Washington, Feb. 13.
The Government may be forced to transfer some shipbuilding contracts from the Federal Navy yards to private shipbuilders Wecause of the refusal of steel companies to bid on Steel requirements of the Navy Depart, Because of the latour provi-'Sion of the Walsh-Healy bill, " steel companies have refused to bid on Government contracts, resulting ina delay in the construction of six destroyers and three submarines.
The ships and shipyards affected Include the submarines Seuplin and Squalus at Portsmouth, 1. H, and the Swordfish at Mare island, Calif and. the destroyers O'Brien and Walke at Boston, Mass. Wainwright. and Morris at Norfolk, Ya, the Toe at Charleston, SE, and the Buck at Philadetphia—United Press.
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