Report of New England Shipbuilding Conference: Under the Auspices of the Industrial Service Department, Division of Construction, Emergency Fleet ... Mass, October 1, 1917 (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation

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ISBN 10 : 1331517427 ISBN 13 : 9781331517429

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

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The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase. Excerpt from Report of New England Shipbuilding Conference: Under the Auspices of the Industrial Service Department, Division of Construction, Emergency Fleet Corporation at Chamber of Commerce Building, Boston, Mass, October 1, 1917 (Classic Reprint)



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Boston, Mass., October i, 1917. Admiral BOWLES. Gentlemen, this conference of shipbuilders has been called by the Emergency Fleet Corporation; that is, the corporation created by the shipping act as a part of the Shipping Board activities, and it is that part which designs and contracts for new vessels, and which, as the agency of the President of the United States, has requisitioned all the ships building in the private yards of 2,500 tons dead-weight and upward. Now, at the head of the Fleet Corporation as general manager, its executive head, is Admiral Capps, and he has asked me to read to you the statement that he would like to be here to make. R ead statement as follows: This is the first gathering of representatives from the shipyards since the organization of the industrial service department under the Division of Construction. The time is opportune, therefore, to say a few words as to the policies of the Emergency Fleet Corporation which underlie the purposes of this conference. There can be no difference of opinion as to the paramount national and world need for ships many ships. We must have ships for our safety; we must have ships for our sustenance and for that of our allies. These ships must be built without delay. Every rivet driven now is so much gain for the defense of our homes and our country. Ships can be built, however, only through common action through cooperation among men. Everything which makes this cooperation prosper counts for the countrys good; everything which retards it points the way of national disaster. Now, this conference emphasizes the benefit of team play among shipbuilders and suggests that the problems common to the shipbuilding industry can be met to a substantial degree by the managers of this industry working to the sole end of responding to the Nation sneed with energy as well as industrial vision. Energy and visio
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1331517427
• ISBN 13: 9781331517429
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 57
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