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Propeller Club Presents

Liberty Ship Model

To Robert J. Blackwell

In a brief ceremony on August 2 in Washington, D.C., a 5-inoh

Liberty Ship model was presented to Robert J. Blackwell, Assistant

Secretary of Commerce for Mari- time Affairs, by The Propeller

Club, Port of New York.

Mr. Blackwell's wartime prede- cessor, Adm. Emory S. Land, or- dered the construction of over 2,700 Liberty Ships during World

War II. The American merchant marine, now in a time of peace, is being revitalized by means of the largest construction program since the wartime effort. Capt. Adrian

P. Spidle, president of The Propel- ler Club, Port of New York's gov- erning body, directed that Mr.

Blackwell receive the first produc- tion model of the famous World

War II Liberty Ship as recognition of his continuation of the job of building the ships our country needs.

The model presented to Mr.

Blackwell is an authentic 5-inch

Liberty scale model. Each model produced contains a trace of steel from an actual World War II Lib- erty Ship. The project is a fund- raising effort for the Hall of Ameri- can Maritime Enterprise.

The Hall of American Maritime

Enterprise, to be located in the

Smithsonian Institution, will be a tribute to our nation's seafaring heritage. It will contain exhibits portraying our country's maritime history from the days of the ear- liest settlers down through the present, and continuing on to pro- jections of a dominant future po- sition in world trade through the promulgation of President Nixon's maritime programs. The Hall is expected to be completed in 1976 to coincide with the bicentennial celebration.

Capt. Thomas A. King, left, is shown pre- senting the 5-inch Liberty Ship model to

Robert J. Blackwell, Assistant Secretary of

Commerce for Maritime Affairs.

Three variations of the Liberty

Ship model are being offered by

The-Propeller Club, Port of New

York in return for donations to the Hall: 5-inch Liberty Ship mod- el, $7.50; 5-inch Liberty Ship mod- el on wood base, $10, and 5-inch

Liberty Ship model in lucite, $13.

Donations will be received at the office of The Propeller Club,

Port of New York, Room 3740, 26

Federal Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10007. Add 50 cents to cost for handling charges.

Overseas Enterprises

Opens Branch Office

In Savannah, Ga.

Thomas A. Ewig, executive vice president of Overseas Enterprises,

Inc., has announced the opening of their Savannah office at P.O.

Box 1646, Savannah, Ga.

Jim Brinson has been named di- rector of container sales (South

Atlantic) and will handle all sales pertaining to Sea Containers Inc., a leading worldwide leasing com- pany specializing in containers, chassis, specialized equipment, con- tainerships and container crane rentals.

At the same time, it was an- nounced that Bernard LiCausi join- ed the firm's New York office as director of chassis operations, and

Carmine D'Amato was nominated to director of accounts receivable.

Overseas Enterprises, Inc. also maintains its own office in New

Orleans and counts among its rep- resentations the Great Lakes

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