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Show PERMANENTLY CURED Chatlcs l'loz who recently retired as general manager of tho emergency emergen-cy fleet corporation lu a recent address ad-dress declared himself permanently cured of any embryonic leanings townrd to-wnrd government ownership ho may havo cnteitulned. I'olltlcnl management of shipbuilding shipbuild-ing nnd ship operating Industry came as near wrecking' both branches of our merchant maratlmo operations ns it was possible to do. Cancellation or threatened cancellation cancel-lation of shipbuilding contracts promised pro-mised to closo all Pacific const yards. When tho officials finally realized the mess they had made they said thoy dldnt mean to cancel contracts, con-tracts, only change them Now wes-' tern shipbuilders hav ebcen asked j to Washington to help repair tho damage. Tho vacillating policy of tho shipping ship-ping board should bo ended nnd congress definitely dccldo whether or not tho U. S. Is to build a fleet as planned and If not, say ho. Then It should adopt a national policy encouraging en-couraging to the development of an American merchant mailne. For-olgn For-olgn trade means moro to us now than ever beforo. If anything could sicken tho Am- crlcnn people of political control of private Industry, tho shipping fiasco has done It. |