AMERICAN SHIPPING
PROBLEM OF DIVERSION [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] ' (Recd. Dec. 9, 12.20 p.m.). WASHINGTON, December 8. Mr. Roosevelt, at a Press conference, said that he had discussed with Mr. Kennedy the problem of diverting American shipping to non-European trade routes, particularly those abandoned by the belligerents between neutral ports. The President said that the plans for American ships to carry goods under the Anglo-American barter agreement of September 26 had not gone as far as was hoped. Mr. Kennedy, commenting, said that he had also discussed with tlte President the question of diverting American ships to Australian and other Empire routes, and the possibility of United States southern pine timber displacing Scandinavian timber, which was increasingly difficult foi* the belligerents to obtain. He added that British officials, with whom he had discussed the matter, are in accord with the shipping ideas.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 9 December 1939, Page 8
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