Almost all Canadian ships on the trans-Pacific routes have been withdrawn.
Although American bottoms operating on the Pacific runs have been reduced by Army and Navy requisitioning, there were sufficient number: available for use as replacements.
Tt was said the plan was designed to free vessels to carry badly-needed supplies from the United States to England and the Middle East, and also to lessen the demands for repeal of the Neutrality Act while gi ing Britain a "breathing space" until Anglo-American _ship-yards are producing, the necessary volume.—United Press.
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