...vessels of private owners was, by the express terms of section 902 (a), authorized to be exercised whenever the President shall proclaim that "the security...emergency declared by proclamation of the President." On September 8, 1939, the President issued the following proclamation: WHEREAS a proclamation issued...

...shall have the right to inspect the vessel at any and all times to ascertain its condition. "(d) That whenever the President shall proclaim that the security...emergency declared by proclamation of the President, the Commission may terminate the charter without cost to the United States, upon such notice to the...

...Into it, as the method of compensation in handling these ships, section 902 of the Maritime, which is as follows : SEC. 902. (a) Whenever the President...declared by proclamation of the President, it shall he lawful for the Commission to requisition or purchase any vessel or other watercraft owned by citizens...

...shall have the right to inspect the vessel at any and all tunes to ascertain its condition. (d) That graph (1) of section 1303 of this title. Whenever...sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O." " United the Secretary of Transportation may terminate the charter without cost to the United States, upon such...

...watercraft whenever the President shall proclaim that the security of the national defense makes such action advisable or during any national emergency declared by proclamation of the President. The act of October 10, 1940 (Public, No. 829, 76th Cong.), which authorizes the requisition of property...

...watercraft whenever the President shall proclaim that the security of the national defense makes such action advisable or during any national emergency declared by proclamation of the President. The act of October 10, 1940 (Public, No. 829, 76th Cong.), which authorizes the requisition of property...

...involved statutes are as follows : Section 9U'J, Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, provides that — "(a) Whenever the President shall proclaim that the...declared by proclamation of the President, it shall b:? lawful for the Commission to requisition or purchase any vessel * * * owned by citizens of the...

...by his advisers. You gentlemen know that under section 902 of the Shipping Act of 1936, as amended, whenever the President shall proclaim that the security...emergency declared by proclamation of the President, the Commission has the power to requisition or purchase any and all vessels documented under the American...

...Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, it is made lawful for the Commission to requisition vessels "whenever the President shall proclaim that the security...emergency declared by proclamation of the President." Section 510 (g) of the same act prohibits the use for commercial operation of any obsolete vessel acquired...

...the requisition powers did not become available to it until May 27, 1941. The statute provides that "during any national emergency declared by proclamation of the President, it shall be lawful" to requisition vessels. The Commission understood this to mean the proclamation of unlimited national...