10 U. S. TO BREAK DOWN U-BOAT SEA MENACE [Continued Prom First Page] projected, or how great importance was attached to it in the admin istration's general war program. Virtually every detail now has been completed and by fall the campaign itself will be in full swing. Many officials believe it may attain a supremacy over the subma rine which will prove the decisive victory of the great war. Quickly-built, light wboden ships of 2,000 tons and upward are to make up the fleet of merchantmen, and to insure maximum con struction the shipping board has ehlisted the country's entire ship building facilities, now the greatest in the world. Upwards of a hundred private plants on all the coasts will help, giving the board s orders precedence over every other class of work except the most urgent naval construction. For the first year production is expected to reach an average of three ships a day. 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Goethals, builder of the Panama Canal, has been selected to supervise the construction program, which is expected to involve within the next year, a total of three million tons, or more than now is building in all tho shipyards in the world. All to Be Armed Built for the most part of pine and fir, the ships will range from 2,000 to 3,500 tons. Most of them probably will be equipped with oil burning en gines and all will carry wireless and be armed. The engines will be stand ardized as far as possible, so that dam aged parts may be replaced abroad if necessary. An average cost of about $300,000 per ship is counted on by the board. Each will carry a crew of about 35 men. The first of the vessels are to be ready in about six months, and dur ing the year following the number afloat is expected to pass 1,000. Such a number, officials believe, constantly augmented in the months that follow, will render it absolutely impossible for Germany to maintain her blockade with any degree of effectiveness. To Exhaust U-Boats In their calculations the President and the shipping board have had the advice of allied naval authorities and have computed carefully the ability of the German U-boats to cope with large numbers of merchantmen. They are convinced that by building ships of only 2,000 or 3,000 tons and forcing Germany to pay with a torpedo for each one sent to the bottom, the United States soon can exhaust the resources of the submarine eet for op erating far from its base. The Ger man resources can be still further dis sipated by routing tl*e American mer chantmen through hundreds of ocean lanes to scores of European ports. If the blockade running campaign does not actually end the war by de stroying Germany's faith in the Ü boats, to which her reliance was trans ferred after hope of decisive victory on land apparently had been abandoned, the administration is confident it at least can thwart the German threat of forcing ah early peace on the allies through a starvation blockade. Officials are fully alive to the dan gers to this country which might fol low such a peace, and have been fully advised of the allies' need of supplies. Although the blockade is considered far from successful, they feel that an •effective stroke at it and at the cam paign of ruthlessness is sure to have a telling effect and to furnish the best means of translating quickly into deeds the nation's great potentiali ties. WARNS MEMBERS TO STAND LOYAL [Continued From First Page.] campaign, to the people of Harris burg. The statement warns the members that the future usefulness of the Chamber of Commerce must be great ly impaired if the majority of the school board maintains its present at titude. It is pointed out how the loan was passed, chiefly through the efforts of* the Chamber of Commerce, upon the pledges made by it—and oth er organizations which united with the Chamber of Commerce in the cam paign—and implicitely endorsed by each members of the school board that the work should be done and the proceeds of the loan should be expend ed under the direction of the citizens' committee, nominated by the Cham ber of Commerce, acting in collabo ration with the board. Case of School Hoard "The Case of the School Board" is the title of the booklet containing the statement. It was issued by a com mittee consisting of J. William Bow man, John F. Dapp and Warwick M. Ogelsby. It says: "During the summer of 1916, the School Board started a movement to provide adequate school facilities, with special reference to the higher grades, for the boys and girls of this city. The public had regained confi dence in the board. It had come to realize that the lack of such facili ties was due, in large measure, to the need of more school buildings and the unsuitablllty, In their present ar rangement, for modern methods of education, of many of those now in use. And, therefore, the hoard be lieved it could rely upon the united support of our citizens in an under taklngr, the sole object of which would be to correct the impossible condi tions then and now, for the reason assigned, existing in our schools. "Before deciding upon a building program, however, the board, im pelled by an earnest desire to provide for the children of this city, schools equal in every way to those found in any other community of similar size and wealth, sought expert advice as to what had been proved to be the most successful methods in the conduct of schools of the higher grades and as to the number and character of build ings which would be required if such methods were adopted in this city. The board very properly recognized the importance of llrst determining what should be taught in such schools and how it should be taught, and then seeing to it that new buildings be so designed and located, and old ones so remodeled as to be best adapted to the purposes for which they were to be used. Accordingly, Dr. James H. Van Sickle, of Springfield, Massachu setts, a recognized authority on the subject, was engaged to make a sur vey of the whole situation and report to the board. "Realizing the value of an endorse ment of its plan by a committee of citizens, the special committee on high school unanimously agreed that a committee, previously suggested by tho Chamber of Commerce and com posed of A. D. Bacon, W. M. Donald son, Francis J. Hall, E. A. Heffelfinger and William Jennings, be appointed 'to advise with the committee in the further consideration of the report of the subcommittee.' The Chamber of Commerce subsequently, as the invi tation of the high school committee to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Ilef felflnger's inability to serve, named George A. Slireiner in his place. Unanimous Approval "Dr. Van Sickle's recommendations, made after a comprehensive and in telligent investigation of the condi tions, were duly reported to the spe cial committee and the citzens' com mittee, and were, for the most part, if not entirely, unanimoMsly approved ■by those committees. The Board then set to work to plan for raising the funds required for the needed addi tions and improvements to the school plant, and requested authority to bor row $1,250,000, the amount recom mended by the citizens' committee. "Subsequently, the board ' unani mously requested the citizens' com mittee 'to continue to act in conjunc tion with the board in the selection of sites, selection of an architect, adoption of plans and awarding of contracts for the new buildings.' "Previous to this time, at a meeting of the high school committee, two members of the citizens' committee were appointed to take up the work of promoting the campaign for the loan. Upon their. suggestion, the Chamber of Commerce appointed the following campaign committee: J. Horace Mc- Farland, chairman; Arthur D. Ba con, J. Austin Brandt, William Jen nings, Herman P. Miller, Frank C. Sites, John F. Sweeney, A. C. Stamm, J. William Bowman. All Worked For Passage of T.oan "Conscious of the importance to the city's progress of carrying out the proposed program, the campaign com mittee diligently worked for the pas sage of the loan. The Rotary Club, the Municipal League and the Civic Club all united with the Chamber of Commerce, under the committee's di rection, in calling the attention of the public to the proposed improvements and to the great benefit to the people which would result to them if author ized; and the Chamber of Commerce contributed liberally toward the finan cial cost of carrying on this work. The result of all these efforts was that the same public, which, a few years before, had refused permission to bor row a much smaller sum for a similar object, now approved the largest loan ever authorized by the city for any single purpose. This approval was due, in a controlling degree, to assur ances given by the campaign commit tee, through the organizations affili ated with it in the conduct of the campaign, that, if the loan weft au thorized, merit alone should be the basis upon which the work would be conducted, without reference to per sonal or political influence whatever. Wide Inquiry "The loan having been approved, the board next directed its attention to the selection of an architect or archi tects, under whose plans and supervi sion the improvements should be made. All of the local architects and nine nonresident architects were in vited to enter the competition, by which the rules of the board required an architect to be selected. Seven of the local architects and six of the nonresidents, invited to appear, ac cepted the invitation. These were fur nished, with a program, approved by the members of the board and of the citizens committee, which requested the competitors to meet with the hoard and present such data as they might see fit, bearing upon— " 'l—Their professional training; " '2- —Their profesional experience, including the magnitude and extent of their work; " '3—Their knowledge of school construction problems and of school administration problems as they re late to construction problems; " '4—Their idea as to the solution of the particular problem this board has in hand In the construction of an intermediate school building, with the estimated cost of the building without equipment.' "The program also stated that, while this was not to be a competition of plans, competitors were invited, if they saw tit, to present, also, such sketches and other data that might give the members of the board some idea as to how competitors would deal with the problem at hand. "Four different afternoons were de voted by the joint committee to in terviews with architects entering into the competition, no architect appear ing more than once. The members of both the board and of the citizens' committee were faithful in their at tendance, tfnd gave close and intelli gent attention to the expressions of the respective candidates in answer to the program and to the questions addressed to them by the committee. Kccommcnd W. 1), (Unci* "After all of the candidates had been heard, the joint committee ap pointed a subcommittee to consider the merits of the respective candi dates and their tentative designs, make a selection, and report to the board. That committee consisted of Mr. Stamm and Mr. Bacon, members of the board (Mr. Bacon having been elected to the board upon the resig nation of Mr. Houtz), Mr. Jennings and Mr. Tracy, members of the ad visory committee (Mr. Tracy having succeded Mr. Bacon on the commit tee) and Dr. Downes, 'superintendent of schools. After giving to the argu ments of the several candidates the careful thought which the importance of the subject demanded, and after extensive inquiry as to the qualifica tions of the respective applicants, the subcommittee, in a report to the school board committee and the citi zens' advisory committee, unanimous ly recommended William B. Ittner, of St. Louis, as the architect to wHom this work ought to be entrusted. The report of the subcommittee set forth in ample detail the considerations moving the subcommittee to this se lection and Mr. Ittner's undisputed qualifications for the work. "The joint committee, composed of the members of the board f t the citi zens' committee, adopted the report of the subcommittee by a vote of 9 to 5, but the hoard refused to adopt the report by the following vote: "l<'or the report Messrs. Bacon. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Enders, Yates and Stamm, president. "Against tlie report'—Messrs. 8011, Boyer, Brotz, Keene and Werner. If this majority of the board main tains its present attitude, the future usefulness of the Chamber of Com merce must be greatly impaired. The school loan was passed, through the efforts of the Chamber of Commerce and other civic organizations united with it in the campaign, upon the pledges made by those organizations and impliedly endorsed by each mem ber of the school board that the work should be done and the proceeds of the loan should be expended under the direction of the citizens' commit tee, nominated by the Chamber of Commerce,' acting in collaboration with the board. Must Sustain Action If the Chamber of Commerce does not sustain the report of this commit tee of its appointment, (a committee of eminent citizens, fully qualified in every way for the purposes for which it was appointed, and admittedly be yond political bias or personal con trol), —if the Chamber of Commerce does not insist that its committee's recommendations be adopted, how can it expect ita members to serve in a .similar way in the future? How can it expect ita pledges hereafter to be seriously considered? "loyalty to the Chamber of Commerce demands or every one of its members that he shall per sonally urge the five directors, composing the majority of the School Board, who have disre garded the recommendations of the joint committee, to change their attitude, anil now, without further delay, adopt the commit tee's report, because only in that way can the Clutmber of Com merce make good the pledges made to the public by its commit tee in the loan campaign. Royalty to - the city demands this action upon the part of the members of the Chamber of Commerce, be cause, unless these improvements are at once begun and prosecuted to completion oil the sole basis of merit, the youth of the city must be deprived of the best opportuni tles for education to which they entitled, and the progress of the city consequently retarded." MEMBER OF GT;EE CL.UB Waynesboro, Pa., April 12. Miss Laßue Warehime, daughter of Post master and Mrs. J. W. Warehime, a student at Hood's College, Frederick, Md., is a member of the College Glee Club, and left here yesterday for Fred erick, where site will accompany the club on an extended tour. • j '"-your plan is better than *, a lower 111*1 CP. / e* jo d A '''" J ifflfeSw J' / */? ®ai ®o 's* 3 M JN Ir 1 1 1 IIS quotation, from the accompanying letter of A William Allen White, tells only half this noted writer's appreciation of the new Encyclopaedia Britannica. 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