Creating a Shipping Board, a Naval Auxiliary, and a Merchant Marine: Hearings Before the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Sixty-fourth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 10500, a Bill to Establish a United States Shipping Board for the Purpose of Encouraging, Developing, and Creating a Naval Auxiliary and Naval Reserve and a Merchant Marine to Meet the Requirements of the Commerce of the United States with Its Territories and Possessions, and with Foreign Countries, and for Other Purposes. February 10 to March 9, 1916U.S. Government Printing Office, 1916 - 815 pages |
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