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75TH CONGREsS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORT
3d Session No. 1956
TEMPORARY OPERATION BY UNITED STATES OF CER-
TAIN STEAMSHIPS
MARCH 16, 1938.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
state of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BLAND, from the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H. J. Res. 613]
The Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, to whom was
referred the joint resolution (H. J. Res. 613) to provide for the tempo-
rary operation by the United States of certain steamships, and for
other purposes, having had the same under consideration report it
back to the House with amendments and, as so amended, recommend
that the bill do pass.
The amendments recommended by your committee are as follows:
Page 2, line 9, following the comma after the word acquisition'
insert the words and figures until July 1, 1940,.
Page 2, line 10, strike out all the remainder of the language after
the word engaged and insert in lieu thereof the following:
, said vessels having been constructed so as to be suitable for economical and:
speedy conversion into naval or military auxiliaries, or otherwise suitable for the
use of the United States in time of war or national emergency; Provided, That
the United States Maritime Commission shall determine, prescribe, and order for
said operations just and reasonable maximum or minimum, or maximum and
minimum rates, fares, or charges, or just and reasonable classifications, tariffs,
regulations, or practices: And provided further, That in prescribing maximum or
minimum, or maximum and minimum rates, fares, and charges, differentials may
be established based upon differences in services rendered.
The purpose of the House joint resolution is to provide that in the.
event of the acquisition by the United States of the steamships.,Cali-
fornia, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, the United States Maritime Com-
mission is directed notwithstanding any other provision of law, to
operate or provide for the operation of said vessels after such ac-
quisition until July 1, 1940, in the same intercoastal services as that
in which they are now engaged, said vessels having been so con-
structed as to be suitable for economical and speedy conversion into,](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.beal/sots0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)