Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-08
PERSHTNG CABLE
PRAISES SCHWAB
Messages From American
Commander and Foch
Read at Reception
LAUDED BY DANIELS
Emergency Fleet Workers
4 Jam Opera House to Honor
% Director General

Admiration of Charles NJ. Schwab as
= the nations master shipbuilder. ex-
pressed by Marshal Foch and General
Pershing by cable, and Secretary Dan
jsis, of the Navy Department. and
xChairman Hurley. OF the shipping
= BOARD, by word of mouth. received
; <.thunderous Endorsement of applause last
night from 5000 employees of the Finer
s gency Fleet Corporation crowded into
the Metropolitan opera House at re-
ception to their director general
- Keyed TO a high pitch of patriotic en-
thusiasm by news CT the cessation of
hostilities, the throng wildly cheercd as-
rEertions by Secretary Daniels, that res
toration OF Alsace-Iorraine( indemnity
for Belgium and northern France, and
"a league OF nations upheld by an inter-
n national police force, will be certain re-
suits of the peace negotiations.
Renewed cheers greeted his statement
that shipbuilding must 20 on in order
10 provide huge merchant marine for
+ the nation. Mr.. Schwab occasioned' an
other outburst when he asserted the
work must be continued until the 49,
Z 900, 900 tons arranged for shall Lave
been delivered
" Another thrill was afforded when Mr.
Schwab presented TO Charles Piez. gem
erai manager Of the fleet corporation,
gold medal awarded by the Govern
,ment.
Daniels for Merchant Marine
Secretary Daniels stirred the large
audience to intense patriotic fervor
when. in his address, he said
THE envoys of Germany are now in
conference with Marshal Foch to hear
the terms which have been laid down by
the Allied peoples. These are all based
on the fourteen terms laid down by
~ n
subsequent addresses.
"If they are accepted. from them will
rsbring a. League of Nations. which VIII
testablish a great international police
tfbrce for the world, with the armies ana
snavies of the great peoples to perform
Fthis office.
q ''If. however. the Germans should lack
the foresight to accept President Will
sons terms at this time, they VIII DO II
later on a bended knee. For the Presi.
usnt and the governments associated
with us In this great war have deter
mined that peace shall come on these
fourteen terms Of President Wilson, and
1hey will force their acceptance no mat
ffer how long the time or how great thr
COST
:. ssvvhatever else we have we must have
q merchant marine after the war, ne
added. ''Our trade must go to the Ut
UnrmOst parts OF the world ana II mus
- in American bottoms. We must
never again be guilty of the blindness OF
{fAding only with ourselves"
~ Workers Aided Victory
peace with victory could not have
h<en made possible without the patri-
snfic efforts of the workers at home" said
Ehairman Hurley.
4 Last month the American shpyards
csu1pleted and delivered 4l5,90s dead
weight tons of shipping. II was the
nnest shipbuilding achievement th'
world has ever known. II was the
Gimax of your hard work, and I would
nike TO say the stenographers, clerks and
even the Office boys. who dio what was
assigned to them well as II could be
done, deserve just as much credit as the
men ut the top"
Referring to Director General Schwab
I. Hr! Hurley said:
HE has won your hearts as he won
ours In Washington, but while you may
all think you know him well, and that
you will always remember him. I ven
ture to say that Hindenburg will remem-
ber him longer than any of you"
schwab Thanks Employees
Mr.. Schwab said:
with reference TO every member OF
the Emergency Fleet Corporation can