Amending the Merchant marine act, 1936, as amended
Subtitle: Hearings before the Subcommittee on Maritime Affairs of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Eighty-first Congress, first [-second] session, on H.R. 3289 [and others] ...
Publisher: U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
Published: 1949
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 387
Subjects: Merchant marine; Maritime law; United States
Description: [Pt. 1]:Considers legislation to revise Federal shipbuilding and operating subsidy programs, to authorize Federal investigations of employment and wage conditions on subsidized vessels, and to authorize a shipbuilding contract allocation program to maintain regional shipbuilding employment levels; pt. 2: Considers legislation to authorize Commerce Dept acquisition of vessels and material for emergency and war purposes and to revise methods for payment for construction and computation of depreciation on reconstructed vessels. Immediate effect of legislation would be to authorize Government purchase of Monterey and Mariposa to be utilized as troop carriers.
Notes: Edward J. Hart, Chairman of subcommittee.

Hearing held may 31, 1949-Aug. 30, 1950.

Part 2. hearings on H.R. 9534.
Table of contents: title: [pt. 1] May 31, June 1, 2, 7, 8, 14, 15, 28, 29, 30, July 7, 1949.; title: pt. 2. Hearings on H.R. 9534, a bill to amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, and for other purposes, August 29 and 30, 1950.