The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-04
SHIPPING BOARD TO ESCAPE DETAIL
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navy soon a1ter the COncluSlOn or the World war. during which he served with the rank of rear admiral, has
 since last April been the shipping board representative in Brazil. He recently returned to Washington and had been slated to sail Saturday for London to become the shipping board representative of Europe. He is a native of Missouri. 8 graduate of the United States naval academy and has had extensive experience in shipping matters.
 Other proposals recently submitted by Chairman Jones providing for ex- tension of the coastwise shipping laws to the Philippines, greater CO., ordination between rail and ocean shipping and adoption of a tonnage replacement program were not taken up in detail at tonight's conference and remain to be worked out later. The question of extension of the coastwise laws is awaiting reports from the war department and ship ping board as to the adequacy of American tonnage to handle the Philippine trade.
 The decision to divorce fleet oper- ation from the shipping board and rlace it under the direction of the Emergency Fleet corporation is the aret step taken by the President in his endeavor to formulate definite merchant marine policy.
 Chairman Jones in his recommenda- tions to the President asserted that much fault has been found with the management of the government and urged that the powers, duties and properties involved be lodged with one man or some organization head ed by one man.
 "The physical property of the board, the sales and operations of the ships. should be under unified control and head, but the primary should not be placed in one man, no more than tho powers and duties of the interstate commerce commission should be so placed" Senator Jones said in his recommendation. The shipping board was primarily created to exercise a control over chipping, very similar to that exercised by the interstate commerce commission over railroads. The acts of 1916 and 1920 contemplate this very thing"
 LesisIation Not Needed.
 This course is the one which the President had decided to pursue, and Senator Jones, after tonight's con- ference, declared it was generally agreed that no new legislation would be needed. Under the plan decided
  will be a member of the board of trustees of the fleet corporation, and 1t is contemplated that the corpora tion have a force of high -salaried men handling the ships and property. just as any other corporation would handle them.
 There was no indication given by any of those conferring with the President that the executive had de- cided upon a chairman of the board, but the statement that the head of the board probably would be selected from among the present membership immediately brought renewal of re- ports that either E. c. Hummer of Bath, Maine, or T. V. OConnor of Buffalo, N. r., the present vice chair man, would be selected. Those at. tending the conference were given the impression that the nominations of Frederick I. Thompson of Mobile. Ala, and Bert E. Haney of Port land, Ore, recently withdrawn from the Senate by the President, would be resubmitted.
 inal members of the shipping board as created under the merchant marine act of 1920, and is serving under a recess reappointment given by Presi- dent Harding. MT. Haney was given a recess appointment last spring by President Harding after the resigna- ton Of former Senator Chamberlain of Oregon.
 MT. Fariey's resignation has been accepted by the President, and he will retire within few days. He attend ed tonight's conference with the other members of the board.