| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations - 1977 - 378 pages
...(49 Stat. 1985, 46 USC 1101) states that "it is necessary for the national defense and development of its foreign and domestic commerce that the United States shall have a merchant marine . . ." Surely, if an agency is directed by statute to promote and develop an industry, it is only doing... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations - 1977 - 1596 pages
...(49 Stat. 1985, 46 USC 1101) states that "it is necessary for the national defense and development of its foreign and domestic commerce that the United States shall have a merchant marine . . ." Surely, if an agency is directed by statute to promote and develop an industry, it is only doing... | |
| Leonor K. Sullivan, Philip E. Ruppe - 1977 - 154 pages
...here: SECTION 101, MERCHANT MARINE ACT OF 1936 It is necessary for the national defense and development of its foreign and domestic commerce that the United States shall have a merchant marine — (a) Sufficient to carry its domestic waterborne commerce and a substantial portion of the waterborne... | |
| United States. General Accounting Office - 1978 - 44 pages
...the 1936 Merchant Marine Act states that: "It is necessary for the national defense and development of its foreign and domestic commerce that the United States shall have a merchant marine * * * capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency * *... | |
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