(Jewish Daily Bulletin)
The United States Shipping Board has reversed its ruling on Section 16 of the Merchant Marine Act, holding now that clergymen may be granted free passage on Shipping Board vessels.
The Board, however, forbade such passes to be issued on vessels operated by the Emergency Fleet Corporation, leaving it optional with private operators of Government ships.
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