Evening star., 1928-02-08
Senate Vote to Keep Ships
Revives Debates i'm Press

Providence Bulletin indepcndcnt) con-
tends that "tha majority OF the Senate
| acted contrary to the best interests OF
the Nation as a whole. Their action Is
dcfcnSiblc only on the theory that po-
litical c%pediency Is finer virtue than
economic sanity"
"Shying At the subsidy" contends the
Louisville Couricr-Journal tindcpend-
cntt. the Senate also has shed at
amending the seamen's act under
which. the cost of operating American
ships puts them at hopeless disad-
vantage III competing with vessels of
other countries. This would ALLEVIATE
| the labor vote so tho greatest deliber-
| atiVc body in the world has followed
| the easiest way" The Baltimore Sun
| independent Dcmocraticp holds that
being shown conclisivcly that the alter
| native to the procedure Is no merchant
| marine
White the measure had votes 20
| spare, there were not enough to insure
| its passage over Mr., Coolldee's veto
should the latter disapprove the meas
| ure.' asserts the Scranton Tim's
! Democratic). and the Duluth Herald
| independent Republican, suggests that
while the vote may have IA bearing on
! the vote In some of the States when TIE
| Senators who voted come up for re-
| election. 1t does not settle the question
what we are going To do with orr
| merchant marine"
The inland vote. Republican and
Democratic. that put the Jones bill
through the Senate" according to tho
Brooklyn Daily Eagle tindependcni
registered the !nvcterate belief of hut
man nature that IL can attend to that
| of which IL knows least" that paper
pointing out that ''of the ~ senators
| from maritime States 10 voted against
! the bill nr took the adverse side In pair
| Ing The Buffalo Evening News ut"'
! publican, feel that the prairie Scna-
! tors never could admit that the sra u
board may know IL little more about
| ships than the interior" and the
| Bangor Commercial tRepublcan, em
| phhai2es tho same division In the vote,
| "A sound and practical measure
should be drafted that would aid III
| building ,p an efficient merchant ma e
| rine by private enterprise" states the
Chicago Daily News independently and
the Albany Evening News ,lndependent
| Republican, warns, Government opef-
| hittH HHA not DffIi huCGrSi ~ VIII
not he n Success, The Government
! should not continue To be engaged IN AZ,
! enterprise that should be carried on
| by private business interests. The 1oe .
eminent should get out OF that busi'
! neaH
The prnvlalnn In the bin for unani~
! NOUS action ot the board IN case ship4
, are To be sold does not entirely ehrnpc
comment The Oakland Tribune in
dependent Republican, maintains that
| N the bill passes the tlniiae also and
| IN not vetoed there viii be demand
for II change In The personnel of tho
board That paper Expresses the belief
that partisan politIca played u part
IN the passage nf lhe bill, the intent
being To make campaign capital II the
| President eAertisea his veto"
Unanimous consent Ia sales, In tho
tndgment nt the sian Antonio Ekntths
tindelbendent Demnrfatic), might con"
Hitute both u troublesome ntecedtnt
for other Government agencies and y
| formidable obstacle to the dlspnsai Vt
! such hhlps" aud official Disagreement
over methnda must not he carried Ia
such ieneths AS tn threaten impairment
of the ahipplng ae,elre'