Repatriation of American Seamen: Executive Hearing Before the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Seventy-seventh Congress, Second Session, Pursuant to Authority of H. Res. 281, a Resolution Authorizing Investigation of the National Defense Program as it Relates to the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries. October 8, 1942U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942 - 42 pages |
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Page 31 - ... cases where the service of any seaman terminates before the period contemplated in the agreement, by reason of the loss or wreck of the vessel, such seaman shall be entitled to wages for the time of service prior to such termination, but not for any further period. Such seaman shall be considered as a destitute seaman and shall be treated and transported to port of shipment as provided in sections forty-five hundred and seventy-seven, forty-five hundred and seventy-eight, and forty-five hundred...
Page 6 - That the whole matter be brought to the attention of the President of the United States; 2.
Page 23 - The CHAIRMAN. Are there any further questions? (There were no questions.) The CHAIRMAN.
Page 31 - Termination of wages by loss of vessel; transportation to place of shipment. In cases where the service of any seaman terminates before the period contemplated in the agreement, by reason of the loss or wreck of the vessel, such seaman shall be entitled to wages for the time of service prior to such termination, but not for any further period. Such seaman shall be considered as a destitute seaman and shall...
Page 4 - Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries, United States House of Representatives, Washington, DC UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD, Washington, July IK, 1919.
Page 7 - Bagdad railroads in the latter part of February and the early part of March there was a steady stream of military traffic moving southward.