Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-11-18 | Page 36 | Sale of Merchant Marine is Urged

I Sale of Merchant I MarineS Marine Is Urged PORTLAND LAD D Ore Nov 17 B By By U U. P P.-At P. At the closing session ot ot the Pacific Foreign Trade council Saturday evening c foreign trade trado in influence in- in fl fluence epe of the Pacific c coast unanimously unanimously unanimously the sale of the tho Amerlean American Amer Amer- merican mer- mer ican lean nier merchant hant marine to private operators operators' and called upon tho the government government gov gov- to got out of the shipping business Amendments A to the China t trade act Including tax exemption tion of or China Chim foreign traders vere nere approved and president Coolidge will be bo called allec upon by such to include the proposals In his forthcomIng forthcoming forthcoming forth forth- coming message to congress Recognition of ot Russia was S op opposed opposed opposed op- op posed until Russia recognizes and I settles her commercial anti and trado obligations obligations' and until restitution for tor torI assaults upon American traders and their property are aro made particularly particularly particularly par par- I in iii with the confiscation of or American trading trailing vessels tessel and properties s In north north- I I eastern Siberia during tho the present year ear