AMERICA'S SHIP CONSTRUCTION
WORK DELAYED BY FRICTION GENERAL GOETHALS AND HIS CHAIRMAN Washington, July 18. The carrying out of the shipping programme lias been delayed owing to a controversy betweon Major-General Goethals, head of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, and Mr. Benman, chairman of the Shipping Board. MajorGeneral Goetlials desires the return of tlio commandccred British ships to Eritain. Mr. Denman favours holding them permanently. Tliey are also imablo to agree on tlio question of purchasing or leasing land on which to construct the shipyards.—Aus.-Jf.Z. Cable Assn. [A message received last week stated: —Major-General Gocthals's final plans for ship construction provide for 4'lß wooden anil '177 steel vessels, to total -1,711,000 tons, besides taking over 1,500,000 tons of fillips being privately constructed. The total, with the present merchantmen, will givo America nearly nine million tons within two years. The federalizing of the shipyards will start next week, and the yards will remain undor tlio present management, with Government supervision.]
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3141, 20 July 1917, Page 5
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