Original sentence: The claim has been made that despite executive branch proclamations as to the respective roles of the two red, white and blue ensigns there remained confusion until the Flags Act 1953 declared the Blue Ensign to be the national flag as the Red ensign looked too much like a communist flag for the government of the day,the Red Ensign as the flag of the Australian mercantile marine
Edited sentence: Despite executive branch proclamations as to the respective roles of the two red, white and blue ensigns there remained confusion until the Flags Act 1953 declared the Blue Ensign to be the national flag as the Red ensign looked too much like a communist flag for the government of the day,the Red Ensign as the flag of the Australian mercantile marine