New-York tribune., 1918-07-05
Secretary Stirs Tan,nany
With Hint at Huge Num-
ber of Destroyers Ready
Predicts U-Boats' End
Secretary Of Labor and j.
Hamilton Lewis Also Speak
ers at Celebration

The Fourth was celebrated by the
sbipbuilders OF the country in launch
mo greater tonnage than the United
States had lost through the European
war Josephus Daniels, Secretary OF
,bs Navy, told the Tammanv Society
AZ its Independence Day celebration in
the Fourteenth Street Wigwam yester-
day.. ,.,., s..,o,.,
Secretary Daniels, "more than the Ger
mans sank of the ships OF all nations
in the last month for which we have
official figures. The recent enemy
submarine activities off our coast re-
suited in the loss Of 25,4t1 gross tons
Of American shipping. During this
same tire 10000 deadweight tons of
shipaing were built.
~To-day one of the impressive
Fourth OF July celebrations Will be
the launching of fourteen new destroy
ers. and scores more will be launched
and commissioned before the end OF
rhe summer. with an increasing num-
ber thereafter until these best foes of
the submarines IN cooperation with the
craft Of allied nations will free the
world forever Of the assassins of the
seas, for German Uboats are sunk
faster than Germany can build them.
And we arc building these destroy
ers rapidly, and If | were to tell you
the number we are building it would
carry fear to the hearts of Won Tirpitz
and the murderous men who are max
ing submarine war
Secretary Daniels reused the as
sembled Democrats to q mad pitch of
enthusiasm when he said that when
of "
coasts Z few weeks ago was acclaimed
by the press of Germany rs the de
cisive hour of the war in that 1t would
prevent America from sending muni-
tions and men across, America detied
the U-boats by sending out the biggest
convoy of men taken overseas since the
United States entered the war.
"And not one American ship on the
wav to France has been lost, nor has
one soldier on American transports en-
route for France been lost" added Sec
retary Daniels. Then he continued:
"f there is any compensation out
ct the tragedy of this war it is that
Il has united America as it never was
united before. On your streets to-day,
on a holiday, when men and women
usually go to the country or for rest,
vou cannot think of pleasure when you
think Of the crisis. And we are march
ing and leading and working, so that,
across the sea, the 1000 sailors on
the saa and the two million and more
American soldiers across or soon to
60 across viii know that back OF them
is every heart in all America.
let lis en- this day reconsecrate
ourselves, radedicate ourselves, all that
we have and all that VIC are, to the
doctrine that governments derive their
a. nr I1
governed
Another member of President Will
sons Cabinet. William B. Wilson,
Secretary Of Labor, also spoke. He
declared that the efficiency of Germany
was largely an advertising efficiency
and that the American workmen had
proved to be more than match for
the German.
I'VE have had the melting pct to
weld and forge for generation after
generation,' continued Secretary Will
sou. "Thc alien of to-day is the Amer
ican OF tomorrow, and he is not
true American unless he IS willing to
sacrifice all that he has, all that he
hopes 10 be. all of the material and
spiritual things of this life for the
protection OF the country IN which he
lives"
James adWlltOn LEWIS, y iiiICG - oeilSo
Senator from Illinois, the first short
talker," spoke largely OIL politics, glad
dening the hearts of the men. whose
outbursts of applause we're led by Rob
ert T. Wagner, minority leader Of the
State Senate. and Thomas F. Smith,
member of the House of Repre- resenta-
tiges and secretary of Tammany Hall,
the two biggest Tammany members
present.
The next Presidential contest will
be fought out on principles of de-
mocracy defined in terms different
from those ever stated to America at
any time since her existence" said
Senator Lewis "The next Presidential
election will be fought on the issue,
Shall we remain a democracy IN Amer
lea %
John R. Voorhis. grand sachem, pre-
sided. and after Senator Lewis he in
'roduced as the makers of the other
short talks" Charles D. Donohue, mi
nority leader of the Assembly; A. I.
Rorke Finis j. Garrett, Representative
from Tennessee; Warren Gard, Repre-
sentative from Ohio; James C. Wilson,
Representative from Texas.
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