Show TO rH PREVENT ENT COMBINES If Ii 0 Provisions of the New Ship j Subsidy Bill BiU 1 PENALTIES ARE FIXED EKED j ARE LRE DIRECTED TO AND BUILDERS 4 Amendments Adopted By the Rouse House Committee Which Declare That the Sherman Antitrust Act is Ap Applicable Under the Law and Pro Provides Provides Provides vides For Tor or Punishment unish t Washington MarCh h 17 The final drafts of the amendments to the ship subsidy sub irly bill agreed upon pon by the house houze committee on merchant marine and fish i K i have been completed One of the amendments declares the Sher Sherman Sherman man DLan law to be specifically specific lly applicable to the builder owner or either or ir r both of at them of any vessel entering into any contract provided for foi forby forby by this act and any such vessel Js hereby declared tp be property in the course of transportation within the In Intent intent Intent tent of the said law The Th other tWo amendments n m designed to further prevent combinations either between ship owners or builders are areas ae as follows I Section 25 21 That upon complaint made to the secretary se of the treasury that two or more perso persons is owning con controlling trolling or operating vessels registered and entitled to compensation nm under this at att which aggregate in tonnage of the total tonnage of all allesta alln I n yes esta so w registered and nd entitled to tc compensation have entered into any contract combination or conspiracy whatever lx bi the form thereof for tor the th purpose of controlling the terminal fa La facilities facilities for shipping in any port or on orx x of f the United States or for regu regulating lating latin or r increasing the rate or fares Laren for freight or 01 passengers pas in trade of ot commerce among the several states staten or ox orvi vi with h foreign nations or for granting any am special rebates or 01 privileges to tc shippers in such commerce or for oth others I ers putting any restraint re upon trade or commerce among the several states st ate or with foreign the secretary secre ary fly fb fi a time and place for hearing such tiu h charges and give notice thereof to to the person interested and may re require quire q cire the production before him of any an r contracts contract or papers which ne ite may m y yd P deem dem d m material In the consideration of oi buch auch charges chargee If after notice and anc I hearing bearing hl the secretary of the treasury r i hail sustain su such charges thereupon I the right of the person perma or persons so sc found violating the provisions of this m section and their Ir assign a to any com corn from the United States un nil unil il r this act ct shall immediately cease terminate As to Shipbuilders rs 26 f 6 That any contract oom com or conspiracy In whatever r I n inn m made or entered Into between the I F ions owning controlling or i 5 two or more shipyards in the Unit Unitt til ot t Mates tate which have constructed or ora jie a It 10 constructing or are capable of con MI IK tins during any one on year vessels H elating in tonnage of the thet t tal tonnage of the new vessels regis regist t ml I and entitled to compensation un und Und d dr r this act for the purpose of limit it in or controlling the number tonnage i I a is se e kind or 01 type of vessels to be bei i us therein or for fur regulating III in am all any manner mannel the terms or increasing th pr of or construction of such ves yes vest t H s is hereby declared to be illegal ml any all consolidation absorption sole sale saler 1 r ti trall m far fr r by the persons owning op ope e i tu m n 1 r two or more ship u i U in ill the United States of or the ca capt 1 pt Jd n it ty Ity aforesaid of the privileges ii in hio or r property of such ship 11 K rr f r the purpose of limiting or bui competition among such Mii 1 urd y and of placing control of th t Iw t nis and conditions of f such con ti trad i N for fir con ng vessels therein the management is la hereby de to be illegal I tion pon nn written complaint filed with the of the treasury trea ury by any I r rm n having haing a contract or tion f fr r a contract tor for the construction cf iu 11 mv vessels in the United States in und l r he n provisions of or this tills act of a n nc Ui i n of c f the provisions of this eee sec t tion nn tIC the t secretary of ot the treasury shall Ee hn i me to the interested person or 01 Irso of u such euch complaint and fix a t tnie me a place for a hearing upon ir U tb ch hI i es made and arid mav may the th son on i r 6 whom the harg i irge are re made to produce before hn u an any contracts or papers pape which he heu r u to be material in the con conf f d ration of such tuch charges es esMay May Hay Buy Foreign Ships I r the secretary of or the treasury treasur shall f t l that the Provisions ions of this section 1 Lh u dv been violated violat d he to Im authorized i dim ted upon the application of erson or persons having contracts r for contracts for tile the tilen r n of vessels as aforesaid i K i l two years next thereafter to KraT grant regi ter as provided provide by law as ass f s of ot the United States to foreign I v easels nII els to the aggregate tonnage j vessels constructed by the per lit lr nil j found violating the provisions ff 1 th n c section during the year next Ip l r ng such orders ordem MA u h i vessels so 1 1 i hall haiL be regarded a as new vessels ve seJs r In accordance with the con coni dt a i c application for contract of such Jr r t r and shall shafi be deemed 1 I e instructed in m compliance h Urh h or r application di 1 w i 1 the terme terms of any My bond provid provider i fr r er y this act And shall shan be entitled 11 1 1 t ie le e benefits and lr b leges and t to all the changes and t ns applying to this act to new flew to d in the United 1 at that uch weh vessels shall shalli l n i the ae or lake trade V h i J too ti States Tt Th ids person per on or when t r Jt m in this section shall shah be deem h t i ude corporations di n 1 associations tat Pat ar existing under or au ann h t z i j hr n y the laws of either the Unit J Mf Nat tat ir or of nv state or any terri 1 y i l f any foreign country Th h Action shall not be beld held to with Mth or prevent the enforce t B n of my any other law of or the United 11 t II pr Pt contracts v t a r in restraint of or |