Albert D. Lasker, Chairman of the Shipping Board, became quite excited and wrote a letter to Mayor Hylan of New York when he learned that the Government's great ship, Leviathan, might not be able to find a pier in Manhattan.
He wrote: " The Leviathan is the property of the United States Government and is operated by the Government and therefore it is the property of all the people in the United States. ... It seems unbelievable that the Leviathan should be excluded from the pier in New York owned by the citizens...
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