Excerpt from Concrete Ships: A Possible Solution of the Shipping Problem
We must have ships to win this war
Our cooperation with the Allies, to be most effective, requires ships. As many as possible must immediately be built, bought or rehabilitated for active service. Men must be transported to the field of action. Ammunition, food and other necessities for their effective maintenance and operations must be supplied. Demands made for means of water transport will far exceed anything heretofore known. For many months a continuous stream of men, munitions and other supplies will reach the European battle front in volume sufficient to overwhelm every opposition.
How may ships be secured?
For many years other industries have been developed in this country to the neglect of our merchant marine. Dependence has been placed upon foreign shipping and shipyards for ocean transport. The shortage, both of steel and of wood, for shipbuilding needs as felt today in this country has, in part, been due to our having supplied foreign needs for materials instead of using them to build our own ships.
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