AMERICAN SHIPS
TRANSFER TO BRITAIN
UNDER CONSIDERATION
(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) Rec. 11 a.m. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.
The sale or transfer of a substantial amount of the American merchant fleet to Britain is receiving the serious consideration of high officials of the Administration, says the Associated Press. The idea has been suggested because of the enormous amount of shipping now under American control and Britain's shipping deficit.
The backing for the proposal is so strong that it appears likely to be regarded as one of the main means of helping a British recovery after the war. It may also create controversy, as there is a strong sentiment for making the United States the world's leading maritime Power after the war.
Since America's policy is to treat all Allied countries on a basis of equality of opportunity, France and other nations which had suffered heavy shipping losses would have an equal opportunity to acquire part of the American merchant fleet.
The United States now has 55,000,000 tons of shipping. Before the war it had 11,000,000 tons. The world tonnage is approximately 95,000,000.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 14, 17 January 1945, Page 6
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