Is the Senator aware of the fact that this bill provides that of the 15.5 cents import fee that all imports must bear for the oil coining in in American bottoms. 15 cents of that 15.5 cents would be waived? The Maritime Administration said that by using American labor and American ships. it would cost about 12 cents a barrel more to haul the oil to the eastern seaboard than it would if we were using foreign ships with coolie labor. If we thereby rebate the fee on this 20 percent of oil that would be coming in in American bottoms. does not the Senator recognize that that would then mean that the oil coming in in American bottoms would be cheaper to the consumer here than it would be otherwise?
Identified stereotypes
Using 'coolie labor' implies exploitation and lower labor standards in foreign countries.