MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS

ON

GUAM SHIPPING LEGISLATION

H.R. 7028, H.R. 7081, H.R. 7104, H.R. 7148, H.R. 8177
BILLS TO AMEND SECTION 21 OF THE MERCHANT MARINE ACT,
1920, AS AMENDED (46 U.S.C. 887), AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

OCTOBER 23, 1963, MARCH 11, 17, 18, 1964

PENALTY EXEMPTIONS RE CERTAIN TERMINAL

LEASES

H.R. 9153, H.R. 8926, H.R. 9715, S. 2317

BILLS RELATIVE TO SECTION 15 OF THE SHIPPING ACT, 1916

JANUARY 24, 1964

U.VA.

MAY 1 1987

"SPITFIREW LIBRA

H.R. 2457

7

A BILL TO EXTEND CERTAIN TIME LIMITATIONS OF SECTION
901 (b) OF THE MERCHANT MARINE ACT, 1936, WITH RESPECT
TO THE VESSEL "SPITFIRE"

JUNE 27, JULY 9, 1963

Serial No. 88-4

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

27-498

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON: 1964

COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES

HERBERT C. BONNER, North Carolina, Chairman

EDWARD A. GARMATZ, Maryland
LEONOR K. (MRS. JOHN B.) SULLIVAN,

Commerce Department..

Federal Maritime Commission

General Accounting Office.

Interior Department..
Navy Department_.

State Department--

Statement of-

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Adams, Howard C., vice president in charge Atlantic territory, Pacific

Far East Line, Inc-----

20, 25

Aspinall, Hon. Wayne N., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Colorado.......

7

Blum, William, assistant secretary and assistant treasurer, Pacific

Navigation System, Inc..

55

Brinson, Noah M., vice president, American President Lines

Burchill, William, Assistant General Counsel for Legislation, Maritime

Administration, Department of Commerce..

46

76

Coles, Marvin, counsel, Pacific Navigation System, Inc.

Gulick, J. W., Deputy Maritime Administrator, Maritime Adminis-

tration, Department of Commerce_

55, 111

76

Harllee, John, Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission___

Mangan, Martin P., Acting Chief, Division of Insular Affairs, Office of

Territories, Department of the Interior....

Sher, Stanley, Pacific Navigation System, Inc..

Wakefield, Blair, Bureau of Domestic Regulation, Federal Maritime

Commission__

Wester, Edwin A., vice president, Pacific Far East Line, Inc.

Westland, Hon. Jack, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Washington...

Wiseman, Sherwood, treasurer, Pacific Navigation System, Inc.

Won Pat, Antonio B., speaker, Seventh Guam Legislature...

Communications submitted to committee-

105, 110

91

Schmeltzer, Edward, Director, Bureau of Domestic Regulation,

Federal Maritime Commission.

105

55

105

25, 109

113

55

9

Adams, Howard C., letter dated April 27, 1964, enclosing revised version

of H.R. 7028__

45

Belin, G. d'Andelot, General Counsel, Treasury Department, letter

dated May 11, 1964..

100

Bonner, Hon. Herbert C.-

Letter to Hon. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of the Treasury, dated

April 16, 1964__

100

Letter to Hon. Joseph Campbell, the Comptroller General, dated

April 16, 1964..

98

Communications submitted to committee-Continued

Brinson, Noah M., letter dated April 16, 1964, enclosing data re-

quested during hearings --

Campbell, Joseph, Comptroller General of the United States, letter

dated June 8, 1964-

Weisberger, Morris, secretary-treasurer, Sailors' Union by the Pacific,

and executive vice presient, Seafarers International Union, Pacific

district, telegram dated March 11, 1964-

Wiseman, Sherwood A., letter dated April 27, 1964, enclosing material
requested during hearings...

Additional data furnished by-

Mangan, Martin P., Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, map.
Resolution 216, Seventh Guam Legislature, 1963, introduced by A. B.
Won Pat..

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51

99

112

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92

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Executive communication 1371 from Chairman John Harllee to Speaker

John W. McCormack, dated November 13, 1963, enclosing draft bill and

justification for bill..

Reports of-

Federal Maritime Commission__.

General Accounting Office:

116

118

November 7, 1963, re H.R. 8926.

119

Statement of—

Amundsen, Paul, executive director, American Association of Port

Authorities_

152

Geoghegan, William A., Assistant Deputy Attorney General, De-

partment of Justice...

149

Goldstein, Sidney, general counsel, Port of New York Authority.

Guerin, Thomas P., general manager of the Commission of Public

Docks, Portland, Oreg-.

152

152

Harllee, Rear Adm. John, Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission_

Matsunaga, Hon. Spark M., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Hawaii_

122

148

McFall, Hon. John J., a Representative in Congress from the State

of California..

Mulhern, Francis A., legal staff member, Port of New York Authority_

O'Hara, Hon. James G., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Michigan

Phelps, C. W., assistant port director, port of Stockton, Calif

Pimper, James L., General Counsel, Federal Maritime Commission..

Schmeltzer, Edward, Director, Bureau of Domestic Regulation,

Federal Maritime Commission

Communications submitted by Bert T. Kobayashi, attorney general, State

of Hawaii, letter dated January 17, 1964.

"SPITFIRE"

Text of H.R. 2457_.

Report of the Department of Commerce, dated June 11, 1963 enclosing

data re Glenbrook, Montauk, and Spitfire_ -

Statement of-

Ables, Robert J., General Counsel, Maritime Administration, Depart-

ment of Commerce..

Coles, Marvin J., attorney, representing Penn Shipping Co. & Affili-

ates, and Cargo Ships & Tankers, Inc..

Greenwald, Gerald B., counsel, American Bulk Carriers, Inc.

Gulick, J. W., Deputy Maritime Administrator, Department of

Commerce..

Shapiro, Alvin, vice president, American Merchant Marine Institute

Smith, Earl J., chairman, American Tramp Shipowners Association,

Inc.

Wang, Samuel H., president, American Bulk Carriers, Inc...

Communications submitted by-

----

Hood, Edwin M., president, Shipbuilders Council of America, letter

dated July 9, 1963.

Keystone Shipping Co., letter dated July 9, 1963.

Wang, Samuel H., letter enclosing material requested during hearings-

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