In re Gray

EAST, District Judge.

This matter coming on regularly for hearing before the above-entitled Court, petitioner being present and represented by his proctor, and respondent United States of America being represented by its proctors; witnesses being heard, and *705documentary evidence being introduced, and the Court being fully advised in the premises, now makes the following

Findings of Fact

I

That on or about January 30, 1957, petitioner William Gray signed valid and binding Articles to serve as an ordinary seaman (wiper) on the S. S. Occidental Victory, an American merchant ship, for a period…