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Show American Ships Now Sail Seven Seas illlIiPSip & Rsga 1 It 2 d,-? 1 1 w&gamt feg L lf :: Twin Bed Staterooms, Private Baths and Nurseries for the Children Give Hints of Luxuries Provided on Ships of the New American Merchant Marine AKTWHETIE in the world on an ..iiiL-rk-.ni Hun! Americans no longer ni- ti po lo sta or ship their goods in foreign bottoms. That, to-day, is the proud messapo from the National Capital to tha American rfioplc. From every port in V e country now sail stn-ely and ! x..rinj vessels, ves-sels, under the Amer: in lag, carry car-ry inr paasunarers and to every country in the globe. The nation, throuerh the United States ShirpirT r.onrd, is flinrins a new Declaration of Independence to the world, independence of foreign for-eign vessels, for American travelers and commerce. CCi'h a proud merchant fleet numbering num-bering 8.700 vessels of l!.r,33..V0 desdweleht W (not Including "nail sh!r.s. acco-din to olhcial fipures compiled to May 1. it is now 'up to" the people of the United States to keep that fleet on the seven seas. Of this preat total the United States Shipping Hoard owns and controls 1.T20 vessels of J 1 .1 39.406 deadweight tons. Yl'e nuiet take the fci'KO corpora-to-l. the larrcKt the world lias over known, and make it an institution of which every Amerireii will be proud," declares Albert P. l.asker, chairman of the United States Shipping Ship-ping Board. "Our Merchant Marine, must be sustained if it is to be permarent." declares Rear Admiral W. S. Henson. commissioner of the United Slates Shipping" Board. Not only in quantity does the American fleet excel, but in quality. Here are some of the features of many American passenger vessels to which the travelling public has been accustomed only on big- foreien liners: public rooms with pala'.ial lounges and music rooms: palm garden gar-den verandas and writing rooms: hall rooms, glass enclosed promenades, promen-ades, swimming tanks, twin beds, shower and tub baths. After forty-six years service in . the United States Navy, during which time he saw the American flatr, except on ships of war. almost disappear from the ocean, and now chief officer of the greatest single fleet of merchantmen ever constructed. con-structed. Admiral Benson is asking his countrymen to support their fleet. "We have the ships," he declares. "The United States Shipping Board is using every endeavor to build up this vast fleet into a profitable enterprise, hut we need the cooperation coopera-tion of every American." |