Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19
URGING HELP OF
ALL, SCHWAB Is
DOWN TO WORK
Great Burden of Getting Re-
suits Rests With the a
People

Washington, April 19.-Charles NJ.
Schwab Is on the job as director gem
eral of shipbuilding, reaching here
yesterday from New York. 1t Is
Understood he will establish his main
headquarters in Philadelphia.
Everything that is in me I'm go
ing to give to this thing" he said in
) the office of Edward N. Hurley,
chairman of the shipping board. TT
is everyone's duty to help. l am not
talking the flippant patriotism that
so many talk. l mean it. l don't know
What L can do, but l am filed with
pep and optimism and I'm going to
build ships. I'm not a politician and
j don't know diplomacy, but I'm 60
ing to do the work"
Charley" Schwab. a former labor
er and man who came up from the
ranks, is going to carry the gospel
of praise and encouragement to the
workers in every shipyard in the
country. He believes that this doe
trine will put over" the shipbuild-
ing program and for this reason he
has designed himself an outside
man."
Great Believer in Facts
I'm field man." he said. II told
Mr.. Hurley and the board that was
my only value. and that's all l pre-
NClAu " ~ III IL great btllGNtI III
the fact that a leaders, chief prov
ince is to get enthusiasm, optimism
and push into the people working for
him. One of the first things | will
do is to tour the shipyards of the At
lantic coast. My real usefulness will
be at the yards, for only with his own
people in his own way. can a man
give his best efforts. After all a man
can only help. The great burden
rests on the people at the yards
the ones who do the work. They are
the ones who have the responsible
ties in this matter. Much good can
be accomplished by encouraging
rather than criticising and the news
papers can help wonderfully. A real
man can do his best work under
praise. Approval and encouragement
is what is needed from the public~at
large for the success of this great un-
dertaking."
Enthusiastic Over Achievements
Mr.. Schwab was enthusiastic about
the work already accomplished by
Mr.. Hurley and Charles Piez.
Their success" he said, has been
prodigious. They have laid the foun-
dation and the preliminary work has
been we'll done. We should remember
that new enterprises started by new
people necessarily must go slow until
they learn"
Mr.. Schwab. according to Mr.. Hur-
ley, has made suggestions to the ship
ping board which will be carried into
effect as soon as possible. While the
nature of these was not revealed by
the chairman, it is believed they con-
Germ policies regarding the construc-
ton of vessels so that they may be
adaptable for passenger service after
the war and also provide means for
producing additional tonnage. Mr.
Schwab will center all of his efforts
on steel construction and therefore
will have little, if anything to do
with the concrete construction.
1t will not he necessary for him,
Mr.. Hurley said, to sever. his connec-
ton with the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany.
Il certainly won't give it any at
tention,' said Mr.. Schwab. I'll leave
everything in the hands of Mr.. Grace,
the president. You know I'm only a
sort of figurehead around there now,
anyway" He laughed when he said
this.
Mr.. Schwab is vested with unlim-
tied power to do whatever, he wants
TO do to aid the shipping program.
The man who is given great au-
thority rarely takes it," he said. IT'S
the fellow who fears his ability that
is the one to want it. OF course, in
this position / will have to want it,
but I won't have to use it."