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D., president Merchants and Miners Transportation Co. Tuckwood, O. W., Johns-Manville International Corporation Wagner, H. J., Director Norfolk (Va.) Port Traffic Commission Walter, Hon. Francis E., Member of Congress from Pennsylvania. Welch, Hon. Richard J., Member of Congress from California.. White, John C., American Cotton Shippers' Association___ Zioncheck, Hon. Marion A., Member of Congress from Washington.. Chamber of Commerce of the United States (special report) "Pertinent Facts", submitted by National Council of American Ship- A "Flexible" Subsidy (reprint from Marine Progress, March 1935). The Merchant Marine (radio address of Senator David I. Walsh).. Ship Subsidies (radio address of Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper). TO DEVELOP AN AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE PART I. MERCHANT MARINE POLICY TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1935 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MMITTEE ON THE MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES, Washington, D. C. Tittee met at 10 am, Hon Schuyler O. Bland (chairman) PAIRMAN Gentlemen, the purpose of the hearing this morntere information which will be necessary later in considering tristine legislation which in all probability will be introduced. Love attended several of the interdepartmental committee hearI there is also a lot of information that comes in as to the character of the merchant marine, and different suggestions e nee is so that really the matter directed at a particular bill aratively limited in scope. In order to secure as much expedi e as pessible, we are going ahead with these hearings before gary bil, in order to obtain the benefit of such suggestions T one out and, in addition to that, to find out just what may enards of those who held the interdepartmental hearings and true sugested changes being prepared and will be considered, although necessarily erits consideration must be limited; for, under the provisions - Independent Othees Appropriations Act of 1934, approved ., the time within which the President is authorized, in -n, to modify or cancel ocean mail contracts expires on 14.5, and this matter is dumped into our laps right here at east manute and we are going to try to get more information e message or the reports give us, in order to frame a policy. red that legislation shall be on the statute books by that time, → President's message and accompanying papers have been aae for only about 15 days, really less than that time has expired the printing of the message but the views of the President, and · @ 1° at Oʻi ce Department and the Interdepartmental Committee are awn and this should enable interested parties, as well as Governtais to express such views as they may have formed, and may be helpful to the committee. I have submitted a questionnaire to the Post Office and Commerce ster ts and the answers may help to show the present status of Az erican. Merchant Marine. 1 The answers of the Post Department to this questionnaire are as follows: QUESTIONNAIRE SUBMITTED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT 1. What are the number and gross tonnage of documented vessels of the United States? 2. What sizes of vessels are included in the documented tonnage? 3. How many officers and seamen are required to navigate these vessels? 4. Of the documented vessels, how many are registered, enrolled, and licensed? 5. How do these figures compare with those of 1914? 6. Of the documented vessels of the United States today, how many are ocean going sizes of 2,000 gross tons and upward? 7. Can you segregate the ocean-going tonnage under the American flag as to its employment? 8. Of the ocean going vessels registered for the foreign trade, how many are certified for operation on ocean-mail routes? 9. How much ocean mail pay did these ships receive for, say, the fiscal year 1934? 10. How much of the tonnage receiving mail pay was purchased from the United States Government? 11. What was the purchase price of this tonnage? 12. What was the original cost of this tonnage? 13. What was the world market value of this tonnage when sold? 14. How much of the tonnage receiving mail pay was built under the construction loan provisions of the 1928 act and what was the cost of these vessels? 15. What percentage of the tonnage certified to operate on ocean mail routes is over 10 years old? 16. What are the ages of vessels purchased from the United States Government which are certified for operation on ocean mail routes? 17. Are these vessels as economical to operate as those built during the last ten years? 18. Do you know the fuel consumption of the Leviathan as compared with the Bremen and other large modern trans-Atlantic liners? 19. Do you know what the volume of ship tonnage is in the world today? 20. How does this compare with the year 1914-before the outbreak of the World War? Can you define the tonnage in existence at the present time as to the types of vessels this tonnage includes? 21. Can you segregate this tonnage further to show what comprises oceangoing vessels of the larger sizes? 22. Have you any idea what part of such ocean-going vessels participate in the international carrying trade? 23. How much of such tonnage is registered under the flags of the six principal maritime countries? 24. How does the United States rank in tonnage among these six countries? 25. How does the United States rank in tonnage of vessels with speed of 12 knots and upward? 26. How does the United States rank in tonnage of vessels 10 years of age or less? 27. What percentage of the water-borne foreign trade of the United States was carried in American ships during the past year? 28. What percentage of this trade was carried in American ships during the past 10 years? (Value.) 29. How does this compare with the decade preceding the World War? 30. When we speak of the percentage of the commerce carried in American ships, does this include every kind of cargo and does it include traffic on the Great Lakes? 31. Can you give figures showing the percentage of our foreign trade carried in American ships segregated to distinguish between the Lakes and ocean traffic? 32. Can you segregate this further to separate that carried by tankers from that transported by cargo vessels and passenger vessels? 33. What was the size of our merchant marine operating in regular services in 1914? 34. What is the size of our merchant marine operating in regular services today? |