An
item reported that the American president Wilson (1) asked Goethals (2) the man
responsible for realizing the Panama Canal to
supervise the building of 1.000 wood ships for the trade abroad.
Notes
1.
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (28 December 1856, Staunton, Virginia, USA-3 February
1924 Washington D.C, USA),
president of the USA
4 March 1913-4 March 1921.
2. George Washington
Goethals (29 June 1858 Brooklyn, New York, USA-21 January 1928 New
York City, USA),
army officer and engineer, appointed in 1907 as chief engineer of the Panama Canal, which was completed in 1914. He was in 1917
appointed as manager of the Emergency Fleet Corporation (also known as the War
Shipping Board).
