ice plans do. Making these plans contributory would reduce companies' costs. Question. How is it that these salaries can stay so high in can clearly be termed an industry with chronic and large ur ployment? Recently, unions have been willing to reduce salarie that companies can compete sucessfully for Navy contracts. In eral cases they have reduced pay to 1981 levels. Question. How would you suggest the Navy and the Congres about interjecting more competition into this area to get t rates more in line with what the market is willing to pay so more of our Merchant Seamen can go back to work in this c try