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Help Unemployed Seamen Through Board Ruling In order to provide employment ' for an additional number of sea- men during the present crisis, the Merchant Fleet Corp. has author- ized its managing operators to em- ploy temporarily one ordinary sea- man in place of the deck boy rating. The instructions will not be made permanent, as it is not desired to abandon the training of deck boys which was initiated by the board sev- eral years ago. That the present unemployment situation fully warrants provision be- ing made for employing some of the many idle seamen in our ports is recognized in this action. The records of the board’s sea _ service bureau indicate that during the fis- cal year ended June 30, 1930, 1454 deck boys were placed, but the ur- gency of giving employment to the older men who are dependent en- tirely upon their calling for a liv- ing has prompted a temporary sus- pension of the deck boy rating. President Hoover and the bureau of the budget have recommended to the house that the appropriation for main- tenance and operation of the Panama canal for the fiscal year 1932 be $15,- 500,000 instead of $12,000,000 as previ- ously recommended. He also recom- mended that congress increase the contract authorization for continua- tion of construction of Madden dam from $2,000,000 to $11,250,000. 58 ee HE subject of the 1931 cal- endar issued by the Colum- bian Rope Co., Auburn, N. Y., reproduction of which is given below, is a powerful painting of the famous American ship A. J. Fuller, showing her driving be- fore a quartering gale under fore course and topsails. This paint- ing of the Fuller is one of the finest pictures of the era of sail. Interesting details regarding the ship are contained in the printed circular which accompanies the calendar. MARINE REVIEw—January, 1931 Present Operators Are Awarded Cargo Lines Following the recommendations of President Hoover’s shipping advisory committee whose report was consid- ered by the shipping board on Dee. 11. the board unanimously decided to sell the 23 ships of the American Diamond and American France lines to their present operators, the Black Diamond Steamship Corp. and the Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. respectively. The terms of sale were not provided for, the board rejecting all bids and ordering the return of good faith deposits to bidders and opening negotiations with the postmaster general to determine what mail contracts will be awarded the two lines which are to be sold. The sale price will be affected by the amount of these contracts. The United States civil service com- mission announces an open competi- tive examination for junior engineer in the following branches (optional subjects): Aeronautical, agricultural, chemical, civil, electrical, mechani- cal, mining, naval architectural, and structural steel and concrete. Applications must be on file with the United States civil service com- mission at Washington, not later than Feb. 10, 1931. The entrance salary is $2000 a year. This examination is t0 fill vacancies in various services for duty in Washington or in the field and will consist of questions in the branch of engineering selected by the applicant and on other subjects per taining thereto.