time not because
of me, or Hurley. or Piez. It will he
tho fellows on the ground. and tho rca
credit must accrue TO the men who do
the work"
Mr.. Schwab is vested with unlimited
authority to do whatever he wants to