...territories, possessions, and foreign countries. The Merchant Marine Act, 1920, begins with a statement: That it is necessary for the national defense and for the...merchant marine of the best equipped and most suitable type vessels * * *. The American merchant marine serving the domestic noncontiguous territories is,...

...as amended. That section states that it is necessary for the national defense and development of our foreign and domestic commerce that the United States shall have a merchant marine which, among other things, is: Sufficient to carry a substantial portion of our waterborne export and...

...follows: It is necessary for the national defense and security and for the proper growth and development of its foreign and domestic commerce that the United...shall have a merchant marine of the best equipped, safest, and most suitable types of vessels, constructed in the United States and manned with a trained...

...does not appear to be much brighter. The Merchant Marine Acts of 1920 and 1936 affirmatively state that the United States shall have a merchant marine of the best equipped and most suitable vessels, sufficient to carry the greater portion of its commerce, able to serve as a naval or military...

...the public policy of the United States set forth in Section 1 of said Jones Act which reads, in part, as follows: It is necessary for the national defense...the best equipped and most suitable types of vessels suffiaent to carry the greater portion of its commerce and serve as a naval or military auxiliary in...

...us examine the conditions. The Merchant Marine Act of June 5, 1920, says "Be it enacted . . . that it is necessary for the national defense and for the...merchant marine of the best equipped and most suitable type of vessels, . . . ultimately to be owned and operated privately by citizens of the United States,...

...merchant marine, the Congress passed the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, wherein it expressly declared, "That it is necessary for the national defense and for the...United States shall have a merchant marine of the best-equipped and most suitable types of vessels sufficient to carry the greater portion of its commerce...

...subsidies, is of little help, saying only that: It is necessary for the national defense and development of its foreign and domestic commerce that the United States shall have a merchant marine [of certain characteristics] supplemented by efficient facilities for shipbuilding and ship repair. Commercial...

...have said that the PVSA and the Jones Act have helped to secure the national defense by maintaining, "a merchant marine of the best equipped and most suitable types of vessels sufficient.. .to serve.. .in time of war or national emergency." 20 Because vessels in the domestic trade must be UScrewed,...

...1936 (49 Stat. 1085). This act declares 'It is necessary for the national defense and development of foreign and domestic commerce that the United States shall have a merchant marine* * *.' The act states further that the merchant marine must lie capable of serving as a naval and military...