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Propeller Club Of U.S.

Annual Convention

Set For October 16-18

Leading shipping officals make plans for the 48th Annual Convention of The Pro- peller Club of the United States and the 1 974 American Merchant Marine Confer- ence. Seated, left to right: James P. Mc-

Allister, president of McAllister Brothers,

Inc., who is general convention chairman, and Capt. Robert E. Hart, USN (ret.), pres- ident of the Marine Index Bureau, deputy convention and conference chairman.

Standing, left to right: Edward J. Heine Jr., president of United States Lines, Inc., and chairman of the American Merchant Ma- rine Conference; Jasper S. Baker, vice president of United Fruit Company and national president of the 12,000-member

Propeller Club of the United States, and

Francis J. Barry, president of Circle Line,

Inc., and coordinating committee chair- man of the convention and conference.

Maritime executives from 60

American ports and 13 foreign ports will meet in New York for the 48th Annual Convention of The

Propeller Club of the United States from October 16 through 18, it was announced by Jasper S. Baker, na- tional president of the 12,000-mem- ber organization. The 1974 Ameri- can Merchant Marine Conference, conducted by The Propeller Club in conjunction with the convention, will hold seminars on current trade and shipping concerns under the theme "World Trade—Priority and

Challenge." The convention and conference, to be held at the Wal- dorf-Astoria Hotel, are being or- ganized by The Propeller Club of the Port of New York.

James P. McAllister, president of

McAllister Brothers, Inc., has been named general convention chairman, and Edward J. Heine Jr., president of United States Lines, Inc., will serve as chairman of the American

Merchant Marine Conference. Fran- cis J. Barry, president of Circle Line,

Inc., will be coordinating committee chairman and Capt. Robert E. Hart,

USN (ret.), president of the Marine

Index Bureau, will serve as deputy convention and conference chairman.

Capt. Adrian P. Spidle, vice presi- dent of Prudential-Grace Lines,

Inc., is president of the host Pro- peller Club in New York.

The Propeller Club of the United

States was formed as a national or- ganization in 1927 to promote and support an American merchant ma- rine, including all American-flag com- mercial craft in foreign and coastwise service, and on inland waterways. The organization, whose individual mem- ber clubs in the United States and overseas are designated as "Ports," originated in New York, where The

Propeller Club was established in 1923 as "Port No. 1." There are also 13 Student Port Clubs at colleges teaching marine engineering, naval architecture, foreign trade, transporta- tion and related subjects.

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