Evening journal., 1918-03-06
HARLAN RYETERS
establish Record
Double Yard Capacity and
Are Company's Guests
at Dinner
MEN MEAN TO
WIN THB WAR

per gang hour and the increasing y
menace Of the U-boat peril, the serious n
/ ness OF which Will not reach climax .
until late this spring. showing the need 4
/ for greater exertlons In ehipbuilding, I,
were some OF the thlngs ]. ". Powell, .
vice-president and general manager or /,
shipbuilding operations Of the Bethle- n
hem shipbuildins Corporation, told h
the foremen or riveiers and others az 4
dinner az the Hotel dupont last night
The dinner was glven the men because 4,
In the past three weeks they had driven A
more than 10000 rlvets a week. 4
Last fall the men were driving 90
600 rivets weekly. Nlr. Powell offered s
the dinner II they should make it 100 1
COO TWO weeks ago they attained I
ii7O00 rlvets and last week, itfNn I
rivets. The men are now aiming at ,
10000 rivets and another dinner.
Mr.. Powell told OF the pressing need
for the men driving more rivets and
referred 20 the remarks Of General Man
ager Joseph p. Weaver, or The Harlan
plant, who had spoken prior TO Mr.
Powell. In which Mr. Weaver had said
that the men were showing their EN-
cheney I'm the manner In which they
were building ships.
81 want 10 tell you men, that you
are accomplishing great things,' ne
said. You have averaged 40 riVeis
q per gang hour. which Is a record for
the country The average is about ~
' rvets per gang hour This Is an
average OF about a rivet FOR every
minute and twenty seconds.
I, This Is an age OF workers, both for
y brains and muscle. But the Govern
Z ment has made lt possible for the ship
u yards 10 obtain men aud skilled men,
. - nN ah u
ID the best effort being put forth. Ac-
oording 90 the new rates just an
y nounced by the Government. the I
:, average wage Of a shipbuilder today
% Is more than six dollars a day, calcu-
lating every man IN the yard. It's SUN
% a wage as 90 make Henry fords five-
- doliar-a-day wage look sick.
we have not witnessed the worst n
the U-boat menace.
within the next three or four
NJ months, we shall witness a breakdown
b. IN our service tc our soldiers abroad.
81 We have had so many ships sunk. so
ar many others are In such bad condition.
m and the freight congestion near icrmi-
he mails has been so acute that thinks
ne look anything but promising. unless We
ld speed up the building OF ships.
IFS III we don't get down on our mar
nd row bones this war Is lost. This year
o. we shall build in this country about
nj three million tons OF ships, and II we
le cannot send out about six or seven
million tons ueAt year We cannot win.
4 In this crisis the eyes Of the coun-
4 try are turned towards the snipNards
IS and the shipworkers. The nation de-
M neDds upon YOU men, While the new
o. .shlpyords will turn ont their quota, The
u burden of the strain will rest upon ine
i old yards. Upon you men who have
the know how
"sparrows Point Is hastening her
launchlngs: Fore River Is increasing
her number Of rlvets and this increase
has got 20 be general. Now we nave
= about 5000 men employed ln our
~ Yards. BY July 4. we expect 20 have
N $1,000 men employed.
le "Tm mighty glad 10 be here ionisht
...1' and TO give you this dinner. TIL De
~. still more pleased 20 give you anoiner
ny dinner when you have reached ihe
US 100000 mark in rivets driven. You
have the ability and we are going 70
OF give YOU the added equipment with
20 which 20 increase this number from
NC 100000 20 the three and four andperhaps
FIVE hundred thousand rivets per week.
Two new compressors VIII be Installed
here in A few weeks and this should
give an for at least 1900 more rlNets.
rt- Mr. Powell told Of how the corpora
ast tion was doing everything In Us power
he IA increase the capacity OF all It's plants
lde He referred TO The effort beins put ioral
ms 90 add 90 the comfort or the worhmen
Ter through various measures ana appeal
De- ed 10 them for The sake Of the Doya
no who have gone over" and FOR this ma
;. tion's credit TO do their utmost TO IN
Is crease the Harlan output.
Hrn
there being about 40 guests and eaoil
foreman or other head OF a depart
ment or section OF the yard present
by was called upon 90 speak
NE William Watson chief Of the Harlan
la- riyetinc force, acted as t0astmasier
a and although this Is not an every day
. J. ! role fo~ bill" as his comrades az
rh fectionaiely called him. he did himself
proud in introducing the speakers.
In General Manager Weaver told the
nd men that they were credit 90 mem
I. selves and the Harlan plant mat u'
had seen much shipbuilding ana ina
he would place the Harlan men ul
against any other yard in the country
ago per man for efficiency and then hav
les something. he believed. Co spare.
ar was through this efficiency that ih
at cost Of lsunchings and other branche
Ing of the work were reduced 20 a flsur
my that the corporation might be please
with.
Mr.. Weaver read a telegram from M
N. jerks. who has supervision Of this dis
trici for the Emergency Fleet Corpor'
us- ton. The telegram bore consratul'
his tory message 20 the Harlan plant an
.ine rs workmen for the progressive MAJ
'ork ner IN which the shipbunding was b
he ing pushed.
Of j. NJ. Larken, az the head OF the sci
be vice department Of tho Bethlehem co
poratlon, who came here 20 inspect u
yard yesterday said that It was a gem
inc pleasure to witness what the Ia
Ter Ian employees were doing. lie said
ght. visited the wOrkmen's restaurant
the noon, took his plate. got his knife az
irk- fork and ate a meal that was more sa
gers. isfactory than any Re had had for
long time. He commented on the spir
displayed by the men who supervis'
con the lunch, ond said 10 spoke volum
His for the Harlan plant.
wing He compllmcnted Mr. Weaver for Q