Show MERCHANT SH PS UP TO CONGRESS CHAIRMAN lasker ES COMMERCE ON sed SEAS le DE UPON SUBSIDY head of board urges members to place question squarely before american people for their decision washington chat C chairman aman lasker lasher ot of the shipping board sunday put the future of the american merchant marine squarely up to congress in an open letter to all members member of tho h w iii cs vi i vater valer il agrist the 0 of ha e e and against one another in the electrical circuit the relation between these thebe three quantities Is that the current which will flow Is equal to the applied differences of 0 by the impedance here duliere the current Is in amperes the difference of potential Is in volts and the impedance in ohms on transposing tills equa equation tile the impedance is equal to tile the applied voltage divided by the current the imbed once of a vacuum tube plate circuit internally between the filament and tile the plate alien ailien the grid ls at zero potential Is an important constant of a vacuum tube arid and Is called the he internal plate impedance tile internal grid impedance of a vacuum tube used in a radio set us as a detector determines tie the impedance of the telephones that hlll alve best I 1 4 tk 10 results T to profitable private ownership find and the taxpayers relieved of it a heavy burden thit th ships are costing the gov eov erime ram annually escle bave of 0 depreciation insurance and interest and of tons now owned by the government mr lasker lasher declared it had been possible to sell only tons in the face of current condition since taking over the board every effort has been made to develop profitable shipping lines by congress he stated this proved unworkable kelbl because at the same time private operation proved unprofitable and there are no purchasers tile shipping board believes that the oie great purpose before us can be accomplished though through the agency of direct and indirect aids as proposed in the measure now before congress the letter continues the fleet was acquired through 11 ll war necessity nlaly of tile the ships are of the wrong type for peace time trade there can call be no thought of naval equality lith W great britain unless we have as many ships of proper type suitable for naval auxiliaries great britain already has aw ships of tills class to tills this count rys fitly fifty |