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Show BENSON WARNS FOREIGN FIRMS TO STAND BACK WASHINGTON". July I. Warning forolgn Ir.terests not to attempt to in-leifere in-leifere with development of the American Amer-ican merchant marine. Chairman Ben son or ihe shipping uomi dec lared dai that the board wns determined to build up an American merchant murine mu-rine an eon tern plated by the Jones shipping net, despite, threats and propaganda pro-paganda to defeat the law. The L'nlted State. wild Admiral Benson, 'is In earnest in Its efforts to pluce within the ownership of l'nlted l'nl-ted States citizens the control of at least a part of Its tinfflc in Imports all. I exports. If It Should bV A pORStblO moans b held tha't the departments of thf government lack such authority as will Insure their being able to protect pro-tect American Interests in such control, con-trol, adding such nuthorlty will undoubtedly un-doubtedly be granted by congress. "Foreign OpUrrtora and those in the United States interested more in tho foreign than American Institutions will do well to 'let sleeping dogs Ho. " rteiPNon Bounds Warning, Admiral Henson's warning was sounded In a talk to representatives of Pacific coast chambers of COmjnePCo and trade bodies and American railway rail-way representatives whlcn have heei, disturbed by threats to divert trade to points on the pacific coast because of the section of the merchant marine net permitting a preferential rnie over foreign for-eign carriers within the l'nlted Stales on merchandise moving m export and Import In American vessels. Such a tin eat the chairman said. Is futile and Idle " "If such a thrcst Is sincere, and tho attempt Is made to so divert business" Admiral Bt naon continued, "the shipping ship-ping board will allocate Ami rlcun ships to move thtt business. Nothing could more surely brinK about enforcement of this section of the law than adopting by tornlgn carriers car-riers of their threat to divert business f mm A i.n-r;i an purls Aduilral Benson said that In the tjans-l'uclflc trade at this time there " i med to have lcc-n specific und su -ctsful efforts to pievi-nt Ametl'.in vessels from securing lelwrn cargoes at certain points, while ships of oihei nations have come with full louds. Application of the sc tlon of i ho mt-r-chalit nmrllin ne t piescrlldng prefc-rtin-tial rates might In- Invoked, he said to require eiml niMd ei ati' n in ar-OSS ar-OSS from sikIi dlscrlmiiiatiiig porte for t'nlteil States vessels. |