Show STEEL S IS AGAINST WAR AR SCHWAB SAYS I I Bethlehem Head Tells F Foch och ochi i Financial Loss Not to toBe 1 Be Considered i r Sf NEW EW YORK Nov 19 Emphatic I 4 assurance that the iro Iron and steel manufacturers of ot the the United States are ae re solidly aligned d with with delegates to the arms conference lii ta their efforts to toSS tort SS rt end wars was gi given gien en by Charles M. M Schwab in an address last lost night at ata a dinner of ot the American Iron and Steel Institute In h honor of Marshal Marsh Foch loch After paying high tribute to the marI mar mar- marshal marshal mar mar- I 1 and telling him that in the language language lani lan- lan i guage of the of poets he had been grappled to our souls with I hoops of steel Mr Schwab who is head of the Bethlehem Steel corporation corporation corporation corpora corpora- tion said S I r would like JIke to take ad advantage van tage of this occasion to say something which S has long been upon my heart and which at this significant moment It is clearly my duty to say GENEVA REPORT REFUTED It was stated at some of th sessions sessions ses ses- ses- ses i of ot Vie the recent league of nations meeting In Geneva Geneva It It has hag often n been II carelessly suggested In the press that press that the flame of war Is in great measure kept alive by those Interested In the private building of naval ships an and andS S tile manufacture of munitions of war I can of course speak only for myself myself myself my my- self bu but t I believe 1 I know and express the sentiments of others placed in similar positions to mine when I say sayI I this I 1 am at the head of the largest lagest war war- materials manufacturing works In Inthe inthe inthe the world The shipyards of my ray company company com corn pany build more naval ships than are built In any other yards under one management In the United States But I have been thrilled beyond expression expression 1 sion as has every good American by that brilliant and statesmanlike scheme laid lad before the conference at Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington by Secretary Hughes The carrying out of that plan may involve t I great monetary loss in some quarters but such a thing a as financial loss can j be of no consideration when compared to the inestimable boon to mankind S which would be Involved in the realIzation realization real real- of th that magnificent plan Mr Schwab declared that should the statesmen n now assembled In Washington Washing Washing- ton find it possible to bring about disarmament disarmament dis dis- dia- dia armament and permanent peace gladh gladly gladly glad glad- ly h- se see the war making machinery machinery ma ma- chinery of ot the Bethlehem Steel COrporation corporation corporation cor COr- sunk to the bottom of the ocean S WORLD WOULD BENEFIT Nothing could contribute more to the ultimate and permanent prosperity and nd happiness of ot the world he added than the conclusion of agreements be between between between be- be tween the great nations of the world which would eliminate war and the causes of war and so let us say to the themen themen themen men gathered at Washington let It go out from this gathering of men of the steel and Iron Industry that we are solidly behind every effort they can canI I make which will hasten hastan the coming S of the time when war shall be no more I Marshal 1 Foch was greeted with uproarious uproarious up up- UP-j UP enthusiasm when Mr Gary presented him I He paid a tribute to the Industrial I organization which gave the allies their supplies asserting that victory had f been achieved by the unity of action the element of the Industrial unity back backof of ot the lines and the flow of materials the United States had promised Permit then to salute the me wonderful wonderful wonderful won won- power of Industry which enabled us to carry forth the war as rapidly as we did dd and to save thousands of lives It is with this thought that I I salute you with a most profound tude d |