Long range shipping bill
Subtitle: hearings before the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Eighty-second Congress, second session on S. 241, an act to amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to further promote the development and maintenance of the American Merchant Marine, and for other purposes
Publisher: G.P.O.
Published: 1952
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 517
Subjects: Shipping bounties and subsidies -- United States; Merchant marine -- United States
Description: Considers legislation to extend construction subsidy eligibility to vessels not operated on essential trade routes, to broaden tax benefits for nonsubsidized operators, and to limit mortgage liability of new passenger vessel purchasers.
Notes: Edward J. Hart, chairman

Hearings held Apr. 22 through May 9, 1952