Washington, June 4, United States flag vessels will supersede British vessels operating between Canadian or United States paris and Australia and New Zealand, the Division of Emergency Shipping of the U.S. Maritime Commission announced last night.
The move will release a dozen British vessels for British military purposes It was considered the first step ju Anglo-America cooperation whereby U.S, vessels will take over many Pacific runs in order to release British vessels for duty in the Atlantic, The Maritime Commission also revealed it expects to complete negotiations within a few days whereby it will obtain several freighters Grmerican President Lines, The Com-ud passenger vessels from the
mission also said it^was dickering with the Matson Lines for "a few" of its ships.
All of the vessels would be transferred to the Allied Services, It was understood the actual transfers would not be made immediately but whether the Army or Navy requires ships, No further details could be obtained, but it was recalled that Government sources last week indicated that the s, President Cleveland might be taken over by the Commission,—United Press,
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