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- Agree on Sh ivoneg Board and Vessel Operators Cae toa Definite Under- standing and Adopt Rider to Previous Operating Agreement T the February meeting of the American Steamship associa- tion, the ship operators ap- proved a rider to the government’s operating agreement providing for a freight and charter brokerage fee of | 1% per cent. This rider will be at- tached to all the agreements with the stipulation that it will be allowed “in all cases where they have been neces- sarily or properly incurred to secure © cargoes and charters and have been - paid in accordance with the usages of the trade. No brokerage will be al- lowed on cargoes allocated by the _shipping board direct, or through any of its agencies.” This rider had been accepted by the shipping board and was the result of a conference with a committee of the American Steamship association headed by F. D. Mooney, president of the New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co. A new form of operating and managing © agreement will be prepared by the. ship- ping board embodying this rider and other verbal modifications which will be issued to the steamship operators at an early, date.” ; - The ‘association, at this same meeting, also decided © ‘to communicate with all members | ‘and ascertain what fees and éommissions they are paying to their representatives in foreign ports, as shown by their vouchers, so that it can furnish a certificate to the shipping hoard to be issued to their auditors and the proper vouchers may be passed. Mr. Mooney was named chairman of the committee to supervise the prepara- tion of this certification of fees and commissions, and to conduct all future negotiations with the shipping board in regard to these agreements, Other meinbers appointed on the committee tu serve with Mr. Mooney are Oakley Wood, vice president of the Barber Steamship Co.; W. H. Randall, presi- dent of the Shawmut Steamship Co., and A. J. McCarthy, manager of the operat- ing department of the International Mercantile Marine Co. Mes _ A telegram was. sent to “the shippiig board by the association reading as Follows : » nsagohtig: “At meeting held. today, after hearing the report of the committee ‘and of counsel, the members of the American Steamship association unanimously re- solved to accept the former operating and managing agreements with the rider attached to the operating agreement as embodied in resolution of shipping board, and to accept the new operating and management agreements as revised by Mr. Kirlin and Mr. Campbell. All members not represented .at meeting will be advised of this action by mail.” Mr. Wood was named chairman of a The Rider HE operating which this rider is attached shall be and is modified and supple- mented as follows: agreement to 1—The commissions and fees payable to the agent under the at- 4 tached agreement shall be in ac- cordance with Schedule A set forth on page 2 of agreement and_ shall cover all vessels heretcfore or here- after assigned to the agent, unti! a new operating agreement cover- ing future operations shall be exe- cuted by the parties io the agree- ment. 2.—Freight and charter brokzr- ages paid in Umited States ports shall be allowed as heretofore paid by the operators up to 1% per cent in all cases where they have been necessarily or properly incurred to secure cargoes and charters and have been paid in accordance with the usages of the trade. No broker- age will be allawed on cargoes allo- cated by the shipping hoard direct, or through any of its agencies. 3—The commission; and fees to be allowed under the citached agree- ment for brokerage and agency services in foreign and dependency ports shall. be im accordance with the usual commuission and fees paid . in the respective poris, as certified to the board by the American Steamship association, and verified by. the comptroller. 4.-The comptroller shall cause | the accounts of the operators to be , audited in the offices of the latter © and shall approve such accounts providing the same are supported . by customary and proper vouchers. committee to confer with the comp- troller of the shipping board and_ his’ associates upon matters pertaining to auditing. The members designated to serve on this committee with Mr. Wood are M. W. Tingley, R. C. McBain, Charles Barthold, and E. H. Hall. The members of the association ii 198 | aS - Skentelbery, attendance at this meeting were Hugh Gallagher, general eastern agent of *he Admiral line; J. D. Tomlinson, operat- ing manager of the American-Hawaitian Steamship Co.; H. G. Perrine, treas- urer of the American Transportation Co.; W. G. Bates of the Atlantic & Pacific Steamship Co.; .E. J: Barber, president, and Oakley Word, vice presi- dent, of the Barber Steamship Co.; F. M. Bull, vice president of the A. H. Bull Steamship Co.; H. H. Raymond, president of the Clyde Steamship Co.; , W. Sterling, vice president of he Eastern Stcamship lines; Jc By Austin, vice president of the Globe line; J. L. Gillingham, counsel for the Gulf Re- fining Co.; A. J. McCarthy, manager oi the operating department of the Inter- national Mercantile Marine Co.; H. H. Raymond, president of the Mailory Steamship Co.; E. J. McCormack, vice president of the Moore & McCormack Steamship Co.; A. H. Bromell, vice president of the Munson Steamship line; J. Howland Gardner, vice presi- dent of the New England Steamship Co.; W, D. Macy, vice president of the New York & Cuba Mail Steamship Co.; F. I). Mooney, president of the New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co.; R. A. Nicol, vice president, and J. Samp- son, vice president, of the Oriental Navigation Co.; J. H. Dewson, assistant manager of navigation of the Poca- hontas Fuel & Transportation Co.; E. G. Warfield, vice president of the Seaboard & Gulf Steamship Co.; W. H. Randall, president of the Shawmut Steamship Co.; R. F:. Hand of the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey; James Donald, gen- eral manager, and J. Scott, assistant general manager, of the States Marine & Commercial Co.; W. M. Lowrie, passenger traffic manager, J. J. Kelleher, freight traffic manager, and R. J. Plum- mer, assistant manager of the marine department of the United. Fruit Co.; L. Pfeiff, freight agent of the United States Steel Products Co.; Charles general manager of. the Warren Transportation Co. and J. P. Kirlin, counsel for the association. The original operating and managing agreements were published in THe Ma- RINE Review’ for February, 1918. The rider is shown in the accompanying box. On account of a freight handlers’ strike in. Boston several steamships last month were diverted to other ports. The trouble was adjusted on a com- promise basis.