Show HANNAS MERCHANT MARINE BILL tie the senator says the nation must protect and aid our interests dec 27 senator idanna believes that Ms his bill tor for the protection of the american merchant marine will be passed during the present session of congress the bill provides thu subsidies shall be paid to certain freligh carryg vessels built in Ain prica 1 I think the merchant marine interests of the united states should be div en protection as well as the steel interests for instance said senator hanna here we are steel to all parts or of the and especially to england simply because we haverly have given that industry protection several generations ago the american merchant marine would compare favorably with the commerce carrying vessels of other countries but latterly we have been dropping behind until at present only a six per cent of 0 the american Arneil can freight is s received in american bottoms the cause ot of this lies largely in the till act fact that england germany france and the other european aoun countries have protected maritime interests by granting the vessel companies sub sidles the only natural thing tor for us to do it if we wish to build up our maritime ini te tere rests ete Is to do the same thing i |