Show t FORECASTS FOR SHIPPING G EX EXPANSION Ch Chairman Hurley Presents presents Report In Optimistic Mood Edward N. N Harley Hurley cha chairman of the United States ship ping board has rendered a report to his ls colleagues e of the board on the result result re re- sult of f his mission abroad to get Information In In- f formation on the shipping situation 0 of the world as a result of th the war Mr Hurley sa says s My Iy observation during the three months spent abroad and In the midst of the great events following the signing of the tile armistice have afforded convincing proof that the matter of merchant shipping Is Isnow isnow now otie orie one of universal Interest Every ery nation Is to the vital bearing of ships ships- upon their future prosperity But the chief interest centers on whether whether- America cin cn henceforth maintain her new place upon the seas or whether she must no now disband the energies that brought her hr merchant fleet Into being There Is every reason for tor believing believing be be- lieving that America has come back backI upon upon the ocean to ocean to stay My Iy observations I lions compel optimism S |