New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 17, 1917, Page 5

| SHIPPING BOARD HAS NO EXPERIENCE Denman Must Go—Wooden Shipsi Impractical Says Baker ¥ Baltimore, July 17.—In the opinion .of Bernard Baker, sgoving spirit in the creation of the United States Shipping Board, there s only one way to make that body accomplish the purpose for which it was organized, namely, the upbuild- “‘ing of a great American merchant floet. ' It is necessary that William Den- man, chairman of the shipping board, ibe dismissed, says Mr. Baker, and ‘that his place be filled by some man ‘who knows something about ships and who will co-operate with Gen Goethals. Mr. Baker was named a ‘member of the board when it was Jcreated last January. but resigned vhen he found that Mr. Denman. was lated for the chairmanship of Ships. absolutely Mr. Baker qualifications that he had who was the Knows Nothing “Mr. De knows t DE LS y. “His sole the positien were some experience as a Jawyer on the Pacific coast in prosecuting claims azainst other nations for alleged in- . Iringements of our rights on the sea. He was and is wholly innocent of avy knowledge whizh would assist in the bullding of a great fleet. “He will not co-operate with Gen. Goethals and he insists on adhering to the program for building wooden £h instead of steel ships. . “As a matter of fact he has said $hat he purposes to make the cMief work of the United Statés Shipping Board the collection of claims from Great Britain for the infringement of ecur rights. This, when Great Brit- @in is our ally, will be very em- barrassing to President Wilson. . “As a result of these tactics five months have passed and the board has no definite policy. Tt has not de- termined whether it will build steel or wooden ships. “Mr, Denman should be repnlaced at once by a man who really does know shipping and who is bhig enough to &ee the necessities of t.e situation. The shipping hoard has undertaken a great patriotic work in which the Melfare of the nation is involved and {ts members should be conscious of Yheir responsibilities. The American ‘people should demand that they not only know their duties but live up to them. “There is no doubt of the absolute impracticability of the wooden ship program. It is slower than the pro- gram for steel ships. It has been so long since wooden ships were in gen- &ral use that it is impossible now to get men who know how to build them. Lumber is Lacking. “Men will not learn, the war is over there will be no oc- cupation for them. Steel is being used now even in the construction of coastwise ships and barges. Seasoned lumber is necessary for the building ot wooden ships and it is impossible to get it in the quantities needed for the program mapped out by the Unit- ed States. ‘“‘Steel ships can be built very much more rapidly, but ships made partly of steel and partly of wood can be built still faster. Steel can be put where the strain is mreatest. The im- portant thing is that five months have pPassed since the shipping board was appointed and it has not yet adopted a policy. “It is true that it has let contracts for some ships, but it should have a very much larger number under con- struction than it has. It should be working now -at its highest efficiency to support the aims of the United States in the war. It is not doing that.” “Did vou expect to be appointed chairman of the shipping board when it was organized?” Mr. Baker was asked. No.” he answered. “I expected Capt. John A. Donald, now a member qf the board, to be named. I re- stgned because I could not work with Mr, Denman."” “Would you accept the chairman- ship now?” “I have offered my services in any capacity In building this fleet without any remuneration,” said Mr. Baker. Saw Ship on State Seal. Mr. Baker thinks that what he de- scribes as the incompetency of Mr. Penman and his willingness to co- operate with Gen. Goethals are all the more dangerous because other members of the board are hardly better informed on shipbuilding than he is. The other members are J. B. White of Kansas City, long engaged In the because when EXPECT © RNSTORF LEADING ROLE According to report reaching Amer- ica from neutral cities Europe, Count Johann von Bernstorff will play a very important part in the reorgan-,f tion of the German government. | All American newspaper readers re- member Von Bernstorff as the German | ambassador to the United States until | relations were bhroken off with the im- | perial government. The reports said he would become either imperial chan- cellor, in succession to Von Bethmann- Hollweg, or foreign secretary, as suc- OFFICIAL’S QUARREL Goethals and Denman Fighting It Out in Washington i Washington, July 17.—The govern-, ment’s shipbuilding program now | at a dead stop. In spite of all the efforts of President Wilson to com- pose the Gen. Goethals, head of the Emergency Fleet (Corporation, and Chairman Denman of the shipping board, the offices of the two officials resumed the character of hostile armed camps. is of a letter despatched by Chairman Denman this morning, called off tem the entire shipbuilding an~d commandeering program which w to have started yesterday. At Goe- thals' office it was said that the sus- pension of the big program was oc- casioned by a direct request by Chair- man Denman for the postponement so that the shipping board and the board of directors of the fleet corporation might have the opportunity to discuss its details before it went into effect. This Denman denied. Work While this porarily is Ymportant. does not hold up the small amount of construction under way for the government, it halts the signing of agreements for the two new government fahricating plants with a capacity of 2,300,000 tons of shipping in eighteen months, the commandeering of 1,500,000 tons on the ways and contracts with private vards for a large additional tonnage. No one would say vesterday when the meeting of the shipping board was to be held. At the office of Gen. Goethals it was said no notice had been received of the date. Chairman Denman said he wonld not call the meeting until he obtained information which he had asked of Gen. Goethals. A positive denial that his letter contained any request for a suspen- sion of the program was made by Denman. As neither Denman nor Goethals would make public the text of the letter it was not possible to Jmber business; Theodore Brent, who was in charge of the trafflc bu- reaun of the cotton exchange in New Orleans when appointed, and former Congressman William D. Stevens of New Hampshire. “'Mr. Btevens once told me that he knew all about ships becanses he had been seeing a ship on the comt of arms of New Hampshire all his life,” seid Mr. Buker. SMYTH FOR CARDINADS, Brooklyn, N. Y., July 17.—When Blll Leard new inflelder of the Dodg- ers, reported to Wilbert Robinson yesterday the manager was forced to cut down, and he released Jimmy Emyth to the Cardinals ,who claimed him under waiver. Smyth is a St. Louis lad hailing from Kerry Patch, t'» home neighborhood of Ollie D'Mara, and will doubtless be glad to play In his native eity. Buy sn Indiana trusk.—edvt. learn the fruth of the situation. Denman asserted that he merely asked the general for information as to details of the program; informa- tion which. he said. the general should have been able to furnish within two hours. He said there was no sug- gestion that the general should post- pone putting it in effect. His atti- tude, however, is that the general had differences between Major- | Gen. Goethals, following the reseip(] steel | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1917. TO PLAY IN CERMANY cessor to Alfred Zimmerman, Von Bernstorff, who knows America thor- aughly, opposed the break between the two countries until the very last, it is helieved. Countetss von Bernstorff is American born and was Miss Jeanne Luckemeyer of New York before her marriage to the count in 1887, He served his country as a diplomat in many countries before becoming am- bassador ta the United States in 1908. The picture was made. shortly before he left the United States. the submarine destruction will not | progress at the highest possible speed {until the discordant situation is re- lieved, possibly by th®‘removal of one Criticism is being directed at the President for not handling the quar- rel in a firmer manner, and if he ! tvished to retain both men for not de- fining in terms that could not be mis- understood by either their respective powers and functions. |That he will be driven to some drastic action to clarify the Government's policies in respect to construction .and com- mandeering is regarded as certain. At present they are in a muddle. Denman represents one set of poli- cies and Goethals evidently another. Which will gain the ascendancy is be- ing laboriously fought out by the two. in a formal statement last I night assailed Goethals for apparent | friendliness to the steel people and | indicated that he would make his fight against the General on these lines Inclusion of more wooden ships the program, particularly of the ilough design ship, which may be U)uilt more speedily than the Ferris | type, which has heen given the pref- erence by Goethals. Insistance upon a ‘reasonable price” for stcel and for the fabrication of steel ships. The retention in the possession of this Government of all alien tonnage on the stocks in the United States. Denman Explains. In his disclaimer of Gen. Goethal’s charge that he was responsible for holding up the program that was to have been launched today, Denman said: “We requested of Gen. Goethals certain information concerning the | program for the expenditure of $750,- 000,000 of the public's money for which the President’'s order has made the Emergency Fleet Corporation and the Shipping Board responsible. “‘When we do receive the informa- tion in writing we will take up with Gen. Goethals a discussion of all the matters in the project of building ships. “We are interested in the retention by the Government of any fabricating plants constructed by the Govern- ment and in determining the policy of their sale as they exist after the war, and not now. “The fact that we desire an intelli- gent discussion of these matters does not mean that all the persons re- {sponsible for them cannot come to an agreement. “Gen. Goethals has not even told the public or the directors of the cor- poration the names of the two con- tractors who will undertake the fa- bricating contracts. For all we know they may be mere subsidiaries of the steel producers.” ITALIANS RUB | Denman in no authority to promulgate any pol- icy of the shipping hoard. The situation last night in conse- quence is that the two men have re- sumed the fight for authority, a ques- tion which the president evidently failed to settle by his recent execu- tive order giving Goethals supreme power in the actual construction work and in the commandeering of ships on the stocks President As Mediator. The feeling is growing that the two men.never will work in harmony to- gether: that so long as their powers are nearly equal they will clash in- cessantly and em rass the shipping program and that the construction of & vast fleet to assist in making up for SOLDIERS WRONG ‘Workmen at Army Camp Try to Force | Out Negroes—Are Escorted to Trains. 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TO DO HER BIT Relations With Central Powers Have Been Severed—250,000 Sol- diers Promised, ‘Washington, July 17.—Official in- formation came yesterday that the Greek government not only has sev- ered relations with the Central Pow- ers but is in a state of actual war with them. As a belligerent Greece is expected to lose no time in mobilizing her war resources and joining effectively in the operations in the Balkans. The Venizelos army has about 60,- 000 men and the former regular army | | very is capable of reaching 300,000 if mu- nitions are provided. Commisstoner Jonnart has reported that a Greek army of 250,000 will be raised to add to the soldlers already in the Balkans. A Greek mission may be sent the United States, not only to nego- tiate for supplies for this army, but also to present Greece's situation as to the general world reconstruction after the war. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE FORMS NO EXCUSE | Church Board Announces That Mem- bers Can Not Plead Religion in Military Service. 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