New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-04-20
Daniels Says Attitude Of Labor
Was His Great Disappointment
THOUGHT TO START REVOLT
Secretary Of Navy at Launching of
New Destroyer at Fore River Yards
and Lays Keel for Five New War
ships.

Quincy, Mass, April 2O.-Secre-
tary Daniels was the guest of honor
at the launching today of one of the
latest type Of destroyers at the Fore
River plant of the Bethlehem Ship
building company.
At the screeching of a siren, 1000
WCrkmen came pouring out of the
shops. The Fore River band played
"The Star Spangled Banner" and
Mrs. Daniels gracefully discharged
her office as sponsor as this latest of
Uncle Sans warships took the water
to the cheering of constantly aug
rlenting mass of grmy shipbuilders.
THE most gratifying thing about
this war; said Secretary Daniels, af-
ter the launching, "is that the bulk
of the men of all callings have been
ready to make whatever sacrifices the
authorities have asked them to make.
There has been a hearty response by
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 munitions plants, in the
shipyards or anywhere else. The men
who are turning out destroyers and
munitions are just as brave as men
who are at the front. Unless their
courage and willingness makes a sac
r!fce to furnish the implements Of
war, the brave men at the front will
give their lives without the agencies
which will enable them to win the
war"
q THE greatest disappointment of
the kaiser has not been the failure of
the U-boat warfare to starve our al
lies, although that was keen disap-
pointment The greatest disappoint-
ment was the falling down Of
the well-planned propaganda to
foment social revolution in Amer
iaa. The greatest disappointment
of all is that the efforts of his paid
spies and emissaries, whispering IN
the ears of any laboring man who
would listen, are worse than wasted.
Labor. in America understands that it
depends for it's life and progress and
future victories upon overcoming
German autocracy in this war.
No Exploitation OF Laboring Man.
"It is easy for me to understand the
suspicious and distrust that crowds
the mind of the average worker in
connection with war. From the first
dawn the masses have been pawns in
every struggle and warfare has ever
g
the hands of progress. 1t is not SO
today. There is not q single body IN
this country with any executive pow
er that not has upon it a labor rep
resentative sitting side by side with
representatives Of employers"
Mr.. Daniels announced that the
new destroyer had been christened
the Bell in honor of Rear Admiral
Henry H Bell, a naval officer during
the Civil war. Rear Admiral Bell,
native of North Carolina, who
commanded a division of the fleet un-
der Farragut in the Civil war, lost
his life by drowning in Japan in 1868.
After inspecting the plant and the
work of all kinds in hand, Mr..
Daniels party was taken to the
Squantum works, two miles distant.
Under the guidance Of Superintend
ent J. J. Nolan, a veteran shipbuilder,
Mr.. Daniels laid the keels of five de-
stroyers almost simultaneously, to
the cheering accompaniment of the
entire shipbuilding force.
Circling the plant and returning to
the slips, where the keels were laid
so minutes earlier, Mr.. Daniels found
that a transformation had occurred,
for there, where he had seen gaping
void stood the steel frame works of
five destroyers actually in position
sIy r1p fha feat