CONTENTS

Vessel exchange program and other maritime

matters (Determination of navigability of

Alaskan inland waters for state selection

purposes, extension and expansion of ves-

sel exchange program, and medical aid for

merchant seamen), on S. 945...June 11,

1965. Serial No. 89-30.

Amendments to communications act of 1934, on

S. 903...June 23, 1965. Serial No. 89-31.

Interstate commerce act amendments, on S. 1142

...May 10-20, 1965. Serial No. 89-32.

Baldwin, Black, and Collins nominations, June

28-July 12, 1965. Serial No. 89-33.

Alaska purchase centennial, on S. 2614...Oct.

11, 1965. Serial No. 89-34.

Export expansion, on S. 558...Mar. 17-19,

1965. Serial No. 89-35.

Ship mortgage bonds, on S. 2118...June 23-

July 15, 1965. Serial No. 89-36.

Tire safety, on S. 1643...May 25-Aug. 13,

1965. Serial No. 89-37.

VESSEL EXCHANGE PROGRAM AND OTHER MARITIME MATTERS
(DETERMINATION OF NAVIGABILITY OF ALASKAN INLAND WATERS
FOR STATE SELECTION PURPOSES, EXTENSION AND EXPANSION
OF VESSEL EXCHANGE PROGRAM, AND MEDICAL AID
FOR MERCHANT SEAMEN)

HEARING

BEFORE THE

THE UNIVERSITY
OF MICHIGAN

OCT 21 1965

MAIN READING ROOM

SUBCOMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE

AND FISHERIES

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE
UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 945

A BILL TO CREATE A JOINT COMMISSION OF THE UNITED
STATES AND THE STATE OF ALASKA TO MAKE ADMIN-
ISTRATIVE DETERMINATIONS OF NAVIGABILITY OF
INLAND NONTIDAL WATERS IN THE STATE OF ALASKA
FOR STATE SELECTIONS

S. 1917

A BILL TO AMEND THE MERCHANT MARINE ACT, 1936, IN
ORDER TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE HEALTH OF
SEAMEN ON VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES

S. 2069

A BILL TO BROADEN THE VESSEL EXCHANGE PROVISIONS
OF SECTION 510 (i) OF THE MERCHANT MARINE ACT, 1936,
TO EXTEND SUCH PROVISIONS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 5
YEARS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

JUNE 11, 1965

Serial No. 89-30

50-188

Printed for the use of the Committee on Commerce

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON: 1965

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE

WARREN G. MAGNUSON, Washington, Chairman

JOHN O. PASTORE, Rhode Island

A. S. MIKE MONRONEY, Oklahoma
FRANK J. LAUSCHE, Ohio

E. L. BARTLETT, Alaska
VANCE HARTKE, Indiana
GALE W. MCGEE, Wyoming
PHILIP A. HART, Michigan
HOWARD W. CANNON, Nevada
DANIEL B. BREWSTER, Maryland
MAURINE B. NEUBERGER, Oregon
ROSS BASS, Tennessee

NORRIS COTTON, New Hampshire
THRUSTON B. MORTON, Kentucky
HUGH SCOTT, Pennsylvania
WINSTON L. PROUTY, Vermont
JAMES B. PEARSON, Kansas
PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado

GERALD B. GRINSTEIN, Chief Counsel

EDWARD JARRETT, Chief Clerk

JEREMIAH J. KENNEY, Jr., Assistant Chief Counsel
RALPH W. HORTON, Assistant Chief Clerk

WILLIAM C. FOSTER, Staff Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES

WARREN G. MAGNUSON, Washington, Chairman

JOHN O. PASTORE, Rhode Island

E. L. BARTLETT, Alaska
PHILIP A. HART, Michigan

DANIEL B. BREWSTER, Maryland
MAURINE B. NEUBERGER, Oregon

п

WINSTON L. PROUTY, Vermont
PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado
NORRIS COTTON, New Hampshire