Transport: Stockton's Struggle

Section 205 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 reads: . . . It shall be unlawful for any common carrier by water, either directly or indirectly, through the medium of an agreement, conference, association, understanding or otherwise, to prevent or attempt to prevent any other such carrier from serving any port designated for the accommodation of ocean-going vessels located on any improvement project authorized by the Congress or through it by any other agency of the Federal Government, lying within the continental limits of the United States, at the same rates which...

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