CONTENTS Haddock, Hoyt S., director, Seafarers' section MTD, AFL-CIO, Labor Management Maritime Committee, 132 Third Street SE., McLintock, Rear Adm. Gordon, U.S. Coast Guard, Superintendent, Braida, Theodore, Northwest governor, Alumni Association, Inc., Brinson, Col. Noah M., vice president, American President Lines, Ltd., 1000 Connecticut Avenue NW., Washington, D.C.... Bull, W. Lyle, executive vice president, American Export Line, Invest- ment Building, Washington, D.C... Davis, C. T., vice president, Mississippi Shipping Co., Inc., Post Office Box 316, New Orleans, La Ewers, Ira L., Esq., Ewers & Duff, 1006 16th Street NW., Washing- McNeil, Wilfred J., president, Grace Lines, 1511 K Street NW., Brunswick-Glynn County Chamber of Commerce, Brunswick, Ga... Dewey, Ralph B., president, Pacific American Steamship Association, Georgia Ports Authority, 1332 Healey Building, Atlanta, Ga__ Haddock Hoyt S., director, Seafarers' section, MTD, AFL-CIO, Labor-Management Maritime Committee, 132 Third Street SE., Hickey, Frank E., Massachusetts Port Authority, 141 Milk Street, Williams, D. Leon, executive director, North Carolina State Ports Letters, telegrams, etc.: Brannon, Edward A., director, Export & Import, Baltimore Associa- Coleman, S.O., Jr., president, W.O.A.M.M. Baltimore Club, Balti- Collins, Edward R., executive vice president, Propeller Club of the United States, Port of Baltimore, Baltimore, Md. Connor, John S., Inc., Baltimore, Md...- Gilpatric, Hon. Roswell, Deputy Secretary of Defense, Department of Pendleton, Walker N., Jr., chairman, World Trade Council, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, 1301 Commerce Building, Post Office Box Pessel, A. J. (Bud), Matson Navigation Co., 1001 Connecticut Ave- Rand, W. B., executive vice president, United States Lines Co., 1 Ray, Hon. Philip A., Under Secretary of Commerce, Department of Seidl, E. A., president, Baltimore Maritime Exchange, Baltimore, Shields, W. Clifford, vice president, Farrell Lines, 26 Beaver Street, Richmond, Adm. Alfred C., U.S. Coast Guard, Commandant, U.S. Statement submitted by- Casey, Ralph E., president, American Merchant Marine Institute, 11 93 Letters, telegrams, etc.: Casey, Ralph E., president, American Merchant Marine Institute, 11 148 Comptroller General of the United States, dated February 9, 1961--- Ford, Walter C., Deputy Administrator, Maritime Administration, GAO Building, Washington, D.C___ Russell, Lew S., president, Tidewater-Shaver Barge Lines, Portland, Statement submitted by- Association of American Railroads, Transportation Building, 17th Dewey, Ralph B., president, Pacific American Steamship Association, Commerce Department, dated April 28, 1961.. Comptroller General of the United States, dated February 9, 1961- 103 MARITIME LEGISLATION—1961 THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1961 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE, Washington, D.C. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:15 a.m. in room 5110, New Senate Office Building, the Honorable E. L. Bartlett presiding. Senator BARTLETT. The committee will be in order. This morning's session will usher in 2 days of public hearings on maritime bills aimed at resolving problems of importance both to the industry and to the Government agencies working in the maritime and related fields. One bill, S. 677, introduced by the chairman, by request, would permit passenger vessels on essential routes, to depart from their regular routes during limited dull periods, for the purpose of conducting special cruises in more financially fruitful areas, without sacrificing their operating subsidies. Such cruises, it is argued, would enable the operators concerned to cut losses and possibly increase earnings during the off-season periods. Of importance from the Federal administrative aspect is S. 576, which would clarify the status of the faculty and administrative staff at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy by establishing suitable personnel policies. It is our purpose to consider these two measures today, along with Senate Joint Resolution 21, which would authorize the Secretary of Commerce to sell 10 Liberty-type vessels to citizens of the United States for conversion into barges. S. 677 and, possibly, Senate Joint Resolution 21 will be considered this morning, and we shall resume at 1:15 this afternoon to take up the Kings Point Academy bill. Tomorrow we will take up the two Coast Guard bills-S. 966, to build three Coast Guard cutters, and S. 682, to permit vessels navigating under bridges to depart, where necessary, from the rules governing such operations. S. 885, to provide a flexible rate of interest for Government financing of vessels, will not be considered at this time. (The bill follows:) [S. 677, 87th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To amend title VI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to authorize the payment of operating-differential subsidy for cruises Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That title VI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1171-1182), is amended by inserting at the end thereof a new section 613 to read as follows: 1 |