Show I CONGRESS ADVISED TO REDRAFT LAVION LAW LAVI LAWON ON SHIPPING Radical Suggestions Made to House Committee b by Y Wisconsin Man I I WASHINGTON Dec 14 Reorganization I tion of ot the shipping board by divorcing I from d It the Tec emergency g P fleet le corporation JI i ir and t the selection of men e experienced p in r varied le al lines of the h hl shipping g industry for the management n of each organization I were hmong constructive su suggestions submitted today by Martin J J. T. T Gillen of Wisconsin to the house committee gating the boards board's operations Mr Gillen was executive assistant to John Barton Darton Payne when Mr Payne was chairman of ment the nr board as a a and member m recently e of I the h declined e new I e board appointment appointment appoint appoint- 1 Separation of the board and the fleet corporation Mr lir Gillen said would en enable enable enable en- en I able the board to give its entire attention to the problems e arising from t the management management manage manage- n ment e of the wartime rt heritage R e of t iro 1400 iron government government gov gov- I owned ships The value of these I ships was placed by Mr Gillen at 1500 OO The fleet corporation should function function I only as a liquidating corporation Its duties would be to clean up the vast volume ol vol- ume of accounting completion of contracts con con- contracts tracts and sale of ships and surplus ma ma which the armistice left lett on the governments government's goVernments goVernment's gov goV- hands Surplus material and housing projects to be bo handled he valued at approximately Jl Among other suggestions were SOME SUGGESTIONS Reduction of ot present operators of government ships chips from to to 50 entailing a saving in overhead expense I and preventing confusion contusion Readjustment of sales contracts I made an and 1 to bo ho made by reducing the tonnage to toa a market value value suggested suggested at to 12 a ton ton ton-In in order order to to create create create cre cre- ate an Investment market in the United States for shipping Regulation o and license by the s shipping ship ship- fa af ds PI ping board of all companies n and d persons persons per per- sons engaged In warehousing docks docks' stevedoring ship repairs towing and barging the purpose being to control alleged evils which interfere with with- the UP I of American e n shipping The establishing t bU h of a nu u uniform glde tlde- tlde quate system of accounting and the compelling of ot masters and d deck ck officers officers of- of cers who purchase supplies for tor ships to make oath at time of receiving their salaries that they have not accepted accepted accepted ac ac- ac- ac bribes bonuses or rebates in any forms I investigation or oC and curtailment or I activities of the army In alleg alleged d use of ot I Its transports In commercial business and the turning over for commercial shipping purposes of ot piers and warehouses warehouses ware ware- I houses now held by the War ar department department depart depart- ment DISPOSITION OF FUNDS Mr 11 Gillen also aiso urged that all funds received in liquidation be paid to the gen s-en era eral treasury of ot the United States and that tankers not needed for lg boards board's lx ard own service as well as cargo and passenger er aen ships be sold In conclusion Mr GlUen Gillen expressed his hie conviction that the American people would demand that the control of ot the merchant marine be placed In strong hands lands and kept Unshackled d from evils which now Clow threaten its very existence |