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Court battle over sale of 30 former German liners
In Washington on February 19 Associate Justice Bailey granted a temporary injunction against selling the 30 former German passenger liners amid a Hearst taxpayer challenge. Board officials debated bonds and appeals as debates continued over reconditioning ships and potential scrapping while lawmakers set executive session to consider recommendations and legislation. Charles H. Potter described operator terms under the Shipping Board as changes loom, with doubts about efficiency of the wood fleet and cost losses on nine vessels.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Bailey
District Supreme Court
William Randolph Hearst
John Barton Payne
Hearst
Stevens
Senate Commerce Committee
John D. York
Chicago
Germany
R. L. Hague
Jones
Senate
Charles H. Potter
United States Steamship Operators’ Association
Potter