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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... trade routes exclusively serving the foreign trade of the United States . " Subsection ( g ) is a part of section ... intercoastal shipping . The survey showed an excess of tonnage in the coastwise and intercoastal trades , arising from ...
... trade routes exclusively serving the foreign trade of the United States . " Subsection ( g ) is a part of section ... intercoastal shipping . The survey showed an excess of tonnage in the coastwise and intercoastal trades , arising from ...
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... trades , especially the intercoastal trade . The Commission has had under way for some time a survey of the problems involved , including the need for using Government vessels for private operation in the affected trades . The unsettled ...
... trades , especially the intercoastal trade . The Commission has had under way for some time a survey of the problems involved , including the need for using Government vessels for private operation in the affected trades . The unsettled ...
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... intercoastal trades , as well as to charter vessels for operation in foreign trades other than in lines or on essential routes in the foreign trade of the United States . It would also be desirable in attaining the objectives of the ...
... intercoastal trades , as well as to charter vessels for operation in foreign trades other than in lines or on essential routes in the foreign trade of the United States . It would also be desirable in attaining the objectives of the ...
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... intercoastal industry as a whole might very properly be termed " a sick industry . " Under existing circum- stances , one obvious conclusion may well be that the only hope for modern ships in the domestic trade is to permit some of the ...
... intercoastal industry as a whole might very properly be termed " a sick industry . " Under existing circum- stances , one obvious conclusion may well be that the only hope for modern ships in the domestic trade is to permit some of the ...
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... trade since the outbreak of the present world war . Whether or not , as some contend , the trade was overstocked ... intercoastal and in the coastal trades , and it has been lately pointed out to me that , perhaps , one exists in the trade ...
... trade since the outbreak of the present world war . Whether or not , as some contend , the trade was overstocked ... intercoastal and in the coastal trades , and it has been lately pointed out to me that , perhaps , one exists in the trade ...
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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.