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Show NKKD9 OP A MKItOHANT MAIUNK I Ono ot the greatest present noeda ot tho American merchant marine,1 according to A, K. Hlnes, vice president presi-dent and general manager of tho Pacific Pa-cific Steamship company, Is to have tho flvo vacancies on tho United States shipping board filled Immediately. Immedi-ately. Numerous questions of policy matters ol rates and compensation to tho operators find other vital matters, mat-ters, ho said, aro all nwaltlng tho action of tho president, as tho shipping ship-ping board will not tako action on those innttnra until the new , members mem-bers aro appointed, Mr. Ualnea reasserted his approv-. al of tho new merchant mnrlno law :t'!il declared that tthlpplnir Interests on ihe other seaboards of the ooun- try aro unanimously In favor of tun I now law. J Answering criticism ot section 2tJ j of tho now act, which makes tho preferential pre-ferential export rail rate apply only on freight moving to tldowater for shipment In American vessels, Mr, Haines said: I would llko to ask the critics one question. If we guaran-j too to moro all the freight that in I brought to this port and tho shipping ship-ping board haa authorized us to inako this guarantee- how Is this port or any other going to suffer by tho fast that Japanese vessels may be discouraged from coming hero?" |