Show NEW NE SHIPPING PLAN I Harding Soon tb Present Proposal to Cabinet ST. ST AUGUSTINE AUGUSTI E Fla l March 30 By U. U P. P P.-A P. A concrete plan to stop losses of or the shipping board and stimulate the AmerIcan merchant marino marine will be ta taken en u u up uby by the cab cab- cabinet cabinet inet as eoon soon as President Harding returns to Washington This plan plan plan- to be taken in view of or the failure of or orthe the ship subsidy bill in tn the expiring congress Is congress is to take tako the government entirely out of the tho shipping business it was learned toda today The Tho government would sell Its huge hugo fleet of ships on the following conditions conditions- 1 An agreement by private buyers buyers buy- buy I j ers CM to keep necessary routes of or I trade open 2 2 Point out to buyers buers the routes route I most fertile In prospects which would not hurt trade conditions at pres present en t. t 3 3 of ot the operators to develop new markets and ana routes plan is und understood to have been prepared for tor submission to the cabinet and shipping board after conferences between Chairman us Lasher Lasker cr of ot the he board and the dent Under its provisions as outlined to the United States the government government government govern govern- ment would retain Its Hs power to takeover take tako takeover over the s ships in a war emer emer- gency Some arrangement is being sought to prevent undue losses to the buyers buyers buy buy- ers era durIn durins the period of trade de der vel though of ot course the government is not empowered to grant a subsidy The keynote of ot the whole plan Itis it itis itis is said is to make certain that the progress the government already has hag made in developing the merchant merchant merchant mer mer- chant marino marine and establishing the routes shall not be lost while whilo at the same time losses to tho the treasury shall cease The Toe Harding party will leave hero here at p. p m m. tomorrow to spend Easter and part of the ensuing we week k kat at Augusta Ga |