...[reading] : All vessels entering ports of the United States manned with crews engaged and taken 0n at foreign ports shall when departing from the United...of at least equal number, and any such vessel which falls to comply with this requirement shall be refused clearance. Now, the object there is simply to...

...about paragraph (e), which reads: All vessels entering ports of the United States manned with crews engaged and taken on at foreign ports shall, when departing from the United States, carry a crew of at least equal number, and any such vessel that fails to comply with this requirement...

...here. Mr. GRIFFITH. As I read the subdivision, it makes no exception whatever. It says: All vessels entering ports of the United States manned with crews, the majority of which, exclusive of licensed ofllcers, have been engaged and taken on at foreign ports, shall, when departing from the United States...

...: As this section is quite important, it will be quoted in full. It reads as follows : "All vessels entering ports of the United States manned with crews the majority of which, evclusive of licensed officers, have been engaged and taken on in foreign ports shall, wehn departing...

...question of vessels entering ports of the United States with crews, the majority of which, not including licensed officers, have been engaged and taken on...ports, carry a crew of at least equal number, and so on. All right. Let us see how that works out. You have a large number of liners in the trans-Atlantic...

...as provided in subdivision (b) every vessel entering a port of the United States manned with a crew the majority of which, exclusive of 'licensed officers,...ports shall, when departing from the United States, carry a crew which contains as many aliens as were included in the crew at the time of entry, except...

...As this section is quite important, it will be quoted in full. It reads as follows : " All vessels entering ports of the United States manned with crews the majority of which, evclusive of licensed officers, have been engaged and taken on in foreign ports shall, wehn departing...

...6. As this section is quite important, it will be quoted in full. Ir reads as follows : "All vessels entering ports of the United States manned with crews...exclusive of licensed officers, have been engaged anj taken on at foreign ports shall, when departing from the United States ports, carry a crew of at...

...sir. There should be one more amendment go in : In section 6, page 3, line 22, after " All vessels entering ports of the United States manned with crews the majority of which * * * ", there is an amendment going in there striking out the words " the majority." The CHAIRMAN....

...vessels, domestic or foreign, entering ports of the United Staites mannexl with crews the majqrity of which, exclusive of licensed, officers, have been engaged and taken on at foreign [xirts sluill, when departing from the United States ports, carry n crew of at least equal number,...