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Show SHIPPING BOARD PLAMGRAH J. L. Ackerson Appointed to Succeed Director Gen- eral Piez. W ASIIINGTON. April 1 1 . C h a irn: a n llu'ey today made tle firs; announcement, announce-ment, of changes in the h'pping board's ;taff in preparation for continuing successfully suc-cessfully the tremendous merchant ma- . rine program started during the war. Telegraphing from Florida, where he j has been taking a brief rest. Mr, Hurlev i appointed Naval Constructor J. T. Acker-son Acker-son to succeed Director General Charles Pies of the emergency f.cox corporation. Mr. Ackeron whs a ice president oi" tiie corporation. Mr. Piez presented his resignation several -months ago, ex-! ex-! pressing a desire to return to his. private huine.N?. Another vi'-e presidect will be namovJ soon to succeed Howard Coonlc , ho also has resigned, in charge of administration, administra-tion, linaucc ur.d contracts. Mr. Huriey is making plans to systematise sys-tematise the work of the new, weaker yards established during the war. He i'l '-etnni to Washington on tfund.iv to spend : week before going to Philadel-' pica. Ivvidqua rter of tiie Meet eorpor:-rien. eorpor:-rien. 1'uring the summer tc.e ci.airnian w.i; pend most of hla time in Philadelphia, Philadel-phia, conferring with shipbuilders and working out Improvements In cost-determining methods. It was said that lack of modern methods has handicapped new yards in submitting bids under the re-vied re-vied program of construction. Mr. Hurley Hur-ley had extensive experience in cost accounting ac-counting as chairman of the federal trade commission, and it is believed his aid will enable new yards to compete with foreign for-eign yards for peacetime business. In a message expressing appreciation of the work of the executive officers, district dis-trict managers, their staffs and th.e great army of employees, the chairman declared th.e shipping board's work is by no means different, and . that those who have worked so well in the past will have further fur-ther opportunity to aid in building up the m ere h ant mart n e . The new chief of construction. M r. Ackerson. is a practical shipbuilder. He was born in Michigan in l$81 and graduated grad-uated from the naval academy in l SOI. His important assignment-. since then in-. in-. elude superintendent of new construction at th.e Mare Island navy yard. Ife became be-came connected with th.e snipping board as aide to Admiral Capps when the latter lat-ter was general manager of the fleet corporation. |