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Show 55r SCHWAB Need for Ships Is Great ; New Vessels Will Be Larger. By Aaaoclated Preaa. PHIUAIKLI'HIA. Nov. 12. Sijnins of the armistice will not affect the government's shipbuilding program, according to Charlea M. ISchwab, director di-rector general of the Fmergency Meet corporation. The continuation of tha program," said Mr. Schwab, "will be the biggest factor In tiding over the period between be-tween war production and peace conditions. con-ditions. ' "Our tonnage output so far hat consisted con-sisted too largely of small vessels, because be-cause we had to take anything we could get to meet the necessity. Now. we shall turn tn the larger cargo carriers car-riers of ten to fourteen thousand tons, they being the most economical, cost compared with capacity. "Tha ruling principle of our shipbuilding ship-building from now on will be -economy. Following the big carriers wilt come the large paaaenger ships, which must sooner or later be constructed. If we are to compete with the shipping of other nations '' |