CONTRACT CANCELLED
U.S. Special Committee To Conduct Inquiry ORDER FOR 200 SHIPS Rec. noon. WASHINGTON, July 21. The House of Representatives Merchant Marine Committee has appointed a special committee of inquiry into the circumstances of the Maritime Commission's cancellation of the contract with the Higgins Shipbuilding Corporation to build 200 ships. The Maritime Commission explained that the cancellation was because insufficient steel was available. Mr. A. J. Higgins, head of the firm, protested. His opinion was that some other reason prompted the cancellation. He said yesterday that his yard would probably build giant flying-boats instead of ships, but declined to elaborate on this statement.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 171, 22 July 1942, Page 5
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