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The Merchant Marine Act of 1928 (also called the "Jones-White Act") is a United States law to stimulate private
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in the
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and to assist the merchant marine financially in being competitive in the emerging
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. It is printed in the
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in Title 46A (Shipping Appendix) Chapter 24A. It was sponsored by Sen.
Wesley L. Jones Wesley Livsey Jones (October 9, 1863November 19, 1932) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate representing the state of Washington. Born near Bethany, Illinois days aft ...
(R) of Washington and Sen. Wallace H. White (R) of Maine. It did not repeal the La Follette Seamen's Act of 1915, but instead created Federal export subsidies to big shipping firms. The subsidies were purported to offset the cost of having to pay seamen higher wages under the earlier act; however, the subsidies were larger than wage differences.


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