AMERICAN EASTERN CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES

J. Franklin Fort, Washington, D.C. (Haight, Gardner, Poor Havens, New York City, and Kominers Fort, John Cunningham, and Israel Convisser, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for libelant-appellant. Leavenworth Colby, Chief, Admiralty Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Warren E. Burger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Civil Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Benjamin H. Berman, Atty., Admiralty Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, New York City, and Paul W. Williams, U.S. Atty. for Southern Dist. of New York, New York City, on the brief), for respondent-appellee.