(Birthday edition). The Merchant Navy's own programme is two years old today. In this edition, recorded at the Merchant Navy Club, London, which came into being a.,s a direct result of this weekly series, the shipping industry reviews the better conditions obtained for officers and men during the programme's history. Doris Hare is hostess, with Debroy Somers and his Orchestra, and the programme is produced by Reita Hendry and Howard Thomas