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Show uu New Merchant Marine Poky Is Proposed WASHINGTON. April 14. (By lh Associated Press.) A provision tna; merchant craft owned by the government govern-ment shall be disposed of to private Interests within ten years is contained in the merchant marine policy bjli virtually vir-tually completed today b3r the senate sub-committee to which the task was referred. It will be reported soon to tho full commerce committee, which held extensive hearings before Senator Jones, Republican. Washington, appointed ap-pointed the sub-committee to draft a policy bill. The measure differs widely from the merchant marine bill passed by the house. It provides for a permanent perma-nent shipping board of .seven instead of fivo members, Die Atlantic and Pacific Pa-cific coasts to be represented by two members each, the Gulf and Great Lakes by one each, and the seventh member to be a man from tho interior. in-terior. The board would be directed specifically to devote special attention to development of new trade routes. oo |