Evening journal., 1918-04-30
WANTS TO BE SHOWN
n RIVET DRIVING
Charles H. Slant Questions
Record of Claude Mcbride
and Grew,
SAYS NEWSPAPER
FIGURES TOO HIGH

The rivei-drivins situation is heat
ins up"
Charles II. stant, Of no. 1908 Market
stree,. this city. who is yard foreman
OF the Chester shipbuilding Company,
questions the rivet-dri,ins record Of
Claude Mcbride and a crew at the Pusey
and Jones Company, as set forth in
newspaper articles.
Mr.. slant SAYS he has some money 20
wager that Mcbride and a standardized
crew can't equal the record claimed IN
newspaper article for them, Of i03i
Iivets driven in seven hours. Here is
Stants idea Of the situation.
10 the Editor Of THE EVENING
JOURNAL.
sir Referring generally TO the epi-
demic OF news articles on the subject
or "Rivet Driving Championships at
present crowding the columns Of the
press and. specifically TO the stories
carried by The Wilmington papers on
This topic, I crave the use Of space in
one of your editions IN order 10 cor
rect an Injustice caused by their pub
lcation TO not only members Of The
riVoting crews in tho Harlan and lol-
lingsworth and Tie pusey & Jones ship
building plants land ! use the name Of
tho latter firm adyisedly but TO thou
sands OF others who gain their livcli-
hood through this means in other Della
ware River shipyards.
Every riyet driven IN a new American
bottom is swat at the Hun. Il Is
far from my purpose 10 attempt to
deuact from ihe glory Of real achieve
msnt in riyct driving. but claim found
cd. am lead TO believe, on a disior-
ton OF facts, and one that has made
countless members Of the riyeting
craft sore has been given wide pub
llciiy and IN simple fairness 7 ask the
publication OF This letter.
According 90 an article appearing in
q recent issue OF your paper Claude
MBride and crew, OF the pusey &
Jones forces has performed o riVeling
feat so prodlgious that 10 proclaims
Them champions OF the State with ma
tionsl possibilities as wcil-as the
stery Is told
Like the Prince Of Monte Carlo. hear
ing a rlyel. instead OF a sword, MBride
Tor the sponsor who launched" the
story. claims the world is his Classed
with the Titan giants OF mythology
he and his crew have 10 that they have
Hammered their way to a historic pos
teriiy They have become vikings of
the tankers-lhe loadfsh OF the seven
seas. They eat 'em alive-i03i rlyeis
in seven hours. 1T can't be did rs
In analyzing why "it can't be did
would first explain to the INITIATED
that a riVeting crew consists Of four
units. The "riyeter," "holder on
play relatively important parts in the
'clanping together of a bottom. Tho
standardized pay for such a crew az
defined by a recent agreement Of thC
Adjustment Board Is $500 per hundred
Tor rs riyets-lthe record claimed be.
Ing based also on one inch but I'm Civ.
Ing lho benefit OF the smaller dimen.
sion, which Is divided among the foul
ON an equitable basis Standardized
raies mean standardized crows. An,
thus qualified crow getting away Will
1881 riveis IN seven hOurs-and the,
would become historic hours bring
home tho bacon and my hat would H
on % them as supcrmen quicker thai
any I'D on the river And now come
midnight in liussal am given 20 an
dersland, and my Information come
can't be gainsaycd that BBrides croy
wasn't a standard crew. inasmuch a
81 had expensive trimmings" a chin
per- rcamer and helper matched NJ
with the riyeter. holder on and passel
while the heater iall honor TO him a
he delivered The goods was let OH
1n the cold. The clipper got 95 cent
an hour the reamer 80 cents and hI
helper iJ cents total OF si331 fo
the seven hours or an increase Owe
the standardized rates OF approXimaiel
% per cent Duties assigned 90
standardized crew OF four was thus dis
81. tribuied among seven and TO those VIII
4 know, the 'record" IS shorn OF muc
3 of its pristine glory
regret having Go write the wor,
Z that may sever Mr. MBride from n
1 wreath OF fame because I have n
! doubt but what his head ewes an
back ached at The end OF those seNt
epochal hours. A rivet driver is
genius that ever plods and one IA.