Washington, Jan. 7.
The differences which existed between the Dollar Lines and the Federal Maritime Commission have been composed and the shipping company was again eligible for a tem-announced E Porary operating subsidy, it was
Mr. Joseph B. Kennedy, Chairman of the Maritime Commission, was in San Francisco where he conferred with Dollar officials and reached an agreement, The Foreign Trade Routes Committee of the Chamber of Commerce announced that the Government had d the Dollar Line an operating differential of $8,000 daily for six months "to get its house in order."
Mr. Kennedy said to-day that the Maritime Commission was "commitsed to make every effort to maintain he principle of private ownership, Aut when it appears localities and hippers are suffering, and when here is no other alternative, the government will step in."
"The Government considers the Dollar Line routes among the most essential trade routes under American ownership," he added. "If there Peer Line, the Government must isn't some way of salvaging them as
shippers." a protect shipping and
Shipping circles rumours said to-Gay that the Matson Line would take over the Dollar interests, but nothing definite appeared to have materialized in this direction—United
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