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Show U. S. SHIPBUILDING PROGRAM GOES ON ' PHI LiA DEUJH CA, N'oy. 12. Signing ot tho armistice will not nffect the govisrn-ment's govisrn-ment's shipbuilding program, according to Charles M. Schwab, director general of the emergency fleet corporation. "The continuation of the program," Mr. Schwab said, "will be the ldggest factor in tiding over the period between war production nnd peace conditions. "Our tonnage output so far has consisted con-sisted too largely of smnll vessels, .because .be-cause we had to take anything we could get to meet the necessity. Now we shall turn to the larger cargo carriers of 10,000 to 14,000 tons, they being the most economical, cost compared with capacity. The lultng prjjiciple of our shipbuilding iom now onw'ill be economy. Kollow-IrMLtbc Kollow-IrMLtbc big carriers will come large pas-scnTier pas-scnTier ships, which must sooner or later be .constructed If we are to compete with ftvJ shipping of other nations." |