...merchant marine (a) sufficient to carry its domestic water-borne commerce and a substantial portion of the water-borne export and import foreign commerce of the United States — and in order to man those vessels with trained and efficient personnel: It is hereby declared to be the...

...merchant marine lit, willing, and able "to provide shipping service on all routes essential for maintainig the flow of such domestic and foreign water-borne commerce at all times" and "capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in times of war or national emergency." 62034—47...

...merchant marine (a) ifflcient to carry its domestic water-borne commerce and a substantial portion ' the water-borne export and import foreign commerce of the United States and 1 provide shipping service on all routes essential for maintaining the flow of ich domestic and foreign...

...possess a merchant marine "sufficient to carry its domestic waterborne commerce and a substantial portion of the waterborne export and import foreign commerce of the United States ..." The Committee intends that "substantial portion" mean that the United States should possess a...

...commerce, and to provide shipping service essential for maintaining the flow of such commerce at all times; capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency; and supplemented by efficient facilities for shipbuilding and ship repair. The...

...conventional Armed Forces. The Merchant Marine Act of 1936 addresses the need for a USflag merchant marine, capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war of national emergency, manned with a trained and efficient citizen personnel. With the enunciation...

...effort to attain the United States-flag merchant shipping capable of carrying a substantial portion of the waterborne export and import foreign commerce of the United States and of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency. The Masters, Mates...

...sufficient to carry a substantial portion of the waterborne foreign commerce of the United States and capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency. The Cargo Preference Act of 1954 (Public Law 664), which mandates that "whenever...

...merchant marine (a) sufficient to carry its domestic water-borne commerce and a substantial portion of the water-borne export and import foreign commerce...the United States and to provide shipping service essential for maintaining the flow of such domestic and foreign water-borne commerce at all times,...

...AND A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE EXPORT AND IMPORT FOREIGN COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES AND . . . CAPABLE OF SERVING AS A NAVAL AND MILITARY AUXILIARY IN TIME OF WAR OR NATIONAL EMERGENCY." I THEREFORE STRONGLY REQUEST THAT THIS BODY TAKE WHATEVER ACTIONS ARE NECESSARY...