The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-23
SHIPPING BOARD
IS SELECTED BY
THE Pre- SIDEN1
Commission Named to Or
ganize Company Financed
By Government.

Washington, Dec .23-President
Wilson announced yesterday his Sc
lections for the United States Snip
ping Board, and the names OF those
chosen were sent to the Senate. They
are William Denman, prominent
San Francisco lawyer with extensive
experience in admiralty cases; Der
nard N. Baker Of Baltimore, shipown-
er and we'll known as a student OF the
problems Of the merchant marine;
John A. Donald Of New York, presi-
dent of the Donald Steamship Co.;
John Barber White Of Kansas CITY,
luuberman, prominent in conserVa-
ton efforts and an extensive import
err, and Theodore Brent of New Or
leans, railroad manager.
This board will organize the gov
eminent shipping corporation author
lied by Congress. BY the terms or
the Shipping law the Secretary of the
Z Treasury is empowered to issue bonds
not in excess Of $50.0o0,000 to finance
he company. The government will
hold 81 per cent? of it's stock, private
Investors having the opportunity to
subscribe 49 per cent. The Shipping
Board wilf have powers similar to
those OF the Interstate Commerce
Commission in the matter Of traffic
by water throughout the United States
and in foreign commerce. Original
Jurisdiction to investigate shipping
conditions and to regulate and fix
rates for water transp ortation are
conferred on it by Congress. Ships
required for the government nner-
chant marine may be built, leased or
bought, as opportunity and economi-
cal interest may require. The salar-
les of members of the Shipping Board
are fixed at $500 a year each.
Mr., Denman, who gets the longest
term Of six years., is a Democrat and
graduate Of the University of Cali
fornia. He was chairman of COM
mittee to investigate municipal COR
ruption in San Francisco in 1908, and
has been prominent in a movement in
Califoria for the election of non-par-
Baker Advised McAdoo
Mr. Baker, who was nominated for
q f1veyear term, was president Of the
Atlantic Transport line for 80 years
He is Democrat, a native Of Balti-
more, and a graduate of the Sheffield
Scientific School at Yale. When the
shipping bill was pending he acted as
the closest adviser Of Secretary Nc
AGoo chief advocate of the measure He
was formerly president of the Balti-
more Trust and Guaranty Co., is d.
rector of many comme rcial enterprises
a trustee Of Johns Hopkins University
chairman of the Marylahd Conserva-
ton commission and a member of the
National Joint Commission on Con-
servation.
Mr.. Donald, the third Democratic
member was nominated for four years
He has had a lifelong experience in
the steamship business. Born in Scot
land he became a citizen of the Uniter
States in 1890. AS a young man he
worked with a ship broker in Glasgow
and later was employed by steam
ship firm. After serving in the dry
docking and painting business he be-
came engaged in the West Indian fruit
trade as a ship owner. He is chair
Staten Island and is connected with
various business concerns.
Mr. White. a Republican. WAS NOM
mated for three years. He g a lum-
herman and exporter. lie was born
in New York state. is president Of the
Missouri Lumber and Mining Co, the
Forest Lumber Co, and an officer ;or
director Of many other concerns, A
statement given out at the White
House said he was especially well in
formed on export business. Mr.. White
was chairman Of the executive COM
r1ittee Of three successive congresses
for the conservation Of national re-
sources and was elected president Of
the congress in 1911.
Mr.. Brent, the second Republican,
was nominated for two years. Born
in Muscatine, Iowa, he was educated
there and at Pasadena, Cal. He is a
railroad man, and from 1906 to 1910
was assistant to the vice president OF
the Rock Island-F Frisco lines. His
part in reshaping Of the traffic policy
of those lines brought him in contact
with lake and coastwise shipping. He
also has had charge Of traffic affairs
Of the terminal lines of the Union
Stock Yards, and was general man.
agen of the Chicago Lighterage Co.
At the White House it was said he was
a Republican with progressive ideas"
Under the law the board elects its own
officers.