...1- Origin and Mission The United States Shipping Board was established by the Shipping Act of 1916 1 for the purpose of encouraging, developing, and creating...territories and possessions and with foreign countries, and to regulate carriers by water engaged in the foreign and interstate commerce of the United States....

...in the President's message of February 28, 1922. The preamble of the act of 1916 reads as follows : "An Act To establish a United States Shipping Board...and naval reserve and a merchant marine to meet the requtrements of the commerce of the United States with its Territories and possessions and with foreign...

...the Congress of the United States of September 7, 1916 (39 Statutes at Large, 728), entitled 'iA.n act to establish a United States Shipping Board for...purpose of encouraging, developing, and creating a naval auxilia^ and naval reserve and a merchant marine to meet the requirements of the commerce of the United...

...commerce of the United States with its territories and possessions and with foreign countries, and to regulate carriers by water engaged in the foreign and interstate commerce of the United States. 2. History The Shipping Act of 1916 * created the United States Shipping Board, consisting of five...

...United States Shipping Board for the purpose of encouraging, developing, and creating a naval auxiliar/ and naval reserve and a merchant marine to meet the...States with its territories and possessions and with foreigm countries; to regulate carriers by water engaged in the foreign and interstate commerce of...

...of the Shipping Act of 1916 (Сотр. St. §§ 8146a — 8146r), to encourage, develop, and create a naval auxiliary and naval reserve, and a merchant...requirements of the commerce of the United States, and to operate merchant vessels in the commerce of the United States. While the corporation is judicially...

...war into which we were destined to be plunged. The title of the Act indicated its purpose. It reads : "An Act to establish a United States Shipping Board...foreign and interstate commerce of the 'United States for other purposes." The Board was to consist of five commissioners,6 to be appointed by the President...

...American seamen? The Congress of the United States has said in its preamble to the shipping act of 1916: " An act to establish a United States Shipping Board...requirements of the commerce of the United States," etc. The Congress has again said in section 1 of the merchant marine act of 1920 "That it is necessary...

...1916, approved December 7, 1916, c. 451, 39 Stat. 729, the United States Shipping Board was established for the purpose of encouraging, developing and creating...requirements of the commerce of the United States, and authority was given to that Board to purchase, lease or charter vessels suitable as far as the...

...strengthening NORDLY8. of our navy and our mercantile marine. So the Shipping Act, 39 Stat. 728, was passed " for the purpose of encouraging, developing, and creating...countries ; to regulate carriers by water engaged in foreign and interstate commerce of the United States, and for other purposes." The President was authorized...