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€. “A Cure for-shi * PP 4 re } . Harry Bridges, C.1. 0. lead- er of Pacific Coast longshore- men. BY JOHN C. HENRY. MERICAN shipping, an enter- prise of romance and tradi- tion for those who participate in it only casually, but one of Yirellhood and profits for its workers, and operators, _is undergoing an €x- haustive aolettORy Bpetation. | Under the direction of Joseph P. ennedy, one of the Nation's fore- = most practitioners at the art of curing aiaeq Sick industries, the nen arin Com- ig mission is authorized td give the slog- ging American merchant marine a transfusion of cash and ahips end working standards designed to restarq | it to its rank of pre-Civil War days as & world-wide leader on the sens. True to the best standards of the healing profession, however, Dr. Ken- nedy is prescribing only temporary cures until such time as he has be- fore him all the symptoms necessary for a complete and accuses AE sif—Fronsuch disgnosis, it oped, i a rejuvenation may be effected. _ “Doctor” Kennedy Making Diagnosis of Industry in Hope of Restoring it to Former Glory. l Authorities’ Aid Enlisted. _ prehensiveness. Results, he empha- | commissioneises, must be apparent weeks and the study should be pretty well completed by the end of October. The magnitude of this task as well as & picture of how much information i Berries after the found itself faced with a mass of un- ‘proved data and contradictory opin- fons, that it would be better to de pend on information gathered by its own: agents, the commission a few weeks ago enlisted the ald of such su- thorities as H. L. Seward, professor of mechanical and marine engineering at Yale University; Thomas H. Healy, dean of the Schoo! of Foreign ice at Georgetown, and Prof. Grover Huebner, specialist in commente and transportation of the Wharton School of Finance. With these distinguished aides and advisers, the commiasion’s own experts were set at work imme- diately to make a comprehensive sur- vey of the shipping: problem. Because. the present temporary oper- ating subsidy contracts are due to ex- pire at the end of this year and nego- dations of long-term agreements are expected to get under way by Novem- [has tmprea latest, Chairman Kennedy js necessary ports? has impressed upon his survey the necessity for speed as well as com- | WASHINGTON_STAR SEP5 = 1937- our merchant marine may properly be diagnosed probably could be presented by no better means than skeletonizi the lines of inquiry now . Grouped into seven related sub- -| jects,"an outline of the survey follows: Foreign Trade: 1. Are ships subject to our own con- trol necessary to insure uninterrupted movement of our exports and im- 2. Do American veasels protect our traders against exorbitant rates or a2-|' sure them of better service? 3%. Does the merchant marine itself tend to develop new markets; in other words, does trade follow the flag? 4. Does the exportation rvices (in Erovr “Hing of water transportation eon: oe Ryan, A. F. of L. lea | Atlantic Coast longsho ft, . ‘ enter: Joseph P. Kenne chairman of Maritime Cc mission, cause of Higher operating cost. ace ~ exports of other co ch we can produce at profit? P an National Defense: 1. What does the Navy requ: the way of auxiliary tonnage? much of this tonnage is now ay: in protected trades? : 2. What does the Army requ the way of troop and supply sh 3. What is the relationship b merchant shipping and the air a 4, 1s merchant shipping nec to preserve the shipyards and | ilding ships? [+ §&. How. important ia comn | before the aliments of urs ~ of other words the actual + . which we are at a disadvantage be- INDE a) NOW kiwOURDED 3 EM Yo O "EOS