Show SEEK SUPPORT FOR SHIP SUBSIDY BILL Business organizations throughout the tho United States have begun b eun an ae ac- ac tive active ac campaign to obtain passage of ship subsidy legislation at the present session of o congress according to Sec rotary ec chamber Jesse Jeue S 3 Richards of ot the cham cham- see see-I l- l ber of commerce The feeling among amonI chambers of commerce and associations I Is that sj as the tho time Is growing short It Is necessary that Im- Im Immediate Immediate Im Immediate mediate action be taken If It a vote Is to Isto be had before adjournment takes IsI I place I The Tho membership of the chamber of comerce of the United States consist consist- consisting ln Ing of business I bodies throughout the consist I country Is committed to the th principal of government aid to shipping g through referendum 0 i vote In a statement Elliot Billot sent ent out to to- these business bodies El- El Bi El I hot liot president H Goodwin resident vice pre l dent of the national chamber points I out what the alternative will wll be It If the tho chipping bill falls false to pass lne ably I there will be a a slump ItI I back back to c shipping board opera opera- tion operation he declares This board ho he continues has bas asked aked for tor an appropriation of for the ensuIng ln log Ing fiscal year to cover over the losses 1083 s due sOlely to the mere mero operation of Its vessels This I 1 Is nearly double the amount asked for the ship subsidy but large a as ae It I Is It does not cover over over- head overhead expenses depreciation replace replace- replacements ments me or additions to the fleet The government must roust be prepared to balance balanco Its Ita fleet by building a a large number of combination cargO carro and pas longer pas ships It baa has at the present tIme but tort forty passenger and cargo carco boats boa 1100 K cargo carfO c boat boats making an fleet which cannot bo be used to t advantage e The board would also find It try co-try to f develop boats which could be b used u sa j naval aval auxiliaries lart at t a Ume I of war 4 II If the tho ab above vo things thIn are aro not net done dono our government fleet nest must be bo aban aban- aban abandoned or er scrapped and aDd our ur overseas trade placed In la the th hand hands of t foreign nations with practically no ae Uon from rom w 11 us co 00 1 Chinese population In Manila today s lactose close to f |