Purchase and Charter of Foreign Merchant Vessels for National Defense: Hearings, Seventy-seventh Congress, First Session, S.J. Res. 67 ..., and H.R. 4466, May 1-12, 1941 |
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Page 68 - It is necessary for the national defense and development of its foreign and domestic commerce...
Page 68 - ... capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency, (c) owned and operated under the United States flag by citizens of the United States, insofar as may be practicable, and (d) composed of the best-equipped, safest, and most suitable types of vessels, constructed in the United States and manned with a trained and efficient citizen personnel. It is declared to be the policy of the United States to foster the development and encourage the maintenance of such...
Page 15 - ... title, the vessel, together with her tackle, apparel, furniture, and equipment, shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture to the United States in the same manner as merchandise is forfeited for violation of the customs revenue laws; and the person guilty of such failure, obstruction, or interference shall be fined 'not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
Page 140 - Whenever the President by proclamation or Executive order declares a national emergency to exist by reason of actual or threatened war, insurrection, or Invasion, or disturbance or threatened disturbance of the international relations of the United States, the Secretary of the Treasury may make, subject to the approval of the President, rules and regulations governing the anchorage and movement of any vessel, foreign or domestic, in the territorial waters of the United States, may inspect such vessel...
Page 140 - States, may inspect such vessel at any time, place guards thereon, and, if necessary in his opinion in order to secure such vessels from damage or injury, or to prevent damage or injury to any harbor or waters of the United States, or to secure the observance of the rights and obligations of the United States, may take, by and with the consent of the President, for such purposes, full possession and control of such vessel and remove therefrom the officers and crew thereof and all other persons not...
Page 143 - President and shall be entitled to sue the United States to recover such further sum as, added to said...
Page 2 - States to be in the best interests of the national defense during the national emergency declared by the President on September 8, 1939, to exist, the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to.
Page 139 - Whereas this state of war imposes on the United States certain duties with respect to the proper observance, safeguarding, and enforcement of such neutrality, and the strengthening of the national defense within the limits of peacetime authorizations...
Page 4 - ... the board of supervising inspectors with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce...
Page 131 - Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, Chairman of the United States Maritime Commission...