Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-20
DANIELS LAYS )
DESTROYER KEELS
At SUB LAUNCHING
Tells Shipbuilders Kaiser's Great
Disappointment Was Inability TO
Create Social Revolts Here.
PRAISES LABOR'S LOYALTY
By Associated Press to Every Evening

Quincy Mass, April 20. Secretary ot
the Navy Joscphus Daniels was The guest
Of honor at the launching today OF one
OF the latest type OF dcstroyers at the
Fore River plant Of the Bethlehem Ship
building Co. At the scrceching of siren,
1000 workmen came pouring out oi
the shops The Fore River band played
the star Spanglcd Banner" and Mis-
Daniels gracefully discharged her office
as sponsor rs this latest Of Uncle Sam
warships took the water TO the cheering
Of constantly augtncnting mass OF
grimy shipbuildcrs.
No sLACKERs IN THIS COUNTRY.
"The most gratifying thing about tins
war" said Secretary Daniels after the
launching, Is that the bulk OF the men
Of all callings have been ready TO make
whatever sacrifices the authorities have
asked them TO make There has been
hearty response by the American people
IN all directions The spirit of America
Is that there Will be no proiitccring and
no toleration of slackcrs either IN the
military service. IN munItion plants, IN
the shipvards or anywhere else The men
who are turning out deStroyers and mu-
nltions arc just as brave as men who arc
At the front Mess their courage and
Willingness makes sacrifice 10 furnish
the implements of war, the brave mon at
the front Will give their lives without the
agencies which VIII enable them 10 win
the war
KAISER : PLOT FAILS.
Tho greatest disappointment Of the
kaiser has not been the failure of the L.
boat warfare to starve our allies, although
that was a keen disappointment The
greatest disappointment was the falling
down OF the well-planned propaganda
10 foment social revolution IN America.
The greatest disappointment Of all Is that
the efforts Of his paid spies and EMS
saueS. whispering IN the cars OF any
laborinC man who would listen, are worse
than wasted Labor in America under
stands that il depends for is life and
progress and future victories upon
Americas : triumph over German autoc-
racy
1T is easy for me to understand the
suspiciouS and dIstrllst that crowds the
mind &c the average worker IN conncc-
ti3n with war
LABOR FULLY RECOGNIZED
From the first dawn the classes have
been pawnS in every struggle, and war
fare has ever been made an excuse for
setting back the hands OF progress II
is not so today There is not single
body in this country with any executive
power that does not have upon 1t a rep
reSentative of labor sitting side by side
with representatives of employers.
Mr. Daniels announced that the new
DESTROYER had been chrlstened the Bell,
in honor Of Rear-Admlral Henry H. Bell,
q native Of North Carolina who COM
mandcd division Of the United States
fleet under Farr4gIt in the Civil War. lie
lost his life BY drowning IN japan IN 1868.
LAYS KEELs FOR FIVE BOATS.
After Inspecting the plant and the
work Of all kinds in hand MIR Daniels
party was taken TO the Squantum works,
two miles distant nder the guidance
Of Superintendent J. J Nolan, a veteran
shipbulder Mr. Daniels laid the keels
Of i've destroyer9 almost simultaneously
to the cheering accompaniment Of the
entire shipbuildlng force.
NEW vEssE SPRING Up
Circling the plant and returning TO the
slips. where the keels were laid fifty
minutes earlier, Mr. Daniels found that a
transformation had occurred, for there
where had been gaping yolds stood the
steel framcworks Of FIVE dcstroyers,
actually in position He was obviously
pleased at the feat