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Show OUR FUTURE MERCHANT MARINE At the request of Chairman Hurley Hur-ley of the U. S. Shipping Board, Chambers of Commerce on tho Pacific Coast are taking up the problem pro-blem of how best to encourage, build up and maintain an American Mar-lne Mar-lne after the war. 4 The Pacific Shipping and Mari time committee, Associated. Chambers Chamb-ers of , Commerce of Pacific Coast, suggests: "A National .Shipowners assoclotlon for purpose, of considering consider-ing 'national shipping problms, dlvl-Ulng, dlvl-Ulng, man,asso'clatlon .Into four dls-trlctsy dls-trlctsy headed by, stH&omraltteeJ! nkmely. UvtHBUc;fi6ultiWclflcid Great Lakes. jfopurpp.soj of, ocpsid-; erlng tho )xa. Prohlenis(l)oul((' hot such an organization bo of jgreat value to Shipping Board If It could express unanimous scnUra'entr'' of of shp ownofs regarding necessary. leglBlatlohinow governing Am.erl-cani Am.erl-cani owners,, competing,, with., other, maTltlnicnatlonsj'.'. hls Is highly high-ly Important problem at this tlmo,' as 'on 'tn"o 'es'tnhlish'mont of" satisfactory satisfac-tory policy and legislation, rests tho Marllio and our grea slilpshrdulssh f iitare , of itlio Anierlcan' Merthant Marino and our groat shipbuilding Industry. j ! r ' |
