HEAD OF EMERGENCY FLEET
STEEL KING'S NEW POST,
The appointment of Mr. pharles M. o'chivab as Director-General of the Emergency Fleet Corporation has been receivpd throughout the country with the greatest enthusiasm. The highest hopes aye' entertained that the genius of this r.ew n'eld-niarshal of American shipping .will succeed in imparting' the utmost possible speed and effectiveness to tho country's yast shipbuilding programme. Mr. Schwab's selection was approved by the President'on the suggestion of Mr. Hurley and of other members of ' the Shipping Hoard.. Besides being the biggest figure in the steel business to-day, Mr. Schwab has become in recent years one of the largest shipbuilders in the world, controlling, as he does, five yards. Mr. Hurley will work under his supreme direction. The meeting between Mr. Schwab and the President was of a most cordial character, and at the end of the interview the steel master seized tho President by both hands and assured him that ho would leave nothing undone to accelerate shipbuilding. Later Mr. Schwab met his associates and literally, swept them off. their feet with .his ardour and magnetism. All-Mr. Schwab said was: "Boys, will you stick by me and help?" He was answered with. a chorus of cheers as everyone answered, "You'bet we will, Charlie, to the end!'
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 217, 1 June 1918, Page 7
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213HEAD OF EMERGENCY FLEET Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 217, 1 June 1918, Page 7
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