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Advocates Strong Navy and Merchant Marine On Oct. 26, in connection with the celebration of navy day and under auspices of the National Security league, Carl J. Lamb delivered an interesting radio address from sta- tion WOR on the need of a navy. From this address the following ex- cerpts are quoted: “The World war called public at- tention to the fact known by navy men, but not previously realized by most of us, that possession of an adequate peacetime merchant marine is indispensable to the efficiency and success of our wartime naval estab- lishments. That lesson although bitterly and expensively learned, seems to have been forgotten. Merchant Marine Inadequate “The United States has not pos- sessed a merchant marine which might be termed adequate from any viewpoint, since the end of the Civil war. At present, by means of the emergency war-built vessels and the 32 modern ships built as a result of the merchant marine act of 1928, we are able to carry only 33 per cent of our foreign trade whereas any fair and sensible person will realize that we should carry a minimum of 50 per cent of our trade in our own vessels. “Approximately 80 per cent of the North Atlantic passenger traffic is not only of American origin, but it is carried mostly in foreign vessels built under subsidies as _ naval auxiliaries, and manned by naval reserve personnel. In a very defi- nite way, when we thus favor foreign cargo and passenger ships, we are contributing to the national defense and trade supremacy of those nations whose flags are flown by the vessels thus patronized. “As long as we elect to retain the existing foreign policies and continue to trade abroad, we dare not risk war now or in the future, by failing to provide that seapower needed to enforce them and to protect us and our descendants.”’ Experienced Firemen Used on United Fruit Line According to a recent statement, made by Commissioner J. J. McBElli- gott, of the New York fire department, a new field has been opened up to re- tired firemen. Commissioner McE]}li- gott’s statement is quoted in part as follows: “United Fruit Co. has come to me with the request that I’send them ex- pert firemen now on our retired list after twenty years of faithful and effi- cient service. These men have been supplied for the cruise liners of the United Fruit Co. great white fleet, and two have been assigned to each of their vessels in the New York service.” These former firemen become chief petty officers. They have separate and special accommodations on the ships and wear uniforms clearly denoting their function. They report directly to the captain of the ship. Their duties are to patrol the ship from 4 p.m. to 8 a.m. every day, both at sea and in port, their watches being divided into four-hour shifts. Personnel Appointments at N. Y. Shipbuilding Corp. Brief reference was made in the November issue of MARINE REVIEW to changes in the personnel of the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Cam- den, N. J., which took place on Oct. 19. C. M. Kaltwasser was elected ex- ecutive vice president and member of the executive committee and Roy S. Campbell was appointed the new general manager. For several months past Mr. Kaltwasser had held the position of assistant to the president. He graduated in mechanical engi- neering at Stevens Institute of Tech- nolwzy. Hoboken, N.° J.j- in’ £905: C. M. Kaltwasser Starting his career in the power house of a public utility, he came into the management of electric light- ing, power and street railway prop- erties. Subsequently, Mr. Kaltwasser be- came vice president and general man- ager of the Salisbury Axle Co., Jamestown, N. Y., and later vice president and general manager of the Brown-Lipe Gear Co., Syracuse, INES YE, In 1928 he became vice president of the Timken-Detroit Axle Co., De- troit, Mich., after which he became associated with the Cord Corp. Mr. Kaltwasser keenly appreciates the wide scope of shipbuilding, which in- cludes so many crafts, such large volumes of material, such exception- ally skilled requirements, and the enormous tonnages of materials ac- curately to be fabricated. Roy S. Campbell The new general manager, gradu- ated in naval architecture and ma- rine engineering at the University of Michigan in 1912. Since then, from mold loft ap- prentice to master mechanic, to sup- erintendent, and to general manager, all of his experience except for the last two years has been in shipbuild- ing, both hull and machinery, From 1912 until 1917 he was with Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. Leaving there as master mechanie, he became superintendent of ma- chinery at the Harlan plant of the Bethlehem Shipbuliding Corp., Wilm- ington, Del. In 1919 he was transferred to the Sparrows Point plant of the same MARINE REvIEw—December, 1934 Roy S. Campbell company, and in 1922 to its principal plant at Fore River, Mass., where be- ginning as assistant general superin- tendent, he shortly became general superintendent. His 15-year associ- ation with Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. ended in 1932. Since that time he has been associated with the Bab- cock & Wilcox Co. as superintendent of its gigantic Boulder Dam project. The aim of the new management is to continue the highly suecessful contribution of the New York Ship- building Corp. to the marine industry in building both merchant and naval ships. Large contracts now on hand will be pressed to completion. Addi- tional labor will be employed as rapidly as required.