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Appointed Director of the Shipping Board Bureau N JAN. 10 an announcement O was made in Washington, that Daniel C. Roper, secretary of commerce had appointed Henry H. Heimann director of the shipping board bureau of the department of commerce. Mr. Heimann hails from Niles, Mich., and has gained promin- ence for his work as executive man- ager of the National Association of Credit Men. The action of Secretary Roper, in naming Mr. Heimann as director and thus establishing the shipping board bureau on a permanent basis, follows a long study of the functions of the bureau, in relation to the merchant marine, in which Mr. Heimann had taken an important part as chairman of the sub-committee of the business advisory and planning council of the department. Since the transfer of the bureau to the commerce department, the post of director has been vacant until Mr. Heimann’s appointment. In the mean- time, Rear Admiral H. I. Cone U.S.N. (retired), who had been chairman of the United States shipping board, has been exercising supervisory functions, in his capacity as head of the advisory committee to the secretary of com- merce. It is understood that Admiral Cone will continue his work with the committee. The statement issued in connection with Mr. Heimann’s appointment fol- lows: “Under the provision of the act of March 20, 1933, entitled, ‘an act to maintain the credit of the United States government,’ the President is- sued an executive order on June 10, 1933, under which the United States shipping board was abolished and its functions, including those over and in respect to the Merchant Fleet Corp., were transferred to the department of commerce. “Since the transfer of the shipping board to the department of commerce, careful studies, under the direction and supervision of the secretary of commerce, have been made of ship- ping board and merchant marine prob- lems by two committees. These two committees are: The advisory commit- tee to the secretary of commerce on shipping board and merchant marine, composed of Admiral H. I. Cone, Gen- eral Charles McK. Saltzman and Thomas Woodward; and the subcom- mittee on the shipping board bureau of the business advisory and planning council, of which subcommittee Mr. Heimann has been chairman. “In line with these studies, the sec- retary of commerce announced Jan. 10 that these services are being organ- ized as a regular bureau of the depart- ment and that Mr. Heimann had been appointed director of the shipping board bureau. The departmental ad- visory committee, comprising Admiral Cone, Charles McK. Saltzman and Thomas Woodward, will continue in an advisory capacity to the secretary and to the director of the shipping board bureau. The shipping board bu- reau has not been assigned to an as- sistant secretary and will not be so assigned until its organization is more completely worked out. Until such time, the director of the bureau will Henry H. Heimann Director, Shipping Board Bureau report directly to the secretary of commerce. “The major fiscal and credit prob- lems facing the shipping board bu- reau have ied the secretary of com- merce to draft Mr. Heimann from his present position as executive manager of the National Association of Credit Men, the outstanding credit organiza- tion in the United States. Mr. Hei- mann assumes his new duties by and with the consent of the board of di- rectors of the association.” The new director was born Sept. 26, 1891 at Aviston, Ill. He studied at St. Mary’s college, St. Mary’s Kans., and at St. Louis university, where, after studying business administra- tion, accounting and economics for two years, he entered the law college and was graduated with the degree of LL. B. He was admitted to the bar in MARINE REvIEw—February, 1934 1918. For several years prior to his selection as chief of the nation’s wholesale and industrial credit men he was engaged in work in connection with commercial credit and finance. Strong for Private Operation That Secretary Roper is emphatical- ly for a strong merchant marine, privately operated, is evident from his statement that the new. adminis- tration wishes, “to encourage people who can operate ships to do so,” and “I do not know of any more important problem in the world today than transportation. The question of loans for construction is a very fundamen- tal part of our study. The matter of credits is a very important part of this administration for the shipping interests.” : From this it may be inferred that vigorous action on merchant marine problems will be taken without wait- ing for the report of the senatorial investigation into the mail subsidies. The secretary’s statement continues: “I think it is highly important that a very definite shipping policy should be worked out as soon as_ possible for building up the merchant marine in a way that will permit as much initiative as possible on the part of those who are going to engage in that industry. Our tendency is away from government operation and to encour- age people who can operate ships to do so.” The director of the shipping board bureau will report directly to the sec- retary of commerce. In this connec- tion the secretary said: “We regarded it as so important and there are so many questions of policy to be worked out and deter- mined, that until we get further along in the reorganization I feel I should assume aS much responsibility and supervision as possible.” I. M. M. to Give Up Agency P. A. S. Franklin, president of the International Mercantile Marine Go., announced Jan. 23, that effective June 30, 1934, the International Mercantile Marine Co. will cease to act as general agent for the White Star line in the United States and Canada. It will be recalled that in 1926 the International Mercantile Marine Co. sold the White Star line to British interests, and that since that time the company has been steadily disposing of its foreign tonnage. Only recently the company sold the great majority of its Leyland line steamers, and is proceeding to dispose of the few re- maining foreign ships in accordance with its policy to divest itself of all foreign flag services and devote all its resources and the full strength of its experienced organization, with offices in all the important cities of the United States, to the development of American flag services. af