STUDY OF VESSEL TRANSFER, TRADE-IN,

AND RESERVE FLEET POLICIES

-U.S. Congress, House.

HEARINGS

369

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON

MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-FIFTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

MARCH 27, 28, 29, APRIL 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, AND 11, 1957

Printed for the use of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries

90577

PART 1

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1957

Testimony of—

Page

321, 479

Broun, Creon, steamship agent, New York, N. Y...

Conway, Granville, president, United States Petroleum Carriers, Inc.,

Victory Carriers, Inc., Western Tankers, Inc., and the Trafalgar

Steamship Corp.; and Charles S. Cunningham, Kirlin, Campbell &

Keating, New York, N. Y., counsel for Grace National Bank,

trustee.

257, 277

Doub, George Cochran, Assistant Attorney General; accompanied by
Leavenworth Colby, chief, and Patrick F. Cooney, attorney,
Admiralty Section, Department of Justice.
168, 183, 237, 365
Gayton, Ralph S., Assistant Director of Tax Rulings Division; and
Nicholas Tomasula, special assistant chief counsel, Department of
Internal Revenue__

415

Morse, Clarence G., Maritime Administrator and Chairman, Federal

Maritime Board; Ben H. Guill, member, Federal Maritime Board;

Walter C. Ford, Deputy Maritime Administrator; and Elmer E.

Metz, Deputy General Counsel, Federal Maritime Board and

Maritime Administration___
2, 53, 137, 431, 445

Olney, Warren, 3d, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division;

accompanied by Allen J. Krouse, attorney, Criminal Division,

Department of Justice....

Ross, Edward J., attorney, Breed, Abbott & Morgan, New York,

N. Y...

Additional information-

Bonner, Hon. Herbert C., letter, April 11, 1957, to Clarence G. Morse,
re withholding of further steps toward completion of transactions
between United States and Onassis, with covering letter and infor-
mation

213

349

465-479

Carroll, T. F., assistant cashier, loan department, First National

Bank of New York, letter, April 10, 1957, re payment on behalf of

Robert L. Berenson..

Department of Justice:

480

Assistant Attorney General, Warren E. Burger, letter, March 20.

1956, re United States Petroleum Carriers, Inc.

208

Burger, Warren E., Assistant Attorney General, letter to Mr.
Onassis, re settlement agreement dated December 21, 1955....

Copy of settlement agreement, December 21, 1955.

246

367

Counsel representing companies involved in tanker cases, by

groups

365

Counsel representing so-called Onassis companies in settlement
negotiations with Civil Division..

171

Identification of 4 American citizens who held title to 51 percent
of stock in U. S. Petroleum Carriers_

170

Krouse, Allen J., attorney, Criminal Division, Department of

Justice, re disposition of United States v. Onassis, et al., (Crim-

inal No. 1647-53).

231

Letter, July 31, 1956, re United States Petroleum Carriers, Inc.,
et al., settlement agreement, etc., to Maritime Administrator
Clarence G. Morse..

176

Payments received by Government under settlement agreement

with Onassis interests, August 21, 1955..

Iress releases by official representatives –

Results of Civil Division's tanker litigation

Sociedad Industrial Maritima Financiera Ariona, Panama, S. A.,

signed Creon Proun, attorney-in-fact, letter July 19, 1956,

re extending indebtedness payable by United States petroleum

carriers to Ariona

379

194-207

192

380

Vessels attributed to Onassis control, listed in groups.

186-190