Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-30
ADM|N|STR ION
MARINE SUBSIDY
BILL PASSED BY
HOUSE, 208-1 184
SiXty-Nine Republicans
Break Away From Their
Party and Vote Mo- Four
Democrats Back Measure
SUBJECT OF LIQUOR
SELLING Is OMITTED
Senate Committee Is EX-
pected to Accept It as
Adopted and the Fight
Rate on the Floor

Washington, NOV. 29.-The ad-
ministration shipping bili around
which was wagcd the most bit
ter partisan fight of the present
congress, was passed today by the
house with "a votes to spare. The
final count was eos to 1S4.
sixty-nine republicans broke
away from their party organiza-
ton and opposed the bill, while
four democrats supported it.
There never was much doubt
about the result, but the margin py
which it went through was much
lower than estimates publicly given
by most of the leaders. 1t was
however, just about what they ilg'
ured on privately.
In the face of threats to delay
if not prevent, its passage, by the
senate, the measure will go Mon
day TO tho senate committee when
plans to accept 1t as passed by the
house and take the fight to the
floor next week.
Motion TO Recommit
Tho usual motion to recommlt,
for the purpose of striking out the
provision relating to tax e&emp-
tons and direct compensatlohs,
was made by Representative
Hardy. Of Texas, ranking demo-
crat of the merchant marine com
ullttee, which framed it. 1t was
defeated, 215 to l72.
Chairman Greene OF the mer-
chant marine committee, and Rep
resentative- Edmonds, Of Pennsyl-
yania, who shouldered the fight
through the house, declared to-
night that despite amendments the
measure would pave the way for
putting the American flag at a
high place on the seas. The gen
eral view on both sides was that
had an attempt been maze 70
pass it as framed it would have
been swept to an oVeI~heiinlng
defeat.
AS passed by the house, no line
was left in the bill relating TO the
subject of liquor-selling on Amer
lean ships. When the question
was reached yesterday in commit
tee of the whole, the Bankhead out
and-out prohibition amendment
was put aside and q substitute Of
fered by Mr.. Edmonds accepted.
1t stipulated that if a ship on
any particular voyage, permitted
the transportation Of LIQUOR, II
could not share in a subsidy for
that voyage. ,
The house made a number OF
changes in the bill as reported by
tho merchant marine committee.
one of them gave congress the
right TO appropriate annually out
of the merchant marine fund the
money necessary to carry out the
provisions of the act. Another
provided that indust. ial ships, such
as those owned by the Standard
Oil company, should not coliect
compensation on any portion OF
vessel carrying cargo Of the ship
owners. ,,,
The provisions of the bill CIV
: ing income tax reductions to SNIP
pers sending their goods abroad III
American vessels was stricken OUT
and the house Also stipulated tina.
the steamship Leviathan should not
be sold for less than the cost oil
e-conditioning- ] 5000.
AS Finally Passed
As finally passed, the bill Wouia1
provide for the sale to private
owners Of the governments NOR
chant fleet and the establishment
in the treasury of a revolving fund
to be loaned American citizens for
the construction of ships. An
other fund, the merchant marine
fund" would be established from
proceeds Of tonnage dues and du-
ties amounting. according to spon-
sors OF the bill, to $4,000,0O0 an
nually, and 10 per cent or the
amount of customs duties, which
would total $3O,000,000 per year.
Compensation on graduated
scale would be extended ship own
ers out Of this fund, according to
the speed, size and type OF the
vessel. The compensation would
be for periods not exceeding ten
years to ship owners making con-
tracts with the government, ana
the vessels would be classified in
the American bureau OF shipping.
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