Emergency Shipping Act of 1917

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:legislation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:62nd_United_States_Congress
gptkbp:addressed shipping shortages
gptkbp:amended_by gptkb:Merchant_Marine_Act_of_1920
gptkbp:appointed_by gptkb:U._S._Shipping_Board
gptkbp:contributed_to U. S. economic mobilization during WWI
gptkbp:created gptkb:Emergency_Fleet_Corporation
gptkbp:created_by meet wartime demands
gptkbp:discusses gptkb:national_security
gptkbp:effective_date gptkb:1917
gptkbp:enacted_by gptkb:legislation
address wartime needs
gptkbp:established gptkb:Emergency_Fleet_Corporation
gptkbp:facilitates government control of shipping
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Merchant_Marine_Academy
gptkbp:goal increase merchant shipping capacity
gptkbp:has_impact_on World War I shipping efforts
gptkbp:historical_debate gptkb:legislation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Emergency Shipping Act of 1917
gptkbp:impact U. S. maritime policy
gptkbp:increased government oversight of shipping
gptkbp:influenced post-war shipping policies
gptkbp:influenced_by international shipping trends
U. S. involvement in World War I
gptkbp:is_aimed_at improving shipping efficiency
ensuring shipping availability
gptkbp:is_criticized_for government control issues
government intervention in private industry
gptkbp:is_designed_to boost wartime logistics
gptkbp:is_implemented_in gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:is_involved_in private shipbuilders
gptkbp:is_motivated_by shipping losses during the war
gptkbp:is_part_of U. S. legislative history
U. S. maritime history
U. S. economic strategy during WWI
U. S. war efforts
U. S. wartime legislation
gptkbp:is_related_to U. S. naval strategy
gptkbp:is_supported_by gptkb:President_Woodrow_Wilson
shipping companies
gptkbp:led_to expansion of the U. S. merchant fleet
increased naval support
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Espionage_Act_of_1917
gptkb:national_defense
affected shipping regulations
influenced future shipping laws
maritime industry reform
gptkbp:passes_through support military operations
gptkbp:precedent future maritime legislation
gptkbp:purpose to provide for the emergency construction and operation of ships
gptkbp:receives_funding_from ship construction projects
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Company
gptkbp:repealed_by gptkb:Shipping_Act_of_1984
gptkbp:resulted_in construction of new ships
gptkbp:signed_by gptkb:President_Woodrow_Wilson
gptkbp:target_market gptkb:port
gptkbp:was_a_response_to shipping crises