Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-07-28 | Page 3 | Shipping Board Works on New Marine Problems |

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Date	1920-07-28
Paper	Ogden Standard-Examiner
Language	eng
City	Ogden
County	Weber
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Article Title	Shipping Board Works on New Marine Problems
Type	article
Date	1920-07-28
Paper	Ogden Standard-Examiner
Language	eng
City	Ogden
County	Weber
Page	3
OCR Text	Show SHIPPING BOARD WORKS ON NEW MARINE PROBLEMS WASHINGTON, July 27. Plans to deal with the many complicated prob-l prob-l ms put before the shipping board by Ihe merchant marine net have been pinctlcally completed, chairman Benson Ben-son stated today. and a tentative; scheme for operation and ultimate disposal of the govornment-ov.ned merchant fleet will be promulgated soon. The sales plan affects the existing fleet of 1 500 vessels aggregating 9,-3".s 9,-3".s drtO tons, and also 230 ships of about two million tons to be constructed. construct-ed. It Is understood that the new plan Includes a definite scale of prices calculated cal-culated to foster absorption of the I government fleet by private Interests.! interlocked with the terms and method of sale Is tho scheme for assignment as-signment of vessels to the different trad" routes consldeied as profitable fer operation.
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