2 inspiring cablegrams. Chairman Edward N. Hurley cables: "...We want you and the boys in the trenches to know that the men in the yards are going to the limit to provide in record-breaking time the ships that will carry more men, food and munitions to the intrepid American Expeditionary Forces." General Pershing replies: "The launching of nearly 100 ships on the Fourth of July is the most inspiring news that has come to us ... All hail, American ship-builders!"
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