The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-01-12
4. M.SwigertIs
Guest Speaker
AT Rotary Club

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ok ahead with enthusiasm and
imagination will find itself fall
ng behind the procession of those
communities which solve their
immediate problems with an eye
o the future rather than the past,
4 M. Swigert, works manager
{ the ingalls, Shipbuilding Cor
'oration plant, told members of
he Pascagoula Rotary club at
he weekly luncheon session on
Wednesday at the Community
louise.
Mr.. Swigert was guest speaker
I the luncheon and was intro
luced by Hermes F, Gautier, who
old of his former connection
With the Chrysler Corporation
where he spent eleven years
lrior to coming to Pascagoula and
vas one of the supervisors in the
installation of the .Chrysler tank
rsenal in the early days of the
var.
MIR. Swigert used as his sub
ect What Is Pascagoula Going
% Do For the Shipyard?" He
discussed the early days of the
establishment of the yard here
nd the changes that it has
lrought about in the community.
Requirements of Yard
In discussing the subject we
hould consider what a shipyard
equires, MI. Swigert said, which,
lfter the initial investment in
ihysical properties and facilities
rected and in operation, resolves
tself into three phases OBJ
aiming materials, processing these
Materials and selling them at a
lrofit.
The obtaining of materials and
elling at a profit is today deter
mined by governmental agencies,
ie said, as the government is the
My buyer. In connection with
his, he said, "it behooves every
american interested in his coun-
~ to work as efficiently as pos
ible in order to keep to a mini
mum the tremendous financial
Dad which the Americans of to-
lay and the future will have to
larry.
"Along this line" he added, 81
I'm very happy to be with a con-
:ern that considers cost and eff
.iency as well as production be-
:ause an efficient and cost-con-
Icious plant will produce better
Iuality goods at a lower cost than
,lants where cost is not consid-
sred."
With these two steps more or
ess fixed under present condi-
ions, the processing of materials
nto a finished product becomes
he most important phase and
he one in which individuals and
he community can more or less
iegulate conditions required for
uch activities, Nh. Swigert said.
Many items used in c~onstruc-
ion at the shipyard are obtained
N distant cities, he said, and
many of them could be produced
ocally and require only the set
ling I'm of facilities
These facilities need not be
large at the moment" he added,
''but the foundation or basis
should be started so that advan-
tage can be taken of more favor
able conditions when they pre-
sent themselves so that activity
could be advantageou sly in
creased.
"By these activities | mean the
location, in adjacent communities,
of machine shops for the machin-
ing and fabrication of many units
which we now have to have ma
chined and shipped here from out
side the community"
Tool shops, foundries, pattern
shops and force shops are some
of the smaller industries that
could be advantageously located
in this area, he added, in addi-
ton to a shop for the repair of
heavy electrical equipment.
Small Shops Important
ut has been my experience"
Mr.. Swigert said, that small
shops working from 10 to 40 men
contribute largely to the wealth
of a community in many ways"
MI. Swigert also talked on the
relations of the community to
industry, the necessary UNDER
standing that must come from
both sides.
A community in which work.
men live must recognize the fact
that they have as much interest
IN these workmen as the work.
men have in the community.
Community leaders, therefore,
must be alert to see that good
men are in power in the commu-
nifty" he said, mot only in the
actual intricate business of run
ming the city and county govern
ments, but also in the equally
important social leadership of
our community"
He spoke of the ingalls, Ship
yard reputation for quality, and
the new developments in process,
and of the steps necessary to
make the community a beautiful
and IiuaahIa cffv