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Show SHIPPING BOARD LAUNCHES SHIP AT HOG ISLAND WASHINGTON. June 28. The shipping ship-ping board in connection with the launching today at the Hog Island shipyard of tho steamship Afel the name being the code word for tho American Federation of Labor in honor hon-or of which the vessel was christened made public telegrams sent by Chairman Hurley and Secretary of Labor Wilson to Samuel Gompers, president of the federation, praising the spirit shown by labor during the war. "You and the officers of your great organization," Mr. Hurley said in his telegram, "havo co-operated wholeheartedly whole-heartedly with the shipping board in building ships to help win the world war. Today one of the ships appropriately appro-priately named Afel in your honor glides into the water. This vessel soon will be cruising to distant parts of the world, everywhere giving a practical prac-tical and convincing demonstration of what Afel means." oo |