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July, 1926 the opinion that this trade would serve as the basis for ultimately building up a foreign trade under the American flag. P. S. Teller, commissioner of the United States shipping board, spoke at the luncheon. He said that where- as the big problem had been one of getting rid of ships, the present prob- lem is one of upbuilding the merchant marine. “Nobody had a vision of the future until the Manono came along,” said Mr. Tenney. “She points the way which must be followed by others on both the Atlantic and the Pacific.” William Francis Gibbs, president of Gibbs Brothers, Inc., New York, who designed the MAtLoxo, told about the unusual instructions that were issued when the Matson interests undertook the creation of this vessel. “I was told,” -said=: Mr; °- Gibbs; “that: “the MALOLO was to be the equal of any express passenger vessel in the world. This was a most unusual _ thing. Similar instruction had not _ been given in connection with the construc- tion of a vessel in 20 years.” Mr. Gibbs, in alluding to his work as naval architect, styled himself as the “goat.” Although realizing that the greater portion of the opportunity for mak- ing a success of the Matoxto devolves upon the operating company, he said, he is entirely willing to take the blame or credit that will arise out of the ship’s performance. Others at the speakers’ table in- cluded William P. Roth, vice president of the Matson Navigation Co., W. H. Sellander, passenger traffic manager of the Matson Navigation Co., J. D. Tomlinson, vice president of the American-Hawaiian Steamship Co., W. Freeland Kendrick, mayor of Phila- delphia, Commissioner Walsh and John MARINE REVIEW An Essential Policy from Hoover's Speech * * * The launching of a great ship stirs deeply our imagination and our racial instincts. * * * We came by the sea to this land, and pride and romance of the sea runs strong in our blood. And we are a sea-faring people. In our coastwise trade and its ex- tension to Porto Rico and Hawaii and other outlying possessions, and in the service of the Great Lakes we have over 7000 vessels under the American flag, totaling over 8,900,000 tons and employing over 100,000 seamen. These serv- ices alone comprise nearly 14 per cent of the world’s tonnage. * * * We have engaged in intermin- able discussion and effort during these last 15 years to expand our merchant marine across the seas. We have today some _ 3,600,000 tons actively engaged in interna- tional trade of which 1,720,000 tons are privately owned. At least we are learning that governments cannot conduct competitive busi- ness.) ".4." This great transportation sys- tem asks no governmental aid and no public subsidy. It has been built up and is sustained by the impelling force of American in- dividualism. We have a sea-coast longer than that of any maritime nation, teeming with productive communities and demanding the facilities of commercial inter- course. There is no richer source for the transportation of passen- gers and property. * * * The only contribution of government has been in the preservation of this American trade in American ships. That government policy has been adhered to through all our national life against every effort to break it down. It is an essential national policy..* * * 37 t d A BOW VIEW OF THE MALOLO SHORTLY BEFORE LAUNCHING. THERE IS AN INDICATION OF SPEED E. Bailey of the United States ship- ping board. At the same time a luncheon at the Ritz Carlton was tendered to the ladies of the launching party by Frederic H. Gibbs, vice president of Gibbs Brothers Inc. The trip to the shipyard was made in limousines pro- vided for the occasion. Secretary Hoover’s car was in the lead and the procession, attended by a squad of motorcycle police, moved out to the yard without any delay. At the yard everything was in readiness. All but 28 of the 110 keel blocks had been AT LEFT—MISS WILHELMINA TENNEY, DAUGHTER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE MATSON NAVIGATION CO., F. L. CRAMP AND THE SPONSORS BERNICE AND LURLINE ROTH (TWINS)—GRAND CHILDREN OF THE LATE CAPT. WILLIAM MATSON FOUNDER OF THE LINE—AT RIGHT—IN ADDITION TO THOSE ALREADY MENTIONED—MRS. W. P. ROTH, WIFE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE LINE AND MOTHER OF THE TWINS, SECRETARY OF COMMERCE H. D. HOOVER AND MRS. WILLIAM MATSON—JUST BEFORE THE LAUNCHING OF THE T. S. S. MALOLO AT WM. CRAMP & SONS S. & E. B. CO., PHILADELPHIA, 3:30 P. M. JUNE 26