Email Record: Seamen's Bill. Letter from Mr. Andrew Furuseth to the Committee on Commerce Submitting a Memorandum Relative to the Bill (S. 136) to Promote the Welfare of American Seamen in the Merchant Marine of the U.S., to Abolish Arrest and Imprisonment as a Penalty for Desertion and to Secure the Abrogation of Treaty Provisions in Relation Thereto, and to Promote Safety at Sea, and on the Proposed Substitute as Passed by the House of Representatives. Passenger Ships.