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Show IPlLQIi WILL BE RUSHED H THEFUTURE Complete Reorganization of Emergency Fleet Corporation Corpora-tion Begun; Chicago Engineer En-gineer in Charge. CAPPS TO REMAIN GENERAL MANAGER Workers in Shipyards to Be Exempt From Draft So Long as at Work on Government Projects. WASHINGTON". Nov. I A complete: com-plete: reorganization of the stii j'j'ir hoard's emergen" v fleet corporation wa-s begun to lav when (, liar lea A- Piez, a Chicago engineer, reeen tly made vice pre-ident o' tho corporation, wad jait in supreme charge of tin; government "s s-fj i pijuildi 114 programme. Kear Admiral Wa-ihinton L. Capp. appointed hy President Wibon as t'en cial manager of tlie corporation, succeeding suc-ceeding .Major General Oeoro V'. Goe-thals, Goe-thals, will eoiitinue in that position, b.i. much of the work he has done heretofore will be taken over, it whs said tonight, by Mr. Hez. Admiral l a; ps denied re port tii at he would re-in because oi the changes that "ill be n.ade. New Men at Wheel. Duties that have been performed by tome ox Admiral Lapps "5 aides, tuo-t 01" ttiem miva! men. wi;l be taken over, to a large extent, by eniuecrtj who will yerve with Mr. E'rz. 'oo.jen ghip construction con-struction will be pat iu charge of Janice J I evwort h. a ,'hicago con Tract or. who displitces Kear Admiral 1". T. How!'-, retired. The building of fabricated steel ships will he under the supervision of hii lot J ;i v. a Philadelphia engineer engi-neer now ju K upland s-t inlying, for t fi-sliippiii fi-sliippiii board. Kngiih methods of con tnniion. A. J. Ma-on of Chicago, another an-other enjinevr, will do mot of the field 1 work, j nr-poct in i: plants and Eupervis-. Eupervis-. ing ge o -rally their operation. Investigation Held. J Pe-didon to reo ru;ini'-e the ptnf f that has had diare of building was , made ly the liippiug board after an invest in-vest L"at ion by a sjeeial committee. This ; committee, named by the board, wa healed by Mr. I'ie.. and h;'d as it? other members Mr. Masmi. Mr. Pay and Frank Kirhv, a New York engineer. The conimitt'ie reported, it is learned, that shipbuilding va not proceeding a? it should because of lack of business met hod;-' within tiie fleet corporation. Yards, they reported, were not obtaining obtain-ing material as rapidly as thty needed it. Specif uat ion s, they said. were changed too often, and a general lack of h::nnonv was found, they declared, between builders and the fleet corporation corpora-tion "s officials. 1 |