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Important commodity shipments over principal trade routes, Pacific to Atlantic—

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Mr. O'TOOLE. Mr. Fugate.

Mr. FUGATE. I have no questions.

Mr. O'TOOLE. Mr. Allen.

Mr. ALLEN. I have no questions, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. O'TOOLE. At this time the Chair desires to place in the record a telegram addressed to the committee from C. J. Stettin, assistant to the general manager of the port of Seattle; another telegram from Mr. Stettin and other businessmen of Seattle; a statement by Mr. Christy Thomas, of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce; a letter from Harold B. Say, a representative of the Port of Portland Chamber of Commerce; and some statements on the national defense importance of the Panama Canal.

(The matter above referred to is as follows:)

SEATTLE, WASH., June 27, 1950. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS, PANAMA CANAL SUBCOMMITTEE, House Committee of Merchant Marine and Fisheries,

House Office Building, Washington, D. C.:

The undersigned representative groups believe that a bill, H. R. 8677, presently before your subcommittee fails to include provisions which we have strongly urged; namely, elimination of national defense costs from the capital structure of the Panama Canal and division of dual-purpose. costs among users on a proportionate-use basis.

We are also fearful that the proposed changes in the Canal Zone Code may result in delays which might well jeopardize the establishment of a just tolls formula during the current session.

We, therefore, urge that the codification provisions be deleted and that there be added to the bill the provisions outlined in the first paragraph of this wire. C. J. STETTIN,

Assistant to General Manager, Port of Seattle.

SEATTLE, WASH., June 27, 1950.

CHAIRMAN And Members, PANAMA CANAL SUBCOMMITTEE,
House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries,

House Office Building, Washington, D. C.:

The undersigned representative groups believe that a bill, H. R. 8677, presently before your subcommittee fails to include provisions which we have strongly urged, namely, elimination of national defense costs from the capital structure of the Panama Canal and division of dual-purpose costs among users on a proportionate-use basis.

We are also fearful that the proposed changes in the Canal Zone Code may result in delays which might well jeopardize establishment of a just tolls formula during the current session.

We, therefore, urge that the codification provisions be deleted and there be added to the bill the provisions outlined in the first paragraph of this wire.

C. J. Stettin, Assistant to General Manager, Port of Seattle, Seattle,
Wash.; H. M. Burke, District Manager, Williams, Dimond & Co.,
Seattle, Wash.; Cochairmen, Puget Sound Area Panama Canal
Tolls Committee; G. W. Osgood, General Manager, Port of
Tacoma, Tacoma, Wash.; E. H. Stone, Executive Secretary,
Northwest Marine Terminal Association, Seattle, Wash.; Ray-
mond Huff, president, Pudget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co.,
Seattle, Wash.; E. C. Bentzen, President, Olympic Steamship
Co., Seattle, Wash.; Propeller Club, Port of Seattle, Seattle, Wash.

STATEMENT OF CHRISTY THOMAS, REPRESENTING THE SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, SEATTLE, WASH.

My name is Christy Thomas. I am manager of the Washington office of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. The city of Seattle is the principal seaport of

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