Show SPEEDING UP If WORK ON NAVAL m GRAFT CRAFT SHIPBUILDING COM COMPANIES ANIES TO TO DOUBLE CREWS ON GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT GOVERN GOVERN- MENT M ENT CONTRACTS Have Offered to Set Aside All Private Work nd Are Told t to t Go Ahead at t Full Speed in Building Up Navy Washington Construction of navy craft by th the Newport News Shipbuilding ing Dry Dock company the Fore River Shipbuilding company and the tile Electric Electrio Boat Doat company will be speeded speed speed- ded d- d ed up to the limit of the plants Work on two battleships at Newport News already is proceeding under doubled crews at Secretary Daniels' Daniels suggestion and the offers of the other two companies to take simU similar sim sim- U liar ilar r steps met with the secretary's hearty Approval Representatives eE of the f Fore e R River flyer yer an and and Electric Boat Doat ot Companies nies call called on Mr Ir Daniels Thursday offering to rush work on destroyers destroy rs and submarines submarines submarines sub sub- marines for which they have contracts contracts contracts con con- tracts setting aside other private work to that end They were told to togo togo togo go ahead at full speed The plan is isto isto isto to get the vessels launched as soon as possible freeing treeing stocks for the new set of destroyers and submarines to tobe tobe tobe be authorized in the pending navy bill bUI Details as to the time that can be saved have not been worked out Warlike preparations now are virtually virtually virtually virt virt- completed at the nav navy department department department depart depart- ment pending the enactment by congress congress congress con con- gress of the proposed legislation under under under un un- un- un der which the president may commandeer commandeer com corn private plants plant's and after that the presidents president's decision to exercise exercise exercise ex ex- ex- ex this authority We are Just waiting for the word ord Go was the tile way one official expressed expressed ex ex- pressed it speaking of the speeding up of military preparedness measures contemplated by the pending bills |