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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS. -CH. 600-JUNE 23, 1938 (c) Section 5 of such Act is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 7 . The provisions of the Shipping Act, 1916, as amended, shall in all respects, except as amended by this Act, continue to be appli- cable to every carrier subject to the provisions of this Act." (d) Section 6 of such Act is amended by striking out the term "SEC. 6" and inserting in lieu thereof the term "SEC. 8". (e) The amendments made by subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this section shall take effect ninety days after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 44. Title II of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, is amended by adding at the end thereof a new section to read as follows: "SEC. 216. (a) The Commission is hereby authorized and directed, after consultation with all interests concerned, to prepare and report to the Congress on or before January 20, 1939, a comprehensive system for the training of citizens of the United States to serve as licensed and unlicensed personnel on American merchant vessels, and may employ as instructors, on a contract or fee basis, such qualified licensed and unlicensed personnel of the merchant marine as the Commission may deem necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section. "(b) The Commission is hereby authorized and directed, under such rules and regulations as it may prescribe, to establish the United States Maritime Service to be a voluntary organization and which shall consist of such licensed and unlicensed personnel of the United States merchant marine as may be enrolled under the provisions of this section. The ranks, grades, and ratings for the personnel of the said Service shall be the same as are now or shall hereafter be pre- scribed for the personnel of the Coast Guard. The Commission is authorized and directed to determine the number of persons to be enrolled in the said Service, to fix the rates of pay of such persons, and to prescribe such courses and periods of training as, in its discre- tion, is necessary to maintain a trained and efficient merchant-marine personnel. "(c) The Commission, with the consent of any executive depart- ment, independent establishment, or other agency of the Government including any field service thereof, may avail itself of the use of information, services, facilities, officers, and employees thereof in carrying out the provisions of this section." SEC. 45. The Merchant Marine Act, 1936, is amended by adding at the end thereof a new title to read as follows: "TITLE X "SEC. 1001. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States to eliminate the causes of certain substantial obstructions to the free flow of water-borne commerce and to mitigate and eliminate these obstructions when they have occurred by encouraging the prac- tice and procedure of collective bargaining and the prompt and orderly settlement of all disputes concerning rates of pay, hours of employment, rules, or working conditions, including disputes growing out of grievances or out of the interpretation or application of agree- ments covering rates of pay, hours of employment, rules, or working conditions. '"NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD "SEC. 1002. The provisions of this title shall not in any manner affect or be construed to limit the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act, nor shall any of the unfair labor practices listed therein be considered a dispute for the purposes of this title. Ques- 965 47 Stat. 1427. Application of pro- visions of Shipping Act of 1916. Textual correction. 47 Stat. 1427. Effective date. 49 Stat. 1991. Report to Congress of comprehensive sys- tem for training of citizens to serve on American merchant vessels. Instructors. United States Mar- itime Service, estab- lishment. Composition, ranks, etc. Number of enroll- ees, pay, etc. Cooperation by Government agencies with Commission. 49 Stat. 2017. Title X. Water-borne comn- merce. I)eclaration of pol- icy. National Labor Re- lations Board. 49 Stat. 449. 29U. .C.§§151- 166.

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