THE TIME FACTOR

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 64, 12 September 1942, Page 6

THE TIME FACTOR

TURN ROUND OF SHIPS

(P A ) AUCKLAND, Sept. 11. Mr. Ralph J. Chandler, of California, acting representative of the War Shipping Administration in the Anzac area, who is at present in Auckland, has brought a message of good will to New Zealand from the United States. In an interview today, he said that his mission is to into the shipping position with a view to seeing whether it is possible to have ships turned round more expeditiously during the war period. He appreciates the difficulties of the problem facing the United Nations, and is imbued with the spirit of co-operation and co-ordina-tion which, he says, is crystallising in Australia as far as the loading and discharging of ships is concer-ned, and is anxious that the same spirit will animate all those in New Zealand vyho have anything to do with shipping. He included in his survey everybody from the top down to the most humble worker on the waterfront. "I bring a message of co-operation," he said. "We want to turn the ships round speedily. We do not want to lose an hour. It is vital to success. We must keep the tonnage moving so that we can get through with the job we have tackled. The key to the problem is quick dispatch, and I appeal to the waterside workers, as well as to everybody else in a position to help, to bring about this desirable end during the war emergency. It is vital to victory; our whole war effort depends on this." __________________