...water-borne commerce and a substantial portion of the . . . foreign commerce of the United States . . . (and) (b) capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency We suggest that a hard look be taken at a program in which the government would...

...Answer. I believe we must retain a merchant marine sufficient for both domestic and foreign commerce and capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency. It is my initial view that we must address afternatives to the existing structure...

...the long-term goal of having a merchant marine sufficient for both domestic and foreign commerce and capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency. Much of maritime policy today is premised on the 1936 Merchant Marine Act (1936...

...Merchant Marine Act of 1936 states that, as a national policy, the US-flag merchant marine must be capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency. Despite such policy, our merchant marine, over the past four decades, has steadily...

...the '36 Act, which remains unchanged, asserts that a US merchant marine should be capable not only of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency, but must be sufficient, as well, to carry its domestic water-borne commerce and...

...affect the manpower pool of licensed and unlicensed merchant mariners available to man the vessels serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency? 2) How will this re-flagging affect the ability of the Department of Defense to...

...domestic water-borne commerce and a substantial portion of the water-borne export and import foreign commerce at all times, (b) capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or nationc" emergency, (c) owned and operated under the United States flag by citizens of the United States...

...domestic water-borne commerce and a substantial portion of the water-borne export and Import foreign commerce at all times, (b) capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary In tine of war or nation!" emergency, (c) owned and operated under the United States flag by citizens...

...encourage the maintenance of a merchant marine "sufficient to carry its domestic water-borne commerce and * * * to provide shipping service on all routes...essential for maintaining the flow of such domestic * * * commerce at all times, * * * composed of 2 USMC Per revenue ton carried Increase from 1934 Year...

...carry a substantial portion of the waterborne domestic and foreign commerce of the United States and be capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency. To satisfy these two objectives, the act established several programs to support...