To Amend Merchant Marine Act of 1920. hearings before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, and House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Sixty-Seventh Congress, second session, on Apr. 4-6, 10-14, 17-22, 24-28, May 1, 1922. Vol. 1 :
Considers legislation to provide for U.S. Shipping Board disposal of vessels acquired during wartime; to revise Federal maritime subsidy, taxation, and insurance policies; to establish a Merchant Marine Naval Reserve; to coordinate rail and steamship transportation; and to require that a certain pro...
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| Summary: | Considers legislation to provide for U.S. Shipping Board disposal of vessels acquired during wartime; to revise Federal maritime subsidy, taxation, and insurance policies; to establish a Merchant Marine Naval Reserve; to coordinate rail and steamship transportation; and to require that a certain proportion of immigrants to U.S. use American passenger vessels. Appendix A includes "Report on the History of Shipping Discriminations and on Various Forms of Government Aid to Shipping" (p. 67-103); Appendix B includes "Government Aid to Merchant Shipping: A Study Prepared Under Direction of U.S. Shipping Board" (p. 107-170). Considers (67) S. 3217, (67) H.R. 10644. |
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