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testimony eto this nesring shewed the Mere’ ou lardye & ites: clearly thet x -f}3 wa Fere not opnotel tu tha schoolesi'> duetam rr cut of tredning young won lor the Yerchint Marine service v2 re: spoved f° olen which weuld enlarge the sshool-ship acope of oporations 80 thet dt couid be made & potential recruiting base “or seabs during maritime strikes. To +lso vent on record #8 neing in favor of Federal control of ali school-thins with ne neticnsl policy inetend of th. oresent set-un which rivers cach stete completa Jurisiiction over the schoolesiip out of thet stite; as Feder.. control vourd rib the graduates of any schoolesiip with on education anu underatancing nopator bie so BLL merchant m2rine shios and Federal funds are being used anywe: ty all the States operating school-ships. After hearing, all testinony reluvout to this Seeue the Merchant Merins Gomulttee approved the BA11 5S. 208, wut with the understanding that 4t would in no way be detrim-ntal to the intorasts of sur Waritime Unions, On Junv 3rd ani in comosny rith othes ropresertctives of tie NYU re sppo.red before whe Merehisut orine Committce on @ hu:rinr of the BIlL By Re "S17, This was ic regard to a minor change in tie vergines of ai lar nhfcote ing the suspension or revoesticn of alam of service or cfficilancy, Fe submitted a mabstitutes CALL to replace ". FOL? but it vas decided thet es the Bill we cudmitted would change two Sonehete pornagrvhea of the present lew that nore extensive hetrings would have to be held Liter to settle a11 questions reretine to the cartificates of service or efficiency. The prssage of the Bill » 7OL7 into Law simmly added the vords "sucpentel or® to the praesent Law mt was favorable to ue anywaye On Esy 5th the first hesrings were ieli on t) WIL 2, 1916 before the Senete Conuerce Comittee end further besrings pers. op ld on tan ani bn pros ered cubatitute Bill on May 19th, ind et wiich Brother Pull np ani myself “Heapad, Ag .LL the time st coth thesac hearings was spent in heurine the Rhideuners ond technical exp_rts for the Covernnent we did not yet & chance tO tesuity and when the iearing cnded on May 19th, Sevitor Copslan] announced tent “he Was not sure phether or phen further herrt. 4 eoub be nela. In view of this ani the fcov h aa sines then another bila (>. 25°09) hea been intro- cuced which ts intended nuperjede the orevious sills re bev: sent our recommendations on gil tres wills to sil Senctors om tie Uonnerce Comittee with the rajucet taut tiey be tcn ug by the Conmittec in exacutive sercaion and also denotin:: our willinguess to uppecr before the Comittee in explenation of our rensons for the aaundmouts we supfegted. dovevec, eny fined sill on tois matter, efter pesedimn> thr: DEGALE, “Dllohave bo ce teen os 7 the House Mereiant Narine Comalttec eni if the BALL in uct satiefoctory to us wa ean tex: our further oronossls to thet Committes, As che Gleirmin of the Senate Lommittce is noneother than “cantor Vopelani we chnnot oxpuct te: mish nelp or Cooperstion from that quarter, The safety—ectesva Wiila cre very frvorauic in fonersl te us, vith certeinp emendmenta and which bev. >. on degeribes in previous issues of th: Pilot and Voice chould be aneeted inta Lun,