196.6/1099

The British Ambassador (Howard) to the Secretary of State

No. 338

His Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador presents his compliments to the Secretary of State and has the honour to refer to his memorandum of April 26th, 1928,6 in which he drew attention to certain aspects of [Page 1007] Senate Bill S. 2945 relating to the payment of advance wages and allotments in respect of seamen of foreign vessels and making further provisions for carrying out the purposes of the United States Seamen’s Act. The memorandum in question was left by Sir Esme Howard with Mr. Phenix.7

Sir Esme Howard’s attention has been drawn to the fact that the Bill, to which his above-mentioned memorandum referred, having failed of enactment by Congress during the last session, has now been reintroduced in the Senate under the number S. 314. In these circumstances Sir Esme Howard has the honour again to draw attention to the considerations set forth in his above-mentioned memorandum which, he is instructed to state, still appear to hold good.

  1. Foreign Relations, 1928, vol. i, p. 832.
  2. Spencer Phenix, Assistant to the Under Secretary of State.