Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-14
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IN WhR, SCH... LIB SAYS
3,o0O,0O Tons is Ship Program; i;
100000 Tons in October;
Schwab Dinner Guest.

New York, Nov 1.-THE Society of
Arts and Sciences gave dinner last night
III the grand ballroom Of the Waldorf
Astoria Ia Charles NJ Schwab, director
general of the Emergency Fleet Corpora-
tion More than 900 men and women
gathered Ia do honor TO HIM whom John
Grier Hibben, president ot Princeton
University, characterized as the great
master builder of the war
When MIR Schwab was introduced.
men and women n the tables and III
the boxes cbeercd and applauded, aFi
so enthusiastic was the greeting that
tears Of appreciation came TO the eyes
OF the guest OF honor
"No person" said Mr. Schwab, who
is human in all that word means, could
fail to appreciate the very great honor
YOU pay me tonight. The Emergency
Fleet Corporation, as its name lmpiles,
was organized 10 meet n great emergency
Had If been organized IN other clreum-
stances IT might have been organized
differently. II has not been 100 per cent
ctcIcnt, but ! know OF no organization
that is.
we have had some slackers. but they
have been in a pitiablc minority and
extremely unpopular with their fellow
workmen Generally speaking. the men
who have done the real work of the
Emergency Fleet Corporation have done
their level. human best TO be TOO per
cent efficient
.'On the Fourth Of July | saId that |
hoped that in some one month wf would
turn ont 4 half million tons of completed
shipping 80 far. w have turned out
5o7 ships Of total dead weight tonnage
of more than , .stiO. 600 tons and IN the
month If October, as | believe the re-
ports will show. We actually did turn
out that 500 0u0 tons Of completed ships.
And we are gong "a conplcte the pro-
gram laid down complete It for the
needs Of peace.
CONTINUE aHipsuIfpiNa
"From now on We arc going 10 build
ships for economic nerinanency We are
not going 20 strive for speed but We are
going u build ships that will be the ar
geeies of trade, sailing the seven seaa,
in the DAYS of the long peace. And let
me say right here that 70 per cent Of
the ships already built have been built
for economic efficiency The program
calls for IL. 600 600 more tons Of ship
ping. and those ships are gong 70 bf
constructed They are gong 70 carry
overseas the products Of American man
nfacturers that will rebuild half con
tinent. and they are going 10 fr1rg back
the most precious loads Of freight that
ships ever carried in all this world
they are going 70 bring back the Amer
lean soldiers who laid low military au-
tocracy over there and made the world
safe fer democracy
To me. Of course, whatever have
been allie TO do with the Emergency
Fleet Corporation has beer labor Of
love and the work has been one under
the most Inspiring leadership Of the
most inspiriug leader that | have ever
known. Woodrow Wilson the president
of the United States and all that be
has done and all that he has said has
been seconded and backed up most a. "
and most enthusiast eally BY my immedi-
ate chef Eward y Hurley chairman Of
the Shipping Board
Now we see clearly before US the
peace tlmc Of the world Grave problems
are before Us, but they will be solved
as the boys of our army splendldly
solved the problems of war We have
a peace and We have peace with VIC
tory. and, as the Latins used to say
the end shall CROWN the work Before
! sit down. | can't let the opportunity
pass 10 pay a tribute to the work which
my own organization. the Bethlehem
Steel Company, has done to help win
the war.
BETHLEHEM COMPANY S RECORD.