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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... cost housing requires large quantities of lumber products , as low - cost building utilizes lumber largely for construction . Unless shipping facilities for intercoastal trade are made 14 REMOVE RESTRICTION ON USE OF LAID - UP FLEET.
... cost housing requires large quantities of lumber products , as low - cost building utilizes lumber largely for construction . Unless shipping facilities for intercoastal trade are made 14 REMOVE RESTRICTION ON USE OF LAID - UP FLEET.
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... cost and where we are unable to ship our products by steamer we are at a disadvantage upward to $ 10 per ton in the transporta- tion cost . " 5. " After having booked sufficient space with the McCormick Steamship Co. , they asked ...
... cost and where we are unable to ship our products by steamer we are at a disadvantage upward to $ 10 per ton in the transporta- tion cost . " 5. " After having booked sufficient space with the McCormick Steamship Co. , they asked ...
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... cost to us , because we would have to absorb the cost between the intercoastal steamship rate and the regular rail commodity rate . If there are as you state any vessels now laid up , whether sterilized by congressional action or not ...
... cost to us , because we would have to absorb the cost between the intercoastal steamship rate and the regular rail commodity rate . If there are as you state any vessels now laid up , whether sterilized by congressional action or not ...
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... cost of transportation by rail . The growing shortage of intercoastal space is becoming a form of economic paralysis , extending over the Pacific Northwest . The United States Maritime Commission has under its control a number of ...
... cost of transportation by rail . The growing shortage of intercoastal space is becoming a form of economic paralysis , extending over the Pacific Northwest . The United States Maritime Commission has under its control a number of ...
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... cost of lumber and a higher cost of residen- tial construction , and unless some means of relief is provided it is going to mean a very serious setback in the residential building which , today , is the most promising single thing on ...
... cost of lumber and a higher cost of residen- tial construction , and unless some means of relief is provided it is going to mean a very serious setback in the residential building which , today , is the most promising single thing on ...
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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...
Page 67 - That it is necessary for the national defense and for the proper growth of its foreign and domestic commerce...
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...
Page 209 - Whenever the President shall proclaim that the security of the national defense makes it advisable or during any national emergency declared by proclamation of the President...
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.