...Government Air Services to aid in promoting the commercial use of dirigibles on the theory that this is necessary for the national defense and for the proper growth of American commerce. It is recognized that commercial airships capable of carrying substantial loads...

...Act of 1920 and restated in title 1. section 1, of the Merchant Marine Act of 1928, is as follows: That it is necessary for the national defense and...that the United States shall have a merchant marine, etc. One of the primary purposes therefore of establishing and maintaining an adequate merchant marine...

...preamble of the. act of 3928 which reads as follows: " That it is necessary for the national defense * * * that the United States shall have a merchant marine...equipped and most suitable types of vessels sufficient to * * * serve as a naval or military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency, * * *." Very truly...

...constituted the only tonnage available when the World War broke out. Congress has repeatedly declared that — it is necessary for the national defense...growth of its foreign and domestic commerce — that we have a merchant marine. I believe that, generally, three could be said of steamship services what...

...constituted the only tonnage available when the World War broke out. Congress has repeatedly declared that — it is necessary for the national defense...growth of its foreign and domestic commerce — that we have a merchant marine. I believe that, generally, three could be said of steamship services what...

...European war activities: "That it ie necessary for the national defense and for the proper growth of ite foreign and domestic commerce that the United States...merchant marine of the best equipped and most suitable typee of vessels sufficient to carry the greater portion of its commerce and serve as a naval or military...

...section 1, refers to the fact that [reading]: It is necessary for the national defense and development of its foreign and domestic commerce that the United States shall have a merchant marine. Therefore national defense is a primary purpose of this bill. If you eliminate national defense from...

...policy under title 1, reading as follows : " It is necessary for the national defense and development of its foreign and domestic commerce that the United States shall have a merchant marine." Under the heading part III there is a section devoted to " shipping trade promotion aid ", and part...

...1 you will see that it starts by stating: It is necessary for the national defense and development of its foreign and domestic commerce that the United States shall have a merchant marine (1) sufficient to carry at least one-half of the foreign commerce of the United States and to provide...

...primarily in view the purpose and object of Congress to have an American merchant marine, privately owned, of the best equipped and most suitable types of vessels sufficient to carry the greater part of our commerce, and to do whatever may be necessary. All actions taken in this case had clearly...