New-York tribune., 1920-12-04
Ship Board May
Enter L orei.o,,;n
Conferences
Rebaie Problem Reported
Solved: Does Not Apply
in Trade Between Other
Countries. 1t L. Declared
Decision L Far.Reacl,ing 9
Nav Mean Employment for
Hundreds of ' G sci :
Owned bv Government

vav whereby Shipping Bosrd YES
.rs can enter the conferences Of
f~ss operating from Europe to other
.ssa Are-ican ports IS reported TO
ssve been found Il arrangements
.,a.easplsted are pat into Eject en-
,levmer. VIII be found for several
.rndrea or tae steel vessels neld by
tie board.
Waile negotiations had been under
w for some time an obstacle was
s.coun.ereG IL the rebate situation.
TIE conference lines grant rebates to
ssiupers using their vessels exclu-
..rsly. b-t IS rebates are illegal un-
ar the American laws. the Shipping
Board was apparently prevented from
entering the foreign conferences on
equal terms
+: is aov stated. however. that the
Shipping Boar4 hss ruled that while
rebates cannot apa'y y.on shipments to
and from American ports they can be
granted in tas case ot trade between
foreign countries whose laws contain
10 provision against reba-ing.
Conference Issue Settled
:. b Naokay. vice-president Of the
Barber Steamship Lines, is authority
.ar the statement that the conference
question tas been settled While IN
London recently, re states, he received
cable message stating thai he had
taen made 8 special commissioner OF
tie Shipping Board to negotiate with
tie foreign lines Tor the entrance into
ias conference of Shipping Board
.annage OF equal terms.
"Arrang gements were accordingly
rate says ~. MacAay, FOR the
boards vsssis 70 get into some Of The
.oreign conte-ences. u course. our
boats have 70 take pot-luck with the
e.aer lines ana submit 10 the condi
:.oas under which the conferences are
III. II meeting the owners composing
lie conferences / found that they had
10 oo1ec.on worth mentioning 10
Shipping Board boats coming into the
-yreeaisnts provided the board ard
~ operators we're wiling to conform
= .1e 4-.es a1l regulations observed
7g the other members.
"The 7r,nc' pal difficulty was the re-
saie eues-l40. + came up in one in
s.zaee, ard vas SHOWN conclusivelv
;aat t. '~aie could not be held and
IN prcl--5lv without this old-fasn-
Inc BOARD Washington that Ameri-
ear vessels could grant rebates IN
-ss1e2 between .or lgn countries.
i1.an All GROUND, Captaia Frank Z.
'et-is, q nc Shipping Board, and NY
s-E were well recc we'd. The foreign
owners, tzZea as . body, will be GLAD
= cozas q some arn.ca5la ARRANGEMENT
-1-ec w~'e1 large number Of the
Slipping Beard boats Will be taken care
q "aer-Yer they are ready to come
no IN Conferences.
Board Makes Proposals
NO nard and f4s. arrangements
aaTe 6ee- entered into. bu, fou-d
ia, a!reacy proposals mad been made
-or t1s entry ot Shipping Board YES
se.s no conferences - Eli places Tor
9sF-y occ-Q. Cd By German tonnage.
.-s oA--ec -r@s have arranged l. an
- tne lr.-a-Jaoan trade u European
ferts, sne re also have made a1plca-
Tor = e..er .ce Jera-EuroDe confer
.1ee We -ope 20 enter further con
'stszces business develops A
'-sse ierences also control the bus
asss outward from European ports to
re far .t and Java, We can. # We
%za, t9, $50 lead snips on this ru7.
zee y9g go in-o -re conferences the
~ass aFe always willing 20 make some
%sfs-gs-r en- Tor rar-lcip patton.
y sec" - ne that L We can corne
. gone ar1icaDle agreement with the
.9's = rse1erce lines Il Will BE-
n1ea of--sr tran engaging in rate
%sf' T--a Consequent loss al around.
~aTs l-tla le8ot crat tne Shipping
sezre. = waited TO, could employ as
1zfy - .1o-7and 0f rs sreel vesgels
= ~ o-rereae cc ference runs, though
= Snor-1 probably not want t. put in
'1zf 1e-a,er. Inc thing 20 be renera-
oefsc A --at 7e, az la.e comers. would
zs' t1e sane show n the conferences
: -res ,cz- aave neen in taem for
I, 1iz staten ant. Which is published
2 Inc -aet.cai Gazette. Mr. Nackay
- r-s c1t t.a- ehe Shipping Board
~s1-- re- expected - take good rimns
- % go 10. ~ .av or It's veseels
7aeA s'ey ceased - oe profitable.
Havana l.ood~ sill Held In