Removal of Restriction on Use of Laid-up Fleet: Hearings Before the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Seventy-sixth Congress, Third Session, on H. J. Res. 5l9, Joint Resolution Amending Section 510 (g) of Merchant Marine Act, 1936. April 24, 1940 |
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... approximately 200,000,000 feet of tonnage of other carriers . After the end of March , this sales company will find itself with practically no tonnage available . This briefly is our problem . This situation affects the McCleary ...
... approximately 200,000,000 feet of tonnage of other carriers . After the end of March , this sales company will find itself with practically no tonnage available . This briefly is our problem . This situation affects the McCleary ...
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... approximately 50 . percent of the sales and shipments made by this firm during the past three years . The other 50 percent has been sold to various concerns on an f . a . s . vessel basis for movement on steamer space operated or ...
... approximately 50 . percent of the sales and shipments made by this firm during the past three years . The other 50 percent has been sold to various concerns on an f . a . s . vessel basis for movement on steamer space operated or ...
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... approximately 10 carloads of merchandise destined for west - coast ports originating in Baltimore , New York , and Boston . We have been given to understand by the steamship companies that there will be no space available for the next 3 ...
... approximately 10 carloads of merchandise destined for west - coast ports originating in Baltimore , New York , and Boston . We have been given to understand by the steamship companies that there will be no space available for the next 3 ...
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... approximately 30,000 tons of clay per year from Savannah and Jacksonville to the Pacific coast . Some of the clay was shipped in bulk in lots of 500 tons and the balance in paper bags in smaller quantities ; that is , individual ...
... approximately 30,000 tons of clay per year from Savannah and Jacksonville to the Pacific coast . Some of the clay was shipped in bulk in lots of 500 tons and the balance in paper bags in smaller quantities ; that is , individual ...
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... approximately 150 tons of this paper into rail cars for movement to the steamship dock , and it was necessary to return the cars to our plant for unloading . " We were unable to move any of this paper from Savannah until about the ...
... approximately 150 tons of this paper into rail cars for movement to the steamship dock , and it was necessary to return the cars to our plant for unloading . " We were unable to move any of this paper from Savannah until about the ...
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Page 206 - It is hereby declared to be the national transportation policy of the Congress to provide for fair and impartial regulation of all modes of transportation subject to the provisions of this Act, so administered as to recognize and preserve the inherent advantages of each...
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Page 49 - Commission shall determine after proper hearing of all parties that the service already provided by vessels of United States registry in such service, route, or line is inadequate, and that in the accomplishment of the purposes and policy of this Act additional vessels, should be operated thereon...
Page 145 - ... from Vero Beach, Fla., to Fort Pierce, Fla. It is the board's understanding that the present appropriation will be insufficient to complete said work to Fort Pierce and, as the continuation of said project from Vero Beach to Fort Pierce will be of great benefit to Fort Pierce and St.
Page 67 - It is necessary for the national defense and development of its foreign and domestic commerce that the United States shall have a merchant marine (a) sufficient to carry its domestic waterborne commerce and a substantial portion of the waterborne export and import foreign commerce of the United States...
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Page 135 - We are enclosing a copy of a resolution adopted at last week's meeting of the board of directors of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce.
Page 209 - Commission to requisition or purchase any vessel or other watercraft owned by citizens of the United States, or under construction within the United States, or for any period during such emergency, to requisition or charter the use of any such property.
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Page 18 - I would like to have it incorporated in the record. The CHAIRMAN. Without objection, it is so ordered.