Seagoing tankers of 1,000 gross tons and over owned by United States companies and their affiliates and registered under foreign flag, as of Dec. 31, 1952-Continued [Includes only those parent companies incorporated in the United States] Seagoing dry cargo ships1 of 1,000 gross tons and over registered under foreign flags as of Dec. 31, 1952 arranged by parent company and their affiliates [Includes only those parent companies incorporated in the United States] Seagoing dry cargo ships1 of 1,000 gross tons and over registered under foreign flags as of Dec. 31, 1952 arranged by parent company and their affiliates-Continued [Includes only those parent companies incorporated in the United States] Mr. DREWRY. Can you give us some indication of the ships that are bringing in ore to American mills, and how much of the orecarrying for instance, is by foreign-flag ships and by American-flag ships? Mr. CLARK. Is your question directed to iron ore? Mr. DREWRY. I would say any ore, but I was thinking about iron ore. Senator POTTER. Any ship that would require an ore carrier, I assume. I am wondering, also, if you could include the Great Lakes on that? Mr. CLARK. I think the question you have now posed to me, Senator, makes me put my IBM machines to work. We will make an effort to do this, and supply it. Mr. STAKEM. We have some broken out on these charts to show the ore imports in the years 1950, 1951, and 1952. Senator POTTER. Is that ore? Mr. STAKEM. Yes, ore imports. For instance, in 1950 we had 58 percent carried in United States-flag, and 42 percent carried in foreign, and in 1951 we had, in the ores, 66 percent carried in American ships, and 34 percent in foreign. In 1952, you had Americans carrying 66 percent against the 34 percent foreign. Senator POTTER. It seems to me that is a trade that is going to increase tremendously in the coming years. If we do not make some provision to get more American ore carriers, even from a national defense standpoint, it is not going to be a healthy situation. Mr. CLARK. I am happy to hear you make that statement, because certainly, in my book, it is true. Mr. DREWRY. Do you include the Great Lakes movement in that? Mr. STAKEM. No; it is just the oceanborne. Mr. CLARK. The business of our nonliner picked up again after Korea, carrying 19 percent in 1951, but in 1952 they carried only 12 percent of the dry-cargo total. The years for which figures are available show that our American industrial carrier has always carried the major portion of this ore trade. In 1952, the percentage was 66. The second and third charts of this series develop the same pattern of trade breakdown for exports and imports separately, and the percent of participation-United States as against foreign in each carrier category. Your committee will desire to incorporate these charts into the record at this point. Mr. Chairman, I offer these charts for entry into the record, if you so desire. Senator POTTER. They will be entered into the record at this point. (The charts referred to are as follows:) |