Martin. Under Secretary of Commerce for Transportation. as this years first prize winner in the annual National Maritime Poster Contest for high school students. Following the unveiling of his winning poster on the steps of the Capitol the immigrant youth. who came to the United States from Vienna only 18 months ago. will participate with Deputy Postmaster General Brawley and Under Secretary Martin in placing the first poster on a mailtruck. The same poster will appear on all 40.000 mailtrucks throughout the Nation during the month of May. The poster will be displayed in post offices and other public buildings and on the Nations mailtrucks in every city. town. and hamlet across the country. to focus public attention on the importance of the American merchant marine to the peacetime trade and commerce of the Nation. and as the "Fourth Arm of Defense." Alexander Gsoells prizewinning poster depicts a crate of cargo being hoisted aboard ship. proclaiming that "American Ships Strengthen America." The National Maritime Poster Contest. sponsored annually by Americas maritime industry.
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