Show URGES ADEQUATE TE MERCHANT MARINE Retention Under American Flag of Sufficient Vessels r Aim of New Nev Bill 19 Retention Washington March arch 19 und under r the American flag of ot a 3 sufficient sufficient merchant marine to carry carr the tho bull of tho the nations nation's foreign commerce and to provide for tor national defense needs nee will bo proposed In amendments to the tho House merchant marine marina bill tobe tobe to tobe be offered by Chairman Jones of ot lh lh'S the committee S 'S com merce Sti Jont lif e a. a sta mer today said the hie b bill lf adopted the bytho House In Indicated indicated In- In d a desire to get Set rid of or our ships as soon aa as may b be be with little reg regard rd for the price to be bo paid for tor them and with no provisions pro for Cor the aid of ot merchant merchant mer mer- chant shipping alter after It passed into private private vate hands The Inevitable result he said would 1 be that we wc would find ourselves without without with with- out a merchant marine The shipping board would be reorganized reorganized under the Jon Jones s amendments with seven Beven members two tv e each ch from rom Pacific and Atlantic co coast t states and on one each from gulf great lakes and Interior states In tho the s sale e of or ships establishment nt of oC routes and other oth-cr details the board would be given en wide latitude lati lati- tude Under the amendments the board bord would havo have at its disposal a permanent permanent permanent perma perma- nent c construction fund to bo be derived from the earnings of ot government So ship ship- ping Other amendments would modify provisions provisions pro pro- visions of or th the seamans seaman's act so as aa to Induce Americans to follow tho the sea asa as asa asa a profession Special provisions would be made for tor adequate steamship service to island possessions particularly in tho the Pacific and from the terminus of or the Alaskan railroad |