BRARY MERCHANT MARINE ACT, 1936 HEARINGS BEFORE THE STANFORD COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE UNITED STATES SENATE SEVENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON S. 3500 MAY 5 1936 DOCUMENT A BILL TO DEVELOP A STRONG AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE, S. 4110 A BILL TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE AND S. 4111 A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR BUILDING UP A STRONG AMERICAN 54085 MARCH 9 and 10, 1936 Printed for the use of the Committee on Commerce UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1936 DIV. MERCHANT MARINE ACT, 1936 MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1936 UNITED STATES SENATE, The committee met, pursuant to call, in the caucus room, Senate Office Building, at 10 a. m., Senator Royal S. Copeland (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Copeland (chairman), Fletcher, Bailey, Caraaway, Clark, Overton, Bachman, Bilbo, Guffey, Radcliffe, Vandenberg, Maloney, and White. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. We have a witness here from Chicago who would like to be heard for a few moments. Chicago men are always in a hurry and have to get back to the Windy City, so Mr. Belnap, if you will come forward, we will hear you now. Give your name and position to the stenographer. STATEMENT OF NUEL D. BELNAP, REPRESENTING THE Mr. BELNAP. My name is Nuel D. Belnap. I am a member of the firm of Waller, Burchmore & Belnap, lawyers, of Chicago, Ill., and I speak here for the National Industrial Traffic League. The National Industrial Traffic League is a national organization of shippers. Its membership is composed of individuals, firms, and corporations located throughout the United States who are engaged in the shipment and receipt of commodities of every character in great volume. It also has as members most of the important commercial, trade, and traffic organizations, which deal with traffic transportation matters. A large number of the several hundred thousand shippers who have representation in the league are interested in the shipment of property by vessels in the foreign trade. While the membership of the National Industrial Traffic League has not expressed itself on the hill under consideration, not having had a meeting since its introduction, it has from time to time considered bills embracing the same subject matter, particularly at a meeting held in Cincinnati in April 1934, at a meeting held at New York in November of 1934, and at a meeting held at Chicago in November of last year. The league is vitally interested in this bill. It endorses and advocates a national policy of subsidy and support of our privately operated merchant marine, so as to enable it to continue in competition with the ships of other nations. 1 |