The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1918-07-04
MESSAGE DELIVERED
TO SHIPWORKERS

San Francisco, July 4.-(Corre-
spondence of the Associated Press
"If you stand up to your job, we'll
make the kaiser take his medicine
lying down."
That was the message delivered to
the shipworkers here today by Charl-
es M. Schwab, director general of
the Emergency Fleet Corporation, in
the first public speech he has de-
livered since taking charge of the
shipbulding program.
Mr.. Schwab was speaking at the
Independence Day launching of
merchant ships here, which was part
of the national program in which
probably a hundred ships-and posi-
bly, more-were being sent from the
ways to the seas from yards all over
the country.
81 venture to predict that the num-
ber of ships launched today is the
greatest record of faunchings for a
single day in the history of the
world" said Mr.. Schwab.
when the truth percolates 10 the
German people they will know that
their leaders have deceived them; that
Americans have their sleeves rolled up
and we have our fighting blood up;
that we are going to win this war if
1T takes the last man, the last ounce
nf CT loo Al.
Hast dollar that his counry possesses.
"You and all the other shipbuilders
have dedicated your service to Amer
lea. We stand firm, determined and
unafraid before the naked truth that
we must defeat Germany or Ger
many will defeat us. Wars are not
won altogether on the battlefield.
Do not think for one minute that the
Prussian generals are unmoved by
what we are accomplishing. They
know that we launched a 5,OO0-ton
ship in 27 days from the time the
keel was laid over in Camden, N. j.
That was tremendous accomplish
ment never before approached in any
country and it was a blow in the face
of Prussian confidence. Our enemy
knows, too, that it is the workmen
over here who are making these
things possible; that the men in the
shipyards are working day and night
determined, untiring and enthusias-
tic; that they are backing up the boys
hn lyoi
that with the united backing of
American workmen, American armies
can never be beaten. The credit for
winning this war will be shared
equally by the workmen of America
and the fighters of America. The
best captains and colonels in our
shipbuilding army cannot build ships
without the strong armies of the pri-
Yates, corporals and sergeants. The
heater boy today is a young hero who
deserves place alongside the drum
mer boy in that picture you have seen
so often-The Spirit of '76.
owe have great army of workers
building ships for the emergency.
There are 100000 of us, and we are
all fighting for America. You men
who swing the cranes in charge of
the big guns. You who drive the
rivets are operating the machine guns
of the shipyard. Every man who does
a full days work is doing his share
to win the war. The gangs at work
on a ship are holding a trench and
when they launch that ship they go
over the top. When they lay new
keel they are digging in and making
ready for another long defense.
"Every time we launch cargo or
troop ship or tanker we add to the
certainty that German submarines
icannot win this war. Already we
have the U-boats on the run and if
we keep up the pace we will have
them beaten by next year. And when
we achieve this victory it will be you
who will deserve the credit. So far as
I am concerned, and so far as Mr.
Hurley is concerned, and 1 am sure,
so far as the President of the United
States is concerned, you will get the
credit.
"Germany's only hope now, if it
can be called hope, is to win this
war by great military victories. Ger
many knows that we are building
ships and getting a real army across
the Atlantic. The kaiser is making
his supreme effort now in the knowl-
edge that America will soon be
started and will stay in the war until