SEAMEN’S DEMANDS
PLIGHT OF SHIPPING THREAT TO MR ROOSEVELT MARCH ON WASHINGTON (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyrtg-hJ) NEW YORK, Nov. 9 Three thousand members of the National Martime Union voted at a mass meeting to march on Washington unless President Roosevelt acts immediately to aid seamen made idle by the suspension of the transatlantic service, and telegraphed their resolution to Mr Roosevelt. The New York Times says in a leader: “Mr Roosevelt’s arguments supporting the transfer of ships to the Panama flag are all true, but the trouble is that it is being said after the debate in Congress and not before. The Neutrality Act was not presented to the country with official notice that it would permit American ships to carry on operations in combat areas merely through the device of a change of registry. “Second thought ought to lead to the abandonment of the idea, and a different approach to the problem of the plight of the American shipping industry.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20958, 10 November 1939, Page 2
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162SEAMEN’S DEMANDS Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20958, 10 November 1939, Page 2
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