The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-14
Hearst Enjoins
Sale Of German
Interned Ships
BIZ JUSTIN MoGRATH

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Wash snGion, Feb. Is.--The German
ships will not be sold on Monday. Tho
shipping board today changed its pro-
Tor the change. They are hare. emu
-Tsserasaa In the nfxiers Of THAR airport
ance:
WILLIAMS Randolph Hearst came
to Washington today and through his
attorneys. Messrs. Anseii and aBetiy.
Ex-Governor Joseph W. Folk, of
Missouri. and VIM. A. DeFord. of
New York. made application to Chief
Justice Mccoy in the district supreme
court for an injunction to restrain the
UnNed States shipping board and the
Emergency Fleet corporation to stop
the sale of the ships. Chief Justice
Mccoy issued a rule on the defendants
to make apparcnce in on Monday and
show cause why a temporary re-
stTaining order against them should
not be issued.
"A concurrent resolution direct
ing the shipping board not to sell tho
thirty former German liners except
through regular public bidding after
three months advertising. and then
only it proper offers were received,
was introduced in the senate by SEN
ator Ashufst, OF Arizona The in
PRODUCTION of the resolution occasion
ed a debate which showed that a
number OF prominent senator's on both
sides of the chamber thought that
the shipping board was acting too
hastily and assuming too much auth
GRITTY.
3-Representattve william E. Ma
son. Republican, Of Illinois, intro
sduccd in the HOUSE resolution pro-
viding for an investigation of the pro-
posed transaction by the committee on
expenditures in the war department
The committee would go into the
question OF the shipping boards au-
thority 70 sell the vessels, tho value
OF the fleet and the amount therefor.
READvERTISE SALE
4-The senate committee on COM
merce, to which the Ashurst resolu-
ton was referred held a session this
afternoon At which Chairman John
Barton Payne Of the shipping board
was called upon for full explanatioR
on the boards plan with respect to
the proposed sale of the German ships
II was made clear At this hearing by
several of the members OF the COM
p,ittee that they were not satisfied
that $.S,oUU,t60. the bid for the in
ternationai mercantile marine, was
$50 s.~V4ootI PASNG LUZ Inc BQID8. InAt
they were Anost solicitOus that the
sale, II made at all, be made under
cinditions which would effectually
prevent the ships from being trans
ferred to any other nag, ana that
they were anxious for much more ex-
tensiye advertising OF the sale.
Although Chairman Payne hereto
fore has told the press that the sale
positively would take place, he to-
day informed members OF the COM
mittee that Il was the intention of
the shipping board merely to receive
bids on Monday and not to effect the
sale of any Of the ships until after
each particular bid had been care
fully considered and a determination
reached that the offer was adequate
In the opinion of the board, Chair
man Payne said. conditions were more
favorable now for getting r. good
price for the ships than they were
hkrfY to- NJ later sofi ri III u khii'pst
were not sold they would have to be
reconditioned at cost Of $4,000
GOO This would mean total in
vestment OF $s5.0oo.ooo. basing the
neets valuation upon the bid Of the
International mercantile marine, Of
5000, 900. III 1t turned out later,
chairman Payne said, that II was
naiAtalce not to have suid the snfus
when conditions were favorable the
shipping board would be externally
criticized. Personally his conviction
49,. he said, that the ships should
oe aoid now ~ an adequate ofter was
HI tt<s- ~ n n 1ilan aYMa a3Hd=BFevfuuKz
" stated to the comu13ttee that III his
.pplnfcn tiis 3es 0Ae. 10 BID of The IN
RterIlA tiolial a13 tnN fairiy
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