Show And the Government Still Builds Ships According to Assistant Secretary Leffingwell of the th treasury department department depart depart- ment the United States shipping board has expended within less than f four ur years over In building and operating ships It Is still building ships I because congress still neglects to enact any other policy to be followed It is still operating ships for the same reason It is still falling failing to make any ny report of net earnings to the treasury from operations operation under the most favorable conditions ever known to the shipping business s because as Mr Leffingwell says that are no such earnings to report It has been enjoined from selling ships without specific authorization authorization authorization au au- au- au from congress congress and meantime meantime mean mean- time the market for tor ships has bas passed its peak Congress In other words Is holding I the government in the shipping business business business busi busi- ness when the reason for or Its being Inthe in inthe inthe the business has long since gone by Congress Is keeping the government there while losses pile up against the treasury and nd the taxpayers from day dayto dayto dayto to day The government has bas been tied to a capital expenditure already exceeding exceeding- and has been carried by the neglect of congress beyond the time lime when It can hope hop to recover the greater reater part of this huge investment from sales to private en en- And the government still sUll builds ships and congress still plays politics and taxpayers still wonder who or what is squeezing their livelihood out of f them New New Y York rc World Dem |