Proposed Work on the S.S. President Cleveland and S.S. President Wilson

The Acting Secretary of Commerce requested a decision on the following questions: (1) May the cost of the proposed work on the SS President Cleveland and the SS President Wilson be charged to the Vessel Operations Revolving Fund or any other appropriation? (2) If your answer to the first question is in the negative, will there be any objection to the further amendment of the charter as outlined above? and (3) May charter hire from these ships under the circumstances of their present partial use in support of the United States defense effort and installations in the Pacific Area be credited to the Vessel Operations Revolving Fund?