AMERICAN SHIPPING
AND BRITISH INTERESTS
A SENSATIONAL CHARGE.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATSOH.—COPYRIGHT.)
(AtiSTKAUAN - NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
(Received January 22, 10 a.m.)
WASHINGTON,
21st January.
Admiral Benson, head of the. Federal Shipping Board, has ord«Ted an investi : gation into sensational charges made before the National Merchant Marina Association by Senator Jonea.
The S&nator alleged that 'the International Mercantile Marine, which is an American corporation, leasing forty ves-. sels from the Shipping Board, made an agreement in 1903 with the British- Admiralty to pursue no policy injurious- to, tfie interests of the British mercantile marine or British trade. The agreement terminates in two years from now. Mr. Franklin, president of the International Mercantile Marine, denied Senator Jones's charges
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Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 19, 22 January 1921, Page 5
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116AMERICAN SHIPPING Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 19, 22 January 1921, Page 5
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