Radio Operators on Cargo Ships: Hearings Before the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Seventy-fifth Congress, Third Session, on H.R. 8251. March 16, 1938 |
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aboard ship American Radio Telegraphists antenna apparatus arc transmitter autoalarm BARTLETT bill H. R. board a ship Captain PETERSEN cargo ship cargo vessels carry at least CHAIRMAN chief operator coastal station Commission expires March Committee on Merchant Communications Act Congress CULKIN day of March distress call EWERS experienced operator experienced radio expires March 30 Federal Communications Commission go to sea Griffco Honolulu inexperienced JARRETT KREBS least 6 months least one qualified licensed radio March 14 Marine and Fisheries Maritime Commission Merchant Marine National Maritime Union Notary Public OLIVER one-man ship operator on board PASCHAL passenger ships practical previous service property at sea provision qualified operator Rabaul radio installation radio officer radio school Radio Telegraphists Association radiotelegraph RATHBORNE receiver regulations ROTHMAN sail sea experience Seattle section 353 sent ship or ships shipowners SIROVICH statement station on board statute steamship telegraph transmitter United
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Page 5 - ... previous service in the aggregate as a qualified operator in a station on board a ship or ships of the United States.
Page 9 - In case of desertion or casualty resulting in the loss of one or more of the seamen, the master must ship, if obtainable, a number equal to the number of those whose services he has been deprived of by desertion or casualty, who must be of the same or higher grade or rating with those whose places they fill and report the same to the United States consul at the first port at which he shall arrive, without incurring the penalty prescribed by the two preceding sections. This section shall not apply...
Page 4 - An Act to amend the Communications Act of 1934, approved June 19, 1934, for the purpose of promoting safety of life and property at sea through the use of wire and radio communications, to make more effective the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1929, and for other purposes", approved May 20, 1937 (50 Stat.
Page 4 - Since the administration of the act is placed in the hands of the Federal Communications Commission, the interest of the Maritime Commission, in the proposed legislation becomes secondary and largely incidental.
Page 4 - Each cargo ship required by this part to be fitted with a radio installation and which is not fitted with an auto-alarm, and each passenger ship required by this part to be fitted with a radio installation, shall, for safety purposes, carry at least two qualified operators.
Page 6 - Section 2) a first-class operator must have had at least one year of experience as operator on board a ship or in a coast station. (2) To become chief operator of a ship station of the second class (Article 20, Section 2) a first-class operator must have had at least six months' experience as operator on board a ship or in a coast station.
Page 3 - ... (b) A cargo ship, required by this part to be fitted with a radio installation, which is fitted with an auto-alarm in accordance with this title, shall, for safety purposes, carry at least one qualified operator who shall have had at least six months...
Page 53 - ... (b) A cargo ship which in accordance with this part is equipped with a radiotelegraph station, which is equipped with a radiotelegraph auto alarm, shall, for safety purposes, carry at least one radio officer who shall have had at least six months...
Page 3 - ... [8. 3309, 75th Cong. 3d sess.] AMENDMENT Intended to be proposed by Mr. HAYDEN and Mr. TRUMAN to the bill (S. 3309) to amend the Federal Aid Highway Act, approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, and for other purposes, viz: On page 5 strike out lines 17 to 24, inclusive, and on page 6 strike out lines 1 to 7, inclusive and insert in lieu thereof the following: SEC. 12. (a) Since highway safety is a proper concern not only of the several States but of the Federal Government, Federal-aid...
Page 7 - Second class. Stations carrying on a designated service of limited duration. (c) Third class. Stations of which the duration of service is less than that specified for the stations in the second class and stations whose duration of service is...