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tof In regard to the fate of the Ble: BALD - To: oli you cight now sae er that thig ds e decd isnie ea after the he vince th t rere hold, this bill rent — no farther aml has rever evan bec sensiueved dn executive seunicn by che Merenint Marine Comaittec. Pullic sentimant cemlingd *ith bi. orescure vroucht ur the Vecdbine Vorkeegrn waa too crest “or any Purther echion to be emcidered on thig bill, Tha tro at*orenenticoned cubject: couctitutes the two nvfJor problems we have buen confronted vith so far st this session of Congress. There have been several other sinor Mills wsich have affeeted us and which we have hed to take action one I shull very briefly sum up the action takan by us in regard to thist= On April loth I .ppearet befors & nubspommittes: 2? tie Sunate Comittee on Vomncres to corose the annetintnent of (tmdrady daey $a the “Maritime Comaissions It was reasontbl to assume thst out of Lhe SivwelMenbers nia was. to compote t) nersonmnel of the Commiecton that one of thes tool! ca a Navel Man, tho rea@on veine thet as the Merchent Uardne rould be « ceegoniebin. of ao Navy Defenses in cuse of our buing avbishod ty ofn cuemy dn rar tins, that the appointe ment of a Navul man on ti:c Commission woul: establish the nagesetary contact be tween the Herchant Murine and the Navy, Also it must be admitted thet + Neval min with exserdence and ‘morledye in shipeconstruction woul. be of velueole adrdetence ip helping bili uo our Merchant Uerins. Hovever, the necessity of having tro rotiret Rerr Admirrls on the bommission ce ne. uneille4a Yor, tna es the Nevy type trained msn souls not os oxpectai to have the crictical cusiness tuet wali be necessary to cope ani heandb: sucegssfuily fhe busines* provlems o° the “erchant "ering, it wos hoped that one ef trace potdtioenes on the Jerdtine Commission roulu ve civen to a man who had Long expurience in the Mershont Masine Industry 6.34 who woult understind more thorourhly the nrobicms of the rorkers dn that Incustry. It was als» our thought that the appointment of tro Naval men on tha Commission would leusper rether than fol: the vor< of the Commission asm vhole, cs it rouli jut the burden of tha proviens which the Nawai cen would rot be exsected to unders ttand wpen the other three appointees of the Commission, Our testinony Et this henring was bacwed ur by roprosentatives of the Mcp, Lien | w at mars 4}, eb tae re tees Oe Be 3 iT A ana A * :f ol Ly wut to no Lan Be ail, ag Wrat: ate ek ek Ee a wh alVOTraos inclined to Labor, to say tre least, ani itras ths wink of the Aininistration r to have the permonent Commission stert functiont : Pa posucisle. soth Admircls manageu to hive th ir appointments retiviel., Letuc hop ret their etand in the future will be wore fair and importial dn the henildng of the maritime vorkers problems then it has dn the Diyos ao thodr cast recoris sre far more envinble. It will be noted teat Paul X ‘charcrenbery, represerbting the resctionsry foresas of the ITU appeared at tide! aed ing in fuver of the appoint- ment of th: two Aumircla, On tpedl TOth amd May Ist, alone with tha pee cressive dosdera of tha Rank & File I appearod at the Merchant Serine Gomalttee in oppo: ition veo toe " Bills, S, £084, Il, Ry 5578. These were knorn es tne'Ws School Ship Bills." Our