Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1935, Page 18

A—18 THE EVENING BTAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1935. . SHP PROCRAN HELD ESSEATI Present Weakness of De- fense Shown in Report of President’s Aides. - too few ships, which could | be based upon differentials due to the neither flee enemy pursuit nor endure { higher American standard of living the rigors of wartime employment. between cost of building a ship in The Interdepartmental Committee | American shipyards as compared with estimated that in‘order to meet the |foreign yards, and cost of operating a Navy’s requirements for adequate aux- | ship under American registry and iliaries the United States should build | under foreign registry, and upon the 61 passenger or combination pas- {amount of subsidy given foreign mer- senger-cargo or large three-deck cargo | chant marines by their governments. ships of from 12 to 18 knots; three |Payments under mail contracts began passenger or combination passenger- |at $9,000,000 in 1929 and rose to $29,- 600,000 in 1934. This year they have been estimated at $28,850,000 and 1936, $32,851,954. With governmental loans at interest $137,642,789, and 41 reconditioned at & cost of $15911,436. It is on these figures that Farley bases his charge that “comparatively little of the enormous grants has gone into the building of a permanent merchant marine on a sound basis. “The liberal treatment accorded to away from the mail-distributing com- pany they have organized holding companies, operating companies, re- pair companies, towboat companies and supply companies, thus freezing out independent firms. Governmental Control. Strict governmental control of the expenditure of these grants-in-aid through periodic reports to some Fed- eral agency, through a uniform ac- counting system and availability of all books and records of each cgn- tractor for Federal examination are proposed in the Farley report as rem- edies for this diversion of funds.|ating cost, it was found that in the | Trimble’'s committee agreed. fiscal year ended June 30, 1934, it | Monkey Free for 48 Hours. Farley further attacks the claims|cost American mail contract ships| After enjoying liberty for 48 hours of huge differentials in costs of build- | $11,019,000 more to operate than if \ the last of five monkeys which escaped ing ships in American yards and op- | they were sailing under a foreign flag, | {rom a 200 at Southampton, England, erating them with American sumen! owing to the higher American stand- | has been recaptured, as compared with construction abroad | ard of living. However, these snmei and operation with alien seamen. To- | ships received mail pay totaling $29,- | tal subsidy payments since 1928 have | 600,000 in 1934. ! totaled $119,263,400. The differential - g:f,:_:’?n American and foreign ship- | French Train Wreck Kills Five. 60 per cent. Thus of the six-year| BORDEAUX, France, March 7 total subsidy only $64.663,400, it is| (#).—Five persons were killed and claimed, can be allocated to construc- | 21 injured last night when the Bor- tion differential, the balance, $54.600,- | deaux-Angouleme train was derailed 000 being excessive and wasteful. | between Ambares and St.. Loubes, in In regard to differentials in oper- | the department of Girdonde. the operators under the ocean mail contracts has resulted in much waste and extravagance. Too many of the contractors have diverted these grants or subsidies * * ¢ to other than sound shipping operations. Many of them have employed lobbyists and special of from one-eighth of 1 per cent to | representatives at enormous fees. They 315 per cent, 31 new vessels have been | have paid high salaries and excessive constructed since 1928 at a cost of | dividends. In order to pipe these funds cargo vessels of 18 knots; 24 oil- burning cargo vessels of at least 12 knots and preferably more; 32 tankers of 10 to 12 knots, and 20 refrigerator ships of 15 knots or more. In addition this group supported the Navy's efforts to obtain from Con- them ectly with u.p-o-';..n.. e BY CRESTON B. MULLINS. Weakness of the national defense | and consequent exposure of the! United States to attack, particularly | from the sea, as the result of an in- adequate merchant fleet to supple- | ment the Navy in wartime was em- phasized in two reports accompanying | President Roosevelt's shipping mes-| sage to Congress. The message carried with it the findings of the Interdepartmental Committee on Shipping Policy, head- ed by South Trimble, jr., and of Post- master General Farley in the recent | post office investigation of ocean mail | contracts. Both agree on the need for a stronger merchant marine and pro- pose that this be accomplished by readjustment of the system of gov- eramental financial aid to spur pri- vate ship construction and replace- ment of present vessels to provide the Navy with an adequate complement of naval auxiliary vessels, essential to maintaining the fleet in wartime. The principal point of attack in both reports was the failure of gov- ernmental loans for ship construction to encourage a steady program of re- placement, necessary to keep a mer- chant fleet modern for warfare and able to compete in international trade. Farley cited this failure of American ship operators to replace their ships while receiving subsidy payments, which he termed excessive. Need Cargo Ships. He quoted Admiral George A. Rock, former chief constructor of the Bureau of Construction and Repair of the| Navy, to the effeci that “We need farge numbers of cargo ships of from 14 to 18 knots. * * * We need a large | number of high-speed tankers. * * *| We do not have our own supply of| cargo ships, only a very few very gress legislation to extend the powers now vested in the President to permit the procurement of any merchant vessels registered, enrolled or licensed under the laws of the United States during any national emergency. This committee was also of the opinion that, aside from national de- fense, a program of ship replacement should be undertaken to make avail- able a supply of tonnage to meet our Tequirements in event of withdrawal of foreign ships in time of crisis or emergency abroad. ‘War Increases. We had ample proof of this need at the outbreak of the war, when withdrawal of foreign ships upon requisition of belligerent governments left our docks and warehouses loaded with merchandise and freight cars full of goods for export lined for miles inland waiting vainly for ships. The result was enormous increases in ocean freight rates. Cotton freight charges from the United States to England soared from $2.50 to $60 a bale. Wheat rates rose from 5 cents to 60 cenls a bushel. Single ship cargoes in some instances yielded freight reve- nues running into millions of dollars. In some cases cargoes were more valu- able than the ships that carried them. The loss in perishables. broken eon- tracts and almost prohibitive rates Im into hundreds of millions of dol- ars. The indirect subsidy, by means of ocean mail contracts, as well as Gov- ernment loans for new ship construc- tion and reconditioning, come in for considerable condemnation in both reports. The President’s message recommended that subventions be stripped of their disguise and appro- priated in their true character as | subsidies and that Congress put an end to the practice of lending Federal money for construction. Financial aid to American shipping has been in two forms, in accordance old ships. * * * We depend on the merchant marine for taking such ships | over in ‘ime of war. We must have large numbers of dependable cargo ships which ~an be depended upon to carry supplies to the ships at the time when it is vital that they should | have those carriers I feel that our cargo ships must be reasonably near | the fleet speed.” In regard to the present 10-knot ships that comprise | most of the merchant fleet, Admiral Rock said, “They would be woefuly deficient, they are woefully deficient.” Secretary of the Navy Swanson was authority for the statement that “the United States merchant marine does not include a sufficient number of ! relatively new, fast vessels to make | improbable having to use old, slow vessels such as these in the event of & grave national emergency.” That “approximately two-thirds of the commercial tonnage now under the American flag would be required by the Navy in support of wartime operations” was the belief of Secre- tary of War Dern. Low Speed, Great Age. Deficiency of American ships for defense arises out of their low average speed and great average age, as well as a lack of numbers. Of the 37.400.- | 000 tons of vessels engaged in actual! competitive international trade, Great Britain has 14,119,000, the United States, 3,084,000: Japan, 3,049.000; Germany, 2.832; France, 2,571: Italy, | 2.264,000 and all others, 9,481000. In| speeds of vessels the United States is| in a deplorable position, ranking fifth in tonnage of ships with speeds of 12 knots and upwards. We are out-| ranked by Great Britain, Germany. France and Japan, in order. The picture is complete with the considera- | tion of age, in which the United States ranks eighth in tonnage of | vessels 10 years of age and under.| Here we are outranked by Great| Britain, Germany, Italy, Norway,| Netherlands, Japan and France. 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