Show t I HIP lAUNCHING ON JULY 4 IS DEFt TO KAISER KAER tn len en Pershing and Chairman Chairman Chair Chair- In t I man Hurley of Shipping I Board Express Opinions I 1 I 41 t By Associated ted Press f iti I WASHINGTON ASHINGTON July Tuly 2 No No more moreiL I iL answer could be given s-Iven to tu the thc challenge received from UJ-K UJ This was the message c Pershing in reply to Chairman Ch 0 u-Ic u of ot the shipping board boari inform- inform j tho the American fighting men In nr France that the ship shipbuilders at home I would launch merchant ships on Jul 4 4 11 The launching of r ships on the Fourth of ot Jul July is the most inspiring l news there has come to us General ll Pershing said All 11 ranks of the tho army Franco send their congratulations con Jaud aid heartfelt thanks to their patriotic brothers In the shipyards at home No defiant answer could be e given to tho enemy's challenge With such backing we c cannot fall taB to win All hail American shipbuilders Chairman Hurley's message to the said 6 Not by delaying a a. sinde e ship but speeding to tho utmost the Ameri- Ameri I shipyards wilT launch nearly ships on July 4 4 On this one day cele- cele l the nations nation's independence and backing up boys bos in the the trenches the thc kmen in the shipyards will launch 50 1000 dead weight tons as much as was launched in six si months last year Your Youri inspIring leadership of or th the American f smarmy arm army in France has thrilled the shipyard shipyard shipyard ship ship- yard workers and if the time comes conies r i when you ou need even e the shipyard men menever over ever there they will go to the last t man We Ve want you and boys s in tho the Ii trenches to know that men in in inthe the yards i L are re going the limit to provide in roc roc- breaking time the ships that will wiH It carry carTY more men food and munitions to totI I tI the intrepid American expeditionary forces s. s I PAL u |