United States government agencies in the Philippines

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Part of The American Chamber of Commerce Journal

Title: United States government agencies in the Philippines
Language: English
Year: 1949
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Fulltext: 404 AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL September, 1949 troleum, gas, acetylene, dynamite, gunpowder, explo sives, blasting supplies, or ingredients thereof, ana other highly combustible matter; (f) To cause the inspection of factory buildings and other structures which are considered fire hazards and re commend to the proper authorities their removal or remodelling so as to provide sufficient protection against fire; (g) To encourage the observance in every municipality and chartered city of Fire Prevention Week Pro claimed in Proclamation No. 248 dated January 20, 1938; and (h) To submit from time to time to the President of the Philippines its recommendations on fire-fighting and prevention. The General Chairman may also call the group chairmen to a meeting from time to time. The groups shall meet at the call of their respective chairmen. All officers and employees of the different departments, bureaus, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Na tional Government and those of the provinces, cities, muni cipalities, and other political subdivisions are hereby enjoined to cooperate with the Board in the performance of its func tions and, with the approval of the corresponding Head of Department, shall, when necessary, render such service as the Board may assign to them. Done in the City of Manila, this 30th day of August in the year of Our Lord, 1949, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fourth. (SGD.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO President of the Philippines By the President: (SGD.) TEODORO EVANGELISTA Executive Secretary WELDED STEEL JAMESTOWN. N.Y. FILING All Ball Bearing CABINETS prepared by those who recog nize the overall worth of al qua lity product. Any size to fit your needs. INQUIRIES AT F. H. STEVENS & CO., INC. 4th FLOOR, EL HOGAR FILIPINO BLDG. Manila—Tel. 2-86-13 United States Government Agencies in the Philippines The U. S- Maritime Commission THE U. S. MARITIME COMMISSION, the Amer ican Federal Agency entrusted under the Phil ippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946 with restoring and improving Philippine inter-island commerce, has been quietly engaged for three years in rehabilitating the Philippine maritime industry and looking after the interests of Filipino seamen who served in Amer ican ships. To carry out its portion of the Philippine Reha bilitation Program, the Agency started operations with a large staff in April, 1945. Today, with most of its work done, the staff consists only of two Amer icans: Capt. F. H. Byrne, Superintendent of Engin eers, USMC, and Mr. R. R. Spence, Maritime Attache of the American Embassy. Perhaps the most important work of the Com mission is the chartering on a “bareboat” basis of U. S. Maritime Commission-owned vessels to local steam ship companies. The company that charters a boat on “bareboat” basis acquires the boat alone without supplies, furnishings, or crew; the company itself has to supply these. At present there are nine ships chartered; two to the Everet Oriental Lines, three to the Philippine Steam Navigation Company, three to the Compania Maritima, and one to the Manila Steamship Company. These chartered ships, together September, 1949 AMERICAN. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL 405 with those turned over to the Philippine Republic by the U. S. Army, have helped Philippine shipping estab lish normal inter-island traffic once more. At the time these vessels for charter were put to commercial use, many of the companies that charter ed them were pressimistic about the enormous over head expenses involved both in servicing and in operating the vessels. However, means were found to cut down on costs and today the country’s seaways are traversed by ships that once flew the American colors but now display the flag of the Republic. Shipping operators, whose first reactions to the U. S. Maritime Commission’s aid were dubious, ad mit today that if this Federal Agency had not cut through maddening red tape in 1945 to secure ships for transporting badly needed consumer goods to the Philippines, the situation would have become critical. The first shipments started as a trickle in August of 1945, but later shipments flowed so copiously they chocked harbor traffic. Another important portion of the U. S. Maritime Commission’s assignment is the training Filipinos as future deck and engine officers. Paragraph B of Section 306 of the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946 authorizes the U. S. Maritime Commission to train Filipinos to be designated by the President of the Philippines at the U. S. Merchant Marine Aca^ demy at Kings Point, Long Island, New York. To date, 70 cadets have been sent. Fifty were sent in 1947 and are expected to graduate next year. Twenty were sent last February and will graduate in 1953. These students have been establishing records that reflect credit on the Philippines. An important part of their training is the one-year of sea duty spent on American ocean-going merchant vessels. Each cadet serves at sea in the second year of his four-year course. The graduates will qualify either as officers' in the Philippine merchant fleet or in the Philippine naval reserve. The Maritime Commission, in looking after the interests of Filipino seamen who served in the Amer ican merchant fleet, has been paying the beneficiaries to those Filipinos who were killed during the war while serving on American ships. To date, all claims, with the exception of two whose beneficiaries can not be found, have been paid. Total value of all claims is P600.000. The U.S. Civil Aeronautics Administration WHEN AN AIRLINER or an international flight stops at Manila in 1950, it will land on the Manila International Airport’s modern run way under the guidance of expert airways communi cators and airport traffic controllers — all Filipinos. In fact, by that time, all the service facilities neces sary for the maintenance of interisland and internation al air navigation will be in the hands of Filipinos who know their business. This is the situation the U.S. Civil Aeronautics Administration will leave behind in 1950'after completing its assignment as provided in the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946. Section 307 of this Act authorizes the U.S. Civil Aeronautics Administration “to acquire, establish, operate, and maintain a system of air-navigation fa cilities and associated airways communications serv ices in the Philippines for interisland airways opera tion and to connect Philippine airways with interna tional and interoceanic routes.” The Federal Agency SILVER AND JAVA PACIFIC LINES SILVER LINE, LTD. London, E. C. 2 KERR STEAMSHIP CO.. General Agents 17 Battery Place New York MANILA VANCOUVER INC. JAVA PACIFIC LINE N. V. S. M. "Nederland" N. V. Rotterdamache Lloyd A msterdam—Rotterdam JAVA ILOILO To and From SEATTLE PACIFIC LrNE, INC. General Agents 25 Broadway New York CEBU PORTLAND LOS ANGELES and SAN FRANCISCO and To and From BOMBAY and CALCUTTA ★ PRINCE LINE, LTD. FROM U. S. ATLANTIC COAST PORTS TO MANILA FROM PHILIPPINES TO HALIFAX and U. S. ATLANTIC COAST PORTS For Particulars See: ROOSEVELT STEAMSHIP AGENCY, INC. 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