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were specialized in material han- dling.

The American Society of Tool and Manufacturing Engineers gave him a special citation for wartime innovative efforts in the field of manufacturing.

Pourable Chocks Save 11,488 Man-Hours In

USS Proteus Overhaul

The use of pourable chocks instead of conventional metal chocks saved 11,488 man-hours during the installa- tion of 12 new diesel generator sets on the USS Proteus, the Navy's first nuclear submarine tender.

The results of the Proteus over- haul were cited in a recent demon- stration of the Chockfast pourable chocking system by the Value Engi- neering Department of the Mare

Island Navy Shipyard. The demon- stration was arranged for shipyard personnel who were only familiar with the more costly metal chocks.

The department pointed out that metal chocks were specified on the original installation drawings. In line with Naval Ship Systems Command

Notice 4121, directing the use of equipment or systems that perform the required function at the lowest possible cost, representatives of Mare

Island and Charlestown Naval Ship- yards agreed that the Chockfast pour- able chocking system, developed by

Philadelphia Resins Corp., should be used in the Proteus overhaul.

A cost analysis of the overhaul showed a saving of 11,488 hours, valued by the Navy at $164,000, by eliminating the machining of founda- tions, base plates, and chocks. These results are cited by the Value Engi- neering Department at Mare Island as proof of their determination to achieve significant savings in ship overhauls consistent with superior performance.

United States Lines

Reestablishes Office

In Washington, D.C.

United 'States Lines has reestabl- ished a company office in Washing- ton, D.C., it was announced by Ed- ward J. Heine Jr., president of the containership company. The office, located at 16201 Street, N.W., Suite 617, Washington, D.C. 20006, will be managed by J. Daniel Smith, special assistant to Mr. Heine.

Mr. Smith joined United States

Lines in 1950 in New York. Since then, he has served in managerial positions in the company's passen- ger and freight sales departments in Chicago, 111., St. Louis, Mo.,

Baltimore, Md., and Washington,

D.C.

Mr. Smith served with the United

States Navy in, the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War

II and holds a bachelor of science degree in business administration from the University of Denver.

We take pride in working around the clock to repair your ship with expediency, craftsmanship and minimum cost.

ARTHUR E. FARR, Corporate Vice President

NORTHWEST MARINE

IRON WORKS

SWAN ISLAND SHIPYARD

Portland 228-8222

Arnold Landesberg

Leaves Luria Brothers

To Open Own Office

After 23 years as head of the

Machinery and Equipment Divi- sion of Luria Brothers/Lipsett,

Philadelphia, and nine previous years as superintendent of equip- ment for I-T-E Circuit Breaker

Company, also of Philadelphia,

Arnold Landesberg has opened his own office at 104 North Ormond

Avenue, Havertown, Pa. 19083, a suburb of Philadelphia, to act as a machinery and equipment consul- tant for industry.

During his years with Luria

Brothers/Lipsett, Mr. Landesberg handled the purchase and sale of salvage materials, Government and industrial surplus, as well as mar- keting salvable items generated in shipbreaking activities.

During this period of his activities with Luria, he handled two of the largest equipment liquidations in the United States—the East Le- high Ordnance Plant (26,000 tons of machinery sold), and the South

Charleston Naval Ordnance Plant, containing 18,000 tons of heavy equipment and cranes.

Mr. Landesberg graduated from the Wharton School of Commerce,

University of Pennsylvania, where he later became a guest lecturer at the Wharton Graduate School for three years, two years of which

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