Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-24
EILLCO-ORDINATE
\ ARMY AND SHIPS
|coethals and Schwab Con-
fer Today on Transpor-
tation Problem
|nnLD LARGE VESSELS
|rhree Standard Types of Car
riers Likely to Be Solu-
ton Urged
uurD LARGE VESSELS
washington, April ~

Washington, NpIll ~
-i,o,e war overseas transporta.
Ao,n hah alb N an ad aw awwa
~ a. conference here today, In
rSs Sss Ma ior General George w.
4 plgaois and Charles NJ Schwab, both
.n,ive geniuses, will be the leading
/ hures e-.... ,,.i,iot, ,,,,,
De,,anded as well by members OF
i .binning board. the emergenC%
| oornoration and the ship-COntro,
,,ttee will he placed facts and
,os collected by the War Depart
~, az 10 the requirements of the
ns army which the United States is
.sS,ine 10 send to the battlefield OF
4 rance.
4 Major General GoethalS, acting In
4. csnacitv as director OF traffic and
sorsse of tie War Department, will
!, ne goal which ,ne shipping BOARD
"a tbs emergency fleet corporation
met reach, and Chairman Il. y. Hur.
- and Director General SChwab are
.,nected with this knowledge, to
Asne the entire efforts of their or
rnizations to see that every require.
rsnt is met.
Plan Thorough Cooperation
From the War Department through
! uior General Goethals. the men
heehted with the responsibility of
sroyidng cargo space to send the
american troops abroad and keep
i Asm supplied they must produce in
A. way Of ships each month between
rcw and the dawn of 1921, so that the
4 no departments can carry on their
ndependent work, each confident that
NE other will be ready at the proper
tine and place to live up to its pledge.
The work Of the shipping board and
4 he emergency fleet corporation must,
. Il course, adapt itself to the military
needs Of the country. This was re.
( rsrded here as one Of the essential
lsasons for holding the conference.
Adopting the views and require
nents of the War Department, the
Shipping board is expected to fix on
. three standard types of ships, all de-
tgned in line with the new shipping
board motto, Tonnage Rather Than
Ships" They are:
Passenger carriers.
Large cargo vessels.
Refrigerator ships.
nands which will fall upon the re-
hyenated American merchant marine
4 ID the after -the-war trade struggle,
4 The Shipping board intends to develop
standard type vessel which will not
only meet the martial requirements of
today, but can be turned at once into
. prmal channels at peace.
Small Types Abandoned
The cargo CARRIERS, it was under
EOOd are TO be designed along the
4 Argest possible lines, so that they can
4 be operated as economically as possi-
be The shipping board has already
announced abandonment of the smaller
sizes as being economic failures. In
Ibis connection the War Department
and the shipping board expect to de-
wise a system of coordination that
will make each vessel produce it's full
capacity in dead weight. Every effort
will be made to avoid loading a single
ship with such bulky supplies as to
start 5O00-ton vessel on its voyage
with an actual cargo of only 2000 tons
h weight
One Of the first results brought
abOut through this coordination will
be an expansion of many or the exist
u Mb silpydIuS 10 meet lnt luCltdSeu
demands Of the War Department The
ihpping board, anticipating the pres
mt issue, has already announced that
\ would be its policy to increase the
Old yards or those that have built up
mooth-running organizations rather
nan to go In for the construction OF
new yards on a large scale. Training
of labor for the expanded shipping in
dustry has been one of the biggest
problems Of the officials, and it is be-
Heyed that better results can be OBJ
hined through adding to the nucleus
aready formed than in spreading the
EXISTING skilled workmen out all over
he country.
Supplies Must BE Moved
Another problem which will come
eelore the conference and which, sc
lar as the United States is concerned
sui in its infancy, is the keeping up
u the line of supplies that must be
Kept constantly in motion in order
mat the American soldiers may not be
'eprlved Of single necessity.
flgures have been obtained by the
war Department from the British
moving the average amount of ton.
see required per man at the front
inese serve, however, only as a work,
ag basis for the American army. as
ue ratio varies as the distance tha'
musI De traveNed becomes larger, and
aperts in Major General Goethals',
apartment are at work now seeking
me correct figures.
oncials who will attend the confer
.aCe IN addition to Major General Goe
aas and Mr.. Schwab are f. y. Hur
w Sharles A. PieZ, vice president o
Wy emergency Fleet Corporation; Ed
1So r. Carey, director of operations
sSnn A. Donald, Bainbridge Colby ant
Susries II. Page. of the shipping
aru' +. A. S. Franklin and Deai