Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-11-15 | Page 3 | Shipbuilding to Continue in U. S

SHIPBUILDING TO " CONTINO U. S. Chairman Hurley Outlines Program for Future Needs of Country. WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. Shipbuilding Shipbuild-ing in this country is to be continued steadily but the program of the shipping ship-ping board, based on "war needs, will be revised and designs for ships will be changed with reference to economical economi-cal cost of operation, Chairman Hurley said today outlining the board's peacetime peace-time plans. "The continued need for building American-owned tonnage is obvious," said Mr. Hurley. "Not only must we continue to supply our armies overseas over-seas and prepare to bring them home at the earliest moment compatible with safety, but Europe must be fed and supplied with the necessary materials to permit the reconstruction of devastated devas-tated areas in order that both our friends 'and our enemies may become self-supporting, and the burden of feeding feed-ing the world taken from, our shoulders. shoul-ders. "There are not enough ships in the, world to carry on this work and to provido immediately for ordinary commerce. com-merce. For that reason only a limited portion of tho shipping which can be constructed by us in 1919 -will be available avail-able for use In the ordinary commercial commer-cial channels. "For two. months the shipping board has been making a complete resurvey of its construction program and con-i con-i tracts. Believing that the emergency war pressure which necessitated the speediest construction possible would soon end, tho investigation has been with a view to replannlng of the ships to be constructed from this date forward. for-ward. Tt is planned that from now on ships will be built with special reference refer-ence to suitability for special service and Trtih particular reference to the economical cost of operation, including the motivo power, cargo space and speed. "It Is also planned that these shall bo built with reference to probable trade uses and trade lines so as to adapt them to particular uses and to Increase tho speed of the turn-around I of tho ship this because every unnec I essary delay in loading and unloading I must be eliminated."