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Show SHIP CONTRACT WILL BEPROBED : Agreement of American Firm II Not to Injure British Trade Starts Inquiry VVASHINCrTON, Jan. The -hip- ping board voted today to Investigate aincarlngs Thursday tlie contract be- K tween the 1 nternatlonnJ Mercantile S Marine company, an .hierlcan corpor- H ntlon, operating BfmoQg others ship- e- ping board vessels, and the British (I government. Existence of such a contract was Ej first brought to public notice last Pij Thursday by Senator JjOnffl of Wash- H Ington. chairman rt the senate com- g merce committee, iu an address before Kg I the National Merchant Marin.- assocl- H ation He said the company agreed to B I pursue ' no policy injurious to the In- E 't.r.Ms of the British mercantile ma- M J rlno or of British trade." j In announcing the decision of the P board, Frederick L Tliomjison, vice H . ( hatrmun, declared in 0 statement H that the "Issue raised" was consider- led of great consequence and of a na- BH jture requiring attention of the ship- W : plng board. "It may be stated." he added, "that Ifi ! was the opinion of the commission- U ers present that no issue of larger mo- H I ment affecting the establishment and ' permanency of an American merchant Hj I marine had come before the present I board foi consldertlon." |