Fairplay The Xenophobic Roots of the Jones Act Joshua M Smith PhD US Merchant Marine Academy Winter 20132014 Mack Point salt Senator Wesley Jones Republican Senator Zeitgeist circa 1920 ID: 564397
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Turnabout and Fairplay
The Xenophobic Roots of the Jones Act
Joshua M. Smith, Ph.D.
U.S. Merchant Marine AcademySlide2
Winter 2013-2014Mack Point saltSlide3
Senator Wesley JonesRepublican Senator“Zeitgeist” circa 1920Fairplay magazineSlide4
Merchant Marine Act of 1920
PreambleCabotage
Mariner Safety
Other?
It is necessary for the national defense and for the proper growth of its foreign and domestic commerce that the United
It
is necessary for the national defense and for the proper growth of its foreign and domestic commerce that the United States shall have a merchant marine of the best equipped and most suitable types of vessels sufficient to carry the greater portion of its commerce and serve as a naval or military auxiliary in time of national emergency, ultimately to be owned and operated privately by citizens of the United
States.
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and serve as a naval or military auxiliary in time of national emergency, ultimately to be owned and operated privately by citizens of the United States.Slide5
Post-War MilieuZeitgeistSlide6
A New American FleetNew American interest/confidence in foreign tradeGovernment control v. private enterpriseGovernment-built fleetCommerce Committee
“Still Posing.” The American public
by 1921 was asking when the expensive
merchant fleet built with tax dollars was going
to actually engage in blue water foreign trade.
Japan and Britain are seen already swimming.Slide7
ProcessSenate CNO inputMaine connection?Last minute passageSlide8
AlliesWilliam S. BensonFirst CNO (1917-1919)AnglophobeShipping BoardSlide9
The New MercantilismPhilippinesRailroad preferenceTreatiesSlide10
Conclusions