Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-21
SECRETARY DANIELS
VISITS FORE RIVER
Mrs. Daniels Acts as Sponsor at
Launching OF Latest United
States Destroyer.
KAISER MUCH DISAPPOINTED
Head OF Navy Department Tells
Shipyard Workers That Labor Is
We'll Represented in War Admin
istration at Washington.

OF secrecy which upon tho dcclara-
ton OF war. was clampcd down bv
tho Navy Department upon the activi-
ties OF the Bethlehem Shlp6ui!dins
Corporation az it's Fore River plant
and Squanturn works The Secretary
of the Navy came here on a; tour o.
inspection o: these yards. With MIR.
Daniels. Governor Mccall. the Mayors
OF boston and Quincy and other
guests. he arrived at Fore River early
II, the morning. General Manager :
w. Wakcman escorted the party TO
the slip ways Here was a launching
stand. over which the latest type OF
dcstroycra being turned gu, a, Fore
river pokcd her sharp-cut bow.
~ tho scrccching Of a .ircn several
thousands Of workmon came pouring
out OF tho shops. The Fore River
band played tho "Star-SpangloI Ban
ner," and Mrs. Daniels gracefully die
charged her Office as sponsor as tre
latest OF Uncle SANS warshps took
the water 10 the cheering OF = con
stanty auGmcat!ns mass o, G.lmy
shipbuilders
Mr.. Daniels appeared tremendously
Impressed. for the yard he knew when
last he visited had $500 men at work.
To-day It has 1900.
After the DESTROYER had been
launched. the shtpbuildcrs called on
si.. Daniels fo- speech.
SHEPARD WORKERS. ARE
As nItAII: AS FIGHTERS
The most gratifying thing abou:
this war no said. is tina; the bulk
=. :non OF Al ca;i:ngs haze been ready
to make whatever sacrincca the au
tho-it!es have asked them to make
There has uccn a hearty response ~
tho American people in all direction.
Tho spirit OF America is that ;h"r,
VIII lie no prontcerinS and no ;olera-
ton Of slackers. either IN tho mill
tsry service. IN munition plants. n
the shlpyards or anywhere else TIC
men who arc turning out dcstroycrs
and munitions arc just as brave
the men wno arc at the front. Unless
their courage and Willingness makes
d sac-ircc 20 furnish the implements
o. war, tho brave men a the front
will give their lives without tn.
agencies nhich vii! enable them 10
win the war.
The greatest disappointment ot the
Kaiser has not been the failure or the
C-hoat warfare 70 siarsc our aNcs,
although that was kccn dlsappotn,-
mont, Tho srcatc.t disappointment
was the falling down OF tho we'll
planned propaganda 10 tcmcnt social
revolution in America. The Creates
disappointment Of all IS that The -rortH
q. hts paid spies and cmisfarics, whis-
rcrinc in the ears Of any !abor!ns man
who would listen, arc worse th,,n
wasted. Labor in America understand.
,Mat L depends FOR its ne aud prog
-css nnd future victories upon over
coming Germany autoc-acy in this wn-
1T - easy for me 20 understand
the suspicious and diatrust mat crowds
mo mind o. tho average worker in con-
uectlon with war. From the first dawn
;hc masses have been pewns IN every
struggle. and warfare has ever been
made an excuse for setting back tho
hands o! progress 1t is no; SO to-
dav Tnc-c is not q single body IN
this country Win any executive power
that does not have upon it repre-
sentative o: labor. sitting side hy side
with representatives. OF employers.
trade unionlst. William Il. Wilson. is
Secretary OF Labor. Samuel Gompcrs Is
a member OF tho advisory committee
OF the Council of National Defense. and
the president OF the building trades
union is on tho emergency construc-
ZION pc'tiu liidl oti sIiPs.
NEW DESTROYER NAMED
FOR NORTH ChHOLINt MAN
Mr.. Daniels announced that the new
destroyer had been christcned the Bell.
in honor Of Rcar-Admiral Henry II.
Bell. rativc OF North Carolina. who
commanded division or the United
states fleet under FarraGut In the War
Between the States lie lost his life by
drowning, in Japan. in 1865.
Mr.. Daniels's party then visited the
Squantum works. where a great sur
prise awaited him. Where a few
months aso was quagmirc to-day
there stands great shipbuilding yard.
Sir. DANIELS LAYS
HEELS or DESTROYERs
The visitors were conducted directly
10 the ships IN which lay the keel
blocks only. Under the guidance of
Superintendent j. J. Nolan, a veteran
shipbuildcr. Mr.. Daniels laid the kccls
Of five destroycrs almost Simultaneous
~ to the cheering accompaniment Of
the entire shpbuildng force OF the
yard.
CircIins the plant and returning TO
the ships, where the kcels had been
laid nifty minutes earlier. Mr.. Daniels
found that a transformation had oc-
Cured. for the steel framework of
five dcstroyers were actually in posi-
ton. 1t was remarkable object les
son OF what American shipbuildcrs are
capable and Secretary Daniels was OBJ
Viously pleased.
"Wlll Fore River and Squantum rise
to the tremendous responsibility en-
trusted 10 them by the Navy Depart
mcnt?' asked one OF those who
looked on.
The prompt reply from determined
looking foreman was not elegant. but
left no room for doubt
Celebrate Memorial Day.
PARIS. April 2O.-Plans for the
Memorial Day celebration arc already
being made by the mon OF the Amcri.