Ogden Daily Standard | 1920-01-29 | Page 2 | Baker Against Sale of German Liners

BAKER AGAIWSTSALE jS Df GERMHI LREBS : IP Final Action of Shipping Board j; !' Delayed on Bids for Fleet of j iY Thirty Vessels & v ! soi WASHINGTON, Jan. 2D Protest by i I Secretary Baker against the sale of certain of the former German passes " ger liners will delay final action by j-the j-the shipping board which today was considering bids submitted for the H 'm fleet of approximately thirty vessels. 'I In a letter to Chairman Paine ot the ') II hoard, Secretary Baker has called at- j j tention to an agreement reached by h, I the war department, tho navy depart- i ment, the department of commerce and the shipping board and approved 5 '. by President Wilson that certain of j 1 the vessels turned over to the board .;' ; by the transport service should bo for j tf an army transport reserve subject to 2 of a immediate withdrawal in case of emer- ,je gency calling for use as transports . pje In view of the approved agreement ' ' jj, above referred to and the fact that ' the war department has expended mil- !. lions of dollars for repair and outfit- tj ting of these vessels." wrote tho sec- tiaa TCtary, "and has available at this time complete plans for utilization of these ;w vessols In case of an emergency, 1 re- (II j) quest that no action be taken toward ' A' the sale of any of the vessel's forming 'A j a part of the army transport reserve l f until the matter has been presented fj ; Joh to the president." MI M, Chairman Paine replied that tho i;i . Jot board would not accept the bids until Y : Co, j the matter had been taken up with tho war department. c, , Z Twelve bids for the liners have been -j; TDl received and it is understood that one 'j-, ; 1IJ of them is for tho entire fleet. 'jj oo m ,