The threat of the Shipping Board to undertake direct operation of its ships has at last been realized. Chair-man Farley of the Shipping Board announced a new plan of operating the five lines of Government vessels, known as the U. K. lines, which now connect the Atlantic seaboard and the United Kingdom. These lines have been operated by five different companies as " managing operators'." Now the business ol operation will be taken over by a subcommittee of the Shipping Board. It is probable that the former managing operators will be retained...
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