Want Jap Merchant Fleet Restricted
Received Monday, 7 p.m. . WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. The National Federation of American Shipping today proposed. the Virtuai exelusion of Japanese merchant ship.--from world trade. Tn a statement .out lining the American. industrv 's objev tive for the year, the federation said the Japanese merchant marine shoulcl not 'be allowed to expand beyond thercasonable requirements of J apan 's own domestic and . foreign commerce. ' ' Japan sliould not be allowed th rough economic forces and low wages and living standards, to drive other ships from their proper participation iu Pacific trade. She should not be allowed to invade other ports and trades where international incidents mav bc created. " The statement disclosed that the.; American merchant fleet now numbers 1216 vessels of more than 14,000,000 deadweight tons compared with 123(5 vessels of 10,237,000 tons in_1939.
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Chronicle (Levin), 11 January 1949, Page 5
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