Y4.C732: 90-56 EFUNDING OF FREIGHT CHARGES

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE

WARREN G. MAGNUSON, Washington, Chairman JOHN O. PASTORE, Rhode Island

NORRIS COTTON, New Hampshire A. S. MIKE MONRONEY, Oklahoma

THRUSTON B. MORTON, Kentucky FRANK J. LAUSCHE, Ohio

HUGH SCOTT, Pennsylvania E. L. BARTLETT, Alaska

WINSTON L. PROUTY, Vermont VANCE HARTKE, Indiana

JAMES B. PEARSON, Kansas PHILIP A. HART, Michigan

ROBERT P. GRIFFIN, Michigan
HOWARD W. CANNON, Nevada
DANIEL B. BREWSTER, Maryland
RUSSELL B. LONG, Louisiana
FRANK E. MOSS, Utah
ERNEST F. HOLLINGS, South Carolina

FREDERICK J. LORDAN, Staff Director
JAMES J. BARRY, Assistant Staff Director

MICHAEL PERTSCHUK, General Counsel
RALPH W. HORTON, Assistant General Counsel

STANLEY H. BARER, Staff Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES

E. L; BARTLETT, Alaska, Chairman WARREN G. MAGNUSON, Washington

ROBERT P. GRIFFIN, Michigan JOHN O. PASTORE, Rhode Island

WINSTON L. PROUTY, Vermont PHILIP A. HART, Michigan

NORRIS COTTON, New Hampshire DANIEL B. BREWSTER, Maryland RUSSELL B. LONG, Louisiana ERNEST F. HOLLINGS, South Carolina

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CONTENTS

Opening statement by the chairman..

Text of S. 1905..

Agency comments.

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WITNESSES

Rear Adm. John Harllee, U.S. Navy (retired), Chairman, Federal Maritime

Commission; accompanied by Commissioner James V. Day, Samuel B.

Nemirow, Assistant to Chairman, and Edward Johnson, Legislative

Counsel. -

John R. Mahoney, attorney, on behalf of Steamship Conferences; accom-
panied by Charles D. Marshall

, chairman, Associated American Freight
Conferences, and Richard Gage, chairman, North Atlantic United King-
dom Conference..

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Text of bill recommended by Federal Maritime Commission.

Text of H.R. 9473.-

Werner M. Stern, letter dated November 28, 1967-

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