Show j i To T I i i B DOAD A AI I Admiral Capps Given Give Aid in Building Up the thet i t Nations Nation's Merchant Mar Marine Ma- Ma rine I N fear Breakdown r pe r J I II I A ALDINGTON oft U t Oi 26 W VV V V TIle The r States ta tC's Emer- Emer j Emer-j genet geney Fleet corporation i is in in m the I process of reorganization today I j Rear Real Admiral Ju I Capps apps is to be relieved of ot the business management of ot the emergency fleet corporation lIe He will wili devote ote his hill entire time and anti energies to problems of construction and will remain as the supreme me power power I fin in the emergency fleet c corporation t i j The he action is being taken at the re reQuest request request re- re quest of ot Admiral Capps apIs He has asked td I Chairman Ld N. N Hurley of the shipping board to talc lake some of ot the I work from his shoulders shoulder Admiral I Cappa in poor health hc realizes that I t the management of ot the emergency fleet corporation is more mote than a a. one-man one i job Chairman Hurley i is now considering consid- consid fring ering the of three men pro probably ably civilians who will attend to I Ithe the business I management of ot the fleet corporation Admiral Capps will work worl upon the construction notion end of ot the corporations corporation's cor- cor 01 01 i work j Officials of ot the shipping board boar declared declared de- de clued today that the action can ean in noway no I Iway way be construed as a rift in the or- or or-I or or 1 The They declare that the mattel matter matter mat mat- ter tel is IR simply one caused by too great gleat I pressure upon one man Admiral man Admiral Capps man When Admiral Capps took up the work left letL by b IJ General Goethals after atter 1 the Goethals Denman-Goethals tow row he was watt confronted con con- con j fronted with a huge tusk task The rhe plans i for building fabricated si steel eel ships had mot met with difficulties and it was WI up to I Admiral Capps to straighten it out lIe He has done dono this thiR and moreover moreover- has ban j carried on the general work worl of or the emergency fleet corporation tion j I I Arrangements for fee the expenditure of I the entire appropriation of ot the shipping ship ship- ping board have n now w be been n made Ad Admiral Ad- Ad miral mirul Capps has worked twelve tu lu tuI fourteen hours a day to accomplish 1 I this Now there comes mes the great reat task I. I of preparing the program for the next appropriation To attend to the construction construction construction con con- I program and at the tho same sameI I time carry on tin the business management management manage manage- ment and of the t emergency I fleet corporation is more than Admiral Admiral- j I Capps feels capable of doing Therefore Therefore There There- fore tore Chairman Hurley at his request has consented 1 to a I three mento men mento mento I to attend to the business management of oC the fleet of ot strife between Harley Hurley and J Capps were Vere vigorously denied at the I shipping board offices today tOlla I It la is laI I known there have been een strong atI attempts attempts at- at I tempts to make trouble but they have been unsuccessful Owners of paper I I ship construction companies who navo have I attempted to secure contracts contracts' and andI I tailed have done their the best to cause J dist enmon in the shipping board Charges th that t private concerns concerns now working on private Ie ship building could do more moro efficient work than tho these e concerns concerns con con- cerns used by 11 the shipping board were disregarded It II was waR declared today that when under full operation one of the shipping board O I construction plants will turn out one steel ship every ery ery two t 1 days darN Another plant constructing i larger ve vessels sels turn out one complete complete com com- com I ship every ever three days I II I Officials In ra Washington are ale satisfied I with time the work the worl of ot the shipping board and an the the emergency fleet corporation I Continued published hed reports report that the I marine program of the United States Is not Dot working out satisfactorily are arc I discredited d. It is known that there ill 1 a strong feeling against the shipping P hoard because o of It Its strict airier policy of America mErica and the American an forces i Continued on page 2 2 1 j i r U. U FORCED S.-FORCED Continued from Crom page 1 first t. t This policy has evidently caused sortie some official in inconvenience and has hurt many concerns It is believed that I th these se ar are responsible for the protests against the methods and work of ot the I snipping board |