Establishment of an American Merchant Marine : hearings before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Sixty-Sixth Congress, first session and Sixty-Sixth Congress, second session, on June 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 1919, Jan. 21-24, 26-31, Feb. 2-7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16-21, 23-28, Mar. 4, 10-13, 1920.
Considers legislation to establish merchant marine organization and development programs. Includes discussion of U.S. Shipping Board cancellation of WWI shipbuilding contracts and U.S. Shipping Board restrictions on shipbuilding permits.