I am not interested in the accommodation of passengers. I want an American merchant marine to carry the products of our farms. orchards. gardens. and manufactures to the uttermost parts of the earth. and these ships. the Agantemnoa and the Mo unt Vernon. or the Monticello and the Mount Vernon. as we now call them. are strictly passenger carriers with no accommodations for cargo. The letter continues: Can the United States make them pay with the passengers only. with the now restricted immigration laws in effect? These shipsLet Senators who are advocating spending $12.000.000 of the peoples money listen to thisThese ships have always been excessive In the cost of operation and they are considered "white elephants" by their former owners. the North German Lloyd. and the cost of operation by that German organization was far below that of ours today. Again: One official and three Inspectors of the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. stated to a prospective purchaser of one of these ships that the ships did not warrant reconditioning and that a fair value as is was as of junk and approximately $100.000." And yet it Is proposed to spend $12.000.000 of the peoples money to recondition these ships.
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