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Show k u. s: 1ST REPLACE SHIPPING OF t WORLD 20,000,000 Needed Now; 3 Years' Work for Half Million Men. rr. By Frederick M. Kerby 12' M. E. A. Staff Corrpandnt. JCKW YOHK. Ic. U. Thara are lo0,fK0 employ lumy In the whipyarda . ii'f the I nitfd .;teii tidnv and the nr4-nt proKr.im ff a'nlp roiiHlnlctlnn . " will kepe them li'iay for at lea.t three '" earn to roma. ' '' That ii the meaning of lh. .tate- -y tnent by Charlea M. Kchwab that the - I'nited Sutea proram lor eon.truc-tlon eon.truc-tlon of the IJ.DOU.OOO ton. of marran- - tile ahlpplnu will be crrle.out In plta " jnf the ceaaatlon of boatilitlea. The United State, cannot afford to .top for an In.tant In .hlpbulldlnK. f , There t. at thi. moment a deficit In ZZ, the world1, ihlpplnc of 0,000,M0 dead-- dead-- weight ton.. Thi. repreMnt. about elchl time, the aai ln(t capacity of - ahlp ronntrurllon In the I'nited State. In IS1J. The reat new Indu.try I. "V tlwia nolnn to furnish employment for j a. army of worker, for a Ions tlm.. . tl demand f"r aieel, wood and ma-&; ma-&; t-riel of 'l h'fda ta going to Keen " ' Tnafl." 'IBr Hii'MUIrV !liiTUsTrl TlUiyT .'.1 And the finished nhipa are going to furnlh employment for many thou- .and additional men aa crew.. V.; F.ven after the t.lg program a nom-Inally nom-Inally "comtleled." the cotiatant wear i and tear. Including the necry new ' ' Tn.trurllrn T hit. muat-cuelly - go forward, will probahly keep the ; larger portion of the ahlpbulldlng trade .t hli.y permknently. ' WORK POR ALLIED TRADES ALSO ASSURED. ' rlealde. the 400,001) worker, actually i engnged on ahlp ronftnictlun. there are SSB.000 worker, employed In trade, al- lied to .hlpbinldlng. and theee will . ' p.-elubly Increaae In number aa our ' ' program geta further under way. - J Thla la how the blkgret men In the .hipping Indnetry view the out- luok for pro.jierity in their line. J i It 1. e.timaf-d that Kurojie will V ; take from two to three year, to re-'- cover In a ehlpbulldlng wnse. and In "". ' that time we .halt prepare the way ; to make the fnlted State, the great-' great-' e .hipping country In the world. Hereafter, the hlp men believe South -" Amertoan counlrela will com. to the T I I'nited State, for It. ahlp. al.o. - K. S. Hurley, ch.trman of the .hip ping hoard, he. pointed out that the I high price of ataple. now eiletlng I" ' Urtely the reault of lack of ahipping. " ' and the program of the board will In ' ' a mea.ilre bring price, of the necea.l-'- j tie. of life down In every corner of ' the world. Mr. Hurley believe that A m r-lf a will CMmt.el. . ilh Ihe world In 1 all llnee, owing to blah efficiency and aclentlfic development In ahlpbulld-Inc. ahlpbulld-Inc. "'- U. S. MAY TAKE OVER r MERCANTILE MARINE. eW ' 'The refusal of the goernment to . allow the International Mercantile Marine Ma-rine to turn over nearly 1.000,000 ton. of ve.ael. to British lntere-t.. tin- tfnuhtedly meana that these ahlp.. " - which Include vessel, like the Olympic. will be purchased by our ahlppinit ' " board. Neg.tlaliona along these line. J' .re now under way. During the way. the ITnlted State, lost 1.54.000 ton. of shipping, of which ' ::S4.44. ton. wero mercantile. The shipping hoard has under way or requl-V- .itloned li.50o.ono tons Thi. .hipping will co.t an average of SI a ton. It la believed In shipping circle, here that the ITnlted States, at the peace - table, will urge that the equivalent in tonnage to the American vesel sunk by submarine, during the war ' " snail be kept by our shipping board These would Include some of the larg-est larg-est ship, afloat Te.acl. that ordinarily VU, would tnke from two to three years ' ' to eon.trucC .. -The prediction I. made unequlvo-: unequlvo-: cally now among the snipping men that all the great American shipping ' f lines Including the Mercantile Marine. rnlted VYult. Atlantic G'Jlf West T tnd'-es. Munmti. Ward and racifle lines. Will probably be combined un-' un-' ar th. .up.rvt.lon of the government. Insurance and all other risk will be taken by the ITnlted State.. nd in - all essential respect, .hipping will be-' be-' come a government owned Indu.try, to . ' be developed until thi. becomes the ": treateet .hipping country In the world. |