Arizona republican., 1918-07-05
WORLD'S RECORDFOR LAUNCHINGS BROKEN
 IN HONOR OF FOURTH
[Republlcan A. p. Leased Wire

lRepublcan A. p. Leased Wire
 SAN FRANCISCO. July 4.-Charles M. Schwab, director general of the emergency fleet corporation, launched a big vessel for every letter in the word "Independence' from his own yards in this district today. directed the launching of five more from other yards, and then said that he longed for many such days. Eight of the 12 yes sells constructed in Mir. Schwab's plants were destroyers Four were freight vessels, one of these being the Defi- ance, which set the worlds record for speedy construction. 1t was launched in 37 days
 This IS the answer of the American working man Co the common foe" MT Schwab told the assembled thousands as the big Defiance parted the waters of the Oakland estuary
 This i5 Our Answer
 This is our answer to General Per shings call for a bridge of ships across the Atlantic"
 During the launchings, Mir Schwab took time to call for cheers for Presi- dent Wilson and the workingmen who gave shape and buoyancy to the great hulls. He stood arm in arm with the representative of the builders and the workers in order that they might be cheered to the echo.
 The launchings gave to Americas new merchant marine S9,900 of the 29O.9OO freight tons launched today rom nearly two score yards on the Pa clfic coast.
 Mr. sehwab's Address
 lt was out here in the west" said Schwab, speaking at the Independence day launching of merchant ships here, that speed records were first made in the shipyards.
 And fl you stand up to your iob" ne asserted. we'll make the Kaiser take his medicine lying down."
 lt will take more than an occasion al submarine raid off our coasts to make the American shipbuilder throw up his hands and cry t.ameradii
 "Germany's only hope now. if it can he called a hope. is to win this war by great military victories Germany knows we are building ships4and get ting a real army across the Atlantic. The Kaiser is making his supreme ef- fort now in the knowledge that Amer lea will soon be started and will stay in tho war until it is won. If we com plete our shipbuilding program, they will know over in Germany that not a shred of hope remains. Can we. com ' plete it? Can we build these ships in time to keep our bridge to France un- broken? That is a question for you men in the shipyards to answer Amer "a has never lost q war and she is not going to lose this war
 Beating Out U-Boat
 Today we are building ships faster than the submarine can destroy them Meanwhile, our navy, under Josephus Daniels, is destroying submarines The German hordes may make some ad- Nances on the western front but are wt downhearted? Nol Our army in France and our shipbuilding army at home are getting into their full stride and we will whip them if it takes eV- erything we have
 Now you wonder naturally how Nour work has counted In 1915 all tho shipyards in America turned out 215.- , 6O2 deadweight tons of shipping. The next year when the demand for ships in foreign countries became so great that every existing yard in America entered into keen competition for fer eign contracts. our output jumped tC 520,s41 tons, or almost double the tota for 1915. In 1917 the hot pace contin- ued until we very nearly doubled tn, output of the previous year, complet- ing a total of 90l,2 We thought wt were building ships. with almost mil lion deadweight tons of finished yes veis, but l am confident that if we pull together we will produce more than g., 100000 deadweRht tons in 191S-tht greatest output of any nation in tn, world in a single year.
 Their Service Vital
 There are many men in the ship yards who feel sense of embarrass ment because. with their country q War and liberty in danger. they arr not fin the uniform of the army or tn navy" he continued. "l want to sa. that these men if they are shipbuild CTS. and belong in the yards. are en titled 10 just as much recognition an, just as much honor as the brave boy on the sea or in the trenches. And ts Co give you shipyard. workers sucl recognition that the government ha determined upon the awarding of ser vice badges to the men who give faith tul service tO the government in tn shpyards With these service badge you can meet the boys of the navy am the. army and hold your heads high. T. sacrifice ones life for ones country is Ot course. the supreme sacrifice but il this war the highest duty is to serv where your government tells you L serve
 There is nothing that l Will not sac ricc Co help in winning this war. an ] know that there is nothing you vii not sacrifice. Put punch in your wor and we'll put over the program. If yo stand up Co your job. we'll make tn