The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-30

SUBSIDY ME EAsURE PASSE ! BY HOUSE
 WITH A MAJORITY
Margin Lower Than Estimates Threats of Delay Face Bill AS It Goes to the
 Senate
By Associated Press

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 By Associated Press
 Washington. November 2s.-The administration shipping bill, around which was waged the most bitter partisan fight of the present Con- sress. was passed today by the House witch q votes to spare. The final count was POS to is4.
 sixty-nine republicans opposed the bill. while four democrats sup ported it.
 There never was much doubt abeat the result, but the margin by which it went through was much lower than estimates.
 In the face Of threats to delay, if not prevent its passage by the Senate. the measure will go Monday to the Senate committee which plans to accept if as passed by the House and take the fight to the floor next week
 The usual motion to fecommit for the purpose of striking out the pro vision relating to tax exemptions ana direct compensa ton. was made hy Representative Hardy, Texas. as ranking democrat of the merchant marine committee which framed It., and defeated. 215 to l72.
 Puts Flag High on Sens
 Chairman Greene of the merchant marine committee, and Representa- tive Edmonds. Pennsylvania, ranking republican. who shouldered the fight through the House declared tonight that the measure would pave the way for putting the American flag at high place on the seas. The general view was that had an at tempt been made to pass 1t as framed it would have been swept to overwhelming defeat.
 There was q shout of approval on the republican side when the final vote was announced, but it was not half so hearty as that given Repre- sentative Mondeil, Wyoming, the re-. publican leader who, in closing address, pleaded earnestly with his party to stand behind the President and give the bill A sweeping ma jority.
 Mir. Mondeli had the last word, and every one of the 2of republicans who voted for 1t. get ID and cheersd.
 LnDhan Amendment Loses
 The House, in the last stage Of the battle, defeated an amendment by Representative Lanhan, democrat, Texas. designed to give the measure what he declared was its proper name. Mir. Lanhan wanted to change the title of merchant marine act to the ship subsidy act of 1922. as- serting that he had put forward the proposal in the final hope that spade may be called by it's proper name"
 As passed by the House. no line was left in the bill relating to the subject of liquor selling on Amer ican ships. When the question was reached yesterday in committee of the whole. the Bankhead ut-and- out prohibition amendment was put aside and substitute offered by Mir Ed monds accepted 1t stipulated that If a ship, on any particular voyage. permitted the transpor tation of H. quor, 1t could not share in subsidy for that voyage.
 The Edmonds amendment went out on demand for a separate vote in the House by Representative Cram ton, republican, Michigan an ad- vocate of prohibition enforcement. who contended that 1t was not as strong as existing laws, and might be construed by some as wiping out the present statute. MT. Edmonds himself voted for the Cramton pro- posal, against which there were only handful of scattering votes.
 Massachusett. Heard From
 voice from the shores of the maritime state of Massachusetts was lifted today against the bill, Repre- sentative Andrew. republican, de- claring it offered dangerous pre- cedent, which if adopted, Twill hound us for years to come
 Now and then there was brief furry of political talk. but the lead CTS holding their forces in line, pre- sented and put through motion after motion to shut off debate. Then after passing the bill, the House quit for Thanksgiving.
 The House made number Of changes in the bill as reported by the merchant marine committee. One of them gave Congress the right to annually out of the mer- chant marine fund the money neces- sary to carry out the provisions of the act. Another provided that in- dustrial ships, such as those owned by the Standard Oil company, should not collect compensat on any DOT tion of vessel carrying cargo of the ships owners.
 Minimum Price Fixed
 The provision of the bill giving in come tax deductions to shippers send- ing their goods abroad in American vessels was stricken out. and the House also stipulated that the steam ship Leviathan should not be sold for less than the cost of recondltioning- $S,1s2.000.
 Purchasers of shipping board ves- sells would pay not less than 4H per cent as originally stipulated under an amendment adopted. and money loaned to respective constructors would bring the government not less than 4i4 per cent interest instead of ? per cent.
 As passed the bill would provide for the sale of the governments mer- chant fleet and the establishment in the treasury of a revolving fund to be loaned to American citizens for the construction of American ships An other fund. the American merchant marine fund.- would be established from proceeds of tonnage dues and duties amounting. ording to spon- sors of the bill to 5000. 900 annually and 10 per cent of the amount of customs duties. which would total S30so00. .000 per year.
 Vessels ClassIffed
 Compensation on graduated scale would be extended ship owners out of this fund. according to the speed, size and type of the vessel The com pensation would be for periods not exceeding 10 years to ship owners making contracts with the govern ment and the vessels would be classi- fled in the American bureau of ship ping Ships receiving compensation
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