The evening world. Newspaper, March 4, 1920, Page 19

pp tiated INTO SCRIP SHPPNG BORD REVVED BY EDGE BLN SENATE ogee [ @0eetinved From First Page) avENING WORLD: THURSDAY, MARCH ae imposition of Seecneas ae ond Government | btmna Investment and promises to! taxes upon Kmmerean taxpayers? expenses by Con: following |amount to so much money thrown! QUESTION TO BE | hor Wao OUT IN SENATE, The Shipping Board opposition to| Senator Edge's resolution insures la? sale of the former German ships | that the whole question will be|was voiced by Raymond B. Stevens, threshed out before the Senate and|a member of the board. But even! the House and that both sides will be | Mr. Stevens would not. say that, in| fully presented. It is not unlikely | the event the Government wants to that the plan to recondition the for-|sell the ships after they are put in| mer German ships and operate them | shape for freight and passenger traf- | under Government control will be | fic, at the estimated expense of $75,- cast aside when the full membership | 000,000, they would bring the return of the Senate gets a chance to act on| of the $75,000,000 expenditure in addi- ding. tion to t 28,000,000 which was of- fered for them. Reflection has shown members of Congress that the spend- 5,000,000 in reconditioning nual changes which Government own- ership and operation would entail, | The Jones Bill, which ts, apperent- ly, the policy of the majority of the Committee on Commerce and, in ef- fect, favors Government ownership and operation, is actually a makeshift measure, prompted by influences which presented to the committee heavy additional economy is reported out of a com- mittee, it falls into devious paths on its way through the whole © opportunit, for a $1,000,000,000 saving in the Ship- 1q Board is becoming more at- tractive to legislators every min- | away. draws closer a Gress the imperative necessity for cutting down the Government ex- ses to the int of more than he next fiseal intial savings en expected by commit- tee action thus far, the action of if past experience is a criterion, hile Congress is outwardty work- allowed, especially those claimed nds deficiencies. Already two by | bills havé been passed, the last CoA rying $80,000,000, another is only one side of the case, the Gov- ernment ownership side, A senti- mental issue was raised and be- clouded the rea} issue, which is: Does the Government want to | get out of the shipping business while there is a chance to take a substantial return, or does the |tament of the National Legislature | was against Government ownership fe @emmmttted to Government owner-| and operation. That was plainly (2p ent operation of the Merchant | shown in the debates and In the lan- Marine. | Suage of the Shipping Act. Amend- ‘There is good reason for saying the | ments offered subsequently showed Sentiment of Congress ts the other! the sentiment of Congress had not way and that Senator Edge's resolu- | changed, nor is there any evidence tion opens the road for an expression | under the surface that Government | ‘ef the real opinions of the Senators! ownership and operation has, at this | and Representatives who have given|time, a sufficient following tn the/ the qubject of the Merchant Marine | Senate or House to commit the Gov- attention and thought. ernment to sacrifice of the billions At the time the Shipping Board | the Shipping Board has cost and the ‘wag authorized by Congress the sen- | hund of millions of dollars of an-| n. 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