Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-03-14 | Page 9 | U. S. Ships to Ply 60 Sea Routes

uI U. SI S. SHIPS TO PL PLY Y B 60 S EA EAR ROUTES fluTES Hamburg Hamburgh QC ne neT T Trade ade to in iii Scheme B d ut utby by Sli y yBy jie e eBrA I B By BrA J A W WASHING ASHIN j S' S A Ain AV Aplan V V plan un Ii H in m steamship com i. i crand cr and o operate rate w wi be sixty ty prewar prewar t. t Df f the Hamburg Hamburg- 0 I worked out J j subject i it t is' is of the G ho pr proposal pal l r a y the Senate tt comi io o 4 after atter Chairman d dIt dIt dIt It In executive i 0 Committee IJ 4 OJ J There was an t opinion among amons f I Ito to tho the exact p ph pl S t both Chairman j jIn In subsequent i i 1 board would p n no previous arrange I i tf J burg America Ji II i 4 to ly Jy would h ho to S through sale or operation co In o o s fot tot for American shi f 1 Whether tho the j I f the German comp c was not made mado cle t V Vever 7 ever ever that any would bo be a a. op co-op I Hamburg Hamburg-Am iamb Ain eric c facilities for tor or handling UL IU pc ocar r u ness less but was without ships The Tho routes which tho ho American companies will wiil take Lake over oer Include not Hot only those b be- be Germany and tho the United St States jut hut also to South America the Orient and ind other parts of or tho the world Too Great for tor One Company Shipping board officials Said Bald the business Justness probably would be too great for or any one ono American company to han han- handle llo dle lo and that It If tho the arrangements wont went through several companies probably would operate the Immense fleet necessary nee nee- essary C to tAke care of or the enormous Continued on Page 2 I U. U u S. S SHIPS TO PLY SIXTY SHY SEA SH ROUTES Continued from Crom Page Pago 1 volume of business which tho the German company had before tho the war Under the original plan it was proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed that tho the board itself make a working working- arrangement with tho the Ham Ham- burg-American burg line Huc but this plan was disapproved by tho the board In this connection connection connection con con- Chairman Payne today made mado public tho following memorandum 1 which was submitted submitted to to tho the Senate commerce committee T Text t of Memorandum Tho The board has carefully y considered I I tho different matters involved In a proposition to make mako a working ar arrangement ar- ar with the tho Ameri Hamburg can line Involving the tile shipping boards board's taking over the sixty services former former- formerly I ly served by that line It la is tho the sense sensa 0 of tho the board I 1 That no direct arrangement bo made by the tho t board board with tho the Hamburg 2 f That it is very er desirable that an American company or group of ot companies com corn panics mako make an arrangement by which this business may bo secured I 3 Tho The b board is prepared toco op toJ cooperate op co-op- erate crate with an American company or companies In tho the sale or chartering of ot ships to enable such American companies companies com corn panics to secure this outlet tho the terms of or an any contract which ma may ho bo made with the tho Hamburg American I b lino bel being I Q erl F. F O LU UV LL IP V. V LL Vl 01 V L Contract Believed Negotiated e I While shipping board officials would woula not concede that there thero had been any negotiations with tho the Hamburg Amer I ican lean line it was understood that tho the company was disposed to enter into a a. operative co contract with American steamship lInc lines Details of ot the contract contract contract con con- tract remain to bo be worked out as aa tho the board it was explained was not prepared prepared pre pre- pared to make mako any further move Inthe in tho the dl direction of ot this development of C American commerce without the approval approval approval ap ap- ap- ap of ot the Senate committee because because be because be- be cause a technical state of ot war existed between tho the United States and antI GerI Ger Ger- man many I