STUDY OF VESSEL TRANSFER, TRADE-IN MAY 8, 9, 14, JUNE 11, JULY 11 AND 23, 198 STANFORD UNIVERSIT SEP 4 1957 Printed for the use of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries Bull, W. Lyle, commercial shipping adviser, MSTS; and Wilbur L. Morse, counsel, both accompanying J. M. Will Collins, Rear Adm. Howard L., Assistant Chief of Naval Operations; and Capt. A. G. Schnable, Office of Petroleum and Transportation Ford, Walter C., Deputy Maritime Administrator Gano, Rear Adm. Roy A., Deputy Commander, MATS. Gates, Hon. Thomas S., Jr., Secretary of the Navy, accompanied by Vice Adm. John M. Will, Commander, Military Sea Transportation Service; Rear Adm. Albert G. Mumma, Chief, Bureau of Ships; Rear Adm. H. L. Collins, Assistant Chief, Naval Operations for Logistics, Navy Department; and Rear Adm. Walter C. Ford, Deputy Maritime Administrator, Department of Commerce. – Haddock, Hoyt S., executive secretary, AFL-CIO Maritime Com- Morse, Clarence G., Maritime_Administrator and Chairman, Federal Maritime Board; Walter C. Ford, Deputy Maritime Administrator; and Martin I. Goodman, Deputy Chief, Office of Ship Operations, O'Reilly, Harry E., executive secretary-treasurer of the maritime trades department, AFL-CIO........ Weeks, Hon. Sinclair, Secretary of Commerce; Louis S. Rothschild, 660 552, 573 American Steamship Lines, article from "Shipping Outlook," May Article re Treasury Secretary George Humphrey's M. A. Hanna Co. Bonner, Hon. Herbert C., letter, April 1, 1957, to Hon. Charles E. Wilson, re testimony from officials of Department of Defense__ Collins, Rear Adm. H. L., Assistant Chief of Naval Operations, letter, May 27, 1957, re transfer of ships by Niarchos interests and M. A. Department of Defense, report, Ocean Shipping To Support the Defense of the United States, prepared by MARAD-Navy Planning Certificates of necessity authorizing accelerated depreciation on oceangoing tankers under expansion goal No. 27- Foreign construction of passenger and combination passenger/ Letter, May 29, 1957, re tax effect on deposits in reserve funds, 547 III Additional information—Continued Maritime Administration-Continued Participation of United States flag cargo ships in United States foreign trade by major foreign areas, 1953–55. Report covering operations of the subsidized lines under operating- differential subsidy contracts under Merchant Marine Act of 1936, for 18 years ended December 31, 1955. Return to the Government through taxes of amounts appro- priated for construction subsidy.. Returns from sales of war-built ships under 1946 act Review of vessel trade-in activities-History and policies relating to trade-in of United States merchant ships, from enactment of Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to April 30, 1957- Ships sold for scrap from reserve fleets, October 1945 to May 1957, 534 Total United States oceanborne foreign trade by coastal area, 731 730 Transatlantic and transpacific passenger traffic by sea and air by United States and foreign flag, 1956, table. Utilization Maritime Administration ships in grain storage pro- gram for Commodity Credit Corporation, United States Department of Agriculture, surplus grain......- Military Sea Transportation Service, Rear Adm. Roy A. Gano, Thomas, Hon. Charles S., Secretary of the Navy, letter, February 20, 1957, to Hon. John J. Állen, Jr., re provisions which are in existence for gaining control of United States-owned shipping which is flying Weisberger, Morris, secretary-treasurer, Sailors' Union of the Pacific, 626 720 STUDY OF VESSEL TRANSFER, TRADE-IN, AND RESERVE FLEET POLICIES WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1957 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE OF THE COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES, Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met at 10 a. m., pursuant to call, in room 219, Old House Office Building, Hon. Edward J. Robeson, Jr., presiding. Mr. ROBESON. I call the hearing to order. The hearing today is a resumption of a series of hearings started on March 27 to inquire into vessel transfer, trade-in and build, and reserve fleet policies under the administration of the Department of Commerce. Prior to the Easter recess, the committee took extensive testimony from officials of the Maritime Administration and others on the subject of transfer policy in connection with the so-called trade-out-andbuild program. Today we have asked the Maritime Administrator, Mr. Clarence Morse, to direct his remarks to the administration of the trade-in policy pursuant to the Merchant Marine Act of 1988 ject of the national defense reserve fleet establis Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946. We will be glad to hear you, Mr. Morse. STATEMENTS OF CLARENCE G. MORSE, MARITIME ADMINISTRATOR AND CHAIRMAN, FEDERAL MARITIME BOARD; WALTER C. FORD, DEPUTY MARITIME ADMINISTRATOR; AND MARTIN I. GOODMAN, DEPUTY CHIEF, OFFICE OF SHIP OPERATIONS, MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Mr. MORSE. Good morning, gentlemen. We do not have a prepared statement but we have submitted to the committee a report entitled "Review of Vessel Trade-in Activities." I think that if we just talk generally with reference to that document we can pretty fully advise the committee on our activities in this area. Mr. TOLLEFSON. What is this statement? Mr. MORSE. That is a prepared statement which is limited to the reserve fleet policy which is one of the documents in this pamphlet which I have, but I had not gotten to it. Mr. DREWRY. You are not going to read these, but only to refer to them? |