Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 June 1950 — Page 36

He eli. sw fo [chant marine tonnage ‘so they vessel of the sare size can be op-| u. g Ships Down fo jcould replace their wartime erated for $457, - i a] 100 From 1500 Peak losses. They caught up quickly. | - Congress in 1936 authorized op-/ EE an oy = { Today the American “tramp erating subsidies for regular ear- % une 2--Ameri- shipppsgf industry is down to 100 go liners. No provision was made Hieships uEnTed by 4000 men. Not then for (ramps because they |

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> ‘facing an early death unless the on rising competition. Foreign and other backers of a permanent

sfederal government comes to 8! trade ay a whole is well. below tramp fleet believe it makes sense § rescue. :

ni, {early post-war - levels. But the to exiend the principle to cover Virtually non-existent. since the fact is this dwindling tramp fleet that kind of service. They are old clipper ship days, U, 8. tramp is likely to be wiped out compléte- meeking a decision in the current shipping suddenly came to life at ly if present trends continue. ‘Congress, ? ; the end of World War II. Liberty! The U. 8. Maritime Commission (| ——— a" i and Victory ships built in great believes the industry should be v ' 8. “numbers for the war began ear- saved, A tramp shipping commit. Plane Terrorist fo Be - + ¥ying millions of tons of post-war tee of the commission studied the Hub relief and recovery materials to matter for two years and ean | Sent to Institution Europe and other continents. : : : “TAL the peak In June, 1047, Béar- sidize a fleet of gome 200 tramp A 108 Angeles mechanic who ter--1y 1500 tramp steamers employ- steamers. A bill duthoriging such rorized the 23 pasengers and crew ing 60,000 American seamen were a subsidy is now before Congress. of a scheduled airliner ‘when he| engaged in this traffic. It was al © Provide Reserve {thought he was being “gassed” far cry from pre-war times when Supporters of the idea argue today faced “Indefinjte” confine-| the one-third of U, 8. commerce that these ships would provide a ment to a mental institution. | carried in tramps was transported useful reserve to call upon inl John O'Reilly, the gun-waving entirely in foreign bottoms, [event of another war emergency, War veteran who smashed open | But the boom was short-lived. They contend also that this na- two of the plane's windows while It had resulted largely from the tion ships many bulk products he held passengers and crew at! fact that foreign countries devot-|iike coal, grain, fertilizer and pa- bay with a gun, was committed! ed thelr first post-war efforts to/per which make suitable cargoes yesterday at a superior court sanrestoring regular cargo liner ser- for tramps, y [ity hearing. i | vice, Tramps, of course, follow no! The commission's study showed, . Judge Arthur C. Bhepard or schedule, but follow a chancy however, ‘that American tramp dered the 26-year-old aircraft.

+ course-from port to port, PICKIng vessels can't meet foreign oper- worker taken to the Agnew State]

up what cargo they can. ators’ freight rates because their Mental Hospital near San Jose, Competition Returns {costs are a third to a half higher Cal, after he heard a report by _ Before long foreign nations re- than. on foreign ships. For ex-/Drs. Max Levisohn and V. 8. turned to this trade. The United ample, it costs $928 a day to op-'Briden. The doctors said O'Reilly ‘States actually helped them by erate a U. 8, Liberty ship in would be confined “for an indef.| selling them much surplus mer-'tramp services, whilé a British inte period.” oT

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