STEAMSHIP CONFERENCE/DUAL RATE BILL

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES
SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE
UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H.R. 6775

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SHIPPING ACT, 1916, AS AMENDED,
TO PROVIDE FOR THE OPERATION OF STEAMSHIP

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE

WARREN G. MAGNUSON, Washington, Chairman

EDWARD JARRETT, Chief Clerk

JEREMIAH J. KENNEY, Jr., Assistant Chief Clerk
HAROLD I. BAYNTON, Chief Counsel
JOHN M. MCELROY, Assistant Chief Counsel
DONALD D. WEBSTER, Special Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND Fisheries

WARREN G. MAGNUSON, Washington, Chairman

CONTENTS

Statement of-

Arnold, Grant, chairman, special committee on study of Shipping Act

of 1916, National Industrial Traffic League, Philadelphia, Pa..

Capone, Ronald A., representing General Council of British Shipping

and the International Chamber of Shipping, Kirlin, Campbell &

Keating, Munsey Building, Washington, D.C----

Gardner, Warner W., Shea Greenman & Gardner, 734 15th Street

NW., Washington, D.C. (representing American President Lines,

Ltd.)

James, Leonard G., Esq., James & Rolph, San Francisco, Calif. (ac-

companied by John F. McArt, chairman, Latin American Freight

Conferences on the Pacific Coast, European Conferences; and Ray-

mond F. Burely, chairman, Latin American Freight Conferences

on the Pacific Coast)----

Killion, George, president, American President Lines, Ltd., 35 Mar-

ket Street, San Francisco, Calif____.

Loevinger, Lee, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, De-

partment of Justice, Washington, D.C..

Martin, Edwin M., Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs,

Department of State, Washington, D.C.-.

Stakem, Hon. Thomas E., Maritime Administrator, Maritime Admin-

istration, General Accounting Office Building, Washington, D.C__

Stetson, T. R., director of exports, United States Borax & Chemical

Corp., Los Angeles, Calif..

Tollefson, Hon. Thor C., U.S. Representative, House Office Build-

ing, Washington, D.C--

Townsend, J. Richard, counsel, Pacific Coast Coffee Association,

San Francisco, Calif.

Wierda, Donald F., vice president of freight traffic, United States
Lines Co. for the American Steamship Committee on Conference
Studies, 912 15th Street NW., Washington, D.C. (Wierda accom-
panied by Hon. Joseph Ball and Mr. Walter Maloney) ----

Statement submitted by-

Celler, Hon. Emanuel, U.S. Representative for the 11th District of

New York State, House Office Building, Washington, D.C‒‒‒‒‒‒‒

Goldman, Herman, the Far East Conference and the Pacific West-

bound Conference, 120 Broadway, New York, N.Y_.

Pasch, A. J., chairman, Conference of Common Carriers Operating in

Latin American Trade, Casey, Lane & Mittendorf, New York, N.Y__

Yamaoka, George, Esq., Hill, Betts, Yamaoka, Freehill & Longcope,

26 Broadway, New York, N.Y_.

Letters, telegrams, etc.:

Anderson, Sir Colin, chairman, International Chamber of Shipping,
London, England.--.

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Beutel, Oliver E., director, distribution and traffic, the Dow Chemical

Co., Midland, Mich.

150

Celler, Hon. Emanuel, chairman, House Judiciary Committee, House

Office Building, Washington, D.C___

12

Clevenger, M. A., Canners League of California, San Francisco, Calif.

De Armond, J. A., acting chairman, steamship committee, Pacific

Coast Coffee Association, San Francisco, Calif.

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Dorr, L. J., executive secretary, the National Industrial Traffic League,
711 14th Street N.W., Washington, D.C‒‒‒‒‒

Farnen, Fred J., secretary-treasurer, Detroit and Wayne County Mari-

time Trades Port Council, River Rouge, Mich_---

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