49 32 1900 http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/fefaa7992cdff975829a6d3399324322.PDF 2ef26bb81a4f1b3a290a2d7c282d5793 PDF Text Text JOQ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS'INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Vol. VI. No. 16 NEW YORK. N.Y.. FRIDAY. JUNE IB. 1344 Marine Council Of AF of L Unions Formed In Chicago The AFL Marine Unions in Chicago and vicinity are organizing a Marine Council to further the interests of all marine workers and foster mutual benefits. The drive is sponsored by Brother Richard Walton, Vice President, In­ ternational Longshoremen Association, AFL, Brother Bow­ L£ase Signed For New Hall In New York N.Y. SIU Requests Transportation Order Be Straightened Out A lease has been signed by tjie SIU's Atlantic and Gulf District for new headquarters of the dis­ trict in New York. The new building is located at 51 Beaver Street some few blocks from the old address at 2 Stone Street. The new headquarters into which the Union will shortly move comprise a modern 6-story office building with large floor spaces for the hiring halls and meeting placep. It is located in a easily accessible portion of the City which can be found from all subways in the downtown New York area. The building meets the contin­ uous, progressive standards of the Seafarers International Union which believes that the members ashore should enjoy the finest possible conditions in the hiring halls and meeting places of their own Union. The floors are spacious, clean, light and airy and will contribute much to the continued better­ ment of the Union as well as the health of the membership. The building itself is fireproof and equipped with modern ele­ vators, toilets, heating and ventil­ ation. Within a few weeks the Union's district offices will be moved there. NEW YORK, N. Y.—In a strongly worded letter John Hawk, Atlantic and Gulf District Sec'y-Treasurer, last week asked that some of the confusion caused by faulty decisions under operations regulation No. 64 be straight­ ened out and that transportation be paid to members making voyages to the Hawaiian* _ — _, ' Islands when they have been Pursuant to operations regulation No. 64, these men are en­ paid off in a Pacific Coast port. The letter points out the in­ titled to transportation back to the port of engagement on the consistencies with which the op­ grounds: erations regulation has been 1. There is nothing in opera­ handled by some people in Wash­ tions regulation No. 64 that 'de­ ington and some of their illogical fines or denies that a voyage to arguments in attempting to for­ the Hawaiian Islands or any bid pyaments of transportation other island in the Pacific Ocean rightfully due the seamen. as not being a trans-Pacific voy­ The letter follows in full: age. June 10, 1944 2. Numerous vessels have Mr. Hubert Wyckoff made voyages from New York Asst. Deputy Administrator to Noumea which is another Maritirne Labor Relations, island in the Pacific Ocean, a War Shipping Administration little more than 1000 miles to Washington, D. C. the westward of the Hawiian Dear Sir: (Continued on Page 4) The SS Point Judith signed on and sailed from the port of New York on ( ) This vessel went through the Panama Canal, then to the Hawaiian Islands and from there to San Francisco. The crew was paid off and denied transpor­ tation to New York which was the port of engagement, on the grounds that the vessel had not made a trans-Pacific voyage or The War Shipping Administra­ trans-Atlantic voyage. tion has been notified by Naval postal officers that letters to sea­ men are being improperly ad­ dressed, often in violation of na­ tional security rules, WSA an­ nounced. Failure to use the proper form in addressing mail destined for merchant seamen results in delay in delivery and in some instances actual loss. To insure delivery, the follow­ ing form should be used: man of the Tug Firemen and*membership of the affiliated Linemen, ILA, AFL, and Broth­ Unions are afforded a greater de­ ers Herbert Jansen and Jack De- gree of protection than was pos­ laney, SIU Chicago Agent and sible in the past. Representative, respectively. The Unions already agreeing to Employers of marine workers affiliate with the Council are the will learn that, should they dis­ Tug Firemen & Linemen, Long­ criminate against any one of shoremen, Elevator Men, Grain these organizations, they will be Trimers, Deputy Weight Masters- confronted by a united bloc. The Dredge Workers, Marine Ware­ Council is also a powerful bul­ house Workers, Licensed Tugmen wark against the threat of the and the SIU, Great Lakes District. Commie NMU to drive the SIU, Great Lakes District from the United Front With the organizing of this Lakes. Chicago Marine Council, the The Commies may think they are in solid with their supposed support from the steel workers, but as long as the SIU is aligned with the rest of the Marine work­ ers, it fears no group, employers, nor dual organization. Similar Marine Councils are being formed in other Great NEW ORLEANS, La.—A new hiring hall was opened up under Lakes districts. the auspices of the Seafai-ers In­ ternational Union of NA, Atlan­ tic and Gulf District, here at 339 Chartres Street, last week. This is one of the first union proper­ ties that the Union's membership owns, lock, stock and barrel. Alterations were made on the building after the Union bought the property and its features will contain business offices as well as recreational facilities and the hiring halls and dispatcher's office. The hall is large enough to ac­ commodate 200 seamen with comfort. Port Agent A. J. (Baldy) Bollinger reports, and says that it will help the rapid growth of the Union. It will be open during regular business hours and will make as­ signments of men to ships much easier, Bollinger declares. Opening the hall in this im­ portant port is a big step forward officers of the Union say, for owning the hall does away with the necessity of paying rents in hard times. This is the first of a chain of halls to be owned by the Union's membership in this fast-growing organization. The opening of the hall' was Ernest Bevin. British Minister of Labor, unveiling the dedicatory plaque at a rest-break house t house-warming Tadworth, England, established as part of the A F of L's war relief program in England. Contriw ic t e mem ers on e eac , made by A F of L members through the Labor League for Human Rights help support both as well as many prominent labor this and other projects for aid to British workers. men of the city attended. SIU Opens New Hiring Hall In New Orleans Senders Cautioned On Seamen's Mail By Navy, Again British Honor AF of L's Generosity 44 Seaman's name Name of ship C/o Postmaster San Francisco New York or New Orleans (de­ pending on coast from which ad­ dressee sailed). The return address of the writ­ er should appear in the upper left hand corner and the name of the steamship company in the lower left hand corner. The address of the steamship company should not be given. In a number of instances, in di­ rect violation of national security rules, letters have been addressed to a specific street address or place name of a foreign country. Addressing mail to any other than the proper port, in care of the postmaster, as noted above, only delays its reaching the sea­ man. All members are urged to clip this and send it to those penow they exepect to write to them. �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District SEAFARERS Fridar' June fs, 1944 LOG WHArS DOING Around the Ports cess of changing their name from the Communist party of Amer­ ica, to the CIO Political Action Well, Brothers, it's been a long Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. Committee will induce the Am­ time since you have received any erican people to become more material from this port, so it susceptable to the Moscow doc­ HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President. should be very much appreciated. trine of divide and rule, they cer­ 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. Things have been very slow, in tainly have another thought fact, practically dead, around coming. JOHN HAWK. - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas» these parts of the country lately; Comrat Browder talked ex­ but they should be picking up P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City tensively about the achievements soon, NOW that the invasion is of the Party during its existence history. And by the way, speak­ MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. in this country. In so many hoaing about the invasion, I noticed 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. neyed words he explained the in this reactionary local newspa­ following highlights. Their suc­ per here this morning that the cessful race hatred campaigns, National Maritime Union has or­ their extensive encroachments dered all their members to stand Directory of Branches upon the political, religious, and by in their Union Halls for any social life of this country, and PHONE BRANCH ADDRESS emergency, it states that Ralph last but not least, the splitting of NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOwling Green 9-3437 Rogers of the NMU in San Fran­ BOSTON (»0) 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 the ranks of organized labor. cisco, sent a telegram to the BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay St Calvert 4539 Yes, Brothers, these were only PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St Lombard 7651 President of the United States to NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 some of the chaotic heritages of NEW ORLEANS (16)... 324 Chartres St Canal 3336 that effect. SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St Savannah 3-1728 CIO Political Action Committee, Now, if that, wouldn't gripe you TAMPA 423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 Whom, with the same leaders as MOBILE 7 St. Michael St Dial 2-1392 BALTIMORE cut my legs off and call me SAN JUAN the Communist Party had, will PUERTO RICO Postal Zone No. 28 San Juan 1885 shorty. GALVESTON. 219 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 These commie stooges and fel­ The newest news item of im­ contrive to perpetuate. Never was the truth spoken low-travelers will go to any ex­ portance to labor was the Comic­ tremes just to grab the spotlight, al announcement at their last more frankly. PUBLICATION OFFICE: they certainly believe in playing convention that they are desolv- We can elaborate on these by ing that rat infested organization. stating the actual meaning of ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET to the gallery. Now, the average person that Yes, Brothers, Browder himself Browder's so-c ailed successes. New York City (4) * BOwling Green 9-8344 doesn't know anything about the declared the U. S. Communist First, all those Communist-insti­ •^^267 situation, would naturally be­ party non-existant. gated race riots were a very im­ We wonder if these vermin portant issue with their program lieve that the NMU has some­ thing in San Francisco besides really think they can sell the of ruin and rule; next, boring in­ their Union Hall with their out­ American people that kind of to all existent political, religious, standing sign on the side; but malarkey, and also have the un­ and social organizations, with the Brothers that's just about all they mitigated gall to believe that any sole purpose of disrupting them, The following letter to the Editor of the Seafarers Log have there. So you see what I sane person would believe it. If and if possible, putting them out they think that by the mere pro- of existance. diows just how the sentiment for the building assessment mean. Through this medium they and for the purchase of a New York hall to house the Union succeeded in getting quite a num­ properly, stands. ber of their members and sym­ The letter follows and is just the average sentiment of pathizers into various Govern­ a member on the current referendum; ment agencies, and in some cases even to the Congress and Senate. Editor, Seafarers Log: As for their creating chaos in You should have heard me howl the other day Editor Seafarers LOG: have not only sold them down the ranks of labor, it is all too when I heard of the building assessment resolution be­ Here for the last few days, I the river, and then bragged of it, evident. The sad part of this is have been sitting around trying but should fight them tooth and that it was achieved with the ing voted on. to think of some way we might nail and replace them with men help of some unscruplous politi­ "Not me." I yelled, "I do not believe in any assess­ get ahead of a shipowner and who fight for sailors' rights in­ cians whom were in dread of the ment of any kind!" power labor would have had, had then, I pick up a Pilot and what stead of political policies. Several old-timers present calmed me down and in the hell do I see, but that the The NMU's commy officials on they remained together solid. • began giving me a few cold bare facts of life. They ex­ shipowners have already beat me their own statement recently in They were doing all too good Washington considered the bonus a job for their Moscow boss, so plained to me the fact that the seamen have had, over to the game. as a trivial matter. Sure, this is this causes us to wonder what the They have recruited a confed­ a period of years, a terrific struggle to secure proper trivial to them because they are real reason behind the orders to erate, and it is right there in the conditions, and they told me to look around at some of Pilot, written by the "Great Em­ not going to sea under any ccmdi- disbnad are. { the dumps we have called union halls. And the amount ancipator" himself. We can be certain of one thing tion. The only reason the "Great of rent we pay for them, which in the long run will cost I find that the NMU and other Emaneiaptor" made a trip, him­ and that is the order came from us more than buying our own property outright. CIO affiliates, along with the co­ self is because of the fact that the Moscow, and that whatever the Then I got myself to thinking of all the 10 bucks operation of the steamship com­ Draft Board was blowing down reason, it bodeS no good for the his neck at the time, and he is United States. that I had spent in some of the joints and of some of panies have blocked the restora­ definitely Our guess is that Stcilin is con­ not going to take any tion of the seamen's bonus. Now, the "business girls" there, in which most of the time I all that is needed is for Curran risk at alL templating on some hostile dip­ got kicked out of without even having spent one enjoy­ to give the Shipowners a charter These characters should be un­ lomatic move which will infuziate able night. able to look any seaman in the the people in this Country so under the NMU. , face, as what they have done to much that it wouldn't be very Such a "union" should really Why shouldn't I go for a 10 buck assessment to sailor's conditions will go down healthy for any one here lo be get results, (in Curran's idea). buy a hall that might come in handy later as a place of They might even be able to get in the labor record as the black­ associated with any thing with refuge; and in case of a strike or lock-out, have a place the seamen a substantial wage est deeds ever committed the name "Communist" hooked when I can afford the amount of dough for such small cut. against organized labor. As I said, to it. returns as listed above. I don't believe in throwing dirt the Rank and Filers, of Curran's In the meantime these skunks at any labor organization because organization should rise and can carry on their insidious pro­ When you think of it, the old-timers have fought solidarity is the only weapon strike him down, as unless this gram to demoralize our Nation a Hell of a lot for things that will have to be fought for with which the working stiffs is done, he wUl eventually have under the guise of the CIO Pol­ ' again to maintain, just as soon as this war is over. So, have to fight the shipowners. seamen back to 1930 levels. itical Action Committee. why in the Hell, can't we have our own union halls But, when an organization makes There is one thing that I be­ This is what the Communist ' and be prepared to fight the shipowners and their a public statement in its official lieve will eventually show the term working under ground, and stooges to a standstill on every dock and in every port paper, that it is cooperating with seamen what this group of men the theory is that their work is effective thus. in this country. By buying a building and having a the steamship companies to de­ really are worth. That is the day more So, America, beware. the Communist Party changes prive the seamen of the gains for place to operate out of, we will have lots in our favor. You have had samples of some which they have fought and died, their line, then all of these people Fraternally, then I sincerely believe that it is will do an about-face, the same of their work already. We can HERMAN TROXCLAIR, NO. 6743 time that the Rank and File as they did the day they changed only remind you of the times prior to Russia entering the war Vote yes on the building assessment and for the pur­ members of that organization do their slogan when the Germans- when they sent out the hue and something. invaded Russia, and "show that chase of Union halls for the membership to bring about They should organize them­ they are nothing but a pack of cry of the "Yanks are not com­ good conditions ashore as we have gained them aboard the selves to fight against these in­ phoney commy rats. ing over there," and how successdups! famous commy characters who J. P. SHULEH (Contintwd on Page }) MOBILE All t h a t ,t h e s e parasites are worrying about is publicity and to hell with the Seamen that are sailing the ships, if they ever in­ tend to do any thing for their membership why don't they try to get the bonus that the WSA has taken away from the Seamen that have to carry the goods, re­ stored? No, these stooges will agree to anything that the reactionary WSA directs whom, after all. are nobody else but the shipowners. If these parasites would try to get something for their membership instead of publicising the CP in this war they would be a whole lot better off. So until the fellow-travellers are able to go to the Comintern just keep the ship in the channel. OLDEN BANKS, Agent Member States Sentiments Editor's Mafl Bag m i?:', feast mim . 1 �WtiddLT' Juiw 16. 1944 THE SEAFARERS Around the Ports LOG Paga Tim* CP Has No Tollerance In Unions—NMU Member Declares can't forget real easy when you put enough heat on them to bring have a dollar at stake, then you them to life. have another guess coming! We had an example the other I finally discovered what I be­ day where a ship paid off recent­ lieve is the all time mystery. ly in an outport with disputed The Stalipist stock in trade is etc., etc." All these screams are While in Washington, D. C., the overtime. The crew on board raising debatable and question­ false. They are a cloak to their other day with several other that ship instead of holding firm able issues. These political par­ maneuvers, their seizure of pow­ union officials we visited the va­ until all disputes were settled in iahs in an educated society (or in er or the retention of power once rious bureaus with reference to the port of payoff, came up the the ranks of enlightened trade seized. union affairs. It appears that of coast to this Port and inquired Unionism), constantly eject a The living fact that their own all the thousands of people in about their d i s p u t ed overtime, stream of invectives at all v/ho dictatorial policies is the very in­ Washington, D. C., tied up in which we knew nothing about. question their rights to the self ner core and heart of INTOLER­ these phoney bureaus, not one is It took us SEVEN DAYS and assumed Savior role by which ANCE defeats their words. They able to say anything but "No, no less than SIX LETTERS to get they worm their way into con­ live by the practice of intolerance No, A Thousand Times No!" and intolerance is the secret of all the details necessary for a set­ trol of organizations. We looked into every corner tlement of this beef so it could be It is these campaigns that open their dictatorial methods and and under every desk for one of collected. This could have all the way to their seizure of power rule. It is their deeds and prac­ these gazoonies who could say been avoided very easily if the over the workers. Thus they tices that effect the lives of the Ships Delegates had worked with achieve through guile, the longed members and their families. "yes" BUT no smoke. REMEMBER THAT the next So, if any of you fellows run the Union officials in the Port of for leadership. Having captured into a man down your way who pay-off until a decision was control, they quickly cast aside time we are told there must be their "rank and file" role and "no discrimination", etc. The has the possibilities of being a reached. good YES man, what do you say As it was, it was strictly a emerge in their true role of dic­ Stalinists know that all men are NEW YORK we shanghai him into Washing­ headache for all hands until we tators over the workers. Democ­ not equal in intelligence nor abil­ ton, as he is needed there very had the thing ironed out. Not racy perishes as if struck by a ity and even horse sense will The piecards up this way got a badly. realize that men wiU be gauged only that, these guys were ex­ blight. little bit of a break this past The membership paying off in tremely lucky to collect any­ A long train of purges is set in by their ability to do their work week when business dropped the Port of New York continues thing. The point is, when you motion, based upon these false efficiently and in smooth working back to normal rather than stay­ to benefit by hard working Pa­ have a dispute, give your officers issues which have nothing to do relations with their brothers on ing at an all-time peak as it did trolmen who know their con­ every cooperation and fight like with the fundamental purposes the job — any job — anywhere — for four consecutive weeks. As a tracts and the good work done on hell until such time as the beef for which the trade Union was whether in the USA or in the result, some of the guys got a the ships by alert ships delegates is won. formed—wages and living stand­ Soviet Union, the Stalinist Holy much needed rest, in addition to who cooperate with the Patrol­ YOURS FOR MORE COOPER- ards. Their control becomes ab­ Land. clearing up all of the Port's busi­ men. When you have these two Simple beefs between man and ATION BETWEEN SHIP'S solute and the"workers mere ro­ man, regardless of race, creed, of ness and all beefs. factors working together, there is bots of their will, or victims. However, I am sure that this no doubt but that it goes a long DELEGATES AND SHORE PA­ "Tolerance," scream the Stal­ color, or political beliefs, that TROLMEN. rest will not last for long, as we way to make for good unionism. inists! "No discrimination! No will exist as long as the world started off Monday by paying off Typical of this cooperation be­ PAUL HALL, Agent Jew baiting! against Jim Crow! goes on under any or all systems, are magnified into RACE QUES­ 11 ships, so it may be that the tween ships delegate and the TIONS by the Communists for piecards up this way will have shore patrolman was witnessed their own perverted ends. to go back into their old familiar the other day at the payoff of the whirl again for the next week or SS STEPHEN GAMBRILL, Am­ Left to themselves the disputes between man and man would erican Range scow. so. Have been noticing that on solve themselves as such. The There was better than 1,000 1. It shall be the day of the Agents and Patrolmen, in their quite a few of the ships signing hours disputed overtime on this Stalinists do not wish this simple respective Branches or Districts, to appoint from among the on in outports, some of the men vessel which the company and elemental solution however, members of the crew of each outgoing vessel one member to act for it gives them no chance to signed on as Night Cooks and scratched out and stated that as a Ship's Delegate. develop a political platform. Bakers, for $122.50 instead of they would not pay. It was im­ 2. (a) Only full members signed on as ABLE-BODIED sea­ It should be noted also that the $137.50, which they should have possible to settle this on board men iure permitted to act as deck delegate. done. We advise all of you fel­ the ship at pay-off time, so Pa­ Soviety Union, under Stalin, has (b) Only full members signed on as rated men shall be the largest, and most numerous lows down the line to be eareful trolman Joe Saltis asked Ship's permitted to act as Engine or Steward Delegates — NO KEY array of jails of any country of of this when signing on articles, Delegate, David Hyle to stay in MEN SHALL BE PERMITTED TO ACT AS A DELEGATE IN the world. The recent Moscow for the difference in a trip can Port until the following day for ANY DEPARTMENT. trials should convince anyone run up to as high as fifty bucks. a settlement of this dispute. 3. It shall be the duty of the Ship's Delegate to take the that Judges are still in existence In line with this, the Educa­ This was agreeable to Hyle and name, number and financial standing of each member of the as well as lawyers and that they tional Committee of New York the following day he went to bat crew and note same on the report blank provided for the purpose. perform their duties swiftly and Branch is mailing a scale of with Patrolman Saltis. Between 4. The Ship's Delegate shall keep an account of the over­ efficiently at the bidding of the wages for the Steward's Depart­ the two of them, they succeeded time worked by the crew, noting the time of turning to and State, without any reference to ment into every port. This should in getting a total of 1,000 hours knocking off, and shall compare time with the officers in charge Justice. help some in the future towards settled in favor of the crew. THIS after knocking off. Can it be that these high-bind­ eliminating this mistake. IS WHAT YOU CALL COOPER­ 5. He shall assist the Agents, and Patrolmen in the perform­ ers have not liquidated discrim­ The lease for the new building ATION, as without these men ance of their duties, and inform the latter of any vacancy ocination and intolerance within was signed yesterday and it ap­ working together, that crew cumng, or likely to occur, in the crew. the USSR after twenty-five years pears as if we are finally going to would have been $900 less well 6^ He shall keep in mind and advise the crew that any differ­ of effort? get out of this dump within a off. ence of opinion about the rule of the law is no reason for quit­ Or, is it proof that the exist= very short time. Evidently, the This is as it should be. For, if ting the vessel; that, in fact, such action solves the dispute in ence of a dictatorship is itself the meeting that the Building Com­ there is one thing that is tough favor of the. vessel, and that such matters can be attended to negation of tolerance and that it mittee had with the Realty Com­ to handle it is a cold beef, and be­ when the vessel arrives at Headquarters or any of the Branches. pany a week or so ago and the lieve me,' fellows, some of them (Continued on- Page 4) 7. He shall deliver the report, properly filled in, to the officer head butting that they went we get here are so very cold, it of the Union at the termination of the voyage. through in negotiating with these damn near takes a blow torch to characters at that time has paid dividends. We gained every point that we held out for in the lease. We would like to call to all the members' attention that, when they are on a vessel, and through The dispatching haU in the Port Steward's Dept. — Wendt, 26 19 hrs; Prout, 8 hrs; McNeil. IS SS STEPHEN GAMBRILL — illness or some other reason, pay of New York is to be open for hrs; Moore, 11 hrs; Long, 13 hrs; hrs; Forste, 26 hrs; Spradley, 26 off before the ship leaves, to be American Range Liberty Lines. longer hours than formerly, it Torbich, 19 hrs; Wild, 5 hrs; hrs; Johnson, 26 hrs; Shiel, 28 The following men have over­ sure and obtain a voucher from was reported at the meeting last O'Connor. 7 hrs. hrs; Grove, 26 hrs; Hanson, Jr., time coming to them. Collect at the Master of the vessel, as well Monday night. Total hours, 1,000. as a verification from the head the company office. Restricted 26 hrs; Kaiser, 26 hrs; Roberts, 26 The hours, hereafter, for dis­ hrs; Matthews, 26 hrs;^ Vipperof your Department for amount Shore Leave—Hawkins Point: JOE SALTIS, Patrolman patching of Union Brothers to Deck Dept..—Thompson, 28 hrs; man, 26 hrs. of time due. * * * jobs will be from 8 A.M. to 9 P.M. Some of the members have ne­ Hyle, 28 hrs; Lindsey, 28 hrs; Blowing Tubes, Woodin. 22 hrs; SS WILLIAM S. YOUNG, to on week days, Monday throu^ glected to do this in th^ past, and Prout, 28 hrs; McNeil, 28 hrs; Oiling Shaft Alley Bearing, Flies­ as a result, the companies are Moore, 28 hrs; Long, 28 hrs; Jan- cher, 2 hrs; Soundings, Janasczak, be collected at the Bull Line Of­ Saturday, and from 10 A.M. until singing that old familiar tune of asczak, 28 hrs; Wildb 28 hrs; 2 hrs; Sanitary Work, O'Connor, fice: Yu Quay has difference of 6 P.M. on Sundays. The step was taken to protect "It's So Easy to Remember, And O'Connor, 28 hrs; Torbich, 28hrs. 4 hrs; Stowing Lines, Long, 2 hrs; $15 per month and bonus of 2 Engine Dept. — Neilsen, 17'A Building Barrage Balloon Plat­ ibonths and 22 days; D. Guess has many of the Union Brothers' jobs So Hard To Forget". Only they have revised it slightly to their hrs; Speegle, 24 hrs; White, 20 form, Thompson, 2 hrs; Moore, 2 difference of $15 per month and and afford them greater service bonus of 2 months and 22 days; during the coming period. Agents own way, to wit: "It's So Easy to hrs; Siejack, 21 hrs; Woodin, 28 hrs; Long, 2 hrs. G. Bloeman has difference of $10 of the other Branches have also Forget and So Hard to Remem­ hrs; Watson. 28" hrs; Kupta, 24 Securing Tank Tops: Thomp­ per month and bonus of 2 months been requested to post this notice ber." Brother, if you think some hrs; Fliescher, 28 hrs; Robey, 28 on their bulletin boards. son, 27 hrs; Hyle, 24 hrs; Lindsey, and 22 days. of these Steamship Operatoi's hrs. (Conthnied from Page 2) ful they were in getting sym­ pathy for that program, and then again when Russia eventually got into the War. How they sang an­ other tune and again succeeded in getting sympathy. We can only combat these rats by having one United Labor or­ ganization, and that organization a progressive AFL with such a power we can at will put our approval on politicians favorable to labor's welfare, which will mean automatic election. So, Americans, refute the Com­ munists of the CIO and get back into your own organization, the American Federation of Labor, and do it before it is too late. Fraternally submitted. ' JOSEPH FLANAGAN, Agent Duties Of Ship's Delegates Money Due NewYorkHall To Be Open Longer Hours '.'.''iH �THE Page Four N.Y. SIU Requests Transportation Order Be Straightened Out (Continued from Page 1) Islands, from the Pacific Coast mainland of the U.S.A. Trans­ portation always has been paid to the port of engagement by the WSA without objection. 3. Numerous vessels have made voyages from New York to the Solomon Islands and New Guinea, etc., which paid off in a U.S. Pacific Coast port and there have never been any War Ship­ ping Administration objections to paying transportation to the port of engagement. 4. The War Shipping Admin­ istration representatives in San Francisco have authorized the Moran Towing & Transporta­ tion Company, Inc., to pay trans­ portation to the port of engage­ ment in each instant for the fol­ lowing vessels that made iden­ tical voyages except in some in­ stances the port of engagement was New Orleans instead of New York. These vessels where transportation was paid are the M.V. St. Simon, Stratford Point, Point Cabrillo, and the Pigeon Point. Also during discussion with Mr. McCabe, Division of Opera­ tions, I asked him if he would apply or authorize the payment of transportation to a crew in a case where the crew was engaged in New Orleans or San Francisco and the vessel sailed to the Azores Islands which are islands in the Atlantic Ocean and paid off in New York. His answer was yes. The Hawaiian Islands, in rela­ tion to a U.S. Pacific Coast port are a comparatively equal dis­ tance as the Azores Islands are from an Atlantic Coast U.S. port. The position now taken by the War Shipping Administration representatives in the case of the SS Point Judith, is in my opinion contrary to operations regulation No. 64 and discriminates against the crew that made the last voy­ age on the Point Judith. I based my opinion on the reasons out­ lined herein, and I am prevailing on your good offices to rectify this situation and to bring about a more equitable decision in this case. Enclosed is a copy of a letter received from Captain Palmer of the Moran Towing Transporta­ tion. Very truly yours, JOHN HAWK SEAFARERS April 5. 1944 "John Hawk. "Roosevelt Hotel. "New Orleans. La. "General tightening of reg­ ulations of Selective Service system has resulted in increas­ ed losses to seagoing manpow­ er to draft can be prevented in almost all cases if seamen make certain WSA 61 is com­ pleted at beginning and ter­ mination of each period aboard vessel. Urge your members to make certain that this is done at our request. General Hershey has exempted active sea­ men from preinduction physi­ cal examination, normally re­ quired of men under twentysix. Seamen should be advised to deal with local board through HMO on any ques­ tions that may rise. Bequest CP Has No TolUrance In Unions —NMU Member Declares Obituary DANIEL L. BOURNE Book No. 5548 Word has been received from Dan's brother that he was lost on an Army Mine (Co^itinued from Page 3) Layer. He sailed as ah AB ' breeds and creates the spirit of for a number of years and Intolerance by which it functions joined the SIU on Aug. 5. and lives? The latter is the case. 1939. He leaves a Mother and brother at Georgetown. South We are now plagued by these Carolina. NMU-CP fakers who breed in­ tolerance under the cloak of dem- ) • WASHINGTON —A new SS SAMUEL GOMPERS will soon be sailing the seas, the Maritime Commission reports. The ship, sponsored by the AFL National Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots of America as part of a War Bond drive, re­ places the first SS SAMUEL GOMPERS which was lost at sea. Gorpers, who was born in Eng­ land in 1850 and died in 1924, was one of the founders of the Feder­ ation of Trade and Labor Unions in 1881, and helped to establish the American Federation of La­ bor. He was president of the first federation for three years, and was president of the AFL until his death, except for the year 1895. Campaigfn For Silence! Zip the Lips and SAVE THE SHIPS! for extension of allowable lime ashore must be kept to mini­ mum. Will you notify your members of this wire? "H. Chase Stone. WSA." There it is Brothers! Shore time allowed on your pink slip from the HMO—form WSA 61—can only be extend­ ed by the HMO — and with their permission — for extra­ ordinary circumstances such as s i c k n e ss. hospitalization, sitting for a license or going to up-grading schooL etc. Demand that the supercargo or purser, (who are the Cap­ tain's clerks), fill out the white card before you sail. Also de­ mand and get your pink card before you leave the ship when you pay off in an American port. Failure to comply may find you in the Army Brothersl Keep Up With Your Draft Board Before It Keeps Up With You! (4) Agents in the Branches are asked to please post the va­ rious Boxes containing news on Draft Deferment. Bond Buying, and Payment of As­ sessments to Keep in Good Standing, etc.. on the Bullet­ in Boards. This will help to keep some of the members well inform­ ed on these questions. —SEAFARERS LOG "WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON PA HAND AND FOOT, I THOUGHT THAT SAID FAMILY FOOL'." His Royal Highness "Lord" and "Master" with his world-wide map. "Brave" Captain Macauley sat in state. Weaving the web of the seamen's fate; With insurance figures upon his lap. * NOTICE ^ Away with democracy and with the LAW; At Bonus rates will I slash and saw. All seamen's earnings upon the deep I'll catch these Unions fast asleep. I am the Oracle! I am the Word! Through whom the voice of profits is heard. Enthroned in office far from the fray. Heroically slashing the seamen's pay. My Coat of Arms is a sword and shield A warrior to which all seamen yield; Safe and secure in appointed SEAT, Cutting the earnings, is bread and meat. !" All masters, first officers and chief engineers of vessels docu­ mented under the laws of the United States and all pursers of any such vessels have been auth­ orized to administer and attest such oaths as are required by the act te facilitate voting by mem­ bers of the Merchant Marine of the United States, Emory S. Land, War Shipping Administrator, has advised. J A BROKER in lives with a self-made code. Fostered in "modern" dictatorial mode. With democracies methods he grows irate As with usurped power he waxes great. Oh Profits! thou art my Guiding Star. Earnings must suffer near and far, I am THE VOICE OF WANT AND WOE Where Seamen sail and ships may go. A King am I on appointed Throne Far from the risks upon the foam; Away democracy, stand aside, I am the Ruler of the tide Torpedoes does not frighten me With bombs and mines I can agree. I do not fear shot nor shell. An Officer Dictator—what the hell. / k. ii-Jj. •T Seamen's Voting Regulation —Top 'a Lift. {Cf, - ocratic slogans. Their cries re­ sound. on every side. They give us no rest. It is about time that we, as seamen, evaluated these hoarse shouts and tear the cloak of opportunism from their hidden forms to expose the naked lust of dictatorship and power. There can be no Brotherhood until we defeat and wipe out the forces of intolerance that would destroy us. There is no middle road in dealing with this ancient and foreign Asiatic ideology. Freedom cannot live where Stal­ inism takes root. ATTENTION! Another Ship Named For Sam Gompers Seamen Warned On Draft The following communica­ tion re: Selective Service was received: Friday. June 16, 1944 LOG The member who paid dues on the SS WILLIAM YOUNG on June 12. 1944, holding receipt No. 38848, please see Claude Fisher, New York Patrolman. Union Members Up-grading In Schools Is Urged An opportunity for you ordi­ naries! 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Title A name given to the resource June 18, 1944 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VI, No. 16 Description An account of the resource Headlines: MARINE COUNCIL OF AF OF L UNIONS FORMED IN CHICAGO LEASE SIGNED FOR NEW HALL IN NEW YORK N.Y. SIU REQUESTS TRANSPORTATION ORDER BE STRAIGHTENED OUT SIU OPENS NEW HIRING HALL IN NEW ORLEANS SENDERS CAUTIONED ON SEAMEN'S MAIL BY NAVY, AGAIN MEMBER STATES SENTIMENTS CIU HAS NO TOLLERANCE IN UNIONS-NMU MEMBER DECLARERS DUTIES OF SHIP'S DELEGATES NEW TORK HALL TO BE OPEN LONGER HOURS ANOTHER SHIP NAMED FOR SAM GOMPERS SEAMEN;S VOTING REGULATION HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS SEAMEN WARNED ON DRAFT UNION MEMBERS UP-GRADING IN SCHOOLS IS URGED Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 06/18/1944 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1944 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/3fdff85f0e8b84a470d0a4b511ebffda.PDF 60c05602090c7aaf8487cde7457a64a1 PDF Text Text SECURiTY IN UNITY Vol. VI. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA NEW YORK. N. Y„ FRIDAY. JUNE 9. 1944 No. 15 MWEB Is Mute On Restoring Bonus SIU Member Cited For Saving Four Lives Saving lives is getting to be a habit with Brother Morriss Norriss, Bos'n on the SS William Gibbs, John Mogan, Boston Agent, declares, while urging proper recognition be afforded him. A description of Norriss' act of heroism of last Dec. 23rd, is con­ tained in this article from a Port­ land, Maine, newspaper of Tues­ day, June 6, as follows: "LOCAL HARBOR RESCUE IS FOURTH BY LIBERTY SHIP BOATSWAIN. "When Morriss Norriss, 20, of Beverly, Mass., boatswain on a Liberty ship tied up at Portland Terminal Pier three, rescued a seaman from a sister ship from drowning Tuesday, it was th^ fourth such rescue he has made in five months. "Norriss dove into the icy waters of the local harbor to save William Maroney, seaman on an­ other Liberty tied up at thai pier, who had jumped or fallen over­ board. "Norriss saved the lives of three U. S. Navy men last June when their boat capsized in the harbor at Halifax, N. S., accord­ ing to Wallace Carroll of 7 Willard Street, chief oCfcer of the Gibbs. "Norriss ,was honored by citi­ zens of Halifax who presented him with a key to the city in commemoration of his heroism, Carroll said. "Carroll said Maroney appar(Cant/ntied on Page 4) Kennedy Disputes Land On Tonnage Joseph P. Kennedy, former head of the Maritime Commis­ sion 'and later Ambassador to Great Britain, said recently in a Boston talk that the United States should scrap most of its wartime merchant fleet when the fighting ends. Some ships, he believes, could be sold to foreign countries if they don't compete with Ameri­ can lines: the Army and Navy could take what they want, too. Admiral Land has a different idea. He believes the excess ton­ nage, mostly Liberties, should be laid up, but not like the laid-up fleets of the first World War. He would spend at least $4,000,000.00 a year to keep the ships in good condition and ready for use. That would be about three to four thousand dollars a year per ship. SIU-SUPAnd Other AFL Organizations Press Demands To Restore Bonus—Curran And Ilk Default—Dr. John R. Steelman Resigns WASHINGTON, D. C., June 7—^The meeting of the Maritime War Emergency Board here, yesterday, was one of the most revealing things that labor men have seen in this city in years. For the Seafarers International Union, the Sailors Union of the Pa­ cific and other AFL Unions of the seamen sailing the American Merchant Marine in all capacities not only declared themselves, but they exposed the National Maritime Union and their cohorts within the CIO#and the MWEB as working in Hawk, Sec'y-Treas. of the Atlan­ consort to defeat the interests of tic and Gulf District of the SIU all the merchant seamen now of NA: sailing the war zones and deliv­ On Tuesday, June 6, Harry ering the vitally needed materials Lundeberg, International Presi­ to the armed forces of the Allies. dent of the SIU, Morris WeisberThe upshot of the meeting was ,ger, Vice-President of the SIU, that Dr. John R. Steelman resign­ Matthew Dushane, Washington ed. Representative, and myself, as As promptly as the Maritime well as I. B. Padway, Counsel to War Emergency Board had called the AF of L and Mr. Wilson of the meeting of all signatories to the AF of L legal staff who the Statement of Principles upon prepared the briefs, attend­ the charges of the AFL Unions ed a meeting of the Maritime that the M'i^B had acted illegal­ War Emergency Board which had ly in cutting the bonuses for sea­ called in all signatories to the men, the AFL leaders responded Statement of Principles as a re­ by carrying the fight. sult of the special meeting of May It was noticeable that the 23, at' which the SIU-SUP and MWEB tried its old tactics and A F of L heads demanded that held the meeting in an auditor­ the MWEB withdraw the deci­ ium ill-equipped and without sions which drastically cut the tables for such discussion as well bonuses on the grounds that the MWEB acted outside and beyond as insufficient seating space. The AFL Union leaders, how­ the scope of the powers granted ever, completely exposed Curran them under the Statement of and the NMU and their maneu- Principles. vers against the searhen. The meeting was called by the Following is the report of John MWEB to discuss these points: 1. Shall the present Maritime War Emergency Board be continued? 2. If so. what shall be the jur­ isdiction and authority ot the board? Counsel I. B. Padway present­ ed the arguments from a legal viewpoint, exposing the Board's dictatorial maneuvers on the is­ sue of bonuses for the seamen sailing active war theaters. He was assisted by Mr. Wilson of the AF of L Legal staff. Harry Lundeberg, myself andthe others representing the SIU and the SUP, took the position that we were in there to: A. Get an euiswer to the demand' of the AFof L Unions thaf the illegcd bonus cuts be re­ stored. B. The SIU-SUP flatly refused' to discuss the MWEB's juris­ diction until the cuts wertf restored. Captains H. Martin, C. DJay, and E. W. Higgenbotham, repre­ senting the National Organiza(Continued on Page 2) Polaner Radios To Lakes Seamen g Above is a picture of many of the delegates to the recent Convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America .which was held in New Orleans. La. Many vital problems were discussed at the assembly and issues ordered brought before a refer­ endum ballot of the membership of the Union. - Plans were-mapped to continue to further the interests of the membership of the SIU of NA and set marks and standards with which the entire seamen of the whole world can set a base in their fight against the operators of ships. In a series of hard-hitting broadcasts heard three times daily over prominent radio sta­ tions, Mardy Polaner, Great Lakes District Sec'y-Treas. of the SIU, is telling the people of the middle-west the truth about the sailor's labor movement on the Great Lakes. Exposing the fake claims of the NMU, which would claim foi^ their own all the benefits achiev­ ed for Lakes Sailors by the SIU, Polaner brands the NMU officials as the racketeers they are, and shows the ridiculous falsity of their propoganda aimed at the Lakes seamen. " Carrying Polaner's crusading talks are radio stations W.S.O.O. at Sault St. Marie, Michigan W.H.L.S. of Port Huron, Mich., and W.C.F.L., the Chicago Fed­ eration of Labor station in Chi-' cago. His talks can be heard fronl= June 12th through the 15th. Pre­ vious broadcasts were carried by these stations on the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th. I �* Page Two i;jlE S E AF ARERS LOG Friday, June 9, 194i "I i: SEAFARERS LOG Vuhlhhed by tfje SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District A ffilia fed with tJoe American^ Federation of Labor. HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 Jth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Directory of Branches ADDRESS BRANCH NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOSTON (10 ) 330 Atlantic Ave BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay St PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI NEWORLEANS (16). .. 324 Chartres St.. .. SAVANNAH 2l8EastBaySt TAMPA 42 3 East Piatt St MOBILE 7 St. Michael St PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon GALVESTON 219 20th Street PHONE BOwIing Green 9-3437 Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 765 I Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Savannah 3-1 728 Tampa MM-1323 Dial 2-1392 Puerto de Tierra Galveston 2-8043 PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City (4) BOwling Green 9-8346 '267 A Home For The Union AN EDITORIAL The Seafarers International Union of North America has always striven to gain better quarters for the member­ ship sailing the ships. This is, and -always has been, the stated policy of the Union as exhibited by the will and de­ sire of the membership themselves, for they who are out at the point of production know that if the AFL Unions of those in the maritime industry hadn't carried on an unending struggle for good quarters, good living and good working conditions, (iis well as for the highest wages and bonuses), in the industry, seamen would still be confined to rank and evil smelling quarters aboard the ships. The AFL Unions in the marine industry have consist­ ently fought such a condition! It is therefore fitting that the quarters of the Union's offices and the Union's hiring, halls themselves should be boused in buildings comparable with the wishes of the mem­ bership and their desire to live in the best quarters possible. Keep..this in mind as well as the fact that Union halls owned and operated by the Union will make the Union in­ dependent of hostile landlords who would betray such rentals of outside halls to the shipowners in times of stress, strike and trouble. The independence of the Unions is al­ ways paramount; and the leaders of the AFL Unions JdUve altvays been successful in keeping out the influence of the shipoivners—WmUF THE CIO SO-CALLED 'UNIONS' IN THE MARINE INDUSTRY HAVE TEAMED UP WITH SUCH INTERESTS. As well as these factors there is also the point of keep­ ing the Atlantic and Gulf District of the SIU of NA in a stable financial position during the tough years that are assuredly coming after the war. It was with these things in mind that the membership of the Union recently placed on the ballot the proposition that a hall be purchased to house the Union's halls in New York; as well as a measure calling for the purchase of a building in Tampa. The purchase of property in New York, which will tend to make the Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ trict of the SIU of NA secure, is contingent upon the will of the membership through their selective right in the WHArS DOING Around the Ports NSW YORK though New York may set a rec­ ord for a total number of ballots cast on one occasion. This heavy voting is always a ,good sign because we all know that it indicates an interest in the jOrganization and its welfare by BEEFS, BEEFS, BEEFS!! This Port within the past five days has really had them. Like the biblic­ al character who wrestled with his conscience, we have really been wrestling up hei'e too, but with the beefs instead of our conscience (which some of the ship owners claim that we have­ n't got), and although it looked as though we were going to be whipped for a while, we finally came out on top, or what was left of us come out on top. (Continued from Page 1) In the spread of four days, we tion of Masters, Mates, and Pilots, settled overtime beefs amounting AF of L, went down the line to approximately $3,000 involving 100% supporting the position of 150 men, and BOY!!! did these the SIU-SUP on the issue of im­ piecards up this way sweat in mediately restoring the drastic doing it. These disputes involved bonus slashes. all departments—local and outSamuel J. Hogan, President of of-town beefs as well were set­ MEBA, CIO, although instructed tled. by his West Coast locals of that We were very fortunate in Association to go down the line having started a system here re­ 100% with the SIU-SUP and cently of using rank and file Pa­ MMP position, went on record trolmen from the floor, as with­ with the reservation that he per­ out this system, during this re­ sonally favored the continuation cent rush, we would have been of the board. in a hole so far that it The NMU's CIO spokesman, would have taken six months to Joe Curran, wrapped the Ameri­ climb out of it. It all comes back can flag around himself and at­ to a lot of sailors' opinions—that tempted to sabotage the wishes of is—that any good rank and file the American seamen. He em­ union seaman with the proper phatically stated that the cut of experience has the capabilities of the bonuses was a trivial matter piecard, because shipping for and his organization was not con­ years in one deparrtnent usually cerned with the restoration of teaches the man the score on any bonuses for seamen. beef that may arise. He stated that the NMU was Things have ieeh humming unreservedly and unequivocally, along fairly well with the Branch supporting the continuation of here since installing a new .sys­ the MWEB and the decisions. tem on the sixth floor, so that we have the proper amount of men Curran further declared that working in the Dispatcher's of­ there were chaotic conditions in fice to handle the terrific amount the industry prior to the war and the issues of bonuses and the cre­ of shipping done. ation of the MWEB. Something else too—this Port It is evidenced that the NMU is so large that just handling the has not supported any bonuses mail alone is practically a full time job. As she sets now, every­ for seamen since the inception of thing is well in the middle of the war in Europe. It is the opinion of the AF of L road and the Branch is never swamped under, regardless of the leaders that the NMU's position amount of shipping and business. is the same as the shipowner's We are very fortunate, too, to and a misrepresent ation of have a Dispatcher with the ex­ Unionism. It is the further considered perience and ability of Paul Gonsorchick — he really knows his opinion of the leaders of the business, and always has the sit­ AF of L organizations that the uations, whatever they may be, continuous sell-out position of well in hand. the NMU officials in commending Quite a few of the old-timers and endorsing the MWEB's de­ are drifting in here recently from cisions cutting the bonuses not all Ports. It seems good to see ionly jeapordizes the entire bonus some of them after so long a time jstructures but also endangers the because all of us know they are .conditions and wages won by of a vanishing breed, and it looks years of struggle through the real as though, before this War is (Union seamen's efforts. over, there will be a lot less of While the NMU has never the old originals around than (fought for any war bonuses they there is even now. ihave accepted the gains brought Ballotting started Monday jinto force by the AF of L organi­ night for the resolutions and zations qnd have attempted to constitutional amendments and it iclaim credit for such gains in got off with a bang. After the (their publications. first day of voting, it appears as The Marine Cooks & Stewards the membership, and that's just what it's going to take, and Iota of it, for us to survive the post­ war fight against the shipowners. YOURS FOR A HIGHER WAR BONUS, PAUL HALL, Agent MWEB Is Mute On Restoring Bonuses of the Pacific, CIO, represented by Nat Jacobsen and their Balti­ more representative, also went down the line with the NMU's position, even though they were not interested enough to have their accredited signatory to the Statement of Principles present. The American Communications Ass'n., CIO, represented by Harry Morgan, also supported the posi­ tion of the NMU's officials. Following the lead of Curran of the NMU, Vincent Malone, Sec'y of the Marine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders and Wipers Ass'n (Independent) of the Pa­ cific, endorsed the NMU's posi­ tion and commended, the Fas­ cist actions of the BdSrd by de­ claring the Board had (settled the chaos created, by his 0\Vn mem- , hers in demanding bohOs in-lj creases. Mrs. John F. Collins, whose husband is a signatory to the Statement of Principles, but is now serving in the armed forces, representing the Esso Tankermen's Ass'n, supported the posi­ tion of the AF of L. Like the AF of L organizations, her organization has repeatedly had the occasion to complain against the manner of the MWEB and its assumption of authority in issuing directives which have compelled members of the organ­ izations she represents to accept reductions of war bonuses which had been gained through collecitive bargaining processes. Her stand exposed the NMU^s officials completely and revealed them playing the shipowner's role. President Lundeberg. of the ISIU denounced the Hitler - like actions of the MWEB and its Fas­ cist decisions cutting the seaImen's earnings and compared ithem with the tactics of the Nazi government. "That's what Hitler does," he said, and continued to show that the American seamen want no isuch Hitler-like labor high-hand­ edness as members of the MWEB and the NMU would like to (create. Until the Board restores the bonuses they have cut, the AF of ;L organizations refuse to recog­ nize the MWEB, officers of, the Unions asserted. referendum as well as being contingent upon the passage "The SlU's efforts to solve this dispute do not affect the actuhl of a building assessment on the same referendum ballot. prosecution of the wax-," officials Voting started this week. If we want to progress and of the SIU declared, "for the have our Union hiring halls in good shape we wilT hring. members of the AF of L unions about good conditions ashore as we would aboard a ship. in the marine industry have shown that they sail and man Conditions, without interference of Landlords, etc. We the ships and will continue to sail will vote YFS for the Building Assessment resolution and them despite the hints of the the resolutions for buying our own Union hails in New CIO's NMU to the contrary. York and Tampa. (Continued on Page 4) I �Friday. July 9> 1944. THE SEAFARERS Money Due LOG Page Three NMim Fimn Into Unionism Has Failed Seaman Declares Again proving that disputed SS JAMES EMERY: Shaffer. Collect at company's office. overtime is not lost if it is back­ 30 hours; Stone. 84 hrs: Henleg. SS WM. PACA: Paid off in ed up bj' the facts, the New York 87 hrs: Battles, 81 hrs. Paid off in Boston, Joseph LamorauU can branch went to bat last week and Norfolk. collect 251/2 hours. Is being sent hung up an all-time record by Collect at company's office. to New Orleans Hall, » • » • • » collecting more than $3,000 worth Eefore me lies a document izing everyone in the port cities of disputed overtime in four days. SS WM. PEPPER: Gale Silcox. SS PHILIP F. THOMAS: Paul meriting comment in the spirit as members of the NMU can be e More than 150 men benefited 27 hours; Forrest Bice 27 hours. Lysk. $.87; W. P. Sprers. $13.43; of the Immortal Omar — "The seen by Clause 3 of Article 1, en­ Collect at company's office. F. Cappe. $12.78; J, G. Hayes. Worldly Hope men set their titled Objectives. Membership in the hard-hitting action that » » * $18.80; B. Welzel, $27.20; A. Hearts upon—Turns Ashes, or it "shall include anyone directly or fought these beefs through to a SS B. BOURNE: C. Immediato. Barra. $18.12; C. Commillierrie. prospers—and anon. Like Snow INDIRECTLY connected with the conclusion. O.S.. 3 hours; C. E. Thiede. O.S., $8.08; A. Stuart. $12.42; W. Doyle. upon the desert's dusty face. INDUSTRY." . The record is especially im­ 8 hours; H. Taylor. Dk. Eng.. 10 $4.38; R. Williams. $9.74; C. Paul. Lighting a little hour or two—is Ah, Brothers, think of this and pressive because it was made by hours; D. Davila. F.M.. 90 hours; $10.41. ponder deep. gone." the entire force of patrolmen in C. E. Farley. Oiler. 49 hours. Collect at company's office. Your waterfront barber? Into I refer to the momumental fal­ their spare time apart from pay­ » * a All hands have one dollar com­ the NMU. lacy, the NMU Constitution. To­ ing off and other duties; and be­ ing for boat hire in Suez. SS THOMAS B. REED: KenThe Hot dog man in front of day, this document has no mean­ cause the work was done over Collect a$ company's office. nally Chief Cook and Daugherty the docks? Into the NMU, etc. ing in the light of developments the week end, a notoriously poor • • • M.M.. 480 meals to be divided be­ under the Commimist leadership {Continued on Page 4) time for fringing about settle­ SS LAFTON B. EVANS; All tween the above men. of that ill-starred "Union?" It is ments at company offices. The hands have $2.00 lodging money Collect at company's office. as dead as King Tutenkamen. Barge Radio-Telephone beefs were handled from 2 p.m. coming, also 50 cents cab money. * * * The title National Maritime Friday through Monday morning. Is Successful SS FLOMAR: R. Gibson. $3.38; Wm. Bryant has 2 hours over­ Union is also based upon false time coming for 3rd mate paint­ A. Duarte. $4.03; E. G. Freeman. In all cases these beefs were promises. Ambitiously, it was so Believed to be the first barge refused as "no good" by company ing Saturday afternoon in Wheel- $5.37; W. Copeland. $2.01. called when the "Union" was on the Great Lakes to have a house. Collect at company's office. representatives at the pay-offs. founded and confined to East radio-telephone installed, the » » » Collect at company's office. So hard did the patrolmen Coast ports. The word National Smeaton of the Buckeye Steam­ • » • SS EDW. SPARROW: Voyage woi-k on this overtime that on represented that great intangible ship Co, reported that the new SS JAMES WAYNE: Paid off 3 _ W. Greene. $10.74; Wm. Saturday afternoon there were in Baltimore. Samuel Griffin has Vaughn. $10.19; B. Bryant. $10.88. factor of quantity X. communication set-up is proving six of them in the Calmar office Based on the assumption that highly satisfactory for contact be­ $87.20 coming. Collect at company's office. at one time. According to a com­ the word could be used because tween the barge and its towing • • • Collect at company's office. pany official it looked "like an NMU "contract" ships called at steamer. » * e SS J. T. HOLT: Voyage 2 — W. SIU convention." But the patrol­ West Coast ports, the proper SS LAWTON B. EVANS: Wm. Paulsen. $10.42; Geo. Simoneau. The captains on the barge and men backed their claims with the name of the NMU, by the same steamer can discuss weather and Scarlett and C. Morgan have $9.40; John Beohm. $7.39; A1 Laproof and not a claim was lost. measurement and the known wind conditions and lay plans $87.50 each coming for division of voie. $8.73; John Merkel. $22.18; connections of the CP leaders for the ship to pick up the towNew York agent Paul Hall, wages for missing night man. E. Fontanie. $8.39; J. Wendler. with the Communist Internation­ credited the record-breaking col­ line as well as co-ordinate opera­ 8.71; W. Funk. $18.80; C. Tarpey. Collect at company's office. al, should have been The Com­ * » * lection to the persistence of tlie tions much better than by whistle $42.78; R. Hartnett. $49.57; H. munist International's Seamen's signals, in time of fog, it was patrolmen, who were working on SS BETHMORE: Dimpler. Sykes. $18.84; J. Ward. $2.01; G. Union. That would have been said by the company. It is be­ their own time, and to the co­ $37.15; Pickets. $37.15; Bochro- Kelly. $71.83. coi-rect in every sense of the lieved more barges on the Great operation of the men involved. wiscz. $37.15; Buetner. $27.15; W. Collect at company's office. word; especially political. • • • "To collect beefs you've got to Murray. $8.08; D. Muellar. $8.08; Lakes will be equipped with such The NMU is an east coast sets. Shore range equipment only have the facts," he said, "The G. Lamothe. $8.71; D. Chenoweth. SS J. W. DAVIS: E. J. Basham. Union. Its claims to recognition is required. men gave us a complete history $18.80. 1 hour; L. M. Cooper. 1 hour; T. as a National Maritime Union are of the disputed time and we did Logg. 7 hours; R. Rivette. 49 Collect at company's office. . # invalid. The West Coast was or­ • • • the rest.'' hours; R. Kobervig. 29 hours; J. ganized many decades before the SS COLLABEE: 307 hours, all T. Lindsay. 5 hours. Highest single amount went to NMU was born. The entry of the Collect at company's office. D. Da Vila of the Benjamin o.k. o be divided. Division of ex­ NMU on the West Coast consti­ * *: *. Bourne, Mississippi Liberty, with tra meals: Rousseau, 72 hours tuted a raiding movement and DeSaullens. 70 hours; Maucino. The following men who made 90 hours. Other amounts varied was so recognized, even by the the past trip on the SS JOHN from that to $1.00, due each man 85 hours; Manifko, 80 hours. Marine Cooks & Stewards of the Collect at company's office. GORRIE. a South Atlantic SS Co. on the Bourne for launch service Pacific, a sister CIO Union. • » • ship can collect the money that in Suez. In spite of pretensions the SS R. M. JOHNSON: E. R. is due them from disputed over­ _ _ MOBILE, Ala.—Supporting the W. Scarlett and C. Morgan, Lyons. 12 hours; W. C. Donohue. time and divided pay at the of­ NMU is still an East Coast Union, and Vso SflMd by tte"MaritiTO movement to reward alien ^amessmen on the Lawton B. Evans 12 hours; O. S. Clark. 12 hours; fice in New York. men servicing American ships each benefited by $87.50 in a L. Graham. 4 hours; J. W. Riley. Bos'n Thomas O'Rourke. $31.48; Commission and Rear Admiral during the war, the Mobile Cen­ Emory S. Land's decision defin­ division of wages for a missing 4 hours; W. N. Broyles. 4 hours; Dk-Main M. P. Meiser. $1.42; A.B. tral Council of the American utility man. AU hands on the C. J. Miller. 4 hours; L. E. Wood. Raymond Schultz. $2.13; A.B. ing the sphere of operations and Federation of Labor has joined jurisdiction as regards new ton­ Cape. Faro received an hour for 12 hours. Elefterois Elies. $8.75; A.B. Ron nage. with the AF of L seamen's unions handling slop chest stores. All these men have this amount aid Ambers. $50.02; ;^.B. Wm. S. The unilateral and independ­ in demanding American citizen­ Although larger sums have in addition to 20 hours each al­ Ney. $22.24; A.B. T. L. Lazenby, ent nature of the NMU activities ships for aliens sailing American been collected at the New York ready paid to each man. $48.14; O.S. H. Sedler. $10.88; O.S. on the West Coast, the Lakes, vessels. office, this is a record for such a E. Buskens. $18.55; O.S. Fred wherever they operate, stamps it In a resolution calling, upon Collect at company's office. • • • large number of beefs over such Newcity. $4.98, (paid off in Na 'as a wrecking crew against all Congress to grant to aliens in the a short time. SS DOROTHY BULL: Stew­ pies); Oiler. Leroy Thompson. established bona-flde Unions in merchant marine the same priv­ ' The results of the settlements ards' Dept. has 102 hours total $.71; Oiler. Leopold Pellitier. these areas. The NMU is a mav­ ileges extended to aliens serving coming, to be divided between $2.13; FW Allan Stewart. $8.53; erick in the Trade Union move­ in the armed forces, the Mobile are listed here, below: Central Trades Council declared; men involved — H. Estwick. 21 Wiper. David Smart. $71. ment. SS THOMAS SULLY: K. Kar- hours; C. Blackland. 20 hours: O. "After an alien has served in Bona-fide? No. powitz, A.B.. $10.07; E. Blanco. Roberts. 20 hours; T. Vigo. 20 Vi Cooperating with the Unions in our armed forces for a period of A.B.. $18.80; R. Nichols. O.S.. hours; R. Barbian. 20 Vz hours. all areas on a brotherly and three months or more he is en­ $13.77; W. Jones. O.S.. $1.34; A. titled to obtain citizenship. This equal basis? No. Collect at company's office. • Rice. O.S.. $7.09; D. Walker. A.B.. Its presence is a threat to gen­ should apply equally to those SS T. J. Jackson $78.00 $24.61; J. Presnell. A.B.. $5.70; J. SS CAPE FARO: Paid off June Crew of SS Wm. Harper .... 25.00 uine and established Unions in foreign-born seamen who have Burress. Oiler. $2.89; W. Smith, 3. 1944. All hands have 1 hour SS Richard Pearson 14.00 the industry through their rule risked their all taking the ma­ Oiler. $13.43; S. Kuleska. F.W.. terials of war to the fighting 13.50 or ruin policies. coming for bringing slop chest SS Robert La Foletfe $1.34; M. Swain. F.W.. $2.69. fronts. Many of these foreign Failure has been their lot since Roberl M. Peel 1.0.00 stores on board. Collect at company's office. seamen are from maritime unions their "Constitution" was mount­ SS Henry Dearborn 10.00 Collect at company's office. » * * that have been overrun and their ed. The Lakes! Rivers! Harbors! J Lee 10.00 • » ships are now at the bottom of ' Colliers! Standard Oil tankers? SS WM. MOULTRIE: Harold 9.00 SS FLO MAR: LaBohos. 12 SS M. B. Lamar the sea." Fenton. 32 hrs; J. Baszin. 32 hrs; West Coast! and even their raids 5.00 hours; Gregory, 88 hours; D. Charley Newbury Pushing its resolution into ac­ R. Denzek. 58 hrs; K. Lundeberg, Maries. 88 hours. A. R. Gideon 4.32 on the Shipyard Workers — all tion, the Mobile Council ashed 56 hrs; J. Fabiski. 56 hrs; L. FranWillie L. Dudley 2.00 failures! Collect at company's office. Alabama's Senator Lister Hill In the PREAMBLE, the word ken. 32 hrs; A. Bondotchez. 32 M. J. Langlies 2.00 » » and Congressman Frank Boykin Seamen or Seaman is left out. hrs; A. Madigas. 32 hrs. 1.00 SS C. B. LENNON: Correction A. Magdirda to introduce into the House and The membership is called the • • • 1.00 on last week's LOG's "Money C. P. Benway Senate such enabling legislation "workers." Can it be that they Collect Wednesday at Com­ Due." W. A. Synis has 80 hours necessary to make this possible. forsaw a "Union" held up by pany's office. TOTAL :. $184.82 coming instead of 8 as printed. The S e a f a r e rs International needletrade Communists, button­ SS COLLABER: Graves and Collect at company's office. hole makers, cafeteria workers, Union adopted in the recent New Tages have division of wages duo •f' aH » shore gang "Bosuns", etc? This Orleans convention a resolution Protect Both America is probable for 15 days; Tag^ collect 3 hours SS B. WILLIAMS: G. G. Smith. as they need them to favoring bestowal of citizenship overtime. L. Hoth has 4' hours 4 hours; H. Peffer. 4 hours; J. and Your Money by In­ pack their controlled meetings. privileges on foreign seamen due. Paulier. 8 hours; J. A. Sullivan. 2 vesting It in War Bonds. The word "Seamen" is out. sailing American ships for one Collect at company's office. hours. That they contemplated organ- year during the war. Mobile Central Trades Council Supports SIU Fight To Aid Aliens Honor Roll m I �Pago Four THE NMU's Flight Into ' Unionism Has Failed Seaman Declares (Continued from Page 3) ITo one can accuse them of ne­ glecting to organize the shipown­ ers into the NNMU. And, as the shipowners are classified as be­ longing to the industry, directly and indirectly, why they belong in the NMU. As a matter of fact they con­ trol the Union, the proof of which is the fact that the NMU CALL­ ED A MEETING OF THE SHIP­ OWNERS UNDER NMU CON­ TRACT AT THE NMU HEAD­ QUARTERS IN NEW YORK ON APRIL 19, 1944, and offered to turn the shipping halls over to a representative chosen by the shipowners. Do they carry NMU Books? They don't have to as they come under the definition of candidates "General tightening of reg­ ulations of Selective Service system has resulted in increas, ed losses to seagoing manpow' er to draft can be prevented in almost all cases if seamen make certain WSA 61 is com­ pleted at beginning and ter-. minaiion of each period aboard vessol. .Urge your members to make certain that this is done at our request. General Hershey has exempted active sea­ men from preinduction physi­ cal examination, normally re­ quired of men under twentysix. Seamen should be advised to deal with local board through RMO on any ques­ tions that may rise. Request SIUMember Sets Up Record For Saving Lives (Continued from Page 1) ently ignored two life yreser^'ers thrown him. Carroll said he leap­ ed into the water after Norriss had signaled that he was unable to bring Maroney to the ships ladder, where other members of the crew aided them. "Maroney and Norriss were taken to the State St. Hospital in the police ambulance. Norriss was discharged late in the afternoon and returned aboard ship, but at­ ANTONINI TO ITALY BOSTON — President William taches said that Maroney would Green of the AF of L told the remain hospitalized for several convention of the ILGWU 'here days for observation." that a joint delegation represent­ ing the AF of L and the British Trades Union Congress is being sent to Italy to aid in the rebuild­ ing and maintenance of a demo­ cratic trade union movement in that country. Union Members Up-grading In Schools Is Urged for extension of allowable time ashore must be kept to mini­ mum. Will you notify your members of this wire? "H. Chase Stone, WSA." There it is Brothers! Shore time allowed on your pink slip from the RMO—form WSA 61—can only be extend­ ed by the RMO — and with their permission — for extra­ ordinary circumstances such as s i c k n e ss, hospitalization, sitting for a license or going to up-grading school, etc. Demand that the supercargo or purser, (who are the Captaiii's clerks), fill out the white card before you sail. Also de­ mand and get your pink card before you leave the ship when you pay off in an American port. Failure to comply may find you in the Army Brothers! Keep Up With Your Draft Board Before It Keeps Up With You! (3) Friday, June 9. 1944 LOG for membership according to the NMU Constitution. • With all this help and with such Constitutional aides to mem­ bership the NMU is dying. Ah, Omar; But have these Commie parasites read Omar? Nay, Brothers, they drip themselves with dialectical materialism. —Old-Time NMUer Seamen Warned On Draft The following communica­ tion re: Selective Service was received: April 5, 1944 "John Hawk, "Roosevelt HoteL "New Orleans, La. SEAT AKERS An opportunity for you ordi­ naries! The WSA is calling for more ABs and their training program for 1944 calls for a total of 7,810 ordinary seamen to be up-graded to AB to alleviate the shortages in this rating. Ui>-grading schools for ABs located on the East Coast are at Pier 73, East River, New York, N. Y., Baltimore, Md., and at New Orleans, La. The government pays you while you go to school. Zip the Lips and SAVE THE SHIPS! !!Washington Flash!! WASHINGTON, D. C., June 8—Following up the policy of th« AF of L against the demonstrated by the Maritime War Emergency Board, John Hawk, Sec'y-Treas. of the Atlantic and Gulf District, tonight advised all agents and patrolmen of this district by wire of the SIU's refusal to continue to recognize the Maritime War Emer­ gency Board as it is presently consiituiea. •' * Text of the telegram follows: At a meeting of the Maritime War Emergency Board held Jtmo 6, at Washington, D. C., the Seafarers International Union's repre­ sentatives following the instructions of the membership went OH record not to recognize this board any further, because of their re­ fusal to restore the war bonuses that they cut illegally to be effective April 1, 1944, (NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR). Because of the position taken by the International Union all agents and patrolmen are instructed not to forward any more dis­ putes of any nature whatsoever to the Maritime War Emergency Board. In the future all disputes of any nature pertaining to bonuses, attack bonuses, etc., are to be forwarded directly to the^'SecretaryTreasurer's office and a copy to Matthew Dushane at Washington. (signed) JOHN HAWK, Secretary-Treasurer. MWEB Is Mute On Restoring Bonuses (Continued from Page 2) "The AF of L seamen have al­ ways. been loyal Americans and are Union men and will remain such, which Curran, Myers, and other NMU officials definitely have not been," we pointed out, and, "we recall only too vividly when they and many others of the Communist ilk were picket­ ing the White House and screech­ ing 'The Yanks Are Not Coming,' and 'Roosevelt is a war-monger,' The Well Known Game When Stalin's slaves embrace you. And whisper "world to gain," Forget the whisper and the words. And grab your watch and chain. When they would "liberate you" And for the poor they groan. Know that their object is juicy steaks While leaving you the bone. New York Hall To Be Open Longer Hours When they weep about "democracy" "All's wrong in this, our Land." Why simply point to Russia, I'm sure theyH understand. When they shout about "true Freedom," And rights of rank and file It's just pure Browder moonshine And clever "Marxist" guile. When they rant about "a better world^ No doubt you will agree. But do the Stalinists clamor To sail the ships at sea? When they speak in name of workers. Their needs on earth below,Think! did you see a Stalinist toil In hard work strike a blow? I . .'J., '• Their game is old as earth itself The slaves and Master Class, Enforced by bullet and prison celL By terror of the masses. 1^" The words they coin to deceive you, And bend you to their end. Are but the cries of demogogues The veil that Truth shall rend! AFL shipyard workers shatter the all-time world record for launching a ship's hull, any size, at the Concrete Ship Construct­ ors yard in National City, Calif. The army lighter "Tungsten" was launched exactly six days and four hours after her keel was laid. (Federated Pictures) When Stalin's slaves embrace you With slogans from the "brain," Just take your eyes from rosy clouds. And swallow watch and chain. top *n Lift, Seafarers Log etc. But we know that was dur­ ing the Hitler-Stalin bedroom job which ended in the June 21, 1941 divorce." The same divorce also ended any concerted effort of the CIO'9 maritime groups to get any con­ ditions, wages or bonuses for the seamen, AF of L authorities say further: "Such has been the con­ tinual betrayal of the seamen by. the NMU officials since Russia got into the war." The upshot of the meeting was the resignation of Dr. John R. Steelman, who declared that he would not remain a member of the Board until it straightened out its present structure. The matter now rests with the legal 'department of the Ameri­ can Federation of Labor and the fight for better bonuses will con­ tinue. The dispatching hall in the Port of New York is to be open for longer hours than formerly, it was reported at the meeting last Monday night. The hours, hereafter, for di^ patching of Union Brothers to jobs will be from 8 A.M. to 9 P.M. on week days, Monday through Saturday, and from 10 A.M. until 6 P.M. oh Sundays. The step was taken to protect many of the Union Brothers' jobs ahd afford them greater service during the coming period. AgentS of the other Branches have also been requested to post this notice on their bulletin boards. This year Great Britain will get between 150 and 200 ships l>uilt in American yards under lease-lend. They will all carry the prefix "Ocean" to their name and can thus be told the world over as America's contribution tb Britain's war-time merchant navy. (i'M] � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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SEAFASE28' QfTEBirATIOlfAL OMION OF MOBTB AKEBIOA Vol. VI. NEW YORK, N. Y.. FRIDAY. JUNE 2. 1944 SIU Asks Allocation AFL Of "Heroes'" Ships Aids To Union's Outfits To No. 14 Continues Fight; Union's Effort Bonus NEW YORK, N. Y.—"We request that the Maritime Commission and the WSA allocate ships named for hero members of the Seafarers International Union to lines under WASHINGTON, D. C., May 31—Continuing the challange of the Seafarers Internai^ contract to our organization," John Hawk, Sec'y-Treasurer tional Union against the Maritime War Emergency Board's authority to cut the bonuse# of the Atlantic and Gulf District, and Vice-President of for seamen, Joseph Padway, General Counsel for the American Federation of Labor, lasf the Union asked in a letter to* Admiral Emory S. Land, Chair­ of these vessels in their honor, week called the attention of the members of the MWEB to the fact that they wer^ man of the Maritime Commission, but there remains much to be without existence at the time the bonus structures were set up, and therefore could no^ done in tribute and respect to this week. reduce them. "• . ^ JOSEPH A. PADWAY signatories, but the question "These vessels are the' Joseph their memories. The protest was in a strong let­ Squires and the George W. Alther, launched at the New Eng­ land Shipbuilding Co.'s yards in South Portland, Me., and . the Delta Shipbuilding Co.'s yards in New Orleans, La., respectively, Monday, May 22, at ceremonies awarding them citations and the Merchant Marine Distinguished Service medal for their heroic ac­ tions in the war." The message continues: "Both died in the service of the war ef­ fort and as such courageous peo­ ple must take their rightful places in the annals of the His­ tory of this Nation in a manner fitting their deeds; true much has been accomplished in the naming Excerpts Of Weekly Report By JOHN HAWK Secretary-Treasurer There are some items which are all important and which I wish to report upon: ' First: the question of the Bonuses: On this, Harry Lundeberg of the SUP an4 President of the SIU laid a lot of groundwork early this month, when during the first week in May we appeared before the Executive Committee of the American Federation of Labor, and requested their support. The AFL Executive Committee was then convened in an extraordin­ ary session in Philadelphia, and went, on record to send in their top representatives to aid us in bur fight to restore the bonus. Since that meeting, Lundeberg, Dushane, Morris Weisberger and myself spent considerable time in Washington outlining the sea­ men's bonus case to President Wm. Green of the-AFL and Jo­ seph Padway, chief counsel for Hhe Federation. On May 23rd President Green and Joseph Padway, chief coun-j sel for the AFL, together with' Lundeberg, Dushane, Weisberger and myself, appeared before the ifull board of the MWEB and pre­ sented our case and demanded that the bonuses for seamen be restored to the pre-April 1 rates immediately. (Cotit'mued on Page 2) r)- "Therefore, we suggest and re­ ter that also asked that those quest that these ships be placed shipowners who now no longer in the hands of members of the operate ships because of the war­ Seafarers International Union by time condition be excluded from allocating them to companies the meeting. The MWEB had under contract to the SIU — by previously sent a wire to all sig­ which method the members of natories of the Statement of this organization manning these Principles asking them all to sit ships may respect and revere the in at the meeting. memories of these two men who died in the highest traditions of New Board Suggested the sea." The letter suggests that a new George Alther, although he had Board, to deal with the problems recently up-graded to become a confronting the seamen may be second mate, but was still a mem­ ber of the SIU, sacrificed his life setup and demands that the for­ aboard the SS Timothy Pickering mer rates of bonuses, paid be after the vessel had been bombed meanwhile continued and that on July 13, 1943 by enemy planes.' entitled to the ^ bonuses be compensated. (Continued on Page 3) | Full text of the letter follows: General Counsel, American Federation of Labor 738 Bowen Building Washington, D. C. May 26, 1944 Mr. Edward Macauley, Chairman Mr. John R. Steelman, Member Mr. Frank P. Graham, Member Maritime War Emergency Board Gentlemen: Thank you for the memoran­ dum of May 25th to which is an­ nexed a copy of the telegram sent by the Maritime War Emergency Board to all the "signatories to the statement of principles." arises whether some of the sig­ natories, particularly those who no longer operate vessels, have the right to determine the ques­ tion of continuance of the Mari­ time War Emergency Board and what shaU be the jurisdiction and authority of the Board. Since tho operation of these ships is now under the direct authority of the United States, it would seem that the interested party in the ques­ tions referred to in the telegram is the United States. A further question arises id connection with the continuance of the Maritime War Emergency Observations Board. If, as we believe, the pres­ Maj' I respectfully make an ob­ ent Emergency Board virtually servation or two respecting the went out of existence when the telegram. It is being sent to all Government took over the oper­ ation of the ships, then the ques­ tion should not be the continu­ ance of this Board, but rather whether the creation of a new one should be had. Pending e determination of these questions^ it seems to me that there should not be and cannot be a reduction in the bonuses as they existed prior to the attempted cut by the order signed by the Maritime War Emergency Board. It is our con­ tention that since the Board, whether it was in existence or not, had no power to cut the bonuses, the bonuses still remain­ ed. This is on the theory that there is an implied agreement on the part of an employer, in this case the United States, to pay the wages the employer has been paying, unless the employer Picture shows the SS Joseph Squires sliding down the shipways at So. Portland, Maine, Monday, May 22, i944. The launching went off without a hitch. (Continued on Pagr 3 ) Buy War Bonck The membership of the Sea­ farers International Union is urged to invest part of every pay-off in War Bonds and Stamps. These Bonds are your stake in America and the Freedom we are fighting this war for. Few know better than the sea­ men what war means for we have a running day-to-day en­ counter with it. DIG DEEP IN THE POCK­ ET FOR UNCLE SAM. Bonds mean Bombs for Hitler and Hirihito on the receiving end. �• •t'»;vnfe'V;;f^'i;^'4r^j • ^ --•'- • I ^ Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, June 2, 1944 •- t- • •i."; SEAFARERS LOG Vublished by the "A' .-A . I SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated .with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas, P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Directory of Branches ADDRESS BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16)... SAVANNAH TAMPA MOBILE PUERTO RICO GALVESTON 2 Stone St 330 Atlantic Ave l4NorthCnySt 6 North 6th St 25 Commercial PI 324 Chartres St 2 18 East Bay St 423 East Piatt St 7 St. Michael St 45 Ponce de Leon 219 20th Street PHONE BOwling Green 9-3437 Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 7651 Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Savannah 3-1 728 Tampa MM-1323 Dial 2-1392 Puerto de Tierra Galveston 2-8043 PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City (4) BOwling Green 9-8346 267 CP-NMU Skullduggery AN EDITORIAL It is clear to Union men and the seamen particularly that the purpose of existence of an organized body of labor is its struggle to win and maintain decent working and liv­ ing conditions: i.e. a share of the profits and wealth created by their toil and industry. This is the basic purpose of Union existence. No one can deny this, least of all the employing interests who meet the Union representatives across the collective bargaining table. When a Union departs from these principles, by which it owes its value to the workers, it dies. The workers have no earthly need of it! We see the NMU turned into a "labor front" or "slave market" which is maneuvering to bring the seamen as a whole to a level where they will all be at the mercy of the shipowners, with political shysters in control of this socalled "union" offering their services to the employers to *^make capitalism work" and even offering the employers -control of the hiring halls. We see the NMU turned into a glorified social and political "club" with the members of that organization be­ ing taken for the well known sleigh ride. We have before us the demands of the NMU on the employing interests for that badge of slavery, the Check­ off, which the NMU fakers coyly and cleverly label the "Dues Deduction Plan." We have seen the CP-NMU machine forcing the members to sign cards in favor of such a "Plan." The term NMU membership does not mean that each member is an American or an American citizen. As a matter of fact a very large percentage of NMU members are aliens operating through their so-called "Foreign-Flag Division of the NMU" which they incorporated into their group from the dissident elements of the Scandanavian Seamen's Club which had set out to capture the well known and organized seamen's unions of the respective Scandanavian countries. iWhich endeavor, failed miserably! The Seafarers' International Union of North America, at its recent Convention in New Orleans, went on record for the naturalization of alien seamen serving on American(Contifitted ott Page 4) WHArS DOIEfa ArouiMl the Ports NEW ' JL WAvAjk''' Business is ever increasing in this Port and the Port Committee is doing a bang-up job on the outof-town beefs as well as those from this Port itself. Some of the beefs they are settling run in­ to hundreds of bucks for mem­ bers of our Union. As is to be expected, we are having the normal growing pains to be looked for when an Organi­ zation is expanding as rapidly as the Seafarers' International Union of North America is at present. Educational work is being car­ ried on at a pace with the growth of the Organization and many of the new members are beginning to understand and recognize the benefits the SIU can gain. They see Unionism in a new light. They see this Organization con­ tinually fighting for better wages, conditions and food, as well as justly deserved bonus payments. Our aggressive stand has been noted by many former NMU members and they came down and tossed in their books to get away from that 3-ring circus and bunch of perennial commy poli­ ticians. We know that not only our own members, but American Sea­ men on a whole, are with us in our battle to restore the bonus MONEY DUE SS CITY OF ST. LOUIS, paid off in Boston: W. Taylor, 48 hours: H. Rittner. 28 hours; H. West. 8 hours; A. Winnick, 36 hours; J. A. Crawford, 28 hours. • • • SS WALKER TAYLOR: The following have overtime coming: Collect at Bull Line office: Fleshman, 181/2 hours; Cassidy, 2 hours; Thompson, 2 hours; John­ son, 1 hour; T. Ramos, 13 hours; E. Storm, 13 hours. Payroll shows all Dept. were paid for Dec. 18 to 19, 1943, week ending in Port. * * » SS BROOKHOLST LIVINGSTON. Bull Line, paid o« in Philadelphia. Money due the fol­ lowing: ^ Difference in wages and Bonus for two months of 3rd Cook to Nite Cook, 1 Misnng Utility for the same period to be divided among the following men: Zae Lewis. Julius Young, Lewis Fears, John Franks, John Daniels. The above is payable at Bull Line Of­ fice. SS WILLIAM PACA, paid off in Boston: Johnson, Ch. Cook, 41 hours; Watson, 2nd Cook, 27 hours; Gillars, Mess.. 8 hours; Eugue, UtiUty, 6 hours. Payable at Calmar Line Office. » • • SS J, B. LENNON: W. A. Synis. AB. 8 hours; J. M. Synis, AB, 60 hours; H. A. Mullan, OS, 80 hours; W. Smolka, AB, 75 hours; G. Aim, AB, 75 hours; S. Guidish, OS, 75 hours; J. C. Wright, AB, 105 hours: T. De Costa, AB, 105 hours; M. Kraft, OS, 105 hours. Collect -at Smith and Johnson Of­ fice. « * • The following members of the crew of the JOCELYN of the Calmu Line have money coming, due te disputed overtime: A. S. Young, R. Kohler, J. Cappas, L. Kensinger, F. Cheshire. Dominick DiMaio, S. Wcdlace, A. Czeczemsld, A. Souzfu R. Speer. Collect the above at Calmar Line office, 25 Broadway, New York, N. Y. JOSEPH FLANAGAN. Baltimore Agent Membership Referendum On Conference Decisions To Begin This Month Ballots are now being distributed to the Branches so that the membership of the Atlantic and Giklf District of the Seafarers International Union may vote in the referen­ dum on the questions that were ordered put before mem­ bership vote at the recent Convention of the entire Union and the Agents' Conference held in New Orleans at the end of March and early in April. jQg Union's finances in the The voting will be conducted difficult post-war period when by regularly elected Committess the shipowners will be doing in all Branches and. will be from their utmost to break the militant June 5th to July 10th according SIU. to the Constitution. The Union's officers contend Questions to be decided are that with property behind them some changes in the Constitution the membership are able to mus­ itself; a building fund assessment ter their economic power to full and the purchase of halls for the force without having to fear the Union in both New York and actions of hostile shipowners or Tampa, Fla., the latter , three landlords. questions are in the form of reso­ They further point out that it is necessary for the building as­ lutions. The question of the purchase of sessment to go through to make a hall in New. York has been dis­ the Union independent of such cussed by numerous meetings of landlords. the membership and officers of It is also said that new halls the Union point out that such will have better facilities for the properties will form a good back- membership. Cuts to theii" pxior level. Our' stand is clear and we think it will pay dividends. The Winos have more or less departed from this Area report­ ing that the "SMOKE" shortage was acute (they blame the high taxes). They're gone, but not for­ gotten and they are certainly not mis.sed. We heard that one of them was shanghaied recently and went aboard the ship while she was in North Africa and was bitten by a monkey—P.S. The monkey died. Yours for some monkey bites for the shipowners, PAUL HALL, Agant Excerpts Of Week ly Report (Continued from Page 1) We also demanded assurances that the MWEB shall not caU meetings as they have in the past, and then attempt to force their pre-conceived decisions on the seamen. We further want it made plain that whenever a meeting is called their proposals shall be sent to the Unions prior to and in suffi­ cient time so that such proposals can be studied. We want no such thing as them handing us what­ ever proposals they've cooked up an dexpecting us to handle them in five minutes within the meet­ ing. We have consistently challeng­ ed their right to make any de­ cision unless a dispute between the seamen and the shipowners existed. We have also challenged their right to make any cuts in the bonus. Although the Board hasn't agreed to restore the bonuses, they acknowledge some guilt on their own part inasmuch as they are now calling a meeting of all sighatories to the statement of principles—to discuss their own jurisdiction, and although all the unions other than the AFL sea­ men's groups abandoned the fight and accepted the cuts, they also are being called into this meet­ ing. If these unions support the position of the SIU there is a good chance that the pre-April 1st rates will be restored. Weisberger and myself are headed for Washington again to­ morrow, and along with Dushane we are going to meet with the AFL attorneys to prepare our case to take before this meeting of the MWEB on June 6. Our position will be for the in­ creased bonuses and war-risk in­ surance, The May 26 issues of the Sea­ farers Log carries the full story on our activities on the bonus question. There were two ships launched last week that were named for deceased members of this Union. As well as the ships being named in their honor, their next-of-kin was decoraded. Representatives of the Union attended both the launchings which took place at New Orleans and Portland, Me., respectively. r V �'-r.y : •' 'n-cfal Friday. June 2, 1944 fHE SE AF AkERS LOG The International Labor Organization And The Seafarers Page Three AFL Continues Fight; Aids Union's Effort To Restore Bonus Rates .JK- :li rv-il employment, the raising of the whereby the victor imposes his By J. H. OLDENBROEK, standards of living and social se­ conditions on the vanquished. Acting General Secretary ferred case, or dispute, before the (Co^tniied from Page 1) curity measures, as workers We are today thinking of an comes of the to a contrary agreement Board and also no power in the mTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT ashore. There were, however, a agreement or treaty, in which the with the employees respecting a Board to cut the bonuses and, few question of particular im­ United Nations will lay down different wage. The bonuses paid thus, they are in existence as WORKERS' FEDERATION As the Workers' Delegate for portance to seafarers to which I how the wounds caused by the by the Government prior to the constituted before the cut. war will be healed insofar as that cut remain in full force and ef- Based on the foregoing, we de­ the Netherlands I've come over wish to refer. is possible and how war is to be fect until the Government by When the time comes to write . to America in order to participate mand that there be paid to all the the peace treaty the seafarers avoided «« the future. In the International Labor Con­ agreement with the employees sailors who were entitled to In this agreement'or treaty the reduce those bonuses. ference which was held in the want to have their say. "Peace bonuses since the cut a sum of "City of Philadelphia from April treaty" is perhaps not the right economic and social aspirations Compensation Demanded money equal to the bonuses in. •20th to May 12th, 1944. If I had term; it is better to speak of the of the workers and the obliga­ As I stated at the time of the existence at the time the cut to write an article on the work peace settlement, because we do tion of the countries to improve argument, there was no Board in went into effect. We demand that aind the achievements of the Phil­ not expect that there's going to the living standards and to pro- existence to cut the bonuses. If that rate of bonus continue until (Continued on Page 4) adelphia Conference I should be a peace treaty on the old lines, the Government in paying the a change is made by a legally have to ask the editor to place a bonuses accepted the suggestion constituted authority in the man­ couple of numbers of this paper of a non-existent Board to pay ner and within the confines of the at my disposal. That is of course certain bonuses, that merely be­ jurisdiction of such authority. out of the question. came the act of the Government Since the Maritime War Emer­ Fortunately, however, the pro­ and the bonuses fixed by the Gov­ gency Board was instrumental in ceedings and the decisions of the ernment at that time are the procuring the cut of such bonuses, Conference have been given wide bonuses which are at present in we believe it to be its duty to publicity in the American press existence. If the Board was le­ immediately notify those agen­ gally constituted then, as we ex­ cies who pay the sailors that the and there is no doubt that many magazines and other publications Those vessels are the Joseph plained at the conference had the cut was without authority and (Conitrtned from Page 1) will publish detailed accounts of Squires and the George W. Al- other day, there would be no re- that the sailors shall be paid on what was said and done at Phila­ He went through flame and hell ther, launched at the New Eng­ the basis of the bonuses in exist­ while the vessel, carrying am­ delphia. ence at the time the last reduc­ land Shipbuilding Co.'s yards in I can therefore restrict myself munition and high - test octane South Portland, Me., and the tion was ordered. We hope that to a few items which are of par­ gas, set off repeated explosions, Delta Shipbuilding Co.'s yards at On last voyage of the SS these demands will be put into ticular importance to the seafar­ in a vain attempt to save the life New Orleans, La., respectively, BRANDYWINE. of the Hillcone force and effect, otherwise, there ers of all countries. Before doing of a naval gunnery officer, part Monday, May 22, at ceremonies Fleet, several pieces of mail letters will be no alternative but for the so, I wish to say how much I of the gun-crew aboard. He per­ which awarded them citations and packages were left, after sailors to institute appropriate have appreciated the presence of ished in the attempt. injunction proceedings to prevent and the Merchant MarxXiS Distin­ crew departed. the representatives of the Sea­ Joseph Squires was a man of guished Service Medal, posthu­ We are holding at this Branch, the Board from ordering agencies farers' International Union, the same sterling caliber. For mously for their heroic actions in letters for Jack Oats and Harold to put the cuts into force and ef­ Brothers Lundeberg, Hawk, while aboard the SS Maiden this war. L. Adams. Branch is also holding fect and for such other relief as Weisberger and Dushane in Phil­ Creek, when the vessel was Parcel Post packages for Wil­ the circumstances may warrant. breaking up in a raging storm he Both died in the service of the liam H. Koch, Kenneth B. Turn­ adelphia and in New York. Respectfully yours, We had two international con­ volunteered, with another crew war effort and as such courage- er and Walter Lopez. JOSEPH A. PADWAY, ferences and several private talks member, Harold E. Whitney, to General Coun.se], AFL JOSEPH FLANAGAN, Agent (Continued on Page 4) which have led to closer coopera­ remain aboard and lower the last tion and understanding. It is only boat away. From this act he lost through such regular personal his life on Dec. 30, 1942. Text of the communication contact that international coop'eration can be strengthened, once follows: the condition for all cooperation Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, and friendship has been fulfilled: Chairman, mutual confidence and belief in U. S. Maritime Commission Commerce Dept. Bldg. ohe another's integrity. The International Transport Washington, D. C. Workers' Federation comprises Dear Sir: seafarers' unions from a large The honor roll of the merchant number of countries which have seamen who gave their lives dur­ their own history, their own ex- ing this war is impressive; as are •periences, their own methods, the heroic acts of countless num­ bers of the merchant seamen •habits and customs. - The task of the International is themselves who face hazards to bring them into line with each daily with a high degree of cour­ other, to find a common basis and age, but without complaint. to establish a common program. For the role of the merchant The way to promote international seamen, as you know, is second­ 'solidarity and to achieve the best ary to none when it comes to the possible results for the seafarers test of bringing in the goods un­ of ^11 countries is not by attack­ der fire or whether it is playing ing one another or by trying to hare to the wolf-hound packs of destroy the searqen's unions of Nazi and Japanese . submarines; the occupied countries, but by or whether they are faced with helping one another and through the stress of storm and the ele­ frant international discussion and ments. •by trying to understand the other The courage of the merchant man's point of view, bringing seamen is legion when faced with about the highest possible degree the supreme test—Death! of agreement and action. The Seafarers' International The time will come — and it Union is proud of its members, seems pretty near—when the oc­ both living and dead. And for cupied countries will be free those who have sacrificed their again and then they will remem­ lives in the cause of world free­ ber who helped them and who dom, we salute them for having tried to destroy them. I am happy fought the good fight! We know to say that there are two unions our Merchant Seamen will con­ which have a clean and worthy tinue the fight! At the present record in this respect: the Sea­ time the rolls of the dead among farers' International Union of the American Merchant Marine North America and the British carry the names of approximate­ ly 1,900.members of the Seafar­ National Union of Seamen. The International Labor Con­ ers' International Union. ference was general in nature; it We, the living, remember them had to deal with problems affect­ with respect and we hail proudly ing all workers and all countries. the fact that the Maritime Com­ Therefore the Conference was al­ mission has seen fit to honor the so of ' great importance for the names of two of the members of Above is a piclure of Mrs. Minnie Squires—^widow of an SIU hero—jusi after launching the seafarers, because they are just the Seafarers' International Union vessel named in her husband's honor. With her is shown James Coyne, an active seamen, who was as much interested in peace, full by naming ships for iheni. designated as a Special Representative of the SIU. He attended with Brother John Mogsm of Boston. ••sH SIU Asks Allocation Of "Heroes'" Ships To Union's Outfits NOTICE •--V I •*:! I �•; im miPiP Page Four THE SEAFARERS ^he International Labor Organization And The Seafarers £r (Continued from P4ge tect the lives of the workers, must find expression and this is exactly what the International Labor Conference has prepared. A special clause in the Resolu­ tion concerning social provisions in the peace settlement is devot­ ed to the maritime industry. It reads as follows; "In any negotiations regarding the organization, control and operation of merchant ship­ ping and in particular in mak­ ing international arrangements for the disposal of merchant shipping tonnage, the United Nations concerned should con­ sult the competent bodies of the International Labor Organ­ ization, such as the Joint Mari­ time Commission, in regard to the p o s s i b i1 ity of including stipulations concerning the standard of accommodation to be provided for crews, and of stipulations embodying the provisions of Conventions al­ ready adopted by the maritime session of the Conference, or of any further such Conventions that may be adopted before the negotiation of such agree­ ments.'' The adoption of this Resolution means that the Joint Maritime Commission on which the seafar­ ers and the operators have an equal number of members, must meet in order to define the policy of the maritime industry. I am happy to say that a meet­ ing of the Joint Maritime Com­ mission is due for September, 1944 and that we may further ex­ pect that an International Mari­ time Labor Conference will be held in the early part of 1945. Maritime affairs are therefore very much in the foreground and the union representatives wiU have a busy task formulating the seafarers' demands on ^n inter­ national scale and of bringing sufficient argument and pressure to bear in order to get an Inter­ national Seafarers' Charter adopt­ ed and carried into practice in all the seafaring countries of the world. Fxidvf. Juaa 2, 194^ LOG . In finishing, it. is my duty .to observe that the improvement of working conditions and the achievement of a better, world is a task which the workers must accomplish themselves and that nobody else will do it for them. Through their unions they must build up the strength to bring about the emancipation of labor. The International Labor Office is a valuable institution, but it cannot take over the work of the trade unions. If there were no ILO an ILO would have to be set up. Without strong trade unions the ILO would be of little impor­ tance. It is the unions which must push the ILO, it is the unions which must tell the gov­ ernments and the employers through the ILO which measures have to be taken in the inter­ national field. If governments and employers are not willing to listen, then the trade unions must use other means to attain their objects. SIU Asks Allocatioit To Union's Outfits (Continued from Page 3) ous people must take their right­ ful places in the annals of the History of this Nation in a man­ ner fitting their deeds; true much has been accomplished in the naming of these vessels in their honor, but there remains much to be done in tribute and respect to their memories. Therefore, we suggest and re­ quest that these ships be placed in the hands of members of the Seafarers' International Union by the Maritime Commission and the WSA allocating them to com­ panies under contract to the SIU —by which method the members of this organization manning those ships may respect and rev­ ere the memories of these two men who died in the highest tra­ ditions of the sea. We further suggest that more ships be named for the men who actually sailed them and gave their lives in this war so that the tradition of the American Mer­ chant Marine may become a vifai force in this Nation's history. And in line with this, without detracting in the slightest frOHl the fearless action of Josepl^ Squires, would it not be possible that a ship also be named honO!;>< ing the memory of the man whtij died with him, Harold E. Whib* ney? He was a deck engineer His sacrifice was equal. Thanking you for your court" esy and consideration of th!f matter, we are, ^ Yours very sincerely, The Seafarers Intl Unioa of North America. For the Union. ! JOHN HAWK, ! Int'l Vice-President, and Sec'y-Treasurer of the Atlantic & Gulf District. Protect Both America and Your Money by Iti* vesting It in War Bond$* CP-NMU Skullduggery i {Contiuiied from page 2) Flag ships during this war, and is working tow­ ards these ends. The SIU is affiliated with the International Transport Workers' Federation which is com­ posed of the Unions of foreign seamen. The SIU seeks dnly to help such Unions, better their standards continuously, while the NMU con­ tinually seeks to smash such seamen's organiza­ tions in the following manner: Now, it is observed that the political shy­ sters of the NMU are demanding the passage of a bill which would grant citizenship en masse i':. for all foreign seamen on U.S. foreign-flag ships, : iS' : meaning all foreign-flag ships under the control of the War Shipping Administration, and U.S. owned foreign-flag vessels. Further, the NMU's policy orders all for­ eign seamen to register in the lately formed for­ eign-flag pool of seamen under the control of the WSA. This is the anti-thesis of all Unioncontrolled hiring halls. But there are reasons for the actions of these political shysters. What will happen to these seamen — the WSA foreign-flag pool, and such Americanowned foreign-flag ships at the end of the war? They do not say, nor do they allude to the matter. Are these foreign seamen, now earning wages on U.S. owned or controlled foreign-flag ships to be dumped on the beaches in U;S. ports M• in competition with American seamen? These questions are NOT taken up by the NMU subversive brain-trusters in pushing for­ -fe­ ward their demands. But there are answers to them! For the NMU still wants to have Commun­ ists in control of the Unions of the foreign sea­ men of those nations which have joined the Allied cause: their defeats in this field still rankle them. ll 4 AN EDITORIAL Further they want to bring the American seamen under a form of labor front whereby everything would be operated by the Govern­ ment with themselves as the chosen "representa­ tives" of marine labor. This is the reason for their demands for the check-off. The check-off, in part, is the reason for their maneuvers among the foreign seamen. Even now they are making use of the alien seamen to hamper the American seamen. For as menibers of the NMU these alien seamen sign these dues deduction cards (c/oeckoff). These cards are sent to the War Labor Board as (a "genuine expression of the will of the NMU membership") behind the "leaders'" demands. The War Labor Board Has No Means At Their Disposal To Know Whether Or Not The Signer Of The Card Is An American Citizen Or An Alien! Thus the alien seamen are- being used as suckers in a game designed to stab the American seame nin the back and deceive the Government (War Labor Board) into false judgment in fa­ vor of the "check-off which would automatic­ ally, by its operation, put all American seamen within NMU contracts on U. S. Flag vessels under the control of the employers and collab­ orationist "union" officials. The NMU would collect the dues from all men sailing their "con­ tract" ships by mail. Even Union membership books would become obsolete. In hopes of achieving their manifold goals of breaking the leadership of the foreign sea­ men's Unions, mass citizenship for alien seamen and the check-off to saddle them all with an economic stranglehold, the NMU "leaders" are playing ball with the shipowners in every con­ ceivable manner. No demands of any nature that would arounse John Shipowner are presented or even breathed in a whisper in HIS presence. The Peace of Teheran has descended upon Capital and "Labor." The millennium has arrived! ..jr is?-' .--i.-ife.!.:.;; 'it , The profits of the shipowners are soaring tOi new heights as the result of war operations. Yet, these Communist sharks have eyes upon far horizons and no longer agitate about shipowner^ profits. As a matter of record they stated edit«i orially in the Pilot of May 19, 1944, on page 2:; "We recognize, too, that the industry must be operated on a sound and paying basisig WE ARE PREPARED TO WORK WITH THOSE OPERATORS WHO HAVB THAT SAME END IN VIEW." (Lo^i emphasis). In view of their plan to utilize many thou>« sands of alien seamen on the beaches in U. S. ports after the war. in competition with bona-* fide American seamen and equip these alieri seamen EN MASSE with citizenship papers!, grave fears can be held that they aim to make "capitalism work" by utilizing these workers to" manipulate the "labor" market in the cause of the employers' PEACE-TIME EARNINGS AND PROFITS! They will call this stabilization of the In­ dustry and their "union," and the seamen as i whole will be the victims. This is no favor to the alien seamen "they are now forcing to sign dues deduction cards as NMU members. The wages - and - conditions chart of the future is definitely downward un­ less the political parasites of the NMU are pre­ vented from carrying out their schemes. Union books and Unionism in the sense of protecting and fighting for the workers' inter­ ests have no meaning where the Communists ar$ concerned and at work. 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Title A name given to the resource June 2, 1944 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VI, No. 14 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU ASKS ALLOCATION OF "HEROES'" SHIPS TO UNION'S OUTFITS AFL CONTINUES FIGHT; AIDS UNION'S EFFORT TO RESTORE BONUS RATES EXCERPTS OF WEEKLY REPORT BUY WAR BONDS CP-NMU SKULLDUGGERY MEMBERSHIP REFERENDUM ON CONFERENCE DECISIONS TO BEGIN THIS MONTH THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION AND THE SEAFARERS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 06/02/1944 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1944 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/534407a1321afe30f0647fbe7818e86d.PDF 7fed873df0fd492b9ef59f109c88f869 PDF Text Text MEMORIAL DAY ISSUE-I EAFABERS jocf (XFFIOIAL ORGAN OP THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA NEW YORK. N.Y.. FRIDAY, MAY 26. 1944 Vol. VI. No. 13 AFL Demands MWEB Restore Bonus ! f W^hing ton Flash !! I '? • "•• %l':' lb WASHINGTON. D. C.. May 25—The Maritime War Emergency Board has wired all signatories to the Statement of Principle that the Seafarers International Union has challenged their authority and wants to call another meeting and leave it up to all signatories. The meeting is to convene at 2:30 on June 6. 1944. In the wire which is printed below this text matter the MWEB attempts to make it appear that the Seafarers International Union is trying to create trouble. They set forth as an agenda for the meet­ ing two points: 1. Shall the present Maritime War Emergency Board be continued? 2. If so. what shall be the jurisdiction and authority of the Board? In the interests of keeping the record clear the SIU states its position as it has lime and time again in past issues of the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG. in the WEST COAST SAILOR, and in countless briefs filed with the Maritime War Emergency Board and in the minutes of the Board itself. The main reason that the representatives of the SIU have work­ ed on the issue of the bonus and kept fighting, is because the seamen are involved. That is the reason that the SIU is still in there punch­ ing, for a cut such as the MWEB recently pulled in the bonuses in the Pacific meant a cut in the round earnings to a seaman sailing there of some $70.00 per month. "it is noticable that the SIU took this position and carried it through without the cooperation of most of the other Unlicensed Unions in Marine; specifically without the officials of the NMU. the officials of the ACA. and the officials of the MFOW—which have been scheming under cover to sell the seamen down the river; for at the last meeting of the MWEB's Advisory Committee Myers and McKenzie of the NMU and their henchmen took the position that the bonus was " a dead issue and there was no use of beating a dead horse to death." We further teike the position: 1. That the bonus cuts must be restored to the pre-April 1st rates immediately. 2. We want assurance that the MWEB shall call not meet­ ings as they have in the past without an agenda, and these proposals already submitted to all Unions' represen­ tatives in sufficient time for consideration. Further, that they shall lake no such arbitrary actions as they have in the past, as exhibited in the recent bonus cuts. Following is the text of the wire: John Hawk. Seafarers International Union of North America 2 Stone Street. New York. N. Y. -To All Signatories to the Statement of Principles: The authority and jurisdiction of the Maritime War Emergency Board under the Statement of Principles to make adjustments in war risk compensation have been challenged by representatives of the Seafarers' International Union of North America and Sailors' Union of the Pacific at a meeting of the Board held on May 23. 1944. The Board takes the position that all of its actions since its inception have been within its authority as prescribed in the Statement of Principles and as recognized by the signatories. The Board is un­ willing to continue to exercise its functions unless and until its authority and jurisdiction are clarified to the satisfaction of all parties signatory and the members of the Board. The Board hereby calls a meeting of the parties signatory to be held at 2:30 P.M. on June 6. 1944. Commerce Building. Washington. D.C.. for the purpose of discussing the following questions: ; (1) Shall the present Maritime War Emermncy Board be Continued? (2) If so. what shall be ^e jurisdictwn and authority of the Board? MARITIME WAR EMERGENCY BOARD EDWARD MACAULEY JOHN R. STEELMAN I ' ^ FRANK P. GRAHAM ' V^ • . Washington. D. C. ' AFL President Wnt. Green And Jos. Padway. Chief Counsel For Federation, Back SIU Demands For Bonus Increases WASHINGTON, D. C., May 24—Biting comment was delivered before a specially called meeting of the Maritime War Emergency Board here last night by President Wm. Green of the American Federation of Labor, with Joseph Pad way, chief counsel for the Federation, and Mr. Wilson of his staff, as well as Harry Lundeberg, President of the Seafarers International Union of North America and Sec'y-Treasurer of the SUP, ^John Hawk, and Morris Weisberger, both Vice-Presidents of the SIU, together with Matthew Dushanc, the Union's Washington Representative. The members of the MWEB were challenged by the Union in a brief, that outlined all the com­ plaints that the seamen are nowvoicing on the issue of the recent bonus cuts. The fallacy of the position taken by the Maritime War Em­ ergency Board was shown and the right to make decisions was challenged—for it was charged, in essence, that they have usurp­ ed power to which they have no claim and are not entitled to un­ der the statement of principles, which specifically provides that the Board shall make no decis­ ions or call any meetings unless such are made on the basis of an Joseph Padway. Chief Counsel Wm, Green. President of the existing dispute. for the American Federation of AFofL, who represented the FedThe Union flatly declares that Labor, supported the Seafarers eration's Executive Board before no dispute between the shipown­ International Union of NA before MWEB; they ask bonus cuts be ers existed on the question of the the MWEB on the bonus issue. restored to seamen. bonus and therefore the Board acted illegally in calling a meet­ ing to cut the rates being paid prior to April 1st. The meeting convened at 5 P.M. The full Board was present; Capt. E. Macauley, Dr. Frank P. Graham, and John R. Steelman. Following is the statement of the Union and the Executive of the American Federa­ At J2 noon on May 22 in the yards of the New Eng­ Board tion of Labor. land Shipbuilding Corporation at Portland, Maine, the BEFORE THE MARITIME WAR widow of an SIU hero broke the traditional bottle of cham­ EMERGENCY BOARD Joe Squires Launching Reveals Story Of SIU Hero Under Hazards pagne across the bow of a new merchant ship, and with the in the Matter of simple benediction "I christian thee Joseph Squires," sent WAR RISK COMPENSATION CO] the freighter on its way to the* Boston Agent. Also participating seven seas. The widow was Mrs. Joseph was President Sides of the New Squires of Brooklyn, New York, England Shipbuilding Corpora­ and just prior to the launching tion. Said Mr. Mogan: "This is the representative McGirmes of the Maritime Commission had made first ship named for one of the the posthumous award to her men who sail these ships . . . and husband of the Merchant Marine this vessel will always carry the tributes of . the seamen . of the Distinguished Service Medal. Seafarers International Union as Representing the SIU at the well as the high praise of all Am­ ceremony were James Coyne, an erican seamen sailing in the mer­ active seaman and special SIU chant marine," Representative,, and John Mogan, a Vice President of the SIU and (Continued on Page 3) AND WAR RISK INSURANCE Statement of Seafarers Inter­ national Union in Protest: Against the Maritime War Emergency Board's Reduction of Bonuses. The Executive Council pf the Amei-ican Federation of Labor, after giving serious consideratipn to the April 1st decision of the Maritime War Emergency Board has directed me to appear before the Board to voice the protest of the Executive Council of the Am. (Continued on Page 3) i ';'r ..V:J' -'Ti'i .i,- �. i-- ••-- .- .•; •- - ' ."'^.y-.TU.*^;. t?. m, Page Two THE = SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with tlje American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 ,5th Street, N. W., Washington, D, C. Directory of Branches BRANCH ADDRESS NEWYORK(4) 2 Stone St BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay St PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St NORFOLK 25 Commercial P! NEW ORLEANS (16). .. 324 Chartres St SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St TAMPA 423 East Piatt St MOBILE 7 St. Michael St PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon GALVESTON 219 20 th Street PHONE BOwlIng Green 9-3437 Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 7651 Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Savannah 3-1 728 Tampa MM-I323 Dial 2-1 392 Puerto de Tierra Galveston 2-8043 PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City (4) BOwling Green 9-8346 267 Tribute To George W. Alther SEAFARERS Friday, May 26, 1944 LOG Around the Ports NEW YORK not know your contracts, they certainly will take gdvantage of This Port is still busy as aU you. hell. We have paid off 25 ships So, when shipping out, ask within the past 3 days alone. We your union official for a contract ran into the usual amount of with the particular company you headaches to be expected, but are with, and study it, as it may everything has been squared up mean a difference of quite a few bucks. ship-shape. It appears that some of our The Educational Committee of members do not know their con­ New York now has completed all tracts. Some fellows put in over­ of its leaflets, information, etc. time claims that are absolutely They are being mailed "to all uncollectable under the contracts, Ports in a mimeographed form, whereas, they did not put in for and the Committee has recom­ mended that it be put into a more claims that were good. This Port, in the last two permanent binding, in a small "weeks, has collected a total of book, approximately the same $1500 for members of this Or­ size as a contract. This material will go far tow­ ganization on beefs that were not even put in for on some of the ards educating our members and should eliminate a lot of unnec­ ships paying off in outports. Remember, fellows, that the essary headaches. Had a scow in the other day company crimps we run into on board ships who handle the com­ that had several free-loaders on pany overtime beefs are not stu­ her. These bums appeared will­ pid; but on the other hand, are ing enough to have representa­ i-eally sharp shooters. If you do tion, but didn't want' to square Union Supports New War Bond Drive With the fifth War Loan Drive getting into full swing throughout the nation, the Atlantic and Gulf District of AN EDITORIAL the SIU has thrown its full support behind this important It isn't strange that the George W. Alther should be phase of the war effort in a determined drive for the sale of named for a man who was a member of the Seafarers In­ bonds among the Union's Membership. ternational Union of North America. For he did what he Confident that the more than*chased during previous drives, 25,000 members of the SIU of thought was the right thing to do under fire. NA would move solidly behind gave the Union $177,000 worth of His deed was perhaps multifold that of some of the members of our Union who are day in and day out sailing the ships which deliver the goods, the arms, the ammunition land equipment necessary to win in a modern war—but his deed was a symbol of what all seamen today sailing the mer­ chant marine go through to perform that mighty service for our armed forces. Most of them are just ordinary men—just men by the common standards of the seamen themselves; but each one fi man apart, a separate individual in his own right—yet all are ready to sacrifice their lives courageously for their fel­ low men. George Alther was such a man! Although George Alther was sailing as a Second Mate, he was still a member of the Seafarers International Union for he had just prior up-graded to become an officer. And he not only proved that he was an officer, but a gentleman—even though it cost him his life! the Union in its effort to go over the top in War Bond sales, Sec'yTreas. John Hawk emphasized the vital need at this time for allout support of the war effort, "We went all-out on the seas in the most critical period of the war. We've moved the ships. Now let's help to keep the money flowing behind the Big Push." With the approval of the quar­ terly finance committee an addi­ tional $11,00 from the Hospital and Burial Fund and $5,900 from the General Fund has been used to purchase bonds with a matur­ ed value of. $23,000. This makes a grand total of bonds purchased this year of $98,000. During the Fourth War Loan drive $75,000 worth of bonds pur­ bonds. The current purchase will boost this figure to $200,000, matured value. Mrs. William J. Dwyer, widow of an SUP seaman, whose ship has disappeared without a trace, will participate in the purchase of bonds made through the union itself. NOTICE ALEXANDER J. JANOWSKI Please contact John Hawk-for information regarding your re­ patriation wages and bonus and disability benefits at Room 213, 2 Stone Street, New York. JOHN HAWK, Sec'y-Troas. Atlantic & Gulf District MONEY DUE Because, while aboard the SS "Timothy Pickering" he sped through a flaming hell to help a Naval gunnery of­ ficer after the ship had been bombed on July 13, 1943. That Albanese, Night Cook, SS Jaetween the following men: L. THOMAS REED, Isat trip, can Moore Lapiere, Samuel Cross, ship was loaded with TNT, munitions, and high octane collect 10 hours at the Calmar John Gabis. gasoline. Office. SS JOSEPH HEWES, Voyage Though he could have chosen safety, George Alther chose not—all that mattered to him was that a fellow hu­ man being's life was in danger in this war. To such he surrendered his own life. In this act of courage, typical of the merchant seajnen, the Seafarers International Union renders him high tribute in the spirit of a Brother—for he had what it takes.' -• m:' He gave his all in the fight for Liberty for all the peoples of this World: ; It is well that a ship is named for him! • • » FRANCIS LEE: Les Teague, 21 hours; H. F. McCarthy, 23 hours —can be collected at Robin Line Office. • • • ROGER GRISWOLD: Leonard Lewis, 4 hours; the 12-4 Oiler, 2 hours; A. Martinis, 4 hours; C. Healy, 3 hours—can be collected at Waterman Office, New York. • • « SS JAMES WAYNE, paid Off recently: $476.25 to be divided No. 5: The following men have the money due them which can be collected at the Bull Line Of­ fice: Geo. Jackson, Steward, 72 hours, $71.55, 3 d^^s subsisfance; James Dick, Ch. Cook, 64 hourS^ $57.60; R. Daniel. 47 hours.' $33.30; S. Cambridge, 38 hours, $34.20; J. Hovat. $36.47; Ed, Jones, 70 hours, 3 days, 3 days' subsistance, $77.59; T. Dean, 3 days* pay, 8 hours overllme, and Stays' sub­ sistance, $21.69; ChOrlOs Jones, $3.95; T. Perkins, $48.19. themselves away with the Union. In the past, we have had our share of these characters and we bear down on them every time. This Branch is doing its part tow­ ards eliminating^hese rats alto­ gether. We notify each Branch weekly of their names, etc. If any of them show up in any outport with a pitiful tale of how they >vere mistreated at their payoff time in New York, please disregard it, for as I mentioned before, we are doing our part to give the axe to the gashound and chiseling type of free-loaders from riding our ships, and look for co-operation from other Branches in doing so. Yours for less free-loaders, PAUL HALL, Agent Hot Air Disgusts Gas-Bag; Takes Tour All Its Own The hot air of the gas-bags blatting the wind about aboard the American Seaman, training ship of the U. S. Maritime Ser­ vice, at Pier 1, North River, New York, Monday of this week, was responsible for tiring out a bar­ rage balloon anchored some 300 feet above the vessel, seamen are asserting. However, witnesses of the in­ cident declare that the big gas bag didn't deflate when it got tited. It bucked about some more in a stixTing wind dmring the Maritime Day ceremonies.+'and ship-owners' speech-making and snapped its cable. With typical disgust of .a gas­ bag for other gas-bags, the bal­ loon, perhaps one of the biggest of them all, started on a tour of its own and stopped first over Battery Park, with some of the boys in their uniforms chasing it in a station wagon. When they tried to drag its cable down the big gas-bag tossed discretion to the winds and took off some more. It then took a little jaunt along South Street, looking over the winos, with the station wagon in hot pursuit. It flirted around v ther^ a bit and then kicked its tail skirts around just as the bojrs in the wagon were about to catch it and headed out over the har­ bor. Not being an amphibious jeep, (commonly and better known as a "duck "), the station - wagon group was, foiled and they returned the commandeered ve­ hicle to its owners and went back to their ship irritated. With the contempt of its kind the balloon took a peek at the ferry boats at South Ferry and gleefully danced off toward Staten Island to see what was going on over there. All aircraft were warned of its being on the loose and out for horse-play; the Army was asked to have some of its fliers take tar­ get practice on it if it couldn't be headed home. All other gas-bags are warned that its is on the loose; perhaps they should be warned of the Army's instructions in case of mistaken identity. ii'l k �^yrT TT? .-•i 'y, 1 '• it Fri4«y. M«y 26. 1944 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three i^FL DemandsJilWEB Ten Victory Ships Joe Squires Launehinjg Delivered In April Reveals Story Of SI U Restore Bonus (Conthnned from P<(gc 1) wican Federation of Labor against the decision of April 1st. This decision of April 1st is not only arbitrary and unjust in that St denies to seamen the war risk compensation to which they are entitled, but it is unauthorized and goes beyond the purposes for which this Board was created. The Maritime War Emergency Board was created for the pur­ pose of insuring stable labor re­ lations in the all-important ship­ ping industry after this country fiad been treacherously attacked by the Japanese and had entered Into war against the Axis nations. The President of the United States named its members and approved the principles defining the purposes and authority of the Board, which were drafted and unanimously signed by ship op­ erators and representatives of the Vai'ious seamen's unions. This Statement of principles definitely established this Board to act in a mediatory capacity to settle la­ bor disputes involving war risk compensation and limited its au­ thority to the settlem'bnt of such disputes. This Board then was not established as a triumvirate to determine war risk compensa­ tion for seamen in such amounts and in such a manner as the members of the Board felt were proper, but was established for the sole purpose of settling labor disputes between seamen and chip operators involving q u e s tions of war risk compensation. Yet, over the protest of the Sea­ farers International Union, the Board has constantly assumed this authority to set war risk compensation. I Can Not Go Unchallenged The Board's decision of April J1 ignores the statement of prin­ ciples which created it and it is exercising authority that was never given to it. This decision goes further than any of the Board's previoxis enlargements of its authority and can not go unchallenged and free from pro­ test. In this decision of April 1, 1944 the Maritime War Emergency Board in the absence of any dis­ pute between the Seafarers In­ ternational Union of the Ameri­ can Federation of Labor and any chip owner, and without afford­ ing the Union so much as an op­ portunity to be heard, changed the war risks compensation for seamen in such a way that all seamen suffered a loss of war risk compensation payments, but particularly the seamen plying the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The American Federation of La­ bor protests this decision, not only because it is beyond the Authority of the Board to issue, but also because of the drastic ireductions it has made in the war Wsk compensation payable to ail seamen and particularly seamen iBUpplying the Far East theater of war. I Port Attack Bonus ' First, the decision of April 1st changed the standard for paying bonuses in the event of enemy jBttack. Secondly, the decision unjustifiedly lowered the rate of voyage war risk compensation, jMJd, thirdly, the decision re­ bounds the combat areas in which additional or premium bonuses are paid in such a manner as to discriminate against the seamen of the Pacific. I shall speak first of the man­ ner in which the April 1st de­ cision changes the standard for paying attack bonuses. Prior to the decision of April 1st seamen received additional bonus pay if their ship was in a port under enemy attack. This port attack bonus was paid to all seamen subjected to the attack, whether or not a particular vessel was hit and damaged, or a particular seaman was injured or killed. The compensation was paid be­ cause the seamen had been sub­ jected to the hazards and risk of an enemy attack. The decision of April 1st changes the payment of this at­ tack bonus, so that it is payable only to those seamen on a ship that has been hit and damaged, or on which a seaman has been wounded or killed by enemy ac­ tion. The basis for the payment of the attack bonus prior to April 1st was the risks and hazards of personal injury while under en­ emy attack. The basis subsequent to April 1st is the misfortune of a fellow seaman, or of a ship, and this is a false, absurd and un­ realistic basis upon which to pay such a bonus. Same Risk To All Each seaman in port, while an enemy attack is going on, is sub­ jected to the same risk of being hit. All are subjected to the same fear. Seamen on a vessel that has been hit underwent no greater risks than those seamen on a ves­ sel lying nearby which, fortun­ ately, was not hit. The purpose of the attack bonus was to com­ pensate seamen for this risk they had been subjected to under en­ emy attack; not to compensate them because one of their fellowseamen might meet with misfor­ tune, How unsatisfactorily and unwanted the bonus when it is forthcoming only because a fel­ low shipmate has lost an arm, a leg, or a life. It is our desire that the attack bonus be re-establish­ ed on its original basis of allow­ ing men additional compensation when they have been under eneniy attack while being in port. In addition to changing the basis for paying attack bonuses in a manner which is completely unsatisfactory to the man involv­ ed, regardless of whether or not the change in basis might benefit them financially, the Board dras­ tically cut the voyage war risk compensation for seamen with­ out any sound basis for so doing. Prior to April 1st, seamen were paid a 100% bonus with a mini­ mum of $100. per month on all sea voyages with the exception of shipping along the West Coast. The April 1st decision cuts this voyage bonus by approximately 33 1/3% and extends the low bonus coast-wise shipping area of the West Coast to include about one half of the entire South Pa­ cific. Perhaps this drastic cut in war risk compensation is the re­ sult of the drop in the rate of ship sinkings. However, to lower voyage bonuses because ship (Contimied on Page 4) WASHINGTON — Ten of the 154 ships delivered during April were of the, fast, new .Victory cargo type, the Maritime Com­ mission announces. The swing to fast ships is proceeding as fast as possible, the commission said, and it is anticipated that a ratio of 11 of the fast type to 8 of the slower type will make up the 1944 tonnage. The 154 vessels delivered in April, totaling 1,593,691 dead­ weight tons, brings the year's to­ tal to 564 ships of 5,709,642 dead­ weight tons. This exceeds the first four months of 1943, the ban­ ner shipbuilding year, when 536 ships of 5,360,712 deadweight tons were delivered. West Coast yards delivered 62 of the 154 ships, and East Coast yards delivered 55. Gulf Coast yards delivered 36 and the Great Lakes area delivered one. The West Coast yards built 639,823 deadweight tons, 40.1 percent of the total tonnage in April. East­ ern yards built 606,511 dead­ weight tons, or 38.1 percent. The Gulf Coast yards produced 346,357 deadweight tons, 21.7 per­ cent, and the Great Lakes area, 1,000 deadweight tons, 0.1 per­ cent. The largest number of ships, 22, was delivered by the Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond, Calif., (Metal Trades-AFL). The Bethlehem - Fairfield Shipyard, Inc., Baltimore, Md., (lUMSWACIO) delivered the next largest number, 15. The third largest number was delivered by the New England Shipbuilding Corp., South Portland, Maine, (lUMSWA-CIO), 10. 4>- Hero Under Hazards (Continued from Page 1) Commemorating the heroism of an SIU seaman who died so that his crew mates might live, the SS Joseph Squires is now being launched as a new addition to America's great merchant fleet. Squires and another .se;.iman, Harold E. Whitney, volunteered to stay aboard the foundering Maiden Creek on New Year's Eve, 1942, to tend the falls and get the boats away. In so doing they were unable to get away themselves. The end of the Maiden Creek and the heroism of these two sea­ men was witnessed by SIU Brother Aaron McAlpin, 54-yearold member of the vessel's stew­ ard department. McAlpin was one of the 31 survivors and one of three out of the steward's de­ partment to survive. Bound for New York with a load of ore, the Maiden Creek ran into a severe Atlantic storm about 20 miles off Block Island. For twenty-four hours she was pounded by the seas and on the afternoon of January 31, after losing one of her boats and all of her rafts, she sent out an urgent SOS. Seas were breaking over her decks, according to McAlpin, and the ship was settling fast. Another vessel hove near late in the afternoon and signalled, telling them to abandon ship. But the Captain delayed, hoping to bring the Maiden Creek in, and the other ship, after circling them Geo. W. Alther Launched In New Orleans; Cited For Courage Under Fire NEW ORLEANS, La., May 22—One of the first two ships named for members of the Seafarers International Union of NA, slid down the ways of the Delta Shipbuild­ ing Co. yards here precisely at noon today, in a tribute to the heroism of George W. Alther. Speeches lauding his action when he . gave his life* aboard the SS Timothy Pickering ship, being one of the youngest sponsors on record. Sari appear­ kejmoted the launching. Present at the ceremony were ed on the platform with her Olden Banks, Mobile Agent, and mother, Mrs. Ethel Berman. She L. J. "Baldy" Bollinger, New Or­ carried in her hand a single Am­ leans Agent, representing the erican Beauty rose. Quite seriously she repeated SIU and Wm. L. Donnels, Editor the words, "I christen you George of the Federationist, NeW Or­ W. Alther." Then she clambered leans Labor paper. into the arms of Admiral Vickery, Although Alther was sailing as who held her as she handed the a second mate he was still a member of the SIU, having up­ bottle of champagne to her graded only recently before sail­ mother who actually crashed it against the ship. ing on the Pickering. Ceremonies at Delta shipyards There were tears in the eyes of this morning included the Alther's father as Admiral Vick­ launching of the SS George" W. ery presented the father the Mer­ Alther, as well as the citation and chant Marine distinguished ser­ the .presentation of a Merchant vice medal and read the citation. Marine Distinguished Service The citation stated that George Medal to George W. Alther, Sr., W. Alther, Jr., second mate, was father of the hero and the award beinf awarded the medal post­ of the martitime eagle pennant to humously for heroism above and Delta Shipbuilding Company as beyond the call of duty. the 11th consecutive award for Under Bombing merit in ship construction.. The vessel in which he was serving was being bombed by Christens Ship Sari Eai-lyn Berman, 4440 de enemy planes when it was split Montluzin street, four-year-old in two and the ammunition be­ daughter of the late First Officer gan exploding in the holds. Then Saul H. Berman, christened the (Cotitinned on Page 5) several times, departed. Later it • was learned that officers of the ship thought the Maiden Creek' had been torpedoed; it didn't want to endanger itself by "hang­ ing around." Says McAlpin; "Just about dark she started to go down by the head and the skipper gave the order to abandon ship. The waves were terrific, thudding against the deck houses and giv­ ing the ship a terrible pounding. Worst of all, it was cold and all of us were soaked by the spray. "We used the starboard boats. Number one got away first. It hit a big sea but the crew knock­ ed the blocks out in a hurry and pulled away without smashing. It was mighty good seamanship. We wondered if we could do as well. "Our number thi^ee boat was next, but it was evident that someone would have to stay on board and handle the lines if we were to get away. "Squires and Harold Whitney, the Deck Engineer, volunteered. They lowered us away very care­ fully, timing it so we'd hit the water at the right moment. No one seemed a bit nervous or ex­ cited. A wave broke over us but we didn't swamp. "We had to fend the boat off to keep from being smashed against the hull and a few seconds later a sea carried us away from the side of the ship. When Squires and Whitney slid down the falls we were too far away and they had to drop into the water. Whit­ ney disappeared. Squires started swimming wuth all his might but he couldn't reach us. The Captain threw him a line and tried to maneuver the boat over to him, but-the waves were too strong. After a few minutes we lost sight of him." Besides paying tribute to the two men whose skill and sacrifice launched the boat, McAlpin also lauded the expert seamanship that kept them afloat in such heavy seas. "We had some mighty good sailors on that ship," he said. "They knew what to do and worked like a team." The men, some of them nearly frozen, w"ere picked up after four daj's. The other boat was never heard from again. Destiny Each Dawn, each Dusk, Forever finds us trying To reach our goal. The dream of millions. The talk of the wise, young and old, America 'Freedom and Liberty' Each day toward our unknown destination we sail. Not knowing what confronts us. Nor do we fear or hesitate. Or tremble of death in battle. Each Dawn, each Dusk, Our commander keeps thrusting forward. The Supreme Ruler, King of all Kings, Conquerer of all men, God, Captain of our ship. >-Bmokey Ball �i.,.f Page Four llj; : Widow Name Will Live THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, May 26. 1944 AFL Demands MWEB Seamen Improvise MaHjess Liferafts • Restore-^nns -- - • t Resourcefulness in improvising Coast and West Coast insofar as liferafts from mattresses, hatch (Continued from Pago 3) sinkings might haye dropped, and coast-wise shipping is concerned, covers, tables and other furniture therefore to tie voyage bonus as there is justification for the resulted in the rescue of 30 men Because he thought he would away it was impossible for rates into the ever changing rate cutting of the bonuses on either from the Liberty Ship William B. _ . i_ l-_ 1 be. more useful to his country in in I Squires and, nri Whitney to be saved. of ship sinkings is a false basis Coast and there is even less justi­ Woods, operated for the War the merchant marine than in a But it wasn't a death that Joe upon which to determine such fication for the extension of the Shiping Administration by A. H. shipyard, Joseph Squires gave up Squires would have minded. low bonus area for West Coast Bull & Co. bonuses. a safe defense job ashore and In her home at Bay Ridge, shipping to include half of the The ship was sunk by a torpedo Danger At All Times answered his coimtry's call for Brooklyn, Mrs. Minnie Squires South Pacific. a few weeks ago, the WSA has experienced seamen. said, "Joe always said that when When a«#hip puts out to sea in disclosed. Under the command "Inexcusable Injustice" That was in 1942. He wanted a his time came to die he wanted these war times, it is hunted by of Capt. Edward A. Clark, of Bal­ As we stated heretofore, the Liberty, but he was so anxious to it to be at sea. He was a real the enemy. The hunt is no less timore, the ship was carrying hunt for American shipping con­ vigorously pursued, now, than it get to sea he took the first ship sailor." military supplies in the Mediter­ tinues and so long as it does so, was prior to April 1st. The hunt­ to come along—an old Hog Isl­ Both from Newfoundland, they ranean when the attack was the war risk of seamen shall con­ er might not have been as suc­ ander called the Maiden Creek. met and were married in Brook­ made. tinue on both coasts equally. The cessful in the past few months as . On that voyage, his first trip lyn in 1940. Since settling down The single exploding torpedo to sea in nine years, Squires' ship ashore in 1937 Squires was a dock he has been in some previuos war risk compensation in effect apparently tore off the propeller, ran into a terrific winter storm. operator for the Bethlehem Ship­ months, but, nevertheless, the prior to April 1st should continue because engines began racing. Seas pounded her fore and aft yards and before that had spent hunt continues and there is just in effect and the discrimination Three liferafts were lost in the and when it became evident she ten years at sea in sail and steam. as great a desire on the p^t of between shipping on the East explosion and a number of sol­ was going down, the skipper or­ For a long time he was on the the enemy to sink ships now as Coalt an& West Coast should be diers were lost or wounded. dered her abandoned! Queen of Bermuda; and had also there ever was. Perhaps next eliminated. Chances of getting the boats spent some time on the well- month ship sinkings will in­ In no way is the arbitrariness By the time the ship was or­ crease, perhaps not, but, never­ and Inexcusable injustice of the dered abandoned, some of the away looked hopeless. But if any known sailing yacht Intrepid. men were to get off the sinking Says Mrs. Squires: "I can't theless, since April 1st the sea­ April 1st decision more clearly wounded soliders were being ship volunteers would have to think of him as being gone. When man is still subjected to the fears demonstrated than in the manner lowered into lifeboats, according stey on board and tend the falls. you're the wife of a sailor you and the risk of enerny action. He in which the combat bonus areas to the report. The stern of the vessel was un­ Then it was that Joseph Squires never say good-bye. Somehow I does not assume only the ordin­ have been changed by that de­ found his much-desired chance to think he'll be strolling in the ary risk of the sea and the ele­ cision. Insofar as the Asiatic com­ der water and officers and sol­ ments merely because the rate of bat theater of war is concerned, diers lashed mattresses together, be useful to his country. With a door again one of these days." shipmate, Harold E. Whitney, he Ironically, Joseph Squires was ship sinkings is down. His ship the decision cuts off but seven three to a bundle. These bundles stayed on the Maiden Creek to champion oarsman and won a is still blacked out at night. He degrees from the southern bound­ were then thrown overboard and get the boats safely overside. medal in the Bermuda Lifeboat still wears his life preserver at all ary of the area and extends the four soldiers were allowed to In doing so he gave his life—in Races of 1937. But he gave up times and he is under as great a area thirty degrees westward, ten cling to each Until help could the highest traditions of the sea, his place in the boats to less ex- fear since April 1st of torpedoes degrees eastward and eighty de­ arrive. One of the deck cadets told of for when the boats got safely crashing through the thin steel grees northward. On the face of (Continned on Page 8) running out on deck to find parts hulk of the merchant vessel or of the enlargement of this combat of a hatch ahd liferafts still fall­ an aerial bomb diving through area, it would seem that seamen its thin decks as he was prior to sailing into this theater of war ing after splintering by explos­ April 1st. The kind and degree have greatly benefited fi'om tliis ion. He helped lower a lifeboat of risk is the same. The odds that aspect of the decision. However, and stow wounded soldiers in the seaman will come through a glance at the map will reveal that and additional liferaft. With other rescuers he cruisedalive might be a little better now that this Asiatic combat bonus about in the master's power life­ than they were formerly, but the area has been rebounded in a de­ boat, picking up survivors and lives of seamen are a poor thing ceptive manner. By moving the transporting them to an Italian to gamble on. The Board seems southern b o u n d a ry northward destroyer that was standing by. to reason that if formerly one seven degrees, the New Hebrides, This was continued until no more ship out of 20 was sunk, and now the largest United States naval life jacket lights could be seen. , only one ship out of 40 is being base in the South Pacific, and all sunk, the war risk compensation of the important northern ports should be cut. But such reason­ of Australia are excluded from ing is not sound because the sea­ the combat area. It is to the New men, who are the principal par­ Hebrides, and the Northern Aus­ ties involved, are interested in tralian ports that the great bulk the particular ship upon which of war materials, food, etc., is they are sailing and this ship shipped, and by excluding these might just as well be the one ports from the combat area bonus Proof that the SIU not only is ship out of 40 that is sunk, as it area, but a verjr few ports to moving the ships, but is manning might be the ship out of the 20 which any appreciable amount of the ships with men who know that was formerly sunk. The materials is shipped remain in their business, is shown in many number of ships sunk has noth­ the combat area. The southern letters received by the Union ing to do with the risk taken. The boundary of this combat area from masters, mates, engineers only material fact is that a con­ should remain as it was prior to and shipowners, lauding the work certed and vigorous effort is be­ the April 1st decision. of Union brothers under their command. ing made by the enemy to sink Extended Areas Asked ships and seamen must undergo Then consider the westward Typical of rtiany is this letter the resulting risks and hazards. extension of the area by the Af)ril from Chief Mate Frank Torre. If Foreign Seamen Not Cut 1st decision; what benefit is that was his first trip with an SIU crew and it appears they showed This fact is evidently the con­ extension to the merchant sea­ up well in comparison to the trolling fact insofar as war risk man? The only area included crews he had sailed with on other is concerned, for all but Ameri­ within this extension is an area ships. can seamen. Seamen on ships completely dominated by the York, May 22, 1944 sailing the flags of our allies and Japanese and into which the Al­ Mr. JohnNew Hawk, lied fleet has ventured but once. whose wages and war risk com­ Secy-Treas., pensation are paid by lend-lease, Merchant ships do not sail east 2 Stone Street have not had their war risk com­ of 90 degrees west longitude, the New York, N. Y. pensation reduced because the new western boundary of the Dear Mr. Hawk: number of ship sinkings might combat area. Now that I am out of the hos­ have fallen off. Nor have pay­ But consider the new western pital I take this opportunity to ments by the Government to ship boundary a bit more extensively. thank the SIU for the fine deck operators been reduced because It will be observed that Calcutta, crew sent me while I was Chief the record of ship sinkings has a most important port, especially Mate on the SS William Sturgis.: improved for the Allies. now that the campaign in Burma I sailed for many years on The war risk compensation for has been opened, lies but two de­ tankers and NMU ships, but this the seamen of the Pacific has grees west of this western bound­ was my first experience with an been twice reduced because the ary and Ceylon, Mountbatten's SIU crew and I can assure you April 1st decision, not only cuts headquarters is also excluded that your men iare A-1 quality. the already low bonus rates for What the decision does in fqct is From the Bos'n to the last OS, West Coast-wise shipping, but to place the western boundary of I never had the leagt bit of this low bonus area has been ex­ the combat : area just at that trouble in the entire trip Keep tended by the decision to include point where all shipping to the up the good work. India-Burma theater of war will Truly yours, Mrs. Minnie Squires is shown above with her late husband half of the South Pacific. There be excluded from the combat is no more justification for dis­ FRANK TORRE, i before he sailed on the MAIDEN CREEK. crimination between the East (Continued on Page 8).' Chief Male Chief Mate Lauds SIU Crew Members ^I .M I �f- A» - Friday. May 26. 1944 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Five Geo. W. Alther Launched Majrine Awards Eor^SIU in"^"ew~0rieaiis"; Cried For Courage Under Fire f" (Conlinuvd from Page 3) It was that Alther gave up his life to save a gunnery officer on the lower deck, which by that lime was enveloped in flames. Following presentation of the medal Admiral Vickery awarded the pennmit to the Delta Com­ pany. In so doing he congratu­ lated the men and women work­ ers for a job well done. Shortly after Pearl Harbor, Ad­ miral Vickery said, the President handed the merchant shipyards of this country one of the great­ est challenges in history — the construction of 8,000,000 tons of Shipping during 1943 and 16,000,000 tons during 1944. : Transpcriation Vital "There is no more vital part of war production than your assign­ ment," the Admiral told the workmen. "For battles are won by men, equipment and supplies and yet all three of these would be of little use without transpor­ tation to deliver them to the batJlefronts. "American shipyards met the feommander - in - chief's 1942 goal jand his 1943 objective they ex­ ceeded by 20 per cent. "The Delta yard has played an Important part in the tremendous (accomplishment. "The award you are receiving today places yoii in a class with the leading yards in the country Truly you have made the allAmerican team of merchant ship­ building." Urges Greater Efforts E. B. Williams, vice-president bf Delta, who served as masterbf - ceremonies, said more - than 6500 men lost their lives in the merchant marine during this war land he lu'ged the workers to greater efforts. Also making pleas for increasied achievement were W. H. Gerbauser, president of Delta, who jaccepted the pennant and James Dalzell, general superintendent of |he shipyards. Others termed the shipbuilding program the "backbone of the whole war program." Pointing out the impossibility bf conducting a war "with the fleet we had at the end of 1941," one official said, "before Pearl Harbor the American people had b strange disregard for their mer(Chant marine." Although the United States b'as a leading maritime nation, jfluring the days of the famous iclipper-ships it . began to turn its mind inland in later years," he others decorated posthumously include three SIU members from New Orleans who were aboard the same vessel as Alther. They were awarded the Mar­ iner's Medal which is said to be equivalent to the Purple Heart for members of the armed forces. Today's recipients are; Saul Howard Herman, first of­ ficer, whose four-year-old daugh­ ter, Sari Earlyn Berman, will re­ ceive the medal. She is the daughter of Mrs. Ethel Berman. Frank James Miller, SIU mem­ ber, a boatswain, whose sister, Mrs. Agnes G r a z a 1 a, 1027 St. Philip St., will receive his medal. Wren Joseph Reagan, SIU member, an able seaman, whose mother, Mrs. F. Reagan, 913 Dub­ lin St., will receive his medal. Henry Peter SmJth, master. whose wife, Mrs. H. P. Smith, 668 First St., Orleans Parkway, will receive his medal. Andrew Asp, SIU member, able seaman, whose wife, Mrs, Tule Asp, 2311 Baronne St., will re­ ceive his medal. Lewis Dewayne Jarvis, first as­ sistant engineer, whose wife, Mrs. Lewis Jarvis, 4422 S. Liberty St., will receive his medal. declared, and "only suddenly have we become aware of the meaning of ships." Viclory Ships Later Admiral V i c k e ry con­ trasted the desperate marine transportation problem which confronted the United States just after Pearl Harbor with the situ­ ation today, when 34,000,000 tons have been added to the nation's GROWTH OF OUR MERCHANT FLEET merchant marine. Admiral Vick­ ery stressed the issues which will arise in peacetime and said "we are endeavoring to make sure that our postwar merchant ma­ rine will be capable of doing its share in the job of making vic­ tory permanent." Praising the shipyards for the record-breaking construction jobs they have turned out, Admiral Vickery said; "I am sure, that as taxpayers, you will be pleased to know that they have kept costs far below those of the last war's program. And they have done this, not­ withstanding that today's ships are larger and better and despite the fact that shipyard wage rates are much higher." Admiral Vickery emphasized the accelerated production o f Victory ships, larger and faster than the old Liberty vessels, as a definite contribution to post­ war maritime progress. "But the best ships in the world," Admiral Vickery said, "are no better than the men who sail them, and we can all be proud of the courageous perform­ ance of our merchant seamen at war. During the height of the U-boat campaign, when the mer­ chant marine was suffering an Building ships around the clock for the WSA cargo fleet: "Ships—more ships" to smash the Axis even higher percentage of casual­ and to create the greatest merchant fleet in history! Graph shows the phenomenal growth of the WSA ties than our armed forces proper, cargo fleet from 1941. The early months of 1942 were a very critical period when sinking exceeded not a single American ship miss­ ed its sailing for want of a crew. construction. But thousands of ships now building will survive this war to carry our cargoes for peace. Liberty Ship Program Ending giu MEMBER DIE^ gROM STAB WOUNDS Additional contracts for awards on construction of Liberty ships are not contemplated, but the fu­ ture program calls for the pro­ duction of standard type vessels. Rear Admiral Howard L. Vickery said last week. The Mai'itime Commission vice chairman said that the produc­ tion program was at present about evenly balanced between Liberty ship production and that of the standard types, with about 75 building ways producing the slow moving emergency vessel. ! -.Just a few hours after the seajgoing tug "Point Judith" arrived back in San Francisco, after a three months' trip, the body of Joseph Reha, 27, oiler, was found bn deck, slashed by five deep stab wounds. He was dead when dis.ipovered.. . i Reha, police said, was one of a .j|roup of crew members that had |[one ashore to "celebrate" imme, ftiately after the vessel docked. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Baymond Bateman, 15 Warren -Jload, Essex, Maryland. Although the Merchant Marina Act of 1936 called for the con­ struction of 500 ships, 50 a year over a ten-year period, the most recent figures available reveal that American shipjards fi'ora 1938, up to and including the first three months of this year, have delivered into service 362 tankers and 366 standai-d C-typ© cargo vessels. The increase in the long rangg: program has been achieved ex­ clusive of the 2,008 Liberty ships which have been construe^ ed over the same period. Principals at launching—Admiral Howard L. Vickery. vice-chairman of the U. S. Maritime Com­ mission, holds "4-year-oId Sari Earlyn Berman. sponsor of the Liberty ship, "George W. Alther." launched at the Delta Shipbuilding Co. yard today. Little Miss Berman was assisted by her mother. Mrs. Ethel Herman, in smashing the bottle. At right, George W. Alther, Sr., the ship's namesake's father, holds the- Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal and citation, presented to him by Admiral Vickery as a posthumous award to his dead hero son. Mil i �PA9« Six THE SEAFARERS Friday, May 26, 1944 LOG NAME DEPT. NAME ' Stetvar Healey. John Engine Deck Helera. Dalmacio Deck Deck Helleby. Louis Stewards Engine Henderson, James Deck Engine Hendricks, Wardel Stewards Engine 25,000 members of the Atlantic and Gulf District of the SIU, unHendy. Frederick Allan Deck Slewar^ Henning. Harry Deck Deck daunted and still sailing^their sfdps, pay tribute to these Brothers Hernandex, Ricardo Stewards Engine lost in the performance of their duty. These are the casualties from Hester, Steve D. Engine Engine Hester. William G, Deck the Atlantic arid Gulf District only; and do not include the full Engine Heubner, Carl Engine. Deck casualty list for the Internaiwntd Union; the lists for the Interna­ Hewett. Ralph Engine Stewards tional are considerably higher. Hiatt. Chester E. Stewards Deck Hickey. Gerald Frederick Deck Deck Hickman. A. J. Stewards Stewards Higbee. Harry Deck Engine NAME DEPT. NAME DEPT. Hilliard. Robert H. Engine Deck NAME DEPT. Daniels. Byrl Engine Free. Nelson Engine Hinton. Edward N. Deck Deck Danley. Carl Engine Freitag. Adam A. Deck Hodges. Harnert Engine Deck Engine Cadenhead. Jackson Engine Fuenter. Antonio Stewards Hofman. John Engine David. Geronino Engina Deck Caespo. Fancisco Engine Fuhrman. Byron Engine Hoffman, Carl J. Engine David. S. Engine Deck Calafalo. Fillipo Davilla. Manuel , Engine Funk. Leonard Engine Caldwell. Wm. M. Engine Hoffman. Christopher Deck; Engine Engine Funk. Leonard Lewis Engine Holder. Charles Caldwell. William M. G. Deck Davis. James E. Engine Stewards Funk. Russell C. Engine Holland. Eugene Callahan. Stanley Engine Davis. Leon Engine Engine Camacho. Justo Engine Davis. William L. Holms. Barry Engine Engine Camacho. 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Engine Corkern. Sheldon Halbig. Albert Engine Engine Engelbretson. William Engine K Bradley. Edward J. Stewards Cortez. Demetrio Hall. Elmo Stewards Stewards Erazo. Frank Stewards Breen. Thomas Engine Coscarelli, John Deck Engine Kardos. Charles Deck Erwin. Thomas A. Stewards Hall, H. Braemert. Michael Deck Councelman. Carville Stewards Hall. H. M. Engine Keane. Edward Engine Brand. ^C. J. Engine Covington. B. Engine Hall, John E. Stewards Kearns. James D. Deck Brill. Vay Engine Keith. Fred Stewards Hall. Williard Deck Cox. Donald Engine Britt. John Engine Cox. Carl V. Kelly. Edward Deck Hale, James Stewards Stewards E. Brittain, Julius Deck Cox. Williiun Kelly. Herbert N. Stewards Hallenbeck. George Deck Engine Brown. Bernard Stewards Crawford. Thomas Stewards Hamilton, George Deck Engine Kelly. Raymond Deck Fahy, Henry C. Brown. Frank S. Stewards Crewlay. William Fairman. William Engine Kicklighter. Joseph Deck Hamilton. James Engine Deck Brown. Fred West Steward Cross. Milford A. Farrell. William E. Deck Kiley. Melvin Deck Hampton. John Engine Engine Brown. Earl Leroy Steward•Arouse. Charles Farrulla. Eustaquio Stewards Kimbro. Mary (Mrs.) Stewards Hand. Arthur L. Engine Engine Brown. Harold H. Deck Stewards Hanrehan, Andrew Stewards Stewards King. Forrest R. Cuaresma. Fortunate Engine Fenty. Clarence Brown. Ralph Stewards Cummings. James M. Ferguson, Frank P.' Deck Kinkowski. Stanley Stewards Hardy. Maurice P. Deck Stewards Browning. Robert F. Engine Cummings. Nesbeth Figueras. Claudio Engine Kinnell. Alfred Deck Harley. W. Engine Engine Broyles. Verdo D. Deck Curett. Hermingildo Kittleson, Virgil C. Stewards Filomeno, Ismael Stewards Harris. Harry Stewards Engine Bruce. S. Engine Curma. George Finch. Eugene Deck Harris. James R. Engine Engine Kleinsmith. Ronald Engine Brumit, Robert Deck Curran. James A. Findlay. Wm. Stewards Klemm. Chas. H. Stewards Harrison, Moody Deck Deck Broughton. P. J. Stewards Custer. Ode G. Deck Finn, John J. Engine Harrison. Whitley Engine Kline. Robert Stewards Broussard. Otho Engine Flanders, Stanley Engine Hart, Robert S. Deck Kloskowski. Stanley Jr. Engine Buljard. Samuel T. Deck Flippen. Russell B. Deck Hartley, John yr. Deck Kobe. Karl G. M. Engine Burns. R. Engine Flynn. Joseph ^ Deck Haugen. Ernest , . Stewards K<m. Walter J^ Deck I^isaaet, Miguel A. Stewards Kool. John Forssman, Aksel Deck Hay. Daniel Stewards Deck D Bustin. L. R. Engine Forsythe. Percy Steward Haybye. S. Enginb Engine Krotzer. Ralph P. Buck. Lee Danforth Stewards D-Arlois. H. J. Deck Hayes. J. J. Stewards Fountain, W. 0» Jr. Deck Krupa. Henry Joseph Enginp Butoia. Stefan Cngkie Dacher, Said Deck Hayman, Geo. W., Jr. Stewards Kuemes. Serofin Stewards Fox. Wilmer Engine Byers. E Engine Dawson. Eugene Stewards Haynie, Warner M. Deck Franklin. Forney Deck {Continued on Page 7) * Abraham. Alex Abraham. John Ackerman. Kurt Agere. Felipe Ahlberg. Theobert Aikens. C. V. Alderman. William Alexander. Harry Allison. Orin Charles Almodovar. Ricardo Anderson. Arnold K. Anderson. James Anderson. Thomas Anduze. Isaias Aranl. James C. Arbeiter. Jaan Arcay, Emiliano Arenas. Evaristo A^. John J. Asp. Andrew Avellar. John R. Averett, Ernest •V e'' -i'J.-.,.:i*] I; f. �-i THE Friday, May 26, 1944 SEAFARERS NAME {Continued from Page 6) NAME DEPT. ll^ Lablano, Louis ttaek Laboy, David Stewards La Casse, Frank ^ Deck Lane, H ° Engine Lang, Charles Stewards Lang, Robert E. Stewards Lantz, Christian S. Engine Larsen, Wilhelm Engine Lauriano, Pedro Deck Lawman, A. Engine Lawson, George Stewards Lawson, Isaiedi Stewards Lebron, E. T. Deck Lectora, Angie Engine Lee, Horace Stewards Lee, James Robert Engine Lee, William Engine Leguro, Vincent Stewards Lehr, Kenneth Deck Lehr, Kenneth Edward Deck Lesniak, Joseph Deck Lester, Otis Stewards Lewis, Charles E. Deck Lewis, Richard F. Engine Lima, Joseph Benhaim, Jr. Deck Lindberg, Thor A. Stewards Lindsey, Henry Deck Liskoys, Victor F. Deck Litch, Walter Stewards Lively, Thomas J. Deck Livingston, Alexander Deck Lockett, W. E. Engine Long, Grover C. Engine Lopez, Francisco Deck Lott, James Cassedy, Jr. Engine Lovitt, Jessie Engine Lowery, Clarence C. Stewards Ludwick, Martin J. Engine Lumbattis, Darwin Stewards Lupton, Bruce Deck Lussier, Joseph Deck Lynch, Julius Deck Lyon, Arthur Engine M MacCaskill, Charles M. MacDonald, Mark Mack, Harry MacKenzie, Caytano Macksey, Anthony Maduro, Manuel Maffia, Alfred Mahoney, Joseph E. Malone, Thomas Malone, William Martinez, Obdulio Mann, Joseph P. Manuel, W. E. Marko, Edward W. Marquess, Mitchel Marshall, Linwood-W. Martel, Robert Martin, James Mason, Charles Mason, E. G. Mayer, Alfred E. Mayo, Oscar K. *. Meadows, F. MeU, William Mendez, E. P. Merryfield, William Messick, William Miguez, Jose Millay, A. W. Miller, Charles MiUer, F. J. Miller, Joseph Mills, Robert E. Mishler, Clarence Mitcham, Fillmore Mixon, Jerry MonreaL Antonio Moralis, Manuel Morau, A. C. Morgan, Theo ~ Moses, A. B. ' Muehle, Eric O. Mulligan, John Mimes, Erasmo Mungins, Herbert Murphy, Hugh Murphy, Joseph Murphy, K. W. Murray, Thomas F. Deck Engine Deck Deck Engine Stewards Deck Deck Engine Stewards Deck Stewards Stewards Engine Engine Engine Stewards Stewards Deck Engine Deck Engine Stewards Engine Deck Engine Stewards Stewards Engine Engine Deck Engine Engine Deck Engine Stewards Deck Stewards Engine Stewards Stewards Deck Deck Stewards Engine Sfewetds Engine Engine Stewards Page Seven LOG NAME DEPT. Mc McCarley, John L. McClellaftd, William McCormack, Alexander McCull, James McDaniel, Thomas J. McDonald, Albert McEvoy, William McGee Fred McGee, Frank McGillicuddy, J. McGuire, Frank McGuinnis, Merle McKee, WilUam McLaren, Joseph McNamera, Jeremiah McNish, Roy McWilliams, John G. Deck Deck Stewards Deck Stewards Stewards Engine Deck Engine Stewards Engine Stewards Deck Stewards Engine Deck Stewards N Nevette, St. Julian Nich, Anthony Nickerson, Roy M. Nielsen, Alfred K. Nilsson, Karl Noble, Charles Noble,. Manuel Nobles, Eugene North, James Norwood, Isaac B. Stewards Deck Engine Engine Deck Stewards Stewards Deck Engine Deck o O'Berry, Alton Deck O'Brien, Edward Deck O'Brien, Thomas P. Engine O'Donoghue, Tim J. Engine Ogle, Cyril Stewards Olivero, Rafael Deck Olsen, Einar Deck Olson, Kenneth Deck Olszewski, John Benjamin Deck Olszewski, John Deck Oran, William Deck Osterman, Frank Deck Ostron, Marvin Deck Otremba, Frank Joseph Jr. Deck Pabon, Juan PaceMi, William Padro, Cristobal Pagan, Carlos Pagan, Francesco Page, Don Dolphy Painter, Thomas Palmer, Frank Papathamas, Vasil Papineau, Victor J. Parker, Mose Parks, Mack ^ Pas, Herman Patrola, Victor J. Patton, James E. Paul, Harry Pavilonis, John Peck, Clarence F. Pecot, Roderick Pslay^, Demetro Peneda, Joao E. Pentz, Theodore Von Perez, German Perez, Marcelino Perkins, Dwight Perkins, John Perlis, Morris Perry, Kaston F. Perry, Richard Petenon, Gilbert E. Petitti, Charles Pickett, Loren Piedra, Charles A. Piehet, Ralph Stewards Stewards Deck Engine Stewards Engine Engine Deck Engine Stewards Engine Stewards Stewards Deck Stewards Stewards Deck Engine Engine Deck Engine Engine Deck Epgine Deck Engine Engine Engine Deck Engine Deck Stewards Stewards D^k NAME DEPT. Pierce, John Deck Poeding, B. D. Deck Poirrier, Emmet L. Engine Poloms, Richard Engine Preston, John Clifton Deck Prince, Gilbert Stewards Proctor, Joseph Stewards Procter, Joseph Walker Stewards J? iC Radel, Robert F. Radigan, J. Ramirez, Robert Ramsey, Edward Rank, Dean Rapchak, Steve M. Ray, Louis Ray, Louis Joseph Rayco, Luciano Rea, John A. Reagan, Wren Redden, Orville Reed, Clyde, Jr. Reed. Halloway Reid, W. M. Reilly, Frank Reilly, John Reilly, Thomas Joseph Reip, Charles Rey, Antonio Rhodes, Cecil Rhodes, Herbert James Richardson, Elmer Riddle, William J. Riley, Frank Rivera, Joaquin Rivera, Juan Rivera, Manuel Rivet, Howard S. Rivet, Howard Stanley Stewards Deck Deck Engine Engine Stewards 'Deck Deck Deck Engine Deck Stewards Engine Deck Deck Engine Deck Engine Deck Engine Deck Stewards Stewards Engine Engine Engine Stewards Stewards Engine Engine DEPT. iers, Roy . Engine Schermer, Douglas Engine Schuler, Emil .Deck Schweters, H. W. Engine Searless, Kendrick Deck Self, B. R. Preston Deck Sellers, Sam Deck Shaw, Cecil Engine DEPT. NAME Shaw, Charles Howard Deck Engine Shepher, R. C. Roberts, Harry Stewards Engine Sherris, Elliot Ivan Robinson, Henry Deck Engine Sherrod, J. H. Rodrique, Harrison Stewards Deck Sierra, Louis Rogers, Frank S, Engine Deck Smith, Henry Rogers, John Deck Stewards Smith, Jim Rodgers, Burton Stewarcfe Engine Smith, Matthew Rodriguez, Angel M. Engine Engine Soberberg, Edgar Rodriguez, F. D. Deck Deck Sousa, Manuel Rodriguez, Memuely Stewards Stewards Spatharos, Emanuel Rojas, Candelairo Engine Engine Spencer, Frank E. Roly, George C. Stewcuds Romero, Jesus Deck Spivey, Clayton Engine Rorie, John Buxtom. Jr. - Deck Sprague, Donald Eugene Engine Rosario, Virgilio Stewards Squires, Joseph Deck; Engine Squires, P. A. Rosariok. Felix Stewards Rose, Arthur Stewards Stanley. James Stewards Rose, James E. L. Engine Starns, Wilmer Engine Ross, Carl Stewards Statzell, Henry, Jr. Stewards Ross, Isador Deck Stebbins, Fred Engine Roucheron, Samuel Stewards Stephens, Charles Stewards Roundtree, Arcuit Deck Stevens. James Deck Rozenfeld, Julio Engine Stewart. Charles Deck Rubin. Michael Engine Sfewardt, John B. Stewards Rubio. Mariano Engine Stokes. Melvin Engine Ruediger. Leonard Deck Stokes. Melvin William Engine Rutherford. Mack Stewards Stough. Rufus Stewards Ryan. Thomas Patrick Deck Strachen. Stephen Stewards Strom, Henry Deck Stypczynski, Arthur Deck Sullivan. Dennis J. Deck KJ Sullivan. Kokomo Engine Sullivan. Sydney Stewards Sabio. Daniel Deck Engine Sabo, Louis Stewards Surles, Henry Stewards Engine Sutherland, Melvin Salamo. Juan Deck Stewards Sutherland. William, Salus, Louis s Salzman, Carl F. Samillano, Nicolas Sanchez Juan Sandova, John Santana, Eugenio Santiago, Mati^ Santiago, Nick Saunders, ^ewey Stewards Deck Deck Deck Deck Engine Engine Engine Salute To The Brave Hail to the New freighters Whom will wear these gallant names Sail On! Sail On! to Victory And to the heroes' fames Their memories shall our vows renew. Upon the lone sea lanes. Two members of the SIU Who knew not doubt nor fear. Squires: who died in mountainous seas The lifeboats' crew, to clear. The wild winds sound his requiem. The restless deep's his bier. Alther: who faced the Nazi bombs. The terror from the skies; To save his ship and lives of crew This hero had to die; His face still turned towards the foe. While he on deck did lie. Thus died in line of duty These sailors of the sea Courageous, fighting merchantmen Who keep our Nation free. The selfless Souls of Courage True to Man's Dignity. No speech nor blare of trumpets. Nor praise on printed page. Nor witness of a spoken word But only wild seaS rage. And hell of Nazi fury; This was their lonely stage. These ships shall live, in Seamen's hearts Through the deeds that won their names, ' The floating Shrines of our Golden Age, To their eternal fames! Proudly! Sail On! these SIU sidpe Upon the world's sea lanes. —Top'n Lift Deck Tait, William Meams Stewards Tate, James Taylor, Alfred Deck Engine Taylor, Fred Stewards Taylor, James Taylor, Joseph Engine Taylor, Leslie Stewards Taylor, Richeird Engine Taylor, Robert Engine Taylor, Stanley Stewards Engine Tearse, Ronald J. Engine Tereza, John Stewards Thomas, D. H. Engine Thomas, John Stewards Thomas, Thomas J. Stewards Thompson, Cecil Engine Thornton, John Tilley, F. H. Stewards Tingle, Thomas S. Stewards Tobiassen. Tobias Deck Engine Tomm, Alexander Engine Torres. Gregorio Engine Torres, Pedro Tralie, Joseph Deck Trymers, Louis Deck Tubcns, Jules Engine Tubin, Rubin Stewards Tuohy. Robert Engine Turner, Lemuel Stewards Turner, George Stewards Twiss, Clifford B. Stewards TyrrelL Thomas Deck Tyszkowski, Micozysla'w Deck u UdelL David H. Engine V Van Namee, Charles Deck Engine Varela, Jesus Vazquez, Manuel Engine Engine Velez, Pedro Verrett, SpencdIkG. Stewards Vila, Joseph Engine Vincent, Thos. Engine Voliva, Daniel Deck Von Dollezen, Anihoay J. Stewards (Continued on Page t) �.'Kr'" _. lit-'- Page Eight TH t AFL Demands MWEB Restore Bonus A Kt.lty LOG Widow Sa^vs Joe Squire's NameLivesOn Friday. May 26, 1944 -0 Q/ War __ To Get Cigarettes Through SIU Efforts ^Theater has been extended by (Cofi/htiu'i! from Page 4) (Continued from Page 4) bonus area, and only that por­ the April 1st decision to include perienced men and chose to re­ tion of the Sea of Bengal where all of the English ports. These main on the sinking ship. Through arrangements just completed the Atlantic r.o merchant vessels go will be ports should have been included Proud and surprised when she and Gulf District of the SIU will now be able to send cig­ included in the combat bonus in the combat area long ago, but learned that her husband's hero­ area. It is our contention that we can conceive of no reason why ism was being remembered in arettes and tobacco to Union brothers who are prisoners of the western boundary of the com­ the English ports at this date the naming of a Liberty ship, war in German camps. Shipments will be made periodic­ should be included in a combat bat bonus area should embrace Mrs. Squires said, "I still can't the whole of the Sea of Bengal area, while the ports of the South believe there is going to be a ship ally and each brother will receive 1,000 cigarettes. That: this will be a welcome gift is evi-^ Pacific should be excluded. and a sufficient portion of the named after him. He talked a lot dent by the letter just received Imperial Tobacco Co., Mon­ In closing I want to emphasize - Arabian Sea to include the about Liberty ships and said he'd from Brother William E. Weaver, treal. • the mouth of the Persian Gulf. that seamen shipping into the like to sail in one. He never got I would appreciate them very No. 21579, German prisoner of We request that the mouth of the Pacific move without Convoys, the chance—but now one is nam­ war in Germany. much. So keep them sailing. that there is little chance of sur­ Persian Gulf be included in the ed after him; at least his name Thank you, as ever yours, Brothers Weaver's letter fol­ combat bonus areas because of vival if sunk in the Pacific, be­ will sail one!" lows: cause of its size, while in the At­ WILLIAM WEAVER. the large shipments of oil and Since her husband's death Mrs. No. 21579 gasoline from Iran, Iraq, etc. It lantic, ships not only travel in Squires has been in war work Germany, March '30, 1944 is an e X c e e d i n g ly dangerous cnovoys with the best possible and is now employed by the Vul­ Seafarers International Union If you know of any Union protection from sea and air at­ can Proofing Company, makers area. Dear Brothers: brothers now in enemy prison tack, but they travel on well de­ of rubber life rafts. Aleutians camps send their names and ad­ A few lines to let you know fined sea lanes. Chances of sur­ Insofar as the northward ex­ dresses to John Hawk, Atlantic & we are doing OK under these vival if sunk in the Atlantic are tension of this combat bonus Gulf District Sec'y-Treasurer. conditions. Would you let me good. Chances of survival if sunk position of the Executive Council area is concerned, in addition to know whether the bonus is still Include the man's regimental in the Pacific are virtually nil. of the American federation of bringing Japan itself into the number, his prisoner of war num­ going on for us prisoners of The discriminatioi^ against the Labor. combat area, and other territory ber, name of the camp, and any war and do we still get our If the members Of the Board Just as barren of Allied Merchant seamen of the Pacific must in jus­ other particulars he may have wages. I know you can't send ships, the western tip of the tice cease and seamen must re­ have any question, I suggest that given relative to the receipt of me cigarettes from the U.S.A. Aleutians is included. The Aleu­ cover the loss of war risk com- they be directed to Mr. Lundeberg mail and packages. You can Send 1000 cigarettes tians should have been included pensation taken from them by as he is most familiar with the frorti Canada for $2.00 through in a combat bonus area at the the April 1st decision. This is the details involved. time merchant ships sailed into that area carrying supplies to help regain those i.slands from the Japanese. Although the isl­ ands have now been regained they should be in the combat area, but the area should be ex­ The comic strips have extolled tended to include the whole the virtues of the Navy, the Aleutian area instead of the mere Coast Guard, the Army and the tip of the Aleutians for there is Marines: the nurses, paratroop­ ever present dangers of enemy ers, pilots, bombardiers, see-bees action in these waters. and doughboys. They've glorified everybody in a imiform, includ­ The West Coast seaman has ing the women's auxiliaries, air been treated much the same way raid wardens and Boy Scouts. in the extensions of the combat area eastward as he has been in In fact the only branch of the the northward extension of the services they've overlooked la area. Most of the Gilbert and probably the most important of Marshall Islands were excluded all—the branch that saved Eng­ from the combat area prior to land, kept the Russians supplied April 1st; now they have been during the most critical period of included. We contend that they: the war, carried the goods to Moshould have been included at all; A'thur and participated in every times, and they should continue invasion made so far in the war— to remain in the combat area, but the Merchant Marine. not at the expense of excluding Not that it's really important, the New Hebrides and the North but we couldn't help but feel a Australian ports. So long as those little proud at the belated tribute ports in the South Pacific remain paid the merchant marine in outside the combat area few sea-, Wash Tubbs, a syndicated comic men shipping into the Pacific will strip appearing in many news­ receive combat area bonuses, be­ SIU members give lives: Above are the graves of many SIU members. Over 5,500 gallant mer­ papers. cause as large as the combat area might have been made by the chant seamen have made the supreme sacrifice since Pearl Harbor. Close to 2.000 of these were lost In addition to a couple of in­ April 1st decision, the important in the unequal Battle of the Atlantic in 1942. Some of their bodies were, brought to the shores of Ice­ telligent ship-board scenes, the ports, and those areas in which land and occupy this modest cemetery cared for by the Army. strip's hero. Captain Easy ^ys: ships sail to supply the armies "Few people back home realize aligned against the Japanese, NAME ' DEPT. NAME DEPT. what a vital role the merchant (Continued from Page 7) have been carefully and what marine is playing in this war." Stewards Wilts, Eddie B. Stewards NAME DEPT. White, Charles T. seems to be deliberately e.xcluded How true! Including, unfor­ White, Earl Stewards Wisniewski, Edward Dedk from the combat bonus area. White, Harold P. Engine Wodarczyk, Walter J. Deck tunately, many Washington bu­ Combat Areas White, Thomas Deck Wolosz, John ^ Stewards reaucrats. The Board will probably con­ Wahyahnteetah, Robert Austin White, Thor Deck Woltjen, Alfred Engine tend that ship sinkings have been Deck Whitehead, H. V. Engine Woo^ Fremk L. Deck reduced, in these areas and that Walcott, J. A. Stewards Whitney, Harold Engine Worthy, Allan E. ' Engine the newly bounded combat bonus Waldman. ,John Deck Wickenhiser, G. M. Deck Wright, Nathapiel Stewards area in the Pacific is proper on Walser, James D. Engine Wickman, Frank A. Fireman Wright, William W. Stewards the basis of ship sinkings. We Ward, J. S. Engine Wickman, Frank A. Engine Wynn, Lewis Stewards shall not repeat our arguments Warner, Bertram Engine Wilcox, John" H. Deck All masters, first officers and made heretofore on the fallacy Watts, Donald Engine Williams, A. Engine chief engineers of vessels docu­ of setting war risk compensation Watts, Geroge Stewards Williams, Ashley Stewards mented under the laws of the on the basis of ship sinkings, but Wayso, John Deck Williams, Edward Engine Yates, Thomas Jr. Deck United States and all pursers of if that is the basis for the re­ Weaver, William Engine Williams. Frank Stewards Yeoman, Desso , Steward any such vessels have been auth­ bounding of combat areas in the Webster, David Stewards Williams, Hugh Engine orized to administer and attest Pacific, have ship sinkings around Weir, Joseph Stewards Williams, James Stewards such oaths as are required by the England increased materially? Weiss, William Engine Williams, Jarvis . Stewards act to facilitate voting by mem­ Vhile most of the important ports Welsh, Thomas W. Engine Williams, John B. Deck bers of the Merchant Marine of of the Pacific area have been ex­ West, George Deck Willis, George Deck Zaleski, Joseph Engine the United^States, Emory s! Land, cluded from the combat area, the Westover, Hal, Jr. Engine Wilson, Charles Deck Zayes, Oscar . Stewards War Shipping Administrator, has combat area in the European Wheeler, James Deck Wilson, Warren L. Deck Zumpft, Herbert . Engine advised. Comic Strip Praises Seamen '*1' i w Seamen's Voting Regulation •S fc" I � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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MAY 19. 1944 No. 12 AFL Executive Council Supports SIU On Bonus U.S. Submits Plan To ILO Seamen Warned Conference To Raise World On Censorship Regulations Wide Labor Standards PHILADELPHIA.—The United States Government submitted to the national labor conference a plan of action for putting into effect the social objectives of the Atlantic Charter through measures designed to win improved labor standards, economic development and social security. Pressing for the adoption of* five concrete steps to better the parts of the world remain unsat­ lot of the working man through­ isfied." out the world, the United States The plan sets out these five plan called also for the promo­ points: (Coiithnied on Page 2) tion of a less restricted system of international trade, including freedom of the air, and for close scrutiny to make certain that the signatory governments abide by the rules. The sweeping plan was placed before the newly constituted Uni­ ted Nations committee of the The dispatching hall in the Port ILO by Frances Perkins, Secre­ of New York is to be open for tary of Labor, and Senator Elbert longer hours than formerly, it D. Thomas, Government dele­ was reported at the meeting last gates. The plan is the pi'oduct of Monday night. six months of conferences by all The hours, hereafter, for dis­ 'interested Federal agencies and patching of Union Brothers to departments in Washington. jobs will be from 8 A.M. to 9 P.M. Through ratification of the plan on week days, Monday through each signatory government Saturday, and from 10 A.M. until would, among other things, rec­ 6 P.M. on Sundays. ognize its obligation "to foster The step was taken to protect expanding production and em­ many of the Union Brothers' jobs ployment on a sound basis, free and afford them greater service from disruptive fluctuations, and during the coming period. Agents to insure that workers and facil­ of the other Branches have also ities shall not be allowed to be been requested to post this notice idle while the needs of large on their bulletin boards. New York Hall To Be Open Longer Hours Above is a picture of the banquet which was given the Workers' Delegates from all over the world to the ILO Conference at Philadelphia. Pa. i I 4.': The following wire has been received by the New York office, warning all sea­ men on the censorship reg­ ulations. John Hawk. Sec'y-Treas.. Seafarers IntT Union of North America. 2 Stone Street New York. N. Y. The office of censorship has asked us to advise and emphasize the following no­ tice for publication to your membership on Bulletin Bo2u:ds and newspapers: "Crew members are pro­ hibited under Section 303 of the first war powers act from any attempt to evade censor­ ship regulations, such as the carrying of letters for them­ selves or others without first submitting them to censor­ ship. "Any violation of this act may subject the offender to imprisonment for ten years and a fine of $10,000. (Signed) G. H. Helmbold. Assistant Deputy Administrator for ship operations. War Ship­ ping Administration." Hubert Wyckoff. Assistant Deputy Administrator for Maritime Labor Relations. Session Clears Way To Aid Union'sFight AgainstMWEB PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 17.—The Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor, in its extra-* ordinary session, held here recently, decided to support the complaint of the Seafarers International Union of Noirth America against the action of the War Shipping Adminis-< •tration through Capt. Macauley of the Maritime War Emergency Board in reducing bonus pay­ ments to seamen who are asked to take ships into hazardous waters. Harry Lundeberg, President of the SIU and Sec'y-Treasurer of PHILADELPHIA. —The world the SUP, and John Hawk, Viceconference of labor proposed by President of the SIU and Atlan­ the British Trades Union Con­ tic and Gulf District Sec'y-Treas­ gress and repudiated by the Am­ urer, appeared before the Coun­ erican Federation of Labor will cil in a full-dress session and not be held, it was officially an­ laid the details of the Union's nounced here. The meeting had fight on the reinstatement of been scheduled to open in Lon­ bonuses to the pre-April 1 level, and increased war-risk insurance don next month. for seamen. The AFL had opposed the con­ Full history of all the bonus ference on the ground that it disputes was laid before the would not be truly representative of the free trade imion move­ highest body of the AFL and ments of the world, which were Brothers Lundeberg and Hawk not consulted before the plans for disclosed the minute details of MWEB Chair man, Macauley's^ the meeting were announced. British labor delegates to the manuevers on the matter. Harry Lundeberg told the ILO here said the transportation Council that more than 1,900 of blockade, imposed because of the the Union's members had been impending military drives by the killed by enemy action since United Nations, made the gather­ Pearl Harbor. ing impossible. It is understood, however, that interest in the pro­ The Council also plans to issue posed meeting turned lukewarm three new charters to Internaafter the AFL repudiated it. {Continued on Page 4) London Labor Parley Suddenly Abandoned This was attended by Brothers Harry Lundeberg. Matthew Dushane. and John Hawk, advisors on maritime affairs to Robert Watt (AFL). American Workers' Delegate to the member of the Executive Labor Orgcmisation. Delegate Watt is a of the International •y iiiiisias •^1 �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with tlx American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 110 Market Street, .San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas, P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Directory of Branches BRANCH ADDRESS NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave BALTIMORE (2) MNorthGaySt PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI NEW ORLEANS (16). .. 324 Chartres St SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St TAMPA 423 East Piatt St MOBILE 7 St. Michael St PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon GALVESTON 219 20th Street PHONE BOwling Green 9-3437 I,lberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 7651 Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 ' Savannah 3-1 728 Tampa MM-1323 Dial 2-1392 Puerto de Tierra Galveston 2-8043 PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City (4) BOwling Green 9-8346 267 Those NMU 'Victories' AN EDITORIAL Wonderful and mysterious are those heralded gains of the NMU officials carried in streamer banners across the front page of the Voice of the NMU??.^ the Pile-it. Never a week passes but we are entertained to a display in the art of publicity—i.e., covering things, up through the use of words. After reading an issue of the Pile-it, one is immediately tempted to start counting the money, and a marvelous feeling creeps over the uninitiated and the innocents. "God's in his Heaven, all's well with the world" the Comfnicals are sure on the job looking after his interests. He can order another beer any time on the strength of the headlines in any week's Pile-if. But, if he sticks around long enough to get some use out of the fee that he paid to the NMU officials as an ^'Initiation Fee" (This explains why it is appropriately called an Initiation fee), he will find that the heralded gain he celebrated months ago, has vanished like the snows of yesteryear. Nothing in fact, -has been changed! The Yogis of 17th Street are still spinning their mysterious victories in headlines which never materializes. It's the old Indian rope trick we have heard so much about where everything disappears before your very eyes -a-fter you bet your last dollar on the vision being a reality. Aye, it's a bonny feeling. Many an NMU member has spent his last dollar cele­ brating his union leaders' victories which he vicariously deemed his "victories" and felt rich in the spending. Why didn't the gains of the Commicals mean that further gains were in the offing, and wasn't he richer today than he was the day before? And, he would be richer tomorrow than he is today by the same logic derived from the NMU Pile-it. A horrible feeling is the morning after the ,night be­ fore. That terrible dark, brown taste and the pounding headaches. "Never again." We are off it for life. The elixir of Life has turned out to be an adder in our bosum. We are^ through. Never agaifi! Well, Brothers, it's the same with the Pile-it and the I ^ •hNpr {Continued on Page 4) SEAFARERS LOG Friday, May 19. 1944 WHArS DOING Around die Ports this Port something that will men whom they were blasting prove highly beneficial in com­ were at sea making it the hard batting the WSA fink Halls and way. That is a damn sight more This Port just had the largest from preventing them from load­ than the NMU Agent is going to week for any Branch in the Sea­ ing our ships with phonies on do—you can bet ypur Aunt Su­ farers' history. As a result, the week-ends and after 5 p.m. sie's Blue Bonnet on that! officials up this way have strictly We are now You can't push the Commy open every been in high gear. day from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m., in­ line at sea—not only that—it's al­ Since the Patrolmen here be­ cluding Saturday. We will be so dangerous, even for "pinkos." lieve in settling beefs at the point open on Sunday from 10 a.m. to Yours iill Ihe commies go to of production, right on board the 6 p.m. sea. vessel at pay-off-time, we have The membership here have PAUL HALL, Agent avoided any accumulation of made up their minds that to real­ unsettled beefs, which usually ly fight the WSA and RMO fink occurs in busy times, and which tactics we must make it a fullties a port down for some time time fight rather than a 5% day after. a week fight. In the future, we We have put into practice in will save at least 40 jobs every week in this manner. It should pi-event our member­ ship from becoming top-heavy for the amount of jobs that we have. The most important part Because the law requires that is that we won't have good union seamen's papers, identification ships polluted with anti - union and efficiency certificates, as well fakers and WSA stiffs. as Coast Guard passes and pass­ Every man paying off in this ports be turned over to their re­ (Continued from Page 1) Port who has charges placed spective authorities when they against him on boai'd any vessel have become lost, the Union has "1—Opportunity to useful and regular employment of all per­ for anything, by the Coast Guard, returned to such offices in New sons who want work, at fair is advised to contact the Business York the particular items as list­ wages or returns and under rea­ Agent as soon as possible. Thus ed below. They will be returned he can have someone to represent to the individual seamen upon sonable conditions. "2—Establishment of minimum him at the heai*ing in the Coast application thereto. standards of employment to pre­ Guard Examiner's Trial. CERTIFICATE OF We have been very successful vent exploitation of those workIDENTIFICATION ei's, whether - employed or self- here, by defending our members, Bureau of Marine employed, whose opportunities in avoiding having a whole Inspection & Navigation for high' wage employment are bunch of them tied up with 60 42 Broadway and 90 day suspensions which limited. EDWARD ARTHUR MURPHY "3—Provision for child welfare. could have been easily avoided "4—Raising standards of living by proper representation at the SOCIAL SECURITY ACT to provide adequate nutrition, right time. The only thing re­ Social Security Board 45 Broadway housing, medical care and edu­ quired of any Seafarers member to get repi-esentation here at this cation. JOHN JOSEPH CROSS "5—Provision for a regular Branch, is that he be sober. No. 140-18-9105 I noticed in the last issue of the flow of income to all those whose DISCHARGES employment is interrupted by Pilot that the New York Agent of U. S. Commissioner's Office sickness or injury, by old age or the NMU was blasting some of 42 Broadway by lack of employment oppor­ our members for being phony— while at the same time the same THOMAS E. THOMPSON (15) tunity." NEW YORK U.S. Submits Plan To ILO Conference ToRaiseStandards Get Your Papers If Your Name Appears Below Above: Harry Lundeberg, President of thb SIU of NA. confers with Madame Francis Perkins, U.S. Sec'y of Labor at the ILO Conference in Philadelphia. ^ ^H|' y i A �•vr,! '• Eziday, May 39( 1944 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page TlixM ' l^-l l> I? NMU Conditions Back To Impression Day Style SlUer Says 68 More Tankers Seamen's Security Plan To Be Constructed Is ApJ^oved By^erchant WASHINGTON — Contracts Marine Committee '.•ik that have been awarded for the construction of 68 large ocean­ WASHINGTON, May 10.—The through a 3 per cent pay roll tax Editor of SEAFARERS LOG: going tankers, the Maritime House Merchant Marine and on employers." The report said that the com­ Commission reports. Certain ex­ Fisheries-Committee has released Paid off an NMU tanker about a tentative report approving leg­ mittee was not in sympathy with isting contracts have been rear­ three days ago. Signed on that CREW OF SS WILLIAM islation looking toward the es­ charges made by employers that ranged so that the tankers may job in Feb. in the Port of Recife, STEWART $20.00 be delivered by July 1, 1945, tablishment of a system of un­ the use of union hiring halls as Brazil. BS JAMES DUNN 10.00 employment compensation for normal places of registration for The conditions on that, ship B. V. LUSTAGO lO.ITO Twenty-four tankers will be maritime labor which would call employment of union members were no different than those of J. T. BUTLER ID.OO constructed by the Sun Ship­ for a 3 per cent pay roll tax to be would constitute administration the old days. Port-holes leaking WING'S CAFE 9.00 building and Dry Dock Co., of paid by employers. of the scheme by labor unions. in all the rooms, overheads were WOOD SURVIVORS 7.00 Chester, Pa., (lUMSWA - CIO). Covering a detailed history of Applications for benefits, the so bad several of the crew had SS CHARLES S. FINGER.. 7.00 This is part of a total of 50 tank­ pending legislation on marine un­ committee said, should be filed in damaged suit-cases. ES THOMAS GREGORY .. 7.00 ers to be constructed by the Sun employment compensation which a Goverment office and processed One shower for nine men, also BALTIMORE MEMBERS .. 5.00 Co. during 1945. To allow for the has been before Congress for six by Government emplyoes. three men in the Stewards' Dept. SS ROBIN GRAY 4.00 full use of the Sun yards for years, the committee suggests "The committee does not be­ tankers, a contract for 30 trans­ that there should be imposed up­ who used the black-gang wash­ L. W. JAMES 4.00 lieve it to be the function of un­ port vessels has been withdrawn. on the steamship industry the room. The crew's mess had a F. W. DE HANEY 2.00 employment insurance to destroy coolerator, which had to be filled CARL HOWELL 2.00 Contracts for construction of 38 same taxes as are imposed on or interfere with the systems of with ice ^very night to keep the R. RAE 1.00 tankers have been awarded to other employers subject to the employment which have been es­ night lunch from going bad. G. GORDANO .: 1.00 the Kaiser Co., Inc., Swan Island Federal Unemployment Tax Act. tablished in the industry by the 1.00 Yard, at Portland, Ore., (Metal The Steward was strictly a N. a STONE "Escape" From Taxes process of collective bargaining," 1.00 Trades-AFL). A contract for six Declaring that in the period the report asserts. "On the con­ conapany stooge, had it not been G. J. EISENHAIDT tankers has been awarded to the since 1935 maritime employers trary, the committee believes that for the militant stand of the Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Ship­ have escaped not less than $35,- the union hiring halls should be TOTAL $101.00 Chief Cook, we would have been yard, Inc., Baltimore, Md., 000,000 in unemployment taxes, used where they exist, with safe­ on the two-pot standard. The (lUMSWA-CIO). the committee concludes after guards sufficient to insure that Steward used to^ issue fruit juices careful study of the records in the unemployed are promptly re­ one cup to a man. The blackOf the vessels removed from connection with the maritime ferred to employment and other gang delegate and myself soon the schedule of the Sun Co., 20 put a stop to that, even though will be constructed by the Kaiser unemployment question that, al­ work as may be available." we had damn little backing from Co., Vancouver Yard, at Van­ though the cost of providing pro­ Trust Fund the rest of the crew. couver, Wash., (Metal Trades- tection against the hazards of un­ In addition the committee con­ Here again Curran of the NMU AFL). The remaining 10 vessels employment in industry, trade cluded that it is desirable to es­ Attended one meeting while on is shown off the beam, for he de­ will be built by the Kaiser Co., and transportation other than tablish an account in the Unem­ that scow, and it was a joke. The clared before a Congressional Richmond, Calif., Yard No. 3, maritime transportation is borne ployment Trust Fund in the Bos'n ruled the set-up, he elected Investigating Committee in favor (Metal Trades-AFL). Thus it will at least in part by the employer, Treasury into which taxes levied his own chairman, made and sec-^ of Liberty Ships. He "experted be possible to complete them in the employers in the maritime on the part of the maritime in­ onded his own motions. He tried to such an extent that the Army 1945 without conflicting with the industry now bear such costs only dustry not subject to the Federal to pass a rule that we have per­ exposed him and declared they tanker program. to a minor degree, and, "for the system should be covered. fect silence in the crew's passage most part, in the past, escaped way at 8:00 p.m. sharp, as he was wouldn't allow troops to be trans­ The committee said that under ported in such vessels. Here Tlie award last February to the entirely." existing emplojnnent conditions Kaiser Vancouver Yard of a con­ (Continued on Page 4) again, Curran, who declared that In suggesting provisions for an in the maritime industry, and for the Liberties were good enough tract for 60 coastal cai'go vessels appropriate Federal measure, the so long as such conditions con­ for seamen is exposed by another has been rescinded to make room committee concludes that a scale tinue, contributions under a mar­ CIO Union — and he's supposed for the transport vessels. Award of benefits producing an average itime unemployment insurance to be a vice-president of the CIO. has been made to the Kaiser Car­ benefit approximating the aver­ system would be relatively heavy go Co., at Richmond, Calif., (Met­ age now paid under State laws al Trades-AFL) for construction would be a reasonable scale for a while benefit payments would be 'Workers Protest of nine of the coastal vessels, Federal maritime unemployment extremely light. Liberty Ships "At the 3 per cent rate, the to­ which, with 12 already on the insurance system. tal annual contributions would "SEATTLE, May 3. —Mem­ ways, will all be completed by (I.T.F.)—In a seamen's broad­ bers of the United Cannery the end of March, 1945. amount to $4,777,192," the com­ 3% Tax On Employers cast the German radio station Agricultural and Processing "The committee concludes," the mittee said. "According to this Deutschlandsender on 19th De­ report states, "that it is undersir- calculation, the excess of bene­ Workers Union has sent a reso­ cember gave German seamen the lution to the War Shipping Ad­ able, at present, to provide any fits over contributions in a nor­ ATTENTION! following warning: "In German •"'i revenues apart from those raised mal year would be $1,174,964." ministration protesting the use ships there are now a number of of Liberty ships to transport Agents in the Branches are foreign seamen, some even be- labor northward. The union x| Jonging to enemy riations, replac­ says its members will not sail asked to please post the va­ ing Germans serving with the in Liberty ships unless they are rious Boxes containing news on Draft Deferment, Bond Forces . . . It would appear that strengthened." Buying, and Payment of As­ foreign countries have not sent Curran says the Liberties are sessments to Keep in Good tvs their best seamen. This has good enough for seamen — al­ Standing, etc., on the Bullet­ led to certain difficulties. though they are shown to be not in Boards. "Although the foreigners are good enough for the Army, and This will help to keep some members of the crew, with their now. for Cannei'y Workers. of the members well inform­ rights and duties, they do not be­ ed on -these questions. NEW YORK^ May 18—The Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ long to the ship's eommunity. —SEAFARERS LOG Foreigners are foreigners; one Keep In Touch With trict is to invest in more War Bonds, it was learned here does not want to take up an at­ today. Plans for an intensified drive to sell War Bonds in Your Draft Board titude of superiority towards the current War Loan Drive and thus aid the war effort them, but . . . our ties of com­ are being undertaken by the Branch offices and the headmunity must on no account be undermined by false sentiment. f.!!!!*Drive was $75,000, (matured SIU of NA, the quarterly finance Of course we should treat the value), which, with the $102,000 committee recommends. foreigners decently—at least, as (matured value), on deposit prior Plans are going forward to to that purchase made an aggre­ decently as thej'- deserve . , But The following men have money Bull Line Office, New York. muster all possible support for gate of $177,000. (matured value). • • national community is national due them as listed on the TUG the sale of bonds among the in­ POINT SUR: Collect at Moran SS RUFUS PECKHAM; Messcommunity. . . With the current purchase tlie dividual members of the organi­ • "It is therefore important that Towing Sompany Jlffices, New man and utility man wages to be John'total will stand at a round figure divided among Theodore, Smith, zation, Sec'y - Treasurer John,' of $200,000, (matured value). the training of ship's apprentices York: Hawk declared. He pointed out should be undertaken exclusive­ 8-12 Oilers Peter Drvas and Oran Sistes, Calvin Hester, All bonds purchased are de­ the mounting need for such sales George Chamberlain. Leo Dun­ ly by German seamen. And, of Hilber Desplas 122 hrs. relieving posited immediately in the safety to keep the war effort in full course, apprentices must not be 4-8 watch for supper; Steward can. vaults and held subject to the * * * swing. detailed for any personal service Israel Kavner. 160 hours for will of the Union's membership. An investment of an additional to any foreign member of the dumping garbage: Bos'n. Chas. Bonus attack due the crew Assisting in the pm'chase of $11,000. from the Hospital and Orew, with the exception of the Kolodgy, 180 hours for dumping members of SS JAMES WAYNE. the bonds — which are to be Burial Fund, and $5,900. from the galley . . . German seamen should garbage, and for doing sanitary All hands will be paid $375 each bought through the Union itself General Fund will purchase for atiacdc bonus. Can be collect­ never discuss orders in the hear­ work, 25 boicEs. —is Mrs. William J. Dwyer. Mrs. bonds with a matured value of ed at Waterman Line Offices, ing of foreigners on the afteiCDwyer is the widow of a member $23,000. This makes a grand to­ deck. Officers must never repri­ SS RUFUS PECKHAM; John New York. tal of bonds purchased this year of the Sailors' Union of the Pa­ » mand German members of the H. Evans, Chief Cook and George cific who was lost with his vessd^ crew before foreigners. It would Price, 3rd Cook. Cook^s wages For any further information on of $98,000. without trace during the war, as The last pui'chase of bonds outrage our national, honour and and bonuses to be divided be­ above see Eddie Higdon, Counter were all hands on the same ship. tween these two men. Collect at Patrolman, New York Branch. made in the Fourth War Loan community ..." Honor RoU "Expert" Curran Shown-Up Again I I 1 Germans Fear Foreign Seamen's Ship Sabotage f SIU Plans Drive To Sell War Bonds; District Buys More MONEY DUE EJ" .- 'yM • 'Iht iaL:'' �Paga Four 'ii, f •' t THE A F L Executive Council SiippQuts SIU On Bonus {Conliiiuei from Page I) tion^ Unions in the near future, President William Green reveal­ ed at the close of the Executive Council meeting here. The proposed new unions com­ prise the chemical workers, office workers, and fabricated metal workers. At the same time, SecretaryTreasurer George Meany an­ nounced that the dues-paid mem­ bership of the American Federa­ tion of Labor reached the alltime high of 6,606,173 as of April 30, a gain of 546,485 members in the past 8 months. Mr. Green said that the char­ ters would be granted to the new international unions as soon as a few jurisdictional matters are straightened out. He expressed the hope that the charters would be issued before the next con­ vention of the AFL in November. Before adjourning, the Execu­ tive Council adopted a resolution favoring reduction of the cabaret tax from 30 per cent to 10 per cent. The high tax, the council was informed, has hurt cabaret and night-club business to such an extent that thousands of en­ tertainers and catering employes have been thrown out of work. The Executive Council also called upon the Order of Railway Telegraphers to abandon its in­ junction suit against the Brother­ hood of Railway Clerks. The litigation involves a jurisdiction­ al dispute betwee* the two unions. The Council declared the matter should be referred to the American Federation of Labor adjustment and decision in ac­ cordance with the laws of the Federation. Cafe Donates To SIU Log A note to the Seafarers Log from Wing's Cafe, 360 Cambie Street, Vancouver, British Col­ umbia, encloses a donation of $10.00 Canadian money, which is $9.00 in American currency. Wing, a Chinese, who has been an active trade unionist aU his life, declares in his note: "Please accept this donation for the Log. I have been an ardent admirer of the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union and the great work it has been doing in this great war effort." NOTICE SEAFARERS Friday. May 19, 1944 LOG NMU Conditions Wonders Of 17th Street Back To Depxessioii "Stenographers" to the right of them. "Editors" to the left of them. them. Travelling on high. Day Style SlUer Sayj g % Multigraphs and mimeographs. Telegraphs, addressographs. Visiting Commie phy.«copaths All are standing by. Telegram: so clear the way Cablegram: that cost real hay; Moscow, Chungking, Mexico way. Day and night they fly. Resolutions fall like hail. Typewriter batteries must not fail. We're agents for Stalin's Holy Grail; Let us do or die. "Blueprint" for every worker's life. Codes of Slavery are our right. All are planned and here in sight; Onward! is our cry. Party stoolpigeons are our Might. Basking in our friendly light; Fingermen busy day and night. Can you wonder why? V Moscow! Cairo! and Teheran! Warbles of the Rights of Man! / Ship 'em with musak and the old khan-khan "Keep 'em Sailing" cry. Millions of dollars on us pour. Millions for Commie schemes galore; Yet hungry Commie hordes yell "more". Pumps are sucking dry. Yet, for all this energy and the dough No honest gains can the "leaders" show; Political razzle is all they know; WE ARE ASKING — WHY? t —Top'n Lift. ATTENTION! RUDY BONICH Please contact John Orman. 1905 Longwood Street, Baltimore, Md. This is important. Help Yourself to Help Campaign For Silence! Yourself — Buy Zip the Lips and War Bonds and Stamps. SAVE THE SHIPS! (Contimied from Page 3) uridei a terrible nervous siraiJ^ (mostly from booze). That's when I was asked tfli leave the meeting, because of my objections to his dictatorship, tht motion was lost by the Bos'n. (The King was dead. Long live the King!) In Rio de Janeriro, with th# help of the black-gang delegate; we succeeded in getting the pork* holes repaired, plenty fruit juicel and an assortment of food-stuff that had been lacking all trip. The ex-king Bos'n paid off id Aruba, as the 1st mate had fileff charges against him for assault* ing the Chief Mate (73 years oldl. —^not much credit to the bos'n. The steward got tough during the trip by trying to hit to# saloon-messboy with a cleaver, the messboy got clear. He later came for me, was successful in taking the weapon from him ang poking him in the jaw. The steward was not drunk, al* though that was his excuse, wheti the crew demanded he be given 99 years upon our arrival in thn port of New York. The NMU tanker agreement fa worse than the old ISU agre^ ment, it's simply a ship-owner^ contract, signed by the union of­ ficials. The crew were a pretty deceni gang of kids, though very igno]> ant of the labor movement; thn NMU keeps them that way, it ll easier to shear the sheep at pafw off time. JOS. S. BUCKLEY, , Book No. 312 ex-SS Malabar C, D. Mallary Tanker. Those NMU ^Victories' AN EDITORIAL I^ Sis-. lu'-- u •I {Contimied from page 2) NMU "leaders" so-called victoreis that vanish like smoke from a funnel rim. Yet, next week we study the headlines and call for another beer on the strength of further "victories." If we would only take the trouble to read carefully and think hard over every sentence, using cold and calculating logic, somewhere in the middle of the long article we would stumble upon the truth showing that these "gains" are only NMU demands presented, but not yet granted, etc. Take the Pile-it of May Jth, 1944, where 'we see Comrades Myers and McKenzie coming in from their Washington hunting grounds with a glorious bag of gains. We would judge from the report that only Myers and McKenzie were on the War Shipping Panel, instead of represen­ tatives of other Unions and the employers, etc. The Panel is purely Advisory and can grant ^nothing. Only the War Labor Board can grant con­ cessions, and the WLB is held down by the Little Steel Formula in its operations. Now what was the victory? Aye, Brothers, it is another case of the froth disappearing from our beer while we have our heads turned, studying demogogic headlines placed before our eyes to delude us. The victory? The proposal that the tem­ porary wage of $17.50 be incorporated into the base pay. Now the seamen are already collect­ ing that and hold it in their hand. (Organized strength can hold it and as long as it is paid, the precedent is established. With organized strength and Unity in the industry under honest leadership, we do not have to fear the loss of the $17.50, Can it be that the Comrades realize that they have no organized strength and that the NMU membership has lost faith in their politic­ al fakers and are looking towards the AF of L, unity and organized strength, to hold the line on xvages and conditions in the post war period? Have they no faith in the seamen or their own leadership ?Or, in case this is refused by the WLB are they contemplating a sell-out.in line with their stand on the Bonus question which they threw over the side in favor of ah indefinite and hazy perspective wage raise by the War Labor Board. This is NOT a wage raise'or a raise of any kind, nor is it a gain in that sense of the word, even if granted. For not one cent will be added now or in the post war period to a seaman's earnings. We can hold the line and, we can, through organized strength, backed by the AF of L, and this has been proven. We can dispense with the Communist hocus pocus and thei)^ windy victories which mean nothing. Yet, they have deliberately thrown away and cast aside the genuine gains and standards of tfoe seamen as a whole by their refusal to figh^ the MWEB bonus cuts which they admi$, slashes a seamaids overall wages 12%. Who art^ they tvorking for? That is answered by the NMU, which somiS weeks ago, called a meeting of the shipowner^ in the NMU HEADQUARTERS and there of­ fered to turn the NMU dispatching and hiring over to a representative of the shipowners. Thd photo of the Communist NMU leadership and the shipowners was published on the front pagd of the Pile-it for all to see. To see and read only part of the job—to think and anaylse is thei real crux of our problems when we luonder whai is happeiftng to our wages and conditions and, the role of the NMU officials. That is how we tell the froth from the beer# Brothers. And, wMe we are paying for the beeii; we find that we Have been served up froth In Pile-it headlines and find out too late that the froth has disappeared while we were engaged in reading all about Teheran, Moscow, the Red Army, Bolivia, Mikt Quill or Lombardo Toledano, etc. Yea, Brothers, it's a great racket that the NMU has. ' - y." � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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No. n NEW YORK, N.Y., FRIDAY. MAY 12, 1944 SIU Members Urged To Take Up-Grading Courses At Schools Union Ends Picket Line At USS Hotel Fairfax In Norfolk NORFOLK, Va.—Picketing of the USS Hotel Fair­ fax by the Seafarers International Union was ended re­ cently, following a meeting of the union, which was at­ tended not only by SIU members, but by members of the National Maritime Union, Marine Cooks and Stewards Union and Marine Firemen, Watertenders and Wipers All members of the Seafarers International Union of North America who have Union. • sufficient time in to qualify themselves as applicants for upgrading under the United This action followed the adop­ States Maritime Service training program are urged to take advantage of the facilitiei tion, by the executive committee offered, a letter from John Hawk, Sec'y-Treasurer of the A & G District, to all Branch of the United Seamen's Service, Agents and the Membership, declares. Brother Hawk goes into the entire program in of a report made by a special V committee which investigatec charges made by the SIU against the Hotel Fairfax and other USS activities in this section. The executive committee agreed to put in effect at once recommendations made by the committee and the SIU meeting adopted a motion to abandon the / picket line so as to give the USS a chance to make the changes recommended. The investigating committee was headed by Judge Clyde H. Jacobs, and it was named by S P. O'Connell, chairman of the USS executive committee. C. M. Rogers, Norfolk agent for the SIU, issued the following statement at the conclusion of the meeting of the union. "The report of the investigat­ ing committee has been received and considered by an attendance of 121 members of the Seafarers International Union of North America and Sailors Union of Pa­ cific and 39 members of other Maritime Unions, some of the lat(Contimied on "Page 4) Ship Named For Tom Lyons Of N Y State AFL .... minute detail and outlines the# reasons that many of the men in about a positive danger to the the lower capacities should take Union as well as to the men advantage of the opportunity to themselves, because of the fact that the industry has been flood­ upgrade themselves. ed to a degree with men through Besides protecting themselves the RMO, who are all gaining ex­ they are also protecting the perience and getting the higher Union, he says. The full text of grades through continued train­ the letter follows: ing. Thus a condition is foreseen May 10th, 1944 whereby many of the genuine To All Agents, Patrolmen, Union seamen who have neglect­ And the Membership ed to upgrade themselves may be Dear Sirs and Brothers: forced out of the industry. For At the recent New Orleans competition for jobs will grow Conference of the Agents of the sharper and sharper as times goes Seafarers International Union of on and harder times will hit the N.A. it was voted to put the industry after the war, making question of endorsing the Up- it just so much tougher. This Grading Program of the United condition, too, will be felt to a States Maritime Service to the minor degree, should the war in Branches for membership action: Europe cease prior to the Pacific For acception or rejection. theater of action. With a conse­ The membership on a Coast­ quent slump in all shipping in wise basis has accepted the reso­ the post-war period and shortly lution from the Agents' Confer­ after the cessation of hostilities. ence which urges that members In addition to this, it is said, take advantage of the program the examination standards will and upgrade themselves. Officials become so strict and high that it of the various Branches and at will be impossible for the ordin­ headquarters have pointed out ary man to pass them. Waivers that members who have suffici­ Many Union Brothers are ent time in to up-grade them­ selves from ordinary seamen to pointing out that if waivers on AB's and from Messmen to 2nd the number of specified ratings Cooks and Bakers, or men of that required aboard a vessel are cut capacity to Chief Cooks should out the Union men who have been lax and neglected to up­ not neglect this task. For any neglect of such brings grade themselves will be endan- Film Star Carole Landis wore clothes when she testified for the Screen Actors Guild (AFL) at an NLRB hearing to determine col­ lective bargaining agents for extra players. Carole credited NEW YORK—As a result of a the SAG for her rise to stardom. successful drive by the New York State Federation of Labor in promoting the sale of War Bonds and Stamps since September 1, 1943, purchased by unions and members affailiated with the State body which totals an amount now more than $2,000,000, the U.S. Maritime Commission has In announcing the publication limitation varies from 6 months authorized a Liberty ship to be of a "Digest of State and Federal to 3 years." named in honor of the late Presi­ Labor Legislation" Secretary Stating that such laws set wage dent of the New York State Fed­ Trances Perkins cautioned State claims apart from other contracteration of Labor, Thomas J. labor departments and organized claims where statutes of limita­ abor against statutes of limita­ tions usually run six or seven Lyons. This ship will be launched tions on wage claims, "a particu­ years, the Secretary said the 1943 about May 18 at Jacksonville, larly insidious type of law which legislation "seriously affected the during 1943 was quietly enacted administration of State mini­ Florida. mum-wage and wage-collection Arrangements are being made in six states." and wage-payment laws as well "Seven State legislatures will for Mrs. Thomas J. Lyons to of­ ficiate by christening the vessel be in session in 1944 and those as the Federal wage-hour law." with the name of her late hus­ concerned with employee welfare Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, band. New York State Federa­ will wish to be on guard against Ohio and Oregon enacted this tion President Thomas A. Murray the spread of these laws which type of law during the current will officially represent the State limit the period during which year. In 1944, legislatures will organization at the launching. workers may institute suits for convene in Kentucky, Louisiana, Other unions are also expected to recovery- of wages and overtime Mississippi, New Jersey, New send delegates. due them," she said. "The time York, Rhode Island and Virginia. Perkins Warns Of Limitations On Damages And Overtime Pay ATTENTION! Agents in the Branches are asked to please post the va­ rious Boxes containing news on Draft Deferment, Bond Buying, and Payment of As­ sessments to Keep in Good Standing, etc., on the Bullet­ in Boards. This will help to keep some of the members well inform­ ed on these questions. —SEAFARERS LOG Every Dollar Helps When It Is Invested In War Bonds. gered by the influx of younger elements now sailing under the relaxed war-time requirements. The lax seamen wiU have to stay in the lower ratings. Under new business at the Agents' Conference a resolution was passed urging all men with sufficient time in to take advan* tage of the Maritime Training Program. This resolved as fol­ lows: "That this Agents' Conference goes on record to encourage the members of the SIU, Atlantic ft Gulf District, to attend these UpGrading Schools; and, BE IT FINALLY "RESOLVED. That all the of­ ficials of the Atlantic & Gulf Dis­ trict give all the members of the Union the straight information as explained to the Conference by the representative of USMS." On the East Coast and Gulf there are schools for up-grading under the Maritime Training Program at Pier 73, East River, New York, N. Y., Baltimore, Md., and at New Orleans, La. No Uniforms Required Under the new regulation sea­ men being up-graded dress as they please. No uniforms are re­ quired! Fares and transportation will be provided the applicants from any port on the Atlantic and Gulf to the nearest of the schools named above at the discretion of the USMS, under the training program. Lodgings can also be arranged. At the Conference Mr. Paul Schmidt, Warrant Officer, Mari­ time Service, WSA, was accord­ ed the privilege of outlining the Merchant Marine Training Pro­ gram declared that when a mfli^ is upgraded the Government is interested in that man going back to sea because of the short­ age of skilled ratings. Qualifications The qualifications needed for an ordinary seaman to upgrade to the rating of AB are that the applicant for a license is required to have six months at sea or oa the Great Lakes. From that the member can graduate" in thirty days. For those who were trainees and have a Deck graduation from the USMS school plus three (Contimied from Page 3) �,1,11,1 • ; w-'fj;,'; Page Two Viiblished by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District THE SEAFARERS — V, • . —IIII1 li>BI • • ' IIIIH 'ji- , ' ;; i Friday. May 12, 1944 LOG {lc€P01?T ^ASHItVGTOIV «BY MATT-WEW PySUANe-* ' Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor I have received several com­ increase granted by the arbitra­ in others they have received an munications from agents where­ tor was in conformity with the increase in wages, their working HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ VreMeni in the Army authorities are re­ "LITTLE STEEL FORMULA" or conditions that they went out in 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. fusing to allow union representa­ if the increase was in line with the picket line in 1934 to estab­ tives to board vessels that the the Stabilization program of the lish, have' in some instances been JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas, union has under contracts, when NWLB, the stabilization program chopped down. these vessels are docked at piers is based on Executive Order No. The preferential hiring clause P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City that they have had in some of that are under the jurisdiction of 9328. their agreements are secured, the Army. The question that was before MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. however, in companies that they the panel was, what approach This matter has been taken up 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. did not have preferential hiring should the panel take in handling with representatives of the Army here and they have advised me the MFOW case and other cases has none been granted them by that the Army will not allow that may come before the panel the board, on the whole they did ANY UNION representatives to for action. I took the position not accomplish anything by de­ Directory of Branches board vessels for the pui-pose of that in view of the fact that the manding a uniform agreement. BRANCH ADDRESS PHONE panel did not have the MFOW No action was taken by the collecting dues. NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOwling Green 9-3437 case before the panel for action, panel to bunch all cases up so The Army has made arrange­ BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay St CaK'ert 4539 ments for Union representatives as the case was not even certified that they would all be heard at PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St Lombard 765 I to be present and meet with crew to the NYLB, we could not one time. This means that aS a NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 NEW ORLEANS ( 16)... 324 Chartres St Canal 3336 members when they are signing lay any rules on how we would case comes into the panel it will SAVANNAH t. 2 18 East Bay St Savannah 3 -1 728 TAMPA 42 3 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 on or paying off. An office has handle this case as it was not be­ be heard on its own merits, MOBILE 7 St. Michael St Dial 2-1392 been set aside on the docks for fore the panel and we did not which is the board's order in es­ PUERTO RICO. 45 Ponce de Leon Puerto de Tierra GALVESTON 2 19 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 have a case to discuss. tablishing the panel, and has this purpose. My position was definite, that been the practice in the past. When a union representative if this case is certified to the On the Great Lakes the SIU wishes to board a vessel that the PUBLICATION OFFICE: union has under contract, and it board, and the board assumed signed an agreement with the ROOM 215, 2 STONE STREET is necessary to settle a dispute, jurisdiction, that we would then Overlakes Freight Corporation the union representative will proceed with it on its merits, the for another year, this case should New York City (4) BOwling Green 9-8346 have to contact the Security Of­ same as has been the practice come before the panel some time 267 ficer in charge of the docks. He since the establishment of the next week. The question of the jurisdiction may then give the representative panel by the National Board. a pass to board the vessel, and an The CIO representatives on the on dredges was discussed. My MP will escort him to and from panel took the position that all position was that the panel did Voluntary agreements or dispute have the jurisdiction over the vessel. cases that come before the panel, dredges, as the SIU on the Great Brother Lundeberg also met which call for an increase in with representatives of the Army wages should be all heard at the Lakes has several dredging com­ panies under contract. Some of on this matter. same time by the full panel, and these dredges are at present op­ "Polictics means Pork Chops" states a brochure issued WAR SHIPPING PANEL claim that their proposals would erating on" the SURINAME by the CP througgh the NMU in the name of Joe Curran, establish uniformity of wages in RIVER in DUTCH-GUIANA. I the hero of North Africa, Teheran, Moscow Conference, Attended an executive session of the panel on April 28th**•Last the industry. Later on they would felt that the panel was in a bet­ International Labor, Chinese Red Army, etc. September the MFOW opened demand that working conditions ter position to handle dredging Certainly, to a bankrupt leadership whose support is their agreements with the em­ be also uniform for the industry. cases than a regional board. the shipowners aiid Government agencies, politics is of the ployer for an increase in wages. The MM&P and MEBA fol­ The panel recommendation to essense. No one can deny that. Yet, someone is getting Their case is now before an ar­ lowed this same line of reason­ the National War Labor board is ing, and they submitted a dispute that the shipping panel has the rooked as the price of this Government-shipowner support. bitrator for a decision. If the ar­ bitrator renders a decision that case to the board and demanded jurisdiction over dredges, and re­ Now who is getting the well known rooking? (Seamen would grant an increase of wages a uniform agreement. The re­ serves the right to refer some of have a much more rugged though unprintable name for it.) to the MFOW, it would then have sults of their dispute is that they the cases to a regional board for The answer is self evident. Think of the millions of to be referred to the War Ship­ took a licking on the agreements, action. dollars that has poured into the shipowners' pockets since ping panel for recommendations they now have a uniform set of FISHERMEN the formation of the NMU by the fact that these heroes to the National War Labor board. wages and working conditions. Pat McHugh Secretary of the The panel would then have the In some of the contracts they of labor signed cut-rate contracts, lower than the lowest job of determining whether the have received a cut in wages and Atlantic Fishermen's Union has Union scales in the industry? been commuting between Boston and Washington of late. He is Hundreds of millions through the years, my friends, making a strong attempt to jar was the price these highjackers of all things clean, paid to the OPA loose from their decis= the shipowners for recognition. This came from the sea­ ion, and trying to get them to men's pockets, direct. establish the ceilings on the Now that the Government is paying all bills the prices that the;)^ received in 1942, instead of a weighed average. NMU's super patriots, meaning the CP officials, are trying Pat has been putting up a hard to have a government board bring these working conditions fight and is now bringing his case up to SIU contract levels. to the attention of the house ^ The appeal of the CP offcials of the NMU for "equali- Editor of the LOG. MERCHANT MARINE committee that is investigating VETERANS GET CHARTER _ Zation" of wages with the standards of the A. F. of L. is a 2 Stone Street the OPA, and is holding hearings on a bill to continue the OPA for confession of guilt. Why did they sign such robbery con­ New York, N. Y. , The Merchant Marine Veterans another year. A Senate bill calls tracts in the first place and allow the NMU membership Dear Sir: Association of the United States for the continuing of the OPA to be rooked all these ycar.s? The enclosed is perhaps of was today granted a charter by until two years after the war. For, this scabbery in Unionism started with the NMU's some news value to you, as this Frederic W. Cook, Secretary of Have been informed that on first contract and this traffic with the shipowners is only newly formed organization is the Commonwealth. Purpose of the Pacific oast the OPA are go­ the Association is to aid Mer­ now coming to light. Remember, also that the NMU con­ comprised of a group of seamen chant Marine Officers and Sea­ ing to adjust the price on Salmon and others, who are interested in for the California area. The indi­ tracts could be opened every 6 months for wage revisions. the welfare of the Merchant Sea­ men in securing some of the cations are that Rock Cod will Recognition by the shipowners had to be paid for. It man and were organized for that rights, benefits and privileges ac­ not be given inuch consideration set the Communists up in business as a "going" concern, purpose, as the release states, to corded members of the United by the OPA. May require a little and it was a paying business for both. The on y ones who aid them in securing some of the States armed forces, by local, more pressure from the co&st. State and Federal Governments. lost out were the NMU members and the seamen as a whole. rights, benefits and privileges Posts will be organized in all In the Gulf area the OPA does given to men in the Armed not give any indication that they For this shipowner controlled clique by signing such cutforces. That there, is need for the large cities of the nation will set a ceiling price on fish rate contracts acted as a drag upon the wages and condi­ such an organization, I have no Men who served in the Merchant Marine service in World War I down there, at least not for the tions for the industry as a whole. doubt, you will agree. or World War II are eligible to time being. Should they estab­ ^ This is scabbery on a mass scale. lish a ceiling, the rumor is that Thanking you, I am membership. In the meantime these tools were secure. Doors were they will go for the prices of W. L. Drew, 45 Strathmore 1942. Congressman Petersen is Sincerely yours, open to them in Washington, where they made the most of CARL A. MEYER. Road, Brookline, 46, Massachu­ against any ceilings down in the their "political" opportunities for every cause except that Commander. setts, was elected Adjutant. (Continued on Page 4) (Continued on Page 4) Currans' 'Politics' New Group Asks Full Hospital Rights For Merchant Seamen I Tv 'r ;Ll �;.;--'p ••• Friday. May 12, 1244 ;y- ' " Tn?•r:, n' •.-, - • • a- THE SEAFARERS •^" Around the Ports BOSTON Attended a meeting of the USS as observer. This was done as a result of the poor management of the USS Hotel in Norfolk, and I found out about the loans to seamen. It seems that there are two types of loans that can be made to seamen; both emergency loans: One is expected to be re­ paid, but the other is not expect­ ed to be repaid, provided it works a hardship on the person obtaining the loan. This information can be got­ ten at any USS agency that handles loans for seamen. The New York Educational Committee is doing a fine job, and when they complete their data they will have something helpful and instructive for our Hiembers. I would suggest that we get a card printed with our working rules thereon, especially that part of the agreement pertaining to overtime in the three depart­ ments. This will help eliminate sore spots and help to eliminate scores of beefs and create more It has made it a lot better for harmony aboard ships. the piecards here in knocking JOHN MOGAN, Agent. them out for wins, instead of los­ ing them, because of the lack of NEW YORK a few words of explanation. So if It looks as though we are final­ you guys in the other Branches ly going to get out of this pig pen, keep up the good work we guar­ that we call a hall in New York. antee you good representation in The lease is on the verge of be­ taking these up with the com­ ing signed for the new building panies. and we will be moved over there We had a fine example of what in a short time. It's about time good union men can 'do on a ship the other day at the payoff of the too! The Organization is growing so SS William Kent. She only car­ rapidly that the joint we are in ried five SIU book members, but now cannot even hold the mem­ these fellows had the crew lined bership attending the meetings up all the way. They had edu­ Monday nights. We are taking a cated them thoroughly in union­ step forward when we get out of ism and brought in a minimum of here, as in our new Hall, we will beefs. They did a really good have a layout that any Labor Or­ job and deserve a vote of thanks. ganization can well be proud of. If all ships coming in had This will be quite a conti'ast to things as well in hand as these the place we are in now, as we fellows did, paying them off have about every type of phony would be more efficient and sat­ outfit imaginable in this build­ isfactory to all hands. ing, all the way from a shipping We have definitely been assur­ crimp to a conscientious object­ ed that Joe Curran is not going ors' outfit. to run for President of the U.S. This Port has a hell of a lot this year (along with several easier time for handling out-of- other Red winos), so all of you town beefs now, since the Agents guys can now relax, all is well. and Patrolmen in the Outports Yours for less politicians and are cooperating with this Branch more unionism, by sending in clear, well-drawn up beefs. PAUL HALL, Agent SIU Members Urged To Take Up-Grading (Covthmed from Page 1) months sea service the time gen­ erally required to, up-grade is less than a month. The physical examination is said to be fairly easy, with a pro­ vision of reasonably good eye­ sight. Papers required are enough deck discharges to cover the stip­ ulated time, Coast Guard pass, proof of citizenship, or first pa­ pers for aliens, or Filipinos, who are generally over 18 years of age. Pay While Learning Those taking advantage of the training school courses to up­ grade themselves are paid under the program. For ordinary seaImen up-grading to AB's the pay is $156. per month, ($66. plus $3. a day subsistence and quarters). This breaks down to a figure of '$36:40 per week. For messmen up-grading to 2nd Cooks and Bakers the pay is $144. per month, ($54. plus $3. a day sub­ sistence and quarters). This breaks down to a figure of $33.00 Tier week. Pay is every two weeks. Stewards Department The time required for mem• bers of the Stewards' Dept. to up­ grade is from thirty to fifty-six days with the pay outlined above. The sea time requirements are as follows: Three months at sea as Second Cook and Baker, to qualify as ,a Chief Cook, with some baking experience necessary. Four months at sea or on the Great Lakes, in any rating in the Stew­ ards Dept. (Messman, Pantry­ man, Utilityman, etc.), to qual­ ify for training as Second Cook and Baker. The class day is about six and one half hours each day. Can Eliminate RMO By attending the coui'ses and bettering thfcmselves, members of the Union ean make great strides toward eliminating the RMO and their fink-hall set-up from the field. The RMO has no hand in the Maritime up-grading service or schools. For the Maritime Ser­ vice is a complete unit having nothing to do with the RMO programs. Mr. Schmidt, at the Conference declared that the Commandant of the U. S. Coast Guard in Wash­ ington issues all orders pertain­ ing to the way such schools are to be run in the various ports. Further the up-grading means for members of the Deck Dept. an increase of $17.50 per month in their basic wages. For members of the Stewards' Dept. up-grading means that they will be in line for better jobs with an approximate increase of $35. per month for those now sailing in the lower ratings, with of course, the same percentage increases according to bonuses. Will Help War Effort With all members getting be­ hind the program they can not only help the war effort but their Page Three LOG WKArS DOING Union as well as themselves, it :'s said. And, for that matter they are able to voluntarily leave the school if they find themselves unsuited for the mark they had set themselves for. Below is a list of United States Maritime Service offices on the East Coast and Gulf where mem­ bers of the SIU may make appli­ cation for up-grading: NEW ORLEANS, 523 St. Ann St. NEW YORK, 39 Broadway. BOSTON, Rm. 101, 177 Milk St. PORTLAND, Me., Rm. 17, U. S. Custom House. NEW HAVEN, Conn., 1044 Chap­ el St. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Rm. 330, 100 So. Broad StBALTIMORE, Md., 209 E. Fay­ ette St. WASHINGTON, D. C., 1311 H. St., N.W. NORFOLK, Va., 119 Tazewell St. CHARLESTON, S. C., 117 Broad St. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., U.S. P.O. Bldg., 311 W. Monroe. TAMPA, Fla., Hillsboro Hotel, 504 Fla. MOBILE, Ala., 64 St. Francis St. PORT ARTHUR, Tex., 208 Bluestein Bldg. HOUSTON, Tex., 1305 Prairie Ave. Your full cooperation and at­ tention in pushing this program is requested. Please post on bul­ letin board. Fraternally yours, JOHN HAWK, Sec'y-Treasurer. •'if" Curran's 'Experting * That Of Puppet NMUer Declares Editor of the SIU LOG Dear Sir: Knowing from past experience that these remarks would never be printed in the NMU's Com­ munist controlled press — the Pile-il—^I am addressing these re­ marks to the LOG, where Free­ dom of the press is still practiced. I note in all the great pubhc presses that that erudite "expert" Joe Curran has been down to Washington again. This time he testified as to the seaworthiness of the Liberty ships which were under fire. With sublime ignorance, so well portrayed in the SIU LOG's report of this investigation and Curran's role, this broken-down CP stooge stood naked before the world, exposed for what he is —a political parasite without scruples or even elementary knowledge of the subject matter under investigation. He was the perfect tool of the Big Business interests. I doubt if they will use him again for his ignorance was so marked as to be sublime. As a labor skate to delude in­ nocent seamen and workers gen­ erally his value has been proven. Here, he is unquestionably an "expert." The shipowners who have used him and his clique to pick the pockets of the seamen in the NMU clean through favorable (to the shipowners) contracts have never regretted their con­ nections with this stooge. It paid dividends in hard cash. And now, he had a still greater service to perform for the ship­ yard interests. What? Are you looking for­ ward to the day when the NMU members will catch up with you? (Henry J. Kaiser take notice. Here is an "expert" to be picked up at a bargain. One guaranteed to operate on hoi air and to use his 6 ft. 2 and scowl to the very best advantage of his controller. He has been known to scab on Union men and Union wages by working for half rate. His past is guaranteed. He is docile, tract­ able and well broken-in.) The mystery in this latest visit to Washington, however, is not in Cuiran's "experting." We have always known that he is nothing but a puppet and is a false-alarm, built up by the Communists who surround him and control every movement of his life. He ^ a mask behind which they operate. Left to his own devices his ig­ norance of even elementary mari­ time problems is amazing if they were not so tragic. And who can expect more from a cut-rate Grace Line shore-gemg straw boss. The mystery lies in the Pilot of March 17, 1944, following this "experting" by the "President" of the NMU before the Truman Committee. Search as you will you will find no word of this fa­ mous expert's testimony or men­ tion thereof. Why? Well, brothers, there's a reason, and it is this: The testimony will reveal to aU maritime workers, both the ignorance of Curran in maritime matters which might serve to awaken the NMU mem­ bership an dthe general public as well, and the servile role played by the politicians of the NMU in defense of Big Business in line with the recent instructions of the Communist Party that they have to "play ball" with capital­ ism and all capitalists who will play ball with them in the "Spir­ it of Teheran." To heU with seamen's lives the CP's siij'—diet's have ihbre aiid bigger political conniving. We can be trusted to "play ball." That is the message of the hear­ ings as gathered from the study of the expert's remarks. Curran's masters behind the scenes know what to print or kilL And the Pilot editor, good Com­ munist stalwart that he is, is well trained. He can spot danger a mile off. Curran is given plenty of play —on everything else but the vital topic effecting all seamen — his "experting" in Washington. And, to take your minds off the thing altogether they have printed a leg demonstration on the front page with others throughout. Also on the front page is Ferdy (Continued on Page 4) Seamen Wartted On Draft The following communica­ tion re: Selective Service was received: April 5, 1944 "John Hawk, "Roosevelt Hotel, "New Orleans, La. "General tightening of reg­ ulations of Selective Service system has resulted in increas­ ed losses to seagoing manpow­ er to draft can be prevented in almost all cases if seamen make certain WSA 61 is com­ pleted at beginning and ter­ mination of each period aboard vessel. Urge your members to make certain that this is done at our request. General Hershey has exempted active sea­ men from preinduction physi­ cal examination, normally re­ quired of men under twentysix. Seamen should be advised to deal with local board through RMO on any ques­ tions that may rise. Request for extension of allowable time ashore must be kept to mini­ mum. Will you notify your members of this wire? "H. Chase Stone. WSA." There it is Brothers! Shore time allowed on your pink slip from the RMO—^form WSA 61—can only be extend­ ed by the RMO — and with their permission — for extra­ ordinary circumstances such as s i c k n e SS. hospitalization, sitting for a license or going to up-grading school, etc. Failure to comply may find you in the Army Brothers! Keep Up With Your Draft Board Before It Keeps Up With You! (2) Ai.\i-ti1^1:iVi<-. r:.' ki'Uu'ir'M- ••;S0| •"Sf �Page Four T HE Union Ends Picket Line At USS Hotel Fairfax In Norfolk (Contimiei froin Page I) tei- frora the National Maritime Union. The Marine Cooks and • Stewards Union and the Marine Firemen Oilers, Watertenders and Wipers Union, and a few unor­ ganized seamen, in a meeting held in the Seafarers Internation­ al Union Hall in Norfolk. "We believe that our com­ plaints and grievances which we considered reasonable and gen­ uine were fairly heard by the in­ vestigating committee, composed of the following citizens of Nor­ folk; Chairman Judge Jacob and four other prominent citizens of Norfolk, and we further believe "yid hope that the recommendauons contained in their report, if immediately adopted and put in­ to effect will eliminate our diffi­ culties. We understand that the Executive Committee of the Uni­ ted Seamen's Service adopted the report entered and ordered that the recommendations of the in­ vestigating committee be put in­ to immediate effect. In order that this may clear without hin­ drance, or in part, picketing of the USS Hotel Fairfax on the part of the Seafarers Internation­ al Union and Sailors Union of Pacific members and also mem­ bers of other maritime unions and imorganized seamen has been suspended. Our aims throughout this matter have been to obtain equal justice and fairness for all merchant seamen. "We sincerely feel that the aforementioned has not existed in the past and we trust that in the future the Merchant Seamen will receive more cooperation from the United Seamen's Ser­ vice, and fairness in the issuance of tickets for rationed articles, and that the loss of money, clothing, etc., will be eliminated or stopped as much as possible." NOTICE HERBERT E. BORI, Book 21,855. All your seaiheh's papers and Union Book and some per­ sonal papers were turned over to the Union by the United States Post Office, Station P. The papers were accepted by F. Stewart and are now located at the New York Dispatchers' office, 2 Stone Street. Please call for same immediately, otherwise they must be returned to the various Government de­ partments which issued them, e. • • P. J. CAMARON lost a sum of money in the Philadelphia area. It was found. Will Brother Cam­ eron please write William John­ son, Acting Agent for Philadel­ phia, for further information? MONEY DUE The Engine and Deck Depart­ ments of the MARIBOU B. La MARR are entitled to two weeks linen money. Collect at Water­ man Office in New York. * n- • The following men from the SS WILLIAM STURGIS, Voyage No. 3 can collect the following money: Anthony Dower, $1.84; Theodore Peterson, $6.36; Joseph A. Schmidlin, $12.72; Norman Cra­ mer, $27.53; Albert Cramer. $23.51; Joseph Kelly, $27.95; Ed­ ward Toner, $5.04; Wm, McDevitt, $2.69; Patrick McCarthy, $18.13; Richard Daisely, $21.82; Richard Purcell, $35.59; Weldon Friday, May 12, 1944 SEAFARER S. LOG Bassett, $13.09; James Earl, $13.18; V. Velazquez, $2.69; Hjalmar Nordby, $18.13; Norman Hartnett, $24.17; Sam A. Fawcett, $20.82; and T. Simmons, $2.69. » » • Engine Department on the SS HENRY LEE has linen money at the Calmar Office, New York. • * • The following men from the SS E. WHEELOCK. Wages that can be collected at the Calmar Office, New York: Richard Ma­ son and Elmer Holmes, $157.53; Ernest O'Rourke and Wilfred Bennison, $135.82 each; and George Ellis, $65.62. Dushane's Report for an increase ^ (Continued from Page 2} wages. Looks like a smoke screef^l Gulf area, particularly in the to cover their agreement thai Florida field. they made in approving of thd Brothers Lundeberg, Weisberbonus reduction that the MWEI| ger, and Hawk have been in town made. meeting with representatives of seveial government agencies, try­ ing to iron out the numerious matters that are effecting our members. Brother Lundeberg is now in Philadelphia and is meet­ ing with the Executive Board of the American Federation of La­ bor, and is trying to enlist their support to have the Maritime War Emergency Board to re­ (Continued from Page 3) establish the 100% bonus. the fink Smith burning the lasi It seems that all the other Mar­ election ballots with a captioql itime Unions have given up the "Democracy in Action." fight on this vital matter, how­ Oh, yeah? ever, we have taken the position I am happy to see the Seafarer! that we are going to continue Log smoking these political shy­ this fight no matter how much sters out of their holes. Morfli time and expense we put into power to your pen. May the trad! this dispute. The union is .of the winds fill your sails and goodi opinion that the board's decision sailing. Keep up the good work on the reduction of the bonus is These are the most sinister fakeri an unfair one, and merits recon­ who ever disgraced the maritinM sideration. industry. The NMU has completely for­ They are knights of the doublf gotten the bonus reduction and cross. Stick to your guns and lo| are trying to soft pedal their them feel the thunder of yousj membership to forget about it, broadsides. and are hollering for an increase In conclusion, let me assuJi in wages. They will have to wait you that the SIU Log will be read until September 30th, 1944 before they can legally open their con­ by the seamen, including thf tracts on this issue, as they did bona fide honest NMU membertb not open their contracts in March Thank you. -Old-Time NMU Membep 1944 for any wage increases. We then have the Pilot shoot­ Keep In Touch With ing some more bull to the NMU membership with their blazing Your Draft Board Curran's 'Experting' That Of Puppet NMUer Declares Currans' ^Polities' (Continued on Page 2) of the seamen. These contracts remained a deep dark secret. While they urged the NMU mem­ bership to "study their contracts" they did not urge them to study these contracts in compari­ son and contrast to the rest of the Union con­ tracts in the industry. And, unless this were done there is little meaning in "studying" any contract. This was the catch for the ignorant seamen—a mask to hide the truth from their eyes. l:i' k i For these services these political rats n6%u demand the Checkoff. They realize that the Union is slipping away from them—that the members are getting wise and are voting with their feet. The ship­ owner must come to the rescue and compulsion must take the place of free independent choice on the part of the individual—whether he will support this fink political clique or give them the deep six. ' That isn't all by a long shot. Now, in the NMU Pilot of April 21, 1944, we see the Communist clique calling a confer­ ence of the shipowners who have profited great­ ly by Pork chops and Politics. This Conference was held in the NMU headquarters (appropriate place it seems) and here the CP offered to turn the dispatching and shipping in the Union Halls over to the shipowners, whose agents would sit in the NMU halls and take over the show. These political highbinders are drowning and because politics are their pork chops (at the seamen's expense) they are calling upon the shipowners to come to the rescue. Why, because the real seamen have quit in such numbers that only the Communist draft dodgers, needle workers, button hole makers are left, and these cannot man the ships. Yes, there's politics and politics, and pigs are pigs. Did the shipowners refuse the invitation, refuse to be found in open collusion with the Communist control of the NMU? You guessed it. Brother—they were there in force. Why not, when politics means pork chops for the ship­ owners? Didn't the invitation follow the stabbing in the back of the seamen over the Bonus ques­ tion? Didn't they left-handedly support the MWEB Bonus cuts by stating that they were only interested in a wage increase—^meaning the "equalization" demand on a par with the AF of L, now before the War Lalwr Board and over which the MWEB has no control? And isn't the Chairman of the MWEB the same Captain Edward Macauley who is also in politics for pork chops? Verily, they understand each other, while the seamen who are out there doing the sailing and the dying, pay the price in a midtitude of directions. Take into consideration the fact that the NMU members are paying the highest dues and assessments in the industry, thinking that they belong to a Union, when in reality they belong to a Communist Political Club, masquerading as a Union. They are paying to support the very clique which swindles both the NMU membership and all seamen, directly and indirectly. And, the membership of the NMU is not even allowed •to run an opposition slate against these high­ binders on the POLICY MAKING BODIES the Union. What an appaling racket. Unionisn| has struck new lows and is scraping bottom. There is room for belief that the vast "take*^ of income from the befuddled and unenlighteifed NMU membership is being used to float subsidize even greater political rackets, now tha^ the "Party" has captured the American Laboi^ Party and are tied up with the CP dominated CIO "Political Action Committee," for CIR dominated it undoubtedly is as far as the parti­ cipation of the CP leaders of the NMU concerned. r Yet, these political racketeers point to thi sumptions Halls built up at the seamen's expens^ and exclaim: "Look what we are doing for you. This 2| progress," Yea, Brothers, you have paid already foi; palaces of gold through the cut-rate contracts^ etc., etc. All you are getting now is propaganda^ and tinsel opening the doors to still greater pil­ laging of the American seamen. Wake up. Brothers—wake up and Live| You have been doped by the Piloteers efff Union Square too long. The wages and living standards of the seatmen as a whole are in mortal danger. You havii paid a terrific price for ignorance already. It iif up to you to clean house of these fakers and! reach out your hand in Brotherhood and thtf spirit of Unionism to your Brothers of the AF of L now fighting hard for all. That is the only; way we can. win pork chops for the seamen— on the plate, and not in a Communist-Currajtf brochure. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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NEW YORK. N.Y.. FRIDAY. MAY 5. 1944 Ne. .10 AFL Executive Council Hears SIU On Bonus Liberty Ships To Be Named For Two SIU Heroes '/ WASHINGTON, D. C., May 1—Two members of the SIU who gave their lives during the war that others might live, are to be honored by having ships named for them, the Maritime Commission announced here today, while praising their heroism in high tribute. The vessels are to be launched on Maritime Day, May 22, in connection • vith the observance of ceremonies for those who have given their lives at sea while plying war-torn and submarine infested waters. The launching ceremonies may include the presentation of the Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal to the nearest of kin, the announcement said. Both launchings will take place in widely separate ports of the Nation. The ships are Libertys. The New England SB Corp. will launch the freighter Joseph Squires, the Commission said. According to the citation he was aboard the freighter SS Maiden Creek when it broke up in heavy (Continued on Page 4) Buy War Bonds The membership of the Sea­ farers International Union is urged to invest part of every pay-off in War Bonds and Stamps. These Bonds are your stake in America and the Freedom we are fighting this war for. Few know better than the sea­ men what war means for we have a running day-to-day en­ counter with it. DIG DEEP IN THE POCK­ ET FOR UNCLE SAM. Bonds mean Bombs for Hitler and Hirihito on the receiving end. NMU Men Join SIU Picket Line At Norfolk USS President Lundeberg Cites Hazards — Charges RMO Wastes Money - - - BULLETIN - - PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 4 — Harry Lundeberg, President of the SIU of NA, and John Hawk, Sec'y-Treasurer of the Atlantic and Gulf District and Vice-President of the SIU of NA today laid before the AFL Executive Council all details of the Union's fight on the reinstatement of bonuses to the pro* April 1 level, and increased war-risk insurance for seamen. • FuU history of the war bonuses since their inception and the decisions of the Maritime War Emergency Board were placed on record before the full sembly of the highest body of the AFL convened here in executive session. ^n Brothers Lundeberg and Hawk went into the minute details of MWEB I Chairman, Macauley's, actions on this matter. SIU Fights For Bonus Increases I 0' Ij WASHINGTON, D. C., May 1— Criticising the recent action of the Maritinie War Emergency Board in cutting the seamen's bonuses, Harry Lundeberg, President of the SIU of NA, called for sweeping revisions in the MWEB's last decision, here this week, |j in a communication outlining the entire background of the dispute and explaining rh^ hazards and dangers that the merchant seamen face under a war time condition which daily places them within reach of^;; Treasurer respectively, I am adsubmarine action. dres.sing to your Board this offi­ As well as this they are sub­ cial communication of protest in jected to the danger of aerial at­ regard to recent actions of the tacks, shellings and bombings Board in dealing with the War and in effect make them bear the Bonus question affecting the Am­ brunt of enemy engagements, the erican Merchant Seamen. NEW YORK CITY—An inter­ letter continues. Brother Lunde­ On April 19th I sent your national radio hook-up from Eng­ NORFOLK, Va.—A picket line was estabilished at berg asked prompt moves by the Board a letter requesting a meet­ land, with Ernest Bevin, Minister 12 noon around the USS Hotel Fairfax, through a special Board to restore the bonuses. ing with the Board as per the of Labor, and U. S. Ambassador meeting held at 10 A.M., April 20, 1944, in regards to the The letter, copies of which were Statement of Principle signed by John G. Winant as principal USS here. The result of the meeting was to establish a sent to John R. Steelman and President Roosevelt on March 18, speakers, marked the opening solid picket line. The front of the Hotel, on the Frank Graham, as well as to 1941. The Statement of Principle ceremonies of the third merchant Shell-and-Pea Game" Macauley, reads as follows; sidewalk was filled with baggage* seamen's club to be built in Brit> hotel. SIU members invited all asks that another meeting be of the men who are now leaving "Whenever any difference ain through the contributions of the place. Reporters came down seafarers who approached the leld to straighten out the situa­ shall arise between any steam­ American organized labor. there and got a statement and hotel to seek accommodations tion and save many of the old- ship Operator and any Union Situated in Cardiff, Wales, one elsewhere. time seamen from leaving the representing its employees with of the busiest of British ports^ some picturesRogers also notified the NMU sea. Brother Rogers also reported regard to any question relcd- this club will provide recreation, that Mr, Crandall of the USS has Acting Agent, a man named The full text of the communi­ ing to War Risk Compensation entertainment and other facilities tried every conceivable tactic to Kirk, who states that the NMU cation follows: or War Risk Insurance of per­ to merchant sailors of all nations. get the picket line taken off, even was on record to uphold the USS sonnel of the vessels of such The Cardiff club is located At Washington, D. C. going so far as to cause his ar­ 100% but the NMU Members steamship Operators and such within easy walking distance d April 29, 1944 rest on a complaint of Mrs. Dun­ filed out. Only Kirk and Dan question shall not be settled the docks, the main railroad sta­ can Wade, a room clerk. She Boano, regular NMU port agent, Maritime War Emergency Board through the ordinary proced­ tion, and the Ministry of Labor, based her charges on the assert­ (both well known for their CP Washington, D. C. ure of collective bargaining be­ where sleeping accommodations ions that she was afraid of him. activity) refuse to cooperate with Attenlion: Capt. Edward tween such steamship Opera­ are available for merchant sea­ Maculey, Chairman Rogers and his attorney, John j;he seamen. The members, how­ tor and its employees, such Mr. John R. Steelman, Member question shall be referred to men. The club is well equipped C. Davis, exposed this at the trial ever refuse to remain behind the and attractive, and has kitchens, Mr. Frank P. Graham, Member picket line, also the employees of and the case was dismissed. the Board by such steamship a dining hall, reception and He declared members of the the place, not all of them, but the Gentlemen: Operator or such Union by giv­ writing rooms, two billiard rooms Seafarers International Union bell hops, waiters, etc., are com­ ing written notice to the Board and a bar. In addition, there is a On behalf of the Seafarers In­ will continue to picket the USS ing out also. ternational Union of North Am­ and to the other party of the large concert hall and ballroom, ; Rogers said he had affidavits erica and its affiliate, the Sailors intention of the party giving Dressing rooms and a stage have |! Hotel Fairfax "until all seamen from several seamen which state Union of the Pacific, of which such notice to refer such ques­ been provided so that the ball- |j get just treatment." While the trial was on they had lost money and belong- Organizatiors-r ajh the duly elec­ tion to the Board. Such notice room can also be used for the- | pickets walked in front of the ted • • President and Secretary(Conthmed on Page 4) aterical presentations. (Continued on Page 2) •A".- • NewSeamen'sCluli Opened In Britain - fl �;^-V.ryy^- r'^yxf y. f THE Page Two SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District SEAFARERS LOG Friday, May 5, 1944 i. S I U Leads Fight For Bonus Increases strayed very far from the langu­ D. 50% but nothing less than (Continued from Page 1) shall specify the question to be age, intent, and purpose of this $50.00 per month for each mem­ document. We want to point out ber of the erew on all U.STA. con­ referred to the Board." Affiliated wif/j the American Federation of Labor We might remind the Board the following facts about the il­ tinental coastwise voyages. the Statement of Principle was a legal activities of your Board. II. PORT ATTACK BONUS HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President voluntary document drawn up by 1. On November 10, 1942 Chair­ Reinstate Port Attack Bonus representatives of ship Operators man Edward Macauley, through as per decision of March 1, 1943, 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. and Seamen's Union representa­ his secretary, Erich Nielsen, at­ payable at $125.00 for each crew tives on a nation-wide scale— tempted to rewrite the Statement member for each port or anchor­ JOHN HAWK - -- - - -- - Secy-Treas. and signed by the same. It was Principle through back door age, which experiences enemy P. O. Box 2 5, Sfation P., New York City accepted by President Roosevelt methods. This failed, due to the attack during the presence of the and put into effect by him under alertness and opposition from our seaman's vessel in such port or MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. the document called "the State­ Union. at such anchorage. 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. ment of Principle" on December 2. On April 25, 1943 the Board III. AREA BONUS 18, 1941. aribitrarily intei-preted the State­ m To Be raised To $7.00 Per Day Dr. Steolman should be very ment of Principle and the Board's familiar with the contents and authority without even consult­ A. Area covering European Directory of Branches pui'pose of this document because ing the signatories of this docu­ waters to remain as per April 1, 1944 decision of Board. ADDRESS BRANCH PHONE he was represented at the hear­ ment. ings held to draw up this docu­ 3. At another date the Board B. Area covering Pacific waters NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOwling Green 9-3437 BOSTON (10) 3 30 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 ment by two of his able com­ to extend to 20° South latitude again arbitrarily interpreted the BALTIMORE (2) l4NortWGaySt Calvert 4530 PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St Lombard 765 I missioners, namely, Mr. Bryce powers and functions of the "Ad­ and to extend westward to the NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 H o 1 c o m b and Commissioner visory Board" without consulting Date Line and to include the Bay NEW ORLEANS (16)... 324 Chartres St Canal 3 336 SAVANNAH 2 18 East Bay St Savannah 3 -1 728 Omar Haskins. the signatories. Both times, of of Bengal, and the Persian Gulf, TAMPA 423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 MOBILE 7 St. Michael St Dial2-1392 Our request for a hearing was course, giving yourselves more and the Aleutian Islands. PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon Puerto de Tierra answered by the Secretary of the powers and both times violating GALVESTON 2 19 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 IV. INSURANCE Boai'd, Erich Nielsen, on April the document signed by the A. Inci-ease the War Risk In­ 25th on behalf of you gentlemen. President on December 18, 1941. surance to $10,000.00 to the de­ This letter again denies our re­ The action of the Board is, to PUBLICATION OFFICE: pendents of Merchant seamen quest and refers to meetings held say the least, high-handed and ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET killed or missing through war ac­ by the so-called "Advisory Com­ dictatorial. We are again, through New York City (4) BOwling Green 9-8346 tion, and make this retroactive mittee" on February 23, 1944 and this communication, demanding from the start of the war. on April 12, 1944, and says the that you take notice of the Am­ B. Increase War Risk Insur­ Unions had been given proper erican Seamen's request that you ance to $150.00 per month for life hearings through this so-called change and revise the War Risk for Merchant seamen permanent­ "Advisory Committee." Compensation contained in de­ ly disabled through war action. Let us again point out that the cision 2-B as of April 1,-1944, to Our reasons for these very Statement of Principle is very at least the following scale to be specific in its statement dealing the absolute minimum for the modest demands are as follows: 1. Prior to the entry of our with the Advisory Committee. duration of the war, with- the un­ country in the war, our Union Let us quote it for you: derstanding it may be raised as received a War Risk Compensa­ "The Board shall appoint ad­ war conditions and hazards in­ tion set by the National Media­ RESOLUTION: visory committees of represen­ crease. tion Board, which was in effect I. VOYAGE BONUS higher than the present War WHERAS, there are thousands of foreign-born non-citizen union tatives of the steamship Oper­ ators and of such Unions of seamen today sailing in American ships, carrying supplies to our A. 100% but nothing less than Risk Compensation set by your equal representation for the $100.00 per month for all licensed Board on April 1, 1944. We re­ armed forces and to our allies over seas, and purpose of consulting with and and unlicensed personnel for all ceived 66 2/3%, but nothing less WHEREAS, as these foreign seamen, v/ho are helping cur coun­ advising the Board in respect trans-ocean voyages from depar­ than $80.00 per month per man try in our fight against Nazism and Fascism so that freedom and OF ANY OTHER MATTERS ture from the last continental in nearly all waters—the same as democracy may prevail throughout the world and looking towards improvements U.S.A. ports until arrival back in your Board is giving today. There WHEREAS, these seamen are unable to become American citi­ and coordination of the war ef­ can be no question in the minds first continental U.S.A. ports. zens due to the technicalities of the immigration law, and fort of the United States in the B. 100% but nothing less than of the Board—we hope—that the WHEREAS, our great country has justly granted foreign borns Merchant Marine field." $100.00 per month for each mem­ war risk has increased 1000% at present in our armed services, such as the Army, Navy and Mar- In plain English the so-called ber of the crew on all outside from October, 1941 to this date. ^ ine Corp, their American citizenship papers after three months ser­ "Advisory Committee" has no voyages from U.S.A. continental In other words, we were, in vice with the American armed forces, and authority to deal with, suggest, ports to ports in the territory of 1941, able to negotiate directly WHEREAS, these fox-eign merchant seamen, together with Am­ or alter the War Risk Compensa­ Alaska, and return. with our employei's a half-way erican seamen, sailing American ships, it can justly be said that tion of the Merchant Seamen. We C. 100% but nothing less than decent bonus—^before we entered they are part of the armed forces of our great country; AND can only surmise that the Board $100.00 per month for each mem­ the war. We also received Port THEREFORE BE IT is using this "Advisory Commit­ ber of the crew on all voyages Bonuses in the Ports of Suez, and RESOLVED: That the Seafarers' International Union,' convened tee" set-up to cover up their il­ from continental U.S.A. ports to in the ports in the Persian Gulf, .at New Orleans, go on record as follows: legal acts of cutting the War South America, and return. (Continued on Page 4) Risk Compensation for Seamen 1. To instruct the Secretary-Treasurer and the President to draw lip a bill to be introduced in the Congress and Senate of the United from time to time when it suits jStates to give to foreign-born seamen full American citizenship, pro­ the Board to do so. As for the letter signed for the viding they have sailed one full year in American ships during • wartime. Board by the Secretary, Erich The following communica­ to deal with local board 2 That the Secretary-Treasurer and President and our Wash­ Nielsen, April 25, 1944, referring tion re: Selective Service was through RMO on any ques­ ington Legislative representative request a friendly Congressman to an Advisory Board meeting received: tions that may rise. Request ^>n the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries; and a friendly held April the 12th supposedly April 5, 1944 for extension of allowable time for the purpose of discussing Senator on the Committee of Commerce, to introduce this bill. "John Hawk. ashore must be kept to mini­ whether the War Risk Compen­ 3., That all our affiliated organizations petition, through wires "Roosevelt Hotel, mum. Will you notify your sation for Seamen should be cut j-- -and communications, their Congressmen and Senators in the various "Hew Orleans, La. members of this wire? or not, this is an insult to the i districts, to support this bill, and that our affiliated organizations "General lightening of reg­ "H. Chase Stone. WSA." American Seamen, when we I ask the central labor bodies, the State Federation of Labor in their know and can prove that on ulations of Selective Serylce There it is Brothersl i'. district, to help us in this fight to pass this bill, April 10th the poard released an system has resulted in increas­ Shdre time allowed on your e: 4. That the President of the International contact President Oversea Broadcast through the ed losses to seagoing manpow­ • , Green, of the American Federation of Labor, to help and aid in the OWI, stating the War Risk Com­ er to draft can be prevented in pink slip from the RMO—form j passage of this bill to grant foreign-born seamen American citizen- pensation had been changed by almost all cases if seamen WSA 61—can only be extend­ f ship papers after one year's sailing during wartime. your Board. In the light of this make certain WSA 61 is com« ed by the RMO — and with Submitted by: press release and broadcast is­ pleted at beginning and ler- their permission — for extra­ sued by you through the OWI on mination of each period aboard ordinary circumstances such Edward Coester, April the 10th, may we ask you vessel. Urge your members to as sickness, hospitalisation, Harry Lundeberg, gentlemen what was the purpose make certain that this is done sitting for a license or going to Maurice Weisberger, of holding a meeting on April the at our request. General Her- up-grading school, etc. Charles Brenner, Failure to comply may find 12th? Were you kidding us? Did shey has exempted active sea­ Harlan Snow, you in th-» Army Brothers! men from preinduction physi­ you act in.good faith? Maxie Weisbarth, cal examination, normally re­ Keep Up With Your Draft Your Board-w\^2...?ppointed by John Massey, quired of men under twentyBoard 'Before It Keeps Up President Roosevelt to do a job, Delegates of the six. Seamen should be advised With You! (2) according to a document called SAILORS' UNION OF THE PACIFIC. "Statement of Principle." You 1 A Convention Resolution Re: Foreign-Born Seamen 1 Seamen Warned On Draft - - iiiV ' ' -- • * <1 �Friday. May 5, 1944 THE / V ' SEAFARERS f •' WHATS DOING r tfci® 5?oB?t8 LOG Page Three Computation For Merchant Seamen Navigation and Vessel Inspeciion Circular No. 46 Subject: Computation of Seamen's Wages. 1. The following rules will be observed by shipping commis­ sioners and collectors of customs acting as shipping commissioners in computing the wages of sea­ men employed on merchant ves­ sel of the United States: 2. The date written in the column of the shipping articles headed "Time at which to be on board" is taken as -the time when a seaman's wages should com­ mence, provided he was on board or duly presented himself to go on board at that time. If he -went on board before that date with the consent and subject to the orders of the master, he is deem­ ed to have commenced work and to be entitled to wages from the date of going on board. If he failed through his own fault to join the ship at the time specified in the articles, his wages accrue only from the time at which he went on board and reported for duty. Disputes in regard to the time when the wages began to accrue rarely involve more than one or two days, and they are usually adjusted by the ship's log, although if there is doubt arising from the absence of prop­ er entry in the log or suspicious interlining, or other cause, the seaman's statement may be ac­ cepted. 3. The column in the shipping articles headed "Place and date of signing this agreement" con­ tains the date of the agreement. It docs not indicate the time when wages are to begin. 4. The agreement is considered, as referring to calendar months, defined as the time from any day of a month to, but not including, the corresponding day (if any, and if not, to and including the last day) of the next month. For example: January 29 to February 28, inclusive, is one month. January 31 to February 28, or February 29 if in a leap year, inclusive, is one month. January 31 to February 28, inclusive, if in a leap year, is 29 days. February 28 to March 27, in­ clusive, is one month. March 28 to April 27, inclus­ ive, is one month. 5. In computing the amount due for a fraction of a month, 30 days is counted as a month with­ out regard to its length. For ex­ ample, five days in any month are one-sixth of a month. 6. Any fraction of a day is counted as a whole day. For ex­ ample, from the afternoon of March 1 to March 4, both inclus­ ive, is recokoned as four days; and from March 1 to the fore­ noon of March 4, both inclusive, is reckoned as four days. But if seamen be entitled to wages from the afternoon of one day to the forenoon of another day, the two fractions of a day are considered as one day only. For example, the time from the forenoon of March 1 to the forenoon of March 4, both inclusive, is threa days. 7. In computing the amount of wages due, the number of calen­ dar months (commencing on the day on which wages began to accrue) is to be determined first; to this is to be added the frac­ tional part Of a month determin­ ed by counting each and every day beyond the final day of the last full month. For example: January 29 to March 3, in­ clusive, if not in a leap year, equals one month, three days; if in a leap year, the time is one month, four days. January 30 to March 3, in­ clusive, whether or not in a leap year, equals one month, three days. January 31 to March 3, in­ clusive, whether or not in a leap year, equals one month, three days. June 15 to October 13, in­ clusive, equals three months, 29 days. June 15 to November 13, in­ clusive, equals five months, June 15 to November 14, in­ clusive, equals five months. 8. In the event the monthly wage of a seaman is changed dur­ ing the voyage through promo­ tion, demotion, or otherwise, wages are to be separately com­ puted for each rate of pay in ac­ cordance with the foregoing. 9. This circular supersedes an<l cancels Department of Commerce Circular No. 305, dated May 7, 1938. Shore Patrolman comes aboard he will be able to glance at the overtime sheet and be in a posi­ Not much doing around Boston This port has settled practical­ tion to know just who is who. ly all old beefs hanging fire here this past week, shipping and 4. Re — Keeping an. accurate in the past week, as well as new business rather slow. Expect more activity in the near future. record of all overtime worked. ones coming up. The men and I see by the newspapers that Well, if this is done there wUl ports involved have been noti­ the SIU is getting some action on not be any room for disputes at fied. . the bill that was introduced in the time.of Pay-off, as everything The No. 1 Patrolmen for each Congress to give Merchant Sea­ will be on record in bleak and department and Business Agent men disability pensions for in­ white. are acting as a committee hand­ juries received due to enemy ac­ No. 5. Re—Assistaing the Pa­ ling all disputed beefs, local and tion. trolman and informing him as to out-of-town. So far, this is very Bros. Dushane, Lundeberg and who is qutting the ship. Well, if effective, and has resulted in this Hawk deserve great credit for this is done it wiU be very help­ Branch having a clean deck as their perserverence in getting ful, and I am sure it will be far as beefs are concerned. this Bill through the lower house. greatly appreciated, as we know We had an odd one the other The next step is to get it through by past experiences that when day. The first Overtakes Freight the Senate, thereby having it en­ the Shore Patrolman comes aboard in some instances the trip Corp. ship since the signing of acted into law. their contract paid off in this A recent visitor to this office card boys generally are hard to was Warrant Officer Max Nier- be found and this being the case, port. mann of the U. S. Army. Maxie the Patrolman has to hunt them Due to the fact that the com­ will be remembered as the lad up and in so doing he loses a lot pany officials had been previous­ who thought it was the 4th of of valuable time. On the other ly working in an outfit with an July when his ship was being hand, as a rule, the Delegates NMU contract and this was the bombed, shelled and torpedoed know just who is quitting and by skipper's first SIU ship, Patrol­ while enroute to Murmansk. The informing the Patrolman of this men Coffin, Michellet and myself crew sure admired little Maxie fact, this will be quite a help had quite a bit of action at the for his courage. also. payoff in educating them to the No. 6. Re—Quitting the ship's Nothing further of importance SIU way of business. over Beefs because they are not to report this week. They had knocked off nearly JOHN MOGAN, Agent settled on the spot. A beef can 800 hours of overtime which they always be settled at the time of claimed they had never paid un­ Payoff as a rule. If it cannot be PHILADELPHIA der NMU contracts. settled the Patrolman or the Agent of the Pay-off Port knows We educated these people and Well, here we go doing busi­ what machinery to set in motion got the entire amount of disputed ness at the same old place as in order to settle the dispute in time with the one minor excep­ usual, the original three musket­ t question. Qutting the ship in an tion of 26 hours in the Deck de­ eers have disbanded, "BUT" as out-Port where there are no of­ partment. one of the remaining Musketeers ficials, don't help matters. This The crew on this job were good I will carry on until we have the plays right into the hands of the men and got quite a kick out of pleasure o f getting together operators or owners, as nine In a great many instances the watching the -union in action. again, as you readers know what times out of ten when you go to beefs become personal and in the This comparison between the we used to point out things of the company's office to try to windup the delegate in question NMU and SIU contracts aboard interest to the membership, so settle your beef there is no rec­ often gets the Boom lowered on this ship was so impressive that here goes one again, these over­ ord of it there and then there is him. even the cadets wanted to join time sheets that you guys get no member of the crew to sub­ Now, things of this kind don't . the SIU. aboard ships. How many of you stantiate your claims. So this is help matters at all. If anything, It's no mystery any longer as stop to read them? There are important, ride the ship to a Port they are harmful to the Union, to why there is a constant stream seven rules, DUTIES OF SHIP'S where you can get representation because experienced members of of NMU men coming up and toss­ DELEGATES, let us take them from your Shore officials. the three departments will not ing in their books from that out­ up seperately: No. 7. Re—Delivering the Over­ assume the duties of delegates. No. 1. Re—^Agent appointing a time sheets properly filled out to On the other hand, if the Dele­ fit and joining the SIU. delegate for each department be­ the Agent in the Port where you gate in question is weak and he There is something that all fore the ship sails, that is fine, paid off. This is very important. takes all these phony beefs up to members should remember dur­ but it is much better for the crew Let us be very concise on this the skipper, he will be put on the ing the course of a voyage, and to elect their own delegates. By matter. Suppose that the dele­ spot and put down as an agita­ that is the proper way to put in so doing they are sure to have a gate does not make the overtime tor, and in most cases this will overtime. Be specific about every real democratic rank and file sheets out plain and he does not result in bad feelings with the Vi instance! Insist on the head of member to represent them. keep a rough log explaining Skipper, Mate, or Chief Engineer, the Department keeping a record everything in detail; when the and will eventually lead up to a of all overtime; disputed or not! No. 2. Re—Full Book or rated matter is brought up or is in dis­ personal matter, and when the More good beefs are lost through men to act as Delegates in each pute, unless the delegate has an ship arrives back this will all be Department; also no key men the lack of this information than recorded in the ship's log. In this answer, naturally no one remem­ shall act as delegates (Bos'n, for any other reason. Deck Engineer, or Steward). Well, bers the details, and in a case case we have definite proof where Shipping is on the pick-up at this is OK in peace time, but on like this it will often prove to be a delegate has had his papers present here, so some of you fel­ some ships the Steward is the in the company's favor. lifted for periods ranging from lows in the out ports who are only full book member in his It seems to be quite a practice thirty to sixty days. having trouble getting out can department. So the same thing in of these trip cards to get on a So in order not to put your de­ come on up this way, as it is a the Deck or the Engine Depart­ partmental delegate on the spot ship and in the absence of book question here of how many hours ment, so therefore, it is often members, to gang up on the De­ with the Coast Guard and to keep it will take to ship, instead of necessary for the key men to act partmental delegates. By this we him from getting jammed up, how many weeks, as in some as Departmental delegates. mean they will make all kinds of when you present a beef to him ports. No; 3. Re— keeping a record snowballs and then give them to and he tells you that it is no It looks as though we will have of the name, book, and month a the delegates and tell them to good, let it go at that. to buy some of the Patrolmen man is paid up to. Well, this is go to the head of their depart­ But keep a record of it and if here pogo sticks to cover territ­ very important for the following ment to settle same, and when you are in doubt, present it to ory with, as some of them are reasons. First, it insures that the Delegates look the beefs in the Patrolman who contacts the paying off as many as seven ships every man either is a book or question over and after consult­ ship from shore when you arrive a week, not counting the rest of permit member, and that he has ing the aggreement and delegate back at the Pay-off Port. Then he their other duties, such as sign­ bonafide shipping cards, and that in question often finds out that will tell you whether or not it is ing on ships and working on out- he has shipped through the these snowball beefs that he has a good or bad beef and in this of-town beefs, etc. So, if any of Union Hall and not off the dock. been handed in are not in ac­ matter everyone will be happy. you fellows down the line have a Second, in the case where the cordance with the agreement. Well, I guess that I have bent stock of pogo sticks, send them members have a little get to­ He informs the trip carder that your ears long enough, but I hope on up as some of these patrol­ gether, the members' book will the beefs are out and that he will that everyone that reads this will men's feat w'll soon be worn determine on what amount of not go to bat for them. At this give it their serioiis attention. So down to their knees. voting power the member in stage of the game the trip carder here's to a Bigger and Better GEORGE PRICE. 3rd. Yod _ Yours for a flying flsh on each question will have when import­ goes into a huddle with the rest Union. With best wishes, I have money coming. See CL foot. ant questions of the Union are to of the trip cards and they mark remain, Fisher. New York Stewards' Pa­ PAUL HALL, Agent be decided upon. Third, when the the Delegate in question, lousy. HARRY J. COLLINS. Agent trolman. NEW YORK y BOSTON Money Due �•;<. {m[l ... - --'•" •; 'r If'S' Page Four THE V. E. HILL, Messman from the C. FORD, messman, who paid SS Knute Nelson, Robbin Line. off the S.S. Arizpa, last voyage. The gun crew mess has coUected Please see New York Patrolman C. Fisher and pick up voucher on a purse for the messman. * » • extra meals. * » » The claim for pumping oil on (Continued from Page 2) The following men have money besides receiving $5.00 per day the SS Pichens of S. ATLAUBE due at the Calmar Line offices, while in the Ports of Suez. It will be settled soon. • • e in New York: THORNHIILL, L. must also be remembered that GRICE, Third Cook, ex SS PARKER. IVAN LEWIS, CHAS. our monthly wages were less. So Mary-Mar. See Patrolman F. WILLIAMS, J. MARIANO, S. consequently our bonus was SARGENT, J. LUCAS, HOLMES. higher than now. How can the Hart in the New York office. • • » * » *. Board justify this action? At JUAN RIVERA, messman. You that time no American seamen Will the follov/ing men off the SS Felix Grundy of the Stew­ have 30 hours coming from the had lost their lives through war ards' Dept. see Patrolman Heurt in SS Brookholst Livingston. This action. Today American seamen New York. Overtime for the trip j is payable at the Bull Line are getting killed in all waters of must be settled: MARTIN and Office. the world. UZONYI, Cooks; CARE, Baker; 2. The wages of workers ashore, FRIEDBERG, Mess; A. GALparticularly in the shipyards LANTE, BORUTA, ROMA, and which are paid by the Maritime OWINS, Utility-men. Commission, are higher than the * *• * V • * GREENE and SPENCER of the SS S. W. Rawlee can collect their overtime at the New York ofiice of the Bull Line.—F. Hart. 't NMU Men Join SIU Picket Line At Norfolk USS (Continued from Page 1) ings in the USS Hotel Fairfax. He said one man who left $1,000 for safe keeping with a hotel em­ ploye, was unable to recover it for 36 hours. Harold C. Crandall, port area dLrector for the USS, explained this transaction by saying the en­ velope in which the money had been placed had been put away by. a women employe who went to a hospital for treatment and it could not be located until she had returned. $600 Reported Missing Nelson B. Brown, an engineer, said he missed $600 from his pocket, after spending a night at the hotel April 6. He said he com­ plained to the management and was told the matter would be in­ vestigated. H. Chase Stone of the RMO in Washington, also a USS official, declared on the scene that the seamen's complaints will be given a hearing. Honor Roll seamen's wages. Their work is war wox'k—with less risk, a bed to sleep safely in every night, with no hazards. They receive on an average $1.25 per hour with time and one-half for over­ time. They receive more money and enjoy better conditions than the Merchant seamen. We do not begrudge them this, they are en­ titled to it. But why should the War Shipping Administration, who pays our War Risk Compen­ sation and also pays the shipyard workers' wages, discriminate against the seamen? The ship­ yard industry is treated better, their problems are taken care of by a more just Board than you gentlemen on the MWEB. 3. The risks of the Merchant seamen are greater than the Navy. The Navy personnel are protected in well armored and very fast fighting vessels. They are fitted out to fight. Very sel­ dom is a naval vessel attacked except in combat action, while merchant vessels are poorly equipped for defense either $253.00 against aerial attacks or submar­ ine attacks. Compared with the Navy, it must also be remember­ ed that the material and econom­ S.S. JOHN LE FARGE $36.00 S.S. GEORGE E. DERN .... 23.00 S.S. JAMES HOBAN 17.00 S.S. K. S. WOOLSEY 14.00 S.S. J. P. MITCHELL 13.00 S.S. FITZHUGH LEE 12.00 J. LYON 12.00 EUGENE SNEED 12.00 R. S. LITTLETON 10.00 S.S. CLARK MILLS 10.00 S.S. LILLINGTON 10.00 A. M. MAGNONE 8.00 S.S. A. KENDALL 8.00 C. DUVAL 8.00 A. L. SLEYSTER 8.00 S.S. JOHN LAWSON 7.00 F. PRICE 6.00 JOHN MARCHITTO 6.00 B. MOORE 6.00 S.S. CARTER BRAXTON .. 5.00 CHIEF MATE S.S. G. WELLS 5.00 M. ROSENBERG 5.00 B. W. JENSEN 2.00 R. WETZER 2.00 C. PAPPICH 2.00 HENRY RUNGE 2.00 C. M. WAGENFER 2.00 C. L. CONN 2.00 TOTAL Friday, May 5, 1344 LOG SI U For Bonus Increases MONEY DUE Crew of the SS Kofressi has 75c coming for one meal. » » » SS Henry Bacon, South Atlan­ tic Co. L. E. SEILER, AB, has 48 hours overtime coming to him; P. P. BAROWSKI, has 48 hours coining, and J. L. MUDDEN, has 5 hours coming. Collect at Com­ pany's office—E. S. Higdon, New York Patrolman. • • • SS Alcoa Trader. All unlicens­ ed men who paid off in New York recently have 1 day's pay and three meals coming. Money is payable at the Alcoa Line office, 17 Battery Place, New York, • • • Following men have money due from the Bull Line and can collect it at the New York offices of the company, for voyage on the SS Rufus Peckham: CALVIN HESTER, GEO. CHAMBERLIN, LEO DUNCAN, WILLIAM TAY­ LOR, and THEODORE SMITH, division of wages of utility man for 2 months and 27 days. GRAN SITES, 33 hours and di­ vision of wages. I- SEAFARERS Liberty Ships To Be Named For SIU Heroes (Continued from Page 1) seas during a storm on Dec. 30, 1942. Squires and another sea­ man volunteered to remain be­ hind and lower the lifeboats. High seas were running and made it impossible to remove the two men. They stayed and were lost with the ship. Brother Squires was born in Newfoundland in 1909. From the Delta SB Co.'s yards ,in the South, the second ship to be named for an SIU member Will take to the water. In this yard the George W. Alther will proudly herald his accomplish­ ment. Even though Brother Alther had been sailing as Second' Mate he still kept in good standing with the SIU. He lost his life when he went to the assistance of a naval gunnery officer after a bombing of the SS Timothy Pickering, July 13, 1943. The vessel was loaded with munitions, TNT, and high octane gas. Brother Alther was born in Massachussetts in 1918 and is sur­ vived by his father, George Al­ ther, Sr. His father is expected to attend the launching. .X-. ic conditions of the Navy com­ pare favorably and higher than the conditions of the Merchant seamen. They are protected with just as high wages, also with va­ rious benefits accorded military personnel, such as mustering-out pay, hospitalization for the rest of their life, higher insurance both for themselves and their dependents, and also enjoy cer­ tain privileges as veterans, etc. 4. War Risk Compensation is not based only on the supposi­ tion that a man stands the risk of being killed—that, indeed, is a secondary issue. Have you gentle­ men ever thought of the nerve racking tortures Merchant sea­ men go through? There are Am­ erican seamen by the thousands knocking around American wa­ terfront ports whose lives are shattered, who are useless for the rest of their lives due to the ter­ rible strain they have gone through. Why doesn't the Board check on this to find out? Does the Board know how it feels to lay in your bunk trying to sleep in a blacked-out ship in the war zones, waiting for a torpedo from some sneaking submarine to blow up your ship, full of am­ munition, perhaps? Have you ever stumbled out of your bunk night after night when the gen­ eral alarm goes on, groping around in the darkness—waiting for that old torpedo to hit? Has the Board ever thought of how it feels to have this raid alarm go off and have no place to go— when Jap and Nazi bombers start to drop their eggs all around you—when you expect every minute that your ship will get it next? Not only once, but night after night, day in and day out. And you have the nerve to cut the lousy War Risk Compen­ sation! Pay Your AssessmentsKeep In Good Standing Recent meetings of the New York Branch have voted to again bring to the atten­ tion of the membership that they are not entitled to hos­ pital benefits unless their as­ sessments are paid up. Otherwise members fall into bad standing according to the Constitution. The deadline for the payment of assessments was March 31, 1944. Check your union books. The Constitution is as follows: Article 111, Section 4 of the Constitution reads: "Members more than Three (3) months in arrears in dues, assessments or impaid fines, other than during the period of strikes or lockouts shall forfeit all claims to benefits and all other rights and privileges in the Union. He shall not stand suspended until six (6) months in ar­ rears in dues, assessments or unpaid fines. "This section shall not ex­ cuse any members for being behind in dues or assess­ ments while employed." Article reads; VllI, Section 1, "Members who are confin­ ed to hospitals in good stand­ ing shall be suspended from payment of dues or assess­ ments while so confined. Members who are confined to hospitals in bad standing shall not be entitled to any benefits whatsoever." Therefore all members must pay their assessments if they want to enjoy the union's benefits. The dead­ line for paying these assess­ ments was March 31st. PAY YOUR ASSESSMENTS AND KEEP IN GOOD STANDING, BROTH­ ERS! 5. The last decision of your Board dealing with Vessel Attacfe Bonus is far from being decent It is an open insult to the Amerl« can seamen. Your "gift" of giving a seaman $125.00 attack bonuf providing the vessel he is entployed on is "destroyed or sub­ stantially damaged or on whicb anyone has been killed or serl^ ously injured." This ghoulish' "classic" and its authors will long be remembered by the American seamen. In other words, if your shipmate is killed, you'll get $125.00. What a price! What a Board! 6. Since your War Risk Insur­ ance cut went into effect on April 1st, the Tanker H. S. Collier was sunk in the Arabiaft Sea with tha loss of 44 men—and she is not the only ship which has gone down in these waters lately. Bjr the way, this is one of the zonea in which you cut the men's com­ pensation. Since your cut went into effect, the Steamer Straub went down through enemy action in Alaskan waters. Fifty-four men went down. This is also another zone where you cut the bonus. We wonder, where you get your facte and figures and information from? 7. As a result of your cold­ blooded cut, hundreds of oldtime seamen are already leaving the sea. They are too old for the armed forces and consequently do not have to go to sea. They are finding berths ashore in the shipyards with better pay and safer sailing. The War Shipping Administration is very liberal when you work ashore. We feel your arbitrary decision is hinder­ ing the war effort, inasmuch as it drives the best of seamen ashore, and we know they are needed. 8. The reason we are asking you to increase the Area Pay from $5.00 to $7.00 per day is because the RMO, a division o£ the War Shipping Administra­ tion also headed by Captain Ed­ ward Macauley, are paying thou­ sands of so-called Seamen $7.00 per day for standing by waiting for jobs in the RMO pools ashore,. If a man can get $7.00 per day for doing pothing, loafing around in safe American ports on Captain E. Macauley's dole—there is no reason why men risking, their lives and undergoing nerve rack­ ing hazards in the South Pacific and elsewhere, should not get the same. COMMENT Your Board can well afford to ch^ge their decision without losing face. 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Title A name given to the resource May 5, 1944 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VI, No. 10 Description An account of the resource Headlines: AFL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HEARS SIU ON BONUS LIBERTY SHIPS TO BE NAMED FOR TWO SIU HEROES SIU FIGHTS FOR BONUS INCREASES NMU MEN JOIN SIU PICKET LINE AT NORFOLK USS NEW SEAMEN'S CLUB OPENED IN BRITAIN CONVENTION RESOLUTION SEAMEN WARNED ON DRAFT COMPUTATION OF WAGES FOR MERCHANT SEAMEN PAY YOUR ASSESSMENTS KEEP IN GOOD STANDING Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 05/05/1944 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1944 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/91d9dbb872f06de3297b6b260eaad637.PDF 18de5a3e7684110d52832295cd288059 PDF Text Text ••jbl (IAFARBRSJOQ ip-> OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THK ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Vol. VI. •'» il i "}-'l No. 9 NEW YORK, N.Y., FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1944 ITF Talks Pave Way For World Unity m "• ' " I All Seafarers Must Unite Says President Lundeberg At Meeting Dushane Exposes Port Hazards To Seamen In Bonus Beef Letter •i. NEW YORK, N. Y., April lA—"Tlie foreign seamen's unions must fight to bring their living standards, wages and conditions to those of the American seamen," Hafry Lundeberg, President of the SIU and Sec'y-Treasurer of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, WASHINGTON, D. C, April 2 5 —In a strongly declared in a report here tonight. Brother Lundeberg gave a highly interesting report of the International Labor Organization Conference convened in Philadelphia last week, worded letter to Shell-and-Pea-Game Macauley of the %• and a repoid of a succeeding^ — meeting of all the delegates from headquarters, 5 Beekman Street, ton representative. "An informal session was held the foreign unions with represen­ New York City. Also attending the ILO Con­ between the American seamen's tatives of the SUP-SIU. The latter meeting was held ference for the AFL seamen were delegation and the seamen's dele­ under the auspices of the Inter­ "Whitey" Hawk, and Morris gates from the Transport Work­ national Transport Workers Fed­ Weisberger, SIU Vice-Presidents, ers from countries all over the eration, held Sunday at the ITF and Mathew Dushane, Washing­ world to the ILO Conference," Brother Lundeberg reported. "The various problems facing the seamen after the war were dis­ cussed, and after this prelimin­ ary conference a definite date was set to hold the meeting imder the auspices of the ITF in New York. "This meeting was called at the request of the American Sea­ men's delegates and took place Sunday, April 23," President Lundeberg said. "In the meeting there were representatives from .the follow­ ing countries: The U.SJ^., repre­ sented by the SIU, (AFL), Great Britain, Holland, Belgium, Nor­ way, Sweden, Denmark, Greece, Yugoslavia, China and India." Problems Discussed He then told of the various problems that were discussed throughout the day. {Continued on foge 4) Maritime War Emergency Board, M. Dushane, Washington representative of the SUP-SIU The letter pointed out the con­ carried forward the Union's cam­ stant hazard that the seamen are paign to have the MWEB rescind subjected to while in ports of its recent decision cutting the the War Zones, for which the bonuses and installing a so-called MWEB's latest steal from the "Vessel Attack Bonus." {Continued on Page 4) rii , t ::f; 1 Above, left to right: J. H. Oldenbroek, Harry Lundeberg, and Chu Hsueh-Fan in an informal picture at the ITF Conference. Picture on opposite side of page shows Peter Sp3frid£dEos and Nick Margaritis, Federation of Greek Maritime Unions' delegates caucauaing as they enter the ITF Conference. PIH 1 (p-. Delegates at work at the ITF Conference. Reading left to right around the table: Einar Johansen. U. S. Representative of Norwegian Seamen's Union: John Hawk. Vice President of Seafarers International Union. (AFL) Sec'y-Treasurer, Atlantic & Gulf District; Aftab Ali, President of Indians Seamen's Union; W. Dorchain, U. S. Representative of Belgian Seamen's Union: Ceaar Milos and Marjan Jelicic. U. S. Representatives of Yugoslav Seamen's Union: J. H. Oldenbroek. Acting General Sec'y of International Transport Workers Federation (ITF), Chairman of the Contact Committee of Organisations of Employees of the Netherlands Merchant Navy, WorkenC Delegate to the ILO; George Thompson, (standing). Special Organizer for the British National Union of Seamen; Morris Weisberger, Vice-President, SIU, SUP Agent of New York; Chu Hsueh-Fan, President of the Chinese Association of Labor, Workers' Delegate to the ILO: Harry Lundeberg, President of Seafarers International Union of N.Aw and Sec'y-Treas. of Sailors' Union of the Pacific,Maritime Labor Advisor to Robert J. Watt, U. S. Workers' Delegate to ILO; Fred B. Clausen. District Secretary. Danish Seamen's Union; Ernst Raberg, (forground) U. S. Representative of Swedish Ceamen's Union. Portrait on table near M. Weisberger is of the late Edo Fimmen. during his life General-Sec'y of the ITF and world renowned as the "Father of All Seamen" in Europe. �Page Two T HE SSA FA R E R S Fridar, April 28, 1944 LOG NEW ORLEANS CONVENTION REPORT REPORT FROM SEAMEN'S DELE­ vention also asked that the Marine Hospitals be open to the relatives of merchant seamen, the same as now GATES TO THE SECOND is in effect for the Coast Guard and others. CONVENTION OF THE Wartime Service SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA The convention drew up a resolution and instructed Brothers: The second convention of the International started in New Orleans March 28 and continued up to and in­ cluding April 1. Present at the convention were dele­ gates from the various affiliated unions of the Interna­ tional, on a nation-wide scale; also two fraternal dele­ gates from the Canadian Seamen's Union. There were delegates from the Atlantic Gulf SIU Seamen's Union; from the Great Lakes; fi'om the Pacific Coast; and Fishermen & Fish Cannery Workers' delegates from Boston, the Gulf ports, Florida, California and Washington. Due to wartime conditions, the difficulties of transportation, etc., the convention was limited in delegates. However, lots of work was done affecting seamen and fishermen and fish cannei-y workers, and the various delegates from all over the country had a good chance to get together and exchange their views and discuss their various mutual troubles. They were also able to coordinate their efforts on a nation-wide scale so that any question affecting seamen, fishermen or fish cannery workers in the future will be handled jointly on a coordinated basis. The following action was taken: IFar Bonus One of the first orders of business was the question of how to fight the Maritime War Emergency Board's recent decision of cutting down the bonus for seamen, the stab in the back by the Powers-who-be, in Washing­ ton, who on one hand praise the seamen as heroes and on the other hand do everything possible to break down the conditions and cut the wages. The convention drew up a resolution condemning the Maritime War Emer­ gency Board and demanding the removal of Captain Macauley as head of the Maritime War Emergency Board; also went on record asking that all American Federation of Labor—label councils and state bodies help the seamen in the fight against the Maritime War Emergency Board by backing us up in this fight. The convention also asked President Green of the Ameri­ can Federation of Labor to intervene in our behalf. As a result of this action, the Maritime War Emergency Board now has agreed to hold another meeting on April 12. We will be repi'esented at that meeting by Morris Weisberger, Duke Dushane, John Hawk and (^legates of seamen from the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, -who have been torpedoed and who have gone through a lot of nerve-racking e.xpericnces as a result of the war. Whether this dictatorial board, headed by Captain Macauley, will change the bonus, remains to be seen. However, we have done everything in our power to attempt to change the decision of this phoney board. The Seafarers' International Union and its affiliates, the Sailors' Union of the Pacific, the SIU of the Pacific, the Atlantic and Gulf SIU and the Great Lakes, as usual, are heading the fight. The delegates felt that there is no doubt that Cap­ tain Macauley had held private meetings with some of the other unions in the seamen's field, and made a deal with them in regard to this cut, and that these people were well aware of what was coming up. Con­ sequently, they have laid low in regard to fighting this bonus reduction. Marine Hospital The convention went on record requesting Surgeon General Parran and President Roosevelt to establish a rule to the, effect that seamen, who have been sailing three years in peace time or one year during war time, will be allowed to use the facilities of the Marine Hos­ pitals for the rest of their lives. This will be pushed by out representatives in Washington through friendly Congressmen and through the American Federation of Labor in order to get that established. At the present time there are hundreds off mer­ chant' seamen walking the streets, who can't get into marine hospitals because the United States Public Health Service applies a 60-day rule to the merchant seamen. Many of those seamen today are suffering from shell shock and various nervous ailments, brought on through enemy attacks and continuous strains under­ gone through sea voyages during war time. Conse­ quently, the convention felt that it is our duty to at­ tempt to establish something to take care of fthe sea­ men who have suffered as a result of this, after the war is over when everything will be forgotten. The con­ the officers of the International to draw up an appropri­ ate bill to be introduced by friendly Senators and Con­ gressmen to be enacted by law, giving seamen wartime service discharges. ' The reason for this is that at the present time there is a move on in Congress and throughout the nation to give discharged war veterans a preference on all gov­ ernment contracted and subsidized jobs in addition to Civil Service, and inasmuch as the Merchant Marine has been and will be subsidized by the government after the war and in order to protect the seamen, it is only fair that the seamen should also be classed as war veterans, and they should not be put in a position to be shoved out of their jobs by discharged Army and Navy veterans. The American merchant seamen have, in our opin­ ion, rendered their country first class service, and the service of the Merchant Marine has been classed by high ranking military authorities as combat service. We feel that Congress today would pass a law giving the merchant seamen a wartime service discharge. We are opposed to having the War Labor Board, the War Shipping Administration, and various panels throughout the country meddling in seamen's affairs. This setup, which we asked Madam Perkins to establish, will function as mediators in any disputes between the ship operators and unions, which can not be settled. It is strictly mediation conciliation and not arbitration. We felt this would benefit the seamen. Today every­ body in the country want to handle seamen's disputes, so we don't know where we are. War Bonds The conventoin went on record to recommend to the various unions to encourage thfeir members to buy as many War Bonds as possible for two reasons—to help our Country out during the war, and also while ship­ ping is good and there is no unemployment—our mem­ bers should set aside as much as they possibly can af­ ford during the war so that they will have something to fall back on after the war when we might be faced with the possibility of having to fight for the very ex­ istence of the conditions of our unions, and all that we have gained in the last few years. Other Seagoing Unions The question of relations between the Seafarers' In­ ternational Union and other American Federation of Foreign Seamen's Citizenship Labor unions in. the seamen's field, such as the Master The convention went op record instructing its of­ Mates and Pilots and the Radio Officers, were discussed ficials to draw up a bill for introduction in Congress and thoroughly. It was felt that in order for the American the Senate, to be enacted into law, giving foreign-born Seamen to properly protect themselves in the tough merchant seamen who sailed on American ships for a days ahead against the Shipowners combined, and the War Shipping Administration and various phoney bu­ year or more during the war full citizenship papers. There are today thousands of foreign seamen sail­ reaus, that the seamen should get closer together, and ing in American unionized ships out of union halls, who inasmuch as the Seafarers' International Union of North can not become citizens due to technicalities in the im­ America has a wide scope and jurisdiction in the charter migration law. When the war is over, no doubt, these granted by the American Federation of Labor, the con­ men will be subject to deporation, and the convention vention felt that we should approach the Master Mates felt that it was their duty to help these men get their & Pilots and the Radio Officers' Union, A. F. of L., in a citizenship papers. Inasmuch as a foreigner today, who friendly manner with the suggestion in mind that they is not a citizen, after having been in the Army or Navy become affiliated as autonomous unions with the Sea­ for three months is granted full citizenship papei's, there farers' International Union of North America.-'.Ve-bcr— is no reason why merchant seamen for a year in Ameri­ lieve that that would be a very wise move and would can ships, or more, during the war, should not be grant­ not only strengthen the Master Mates & Pilots and the Radio Operators. They would, under this proposed set­ ed the same privilege. up, retain their own jurisdiction, their own local auton­ omy and their own officers. On the other hand, in en­ U. S. steamboat Inspection Service terprises affecting their members and our members, The convention went on record to fight a bill that we would work jointly and it would be a mutual benefit is at present pending in Congress, which has for its to all concerned. purpose to put the United States Steamboat Inspection Service, the Shipping Commissioners, under full Coast The Foreign Seamen's Unions Relation Guard authority. In other words, it would be made To the American Seamen's Unions part of the Coast Guard. It was discussed very thoroughly, by the various At the present time, the Coast Guard is in charge of this bureau only as a wartime measure. Six months delegates, that we must reach an understanding and after the war is over, the Coast Guard's authority in work closely with the Seamen's unions of the other this field will cease. Now, a bill is drawn up to make countries, remembering what happened after the last it a permanent situation. There are several reasons the war. The American ships were laid up on the excuse of merchant seamen do not want the Coast Guard to be in the Ship Operators that they could not compete with, charge of the Steamboat Inspection and of the Shipping foi-eign operators on account of having to pay higher Commissioners. The Coast Guard is a military institu­ wages. We know that that was a phoney excuse, but tion, and has charge of our seamen's papers, but the nevertheless, in order to protect ourselves, we must American merchant seamen always favored remain­ work and cooperate with the foreign seamen's unions ing in a civilian status. Should the Coast Guard be in in order to protect our conditions because there is no complete charge of our seamen's papers and the various doubt but that some of these dreamers who want to re­ details handling merchant seamen, it will establish a construct and replan the conditions on the international precedent which will result in losing the civilian status scale, are already figuring to cut the American Seamen's of the merchant seamen, and it would only be a short wages and conditions to conform with the European while before the Merchant Marine would be classified seamen's conditions and wages. That is something on which they will get support from the Shipowners, and as a military service. Although we have nothing against the Coast Guard, possibly from the public. However, should we get into in their proper functions, we do think that this move trouble, when the war is over, about our wages and attempting to put us under the Coast Guard, is beyond conditions, then it will be well that we have a perfect their jurisdiction. Therefore, the convention instructed understanding with other union seamen, so that they their officials, Washington representative and the Am­ will not be used to break our conditions, and vice versa. With these thoughts in mind, the convention went erican Federation of Labor, that they were opposed to the Coast Guard's taking over the functions of the on record instructing the President, at the earliest op­ United States Steamboat Inspection Service and the portune moment, to meet together with representatives from our Union and representatives from the ITP, Shipping Commissioners after the war. which speaks for the foreign seamen's unions, to dis­ Conciliation Service cuss mutual relations in the post war era. The convention went on record to petition Madam American Seamen Perkins and Dr. Steelman to e.stablish a specialized sea­ It was felt by the convention's delegates represent­ going unit of the Department of Conciliation, where the seamen could with their grievances. It. was felt that ing the various seamen's unions, that in view of the the Department of Labor is the most friendly depart­ fact that so many enemies of organized A. F. of L. sea­ ment in W. •shington towards labor, and it is considered men's unions, are in the field attempting to destroy us, the labor department in Congress. Instead of our attempting to cut our wages and lower our conditions, having to deal with all other government bureaus that we must protect ourselves on a nation-wide scale, whenever we have trouble, it is felt that this is strictly and that is one of the reasons that we are affiliated within the jurisdiction only of the Department of La­ under the same banner, namely the Seafarers' Intemabor to handle our disputes if we so desire, and none else. {Continued from Page 3) ' -'A;. 4^ �• '• • - . ••: i--:.-;!•••-•• - WSl, I • ••• > i? " 1 r*'"ft 41 7F Friday, April 28. 1944 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three NEW ORLEANS CONVENTION RESOLUTIONS Convention Re: War Service uischarges For American Merchant Seamen RESOLUTION: WHEREAS, the American merchant seaman have rendered in­ valuable and heroic services during the war, — which is their duty, and WHEREAS, the merchant seamen are not asking for any medals but realizing the war situation, and incidents which may arise where they will be discriminated against in favor of discharged war vet^erans, which is already apparent in this country, and legislation is already beging prepared and introduced to give war vets preference an all Government contracted and subsidized jobs, in addition to iivil service, and WHEREAS, the merchant marine has been and will be subsi­ dized by the Government after the war, and WHEREAS, the services which the American merchant seamen have rendered their- country in war time has been classed by highranking military authorities as "combat service" and the merchant seamen have suffered tremendous casualties, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the President of our International take steps to draw up a bill for introduction in Congress by favorable Con­ gressmen and Senators to give the merchant seamen who have actually sailed during the war, a war service dischai-ge, classifying them as veterans. >!• >*« More War Bonds Investment • For Merchant Seamen RESOLUTION: "•niWliEREAS, bur cblihtry is how involved in a great conflict-with the enemies of our form of government, and WHEREAS, among the many liberties destroyed in enemy countries was the right of the workers to organize and WHEREAS, only a successful prosecution of this war can protect these liberties, and WHEREAS, members of the Seafarers' International Union of North America, more than any other group of our people, are di­ rectly involved in and know the tremendous task of prosecution of this war, and WHEREAS, many members of the Seafarers International Union of North America are known dead, are missing or are prisoners of war, NOW THEREFOR BE IT RESOLVED: That this convention go on i-ecord to further aid I, the prosecution of this war be endorsed and resolve that we urge ^the membership of our Union to invest a greater share of their earn­ ings in War Bonds and Stamps. Maritime Unit: U. S. Conciliation Service RESOLUTION: {Continued from Page 2) tional Union of North America. We know that we are going to face serious problems affecting our membership when this war is over, and we must have strong coordination between affiliated unions. Therefore, the conven­ tion went on record that the agents of the various affiliated seamen's unions meet one year from now in Chicago to discuss and be ready for possible post­ war conditions which will affect us, and if necessary should an emergency arise, that we meet at an earlier date. We must not for­ get what the American Seamen's Union movement faced after the last war, and we must be prepar­ ed to meet it squarely after this war. Otherwise we will prob­ ably find ourselves licked by the Shipowners and the War Ship­ ping Administration who did such a good job on the Seamen's movement after the last war, in the 1921 lockout. Canadian Seamen The Canadian Seamen's Union became affiliated with the Sea­ farers' International Union of North America in 1938. At that time the Sailors Union was given a charter by the American Fed­ eration of Labor. However, since the inception of the International we have had very little contact with the Canadian Seamen's Union, and they have paid no per capita tax, although they have a charter from us. On the other hand the British Columbia Sea­ men's Union, on the West Coast of Canada, has worked and fought along with us ever since our inception. The Canadian Seamen sent two delegates down to the convention in order to es­ tablish closer relations and be­ come an active part of the Inter­ national. The convention went on record that they would be welcome as active members of the Interna­ tional, providing they lived up to the policies and principals of the International, and lay off of any political implications, and if they would work and cooperate with us. If they were agreeable to those ideas, they are to start to pay the per capita tax from May 1, 1944, and they will then be­ come an active part of the Inter­ national. The Canadian dele­ gates brought this program which was laid down by the convention, hack to the Canadian Seamen, and will notify the International of their action. It was felt by some of the dele­ gates that this Canadian Sea­ men's Union has been too close and too friendly with the NMUCIO, and that there would be no use for us to have people inside of our own structure who was working with a dual union. WHEREAS, the world struggle of the United Nations against Ij. the Axis forces of destruction in the first instance is one of transI j^rtation and supply, and WHEREAS, the American Merchant Marine, through the efforts of the seafaring crafts, is manned by gallant crews and now on the way to winning the wartime transportation battle of the seas, and WHEREAS, the American Merchant Marine must be permitted to go full speed ahead into all corners of the globe after the fighting stops and not fall into the peacetime decay that followed World War I, and WHEREAS, neither the final winning of the wartime transpor­ tation battle of the seas nor the adjustment and building of an ade­ quate peacetime American Merchant Marine is possible without the I maintenance of successful ship-operator and seafaring union relaII tions, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the Secretary of Labor and the Dii-ector of [Conciliation Service shall cause to be immediately established a specialized Seagoing Unit of key conciliators within the U. S. Con- Great Lakes Seamen 'eiliation Service to afford the good offices of that Department and the service, when necessary, to the ship-operators and the sea­ The convention took action to help the Great Lakes Seamen's faring unions. fight against the Lake Carriers Signed: HARRY LUNDEBERG, SAILORS UNION OF THE PACIFIC. (jOontmued on Page 4) k Merchant Seamen—Marine Hospitals FROM THE ATLANTIC & GULF DISTRICT OF THE SIU OF N.A4 RESOLUTION: </ WHEREAS, war veterans of the armed forces of the United States are given the most efficient and advanced medical care for the duration of their lives, being eligible for admission at any time to the numerous well staffed veterans hospitals, and WHEREAS, merchant seamen are eligible for admission to marine hospitals for only 60 days after the date of their last dis­ charge, and WHEREAS, the merchant seamen have performed miracles of heroism and self-sacrifice in this war, comparable in every respect with the armed forces, many hundreds of seamen having been in­ jured and killed, and WHEREAS, because of the 60 day clause which the United States Public Health Service applying to Merchant Seamen, many bona-fide seamen are walking the streets of every American seaport, whom are suffering from shell shock and various nervous ailments brought on through enemy attacks and continuous strains undergone through perilous voyages foi-cing them to remain ashore indefinitely, and whom are denied hospitalization and treatment at Marine Hos­ pitals, and WHEREAS, this contention was formed solely for, and by the Board of Administrators for the Marine Hospital, and is not recdgnized by any official Governmental Department as authentic, and is especially against the belief and recognition of the Merchant Sea­ men, for and by whom the Marine Hospitals have been established, and WHEREAS, the difference in hospital treatment given the armed forces on one hand and the merchant seamen on the other constitutes unjust discrimination against the merchant heroes, with­ out whose services this war could not be won; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That merchant seamOn who can show three years' peace time discharges, or 12 months' war time discharges, or haA^— been injured in war time in the performance of their duty, should ' be eligible for hospitalization for the rest of their lives; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That this resolution be presented to the forth­ coming convention of the SIU of NA for its consideration and ap­ propriate action, and a copy of it be sent to United States Public Health Service, Washington, D. C., and to President Roosevelt. SEATARERS LOG •] A' it; Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District I Affrl/afed uith the American Federation of Labor r HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 2 5, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - t s ft i Washington Rep. 424 5rh Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. B !» 'B Directory of Branches BRANCH ADDRESS NEW YORK (4) Bosroi^ (10) 2 Stone St 330 Atlantic Ave 14 North Cay St BALTIMORE (2) , 6 North 6th St PHILADELPHIA 25 Commercial PI NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16). .. 324 Chartres St 218 East Bay St SAVANNAH. TAMPA 423 East Piatt St MOBILE 7 St. Michael St PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon G.ALVESTON 219 20th Street PHONE BOwling Green 9-3437 Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 765 I Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Savannah 3 -1 728 Tampa MM-1323 Dial 2-1392 Puerto de Tierra Galveston 2-804 3 i i ri . B-- PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City (4) BOwling Green 9-8346 ^^267 *a •re. . t • :rV" • i. KC.-- • �•;: :' ••. •-• - •••-•• V' -».: • • ^.'••y • Page Fouf THE SEAFARERS fMdar' April 28, 1M4 LOG Dushane Exposes Port Convention ITF Talks Pave Way For World Unity Hazards To Seamen Report In Bonus Beef Letter men, who were receiving appi'OlC* {Coniimmd from Page 1) (Conthnted from Page 3) "It was the unanimous opinion imately $25.00 a month. "And if an international seals and the NMU, and went on rec­ of the delegates assembled that ord to help them in their organi­ seamen's unions, in order to sur­ was established it certainly^ unfortunate enough to be hit by zing drive in the attempt to crack vive after the war will have to would help out the European and {Continued from Page 1) the L9.ke. Carrier.s' . A.s.socjation. work together on an Internation­ the Asiatic se^en, but it might seamen's pockets appears to be bombs or other explosives. al scale, to protect one another also draw down the American While a vessel is lying at an­ the "reward." The letter also en­ against the attacks of the ship­ standards. Also, we feel that tha closes an exact and true copy of chor in some harbor, and that owners," Brother Lundeberg con­ minimum might easily becoma the official log of a ship that was hai-bor is undergoing an attack, the maximum. Therefore, thia tinued. not long since in the Anzio the vessel hasn't the opportunity The International expects to question was left open for futum !Tt was pointed out that after Beachhead engagement for ten to maneuver as a vessel that is strengthen the Fishermen's and discussion." the last war the American sea­ underway has. days. Fish Cannery Workers' Unions in The 10-day exerpt of the ship's Post War Situation Certainly the extra compensa­ various areas. In Florida, through men were left on the beach with In commenting upon the post­ log is published here, with cer­ tion that is paid of Five Dollars the efforts of the International, all the ships tied up, while the tain essential details withheld a day does not compare with the organizations have been estab­ foreign seamen with lower wages war situation Brother Lundeberg because of censorship regulations. extra hazards encountered by lished on both sides of the Florida applying were sailing out of Am­ said: B: shows that the crew of this crews of vessels that are lying Coast with a thriving member­ erican ports. Thus, the interna­ "The European seamen and li­ particular vessel in the particu­ at anchor, and we again urge the ship of approximately 3,000, and tional shipowners were able to censed officers recently had ai lar port were subjected to one Board to reconsider their unjust they are still going strong. This cut the wages and break the conference in London,' where • encounter with a depth charge, action, and reinstate the port at­ has been made possible through unions of the various seamen vir­ proposed seamen's charter was I seventeen bombing attacks, one tack bonus that was in effect the efforts of the International, tually on an international scale." drafted. This charter includes; International Working Hours riielling and two explosions. prior to March 31, 1944, I am wages, hours, working conditions" and through the International aid BiHjther Lundeberg continued: and manning scales and watch The explosions, according to Respectfully yours. these workers have been paid "The delegates at the confer­ systems for all seamen. the ship's master, subjected this better prices for their fish and Signed: ence expressed sentiments and particular vessel and crew to ter­ "And if this particular draft is better conditions have been given Matthew Dushane, for feeling calling for the establish­ adopted and put into effect the rific concussions which broke the to them. The convention also Sailors Union of the Paci­ ment of international working European seamen will come doors off the boxes on the boat took steps to fight anti-fisherfic, and Seafarers Int'l hoiirs and watch system for sea­ closely to the standards, wage deck. One explosion also shower­ Union, Atlantic, Gulf and m e n's legislation i n Alaskan men all over the world, under the ed the ship with steel and shrap­ scale and working conditions waters, recently being introduced Pacific Districts, auspices of the ITF. nel. The shelling damaged the cc. Dr. John Steelman such as are now enjoyed by tha in the Senate by Senator Wall"There was also a strong feel­ American seamen. However, this bridge, lifeboats, etc. gren of Washington, namely Sen­ Dr. Frank Graham ing among the delegates to at­ draft is subject to further im­ There's little doubt that the ate Bill 930, known as the Alaska tempt to establish a minimum provement. Official Log crew was under continual dan­ Fisheries Act. This particular international wage scale for sea­ S.S. ( } gers. For this they would receive "It was the opinion of the Eu­ Act will be detrimental to the in­ men. The American delegates ropean delegates, which was con­ now, according to the Vessel At­ Damage caused to vessel by dividual fishermen, and in cer­ tack Bonus ruling $125 jf they enemy action from to tain instances, will deprive them were a little skeptical about this curred in by the American deU^ due to the fact that they felt that gates, that should the merchant got hit, and only $5.00 per day , at Anzio Italy. of their livelihood. The Act will for constantly risking their lives Friday, , 1944: Wind W. only benefit the large cannery if an international scale was es­ seamen not receive their just dua tablished, the American seamen after the wju*, the seamen under as civilians, (not entitled to Ser­ Sea smooth. 5.15 depth charge operators, operating fish traps. vice men's benefits), for not be­ dropped astern of Vessel, shaking Various other actions were taken might lose due to the fact that the international scale will hava some of these unions in foreign to use their economic strength to ing actually sunk or substantially vessel heavily. to stabilize and strengthen the countries were paying very low damaged or having a crew mem­ Saturday, , 1944: Wind Seamen's and Fishermen's field. fight for the protection of tha I wages, such as the Indian sea- seamen^as a whole. ber maimed or killed. W, I. Sea Smooth. 11.10 AM sev­ Your delegates felt, in repre­ ihane pointed out the un­ eral shells from enemy shore bat­ senting the Sailors' Union of the Slavery To Go ' fairness of the Board's action and teries fell fifty feet from vessel Pacific, which is the organization "Seamen of all the foreign asked that the decisions be open­ putting several holes in port that organized the International countries must return to their ed up and adjusted to the former wing of bridge, one hole in and built up these other unions, lands, the delegates stated," said level of payment for Port Attack searchlight, one hole approxim­ we felt that the Sailors' Union of President Lundeberg, "and fight Bonus. ately one foot long on port side the Pacific can be proud of their for the abrogation of all laws-in The letter and the exerpts from abreast of No. 2 between decks, accomplishments in building this their lands which place seamen the ship's log follow: several holes in port lifeboats International which is now a JNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES under slave-like penalties, for of­ and shaking vessel heavily. 1.47 strong organization, and is a big April 17, 1944 fenses such as jumping ship, etc. Mr. Edward Macauley, Chairman PM several shells fell close to'factor in the labor movement. R. E. JONES. (T.C. No. 1209S) "They must fight to bring th« Maritime War Emergency Board vessel shaking the vessel heav­ and is financially self-sustaining. CECIL T. ESQUIENA. laws of their lands governing Department of Commerce Bldg. ily. We, further, can report that the seamen into line to confoirn with (T.C. No. 3411) Vi Sunday, , 1944: Wind SE, convention was successful, and Washington, D. C. the United States Seamen's Act; CHARLES A. DAVIS 3. Sea Choppy. 5.00 PM, under that the membership of our or­ which guarantees every seaman Dear Sir: JOSEPH CYR, (T.C. No. 9121) heavy bombing attack, several ganization and all other organi­ the rights of his pay, hospitaliza­ JOHN FAHEY. (T.C. No. 4675) In the Board's decisioiv that bombs falling close to vessel, zations affiliated with the Inter­ tion, etc., and which was respon­ LUTHER R. ROLAND went into effect on April 1, 1944, shaking vessel heavily. national, will benefit by the de­ sible for abolishing the intoler­ (T.C. No. 2987) the Board eliminated the port at­ Monday, , 1944: Wind W, liberations that took place at able conditions on the old-time JAMES BROWN tack bonus and has replaced it 4. Sea Rough. 1.20 PM approx­ New Orleans. American ships. WM. E. JACOBS. (T.C. No. 6623) with a vessel attack bonus. imately 10 bombs fell fifty feet "For this act protects American The Union has instructed me astern, shaking vessel heavily. dropped 50 yards on each side of MARION THOMPSON seamen in every port and all sea­ -*'.a (T.C. No. 3534) again to protest this decision of 6.00 PM, bombs fell close on stai'- vessel, shaking vessel heavily. men in American ports, Jailinga the Board, because it is unfair board side of ves.sel shaking ves­ 1:38 PM, several bombs dropped GEORGE HENDERSON, must go. The conference declar­ (T.C. No. 1722) and unjust and has no Vjearings sel heavily. shaking vessel heavily. ed that the American seamen are NATHANIEL ERWIN on the decreased sinkings, which Tuesday, , 1944: Wind W, Friday, 1944: Wind NW, the only seamen in the world to­ the Board felt ju.stified tlicir ac­ 6. Sea Rough. 2.15 AM, Several 2. Sea Smooth. 12.58 AM, several NORMAN ROBERTS day who enjoy any semblance ot (T.C. No. 2422) tion in reducing the monthly bombs fell 200 feet astern, shak­ bombs dropped around vessel, freedom. bonus from 100to 06 2/3%. I ing vessel heavily. 6.00 AM, ap­ concussions shaking vessel sever­ JOHN W. BAUSH "The foreign seamen must fight am enclosing a copy of the offi­ proximately 20 bombs dropped ely. 7.25 AM, bombs dropped ARTHUR KROWE to bring their conditions up to JAMES MCLAUGHLIN, cial log of the SS. ( ), while 200 yards astern, shaking vessel close on port side, concussion those guaranteed under the Am­ (T.C. No. 5807) that vessel was at Anzio, Italy. heavily. shaking vessel heavily. 11.50 AM, OSCAR CLARK. (T.C. No. 2847) erican law; they must fight to This is a verbatim copy of the Wedne.sday, , 1944: Wind Several bombs dropped close protect their liberties and rights GEORGE A. ALVEX, ship's log, and you will note the W, 7-8. Sea Rough. 3.20 PM, sev­ astern, shaking vessel heavily. as human beings." (T.C. No. 2846) terrific pounding that this vessel eral bombs fell 50 yards on star­ Saturday 1944: Wind (T.C. means Trip Card). ITF A Medium took. It is also interesting to note board bow, shaking vessel heav­ WNW. 2. .Sea Smooth. 7.40 AM, In concluding his report Presi­ that the Master recommended ily, putting large dent in shell Several bombs dropped in water dent Lundeberg pointed to the that the vessel be docked for plating starboard side of No. 1 close on starboard side, concus­ ITF as a medium which will play overhauling and repairing the hatch. 3.48 PM, six bombs drop­ sion shaking vessel heavily. 4.50 a role in the prime importance of damage that was inflicted on the ped 200 yards starboard side, PM, bombs fell in harbor, shak­ solving the seamen's problems. vessel. shaking vessel heavily. 6.15 PM, ing vessel heavily. 5.55 PM, O'HARA. Oiler, please come to "Cooperation was urged by all This copy of the log-is a sample heavy attack by enemy planes, bombing attack, bombs falling of what the crews of vessels are bombs dropped close ahead on close to vessel on both sides. 10.40 the New York agent's office and the delegates, as of prime im_ ^•equired to endure while their port bow, shaking vessel heavily. PM, harbor bombed, concussion get your overtime beef settled tance in the solving of our pro' before it is too late. See Stew­ lems," he said. vessels are undergoing an attack. 7.05 PM, Several bombs dropped shaking vessel heavily. ards' Patrolman F. Hart. "It is absolutely necessary that We can't understand why the close by on port side, shaking Sunday, , 1944; Wind the seamen back one another oa Board took the action that they vessel heavily. Var, 1." Sea Smooth. 3.00 AM, SS rific concussions, damaging rails an international scale, in order have taken in eliminating the Thursday, , 1944: Wind ( ^ ) exploded one-eighth on port side of No. 5, showering to protect themselves from the, Fort Attack Bonus, when the NW, 2. Sea smooth. 5.12 AM, mile on starboard side with ter­ vessel with steel and shrapnel. reactionary shipowners and Govi ports that these vessels are in Heavy bombing attack. Several rific concussion, breaking doors It is recommended that vessel ernments. Further meetings fire continually undergoing the bombs stradling vessel, shaking off boxes on boat deck, 3.46 AM, be docked for underwater dam­ the ITF will be held at an ear' tame attacks of vessels that are vessel severely. 7:48 AM, bombs vessel exploded again with ter- age. date." Fishermen and Fish Cannery Workers N' - (I f p• NOTICE b t :fe � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource April 28, 1944 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VI, No. 9 Description An account of the resource Headlines: ITF TALKS PAVE WAY FOR WORLD UNITY DUSHANE EXPOSES PORT HAZARDS TO SEAMEN IN BONUS LETTER CONVENTION REPORT\CONVENTION RESOLUTIONS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 04/28/1944 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1944 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/1fc08754d72dfb3bbadc59c1f77b37e2.PDF c3cdc6f6ef5a49608169e83290b37ac4 PDF Text Text MSIU ^^^UlERS JOf^ ."•Ji! •ii OFFICIAL OKGAN OF THE ATLANTIC ANU UULF DISTEICT, SEAFAREES' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA NEW YORK. N.Y.. FRIDAY. APRIL 21. 1944 Vol. VI. No. 8 Lundeberg In East For ILO Conference Agents' Conference Charts Future Course Of A & G Dist. Union NEW ORLEANS, La.—Following the Convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America held here, the agents from all the ports of the Atlantic and Gulf District of the Union held a coastwise conference, early this month. Brother John Hawk, Secretary-Treasurer of the District reports. breaking the law in denying the r Important matters affecting the future course of the District were thrashed out and suggestions to better the Union were ordered brought before the branch mem­ berships for their discussion and action. MWEB Blasted Highlights of the affairs dis­ cussed and actions taken by the agents' conference are as follows: 1: A resolution assailing the record of the aCaritime War "Emergency Board in recently slashing the seamen's bonuses, which also calls for the remov­ al of Capt. E. (Shell-and-PeaGame) Macauley from that same Board—which passed at the Convention — was concur" red with and submitted to the branches for membership ac­ tion. Ask Army For Passes 2: A resolution on the gain­ ing of passes for representa­ tives of the Union to enter Army docks and board vessels under contract to the union berthed therein was concurred in. The measure points out that some of the Army Officials are seamen the right of having their existing disputes straightened out while vessels are at such docks. For this is guaranteed under pro­ visions of the Labor Laws. The same resoluution also de­ clares that all the elected officials of the SIU of NA are under oath to uphold the democratic prin­ ciples of this country and to con­ demn Communism, Fascism and Naziism. And they are also cer­ tified by their U. S. Coast Guard passes. The officers of the Union were instructed to make every effort to gain the required passes that will aid in the settlement of dis­ putes and aid the war effort by {Conttimed /row Page 6) Bob Watt Named John Hawk, M. Dushane And Delegate To ILO M. Weisberger Named As Advisors Phila. Conference "Wire to Seafarers Log: WASHINGTON, D. C.—Presi­ dent Roosevelt will appoint Rob­ ert J. Watt, international repre­ sentative of the AFL, as the Am­ erican workers' delegate to the conference of the International Labor Organization which opens April 20 in Philadelphia, the Dept. of Labor has announced. It was also disclosed that Presi­ dent Green, Sec'y - Treasurer George Meany and Vice-Presi­ dent Mathew Woll will be ap­ pointed labor advisers to the American delegation at the con­ ference. The recent campaign of the CIO to seat their hybrid organi­ zation has resulted in failure; giving the AFL a complete and sweeping victory. Watt has served as the Ameri­ can workers' delegate to the ILO since 1937 and is a member of its governing body. The AFL victory came after a denfonstration of strength when they informed President Roose­ velt of the AFL's flat rejection of the CIO's demand for represen­ tation at the conference. Ask Discussion Of 'Seafarers' Charter' MONTREAL (ILO)—Discus­ sion of a projected elevenpoint "seafarers' charter" should be marked prominently on the agenda for the next meeting of the Joint Maritime Commission, the Consultant Sub-Committee of the Com­ mission has suggested to the International Labor Office at a recent meeting of the sub-com­ mittee in London. The sub-committee likewise proposed that the next meet­ ing of the Commission be held in September, 1944, if possible. The resolution comprising the eleven points of the proposed charter was adopted by the In­ ternational Seafarers' Confer­ ence in December, 1943, and includes such important sub­ jects as: wages, contracts, training, hours,, leave, accom­ modations, safety hygiene, so­ cial insurance, trade union recognition, and general rights and obligations of seafarers. Atlantic And Gulf District Sec'y Treasurer's Report To 2nd Biennial Convention By JOHN HAWK A CAMPAIGN It has been two years since I gave to the delegates of our International, an account­ FOR SILENCE! ing of the affairs of the Atlantic & Gulf District. My last report was made to you in . The Labor League for Hu­ man Rights, an AFL Commit­ tee in the war effort has an­ nounced a new campaign for silence on the sailing of ships, troops and supplies, etc. They point out that military authorities are stressing the campaign which will teach Americans that "free speech is not synonymous with careless talk. It is also declared that a careless word means loss of lives—if not our own, some of our shipmates. No one. wants to give information to the enemy. Zip the Lips and Save the Ships, Brothers! (1) March 1942, when I traced the history of our district from its inception to that time. I propose now to report the work and progress of the District from the time of our last convention to the present. In spite of the combined collusive efforts of the NMU and certain New York and Washington, D.C. WSA •representatives to strangle our growth, our mem­ membership is turning more and more to the SIU bership has increased approximately 15,000 and for leadership in the struggle for conditions. The our finances have increased approximately $200,- bankruptcy of the NMU leadership was made 000 since our first convention. crystal clear this winter when it presented to the Today there is a much improved situation on War I.abor Board a demand that its wage struc­ the East Coast in regard to the relative strength ture and working conditions ^be improved to the of the SIU and the National Maritime Union. level of those won by the SIU. Whereas at the time of the last convention there was a considerable body of good rank and file sea-: NMU SHIPOWNER'S 5ih COLUMN No greater testimony of our success as union men in the NMU who honestly believed that the SIU was a phoney outfit; today the majority of fighters could be given than when the Commie these men have come to realize that it is the SIU wind-artists finally admitted that they had been that has consistently fought for the rights of all unable to win SIU conditions by themselves and men who go to sea and consistently wins the best appealed to the government to give it to tl;em by decree. conditions in the industry. This opened the eyes of the NMU rank and While the NMU is still the slightly dominant group of the East Coast as far as the size of mem­ file, and wide! I give emphasis to the attitudes of the NMU bership is concerned, it has been exposed by us as an out and out tool of the shipowners and its {Continued on Page 4) "Have been appointed by the AFL to represent Ameri­ can Seamen at International Labor Conference starting^ April 20, Philadelphia. Have appointed "Duke" Dushane, "Whitey" Hawk and Morris Weisberger as International Representatives to help in Conference to protect Am­ erican Seamen's- rights. Will fight any attempt to lower American Seamen's stand­ ards, wages and conditions to that of European seamen. Our fight will be to protect our interests and fight to get foreign seamen up to Aimerican union standards which today are the best in the world. _ "HARRY LUNDEBERG.'* Full details of Internation­ al Labor Organization (ILO) Conference and the American Seamen's delegates will be published in the next issue of the LOG. Corruption Is Charged In USS Hotel The Seamen in the Port of Nor­ folk, Va., have begun a picket line around the Hotel Fairfax of the United Seamen's Services be­ cause of its treatment of tlie av­ erage seaman that sails war waters. For the USS in that port has completely failed in its alleg­ ed aims. A reign of rottenness, larceny and corruption has been the con­ dition under the present misman­ agement. Complaints are answered with a snotty: "Go away — you're drunk," by the staff, according to a telegiam received by the At­ lantic and Gulf District of the SIU and referred to the LOG at press time. The telegram follows in full; April 19, 1944 John Hawk, Sec'y-Treasurer, Seafarers International Union Of North America; 2 Stone Street, New York, N. Y. United Seamen's Service of Port of Norfolk has failed com{Continued on Page 8) sS rr II' �Page Two THE SEAFARERS SEAFARERS LOG \1 1 Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA - Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the Ammcm Federsfion of_ Lsbor HARRY LUNDEBERG Vresident 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HA^TK ------- Secy-Treas, P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep, 424 5 th Street, N. W., Washington, D. G WWW Directory of Branches BRANCH ADDRESS PHONE NEW YORK (4) 2 Stono St BOwHngr Green 9-, ,j , BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay St ^...Calvert 4539 PHILADELPHIA... 6 North 6th St Lombard 765! NORFOLK ....25 Commercial PI .Norfolk 4-1083 NEW ORLEANS (16) ..324 Chartres St Canal 3336 SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St... Savannah 3-1728 TAMPA 423 Ea»t Piatt St........ Tampa MM-1323 MOBILE 7 St. Michael St Dial 2-1392 PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon Puerto do Tierra GALVESTON 219 20th Street Galveston 2-6043 PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 213, 2 STREET New York City (4) BOwIing Green 9-8346 »267 Friday. April 21. 1944 LOG fRepoT?T orv .^ASHIIVGTOIV • SV MATT4I1W PMSHAME-^ * TO: ALL AGENTS OF UNIONS as the war risks increa.se or deAFFILIATED WITH THE SIU. ci'case. The union does not deny this fact, however, the union con­ Dear Sir and Brothers: / tends that they do not have the I hereby submit a report on a authority to make anj^ecisions meeting held by the Maritime before a dispute ha? been subWar Emergency Board. This niitted to jthe board. meeting was called by the board Sub Menewe Increased at the request of the Union, be­ cause the union protested the Material was submmitted to MWEB decision in slashing of the the Board that for the month of bonuses without following the March, the submarine menace procedure outlined in the State­ has increased, and that there ment of Policy. Meeting was held were moi'e sinkings in that month than for the month of February. on April 12, 1944. As per instructions from the The Board was again informed Union I again challenged the that the Union takes the position Board with overstepping their that sinkings by submarine is not jurisdiction in making a decision, the only factor mvolved as a war without a dispute being submit­ risk. Ships are still running in ted to the Board by either the blackouts, there is the risk of Union or Employer, which is the running without the peace time procedure outlined in the State­ aids to navigation, risks of col­ lisions in convoys. These and ment of Policy. Ever since the Board has been other dangers to seamen, result established they have overstep­ from Wartime operations, and ped their authority in making are certainly War Risks, and not decisions, they still contend that Marine Risks usually defined in they have the responsibility of Admiralty cases. upping or lowering the bonuses. There are seyeral Governnnent Agencies that make rulings that to the average person look like a screwey set-up. Congressmen have also been baffled by some of these decisions. The Government agencies that have made some of these screwey decisions, have used radio time and other means of informing the public why they made their decisions, they have made several attempts to justify the action that they have taken. Mr. Macauley, Chairmap of the Board, made a statement that the Board has been under a terrific and tremendous pressure for keeping the bonus at the 100 per cent leyel, in the face of all the statements in the press and else­ where that the submarine men­ ace has been under control. -t. 'i Incompetence Charged I charged the chairman with being incompetent in his duties for not trying to bring the facts to .the American public on -the true status of the merchant sea­ men, and the mythicial am()!unt {{Joitthtued on Page 7) Washington Confusionists Expose MWEB Prize revelation of the week is the fact that the Washington bui-eaucrats are unorganized themselves. For the Office of War Information has exposed the ^thy mechanics of the Shell-and-Pea-Game Maritime War Emergency Board and their double-dealing on the seamen's bonuses.' Therefore the Seafarers Log an­ alyzes the releases. . On page 12 of the OWTs "U. S. Labor Press Ser­ vice" of their bulletin dated April 10, 1944, under the sub-heading of "Labor on the Sea," the OWI declares in twin columns on opposite sides of the two-colunm page: A: "SEAMEN NEEDED FOR MERCHANT SHIPS. «(.<=« pgy fj-om $200 to $250 a month for able sea­ men, $250 and higher for engineers*** "A mate, engineer or a^Ie seaman who has pa­ pers, or who once held papers, is elligible, WSA said.***" B; "WAR RISK PAYMENTS TO SEAMEN REVISED. "***As a result of the shifting war theaters, pay­ ments will be reduced in safer areas, and increaseci in hazardous areas." (Release to the OWI, from the Maritime War Emergency Board, ex-facfo Erich "Tripple-Con-Man" Neilsen). From here on the same release must be taken apart and anaylsed almost paragraph by paragraph, each with its particular comment. For the joint-statement issued by President Roose\'elt and Prime Minister Churchill through U. S. Sec'y of the Navy, Frank Knox, on Sun­ day, April 9, discloses that sinkings of ships by sub­ marines were higher in March than in February and gives the lie to the MWEB's statement quoted above. (Trans-Radio Broadcast, 4/9/44, 11 P.M. E.W.T.) The MWEB bulletin continues: "Under the new ruling, $5 a day additional will be paid to crews on ships in the sea approaches to war combat areas. A voyage bonus of idO .per cenf will be paid officers and men in voyages passifig through sea approaches to combat areas, with a minimum of $100 for unlicensed personnel." (LOG'S emphasis). COMMENT AND TRUE FACTS 1: $5 a day additional has been paid seamen in actual combat areas, and is now paid only in com­ bat areas. , (a): True the actual combat areas have been ex­ tended a few degrees; but (b): "The sea approaches to war combat areas" commence When a vessel leaves a port in the AN EDITORIAL United States for even at the entrance of the harbor the danger of attack exists. Therefore, the MWEB statement of "100 per cent being paid in sea approaches to combat areas" is in­ correct. This is shown in point 2; COMMENTS AND TRUE FACTS 1: The MWEB's atudy" apparently was based upon the peak of sinkipgs whtch admittedly were high. But despite their hifih rate the Mari­ time War Efn^-gepcy Board kt that time fpade no move to incFeaae the seamen's bonuses on a pioanting scale for the mounting .fiapgers encountered2: The "new" rates certainly witl be lower—just about the base pay—^whirfi the Board has absoidtely no power to alter — that is cited as "$82.50 a month for ordinary seamen to $418 a month for masters." 2: 100% with a minimum of $100 has been paid formerly in ALL areas—with the exception of the close runs on the Pacific Coast in coastal and intercoastal ports which paid 40% and now pay 25%. But now 100% is paid only in the actual combat areas and not the approaches thereto, 66 2/3% is 3: ^hile pay in the actual coipbat aregs may paid for the approaching area^i, pr a minimpin of accrue higher than formerly, through the wideped $80. (The same sub-paragraphs as above apply). area, the actual bonus rates remained the same and the overall pay is reduced becapse of the lesser In essence the Maritime War Emergency Board percentage in the approaching areas from the har­ "gives" the seamen two cents and takes away $100^—lor bor mouth of departure, the stoppage pf bonuses the dangers and hazards still exist and war may take a while in ports, in the West Indies, Central and seaman at the harbor's mouth. South America. The MWEB statement goes on; Thus, again .the two cjents for tlie $100 taken out "A new bonus of $125 will be paid to each of tihe pf the" seamen's pockets by the Maritime War Em­ crew on ships destroyed or substantially damaged ergency Board prevails. But the biggest Tie that the by epemy attack, or if any member of the*crew is MWEB ever uttered comes in the next paragraph Of killed or injured in an attack. This bonus will be their release. As follows: paid no matter where the ship is located when the "The board, after meetings, called as a result pf attack occurred. This replaces the present bonus thf protests frotp Maritime ufllens. decHiied tp j^slpaid only for attacks occurring while the- ship was pone the effective dat* of 4he fiew lipaus rales." in port." (LOG'S emphasis). {JJDQ's emphasis). COMMENT AND TRUE FACTS COMMENT AND TRUE FACTS Again the Shell-and-Pea-Game artists of the IdariAs far as this goes it is one of the most ^spicalde time War Emergency Bioard play the game of givipg tricks that any of the piddling puddio sailors in Wash­ the seamen two cents and talcing away $100: For the ington have ever pulled on the seamen jfrom the^ Board's decision reads in essence that "one attack bonus swivel chairs. For three facts stand out yery distinctly shall be paid during any ,one passage" regardless of in that assertion: ,• whether or not the ship was attacked or bombed fifty First: The MWEB cut the bonus after a meeting of the times. Further, even if a crew member were killed op protesting union officials on Feb. 23, and made the , the second or the fiftith attack during the said passage effective date April 1, despite continued written not even his estate would be paid, according to a re­ protests. cent announcement by Erich "Triple-Con-Mari" Neilsen. But the progressively mountipg hazards, nerve Second: These - protests resulted in the calling of an­ other meeting for April 12 to hear the further com­ strain and dangers to the crew members would remain plaints of the seamen through their representatives progressively noounting in mathematical calculation. on the MWEB Advisory Committee. Again a quote frpm the MWEB pipce: Third: The release of . MWEB saying that their decision "A recent study showed that the average total would not be postponed as a result of the April 12 earnings, including war risk payments, on Liberty meeting was published by the OWI on April 10, ships for ofE-shore voyages was $244.50 a month for two days before the meeting was actually held or ordinary seamen, and $775 for masters, exclusive any complaints set foi*th. of food and lodging. Under the new rates, the av­ Immediately following the meeting of the Advisory erage will be slightly lower. However, the pay on Committee the MWEB falsely charged through its voyages to actual combat areas will be higher." (LOG'S emphasis). {Continued on Page 4) N' 1 4 J �•' liiWi) SAti*:n<-: - r Friday. April 21, 1944, .1 . THE SUP-SIU Fight MWEB On Bonus Slashes; NMU's Role Exposed ^^ASHINGTON, D. C.—The official position of the NMU on the bonus as portrayed by their officials Frederick Myers and Howard McKenzie is a weird and wonderful thing to hear, say others who represented the fighting AFL ^amen's Unions at the April 12 meeting of the Maritime War Emergency Board held here.#-——— ——n secondary to the NMU's NMu s wage With much wind about how case and that in trying to restore they were fighting for their con­ the bonus to it level before the ditions before the War Labor M\¥EB's drastic cuts the NMU Eioard the NMtf representatives was "beating a dead horse to tried to turn the meeting into a death." (His actual words: Ed.) shambles. Said Myers—the man Sinister Game the Dodgers deported from Despite this the representatives Brooklyn—for the record: of the AFL unions exposed Erich "The INMU is nor too concern­ (Triple-Con-Man) Neilsen—Sec'y ed with the decisions reached. of the MWEB—and Capt. E. Biit what they were concerned (Shell-and-Pea-Game) Macauley about, were the NMU widows as a pair pulling a sinister game. and orphans, and they had con­ For Neilsen introduced a" chart crete insurance proposals to take which attempted to predicate the care of those widows and or­ cuts of the bonuses on what he phans." termed as the decline in the loss­ (In other words—to hell with es of United Nations shipping. , the seamen and their earning ca­ Brother John Hawk, Sec'y pacity—to hear Myers and Mc­ Treasurer of the Atlantic and Kenzie of the NMU speak their Gulf District of the SIU pointed piece.) out that the bonuses were grant­ ed on the dangers to American "Pof Of Gold" shipping, and were increased Myers continued with his state­ when the first American ships ment by declaring that the bonus were sunk prior to the entry of for seamen, "was a Pot of Gold the U.S. into the war, and cer­ and the pot was about empty." tainly not on the basis of losses Thus he and McKenzie gave the of United Nations shipping, be­ Board an automatic out for their fore or after we entered the war. recent bureaucratic decision in Agree With SUP-SIU cutting the bonus rates for men The Masters, Mates and Pilots, sailing war waters. represented by Mr. Higginbottom _)Vlyers continued: "That,_:they, concurred unanimously with the ^e NMU, were only interested in SUP-SIU position and their rec­ lipping wages," and wouldn't ommendations on the bonus dis­ consider the bonus while their pute, and presented evidence to NMU.'s frantic plea for the wages show that their position was cor­ and conditions gained in the in­ rect. dustry by the AFL seamen's President Hogan, representa­ unions was pending before the tive of the Marine Engineers yjax Labor Board. fienefiicial Ass'^n, affiliated with McKenzie enlarged upon the the CIO, supported the stand of KMU's matter beforO the War the Masters, Mates and Pilots, Labor Board knowing as did My­ which in essence means that the ers that the MWEB had absolute­ MEBA was in full accord with ly no jurisdiction over collective the SUP-SIU proposals including bargaining agreements and the the recommendation for the re­ wages and conditions thus ar­ moval of Mister E. Macauley rived at. from the MWEB. He concurred in everything Burke of the Marine Cooks and that Myers Said and alleged that Stewards also, supported every fhe bonuses for all seamen were {Continued on Page 7) NEW YORK That working gear will more than pay for itself, has been in-dVen on the 6th Floor Hiring Hall this past week or so, and can be readily shown by the confended looks on Dispatchers Paul's and Frenchie's faces.. Siaee ihstalling the loud-speak­ ing system on that deck, it has added ten years to their lives. According to their figures, the wind they've blown across the iioor in past months has been more than enough to sail two seveh-masted schooners around .the world. The New York Membership fefatnped their unanimous approv­ al oft the recommenidatiofts and resftlutioris of the Ageftts' Confer­ ence. Thus they opened the door for real progress for the coming year This year will probably end the European scrap, so we must or­ ganize efficiently for the coming SEAFARERS LOG • MONEY DUE SS Andrew Curtin: J. SENKERIK. Oiler, has 16 hours over­ time coming. Please contact company's office for payment. * » » SS Merick; W. WASHINGTON. Messman, has $22.29 coming in back money. Please contact com­ pany's office and get your money. • • • SS Daniel Hugo; J. R. WEBB. Messman. has 6 hours overtime coming. E. D. McVEY. Messman, has 5 hours overtime coming. Collect your money at the offices of the company. mm* The following vessels are of the Bull Line and all moneys due are collectable at the office of that company in New York: SS Young; GEO. BARTON. Ch. Cook; JOE BRASSARD. 2nd Cook, and DAVE CORDONICH. Messman; Each have SSYz hours overtime coming. SB Triston Dalfori: C. BAIRD has 37 hours overtime Coming. SS Cape. Corwin: G. HAWKINS has 24 hours overtime coming. SS Geo. Whit­ field: SAUNDERS. Steward, has 5 hours overtime coming: W. WALKER. Messman, has 4 hours overtime coming. m * * Men listed below have over­ time, etc.. coming at the New York Branch for last voyage. Contact Eddie Higdon. Patrol­ man. SS Howard: LAUNDRY. CHIEF COOK; LAUNDRY. 2nd COOK; SCHOSTER. Messman. SS Peter Zenger: ALL HANDS —six weeks Linen Money. Around The Ports struggle, for without a doubt in the world the same day the War is over, the Shipowners are go­ ing to try to break our backs "ala-1921 style." So by getting all set how for rough weather ahead, we should be able to get over the hump and forge ahead. 4' The Investigating Committee in this Port is going around with a bewildered look. They prob­ ably contracted it ffom a certain old-time NMU Book Member, whom with about eighteen other NMU'ers applied the other day to the Committee with a plea for an SIU Book or a Trip Card. The Committee Chairman no­ ticed this character's "wacky" look and asked him the reason. "Listen Bud," he replied, "if you guys had ivhirled in as many f . '-••<:7.'' r Page Three SIU ConventioR Asks Removal Of Macauley; Assailed As Incompetent Buy War Bauds The membership of the Sea­ farers International Union is urged to invest part of every pay-off in War Bonds and Stamps. These Bonds are your stake in America and the Freedom we are fighting this war for. Few know better than the sea­ men what war means for we have a running day-to-day en­ counter with it. DIG DEEP IN THE POCK­ ET FOR UNCLE SAM. Bonds mean Bombs for Hitler and Hirihito on the receiving end. - different directions for the past few years, as I have in trying to keep up with whichever way the 'Party' was facing at the particu­ lar moment, theft you would be as dizzy lookihg as I am. "And if you think I am alone in thi.s dizzy look, you should see some of the NMU 'pie cards:' "They're gone to such an ex­ tent that all they could possibly be good for is either a ballet dan­ cer or an autogyro, and if I don't make this Ttip Card and I have to go back over there amongst the other 'nuts,' then I am afraid I am going to qualify for a dan­ cer's job myself." (P.S. Don't worry "fellers," all is well. He got his Trip Card and is now ablie to take off his socks without usiftg a monkey wrench.) NEW ORLEANS, La.—The assembled Convention ol the Seafarers Iriternational Lhilon of NA early this montls took strong action against the Maritime War Emergency ill Board and its head Capt. T. (Shell-and-Pea-Game) Mac­ auley for their bureaucratic decision in recently slashing the seamen's bonuses and impairing^ - the seamen's part in the war ef­ WHEREAS, In December, 1941, the U. S. Maritime Commissioil fort. and the Department of Labor The resolution condemned jointly invited all steamship op­ these actions of the Board and erators and Maritime Unions to asked for the removal of Capt. attend a meeting in Washingtoftrj Macauley to a place where he D.C., and can no longer damage the sea­ WHEREAS, As a result of the men with his sly attacks on their discussions and deliberations last­ • V, X ' earnings. ing several days, this meeting on The protest was sent to Presi­ December 18, 1941, adopted the dent Roosevelt from the Conven­ Statement of Principles and the tion in an official communication Maritime War Emergency Board from the SIU of NA. was established, and m The assembled Convention WHEREAS. The Statement of pointed out that the MWEB's at­ Principles outlined, the principle tack on the bonus represented a involved, the policy to follow and drastic slash in the living scales the powers vested in the Mari­ of seamen and their families and time War Emergency Board, and" could only have the effect of driv­ WHEREAS, The Powers out­ ing many of those who were over lined in the Statement of Prin* the draft age away from the sea ciples provided: and their employment keeping , "Whenever any difference the ships moving. shall arise between any steamr Authorify Superseded ship operator and any union, representing its employees with The resolution declares that regard to any question relating, Macauley superseded his author­ tx) war risk compensation or ity and "his actions will seriously hamper the war effort." It also war risk insurance of persoixftel told of his gross incompetence of the vessels of such steam­ and his impractical approach to ship operator and such ques­ the problems confronting the sea­ tion shall not be settled through the ordinary procedure of col-^ men and the marine industry lective bargaining between' today. such steamship operator and The measure asks the appoint­ its employees, such question ment of someone thoroughly shall be referred to the Board competent and able to cope With by such steamship operator or the complex, situation in the in­ such union by giving written dustry due to war-time condi­ notice to the Board and to the tions. other party of the intention of The reasons for the resolution the party giving such notice to cite the fact that the MWEB refer such question to the never judged the scales of bon­ Board. Such notice shall spec­ uses by increased sinkings and ify the question to be referred raised them when the hazards to the Board. I'ose a thousand per cent at sea. "Upon receiving such notice Put Ceiling On Bonus the Board shall as promptly as But they did put a ceiling on shall be practicable afford to each party a reasonable oppor­ bonuses and then hurried to cut even that meagre figure down as tunity to present evidence -and soon as they felt that the oppor­ argument in support of the po­ sition of such party and the tunity was ripe. Text of the resolution follows Board shall thereupon render its decision in writing with re­ in full: gard to such question and serve a copy thereof upon each party. A couple of out of town Mem­ bers brought to light something "The decision of the Board here the other day that may be upon any such question which of interest to Members paying shall be referred to it as here­ off here in the future. They no­ inbefore set forth be final and ticed a couple of first class pan­ binding upon all parties to the handlers "mooching" in one of difference out of which such the gin mills close to the Hall, question arose." for all that they were worth. AND WHEREAS, The Maritime War Emergency Board has con­ They also sported in their jackets an SIU emblem. They sistently violated the statement questioned these two bums as to of principles on numerous pre­ how long they were on the beach, vious occasions, and etc. And lo, and behold, not one WHEREAS, On February 23, of these people were SIU Mem­ 1944, the Maritime War Emer­ bers, or eVen Seamen. gency Board called a meeting of After gently bouncing these the Advisory Committee, and characters off the bulkhead sev­ WHEREAS, At this meeting eral times and removing their the Maritime War Emergency SIU buttons, they had them see­ Board was questioned as to ing the light. They'll now lay whether a war bonus dispute was off panhandling members here submitted to them by either la­ and representing themselves as bor or industry, and seameft. WHEREAS. The Maritime War Emergency Board stated "No" So in closing, I remain, and was then informed by sev­ YOURS FOR LESS "WINOS,'" eral Maritime Unions that they PAUL HALL, Agent {Continued on Page 6) I t! �Page Fotiz THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, April 21, 1944 A&G Sec'y-Treasurer's Report To 2nd Biennial Convention {Cwtthmed from Page 1) rank and filers because we can not ighore the fact that before we can housebieak the shipowners cornplelely, • we -must drive the NMU off the East. Coast. T MEANT SLAVERY As long as this phoney outfit remains in the picture, it serves as a shipowner 5th-column in the ranks of labor and can sabotage much of our work. Thus, it is significant when the honest NMU rank and filers begin to look to us for leadership—for that can mark the beginning of the end for Curran & Company. _ , , , u *1. 4. , Our record over the past two years shows that we were in there swinging on every issue effecting the welfare of the seamen Ihis doesn't mean to say that we won all the fichts—we didn't ® • But we won the majority of them, and in the others the opponents knew that they had been through a scrap. And that is what the seamen demand-that a union fwings from the floor. Perhaps our biggest fight occured immediately following the adjournment of our last convention. It was in April, 1942, that the Washington bureaucrats launched a blitzkreig intended to regiment the seamen right into the ormed force, and atrip them of their right, and condition,. While Secretary of the Navy Knox hinted that the seamen might be taken right into the Navy, thei War Shipping Administration and the National Maritime Union plotted to force down the throats of the seamen a so-called compromise plan which would have sacrificed the hiring halls and union security. It was the SUP and SIU which jumped squarely into the breech and called for a showdown with the enemies of maritime labor then and there. WhRe our district mobilized the East Coast seamen, Brother Lundebera flew into Washington D C and Brother Limdeherg flew into wasmn^^^ u. ana whipped into Ime a United Front of all maritime unions, except the NMU, and led them to victory over the shipowners and their labor hating stooges. NMU-WSA COMBINE DEFEATED . , ,^ , The Statement of Principles and Statement of Polky, which guaranteed om r^ I LM w^Ph h^vrSlPd had it STJP A. Wiiicii would nsvo I3il6d rind it not been led by our Union; and a faflure would have returned the seamen to slavery for years to come. Our experience in defeating the NMU-WSA proposed Statement of Policy that would have taken away aU working conditions that the seamen enjoyed, taught us that it was absolutely necessary to have a man in Washington, D. C., on the job all the time to watch out for any similar deals and to keep us informed of legislation and any matter effecting seamen. We were fortunate to get a man who really knows the score, as Mathew Dushane does. BUILDING THE STRIKE FUND He has, and still is, doing a bang-up job in Washington, D. C. • . ... , - the seamen of the right to sufe the shipowner for injuries received in the course of duty, and would have ehaekled him to a rigid compensation schedule. It was Brothers Harry Lundeberg and Dushane that successful counter-offensive against this move, but we on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts did our share and carried the fight to eVery port in our district. It was the combined weight of the seamen on both the western and eastern coasts which blocked this move to sabotage our rights. roTn-ui" CARDS FOUGHT It was in the Spring of 1943 that our beef occured ^ . ,, .. ..^ 0//°" jne to trace its history in deremark in passing that although we lost this fight in the end, we made a record which the seamen will long remember. Here again the National Maritime Union played a finky-shipowner role and supported the RMO cards. WON RESPECT breaking watches and overtime. The master of the SS Schoharie broke watches while waiting for a convoy, but the vessel was not in port. He did this so he could work the men from 8 to 5 without the payment of overtime. DISPUTED OVERTIME was directly contrary to our contract with the company. But despite this, the company backed up the skipper and refused to pay overtime for the work done during this time. This case went finally to a conciliator and we won on all counts. The crew of that ship won an award of $7,000 in disputed overtime—probably ^ ^ut what was even more important than the dough which this crew won, was the fact that this victory stopped the chiseling of our contract by this line, and established a precedent whereby we can protect our working rules in future beefs. These are only the highlights of the work of our district during the past two years. During that period there were, of course, hundreds upon hundreds of minor Atlantic & Gulf District hammered away at beefs which we won. There was the constant fight to the unholy alliance between the NMU and the ship- prevent the Washington bureaucrats from undermining' owners. The District made an uncompromising fight on oyj. rights and wages, move and the ^am^^^ it wa, ^ that repreM.nted their interests at this time. anti-union maneuvers, When we lost'the fight, we said so frankly and pointed out to the seamen that it was the lack of unity MORE SIU AGREEMENTS in the labor movement, the 5th-column role played by There was the extension of SIU organization to new the NMU, which was responsible for our defeat. And ^hips and lines, notably the Smith & Johnson Steamship while we lost the fight, we won the respect of every co., the Moran Towing and Transportation Company, union man on both coasts for the manner in American Range-Liberty Line and the Over-Lakes represented their interests. Freight Corporation. The next bureaucratic move against us was launchThere was the improvement of our facilities for tf^ler'^Tirtlicy maritime unions to alter their policy re-signmg on ships in order to force men to sign on a ^^ip (a new one just built) at port of delivery. This ^ ^ premature signing articles before they had a chance to safeguard their rights. WSA ATTEMPTS SABOTAGE OF RIDERS SEAFARERS' LOG of June 25, 1943: "What is also involved in this move of the ship, "iirc? A* A.*. A A UJ. A . transportation riders which the SHJ had before the war ^d which were frozen for the duration of the war by the Statement of Policy." ^ime this appeal was released by Macauley ^^e midst of a fight with the operators over ^^e transportation riders, and his move was obviously ^^e enemies of labor aid and comfort. As jjg expected, the NMU went for this phoney deal, ^^e Atlantic & Gulf District fought Macauley-and v,;™ defeated him. There is no signing of articles by SIU men at an port of delivery. jjr-W ENGLAND BEEF WON ' ENGLAND BEEF WON One of the toughest and most drawn out beefs we patrolmen to handle beefs; the purchasing of a building of our own in New Orleans Z° Z ^ "P this-honest, Progressive and militant unionism. no rnove which was not calculated to benefit the rank and file seaman on American merchant ships. That such a policy can pay dividends for the Union-as well as the seamen-is shown by our recruitment over the past two years and by the financial statGiriGnt for thi*? oGrind statement for this period. FINANCIAL PROGRESS Here is how our finances stacked up at the time of convention, March 1942: General Fund $ 8,912.16 Hospital Fund 25,085.04 S & O Fund 42,757.26 Of this fund, $34,000 (matured value) was invested in war bonds. AJU I J-,And here is bur financial condition as of December ^^43. General Fund $87,719.00 42,059.72 g & O Fund 79,769.02 ASA Fund y 32,351.00 ficiai' ot ttTAtSrl VUITDUI'M tC our'unira Company. of these monies $177,000 (matured value) is Invest, for a real life and death struggle vk Se sh^" H SJ^sSw Zse ^hmt TL bo"aS Tn to MaSh?. owners once the war ended. To prepare for this inmen sailing these ships. The boats ran to Martha s have increased our treasury by $165,144.28. This is evitable fight we began to educate the membership on f sub-standard when testimony, I believe, of the efficient and business-like thTneceX oTbSg an adequate stri^f^^^^^^^^ ETSII J r-dbi v^odsi. men are coming to us for leadership. In these past two Through articles in the SEAFARERS LOG and But in spite of the justice of our case, we twice lost years our records show that close to 15,000 new memtalks on the floor of the meetings, we won the rank before Regional War Labor Boards, and it was only by bers have joined the Atlantic & Gulf District, and file to the support of building an adequate strike insistent appeals and careful documentation that we And so vou can see that it ia nnt fund. This question was placed on the annual ballot, it were finally able to win improved wages. One year when I say to you that the Atlantic & Gulf District is passed and today there is approximately $50 000 in this after our first request for a raise, we won a retroactive destined to become the dominant union on the East fund. Good ammunition to be used against the enemies $15.00 per month boost in wages and a 5c an hour in- Coast—and within a very short period of time. Nor is ° ^ crease in standby work. it overconfidence when I say that we are ready for the In November 1942, the powerful shipowners' lobby Perhaps our most smashing and significant victory post-war period, fully confident thai we have a fighting in Washington joined hands with the reactionary poli- over those shipowners who were trying to chisel on our ^union which can meet the enemies of labor on the ticians in. an all out offensive against the Jones Act. contracts under cover of the war emergency, was the waterfront, AND WIN for the seamen an ever increasThey introduced legislation which would have deprived beef with the South Atlantic Line over the question of ing. American standard of living. Washington Confusionists Expose M W E B {Coitimued from Page 2) spokesmen, Capt. E. "Shell-and-Pea-Game" Macauley and Erich "Triple-Con-Man" Neilsen, that the Unions had misrepresented the facts on the MWEB's unjust slashes of the seamen's bonuses. This was ridiculous because a cut is a cut whether it is on your hand or in your wages! It is so definite V®" know about it! Who misrepresented the facts now, Misters Neilsen and Macauley? AN EDITORIAL In the light of the foregoing you stand indicted! And in that indictment you are impeding the war effort. For some people that means long prison terms under the laws of "aiding the enemy." Since you are impeding 4he war effort it's about time that Congress took a little glance at your activities and went into a thorough investigation of just what you are up to and whom your accomplicies are. In the meantime the SIU demands the removal of the menace to the war effort, to seamen's lives, and to our soldiers on the fighting fronts—the puddle sailors of the MWEB. We sail the ships and we deliver the goods that keep the Army and Navy in the field. All we want is justice. We depend on Congress and the American People to give us that Justice and we are sure of get­ ting it! (See Page 5 for photostat copy of OWI Bulletin.) I ^»l vl 1 M -L �THE Fiiday, April 21. 1944 SEAFARERS LOG Page Five Conference Resolutions For Membership Action !• interfered with any men or mem­ bers at work, and/or stopped any member or man that ^vas work' ing, to discuss any Union busi­ ness or caused any stoppage of work, or interfered with any member^^gj^j^^jyggi^during the pe­ riod oT the eight (8) hour work­ ing day, or at any time other than the eight (8) hour working period, or cause any delays in ships' sailings since the outbreak of this present war; and WHEREAS. This can be ascer­ tained by the steamship compan­ ies or operators that we have un­ der contract; and WHEREAS. We have been al­ lowed the privilege under the aESOLUTION ON OBTAINING PASSES FOR MEMBERS ON ARMY SHIPS. DOCKS AND PIERS. WHEREAS. The Seafarers Inlernational Union of North Am­ erica has been the bargaining ligent of the Seamen with the ous companies that we have ionder contract; and WHEREAS. As bargaining Higents we have always enjoyed iHnicable relations with the vajcious Steamship companies that we have closed shop agreements With; and WHEREAS. As the bargaining igent no official or officials of the Seafarers International Union has law to contact our membership employed aboard the various merchant ships that we have covered by our agreements, and this being in full accord with the owners or operators and under the pnost amicable of terms; and • WHEREAS. All elected officials of the SIU of NA have been pro­ cessed by the U. S. Coast Guard as to their integrity and loyalty to the U.S.A.; and WHEREAS. All elected officials of the SIU of NA have taken an oath to uphold the democratic principles of our country and to condemn Communism, Fascism and Naziism; THEREFORE. BE IT RESOLVED. That we the mem­ bers of the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union of North America go on record to oppose certain Army officials who are issuing such discriminatory orders against Unio.n Officials, and to point out by issuing these orders they, the officials of the Army, by refusing the Union officials the right to enter the piers, docks, wharves, that they have under the Army's control that they are violating the Federal law and are depriving the crew members on those ships that are docked therein the right to representa­ tion afforded to them by law; and BE IT FURTHER U.S. LABOR PRESS SERVICE NEWS OF THE WAR AND LABOR'S PART IN IT r.i EDITORS: This weekly clip sheef .> a cooperative effort of U. S. war agencies ta inform labor of the war's progress, to tell the story of the workers' efforts in the war, and to suggest how the Labor Press con help specific war pragrams. Reoresented are: War Praduclian Board, War Labor Board, War Department, Navy Department!Maritime Commissio^, War Manpower Commission, Office of Civilian Defense, Labor Department, Office ol Price" Administration, Office of Defense Transportation, and Nutrition in Industry, ' Division of Food Distribution Administration. : ^April to, 1944^ z T- WAR RISK PAYMENTS TO SEAMEN REVISED Ubor on fho $oo SEAV.EI: NEEDED m liZRCHANT SHIPS V/ashlngton — Cargdes vital to military operations face delay \inleaa more than 1,800 for­ mer mates, engineers-and able-bodied seamen re­ turn to the sea each month, the V/ar Shipping Ad­ ministration announced. Enough mates, engineers and able seamen are. in retirement or on other Jobs to fill the quotas, according to VJSA. r KT A Shi? lacking a mate or its complement of crewmen may miss a convoy which in turn may involve a delay of weeks or in some cases even months for sorely needed cargoes. h Attractions, beyond the satisfaction of doing a Job necessary to victory, V»'SA points out, are the following: best ships in the worla, modern spring-steel bunks, fresh food prepared by skilled 'cooks; intelligent career men as < officers, clean-cut American boys as shipmates; greater safety \mder the guns of tl^e Navy and the Wings of United States planes on escort car­ riers; pay from 4-200 to ^2^0 a month for able sear-en, 4250 and higher for engineers, in addi­ tion' to free fcoc, medical and dental service, and ppportunity to become an o.fficer at higher pey. * A matA, en.gineer or able seaman who has papers, or who once held papers, is eligible, '».'SA said^ Men in one of these classes* are urged to send a col3<ect telegram, immediately to Merchant Karirr.e, Washin.gton, D. C,, telling name, address^ rating and when available. If a telegram is imHpssible, a post card or a letter is acceptable. WJ-eaHIca- 500 RADIO. TEI-IOR/'"HEH-S TEEDEP j Here's the evidence! Above is a photostat of the MWEB's release put but through the OWI which shows that the MWEB made a decision before holding tbe April 12 meeting with the I Advisory Committee on which the Unions are represented. ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR MONTH OF MARCH, 1944 DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAU SHIPPED 12 U. S. LABQR PMEMM MERVtCB 1515 1125 992 3632 Washington -- War risk payments to the 125,000 officers and men of America's Merchant Marine have been revised by the Maritime War Emergency Beard, the board announced. The board consulted with ship operators and unions in set­ ting the new rates. Ihe changes are effective as of April !• As a result of -the shifting of war theaters, paym.ents will be reduced in safer areas, and increased in hazardous areas. , Typical base v/ages for Liberty ship crews range from 482.50 a month for ordinary seamen to $Ul8 a month for masters. Changes in the war risk bonus,have no effect on the base wages. Under the new ruling, $5 ^ day addition­ al will be paid to crews on ships while in the sea approaches to war combat areas. A voyage bonus of 100 per cent will be paid officers and men in voyages pas'sing through sea approaches to combat areas, with a minimum of 4100 for-un­ licensed personnel. A new bonus of 4125 will be paid to each of the crew on shins destyoy^qi qy 3\tb^tfintiallv damaged by enemy attack,_or^if any member of the crew la killed or inJl^ed TiT an attack. This bonus will be paid no'matter wKere the ship is located when the attack occurred. Ihis re­ places the present bonus paid only for attacks occurring while the ship was in port. A recent study showed that the average total earnings, including war risk payments, on Liberty ships for offshore voyages was 42l|i4..50 a month for ordinary seamen, and 4775 for masters, exclusive of food and lodging. Under the new rates, the average will be slightly lower. How­ ever, the pay on voyages to actual combat areas will be higher. The board, after meetings called as a result of^protests frcrn'Maritimie unions, declined €"o posYpone the effective date of tl-ie hl^/'Vdhus " rafcesr" "" ' In a telegram to, representatives of operators and unions announcing the decision, the board also stated: "The board will always consult with the Advisory Committee, in accordance with establish­ ed procedures, upon the presentation by any of the parties signatory of factual information on " changes of war risk at sea or in port or questions •rising in the administration of its decisions." 'ORWEr i-rki'J* ~" ii '"^vsmsN"' RESOLVED, That this Agents' Conference go on record to do everything possible to obtain passes from the Army for the duly elected representatives of the crew members who are on a ship berthed in an Army pier, dock, or base, or point of em­ barkation; and, BE IT FURTHER AND FINALLY. RESOLVED, That in the event that we cannot secure passes from the Army and by them re­ fusing us admittance to their piers, docks or bases, they will be depriving our members therein to be represented by their offi­ cials, that we instruct the mem­ bers being so deprived of repre­ sentation to sign articles, or pay off at the United States Commis­ sioner's Office or any other place where the crews can be assured of the proper representation that is afforded them by Federal law. RESOLUTION— Up-Grading School WHEREAS. The United States Maritime Service has Up-Grad­ ing Schools all over the United States; and WHEREAS. These Schools are being financed by the Govern­ ment who, after all, are the peo­ ple; and WHEREAS. These Schools will create a surplus of Able Seamen in the industry eventuallj'; and WriEREAS. There exists in the various SIU Halls on the Atlantic & Gulf Coasts today quite a num­ ber of ordinary seamen with enough sea service to be up­ graded to AB; and yVHEREAS. these men for the benefit of the Union should at­ tend and get up-graded to take care of their own Union; and WHEREAS. These men are only injuring the Union in not embracing this opportunity; THEREFORE. BE IT RESOLVED. That this Agents Conference goes on record to en­ courage the members of the SIU, Atlantic & Gulf District, to at­ tend these Up-Grading Schools; and, BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED. That all the of­ ficials of the Atlantic & Gulf Dis­ trict give all the members of the Union the straight informa­ tion. as explained to the Confer­ ence by the representative of 'USMS. RESOLUTION On Voluntary $10 Assessment fo(f the Purchase of Buildings WHEREAS. Various branches of our Union are having consid­ erable difficulty renewing leases and are being compelled to move, due to this, and this situation is very unhealthy and jeopardizes the very existence of oui' organi­ zation; and WHEREAS. The only solution to this problem is to own and control our own Union Halls which would afford maximum security to our Union and its membership; and WHEREAS. As the Agents Conference recommends this pro­ cedure as the only practical method of combatting hostile landlords' actions; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED. That a voluntary assessment of ten dollars ($10) be recommended to our members for the purpose of creating ta Building Fund; said fund to be used for the purpose of acquiring real estate wherein our halls caa be maintained without any inter­ ference from outside sources. J!'t I, ®-il 1J i ^-1 S . s ^1 •-'J �1,.^ Page Six, THE SIU Convention Asks Removal Of Macaiiley; Assailed As Incompetent SEAFARERS LOG Friday, April 21. 1944 Dewey OKays Act Neiie York State Act No^Law For NY Seamen STATE OF NEW YORK Nos. 117; 242. 2337 Blf. U7 ALBAPfY, N. y., April 14IN ASSEMBLY Gov. Dewey signed a bill today Januury 10, 1944 giving civil service employees {Contimted from ?age J) actions will seriously hamper the now in the U.S. Merchant Marine were overstepping the powers war effort. THEREFORE. BE IT the same protection, benefits and . Introduced by Mr. STEINGUT—read'Oi^e afM referred to the > vested to them in the Statement HESOLVElJr Thst this -GQn'.fen- privileges as lliose civil service Committee on Military Affairs—committee ^seharged* bill amended,of PrinK-iples, and tion go on record to petition to employees who enter the armed ordered reprinted as arriended and recommitted to said committee^-v WHEREAS* The Maritime War President Roosevelt to order the forces presently enjoy under the rules committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted asf Emergency Board has jnst issued Maritime War Emergency Board military law. amended and recommitted to the Committee on Rules. a directive, cutting down the to hold in abeyance the effective Under the new law such sea­ amount of bonus to be paid to date of their latest decision, that AN Act Merchant Seamen in different reduces the war bonuses, until men will have the same addi­ tional rights as to positions they . TO AMEND THE MILITARY LAW, IN RELATION TO IN-'.war areas, and such time as representatives of leave and protection in retire­ CLUDING SERVICE IN THE UNITED STATES MERCHANT; WHEREAS. At a meeting held Maritime Labor Unions be" given ment systems. MARINE IN THE DEFINITION OF MILITARY DUTY FOR THE, February 23, 1944, the Maritime a full opportunity to present their This is said to be the first State PURPOSES OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED FORTY-SIX THEREOF. War Emergency Board gave no side of the case, and BE IT FUR­ recognition of civil service em­ The people of the State of New York, represented in Senate and.' indication that the war risk bonus THER ployees serving as seamen in the Assembly, do enact as follows: would be cut and changed and RESOLVED. That this Conven­ Merchant Marine and brings WHEREAS* This Board is tak­ tion request of President Roose­ them on a par with those serv­ Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section two hun­ ing powers not vested in them­ velt that Captain Macauley be ing in the Army, Navy and the dred forty-six of chapter forty-one of the laws of nineteen hundred selves when they arbitrarily cut immediately removed as Chair­ Coast Guard. nine, entitled "An act in relation to the militia, constituting chapter In his signatory message Gov­ thirty-six of the consolidated laws," such section having been added and changed the bonus to their man and/or member of the Mari­ own desires, and time War Emergency Board, due ernor Dewey made it plain that by chapter eight hundred forty-three of the laws of nineteen hundred r*: WHEREAS. At no time while to his being grossly incompetent, the- seamen were doing a. first- forty-one, and such paragraph having been last amended by chap­ class job in supplying the armed ters one hundred thirty-three and three hundred sixty-seven of the ships were unarmed and unes­ and that a competent man be ap­ laws of nineteen hundred forty-three is hereby amended, to read as corted and were being shot at pointed in his place, AND BE IT forces abroad. The bill is a just recognition follows: like clay pigeons, and ships sink­ FURTHER of the great sacrifice made by ing increased 1000 per cent did RESOLVED. That copies of this (b) The term "military duty" shall mean military service in the those who enter the Merchant militaty, naval, aviation or maine service of the United States .pubthe Maritime War Emergency resolution be sent to President L" Board request a meeting of the Green, of the American Federa­ Marine," Mr. Dewey declared. 1 sequent to July first, nineteen hundred forty, or service under the Advisory Committee to discuss tion of Labor, and all American selective training and service act of nineteen hundred forty, or the the advisability of increasing the Federation of Labor State bodies. national guard and reserve officers mobilization act of nineteen war risk bonuses for seamen to We request all Labor bodies to hundred forty, or any other act of Congress supplementary or amen­ correspond with the increased support this resolution, and that datory thereto, or any similar act of Congress hereafter enacted and percentage of ship sinkings and they register a protest against the irrespective of the fact that such service was entered upon follow­ loss of seamen's lives, and action of the Maritime War ing a voluntary enlistment therefor or was required under one of the foregoing acts of Congress, or service with the American Red WHEREAS. The Maritime War Emergency Board, AND BE IT Emergency Board did not use the FINALLY Cross while with the armed forces of the United States on foreign service, or service as an officer or member of the crew on or in con­ percentage of ships sinkings and RESOLVED. That copies of this (Continued from "Page 1) nection with a vessel documented under the laws of the United loss of seamen's lives as a yard­ resolution be sent immediately to stick to measure and to increase all Branches of the Seafarers' In­ speeding up the movements of Stales or a -vessel dwned by, chartered to, or operated by or for the the war bonus pa yto seamen ternational Union of North Am­ ships carrying vital cargoes. account or use of the government of the United States, as an enrollee .^wheh the sinkings increased 1000 erica, Atiailtic and Gulf, Pacific in the United States maritime service on active duty and. to such Bttildizig A Backlog ^per cent. Therefore, they are District and Sailors' Union of the extent as may be prescribed by or under the laws of the United 3: A resolution was passed States, any period awaiting assicfmneni to such sSrvide and any very unfair in altempthig to use Pacific. urging a voluntary building as­ peiiod awaiting asSignmenf to such setVidd and any p®ffdd~of edu~ 100 per cent as a ceiling from sessment of $10.90 was recom­ cation or-training for such service in EUiy school or ihsflfution urider which to measure bonus , pay in mended for adoption to the the jurisdiction of the United States gevernmSni. but shall not in­ order to lower seamen's bonus }l membership and ordered put clude temporary and intermittent gratuitous service in any reserve tl pay. and on the next coastwise referen­ or auxiliary force. It shall include time spent in reporting for",and WHEREAS, The Maritime War AI dum if the membership so returning from military duty and shall be deemed to commence Emergency Board presented'' no wills. when the public employee leaves his position and to end when he is concrete evidence to the Maritime The conference was of the op­ reinstated to his position, provided such reinstatement is within union Officials that attended the Ship operators are liable for in­ Advisory Committee meeting on juries inflicted on members of- inion that this would aid in mak­ sixty days after the termination of military duty, as hereinafter February 23, 1944, to justify their the crew by another crew mem­ ing the Union independent of defined. decision to lower the war bonuses ber of known vicious and belli­ landlords — some of whom are This act shall take CflFect immediately, and the amendnients now being paid to American mer­ gerent tendencies, according to a afraid of pressure from the ship­ made by this act to paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section two owners and would terminate chant seamen, and ruling of the U. S. Circuit Court leases to embarrass the Union's hundred forty-six of the military law shall be retroactive to and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect from and after WHEREAS. Captain Macauley, of Appeals. branches. Also that it will afford April twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred forty-one. the Chairman of the Board, has superseded his authority and his The ruling held that, under the the Union members greater se­ Jones Act, a shipowner is re­ curity to have such property as a sponsible for the safety of sea­ backlog. men to an extent substantially 4: A resolution pointing out greater than that attaching to or­ the opportunity for the Union dinary employes. His liability for to purchase a hall in Tampa, $51.00 "negligence" also is extensive, SS Virginia Dare Fla., was concurred in and or­ 32.00 the coui't . ruled, declaring that Crewnf SS A. Burke dered put to the membership's 18.00 among a shipowner's obligations SS Chief Joseph : will under a referendum ballot. 17.00 is that of seeing to the safety of SS Nicholas Biddle . tip-Grading Urged 12.00 the crew. H. H. Mofnaghan 5: A resolution was passed Ye Gods how they suffered! Communist led and organized 10.00 Ctetr of SS Delaires The decision upheld the verdict urging members to take advan­ How they wrestled v/ith the de­ from the defunct Marine Workers 8.00 SS F. MiUer of a jury in the Western New tage of the up-grading schools mons of perdition, the shipown­ Industrial Union of unhallowed B.61 York Federal Distcict Court SS Steelore and make themselves available ers, how they starved and how fame. It was a -wi'ecking organi­ ... 60)0 Damages of $3,000 were awarded Di Gufman ....; for such up-gradinigy since this they died on the picket-lines. zation designed to "do a job" on 6.00 Carl Koehler, a seaman on the J, T. Waterman will tend to help not only "Who? the bona fide Union of the AFL. 9.00 Great Lakes ship Angellne of the J. Bums themselves, but also protect Why the Commissars in control And they did, for with their high 2M Presque-Isle Transportation Com­ G. Hegman the Union. of the NMU, who now exhort the powered publicity masked as 2J)0 pany. Koehler was assaulted by Vfm. E. Teed The conference saw a positive newcomers to the industry who "rank and file" they were able to 2M a fellow sailor of known vicious J. H. Childs danger to the. Union in neglect of don't know the truth and are deceive the seamen who did not 2U)0 characteristics, who had also at­ J. Click this task. For urfless the mem­ easily deceived to "go out and do understand the broad issues at 2.00 tacked another member of the Karl Beainor bers take advantage of this ser­ their stuff, save the NMU, and stake. 2.00 crew. John WiUiams » vice to better themselves, the organize in the traditions of the The MWIU now "rank and file 2M J. Palmer tihie may come when the exam­ rank and file" who did so much of the ISU" as they caUed thernThe operator failed to take suf­ 1.00 Ed Anierault selves, LOST the Spring "strike" 1.00 ficient precaution for the safety ination Standards will be made for you, meaning themselves. J. M. Applegate Ah, shipmates it's a pitiful of 1930 and had to go back to thd 1.00 of the crew, the ruling" held, when so high that it will be impossible D. R. Allen ..... 1.00 it knowingly had as a member of for the ordinary man to pass story. A real ,old tearjerker of ships defeated. Ships were hard G. W. Vinen —........ 1.00 the crew a persgn having the them. For if waivers are cut out the sob sister era. Let us have up but later sailed. A* Gawronski u After three months in whicH 1.00 character of the attacker qnd it the Union men who were lax the facts for there is never a VS«Bordner wUl be endangered by an iflfiux was not material that the attack­ meetihg but these highbinders the concentrated Communist 1.00 F** Traski 1.00 er, when he assaulted the plain­ of the younger elements now tell the newcomers their fairy power marched the picket-lines H* H. Elmofe tiff, was Mot acting in the course sailing under the relaxed war­ tales. drfessed and . masquerading dS -iV I/' of his employment or in the in­ time requirements. The lax sea- The so called "rank and file "seamen" to bolster the ranks in $193.61 terest of the shipowner. Total (Continued on Page S) movement" within the ISU was {Continued on Page 8) Agents Conference Charts Future Course Of A & G Dist. Union Operator Liable In Crew Aseault ^.Honor Roll (1 CP's Didn't Suffer As 'Rank And Filers* NMUAlentber Reveals m / •- J �"'-y" ."l-fe.'.' K';*.--''''.' • Friday, 'April 21, 1944 -jei'rri i , . THE SEAFAF, ERS Pat,? Seven LOG . = SUPSIU Fight MWEB On Bonus Slashes; NMU's Role Exposed ^ICfmifnmd Jrom Page 3) point advanced by the SUP-SIU with the exception of the remov­ al of Mister Macauley. In this he voiced disapproval. Harris of the Marine Firemen's, Oilers' and Water tenders' of the Pacific, and Morgan of the Am­ erican Communications Ass'n. were the lone supporters of the NMU's finky white-washing of the Board's recent bonus slashes. The NMU representatives de­ clared that they were submitting an Insurance Policy, which call­ ed for an insurance of $10,000. No one besides themselves and the MWEB knows what is in that ' draft policy that they submitted. . Curran's Record Remembered However, when the Maritime War Emergency Board made its first decision, December 18, 1941 (at 10 P.M.), the day it was set 4xp as a Board, Curran of the NMU was the first to get lip and ,£^ree with the MWEB. The record ,is remembered. He thanked and congratulated the Boai'd for rendering such a quick decision and fixing the in­ surance figure at $5,000 for death. V. J. Malone of the MFOW of the Pacific Coast, swiftly followed ..siht. Harry Lundeberg, Sec'y-TpeasjjErer of the SUP and President of :(yhe SIC got up and protested the decision, declaring that in his opinion $5,000 was a cheap price to put on a seaman's life. StU Asks Higher Insurance From time to time the SIU has made appeals to the Maritime War Emergency Board asking that the figures on insurance for the unlicensed personnel be in­ creased to at least $10,000 mini­ mum. The records of the NMU's of­ ficials in the bonus fight have made history in reverse—^for they certainly have consistently tied up with the shipowners and with certain officials of Government groups in an attempt to curry fa­ vor and beg a place in the ship­ ping world, officers of the AFL Unions declare. As we go to press the Union has had no official announcement of any further action the MWEB may take on their recent decision. NOTICE "The aged mother of John S, Bryant, Book No. 3094, (who is aged 77 years) is living in Santa Cruz, Calif., and wants the Union brother to get in touch with her. A letter would be appreciated and Santa Cruz Post Office will deliver it. Buy Bonds and Stamps in the War Loan Drive, Dushane's Report On Washington AND TO BE PAYABLE FOR THEY SO INFORMED THE NMU {Cotitinued from Page 2) of money that they were making ALL WATERS AND PORTS REPRESENTATIVES.) Blacky OF THE WORLD, WITH THE Myers and McKenzie representin going to sea. Mv. Macauley at no time has EXCEPTION OF IN L A N D|ed the NMU, and they are again tried to bring out the true facts WATERS OF THE CONTIN­ blowing smoke up the member­ ship's ( )- This is not the first to the Public regarding the ENTAL UNITED STATES. bonus. 'However, he iras" been oii 3 THAT TiixS MONTHLY DON- •time that- the NMU haw rn^de US SHALL BE EFFECTIVE statements on the bonus before the air several times to broadcast about the Maritime Training FOR THE ENTIRE PERIOD the MWEB that is not in the in­ schools, and the pinning of a OF HOSTILITIES, AND EX­ terest of the seamen, and have medal on the chests of some sea­ TENDING UNTIL SIX brought back a different story to MONTHS AFTER THE TER­ their .membership. man who has been decorated. The question of a $10,000 in­ MINATION OF THE WAR Last year in a meeting before surance policy was again brought WITH ALL THE AXIS POW­ the Board Curran of the NMU, up. In the first meeting of the ERS. made a statement to the Board MWEB that was held at the time 4 TO REESTABLISH THE PORT that the NMU were never in fa­ the board was created the SIU ATTACK BONUS OF $125.00, vor of a port bonus, shortly after and SUP proposed an insurance THAT WAS IN EFFECT this statement was made by the policy of $10,000, and since that PRIOR TO THE BOARD'S great "emancipator," the Board time the union has made several DECISIONS THAT WENT IN­ eliminated the port bonus and es­ other requests that the insurance TO EFFECT APRIL 1, 1944. ^ tablished the attack bonus. Cur­ be boosted up to $10,000. The po­ 5 TO EXTEND THE DAILY ran at that time proposed that a sition of the union has always AREA BONUS, IN ORDER TO bonus be paid for a vessel only been that a seaman's life is worth COVER ALL INVASIONS OF when it was attacked. Well boys more than this amount. The THE ALLIED NATIONS IN you now have Curran's recom­ Board thinks that a seaman's life NEW THEATERS OF OPERA­ mendation—In lieu of the port is only worth $5,000. bonus we received the attack TIONS. bonus. The great "emancipator" Recommendations 6 THAT MR. EDWARD MAC­ certainly knows how to propose I have submitted the following AULEY, CHAIRMAN OF THE decisions that are not in the in­ recommendations that the union MWEB, IMMEDIATELY SUB­ terest of the seamen. Some of feels should be immediately MIT HIS RESIGNATION TO you may now be wondering why adopted by' the Board: THE PRESIDENT OF THE the Board adopts Curran's pro­ UNITED STATES AS CHAIR­ posals, and does not give any con­ 1 THAT THE BOARD IMMEDI­ MAN. OR MEMBER OF THE sideration to other organizations' ATELY RESCIND THEIR BOARD, AND THAT IN THE proposals. LATEST ACTION IN RE­ CLASSIFYING BONUSES, FUTURE HE REFRAIN FROM Curran Blows Trumpet THAT ARE EFFECTIVE AS PARTICIPATING IN ANY OF As you probably all know, the THE BOARD'S FUTURE DE­ OF APRIL 1, 1944. great Joe does pot like old-timers, CISIONS. 2 THE BOARD IMMEDIATELY they are a continual source of a ESTABLISH ONLY ONE I think that the membership headache to him, as they know CLASSIFICATION OF should know of some of the high­ that he does not look after their MONTHLY BONUS — THIS lights of what occured at this interest, and they ask too many BONUS TO BE 100 PER CENT, meeting. As usual the NMU questipns. So can it be possible AND A MINIMUM OF $100.00, again in their role of misleaders of dmt he wants them to leave the WHICH EVER IS GEATER — labor, have again approved of industry, thus he ean keep blow­ the Board's decision in their lat- ing his trumpet to a group of est decision. gj^n kids who do not know the score. The only way to drive Uie NMU Blows Smoke They took the positiou that the old-timers out of the industry is Board was justified in making a by making conditions worse than reduction regardless of how the they were before the uni(ms Boar4 made the reduction. The straightened out the employers. fact that the Board did not go As Undie Sam pays the bonus along with the policy as outlined bills, the Board will give very in the Statement of Principles deep consideration to any pro­ did not deter them from giving posal that will help to reduce the the Board their approval. expenditures of the WSA. The They did this iinder the ®uise <heaper the WSA bill, the bigger that they knew the Board will boost for its deputy, Mr. Mac­ make other reductions in the auley. Don't be surprised if the bonus, however, they now want WSA and the Board soon propose the Board to apply the reductions that American seamen be paid made in the bonus to a base rate the same wages and bonuses now of pay. (THE BOARD HAS HO being paid on His Majesty's AUTHORITY ON WAQBS, AND ships. Hie 'Con Man's' Chart To Nowhere i •i :• « 'i'ii m f"K V '• ' 11^ .VESSEL LOSSES Seamen Warned On Draft Erich 'The Triple-Con-Man" Neilsen's "Chart" pmsented ai MWEB's Advisory Committee meeting Appril 12. It starts nowhere: tells nathin': and goes nowhere: the Port that Neilsen is bound for . . . WE HOPE. The following communica­ tion re: Selective Service was ireceived: April 5, 1944 "John Hawk, "Roosevelt HoleL "New Orleans, La. "General tightening of reg­ ulations of Selective Service system has resulted in increas­ ed losses to seagoing manpow­ er to draft can be prevented in almost all cases .if sesunen make certain WSA 61 is com­ pleted at beginning smd ter­ mination of each period aboard vessel. Urge your members fo make certain that this is done at our request. General Hershey has exempted active sea­ men from preinduction physi­ cal examination, normally re­ quired of men under twentysix. Seamen should be advised to deal with local board through RMO on any ques^ tions that may rise. Recpmst for extension of allowable time ashore must be kept to mini­ mum. Will you notify your members of this wire? "H. Chase Stone, WSA" There it is Brothers! Shore time allowed on your pink slip from the RMO—form WSA 61—can only be extend­ ed by the RMO — and with their permission — for extra­ ordinary circumstances such as s i c k n e ss, hospitalization, sitting for a license or going to up-grading schooL etc. Failure to comply may find you in the Army Brothers! Keep Up With Your Draft Board Before It Keeps Up With You! (1) 111 r- r4 • • 5" • tl IJ • t1 y" �Page Eight f- ! '••i. -• I• X Working Hours Drop On British Merchant Ships Starting December 1, 1943, a Slew legaia'ciun oi woxkhig hoais has been introduced for the ca­ tering (Stewards') department of British merchant ships. The hours are now reduced from 12 to 10, with an 8 instead of of a 7 hour minimum continu­ ous rest-period in foreign-going passenger ships at sea as well as in port when passengers are aboard. The same rest-period applies to foreign-going cargo vessels at sea, according to a bulletin from (ITF) )the -International Trans­ port Workers Federation. Agents' Conference Charts Future Course Of A & G Dist. Union (Continued from Page 6} men will have to stay in lower ratings. Action to bring the resolution was taken after a discussion fol­ lowing a talk by Mr. Paul Schmidt, Warrant Officer, Mari­ time Service, WSA, who outlined the merits of the up-grading pro­ gram. "The HMO," said Mr. Schmidt, "has no hand in the Maritime up­ grading service or schools. For the Maritime Service is a com­ plete unit having nothing to do with the RMO program." Mr. Schmidt declared that the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard in Washington issues' all orders pertaining to the way such schools are to be run in the va­ rious ports. Closer Unity • At a session of the conference held jointly between the ports —agents of the Atlantic & Gulf District Union and the agents of the SUP a closer working ar­ rangement between the two dis­ tricts was agreed upon. This ses­ sion was addressed by Harry Lundeberg, Secretary - Treasurer of the SUP and President of the . SIU. The Conference was also ad­ dressed by Mr. Bentiey Byrnes, State Senator of Louisana. He congratulated the Union and its membership for their splendid work. The Senator was thanked and complimented on his activity on behalf of the organization. 15 ^ ' Will all men who took out new membership books on the SS WILLIAM WIRT on March 8. 1944. please see Claude Fisher. New York Stewards' Patrolman. Please bring your receipts. » • » ROBERT C. WILSON; Please contact your attorney, Silas B. Axtell. in New York, regarding an offer of settlement in your case against the SS Virginia Dare. If' Keep In Touch With Your Draft Board THE Corruption Is Charged In USS Hotel (Continued from Page 1) plately to- live up -to it's .supposed purpose. Quite a few merchant seamen have deposited money at the United Seamen's Service Hotel Fairfax in the past few months The money is counted by some of the USS on duty at the desk But when the same seaman or seamen call for the money later, it is not counted. Many seamen have opened their envelope at the desk and complained that there was ^shortage in same; the reply that they get is: "Go Away—You're Drunk." The personal service of the United Seamen's Service is in complete control of all rationed articles for Merchant Seamen, such as shoes, liquor, tickets, and etc. Some of the favorite ones get all and as many of the ration tickets as they need, while others get none. Mr. Crandall, who is the head of the United Seamen's Service in the Port of Norfolk, has had complaints brought to him many times about money and belong­ ings being stolen, but Crandall, who is an ex-YMCA employee, merely uses his racketeer grin and laughts at the said com­ plaints. Tried Of Racketeering Quite a few old-time seamen who have become tired of the racketeering in the United Sea­ men's Service in Norfolk, and of also being denied their rights and priviliges because they were oldtimers, decided to walk a picketline and let the public know of just how the USS "is not trying to help the Merchant Seamen. Many and plenty of survivors hit this port very often an(j they are forced to sleep in one big dormitory on the 8th floor, when thei-e are and have been plenty of rooms available. This dormitory consists of most wine-heads and seamen who have only sailed on a Prairie Schooner and leeches who merely hang around the Fairfax Hotel of the United Sea­ men's Service to bleed and chisel the bona fide and active seamen. When the Fairfax of the USS first opened for Merchant Sea­ men the prices for food were out­ rageous such as: ham and eggs, one dollar; pork chops, one dol­ lar and twenty-five cents and etc. But under pressure from the Maritime Unions the prices were dropped to within reason. Any Tom, Dick or Harry can come to the elevator girl and tell her to open up anyone's room. There are about four master keys issued to elevator girls and bell boys in the said Fairfax, and this has caused an undue thievery of clothes, money and papers from Merchant Seamen. This has all been caused by the mismanage­ ment of Mr. Crandall and Com­ pany. Please forward copy of above article to West Coast Sailor. Protect Both America and Your Money by In­ vesting It in War Bonds. SEAFAHr^XtS Friday. April 21, 1344 LOG Planned Tonnage For Post-War Merchant Fleet Various estimates on the size of America's postv/ar merchant fleet made by both industry and Government officials range from as low as 5,000,000 tons and as high as 17,000,000 tons. While there is nothing to base any of these calculations on and lihtil there is, further predictions will only tend to confuse the more important issues at stake in the vital problem of getting the American merchant marine oper­ ating at formidable pace. Although it is generally agreed that we should "remain a mari­ time nation," there has been, up to the present time, little sup­ porting evidence to show how the objective can be attained, ac­ cording to the New York Journal of Commerce. ' NOTICE OSCAR HASSEN. ED HUNYAK. DAVID BANGI. ROBERT ESTES. WALTER BURMAN. GEORGE SANER. NORMAN PHILLIPS. WILBUR W. WRIGHT, and W- BORDIN. who were all members of the crew of the SS Westinghouse on Nov. 16, 1943, are requested to get in touch with George J. Engelman. 44 Whitehall Street. New York. 4. N. Y. Mr. Engelman is the at­ torney for THOMAS E. LEO­ NARD who met with an accident while an AB on that vessel. Money Due CARL F. WOOD and THERON O. CHASE, both Cooks, can each collect. $58.70 due to them at the Bull Line office. 115 Broad Street, New York. See Mr. Dooner:—J. E. SWEENEY, Boston Patrolman. Song Of The Veteran NMU Commie Apologies to R. Kipling Now all you young fellows we welcome today There's NMU frolics if you don't know our lay ' We'll ship you with yodels, but think as we say And we'll make you a good Commie "Sailor." And first, pay your dues in advance on the line We'd sooner the Checkoff for that saves you time Make sure we get ours though you're left with a dime It's hay for the young Commie "Sailor." Whatever you say. don't tadk "rank and file" Those words give us horrors, no longer in style. - We use it to kid you when we think it's worthwhile But it's bad for the young Commie "Sailor." And then there's Lese Majesty that hoary old dame Don't forget proper manners at Joe Curran's name For he is our anchor and we're all in the game Or it's lumps for the ex-Commie "Sailor." Oh, if you must "marry" we'll furnish that too For a night or a week or ten years or two. Providing you're with us. we'll know what to do We'll "fit-out" the young Commie "Sailor." Before you are through all our tricks we will teach Roll over, play dead, or rise up emd preach To the Glory of Joseph and the brains out of reach Educating the young Commie "Sailor." Keep away from old-timers, they might make you wise Though they tell you the truth, we maintain they are lies For Youth gives us Rope and there ain't any ties How we yearn for the young Commie "Smlor." We send you to snoop on your mates private lives Report to the Section, on purges we thrive We must clip the brains or can't peddle our lies That's a job for the young Commie "Sailor." Now if you are dutiful and build up our throne Our grip on the boodle of dues from the foam We'll see yo won't want, and the payrolls you're home There's a chair for the young Commie "Sailor." An OFFICIAL no less on Serang Curran's knee Who made his last trip as a "famous" AR. Just sing to his Bosses, the Unholy Three And you'll fate as a young Commie "Sailor." And mind, ho free thinking or it's back to the herd We do all braintrusting. no need to be heard For we are Disciples of the Unwritten Word Double cross of the young Commie "Sailor." We put on a circus, yes. we put on a show And when you pay off we relieve you of dough For the Party and US why we're all one you know No change for the young Commie "Sailor." —Top'n Lift CP's Didn't Suffer As 'Rank And Filers' NMU Member Says (Continued from Page 6) or-d-er to fool the re?.i Bearnert amongst them as to their strength, the seamen among them went back to the ships. The phonies went back to the furriers, buttonhole makers and other CP dominated Unions to wait for the next strike spasm. Did the NMU officials now ex­ horting you, walk the picketlines or miss meals? They did not and they never carried the banner either. Curran and the Communist general staff which ran the socalled strike through the "Strike Strategy Committee" (dominated by the CP's Waterfront section at 229 10th Ave.) lived well. As a matter of fact the CP decided to put the bum on a pajToll in or­ der to hold him as a front man. He wanted to bolt! Starvation Rations for Non- Communists Thus Curran, was provided for when the actual marchers were il hungry. Besides this, he ran up considerable bills for pork chops which had to be paid years later by the funds of the National Mar­ itime Union. The strikers on the other hand had no credit and the stewpot had to suffice. Did Thomas Ray, Albert Lannon, Morris Stein (now M. Hen­ ley Stone) and the rest of the Commical stalwarts march the picketlines and starve? They did not. They ran the show and missed" no meals what­ ever. Why should men with the CP funds behind them miss meals? Did the real brain and organ­ izer, Roy B. Hudson, show up on (; the picket-lines, miss meals, or carry the banner? The answer is No. (And, In case you don't know, he is still the political chief running the NMU. He is not and never was a mem­ ber of the NMU. He is the Trade Union Secretary of the CPUSA?? on the National Committee.) Real Seamen Back In AFL Thus, when these CP-NMU mendicants press-agent the new­ comers they know that Ihey are safe because few know the score. The old-timers who did the dying and were honestly marching and starving are out of Ihe phony CP-NMU long ago. and are back in the AFL. The West Coasters made the Fall strike. 10,000 West Coast seamen piled off the ships in New York. The so-called "rank and file" of the ISU, (now the NMU), profited by the tie-up of West Coast ships. The militant West Coast seamen won the strike for them by winning their own. Thus the NMU was born through the fighting spirit of the organ­ ized West Coast seamen of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, the MC&S, and the MFOW&W. Even West Coast Masters Mates and Pilots hit the picket-line. But the windy CP machine used the victory to set up the NMU and war upon the West Coast Unions. In no case did any • of these misleaders miss a meal or walk a picket-line. Let's keep th'e record straight. 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CONFERENCE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT SEC'Y-TREASURER'S REPORT TO 2ND BIENNIAL CONVENTION CORRUPTION IS CHARGED IN USS HOTEL WASHINGTON CONFUSIONISTS EXPOSE MWEB SUP-SIU FIGHT MWEB ON BONUS SLASHES; NMU'S ROLE EXPOSED SIU CONVENTION ASKS REMOVAL OF MACAULEY; ASSAILED AS INCOMPETENT CONFERENCE RESOLUTIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP ACTION U.S. LABOR PRESS SERVICE DEWEY OKAY ACT FOR N Y SEAMEN NEW YORK STATE ACT NOW LAW OPERATOR LIABLE IN CREW ASSAULT CP'S DIDN'T SUFFER AS 'RANK AND FILERS' NMU MEMBER REVEALS THE 'CON MAN'S' CHART TO NOWHERE WORKING HOURS DROP ON BRITISH SHIPS PLANNED TONNAGE FOR POST-WAR MERCHANT FLEET SONG OF THE VETERAN NMU COMMIE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 04/21/1944 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1944 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/89378e0e7164c08ce9541340d5a0219e.PDF 9bec636e7574c30ab67e6f9a5f4a86cd PDF Text Text SECURITY IN UNITY ^^>UIERS JOQ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA , I I <\ I Vol. VI. NEW YORK. N.Y.. FRIDAY. MARCH 24. 1944 No. 7 MWEB Slashes Bonuses MONEY DUE ALCOA POINTER Black Gang overtime settled. The following men have money coming at the 'Company's office. 17 Battery ^lace. New York: / A. * FLANAGAN $ .71 W. A. LAMM 33.48 C. GAUTKREAUX 9.87 F. SWANSON 11.48 G. BLAKE 1.38 C. SCHULTZ .71 B. McKAIN 71 H. GILLESPIE 5.04 S. LOWRYMOWICZ 5.73 Cuts Decided Over Protests Of Union Representatives Senders Cautioned On Seamen's Mail By Navy, Again Special to the Seafarers' Log The War Shipping Administra­ WASHINGTON—^With the brass of a Shell-and-pea artist on the boardwalk of a tion has been notified by Naval carnival the much-tilted Capt. E. Macauley of the Maritime Commission, the War Ship­ postal officers that letters to sea­ ping Administration and Chairman of the Maritime War Emergency Board, sat in at a men are being improperly ad­ meeting of the Advisory Committee to the MWEB, held here Feb. 23, and assured the dressed, often in violation of na­ representatives of all the maritime unions representing sea-going personnel that no slashes tional security rules, WSA an­ nounced. in the bonus scales were being contemplated by the members of the MWEB. Failure to use the proper form At the hearing he objected to a* (Log', For it was the unanimous opin­ in addressing mail destined for has not declined, headline and story published in ion of all the union representa­ merchant seamen results in delay emphasis). the LOG of Feb. 4, which pointed tives of the Advisory Committee in delivery and in some instances out that the "MWEB Would Cut Questions For Capt. Macauley that there be no tampering with actual loss. Our Wages," through slashing (Capt. Macauley's statements the existing bonuses in all ex­ To insure delivery, the follow­ the bonuses, despite the fact that call for the following ques treme danger areas and that such ing for should be used: this nation and the Allier are: tions: bonuses be increased for the add­ "In the midst of a war which (1: Why, if such were not ed hazards now being encounter­ Seaman's name Name of ship All men who took out new has been largely (so far) a "fact" [as he terms it] should ed in some areas and ports. The C/o Postmaster San Francisco membership on the SS William struggle of supply and trans­ he term it as such? only man for cutting bonuses was New York or New Orleans (de­ Wirt. Alcoa Line, March 8, 1944, portation,. a war in which the (2: If seamen's bonuses aren' Frank Taylor of the shipowners. r- iplease contact Claude Fisher. heroism and self-sacrifice of pending on coast from which ad­ part of their wages, then, why N. Y. Stewards' Patrolman with the merchant seamen made pos­ are they logged — as part of Board Whips Up Witches' Brew dressee sailed). Despite this Macauley and his your receipt. sible military operations in Eu­ their accrued earnings [rea! The return address of the writ­ so-called "board" have whipped VINCENT A. GILLEZEAU rope and in the Pacific, a war wages]—when such loggings er should appear in the upper left up a witches' brew of demarkaMANOEL GOMES in which the merchant marine occur? hand corner and the name of the tion lines over the chart of the PETER L. DAVERSON has suffered greater propor­ steamship company in the lower (3: If such reductions were world. EVANGELOS KOWNDOURAKIS tional casualties than has either left hand corner. The address of not contemplated why were ALBERT ANDERSON HATT the Army or the Navy, a war such decided by the Maritime None of the cuts they arbitrar­ the steamship company should in which civilian seamen vol­ War Emergency Board—with ily make are comparable to the not be given. untarily gave up the comfort out their legal power to do so?) considerable hazards and dangers In a number of instances, in di­ of home to face storms and that still exist under a war-time For most all the representa­ condition at sea: For crews are rect violation of national security subs and bombings so that sol­ diers might have bullets and tives of the seafaring unions went called upon to sail waters • still rules, letters have been addressed food—in the midst of such a on record as stating that the pur­ infested with submarines and to a specific street address or war the Maritime War Emer­ pose of the meeting was beyonc continue to ply into the widening place name of a foreign country. gency Board is proposing a the legal jurisdiction of the Mar war theaters where an ever- Addressing mail to any other slash in the wages of the wages itime War Emergency Board un­ present danger of aerial bombing, than the proper port, in care of the postmaster, as noted above, der its ascribed Statement of WASHINGTON, March 7 — of the already underpaid mer­ Principles which made all signa­ attacks by Naval and mystery •only delays its reaching the sea­ chant hero." craft, shore artillery, as well as Legislation to provide lifetime tory to the creation of the NWEB captive and floating mines still man. compensation for permanently Seamen's Wages Not High labor, government and shipown­ exist. Indeed, one speaker at the disabled merchant seamen has ers. For no dispute existed be­ The story also showed that the meeting of the Advisory Commit­ been approved by the House tween any labor organization and tee meeting brought out the cold reasoning if the dangers at wages of a merchant seaman, in­ Merchant Marine Committee, ac­ sea mounted from 100% to 500% representatives of the industry. point that the danger of aband­ (which they did) then the bonus cording to the Journal of Com­ clusive of bonuses, were not as high as those paid for the soft oned mine fields as well as that figures should have been just merce. Doesn't Like Protests berths ashore in the shipyards, of floating mines was one which that much greater by mathemat­ Under existing law, merchant and in shore-side industries In addition to the outlined accrued danger in waters which ical progression in percentage. seamen are covered by War Ship­ where many of the old-time sea­ statements of Macauley, above might otherwise be considered ping Administration insurance to men now plying the. danger he asserts, also, on page 1 of the However, the MWEB is not fairly safe by the MWEB but un­ using the pattern of 100% lowthe extent of $5,000 for perman­ waters were working prior to the minutes that the members of the ent total disability, if paid in a call of their country to mann MWEB didn't "want a flock of safe as far as the-seamen plying ceiling hazard as a basis for sea­ lump sum, or $7,500 if paid in ships and supply the Armed telegrams and letters coming in them were concerned. men retaining the voyage monthly installments. saying We protest against re­ bonuses. No Logical Rule forces. duction or doing away with the And the judgment of this is Under the usual payment plan Unions Against According to page 2 of the seen in the consistent attempts of of $150 monthly, the benefits are minutes of the Feb. 23 meeting bonuses'." Downward Revisions And in other words showed the bureaucrats of the NWEB to exhausted in fifty mnoths. Macauley declared: When it comes to stealing himself as a member of a Hitler­ oppress the seamen of the mer­ The committee said it consid­ "Unfortunately, 1 have noted like board which didn't want any chant marine. For the MWEB money from the seamen's pock- . ered this coverage "inadequate" in one of the union's publica­ protests of its actions and which has applied no logical rule ets the shell-and-pea artists in in cases where the age of the sea­ tions recently, in a prominent would in effect say to the seamen whereby the present action could Washington—who never sail any men will cause the disability to leading article, the fact that the and their representatives on the be compared with the past bonus ships—as well as Curran and the last after all payments have been Maritime War Emergency Advisory Committee: "Don't tell scales paid, officials of the Sea­ NMU - .shipowner com.bine take mdae. Board is going to reduce the us what the seamen want—for farers International Union de­ the allegations of Naval officials that sinkings and dangers are "It is felt that the WSA should seamen's wages. You know, we will sit back and give the rul­ clare. be able to provide adequate com­ and we know, that the board ing whether you or the seamen The Union's officers point out declining, since there have been pensation for the duration of the has no authority to reduce or like it or not. (N.B. This was the that the MWEB put a high ceiling none reported in the public press, disability which, in many cases, increase your wages. You know attitude that Hitler took). of 100% on the bonuses, whei-e and they use such as a basis to will be for the life of the injured and we know that the bonuses While Macauley tried his shell- the dangers were considered slash seamen's earnings and person," the committee added. are not part of the wages, al­ and-pea game he sat back com­ greatest, without regard for the would rivise the scales on the The bill (HR 4163) would auth­ though they have in great mea­ fortably to await his opportunity attacks sustained and the dan­ alleged declining percentage of orize the WSA to make "adequate sure come to be considered as to slash the bonuses for seamen gers encountered; but they put sinkings. payments" for permanent total or wages. Let me assure you that sailing war-torn waters while still no ceiling on the number of at­ The Union took the position in partial disability "as long as such the board has no intention of crying that the Maritime War tacks, sinkings and death toll or the hearings—as did the repre­ disability resulting from causes removing or reducing bonuses Emergency Board was not , going threats of dangers to be under­ sentatives of all bona-fide marine relating to the war effort exists." where the war risk and hazard to reduce them. gone by the seamen. Thus by {Conthmed jfn Page 4) HI! NOTICE f" Seamen Disability Pay Is Reported O.K.By Committee �It>f^ j THE Page Two SEAFARERE FridaT' March 24, 1944 LOG New MWEB Bonus Decision C. Pacific Area — All waters within the erea bounded on the north by 60° north latit­ ude; on the east by the 189th DECISION 2 B medidan; on the south by BONUS 13° south latitude; and on the west by 90° east longitude The Maritime War Emergency and the coast of continental Roard today annouiices this De­ Asia. cision with respect to Bortus. Classification II—66-2/3% Bonus ARTICLE I. VOYAGE BONUS, —$80 Monthly Minimum , MARITIME WAR EMERGENCY BOARD AREA BONUS AND VESSEL ATTACK BONUS REQUIRED Voyages or portions of voyages while within all waters not in­ cluded in Classifications I, III, or Voyage bonus, area bonus, and IV. vessel attack bonus shall be paid under this Decision to licensed Classification III — 25% BOilus — and unlicensed personnel em­ $30 Monthly Minimum ployed as regular crew members Voyages or portions of voyages, on United States flag vessels of not included in Classification IV, the American Merchant Marine. while within waters of the Pa­ ARTICLE II. VOYAGE BONUS cific Ocean east of 136° west long­ itude and west of a line drawn CLASSIFICATIONS due south from Cape Horn. Classification I — 100% Bonus — Classification IV—^No Bonus 11 $100 Monthly Minimum Voyages o^: portions of voyages Voyages or portions of voyages while within the following while within inland waters of the Western Hemisphere. For this waters: purpose the Western Hemisphere A. European Area— All waters shall iriclude the Hawaiian Isl­ with the area bounded on the ands, Bermuda, Greenland, the east and south by 60' east east cOast of Central and South longitude to its intersection America in the Caribbean Area with the north coast of Rus­ and the West Indies, but shall sia and thence following the not include Iceland, Alaska (west coast of continental Europe of 136' west longitude) and the to its intersection with 90' Aleutian Islands. west longitude on the north coast of Spain; and bounded The following waters are clas­ on the west by 90' west sified as inland waters of the Western Hemisphere: longitude. B. Mediterranean Area — All A. The inland passage to Alaska defined as follows: waters within the Mediter­ ranean Sea east of a line i. Waters to the eastward of from Cape Spartel to Cape a line drawn from Cape Trafalgar, including the Ad­ Flattery, Washington, to riatic Sea, the Aegean Sea, Pachena Point Lighthouse, the Black Sea, the Sea of Vancouver Island, and all Azov and the Sea of Marwaters to the northward ^ mora, the Dardanelles and and eastward of Vancouver the Bosporus. Island. SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ Vreiident 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. !•! W ' W Directory of Branches BRANCH ADDRESS NEW YORK (4) 2 Stono 3t BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay St PHILADELPHIA. ...i...6 North 6th St NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI NEW ORLEANS (16) ..324 Chartres St SAVANNAH 218 Eaet Bay St TAMPA 423 East Piatt St. MOBILE.. St. Michael St PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon GALVESTON.... 219 20th Street PHONE BOwHng Green 9-. ,i Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 7651 ...Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Savannah 3-1728 Tampa MM.I323 Dial 2-1392 Puerto de Tlerra ..Galveston 2-8043 PUBLICATION OFFICE; ROOM 213* 2 STONE STREBT New York City (4) BOwling Green 9-8346 •267 ii. Waters to the eastward of a line drawn from Cape Scott, Vancouver Island, to Cape St. James, Queen Charlotte Islands, includ­ ing the waters of Queen Charlotte Islands (Hecate Strait). iii. Waters to the eastfvard 6f a line drawn fforti Cape Know, Queen Charlotte Islands, to Cape Muzon, a coastal line drawn from Dall Island (I)ixon En­ trance). iv. Waters to the eastward of a coastal line drawn from Cape Muzon to Cape Bartolome and thence to Gape Ommaney, and Caipe Edgecomb at the entrahee to Sitka Sound. V. Waters to the eastward of a coastal ^ine drawn from Cape Spencer, the entrance to Cross Sound. B. Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, Ungava Bay and Frobisher Bay, west of a line from North Foreland on Loks Isl­ and to Black Bluff on Reso­ lution Island and west of a line drawn from Acadia Cove on Resolution Island to Cape Chidley. C. Puget Soimd east of a line drawn in the Strait of Juan de Fuca from Cape Flattery, Washington to Pachena Point, Vancouver Island. D. The St. Lawrence River wegt of Father Point E. The Panama Canal on transit of areas of risk and computed as follows: A. Voyage bonus .shall be com­ puted on basic and special emergency wages, excluding overtime, penalty time and other extra compensation. B. Vojrsfge bonus equal to 100% Of tvages shall bef paid for voyages in Classification I, but not in any case less than $100 per month or a propor­ tionate sum for a part thei'eof. C. Voyage bonus equal to 66-2/3% of wages shall be paid lor voyages or portions of voyages in Classification II, but not in any case less than $80 per month or a pro­ portionate sum for a part thereof. killed or seriously injured aS a result of ehettiy attack. Vessel attack bonus shall be payable whether the vessel w within or without any of the areas specified in Paragraplt A above, and whether the vessel is in a port or at an anchorage or on the high seas. Only one vessel attack bonus shall be-payable in the course of any passage of the vessel between ports or an­ chorages. A passage between ports or anchorages shall be deemed to commence at the time the vessel departs from a port or anchorage and to end at the time the vessel departs from its next port Or anchorage. Shifts in berth shall not be deemed passages between anchorages. ARTICLE VI. PERIODS DUR* D. Voyage bonus equal to 25% IRO WHICH VOYAGE, AREA, of wages shall be paid for AND VESSEL ATTACK voyages or portions of voy­ BONUS PAYABLE ages in Classification III, but not in any case less than $30 A. DURING ORDINARY COURSE OF VOYAGE per month or a proportionate sum for a part thereof. Voyage, area and vessel at­ tack bonus shall be payable E. No voyage bonus shall be to a regular crew member of paid for voyages or portions the vessel on which he is em­ of voyages in Classification ployed during the course of IV. his employment aboard such ARTICLE IV. TIME WHEN vessel. VOYAGE BONUS PAYMENTS B. WHEN BONUS PAYABLE START AND STOP AFTER SEPARATION A. Voyage bonus payments FROM VESSEL AND shall become effective at mid­ DURING REPATRIATION night prior to the day during (1) If a crew member is sep­ which the vessel departs arated from his vessel as from waters included in Clas­ the result of a peril des­ sification IV and enters the cribed in Article 3, hs high seas. amended, of the form of B. Voyage bonus payments shall insurance policy attached cease at midnight of the day to Decision lA, bonus con­ during which the vessel de­ tinues payable to such parts from the high seas and crew member until mid­ enters waters included in night of the day On which Classification IV. he reaches a port. F. The Straight of Magellan, de­ fined as follows: (a) Atlantic • boundary line: A line running in a southerly and easterly direction from Direction Hill (Cerro Direccion) on the northern (2) If a crew member is repa­ shore of the First Narrows C. Changes in voyage bonusi fates between Classifications triated to the United States to Anegada Point located I, II and III during a voyage after sepatation from his on the southern shore of or part of a voyage while on vessel as a result of either; the Fffst Narrows: the high seas are effective as (a) a peril referred to in (b) Pacific boundary line: A of midnight prior to the day paragraph (1) above, or line running in a northerly during which the vessel and easterly direction from (b) illness or injury incurred crosses the line demarking Felix Bay Light Tower lo­ in the service of his ves­ the new Classification. cated on an island in Felix sel and not occasioned Bay off the southwesterly ARTICLE V. AREA AND by his wilful misconduct, shore of Sea Reach (Paso VESSEL ATTACK BONUS bonus shall be payable to Del Mar), to the Fairway such crew member dur­ Light Pyramid located on A. AREA BONUS ing his repatriation from the west side of the largest midnight of the day prior In addition to voyage bonus Fairway Island. to which the vessel or payable under Article II, III other conveyance on and IV, area bonus at the G. The Great Lakes; and inland which he is being repa­ rate of $5.00 per day shall be waters, harbors, rivers, triated departs until mid­ payable to each creW mem­ sounds, bays and gulfs on the night of the day of ar­ ber of a vessel within any of the United States as defined rival of such vessel or the areas specified in Classi­ in "Rules & Regulations, se­ other conveyance at a fication I of Article II, in­ ries No. 16, Bureau of Marine continental United States cluding periods during which Inspection & Navigation, De­ port. the vessel is in port or at an partment of Commerce, Pilot anchorage. Area bonus shall C. WHEN BONUS NOT Rules for certain inland commence as of midnight waters of the Atlantic and ' PAYABLE AFTER prior to the day during which Pacific Coasts and the Coast SEPARATION FROM the vessel enters the area of the Gulf of Mexico" dated VESSEL and shall cease at midnight May 28, 1940. of the day during which the (1) Bonus shall not be payable H. Ports or other inland waters vessel departs from the area. while a crew member is on of the Western Hemisphere, land after separation from either as specifically definied B. VESSEL ATTACK B6RUS his vessel. in this Classification or as In addition to voyage and (2) Bonus shall not be payable may be defined from time to area bonus, vessel attack during the period that a time by the Maritime War bonus of .$125 shall be pay­ crew member is detained Emergency Board. able to each crew member of either by capture by an en­ a vessel (1) which is destroy­ ARTICLE III. AMOUNT OF emy of the Uniteji States ed or substantially damaged VOYAGE BONUS or by internment. as a result of enemy attack Voyage bonus should be based or (2) on which any person is (Continued on Page 3) ' 'm V1 S •y �Friday, March 24, 1944 THfi SEAPA*5fiftS L06 Page Thrfl# New MWEB Bonus Decision (ConfiftueJ from Fagi 2) 15 i. (3) Bonus shall not be payable to a crew member: (a) after voluntary termina­ tion of his employm.ent aboard his vessel for a reason other than one set forth in Paragraph B (2), (b) after desertion or dis­ charge from his employ­ ment aboard his vessel, (c) after a crew member ac­ cepts employment on an­ other vessel for a pur­ pose other than to be re­ patriated, (d) after a crew member re­ fuses without good cause to be repatriated to thO United States, (^) A crew member repatriat­ ed after occurrence of an event specified in sub-par­ agraph (3) of this Para­ graph C is hot entitled to bonus from his original vessel during repatriation. If such crew member signs on as a replacement in the crew of the repatriating V vessel, he shall be entitled visions of this Decision shall to bonus from the repatri­ not be retroactive. ating vessel. If such crew member signs on as a ARTICLE VIII. REPEAL workaway on the repatri­ Decision 2A, and all Amend­ ating vessel, he shall not ments thereto, previously is­ be entitled to bonus from sued by the Maritime War the repatriating vessel. Emergency Board are repeal­ ed as of the effective date of D. NO OOUBLE BONUS this Decision, except as to If a crew signs on the vessel any voyage, area and port at­ on which he is being repatri­ tack bonus payable for any ated, either as a Crew mem­ period prior to 12:01 A.M. of ber or workaway on such April 1, 1944. repatriating vessel, he shall MARITIME not be entitled to bonus from such vessel in addition to WAR EMERGENCY BOARD bonus payable under Para­ graph B of this Article VI. (Sgd.) EDWARD MACAULEY E. DEATH OF A Chairman CEEW MEMBER (Sgd.) JOHN R, STEELMAN Bonus shall not be payable for any period after death of (Sgd.) FRANK P. GRAHAM a crew member. Dated: March 14, 1944 ARTICLE VII. EFFECTIVE DATE This Decision. shall be effec­ tive on and after 12:01 A.M. of April 1, 1944. The pro­ Keep In Touch With Your Draft Board MONEY DUE The following crew members SILVIO A. PALMERI from the SS SCHOHARIE of the KENNETH R, SCHLOSSER South Atlantic Co. have over­ time checks in the following SS JOHN GALLUP: amounts coming. They are being ADAM HARTWIG held for them in the New York LOUIS GOODWIN HARRY JUSTICE office of the company. ANDREW KRONIK GAILLARD, AH $409.50 LOUIS BARRETT ROONEY, AB 409.50 JAMES AKERS MOHOWSKI, AB 537.50 DWIGHT CARROLL McQUADE. AB 543.60 ARKADI RAUK POUQUETTE, OS 279.00 COOPER, OS 391.50 SS MATT W. HANSOM HARRY WEISBERG • » » Checks are being held for the following at Smith and Johnson office in New York. •' r".7 r* SS JAMES M. GILLIS: HARLEY BRYANT WILLIAM W. BRYANT HARRY B. FOX JAMES CARR JESSE J. BENTLY ALFRED W. DEMUELLE HAROLD S. KEMP QUINTON COURTNEY SHYLE HOLLOWAY Will any of the shipmates of the late Brother Chas. WESSNER, 24288, who died in Georgetown, B. G., in August 1943, while on the SS William Cullen Bryant, please contact Theo. Thomson, Room 213, 2 Stone Street, New York, 4, Sec'y-Treasurer's office. Map Showing New. Zones And Bonus Rates New Area And Vessel Attack Bonus Provisions ARTICLE V. AREA AND VESSEL ATTACK BONUS A. AREA BONUS til addition to voyage bonus payable under Article II, HI and IV, area bonus at the rate of $5.00 per day shall be payable to eaeh ereW member of a vessel within any of the areae specified ifi Classification I of Article H, in­ cluding periods during whiclf the vesdel is itt ^ pott Of at an anchorage. Area bonus shall commence as of midnight prior to the day dur­ V / m ing which the vessel enters the area and shall cease at midnight of the day during which the vessel departs from the area. B. VESSEL ATTACK BONUS In addition to voyage and area bonus, vessel attack bonus of $125 shall be payable to each crew member of a vessel (1) which is destroyed or Substantially damaged as a result of enemy attaok or (2) on which any person is killed or Seriously injured as a result of enemy attack. Vessel attack bonus shall be payable whether the vessel is within or without any of the areas Specified in Paragraph A above, and whether the vessel is in a pOrt or at an an­ chorage ro on the high seas. Only one vessel attack bonus shall be payable in the course of any passage between ports or anchorages shall be deemed to commence at the lime the vessel departs from a port or anchorage and to end at the lime the vessel departs from its next port or anchorage. Shifts in berth shall not be deemed passages between anchorages. �Page Four THE SEAFAKFRS Friday, March 24, 1944 LOG Map Showing Old Zones And Bonus Rates K ¥ /iy-- Old Area And Port Attack Bonus Provisions ARTICLE V. AREA AND PORT ATTACK BONUS A.AREA BONUS In addition to voyage bonus payable under Articles II, nil and IV, area bonus at the rate of $5.00 per day shall be payable to each crew member while in the service of his vessel within any of the following areas: (1) Murmansk Area—that part of the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans east of Greenwich Meridan and west of 60° east longitude and north of 60° north latitude. (2) Mediterranean Area — the Mediterranean Sea east of a line from Capt Spartel to Cape Traf­ algar, including the Adriatic and Aegean Seas. (3) South Seas Area — the area bounded on fhe north by 20° north latitude, on the east by 170° east longitude, on the south by 20° south lat­ itude and on the west by 120° east longitude. B. Such area bonus shall commence at midnight preceding the day of entering any of the above areas and shall cease at midnight of the day when a vessel departs from any such erea. C. PORT ATTACK BONUS In addition to voyage and area bonus, one 4)orl bonus of $125 shall be payable to each crew member for .each port or anchorage, whether within or without any of the areas specified in Paragraps A above, which experiences enemy attack during the presence of his vessel in such port or at such anchorage. Maritime War Emergency Board Slashes Bonuses (Continued^from Page 1) union groups for sea-going per­ sonnel— that there must be no downward revision of the bonus scales and declared that any changes made should be to in­ crease the payments for the areas that were uncovered. For as Brother John Hawk, Sec'y-Treasurer of the Atlantic and Gulf District of the SIU pointed out there was little point to Macauley citing alleged Naval figures while the Navy itself con­ tinues to pay a bonus differential rate for its own armed guards­ men sailing merchant vessels and those running into extreme haz­ ards. • Others in the meeting pointed out that the so-called charts Macauley introduced, (sup­ posedly based on Naval informa­ tion), did not go back to the peak figure of the sinkings, and showed no comparable basis for the threatened reductions. Shell-and-Pea Artist Despite this, and despite the fact that other members of the Board declared that they recog­ nized and were fully conscious of the terrific job that the mer­ I'ij I'; I', chant seamen were doing, (with­ out the accrued benefits of those in the Armed Services for pen­ sions, etc.), and despite his own statements shell - and - pea artist Capt. Macauley (who still sits out all sailings) proceeded with his nimble game. It was not until March 14 that the MWEB rendered a decision which in essence slashed all the existing rates in many respects and which is capsuled hereunder. For the new decisions of the MWEB — even though the pre­ meditated plans of this Hitler­ like board were denounced—es­ tablishes cuts in the bonuses not commensurate with the risks be­ ing undei taken by the seamen. North and South Atlantic The North and South Atlantic areas, excepting where otherwise specified will pay a bonus of 66-2/3% or $80.00 minimum whichever is greater, with no bonus while in ports of West In­ dies, South, Central, and North America with the exception of Alaskan ports and the island ports west of 136° West Longit­ ude, with the further exception that no bonus will be paid while Pacific Theater in port in the Hawaiian Islands. In the.Pacific war theater the Also no bonus will be paid bonus has been extended a little while in ports in Greenland or in to include an area around Japan Bermuda. to take in all waters bounded on The $5.00 per day bonus which the north by 60° north latitude; formerly took in the Norwegian on the east by the 180th merid­ Coast and the Russian Coast has ian; on the south by 13° south been extended to include ports latitude; and on the west by 90° of the British Isles with the ex- east longitude and the continent­ al coast of Asia, for which will be allowed 100% or $100.00 mini­ Compleie iexi of Marilime mum, whichever Is the greater as War Emergency Board's well as the $5.00 per day. Bonus Decision is printed on Other areas in the Pacific and pages 2 and 3 for the infor­ the Indian Oceans exclusive of mation of the membership. that spoken of in the paragraph Compare also the charts above to the 136° west longitude showing the new and old will pay 66-2/3% or $80.00 mini­ bonus areas, and rates. mum whichever is the greater; and eastward from the 136° west ception of ports in South Ireland. longitude-to a line south of Cape This $5.00 daily bonus also in­ Horn and in the Magellan Straits, cludes the European coastline on 25% or $30.00 minimum, which­ the 9° west longitude running ever is greater shall be paid. south to the northern tip of Spain, as well as being retained New Ruling On Attack Bonus in the Mediterranean, Bosporous In addition to cutting out the and Black Sea, with the 100% many features of the port attack or $100.00 minimum, whichever bonues the new ruling establishes is the greater, plus the $5.00 per an attack bonus which is shown day. in the caption of the chart show­ ing the new areas. This is definitly limited to one attack bonus although twenty or more may be sustained during any departure or arrival which can be construed as a voyage. ^ Hirihito's Doorstep ' The attack bonus is also limit­ ed to a direct sinking or severe damage to the vessel as well as providing that some crew mem­ ber must be killed or seriously injured before such a bonus can be paid to members of the ves­ sel's crew. In other words the MWEB has reduced the bonuses to figures below those granted the seamen prior to the active pai'liclpation of the United States in the war. It is further asserted that the MWEB wants seamen to sit on the laps of either Hirihito or Hitler or drop their cargoes in Hamburg or Tokyo before they get paid a bonus for sailing ha­ zardous waters. Your Draft Board Keep In Touch With � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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BY COMMITTEE NEW MWEB BONUS DECISION NEW AREA AND VESSEL ATTACK BONUS PROVISIONS OLD AREA AND PORT ATTACK BONUSES PROVISIONS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03/24/1944 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1944 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/1ef4025f80ea7893574231f7ee3e8432.PDF 286cf62e540494e8634baf37400dbc43 PDF Text Text rm '''•;m&i*^.r- -•< A T ^j^^BERS JOQ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA NEW YORK. N. Y., FRIDAY. MARCH 17. iS4'4 VOl. VI. Ho, B Curran's Real Role Exposed Boon To Aliens; Seamen Second To Armed Forces— Owners Agree To Pay Reveals Own Ignorance Of Sea Hospital Expences WASHINGTON—Before the Senate Truman Committee hearing on the crack-ups of Liberty ships, held here March 8, Joe Ciirran of the NMU declared "open-season" on Attorney Richard M. Cantor of New York, has made all "safety-at-sea" regulations for seamen and threw overboard the principle of "safe a claim for wages by an alien seaman, a member of the working conditions" for seagoing personnel, pioneered for by the AFL Unions and won SIU, stick against a shipping company without court'ac^ only after long and bitter struggles. Curran attempted to turn the hearing into a pol­ tion. The concern tried to make the seaman pay for his itical rally for President Roose-* "But, there is political signi- absolutely necessary, they should velt by implying that the CIO's own hospitalization. The recovery of wages for the seaman curse would be placed on those ficance behind the stories in cer- not." tain newspapers," he said. "The _(In other words Curran be­ was unique. bound for Trinidad. Upon his re­ who dared criticize the Adminis­ percentage of crack-ups is so Attorney Cantor's letter to the SIU on th^s, decisive case follows in full: RICHARD M. CANTOR Councelor-At-Law Proctor In Admiralty Suite 1109-1111 51 Chambers Street New York City March 9, 1944 Seafarers' International Union 2 Stone Street New Yoi-k City Att: Mr. John Hawk Genllemen: .„ I am indeed pleased to advise you that in a matter referred to me by the Union involving a claim by an alien seaman against a Shipping Company, I was able to effect recovery of wages. The circumstances were unique. Thfs alien seaman had shipped from New York on a vessel 7/ lieves that such ships are good enough for seamen who've fought for safe working conditions to sail on while they are not good enough for Army and Navy transport work.) Doesn't Like Newspapers Curran then complained that newspapers hadn't given all 'the facts of Liberty ship crack-ups, and Singled out the Hearst papers in particular as well as other newspapers of not telling where the ships got into difficulties. He completely disregarded the fact that such news is censored. "You don't mean that the in­ vestigation by this committee was caused by the newspapers?" demanded Senator Ferguson, (R.), of Michigan. Senator Brewster interjected that many of the stories had been the seamen would demand aboard "I must qualify myself there;" carried in the Seattle Post-Inlelthem in peacetime. Curran answered. "Unless it's ligencer, (which was published, until recently, by John Boettiger, son-in-law to Mr. Roosevelt). "They might be and might not be," Curran said. Polilical Accusaiions Senator Truman then request­ ed Curragi to complete his formal statement: And Senator Brew­ ster warned that Curran would tration's policies. He was halted small; this might be an attempt in short order by the members of to embarass the Administration." the committee. He was told that many of the The Truman Committee's in­ stories had appeared in Adminis­ vestigation of the national de­ tration newspapers, by Senator fense program was taking up the Brewster (R.), of Maine. Also: reasons as to why Liberty ships "One of the strongest critics has have cracked up. A number of been Senator Wallgren (D.), of veteran shipbuilders had just told Washington. I don't think he's of their grave concern over the fighting the Administration." number of ships that are being lost or disabled by cracks and Curran Sabotages Seamen structural deficiencies due to Curran replied that he did not welding difficulties. think so. "My only interest," Wallgren Wallgren Strongest Critic responded, "is to see that the Nevertheless, Cuivan sabotaged Government doesn't use these the seamen's fight for-safety prin­ ships as troop transports or hos­ ciples and gave a glowing ac­ pital ships. Do you feel they count of how "safe" and "effici­ should be used for such purposes, ent" the ships were, despite the Mr. Curran?" absence of conveniences which turn to New York, it was discov­ ered upon examination that the alien seaman was suffering from a veneral disease. The authorities confined him to the Marine Hos­ pital on Ellis Island. Upon his discharge, he applied to the Ship­ ping Company for the wages which he had earned during the trip. He was informed that his wages would not be paid to him since the Shipping Company had to pay the hospital bill incurred and consequently was setting off the aiTinuiit of the hospital bill against the wages due. The sea­ man waz informed by the Com­ pany that the treatment accorded him was a fixed policy in all such cases. In view of the fact that the problem presented was not an or­ dinary one, I concluded that the {Conthnu'd on Page 2) PRISONERS OF WAR IN NAZI CAMP (Continued an Page 4) Furuseth's Ninetieth Birthday Celebration •Ml. •i- .f: shipmates has communicated with the SIU from time to time. He is Prisoner of War No. 2998 at the camp. Other prisoners in the group were not identified by sender of picture. Group of war priaonars being held in Nazi .concentration CAMP MARLAG MILAG NORD. Germany. ' Brother John Monteverde. SIU Book No. 516. is secdnd from the right, standing in the back row. "Big John" as he is known by his vt V'.-- • ) 11'• y.-f i"i -YL' "'' r r 7 i - "f .• 7 NEW YORK, N. Y. — The ninetieth birthday anniversary of the late Andrew Furuseth, father of the LaFollette Sea­ men's Act, passed by Congress in 1915 and signed by Presi­ dent Woodrow. Wilson, was celebrated on March 12 by the Friends of Andrew Furuseth Legislative Assoc iation, ac­ cording to an announcement by Silas Blake Axtell, counsel and one of the founders of the association. Mr. Furuseth, f r e q u e ntly called the Abraham Lincoln of the sea, died in Washington, D. C., January 28, 1938. His 'oody laid in state in the ro­ tunda of the Department - of Labor Building, an honor acmrded to no other labor lead­ er in America. �Page Two THE SEAFARERS Friday, March 17, 1944 LOG OI\ ^ASHII\GTOrV SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District • BV MATT4<EW PuSUAME-e " day of October 10, 1943. (Advise Report on all bonuses decisions for Algiers; on July 16, 1943. made by the board for the months J, Flanagan. SIU. Baltimore—SS recheck on the. dates submit­ of January and February 1944. HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ VresiderU Bering—Board has ruled that this ted by crew.) SS JoM PalmerJ, Volpian. SIU, N. Y. — SS vessel was not In any port in Board has ruled that a bonus of 110 Market Street, Saa Francisco, CalH. George H. Dern—Board has ruled North Russia prior to March 1, $125.00 is payable for Finchafen, that no bonus is payable for 1943. No area bonus is payable. on evening of January 7 and JOHN HAWK ------- Secy-Tre^, Naples, on November 11, 1943. 8, 1944. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York Gty J. Sheehan. SIU. N.Y.—SS 3. Ed. Coester. SUP, Seattle—SS A. Maniscaico, SUP, San Fran­ cisco—SS George S. Boulwell— Willard Gibbs—Board has ruleti Samuel Ingham. September 18, MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. Board has ruled that a bonus of that a bonus of $125.00 is payable 1943 and SS North Haven. De­ • ,? 424 5 th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C $125.00 is payable for Belli Belli for London, on January 5, 14, 15, cember 16. 1943—Both at Attu— ^ ^ W 1944. Harbor, on October 8, 1943. From information that the Navy Directory of Branches J. Sheehan. SIU, N. Y. — SS J. H. Volpian. SIU. N.Y.—SS has supplied to the board there Benjamin Williams — Boatd has Winfield Scott—Board has ruled was no attack on these dates. PHONE ADDRESS BRANCH ruled that a bonus of $125.00 is that no bonus is payable for They are checking for further in­ formation. (No bonus are payable payable for London, on Decem­ Scoglitti, on July 15, 1943, NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOwllng Oreen 9-. BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 405 7 J. Sheehan. SIU. N.Y. — SS for alerts—there must be an ac­ ber 18, 19, 1943; and December BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Ony. St .Calvert 4539 PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St Lombard 7651 10, 11. William Pepper—Board has ruled tual attack.) NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 L. Coffin. SIU, N.Y.—SS James that no bonus is payable for The boariT has finally ruled NEW ORLEANS (16) ..324 Chartres St Canal 3335 SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St Savannah 3-1728 Southampton, during the period that the crew members of the Gunn—Board has ruled that a TAMPA 423 East Platt St Tampa MM-I323 MOBILE 7 St. Michael St Dial 2-1392 bonus of $125.00 is payable for of January 10 to 16, nor on Maiden Creek are entitled to the PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon Puerto de Tierra Palermo, on August 9, 10, 1943. January 21, 1944. monthly bonus from the time that GALVESTON 219 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 R. W, Sweeney, S.I.U.. N. Y.— A. Burke. SUP. San Francisco their scow was sunk until they SS Edwin W. Moore—Board has —SS Julian Dubuque—Board has returned to the U.S. This is one ruled that a bonus of $125.00 is ruled that no bonus is payable of the scows that cracked up and PUBLICATION OFFICE: payable for Naples, on November for Oro Bay, New Guinea, on the sunk, over a year ago. ROOM 213, 2 STONE ISTREET 17, 1943. New York City (4) BOwling Green 9-8346 R. W. Sweeney. S.I.U., N.Y.— ~ '257 SS Richmond M. Pearson—^Board has ruled that no bonus is pay­ able for Naples, on November 13, 1943. L. J. Bollinger. SIU. N.Y.—SS Mayo Bros.—Board has ruled that a bonus of $125 is payable for Naples, on November 26, 1943. J. H. Volpian. SIU. N.Y.—SS Eleazer Wheelock — Board has a vessel is not unconstitutionally {Continued front Page 1) ruled that a bonus of $125.00 is deprived of property without due payable for Palermo, on August entire matter warranted a thor­ process of law by being required ough check. It was ascertained 9, 10, 23, 1943. to bear the expenses of treatment Editor, R. W. Sweeney. SIU. N.Y.—SS through research that under Sec­ to an alien seaman brought into Thomas Scott — Board has ruled tion 170, of Title 8, U.S.C.A. the this qountry while suffering from Seafarers^ Log: Shipping Company is liable for The latest maritime developments are noteworthy— that a bonus of $125.00 is payable all expenses connected with the certain disease.® specified in the not because of the heroism of the men who are out there treatment of any alien seamen Section. In the light of the fact that the sailing and delivering the goods, but because of the latest who, on arrival in any port of the Company's action in agreeiiig to United States, is found to be af­ shenanigans on the part of the Stalinist political clique pay the hospital bill in the case flicted with such diseases as im­ which controls the National Maritime Union body and soul. under discussion, represents a becility, epilepsy, tuberculosis or While men are out there dying for a concept of radical departure from its policy; any other dangerous, contagious and since in all probability other Democracy the NMU officials are busy "Labor Fronting" disease, regardless of the fact shipping companies have been that such condition may have and are engaged in developing National Socialism in the following a similar policy, I March 3, 1944 existed at the time of the alien United States. thought you might want to bring seaman signing on a vessel. Fur­ Editor of SIU LOG First is the Labor Draft proposal of Roosevelt. While Friends and Brothers: thermore, Section 170 specifically this matter to the attention of your members. Phillip Murray titulap "head" of the CIO was in the White provides that the amount paid by Very tr^ly yours, Should you by chance drop the the ship owner for such hospital House with William Green, President of the A. F. of L. R. M. CANTOR hook at Paramaribo, Surinam, expenses is liot lb. bft deducted protesting the drastic measure—Curran and Bridges along Diitch-Guiana, enroufe to African from the ^baman's Wages. Cases with Julius Emspak were sending Roosevelt telegrams of Ports or returning from Persian bave beeti decided which inter­ New Tork ILGWU LocMs support. They were and are in favor of a Labor Draft as Gulf ports don't forget to drop in pret Section 170; and such cases t)|efeiat All Communists a totalitarian measure. The President used these telegrams at the SIU Club at 8 Waterrtielon holid that Section 170 is clear in it lahguage arid means exactly tq make a heel out of Murray whom he is quoted as saying Street. NEW YORR CITY—With elec­ John Zeries (Johniiy Bananas) what it says. So Ibrig as the af­ tion returns from three-cjuarters "did not represent the' CIO." and myself got tired of paying a fliction is one whibh might haVe (jf the 26 ILGWU locals in New Murray rushed out and called a National Executive dollar a bottle for beer and a been detected by means of a cotti- York representing more than nleeting of the CIO and the question of a Labor Draft was dollar a drink for rum at the na­ petent medical exahriination, the l60,0b0 members, already in, Da­ thrashed out. Again the CIO Executive Board voted against tive and Chinese bars, so opened Shipping Company, where alien vid DubihSky, president of the one ourselves. seamen are invblved, must bear union, announced that not a the draft. Bridges, Curran and the Commie clique were at It's about everything a seaman the hosbital expenses. single Communist has been elect­ this meeting and were outvoted. Did they go along with could want—a large lounge with Needless to say, the ship oper­ ed to any local office as business the majority? plenty of reading matter, a good ators have not taken the court's agent, executive board member sized bar, 4 bed-rooms, showers, interpretation of Section 176 I'y- or convention delegate. Vr • They did not I toiletSr- kitchen, and plenty of in^ down and have actively liti­ "This is the cleanest mop-up' of Instead these filibusterers in the labor movement went good-looking hostesses; Chinesb, T'a gated the matter on several oc­ Communist influence in this back to their "unions" and concealing the facts from their Javanese, Dutch and what have casions. The shipowners con­ union in the past twenty-yearsj" lAembers supported the Labor Draft in the "spirit of you—some a little dark, but the tended that the interpretation of Mr. Dubinsky declared, "and a Teheran." Any labor group in control of its membership more rum you drink the prettier the Section making them liable decisive victory for progressive ^ Ir in such cases is unfair^ and im­ trade unionism. Our members rewould and should have expelled these peanut politicians they look. 5i There's stud and blackjack and poses upon the shipowner's the fused to become confused by I • V? from the CIO and chased them out of office; to be free of craps at all times. Beer thirty duty of paying hospital bills to Communist schemes to smuggle them. cents American, and rurti and cure seamen of diseases caused in their candidates on bogus is­ "coke" fifty cents American. No by their own vices. The courts sues which have nothing what­ Now comes the next move of the Stalinists in Marine: closing law and nobody but mer­ have held that they may not sub­ ever to do with the economics of the ^tting up of a control "Commissar" system on every chant seamen in good standing. stitute their j li'd g m e n t for American ship and all foreign flag ships controlled by the So give us a look-in if you are that of Conjgress and are bound our industry. Our members have likewise declined to listen to the NMU. Armed with special credentials these agents will unlucky enough to be here. to follow the clear, simple lan­ siren voice of 'partnership' with guage of the Statute. "The courts Communists and to their sweet hoard the ships as members of the crew with full power to Regards to the gang. GENE BRADEN, No. 7406 have also held that the owner of invitatio^ of 'unity'." {Continued on Page 4) Affiliated with the American Pederation ol Labor LJ Boon To Aliens; Owners Agree To Pay Hospital Expences NMUer Charges CP's Want Labor Front To Help 4. Di Tired Of Gouge Brothers Open Own Gin Mill 8. (,/ 'eii �Locate Your Papers If Your Name Appears ' In Listing Below Dd Not Ship A^Y CiAGX^wE^ANCES Charles Reay, No. 24252 Howatd C. Fordyce, No. 6142 Joseph Allen De Charles No. 5615—No. 20463 6dwin G. Grant, No. 21649 Andrew Gooby. No. 2^774 Arthur Flanagan (T.C. No. 2349) James Lonergan H. F. Muicahey (T.C. No. 5763) O. G. Burris (T.C. No. 590) H. Walsh (T.C. No. 6252) Curley Mehegan John W. Baush William J. Ryder (T.C. No. 7763) J. N. Raymond (T.C. No. 1889) Harry Clusas NMU PACTS STINK; "CHECK OFF" STEAL A COMMIE FLIP-FLOP After a month of sailing on an winches without the payment of NMU tanker-I'm still puzzled try­ overtime. Oilers on an up-anding to dope out their agreement. down job are required to wipe The black gang jules require a hand-rails, gratings and floorPhiladelphia lawyer to make plates around all moving mach­ them understandable to a work­ inery before going off watch. ing stiff. They never break Sure feel sorry for the gang on watches, it's a continuous four on this rust-pot^ for the rotten deal and eight off, round the clock, their getting from the top of­ ficialdom of the NMU. Let sev­ and overtime is practically myth. When an oiler is asked to eral of the crew read an SIU turn to on the main engine, while agreement and now they beat on sea-watch, the fireman gets their chops, wondering what .in two hours' overtime (only) for hell they're paying dues to an State Dept. oiling auxiliaries in the engine outfit that keeps enslaving them Seamen's Passports room even though the oiler works to the ship-owner. Custom House, Room 507 his entire four hours. You may Reading the January 14th is­ permit the twelve to four oiler sue of the' Pilot notice where Louis Philip Berwick, No. 4108 to sleep in, but you must break they're asking the membership James Henry Rogers, No. 89603 out the four to eight oiler to con­ to sign a card permitting the Charles Michael McWilliams No. 72998 The Seafarers' International these policies stop boys and men tinue the sea watch. This means shipqwner to remove money from Edwai-d Patrick Maule, No. 56755 Union has striven from time to with small physical defects— you can turn the 12-4 oiler to at their paycheck to pay union dues. time to make use of much of the which prevent them from serving eight a.m. for day work, yet sea They may condemn John Lewis, manpower now beipg wasted in any of the Armed Services or watches are not considered bro­ but they sure can practice his Social Security Cards through the discriminating polic­ the RMO's Maritime Training ken. Up-to-date I've made twelve teachings with the check-off sys­ Social Security Board ies of the leading bureaucrats of Service—such as defects outlined hours' overtime and that was tem. 45 Broadway the RMO, who seek to preserve in .the letter below, from going only because we were in port on Then we find the patrolmen ? Vincente Villactian, a holiday. an outlet for their excess of or­ to sea. and agents beating their chops to No. 217-14-2082 dinary seamen and wipers. Though the ship lays in port the War Shipping Administra­ The letter follows: Lyman Ncilsen, No. 112-20-9396 over Saturday and Sunday, tion about black-balling those In a letter to the LOG one Editor SIU LOG; Claudies L. Blanchard I am a young man 18 years of awaiting convoy, on this ship it former members who were ex­ such individual reveals, in an No. 091-14-1775 (3) earnest plea, the plight of count­ age. I have been trying to go to isn't considered as over-time. The pelled from the Union. They for­ Helmer Oscar Peterson, less men who are blocked from sea since I was 17. I tried to join wipers do everything but over­ get to mention these members ! No. 218-07-3415 taking an adequate part in the the Navy twice, the Coast Guard haul the fire and engine room, fought the Communist Party I Walter David Nye, Jr., war effort through the hand­ and the Merchant Marine. But it without the payment of overtime. which now does everything but No. 220-05-9084 made policies of some Govern­ seems my eyes won't pass the Wipers are assigned to cleaning lick the ship-owners' rears to stay the crew's quarters when the 1st in John Ship-owner's good examination. ment officials. U.S. Coast Guard I wrote to Canada to join the assistant can spare them, no over­ graces, Officers of the Union have brought this condition to the at­ Royal Merchant Navy, but they time on Sunday. Firemen may Joe Curran's comment about Passes tention of the Craig Vincent-Di- are not allowed to accept me. clean on ship-side of boiler when injustice to the individual would United States Coast Guard mock cabal as well as to others They did, however, suggest I it is necessary to sweep dirt col­ be laughable were it not for the 43 Broadway in the WSA repeatedly and de­ write to you. Do you think you lected near their station. fact that we find a person of his Paul Thorarinsson clare that the flat policies of the can assist me in getting a life at The freighter agreement smells, character daring to make such George Edison Taylor it's worse than the old ISU agree­ Recruitment and Manning- Or­ sea? a comment. Mr. Curran should • ment and that's saying some­ Yours truly, ganization of the WSA as uttered look back into his past and recall Certificates of thing. Oilers standing a donkey Robert L. Miller, by the Vincent-Dimock clique are the injustice he brought upon men watch between 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 1140 W. 3rd St.. not aiding the war effort in the Efficiency p.m. may be required to oil who dared use the privilege of Williamport, Pa. full utilization of manpower. For Bureau of Marine free speech" in the NMU hall. Inspection & Navigation. He should recall the dictatorial 42 Broadway methods used by the Communist Party tt. surpress all workers Laster L. Altergott who dared use their democratic Christian Anderson (4) rights to oppose the isolation Claudies Leslie Blanchard (2) program of the Communist Party Metro Borcziak in 1939-40-41. Read the, NMU Alexander' Douglas Burns Pilot for those past years, then Charles Michael McWilliams (2) judge the National Maritime Henry Raymond Mateo and where possible, take up the shipped everyone I could get my Union officials. NEW YORK James Hinton Jones The New York Branch during "beefs" and settle them with hands on in the Deck and Stew­ JOE BUCKLEY. James Reaves (2) ards Department. There seems the past two weeks has made .speed. Book No. 312 Malcolm Francis Wimmer We request all other Branches to be a shortage of these two de­ several changes with the entry John Henry Vinson of new delegates, along with and members sending in "beefs' partments around this port. Have some of the former Patrolmen to New York Branch for settle­ had quite a few West Coast ships Certificates of ment, to please include all neces­ paying off up the line and they and the new Agent. sary details apd data with same. have all taken full deck crews. Identification Many of fhe inherited "beefs" „$50,00 This is half the winning of any Had two new Libertys out last SS Alexander Stevend have been taken up and are be­ Bureau of Marine week with full crews and also SS Lou Gehrig 35.00 "beef." ing settled as rapidly as possible. Inspection & Navigation had one to pay off here that took Henry Bacon 13.30 The men. involved have been no­ Shipping continues very good. 42 Broadway 10.00 tified through the Patrolmen and Several changes in the struc- a full crew. Haven't had much Wilbur W, Dickey Christian Anderson 9.55 Agent's Report, from this branch. tui'c of the New York Branch of­ trouble getting the black gangs SS Eleazar Wheelock Laster Leo Altergott 9.00 However, there are several fice have been made, which are together but just can't seem to be SS J. P. Jones Metro Borcizak 7.00 DON'TS that the members should designed to aid in the quick set­ able to get ahold of Deck and SS Chas, Wayne Claudies Leslie Blanchard Steward's Departments. Would E. R. Johnson 6.00 be advised of: tlement of "beefs." Other changes like to see some of the old-timers James Hinton Jones SS Dobbs . 6.00 The Patrolmen in the Port of have been made in the offices and Charles Michael McWilliams 6.00 New York are paying off on an things are shaping up very well. in these two departments down SS Babcock Foster Merrill Mitchel this way. Am expecting another H. L. Bennett 6.00 average of about. 25 ships a week, I have noticed in the Port of Henry Raymond Mateo 5.00 in addition to boarding other New York, the same as in other Liberty out this week and am G. Gage James Reaves 5,00 ships, as required by crews. They, ports, that many old-time Sea­ looking for another one out H. O. Parrish 5.00 too, are hampered by the many men are coming into the SIU. around the first of April so far as T. F. Hill Discharges 5.00 War-time restrictions and work They know that this is the only I know now. Will be needing Robert McQueen 4.00 U. S. Commissioner's Office long hours in the interests of the organization that is pushing Sea­ some old-timers to help crew up W. J. Asbury Louis Fromme 3.00 42 Broadway Union's membership. men's conditions and protecting these ships. There's not much bob Bristol 3.00 Some incoming vessels' crews their wages. Clauido Aldevera news from this port but they J. M. Mull'sn.: ... 2.00 believe they should have Patrol­ Prospects look good for the Christian Anderson 2.00 men aboard them immediately, continued success of the Union. surely have kept me busy as hell w. Nichols Ira Bradford James Rooney ...' .. 2.00 down here lately, but manage to ahd some days, prior to the ac­ Claudies L. Blanchard PAUL H ';LL. Agent David Hall tual pay off. Normally this is a get things squared away without S. Melinsky, Jr 1.00 good idea, but owing to the press much trouble. SAVANNAH J. Vertilla .. 1.00 Keep In Touch With of work, this is not always pos­ Steady as she goes, • sible. HdWeVer, all officials are Shipping in tlie port of Savan­ TOTAL CHARLES WAID. Agent $196.85 putting their, best foot forward, nah continues to be good. Have Your Draft Board Because the law requires that I seamen's papers, identification and efficiency certificates, as well as Coast Guard passes and Passpdrts be turned over to their re­ spective authorities v/hen they have become lost, the Union has returned to such offices in New York the particular items as list­ ed below. They will be returned to the individual seamen upon application, thereto. Chas. L. Blanchard Jacob Dogart, Jr. Norman Currier Pruderino Feliciano Edward J. Herlitz Juan Martinez Charles McWilliams Ivar Rosvold Patrick Sullivan John Vinson Letter From Youth Reveals RMO's Manpower Waste WHArS DOING Aromid the Ports Honor Roll / iiiiiiiiftifiM '•^1 �~r"W ,-irf THE Page Four I- NMUer Charges CP's Want Labor Front To Help Stalin • .. {Continued from Page 2) call meetings, regulate meetings and act in the capacity of political Conimissars. Also in the "spirit of Teheran." They tcill override the delegates chosen by the cretvs or replace them altogether as the needs may be. Of course they will act as finger men and try to drive real union men left in the NMU who object to the role of political Commissars off the ships and out of the industry if that can be arranged. The Commissars will turn out the "telegrams from the crows" on every conceivable subject necessary to the Soviet Foreign office at any particular time, in the "spirit of Teheran." , . SEAFAHFflS Liberty Ship Named For Cornelius Ford PROVIDENCE, R. I.—A new Liberty Ship, named after the late Cornelius Ford, former Pub­ lic Printer of the United States, was launched here at the WalshKaiser Shipyard. Mr. Ford, a life-long member _of the International Typographical Union, served as President of the New Jersey State Federation of Labor for eleven years and also as an organizer for the AFL. Elected to the New Jersey Legis­ lature in 1910, he secured the en­ actment of a workmen's compen­ sation act. He was appointed Public Printer in 1913 by Presi­ dent Wilson and served in that capacity during the First World War, One of his sons and four grandsons are now serving in the Navy. Now what took place at Teheran'no one knows. Yet the American seamen that sail NMU ships are being swin­ dled by Commissars to march down the road laid out by Stalin in the "spirit of Teherari." Bards have fold rare tales of Courage Gleaned from annals of the Sea Stories told of ancient Heroes Age of 'Pomp and Heraldry' Tales of Greece, of Rome and Carthage And their fighting men of old Braving death for Nation's Honor While the seas beneath them rolled. 'Problem-Boy Joe "Stalin refused to sign the Atlantic Charter—to accept the Four Freedoms. "Stalin has refused to declare'war on Japan or permit the U. S. to use Siberian air bases to attack Japan. J "Stalin has refused to accept the Peasant Exile Polish Government and has now installed a Moscow communisttrained government for the Poles. Ships of Spain and mighty England Ships of oak and iron men Dared the Gods of storm and battle Met defeat to rise again Nations rose to heights of greatness Through the courage of their tars For the measure of all nations Rests on men who fight their wars. "Those who know geography and European race his­ tory for hundreds of years back aver that Stalin will stop short of German invasion. IL,.' "It is becoming plainer every day, even to the most innocent of the innocents, that Russia intends to play the game safely in Sovietizing and spreading communistic doctrines." It is up to the NMUers to see to it that all power must be kept in the hands of the seamen—all power to the ships' delegates—Commissar or no Commissar credentials from the C.P. through the NMU-C.P. leadership or not—Teher­ an or no Teheran! " Sing, oh sing, our modern Sagas Seamen on the Seven Seas Who are braving Hell's own furies Bringing tyrants to their knees Reeling decks, man-made volcanoes Heroes where true seamen meet Unseen, unknown. Legion of Courage Sailors of the Tanker fleet. f =5: This is the only way they can safeguard collective bar­ gaining and prevent the National Socialist Labor Fronters in the NMU leadership from sabotaging the rights of the workers. i Dirty, rust-streaked, squatty tankers Decks aw^sh on lonely way Filled with hell-brewed chain Lightning LifebloOd of the Battle fray Floating coffins on the oceans Prey of lurking submarines Ah, the brave may quake in spirit Shudder, safe in shoreside dreams. Let the weary hearts be lightened By their empty fireside Lift your heads in Pride and Honor To your Men upon the tide Proudly see their dauntless Courage Arrows turned toward the foe Ever onwards, ever rolling To our final- crushing blow. ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR MONTH OF FEBRUARY TO MARCH 5,1944 DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL SHIPPED VI98 h- 741 . r' lowing exchange with Senator; Ferguson: Ferguson: Do you know how many ships have cracked up? Curran: No. The percentage Is small. Ferguson: Do you know the percentage? Curran: No. Ferguson: Do you know the percentage before the war? Curran: No. Ferguson: Then how do you know the percentage is not much higher than before the war? Curran: I talk to a lot of sea­ men."Liberty" Versus "Levi" Curran then attempted to com­ pare the crack-ups of this war with the last war and admitted under questioning that he had no figures on that either, alleging that he'd learned about such crack-ups from talking to others. He even tried to compare the Liberty vessels with the Levia­ than and the Majestic, asserting that those ships developed struc­ tural defects, during service about 20 years ago. Mention of the NMU brought on another exchange between Ferguson and Curran in which the latter denied that he spoke for the CIO. Ferguson: What is your union's affiliation? Curran: The CIO. Ferguson: Do you speak for the CIO? Curran admitted that he spoke only for the NMU. Senator Brewster brought up the question of Curran's draft status, after Curran had describ­ ed his pre-war "adventures" of being on a ship out of which the rivets were popping so fast that he had to dodge to keep from be­ ing hit. l V 2814 One;Trip Curran Brewster: How many times have you been on a ship* since the war? Curran: Once. (This was a six-week trip that Curran made on the Santa Rosa, (not a Libert;- 3hip\ last year. At the time there was a considerable controversy raised as to his draft status.) Brewster: Is there any truth to the report that you made the trip to avoid service? Curran denied this while ad­ mitting that he was not over-age for the draft at the time. He de­ clared he was 38 on March 1 of this year and that he had been granted an occupational defer­ ment as an officer of the NMU. Hugh Fulton, counsel of the War Production Investigating Committee, (Truman Committee) introduced testimony that major cracking accidents to- Liberty ships now in operation occurred in 3.21% of them.^ Other witness­ es said they did not believe this to be alarming, considering the abnormally heavy use to which the vessels are put by carrying war-time freights. Keep In Tomh With Your Draft Board . - •uijV' v.;?;;" • .. {r- >• 875 I. W ..'ji Top 'n Lift. Seafarers' Log •iv ' Cheer, then, cheer, these greater heroes Than the gallant tars of old Pale are all past deeds of history" Where our thousand keels are rolled Seamen staking lives as torches Heroes who no airs assume On the decks of reeling tankers Day or darkness, storm or gloom. . MONEY DUE The following crew members HARRY B. FOX from the SS SCHOHARIE of the JAMES CARR South Atlantic Co. have overJESSE J. BENTLY ' time checks in the following ALFRED W. DEMUELLE amounts coming. They are being HAROLD S. KEMP held for them in the New York QUINTON COURTNEY office of the company. SHYLE HOLLOWAY GAILLARD. AB $409.50 SILVIO A. PALMERI ROONEY. AB 409.50 KENNETH R. SCHLOSSER MOHOWSKI. AB 537.50 SS JOHN GALLUP: • McQUADE. AB 543.60 ADAM HARTWIG POUQUETTE,. OS 279.00 LOUIS GOODWIN sil- COOPER, OS 391.50 HARRY JUSTICE » » • ANDREW KRONIK LOUIS BARRETT Checks are being he];f,iof the JAMES AKERS following at Smii., and Johnson DWIGHT CARROLL office in N- _ ..Vork. ARKADIRAUK gP.JA^afeS M. GILLIS: SS MATT W. RANSOM HARLEY BRYANT HARRY WEISBERG % WILLIAM W. BRYANT {Continued from ' 1) not be "S^-ed to make political charges unchallenged. , Repeating his political accusa­ tions, Curran then declared that the newspaper stories made it "tough" to get NMUers to sail on Liberty ships, in direct contra­ diction to his previous praise of their patriotism and heroism in manning the ships. He flatly de­ clared that crack-ups are not much higher in proportion than they were before the war. Lacked Knowledge Curran than revealed that he didn't know what he was talk­ ing about when he had the fol- {Dedicated to our Tanker men) fc « "Stalin's American Commie boys are busy trying to wreck the American trade-union movement. Will Stalin's American adherents be as enthusiastic about production if Russia halts her advance short of German invasion? Currants Real Role Exposed Tanker Seamen! According to the Mine Workers' Journal these are some of Stalin's maneuverings: h:' Friday# March 17, 1M4 LOG •• I V-;, " • / i;: A; "''W'-/.b'.r - '( � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03/17/1944 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1944 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/42902f5b5db3cfb8c30595b39f688a23.PDF 5d39e532cdb05ab6df91f7545715fb3f PDF Text Text '^r'^^:-- - :,i; • JoQ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA NEW YORK, N.Y.. FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1944 No 5 MWEB IS SILENT ON BONUS CUT SIUBLOCKS RMO LAKES EXPANSION •• 4 The Maritime War Emergency Board held a meeting in Washington on Wednes­ day, February 23 for the announced purpose of discussing a reduction in war bonus rates now paid American seamen. Under the fire of SIU representatives at the conference, the Board announced that no cut was to be considered, rather was the conference called to determine whether or not the risks in certain areas had been reduced. This sort of double talk fooled no one, least of all the-* could not be used because of se­ position that bonuses should be SIU spokesmen of the seamen. curity reasons. cut, the SIU formally requested On the wall of the conference The MWEB was warned frank­ that the bonus be increased for room was a hugh chart which ly that should the seamen's the area around the Gilbert and revealed the rate of sinkings of standard of living be further cut, Marshall Islands and that the American and allied ships for the there would be an exodus of old- daily bonus be increased as our year 1942. For the year of 1943, timers out of the industry. These armed forces extend their oper­ however, only vague symbols men would seek well-paying jobs ations into territories now held were used which could give no and less hazardous ones. While by the enemy. accurate picture of the casualties. the threat of army draft might The Board took no position on And, of course, no chart could well keep the young men going the concrete question of cutting be drawn which would show how to sea, such a reduction in wages the bonuses at this time. A regu­ many seamen would lose their would constitute a real blow at lar deluge of telegram protest lives in 1944. When the union their morale and thereby at the have been pouring into Washing­ objected to the vagueness of the efficiency of the merchant fleet. ton, letting the Board know in chart, the Secretary of the Board no uncertain terms just what the announced that concrete figures Far from accepting the MWEB's seamen think about this attack upon their living standards. AU seamen should remain on guard —the issue isn't yet settled. WASHINGTON, D. C., Febru­ ing agents, and radio and news­ ary 25, 1944 — At a conference paper advertising. Mr. Otto S. Beyer, Director of held here yesterday, called by the , .v: ..A Office of Defense Transportation Transport Personnel, in calling the conference to order, stated to review the Great Lakes Man­ that since it was the responsibil­ power problem, the Seafarers' ity of the Office of Defense Trans­ International Union of North portation to keep transportation America, A.F.L., Great Lakes Dis­ within the country moving, they trict, blocked the attempt of Mar­ were naturally interested in shall Dimock's Recruitment and Great Lakes manning problems. Manning Organization to move in After numerous meetings with on the Lakes. operation and various govern­ Several days prior to the con­ mental agencies, the RMO sub­ ference date. Great Lakes seamen mitted a draft of the proposed unions and steamship operators program. The ODT, he said, was received a draft of the proposed not endorsing the plan, but was i program, under which the RMO interested only in seeing that & I would be given the job of supple- everything that can be done is • menting the work of the recruit­ done to prevent a breakdown in ing and manning agencies at pres­ Great Lakes operations. The con­ ent in operation on the Great ference was called so that all con­ Lakes, such as Union shipping cerned could express their views halls and other shipping agencies. on the RMO proposal for the Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, Administrator of the The draft was framed in such lakes. WSA, was sharply taken to task this month by the SIU for language that would lead the Representing the Selective Ser­ readers to believe that if the pro- vice System, Col. Mendolsohn, his gratuitous advice to seamen on the question of union - gram were adopted all Great advised the representatives of affairs. In a sharply worded resolution. Land was told to Marshall E. Dimock, Assistant I Lakes manning problems would Great Lakes shipping companies stick to his own knitting and let the seamen decide which Deputy Administrator, in charge of the Recruitment and Manning be solved, seamen would be de­ and seamen's unions that they union best represented their inthe grinning Stalinists and their Organization of the WSA, and ferred because of the miracle need expect no deferments for terests. •I- touch of the RMO. In addition to men twenty-two years of age and It all started when Land ap­ stooges was interpreted by every­ darling of the Stalinist clique at under and that this age might be \ deferments, the draft program ex­ peared before the national coun­ one to mean that Land endorsed the head of the National Mari­ increased to twenty-six and even plained that they would recruit cil of the NMU and endorsed the one union under the leadership time Union, is going to resign. higher. The present arrangement Mr. Dimock has announced that seamen now working in shore in­ idea of a single maritime union of Curran & Company. Land's preference for the NMU with the RMO for handling deferhe will return to private law dustries to return to Great Lakes for all American seamen. Ex­ is understandable of course, all practice, which probably means shipping by using roving recruit­ pressing such sentiments before (Contintted on Page 4) shipowners and Washington bu­ that he will open a law office in reaucrats prefer a housebroken Washington and openly represent union which will sell out the sea­ the shipowner lobby. men when ordered to do so. Nor While there is no official word will Land's choice of a union from either Dimock or the WSA have any influence on the sea­ as the cause of his resignation, men since they know from ex­ the Journal of Commerce hints perience what sort of an outfit that it is because the RMO has Curran runs. If anything, the not been given the prominent In a resolution passed unanim­ comparable in every respect with picture of Land and Curran play­ ously at last week's meeting, the the armed forces, many hundreds ing footsie will only serve to role which Dimock thinks it New York branch requested the of seamen having been injured confirm what they have long should have. As far as the SIU is concerned, forthcoming SIU international and "killed, and known—that the NMU is a ship­ we shall not mourn the passing convention to consider the advis­ Whereas, the difference in hos­ owner outfit. of Dimock. Whoever his succes­ ability of launching a campaign pital treatment given the armed Following is the text of the sor, he can hardly be more biased to win for seamen veterans life­ forces on one hand and the mer­ against honest labor unionism. (Continued on Page 4) time admission and treatment WASHINGTON, Feb. 25—Cap­ rights in the U.S. Miferine Hospi­ chant seamen on the other con­ stitutes unjust discrimination tain James Byron Adams, master tals. against the merchant heroes, of a vessel operated by the Miss­ The text of the resolution fol­ without who's services this war issippi Shipping Co., has been could not be won, therefore be it awarded the Merchant Marine lows: Distinguished Service Medal, "for Whereas, war veterans of the Resolved, that merchant sea­ distinguished service Peyond the armed forces of the United States men who can show three years' All American seamen must file income tax returns along line of duty." are given the most efficient and peace time discharges, or 12 with the rest of the country by March 15, 1944. The only ex­ The medal was presented to advanced medical care for the months' war time discharges, or ception to this is if you are at sea when that date rolls around. Captain Adams by Captain Ed­ duration of their lives ,being elig­ have been injured in war time in In that case you must file a return the first week you return ward Macauley, Deputy War ible for admission at any time to the performance of their duty, to the United States. Shipping Administrator, for his the numerous well staffed veter­ should be eligible for hospitali­ In past years seamen have been exempted from income spccessful attempt in the face of ans hospitals, and zation at the U.S. Marine Hospi­ taxes if they spent a certain percentage of their time out of great danger to save his burning the continental boundries of the United States. This exemp­ Whereas, merchant seamen are tals for the rest of their lives, and ship and half her cargo. tion has been removed and evei-y man must file a return, no eligible for admission to marine be it further • "His indomitable determina­ matter how long he has been away from the country. hospitals for only 60 days after tion to save his ship and its cargo, Resolved, that this resolution All SIU men who are single, or if they are manded and and his courageous and efficient the date of their last discharge, be presented to the forthcoming have not been living with their wives, and who earned $500 and leadership," the citation read, must file. Men who are married and earned $625 or more "were in keeping with the finest Whereas, the merchant seamen convention of the SIU for its must file. A $350 allowance is permitted for each dependent traditions of the United States have performed miracles of hero­ consideration and appropriate ac­ other than wife. ism and self-sacrifice in this war, tion. Merchant Marine." Seafarers Raps Land For Support Of NML Dimock Quits As RMO Chief New York Branch Asks Hospital Rights For Merchant Seamen Vets Skipper SIU Ship Wins Merchant Decoration All Seamen Must File Income Tax Returns ! .'j • >. �rgf" w- ^ -.tcgaggy^ -ir.«* I $ Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG . SEAFARERS ».-.a • • •• itlsJ't.-•• . ' •••: - LOG !'J'^'' .' • •• • .^'f,t Friday, March 3, 1944 ' W.e Can^t Expect Our Troops^to Return to This Beachhead Published by the SEAFARERS^ INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlastk and Giilf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN-HAWK ------- Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep, , 424 5 th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C, ^ W ^ Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16) SAVANNAH TAMPA MOBILE PUERTO RICO GALVESTON.... ADDRESS ,. 2 Stone St ..330 Atlantic Ave ..14 North Gay St .,6 North 6th St ..25 Commercial PI . .324 Chartres St .,218 East Bay St ..423 East Piatt St ..7 St. Michael St ..45 Ponce de Leon . .219 20th Street PHONE ,.. BOwIing Green 9-. ..Liberty 4057 ...Calvert 4539 ...Lombard 7651 ...Norfolk 4-1083 ..Canal 3336 ...Savannah 3-1728 .. Tampa MM-1323 .. .Dial 2-1392 ...Puerto do Tierra ...Galveston 2-8043 PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City (4) BOwIing Green 9-8346 >267 Shipowners Organize For Post War Fight On Labor The shipowners have just formed a super-dooper trade association covering all coasts and the Great Lakes. The new organization, henceforth to be known as the National Federation of American Shipping, is a federation of existing associations which comprise in their combined membership virtually .all the shipping in this country—both dry cargo and tanker. While this new association will serve as a super-lobby —St. Louia Po8t-Di.<tgatch in Washington and will attempt to blackmail out of the government even greater war profits than are now being enjoyed by the shipowner, we must not forget that this set­ up will greatly aid these labor haters in their plans for a post war merchant marine free of a union label. With re­ gional trade associations supplanted by a national one, the WASHINGTON—In a move to shipowners are forming a united front against tSlpir enemies assure adequate crews for Great Criticising conditions in the Greek Mariners Club, 208 (the working man on their ships), and will submerge their Lakes vessels carrying ore and West 59th Street, New York City, and describing its board rivalries in the common struggle against labor. grain, the War Manpower Com­ We can expect that in the not too distant future it of directors as unrepresentative and devoid of labor repre­ mission, acting in co-operation will be impossible to bargain separately with different lines, sentation, the New York oflSce of the Federation of Creek with the War Shipping Adminis­ or even with different coasts, The shipowners will demand Maritime Unions, composed of merchant marine officers' tration, has halted hiring of Great seamen's organizations, pro-* Lakes seamen on ocean - going nation-wide negotiations—thus making possible a nation­ and posed reorganization of the board ness interests. "While our objec­ ships. wide lock-out. "so that it will becoipe a proper tion is not directed, against any WSA said today that under the And how can Joe seaman counter this? By labor unity, cross section of all those inter­ particular member or group," the regulation ocean - going vessels stated, "we feel that it is by organizing nationally himself. If Pacific, Atlantic and ested in the welfare of the Greek letter a most unrepresentative body, .could not take on crewmen who Gulf shipowners intend to speak as one, then Pacific, At­ seafarers." and as such, the Greek merchant were last employed on the Great The Federation also charged lantic and Gulf seamen must also speak as one. The first sicamen vill naturally have little Lakes without a certificate from the .agency's Recruitment and that the Greek ship operators Mep toward such unity is the elimination of the shipowners' were mainly concerned with confidents in it." Manning Organization. 5th column in maritime labor—the leadership of the Na­ profits and that the Greek Asso­ Christopher's. Stephano, chair­ One reason for seamen leaving man of the Greek Maritime Wel­ tional Maritime Union. So long as Curran and Company ciation of Shipowners had recent­ fare Committee and a director of the Great Lakes, it was said, was are on the waterfront and peddle the poison of class unity, ly indicated a preference to re­ the club, supported the plea of that they feared they would not jjyst so long do we have enemy agents within our ranks, turn lend-leased Liberty ships to the Federntion for labor partici­ be given draft-deferment on the the American authorities. There pation in 'he management of the same basis as ocean-going sea­ agents who can sabotage the struggle against the shipowner are men. The WSA said, however; at present two such Liberty and his rapidly shaping vendetta against our rights and ships "Amerike" and '"Hellas" club. Petros. hridako^, executive of­ that they would receive the same conditions. operating under the Greek flag. ficer of the Federation, also de- treatment. The formation of the National Federation of Ameri­ • These statements were contain­ plpred the obstacles placed by During the off-season on the can Shipping is more than a straw in the wind. It is a storm ed in a letter of the Federation to Greek u»ithorities and shipping Great Lakes, the WSA said, the States Employment Ser­ signal of rough weather ahead. It is a storm that can be Marshall Dimock, head of the interests in the United States in United vice will seek to find jobs for Shipping Administration's the Way of a greater and more weathered if we close ranks and prepare realistically for a War seamen in the area. Recruitment and Manning Or­ use of Greek maritime life and death struggle. It is a struggle that can be lost if ganization, which was a principal effective man power in this country. He vessels they would be we allow ourselves to be lulled into a false security by those factor in establishing the Greek added that the federation's re­ merchant seized and placed in the Greek Stalinist sirens who sing that the interests of shipowner and Mariners Club. The communica­ cruitment drive was severely Army or Navy. Many prefer, nntion pointed out that the club's handicapped and explained that der these circumstances, to re« worker are one and the same. bogrd of directors (M)nsisted of former Greek merchant segmen, main ashore, and consequently, The wages we receive and the hours wc work are in representatives of the Greek Em­ now residents of the United the manrpower shortage in the direct ratio to the size and militantcy of our picket lines, bassy, Greek shipping interesits, Stetes, feared that in the event Greek merchant marine is C(m» '^e must never forget that. business men and various busi­ of their taking jobs aboard Greek stantly growing. Dimock Accused As AntiLabor By Greek Seamen Bar Lakes Seamen From Ocean Ships -4 • i aisSriidfL''. • �Friday, March 3, 1944 THE PHS Report Reveals Ships Are Rat Traps SEAFARERS LOG Shipowners Buck Uniform Wages For Officers Page Three O.P.A. HEAD ADMITS WORKERS ARE ROOKED The arrival of large numbers of ships in convoys and Two of organized labor's chief complaints about the the inability of the quarantine stations to clear the vessels WASHINGTON, Feb. 29—Re­ promptly as well as the failure of cargo ships to comply commendations of the War Ship­ hidden rise in the cost of living—the disappearance of cheap with regulations requirmg American consular bills of health ping Administration looking to­ goods and the widespread deterioration of quality—^were at port of departure and ports of call are major difficulties ward the establishment of a uni­ confirmed this week by Chester Bowles, O.P.A. administra­ countered by the Public Health' The extensive shipbuilding in form contract for licensed deck tor. and engine officers on all vessels He talked frankly to a subcommittee of the Senate Tvice in connection with mer­ the country brought about an un­ operated by its general agents Education and Labor Committee, headed by Senator Claude chant shipping, Surgeon General precedented demand for the ser­ have run into sharp opposition in Pepper (Deni., Fla.), which is studying the plight of fam­ Thomas Parran stated in his an­ vice of personnel to supervise the the shipping industry. ratproof and sanitary construction The entire question, which is ilies of fixed incomes. nual report made available yes­ of new ships. Since funds were now before the National War Bowles said the public has no idea of what he has beert terday. not available for inspectors, those Labor Board, springs from an ef­ "Most of the problems con­ already in the service had to be fort on the part of WSA to es­ up against in trying to curb profiteering, and deplored the fronting the national Quarantine trained in the technique of ship tablish uniform schedule of wages fact that consumers are not organized to combat pressure Service during the last fiscal year ratproofing. During July, 1941, and working conditions for li­ groups which are constantly seeking to break price ceilings. continued and some increased in only 49 ratproofing inspections censed deck and engine officers He admitted labors charge that the housewife's prob­ intensity as the year progressed," were made, whereas in July, 1942, on both East and West coasts. lem is not accurately reflected in the official cost-of-living the report which covered the 124 such inspections were made. Steamship interests appearing at index. years 1942 and 1943 continued. a hearing here today sharply Many manufacturers of clothing have shifted produc­ Many imexpected conditions Even Blind Can See The questioned the board's authority tion to higher-priced goods, on which they can make bigger to adopt the suggested recom­ have arisen with the war emer- Value of Unions! mendation on the ground that the profits, Bowles said. As a result, lower-priced goods are - geucy. Allied commercial ships which had visited foreign ports ALAMEDA, Calif., Feb. 26— seamen involved are actually em­ disappearing from the market. since undergoing inspection in The value of the trade union ployes of the War Shipping Ad­ Bowles critized this greed, particularly in view of United States ports for military movement is written so plainly ministration and they are not the fact that manufacturers are making ^'four or five reasons and compelled to stay for on the pages of history that "even subject to jurisdiction by the War over twenty-four hours. Because the blind" can read it! Here's Labor Board. times" as much as they were before the xvar. of this health officers were re­ proof: THREE POINTS AT ISSUE Responsibility for the gouging of consumers was blaniquired to inspect the vessels and The Alamenda Club of Adult Points at issue in the current ed on the banning of grade labeling by Congress and the available personnel in these ser­ Blind this week unanimously controversy are (1) the board's vices was highly taxed. adopted a resolution recommend­ jurisdiction, (2) the extent of the War Production Board's failure to compel manufacturers to continue making low-priced goods. RATPROOFING NECESSARY ing that all blind persons em­ proposed uniformity and (3) ployed in industry join and ac­ wages and working conditions to Bowles said he had been negotiating for a long time Many vessels arriving in Uni­ tively participate in labor unions. be incorporated in the , uniform with the W.P.B. on the situation, but that there was "a lot agreement. ted States ports, the report stated, HOME FOR INDONESIAN Both the general agents of the of opposition" from people who felt they shouldn't be re­ % "were found to be heavily infest­ Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mex­ quired to manufacture any thing that does not yield hand­ SEAMEN ed with rats in spite of the fact ico as well as the Pacific Ameri­ some profits. that they produced so-called valid foreign certificates of deratization SAN FRANCISCO — A home can Steamship Owners Associa­ "Yow can't find $1.98 dresses any more" Bowies or deratization exemption." This for Indonesian seamen has been tion contend that the War Ship­ told the committee, "but yon can get $3.98 dresses was labeled a result of lower fu­ opened, for recreational and ping Panel of the War Labor which are of no better quality than the $1.98 dresses migation standards at foreign 6vernight use by Netherlands Board and the board itself are they replaced. ports with a resultant rapid de-. sgilors from the Dutch Islands, without jurisdiction because the , terioration of the sanitary condi- the Netherlands News Agency United States Government, and "There has been considerable quality deterioration, not general agents, is the em­ / tions of ships. announces. ployer of all licensed personnel. which has become a national scandal. It alarms us. But wq It is also contended that there are helpless." Seafarers Raps Land For Support Of NMU {Continued from Page 1) SlU resolution, signed by Presi­ dent Lundeberg: "Whereas, thi« statement by Emory S. Land, as head of the United States Maritime Commis­ sion, was widely publicized in va­ rious papers throughout the coun­ try, more particularly the ship­ owners' publications; and "Whereas, the majority of the American Merchant Seamen are not represented by the National Maritime Union (C.I.O.), but by the American Federation of La­ bor seamen's unions, a fact which is established by actual statistic­ al figures; and, 'Whereas, the Constitution of the United Staths and various laws protecting American citizens from predatory interests give to all American citizens the right to belong to a collective bargaining agency of their own choosing; and, . "Whereas, such statements by the head of a United States Gov­ ernment b u r e g u, particularly when -.'/idely publicized and fa­ vorably commented ou by the sliipowners' press, can mean but one thing to the majority of tiie U. S. merchant seamen, and that is that, these connivers aye get­ ting ready to attempt tq use one union of seamen ageipst another? union of seamen in order to break down the stren^h of the mer­ chant seamen as a whole to. re­ sist any attempt to break up their union; and, are existing labor agreements now in effect between general agents and the unions, and since no dispute has thus far arisen in connection with the agreements Soldiers Getting Distorted View "Whereas, Emory S. Land the question does not come with­ A warning of the danger to the country of the campaign under states he 'wants to give up the in the meaning of the War Labor way for some time to infuriate and inflame the men in our armed ships to private ownership,' to be Disputes Act. services against the workers at home is sounded by the "Cooperative run for private profit after the Builder," spokesman for consumers' cooperative groups. war, he fails to state they should Germans Claim 26 Cargo Back of the propaganda is seen a deliberate effort to discredit be 'returned to private owner­ the workers' organizations, in which many newspaper editorial writ­ Ships Sunk In February ship' of one big company (regard­ ers and columnists and radio commentators are lending a helping less of geography), yet he empha­ March 1—The Geyman com­ hand. sizes his opinion that he, as head It would be surprising, indeed, in the face of this misrepresenta­ of the U. S. Maritime Commis­ munique asserted today that Ution, were our fighting men not confused and alarmed, the "Cooper­ boats and Nazi planes sank 26 sion, feels he should have a hand cargo ships totaling 144,183 tons, ative Builder" says. in determining what kind of a a cruiser and 15 destroyers or es­ "No one has bothered to point out to them." it adds, "thai th* union the merchant seamen cort vessels in February. big majority of men in the ranks, and even a good many of the war­ should have, if any; and, The communique, broadcast by time officers, are of the laboring class themselves, and that those "Whereas, it is generally con­ ceded that Emory S. Land is an Berlin, said 11 "sailing ships" also much-maligned labor organizations will help them, too, when it's all expert in shipbuilding, and the were sunk and that 34 other ships over and they return to the mines and the mills. "The boys haven't had a chance to reason out that if the forces men who build American ships of more than 200,000 tons were of reaction succeed in smashing the unions during the war, they, too, have done a good job, but Admir­ damaged heavily by bomb or tor­ will be helpless pawns of Big Business that is leaving no stone un­ al Land never packed a union pedo. Eight motor torpedo boats turned to emerge from the war more powerful and better organized card, and is not presumed to and gn escort vessel also were re­ than ever." know the functions of a real trade ported sunk. A second cruiser The "Cooperative Builder" contrasts the vindictive and malicious union except from a biased view­ was reported damaged. attitude of the press and radio toward labor with the tender treat­ point of an 'operator'; now, there­ them upon us, and that we be­ ment they gave "unconscionable profiteering, shameless war produc­ fore, be it "Resolved, That the Seafarers lieve in the American concept of tion fraud, and scheming for post-war control of the world by Big International Union American trade unions as firmly as he be­ Business." "Outside of a few courageous journals and the labor papers Federation of Labor) goes on rec­ lieves in the private operation of ships; and, be it finally themselves," it declares, "this Big Business finagling gets no pub­ ord condemning Emory S. (Ad­ "Resolved, That in view of the licity. The overwhelming majority of the nation's papers, to say miral) Land for sticking his nose fact that he is a public official, nothing of the radio, simply ooze with capital's praise of its own into the American seamen's union paid by the taxpayers, we repom- patriotism. piovement, and that he be warn­ mend that he stop taking sides in "DuPonts, Standard Oil and the rest of the profiteering trusts— ed against playing politics with the seamen's union business, yeah, even companies of the stripe of Anaconda Copper and Wright the seamen's unions; and, be it knowing well that he would re­ Aircraft—that have been indicted for conspiring to produce faulty further pent the American seamen telling equipment for our armed forces—they all keep telling the home "Resolved, That we notify Em­ him how to build ships. front and the boys 'over there' how unstintingly, unselfishly, patriot­ ory S. Land, head of the. United "HARRY LUNDEBERG, ically they sacrifice for Uncle Sam's cause." Stjites hfaritiiino Commission, that '^President." What do the conspirators hope to gain by their campaign to fool we are firmly opposso4 to govern­ the fighting men? They are trying to divert attentic^ from their misment-controlled uiyions, and will Keep With condqct during the war and to pave the way for an even greatei? resist to the bittey end attempts foray against the public welfare after the shooting stops. Your Draft Board of any political group to saddle J-honL JhsL (PMAJL — �THE SEAFAH::^AS Page Four SIU BLOCKS RMO LAKES EXPANSION H'- {Continued front Page 1) ment applications for off-shore seamen was working out very satisfactory, and should the plan be extended to the Great Lakes there is no question in the mind of the Selective Service that it would be a success there also. Marshall E. Dimock, speaking for the Recruitment and Manning Organization told the conferees that the Great Lakes was not their responsibility, and that they were "coy" about assuming jur­ isdiction on functions over which they had no authority. They would not want to be accused of trying to grab additional juris­ diction. However, if the industry wanted, they would be very glad to assist them with their selective service problems, which of course, as he put it, must be tied in with the recruitment and employment stabilization plan. After these governmental agen­ cies expressed their position re­ garding their views, the repre­ sentative of the Lake Carriers Association read a prepared state­ ment in which they requested the RMO to handle the selective ser­ vice deferment requests, but half­ heartedly objected to the recruit­ ment and manning features of the program. Turning to employee represen­ tatives, the chairman called upon Jack Lawrenson, Vice-President of the NMU who has had a wide experience in selling out Ameri­ can merchant seamen, to express the stand of the National Mari­ time Union. Brother Jack, heart­ ily endorsed the program, stating' that it was important that the program be adopted in every de­ tail. He expressed great fears that unless every feature of it was adopted. Great Lakes ship­ ping would be broken down and the war effort. would be greatly endangered. He cited figures (which SIU Lake Secretary, Polaner, later showed were misleading) in an attempt to convince the group that a' dangerously large number of vessels were sailing shorthanded. As usual, he harped on the fine war record extablished by the NMU and how well they under­ stood the necessity of winning the war, and bragged about their program, but said nothing as to what was the best interests of the seamen involved. According to him, it was abso­ lutely necessary that a neutral government agency must be as­ signed the job of handling Great Lakes manpower problems, and since the RMO was the only one equipped to handle it, we had no alternative but to request them to do it. Next called upon was Brother Mardy Polaner, Secretary-Treas­ urer, SIU, Great Lakes District, Who denounced the plan as un­ workable, and as just another move on the part of the RMO to grab additional jurisdiction and to stick their nose into affairs in which they did not belong. In analyzing the proposed iVaft, he explained that the SIU had had no difficulty obtaining deferments for their members until recently. Mr. Polaner said that ships under contract with the SIU had received better dis­ patch and had been dispatched with fuller crews than those be­ ing"'manned by any other set-up on the lakes. All that was necessary, he ex­ plained, was that the Selective Service setup as affecting lake seamen Tae clarified, that rated seamen not be drained from the lakes. If this were done, he said, the industry would have no dif­ ficulty in manning its vessels and keeping them manned. The draft of the proposed pro­ gram states that the RMO would obtain rated seamen. "What have they been doing for the past two years with their offices around the Great Lakes?" he asked. "Yes, they have been recruiting in that area all this time with their re­ cruiting agents, and through mis­ leading radio and newspaper ad­ vertising and articles." With a possible small percentage, every man who is available has already been recruited by the RMO for off-shore shipping. "There is nothing in the docu­ ment that explains just where the men are coming from or from where the RMO expects to obtain them. As for the RMO being a neutral agency, there 'are many of us," he said, "who do not feel that it is such. As a matter of fact, we can definitely state that it is very much a biased agency." "Many," he said "could not dis­ tinguish the difference between the RMO and the NMU." While the SIU is prepared to go along on a central agency making the deferment request, they would battle any plan that would in any way interfere with their present manning procedure, Polaner told the conference. Jack Lawrenson then again, with tears in his voice, pleaded in the name of the war effort that the progx-am be adopted. In closing the argument, Mar­ shall Dimock said that if the RMO was to handle the selective service setup, they would also have to handle the recruitment and manpower stabilization set­ up, and if they did not want that, they would have to gr elsewhere. Mr. Beyer then remarked, "Well, I guess there is nothing else we can do here. We may as well adjourn." Friday. March 3, 1944 AFL Brands Govt's Cost Of Living Index False WASHINGTON D. C. — AFLIdustry members of the PresiSecretary-Treasurer George Mea- dent's Committee on the Cbst of ny called upon President Roose­ Living are stalling and have not velt to permit revision of the attempted to make a real inves­ "Little Steel" formula to allow tigation of mounting prices. for increases in the cost of living With their letter, Meany and and urged the President to insist Thomas, the two labor members that Congress authorize subsid­ of the committee, submitted a ies to hold the line on prices of copy of their report showing that basic food commodities. the cost of living had increased In a nationally broadcast "La­ at least 43.5 per cent since Pearl bor For "Victory" interview, Mr. Harbor. They charged that the Bureau Meany said: of Labor Statistics, which reports "Labor is confident that the only a 24 per cent rise, "distorts American people will support this the basic facts of our war-time fair and just program which is living costs." Failure of the BLS vitally necessary to restore mor­ to make clear that its index does ale and to assure topmost effici­ not adequately reflect the realis­ ency in war production." tic and actual rise in the cost of At the same time, Mr. Meany living "subjects the Bui-eau to joined with R. J. Thomas of the very serious charges," the letter CIO in a letter to the President said. charging that the public and in- In his radio talk, Mr. Meany declared that the remorseless squeeze of increased living costs while wages are frozen under the "Little Steel" foi*mula has been "cruel and disastrous" to the morale of workers. He insisted that everyone else IS not making equal sacrifices, adding: Five delegates to represent the "Profits, even after taxes, are Atlantic & Gulf District at the now higher than ever before. coming Seafarers International Many corporations made net convention in New Orleans were profits in the year 1942 alone chosen by ballot up and down the coast last week. The delegates will be brothers L. J: (Baldy) Bollinger, Harry J. Cqllins, Jo­ seph Flanagan, John Mogan and C. M. Rogers. Headed by SecrePHILADELPHIA tai-y-Treasurer John Hawk, this delegation will aid in planning the work of the international for Well, here we go again, doing business at the same old place as the coming two years. usual. We had one of the Phila­ Similtaneous with the holding delphia nawy in the other day, of the international convention, namely the Thomas W. Gregory. there will be an Atlantic & Gulf The articles had the customary Agent's Conference. This con­ No. 64 and No. 72 attached so as ference was called by Brother it seemed the boys had the prop­ Hawk and has been approved by er protection. However, the ship the membership. When the work left the States and proceeded to of the convention allows, all San Juan, Porto Rico and upon Agents in this district will meet her arrival there, two messman to better organize the work of the paid off and went to the hospital union, to coordinate it more ef­ and the skipper shipped two Por­ fectively with the International, to Rican boys as messman. When and to lay plans for an organizing the pay off came the company, drive along the Atlantic and Gulf through Mr. Hill, stated that he coasts. could not pay the transportation The convention and the Agent's of these two men as they had conference will convene on March signed the articles outside of the 28, at Hotel Jung in New Orleans. United States and according to the WSA they were not entitled to transportation. One contacted the United States Shipping Commissioner, ROBINSON. A. FRANCIS. BER­ and he stated that according to TIE POW. C. COLEMAN. F. his interpretation the men in MINER. R. McNEIL. Payable at question were entitled to trans­ Bull Line, see Mr. Cusmore. portation to the Gulf as that was » » * the same transportation that was Crew of SS James Gunn that paid to the rest of the crew, and paid off in Baltimore. September as these two men had signed the 16. 1943. can collect $125.00 from same articles as the rest of the Robin Line for attack on Paler­ crew, he was under the impres­ mo. sion that they were entitled to >y Siany benefits of the articles. He Crew of J. Willard Gibbs have further stated that he would like $125.00 bonus coming for attack a little time to think the matter over before he gave me his of­ on London. ficial ruling on the matter. • • • Stewards Department of S,S. In the meantime, Mr. Hill of Robert Ingersole have disputed the Range Lines called me and stated that he was informed by overtime coming. Collect from the WSA that a Lt. Commander, Waterman Line office, 19 Rector H. M. Evans, attached to the WSA Street, New York City. law offices in Washington hand­ Convention's Delegates Elected MONEY DUE Stewards Dept. of SS Robert Ingersol who paid off in January at Baltimore have overtime checks waiting for them at the Waterman SS Company office, 19 Rector St.. New York. N. Y. • » • Oeck Dept. of SS Bering who paid off at Baltimore on Febru­ ary. 1944 have disputed overtime coming. Vouchers have been for­ warded to San Francisco office of the company. » » » E. PARR. J. REYES. C. REYES and E. KELLY have overtime coming. Bull Line SS W. Tilgman.. 115 Broad Street. New York. N.Y. • • • SS Monroe crew members have overtime coming: H. LfiE. R. LOG which were three to six time9 greater than their entire original investment. Most farmers, store­ keepers and industries are enjoy­ ing unprecedented prosperity.Ap­ plication of the nation's economic stabilization program has not halted profiteering. But it has caught the nation's workers in an ever tightening vise." • • Most people overlook the fact that labor has exercised remark­ able patience, Mr. Meany remark­ ed. Each time labor appealed for relief, he said, it was given new promises, each one just as empty of fulfillment as its predecessor. He concluded: "Is there anyone in America who believes the cost of living has been effectively controlled by the Government in the last two years? Is there anyone so simpleminded as to believe that price control as it now limps along can be relied upon by the American people to protect them? "There are two things that must be done. First, the Presi­ dent and the War Labor Board should revise the Little Steel for­ mula to allow for the increase in living costs since May 1942. Sec­ ond, the President should insist that Congress authorize subsidies to hold the line on prices for ba­ sic food commodities, at least." Around The Ports ed down a decision on August 19th, 1943, stating that anyone signing on at a port outside of the United States was not entitled to any transportation. Mr. Hull further stated that Mr. Howie, who was attached to Captain Pendelton's office in the WSA in New York, stated that the men in question were not entitled to any­ thing. At this stage of the little game I contacted Brother Hawk in Now York and he immediately got down to business on the case, with the WSA in New York. In the meantime the head commis­ sioner here called me and stated that he had contacted Washing­ ton on this matter and that his decision is that these two men in question are entitled to the same transportation as the rest of the crew. I think that a suggestion is in order that in the future when a ship takes on replacements in Porto Rico that some kind of pro­ vision should be made so as to protect them when the ship ar­ rives back to the States. 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HEAD ADMITS WORKERS ARE ROOKED FROM THE LABOR PRESS AFL BRANDS GOVT'S COST OF LIVING INDEX FALSE CONVENTION'S DELEGATES ELECTED Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03/03/1944 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1944 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/bfed87b4c9a74726a3bc6de270d2e0f7.PDF bcb1a9ce28d9a560041914788989f662 PDF Text Text ..7 • m ^j^^RERS JOQ ^ y-o I' Vol. VI. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA No. 4 NEW YORK, N.Y. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 18. 1944 New SIU Officials Elected 1944 Officers Installed By Tally Of Vote; Members Gains Protected NOTICE! The New York office of Ihe Atlantic and Gulf District of the SIU has been notified that all seamen's papers that are lost must be turned over to the U. S. Shipping Commissioner's office according to Govern­ ment regulations. Tabulations of votes cast in the annual elections of officers for the Atlantic and Gulf District of the Seafarers International Union have been completed. The results were submitted by the Tally Committee in a report to the membership meetings on a coastwise basis. The membership concurred in the report installing those elected in office. Although many of those renamed to office are incumbent officials some changes In order to avoid trouble were made. for the Union all members In re-electing Brother John Hawk as Sec'y-Treasurer of the District and returning many of the Port Agents and Patrolmen to office the membership assured the Union of capable and experi­ enced leadership for the difficult year that lies ahead. Gains Stressed Stressing many of the gains that the Union has made during the past year and warning the membership and all officers to be constantly alert to the maneuv­ ers of anti-Union elements the Union's leadership pointed to the record of the organization for de­ livering the goods to the men on the fighting fronts. Also on the general ballot were amendments to the Union's con­ stitution and a resolution altering the shipping rules to conform with the present war-time con­ dition. The resolution calls upon all members to sail when they Coastwise concurrence with a resolution instructing Sec'y-Treasurer John Hawk to invest a portion of the SIU Atlantic and Gulf District's funds in War Bonds has been tabulated with a practically unanimous membership in favor of putting the Union's idle money to work in the war effort. of the Pacific. Brother Dwyer The resolution directed that $45,000 from the General Fund and $10,352 from the Hospital and Burial Fund be ear-marked to complete the transaction. These bonds will have a matured value of $75,000 and are in addition to the present total of $102,000 (matured value) now held in the safety vaults by the Union's membership. The decision to purchase the bonds came when the Union was solicited to buy bonds in the Fourth War Loan Drive by Mrs. William J. Dwyer, widow of a late member of the Sailors' Union was lost on a ship without trace during the war, as were all hands aboard the same vessel. Mrs. Dwyer worked in connection with the State AFL Committee on the Fourth War Bond Drive in ar­ ranging the purchase. The bonds have already been paid for and upon receipt of same they will be deposited in the Union's safety deposit and make a grand total of $177,000 worth of War Bonds at matured value being held in trust for the membership. The resolution ordering the (Continued on Page 2) finding lost seamen's papers are asked to comply. Those seeking their papers can re­ cover them at the respective Commissioner's office. BALTIMORE, Md. — High praise was bestowed on the war record of members of the Ameri­ can Federation of Labor by Gov­ ernor Herbert O'Conor of Mary­ land at ceremonies here attend­ ing the launching of the Morris Sigman, a new Liberty ship, nam­ ed after the late President of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. The Morris Sigman is the fourth Liberty ship in the past few weeks to be sent down the ways bearing the names of past I.L.G.W.U. leaders. The others were the Morris Hillquit, the Ben­ jamin Schlesinger and the Meyer London. The ships were financed {Continued on Page 3) RMO Anti-Union Drive Fostered In Lakes Area Striving to perpetuate the RMO of the War Shipping Administration as a permanent organization in the post^ war period certain officials of that Government group are planning to set-up an economic stranglehold on all seamen! manning every type of vessel in the American Merchant Marine, or connected with it in a#subsidiary capacity: Tugs, barges method to provide an outlet to employ the thousands of trainees and flat scows not excepted. they have crowded the industry The purpose of the RMO's drive with who are currently on the for control is discerned as a RMO payrolls at some $6.50 per day and to justify the RMO's wastage of the taxpayers' money before the Appropriations Com­ mittee in Washington. This is seen in the controversy recently indulged in concerning' MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A the recruitment and maiming of panel of three Federal judges ships plying the Lakes area and Thursday of last week denied an the RMO's being granted control injunction sought by Alabama The membership of the Atlantic and Gulf District of the Seafarers International over the area under a new "plan." labor leaders of the AFL to block enforcement of the reactionary Union are driving to protect their current scales of war bonuses from further attempts This was worked out following Bradford Act which is designed to cut them by the War Shipping Administration through the Maritime War Emerbetween the to hamper Trade Unions in this gency Board. Wires and letters are being sent by individuals and groups of members the War ML^poLr'^c'oSSS State. from all ports and branches protesting the attempts to cut the present scales. All com- the RMO and the Lake Carriers' The law passed by the evidence of the Union's Marine after Pearl Harbor. effect, it is said, that 1943 State Legislature provides to members of the Maritime War ... the new set-up aids the RMO position and for when the mat­ The War Shipping Administra­ that all union activities be regu­ Emergency Board, as follows: lated under a State Labor Dept. Dr. Frank P. Graham, National ter must come up for an advisory tion's Recruitment and Manning which has been blocked in some respects by both the Lake Car­ created for the purpose by the War Labor Board Dept. of La­ committee meeting soon. Organization has kept up a con­ riers' Ass'n and the Office of De­ same Act. bor Building; Edward Macauley, Officers of the Union in com­ stant barrage of propaganda over fense Transportation—and it will Section 7 of this law requues Chairman of the Maritime War menting upon the proposed re­ the radio and through the press further strengthen the anti-Union that unions must file their con­ Emergency Board, Commerce ductions point out that they are urging men to return to sea, and plans of the RMO, for they have stitutions and by-laws, numbers Bldg., and Dr. John R. Steelman, not consistent with present day recruiting men for service with been given: of members and salaries of of­ Director of the Conciliation Ser­ economic factors due to the bur­ the American Merchant Marine. 1. Control of the oecupationficers, dates of elections and lists vice, Dept. of Labor Bldg., Wash­ dens of additional taxation and In all these statements the RMO clearly indicated the approxim­ tional deferments of men in se­ of all dues and assessments le­ ington, D.C. All are members of increased living costs. vied, as well as lists of properties the MWEB in addition to the They cite the fact that count­ ate earnings and bonuses provid­ lected age groups and capacit­ owned by the unions. less thousands of patriotic Am­ ed for under the war-time emer­ ies. other posts they hold. 2. Complete control of re­ In addition to this the Brad­ Copies of such letters and tele­ erican seamen answered the pleas gency. ford Act requires the unions to grams are being sent to the of their Country and left lucra­ This is the bargain that the cruitment and manning for the lakes operators. file complete financial statements Union's Washington Representa­ tive shore-side jobs to return to WSA now seeks to set aside even sea and serve in the Merchant tive, Matthew Dushane to be re­ {Cwitinued from Page 2) {Contmiuf on Page 4) ' {Continued on Page 3) {Contimied on "Page 2) A labama Sta te AFL Fights Bradford Act la' SIU Purchases $75,000 War Bonds In DHve ILGWU Bonds Buy Fourth Liberty Ship UNION DRIVES TO PROTECT BONUSES FROM MWEB CUT �THE Page Two SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affillfted u-ith the American Federation of labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ "President 110 Market Street, Saa Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK LOG MATTHEW DtJSHANE - - - Washmgton Rep, 424 5tli Street, N. W., Washington, D. C m w. m Directory of Branches PHONE ADDRES3 NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone 5t BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Cay St PHILADELPHIA J North 6th St NORFOLK, 25 Commercial PI NEW ORLEANS (16) ..324 Chartrea St SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St TAMPA 423 East Piatt St MOBILE 7 St. Michael St PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon GALVESTON 219 20th Street BOwIing Croea 9-. Liberty 40J7 ^Ivert 4539 ^inU Norfolk 4-1033 Canal 3336 .Savannah 3-1728 Dial 2-1392 Puerto de Tierra CUIveaton 2-8043 Board has authorized payment of a port attack bonus of $125.00 to the crew members of the S.S. James M. Gillis for ihe enemy attack on the Port of Naples, Italy. Payment o£ the above eunount can be obtained by call­ ing at the office of Smith & John­ son, 80 Broad Street, New York City. Stewards Depts. of the S.S. Francis Marion and the S.S. C Curtis of the Robin Line who made the last voyages, of those vessels, contact C. Martin, New York Patrolman regarding divis­ ion of extra-meal money. {Continued from Page 1) though they guaranteed the same in order to aid the HMO ,in re­ cruiting seamen. In addition to that the WSA's RMO has maneuvered to freeze those who answered the call in­ to the industry as well as those actively engaged as seafarers at the war's outbreak. Further, the RMO through its recruitment programs has flood­ ed the industry to a dangerous extent with some newcomers who cannot be counted as competent and whom are regarded as a constant source of danger to their- fellow seamen on the job. Thousands of experienced sea­ men carry that new element on SJU Offic^ Elected By Membership Ballot continual struggle for wages and {Continued from Page 1) conditions against the operators. have joined a vessel and places Opposition Cited PUBLICATION OFFICE: a penalty on performers. All officers look forward to a ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET Tally Committee's Report greater SIU and point to the con­ New Y'ork City (4) BOwling Green 9-8346 Tho.'sc elected to office, accord­ tinual opposition that the SIU »267 ing to the Tally Committee's re­ has received from countless ele­ port, were: ments in Washington who would ^Brother John Hawk, No. 2212, deprive the seamen of their hardre-elected as Sec'y-Treasurer for won gains. the District. In reviewing the past year, John Mogan, No. 216, Boston Brother Hawk, re-elected as Sec'y-Treasurer for the Atlantic Agent. and Gulf District, pointed out the Joseph Lapham, No. 247, Bos­ many attacks that have been made ton Joint-Patrolman. on the Union by the bureaucrats Paul Hall, No. G 190, New York seeking to perpetuate themselves Agent. in office in Washington. WASHINGTON, D. C.—Lack of vitally necessary that it should Joe Volpian, No. G 56, New He pointed but that the or­ a clear and consistent Govern­ be restored. Abuse or arbitrary York Engine Patrolman. ganization and the membership ment labor policy is largely re­ directives will not do it. Attempt­ must be constantly alert and on sponsible for wartime strikes, ed punishment through legisla­ Louis Goffin, No. 4526 and their toes to preserve the gains John P. Frey, president of the tion will not do it. Efforts to turn James Sheehan, No. G 306, both the Union has made. AFL Metal Trades Department the members of our armed forces New York Deck Patrolmen. <aiarged in a "Labor For Victory" against the munition workers will Claude Fisher, No. 362 and Serving as a Tally Committee loroadcast over a nation-wide not do it. Fred Hart, No. 488, both New were Brothers Arthur Thompson, No. 2888; Joseph Timitho, No. "The great majority of strikes York Stewards Patrolmen. NBC hookup. 5202; Ralph Hayes, No. 348; Instead of a national labor pol­ have resulted from an unneces­ icy, administered by one central sary irritation, an irritation which Harry J. Collins, No. 496, Phil­ Stanley Greenridge, No. 1863; Ferdinand Nunziaute, No. 7055, . authority, Frey said,, there have like a chafing harness has finally adelphia Agent. and John Marciano, No. 6282. developed more than twenty-five created an open sore. Workmen %oe Flanagan, No. 542, Balti­ Federal agencies which issue reg­ who have given their solemn more Agent. ulations, directives and decisions pledge not to strike during the <^atthew Little, No. 2294, Bal­ Keep In Touch With that are too often conflicting and duration of the war must be pro­ timore Patrolman-Dispatcher. tected from anyone in private confusing. Your Draft Baardi He also charged that because management or governmental po­ Rexford E. Dickey, No. 652 and James T. McCaulley, No. 1, both of the confusion and delays in de­ sition who would take advantage cisions which sometimes drag on of that no-strike pledge to see as, Baltimore Joint Patrolmen. for a year or more workers be­ how far they can go in imposing Charles C. Martin, No. 1856, Norfolk Agent. come irritated and break their uDon them." Paul Ambrose, No. 4713, Nor­ «30-strike pledge. folk Joint-Patrolman. To remedy the situation, Frey called for the centralization of all ;Charles Waid, No. G54, SavahGovernment bureaus and boards nah Agent. dealing with labor in the Deparl.^p. L. Parker, No. G 16Q, Tampa $20.00 Agent. {Continued from Page I) k^ment of Labor, which was orig­ FRANK MUHHY 16..00 in-' inally set up for that purpose. In S.S. J. BALDWIN purchase also provides that the 10.00 foi^en Banks, No. G1, Mobile bonds shall be examined by each oo other way can a definite na­ J. T. EDWARDS 7.00 Agent. tional labor policy be established, S.S. WM. S. BEANEH Quarterly Finance Committee. ARTHUR E. CORD 7.00 C. J. Stephens, No. G 76, New The measure follows in full: iYey declared. He added; 7.00 Orleans Agent. "Strikes and threats of strikes JENS JENSEN RESOLUTION 6.00 James DeVito, No. G185 and during wartime are indefensible. S.S. CLARK MILLS Ted R. Terrington, No. G 68, both S.S. WARD HUNT 6.00 They aie Inloleiable. And the WHEREAS: The Atlantic & 6.00 as New Orleans Joint-Patrolmen. Gulf District of the Seafarers In­ 4kfh3erican people have a right to S.S. VIRGINIA DARE 5.00 Ray W. Sweeney, No. G 20, ternational Union of North Am­ demand that they shall not occur. BERT SONDERICKER 3.00 Galveston Agent. *'But there are also other condi­ J. MALFARA erica has in the Hospital, BuriJil 2.50 j/Daniel Butts, No. 190, San Juan and General Funds more than tions during wartime equally in­ F. SULLIVAN 2.00 Agent. defensible. One of these is profit­ CARL PAETZEL sufficient cash to meet the otdi-. 2.00 nary disbursements required of eering; and another, equally in­ H. CHILDS Those elected to office by the defensible and intolerable, is mis- FEILDING W. WARREN .... 2.00 membership pledged themselves these funds, and 2.00 Cianagement of the labor situa­ A. FAUST WHEREAS: This cash is lying 2.00 to continued development of the idle in the bank, and tion by employers and represen- C. J. EBEHHART M. LONGFELLOW 1.0ft Union organizationally, and rep­ WHEREAS: United States De­ y ^tives of Federal agencies. 1.00 resent the membership in their fense Bonds constitute the safest "I would fail in my responsib- ALBERT GRUBER 1.Q0 ility if I did not frankly tell you CHARLES DOWLING investiment in the world, the en­ t, that the morale of our industrial A. SCHALNAN GRUNAH .. 1.00 Keep In Touch With tire integrity of the government workers has been injured—seri­ being their guarantee, and ously injured—and that it is now TOTAL $111.50 WHEREAS: The government Your Draft Board Frey Blames 25 Federal Agencies For Mixups That Provide Strikes Honor Roll Friday, February 18, 1944 MONEY DUE Union Drives To Protect The Maritime War Emergency Bonuses From MWEB Cut ------- Secy-Treas, P. O. Bos 25, Station P., New York City Bi^ANCH SEAFARERS their backs when it comes to ac­ tually sailing the ships. The old-timers who disregard­ ed ofA-is of safe shipyard work at high wages—as well as other shore-side jobs—remained in the industry sailing hazardous ships without guns and without de­ fense of any extent against the vicious torpedoes of enemy sub­ marines. And in this they are compar­ able to "clay pigeons" for they are under the continual hazard of not only submarine attack but surface vessel as well as aerial attacks and bombings. In ~ determining the basis for attempted cuts, the Union's of­ ficers point out that the govern­ ment officials utilize figures from the Navy stating that the sub­ marine menace has lessened be­ cause sinkings have decreased, as well as reductions in cargo in­ surance rates. The obvious fallacy of using such figures is apparent, officials declai-e, for the lessening of sink­ ings cannot be construed as to mean the absence of hazard of submarine sinkings, as well asdangers from surface attacks and aerial attacks and bombings. Such are always present in the war zones and should be the ba­ sis for increasing the bonuses, it is said. Further, it is declared that the comparison of crew members with cargo insurance rates is in­ compatible with the fact. Cargo, it is argued, is a cold, inanimate property and is not subject to nerve hazards and is insured on the probability of loss rather than against damage.. Where damagable cargo such as perishables are concerned insurance rates re­ main at their former percentages. And seamen are highly perishable since they are animate beings and subject to the human equa­ tion. The proportion of seamen cas­ ualties from the war attest the hazards and proclaim the neces­ sity of the continuation of exten­ sion of the war bonuses. All mem­ bers are urged by the officials to continue in their fight against the. proposed attempts to cut such. / ^/ SIU Purchases $75,(MM) War Bonds In Drive has urgent need of this money to finance a war in which our mem­ bers are front-line fighters, there­ fore be it RESOLVED: That the Secre­ tary-Treasurer of the Atlantic and Gulf District be instructed to withdraw $45,000 from the Gen­ eral Fund and $10,352 from tjhe ; Hospital and Burial Fund, and with this money purchase war bonds, and be it further RESOLVED: That a banking committee of 3 men be elected at the New York Branch meeting to go with the Secretary-Treasurer to deposit these bonds in the safe deposit box. These bonds shall be examined by each Quarterly Finance Committee. Ralph H. Hayes. No. 348 Joseph Timothio. No. 5202 James Malfara, No. 7443 J �Friday, February 18, 1944 ILGWU Bonds Buy Fourth Liberty Ship {Continued from l?age I) by the purchase of eight million dollars worth of Wai' Bonds by the Joint Dress Board of the I;L,G,W.U, in the third War Loan Drive. "The success of our war effort could not have been achieved ex­ cept for the services of the great body of loyal American workers who make up the American Fed­ eration of Labor," Gov. O'Conor said at a luncheon preceding the launching of the Morris Sigman. "Offsetting the few instances of derelictions by unions, there are countless numbers of cases of great sacrifice and devoted ser­ vice by workers and their organi­ zations. . "It has never been necessary for me in my official capacity to condemn labor leaders. The rep­ resentatives of the AFL in Mary­ land have eooperated very closely with me and are doing a fine job for their country." AFL President William Green told the gathering that "labor will make any sacrifice to win the war." He called for strict adher­ ence to the no-strike pledge in the months ahead. The late Morris Sigman was eulogized by David Dubinsky, I.L.G.W.U. President, and by Ju­ lius Hochman, Vice President of the Union. Dubinsky declared that the ship bearing Sigman's name may eventually be sunk, but it will never falter in its duty or compromise with the enemy. Hochman stressed the fight made by Sigman against Communist in­ filtration in the union and declar­ ed that due to his leadership the Cvmmunists have no influence in the organization today. He said that immigrant workers learned the meaning of Americanism through the union which has ed­ ucated them in democracy. The actual launching was per­ formed under the sponsorship of Mrs. Morris Sigman. Although THE AlabamaState AFL Fights Bradford Act {Continued from Pige 1) with the State and would bar strikes by terming them "outlaw." Bentley G. Byrnes and George L. Smart, both of New Orleans, represented the labor groups, while Atty.-Gen. Wm. N. Mc­ Queen appeared for the State. The panel of judges was made up of District Judges T. A. Murphree and Charles B. Kennamer with Circuit Judge Samuel H. Sibley. The Federal Court action was filed in the name of the Interna­ tional Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers, AFL, Local 675 of Gads­ den, Alabama, together with other labor organizations through­ out the State. Indications are that the fight will be carried to the highest possible court. In affirming the Act as enforcable the Court upheld the ap­ pointment of W. Emmett Brooks as State Labor Director. Mr. Brooks recently declared in an administrative opinion that his department will consider closed shop agreements invalid "unless some court of competent jurisdic­ tion shall declare otherwise." This, the AFL Unions declared, was an attempt to throw the en­ tire State over to an "open-shop" policy and abrogate all existing Union contracts. Meanwhile, a petition for an injunction asked by the Alabama State Federation of Labor in the Montgomery County Circuit Court to stop the payment of sal­ aries by the State to the labor director was denied by Judge Walter B. Jones. she is now an invalid, Mrs. Sig­ man broke the bottle of cham­ pagne over the knife-like prow of the ship at the fii-st try and sent it smartly and auspiciously down the ways into Chesapeake Bay. MONEY DUE ,v By reason of an enemy attack on the port of Oran an attack bwjus is payable to crew mem­ bers' of the S.S. Josiah Bartlett, Voyage No. 2, who were attached to that vessel as of that date. Checks and vouchers are being held at the New York office of Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc.. Pier 25, North River, for the men listed below: Harry F. Koehler Anslem Snow John E. Glynn Harold D. Smith Rawland S. Miers Mark Davis Juan M. Soto Joseph J. Tardif Joseph E. Leaumont Theodore L. Simonds Arthur H. Wilson Marshall F. Smith Abraham Chernin , Charles W. Prementine Horace Stevenson William P. Cronin Manuel Floras Benigno Beautista Albert D. Nash John A. Pritchard Albert E. Meyers Henry L. Scott John Bouyea Duncan E. McAskill Checks and vouchers are being held at 40 Central Street, Boston, Massachusetts for the following men: John F. Wood I Edward Silberberg John W. Bigwood Leo R. Mulrean Harry Glock James R. Frotten Fred H. Horneman » • » The following members of the crew of the S.S. Benjamin Contee' can collect their overtime money at the Mississippi Shipping Co. office. 17 Battery Place, New SEAFARERS Page Three LOG Labor Draft Spells Regimentation, Not Efficiency, Green Tells Union KANSAS CITY, Mo. — AFL President William Green assailed proposals for labor conscription as unnecessary and unwise in an address here before the seven­ teenth consolidated convention of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders and Helpers of America. Using the remarkable war rec­ ord of the members of this union as his text, Mr. Green declared that war production is proceeding so well that a National Service Act would only be likely to harm instead of help. The record breaking exploits of the Boilermakers in the na­ tion's shipyards, their yeoman efforts in helping to build 27 mil­ lion tons of merchant shipping and in doubling the size of the Navy received high praise from the AFL chief. He also declared that the union's compliance nationally and locally with labor's no - strike pledge "has been as close to 100 per cent as is humanlV possible." After pointing to the record breaking totals of ship, plane, tank, artillery and anununition production, Mr. Green declared; "In the calm and deliberate judgment of the American Fed­ eration of Labor, labor conscrip­ tion as contemplated in the pro­ posed National Service Act, would not add a single bullet to the nation's war production totals. "On the contrary, we firmly be­ lieve that the substitution of in­ voluntary servitude for voluntary cooperation might so confuse the production program and so upset labor morale as to retard pro­ duction and set back the entire war effort. "It must be remembered that only last November the represen­ tative heads of American indus­ try, agriculture and labor, joined in a unanimous statement oppos­ ing labor conscription and insist­ ing upon voluntary cooperation as the real solution of manpower problems. From long experience in the practical operation of the American way of life, they came to the inescapable conclusion that increased regimentation does not bring about increased effici­ ency. On the contrary, one of the major factors that will even­ tually help us win this war is the incontestable superiority of free American labor over slave Nazi labor. To deprive American work­ ers of their freedom through a National Service Law would only deprive our country of one of its main sources of strength. "It is argued by the proponents of this dangerous legislation that it would help prevent .strikes. That view is not upheld by the facts. Great Britain has had a National Service Law since Dun­ kirk. That law has not prevented strikes in Britain. In fact, the number of strikes in that coun­ try during the past year has been greater than ever before and higher proportionately than in America. "Because it will not increase war production, because it will" not solve manpower problems, because it will not prevent strikes and because it may seriously em­ barrass the nation's war effort, the American Federation of La­ bor will resist with all its power the attempt being made to enact a National Service Act. "We call upon aU of our mem­ bers to prove by their example that such a law is as unnecessary as it is unwise. The national and international unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor have made a 100 percent perfect record in fulfilling our no-strike pledge to the Govern­ ment. We now call upon our lo­ cal unions to match that perfect record. At this moment, vast military movements are in pro­ gress and even greater drives are in preparation." SAVANNAH What Ho! The Admiral Shipping in this port is still good and it looks as if it is going to continue to be good for some­ time to come. No more we'll "Shoot him at Sunrise" Or shout for his downfall For Admiral Land has made the grade He speaks in N.M.U. Hall. Had 7 new ships out from here in the month of January and if the next month is anything like this we are really going to be busy down here. So far have al­ ready had one out this month and have another scheduled for next week. Haven't had much trouble getting crews together with some of the boys coming in every day from trips just com­ pleted. No more "the arm chair Admiral" Fox WE have seen the light One year has passed, our line has changed And "left" is now the "right'." No more do we demand his head And hushed is our hue and cry For WE must "work" the Admiral Or we are high and dry. No more the sluss and angry blast Nor insults hurled in jibe Our eyes are turned on Government jobs And so our thoughts we hide. Had the Tulsa and the Shickshinny of South Atlantic in Wil­ mington last month with practicallj' a full crew placed aboard. Also had a new C-2 out from there for Mississippi. And so we listen with silent breath And print his every word All is now sweetness, truth, and right All is one sweet accord. If shipping continues to be as good as it has been here, will be able to use everyone I can get my hands on, as have been ship­ ping men as fast as they come in, including all three departments. Ah, silent is our political voice And grave-like is our press We need him now to give, us "tone" To cover our disteess. Steady as she goes, He's now the "worthy Admiral" We print his every quote Te beguile the N.M.U. "innocents" And keep our game afloat. CHARLES WAID, Agent Keep In Touch With Your Draft Board —Top'n Lift. York City. GEORGE M^ CROSSMAN, AB; WILLIAM SZYT2, Bos'n; JOHN R. STORK, AB; THOMAS J. McNICHOLLS, AB; GORDON L. WILLIS. AB; EDGAR H. EM­ ERY, AB; CLYDE D. HAMBY, OS; WILLIAM M. LAWTON, Fm-WT; PASQUALE A. TEURACE, Fm-WT; and H. H. GAL­ LAGHER, Fm-WT. ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR MONTH OF JAN. 1st TO JAN. 31st DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL SHIPPED REGISTERED 2348 908 1302 1054 Shipping is slowing up? 808 4082 882 3018 • •J �Paga Four THE JS.I.U. Gains New Members . .< < ~ • >4 * Demonstrating the healthy growth of the SIU the •Finance and Investigating Committee disclosed in a report to the New York Branch meeting, Monday of this week, 'that over two thousand new members have joined the At­ lantic and Gulf District of the Union during the past quarter. mend that the Secretary-Treas­ In commenting upon the stable urer be authorized to have a financial position of the Union vault installed that will be fire­ the Committee reported to the proof and burglar-proof. membership that they had view­ We also have acted as a Build­ ed the War Bonds held in the ing Committee and along with safety deposit vault. They point­ the Secretary - Treasurer, looked ed out that these bonds will have over several buildings and rec­ a matured value of $102,000.00. ommend leasing three floors in The report follows in full. the building situated at 51 Bea­ REPORT OF QUARTERLY FI­ ver Street and move there as soon NANCE AND INVESTIGATING as possible. This is a very good location as it is just one block and COMMITTEE February 14, 1944 a half from here. We, the duly elected Quarterly We have also submitted a reso­ lution in the matter of buying Finance and Investigating Com­ more bonds and we strongly rec­ mittee, having been duly elected ommend that the membership at the regular Branch meeting concur in this resolution. held February 7th, 1944. Signed: Ralph H. Hayes. No. 348 Have checked the bonding of Joseph Timothio. No. 5202 all the officials and found that the James Malfara. No. 7443. officials in all Branches are prop­ erly bonded. • We have investigated the finan­ cial transactions of the Union for the period and found tiiem in order. We have checked the books of the various funds under control MONTREAL — An agenda of of the Secretary-Treasurer and seven points has been prepared have found them to be correct for the ILO conference to be held with Certified Public Accountants beginning April 20, at Philadel­ phia, headquarters of the ILO balances as well as the banks. • We made test checks of various here announced. It will be the •Branch financial reports, and first ILO conference since 1941. 1--?^ found that bills and income re­ The principal items in the ceipts were listed correctly in the agenda will be "Recommenda­ Secretary-Treasurer's weekly fi­ tions to the United Nations for nancial reports and that the re­ present and post-war social pol­ capitulation sheets were made icy," and "Future policy, pro­ out correctly. Also made test gram and status of the ILO." checks of the dues record cards "The conference," the ILO says, against the branch financial re­ "should be asked to proceed im­ ports and found them to be cor­ mediately to a general examina­ tion of social policy, and the dis­ rect. We have found that 2013 new cussions should not be confined members were joined in the past to generalities but should deal •Quarter. courageously with the practical .• We accompanied the Secretary- problems which are sure to arise '.Treasurer to the Federation Bank and on which governments are ^d Trust Co., and examined the entitled to look to the ILO for National Defense Bonds in the advice and guidance." '¥• safe deposit box. These bonds Another item in the agenda have a matured value of $102,000. concerns the organization of em­ ' We have counted the buttons ployment in the transition from bn hand and list the count below. war to peace "by which is to be I#.I . Buttons on hand last understood," says a memoran­ report 1800 dum on the conference, "not so Buttons sent to much the question of the motive Branches during and general inspiration of eco­ Quarter 900 nomic activity, but rather the whole technique of the transfer Buttons in office • 900 of manpower from war activity Buttons received from to peace activity, the short term Mfg 3686 measures required, the problems of training, of public works." Total buttons on hand 4.586 The ILO will submit proposals We have examined the com­ concern ing re-employment of plete system of recording dues, members of the armed forces and all financial transactions of the War workers, and on special em­ Branches and the Secretray- ployment problems with regard Treasurer's office and have found to special categories of workers, it to be very efficient. youths, disabled and women. We have counted the member­ The ILO was created after the ship books on hand and found last war to promote social jus­ that there are 1800. There are 40 tice and improve the condition of cash receipt books on hand num­ labor. There are 53 member na­ bered from 22501 through 24451. tions, including most of the Uni­ In view of the foregoing we ted Nations and neutral states. recommend that the Auditors The conference in the United Quarterly Financial report be ac­ States is expected to last three to four weeks. Delegations from 35 cepted. Due to the importance of the to 40 member states are expected Union's live records, we "recom­ to attend. ILO To Probe Post-War Policy If SEAFARERS LOG MONEY DUE FROM BULL LINE: S.S. Babcock: week end over­ time in St. Johns. Dec. 4xh and 5thv<1943. payable to all unlicens­ ed crew members at the com­ pany's office. « « • S.S. Dorothy; 3 weeks' linen money payable to Stewards Dept. members, - K « K S.S. Gov. John Lind: Paid off in Mobile. Dec. 20th. 1943. Vin­ cent Williams and J. Driscol each have 32 hours coming. • • • JOSEPH FEIRENCE. S.S. Wil­ liam Tilden: Has a division of wages for 3 months and 8 days coming. Collect at Bull Line of­ fice. * » » FROM CALMAR LINE S.S. Stevenson Taylor: T. PARKER. $17.57; A. IGNACIO. $12.78; B. KLAKOWICZ. $14.78; A. MOSES. $23.58; WM. PILJAR. $29.97; H. MAKOWSKI. $35.58; H. FALL. $21.98; C. DANULES. $19.18; J. SHAFFER. $21.57. Col­ lect at Calmar Line office. * * * S.S. William Pepper: R. C. TOWNSEND. $21.57; P. G. FOX. $23.17; C. GOODWIN. $3.20; P. PARRIS. $46.69; R. C. BELL. $11.18; J. SPRIGGS. $135.44; H. WATSON. $117.17. Collect at Calmar Line office. S.S. Richard H. Lee: L. WEB­ ER; DE LEON; COUNCEL; E. COOPER; JUNIUS FISHER and R. L. ALEXANDER. Each of the aforenamed have $61.98 coming to them. Collect at Calmar Line office. » • » Sailors, Oilers and Chief Cook from S.S. Lyman Hall have over­ time coming for past trip. Col­ lect at South Atlantic Co. office. 17 Battery Place. New York. » » • Transportation beef settled in favor of the crew of the Cape St. George that paid off in New Orlenas. January 1944. • * • Crew of the S.S. Eleazar Wheelock which paid off in New York on Sept. 28. 1943. can collect $125.00 attack bonus at Calmar Line office. 39 Broadway. New York City. UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES J. A. Anderson. T.C. No. 3649 A. Bercehell Walter Bachman, T.C. No. 3209 Cecil Brock. T.C. No. 3654 Gaetano Cavalier Charles Gedden Richard Hill. T.C. No. 1728 Sydney P. Josephson Arthur Krowe G. La Rocca. T.C. 3462 John Loughran Wm. Leiner Wm. Madison, T.C. No. 3733 P. Naryles, No. 2720 Juan Nieves, No. 2389 Gasper Sansome, No. 22880 Rudolph Van Dyke, T.C. No. 3241 W. S. Wilson "T.C.": (Trip Card) "P": (Probationary) Friday. February 18. 1944 NMUOfficialsSaylt With Musical Dollars NMUMember Declares /J Deception is the art of covering things up—so thafi the members see the right hand without knowing what the left hand does. It is the staff of life to the Stalinist leader­ ship of the NMU whose policies are bankrupt. The mem­ bership must be amused and diversion is on the order of the day—the first point on the political agenda. But at the same time that the^" members are being amused with NMU members who refused to al­ everything from a hula hula to a low John Shipowner to put hist jazz band in the shipping halls hand in their pockets in the inter­ the left hand is busy stacking the est of the Stalinist leadership and machine in control of the NMU, cards. The old checkoff is covered up be a blow against the war effort and made to sound respectable —and an attempt to interfere by naming it a "dues deduction with a seaman's rights to sail? Certainly, this economic Plan." And the membership of "putsch" against the rights of the NMU are to be forced to sign the membership does not square the cards in order to get their with their never ending screams book stamped "approved." This that their only interest is "keep­ is a queer conception of democ­ racy indeed. Actually such a con­ ing them sailing" and "winning ception of democracy is to be the war." Their motive in slip­ found in insane asylums. It is ping the Check-off system on the the very brand of "democracy" seamen shows that winning the practiced in Hitler's Germany or war is secondary to their real plans—enslavement of the Am­ Stalin's Russia. Yet, these perverts of all things erican seamen and the develop­ democratic and the meaning of ment of the MNU by "evolution" democracy have the unmitigated into a joint CP-Shipowner Asso­ gall to assure the NMU members ciation, Incorporated. Yea, Brothers — dues "deduc­ that theirs is a democratic rank tion" sounds soft and musical but and file Union. Loud assurances it's the same old Check-off rack­ are given by these totalitarian et; even though it's announced refugees that the NMU is demo­ as being in the spirit of Teheran, cratic. Cairo and Moscow. No doubt they wish to impress We know it well. the American Government with —NMU Rank and Filer their brand of democratic con­ ception as a working example. Their scornful evaluation of the mental average of the pres­ ent crop of NMU members is measured by their artful pretence and demogogy. The I.Q. of the membership has reached a new {Continued from Page 1) low in their estimation and the Officials of the RMO in Wash­ Stalinist presumptions mount to ington exposed their stand some­ high heavens. " what when thej'' were asked for The "dues deduction Plan" comment and declared that they sounds soft and easy—^like a sym­ would use basically the same pol­ phonic score. But its meaning is icies and practices now used re­ harsh as the blare of trumpets. garding off-shore and deep-sea The shipowner will collect and personnel. turn the dues over to parasites According to Government re­ who sit in their easy chairs. How leases the plan was worked out will they be able to carry on their between "industry and Govern­ "never ending struggles against ment representatives," and calls the shipowners" (if we believe for closely "co-operative efforts their words) then — after John of vessel operators, the War Man­ Shipowner has become a full power Commision, the U.S. Coast partner in sustaining the econom­ Guard and the Recruitment and ic life of the NMU and aiding Manning Organization of the them in usurping the democratic WSA." rights of the members? Ah It is further reported that the Brothers—this is a contradiction RMO took this method to control which must be solved through all exits and entries to the indus­ the use of Stalinist dialectics. try as a means of bolstering its If you haven't got that "demo­ failing program on the Lakqs cratic stamp 'Approved' " in your while furthering its anti-union NMU Book you will be told that program. you are not and cannot be a mem­ To this same end the RMO has ber of the NMU? recently gained permission from Well, this correspondent is will­ the War Manpower Commission ing to bet that the croupiers in to issue "certificates of availabil­ the NMU lottery won't let you ity" to many specialized ratings leave in any numbers for that that will be recognized by the means lost dough. They will try WMC. These certificates will in and apply strategy and tactics. effect mean a "passport from job The individual will be told that to job," union conscious people the majority has accepted in a recognize, and leave men at the "democratic" election or manner mercy of the RMO bureaucrats. and that you, my friends, are the It is reported that the majority only ones out of step. You must of the labor organizations who line up with the majority. represent seamen and inland And how can the NMU main­ water employees have not been tain its non-existent contracts consulted as to the desirability without any members? and feasibility of the RMO's plan V/ould such procedures against to control all seafarers. RMO Fosters Anti-Union Drive r � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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GAINS NEW MEMBERS NMU OFFICIALS SAY IT WITH MUSICAL DOLLARS NMU MEMBER DECLARES ILO TO PROBE POST-WAR POLICY Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/19/1944 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1944 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/285796e849ee07ef6e2ecea95984f9fe.PDF 811be9e6050877ddbfcdec2138304cd5 PDF Text Text "mm ' ^ABERS JOQ m OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH ABIERICA Vol. VI. NEW YORK. N.Y., FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 4. 1944 No. 3 M WEB Would Cut Our Wages We Lose First Round In Bro. McCune Case D U In the riiidst of a war which has been largely (so far) a struggle of supply and transportation, a war in which the heroism and self-sacrifice of the merchant seamen made possible military operations in Europe and in the Pacific, a war in which the mer­ chant marine has suffered greater proportional casualties than has either the Army or the Navy, a war in which civilian^ seamen voluntarily gave up the paid too much money for deliver­ security and comfort of home to ing the goods. (Text of Nielsen's letter is con­ face storms and subs and bomb­ tained in Dushane's column.) ings so that the soldiers might In other words, it looks as if have bullets and food — in the the MWEB has fallen for its own midst of such a war the Maritime propaganda about the high wages War Emergency Board is propos­ paid merchant seamen, and has ing a slash in the wages of the set out to correct the situation. already underpaid merchant What are the facts? hero. The United Seamen's Service Last week the SIU received a recently concluded a study of notice from Mr. Erich Nielsen, seaman income, and discovered Secretary of the MWEB, that a that the annual average wage, in­ meeting is to be held on Febru­ cluding bonus and overtime pay­ ary 16, 1944 at which time the ments, is $1,677.14. This means Board will consider the fact that "war risk compensation ... is that they are paid $32.25 per out of line with actual risk to week! Big dough for a man with which the seamen are subjected." a family to support. Big dough In short, the seamen are getting to receive for undergoing the heU of Nazi sub and air attacks. Big dough when compared with the millions in profits being run up by the shipowners. Yes, we can understand how the Washington bureaucrats must be disturbed over the excessive wages paid the sfeamen, -wages "out of line with the actual risk to which the seamen are subjected." not to include this money in the If the MWEB thinks that 32 loggings. It is the opinion of this bucks a week is too much money Union that the changing of this to pay a man for risking his life practice at a time when the sea­ 24 hours out of 24, we wonder men are under the severest war what they think would be an strain would constitute a blow at adequate wage for seamen in peace time? {Continued on Page 4) At this time there is no way of knowing just how the Board intends to cut the war risk pay­ ments— whether they intend to eliminate certain areas, or wheth­ er they intend to keep a blanket monthly payment but reduce it from 100% to some lower figure. But however they may juggle their figures, any cutting will mean that Joe Sailor is going to have less than the yearly aver­ age of $32 per week he is now receiving. The MWEB attempts to ignore the fact that the cost of living has risen 124% (United Mine Workers figiures), it attempts to ignore the fact that the gap be­ tween labor's wage and the cost of groceries and clothes and shel-ter has become so great that the"Little Steel Formula" is about to be scrapped, it attempts tO: ignore the fact that the railway workers, the steel workers, the aircraft workers are winning wage increases to meet this liv^ ing crisis (and they are paid farbetter wages than are the sea­ men). The MWEB lives in a pettyfogging, bureaucratic vac-uum which takes into account none of the realities of life. It only sees that wages cuts into profits, therefore wages must be {Continued on Page 3) that he wanted a discharge. The skipper refused to give him a discharge and McCune went over the side—only to be arrested by the Military Police and placed in the Army stockade at Camp Pat­ rick Henry, Virginia. These are the" facts in the case, and they are not denied by either McCune Or the union. But what is being fought is the Army's claim to jurisdiction over McCune —a merchant seaman. The brass hats claim that they can court martial him because the SIU ship on which he worked is engaged in carrying supplies for the arm­ The facts in the McCune case ed forces. By such reasoning the are, briefly, that on September {Continued on Page 3) 24, 1943 he was dispatched as cook to a merchant ship out of the SIU hall in Norfolk. He sign­ ed articles as cook aboard the freighter and went to work. That night five hundred troops were suddenly put aboard the ship, and McCune was informed that henceforth he would cook for 500 nien with the staff and galley fa­ Vice Admiral R. R. Waesche cilities tneant for 70 men. Under Commandant of the U.S. Coast these handicaps McCune prepar­ Guard, issued a directive on Jan ed supper for the 500 soldiers and 14, 1944 in which he called for started to serve it when he was the inclusion of overtime in log­ informed that he would have to ging of seamen charged, for one ^elay serving until the command­ reason or another as "deserters." ing officer had eaten first. The While this move is within the commanding officer was not on letter of the law as it has existed the ship, being delayed (no for a number of years, the prac­ doUDt) by some fancy cocktail tice has never been to take over­ party ashore. When McCune dis­ time from the men. Brother John covered that the meals he had Hawk has protested to Admira! laboriously cooked would have to Waesche this move to exact from spoil in the galley while hungry the seamen the • "last pound of The SUP has issued its first an­ makes an ideal vessel for train­ "We have been instrumental soldiers walked the decks, he be­ flesh" at a time when they are nual report on the Andrew Furu- ing seamen. too, in obtaining seamen's papers came fed up with the \^hole brass under the severest strain and seth School of Seamanship, spon­ and shipping electricians, deck hat system and told the skipper danger in the performance of sored and operated by the union "The spectacular growth in the engineers, cooks, stewards, fire­ program and training on this their duties. at Pier 42, San Francisco. This ship," says the report, "is ac­ men, oilers and watertenders—^in handsome, eight page printed re­ countable by two factors; the in­ fact, any rating that does not re­ Brother HawR's letter reads: port, full of photographs of stu­ creasing demand for trained sea­ quire a license. January 31, 1944 dents learning their trade abroad men and the efficiency of the "Since its inception in August, R. R. Waesche, Vice Admiral the SUP training ship SS Invad­ training personnel, as well as the 1942, and up to the end of Nov­ Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard er, constitutes a damning expos­ optimal standards maintained by ember 1943, the Andrew Furuseth Washington, D. C. ure of those fakers and stool this school. Indicative of the School of Seamanship has the to­ pigeons and labor haters who phenomenal growth is the" fact tal of over 317,475 trainee hours Dear Sir: have lately been conducting a that whei-eas in the beginning to its credit." Merchant seamen will receive smear campaign against the the average enrollment was about This school has been constant­ 1 have in my possession a copy the same mustering out pay as ly under attack by the Stalinists veterans of the armed forces, if of Navigation and Vessel Inspec­ school. 300 a month, it has now leaped Congressman Emanuel Cellar of tion Circular No. 45, issued by This report shows that an hon­ to an average of 1,000 enrollees a and the RMO fakers who see in . New Yoi'k has his way. He has you on January 14, 1944, the sub­ est and efficient trade union can month. To the present date we it a threat to their program of introduced a bill in the House ject of which is "Disposition of not only train men to be better have trained approximately 8,000 training tin can sailors by the which would pay seamen $300 if overtime earnings subject to seamen than those turned out by men, and some 5,500 have been government. The seamen know they left the industry after the forfeiture of alleged desertion of the elaborate government schools, shipped to various ships. An av­ the difference between RMO war, having served in foreign merchant seamen." but can do it with less red tape erage of 60 able seamen are turn­ graduates and SS Invader gradu­ ates—as do the shipowners. The waters. In your directive you refer to and less cost per student. And, ed out a month. SUP has reprinted letters from In introducing the legislation order 46 U.S.C. 701, and maintain most important, these graduates "We have been conducting a shipowners and skippers in which Celler . stated that it was time that this order allows the inclu­ are conscious, proud and militant course in ships' carpentry aboard the seamanship of SS Invader that certain Congressmen under­ sion of overtime in the logging union men! the Schoolship. This is a course graduates receives the highest stood the tremendous sacrifices of seamen for alleged desertion. The report tells the full story that has been supplementary to praise. being made by the merchant sea­ 1 am fully aware that the law of the school from its inception, our regular course in seamanship. In order to assure the continued men. He als6 revealed that the does allow the inclusion of over­ t describes the SS Invader, the We have been very successful so functioning of this school for the present average annual wage of time pay in such forfeitures. SUP training ship which is 136 far in this training of carpenters, duration of the war, the Atlantic the merchant searhan is only $1,- However, from the date the law feet over-all, has a 25-foot beam and have been able to produce and Gulf District of the SIU has 677il4. This figure includes bon­ was enacted the practice has been and a 13-foot draft. The ship is about 250 carpenters that are now voted to contribute $5,000 toward uses and overtime. for the shipping Commissioners of nickel steel construction and sailing. the school's expense. The union's fight to prevent the U. S. Army from court martialing Brother Lawrence McCune received a set-back this month when a Norfolk civil court denied our petition to remove McCune from the Army's jurisdiction. Be­ cause of the importance of the case to the entire labor move­ ment, and the precidents that will be set by the courts' decision, we are taking the fight to the Circuit Court of Appeals, and will, if necessary, take it to the Supreme Court of the United States. Hawk Protests Coast Guard Move To Include Overtime In Forfeiture Proceeding SUP REPORT REVEALS GROWTH OF FURUSETH SCHOOL OF SEAMANSHIP "Mustering Out" Pay For Seamen Is Proposed V "fi" —- - 11 I .... �Pag© Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, February 4, 1944 ] 1 I SZ' SEAFARERS LOG Published by the mim:m SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMEmCA Atlantic and Gnlf BIstrkt Affiliated with the American Pedezathn of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ Vreiiient. 110 Market Street, Saa Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK ------- Secy-Treat, P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York Qty MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep, 'i 424 5 th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. t. m Il Directory of Branches BRANCH ADDRESS PHONE NEW YORK (4) 2 Stono St. .. BOwllng Green 9-3437 BOSTON (ro) ,330 Atlantic Avai.. Liberty 4057 .14 North (3ay St. BALTIMORE (2) ...Calvert 4539 .6 North 6th St ...Lombard 7651 PHILADELPHIA 25 Commercial PI ...Norfolk 4-1083 NORFOLK ...Canal 3336 T NEW ORLEANS (16) . ,321 Chartres St ,218 East Bay St..........Savannah 3-I72S SAVANNAH TAMPA*****.**....... .423 East Piatt St .. Tampa MM-1323 .55 So. Conception St... ...Dial 2-1392 MOBILE ,45 Ponce de Leon PUERTO RICO ...Puerto de Tlerra GALVESTON .219 20th Street ...Galveston 2-8043 .2021 S. Federal Highway.... Ft. Lauderdale 1601 FT. LAUDERDALE V w fw PUBLICATION OFFICE; ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City BOwling Green 9-8344 li 267 NAM Will Sell "Free Enterprise" To Suckers Watch out, fellow-suckers, here they come! The boys who gave us B. O., Pyorrhea and Athlete's Foot are on the warpath again. What are the selling this time? F. E., '"^rfefids—^Free Enterprise. The National Asisociation of Manufacturers has an­ nounced a gigantic, colossal ballyhoo campaign through press, radio, church, movies, theaters, schools and factory talks, to "sweep Free Enterprise into public favor." Millions upon millions of dollars are to be spent to sell F. E. as our "economic salvation," the only thing that can '"restore prosperity to post-war America." Who's going to put up all this dough for full-page ads, i3ind for the fat salaries and fatter expense accounts of "pub­ lic relations" gents who ""will seek to enlist the personal in­ terest" of newspaper publishers and editors, radio commen­ tators, movie producers, writers and lecturers? Fellow-suckers, we are. That's where we start to pay. The more the big-business corporations spend for ""adver­ tising" and "public relations," the less they pay in taxes, and the more the American people will have to pay. The NAM has it all doped out in one of its recent Con­ vention announcements. ""Let us never forget," it says, ""that legislators too are I «nortal beings affhcted with all the shortcomings of human ^nature." I And here we thought our Congressmen were super[ men, completely immune to the temptations of world wealth and power offered by the NAM! But no, the NAM believes that if it can put on a big enough propaganda campaign it can make its "'economic philosophy" so popular "that adherence to it will prove a political advantage to the rnajoiity of Congressmen." As for you and me, fellow-suckers, the NAM believes welre even more of a pushover. "People in the mass," it says, "tend to think in blurs. They "read while they run.' They are moved primarily by simple, emotional ideas." Which soimds a bit like a quote from "Mein Kampf"—but let it pass. So we simple, emotional folks, with our blurry think­ ing (the NAM never once is so crude as to use the word "sucker") are to have F. E. shouted at us over the radio, l . ^tuck before our eyes every time we look at a billboard or 'a newspapefj and so impressed on our weak minds at every — Juslice (ILGWU) turn, that we'll be crying for F. E. for breakfast, dinner and supper and voting only for Congressmen who promise us F. E. 24 hours a day. We won't even ask what kind of merchandise the NAM has packaged up for us un,der the label of "Free En­ terprise"—according to the NAM. "People in the mass," it says, "are unconcerned about details." But, at the risk of making liars of the NAM, let's try to focus our blurred thinking on the big business program behind the F. E. label. You may have thought you were engaging in a little free enterprise when you joined a union. But what's F. E. for us is not F. E. for the NAM. It bitterly opposed the Wagner Act, for instance, as governmental interference with Free Enterprise. The NAM definitely does not like high taxes on high incomes and high profits. They interfere with Free Enter­ prise. But who's going to pay for the relief of profiteers from such taxes? Fellow-suckers, that's where we come in again. Big business has no objection to a sales tax, for in­ stance. Social security and other social legislation leaves the NAM cold, as do public works to provide employment. They're a tax on Free Enterprise, encourage "bureaucracy" and interfere with an employer's freedom to say to a work­ er: "Take a job on my terms or go starve." As for labor unions, a recent full-page ad of the Mc­ Graw-Hill Co., describing what big business means by Free Enterprise, lets the cat out of the bag. What's the big menace to Free Enterprise these days, according to this ad? It's not Hitler. It's not the business monopolies and cartels that are throttling small business op­ portunity and competition. No, it's "the growing monopoly in labor which is threatening to make the free enterprise system unwork­ able," the ad says. And it slambangs away at the "buccan­ eering spirit" of labor, the danger of granting it "unlimited monopoly privilege" and the "excercise of arbitrary power by labor." In a word, under the slogan of Free Enterprise, big business is planning its biggest publicity and political cam­ paign for 1944, to get a Congress that will legislate against labor, undermine New Deal social legislation, and generally place wealth and privilege in the saddle to ride rough-shod over the interests of ""people in the mass." •—Union News Service -i JOSE ESENDOLO Carpenter, was hurl on board the SS Dorothy of the A. H. Bull Steamship Line and taken off the ship in Trinidad on April 161h, 1943. Any member of the crew knowing anything about this in­ cident please get in touch with his wife—^Mrs. Jose Esendolo, 14 Montgomery Street, Savannah, Georgia. • • • MICHAEL TISO (MICHAEL GISON); Gei in touch with your mother. It is important. * * * WILLIAM FOLEY Get in t^ch with your mother, Mrs. W. Foley, 1555 Constance Street, New Orleans, La. e » » JAMES A. SWEENEY Please contact your wife, Vir­ ginia at 2375 Ivanhoe Street, Den­ --v.ver, Colorado. J Honor Roll SS Collin Kelly SS Wm. Johnston Frank Voight J. Popos SS Flomar J. Bloodworlh M. Polise M. Wiser D. Golden V. McKnight W. Greer A. E. Gordon L. C. Hussey K. Morgan W. P. Adlam Bud Hay $20.00 10.80 10410 10410 6.00 8.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 64)0 54)0 44)0 2.00 2.00 2.00 ,24)0 TOTAL $105.00 I �- f'l-: • Friday, February 4, 1944 THE ,We Lose First Round In Bro. McCune Case \ {Continiied from "Page 1) brass hats could "extend their juri s d 1c t i o ri and intimidatidn to practically every defense worker in the country, since they are all engaged in making or transport­ ing supplies for the army. Thus the unions would be at the mercy of the capricious and labor-hat­ ing brass hats and there would «o doubt be a regular epidemic of court martials aimed at mili­ tant union men. The SIU maintains that if McGune is guilty of any violation of articles he should be hailed be­ fore the regular Coast Guard hearing panels which are set up for that purpose. The SIU feels that this move by the Army is so fraught witn danger for the "eri^ tire labor movement, that the case must be fought right through to the highest court in the land. And this we shall do. In the meantime. Brother Mc­ Cune is being court martialed in Camp Patrick Henry, There is nothing we can do to prevent this. But if we win the case in the courts, any sentence given him by the brass hats will be set aside, and a precident will have been set which will protect union seamen from this sort of perse­ cution in the future. .-r^rv-'-tP^nSi^Trai SEAFARERS LOG fR€POT?T orv ^^ASHirvoTorv. MARITIME WAR EMERGENCY BOARD I have been notified by the Board that a meeting of the Ad­ visory Committee will be held on February 16, 1944, The letter fol­ lows: "To all members of the Advisory Committee: "The Maritime War Emergency Board has scheduled a meeting of the Advisory Committee on February 16, 1944, at 4:00 P,M. in the Commerce Building, Wash- MWEB Would Cut Our Wages {Continued from Page 1) squeezed to the lowest possible level. Well, the SIU isn't going to J take it laying down. Brothers Hawk and Dushane are going to be on hand for this little cut­ throat session on February 16, and will let the swivil chair ar­ tists know our position in no un­ certain terms. In the meantmie the membership up and down the coast is mobilizing a letter and telegram campaign, designed to let the Board (and Congress) know just what they think of this proposed blood-letting. The following resolution was passed by the New York branch at last Monday's meeting: . I' ^^ I A RESOLUTION Jan, 31, 1944 WHEREAS, the Maritime War Emergency Board has called a meeting of the Advisory Board to discuss the cutting of war risk compensation now being paid the seamen, and WHEREAS, the MWEB has in­ dicted that it considers the pres­ ent bonus being paid the seamen as being "out of line with the ac­ tual war risk to which the sea­ men are subjected," which means that even before the scheduled meeting convenes the Board is committed to the slashing of the seamen's wages, and WHEREAS, all other sections of labor, steel, aircraft and rail­ road workers are fighting for and winning increased wages to meet Page Three the sky-rocketing cost of living, therefore BE IT RESOL"VED, the officials of the Atlantic & Gulf District of the Seafarers International Union be instructed to conduct the most uncompromising fight against this threatened blow of our living standards, and that organized la­ bor generally be informed of this threat and be recruited to aid in our fight for an American living wage, and BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that all ships crews immediately wire protests to each member of the Maritime War Emergency Board on this attempt to reduce the present war bonus. Keep In Touch With Your Draft Board jAFL Council Condemns Lsibor raft. Asks Ballot For Army ington, D, C, "The agenda will consist of one item: War Risk Compensation (War Bonuses), "The Board has been advised the dangers of the war on the high seas has changed within the past ten months. Sources of au­ thentic information within the government have indicated the war hazards at sea with regard to merchant seamen have de­ creased; the Secretary of the Navy has issued statements from time to time which reveal that submarine attacks on merchant vessels have declined steadily; cargo insiuance rates have been reduced numerious times. "As a consequence, the Board has concluded that the war risk compensation (War Bonuses) specified in the decisions is out of line with actual war risk to which seamen are subjected, "The Board considers it desir­ able and necessary to convene with the advisory committee and discuss the bonuses in the light of developments. "In this connection, the Board welcomes any suggestions which the parties signatory may care to make on the subject of war risk compensation as it relates to the present status of the war at sea. (Signed) ERICH NIELSEN, Secretary" this matter and this is to advise the members that are ashore, and on board vessels that are and will be in port before this matter comes up for a hearing, that sending letters or telegrams of protest to me will not help out at aU, The people who must be reached on this matter are the three members of the Board who have the sole power to make any changes, if they are going to be made. So I'll attach herewith their names so that you will know what to do on this matter. Edward Macauley, Chairman Maritime War Emergency Board Commerce Building • Washington, D. C, ? Dr. Frank Graham National War Labor Board Department of Labor Bldg, Washington, D, C, Dr. John Steelman Director of The Concilation Service Department of Labor Bldg, Washington, D. C, Send all protests to the above members of the MWEB. I would appreciate copies. Ships crews should all send in their protests, the more the merrier, D, Butts, Ag't, San Juan—Con­ gratulations to you, your bt.vi.?r , Well, boys you all know what half, and Jr. Send your request the above means, your bonuses for the brother's discharge from are now about to be chopped to the Army to Mr. OrviUe Olsen, pieces, which means that your in­ War S h i p p i ng Administration, come will be reduced. Commerce Bldg., Washington, I know the position that will D. C. Send all data on his sea be taken by the membership on| experience, etc. Labor Urges Regulation Of War Prisoners Jobs Miami, Fla, — Hitting hard on two major domestic Council said. Almost a full day's session was issues, the AFL Executive Council rejected proposals for a devoted to the re-consideration of nation-wide labor draft and called upon Congress to make the application of the United it possible for every member of the armed forces serving Mine Workers Union for re-affili­ overseas to vote in the coming national elections. ation. The Council first consider­ Other outstanding actions by* ed a report from its committee MIAMI, Fla.—Warning against ment of prisoners of war on use­ the Council as its mid-winter ses- Still to be considered by the which had met a month ago in the employment of prisoners of ful projects where there could be sion moved into the second week Council was the invitation from Washington with a UMW com­ war in competition with free Am­ no threat of sabotage and no con­ the British Trades Union Con­ included: gress to attend a so-called world mittee and also considered a let­ erican workers on jobs where flict with free American workers. 1—It proposed that the United labor congress in London next ter received from John L, Lewis, they might be able to sabotage "The way we deal with prison­ Mine Workers Union would re­ June as well as a series of pre­ UMW president. the war effort, the AFL Execu­ ers of war may affect the treat­ turn to the Federation with the liminary reports from the post­ tive Council called upon the Gov­ ment of our own boys who are same jurisdiction it enjoyed be­ war committee, headed by Vice After considerable discussion, ernment to deal with this probthe following decision was an­ captured by the enemy. It is fore it left and authorized a com­ President Matthew Woll. em proniptly. nounced: mittee to take up with the union AFL President William Green therefore essential that our poli­ the settlement of jurisdictional In its statement on the propos­ "The Council proposes that the told a press conference that many cies be humane as well as prac­ conflicts precedent to re-affilia- al for a National Service Act, the United Mine Workers return with complaints have been received tical. The Geneva Convention Executive Council left no room the jurisdiction they had when tion, for doubt as to its unanimous they left the American Federa­ from unions against the "indis­ prohibits the employment of ; 2 —After receiving a report criminate employment" of such from Joseph A, Padway, counsel opinion. It denounced such leg­ tion of Labor, The Council in- prisoners. He gave as specific ex­ prisoners of war for production for the AFL, on the status of anti- islation as unwise, and unneces­ structs its committee to meet amples the assignment of prison­ or transportation of arms or labor state legislation, the Coun­ sary and stated flatly that such a again with a committee repre­ ers to jobs on railroads and to munitions of any kind or for cil directed him to continue the law would not prevent strikes. senting the United Mine Workers logging in the Wisconsin forests. transporting material intended successful fight to challenge the The only way to prevent strikes, of America for the purpose of The text of the council statement for combat units. Their employ­ validity of these measures in the the Council declared, is to re­ clarifying all questions that have follows: ment in degrading, unhealthful, move the unjust conditions which not been settled." courts, "The Executive Council is provoke workers to strike despite or hazardous work is also forbid­ Among these questions are the 3—^The Council received with deeply concerned over the almost interest and approbation a rec­ their patriotism and their desire jurisdictional conflicts existing den. It is therefore incumbent between District 50 of the UMW indiscriminate employment of upon the Government to evolve ommendation by President John to help win the war. prisoners of war in competition P, Frey of the Metal Trades De­ Taking up the soldier vote and a large number of AFL af­ and foUow a definite program with free American workers. partment that all federal agen­ question, the Council made it filiates and the broad jurisdic­ which will not evoke retaliation cies dealing with labor be cen­ plain that a clear and simple fed­ tional clash between the UMW as "This practice is dangerous and tralized in the Labor Department eral statute is needed to permit a whole and the Progressive Mine is calculated to arouse deep re­ by the enemy—nor arouse fric­ sentment among American work­ tion with free American work­ to the end that clear-cut and con­ members of the armed forces Workers Union of America, ers. It cannot be justified on the ers." In response to questions at a sistent labor policies be formul­ serving overseas to exercise their grounds of manpower shortages ated and followed, Frey charged right to vote in the 1944 national press conference, AFL President or for any other reason. that at present labor unions are elections. State laws which hin­ William Green said that, in his required to deal with twenty-five der the voting privileges of sol­ opinion, "progress" had been "The Executive Council feels Keep In Touch With separate agencies whose policies diers and sailors overseas should made in the protracted negotia­ that a clear-cut program should be worked out for the employ­ be superseded, the Executive tions with the UMW. are frequently contradictory. Your Draft Board �•\..J' y-- Page Fotir THE Hawk Protests Coast Guard Move To Include Overtime In Forfeiture Proceeding {Continued from Page 1) their morale—a blow which a grateful nation has no intention of aiming. bifter poun<i of fiesi>*'!R)irr''^^Ien who have every right to expect gratitude for service rendered their country. Overtime work is rendered by tibe seamen as extra efforirof«en tthder conditions that may mean severe physical hardship. Over­ time is real "blood money," and should not be subject to confisca­ tion when the seamen are found guilty of some technical viola­ tion or articles. Should this be done, it would appear that the government is demanding a last This Union appeals to you to hold in abeyance anj' change in existing' forfeiture procedure. Don't let the seamen think for one minute that the sacrifices they are making for their nation are unappreciated and in vain. Very truly yours, JOHN HAWK, Secretary-Treasurer SEAFARERS LOG Friday, February 4, 1944 1 French Seamen Win Improved Conditions Identification Fishermen (ITF) The tripartite Advisory and Technical Q>m mittee for the Mercantile Marine, recently instituted hy^ the French Committee of National Liberation, met for the first time in Algiers from 13th to 24th September, and it9 recommendations for unification of wages and working "A port order issued by Rear Admiral Stanley V. Parker, U. S. C. G., has informed all crew members of commercial fishing vessels that they must possess Captain of the Port identification cards reciting their occupation as "commercial fishing approved" on or after February 1, 1944. .conditions have inspired the Committee of National Liberation issue two orders, one relating to the organization of work on board: and the other to wages, which came into force on 1st December and 1st November, 1943 respectively. The new conditions apply front /these dates on all vessels directly controlled by the Mercantile Mar-, ine Board. On vessels sailing from British ports, and those on whicll British conditions have hitherto been in force, they will apply as soon as agreements .to that effect have been come to between the French and British authorities. <•- -» The new unified regime, a long-standing claim of the seamen, will put an end to many difficulties with which the seamen's organi­ zation has hitherto been up against. It will considerably shorten working hours,' providing for a normal 8 hours a day and 48 a week at sea as well as in port, and fix wages at about the rates current in! the Allied merchant navie.s, which are considerably higher than Washington, Jan. 22—Some startling figures on war casualties were issued this those hitherto paid in North Africa. LABOR CASUALTIES ON HOME FRONT GREATER THAN IN ARMED FORCES week by the OWI and next to nothing was said about them by the daily press and radio. The following are some of the details. As already said, the 48 These figures showed: hour week will apply, but to meet wartime requirements an extra 1. That 37,600 persons were killed in industry—from Pearl Harbor to Jan. 1, 1944 three hours unpaid work can be called for weekly, for requirements when entering and leaving port. Apart from this all time in excess -—^7,300 more than the military fatalities. • 2. That 210,000 were perman enlly disabled — 60 times more than the military wounded and missing. 3. That injuries account for four times as many lost manhours as strikes and that 50,000 workers in manufacturing are ab­ sent every day because of acci­ dents. 4. That deaths and injuries on the job are occurring now at the tsate of 270,000,000 lost man-days _ «' y e a r, the equivalent of the Withdrawal of 900,000 workers for a full year from the produc­ tion lines. Sources consulted, the OWI said, included the Department of La­ bor, Nat'l Committee for the Con­ of 48 hours a week will be paid for at overtime rates. When the servation of Manpower in War weekly day of rest cannot be given at the time fixed, compensation, Industries, Nat'l Safety Council, either in money or time off, will be given. Holidays will be two days War and Navy Depts., Maritime per month of service with wages and cost of living bonus, plus 50 Commission, War Production Following crew members of the francs a day food allowance if not fed on board. Board, CIO, AFL and the man­ SS Firmore have overtime com­ The following are some of the new wage rates: agements of individual war pro­ ing from the Calmar Line: Albert duction plants. Tanner, James Brown, John E. Monthly wage Cost of living bonus In reckoning the cost of these Campbell, E. Dabose, Frank Ran­ DECK: Francs Francs production line casualties to the kin. Boatswain ; 2,580 700 War Effort, the OWI report de» » * Carpenter 2,580 700 clai-ed that "the death or disabil­ Crew of SS John Stevens which Boatswain's mate 2,400 700 ity of a skilled war worker here paid off in April 1943, have $125 Able seaman 2,070 650 can mean the death of several attack bonus coming. Collect Ordinary seamen 1,800 500 fighting men overseas. Men close from Waterman Line. Young seamen 1,350 500 to the picture of tight delivery • » » Boy , 1,020 500 schedules and of assembly-line Following crew members of SS coordination say this statement Grace Abbott have overtime com­ ENGINE ROOM can be accepted in its most literal ing from the Calmar Line: J. Leading fireman 2,580 700 Greaser , 2,580 700 sense." Stewart, Roy Theiss, E. Ramerez, Fireman 2,190 650 good quality, a heavy woolen J. Berkenkemper, F. Tangeland, Trimmer and cleaner 2,070 650 C. Reynolds, N. Fraser, W. Broil, scarf and other items that were CATERING, CARGO VESSELS: P. Rooney, H. Stone, J. Gillen, P. practical and useful to seamen. , 2,580 700 Lattick, W. Russel, J. Davis and Chief cook Cook 2,290 650 • Several members came in the • It seems that these men went H. Collier. Pantryman 2,190 650 other day and each had a bundle to the Christian Science reading » • • 'under his arm. They unwrapped room to get some reading matter Deck and Engine Departments Steward 1,800 500 v the bundles and began sorting to take aboard ship and the per­ of SS Chas. Henderson which 'different articles of wearing ap­ son in charge gave each man a paid off in January 1944, have CATERING. PASSENGER AND MIXED VESSELS: 2,580 700 parel preparatory to stowing bundle of clothing enumerated overtime coming from the Miss­ Chief steward and cook Second and third stewards 2,400 700 them in their sea-bags. above, then told them it was not issippi Steamship Company. Saloon steward 2,070 650 • • « given as charity but as a gift " "What do you think of this 1,800 500 from the Christian Science The following crew members Steward or stewardess (gift?" one of the men asked. I Boy (16 to 18 years) 1,350 500 Church. Needless to say the gifts of SS J. Henderson have over­ looked their gifts over and here time coming: Ed. Hopke, L. RovIn addition to these wages a monthly war risk bonus of 2,000 is what each man had: Two pair were greatly appreciated. ery, L. L. Eckman, D. S. Beachfrancs is payable to both officers and men. Overtime rates run from of long heavy woolen stockings, With hundreds of millions of ley, J. Martinez. The entire crew 12 to 17 francs an hour for full ratings, and are 9 francs for young a woolen helmet that covered the dollars at their disposal, one has $10 linen money coming. seamen and 8 francs for boys. There are also certain occupational ears, nose, head, chin and neck, would think that the War Ship­ allowances for some ratings. two pair of heavy woolen mit­ ping Administration would at tens, two heavy woolen knitted least see to it that the merchant THOMAS O'BRIEN & JACK Another important decision is the ending of certain excessive sweaters, a woolen knitted watch seamen were properly clad, es­ LITTLE: You are to divide the disciplinary powers with which the Vichy Government had invested ' hat, a seaman's knife of very pecially when their vessels are wages of the utility man missing matters allowing them even to sentence seamen to terms of im­ on northern runs with the tem­ from July 17 to December 30, prisonment. Seamen are also now entitled to demand their dis­ Bull Line. perature hovering near the zero 1943. Collect charge at the end of a voyage after six months on board, a right » * mark. After all, they are squan­ formerly denied them under a Decree of September,-1939. dering the taxpayers' money and HARRY WOJTOWITZ & DON­ The following crew members giving the taxpayers very little ALD NOREN: Difference of The following Stewcirds De­ in. return. Quite a few trainees wages for 2nd Cook and Baker partment men have overtime of the SS Grace Abbott have j t h a t the Maritime Commission will be divided between you. Col­ coming from the Waterman Line: overtime coming from the Cal­ New York City. J. P. Allen. V/illiam Mathews.- P. mar Line: H .Russel. H. Corson. turn out are kept on the beach lect at Bull Line, » * » H. Collier. J. Stewart. J. Stryaland herded in dormatories for King. J. H. KOPPERSMITH 8E RU­ » » • ha. C. Ramerez. C. M. Reynolds, periods of three and four months before they are shipped out as BEN JOHNSON: You are to di­ The following crew members Rog Theiss. Walter Broil. P. messmen and wipers. Instead of vide the wages of the 2nd But­ of the SS Ben Williams have Rooney and J. Gillen. • • • giving these kids an opportunity cher, missing from December 5 overtime coming from the Cal­ to December 16, 1943. to do something useful they are mar Linq: C. Cresta, G. J. Kam- The following crew members • * * kept in the status of bums, housed inskas. J. Harrison. H. R. Ja^ck- of the SS Jocelyn have overtime in ill-smelling dormatories, de­ S. T. McGEE: Has 6 days pay son. S. D. Norris. J. Girlando. H. coming from the Calmar Line: M. Robb. A. G. Towell, L. M. pendent on missions for their coming from the Bull Line. Renter and E. Stinehelfer. » » • » » * Ruggiero and D. Pierce. keep. I believe Senator Truman could get something useful here. MELVILLE: As pantryman you Crew of Luclas B. 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MCCUNE CASE HAWK PROTESTS COAST GUARD MOVE TO INCLUDE OVERTIME IN FORFEITURE PROCEEDING "MUSTERING OUT" PAY FOR SEAMEN IS PROPOSED SUP REPORT REVEALS GROWTH OF FURUSETH SCHOOL OF SEAMANSHIP "MUSTERING OUT" PAY FOR SEAMEN IS PROPOSED NAM WILL SELL "FREE ENTERPRISE" TO SUCKERS AFL COUNCIL CONDEMNS LABOR DRAFT, ASKS BALLOT FOR ARMY LABOR URGES REGULATION OF WAR PRISONERS JOBS FRENCH SEAMEN WIN IMPROVED CONDITIONS IDENTIFICATION FISHERMEN LABOR CASUALTIES ON HOME FRONT GREATER THAN IN ARMED FORCES Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/04/1944 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1944 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/d3999ba1364a7bc040f986fd52f06777.PDF 45989082a213f2872c1d2b7575ddc044 PDF Text Text ^ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA NEW YORK, N. Y.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 21, 1944 Vol. VI. No. 2 AFL Spurns 'Draft Labor' Plan, Urges Congress To Defeat It ITALIAN LABOR LEADER RAPS RED TACTICS IN SHIP CASE Charges that Communist fol­ lowers were using "deplorable conditions" faced by the crew of the Italian liner SATURNIA, which reached New York harbor a short time ago after a dramatic escape from the Nazi-dominated North Italian harbor of Trieste, to give a false pictui-e of Ameri­ can democracy and to create a machinery for interfering in the politics of war-torn Italy, were made yesterday by Luigi Antonini, President of the Italian-Am­ erican Labor Council. Mr. Antonini, who is first VicePresident of the International La­ dies' Garment Workers' Union, stated: ''The Communist press and the general press' unfarhiliar with the facts are being mobilized to take advantage of the deplorable con­ ditions under which the crew of the Italian liner SATURNIA are living in New York harbor, to discredit American institutions and government agencies and democratic organizations like the Italian-American Labor Council. The SATURNIA, in an epic dash from Nazi-dominated Trieste, re­ cently escaped to the haven of America to take part in the Uni­ ted Nations victory drive. "We of the Italian-American Labor Council have sent tele­ grams to the President, Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Navy, the Department of Justice and the War Shipping Adminis­ tration, appealing to them to do something so that the crew of the SATURNIA might be granted de­ cent living and working conditionsT 'The Navy has laeeh very helpful. We are sure that the American authorities are intent upon cleaning up this unhappy situatiopn. But Communist Party followers are using the justified discontent and unrest in the SATURNIA's crew and aggravating it for purely political advantage. It is our feeling that they plan to use the contacts just created to smuggle Communist literature and agents to Italy, "We have been informed that members of the SATURNIA's crew who recently attended a meeting of the Italian-American Labor Council, addressed by Mat­ thew Woll, Vice-President of the American Federation of Labor, have been mysteriously jailed." "Vincent Bello, Executive Di­ rector of the Italian - American Labor Council, said that he had received information that a Com­ munist member of the crew sar­ castically told the arrested sail­ ors that they had followed the wrong track when they went to the Council meeting." Green Warns FDR Proposal Will Not Prevent Strikes; Sees Democracy Menaced Washington, D. C.—President William Green express­ ed the American Federation of Labor's "resolute" oppositioni to President Roosevelt's proposal for a "draft labor" law oni | the grounds that such legislation will not prevent strikes^ ' will not solve manpower problems and threatens to "under­ mine our basic concepts of democracy." • Following this sweeping public declaration, Mr. Green wired every member of Congress urg­ ing defeat of the new and rev­ olutionary proposal. At the same time he called on all organizations affiliated with the American Federation of La­ bor to conununicate their opposi­ tion to the plan to their Repre- , Corporation profits for the sentatives and Senators in Con­ third quarter of 1943 were the gress. highest for any similar period in the history of America, the De­ The President's recommenda­ partment of Commerce reported tion for a National Service was submitted to Congress in his this week. annual message along with four After deducting all taxes and other measures designed to curb other charges, the department said, profits were "slightly more food price increases through Fed­ than $2,000,000,000," or 6 per cent eral subsidies and to tax war above the 1942 quarter, the pre­ profits more heavily. Immediate reaction on Capitol vious all-time high. Hill indicated that Congress would Business as a whole will smash refuse to enact any portion of the all records for the year, with President's recommendations ex­ profits, after taxes, of more than cept those dealing with extension $8,000,000,000. This is double of the Economic Stabilization Act what they were in the last peace­ A letter which is all the more time year of 1939, considered and continuing the profit renego­ Long hours and other wartime caU a conference of labor com­ dramatic because of the things pretty good for business. tiation clauses of the tax law. missioners with representatives Virtually ignoring the Presi­ which it does not say, rather than working conditions must give For the first nine months for of the Government agencies con­ dent's message, the Senate pro­ what it says, has been received way to peacetime standards as which figures are available, prof­ cerned to "determine methods for by John Hawk, Secretary-Treas­ ceeded with consideration of a its have risen 11 per cent over soon as war production demands returning to peacetime standards urer. 1942, after already approved by the the same period of permit in order to stabilize post­ as^ rapidly as possible." House, which wiU fall far short The letter follows: payment of taxes. war industry and employment for of the goal set by Roosevelt. Wartime exemptions to State Nov. 26th, 1943 UP FASTER THAN TAXES Members of Congress privately civilian war workers and return­ and Federal hours laws must be Dear Bro. Hawk: Commenting on these figures, expressed the opinion that there ing soldiers, according to Secre­ Just to let you know that I and the "American Federationist," kept temporary and subject to tary of Labor Perkins. the rest of the members here are publication of the American Fed­ was not the slightest chance of immediate readjustment as war in the best of health and hope eration of Labor, declared that r®"" voting drastic tax increases With war industries approach­ ^ election year. ing peak production and some needs shift, labor and Govern­ that everything is going on "what has happened is that the SUBSIDIES IN JEOPARDY war contract cutbacks already in ment officials agree. They are smooth back there. There isn't corporations have boosted their effect, the need to blueprint the convinced that exemptions must very much that a fellow can incomes faster than the taxes Also, there appeared to be lit­ steps for an orderly reconversion be eliminated altogether as soon write about from here, as one have gone up—in an effort to tle hope of Congress approving a day is pretty much the same as pass their tax load on to others," substantial food subsidy program. to peacetime labor standards as practicable. another. I am the Barrack Cap­ and it added that some corpora­ The President asked for a billiongrows more urgent. Action has been taken on ap­ tain of the American Group in "Emergency demands for over­ proximately 30,000 applications this camp and have been such tions have admitted that this was dollar program but unless there time and for additional shifts are from 12,000 firms for exemptions ever since we have been together. their purpose, though not in is a sudden shift of sentiment on Capitol Hill Congress will cut the temporary," Secretary Perkins from various labor laws in 34 I'll try to send you a photo of those words. As a matter of cold statistics, authorization to at least half that 'said, "and they must not be ex­ States since the beginning of the most of this group if 1 can get the fact is that, while war taxes figure, if it approves subsidies at tended beyond actual production war period. Secretary Perkins one. are high, many corporations have all. requirements. It wouW be trag­ reported recently to the National Well, this is about all I can The President emphasized in ically .short-sighted of us to al­ Conference on Labor Legislation. think of at present, so I'll close actually evaded the payment of a single penny, since what they his message that his five-point low the war emergency to be The firms, not all of them war wishing everyone a Merry Xmas have been permitted to retain, program formed a "just and used as a means of undermining contractors, applied for permis­ and Happy New Year, also lots after squaring their account with equitable whole" and added that our labor standards which are sion to work in excess of the of luck from everyone here. the government, is much greater he would not recommend a Na­ the cornerstone of this Nation's maximum hours law, to employ I remain than they could possibly earn in tional Service Act unless the tremendous production ability women at night or for longer JOHN MONTEVERDE, peacetime, the "Federationist" other laws were passed to pre-, and staying power." hours, or to employ minors be­ Book No. 156, G. 140 declared. vent undue profits, to keep down Anticipating further changes in yond the limitations of existing My prisoner of war No. is 2998. "The pledge of no new war the cost of living and to hold the war production during 1944, la- legislation. Most States have Have sent photo to my sister, millionaires has been forgotten," stabilization line. • bor. leaders have joined with granted such exemptions for lim­ Mrs. Gladlys Mortins, No. 417 it said. "What the corporations Because of this proviso in his j; ll "State labor commissioners and ited periods after investigation Montgomery St., Savannah, Ga., have done is not only pass their message, anti-Administration Federal labor officials in asking has proved that they are neces- and requested her to send you a tax burden onto the public, but forces expressed the cynical bethe.U. S. Department of Labor to sai*y for the war effort. copy. to double their profits in addition. {Continued on Page 4) fr War Standards Must End With Peace, Perkins Warns 0' mm- '•ft; • • tf.,V -'V-... Lj-v-.SrT^ Prisoner Of War Writes To Hawk — War Profits Hit Record Peaks �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK ------- Secy-Treas, P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. www Directory of Branches ADDRESS BRANCH PHONE NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St. BOwHng Green 9-3437 BOSTON (10) ..330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay St Calvert 4539 PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St Lombard 7651 NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 NEW ORLEANS (16) ..321 Chartres St Canal 3336 'I SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St Savannah 3-1728 TAMPA 423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 MOBILE 55 So. Conception St.. ... Dial 2-1392 PUERTO RICO ....45 Ponce de Leon .Puerto de Tierra GALVESTON 219 20th Street Galvestoii 2-8043 FT. LAUDERDALE 2021 S. Federal Highway. . .Ft. Lauderdale 1601 W W SB PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City BOwUng Green 9-8344 267 License To Profiteer The tory Republican-vpolltax Dem<x:rat alliance that is now running'Congress is a rich man's party. It-has con­ sistently favored capital as against labor, the rich as against the few as against the many, on nearly every is­ sue it has handled. The tax legislation it has initiated and passed has been particularly scandalous for its class character, in the midst of a war that calls for all groups to pull their full weight in. the spirit of national unity. But there has been one curb on the worst excesses of war profiteering, beyond the present inadequate taxes with all their loopholes. This has been the Renegotiation Act of 1942, under which the government is empowered to renegotiate with war contractors, when it finds they are making excessive profits. Under this act, some $5,300,000,000 has been recov­ ered or saved for the American people through the re­ writing of w^ar contracts. Profits Double 1939 Figure Despite this measure and war taxation generally, the profit-makers have been doing very nicely, thank you. In fact, corporation profits, after all taxes, are now more than twice as high as they were in 1939. But now come the House and Senate Finance Com1^" inittees with proposals to change the renegotiation regu­ lations in such a way as to "open the way to truly extor­ tionate profits," according to Treasury Secretary Morgenthau. To say, as Morgenthau does, that these changes "hold the seed of a national scandal," is to put it mildly. Labor's Anger Soars [I': There is already scandalous profiteering in this war, and if still further license is given for even worse profit­ eering, the indignation of labor, our fighting men and the American people generally will know no bounds. There may be no limits to the arrogance of the tory clique that has usurped control of Congress, but there are limits to the patience of the American people, as the next elections may show if real curbs are not enforced or war jprofiteering. —Labor News Service ' V'"'; - SEAFARERS LOG Friday, January 21, 1944 fRtPOT?T OI\ « WASHItVGTOrV. MARITIME sub-paragraph (3), Paragraph C This plan extends far beyond the WAR EMERGENCY BOARD of Article VI and whose repatria­ scope of Industrial Mobilization Decisions made during the tion commenced prior to Feb­ (M) Plan of 1936 and 1939. No. 1. month of December are as fol­ ruary 1, 1944, shall be entitled to They have taken over the Rail* any bonus payable for the period roads. What segment of the lows: J. Megan—SIU Agi., Boston— up to and including January 31, Transportation Industry is next? DISCRIMINATION: SS Henry Jocelyn—Claim for at­ 1944, from the operator of the tack bonus in London during the repatriating vessel. (Dated Janu­ Certain pressure groups are trying to force this issue now period from October 12, to Octo­ ary 8, 1944). AU agents and patrolman are that the Government has taken ber 20, 1943. Board ruled port at­ tack bonus of $125.00 payable to cautioned to fully acquaint them­ over the railroads. Here is what selves with these two latest de­ they are trying to put over. "The crew members of this vessel. cisions by the board so that you railroads previously had refused J. Sheehan — SIU Patrolman. can avoid headaches in the pay­ to abide by the committee's or­ N. Y.—S.S. Charles M. Schwab— der to cease discrimination. Cer­ Claim for attack bonus in London off. GOVT. SEIZURE? tification of the cases to the during the period from Novem­ . Over a year ago, H. Lunde­ President is under the same pro­ ber 2, to November 13, 1943berg, J. Hawk, M. Wcisborger, cedure as certification of War Board ruled port attack bonus of M. D. Biggs, and your truly met Labor Board orders by which 125.00 is payable to crew mem­ with officials of the War Depart­ management or Unions refuse to bers of this vessel. ment over a dispute on some of abide. Enforcement methods in­ A. C. Dynarski — SIU Patrol­ man, N. Y.—SS Elezar Wheelock the Eastern scows that the Army clude abolition of Union privil­ —Claims for attack bonus in Mal­ had under their jurisdiction. We eges. seizure of plants or with­ ta during the period from July were firmly told at this confer­ holding of Government contracts. 30, to August 5," 1943. Board ruled ence that the War Department It looks like stormy weather had a plan all worked out to ahead boys, so we had better post that no attack bonus is payable, take over all Transportation. some extra lookouts. they state that this vessel was at sea during this period. A. Burke—SUP Patrolman, SJ. —SS Young America—Claim for attack bonus on Makin Island on November 27, 1943. Also SS Cape Martin—SS'Island Mail. Board has ruled that crews of these ves­ Not a single vessel of the Am­ zation, WSA, Washington, D.C.,sels are entitled to attack bonus erican or Allied Nations mer­ reported that only five delays of $125.00. chant fleets missed her sailing were caused by temporary crew J. H. Volpin—SIU Patrolman. date on the Atlantic Coast be­ shortages on all three coasts, in N. Y.—SS Andrew G. Curtin— cause of crew shortage during contrast to seven American and Claim for attack bonus in Lon­ the critical holiday period from ten Allied Nations ship delays in don during the period from Oct­ December 15 to today, according United States ports a year ago, ober 6, to October 17, 1943. Board to Craig S. Vincent, Atlantic when the merchant fleet was only ruled port attack bonus of $125.00 Coast Representative of Recruit­ half its present size. ment and Manning Organization, The report covers aU types of is payable to crew members. War Shipping Administration vessels manned by civilian crews, J. Sheehan — SIU Patrolman, (WSA), 37 Broadway, New York. including Army Transport Ser­ N. Y.—SS Marie Moloney—Claim Extraordinary efforts were vice troop ships, as well as the for attack bonus in London dur­ made by WSA,^aritime unions familiar libertys and tankers. ing period from October 24, to^ and operating companies to pre­ Panamanian, Honduran and Phil­ November 11, 1943. Board ruled vent any break in the flow of ippine flag ships operated by attack bonus of $125.00 is payable vital materials to our fighting WSA also are included. to crew members. fronts. "The need for mates, licensed AMENDMENT 1 TO Marshall E. Dimock, Assistant engineers and Able Seamen, nev­ DECISION 2" A. Deputy Administrator for Re­ ertheless continues to be acute," Paragraph D of Article IV of cruitment and Manning Organi­ Mr. Vincent said. Decision 2 A is repealed effective at 12:01 A.M., February 1, 1944. Therefore, bonus payments in connection with vessels putting into a port within the continential bmits of the United States under the circumstances set forth in pai'agrapb D will start and Editor, Log; Shipmates and Brothers: stop in accordance with the pro­ visions of paragraph A and B I noticed in the Decem,ber issue Am making a second appeal respectively of article VI. (Dated of the Pilot that they are return­ (which will probably be the last) 1-8-44). ing to old fashioned farming for Richard McKee of 92 Pleas­ ant St., Dorchester, Mass., who AMENDMENT 2 TO methods in a nice sort of a way. contracted tuberculosis in Jack­ DECISION 2 A Under a notice to the men on Paragraph C of Article VI of the Standard Tankers, Isthmian sonville, Fla., jail when doing 30 decision 2A is hereby amended Line, and Army Transports, the days for picket line activity. He by adding the following sub­ men are advised to apply at their is now at Mattapan Sanitorium, while his aged and destitute paragraph: nearest NMU Hall and be ser­ mother is bedridden at their; "(4) A crew member repatriat­ viced. home with malignant ulcers. ed aftfer occurance of an event We, all of us know that being They receive $6.00 a week for specified in sub-paragraph (3) of the two of them when Richard is this paragraph C is not entitled serviced is. Remember back on home with his mother. to bonus from his original vessel the farm when the old man used My first caU for aid for him in during repatriation. If such crew to take old Betsy, the family cow October of 1941 brought in from member signs on as a replace­ over to the neighbor's bull to be five or six ships crews, through' ment in the crew of the repatriat­ serviced in a large way. tarpauling musters, 165.00. Think ing vessel. If such crew member It's common knowledge on the what we could do now if we all signs on as workaway on the re­ waterfront that the membership have our hearts in the right patriating vessel, he shall not be of the NMU have been getting a place, which I hope we have. entitled to bonus for the repa­ first class job of servicihg done All mail should, be sent regis­ triating vessel." on them ever since the Commies tered, or through telegraph, to This amendment 2 to Decision took over, but we never thought 2 A shall be effective at 12:01 that they would go to the trouble Mrs. Anna C. McKee, or Richard A.M. of February 1, 1944; provid­ of advertising it. But then won­ McKee, 92 Pleasant Street, Dor­ chester, Mass. ed, however, that a crew member ders never cease. O. FAGERTWEDT, repatriated as a workaway after BUD RAY, No. 647 occurance of an event specified in SUP. No. 18«* No Crew Shortages Held Up Ships Over Holidays i �T Friday, January 21. 1944 THE SEAFARERS LOG These Books Are At Baltimore / These Union Books are at the Elvis Higdon David Hendry / Baltimore Branch: » Hame No. Paul Hunt Howard Hockman A Nicholas F. Auld 29470 Wm. Howsare [ Ernest Avant 27809 Shyle Hollo^ay 1........!.^. J Olaf Andersen 27976 Arne Arnesen 21610 Henry Jenkins Gerald Anderson 28541 Fred A, Jones Alphonse James B Louis Beaty 26472 David B. Johnston George T. Barelord 6993 H. Jobe R. Branstrom 28536 John Jeffrey Walter Bendle 27098 Wm. Jones K Smokey Ball ...;. 28006 Arthur Brandon 29137 A. Koszow Edward Bender 29138 John Kavanaugh L James Brinkley 28546 Edward Berger 27639 Edward Lewis Wm. Baumer 29244 A. Lingenfelter Gale Barr 29489 S. Lashley E. Bugaj 29228 J. F. Latimer John Bunten 29490 Geo. M. Lucas Jack R. Beam 29140 Rudy R. Lopez Raymond Burton 29139 Ed. H. Lynch Joseph Blaher 29301 O. C. Lindsey j! Jack Burt 5761 A. H. Lawer M ' Harold Burke ...^ 1077 Walter Broil 28545 Chas. Meyers MOITIS Brickley 28549 L. Melton Hubert Britt 29300 Wm. Morris, Jr Leon Malczyk C G. R. Craig , 29229 Jas. L. Martin Angol Ciniano 26981 Ed. C. Martin Franklyn Coombs 25818 Chas. E. Mitchell Elwood Canty 3313 J. L. Millner Francis Carberry 28553 Rafael Macos Lansing E. Chase 28645 Chas. Metzger Harry Cheatham 21859 Robt. Mortirrier Samuel Chew 28108 M. Michelson Leo Cunningham 23167 Philip Marshall Mc Willie Carrington 25011 John McGuigan 'Calvin M. Curry 27638 Kenneth E. Cooney 25231 S. S. McGavin Jacob H. Coogins 24954 Joe McGuire G. C. Cobler .'. 29227 Ed. McShane L. McGee D N William Davis 28641 Lionel G. De Haven 28327 Hans Neilsen Wm. J. Dennis,, 29143 K. R. Nichols Eugene Duarte 26816 Robt. W. Niebrugge O Chas. Davis 28538 Tony Ofsian Eldon Driver 20222 \ Cortez Demetrio .....: 3404 David J. O'Dell Pat. J. Donahue 22951 F. J. Orscheln John J. Dembrowski 26930 Martin J. O'Connor Willard F. Day 29466 Chas. Omohundro Arthur Dickerscn 22223 D. A. O'Connor P E Martin Echoltz 28544 Edward Pike George Evans 26175 Urner M. Perry Francis Prout F Harold R. Freeberg 28632 Curtis R. Parker Grmel Fleet 21582 Richard Painter Chancey V. Farmer 26334 H. H. Pagerkopp Donald Fewkes 29330 F. H. Paschang Eugene Fleischer 28783 Frank Peann Audrey A. Felts28781 Harry Plowman Elwood A. Fogel 29142 Andrew Paul R Charles E. Feltman 28558 Francis Fowler 28773 Wm. Robbins Allen L. Ferguson 25388 H. C. Rivers Fred Froedge 3872 Albert Reganus Milton S. Fall 29495 Ben. J. Ruffin Donald Rohrbeck G Andrew Gangle 25831 Jos. O. Roy Charlie V. Gladhill 24871 Juan Rodriques Hemsley Guinier 27209 Ben. Rusk Henry Gibbs 26934 Douglass Ripley Uriah Grant 27295 Wm. Robey George F. Greene 28540 K. Raines Sam C. Graham 26874 Jos. Repasky Martin Gallagher 26933 Werter Roberts S Samuel Grubb 27870 Raymond Skinner H Claudio A. Hernandez 26817 F. Sinkovich Geo. Hawkes 29145 E. C. Sengebusch Fred O. Hart 28326 Tom Slack Geo. Huntzicker 28199 E. H. Steinshelter Arte Hromin 23795 Geo. Steen, Jr James Harrington 25773 J. S. SorenSen Frank Holland 29481 R. M. Schaeffer Arthur E. Huhn 29234 S. Sadowski Harry Huber 29235 Wm. Siejack -Charle.s W. Homer 27908 Wm. Solomon \ Robert P. Harrison 28127 D. Smith Y Charles F. Helbig 25402 J. D. Stefano 1'Cha^. Hamilton :.. 27341 H. C. Steffen Je Hergenhahn 23628 C. P. Swerengen u •» G-182 24769 27989 28126 27986 2665^ 4825 26821 28198 21169 29483 29469 29233 10301 28780 26942 26943 4839 27973 28638 28542 2360 25847 29306 E. E. Stewart Wm. H. Serens B. Swealkoski Alec Searle J. A. Sumpter Al. Silver E. Sharpe Andy Smelko H. R. SuUivan Robt. Shepard P. Shenley M. Scarpinati Ralph Spray W. Sanderson T Jos. Taylor Lonnie Tickel A. L. Thompson Chester Turner Chas. Teddes Robt. J. Taylor Jessie M. Taylor Michael Torbick C. Tilgmman V Ed. J. Vogel A. C. Valentine Frank Verrier Robert J. Vilagi W Walter Wentling H. E. Willoughby T. N. Weber Omer Ward Robert Williams Wm. E. Wannall, Jr John C. Ward J. E. Waris Z John Zerovnick 23622 26954 27918 28678 26820 24786 27894 22823 25694 222 28662 29107 28032 6295 , V&-" 28688 28663 29440 26961 26959 26110 28842 28686 29579 Page Three Around The Ports SAVANNAH Shipping in this, port has been damn good. In fact I have been so busy lately I have been on the run continously looking for men and the way things look now I will continue to be just as busy for the next month. Have had a hard time trying to find ABs for the ships I have had out around here. There seems to be a scar­ city of ABs around this port. If things continue as they have been lately I will be able to use all the ABs I can get my hands on, in fact I would like to see some ABs around here right now. Have ships coming out on the 19th and 26th of this month and on the 3rd of February, so far as I know now. Have a few regis­ tered in the black gang but will be needing rrien with ratings in all 3 departments to man these vessels. Since the holidays are over, maybe some of the oldtimers will be getting down this way again to register for ship­ ping. Hope so anyway because I will be able to use every man I can get my hands on this month. Don't have many ships coming in but have plenty going out and surely do hope to see some of the old-timers down this way soon. Steady as she goes, CHARLES WAID, Agent Senate Body Hits Tactics Of Employers On Coast 28934 G-7 28218 Washington, D. C.—The Senate Civil Liberties Com­ 1 29354 mittee charged that organized employers have deliberately 28206 253 attempted to sabotage collective bargaining in Los Angeles 29135 29357 and have unduly interfered with it in San Francisco. 29365 27892 The charges were contained in the sixth and seventh 28845 29368 20742 sections of a report by the com-^ficial.s. 28329 6367 mittee to the United States Sen26079 "The very spectacle of a local 29372 ate on extensive investigations chamber of commerce, compris­ 29356 28689 into West Coast conditions over ing the sum total of the business 27885 the last decade. The committee G-105 26791 influence in the community, ac­ is composed of Senators Robert 28784 tually dictating and stimulating 6135 M. LaFollette and Elbert D. the development of tactic after 5737 Thomas. 5393 tactic to defeat the national la­ In Los Angeles the committee bor policy, made anything but found that "the most influential the strongest measures protective 28390 business and financial interests of labor's civil rights seem futile. 28782 26452 Crew which made the last trip have deliberately attempted to The creation and maintenance of 26648 on the SS Joseph Wheeler have sabotage the national labor pol­ this policy of antiunionism in 29225 $125 port attack bonus money icy of collective bargaining as Los Angeles for magnitude" and"'*' coming to them. Collect at South expressed in the National Labor versatility of the effort far sur­ ^25125 Atlantic Steamship Line, 17 Bat­ Relations Act." The report add­ passes anything the committee • ed: 28131 tery Place. has previously encountered in its 27049 • • • "Despite the enactment of that four-year inquiry." Crew which was on SS Robert law and its declared constitution­ The committee noted that the 1858 Hunter on November 10, 1943, ality by the United States Su­ city of Los Angeles, famed dvu28208 have $125 port attack bonus com­ preme Coiu-t, these business and ing the 1930's as a stronghold of 29138 ing. Collect at South Atlantic industrial leaders determined to antiunion industry, presented in 28683 Steamship Line, 17 Battery Place. nullify it not only by negative its most intense form the prob­ 21991 but also by positive action. Pur­ lems which are prevalent in » » » 24436 Crew which was on SS Wil­ suant to this determination, they other urban and industrial areas, liam R. Davie on November 1st, engaged in a series of organized where influential forces domin­ 27870 1943, are entitled to $125 port at­ conspiracies to destroy labor's ating the entire community re­ 29324 tack bonus money. Collect at civil liberties. They sought to fused to accept the national labor 21856 South Atlantic Steamship Line, prevent bona fide collective bar­ policy. In its final statement on 28709 17 Battery Place. gaining from obtaining a strong the importance of this issue, the 24870 * • * foothold in the urban commun­ committee report stated: 29131 "Los Angeles is but a symbol Crew which was on SS Wil­ ity of Los Angeles and its tribu­ 29358 liam R. Davie on September 6, tary business and agricultural of many other areas in various 28151 1943, have $125 port attack bonus areas. parts of the nation where the ex25855 money coming to them. "To carry out their conspiracy, ercise of labor's rights and the 28674 they set up various employers'| practice of collective bargaining associations and auxiliary groups are met with hostility of an or­ 29221 of women, consumers, agricul­ ganized 'community' character, 3267 turists, and even employes. They engendered by strong industrial 28707 lavishly financed these organisa­ or agricultural groups." 27801 tions and for the most part sup­ The report on San Francisco 27978 plied them with a type of pro­ disclosed a transition from an or­ WILLIAM FOLEY 3005 fessional personnel that by rea­ ganized employer policy of out­ 2361 Get in touch with your mother, son of their background was right and open antagonism to 27821 Mrs. W. Foley, 1555 Constance wholly out of sympathy with collective bargaining to one in 27499 Street, New Orleans, La. trade-unionism. They concluded which organized industry avow­ » • » 28685 alliances with the local press, lo­ edly accepted the procedures of 23443 cal police, local law-enforcement collective bargaining but sought JAMES A. SWEENEY 27883 officials, and local business or­ to nullify them. Despite the fact 4159 Please contact vour wife, Vir­ ganizations. Behind their illegal that collective bargaining sub­ ginia at 2375 Ivc .oe Street, Den­ and anti-social policy they con­ stantially became the operating 29232 ver, Colorado. centrated economic and political basis for employer-employe re­ • • • 29353 power that defied any local ap­ lationships in San Francisco in 29305 plication of the law and custom the latter half of the last decade, MIKE DIKUN 146 of the nation." the committee noted: 28681 The certificate of identification Another significant aspect of "The collective - bargaining 28677 and fireman's certificate of effici­ the conclusions of the committee rights of large and important 28217 ency of Mike Dikun was turned report was the determination, elements of labor in San Fran­ 28687 in to the Philadelphia Branch of based upon the record, that the cisco, although recognized in col­ 27538 the SIU, 8 North 8th Street. Also anti-labor activities of the or­ lective agreements even before 27630 his 'Seamen's Passport and other ganized employers were backed the passage of the National La­ 28679 papers. His SIU of N.A. Book No. and sponsored by other groups in bor Relations Act, have been per­ 28846 25275 is also here. the city such as the banking and sistently subjected to a variety of 27593 financial groups, certain leaders undue interferences stemming Keep In Touch With of 28216 the local press, and, until re­ from organized employer influ­ cently, many of the public of- ence." 26606 Your Draft Board MONEY DUE �5f '•.z, ,\ • 'l i;. Pa9» F^ I t« . M THE These Books Are At Norfolk SEAFARERS LOG f'^tK "N Friday, January 21. 1944 Pioneer SIU Ship Wins Praise As *The Work Horse Of The Sea* . These Union Books are at Nor­ N. H. Pfankuch ... 28889 folk Branch, Donald D. Payton . 27925 No. L. E. Parker 28837 A The S.S. George Washington, pioneer SIU ship, re-« Aurice li Arkerson 6226 Joseph Ross 28010 ceivcd praise this ^ week as a "real work horse of the sea" William H. Ashford 25349 Carol G. Ross .. 29602 Albert Ausperk 25350 Richard Riddick 29585 and an example for other ships and crews to strive for. B John H. Russell 29590 Officials of the Alcoa Line, charterers of the ship, gave aa Fred D. Bullock 7440* S interview to the AT. Y. Times which traced the war worl^ Alexander Barigian 29728 Cecil W. Smith 29393 Striking a blow at one of the of the ship and recounted a few*Morris Brickey 28549 Roily A. Surguy 29394 nation's pioneers in company of the narrow escapes experienc­ the majority of whom have serv­ Arthur Bellavance 6117 Stanley J. Serafin — 29231 unionism, the U. S. circuit court ed. Following is the text of the ed on her for many years. Hep Raymond Barrow 27999 Roger R. Spencer 29583 upheld the NLRB decision out story as it appeared in the Times master is Capt. Thomas H. Park lawing three Standard Oil com­ C T of Montclair, N. J. ' on Dec. 26th: James Christopher 29719 William A. Thompson 27916 pany-dominated unions in refin­ The saga of a real Atlantic When the British and other al­ Earl E. Chickering 26982 James K. Thompson 28839 eries at Bayonne; Linden and Ocean "work horse," a ship of lies leased island bases in the At­ Jersey City, N. J. Standard still Donald A. Cameron 27766 V only 5,184 gross tons that has lantic to the United States, it Floyd H. Curtis 29491 Pazely Van Millican 28838 operates company unions in the carried thousands of passengers was necessary for this country to Pacific Northwest. James F. Collins 26256 W and covered more than 100,000 send the men and equipment to Philip E. Carter 1 29531 Robert Woodin 28891 Leaders in company unionism, miles in the last^ twenty-one those places. Naval and military Archie F. Carter 27626 Delton R. Watt 26522 the Rockefeller and Standard Oil months — the story of the S.S. personnel, as well as commercial William Coleman 28892 Joe Winslow 3435 interests worked out the formula George Washington's great war contractors and their staffs were R. S. Caroon 28918 Hebert M. Watson 29644 for their employes' associations contribution to this country was ferried back and forth on the George F. Chamberlain 26666 Arthur E. Wolch 26905 after the Ludlow massacre in told here yesterday by an official ship, a task that still consumes James A. Cartin 27157 Adrean T. West 26617 1914. With passage of the Wag­ of the Alcoa Steamship Company, most of her running time. . Meredith Curry 26825 Esaw A. Wright 26600 ner Act in 1935, company unions charterers of the vessel. The Alcoa Line's spokesmati Scipio Collins 29718 Lee Wade 29378 became illegal and the NLRB The 19-year-old liner, owned mentioned two of the George David Cardonik 29723 Louis Wyner 6122 turned thumbs down on the by the Eastern Steamship Com­ Washington's narrow escapes Rockefeller dummies. But the D S pany, has shuttled back and when she was sailing through Ervin Dziengielewski 28109 Edward W. Stanczak 28154 company proceeded to defy the forth between the Atlantic coast dangerous waters, unarmed and Elbert Duffy 26974 Henry Scofield 25741 board by renaming them. and Bermuda, Trinidad and other often unescorted. He told of the Franklin Lee Duren Jr 26851 John Stephens 28840 Two years ago the union filed important islands in the Carib­ ship, proceeding at night, coming E Robert Stackhouse 28923 charges of company domination bean in all sorts of weather and upon a submarine that was sur­ Floyd R. Erickson 29238 John Davis Speight 23492 of the three New Jersey dummy with a record of only negligible faced, evidently charging batter­ F Donald P. Stafford 27919 unions. repairs, the company spokesman ies, and how the captain hurried­ B. N. Farris 29535 said, adding that the ship has ly got away from there because Stephen C. Freeman 26912 outfought North Atlantic gales he had a full ship and couldn't Elue Facey 21984 that have sunk many sturdy risk even trying to ram the sub­ Fred Lindsey 29240 ships. He also told how on one marine. Donald E. Finfrock 29717 voyage a giant wave struck the He told of another incident G vessel and swept her lifeboats when the liner, outward bound Hebert Green 28630 Oh, Ihe way was dark and stormy away. in the Gulf of Mexico, passed her H. Croons 29246 The George Washington is one sister ship, the Robert E. Lee, Before we saw the Light; Eugene Clash 29479 of the few remaining passenger which was torpedoed and sunk a We searched in vain safe harbors W. E. Grant 29534 vessels being operated by private short time afterward. And wandered in the night. Edward B. Goodwin 29533 management in this country. She The George Washington has Stanley P. Gondzer 25395 For truth, we hate to go to sea was built for the New York-Nor­ helped out with domestic labor HEurwood Gaskill : 5470 And work we hate still more; folk, Va., run and normally car­ shortages. Early this year, when H The virus politicanus Connivus ried ^bout 300 passengers. Today the need for extra farm help be­ Robert B. Hewitt 28570 Has reached our inner core. the valiant little ship carries 900, came serious the ship was used Herman E. Hacker 27765 and yet breaks her own speed to bring hundreds of the natives The vision of a shining desk Henry W. Holifield 25412 records. from Kingston, Jamaica, tp work E'er swum before our ken; Berger Hansen 3135 The vessel has a veteran crew. on American farms. Our sterns were built for easy chairs Benjamin E. Hayes : 25014 To that we shout "Amen." H * Lloyd L. Holland 28363 We craved a handsome briefcase Byron S. Hanrahan, Jr 29688 With photos to grace the press. Sylvester Halligan 28571 Our names in self praised headlines Chester Hudgins 23097 To these we all confess. E. Hammond 29726 •J'i'... Clarence J. Hodges 26386 And so we shook the honest hand. top representatives of industry, {Conthmed from Page 1) I#J Same pledge to every one; I. '.'.i • labor and agriculture unanimous­ lief that the President had ad­ E. Jones 29747 The Right, the Left, and Center \S- Adrian ly held that "the American peo­ vanced his program for political Paul Edward Jacks 29720 Until their "votes" were won. ple will provide greater output campaign purposes rather than in Luke Joyner 24162 under a voluntary system than 'Twas then we saw an eerie light the expectation that it would be George J. Jamison 25411 under one of compulsion and That gleamed across our way. adopted. These spokesmen de­ Leon Jackson <..... 26596 regimentation." For Stalin's Star had wandered far clared that if the President's rec­ K And we could not say "nay." Mr. Green quoted Bernard ommendations are rejected he Challes Kohr 28564 Baruch as authority for the state­ could then place the onus on A. Allie Kemal 25120 For that light-guarded payroll Congress for failures in the na­ ment that there can be no real Joseph R. Kennedy 26702 Burned brightly in our sight. comparison between drafting men tion's war economy. Alex Kinsey 28561 The glow was red but pay was green 26662 At any rate, except for com­ for service in the armed forces I '••'" Arthur D. Knoll Then walked we to the Right. Eugene L. Knowles 27523 munist - controlled organizations, and drafting them for service in A "Right" that spoke in terms of "left" William E. Kennedy 29497 the trade union movement pre­ private industry, operating for The workers to beguile. L sented a solid front of opposition private profit. With twisted minds in "Workers" School '^•Harold Larsen G 92 to the draft proposal, although, The AFL chief emphasized that We learned Joe Stalin's style. Alfred G. Lovell 26999 of course, it will support more since the no-strike pledge was Frank Liverman 28573 legislation to tax excessive war given to the President he has not And now, as dogs at Our Masters' gate C. B. Langley ! 28657 profits and to authorize a com­ authorized, approver or condoned We crouch beside our bone. a single strike. The record shows, M prehensive subsidy program. And in the light from up above William R. Moore 29226 At a conference with President he added, that not a single na­ We growl or whine or moan. William E. Morris 26534 Roosevelt in the White House, tional strike has been put into Harry Moore 28895 Mr. Green made it clear that the effect by any AFL affiliate since We yelp in terms of "rank and file," Floyd T. Moore : 27002 federation will not go along with Pearl Harbor. When local strikes We yowl of Liberty's flight. 'lEugene L. Muse 28897 him on a National Service Act. have occurred, Mr. Green said, Democracy is ever on our lips Dan D. Moore 25770 Mr. Green pointed out in his AFL officials have exerted every Though never in our sight. Ed. Murphy 28898 public statement that although influence to terminate them as We hate the very sight of work. .'Ambrose Magdirila 22826 Great Britain has a National Ser­ quickly as possible. Our souls were cheaply bought. Samuel McKinley 27003 vice Act, the law has failed to The only National Service bill We fill the air with speeches N stop strikes in that country.,Brit­ now before Congress is the Aus­ What wonders hath Joe wrought? Spurgeon D. Norris 28886 ain has had more strikes, propor­ tin - Wadsworth Bill, which is tionately, than America, he said. thoroughly objectionable to labor. Now we are the New Jerusalem, 2947 Monford Owens As proof that such a law will To make niatters worse, th' Fat Christs of the Time to ome •>Gus A. Opolus 28841 not solve manpower problems, authors of this legislation revis Come list to US ye faithful. P Mr. Green cited a recent report it after the President's mess, Our Stalin's Will be Done. ^ .Alfred Parek 24214 by the War Manpower Commis­ to include a clause which wouiu^- ,;! Oliver H. Pekkola 29220 sion's Policy Committee, in which in effect, destroy the closed shop,'i -Top 'n^ Lift Standard Oil Hit On Co. Unionism AN ODE TO FAKERS 'r |v' . AFL Spurns Labor Draft, Asks Congress To Kill It m- 4i \:%i. x«eir' ^ ? i.'r i - f . II � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource January 21, 1944 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VI, No. 2 Description An account of the resource Headlines: AFL SPURNS 'DRAFT LABOR' PLAN, URGES CONGRESS TO DEFEAT IT ITALIAN LABOR LEADERS RAPS RED TACTICS IN SHIP CASE WAR PROFITS HIT RECORD PEAKS WAR STANDARDS MUST END WITH PEACE, PERKINS WARNS PRISONER OF WAR WRITES TO HAWK LICENSE TO PROFITEER NO CREW SHORTAGES HELD UP SHIPS OVER HOLIDAYS SENATE BODY HITS TACTICS OF EMPLOYERS ON COST PIONEER SIU SHIP WINS PRAISE AS 'THE WORK HORSE OF THE SEA' STANDARD OIL HIT ON CO. UNIONISM AN ODE TO FAKERS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01/21/1944 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1944 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/443e645e1399356457012e89cb7882f0.PDF ff220b9d1ca3400adaefff88a6453281 PDF Text Text •r-^^--':-yr-^ > • .' - ., • .^^•'^' ' "w^ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OP NORTH AMERICA No. 1 NEW YORK, N.Y., FRIDAY. JANUARY 7, 1944 Vol. VI, NMU Begs War Labor Board For Seafarers' Conditions Read The NMU "Demands" Read This Break Down Of Comparative And Compare With SIU Conditions And Then Decide For YourContract On The Right Self Who Works For American Seamen ;m Ml \\ CONTRACT - NATIONAL CONTRACT - SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION MARITIME UNION Hiring Hall and Medical Exams: Here IsH^at The Union Wants (Prepared b.y Vice-President Howard McKenzle, Chairni'aa NeKotiating Committee) I. GENERAL CONDITIONS ' h' through the Union "Hall for all ratings. ,2. No more physical examinations by company doctors but by the U,^, Public Health'Service. ^ f * 3. Increase, in subsistence allowance to $7.50 per day for rooifa and meals. • II. OVERTIME 1. Deck Department a) 85c per hour to be paid after 5. p.m. and before 8 a.m. oh week days for rigging up, handling or securing cargo gear, b) Over­ time for laying dunnage, including first layer, c) Overtime for chipping, scaling, priming or painting! enclosed alleyways, midships or paralleling crews • quarters,-, messrdoms, pantry or laundry in all focsles, lavoratories, washrooms, lockers and storerooms not usqd'byDeck Department, d) Overtime for handling Stewards or Engine Room stores on dock or aboard ship, e) Bosun's pay to be increased to that of Assistant' Electrician. 2. Engine Department , , a) Overtime to Oilers, -Firemen, IVatertenders aiid Electricians : on watch in_ port after -5 p.m: and before 8 a.m. on .week days while cargo is being worked, b) Wages'of the Deck Engineer and Ma1 chinist placed in the same bracket as Assistant Electiician. . 3. Stewards Department a), 8 hours in 12 pn passenger and troop ships.' b) An additional J man placed on Liberty ships as Night Cook and Baker.' c) Manning I scale to be increased on ships carrying troops, d) The different wage j scales in different companies on passenger ships or troop ships to be 1 checked on and a proper scale set that will apply on all ships in all I companies. This an example of equal pay for equal iwork. > 4. Overtime applying to all Departments a) Overtime at sea for everybody required to "work on Saturday I afternoon, Sundays or. holidays. ia WAGE INCREASES TO EVERYBODY BASED ON INCENTIVE PAY PLAN 1. $450 to be paid to each member of the crew for a year's con­ tinuous service qn the same vesisel, to be computed as follows: a) $45-extra for the first 3 months, b) $90 extra for the next 8 months, c) $136 for the. next 3 months^ d) $180 for the final 3 months of the year. » . . . V J IV. MAINTENAN<:E OF UNION MEMBERSHIP In order to maintain union membership in wartime and to insure .that in the shuffle aboard ships caused by wartime conditio^A we don't have thousands of new people in. the industry taking a tree ride on the backs of those who are paying their dues to the Union, we are requesting that the dues be deducted from- the payroll at thio tlnie of pay-off and forwarded to the Union by the company. This will insure thjttt every member pays his dues and will, enable the patrolmen to detote all of' their time to settling beefs instead of devoting most of their time collecting dues and the rest of their time chasing chiaelers and company stooges who are trying to get a free ride at the expense of flie members who do pay their does. "pieae are ^ main issues and should be sufficient for all new] members to know what we are seeking. Will all officials b«trdlBg •hjP" please^ STO that these simpIiCed demands are placed on every i ship 80 dont toot^nrselres«at saying the same thing over and 1 Terjgg^n in the PILOT. t ' ' Lanford to Persian Gulf Captain Lanford, New York Port Captain for the Mississippi Line, has been assigned to Persia by the War Shipping Adminis­ tration. Lanford is a toiigh bargainer with the unions—a fair one. He always deals the cards above the table. We wish him luck in his new post. The Employer agrees that only members of tho Union shall be employed in all unlicensed person­ nel ratings. The Employer agrees to secure all unlicensed personnel through the offices of the Union when said personnel are available. The Union agrees that the Company shall have the right of rejeciien of personnel Ihey consider NMU asks for SIU provisions. See "General unsuitable with the understanding that if the Union considers the cause of rejection unjust the Conditions" of McKenzie's demands, reprinted Company agrees to endeavor to reach a satisfac­ from Dec. 17th Pilot on the left. tory settlen^t with the parties involved, namely, the Executive of the department involved, t£3~ Business Agent of the Union and the member or members in question. If an amicable settlement cannot he reached by this method, the medier is to he immediately referred to the Port Committee prescribed for in section 5 of this agreement for final settlement. In the event any decision of the Company Phy­ sician is challenged b yihe Union as to the physi­ cal fitness of a Union member, said member shall be re-examined by a Public Health Physician and his decision shall be binding. Overtime (all departments) .85 per hour Room and Meal Allowance: .90 per hour When hoard is not furnished unlicensed mem­ •When board is not furnished, unlicensed mem­ bers of the crew shall receive the following B1« bers of the crew shaU receive the following al­ lowance: lowances: Seventy-live Cent {7Sc) per meal. (a) in lieu of breakfast $.60 When men are required to sleep ashore. Two (b) in lieu of dinner 60 Dollars ($2.00) shall he allowed tor room. (c) in lieu of supper 60 When men are i-equired to sleep ashore, two dollars ($2.00) shall be allowed for room. Working Cargo Gear: Rigging up or securing cargo gear shall he dono by the watch on deck between the hours of 8 A.M. Asking SIU conditions—see subsection (a), of and 5 P.M. weekdays and 8 A.M. to 12 Noon Sat­ Deck Department demands in Pilot clipping on urdays without payment of overtime. Overtime col. 1. shall be paid to the watch on deck tor such work performed after 5 PJM. and before 8 A.M. and on Saturday afternoons. Sundays and holidays. {Continued on Page 2) {Continued on Page 2) THE FAKERS ARE EXPOSED The NMU officials own records show that they have tried to saddle the seamen with compulsory medical examinations so stiff that the average man over thirty years could not pass t. There is a reason for this. The NMU doesn't want the old-time seamen in its ranks -and it doesn't want them in the industry! For the NMU officials have plot­ ted to deliver the newcomers— the trainees — and the younger seamen into a Government-ship­ owner controlled labor front for a price: That the NMU is made the only "representative" of the seamen. To this end they have man­ euvered and connived with the , politicians in Washington and with certain officials of the WSA {Continued on Page 2) fl �iB : ' Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Published by the Affilcaled with the Americm Federation of Labor ------- Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Directory of Branches BRANCH ADDRESS PHONE NEW YORK (4) 2 Stons St BOwHng Green 9-3437 BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Cay St Calvert 4539 PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St. Lombard 7651 NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 NEW ORLEANS (16) .,321 Chartres St Canal 3336 SAVANNAH ,218 East Bay St Savannah 3-1728 TAMPA .423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 MOBILE 55 So. Conception St Dial 2-1392 PUERTO RICO.. 45 Ponce de Leon Puerto de Tierra GALVESTON 219 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 FT. LAUDERDALE 2021 S. Federal Highway... Ft. Lauderdale 1601 PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City BOwling Green 9-8346 »267 Dushane's Report MARITIME !> WAR EMERGENCY BOARD Decisions made during the month of November are as fol­ lows: - C. Hsher — SIU, Patrolman. ^N.Y.—S.S. Winfield Scott—Crew claimed bonus for Oran on and for Gela, on Board has ruled that vessel was in Selerno Bay on and that bonus was paid for this date. Vessel was not at Gela on , board is now trying to get more informa­ tion on this case. A. C. Dynarski—SIU, Patrol­ man, N.Y.—S.S. Grace AbbottCrew's claim for bonus is the Thames Estuary. Board ruled that there was no enemy attack Ion this date. Jack Dwyer—SUP. Patrolman, N.Y. — S.S. James V/bitcomb— Crew claimed bonus in Algiers for attack during to Board ruled bonus payable. S.S. Lewis Morris alleged attack for Oran, Board states that from the information that they have there was no attack on this date, therefore no bonus is pay­ able. J. H. Volpin—SIU, Patrolman, .N.Y. — S.S. Pepperell — Crew claimed bonus while in London : and Board ruled no bonus payable for or on this vessel, as it did not ar­ rive in London until A. C. Dynarski — SlU, Patrol­ man. N.Y.^S.S. George Oendleton—Crew claimed attack bonus for Thames Estuary, on Board ruled that there was no attack, on this date, no bonus payable. J. H. Volpin—SIU, Patrolman, N.Y. — S.S. Kofresi — Crew claimed bonus for attack on Bone To Board ruled that there was an attack that occured outside of the harbor limits, and therefore no bonus is payable. Having the board check further on this case. Friday, January 7, 1944 NMU Begs War Labor Board NMU CONTRACT Laying Dunnage:. Asking SIU conditions—see subsection (b) of Deck Department demands in Pilot clipping. ------ "President 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK LOG {Continued from Page 1), SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OP NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District HARRY LUNDEBERG SEAFARERS SIU CONTRACT {Contimied from Page 1) When the crew are required to actually lay dunnage fsr cargc, Ihcy shsl! be paid at the legular overtime rate for such work. This does not mean handling dunnage in order to clean holds, but only refers io actual flooring off with dun­ nage for cargo. Chipping, Painting, Etc.: ,..if (a) In all ports, members of ihe Deck Depart­ ment may be required to chip, sougee, scale, prime and paint the vessel over sides. (b) Overtime shall be paid when sailors are required, either )n port or at sea, to chip, sougee, scale, prime or peiint galley, pantry, saloon, living quarters, forecastles, lavatories and wash rooms which are not used by the Unlicensed Deck De­ Asking SIU conditions—see subsection (c) of partment. This shall also apply to all enclosed Deck Department demands in Pilot clipping on passageways amidships with doors or bulkheads Col. 1. at both ends, but does not apply to passageways regularly used as part of quarters by Unlicensed Deck Personnel, or passageways used as part of quarters jointly by Unlicensed Deck Personnel and another department of the Unlicensed Per­ sonnel. (c) In ports where the Company employs a reg­ ular shore gang for the purpose of performing this work, this practice shall not be interfered with. Handling Stewards or Engine Stores. Sailors may be required to handle deck stores both on the dock and on board ship during their ; i.LliJi'l Ijjitl i.iiii (. regular hours without payment of overtime. Reg­ ular hours are defined to mean 8 A.M. to 12 Noon and 1 P.M. to 5 P.M. weekdays and 8 A.M. to 12 Noon Saturdays. When sailors are required to handle Stewards' Asking SIU conditions—see subsection (d) of or Engine Room stores, both on dock and aboard Deck Department demands in Pilot clipping on ship, they shall be paid overtime at the regular overtime rates. Col. 1. Daily supplies of fresh provisions, such as milk, bread and vegetables shall be brought aboard by sailors when required to do so without payment of overtime. Ship's officers shall determine the number of sailors to be used in handling ship's stores. The Company reserves the right at any time to use shore gangs to handle ship's stores. L. J. Bollinger — SIU, Patrol­ man, N. Y.—S.S. Thomas Reed— Crew claimed bonus for attack on London, Board ruled that this vessel was not in London on this date, therefore no bonus is payable. J. Sheehan — SIU, Patrolman, N.Y. — S.S. Lawton B. Evans — Crew claimed bonus for attack Bosun*s Pay: on Gela, on following date Coastwise $105.00 to to , to Deepsea $112.50 Board has ruled that an attack occured at Gela between and , and .company claims A.B.*s Pay: bonus was paid. Vessel was at Coastwise . $ 92.50 Bizerta to , company Deepsea ..... $100.00 claims bonus was paid. R. W. Sweeney — SIU, Patrol­ Overtime for Blackgang: man, N.Y.—S.S. Marymar—Crew claimed bonus for alleged attack on London, Board has ruled that there was an attack on this date, and states that the vessel was in the Thames Estuary on this date, therefoi'e no bonus is payable. P. Maniscalco — SUP, Patrol­ man, S.F.—S.S. Cape Romaine Crew claimed bonus for alleged attack on the port of Purvis Bay, Florida Island, Board has ruled that they have been unable to get confirmation of an attack on this date from the Navy, Com­ Asking SIU conditions-L-see subsection (a) of pany or the Officers. Therefore Engine Department demands in Pilot clipping. no bonus is payable. J. Sheehan — SIU, Patrolman. N.Y.—S.S. Oremar—Crew claim­ ed bonus attack for alleged at­ tack on London between and also attack bonus in Thames Estuary, Board has ruled that crew is entitled to attack bonus for while in London, however, board has rul­ ed that crew is not entitled to an attack bonus for the Thames Estuary as the vessel left the Estuary on P. Maniscalco — SUP, Patrol­ man, SJ".—B.S. Charles G. Curtis —Crew claimed bonus attack while in anchorage off of Catania, {Continued on Page 4) {Continued on Page 3) Majority of SIU contracts provide Bosun with Minority of SIU contracts provide $117.50 $112.50 Majority of SIU contracts Minority of SIU contracts $110.00 $100.00 VESSELS CARRYING DECK ENGINEER: When cargo is being worked with ship's winches after 5 P.M. on arrival day, the deck en­ gineer shall oil winches and look after the deck machinery until Midnight: after Midnight an oiler shall be detailed to oil winches and look after deck machinery until 8 A.M. On other than arrival days a deck engineer shall oil winches and look after the deck machin­ ery between the hours of 8 A.M. and 5 P.M. In the event a deck engineer is not available or obtainable an oiler may be assigned to his, duties. If an oiled is not available Or obtainaMe any member of the Engine Department, with oiler's qualifications, may be assigned by the en­ gineer in charge. It shall be the duty of the deck engineer io turn the steam on deck and prepare the winches for working cargo. Either the wateriender or fireman, but not both, shall receive overtime while cargo is being work­ ed with ihe ship's winches at all times between Ihe hours of 5 P.M. and 8 A.M. and on Saturday afternoons. Sundays and Holidays. In port, firemen or watertenders, but not both, shall maintain a regular donkey watch between the hours of live (5) P.M. and eight (8) A.M. with­ out payment of overtime except as provided in this section. On Saturday afternoons. Sundays or Holidays, they shall receive the regular overtime rate. Donkey watches shall be maintained for. the purposes of keeping • steam for ihe auxiliaries,, winches, and the safety of the ship. When vessel arrives on Saturday before Noor 4 hours shall constitute thte K^lar day's wbxk foi| all members of the Engine Department. {Continued on Page 3) �Friday. January 7. 1944 THE SEAFARERS LOG NMU Begs War Labor Board II I NMU CONTRACT (Continued from Page 2) NMU Asking SIU Conditions SIU CONTRACT (Continued front Page 2) VESSELS CARRYING 3 FIREMEN OR 3 FIREMEN-WATERTENDERS AND 3 OILERS AND NO DECK ENGINEER: On days of arrival, if cargo is lo be worked with ship's winches after five (5) P.M., firemen and oilers shall remain on sea watches until Midnight. The oilers shall take care of the winches at all times while in port, if being used to work cargo, and the firemen shall lake care of the entire plant while the oiler is on deck attending winches. When watches are broken and cargo is worked with ship's winches after 5 P.M. and before 8 A.M., it shall be the duty of the oilers, as assigned by the chief engineer, or engineer in charge, to put in lime in addition to their regular day's work for the purpose of oiling winches, and they sh^ be paid at the regular overtime rate while per­ forming such work after 5 P.M. and before 8 A.M., and on Saturday afternoons, Sundays and Holi­ days. In the event an oiler is not available or obtain­ able, any member of the Engine Department with oiler's qualifications may substitute for the oiler. It shall be the duty of the oiler to turn the steam on deck and prepare the winches for work­ ing cargo. Both the oiler and the fireman shall receive overtime while cargo is being worked with the ship's winches at all times between the hours of five (5) P.M. and before eight (8) A.M. and on Saturday afternoons, Sundays and Holidays. When vessel arrives on Saturday before Noon, four (4) hours shall constitute the regular day's work for all members of the Engine Department. In port, firemen shall maintain a regular don­ key watch between the hours of five (5) P.M. and eight (8) A.M. without payment of overtime ex­ cept as provided in this section. On_Saturday af­ ternoons, Sundays or Holidays, they shall receive the regular overtime rale; donkey watches shall be maintained for the purposes of keeping steam for the auxiliaries, winches, and the safety of the ship. ELECTRICIAN'S OVERTIME: While cargo is being worked with electrical winches after 5 P.M. and before 8 A.M., after 12 Noon Saturdays and on Sunday and Holidays, overtime shall be paid to electrician on duty. Longshore Work: NMU asks for SIU provisions. But NMU has the following finky clause: In those outports where there are no regular longshoremen available, members of the crew may. be required to drive winches for handling cargo, or may be required to handle cargo. For such work performed during their regular work­ ing hours, they shall be paid in addition to their regular monthly wages, at the rate of 70c per hour; and for such work performed during over­ time hours they shall be paid at one and one-half times the overtime rate. The phrase "regular working hours" means men on regular straight time and is not restricted to men on sea watches. This section shall not be so construed as to be applicable to any work "where longshoremen are not available due to labor trouble. IHeal Hours: The meal hours for the Unlicensed Personnel employed on vessels of the Company shall be as follows: Breakfast ; 7:30 A.M. to 8:30 A.M. Dinner 11:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. Supper 5:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. These hours may be varied but such variation shall not exceed one hour either way, provided that one unbroken hour for meals shall be allow­ ed. This paragraph, however, shall not apply to men on watch. Where the full njeal hour as provided in the agreement cannot be given owing to navigation of the vessel, particularly tying-up and letting go, extra compensation at the overtime rate will be allowed for the portion of the meal hotu not granted. For example, if a man is given fifteen thihutes to eat he will receive extra compensation •for forty-five minutes in lieu of the full meal hour. (Continued on Page 4) In those ports where there are no longshoremen available, members of the crew may be required, for the purpose of handling cargo, to drive winches or may be required to handle cargo. For such work performed, they shall be paid in addi­ tion to their regular monthly wages. One Dollar ten cents ($1.10) per hour for their watch on deck and One Dollar and Sixty-five Cents ($1.85) for the watch below. ' After 5 P.M. and before 8 A.M. and on Saturday afternoons, Sundays or Holidays, the rate shall be Three Dollars ($3.00) per hour for all hands so engaged. This section shall not be construed as to be ap plicable lo any work where longshoremen are not available, due to labor trouble. Paga Threa Fakers Are Exposed (Continued from Page 1) as well as with some of the ship­ owners! In order to do this, however, the NMU officials and the Stalin­ ists have tried to introduce the "check-off" of union dues from their membership. Note demand Number 4 in Pilot clipping. This is one of their greatest confes­ sions of weakness. They have no real union strength because no sentiment for unionism remains within their ranks. The Pilot has pleaded that the "check-off" is necessary because the NMU patrolmen are unable to settle beefs. For the NMU patrolmen and delegates have been reduced to combination Pilot peddlers and book sales­ men, who shake the collection can on the side for causes the Stahnists deem "worthy" at any particular moment. AND IN THE PROCESS THE SEAMEN ARE MILKED FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS! It is fast becoming a by-word on NMU ships that "If you look under your bunk out will pop an NMU delegate with a (so-called) 'ship's library' and a collection can to shake John seaman down." The delegates' "shop-talk" in the NMU headquarters is about how many of the so-called "li­ braries" they've sold and how it left them no time to settle the beefs. It's small wonder the NMU wants the "check-off" — but for what? It will aid their Pilot peddling; book selling; can shaking, and what-have-you—but it won't set­ tle the seamen's beefs under the NMU's cheesecloth pacts with the shipowners. Because they pro­ vide nothing. The shipowners run through 'em and get satisfaction and countless millions in profit; the NMU's sickly Port Commit­ tee gets the beefs; and John working seamen gets exactly— NOTHING! any man on the job it is Trade Unionism upside down — with the worker on the bottom! And getting it in the neck!" On the other hand the SIU's agreements fully protect their members. The-rules as shown by the table.s herewith provide many conditions in the industry that the fast-failing NMU has never been able to obtain. And through their failure to gain conditions of overtime for the seamen they have put mil­ lions into the pockets of the ship­ owners in unpaid overtime; as well as countless more millions into the shipowners' coffers through lower wage scales—and therefor lower war bonuses. Fur­ ther they have saved the oper­ ators other millions through lack of job conditions on ships under contract to the NMU. And in passing it might be said that while Curran and his misfit outfit have blasted the old ISU, the ISU as far back as the > year 1920 had conditions which the NMU has never been able to approach. For the working rules of an ISU agreement of 1920-21 provided overtime for OT hours, weekends and holidays at the overtime rate. Here's an ex­ ample: 5. While vessel is in port and members of the engine room department are standing don­ key watch, no work shall be performed which is not part of their, regular duties; between the hours of 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. or vessel is working cargo or solid ballast, extra compensa­ tion to be paid at the overtime rate. When cargo winches and engine room auxiliaries, other than feed pumps or injectors, are being used an oiler, watertender or engineer will also be on watch. On steamers not carrying a donkeyman, the work to be performed by a fireman. 6. No unlicensed employee in the engine department shall go on watch unless he shall have had six hours off duty immedi­ ately preceding the setting of watches. If sea watches are set at 12 midnight, the unlicensed employees in the engine de­ partment, required for the first watch, shall not be work­ ed later than the -previous noon. Curran, like the rest of the Stalin phobes in the NMU is a man with the unique talent for always being wrong. And the further wrong he goes the loud­ er he screams and reflects the desperation of the NMU in gen­ eral. For Curran has the Pilot with which to howl loud and long and run a line character as­ The AFL unions are the only sassination and turn the NMU's consistent defeats into slyly group which have lived up to The meal hours for the Unlicensed Personnel written headlines which would the aims of these pioneers of employed in'the Deck and Engine Departments give the seamen the impression marine unionism. The NMyers and the Stalinists for all their of great victories. shall h( as follows: high-powered blasting and prop­ Breakfast 7:30 A.M. to 8:30 A.M. But the seamen know better! aganda have never been able to Dinner 11:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. No one can fool them because equal these provisions—and they Supper 5:00 P.M. to 6:00 PJd. they work on the job and know never will be able to! (a) At sea the 4 to 8 Watch shall relieve itself the conditions and wages under for supper. But since they cannot, they (b) The 12 to 4 watch on sailing day is to be which they live! scream loudly of "their" achieve­ One ex-NMU member, while knocked off at 11 A.M. in order to eat at 11:30 ments for the seamen, thump A.M. and to be ready to go on watch at 12 Noon. turning his book in for an SIU their chests and call oiu*ses upon book the other day, summed up ....(c) These hours may be varied, but sUch varia­ the AFL and the officials of its tions shall not exceed one hour either way, pro­ the Pilot rather neatly. Said he: affiliated marine unions which vided that one unbroken hour shall be allowed at "I'm tired of reading about have done a job instructed by all times for dinner and supper when vessel is in the 'great victories' in the Pil­ their memberships. port. When watches are broken, if one unbroken ot's headlines. Victories the hour is not given the man involved shall receive members never get! That's The NMU pact has some fairly one (1) hoiar's overtime, in lieu thereof. This pen­ why I'm joining a real union, decent conditions which the AFL alty hour shall be in addition lo the actual over­ the AFL's SIU. The Pilot is a unions pioneered and standard­ time worked during the meal hour. continual education in ignor­ ized in the industry and which (d) When crew is called to work overtime be­ ance: Ignorance of the sea­ the shipowners had to concede to fore breeikfast and work contin aes after -7:30 A.M. men's problems; ignorance of the fast-failing, misfit NMU offi­ a full hour shall be allowed for breakfast and if the Trade Union movement as cials to enable them to ram the breakfast is not served until 8:00 A.M. overtime a whole, and ignorance of hu­ NMU-shipowner combine's rot­ shall continue straight through until breakfast is man beings." ten working conditions down the served. "The NMU officials call it 'trade unionism.' But to me or (Continued on Page 4) (Continued on Page 4) J . . .'c fj �Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, January 7, 1944 l;V" I'-' Begs War Labor Board Washington Report NMU NMU CONTRACT SIU CONTRACT (Confintied from Page 2) flaring and Board has ^ated that the company paid an jattack bonus during this period. The above cases wind up all .bonus claims that have been set­ tled for the month of November. It is interesting to note that sevieral of these claims were settled by the board with statements •that the vessels were not in the areas on the dates submitted in the disputes. I am of the opinion that the crews could be able to give the union further assistance in getting prompt settlement if they could get newspaper clip­ pings of the areas where the at­ tacks occur. We would then be in a position to prove to the Ijoard that an attack actually oc­ curred, and we would not have to rely on government or Com­ pany officials. If a newspaper account of any attack can be se­ cured, send the complete page in­ to the agent's office so that he will have the date line, and city of the paper's establishment. TRANSPORTING CREWS The KMC has sent out the fol­ lowing communication to all their port representatives. Dated tlecember 24, 1943: "1. When a maritime labor union recognized in Instruction No. 32 is unable to supply a spe­ cific number of men in specific ratings for a specific ship, you are, upon request of the union, to provide transportation for ex­ perienced men of that union from the nearest port. "2. The above provision is ap­ plicable to men in the entry ratings. "3. The men referred to shall be secured from the port nearest to the one at which they are to be utilized. "4. The handling of such or­ ders shall be cleared through the regional office in accordance with instruction No. 25." It should be noted that the above order limits the transpor­ tation of men to the nearest port where the shortage may occur. This is contrary to our agree­ ments. The Union is to supply me nto all ships that the Union has contracts with. In the event that the union cannot supply the required amount of men and it will cause a delay of a vessel. The operator then has the right to secure the men needed to fill the shortage. Our contracts do not limit us to the nearest port only, the Union has the whole coast at its disposal to get the men. If we do not stick to this proposition, it will only be a short time when our vessels will be completely manned by non­ union men. Fakers Are Exposed I IJ'JV {Continued from Page 3) of the seamen still adher­ ing to the NMU. The NMU "agreement", if it can be called that, is not remai-kable for what it says—^buit it is remarkable for WHAT IT DOES NOT SAY, and for the overtime jmd general conditions sacrificed to shipowners. For in these provisions the SrU betters the NMU pacts by 'having it on the line—in black and white — as to what their members shall be paid for. In other respects the agreements with the shipowners throughout the industry are pretty much the same on general and department­ al conditions not shown, with the exception that where over­ time is provided the SIU OT rate is better in all cases. Because of this and the NMU's ioud howls that "their contracts Were the best in the industry" ihe NMU officials ^vere forced lately into a corner by the re­ maining NMU membership — they must put up, or else . . . Their scream was frantic! What could they do! They appealed to the shipowners and found "no soap" as well as having "no cof­ fee time." Thus they started the .old pattern all over agaia and jfittaeked the opposition unions, the AFL, accusing them of all the acts that they, themselves, were ^ilty of. But the seamen know better! They are not being fooled a bit. ^hey know that the SIU is the extension of the SUP of the AFL •^^ne of the oldest marine -unions in the Nation, which was found­ ed by Andrew Furuseth: the man the shipowners couldn't buy and feculd not use because of his .Trade Union principles, and be,cause. he would not let them de­ fame his name while he yet lived, Jifc.;' {Coniinned from Page 5) Division of Wages: When members of the Unlicensed Personnel are required to do extra work because a vessel sailed without the full complement required by the ves­ sel's certificate, under eircumstances where the la*r permits such sailing, the wages of the absent seaman shall be divided among the seamen who perform his work, but no overtime shall be in­ cluded in such wages. Uniforms: When quartermasters are required to furnish their own uniforms, they shall be paid three dol­ lars ($3.00) per month in addition to their regular wages. Paint Spray Guns: No Provisions Docking and Undocking: Relieving Helmsnum: No Provisions ^ ARMAND RIOUX Please communicale with Rich­ ard M. Canton, 51 Chamber St., Arrivals and Departures (ov^time) N.Y.C., immediately in regard to Commencement of Port Time for tne Engine settlement of your case. Department on freight and passenger vessels, at the next half hour or hour after the vessel is properly secured alongside the dock, or when the vessel anchors for the purpose of loading or dis­ Deck-Engine Dept. who lost charging cargo, and "Finished with Engines" is Personal effects on SS Samuel rung. Griffin can now collect claim at termination of Port Time for the Engine De­ 99 John St. See Mr. Paulson, partment on freight and passenger vessels, when WSA Claim Dept. "Stand By" is rung. MONEY DUE (a) When members of the Unlicensed Person* nei are required io do extra work because the vessel sailed without the full complement requir* ed by the vessel's certificate, under circumstances where the law permits such sailing, the wages of the absent members shall be divided among the men who performed their work, but no overtime shall be included in such payments. (b) At sea, when day men are switched to see watches and promoted for the purpose of replac* ing men who are injured or sick, they shall re­ ceive the differential in pay and overtime for all watches stood on Saturday afternoons, Sundays* or Holidays. (c) When men standing sea watches are pro­ moted for the purpose of replacing men who are injured or sick, they shall receive the differential in pay only. (d) But in no event shall any member of the Unlicensed Personnel work more than eight (8) hours in any one day without the payment of overtime and when overtime is paid for mora than eight (8) hours' work because of absent mem­ bers, there shall be no division of absent members' wages. In cases where uniforms are required by the Company for the Unlicensed Personnel, they shall be furnished and paid for by the Company; or in the event a man is required to furnish his own uniform, he shall be paid an additional Ten Dollars $10.00) per month for same. When members of the crew are required to use paint spray guns they shall be paid at the regu­ lar overtime rate during straight time hours and at the rate of time and one-half the overtime rata during overtime hours. Yet, the Stalinists in the NMU and a few charity fakers in the Umted Seamen's Services have tried to usurp his name and memory by naming a so-called When members of the watch below are called "club" after him under semion to assist in docking or undocking the vessel Government auspices. they shall be paid for such work at the regular The old seamen are not fooled. overtime rate. The young seamen are learning. The trainees lately come into the industry are taking advantage of the real Trade Union principles offered by the SIU. Thousands of them have joined the AFL unions for their ability to fight for con­ ditions on the job. Thousands Carpenter Work: more are coming. How about you. Brother? For this is the answer to the No Provisions NMU's cry for "stabilization" of which they couldn't get through li.iuiii iiiifiiiiilii !tli llui illi union strength; this is the an­ swer to the NMU's flash public­ ity job: "The NMU—What it is Bosun or Carpenter Standing Watch ^ —^What it Does." The seamen see the answer to No Provisions the first "What it is?" and reply "NOTHING"; to the "What it does?" they also reply "NOTH­ Sounding Bilges: ING." But the SIU in the estimation of all seamen, young and old is No Provisions SOMETHING that will fight the seamen's battle here on in. HSOH«/S {Continued from rage 5) When men off watch are called upon to assist in docking or undocking, they shall be paid for such work at the regular overtime rate. All hands in the Deck Department are to be used in docking and undocking when available. The watch on deck shall receive overtime for docking and undocking after 5 P.M. and before 8 A.M. weekdays, and on Saturday afternoons, Sun­ days and holidays. When it is necessary to put sailors on the dock to catch or let go lines, those actually going on the dock shall receive One Dollar ($1.00) for each instance. This is in addition to overtime if they are on overtime at the time. When members of the Deck Department are re­ quired to do cjtrpenter work, they shall be paid af the rate of eighty cents (80c) for watch on deck and One. Dollar and Twenty Cents. ($1.20) per hour for watch below. On vessels where no car­ penter is carried, only boatswain shall handle ground tackle. If the Boatswain or Carpenter are required to stand watch due to shortage of men, they shaU receive overtime for all watches stood on Satur­ day afternoons, Sundays and holidays* When members of the Deck Department are re­ quired to sound bilges after 5 P.M. and before 8 A.M., and on Saturday afternoons, Sundays and holidays, they shall be paid for such work at the regular overtime rate. Any seaman covered by this agreement assign­ ed to regular wheelman's duties shall not be re­ lieved for sougeeing, chipping, painting, shining brass and cleaning work during the regular wheel j watch. ./I A'Hvals and Departures, Saturday Afternooz Sundays, and Holidays: Vessels arri'ving in on Saturday afternoons, Sundays or Holidayil Overtime shall begin when "Finished with En-{ gine" bell is rung. Vessels departing for sea on Saturday after­ noons, Sundays or Holidays: Overtime shall be paid up until the "Ahead or Astern" bell is rung. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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NEW YORK. N.Y» FRIDAY. DECEMBER 31, 1943 No. 39 A "Log" ^ Headline Review Of 1943 SECVIIITY IH UmYf ^^^^^============——====— V*' HO. J1 Crew Gete $7,OW lOur Worki^S?: tOr''t <r ^<r WSPa& WVCKOFF'S SABOTAGE ^ ATLANTIC LD^ [SHIPOWNER FRAMES *NEW ENGLAN ;oin the West Ov, jnning [New Wit) "n'onj in nr,. "" the : - ®iDf m ^5 to p"=i So I/NI'^ co^ We Open New I Union Hall alif. |li^2is4£e 1 AT^on' Was .i "^'"' J Ztson, Hl9 W... '"'•0 St. "any. ""• '"• ite' aj C";,"'';,"'''Pbc'f®- ""PT/ CAR Hon ork "'-5' ere; v., Atlantic Fishermen Call ike For Living Wage 'od se,... —Si^ntniei /1 AV" - fe°si'?c« Uhe most irAnspof^" , \AO\>1'^ "P ' I pa.J rtvte Saga Oi of union-government-industry negotiations for .in in-i | the Atlantic Fishermen's Union, SlU, pulled the pin^ ew Bedford fleets this week. Th^^ he fish wholesalers^ Lundeberg Leads SIU-SUP In Successful Defense Of Jones Act«ii*^**^^RcES AFL-CIO To End Maritime labor scored aii week when it smashed a movj ,war and • III I big fling to l^r^EF^uscieiff^rrr .\c undc' Fedct^" Very p Gulf Pfshermen Make First Big Gains Under SIU Ba l5ed By WIN CLOSED SHOP AT HIGGINS St. Petersburg The Oulf District Towboatmcn of the SIU have been designated as the exclusive bargaining agents for all licensed and un­ licensed personnel, boat operat­ ors. deck hands, and' all other ratings on floating equipment in the Higgins Ship Yards of Ni Orleans, Louisiana by the al Labor Relations We have been fl: present time t! company immediately. At the present time some pro­ men are the^ gress has been made toward on the I T. we completing the agreement we hope -to iron out tl^ ini-poinU al a Contim I T . T^_ S.I.U. CREWS LAUDED FOR HEROISM AT SEA The crews of iMI ••6 I — ^ rTrZ*n1/>/Z ,nirs AreAllot»cd Fuss Budget Wyckoff , xdtiaius"»"P° tnglon.»-=; September 6..1943 Thi. "'"nd trip isa^"un'uig'«« OK"' The ai M The. ""I'tTmost dangerow'] dowi^ hips were the object of high praise this week from the camenship while under enemy attack on the high seas ' lit tajl|MC.erchant marine and the union to which These headlines clipped from various issues of the Seafarers Log printed during the past year, reveal that it has been a busy \l2 months for the union. We have been engaged in a constant battle with the shipowners and the government in defense of our^ \rights and conditions. We have not won all the battles, but have won the majority of them —and the most vital ones. I �•'vg;'; •i* ' Page Two :i®- 1%' iB. I THE SEAFARERS .fR€P01?T orv ^ASHirVGTOIV Pitblished by the 't' SEAFARERS' INTERNATiaNAL UNION OF NORTH AMRRICA AHantic and Gulf District HARRY LUNDEBERG - - - - - - President 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HA^E ------- Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep, 424 5 th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. n m Directory of Branches BRANCH PHONE ADDRESS • BV MATT4IEW DuSHAM^e^ SELECTIVE SERVICE Affiliated with the American Fedcrathn of Labor . NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOwIlns Green 9-3437 BOSTON (10).. 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 405 7 BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay St .Calvert 4539 PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St Lombard 7651 NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 NEW ORLEANS (16) . .321 Chartres St Canal 3336 SAVANNAH..... 216 East Bay St Savannah 3-1728 TAMPA 423 East Piatt St,....... Tampa MM-1323 MOBILE 55 So. Conception St .Dial 2-1392 PUERTO R1C(3... 45 Ponce de Leon... Puerto do Tlerra GALVESTON 219 20th Street Galveston 2-6043 FT. LAUDERDALE 2021 S. Federal Highway... Ft. Lauderdale 1601 n K OR PUBLICATION OFFICE; - ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City BOwling Green 9-8345 267 3-hom. JhsL ^tcdufi, fijunA. — Bankei-s Loaned Germany Seven .Billions For many, many years Lord Vansittart was a high-ranking "civil servant," and was, there­ fore, in a position to acquire in­ side knowledge of what was go­ ing on in Britain—politically, financially and diplomatically. He retired after this war started and Kt'.ig George rewarded him with a seat in the House of Lords. Friday,. December 31. 1943 ' LOQ SEAFARERS LOG I/TH-: n i'i •*... •' not sign clear of the articles as they take a chance of losing cer­ tain conditions which are incor­ porated in the ship's articles. They are entitled to wages imtil their vessel arrives back in the U.S. 'The WSA is now checking to see what the articles of the SS Thomas Hill called for, whether there was a transporta­ tion clause in there. Washington have put the ding ori the RMO, they are given a flop and chow, in some instances giv­ en transportation to some sea' port. Of course the boys claim that they are stranded. Quite a few cases coming in here wherein officials of the union are being classified in 1-A, or being ordered inducted into the Army. They are not being *One of these mooches came in to see me. He stated that he was even given considei'ation as sea­ a member of the SIU, his name men and permitted to go to sea is Wilham Costello, and he stated when their local board turns that he was going to Miami to down the union's request for de­ join the SS Alcoa Trader. A. W. Armstrong, SIU Agent, ferment as an official of the New Orleans: Re; Crew of MV union. These cases have all been He did not have his uniofi taken up with the RMO end HQ Cape Pillar clahn for overtime book with him and stated that while loading ammunition on of Selective Service. the union official in N.Y. sent his Sunday. book to the union hall in Miami. Advised all union officials to TJpon being informed that the The WSA has sent a letter to immediately contact their respec­ union did not have a hall there, tive HQ whenever they are being Mr. C. H. MarshaU, Gulf Coast he tried to wiggle out with an­ director of the WSA on Decem­ given the works, so that HQ can other cock and bull story. inmiediately make arrangements ber 13, 1943, and has stated that members of the unlicensed per­ for an appeal, and right up the This bird looked to me like S sonnel loading ammunition be­ line to the President's Commit­ professional bum and certainly is tween 5 P.M. and 9 P.M. are en­ tee. RMO here does not make an not good union material. The titled to $3.00 per hour for such appeal for luiion officials, they RMO gave him a night's flop. work under the terms of Section will support the union's request 33. If, however, this interpreta­ Claims that he has been sailing for an appeal. Here is a list of tion of the agreement is disputed, since 1938 and joined the SIU union officials who are being re­ the claim would have to be taken last July in N.Y. Stated that he classified 1-A, and others ordered to arbitration under the terms of has never joined any union prior to report for induction. section 4 and 5 of the SIU agree­ to that time, has been sailing on ment and the company involved, tankers. Pietro Albert Maniscalo, SUP patrolman, S.F. Advise all agents to keep tabs UNITED SEAMEN'S SERVICE E. Wilson, SUP Business on this guy, and he is strictly a agent, Norfolk. There is quite a racket going leech. Herbert Yate, SIU patrolman, on by some seamen who have Wilmington, Calif. The WSA has requested that figured out angles to put the ding Buck Stepheris, SIU patrol­ the AFL appoint some one to be on this outfit. It has come to my man, New brleans. on their post war planning com­ attention that several boys are mittee. Matthew Woll, Vice going from one seaport to an­ The RMO has supported the President of the AFL has re­ other and. putting the ding on union's request for deferment in quested that 1 accept this assign­ the people who have charge of the above cases. However, it is necessary for HQ of the union to the purse strings in this set-up. ment for the AFL in the Mari­ time Industry. Believe that it is keep working on all of these The angle is that they are active important that we have some one seamen and before they can ship cases, and not depend on the they need a month's room rent on that committee to look after RMO offices. H.Q. of Selective for their wives, mothers, etc. our interest in the maritime inService will not overrule local or state directors on any case. All Several boys passing through dustry cases should be taken to the President's Committee when all bq Votincn) Conqrcssmfln Dripp other means have failed, and these appeals should come from H.Q. of the unions. • •' answer is that British and other international bankers loaned him $7,000,000,000! The money was raised by selling German secur­ ities to investors in Britain, the United States and other democ­ ratic nations, and now practically all those securities are in default. Mussolini was financed in the same way. If the bankers had not advanc­ Now Lord Vansittart is spon­ ed these enormous, loans, this soring a drastic program to dreadful war would not have oc­ shackle Prussian militarism. curred, because the champions of Space will not permit a review Fascism would not have been of all his proposals, but one point able to enslave the people of needs to be stressed. their own countries and prepare How was Hitler able to finance for the subjugation of the rest of Ihe war machine he has used to the world. J. K. Shaughenessey, SIU terrorize the world? Vansittart's •—Labor Agent, Fort Lauderdale: Case of Robert Oiven Stevens has been turned over to the RMO, They have filled out form 42-A and have notified his local board to Since the WSA pink and white have to overstay the shore time give consideration to this man Form No. 61 has replaced Form allotted to you, you must con­ as an active seaman as per direc­ No. 48 in handling draft defer­ tact the union Agent in your port tive of War Manpower Commis­ and have him explain the ex­ sion. Advise you to contact local ments for seamen, we have had tenuating circumstances to the RMO on any similiar cases in the a large number of men inducted local RMO office. If you fail to future as they have this jurisdic­ into the aTmy. It seems that they do this it is pretty likely that tion over active seamen. are paying little attention to you will be classified I-A and be these new forms and to the RMO army bound. In such cases there All ships delegates, and pa­ policy in general. is little that the union can do for trolmen should make it their Under the old set-up Card No, you. For your own welfare, as business to see that masters of 48 was sent into each local office well as the welfare of the union, vessels send in RMO form 61 of the RMO, and from that office I urge all members to be most when crews sign on and pay off. sent on to Washington, D.C. This careful in their observance of Arthur Burke, SUP Patrolman, has been changed in that now these rules. We need the old- S.F. Case of Ralph Johnson who all the new forms go directly to timers and experienced men was sick while a member of the Washington and the RMO set-up aboard the ships — not in the crew of the SS Jane Delano and is more efficient in cracking army. paid off of the vessel in Durban. down on delinquents. If you -JOHN HAWK WSA position on this matter is that he isn't entitled to transpor­ tation to the Pacific Coast as he ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR signed off of his vessel thereby, making that part of the ship's WEEK OF DECEMBER 13th TO 18th articles null. It is important that DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL all members must again be noti­ fied that when ever they are sick and go to a hospitaL they should SHIPPED 360 295 280 935 DRAFT INFORMATION REGISTERED - — 301 272 300 873 Keep In Touch With Your Draft Board rbiro GgNTLEMEN EROM THE CiO ,ANO AFL SEE YOU, > �Friday, Decembor 31, 1843 THE HAPPY NEW YEAR? This is the traditional time to wish friends a "Happy New Year," and we make such a wish for all SlU ihem Howiever, we would" be less than real­ istic if we expected any degree of fulfillment for the wish. The men who man the merchant ships have had a rough time of it during the past year and they will have just as bad a time in the year to come—^no one can deny this fact. It's not just the enemy bombs and torpedoes that we're talking about (though those are no small item, God knows), rather is it the home front offensive ag^ainst the rights and liv­ ing conditions of the men. Facing storms and loneliness and submarines is part of the modern seamen's job and he is doing it with unparalleled courage and fortitude. But he feels that his sacrifices at sea entitle him to a living wage, union security and the dignity of a freeborn man. He receives none of these without a continual and bitter battle with profit ma.d shipowners and power drunk Washington bureaucrats. While the seaman risks his very life in the prosecution of this war, the shipowner sits safely at home and schemes how to . break the unions and cut his payroll costs. And this situation isn't going to change in 1944—-it's going to get worse. So, we don't make an idle wish for a "Happy New Year," rather do we wish for all SIU men a New Year of courage and militancy and solidarity; courage to face the dangers they must, militancy in the face of their enemies at home, and solidarity with all union brothers in the building of a strong union which is the only guarantee of achieving a "Happy New Year" in the years to come. SIU Hero Lauded On Return To Sea SIU Fishermen's Strike Spreads SEAFARERS LOG Page Three ADMIRAL LAND ISSUES MEDICAL EXAM RULES Lakes SIU Warns Railroads On Scabs DETROIT' Dec. 27 = Somo 700 car fer*y seamen affili­ ated with the Seafarers In­ ternational Union (AFL) in the Great Lakes district warned today that they would join in the impending walkout of railroad brother­ hoods and unions if the railrocids attempted to substitute non-union employes. Mardy Polaner, district secretary - treasurer of the Seafarers, sent telegrams Stating their stand in the rail­ road controversy to ferry op­ erators including the Ann Arbor Railroad at Frankfurt, Mich.; the Grand Trunk Western Railroad here; the Pere Marquetto Railroad here, and the Mackinac Transportation Co., Mar­ quette, Mich. The messages mformed the ferry operators the seamen would refuse to work with scabs and would not move freight cars handled by them. MONEY DUE LOUIS DOYLE, DOMINICK TRAIANO, HERAL COBLER: You have differential in wages coming from the last trip of the SS Marina. Collect from any Bull Line office. * * * Overtime is coming to the fol­ lowing crew members of the SS Del Aires: C. MICOSZEK J. KORNAFSKI L. GOEMAN A. JEPSON E. TORRES J. DAND J. JOHNSTON BOB NOAH J. VALESQUEZ. Collect from any office of Miss­ issippi Line. The War Shipping Administra­ tion has just released the new revised medical examinations which are to be binding on Jan­ uary 1, 1944. Every member of the union should study the fol­ lowing text of Admiral Land's order. The WSA has announced that these regulations wiU go in­ to effect, irre.speptive of any ob­ jections to them by the various maritime unions. 1. In order to safeguard the health of crew's members and troops, and the safety and effici­ ency of the vessel itself, there shall be instituted the practice of requiring regular annual, as well as signing on medical examina­ tions and the basic immunization of all licensed and unlicensed personnel employed on aU Am­ erican, Honduran, and Panamian flag vessels owned by or under bareboat charter to the War Shipping Administration. 2. Nothing in this order is ap­ plicable to medical programs of shipping companies which al­ ready have such programs in op­ eration. This general order is applicable only to facilitie.s and programs of the United States Public Health Service and the War Shipping Administration which either are available or will be made available to carry out the purpose of this order. 3. In accordance with admin­ istrative order No. 51, these ex­ aminations shall be under the guidance and control of the med­ ical director of the War Shipping Administration, who shall be an officer of the United States Pub­ lic Health Service detailed for the purpose by the Surgeon-Gen­ eral of that service. The medical director will be represented in each port by a port medical rep­ resentative, who, at ports where the Public Health Service main­ tains a first of second class relief station, shall be the medical of­ ficer in charge of the Public Health Service relief station at that port. The port medical rep­ resentatives shall have supervis­ ory charge of these examinations in their respective ports. 4. The signing on examina-. tions are designed to discover cases of tuberculosis, veneral di-sease, commimicable and infec­ tious diseases, epilepsy, Insanity, and acute surgical conditions. Special immunizations shall be arranged for when vessels are proceeding into pestilence areas. Annual physical examinations, providing the basis of individual treatment and' cure, shall be in­ stituted as rapidly as facilities permit. 5. Experienced seamen shall not be disqualified for age or dis­ abilities due to age and occupa­ tional wear and tear. The pur­ pose of the program is protection to others and remedial action for those needing it. The hospital facilities of the United States Public Health Service and the rehabilitation program of the Federal Security Agency are al­ ready available for seamen re­ quiring such services. 6. Examinations .will be in­ stituted at each port where mari­ time activity justifies it on the effective date of this order, or as soon thereafter as po.ssible. Sup­ plements win be issued to this order for carrying out these ex­ aminations and immunizations and the procedures to be follow­ ed. 7. Standards for medical ex­ aminations shall "be set by the medical director of the War Ship­ ping Administration, under the requirements and with the ap­ proval of the United States Pub­ lic Health Service. 8. Each examinee, if he so de­ sires, shall be fully advised oral­ ly regarding the facts disclosed by his examination. If he fur- (Continiied on Page 4) Brother Jules Souza, hero of the sinking of the SS Alcoa Guide, received praise this week for returning to sea after only a short period of recuperation on the beach. Officials pointed to As the strike of the Atlantic him as a man "typifying the Fishermen's Union, SIU, entered spirit of the merchant marine." its sixth week today, the import­ The Alcoa Guide was attacked ant Gloucester fleet of 100 boats by three submarines that put began tying up. Gloucester had /approximately 100 shells into previously reached an agreement her before she went down. Rafts on catch prices with the whole­ and boats were launched "with &eat difficulty because the en­ salers and the OPA, but the gines were running full ahead, branch is now walking out in jnd there was no one in the en­ support of the other ports which gine room. With great difficulty have been unable to reach any iart ^of the black gang went be­ agreement. low to reverse the engines, al' lowing Souza to launch the rafts. This support from the Glou­ iSouza fished three shipmates out cester fishermen was announced ' of the sea and the four of them by Austin Powers, business agent spent weeks on the raft. The for the union in that port. Pow­ others died before rescue arrived ers said that some 270 members ,'; on the 32nd day — Souza being of the branch had met to de­ ' the sole survivor. nounce the wholesalers and OPA and to lay plans for active sup­ As these words are being writ­ port of the union by strike ac­ ten Souza is again at sea. tion. Another meeting of the full 700 members of the branch These heads of the five operating railroad unions are shown on Dec. 23rd as they entered the will be held the end of the week White House in the lEist step of their yeeir long fight to win wage increases to meet the sky-rocket­ v/hen the formal strike vote will ing cost of living. Shortly after meeting with these union leaders (and denying their just wage de­ be taken and the boats tied up. mands), President Roosevelt seised all the railroads in the country and proceded to oj^erate them In the meantime the fishing under army control. CHARLES SEYMOUR (Left to right) T. C. Cashen, Switchmen's Union; H. F. Eraser, Order of Railway Conductors; fleets in Boston, New Bedford Contact Ait. Samuel SegaL 11 and New York remain tied to A. F. Whitney, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen; A. L. Johnston, Brotherhood of Locomotive En­ gineers; and D. B. Robertson, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen St Enginemen. their docks. Broadway, New York City, 1 k\ . , 1 • i * ••rk • • �• " ,= Pagp ,F;ow THE SEAFARERS Mules On Issuing Trip MEDICAL Collection Of Dues, OK'ing Transfers ' ' All Districts of the Seafarers International Union have adopted imiforna and integrated rules on issuing Trip Cards and the transfering of members from one District to another. These rules were first drawn up at the San Francisco meeting of the SIU Executive Board this faU, and have since been ratified by the membership up 5and do^ the coast. Friday, Decfember 31, 1943 LOG {Continued from Page 3) . ther desires a written statement, it will be furnished to him in conformance with established regulations and practices of the United States Public Health Ser­ vice. • 9. If a seaman who has failed to pass a medical examination, questions the correctness of the EXAM RULES decision, he may appeal in ac­ cordance with the provisions of hi.s collective bargaining agree­ ments. If the seamen's collective bargaining agre'ehients contains no specific provision relative to physical condition, or no collec­ tive bargaining agreements ex­ ists, the dispute shfeU be settled by a doctor satisfactory to both 'issuing Trip Cards: 1. All men who do not have trip cards issued by a district af­ filiated, with the SIU, and who are dispatched aboard vessels we have under contract, must be dispatched through the union hall :»ith a trip card from the Atlantic and Gulf District. 2. Any crew member found aboard ships, who shipped in out ports or after hours, and who does not have a trip card from one of the districts affihated with the SIU, shall be lined up by the of­ ficial contacting the ship. 3. The district which first dispatches a man and has his trip card duplicate on file, shall receive all revenues paid upon that trip card. 4. A trip card man who has paid dues on his trip card, shall pay dues and assessments to the district which issued the card. 1. 5. Trip card men, in good standing with their organization, deffiring to become a member of a different district, may do so pro­ vided he is acceptable and makes .application to that pai'ticular Idistrict. " 6. When a trip card man becomes a member of another district Othef than the district which originally issued the card, the district joining the man shall notify the respective headquarters of the •frahsfer. 1 CaiUciing Dues On Trip Cards •:''V I'S;- 1. Trip card men shall pay in advance the Strike and Organiigatidnai Assessment ($5), the Annual Strike Assessment ($3), and the Current Months Dues ($2), a total of $10. The collection of these monies shall be left to the discretion of the local union officials. 2. After the completion of one voyage of 30 days or more, and upon recommendation for membership, the trip card man shall pay <in addition to the payments listed in paragraph 1) a $10 initiation fee, $2 hospital and burial assessment qnd sufficient dues to bring him paid up to the current month. Transfers Into the Atlantic & Gulf District: rf!^ h-;: 'i. Any member in good standing of any District may transfer to ^y other district affiliated with the International, subject to the ^;jprovisions and rules of the respective districts. However, no mem-ber shall be forced to transfer from one district to another as long ^is he remains in good standing in his original District. 2. A man applying for a transfer must be a full book member of his Original District. This means that Probationary members are •not eligible for transfer. 8. The applicant for transfer must have paid all current assess•menis and the current month's dues to his original District. If the applicant has paid dues ahead in his original district, these dues are ..not credited to the Atlantic & Gulf District, and he must begin pay'«ng monthly dues from the moment of his transfer into the new .'©istrict. • 4. The applicant shall pay to the Atlantic & Gulf District the .following monies at time of transfer: Current Strike & Organizational Assessment $ 5.00 , • *Current Annual Strike Asse,s.sment 3.00 •'Current Hospital, Burial & Shipwreck Assessment 2.00 Transfer Fee i 1.00 Current Month's Dues 2.00 •Tp'TAL : $13.00 Transfers into the Sailors Union of the Pacific: AFL Pres. Winiam Green, Pres. Frederick Crawford of the National Association of Manufacturers and CIO Pres. Philip Murray (1. to r.) are pictured together at the 48th Convention of the NAM in New York. But they did not agree on postwar aims. While Green and Murray called for full employment after the war, Crawford ,asked for "freedom from labor leaders." LEAVE HER JOHNNIE, LEAVE HER (Paraphrase on Yankee Clipper Sea Chantey) I thought I heard the seamen say {Leave her, Johnnie, leave her) Our NMU leaders turn us gray {It's time for lis to leave her.) The ships stuck fast for many a year {Leave her, Johnnie, leave her) Leave her to Browder with a big Bronx cheer {It's time for us to leave her.) Her bottoms gone, her planks cue warped {Leave her, Johnnie, leave fjer) Her finger men have the seamen marked {It's time for us to leave her.) „ They can neither steer, nor luff, nor wear {Leave /xr, Johnnie, leave her) The Star of Moscow is their only care {It's time for us to leave her.) Her running riggings carried away {Leave her, Johnnie, leave her) The Browder lubbers are there to stay {It's time for us to leave her.) - ,: . _ The trip was short tho the years were long {Leave her, Johnnie, leave her) Their hot air windy gales were strong {It's time for us to leave her.) t ' TOTAL 1 $15,00 4. Applicant must have paid, all current assessments and cur­ rent month's dues to his original District. If he paid dues in ad­ vance to his original District, these dues are not credited to the SUP' alhd he must start payinig dues to the SUP from the moment of his transfer. So Sing Ahoy may we never be {Leave her, Johnnie, leave her) On a finky ship and a Moscow sea {It's time for us to leave her.) Requirehaents the same as those of the SUP. ^•Current, means the year in which man transfers.) / I I MAIL IN AGENT'S OFFICE-NEW YORK 1. Same as paragraph one under the Atlantic & Gulf District. 2. Applicant must have been a member of a District affiliated with the International, and must haye been a member for one year. 3. Applicant shall pay to the SUP at time of transfer, the fol­ lowing monies; •Current General Fund Assessment I $ 5.00 •Current Organizational & Legislative Assessment 5.00 •Current Hospital, Burial & Shipwreck Assessment 2.00 Transfer Fee 1 1.00 Current Month's Dues , 2.00 transfers into the Pacific District: parties. If such an arrangement is impracticable, the case shall be decided by the Public Health Service" officer who has been ap­ pointed as port medical repre­ sentative. A seaman if rejected may appeal the decision to the medical director, representing the United States Public Health Ser­ vice and the War Shipping Ad­ ministration, whose decision shall be final. ^ 10. All reports of signing Oil medical examinations are to te made on a form approved by the medical director of the War Shipping Administration. A re­ port of each medical examination shall be retained by the exam­ ining medical officer; a copy shall also be forwarded to the medical director of the War Shipping Ad­ ministration as he requires. Re­ ports of physical examir^tions shall be treated as confidential In accordance with the regulations of the United States Publio Health Service. 11. The effective date of this order is January 1, 1944. E. S. LAND, Administrator War Shipping Administration r t .\ 1 Tho their speeches blew the ship stuck fast {Leave her, Johnnie, leave her) For men get wise to their game at last {It's time for us to leave her.) —Top 'n Lift NOTE: This Chantey, was sung when coming into port. It WM a ritual used to serve notice on the Old Man that the crew were leaving the ship and didn't intend to stay on her. Arruda, Seafuro M. Berwick, Louis Cheatham, Harry (2) Christensen, Martin Denman, Frank Driver, W. A. Engquist, E. T. Farmer, Richard E. Feber, Leo Fitzgerald, Neil Figueoa, Jose Glenn, E. T. Hamby, Clyde Harmon, Neal (2) Hauke, Adam Hesselrope, H. A. Hillmer, Harry Kaney, William B. Kelley, Jesse Kischner, B. M. Klauber, Perry Kliderman, Steve Klieger, Harry Kust, Andrew Lukkarila, Edwin O'Brien, James Osterberg, Albert A. Perkins, Walter Peterson, Eric Rogan, Norbert Sanchez, L. Seda, Angel Sliterman, Harold Sokolowski, Alexander Spencer, WiUiam L. (2) Starrbrough, Donald M, Turner, S. D. Van Duyne, James A. Zippriam, Patrick W. (2) WhSnfTa ™| SCAB? "After the God had finished the rattlesnake, the toad, the vam* pire, H® had some awful eubstance left with which he made a scab. A scab is a two-legged animal with a corkscrew soul— a water-logged brain, a combin­ ation backbone made of Jelly and glue."—Jack London. Keep In Touch With Your Draft Board I ( � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource December 31, 1943 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. V, No. 39 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: A "LOG" HEADLINE REVIEW OF 1943 BANKERS LOANED GERMANY SEVEN BILLIONS DRAFT INFORMATION ADMIRAL LAND ISSUES MEDICAL EXAM RULES LAKES SIU WARNS RAILROADS ON SCABS SIU HERO LAUDED ON RETURN TO SEA SIU FISHERMEN'S STRIKE SPREADS RULES ON ISSUING TRIP CARDS, COLLECTION OF DUES, OK'ING TRANSFERS LEAVE HER JOHNNIE, LEAVE HER WHAT IS A SCAB? Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/31/1943 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1943 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/1489b57f7bba9383d7e53091787974e6.PDF 46e678a2e713ac13b222d42e8d463a7f PDF Text Text -• - • m0%m SSSSSS&u V . rii SECURITY IN UNITY Vol. V. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' DTTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA NEW YORK, N,Y., FRIDAY. DECEMBER 24, 1943 .. Warmest.. SEASON'S GREETINGS To All Seamen And Their Friends % ., from .. SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION (Atlantic & Gulf Dist.) Relatives Praise Our Gift Plans For SIU Prisoners Of War SIU plans for sending gifts to members of the union . who are prisoners of war is meeting with enthusiastic praise from these men's relatives. Sisters, wives and mothers have written the union to tell us that a word from former shipmates would probably do more for the morale of these men than any other single act. Norfolk, Virginia Not only are the relatives high Dec. 18, 1943 in their praise of this plan, but Seafarers International Union are actively cooperating by sur­ Of North America rendering to the union one of My dear Mr. Hawk, their official prisoner of war In answer to your letter of shipping labels, without which Dec. 10th, f want to thank you no package could be sent. from the bottom of my heart for Following are two letters just your kind thought of my son received in H.Q. office which and I am sure a gift from the show how the relatives feel. (Continued on Page 4) "We're Lucky the WLB Didn't Charge Us Rent for This Peachy Air Raid Shelter" Curran's Ghost Writer Joins Lamentations On SIU Stewards Contract Joe Curran's ghost writer has now entered the lists to tilt at the Stewards De­ partment supplementary agreement recently signed by the SIU and its contracted com­ panies. In the column "Keep 'em Sailing," Curran's ghost writer charges that "the Seafarers International Union is the instrument through which the companies are at­ tempting to destroy the gains made by the seamen in the rank and file unions, chiefly the National Maritime Union." file seaman's attention away from The ghost then goes on to the glaring differences between NMU in winning conditions for the seamen — this stewards de­ charge that under the new SIU the SIU and NMU contracts. partment supplementary agree­ We have said before, and we ment being only the most recent agreement, the stewards "are re­ turned to the position of practic­ repeat now, the test of a union example. is what it gets for its members Curran's ghost can scream and ally galley slaves." in the way of wages and working All this is part of the defensive conditions. Curran's ghost writer rattle the chains, but its not go­ ing to do Curran any good. fireworks thrown up by the can scream that the new SIU Printed below is the full text of NMU leaders in an effort to cov­ contract is a "sell out," but the the SIU supplementary agree­ er their failure to win for their fact remains that it is the best ment, and every NMU man that members, conditions comparable stewards contract in the industry reads it will know immediately to those of the SIU. By smearing for freight vessels carrying that it is better than anything the SIU as a "shipowners agent," troops and military personnel. that Curran ever got out of the they hope to divert the rank and The SIU has always lead the shipowners. READ THIS CONTRACT-DECIDE FOR-YOURSELF SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT — to — AGREEMENT between the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA — and — ALCOA STEAMSmP COMPANY, INC. A. H. BULL STEAMSHIP COMPANY BALTIMORE INSULAR LINE, INC. EASTERN STEAMSHIP LINES, INC. MISSISSIPPI SHIPPING CO., INC. SEAS SHIPPING CO., INC. SMITH & JOHNSON WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORPORATION AMERICAN RANGE-LIBERTY LINES, Inc. SOUTH ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP LINES I't:" No. 38 Covering Increases in Manning Scale or the Payment of Additional Compensation On Freighters When Carrying and Serving (a) Augmented Gun Crews, (b) Military Guards, Military Officials and Other Persons Carried As Passengers, (c) Assignment of Troops. 1. When the crew including the Stewards Department, Gun Crew and including Mil­ itary Officials and other persons carried and served as passengers, total between 64 per­ sons and not more than 80 persons, a Galley Utilityman will be carried in lieu of the 3d cook and one night cook and baker will be added to the manning scale of the Stew­ ards Department. The wages for the night cook and baker to be $120.00 Base Wage, $17.50 Emergency Increase — $137.50 total wage. The night cook and baker added to the personnel under such circumstances will be required to perform the major portion of his work during the night hours doing the nec­ essary cooking, baking bread, pies, cakes, puddings, etc., in order to" take advantage of the limited facilities of the gaUey and to relieve the work of the day cooks as much as possible. —rUniled Mine Workers Journal i :V 2. When accommodations are not avail­ able for carrying the additional night cook and baker imder the conditions as set forth in paragraph No. 1, then in lieu of carrying the additional night cook and baker, two (2) hours' overtime per day shall be paid to each of the three (3) regular cooks for each day such extra services are required to serve the three (3) regular meals and per­ forming the ordinary work incidental to the duties of the Stewards Department. 3. (a) When crew, including the Stew­ ards Department, Gun Crew, Military Offi­ cials and other persons carried and served as passengers exceed 80 persons one (1) hour's overtime per day for each day such extra services are performed will be allowed each of the regular day cooks up to a total of 90 persons and an additional hour's over­ time for each of the day cooks per day such work is performed will be allowed when the number exceeds 90 and is not more than 100 persons. (b) When the number of persons exclud­ ing enlisted military personnel, other than Gun Crew and excluding prisoners, exceeds 100, no additional overtime shall be paid to the regular day cooks as provided in para­ graph (a) above, but the following manning scale khall be carried. Manning Scsde Over 100 and Not Exceeding 149 Persons. Rating Base Pay Emergency Increase Total 1 Steward $140.00 $17.50 $157.50 1 Chief Cook 120.00 17.50 137.50 1 Night Cook and Baker 120.00 17.50 137.50 1 Comb. 2d Cook and Butcher 105.00 17.50 122.50 1 Second Cook 105.00 17.50 122.50 1 Galley Utility 70.00 17.50 87.50 1 Night Cook and Bakers Utility 70.00 17.50 87.50 4 Messmen 70.00 17.50 87.50 2 Utility 70.00 17.50 87.50 1 Utility for each 12 persons over 100 .. 70.00 17.50 87.50 (Continued from Page 3) J ;i I [il �'••a- Page Two f THE SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District sy Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG 1 ------ President 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK ------- Secy'Treas, P. O. Box 2 J, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Wasfdngton Rfp, 424 5th Street, N. m Washin^o, D. & Directory of Branches BRANCH ADDRESS PHONE NEW YORK (4) 2 Stono St SOwUnB Green 9-3437 BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Cay St. Calvert 4539 PHILADELPHIA........6 North 6th St Lombard 7651 NORFOLK 25 Commercial PL Norfolk 4-1083 NEW ORLEANS ('J6) ..321 Chartres St Canal 3336 SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St Savannah 3-1728 TAMPA.. 423 East Platt St Tampa MM-1323 MOBILE 55 So. Conception St. Dial 2-1392 PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon Puerto de Tiorra GALVESTON 219 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 FT. LAUDERDALE 2021 S. Federal Highway... Ft. Eauderdale 1601 WW* 1^- PUBLICATION OFFICE; ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City BOwling Green 9-8344 ~ 267 AFL Demands High Wage Standards And Shorter Hours In Post War Era Washington, D. C. — In two official pronouncements, the American Federation of Labor served notice to the na­ tion that it will not stand for wage cuts when the war ends. President William Green appearing before the Tru­ man Committee of the United States Senate, declared that tiie economic safety of America^ Mr. Meany expressed a similar requires shortening of working| point of view over tbe radio for­ bours in the p.ost-war period; um. He said: without reduction of total earn-' "After the war ends, labor wants good wages paid for the ings. work that labor performs; and Secretary - Treasurer George, labor also wants the work-week Meany, speaking on the Ameri* to be reduced sufficiently so as can Forum of the Air, warned to give work to everyone who that lowering of wage income seeks a job. In proposing the and consequent curtailment of payment of high wages by indus­ purchasing power would .bring try after the war, labor is not about a post-war depression. thinking of itself alone but of the employer and the nation as a Thus, a new and major post­ whole. In order to keep our fac­ war issue was projected into the tories running steadily, the Am­ forefront of post-war discussion erican people must have the pur­ —an issue on which the Ameri­ chasing power to buy the prod­ can Federation of Labor is deter­ ucts of these factories. By this mined to carry, on an aggressive time we should all realize that campaign in behalf of the na­ low wages do not make for pros­ tion's workers. perity in America. Wages were In his testimony before the low during the depression and Truman Committee, Mr. Green because wages were low purchaspointed out that by voluntarily asing power was low and the offering their no-strike pledge to depression dragged on—^year af­ the Government for the duration ter year. of the war and by acceding to "As to the second point: Labor ilie economic stabilization pro­ feels that it is far better to have gram, American workers have everyone working a, 35-hour or a sacrificed their opportunities for 30-hour week when peace re­ economic advancement during turns than to have some people war-time. He added: working 40 hours and millions of "Workers have relied upon others not working at all. In the working long hours to get income latter circumstances even those to meet increased living costs. who are employed are apprehen­ While workers are denied the sive and tend .to hold on to their right to increase wage rates to money instead of spending it for accord with increased productiv­ the products that American in­ ity and employers' capacity to dustry wants to manufacture and pay, we shall endeavor to restore equity by insisting that peace­ sell, and which must be kept time hours standards shall be es­ tnqving into the hands of the tablished without reductions in cqnsiimers if the post-war era is earnings. to be an era of prosperity." ii - SEAFARERS LOG Friday, December 24, 1943 fRtPOUT OI\ ^ASHirVGTOIV • BV MATFHIW DuSHANt* ' MEDICAL EXAMINATION: parments that would disqualify a sured prepared statements, and seaman. In the above proposal it their mock phrases of the won­ Meeting on proposed medical can readily be seen that they derful job that the seamen are examination was again held on have thrown the book at the sea­ doing. December 15th. Representatives man, and could disqualify any These pseudo guardians of from the following maritime seanian that a company doctor seamen's rights, health and safe­ unions attended: SUP- SIU, wished to blackball. ty, were no where to be seen MM&P, MEBA, MC&S, MFOW, when the seamen were not otThe proposed standard furth­ NMU, and ACA. There were er states, "If must be assumed ganized into unions. They now some representatives of the em­ ployers also there, a peep was tilKaf the ability of an exparwneed have branched out all over the heard from the Export Line saw­ officer ox seaman to suceassfully world under the banner of the bones. At the last meeting a pursue 3iis vocation, as indicated United Seamen's Service, a b^statement was made that this by repeated voyages, is prhna tard organization of the Wijr character would turn seamen facie evidence of the api^licants Shipping Administration and. down for having bum teeth, but ability io continue in the indvui- controlled by them. And togeth­ he has a brother who is a den­ itfy. unless disquMifying disease er these two organization arc tist and if you went to his ax condition has ariseta since the now professing that they are the brother for treatment, .the Export bwt C<mt Gwu^d examination for people who are to look after sea­ men's welfare. Line Doctor would OK the sea­ license or certifieate." man. Usual .denials by the Doc^, T^?.ere you have the clause th^ There were approximately but he stated that he did recom­ could ..disqualify any pierson who 115,000 seamen in the o&shore mend Doctors to seamen who has been gpinS ^ sea for a num­ and coastwise trade in the mari­ would take care of their wives if ber of years, ^d who through time UKiustry IWSA figures as of they were going to have a fu­ the terrible conditions imder September 1. 1949). and the WSA ture Bosun. which a sesnnan is compelled to proposes to pay the examining make a living. The lack of fresh Doctor Two Dollars per head for Captain Edward Macauley, milk being supplied on board every seaman that is examined. WSA Deputy, started the meet­ vessel, which causes decay of The minimum that was proposed ing off by reading a prepared teeth by a small supply of cal­ by a group of doctors in a meet-^ statement, in which he stated that it is not the intent of the cium. Ukers of the stomach ing held in New York on April WSA to use the examinRtior^ to through rotten garbage that 16th, 1942, was Fifteen Dollars, A eliminate old timers from the crews are fed, which is given the ship the size of the Mariposa, industry, and that the purppse of misnomer of food. Polluted water that carries hundreds of men, this examination was to safe­ being brought on board a vessel could make about ten trips a guard the safety and health ^f for drinking purposes by com­ year to England and return. A panies who are intent on saving rough estimate of what the com­ the crew. a few dollars. Ail the thousand pany would receive for their doc­ Marshall Dimoek then quoted and one other ^uses that sea­ tor's examining the crews would telegrams that Admiral- Land has men are subjected to by some be about twelve hundred dollars, sent to unions who have protest­ companies, which have proven to or one hundred and twenty thou­ ed that they feel the examination lower a seaman's standards. No sand dollars per year. I am of would be used as a blackball proposals were made to correct the opinion that no records can system by company doctors. the causes that bring on the con­ be produced by any company Land's telegrams also stated that ditions that would disqualify the that will show that it cost them these examinations would not be seaman. A verbal statement was that much in any one year io used to blackball and eliminate made that the overhaul program examine the crews of their ves­ old-timers and militant seamen was intended to try and correct sels. from the industry. some of the causes that would Every union representative It would seem that from the lead up to a disqualification. that attended the meeting has statements made by Macauley gone on record that their organi­ and Land that they are taking a A person coming into the mar­ zation is opposed to the proposed very deep interest in the safety itime industry is throughly ex­ standard for medical examina­ and health of the crews, and amined by a doctor, ami before tion, that was submitted at that that at last the seamen have given a certifieate by the govern­ meeting. found some officials of govern­ ment which qualifies him to. Mr. Dimoek stated that there ment agencies who are going to make a living in the industry, he will be no more meetings held, look after their interest, and phy­ must be in good idiysical condi­ and that beginning on the first of tion. It is now proposed that af­ sical well being. ter a person has spent the great­ the year the WSA will go ahead However, in the new proposal est part of his life in that indus­ with the examination but that that was submitted does not bear try, and through usual industrial the proposals that were submit­ out the statements that were diseases and other ailments pe­ ted will be modified. made by Macauley, and Dimoek. culiar to the iniiustry, the WSA Brother- John Hawk and the WSA Medical circular No. 3 intends to disqualify that per­ SUP business agent from Nor­ stated, "The competency or in­ son because he cannot pass the folk attended this meeting. This competency of any licensed o£B- original examination that he was an educational meeting for cer or certified seaman for duty, passed on coming into the indus­ our SUP business agent, it is too will be judged on the standards try. bad that the rank and file do not described in U.S. Coast Guard No pension system is proposed have the time to attend some of Navigation and Vessel Inspection by the WSA which would take these WSA three ring circuses Circular No. 26, which defines care of any person who would be that they call a meeting, it would the degree of defective vision ai^ disqualified. These people who enlighten them as to the meth­ color sense thai are acceptaUe make statements to the press and ods and tactics that these people and lists as disqualifying epil­ to union representatives that adopt in trying to shakle seamen epsy. insanity, acute veneral di­ they do not intend to eliminate with chatos, and then gloriously sease, neurosyphilis, badly im­ old-timers and others from the praise the seamen in their press paired hearing, or other defo.cts industry, and that they need the releases. that would render the applicant services of these old-timers, bold­ incompetent tp perform the or­ ly submit a proposal which is Keep In Touch With dinary duties required of him at contrary to all their high pres­ Your Draft Board sea. The presence of communic­ able disease in a communicatee stage, or louse infestation, will ATLANTIC AND GULF SBIPPING FOB consitute cause for disqualifica­ tion until the disease is cured WEEKS OF NOV. mh TO DEC. 10th without disqualifying sequelae, or the applicant is satisfactorily Q£CK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL disuifested." ' SHIPPED 721 602 567 1790 It should be noted that the author of the proposed' standard REGISTE^D 609 512 594 1715 for examination made an effort to list certain diseases and im- �f. Friday, December 24, 1943 THE DeUnqueots To |1^0d.C3[ okserveRMORuieU SEAFARERS LOG Page Thre« ' • ( "\ This SIU Contract Decldc FOF Yourself By JOHN HAWK Since the WSA pink and white j from Page 1) Steward shall be allowed one (1) hour's Form No. 61 Aas replaced Form Manning {Continued shall be put info effect on each vessel Scale ISO overtune per day for each day such passen­ No. 48 in handling draft defer­ Persons and Over. on the dale of next signing articles. gers are on board. When the number of ments for seamen, we have had entered into November notary officials and/or other persons car­ 20 a lai'ge number of men inducted 1 Steward $195.00 $17.50 $212.50 ried and served as passengers exceeds six 29' 1943, between the Seafarers' Internation­ al Umon of North America and into the army. It seems that they 1 2d Steward Storekeeper 130.00 17,50 147.50 (6) he shall be allowed two (2) hours' over­ are paying little attention to S. G. THEOBALD, time per day for- each day such passengers these new forms and to the RMO| 1 Chef—Chief Cook 165.00 17.50 182.50 are on board. When the Steward is paid ALCOA STEAMSHIP CO., INC 1 Baker 135.00 17.50 152.5 policy in general. the scale of wages provided in the manning W. A. KIGGINS, Jr., 1 2d Cook 105.00 17.50 122.50 scale for vessels carrying 150 and over, this BULL STEAMSHIP CO. 95.00 17.50 112.5 ynder the old set-up Card. No. 1 Third Cook section does not apply. BALTIMORE INSULAR LINE, ma 1 Butcher 100.00 17.50 117.50 48 was sent into each local office J. A. COATES, 6. (a) When enlisted military personnel 1 GaUey Utility 70.00 ' 17.50 87.50 of the BMC, and from that office EASTERN STEAMSHIP 87.50 are camed up to 550 and the military auth­ sent on to Washington, D.C. This 1 Baker's Utility .... 70.00 17.50 LINES, mc. orities do not furnish the necessary cooks, 1 Pantryman 82.50 17.60 100.00 has been changed in that now 4 Messmen etc., then there may be added to the Stew­ 70.00 17.50 H. L. LANFORD, 87.50 all the new forms go directly to 2 UtUity ards Department personnel: 70.00 17.50 87.50 MISSISSIPPI SHIPPING CO., mC Washington and the BMO set-up 1 Utility for every 12 J. J. CONDON, (1) Troop Cook is more efficient in cracking persons over 100 .. 70,00 17.50 87.50 SEAS SHIPPmG CO., mc. $120.00 Plus $17.50—$137.50 down on delinquents. If you J. E. FASICK, •; (1) Troop 2d Cook and Baker The Union agrees to allow the company have to overstay the shore time SMITH & JOHNSON tile right to select persoimel for the follow­ $105.00 Plus $17.50—$122.50 allotted to you, you must con­ ing positions listed in the above manning H. ANDERSON, ' (2) Utilitymen tact the union Agent in your port scale: Chief Steward, 2d Steward and Store­ WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORP. $ 70,00 Plus $17.50—$ 87.50 and have him explain the ex- keeper, Baker, and Chef-Chief Cook. How­ J. L. ALWINE, •tenuating circumstances to the ever, employees of these ratings shall, in The troop 2d Cook and Baker, and one util­ AMERICAN RANGE-LIBERTY local RMO office. If you fail to any event, be cleared and dispatchec ity man shall work at night time. LINES, mc. , do this it is pretty likely that through the offices of the Union. (b)-Pursuant to paragraph (a) when JULIAN STROBERT, ypu will be classified 1-A and be 4. (a) When the saloon messman is. called troops have disembarked or prior to their SOUTH ATLANTIC army bound. In such cases there upon to perform services to military officials embarkation, the extra cooks and utility STEAMSHIP LINES, INC. ! is little that the union can do for and other persons carried and served as men that were put on board to cook for you. For your own welfare, as passengers in connection with making up troops shall work in conjimction with the SEAFARERS' mTERNATIONAL ) well as the welfare of the union, their rooms and waiting on tables in addi­ crew cooks under the direction of the stew­ UNION OF NORTH AMERICA JOHN HAWK I urge all members to be most tion to his regular duties and where the ard. The two troop utility men shall work UUAUDE FISHER careful in their observance of number of military passengers is more than as directed by the steward. two (2) and does not exceed (6), then one FRANK WILLIAMS (c) No overtime shall be paid to the day these rules. We need the old- (1) saloon messman and one (1) saloon util­ cooks as provided in paragraph No. 2 when timers and experienced men ity man shall be allowed one (1) hour's the above troop cooks are carried and no Sui'PLEMENT AGREEMENT aboard the ships — not in the overtime each per day for each day such troops are on board. extra services are performed. When the army. 7. Working Hours at Sea and in Port. — to — number of military officials and/or other The hours of labor for the Stewards Depart­ persons carried and served as passengers ex­ ment shall be eight (8) hours in a spread of ceeds six (6) and does not exceed sixteen thirteen (13^ hours while at sea and eight AGREEMENT j (16) they shall be allowed two (2) horns' (8) hours in a spread of twelve (12) hours overtime each per day for each day such while in port. between the 7 extra services are performed. 8. Bi all ports Saturday afternoon, Sun­ Editor, 4. (b) When more than two (2) persons days and Holidays, prior to embarkation of and not more than ten (10) persons are car­ Military Officers and troops or after disem­ SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION Dear Sir: OF NORTH AMERICA ried and served as passengers in the crew barkation of Military Officers and troops, I am at present attending I messroom or gun crew messroom, one (1) the Steward shall be authorized to reduce school at Pier 73, East River, in| hour's overtime each per day for each day the number of men in his department. How­ — and — order to receive an A.B. ticket.^ such extra services are performed shall be ever, the normal crew requirements shall be For this reason I am unable to allowed one messman and to one utility kept on duty in order to feed properly and ALCOA' STEAMSHIP COMPANY, INC. ' come down personally to see you. man. When the number of persons exceeds serve the crew, gun crew and other persons A. H. BULL STEAMSHIP COMPAlSrY ten (10) and does not exceed twenty (20) BALTIMORE INSULAR LINE, INC. There seems to be a general they shall be allowed two (2) hours' over­ aboard. EASTERN STEAMSHIP LINES, INC. 9. It is imderstood that where this supple­ opinion here that unionism does time each per day for each day such extra MISSISSIPPI SHIPPING CO., INC. ment agreement provides for overtime to not pay. Therefore, I would like services are performed, SEAS SHIPPING COMPANY, INC. the Stewards Department personnel because to have a copy of the most re­ 5. When military officials and/or other of carrying pd serving the additional per­ SMITH & JOHNSON cent Union Agreement in your persons are carried and served as passen­ sons as specified herein extra compensation WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORPORATION possession. As a last resort, I gers, the Chief Steward shall receive addi­ for serving extra meals as provided under AMERICAN RANGE-LIBERTY LINES Inc would appreciate a copy of anyj tional compensation for the extra duties existing agreements is not to apply. SOUTH ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP LINES agreement, (that is any date.) j necessary for service to such passengers as The terms and provisions hereof shall With this agreement in my pop-1 follows: Covering Manning Scale not be binding and effective until all When the number of military officials session I can, better base my ar­ For Vessels Carrying 4200 to 2000 Troops the terms and provisions hereof shall other persons carried and served as gument on the benefit of being j and/or have been approved by the War Ship­ passengers is more than two (2) and does Which Are Not Self-Sustained. an SIU member. ping Administration. Thereafter it not exceed six (6) persons, then the Chief {Continued on Page 4) The general reason for not joining the union seems to be the I time that they should pay the fact that there is nothing to gain, penalty and not be allowed into In a good many cases the argu-. the union. ment seems to be that although j g new member of the the men, who walked the I union. I joined in Baltimore in lines during the Past strikes, 1943 I didn't attend a gained their end, their is noth- J^Ja].itime School, having drawn ing to be gained today. 'The fact pgp^^.^ fj.om the Customs that these men, had their heads jjQugg jn February, 1940. Shipthe seamen were recruited. On ring, watches and suits went into GALVESTON broken to better conditions, .^gg ygj.y slow in those days the East coast we had the East­ Uncle Ben's, you were locked out means nothing. The main object j couldn't join the union. Nevern & Gulf Sailors, Marine Fire­ by the shipping board and the seems to be to duck the initiation gj-theiess, I believe in unionism The last war * * * remember? shipowners. The NMU was not and monthly dues. There is only ^ ^hg^ Silk shirts, pink ones, green ones, men, and Cooks and Stewards even heard of in those days. one way to break up this pracu • „ * Union, Sailors Union of the Paci­ tic=. I suggest that the union, '»"eht m the blue ones with white stripes. And you bought silk stockings for the fic, Marine Firemen, Cooks & Yes, it was a hard, hard strug­ when sending men aboard a ship schools at Sheephead Bay re­ girls to put on legs that had nev­ Stewards on the Pacific Coast. gle; wages went down, down, and appoint one as a delegate to view gqrding unions, but I do feel down. Conditions, there just er felt anything but cotton be­ all books or trip cards aboard, that men that are going along fore. Wrist watches, rings, brace­ All affiliated with the A. F. of L. were none. Jobs? Well, it just they all stuck together, the ship­ Those men that have shipped 11^^ union today should be lets, hand-tailored suits and ten ping board knew of this fact, and depended how well the company through fink organizations should . . . • . u x ^. dollar hats. The wages were not were not in the position to sup­ or the herder of the shipping he riplaeed by union men if Protected m the luture. the same as you are receiving in ply finks on the ships right after board liked you. It took just 13 available. Of course, I must ad-l Looking forward to receiving years to realize that we had this war. Then it happened. the war. mit ignorance of technicalities j an agreement, I remain, enough of this shipowner's crap. 1918 and the Armistice. The But things rolled along until that have arisen since the war. Respectfully yours, war boom petered out, in ship­ 1921, crash—crash—^the shipown­ On the picket lines men gave Perhaps there are reasons why PAUL H. REHERT. yard after yard the wheels turn­ ers along with the shipping board up their lives, went to jail so this practice cannot be put into ed slower—slower, then stopped. had you out on strike pounding that we could come back again effect. But—there will come a At that time we had what was the bricks. There were stew pots and be treated as men, not as time when these men will no fCeep In Touch With the U.S. Shipping Board, Sea- in most union halls, and the men dogs. We did pretty good, but longer be able to ship from the service Bureau, that was where were sleeping on the floors. Your Your Draft Board fink organizations. That is the {Continued on Page 4) I 1| n f] rl Editors Mail WHArS DOING Around the Ports r • f �Page Four NEWS AROUND THE SIU PORTS {Continued from Page i) Kfc it A THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, December 24, 1943 Read This SIU Contract 7. If troops^-e sel. j-^amirsg. this agrsawiii 2. One combinatior^ waiter and Bedroom not good enough until 1936. The {Continued from Page 3) ment does not apply. Steward for every 12 Officers carried. If 2 Emergency Base shipowner thought the time was Rating Pay Increase Total meals only served, one for every 15 officers. The tei-ms and provisions hereof shall ripe again, but he judged wrong. 1 Chief Steward .... $195.00 $17.50 $212.50 Waiters and Bedroom Stewards are to work not be binding and effective until all We come out on top again. He 1 Second Steward .. 122.50 17.50 140.00 as Utility Men when no troops are on board, the terms ari provisions hereof shall n rtrk er rv did not have tb^shipping board I Chqf 17.50 165.00 and their working hours shall be weekdays have been approved hy the Wiwe ^hip­ 137.50 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 17.50 120.00 to give him a hand, most of the i Chiei Cook ping Administration. Thereafter it 122.50 8 a.m, to 12 Noon. During these hours they 17.50 105.00 men who ran the shipping board 1 Second Cook shall be put into effect on each vessel 17.50 112.50 95.00 were i^ewarded by shipping com­ 1 Third Cook shall do general cleaning work and sougeeon the date of next signing articles. 87.50 ing in the Stewards Department with the 70.00 17.50 missioner, or deputy jobs. Alone, 1 Galley Utility This agreement is entered into November 152.50 exception of the ice boxes without the pay­ 17.50 135.00 1 Chief Baker the shipowner cannot beat us. 29, 1943, between the Seafarers' lnternation« 1 Second Baker— ment of overtime. When no troops are on al Union of North America and Hold on a minute brother . . . 17.50 137.50 to work nights .... 120.00 did we miss it in '23, '34, '36 and 1 Assistant Baker .. 95.00 17.50 112.50 board if the vessel is short any regular S. C. THEOBALD, raessmen the Steward may assign waiter'37 when men walked the streets, 1 Baker's Utility— ' ALCOA STEAMSHIP CO., INC. bedroom stewards to perform messmen camped out, lived in huts and 87.50 duties and in such cases "his hours shall be W. A. KIGGINS, Jr., 17.50 to work nights .... 70.00 shacks. Hold on once more 1 Chief Butcher 17.50 117.50 the same as those for a messman. A. H. BULL STEAMSHIP CO. 100.00 100.00 brother—this time chances are 1 Asst. Butcher 82.50 17.50 BALTIMORE INSULAR LINE, INC. 3. Utility men assigned to Galley, Bake 100.00 17.50 82.50 J. A. COATES, we won't bounce back again on 1 Chief Pantryman Shop, Pantry and Army Galley shall sign 92.50 17.50 75.00 EASTERN STEAMSHIP 1 Second Pantryman top. Many seamen realize what on as Utility Men and work as general util­ 87.50 17.50 70.00 LINES, INC. 1 Utility Pantryman a close shave it was, and how 137.50 ity men under the direction of the Steward 17.50 120.00 H. L. LANFORD, 1 Army Cook desperately near we were to when troops are not on board. MISSISSIPPI SHIPPING CO., INC. 1 Army Second chaos and ruin. Must we come 4. When no troops are aboard, the Army 122.50 17.50 J. J. CONDON, 105.00 Cook down with another crash? 17.50 87.50 Cook and Army Second Cook shall be re­ 70.00 SEAS SHIPPING CO., INC. 1 Army Utility Must we ignore, not one nor 1 Storekeeper J. E. FASICK, sr. 17.50 97.50 quired to assist the cooks in the main galley. 80.00 two nor three, but the lessons 1 Asst. Storekeeper. 75.00 17.50 5. In all ports Saturday afternoon, Sun­ 92.50 SMITH & JOHNSON ^: taught us by history! Must we 1 Linen Keeper .,... 80.00 17.50 97.50 days and Holidays, prior to embarkation of H. ANDERSON, Military Officers and troops or after disem-. head straight along the road to 1 Second Cook— WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORP.' 17.50 J. L. ALWINE, to work nights .... 105.00 122.50 barkation of Military Officers and troops, ruin. It's beginning to happen 70.00 17.50 87.50 the Steward shall be authorized to reduce AMERICAN RANGE-LIBERTY right here—now. You may ask Messmen LINES, INC. ! 17.50 87.50 the number of men in "his department. How­ Utility 70.00 how. The WSA, RMO, and the ever, an adequate number of men shall be JULIAN STROBERT, W aiter-Bedroom hatchet men in the NMU are out 17.50 70.00 87.50 kept on duty in order to feed properly and Steward SOUTH ATLANTIC I to break you and your union. serve the crew, gun crew and other persons STEAMSHIP LINES, INC. j' Win, lose, or draw, the war will 1. The Union agrees to allow the com­ aboard. end some day. No war has lasted pany the right to select personnel for the 6. Working Hours at Sea and in Port. The ; forever. Your union obtained all following positions: Chief Steward, Chief hours of labor for the Stewards Department SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL of the benefits, good wages, that Baker, Second Steward, Chef and Store­ shall be eight (8) hours in a spread of thir­ UNION OF NORTH AMERICA JOHN HAWK you are enjoying today. So keeper. However, employees of these ratings teen (13) hours while at sea and eight (8) CLAUDE FISHER ' j brother put your shoulder to the shall, fn any event, be cleared and dis­ hours in a spread of twelve (12) hours while in port. FRANK WILLIAMS wheel and help exterminate patched through the offices of the Union. these parisites that seek to take ness to haunt them. PORT EVERGLADES your gains and rights away from So once again a Merry and you. Help keep the SIU and the Warm Christmas and a Happy The scandal mongers on the SUP on an even keel. New Year to All. radio tell us Captain Macauley E. R. WALLACE. Agent JOHN MOGAN, Agent of the WSA has made the "state­ ment that he is prepared to sail BOSTON the ships without union crews. SAVANNAH We find this very easy to believe, Hello everybody, also a Merry in fact we have known that Cap­ delighted—as he says letters {Continued from Page 1) Christmas and a Happy New Shipping in this port lately has tain Macauley and his stooges in been very good. Have shipped the RMO have been preparing to Union will be more than appre­ from home help keep him alive. Year, if such is possible. out everyone I could get my ciated and above all to know his Please find enclosed envelope I see by the papers that (Fog hands on and could have used a replace union crews with finks old shipmates are thinking of addressed to him in Germany. Horn) Macauley is blowing off few more. Had two new ships for the past two years. him. Thanks, again and most everyone is ask­ out this last week, one here and Macauley and some of the rest As 1 am allowed one label Yours truly, ing me what's the matter with one in Jacksonville and had a of the chair warmers in Wash­ every sixty days 1 have used the ETHEL RIGGINS that bloke. By the looks of the West Coast ship in Charleston ington find it difficult to explain one sent me in November and East Tallassee, Ala. wire Foggy sent to Harry Lunde- that took a full deck crew. Have to the public why they continue my next one will come to me Dec. 17, 1943 berg it is easily seen that he has been lucky in getting old-timers to spend the taxpayers' money some time in January. However, Mr. Hawk, ho training in diplomacy and for for these ships and have had to training men as seamen, when 1 will be more than glad to sur­ Dear Mr. Hawk: the life of me I can't see how call WSA for only a very few the beach is full of unemployed render same to you at that time. 1 will be glad to surrender one anyone with such a narrowmind- men. seamen of all ratings now. It is 1 am enclosing an information of my labels in regard to your ed brain could be appointed to true that in some sections there circular from the Prisoner of letter of Dec. tenth, and you Hope things will stay this way is a shortage of seamen of certain War Information Bureau. such an important public office. don't know how much 1 appreci­ and 1 can continue to get oldIf January is too late to send ate your letter, Now he talks about preserving timers for the ships coming out ratings, but it would be wiser the health of the seamen, etc.," around here. As far as 1 know and less expensive for the WSA your gift—please advise me as 1 And I am sure my brother and so on. Well, I've been beef­ right now 1 will have anpther to transport men from the over­ am most anxious to use the label William E. Weaver will appreci­ ate anything you all will send ing about getting the seamen that new ship coming out here around stocked areas to the area where just as soon as it arrives. It may interest you to know and knowing you all are thinkin) sail the North Atlantic some the 24th of this month and will the shortage exists, than it is to warm* clothes, such as helmets, be needing men with ratings in take men that the armed forces my son has been' a prisoner of of him. Inclosed you will find an offi­ coats, and footwear and I am all departments a? 1 have ship­ need and send them to school at war now for nearly two yearsthe expense of the government, and he still writes a very cheer­ cial label to him. 1 will thanl told that unless they go to Rus­ ped everyone who was on the later to be put aboard ships in ful and interesting letter. 1 am you all again for your kindness sia they are out of luck. I pre­ beach here and don't have any­ the place of experienced and sure if any of the boys would Sincerely yours, sume that Foggy made that rul­ one registered at the present care to write him he would be MARGARET HATCHETTT ing, if not then I am subject to time. Now would be a very good qualified old-timers. correction. He also said some- chance for any of the members Many of the men in the mer­ tales of the convpyg that were sea would be a great injustice to , thing about sailing the ships who want to ship before the holi­ chant ships today could not pass blasted to hell, and hundreds them, and would mean a great without the co-operation of the days to do so, as 1 have, used all the physical examinations requir­ more didn't live to teU the tale. loss to the industry. If they can­ , SIU. Well maybe he is thinking available men from around this ed by the Army and Navy but Yes, thousands were physically not go to sea they have only one about shipping out and if he does port. are entirely able to perform the qualified to take the ships out road open. They would have to ship out he will go down in his­ duties of a seaman. If these men when Hitler's "U" boats were go to work ashore. A man that tory as the first public appointee The weather here isn't so bad, are disqualified through a phoney laying just off Long Island and has spent most of his life at sea we have had a few cold days, physical examination, -they will Diamond Shoal, waiting to stick who ever did anything useful. would be' as out of place as a I suppose that if he reads this even had a little snow, but it is be denied the right to serve their a fish in their bellies. They were barn dance in a graveyard, if he he will get burned up but that warming up again and should be country. And 1 dare to say that qualified to sail the ships when took a job ashore. ' for constructive criticism. pleasant again in a couple of the men of the seamen's unions there were no guns or escorts to Surely, the government that Now there's another public ap­ days. If shipping stays as good have proven over and over again protect them from the enemy. these men have served so well pointee that should do something that they are not lacking on pa­ They were physically able to die during these past two years of with their ships when the going war can not permit one of its useful by wising up his mother- as it has been lately no one will triotism or guts either. in-law about quitting as the sea­ have any trouble shipping out of It is a curious wonder that the was tough, but now they are no agencies to take away their right men don't go for stoolpidgeons the Savannah port. union seamen were physically longer physically fit to do the to make a living and to serve the ' and I know that if Old Andy able to saiil the ships during the work that they have spent the war effort, just because that CHARLES WAID. Agent times when a lot more ships most of their lives doing and. • could know that that kind of peragency is headed by an egotistic­ ' son was employed in any place sailed out of ports than ever know better than anything else al and authority crazed labozt Keep In Touch With came back. Hundreds of the in the world. ; bearing his good name he cerbaiter. union seamen can tell horrifying To force these men from the . • tainly would make it his busiYour Draft Board J. K. SHAUGHNESSY. Agent Relatives Praise Our Gift Plans For SIU Prisoners Of War � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource December 24, 1943 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. V, No. 38 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: RELATIVES PRAISE OUR GIFT PLANS FOR SIU PRISONERS OF WAR CURRAN'S GHOST WRITER JOINS LAMENTATIONS ON SIU STEWARDS CONTRACT RELATIVES PRAISE OUR GIFT PLANS FOR SIU PRISONERS OF WAR READ THIS CONTRACT-DECIDE FOR YOURSELF AFL DEMANDS HIGH WAGE STANDARDS AND SHORTER HOURS IN POST WAR ERA HAWK WARNS DRAFT DELINQUENTS TO OBSERVE RMO RULE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/24/1943 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1943 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/00c726549e76919792b0aab536c76f41.PDF 7dc8f1803b3fae143dc15bb24ff80efa PDF Text Text ^ABBRS Jpc( m ft rf OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Vol. V. NEW YORK. N. Y„ FRIDAY. DECEMBER 17. 1943 No. 37 Old Timers No. 1 Enemy pf Bureaucrats *I I 0om &er ' '•!>' ' UAP ,i-- -• PANTS / Government -Shipowner Offensive Is Pressed The Washington bureaucrats may be fighting the Germans and Japanese (we'll give them the benefit of the doubt), but they have a third enemy which is much closer at hand and therefor claims more of their attention- -this enemy is the old-time merchant seaman with a reco'-d o£ union militancy. The WSA health examination^ proposals, the Gestapo-like hear­ old-timers with the green kids ings held by the Coast Guard being graduated by the thousands every time a seaman parts his from the RMO schools. hair on the left side, the contin­ LATEST EXAMPLE ual chiseling on union contracts by the shipowners, all these are There are literally hundreds of but part of an employer-govern­ examples of this persecution of ment offensive which has as its old-time militants, but here is the goal the supplanting of militant latest which came to our atten­ tion, and which we repeat be- . cause it is typical of what is go­ ing on in the industry. Brother Hugh A. Drake first went to sea 29 years ago. In those 29 years he has sailed as everything from Ordinary to Second Mate. When the war broke out he was working in a shipyard at $100 per week. He The. Maritime Commission's was over the draft age and there new 4,000-ton "pocket Liberty was no reason for him to leave ship," consti'uction of which will begin shortly, will be adaptable the safe berth in the shipyard, to war services and wiU appar­ but somehow he wanted to be ently be used chiefly to restock with his old shipmates during the nation's "unbalanced" cargo this period of excitement and fleet with the moderately small, danger. shallow-draft vessels that will be FOUGHT SUBS required in the post-war period for the coastal and short-sea In April 1942 Brother Drake trades. signed on the SS Unico as Bos'un. The new vessel, identified by He fought torpedoes and Atlan­ the commission as the "Cl-M- tic storms for eight months, ar­ AVl," is a single-screw Diesel riving back in Mobile in Novem­ powered motor ship 320 feet in ber. Upon signing off he waslength. It will be powered either picked up by the Coast Guard Ott with a six-cylinder Nordberg or the charge of being intoxicated with a Busch-Sulzer eight-cylin­ while aboard the ship. He re­ ITF—After, several years of der engine, the horsepower in ceived the old brass hat razzle existence in exile, with head­ either case being 1,750 and the dazzle and his papers were lifted. quarters in London, the French speed about twelve knots, which The charge against him was a Seamen's Union has transferred makes is slightly faster than the frame-up. The frame-up was so its headquarters to Algiers, it j Liberty. raw that when the skipper of the was learned today at the New The heavy damage done to Unico heard about it he sent a York Office of the International many of the major ports of Eu­ special letter of protest to the Transport Workers' Federation, rope may make it impossible for Coast Guard, saying that Drake of which the French Seamen's large ships to dock there for had not been intoxicated and Union is an affiliate. The cabled some considerable period after that he performed his duties ta report from London also states the war, and it follows that the his (the skipper's) complete sat­ that the French seamen in North nation that will get the business isfaction. Africa are almost 100 percent or­ will be the one having smaller Faced with the skipper's letter ganized. vessels able to visit the compar­ the Coast Guard could do little Branches of the French sea­ atively u n damaged secondary but return Drake's papers—^un­ men's Union have sprung up dur­ ports and the deck machinery re­ stamped. That is, there was no official blackinark against hinj ing the pa.st several years, in quired to service them. The new vessel appears in pro­ and he was (supposedly) inno­ whatever ports French ships found themselves. Almost imme­ file to be a cross between a col­ cent of any crime against God diately after North Africa was lier and a large barge, with the and country. Yeah? But wait! freed from the clutches of Vichy entire superstructure set aft, like A BOMB THROWER? and Vichy's anti-union laws, the a tanker's. Access to three large cargo holds, extending from the French seamen reorganized their Drake then shipped out aft union. The union will be greatly engine room to the bow, is pro­ Bos'un on August 15, 1943. Hi# strengthened now that these vided by three equally large ship hit Puerto Rico three months branches are pulled together hatches. The Diesel engines, later and a brass hat comes within one union whose head­ weighing 130 tons, take up more aboard to see how he had been' quarters is in the same place as space and account for more behaving himself. Up until the the seat of the French Govern­ weight proportionally than those of the Liberty ship. {Continued on Page 4) ment. New Pocket Liberty Ships FISHERMEN STILL ON STRIKE; O.P.A. MAKES COUNTER OFFER The strike for a living wage being conducted by the Atlantic Fishermen's Union, SIU, entered its third week today with little prospect of any immediate settlement. The Fishermen are demanding that the OPA raise the whole­ sale price of certain fish in order to give the men sufficient income to meet the rising cost of^ of lemon sole to 16 cents a living. The .union has also charg­ price pound and of sea scallops to 38 ed that reductions in fish prices cents a pound for the winter in at ex-vessel level which went in­ to effect last July had not been passed on to the consumer—rath­ er did the middle men absorb this extra profit at the .expense of the fishermen. addition to the seven-cent in­ crease in the price of pollock for December already authorized. (3) Wholesale mark-ups will be revised to prevent the obtaining of unwarranted multiple margins The strike, which affects all and to reduce wholesale margins vessels operating out of Boston in port cities which are out of and New Bedford and draggers line with 1942 levels. operating from New York, has cost about 1,000,000 pounds of (4) A New England fisheries fish a day. committee will be appointed by OPA's Boston regional office The OPA rejected the request from the whole industry. The of the striking fishermen for a committee will discuss the best temporary suspension of price solution for the present two-price ceilings on cod, haddock, black system for black backs and yel­ backs and yellow tails. Instead low tails, and the problem of port it promised to do these things: differentials and re - examine (1) To establish dollars-and- wholesale margins at all levels cents retail prices for most East­ for both port and interior points. ern species of fish in Easter cities • which have community dollarsand-cents ceilings for groceries. (2) To increase the ex-vessel Keep In Touch With Your Draft Board French Seamen Set Up Union H.Q. I if; m K\ �I'rir *• — THE Page Two SE A FA H ER S LOG rfJfPORTOrV. SEAFARERS LOG FuUisbed by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA AOantk and Gislf District Affiliated uHh the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNUEBERG ------ Vreiident 110 Mirkec Street, San Francisco, Odif. •T! JOHN HAWK Secy-Treas. p. O. Boi 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep» 424 5 th. Street, N. W., Washington, D; C Directory of Branches ADDRESS BRANCH PHONE NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOwIlngGreen 9-3437 BOSTON (10) 3)0 AtlanUc Ave Liberty 4057 BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay SL ,^lvert 4539 PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St Lombard 7651 NORFOLK.T.t^. . 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 T] NEW ORLEANS (16) ..309 Chartres St Canal 3336 SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St Savannah 3-1728 TAMPA 423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 MOBILE 55 So. Conception St Dial 2-1392 PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon Puerto de TIerra GALVESTON 219 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 FT. LAUDERO.ALE 2021 S. Federal Highway. .. Ft. Lauderdale 1601 I JW W! PUBLICATION OFFICE; ROOM 213, 2 STONB STREET New York City BOwUng Green 9-8346 ~ I IS It^. j:', '' 267 Ector's Mail Bag THE MEN OF Editor, THE MERCHANT MARINE Dear Sir: My son James has been in the All the credit goes to the Navy, merchant marine for the past 18 A lot to the Army, too months and he likes it quite well. But a bit should be spread for He has been to several foreign some other boys counti'ies of which he use to hear In their coats of navy blue. and study about in his geography in school. James was telling his I don't mecin the Navy Nor the Army with its sheen, sister and me all about these countries. They must be wonder­ I mean those other sailors ful countries because his stories Called "The Men of the Mer­ chant Marine." were vei-y interesting. James is home for a few days, Without those brave and daring men thank God and I, his mother, can really get some rest without Supplies would never be seen; having to worry whether he's Because our defenses depend a lot torpedoed, lost or missing in ac­ On "The Men of the Merchant tion. Marine." Please don't think me conspi­ cuous when I say James has been As they ride the high and rolling a darn good son to me, and a seas wonderful brother to his 3 No danger from them is younger sisters and little brother. screened. These youngsters love their big So now I end this poem with brother, believe me. God bless the Merchant Marine. Enclose you will find a poem —DORTHY M. SEEDS composed and written by my • * * oldest daughter, Dorothy, age 18, Editor, for her brother James ' Of the Dear Sir: Merchant Marine," We are fully aware of the ob­ I have another son in the army. He is Staff Sgt. Robert ject of this medical bill in Wash­ Seeds, somewhere in the U.S.A. ington, and we know that swivel chair kings who have nothing to James read Dorothy's poem do merely take a puff of their and told me to .send it to you. cigar and say, "Well, what can That's how I happen to get your we do to the .seamen this week? address. It seems the Maritime boys are I hope you like Dot's poem as having troublfe shipping; so, why much as we do. Writing poems not pass a bill that all seamen, is one of my daughter's hobbies. even those crazy from making She has a book full of poems the Russian run, must pass an she's composed herself. examination as stiff as the one Again we all say and can nev- these lads have to pass to enlist -©r say it too often: ''God bless in the training schools? Yes, let's get to work on it. After all, the Merchant Marine." these old salts must move aside I remain, for our young boys, and why Yours truly, should we worry? We don't have Mrs. MADELINE SEEDS, to worry about the North Atlan­ Silver Run Road; tic, or wonder if the streamlined Mellville, New Jersey Liberty ship will come apart. RED 1—Box 600 We've never been to sea, so what "'-"Ti •?.' la 1 Friday, December 17. 1943 ^^ASHII\GTOIV • Bv MA-rT44ew DUSUAME-* ' O. Banks, SIU Agt., Mobile- During the week I attended a Several suggested changed Crew members in making allot­ meeting called by the WSA re­ were recommended by the diff­ ments were always entitled to garding its "Proposed Seamen's erent maritime union represen­ allot part of their bonus. The, War Saving Plan." Under this tatives. These are now under bonus rate allowed for this pur­ plan seamen could make volun­ consideration. When the final pose was the lowest rate of bonus tary allotments to themselves draft is completed, they wiU be paid. At present there are two during the war, and the Treasury sent to all branches of maritime bonus rates, 100% and 40%. Al­ Department would pay three per unions for action thereon by the lotments can be made on the cent intere-st on all savings. The rank and file. 40% bonus rate. postal savings pay two percent This proposed savings plan interest, and the average bank looks to me like a good pi'oposlSince the twenty percent with­ holding tax has been in effect pays one per" cent interest on all tion for any seamen who would like to have a few bucks stacked the U.S. Coast Guard has issued savings accounts. instructions to all shipping com­ Seamen may name any person aside for any emergencies after missioners on this matter, which that they wish to be the benefi­ the war. All savings accounts ciary. It was recommended that will be governed by Treasury reads: Headquarters is in receipt of the WSA notify a person who Department regulations. If the a lelter from Ihe Senior Mer­ has been named as the benefici- recommendations are adopted, chant Marine Inspector (per­ 'ary. No savings shall be subject there will not be any strings or sonnel) at New York dated 19 to liens, attachments, or any red tape attached to the savings plan. June, 1943 (file allotments) other legal process. asking if the withholding lax authorized in Public Law 6878th Congress should be de­ ducted before permitting a sea­ VINCENT COSTER: You have man to allot the maximum HERCEL, KOHLER, DOYLE amount under the regulations and TRIANO; You were acling 50 hours overtime coming from now in effect. AB's on the S.S. Marina but sign­ the Bull Line. » » » Under the regulation in ef­ ed off with OS pay. You have ihe R. H. TAURIN has overtime fect at this time a seaman may difference in wages coming from coming from the Calmar Line, allot up to 90 per centum of See patrolman Sheehan cibout it. the Bull Line Office, 115 Broad his regular wages plus the low a It» bonus as provided for under St., New York City. * « a R. McLAURIN has overtime Decision 2A of the Maritime War Emergency Board. For .J. Smardjic: You have $3.60 coming from the New York ofi* example, a seaman who signs overtime coming from the Bull fice of the Calmar Line. on at $100 a month is being allowed to make a maximum Line. * » » allotment at current low bonus H. MERKHEIMER: You have of 90 per centum of $140 or 12 hours overtime coming from $126 per month. the Waterman Line. Inasmuch as the difference a • • CARL ERIC FALK in these two amounts is only JOHN WHITE and JAMES $14 a month which would be Get in touch with your wife. inadequate to cover the vari­ LINDSAY: You have overtime Her address is 35 N.W. 6th Ave« ous authorized deductions in­ coming from your trip on the S.S. iienry Lamb. Collect Bull Line. Apt. No. 1, Miami, Fla. cluding the withholding tax, the allotments made by seamen on or after July 1st ,1943 when ihe new lax law becomes effective should not exceed 90 per centum of their regular wages and the low bonus after allowing for a deduction of 20 per centum to cover the with­ holding tax. In other words, under the above example 20 per centum of $140 would be $28 leaving a balance of $112, of which 90 per centum may be alloted or $100.80—" The WSA has advised all its agents to instruct Masters of ves­ sels, to make certain that after allotments, advarfces, slops, etc., that there will be sufficient money to the seamen's credit at the termination of the, articles to cover all the necessary deduc­ tions, such as old age benefit taxes—social security and with­ holding lax. MONEY DUE 'eAMovutls do wc care? Yes, let's get to work at once." A few of us are. familiar with Act Three, Scene One, Hamlet:— To Be or not to be,—that is the question:—^Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to' suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and. by opposing end them. What shall we do? Take arms against a sea- of troubles and by opposing end them? ERIC IVIE UPCHURCH Book No. 24611 "My maid asked for a raise foday. But I told her it would cause inflation." �Friday, December 17, 1943 THE SEAFARERS I.QC Pago Threo SAVANNAH SS WHArs Donra catches his ships wherever they happen to- dock or anchor. In Shipping in this port is picking this way the 90 miles of dock up some what. Am going to need area plus the entire Hampton crews for 3 new ships in the next Roads anchorage area is com­ couple of weeks. Now would be pletely covered. Remember that a good time for any of you oldfigures show that every ship in times who would like to come the world can be at safe dock or down here for a little vacation Pol Dome issue was insignificant concession that they are request anchorage simultaneously in this before shipping out to do so. farce, then I don't know what it port. you get down here now and get compared to the WSA squander­ ing on these groimds. is. In the face of six years func­ Beefs, both phony and genuine, on the shipping list you will find ing of people's money. The later Now if these stooges think tha tioning, they stiU have to ask have billions to play politics with. are coming in on every sliip. A that you won't have any trouble the pirates that call themselves the shipowners to give them the Dohaney dickered in mere mil­ few of them have to be referred shipping out when the time shipowners, who wrap themselves lions, the piker. The only dif­ up in the American flag during conditions that other maritime to headquarters but most are comes. unions are receiving. Their claim­ fShipped a full crew this last ference is that the people are the war time for the purpose of ing to have the leading union in settled on the spot. The usual week for a new Liberty for South fall guys in this WSA case. chiseling on the seamen, are go the industry is the biggest joke beefs relative to work being done It all sums up to one thing, ing to give any concessions on that yours truly has ever heard by soldier passengers and prison­ Atlantic. Had to use a few WSA ers have been ironed out fairly and that is that the union can do the record of "NO STRIKE about. men on this one but the last well here with most claimed out of here carried a full crew o it and the WSA- can't. Dispite PLEDGE," then they have anOLDEN BANKS, Agenl overtime being paid. the antagonism shown us by old-timers. If some of you old other think coming. timers will come down to take WSA we still are able to man Atwood only has to give one Now brother, just feature any NORFOLK these jobs that I'm expecting ou the ships with capable and effici­ Union demanding or requesting loud shout over the telephone in the next couple of weeks, we ent men whereas the men sup­ concessions from the shipowners, and fresh milk and turkeys ap­ won't have to call the WSA for plied? by WSA invaribly turn out which is the most vicious em The blacklist showed its face pear as if by magic. any men to help man these ships to b€K as green as a new born ploying element in the whole again, in Norfolk via the Martin The miracle of miracles has Don't have much news to re­ babe, until they are taught by world, and basing their conten­ Marine Transportation Company finally happened and Norfolk port -from this port as we don't our men aboard their ships. Fur­ tions on the record that they which operates tow-boats under held a regular meeting with have very many men on the ther, we maintain that there have lived up to their no strike agreement with the SIU. A coal thirty-one full book members beach at one' time here any more never would have been any pledge since the Nazies raided burning fireman dispatched from plus almost an equal amount of the hall was refused by the Cap­ probationary members. Also the About the only news I can senc shortage of seamen of any rat­ Russia! This same element to the LOG is to report the new ings if the people had let the claiming that the old officials of tain and Chief .Engineer of the boys seem to be finally realizing ships that are coming out down union carry out this very vital the International Seamens' Union Eui-eka on the grounds that he that this is the best shipping port ''here so that the members can responsibility towards the war were so reactionary that they was a "trouble maker," and then in the country and we are now able to man ships with a mini­ keep in touch with how shipping effort, and if the WSA had not had to form this NMU to save the trouble started. mum of the uniformed progeny is in this port. Things look good blocked the unions' efft)rts tow­ the poor seamen from slavery The dispatcher immediately reof the WSA. for the coming couple of weeks ard this end. These stooges makes them look dispatched him and the company For the good of the country, Among the battered faces of was informed that the union was like a bunch of pikers. CHARLES WAID, Agent the old-timers recently arrived in seamen, and people this outfit prepared to carry the case Now my dear brothers, I will caUed the RMO of the WSA just take a few questions and through the whole governmental Norfolk are those of William BALTIMORE should be either aboli.shed or answers from the Pilot of the alphabet from the WSA and "Curly" Rentz, and "Red" Lofcleaned out entirely, as the pres­ same issue. NLRB clear to the White House ley. A group of eight refugees When the local membership at ent set-up is definately hindering from "monkey wrench corner" if necessary. "McKenzie; Will you pay over­ Baltimore was informed of the the war effort. arrived simultaneously yesterday time for Saturday afternoons in The result was that this black­ and immediately shipped out to­ RMO upgrading program, the JOSEPH FLANAGAN, Agent port, Sundays and holidays as listed fireman. Brother Fred D. general reaction was that the Bullock, is no longer on the gether on a Mississippi Shipping specifled in the contract? Union was fully capable and able Company rust bucket. "Taylor: It must be interpret­ blacklist but instead is wielding Agent Rogers has" taken over MOBILE to give this service to its mem­ a slice bar somewhere between ed. bers gratis. Yes, Brothers, with­ with a bang assisted by a new here and Philly. Last week, in a practical way, "McKenzie: Will you pay over­ out a red cent for red tape, or a bunch of patrolmen. The beach Agent Rogers has served no­ situation is good with plenty of nickel cost to the people or Gov­ yours truly tried to give you the time for work performed tice on all tow-boat operators jobs available and the beer sup­ ernment. We proceeded to give definition of the NMU. After watches stood after 8 hours that the "family boat" .days are ply holding out. Live ones are p6rt? our membership just such ser­ ooking through this masterpiece over. "Taylor: The committee for vice, also any one else who cared of hooey published by one Leo as common as collection cans at There is a shortage of coal a NMU meeting and the beach is to was welcome to this service. Huberman for the educational the shipowners hold that they No elaborate school system was committee of the NMU, I will try have been carrying out those pro­ burning firemen, both white and so prosperous that beachcombers set up, and no high paid specialist and define the second phrase, visions according to their inter­ colox-ed in this port and jobs are piece off leading citizens. available for any who want pretations of the contract. was hired. The tutors were vol­ "the NMU, What It Does." —Norfolk Reporter them. This case shows these men "McKenzie: Will you agree to unteers who understood seaman­ Now the NMU is a front or­ ship and engine-room practice. ganization in the maritime indus­ pay the settlement which MAY that the union is behind them GALVESTON The results would be called try for the unlicensed personnel finally be reached on these two 100% and doesn't intend to take any monkey business. points retroactively back to the amazing by the WSA super- on ships. It has been function­ Things have not been so hot in duper instructors, but to us they ing for the past six years, and date on which the War Shipping The port here has a big job to the past week, but rest assured Administration guaranteed the handle with ships coming in con­ T iwere ^erely what we expected. the best that they can boast of that Bro. Parker's Flagship, the collective bargaining agreements stantly, many merely making !i In less than six weeks' time n the form of agreements for Brandywine, is now rid of the with the companies and the this a topping off or stop-over niore than 150 members and their members is mediocre. In NMU finks that were so hard to NMU? point enroute. There are ninety others wei-e upgraded through fact, you can't terrn them any get off. After we won the elec­ "Taylor: The committee for the miles of dock area from Lynour system, and further it took thing else but company contracts. tion had a few more boys come companies cannot agree to pay laven to Berkley back around from two hom-s in most cases, to As compared to the agreements in and turn in their NMU books. any thing retroactive that is Portsmouth and up to Berkley no more than two days for the that the Seafarers International So here is the "Last Will and against their interpretation of the and Point Comfort. To cover tutoring course which enabled Union has secured for their his area Patrolman Tucker has Testament of Joe Curran, Komthese men to obtain- ratings any members there is no comparison. contract." And then the Negotiating Com­ been assigned to Newport News rade president deluxe of the where from AB to Junior En­ Now I am basing my conten­ NMU."—Dated very soon: gineer and in some cases the men tions on what I have seen print­ mittee reported to members of with Patrolman Martin being "I Joe Curran being of unsound the NMU that this is a victory responsible for the immediate decided to go the whole hog and ed in the NMU Pilot. Oct. 8, 1943. mind and in misery, and consid­ for the union. And this is the Norfolk Area. Agent Rogers get engineers or mates licenses. The negotiating committee ap­ ering the possability of a fatal Wliat did llris cost the union? pealed to these companies for same element that claims that pinch-hits over the entire area colapse through the rank and file the old officials of the Interna­ assisted by Brother Atwood, the Brothers read carefully, $3.00, equal pay for equal work. Now tional Seamens' Union were so Dispatcher-Patrolman and a spe­ of the NMU, also known as the three big dollars for books. SH— what is the equal pay for equal reactionary that they had to cial Patrolman covers the harbor- end of me, declared this to be quiet please. work that this negotiating com­ form the National Maritime craft, tow-boats and ferries. my last will and testament. To We contrast the above with the mittee is talking about? This is Union! If this assertion is not a Brother Wilson, SUP Patrolman, {Continued on Page 4) WSA provisions for same up­ the whole thing in a nut shell: grading program. To start' with, they are asking the shipowners they allow thirty days for any for overtime for dumping gar­ rating. It cost the people around bage which is sometliing that tlie $300.00 per man. It aisp costs the SIU had in their agreements be­ people large sums for schools and fore Pearl Harbor. Also overtime high paid instructors who, more for work after 5 p.m. and before than likely, never have been 8 a.m. in port, which all other aboard a ship, and is some poli­ maritime unions had before tician's friend, or maybe an in­ Pearl Harbor. Now this negoti­ law or relative of some WSA ating committee is asking the big shot, and' wouldn't know the shipowners for the same thing, differance between a piece of two years after thia_country en­ marlin and a nut. There you have tered the war, and the only thing an idea of the squandering or­ that Joe Gurran can holler gies indulged in by the WSAj not about in the same issue of the to mention the $2,000 per man it Pilot is their record of the "NO -ijicost' to send so-called trained kids STRIKE PLEDGE." Which on ships taught by just such kind means, in a few words that the of instructors as mentioned shipowners should give the above., Yes, Brothers, the Tea NMU negotiating committee the Around the Ports mme^msFs FA/tMK'S Pff/C£S COmffAT/OAfPJWF/TS OCTOeSR TV At/oc/sr UP1336 } �mp'-' I Pags Four Government -Shipowner Offensive Is Pressed {Confinwd from Page 1) time the brass hat appeared, Drake got along with the skipper OK, but immediately afterwards the skipper began to ride him, A wartime savings plan, where­ thinking that he must be some by merchant seamen would be sort of a bomb thrower if the assured of a steady income dur­ Coast Guard had to go around ing the slack period immediately checking up on him in every following the close of the war, is poi-t. It now appears that for the being worked out by the War rest of the war (and God knows Shipping Administration, the ~ how long afterwards) Drake is Tx-easury and labor unions. The plan was presented to going to be hounded by the Coast union leaders by the War Ship­ Guard at each port. His reputaping Administration during the .tion will be smeared with each course of an executive conference skipper he sails under, and his designed to get laboi-'s reaction slightest violation of some regu­ to the program. The extent to lation will probably be cause for a prompt jerking around by some which the pi'oposed plan will be 90-day wonder covered with put into effect, WSA officials said, is dependent upon the at­ brass. titude of the maritime trade CASE TYPICAL unions, and will only become ef­ fective if regarded as necessary We sight Drake's case because and desirable by them. it is typical of the treatment giv­ .Subject to the satisfactory en hundreds of other old-time completion of details and final seamen whose only crime is that agx-eement, it is pioposed that they are militant union men. This the WSA and the Tx-easury De­ campaign against them is design­ partment sponsor a savings plan ed as a "softening up" tactic; it is for seamen, including both li­ meant to demoralize the leading censed and unlicensed personnel. elements in the unions and thus Seamen, WSA officials said, weaken organized labor prepar­ would be encoui-aged to make atory for the final assault upon it voluntax-y allotments for the dur­ after the war* ends. ation of the war, of such portions of their earnings as may be avail­ able for savings after provisions for other allotments such as tax­ es, etc. Withdrawals would be held in a fund by the United States Ti-easury, subject to the payment of interest at approx­ It was a rotten night and cold. imately 3 per cent. Funds al­ The Liberty Ship "Mulligan located to the savings account Stew" was pitching and rolling could be obtained fi-om bonuses, off one of the world's worst capes overtime or wages, or all three, in a terrific sea. For days there WSA said. had been neither sun nor stars Withdrawals of deposits in the with which to navigate. Further­ fund would be x-estricted, subject more, a radio warning told of to some degree of flexibility for submarines in the offing. The of­ emei-gency needs, until after the {Contimied from Page 3) ficers were edgy. The crew war. At the conclusion of hostil­ strained every eye. Up in the ities, withdrawals would be per­ Russia and Mustache Joe, I leave heavily aimrored and blacked-out mitted and provided for on the all of the faithful fellow travel­ wheelhouse, the bearded young basis of paynxents to an individ­ ers, button hole sevvexs, pants helmsman inquired of the mate; ual seaman for the cux-rent year pressers, Myer's, Stone, and the "Where do you stand in the based upon the amounts deposit­ 13th Street Commandoes of the ed by him within a given twelve­ draft. Sir?" month period. In other words, if NMU. To France I leave all of The mate, a family man, re­ a seaman has deposited funds in the beautiful madamoiselles in the plied, laconically, "3-A." 1943, and the war ends in 1946, occupied NMU branches, and <"Well," said the helmsman, he could draw upon his account hdqts. I never was one fox- the soberly, as the ship's nose dipped only to the extent of the amounts girls—whoops. into a giant sea that washed he deposited in 1943. In 1947 his "To England I leave the orig­ completely over the forv.'ard withdrawals would be limited to inal NMU agreement and plans gun, "you ain't got nuthin' ,to the funds deposited in 1944. to take over the seamen. But I worry about. You're safe." It is fui'ther proposed that ar­ will never forgive you for not Somehow this true story is ty­ rangements be made whereby letting me ashore in Africa last pical of the attitude of the aver­ the withdrawals by an individual summer. To Norway, I leave you age American merchant seaman.- seaman would be divided into another quisling, Thos. ChristenHe'll fight. But he'll weai- no monthly or quarterly payments. sen of the NMU, Pan-American Under the tentative plan WSA Division. To President Roosevelt, inan's collar. He loves to shock people by saying he's at sea to will work out ax-rangements with I leave my apologies for trying duck the draft. This attitude con­ its agents to facilitate pay roll to interx-upt his war duties by fuses landlubbei's. Seamen are deductions, the agents to make flooding his office with screwball boistex-ous, courageous, loyal, un­ the deduction fi-om the seaman's wires from NMU fellow travel­ disciplined, proud, defiant and wages at the time of paying off. ers. And to America, I leave you breathtaking. But don't let them Amounts so deducted would be Walter Winchell, who always said kid you. Most of them not only remitted to the Treasury Depart­ to hell with Curran and the know their business but each one ment, all in accordance with reg- NMU. I know he will be very feels that the ship couldn't move iilation.s agi-eed upon by the busy on my funeral day, so he would not come, business before two feet without him. That's Tx-easury and WSA. For its part the Tx-easury De- pleasure. To the SIU, I leave 20 what they call morale. pai-tment will hold the funds and by 10 gold framed pictures of —PM the interest thereon and will ad­ myself to hang in their union minister them subject to regula­ halls to scare hell out of any tions. young seaman who might think Disbursements to seamen along Commie lines, and to the S. ROBIN LOCKSLEY .$10.00 would be made through the pos­ RMO, I leave you what is left of FRANK OLEARY 5.00 tal savings system, subject to ar­ the fellow travelers in the NMU rangements mutually agreeable to the Sailors Union of Pacific, I to the system and the Tx-easury leave money for my tombstone, Departmen*^. with the following epitaph: Tom O'Reilly At Sea Around The Ports Germans Reported it Honor Roll ilm-' r. Keep In Touch With Your Draft Board [1 g. ,• • Enney, meeney miny moe. Here lies Curran by the toe. Underneath he seems to say. You cannot beat the Old SIU of NA. Deserting Ships (ITF) From the Swedish port of Sundsvall, the report has i-eached the International Transportworkers' Federation that itij "And to the entire maritinxe woi-k- the middle of August, a German ers, I just leave, and will they ship was held up due to the de­ sertion of its crew of eleven, of thank God." whom ten were aliens. The cap­ After making this will Joe tain tried to sign on a Swedish Lay down last night, was-too crew and offered 1,000 crowns tired to wait. for the journey without success. Had a chill this morning, was too tired to shake, I sure was tired. I'm tired of coffee, I'm tired of tea. The NMU, I built and love is tired of me. Oh, hell, I'm tired. After this doctor crap put out by the WSA the new Secretary of the MM&P, Capt. John Yordt and the MERA backed us up 100 per cent, notifying all ports of their action. The NMU is as .si­ lent as a church mouse about the affair. They are only interested in feathering their nest with the USS and what have you. Any­ thing for the benefit of their membership is out. In Harnoesand a German ship was detained for si.x days. Four of its crew deserted en route and another two upon reaching this port. The entire crew of this ship, including the Captain and mate were alien and only the two soliders serving the ship's gun were German. Because they could get no Swedish seaftien to sail the vessel, they were forced to take German seamen from an­ other ship in order to get the ship back to Germany. attend but they were not inter­ ested. The Longshoxemen of Lo­ cal 407, Galveston, held a meet­ ing Friday night, Dec. 3rd. Also the Longshoremen of Texas City, they will bring this WSA crap up E. R. WALLACE. Agent and give us their backing. »• * » (The Galveston News gave P.S.— Brother Wallace's protest on the After holding a joint meeting proposed medical exams a 5-inch with the Master Mates and Pil­ story on page one—-Editor). ots, and the Marine Eng. Benificial Ass'n., we got on the front page of the Galveston News. The NMU Donkeys were invited to Keep In Touch With Your Draft Board . • - � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource December 17, 1943 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. V, No. 37 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: OLD TIMERS NO. 1 ENEMY OF BUREAUCRATS NEW POCKET LIBERTY SHIPS FISHERMEN STILL ON STRIKE; O.P.A. MAKES COUNTER OFFER FRENCH SEAMEN SET UP UNION H.Q. W.S.A. 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If anyone still doubts that there is a deep rift between the Stalinist leadership of the NMU and the rank and file, let that person get the December 3rd copy of the Pilot and read the hysterical charges hurled against the SIU. In a front page story and in a long editorial on page two, the NMU leadership accuses the SIU of being shipowners agents, of breaking down conditions in 'sweet­ the industry by signing "sweet-* ^ heart contracts" in the middle of vert the attention of the NMU Stewards Department contract the night, and of generally sa­ rank and file from the sell-outs between the SIU and its con­ botaging the struggle of the sea­ of their leaders. The storm of tracted companies, is a "sweet­ rank and file resentment within heart contract" which was nego­ men for wages and conditions. the NMU against the double tiated in the middle of the night 13ih STREET ON DEFENSIVE crossings they have received, has and is "dangerously lowering the • reached such proportions that standards" in the industrv. I ' This outburst by the Curran Curran no longer has any hope regime is extremely significant IT'S A SWEETHEART of crushing it—he can now only for it reveals the desperate struggle to divert its fury away The facts are: the SIU Stew­ straits in which the 13th Street from himself and toward some ards Department contracts are boys find themselves within the other group (in this case the the best in the industry, and the union. They hope to make the SIU). new revisions mean even great­ SIU a "whipping boy" and diThat Curran and Company er improvements. If raising a have choosen the SIU as the fo­ Steward's wage from $157.50 to cal point of their diversionary $212.50, if raising a Cook's wage tactic shows the real desperation from $137.50 to $182.50, if rais­ of their case. For years the NMU ing a Baker's wage from $122.58 leadership has given the SIU the to $152.50 constitutes a "sweet­ silent treatment in the Pilot. heart contract," then brother: They hoped and prayed that "sweetheart contracts" are what their members would forget that we want. «r-— there was 'such "an organization Curran has the guts (or stupid­ as the SIU, and that they would ity) to call our contract "sweet­ never, never compare the wages heart" when the Stewards on and working conditions of the NMU CI and C2 ships carrying union representative to seamen two organizations. For Curran to 150 men or more are receiving being examined for venereal di­ now challenge us on the ques­ $147.50. SIU Stewards receive sease, or other communicable di­ tions of wages and working con­ $85 more per month than do seases, but insisted that any sea­ ditions can only mean that the NMU Stewards, and he screams man who is turned down be­ beefing of his rank and file is so that we are undermining the cause he has a commxmicable di­ great that he can no longer ig­ waterfront conditions. sease, measures shall be taken to nore the difference between the What we are doing is under­ take care of him until he is NMU and SIU contracts, and mining the NMU leadership— cured. Dr. Ossoford promised that must attempt to explain away that's why they scream! they shall be taken care of, and our superior conditions with a ASKS OUR WAGE advised the representatives that smear campaign against the SIU the Public Health Service is go­ as an organization and against The Pilot, in its page two edit­ ing to set up T-B wards for spe­ individual leaders of our union. orial proclaims that SIU wages cial treatment of merchant sea­ and conditions are not acceptable MISSING PORK CHOPS men, in the port of New York to the "rank and file of all sea­ and San Francisco. When men But he's spitting into the wind. men's unions." The facts are that are nearly cured they hope that The time is rapidly passing when not only, is the rank and file of the men will go to Fort Stanton the NMU can be kept together the NMU and MCS demanding to get hardened up. All the ex­ with Curran's crap and Stalin's wages and conditions comparable penses to go to Fort Stanton will reputation. It's pork chops that to ours, but the NMU leadership be paid by the U.S. Public Health count in a trade union, and Joe itself has been forced to make Service. just can't serve them up. these demands. Curran's cam­ The proposed standards for the Curran has dared to call our paign for "equal pay for equal medical examination are now go­ contracts phoney and to charge work" is a campaign to win from ing to be further discussed with that the SIU is undermining the War Labor Board the SIU Captain Macauley by the doctors conditions on the waterfront. scale of wages and overtime pro­ and they will be sent to all OK, since he has called the game, visions. unions for comments. It's all down in black and we intend to lay the facts on the Received and am still receiv­ line. And when we get through, white. Turn to page 6 of the Dec. ing wires on this matter, some of Curran will wish that he had 3 Pilot and you find Howard Mcthe wires were not sent to Ad­ "stood in bed." Kenzie listing the NMU's wage miral Land. In the future all The Pilot charges that the re demands now pending before the telegrams should be sent to the cently negotiated revisions in the {Confhttied on Page 4) head of the government agency involved in the dispute, copies via air mail should be sent to me. ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR I am of the opinion that the original standard on the medical WEEK OF NOVEMBER 22nd TQ 27th examination will be modified. Brice Holcomb, who was for­ DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL •s-il merly a conciliator with the De­ EI SHIPPED partment of Labor is now in 370 200 295 865 Washington representing the REGISTERED 281 218 257 754 Painters Union (AFL) in which fRtPOWT on. ^ASHinGTOrV. • BY MATT-MEW DBSHAME-* V MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS Attended the meeting called by Captain Edward Macauley, Deputy Administrator of the WSA. The proposed medical examination will no doubt be hooked up with the RMO, as Mr. Marshall Dimock was chairman of the meeting. 'Three doctors from the Public Health Service outlined' what they-felt should be the standards. They were Drs. Blain, Fuller and Ossoford. ' Dr. Ossoford and Dr. Blain §eem to have a better and firmer footing as to what form of an examination would be better to safeguard the, health of the crew. Dr. Fuller from all indications is out on some kind of an experi­ mental expedition. One of his statements was that a seaman may be able to sail coastwise, or to South Africa, but would not be allowed to sail the North At­ lantic. Upon being pressed for a full statement on his reasons for this, his answer wasn't a very convincing one—asthma, etc. Asked'iiim how a doctor would know during the war just where a ship was going, and how any doctor would be qualified to de­ termine what run a seaman could sail on, that is if he had asthma, or some other ailment, when the Master of the vessel does not know where his vessel .is bound for. His answer on this question was very vague, and did not make any sense. Brought up the old angle that the shipowners used to blackball men. The high blood pressure angle, and whether seamen un­ der their proposed examination, would be barred from going to sea if they had high blood pres­ sure. He stated that in some cases they would not be allowed to sail. Asked him how and what ef­ fect high blood pressure would have on any person who sails as a bos'un, and did he know what is required of a bos'un on a ship. His answer from all indications, implied that he must have the physical qualifications and be ac­ tive as a half back. Advised him that any bos'un who is an ex­ hibitionist and raves and rants around a ship's deck, in most cases would not know his job. In regards to high blood pres­ sure, the union has sent several letters to Captain Macauley, and they weren't answered for weeks at a time. Upon receiving Harry Lundeberg's letter protesting the medical examination. Captain Macauley immediately wired an answer to H.L., and followed it up with a letter, in addition he gave a release to the press. He certainly must have high blood pi'essure, and although 1 would not agree that he .should be fired for hitting the ceiling on reading the letter, he probably should be relieved for his continually bungling of the hiring practices of the industry. All the unions indicated that they are opposed to any medical examination that- would be used to eliminate old-timers and mili­ tant men from the industry. No opposition was raised by any {Continued on Page 4) �Page Two THE SEAFARERS L,0 G Friday, December'10, 1943 | Read These Facts And Then Decide Which One Really Gets Conditions Here Are The Stewards Department Working Rules For Frieight Vessel^ 1 As Provided In The NMU, MCS, And SIU Contracts. YOU Figure Who Is . j Fighting For [And Winning The Best] Conditions In The Stewards Dept. Contract of the National Maritime Union OVERTIME RATE ,85 pel- hour Standard Contract Attantic & Gulf Dist. Seafarers International Union Contract of the Marine Cooks & Stewards Cooks and Stewards All Other Ratings 85 75 .90 per hour HOURS OF WORK On freight vessels the working day at sea or in port shall not exceed eight hours in a spread of twelve hours and when practicable shall be between the hours of 6 A.M. and 6 P.M.; however, no addi­ tional compensation for work shall be approved, or paid, for the performance of regular routine duties pertaining to the Stewards' Department unless or­ dered to be performed outside regular scheduled working hours (routine duties such as preparing and serving three regular meals, cleaning of quarters, galley, messrooms, stewards' refrigerator boxes, and linen rooms). The provisions of this section relating to hours of work shall apply to the chief steward. SATURDAY AFTERNOONS, SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS In port all work performed on Saturday after­ noons. Sundays, and holidays shall be paid for at the overtime rate. If required to work Saturday afternoons and to serve supper, they shall receive a minimum of four hom-'s overtime and if required to work Sundays and holidays and three regular meals are served, they shall receive a minimum of eight hours' overtime in addition to their regular wages. If required to work outside of regular schedule ; after 6 P.M. on Saturday afternoons, Sundays, and -^^olidays they shall be paid according to the addi­ tional hours worked. Should the ship sail before 6 P.M. on Saturday afternoons, Sundays, and holi­ days overtime shall be paid for the actual time worked prior to sailing; however, only the minimum number of men required to "perform the work will be required to stay on board. \IC PAINTING Stewards' Department emploj'-ees may be re­ quired to do painting in all rooms and quarters, ex­ cept firemen's and sailors' quarters. For this work, personnel of Stewards' Department who actually en­ gage in this work shall be paid extra compensation at the rate of 70c per hour. The principle of the eight hour day in a spread of twelve hours is recognized, and the manning scale for the Stewards Department herein agreed to is based upon this principle. It is further agreed no overtime will be paid for serving the three regular meals at regular hours or performing other ordinary work incidental to duties of the Steward's Depart­ ment work. The hours of labor for the Stewards' Department shall be eight (8) hours in a spread of thirteen (13) hours while at sea and eight (8) hours in a spread of twelve (12) hours while in port. This applies Iq freight vessels. .1.1 (The NMU calls for 8 hours •when "practicable** The MCS endorses the "principle" of an 8 hour day. The SlU contract has no such shipowner rrcape clauses and words—it is irott-clad.) J t In home ports on the Pacific Coast, all work on Saturday afternoons, Sundays and holidays, except on days of arrival and departure shall be paid for at the overtime rate. The rules set forth in (a) of Section 2 shall also apply in the Port of New York only to vessels in the Inter-coastal North Atlantic Ti-ade; in the Port of Baltimore only to all vessels engaged in the Intercoastal South Atlantic Trade which do not call at the Port of New York; in the Port of New Orleans only for all vessels engaged in the Gulf Trade; and in the Port of Honolulu only to all vessels engaged in the Pacific Coast Hawaiian Trade. In lieu of overtime on Saturday afternoon and Sundays in ports other than home ports on freight­ ers, overtime will be paid for work on holidays whether in port or at sea. (a) The regular overtime rate shall be paid id all members of the Stewards' Department for all work on Sundays and Holidays and work in excess of four (4) hours on Saturdays while the vessel is in port. (b) On freighters equipped to carry 12 passen­ gers, the Stewards' Department may be reduced on Saturday afternoons, Sundays and Holidays, and only those men required to remain on duty for nor­ mal freight ship requirements of the Company shall receive overtime. (c) On all freight vessels of the Company, ex­ cept as provided in (b) of this section, the Stewards' Department shall not be reduced on Saturdays, Sun­ days and Holidays. {The MCS contract provides overtime only in home ' ports—and then not on days of arrival or depart- I lire. NMU and SIU receives overtime ht ALL i ports.) Members of the Steward's Department shall not be required to paint staterooms or salons, but may be required to paint such as crew's quarters, messrooms, galley and salon floors and waterways. This rule shall not prohibit employers carrying men to do all such work. Members of the Stewards' Department shall nol be required to chip, sougee, scrape or paint, uplei|S. the regular overtime rate shall be paid to members actually engaged in performing the work, for the aglual hours worked: however, spotting up with sougee shall be done within the regulsur working hours. No Overtime I?: BAKING BREAD All bread is to be made aboard ship by the second-cook-and-baker. within his regular hours. No Provision In Continental Ports of the United States bread shall be supplied from shore when available for port use and if not supplied two (2) hours' overtime shall be paid to the Second Cook and Baker for eadi batch of bread baked. MEALS IN PORT For lunches or meals served to officials, guests or shore labor in port, regardless of number, the sum of 30c for each meal served shall be paid and equally distributed to the men actually engaged m the prep­ aration and serving of same. ($1.20 for 4 meals) i For lunches or nieals served to officials and/or guests numbering from three to not more than six persons, one hour overtime shall be allowed to each of those actually engaged. No extra compensation for less than three guests at any one meal. When the deck officer orders meals served to longshoremen or other shore labor on board any vessel the sum of thirty (30) cents for each meal served to each long.shoreman shall be paid and shall be equally distributed to the men in the Steward's Department actually engaged in the work. ($1.20 for 4 meals, under second paragraph) When extra meals are served to other than regu­ lar members of the crew signed on articles, gun crew, passenger and/or pilots when carried, over­ time shall be paid to not exceeding three (3) mem­ bers of the Stewards' Department at the rate of one (1) hour each for every four (4) meals prepared and served. The amount of extra nieals served shall he to­ taled and computed in accordance with paragraph (a) of this section at the end of each voyage. (SIU contract adds up to $2,70 paid for each 4 meals served.) No meals or coffee will be served to anyone other than crew without written authority of the Master or officer in charge. Cooks, Messmen or those engaged in serving 9:00 p.m., 12:00 midnight or 3:00 a.m. hot lunches will be allowed three (3) hours' overtime each for preparing and serving each liinch. Two Messmen will serve 9i:00 p.m., .12:00 midnight or 3:00 a.m. cold lunches and will be paid two (2)r hours' overtime each for preparing and serving each lunch. Members of the Stewards' Department actually engaged in serving hot midnight or 3 A.M' lunch are to be allowed three (3) hours' overtime each for preparing and serving same and when serving iundt at nine (9) P.M., two (2) hours' overtime shall ba paid for preparing and serving same. , MIDNIGHT SUPPERS Employees actually engaged in preparing and i;!.. serving hot midnight suppers sh^I be paid two hours' overtime for same. (Continued on Page 3) I'' �S Friday, December 10, 18'£3 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three i MORE FACTS ON NMU, MCS & SIU CONTRACTS {Continued from Page 2) CARRYING STORES Members of the Stewards" Dep?-tment shall not he required to carry on board heavy stores, provis­ ions, and laundry. However, mernbers of the Stew­ ards^ Department shall be required to carry on board working stores within their regular working hours. They shall also be required to stow away all stores and provisions placed on board by a shore gang, longshoremen, or the Deck Department and placed convenient to refrigerator bdxes and storerooms, without payment of additional compensation if per­ formed in their regular hours of duty. They shall "also stow away all laundry placed on board by long­ shoremen or the Deck Department. Members of the Steward's Department shall not be required to carry heavy stores and provisions ex­ cept laundry on board, hut all stores and pro\.'isiohs shall be stowed by the Steward's Department. N • MANNING SCALE There shall be no. change in the present man­ ning scale of the Stewards' Department. On freight ships in trades where occasional passengers are carfied, the members of the Stewards' Department serv­ ing such passengers shall be compensated by .an amount equal to five dollars ($5) per passenger for the trip provided the trip does not exceed five days in duration. In the event the trip exceeds five days in duration then each member of the Stewards' De­ partment engaged in serving the passengers shall receive five dollars ($5) per passenger per trip. How­ ever, the owner shall have the option of placing -additional men in the Stewards' Department when deemed necessary, and when so assigned no extra compensation will be paid for such service to pas­ sengers. (a) Members of Ihe Stewards' Department not be required to carry any stores or linen to or from ihe dock, but when stores or linen or delivered to storeroom doors, meat or chill box doors, they shall place same in their respective places and over­ time shall be paid for such work to all men required to put in more than eight (8) hours' work that day. (b) Daily supplies of provisions such as milk, bread and vegetables shall,.be stored away without the payment of overtime. {Overtime is paid for ALL work under paragraph (a) of the SIU contract because this is not coti~ sidered routine work.) No Extra Compensation Provided, If is agreed thai meals served passengers will not be considered extra meals. When passengers are carried it is agreed that if one to three passengers inclusive are carried, one (1) hour overtime per day will be paid to each of fou* (4) members of the Stewards' Department (including the Steward). If four (4) or more passengers are car­ ried the payment shall be two (2) hours' overtime per day. This section does not apply to those freighters regularly carrying passengers where the Stewards' Department Personnel exceeds six (6) persons. No Overtime No Overtime When meal hours are delayed or shifted on ac­ count of crew being occupied and unable to eat at their regular meal hour, all necessary members of the Stewards' Department will be paid at the regu­ lar overtime rate for the time delayed. LIGHTING STOVES No Overtime No Overtime On vessels which still have coal burning stoves the man who starts the fires in the morning shall be given one-half (Vi) hours' overtime each day. No Overtime Overtime shall be paid to all members of the Stewards' Department actually engaged in cleaning meat box and chill boxes. DELAYING OF MEALS CLEANING MEAT BOXES No Overtime SORTING LINEN Work performed by any member of the Stew­ ards' Department, other than the regular routine work as defined in this agreement, shall be paid for at the regular overtime rate. This clause is added due to the fact that the Stewards' Department has a required amount of routine duty to perform within their 8 hours. Sorting and counting linen, cleaning spare rooms not occupied by crew or passengers, shall be paid for at the regular overtime rate. No Overtime \ No Overtime C\<-SHIFTING SHIP No Overtime No Overtime WAGES — OFFSHORE Chief Steward Chief Cook Second Cook Mcssman Crew Messman WAGES — COASTWISE Chief Steward Chief Cook S^ond Cook Messman Crew Messman - The day vessel arrives from sea at a port of call shall be considered the day of arrival, and smy sub­ sequent moves from thcd port occurring in inland waters, bays and sounds, shall be considered as shifting ship and overtime shall be pciid for Satur­ day afternoons. Sundays and holidays. (ALL WAGES $147.50 132.50 117.50 87.50 82.50 INCLUDE BASIC SCALE PLUS EMERGENCY INCREASES) Chief Steward $152.50 Chief Steward Chief Cook 137.50 Chief Cook Second Cook 122.50 Second Cook Messman 87,50 Messman Crew Messman 82.50 Utility $157.58 137.50 122.50 87.50 87.50 Chief Steward Chief Cook Second Cook Messman Crew Messman $157.50 137.50 122J50 87.50 87.50 $140.00 125.00 110.00 80.00 75.00 $152.50 137.50 122.50 87.50 82.50 Chief Steward Chief Cook Second Cook Messman Utility All provisions in the MCS and SIU contracts apply to both offshore and coastwise runs. However, the NMU gets overtime for Saturday afternoon, Sundays and holidays on coastwise run only when the ship is in its home port — and not then on days of arrival and departure. Hiese finky rules apply to all three departments. The NMU contract rea'ds as follows: The boatswain and carpenter shall perform their usual duties in connection with mooring and un­ mooring between the hours of 8 A.M. and 5 P.M. on such days of arrival without payment of overtime. In the event of a vessel sailing on day of arrival, the above conditions shall apply. Section 2. The oiler on watch, if not required in the engine room, shall oil and care for, the deck machinery while cargo is being worked, on such days of arrival, without payment of overtime. Section 3. Working Hours, Stewards. The Stew­ ards' Department personnel shall perform their nor­ mal duties within eight hours on freight vessels, and on passenger vessels if no passengers are on board, Recognizing the critical economic situation which confronts the coastwise trade, and the absence of any Governmental subsidy, it is distinctly under­ stood and agreed that the following provisions shall apply on "days of arrival" at all ports other than the home port, on all vessels engaged exclusively in the ynited States Atlantic Gulf and Puerto Rican coast­ wise trade (that is, all such vessels not touching any foreign ports). V Seclion i. Days of Atxival. "\yhen "days of ar­ rival" fall on Saturdays, Suntlays or holidays, the watch on duty shall not be paid overtime for the normal watch duties. In the Deck Depm-tment nor­ mal duties sliall include gangway or anchor watch. mi!: V-ki:;.!,: without overtime, on such days of arrival except that if passengers ai'e on board, all members of the Stewards' Department shall woik their regular sea schedule of hours without the payment of overtime; provided, however, that no maintenance or repair work shall be performed on Saturday afternoons, Sundays or holidays of such days of arrival without payment of overtime, and provided further, that aU work performed by Deck or Engine personnel in excess of regular eight hours and all work perform­ ed in excess of regular hours of duty in Stewards* Department, shall be paid for at the regular ov^time rate. l| ^ il �m >age Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Dushane's Report On Washingfton Friday, December 10, 1943 SEAFARERS LOG contain no clause regard blowing smoke up their member­ he is a member. Made ieveral Published by the decisions on SIU cases. Know ing a medical examination, and ship alley. They now have fhc membership wishes him luck I am of the opinion that this is case before the National War La­ SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION a matter for them to take up bor Board. It is a request to the in his new job. OF NORTH AMERICA with the operators, as it effects board that they be granted the REPORT OF DECEMBER 8, 1943 the SUP agreement, when they same conditions that the SIUAtlantic and Gulf District December 15th is the final wine supply men to the operators, and SUP are at present enjoying. up to compute and file your a third party determines whether Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor Will close this with a little in­ amended income tax, if the tax a person dispatched to a vessel formation to our new members was under estimated from the can be employed. This seems to who do not know me, and may HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ Presideni September 15th report made to be a violation of our agreements be misled into believing the Pil­ 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. the Internal Revenue. There is one way that this ot's bilge water. In the Fall of Internal Revenue penalizes a move may possibly be beat, a nineteen hundred and thirty six JOHN HAWK - Secy-Treas, person six per cent if they under brief submitted to the appropri­ P. O. Box 2f, Station P., New York City was storekeeper on the S.S. estimate their tax. If you can't ations committee in Congress Quirigia of the United Fruit guess your tax within twenty may cut off the proposed revenue Company. This was the only MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. per cent, you will have to fish that the WSA intends to pay the ship of that company that the 424 Sth Street, N. W., Washington, D.C. out the penalty. Internal Rev­ Doctors for every examination. crew went out on strike in the • w w enue states that ignorance of the The WSA is now drafting an ap­ port of New York. Was out on law excuses no person. Listing propriation for the coming year, the picket line all during the Directory of Branches the four catergories of persons maybe Congressmen will see the 1936-1937 strike. Shipped out as BRANCH ADDRESS who must file on or before De­ light, and cut the money bags of Bos'un Mate on the S.S. Presi­ PHONE cember 15, 1943. ^ BOwUng Green 9-3437 the WSA. dent Garfield in April, 1937. BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 ' .1 Anyone who expects to have E. R. Wallace, SIU Agt., Gal­ BALTIMORE (2>......,I4 North Gay St Calvert 4539 PILOT ATTACK PHILADELPHIA. ...;.. .6 North 6th St. Lombard 7651 during the calendar year 1943 NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 The December 3rd issue of the veston: Your Congressman may more than $100 gross income NEW ORLEANS (16) ..309 Chartres St ...Canal 3336 Pilot carried an editorial, in send you the Congressional Rec­ S^AVANNAH 218 Eaet Bay St Savannah 3-1728 from a source outside of wages ord free. Subscriptions may be TAMPA .....423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 which yours truly was given a MOBILE 55 .So. Conception St Dial 2.l3Sa which are subject to withholding paragraph. Usually a blast in sent to the Superintendent of PUERTO RICO. 45 Ponce da Icon....... .Puerto de TIerra tax and who also expects suffici­ Documents, Government Print­ GALVESTON 219 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 the Pilot is not worth the time FT. LAUDERDALE 2021 S. Federal Highway... Ft. Lauderdale 1601 ent gross income to require filing ing Office, Washington, D.C. (One to c'^swer, especially when it •W W V an income tax return (S500 for a dollar and fifty cents per month. comes Tom Blacky Myers. single person, $1,200 for a mar­ PUBLICATION OFFICE: New England fishermen are This article carried the same ried couple, or $624 for a married still out on strike against the ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET old bunk about the SIU-SUP be­ person.) ing a shipowners set-up, and that OPA's ceiling prices. Pat McNew York City BOwIing Green 9-8346 2. Any single person expect­ we curry favors with them. The Hugh is in town trying to •267 ing wages of more than $2,700 record shows that when the SIU straighten things out. Looks as during the year. members struck the Robin Line though Triggs of the OPA, who 3. Any married person or mar­ ships for an increase in War Risk formerly was a fish buyer is set ried couple expecting individual­ Bonuses, officials of the NMU on letting the fish buyers con­ ly or together more than $3,500 dispatched a crew" for one of tinue to reap a harvest. from wages during the year. The NMU has been pressing these vessels, and they sailed her 4. Any person who was re­ the WSA to get me to go along to South Africa and return. quired to file an income tax re­ with them to try and high pres­ The record also shows that turn for 1942 and expects their sure Congressman Rampsbeck when the NMU crews had some wages in 1943 to be less than in of their vessels tied up for an for action on unemployment in­ 1942. waterfront, it takes picket lines, {Continued from Page 1) increase in War bonuses, the surance for seamen. Advised the I know its a headache, but I officials of the NMU, upon re­ WSA that I would not walk WLB. The NMU is asking for it takes uncompromising opposi-' Just thought that a reminder turning from a conference ih across the street with the NMU wages and working rules which tion to the shipowners and all may help to eliminate the pay­ Washington with officials of the skunks. Will contact Congress­ have been part of the SIU con that they stand for. The NMU ment of a penalty. propaganda machine serves the Maritime Commission, sold their men on this bill with only AFL tracts for years. representatives, and not with the political ends of the Stalinist membership -a bill of goods on MEDICAL EXAMINATION IN BLACK AND WHITE NMU representatives. clique which runS the union, but the Maritime Commission's twen­ Admiral Marshall Dimock of ty-five per cent bonus. it, does not serve the economic Curran and Company have put The the WSA, has sent me a notifica­ SIU-SUP crews were then re­ on paper a lot of wild and loose needs of the membership—a fact tion that another meeting is go­ ceiving thirty-three per cent War charges against the SIU—slan­ they are rapidly coming to un­ ing to be held on December risk bonus. derous, all of them. We don't in­ derstand. Fifteenth, on further discussion We don't intend to shadow box tend to engage in an endless Another gander at the record . of the WSA proposed Medical shows that these vultures in the with Curran, we intend to place campaign of character assassina­ HENRY RUSSELL QUIRK in printers' ink an analysis of ouT^ exam. tion (the Stalinists would win in labor movement condemned the Get in touch with your sister. conditions and his conditions. Their second proposal also was SIU-SUP for striking ships for such a fight anyway). What we Jessie Poiriei, 428 Pleasant St., sent to me. In the first proposal, an increase in War Bonuses. do propose is to put in black and The test of a union is what it any seaman who was turned However, after the National Me­ Melrose. white a detailed analysis of the does for its members. Let the « * » down by a Doctor could go to diation Board granted us a War SIU and NMU contracts, and to seamen of all unions read the LORIN F. HOUGHTON the U.S. Public -Health service Bonus of eighty dollars a month, show the rank and file members facts and judge for themselves. Contact Attorney Ranny Drap­ of the NMU just what sort of a for a re-examination—Under the these misleaders of labor shout­ new proposal, "The case shall be ed to high heaven for stabiliza­ er, Bank of America Building, rooking they are receiving. decided by the Public Health tion on bonuses. That, my friends Manrovia, California. In this issue, on page two and • • • Service Officer who has been ap­ led up to the present Maritime three, we have analyzed the IRVING PAULSON pointed as Port Medical Repre­ War Emergency Board. This NMU, MCS and SIU Stewards VINCENT COSTER: You have Communicate with Attorney Department contracts on freight 50 hours overtime coming from sentative." At the last meeting board was advocated and pushed the majority of the opinion was by the NMU, and it owes its Richard Cantor, 51 Chambers vessels. In future issues we shall the Bull Line. • • that in any examination for con- birth and present powers to Street, New York City. break down the contracts as they * * * tegious disease all the Doctors them. apply to other departments. We R. H. TAURIN has overtime MIKE DIKUN should be from the U.S. Public urge all seamen in all unions to coming from the Calmar Line. The record also shows that the Your papers and discharges study these breakdowns and to See patrolman Sheehan about if. Health Service, and that they be NMU supplied crews to the Ex­ free from any entanglements port Line when another of their have been turned into the Phila­ understand what they mean. No * # * with the WSA. amount of Curran bull will be (CIO) affiliates, the MEBA, delphia hall. R. McLAURIN has overtime able to cover up the fact' that coming from the New York of­ The WSA moving into the pic­ struck the Export Line for an in­ the SIU leads the industry in fice of the Calmar Line. ture and trying to compel sea­ crease in Bonus. The NMU was winning conditions for the sea­ * « • men to submit to a medical ex­ returned this favor by that com­ men. amination, wherein the WSA pany, in that they were granted Crew which paid off S.S. Alcoa SS ROBIN DONCASTER $15.00 sets lip the standard for the exam. the same bonuses that the SIUVoyager in Sept. 1943. has $10 PROPAGANDA NOT SS WM. MERIDITH This is contrary to the state­ SUP was then receiving. ENOUGH linen money coming. Collect 17 7.00 DECK DEPT ment of policy signed between This editorial goes on to state, Battery Place, New York City. the unions and the WSA. I am "As Far as the NMU is concern­ SS GEO. Some NMU rank and fliers » » » 7.00 will no doubt begin to wonder WESTINGHOUSE of the opinion that the standards ed, conditions which might be The logging of the Steward's to be set up is a matter for col­ acceptable to the SIU are cer­ O. VALLEY .: 5.00 why it is that their outfit, with lective bargaining under the tainly not acceptable to the rank KEITH BRILL 4.00 all its high-power publicity and Department of the S.S. Daniel terms of agreements held with and file of all seamens' unions." 4.00 propaganda departments, lags be­ Willard has been reversed by the L. REAVES the operators, and I feel that the I suppose they mean that the hind the SIU so badly in win­ 2.00 ning conditions aboard the ships. Commissioner after a lengthy WSA is duly bound to respect conditions now enjoyed by the GEORGE BOOKS 2.00 It is because it takes more than trial. The men involved can colthe terms of the agreements re­ SIU-SUP, are not acceptable to R. W. 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READ THESE FACTS AND THEN DECIDE WHICH ONE REALLY GETS CONDITIONS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/10/1943 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1943 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/de4387931ee1a453fc4a59fcbd4920f8.PDF e57656998d50a20f0842698641bc1e08 PDF Text Text OFFICIAL OEGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMEETCA Vol. V. t,-/ i• NEW YORK. N.Y., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1943 No. 34 Macauley Whips Up Strike Scare In Smearing SlU-SUP VSS Is Picketed By Angry Merchantmen Captain Edward Macauley called reporters into his office early this week and issued hysterical charges that the SIU-SUP was planning to strike and announced that the WSA was laying plans to use the Army, the Navy and the RMO trainees to break the strike. This deliberate smear of the SIU-SUP was immediately given a big play by the nation's press—all the major papers in New York devoting scare headlines to the The United Seamen's Service, Moore took over. ^story. • that super-dooper, stream-lined, "The very fact that I was a This was, of course, just as bureau with the use of the RMO guilt-edged charity outfit, was picketed this week in New York - by a group of seamen who were fed up with the anti-union moves of this reformer outfit. Picket lines appeared on Monday eve­ ning before the Andrew Furuseth Glub and on Tuesday-before the USS headquarters at 39 Broad­ way. The signs carried by the pickets centered their attacks upon Mr. James Moore, a unionbaiting character who is now New York Port Director for the USS. The immediate cause of the picket line was the firing by Moore of Jerry McGlade, a seaxnen employed at the Andrew Furuseth Club. Ever since Moore has been in charge of the club he has been house-cleaning the organization in an effort to eliminate all those who fail to lick his boots or who show any real sympathy for the seamen and their problems. McGlade is a disabled seaman, having lost an arm and a leg abroad, and was employed at the club before seaman seemed to iritate Moore," McGlade said, "and I could see that he was determined to ease me out and put in some boys' club reformer." Mooi-e's way of easing McGlade out of his job was to demand that he run for the cops each time one of the boys in the bar got gassed up a bit. McGlade naturally objected to calling the cops just because the boys had heaved a few too many—and he was fired. Mr. Marshall Dimock's motherin-law also came in for some blasting on the picket cards. She is the one who demanded that a seaman be arrested when he ab­ sent-mindedly walked off with her fountain pen a few weeks ago. This was reported in Dushane's column week before last. The picket signs labeled Moore a "Little Ceasar" and de­ manded that the "USS Be Staff­ ed With Seamen—Not With Di­ mock's Relatives." New 'Luxury' Life Rafts Tested OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 29 — The latest "luxury" raft which will carry torpedoed soldiers and seamen away from their trans­ ports and merchant vessels in en­ emy-infested waters is designed to help meet the recreational needs of the survivors as well as to make life easier for any seri­ ously wounded men aboard. A Bible, a deck of playing cards, a carton of cigarettes and two canvas berth beds, on which men in a critical condition may lie in comparative comfort, are standard equipment on every raft. And when the new arcwelded steel life-saving appar­ atus underwent its final inspec­ tion test at the L. • A. Young Spring and Wire Corporation's plant in Oakland, a stove and (CotiUntud on Page 4) if Macauley planned. His deliber­ ate slander' against our union was couched in language design­ ed to make it appear that the union was sabotaging the war effort, thus assuring that the em­ ployer press would give it a big play. Actually no strike threat had been made by the union. What raised Macauley's ire was Harry Lundeberg's letter of protest against the Stalinist inspired move to eliminate many oldtime seamen from their trade by establishing rigid physical re­ quirements. Macauley, with a long record of supporting the Stalinists in maritime, took the Lundeberg letter as a personal affront and rushed tO"'"the press with his hysterical threats. What is significant in Macaul­ ey's performance is not so much that his snottyness is due to the weakness of his arguments, but that for the first time the vmions are threatened by a government The Saga Of Alcoa Scout Is Told The heroic story of the S.S. Alcoa Scout and its SIU crew was released this week, almost a year to the day after it occured. It is a story of a small, slow ship of World War I vintage, facing one of the most vicious North Atlantic storms in recent year's, and because of the seamanship of the crew, coming through with flying colors. The Alcoa Scout steamed into an east coast port at the end of her tussle with the elements last winter with only six inches of free-board aft and four feet for­ ward. Examination of the ship revealed that she was twisted completely out of alignment, the holds carried a large quantity of water, all lifeboats had been swept away, one anchor was gone and several ventilators were se­ verely battered. The report of the master, Capt. Charles B. Dunn, said that enemy action could not have hurt his ship any more than the wild, winter storms he had encounter­ ed in carrying vital supplies to remote. northern air bases estab­ lished by the Army. v'-v .. . . trainees as strike-breakers. The SIU-SUP has predicted from the very beginning that the WSA would attempt to use the thous­ ands of government trained kids as finks once the war ended and the shipowners and the unions come to grips. Now, even before the war ends, the WSA whips up a fake strike scare just to give it an excuse to threaten the unions with its trainees. Macauley told reporters that the government has 28,000 sea­ men available to break strikes. That's a lot of bunk. What he didn't tell the reporters is that the great majority of the train­ ees have joined the various mari­ time unions and are not' the do­ cile finks he considers them, and that the men he proposes to man the ships with have had no ac­ tual sea experience and are prac­ tically aU unrated men. When the real test of strength comes between the. unions and the ship­ owners (and their controlled government boards), we can promise Mr. Macauley that the great majority of his trainees will wind up on the side of the unions. He shouldn't be too cocky about how many strike­ breakers he can throw into the waterfront. So much for Macauley's diver­ sionary tactic—now for the real issues between us. This move to eliminate the old timers from the industry arises from a need on the part of both the Stalinists and the shipowners to pick off the old and tested militants in the unions. Both the Stalinists and the shipowners find themselves in irreconcilable opposition to the old-timers and hope to supplant them with the more tractable kids now coming out of the government schools. They have seized upon the scheme of physical examinations as the easiest and cleanest meth­ od of eliminating the militant union men. This plan was approved by Joe Curran last month. It was im­ mediately picked up by the fel­ low travelers in the WSA and a directive order was drawn which would become operative on De­ cember 1, 1943. Immediately a wave of pro­ test swept the waterfront, not only in the SIU-SUP, but within the NMU itself. It was to coun­ ter this protest that Macauley and the fellow travelers charged {Continued on Page 4) �THE Page Two '1 r SEAFARERS LOG Friday. December 3. 1943 ^ I4 SEAFARERS LOG •hf i-'S Pulrlished by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf IMstrict III The NY Times And Crocodile Tears |4iC: • BV MATT-HEW DMSMAME-* Several months ago I reported the present Wai- Shipping Ad­ ficer on appeal will be in wrii< that the War Shipping Adminis­ ministration, and like the present ing and will contain his find* tration was working on a plan WSA, during world war No. ings and conclusions. The de-* HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ "President whereby all rherchant seamen cooperated with and supplement­ cision of the District C.G. of­ 110 Maricct Street, San Francisco, Calif. would be required to take a med- ed the work of the ISU. Then in ficer on appeal shall be final cal examination. Mr. Marshall E. 1921 the Shipping Board used and shall be binding on tha JOHN HAWK ------- Secy-Treas, Dimock, Assistant Deputy Direc- taxpayers' money to break the parties for all purposes. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York Gty ;or for Recruitment and Man­ b a etc s of organized seamen (c) A iranscript ofdhe record ning, has sent me a communica­ -through the infamous lockout, MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. before the hearidg officer shall tion advising me that 4he WSA and inagurated their open shop 424 5tli Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. be made available to any per­ has proposed a general order on program, and made seamen flie *! W W! son whose license or certificala this matter. The RMO will hold chattels of the shipowners until is revoked or suspended for Directory of Branches a meeting to discuss the order on 1943, when the Pacific Coast the purpose of making an ap­ November 30th. Maritime Unions broke their peal pursuant to fhe provision^ PHONE ADDRESS BRANCH The WSA proposed order ap­ chains of bondage. of this section. NEW YORK (4) 2 Stono St BOwKng Green 9-3437 plies to all ships owned by or My opinion is that Mr. Dimock BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 (d) Any person whose li­ under bareboat charter to the is preparing to line himself up BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Cay St.. Calvert 4539 cense or certificate is revoked PHILADELPHIA ...6 North 6th SL Lombard 765 I WSA, and states this -medical ex­ and become the Captain Peter­ NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 or suspended and who intends NEW ORLEANS (16) ..309 Chartrea St ^nal 3336 amination must be taken to son of the 1921 era. We have all SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St Savannah 3-1728 to appeal from the decision of safeguard the health of seagoing read Jack London's definition of TAMPA 423 East Piatt St.. revocation or suspension may MOBILE 55 So. Conception St Dial 2-1392 personnel and to avoid delays a scab. To my knowledge no one PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon .Puerto de Tierra file with the heuing officer a which are caused by illness of has defined a scab herder, in all GALVESTON 219 20th Street... ^Iveston 2-8043 FT. LAUDERDALE 2021 S. Federal Highway. .. Ft. Lauderdale 160 1 request for a temporary lieensa crew members while vessels are probability the English language or certificate valid during iha on voyage. Dimock certainly does not contain the words that pendency of the appeal. Sudt PUBLICATION OFFICE: knows how to line up the angles would adequately define such temporary license or certificate when he wants to put something subject matters. ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET shall contain such terms SBA across. New York City BOwling Green 9-8345 conditions as the issuing officer U.S. COAST GUARD: The standards for medical ex­ ~ Z67 may prescribe and shall con­ aminations shall be approved by Several cases are coming in! tain a definite expiration date regarding suspension and revo-, the U.S. Public Health Service fixed by the issuing officer cation of seamen's certificates. upon the recommendation of the which date, however, may be Medical Director of the WSA. Latest Coast Guard order is: extended from lime to time by Temporary wartime rules gov­ Standards will be set by the the issuing officer." erning investigations of accidents WSA. I am of the opinion that the All general agents of the WSA and casualties, as amended who have doctors on their staff through October 22, 1943 — Title membership should fully ao-, may continue examining seamen 46 Shipping — Chapiex II Coast quaint themselves with the C.G. as in the past. Those who have Guard: Inspection and Naviga­ orders on revocation and suspen­ The New York Times has suddenly developed a crying no doctors, arrangements will be tion—Part 133-"A" Marine In­ sions of certificates. Particularly jag over the plight of some fifteen million "white collar" made to provide medical exaip-; vestigation Board Rules" — Ad­ the above section, as there may workers who, because they are not organized, have failed to inations by doctors desiginated vise all agents to go to the near­ he some cases wherein a menir Obtain wage increases permitted under the "Little Steel by the medical director of the est C.G. office and get copies so her may he ordered to appear WSA. Evidently the shortage of that they can intelligently advise before a hearing officer, and he formula. collar workers belong to the va­ doctors that we read so much our membership as to their may not have the opportunity to When a conservative ncwspa-| rious AFL unions in the Federal rights, privileges, and immunities contact one of our agents for ad­ per like the New York Times Government service and in the about is aU hooey. vice. If possible, they should If a seamen is turned down under the Constitution. sheds walrus tears over the mis­ State, County and Municipal have the services of a lawyer. SEC. 136.107 Appeal, (a) or employment by the sawbones, fortune of any group of workers, Employes Union. Government Brothers, don't forget that when Any person whose license or he may appeal the decision in we begin suspecting that some­ employes, of course, must depend your certificates are revoked or certificate of service or effici­ accordance to the collective one is spreading something on on legislation to receive wage suspended, your draft hoard is bargaining agreement. Another ency is revoked or suspended too thick. adjustments and their unions appeal is by a doctor satisfactory may, within thirty days after notified. So if you do not want The strategy of the newspaper have succeeded in-obtaining such the decision of the hearing of­ to go into the Army, you should is obvious. It isn't even faintly legislation for them in most in­ to both parties. No mention is ficer, take an appeal to the dis­ make every effort to see that you made as to who is going to foot interested in the welfare of these stances. trict C.G. officer of the district get a fair and just trial. Have the bill for the sawbones that workers. Otherwise it would ad­ If the unorganized white col­ would be satisfactory (?) to both in which the hearing was held. been advised that this whole provise them to join a union which lar workers have failed to make Every appeal shall set forth as ceedure may he illegal. could get them all the rights similar gains, they have no one parties. briefly as possible the name of A seaman will be advised ver­ they are entitled to under the GULF COAST FISHERMEN the appellant, the nature of the to blame but themselves. That bally by the sawbones why he law and the regulations of the does not mean to say that we On November 9 and 10th—^The was rejected, a full report on his charge, the name of the hear­ War Labor Board. CPA held a meeting in Jackson­ ing officer who made the de­ lack sympathy for them. Sym­ rejection will be supplied upon Of course, the New York Times pathy is too mild a word. For his request, and will be in con­ cision, the substance of the de­ ville, Florida on the question of isn't handing out any such ad­ many years the American Feder­ formance with established regu­ cision, and a statement of each ceiling prices on fish. vice. Its purpose is merely to in­ ation of Labor has told these lations and practices of the U.S. separate ground for appeal. The general consensus of op­ flame unorganized workers workers that they are bound to Public Health Service. inion of the industry representa­ (b) The district C.G. officer against the justified demands of suffer unless they organize. Their tives and the SIU Fishermen's Mr. Dimock states that this on appeal may affirm, reverse, union workers for immediate re­ present plight proves the wisdom examination is primarily to stop representatives was that the ceil­ or modify the decision of the vision of the "Little Steel" for- of this advice. Nor is it too late delays in vessels, however, it ing prices on Mullet for the pro­ hearing officer or remand the mula to make up for increases in for them to act upon it. The seems to me that with all this case for further hearing. The ducers should he seven cents. living costs since May, 1942. unions of the AFL are glad to red tape, it will be a wonder if District C.G. officer will not The CPA representatives refused welcome new members at any they sail any vessels at all. consider evidence which is not to give, any consideration on the "THE BLAME LIES IN time. In fact, they spend consid­ This looks to me like a contest part of the record of the hear­ increased cost of nets and other , OURSELVES' erable sums each year trying to to eliminate all the old timers ing and will not consider- any material connected with the cat­ Moreover, we don't for one orgaaize the unorganized. and set up a super duper class of ground for appeal which is not ching of fish, and stated that the minute accept the figures offered Lest this be considered a pre­ seamen. It wasn't such a long specified by the accused. The ceiling price should he three •by the New York Times. We have judiced point of view, we would time back that several companies decision of the District C.G. of­ cents. extreme doubts that there are as like to call attention to what refused to hire any seamen over ficer on appeal will be in writ­ The low down on why the many as fifteen million workers in America whose wages or sal­ WLB Chairman Davis had to say thirty-five years of age, and the ing and will contain his find­ OPA is insisting, on a ceiling of aries have not increased as much when he was asked what under­ medical examination was the ings and conclusions. The de­ three cents is that the New Engpaid white collar workers should weapon that they employed to cision of the District C.G. of(Conthined on Page 3) as 15 per cent since Jan. 1, 1941. do to get wage increases they are enforce their rules. It also ap­ The fact is that many white entitled to. pears that the WSA is centraliz­ collar workers are organized into ing more of its power into the GET WISE—ORGANIZE trade unions affiliated with the ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR RMO, which indicates that this American Federation of Labor "Well, one way," said Mr. Da­ centralization of power is the WEEK OF NOVEMBER 15th TO 20th which have protected their inter­ vis, "is to join an organization. forerunner for the preparation ests fully. Thousands of office That is the way I would do." DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL by the WSA to jettison all col­ workers, for instance, are mem^ Yes, the white collar workers lective bargaining agreements bers of the AFL Office Employesj should take this lesson to heart. that the maritime unions have SHIPPED 361 180 275 816 Unions, which have been grouped; They should realize by now that with the employers. together in a national council.! no worker can afford to be a The United States Shipping REGISTERED 270 218 246 784 Additional thousands of white {Continued on Fage 4) Board was the 1921 version of Affiliated with the American Federation o/ Labor , • 1: fRtPOUT or\. n, >^ASHirvGiprv., Ifti- • r-,- -- : •" - '' ' '' ' '-i.•fV-- �Friday. December 3, 1943 THE SEAFARERS LOG WHArS DOING Arounil the Ports NEW ORLEANS Tomorrow 1 s Thanksgiving Day. We have to be thankful for the fact that in this land of ours all kinds can live and breath and carry on in the manner to which they are accustomed. We are honored by having in "our fair city a ship which is op= -Grated by our old friend Mr. -Squires. After being in port for five days they got around to pay-Ihg off, at this time it was sud^^denly brought to the attention of -the above named gentleman that there were some men aboard the -scow who had not made the trip. These men were ordered by the -First Engineer after the Master had made the statement that he was paying off (this was Friday) even though the men reported and worked. The deck engineer :%vOTked forty-four straight hours. Mr. Squires stated that he would not pay these men. The whole •question came down to whether !or not we should take orders from anyone but the office. This ;mihd you, after the run around •we got here from the Firmore •last summer. The men that were shipped from this hall were theh inform­ ed by yours truly that as they •were not going to get paid they need not work and at the same time I told Mr. Squires that he , was breaking the agreement. Of course he did not agree. Next day, after considerable discussion in the office of the Company which is the acting agent, it was agreed to pay these men for the days they worked and also for their lodging. When ready to leave, Mr. Squires in­ formed us that he wanted a white Stewards department aboard this ship, even though she had come in with a colored department and there had beeri a colored department shipped. I informed him that I would put the jobs on the board. The colored crew went to the ship the next day and turned to. Later this evening Mr. Squires called and stated that he had or­ dered a white department and how come that we had sent a col­ ored one. When I asked the gent if he would order me to pull off these guys he hedged and stated that he would not be put on the spot. The next move in the game is the gentleman trying to sign the ship on while she lays in drydock, even though she will be here some time. Have already several calls from members of the ship's crew who think that this is a lot of old-fashioned bunk and that they are not going to sign on. Every time that we get one of this company's ships in here we have a lot of unneeded trouble. There is more static involved in trying to care for a couple of these lousy packets than any other company that operates. I SIU And Tanker Members On West Coast Central Registering: and Dispatching Office Open in SUP Headquarters at San Francisco For SIU Members and T, C*s in Deck, Engine and Steward Departments 1 Increased shipping on West Coast by SIU members has made it necessary to open a separate and complete business office to be devoted solely to registering and car­ ing for the needs of SIU members in all departments. All SIU members in San Francisco are required to im­ mediately register in SIU office at 59 Clay St. SIU members in SUP Branches on the West Coast are to register in the respective SUP Office and receive an SIU shipping card. - SIU shipping cards will have preference on SIU ships and will be recognized by all SUP Dispatchers. SIU Deck mem­ bers will have second preference when SUP members are available. For Further Information: Call your union offices and tanker organizers at the addresses listed below. You will always finds somebody at these numbers excepting at night. SEATTLE, WASH.—86 Seneca St.—Phone Elliott 6752. —^E. Coester or Johnson. PORTLAND, OREGON—111 West Burnside St.—Phone Beacon 4336—John Massey or C. Atkins. RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA—257 Fifth St.—Phone Rich­ mond 4021—Louie Glebe or Banks. VANCOUVER, B. C.—340 B. Gamble St.—Phono Pacific 7824—Hugh Murphy. WILMINGTON, California—440 Avalon Blvd. —Phone 4449. NEW YORK crry — 105 Broad St. — Phone BOwUng Green 9-9530—Morris Weisberger. SAN FRANCISCO—59 Clay St.—Phone Exbrook 8229— i .-i Pha Coriley. -- believe that we would be in or­ der to bring to the attention of the powers that be the way that this outfit works and ask them to compile one of those files that they delight in forming on sea­ men. In closing I would like to be able to cast a glance into the old crystal glass and see what the second cook who is coming from New York to take the Paca does when he finds that we still ship from the union hall. So thanks for Thanksgiving, in Berlin those still alive are very, very thankful that their baliwicks are still standing. In Tokyo the slant-eyes are thank­ ful that there are no more Shangri-la's. We here in New Orleans in the SIU are thankful that there are no Calmar Steam­ ship companies doing business. Thanks. I wonder how I would stack up for a Thanksgiving job. ARMY, Ageni SAVANNAH Shipping in this port has been slow the last 10 days. I had a lot of the boys come up from Tampa and New Orleans but most of them went right on to Norfolk in as much as Brother Rogers was in need of men in all departments in that port. Shipping at the present time is very good here as we have one West Coast ship in Wilmington and one in Charleston. Shipping also looks very good for the com­ ing week. Nothing more to re­ port for now. CHARLES WAID, Agent HAWK TELEGRAPHS PROTEST TO LAND ON MEDICAL EXAM. Page Threa Editor's Mail Bag Editor Dear Sir; P-erhaps you couH helij me. Is there some sort of pin I could wear for my husband who died in the merchant marine in March? Isn't there something that I could wear to show that my husband did his part? I noticed in your paper of April 30, 1943, that my husband's name was listed "In Mcmoriam." Any information you could give ihe would help. Mrs. Herbert Zumpft (Relatives of merchant seamen killed in action are entitled to wear and display the regular gold service star.—^Editor). • • • Traffic Det. Hangar 6 National Airport Washington, D. C. Editor, Dear Brother: This is just to tell you (in case you don't already know) that in the current issue of Fortune Mag­ azine there is an article on unions—and a full page picture of the "Hall" with Paul reading off the jobs and a gang of the fellows standing ai'ound. If I re­ member it's in color. Again, as usual unfortunately, there isn't any credit given to our union. But I got quite a kick seeing Paul (some of the boys tell me that he's been going to sea again) and that now famous ship­ ping board again. I quit the sea in March for a special assignment with Air Transport Command (from cargo to cargo) and the work here is ad exciting (and as secret) as hell. Every General and every bigshot comes through here and wa get to see them all. But every so often I miss tha water and the ships and tha steady clanging of the engine room from below deck. And some how flying is a sleepy busi­ ness. Incidentally, in the next issue (probably hits the newstands on January 1st) of World At War Magazine, there is the story of my voyage to Murmansk in the days when it was stiU something to talk about. I mention it be­ cause I deliberately mentioned the SIU in it twice; I'll get a per­ sonal kick seeing our name in print after getting sick of aU the hot air the Curranumist were throwing out. Then there's another magazine story coming out soon in which I quoted Paul and again mentioned the Union. (This time they would only aUow one mention.) Got a note from Brother Joe Whelen the other day. Joe fol­ lowed in my footsteps (and our advice is don't anybody else do it) and joined the Army to "get away from the sea for awhile." So they stuck him in the Rescue Boat Squadron of the Air Corps. He was just born for salt water! Writing this because he men­ tioned getting his retirement card •and I remember Uiat in the ex­ citement I forgot to put in for mine. I'd like to now. Best regards to all the Brothers, Pvt. LIONEL SIMON / REPORT FROM Washington Telegram sent to WSA on day to a better share than they are {Continued from Page 2) of meeting to consider the phy­ land operators do not want fish­ now receiving. sical exams. The New England fish dealers ermen from up north to go south are cleaning up and do not want Admiral E. S. Land, this year. The practice in the past their fishermen to go south. Prob­ Administrator has been for fishermen from ably the only way to put the War Shipping Administration around Glocester, Mass., to go to Department of Commerce Bldg. the southern fishing fields in the skids on Mr. Trigg is a general strike of fishermen. Washington, D. C. winter. Now if the CPA set a low ceiling on southern fish, this Dimock of Recruitment and will have the tendency to not en­ Manning Organization is attempt­ courage fishermen to go to the ing to make compulsory a phy­ usual southern fishing grounds. R. H. TAURIN has overlime sical examination for all men in The New England fishermen coming from the Calmar Line. the merchant marine. Any rigid are at present on strike against See patrolman Sheehan about it. physical rules would inevitably the OPA boondongling on the n« eliminate many old-time seamen, fish ceiling set up in the New R. McLAURIN has overtime usually rated men, so vitally England Area. coming from the New York of­ needed in this war emergency. Mr. Charles Trigg, Chief Fish fice of the Calmar Line. Compulsory physical examina­ Consultant in the OPA, was « • • tions would play into the hands formerly a • fish dealer, and his of labor's enemies and give them policy has been to give all the Crew which paid off S.S. Alcoa an opportunity to deal us and the gravy to the fish dealers. He has Voyager in Sept. 1943, has $10 war effort a blow by black-ball­ given them so much gravy in the linen money coming. Collect 17 ing many men from their trade. New Englaiid aiea that the deal­ Battery Place. New York City. » » • Dimock says that ships have ers themselves have made the Steward Department of S.S. missed sailing schedules due to statement that the fishermen Cape Henlopen which paid oft ill health of crews. We brand should be given a better share of November 1943, has overtime this a lie and challenge him to the proceeds of the catch. In coming from the Bull Line. prove statement. For morale of statements made before the War » » » men sailing the ships, for the Labor Board the dealers admit- The logging of the Steward's best interest of the industry, we ed that they are making more Department of the S.S. Daniel appeal for. your aid in defeating money now than before the ceil­ Willard has been reversed by the ing prices were set up, and that this proposal. the fishermen should be entitled Commissioner after a length]^ JOHN HAWK triid. The men involved can col- ^ Secretary-Treasurer, lect extra meal money and Keep In Touch With log their Atlantic & Gulf District refund from Calmar Line Seafarers International Union Your Draft Board Office. MONEY DUE , ... . .:v .SA'ikse,!-. .,'1 �smm Page Four ??>•- •, THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. December 3, 1943 Macauley Whips Up Strike The NY Times And Scare In Smearing SIU-SUP Crocodile Tears I !• New ^Luxury' Life Rafts Tested {Continued from Page 1) jef a" unions several months ago It looks like this Proposed Order {Continued from Page 2) that the SIU-SUP was in favor of been incorporated wherever has been very carefully set up so rugged individualist. Theyshoulc letting men go to sea with ven­ possible, in this proposed Gener­ there can be no come-back in see the futility of bargaining as ereal diseases and other contag- al Order." This statement is un­ case of discrimination. individuals in an industrial true, insofar as we arc concern eous ailments. EXISTING PROVISIONS economy which is highly organ­ ed, because we are definitely and AMPLE SAFEGUARDS ized. To set the record straight once absolutely opposed to this pro­ You are well aware of the fact more—we are in favor of ven­ Isn't it just a silly manifests posed program dealing with that every merchant seaman who ereal inspection. We are in favor tion of false pride for an office medical examinations for sea­ goes to sea today must pass a of eliminating from the crews worker to consider himself above {Continued from Page 1) • men, beyond what already exists Public Health examination be­ any man who has a disease that his fellow workers? Isn't he cut frying pan with fifteen pounds of and has been functioning so well fore he is issued his certificate of constitutes a health menace lo ting off his nose to spite his face fuel also took the forty-five-foo| for many years past. seamanship. You are also aware if he fails to join with other of­ drop required by USCG regula­ his shipmates. Mr. Dimock further states: "I We are opposed to the rigid believe that this program of that if a man gets sick aboai-d fice workers in a union to protect tions, into San Francisco Bay. physical standards proposed by medical examinations is an im­ ship, he is entitled to go to the the interest of all white collar The stove and fuel are avail« Macauley and the Stalinists portant step in safeguarding the Marine Hospital. You should workers? able as extra equipment if th« which would eliminate the old- health of sea-going personnel and give the merchant seamen a lit­ It seems shameful to us that armed forces or Maritime Com­ timers suffering from minor in­ in avoiding ship delays which tle credit to this extent that no office workers, who have the mission want them. capacities which do not effect are caused by illness of crew man who is really ill will go benefits of better education, Like other standard rafts de­ their efficiency on the job. The members while vessels are on a aboard a ship and take a chance should be so far behind workers veloped during the war, it car­ on his own health! We realize in overalls when it comes to ad­ ries signaling and safety equip­ proposed physical requirements voyage." the Washington Bureaucrats who vancement of. their economic ment required by the Coasf could be construed to eliminate NO SHIPS DELAYED spend their time and the tax­ status through organization. from the industry many men who Guard, including distress signal^ We do not know of a cheaper payers' money drafting these receive "battle shock", impaired signal pistols, signaling mirrors* Potentially^ the office workers hearing, etc., caused from bomb­ way of trying to put over a pro­ Proposed General Orders do not could have one of the largest and illuminating oil, drinking cups, ings while delivering the goods gram such as this Proposed Gen­ have too much respect for a mer­ strongest unions in the country if matches, fishing tackle, blanketSJ -to the war fronts. Fine gratitude eral Order has in view, than by chant seamen's intelligence, but they would only throw off the compass and electric waterlight. to show these men who have stating it will "avoid delaying a seaman has that much sense, I ridiculous mental hazards against Measuring 8 by 16 feet by 41, risk their very lives in this war. ship,S caused by illness of crew can assure you. inches, the reversible raft is de­ What is wrong with the pres- joining a union which have been signed for twenty persons, but No provisions are being made to members." To our knowledge, cleverly set up by employer rehabilitate them in-shore jobs— (and we thing it is pretty exten­ sent et-up? Today some steam­ propaganda. thirty-six have been aboard at but they would become victims sive covering 40,000 Merchant ship companies have physical one time. There are the usual ten of the government's war upon Seamen, covering some 900 ships examinations. Others have not. As a member of an AFL Office quarts of water per person, four­ on the West Coast, not counting But, as stated before, and as you Workers Union ourself, we can teen ounces of pemmican and thd the unions. There is no question in any- those on the East Coast) at no well know, every merchant sea­ testify that such union member­ same amounts of malted millc . one's mind about how the rank time has any vessel been delay­ man must pass a Public Health ship has not interfered in the tablets, chocolate and "C" Army and file seamen stand on this is­ ed due to illness of the crew examination before he is issued slightest degree with our inde­ ration biscuit. Protective cur­ pendence of thought or action. his certificate of seamanship. sue. The NMU leadership know since the war started! tains, sails and canopy are all We can also testify from our painted orange to make them For years the shipowners have that there is a near-revolt in the We challenge you to refute this attempted to discriminate against personal observation that union visible long distances from sea ox; NMU. Macauley knows how the statement! seamen through company doc­ office workers are better paid air. other unions feel because a flood This Proposed General Order of telegrams has been descend­ for merchant seamen will mean tors, and seamen have been able and work under better conditions Irhe Young company expects to ing upon his office. Almost every nothing but the elimination of to appeal to the Public Health than non-union office workers. lit top production for its new So we say to the unorganized raft at its Oakland assemply line port on both cojists has been old-time seamen from the indus­ officers if they felt they were be­ heard from, and in no uncertain try. You know, of course, that ing discriminated against, and in office workers of the country— about Jan. 1, holding econtracts to terms. there are thousands of men be­ many cases company doctor's de­ don't envy union members who furnish various Liberty shipa; If Macauley can twist this into tween the ages of 40 and 60—and cisions have been repudiated by are better paid. Get wise and other types of cargo vessels, join an AFL union yourselves! a strike threat—let him do so. over—who still go to sea. Ex­ Public Health Service. tankers and transports. s —Philip Pearl » » » Now, the shipowners will be in cepting when someone is after Following is the text of Lunde- their scalps, they are called "Old a -different position. The ship­ berg's letter which sent Macaul- Sea Dogs." You know too that owners through this Proposed stonewall. In our frank opinion, this is ey's blood-pressure to such dizzy these men are not all 100 per General Order, will set War part of a long range program heights: cent physical specimens. How Shipping Administration, (man­ adopted by the bureaucrats of could they be, after spending 30 aged and controlled by them­ the WSA, in conjunction with San Francisco, Calif., to 40 years of their life in some selves, up to do the dirty work AUGUST DAUM: certain shipowners, to move in November 2-3, 1943 of the rotten, vermin-ridden, for the shipowners, and thru this Your wife has been injured^* and eliminate old-time union leaky and unsanitary fo'cstles, procedure, eliminate old-timers and would like to hear from you. Captain Edward Macauley, seamen. This is directly in line which were so prevalent until from the industry. She is at the Huntington Valley Deputy War Shipping with your training program, and the Unions were able to adjust Country Club, Abington, Pa. . Administrator MAKE WAY FOR YOUR with your Recruitment and Man­ «• » » these conditions? c/o War Shipping TRAINEES ning Organization — and how WALLACE H. SMOKE. Jr. Administration, There is a reason for it. The comes your "medical program." PLEA FOR OLD-TIMERS Contact the Tampa Agent. He Department of Commerce Bldg, Now, there are many old-tim­ War Shipping Administration has It will work handily in using has important information for Washington, (25) D.C. ers, whose eyes might not be so spent millions of the tax-payers' the taxpayei's money to build up (Copies to House Merchant strong at 50, as they were at 20 money enrolling "new men" for and guarantee jobs for the fu­ you. Marine and —whose hearing might not be so the Shipping industry, and it is ture for the "right" guys—pro­ money, in the high-handed man­ Fisheries Committee. good—his blood pressure, might no secret that in most cases they viding they do their dirty work ner in which you people are doWilliam Green, President, be a little higher—he might be are being taught to hate the against the American seamen, ng. A. F. of L. flat-footed — or there might be Union seamen. What would be and if the people in your Bu­ We are sending copies of this Mathew Dushane, Wash. any number of small physical sweeter for the shipowners and reaus spent a little less time in letter to all members of the Mer­ ^ Rep., SIU of N.A. defects which an aspiring medi­ politicians, who run this set-up, figuring out ways and means of chant Marine and Fisheries Com­ John Hawk, Scc'y.-Treas., cal officer might use as an excuse than to be able to show that the putting seamen behind the eight mittee of our Senate and Con- J_ Atlantic-Gulf District, to turn a man down for "physical Union man gets off the ship, and ball, and a little more for the gress, who so ably managed and SIU of N.A. is being replaced by the WSA- war effort, we would be much laid down the law for the Mer­ disability." Marshall Dimock, Asst. In the Proposed General Order trained newcomer? Do you ex­ further ahead. This proposed chant Seamen, and whose wise Deputy Adm. it also states that if a man is re­ pect to justify your expenditures General Order, worked out by a handling of the merchant marine| p! Recruitment-Manning, bunch of $10,000.00 a year stiffs, affairs is directly responsible for fg jected by "your medical officer" in this fashion? WSA and others.) —he can appeal to the Public How do we know we're going with nothing to do but scheme to the role the merchant marine has ® Dear Sir; Health Service. This evidently is to get a square deal from the keep themselves in office, will played in this war — and even On November 23, 1943, we re­ iviearit as a bit of satire—because, medical-appointees of the WSA? disrupt the now-efficient sailing you cannot deny that it has been ceived a communication from one as we understand it, the medical It is a certainty he won't get ap­ of American ships. a noble one. Should any ships be delayed of your men, Mr. Marshall E. examining officer will be ap­ pointed unless he is "right" in Our representative in Wash­ Dimock, Asst. Deputy Adminis­ pointed through the public health politics with the crowd running through this proposed medical ington, D. C., Mr. Dushane, wiH trator for Recruitment and Man­ office. So, how far is a man's the WSA, and therefore he will scheme of yours, we will lay the appear at the November 30tb owe his loyalty to whoever ap­ responsibility right in your lap. meeting and further outline ning. This communication con­ appeal going to go? tained a copy of a Proposed Gen­ You further state in your pro­ points him—and the appoint­ Our organization will absolute­ opposition to this program. ly and definitely not cooperate in eral Order regarding medical ex­ posed General Order that a man ment comes from the WSA. By Orders of the Membership, this respect. NO PROTECTION FOR who has been rejected shall be aminations for crews on War We challenge your authority to Harry Lundeberg, Secy.-Treas,,, SEAMEN Shipping Administration's ves­ verbally advised, if he requests Now, you can not deny that sit back in Washington, D. C. and Sailors Union of the Pacific. sels. Mr. Dimock's letter goes on it, as to the reasons for his rejec­ r-' C to say—"The suggestions made tion. This is also a joke—because the WSA is largely controlled by lay down laws and regulations President, Seafarers Interna­ • by the Maritime Labor Unions to if a man is rejected for medical the shipowners. Where does the affecting hundreds and thousands tional Union of North Americd (Representing 40,000 American| • Dr. Daniel Blain, in response to reasons, why don't the medical seamen's protection come in? Not of men, and involving the spend­ his letter sent to the Presidents officers put it down in writing? in this deal! 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Title A name given to the resource December 3, 1943 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. V, No. 35 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: MACAULEY WHIPS UP STRIKE SCARE IN SMEARING SIU-SUP USS IS PICKETED BY ANGRY MERCHANTMEN NEW 'LUXURY' LIFE RAFTS TESTED THE SAGA OF ALCOA SCOUT IS TOLD THE NY TIMES AND CROCODILE TEARS SIU AND TANKER MEMBERS ON WEST COAST HAWK TELEGRAPHS PROTEST TO LAND ON MEDICAL EXAM Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/3/1943 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1943 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/40d81b8439a8bf03ba8134559b3d23f5.PDF e977f81366bc39bae5e2239e4c17a57e PDF Text Text OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Vol. y. Censors Ease Restriction On News NEW YORK, N.Y.. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 26, 1943 ARMY MAN LAUDS OUR FIGHT FOR CONDITIONS Nov. 2. 1943 Editor: Dear Brother: Copies of the LOG are com­ ing really on time and each succeeding issue seems better than the last. I was more than impressed upon reading the last issue and seeing that our Union is still in there fighting despite bureaucratic pressure. I was disheartened upon hear­ ing of the Sabotage of the se­ curity watch program but now I see that the shipowners are paying through the nose for that. I had occasion to speak to the crew of a ship that pulled in here recently. Half were NMU and the others were RMO. The NMU boys were pretty well disgusted with the whole set-up and I showed them a copy of the LOG and pointed out the many bonuses our crews are still collecting even after being paid off. They said they were going over to the SIU when they returned and in doing so, they would know how they stood on unionism. I'm enclosing a $5 donation and wish I could make it more. Although I'm taking War Bonds, I feel that our Union stands for the same principles and security. Steady a^ she goes. Fraternally yours, Sgt. Dimitri J. Keigis Co. A. 562nd Maintenance APO 503—c/o P. M. San Francisco, Calif. WASHINGTON — A twelvepoint program designed to relax many of the restrictions now placed upon steamship operators, the War Shipping Administra­ tion and the unions with respect to release of information con­ cerning the activities of the war­ time merchant marine, has been completed and will become effec­ tive immediately, it was learned this week. The program is the result of negotiations between the War Shipping Administration, the Navy and the Office of Censor­ ship and represents the first time since the outbreak of the war that there has been any relaxa­ tion of the restrictions which have heretofore been imposed upon merchant ship operations. ;AS an exeriment, the War Shipping Administration releas­ ed four press releases, which were checked by the Office of War Information and with the Navy. These stories, the WSA points out, "unfreeze" the fol­ lowing twelve features, formerly untold under interpretations of the code or sometimes told in part by the Navy about a "cargo ship"; 1. Release by WSA. 2. Name and type of ship. 3. Enemy action or special event. 4. General location. 5. Approximate date. 6. Names of personneL 7. Addresses of personnel. .8- Comment by captain or strictions, it is understood that as others. Allied progress is made in both 9. Name of operator or agent. Europe and in the Pacific other 10. Name of yard where built. provisions which now affect se­ 11. When launched. curity:-will be lifted. It is under­ 12. Structural reliability. stood that work is continuing be­ Although the twelve-point pro­ gram as it now stands is not a tween the three departments complete relaxation of code re- along these lines. No. 34 Atlantic Fishermen Call Strike For Living Wage Faced with the breakdown of union-governmcnt-industry negotiations for an in­ creased price for their catch, the Atlantic Fishermen's Union, SIU, pulled the pins on the New York, Boston and New Bedford fleets this week. This strike followed months of fruitless negotiations with the fish wholesalers and the OPA, and followed the taking of an official strike vote following a "cooling off" period as demanded by the Smith^Connally Bill. and the fishermen wpuld be pro­ During the past week Patrick tected. The idea of less profits McHugh, Secretary-Treasurer of was, of course, like waving a red the union, had spent several days flag at a bull. The wholesalers in Washington confering with went beserk. industry representatives and of­ Most of the fleets in the three ficials of the OPA, He presented ports were at sea when the strike figures proving that the fisher­ call was issued and the full ef­ NEW YORK, (ITF) — Twenty men were not able to maintain fect of the tie-up won't be felt for Greek seamen have been releas­ an American standard of living several days. The mackerel fleet ed from federal detention at Ellis under present OPA price ceil­ is not effected as the union ne­ gotiated a satisfactory price for Island in response to representa­ ings. Many OPA officials resisted this fish some time ago. Neither tions by the Greek Maritime Welfare Committee and the the granting of an increase in will the Gloucester fleet be ef­ Greek Maritime Union, it was catch price on the excuse that it fected, as this port's local also announced this week at the Com­ would increase the cost of living reached a satisfactory agreement mittee's offices, 18 East 41st St. for the consumer. This would on prices. Those fleets effected Eleven men will soon ship out only be true if the wholesalers are the Boston fleet with 50 large aboard Green and other Allied were allowed to pass along to the boats and 800 men; the New with 75 smaller merchant vessels while the rest consumer the small increase Bedford fleet are expected to join the Greek asked by the union. Were the boats and 800 men; and the New wholesalers forced to cut their York fleet with about 30 boats Navy. profits a bit, both the consumer and 300 men. The decision of the federal authorities, according to a com­ mittee spokesman, followed an investigation of the men's com­ plaints by a-delegation composed of Mr. Christopher S. Stephano, chairman of the G.M.W.C., Petros Spiridacos, secretary of the Greek Maritime Union, and a representative of the U. S. Im­ migration Department. The immigration officials, sat­ isfied with the assurance given, have paroled the men into the custody of the Recruitment and Manning Organization of the War Shipping Administration. It was suggested in maritime circles that as a matter of future pro­ cedure, all Greek seamen re­ leased from federal custody be turned over to the Greek Mar{Continued on Page 4) Release 20 Greek Seamen; Open New Maritime Club 11 SIU Men Prisoners Of War RUFUS E. STOUGH, Cook 1419% Terpsichore St. New Orleans, La. GEORGE A. RIGGINS, Wiper 210 Drumont Place Norfolk, Virginia HENRY B. WILSON, AB 422 Grand Ave. Cumberland, Maine MANUEL M. LEDESMA, Messman Honolulu, T. H. ALFRED S. KATZ, Utility 2971 Ford St. Brooklyn, New York FRED G. STILLWELL, Pumpman Gresham, Oregon WILLIAM E.'LEAVER, FOW Natasulga, Alabama CARL G. RYDBERG. OS Hilo, T. H. PAUL PETRO, OS 447 Mathews Street Gary, Indiana EARL SPEAR, Chief Steward 920 Galier Street New Orleans, La. WILLIAM R. SMITH, Oiler 5700 Palisades Ave. West New York, N. J. The above brothers have been listed as prisoners of war by the Navy Department. Most of these men were torpedoed while delivering war goods to Europe, and were sub­ sequently captured and interned by the Nazis. The SIU is now taking steps to send them packages of food and tobacco, and will do all in its power to see that they receive such aid as is possible under the circumstances. However much these brothers will appreciate the smokes we send them, we are cer­ tain that their greatest desire will be that we maintain union conditions so that when the war ends they will not trade Nazi slavery for American shipowner slavery. a.' -1,1 -, 'S v. J, —Justice �wsEiwc-^raesi THE ' Page Two SEAFARERS LOG Friday, Kovember 26. 1943 1 SEAFARERS Puhlished by the S-'i iv- SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District ApUated xvUh tlx Amsricsfi Vsdsrstion -cf Labor . HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ "Presidenf 110 Mariket Street, Saa Francisco. Calif. JOHN HAWK - - - - - - - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSKANfi - Washhtgton Kep. 424 5 til Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. •www Directory of Branches BRANCH ADDRESS PHONE . . BOwling Green 9-3437 • 2 Slone St. ..Liberty 405 7 ..330 Atlantic Ave BOSTON (10) ...Calvert 4539 ,.14 North Cay St BALTIMORE (2) ...Lombard 7651 . .6 North 6th St PHILADELPHIA .".Norfolk 4-1083 ..25 Commercial PI NORFOLK... ..Canal 3336 NEW ORLEANS (16) ..309 Chartres St ..Savannah 3-1728" ..218 East Bay St SAVANNAH ..Tampa MM-1323 TAMPA........a..•*. ..423 East Piatt St ...Dial 2-1392 ..55 So. Conception. St... MOBILE ..Puerto cle Tierra ..45 Ponce de Leon PUERTO RICO ..Galveston 2-8043 ..219 20th Street GALVESTON FT. LAUDERDALE.... . .2021 S. Federal Highway. ..Ft. Lauderdale 1601 NEW YORK (4) PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 213, 2 STONE STMET New York City BOwling Green 9-8346 267 I ft" French Seamen's Union Is Reorganized; Growing At Phenominal Rate Of Speed V-762 NEW YORK, (ITF)--The .story gether and decided to organize of. .the reconstruction of the once more, the union they had " STench ' Sieainen's Union, is the all once been members of. At story of a fight against fascism the first meeting of the union and evidence of the desire of held in New Yoik, nearly 350 French merchant seamen all over French seamen attended. This the world to reconstruct democ­ represented an almost 100% at­ racy in their native land. tendance with the exception of ONE FOR THE BOOK THOSE "STABS IN ! No sooner had CJeneral Charles those who had to remain on deGaulle escaped from France duty aboard their ships. Enthu-. ballots received THE BACK'* President Roosevelt has ap­ to England than the French mer­ siasm ran high and- once more L^om train, engine and yard ser- pointed a committee of five to chant ships followed his lead. these men could look to the fu- vice" workers by the Transporta- find oiit about the cost of living. Dispatches received in only Soon after their arrival in Eng­ ture with hope. Other, ships fol-Brotherhoods are running He doesn't need'a conimittee. He one (lay this month told of the land, the crews of these ships lowed and their crews too, joined ..ai^^st 100 per cent" in favor of can jget the dope the way the return of 24,000 striking' aircr^ makers in Britain and the settle­ •got together to form on foreign the union. ^ walkout, President D. B. Rob- Labor Herald gets it—namely, ment of two coaL strikes involv-, soil, the trade union they had But the story in England and ertson of the Locomotive Fire- from the housewives. ing 6,000 men, with a strike (jf seen made illegal at home. From America, is not the only one. men and Enginemen revealed on He, himself, could go to the Scotch shipbuilders looming. We June, 1940 until the liberation of Two hundred seamen in Algiers Wednesday. OPA. There; he will learn that North Africa by allied armies, organized in April the Algerian The early returns are mainly subsidies were given to reduce don't hear so much nowadays about how British workers stanii these were the only French sea­ Seamen's Union. By May their from roads near the headquarters the cost of butter by two and for any old thing "to win thb men "delivering the goods." Many number had risen to over five of several of the Brotherhoods one-half cents per pound. Im­ war," with the war right in their, others, unable to escape, worked hundred. In June their example and are being tabulated as they mediately there was little or no front yard. at home in the underground was followed by the seamen in come in. If the present rate of butter. Announcement was made movement and many were forced Oran with another two hundred That old gag has died out, anfl "yes" votes continues, a , record that there would be plenty of to work for the Vichy Govern­ members. News has now reached our people are beginning to sus­ majority for a strike \yill he roll­ butter for fall and .winter be­ ment. pect that maybe the Briffsib; the office of the French Seamen's ed up, Robertson predicted. cause the tubs of the armed At the time North Africa was Union in New York that the va­ workers know a few things forces were full to the overflow­ freed and the larger part of the rious local unions of seamen in "The response from these em­ ing. Butler got scarcer and about war from close acquaint­ ployes demonstrates beyond a French merchant fleet joined the North Africa have joined to­ doubt how bitterly the men feel scarcer. Now the OPA announces ance, That the winning of' this, fleets of all the United Nations, gether and that they are in close the price of butter is to be ad­ or any other war, can be helped the men in these ships had no touch with the union in England, over the way they have been vanced six cents per pound. or speeded by submission to in­ legal union and almost no or­ which is affiliated to the Inter­ treated," Robertson declared. The President has appointed a dustrial tyranny has never been ganization. Trade unions had national Transport Workers' Fed- The Firemen and Enginemen's committee to inquire into all proved. It's just assumed' by been prohibited by Vichy, both jeration. Thus, the French sea- chief also made it clear the these details and thousands loud-talking Babbits who are in France and in North Africa; "men have once more been unions are "definitely not inter­ ested" an an offer of Economic more. Safe bet! The committee sitting this war out, as they sat Early in the Spring of 1943, sev­ will bring in a report that every­ the last one out^—and grabbing eral of these ships came in to brought together in the same Stabilizer Fred M. Vinson to and dandy and big profits for sitting. New York harbor for repairs, re­ union, regardless of the type of "raise the ante" slightly on the thing is fine » » » fitting and arming. In almost no .ship' they sail, or the department miserly 4-cent increase awarded working people are a worthless Over here "Wb are still told by an Emergency Board to the lot for wanting butter on- their time these seamen had gotten to- in which they work. workers represented by the five bread. That has been the sys­ that this or that strike maj' cause tem so far. We expect no imme- the death of an American soldier. Brotherhoods. But there is not and never was, 'diaite change. As reported in another story on ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR one proved casualty in the Amer­ this page, Vinson, in announcing —Lal»r Herald ican Army caused by any lack WEEK OF NOVEMBER 8th TO 13th a sliding, scale of increases rec: of arms or ammunition becauM ommended by the board for the DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL "We're interested in fairness, of an industrial stoppage. "non-operating" workers, said he was willing to apply the same not in handouts," Robertson" as­ —United Mine Workers Journal SHIPPED 357 170 281 808 formula to the "operating" group. serted. "Our men want decent That would mean 5 to 6 ceiits an itreatment, not stuff such as that. REGISTERED 265 217 240 722 Kdep In Touch With ' hour, instead of 4 cents for some They're more angry and resent­ ful than they have been in years." of the operating employes. Draft Board ]. Americah workers have built the greatest navy in the world. Rail Workers Are J-hom, JhsL o&Aoi PMAJL — Voting Wdkotrt f ll: �;;fW-: Friday, November 26, 1943 THE SEAFARERS - i- LOG Page Three i r,wNEW SOCtAU SECUR1TY'TAX*6IVES YOU: seA/ff/rs; lot/eex PAYpmoos. WHAT'S DOnifG INCREASED INCOME OR SALES TAX 6IVES YOU: PO /MPP0y£Af£P7S:8£/Y££/7SP£AfA/M. SMALL: PAY P£P/00 Sf/opn • Around the Porte MOBILE 1 Weil brothers, I-have just had the pleasure of giving a gander to the greatest piece of exagger­ ation that was ever placed on 'paper with printer's ink. And be­ lieve me brothers, I have seen sojme • awful misconstruance of the facts by this element. The title of this mastcl'picce is, "The NMU, What. It. Is And What It Does." This book is suppose to be put up by the educational committee of the National Mari­ time Union and published by one Leo Huberman. .Now the average youngster that just recently came into the n;aritime industry knows little or nothing about this set-up. He •w'puld read this book and natur­ ally assume that the NMU was really responsible for the wages and working conditions that the seamen are enjoying on the ships today. -Now for the average layman that don't know the score, I will try to define this suppose-to-be labor organization known as the NMU. We will take it in the or­ der of the title. First, this NMU is only one chapter of a large drama which consumed a - very long time for a number of play­ wrights to turn out. They com­ pleted it in 1917 and titled it Bolshevism and later on they titled it Communism. The heads of the playwrights were changed from time to time, the head of them now is one, Joe Stalin. • Then it became the problem of •their salesmen to sell-this drania to the poor working stiffs of the world. The program was to sell this - play to three industries, mainly, the transportation indus­ try, the communication industry and the publication industry. Their conception was if they could accomplish this feat they would have the world by the tail on a down hill drag. They tried to sell their slush for years under the guise of the Maritime Work­ ers Industrial Union, but could not get in the groove with this moniker. So, at the Moscow convention in 1935 the commis­ sars decided to take anothep tack, so they came out with a new program. This was subse­ quent to the collective bargain­ ing election on the Pacific Coast in 1934 to determine who would be the collective agency to bar­ gain for workers. Then the In­ ternational Longshoreman's As­ sociation and The International Seamen's Union was declared the bargaining agents by the work­ ers. The program was to instruct all fellow-travelers and commie stooge's to join these two organi­ zations and disrupt the organiza­ tions and discredit the officials until they could take control of these organizations. Around about this time was a bird by the name of Joe Curran who was working in the Grace Line shore gang in New YoTk for $.50 an hour when the scale of pay for painters in New York at that time was $1.00 an hour. ]^e joined the Eastern & Gulf Sailors Association of the Inter­ national Seamen Union. Reason per. It seems to me that quite a number of our members are not taking their union to heart as they once did, maybe it is due to the war or the swift pace that we are now travelling. The USS and the Conunies opened up the new place here on the 31st of October and from what I can read in the papers they had quite a blowout. Bro. Swanson of the NMU was one of the main speakers, and Senator Pepper, who is well known for his anti-labor activities in this state. Oh, by the way, Swanson has taken to the Cement Block (One of the new cement ships that are being built here) as Boatswain. It seems that the man with the long whiskers gave him a notice to go to sea or be drafted. A West Coast ship was in the other day from a six month trip and they paid off without many beefs and continued their way back to the coast with first class transportation. The ship was turned over to the Navy and be­ lieve me they, got a nice looking ship. Quite a few of the Tampa boys are back from a long trip and TAMPA they seem to be very happy to From the looks of the other get back to the Palmettos and branche.s' minutes the voting has orange groves where they can not begun so very strong. I sup­ spread the bull without any inpose that in the near future teruption from the Yanks. Shipping here is very slow but when the convoys come in things will pick up some. We have we do a little dues business, now quite a few members in this and then. Wonder how 'Bro. branch and I have to raise hell to Army is making out with the get a balloting committee to Flagship of the Waterman Fleet, serve. After the voting is over Part Orleans. I want him to take you will hear all kinds of hell care of that ship as she is the raised because some so-and-so pride and, joy of the Tampa Branch (Sometimes). got in office. Well, if they would take as From all the information, the much interest in their voting as Bull Line is going to take one of they do in condemning the offi­ the floating brick bats that is cials that are now in office and coming out of the yard in the the new ones that will be install­ near future. That's all for this ed, probably we would have a week. union that would be a super-duD. L. PARKER, Agent was that The International Sea­ men Union had a contract with Grace Line. He joined the Union in May 1935 and never paid any more dues until September. He got himself in bad standing im­ mediately, which is bad and very rotten unionism in anyone's uniori. Now this was the man that they singled out to lead this herd. You can draw your own conclusion. They continued on their pro­ gram until some time in 1937 when this element was cited for using the name of the Interna­ tional Seamen Union to collect the union's funds on the union books. Then overnight the Na­ tional Maritime Union was born. Joe Curran placed head of it and that's what the NMU is. Now any old timer is well acquainted with these facts but the new comers to the industry are not and this is for their benefit. Later on we will see if we can define what the NMU does, and until that time brothers, try to keep her in the channel. OLDEN BANKS, Agent Th^ 99 Yeair Club Oh, come with me to the NMU And see. Club 99, It's there you'll meet the oidtimers With strike cards sublime. The men who built the NMtX Shall rrieet you at the door,^ Yes, you shall meet the real men And you shall learn the score. Yes, a famous Club of the NMU Is that called 99, No Communist faker in the lot So do not waste your time. No agents of Joseph Stalin there No bums froni Browder's knee. No draft dodging Commie windbags But men who sail the sea. How do you join Club 99? Well, here is what you do. While on an NMU madhouse Just praise the SIU, Or call Joe Curran a liar Or the Communist line a fake Then you're a candidate for the Club A brother on the make. Just say "to hell with Stalin" And the door is opened wide For the Commie rats ride every ship And o'er your thoughts preside. Or wonder where, your cash has gone The millions of the past Of Murray Stein and the Party bums And you are there at last. —Top an' Lift. ••'SI PAYMPAfr eyppyiY££f( rap g$ tv££ASs Sk IF PVAiOi ALLOW.. " PAVPPPiODS e/yrrp /u osoAuye TO /e w££ps., ^| This chart shows unemployment benefits for a married man who earns $40 a week in a factory and supports a family of four. Left: Benefits under Wagner-Murray-Dingell Bill. Right: If sales or income tax is imposed instead. The worker will receive only those benefits now in effect under state laws. (AFL Labor's Monthly Survey chart via Federated Pictures) ILGWU Would Scrap NEW AGREEMENTS Little Steel Policy CONCLUDED Scrapping of the "arbitrary and rigid Little Steel formula to make room for a more flexible wage policy" to meet the needs of workers and consumers was demanded by the general execu­ tive board of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union in a resolution made public yes­ terday by David Dubinsky, pre.sident of the union. "The only real effect of the Little Steel formula to date has been the practical freezing of wages," the resolution declared. "Stabilization of living costs, as every consumer knows, is largely wishful thinking, while the true inflationary forces, the industrial combines which control living necessities, are having a field day. "We demand that the arbitrary and rigid Little Steel formula be scrapped to make room for a more flexible wage policy The New York office of the In­ ternational Transport Workers Federation reports the conclus­ ion, in London, of new and more favorable agreements for the members of the National Union of British Seamen. The new pact provides a standard overtime rate for all foreign-going ships Df two shillings, three pence fo? carpenters, bosuns and donkeymen, two shillings for other se­ nior ratings and one shilling for seamen with junior ratings. The overtime is to apply to all ves­ sels and crew members in all de­ partments. The steward department per­ sonnel also have won an improv­ ed working schedule w h i c H shortens their hours and provid­ es them with more consecutive time off. Compensation for loss of effects has been almost doubl­ ed for British seamen by the new agreement which now sets the allowance at twenty-five pounds. SIU And Tanker Members On West Coast Central Registeringr and Dispatching Office Open in SUP Headquarters at San Francisco For SIU Members and T,C/s in Deck, Engine and Steward Departments Increased shipping on West Coast by SIU members has made it necessary to open a separate and complete business ofRce to be devoted solely to registering and car­ ing for the needs of SIU members in all departments. .^1 SIU members in San Francisco are required to im­ mediately register in SIU office at 59 Clay St. SIU members in SUP Branches on the West Coast are to register in the respective SUP Office and receive an SIU shipping card. SIU shipping cards will have preference on SIU ships and will be recognized by all SUP Dispatchers. SIU Deck mem­ bers will have second preference when SUP members are available. For Further Information: Call your union offices and tanker organizers at the addresses listed below. You will always finds somebody at these numbers exceptmg at night. SEATTLE, WASH.—86 Seneca St.—Phone Elliott 6752. —^E. Coester or Johnson. PORTLAND, OREGON—111 West Burnside St.—Phone Beacon 4336—John Massey or C. Atkins. RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA—257 Fifth St.—Phone Rich­ mond 4021—^Louie Glebe or Banks. VANCOUVER, B. C.—340 B. Gamble St.—Phone Pacific 7824—^Hugh Murphy. WILMINGTON, California — 440 Avalon Blvd. —Phone 4449. NEW YORK CITY — 105 Broad St. — Phone BOwling Green 9-9530—Morris Weisberger. SAN FRANCISCO—59 Clay St.—Phone Exbrook 8229— Phil Conley. •".Ss| ••ti �®f®SSraBS!6«aq Page Four CP THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, November 26, 1943 AFL WINS VITAL TEST CASES Relea^ 20 Greek Seamen; Open New Maritime Club BASAAR {Continued from Page 1) iners Club in New. York, •a joint enterprise of the U. S. and Greek governments. The club home, it was explained, offers ample housing facilities and cai-e for the men imtil their departure from the United States. Knocks Out Closed Shop Anti-Labor Is Upheld Act In Fla. By WLB WASHINGTON — The WLB Foes of -labor who have been ti-ying to destroy unions through has unanimously ordered that a court action and legislation, state union shop clause be retained id by state, suffered one of their a contract between the Webe? most important reversals this Showcase and Fixture Co. of Los week at the hands of the Florida Angeles and four AFL building trades unions. Supreme Court. That tribunal threw out a suit The company had claimed that Official opening of the Greek started by Attorney General Tom the union shop clause and the Mariners Club, located at West Watson to outlaw, closed shop contract were terminated when 59th St., took place on Monday, union agreements with the Tam­ the union asked for a reopening November 15, 6:30 P.M. The pa Shipbuilding Company and of the contract under a provision Greek Ambassador Simeon Diaother plants in the Everglade giving either party the right to mantopoulos, Archibishop Athenserve notice of a desire to "mo­ State. agoras. Mayor La Guardia, Mr. With the support of reaction­ dify, amend or terminate it." Marshall E. Dimock, assistant ary newspapers, Watson has been The WLB found that, on the deputy administrator of the crusading against unions for the contrary, the record showed that WSA, attended the dedication past few years and climaxed his the union's intent was not to ter­ ceremonies. campaign by litigating to break minate the contract, but to mo­ The club has housing, rest and the A. F. of L. contract with dify and amend it. The Board restaurant facilities for about 80 Tampa Shipbuilding. He won therefore ordered employees who seamen and is managed by a out in a lower state court, but were hired during the period in board of directors composed of met his "Waterloo" in the high which the company claimed that American and Greek shipping t was not bound by the union court. officials, representatives of the shop clauses, to become members Greek-American community, the DEFENDS AGREEMENT of the union in good standing shipowners and the Greek Mari­ "Stop it, Helen, the OPA just froze you at 97 cents." All of Watson's arguments within two weeks or seek jobs time Union. "The new club en­ against closed shop agreements elsewhere. joys the wholehearted support of y-/S9-'/a Drmpn for OtPce of War Information were demolished in the opinion. Wayne L. Morse, public mem­ the American and Greek author­ Such agreements, the tribunal ber, in an opinion outlining the SHIP NAMED ities and all other interested held, are neither contrary to pub­ reasons for the WLB's action, FOR HUDDELL groups," Mr. Taylor said. "We lic policy nor in violation of the said that the Board was aware look forward to an era of fruitful state constitution. They are sus­ that the company had hired d The logging of the Steward's WASHINGTON — Upon the activities. These activities, I am tained by such Federal laws as arge number of employees re­ sure, will not only be of benefit Department of the S.S. Daniel suggestion of William Green, the Norris-La Guardia Act, Sher­ cently who did not become union President of AFL, the name of to our seamen but also strength­ Willard has been reversed by the man Anti-Trust Act and the members, but this did not justify Arthur M. Huddell, one-time en the bonds between the Ameri­ Commissioner after a lengthy the Board's setting aside a union Wagner Act, the court pointed president of the International trial. The men involved can col­ can and Greek peoples." shop clause which it found had out. Union of Operating Engineers, is lect their extra meal money and never expired. log refund from Calmar Line to be given to a Liberty ship "Furlhermore, we find no "It is unfortunate that the com­ now under construction. Blddle Would Tighten Office. proof that compliance with pany has hired such a largie • Recognized as a leader of the Law Against Stowaways Extra meal money on S.S. Mel­ labor movement in the early part the contract has resulted in number of non-union employees a retardation of the war efn direct violation of its contrac­ Attorney General Francis Bid- ville is now payable at the Pier of the century, Huddell, who was ford," the court said in punc­ tual obligations to the union," born at Danvers, Mass., in 1869, 25 office of the Eastern S.S. Co. die has requested Congress to turing another claim of Wat­ Morse said. "The fact that the served as president of the Boston The men involved are: strengthen existing laws against son. company may lose their services Central Labor Union and organ­ G. Lynch, Cook ship stowaways by rewording is unfortunate but not nearly as izer for the International Union "The parties may negotiate W. Williams, Cook the Act of June 11, 1940, to make unfortunate as the situation of Operating Engineers, Commis­ any contracts not contrary to law G. Ellis, Utility it clear that anyone who stows would be if the company were sioner of Old Age Pensions of or good morals. Management is Barnes, Messman away on certain merchant ves­ allowed to defeat the legitimate Massachusetts, Civil Service free to hire only union men if it Yancey, Messman sels has committed a criminal » St rights of the union in the man­ Commissioner from 1918 to 1922, chooses. Likewise, labor is free offense, whether or not he is ap­ ner it has attempted to in this president of the Boston Building to work only with union men if Following brothers have over­ prehended before disembarking. case ..." and Construction Trades Council, it chooses." time coming from Bull Line: The Attorney General's recom­ Roland Stradling 138 hrs. 1910, and business agent for the The Board urged union officials BLOW FOR LABOR-HATERS mendation, which was contained James Smalls to grant every reasonable con-* 100 hrs. Building and Construction Trades in a letter sent to the Speaker of Robert Stackhouse 100 hrs. Council of Boston from 1911 to Joseph A. Padway, A. F. of L. cession to provide those em­ the Kouse of Representatives, a Pete Sudol 85 hrs. 1918. He became General Presi­ general counsel, who argued the ployees who join the union with­ few days ago, pointed out that John Pritchard 35 hrs. dent of the Operating Engineers case for the unions in the court, in the two-week period ample existing law assumes that a Albert Myers 20 hrs. in 1921 and served in that cap­ declared the decision strikes a time to pay the union's initiation stowaway will be apprehended St * St acity until his death in 1931. powerful blow against anti-labor fee. Dean Morse said. Dues for' before leaving the ship, but The following crew members such employees will start from forces throughout the nation. leaves some doubts as to the of the S.S. William Pepper have Marine Insurance Cut It will help, he said, in defeat­ the time of the Board's order. status of anyone who stows overtime coming from Calmar ing an amendment to the Florida The unions in the case are lo­ away successfully and is not dis­ Line, 39 Broadway, New York WASHINGTON—• Reduced for state constitution barring closed cals of the Sheet Metal Workers' covered until after he has left City: the second time in little more shops, which will be voted upon International Association, Re­ the ship. Harry Justice than 3 months, the rate for Gov­ in a referendum next fall. The frigeration Fitters, Welders and Herbert Watson ernment war risk insurance on amendment was submitted by Apprentices, Brotherhood of Mr. Biddle proposed that Con­ Painters, Decorators and PaperJoseph Sleczkowski officers and seamen in the Mer­ the last state legislature. gress clear up the matter by hangers of America, and the George Cuddy Padway added that "this rul­ chant Marine is now $2, the War striking out a clause that anyone United Brotherhood of Carpen­ William Harden ing gives us new ammunition in who has illegally secreted him­ Shipping A d m i nistration an­ ters and Joiners of America. P. Yurick our battle to knock out laws in self aboard a United States ship nounces. Until July 15 the pre­ * « • other states which have been The Weber Company, which shall be considered guilty of an mium rate per $1000 of insurance designed to wreck unions by re­ formerly produced fixtures, now The following crew members offense if he is "found * * at or before the time of arrival of of the S.S. Steelore have over­ in addition to the $5,000 insur­ stricting or prohibiting closed manufactures airplane wings and employes more than 1,200 peo­ such ves-sel." With this deletion time and extra meal money due: ance furnished by the Govern­ shop agreements." Wilton Shaw ple, .twice as many as before the it would be possible for the At­ ment, was $7.50 per month. On Gerald Usher war. torney General's office to pro­ that date it was cut to $4. The ^ Jordan Smith ceed against any stowaway on second reduction is in line with Wilbert Williams an American ship discovered Injurin Devonish making life insurance against within the jurisdiction of the * • • war risks and certain specified United States. CREW S. S. Extra meals money is payable marine perils more easily avail­ Brother Frank Donnally is laid RICHARD RUSH $15.00 The communication from Mr. to entire Steward Department of up in Ellis Island Hospital in N. WERNERSON 5.00 able to merchant ship crews and Biddle has been turned over to S.S. Kenmar. Collect Calmar New York. He would like to re­ 4.00 V the House Committee on Mer­ Line. 39 Broadway, New York reflects diminished peril of Axis ceive a visit from any of his old C. GORING chant Marine and Fisheries. City. shipmates. He is in Ward 25. E. MAULE 2.00 attacks at sea. MONEY DUE r 'iA-Sonals Honor Roll • • y .tsii ^. 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Title A name given to the resource November 26, 1943 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. V, No. 34 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: CENSORS EASE RESTRICTION ON NEWS ARMY MAN LAUDS OUR FIGHT FOR CONDITIONS ATLANTIC FISHERMEN CALL STRIKE FOR LIVING WAGE RELEASE 20 GREEK SEAMEN; OPEN MARITIME CLUB 11 SIU MEN PRISONERS OF WAR FRENCH SEAMEN'S UNION IS REORGANIZED; GROWING AND PHENOMINAL RATE OF SPEED RAIL WORKERS ARE VOTING WALKOUT ONE FOR THE BOOK THOSE "STARS IN THE BACK" ILGWU WOULD SCRAP LITTLE STEEL POLICY NEW AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED THE 99 YEAR CLUB SIU AND TANKER MEMBERS ON WEST COAST KNOCKS OUT ANTI-LABOR ACT IN FLA. CLOSED SHOP IS UPHELD BY WLB SHIP NAMED FOR HUDDELL BIDDLE WOULD TIGHTEN LAW AGAINST STOWAWAYS MARINE INSURANCE CUT Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/26/1943 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1943 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/b517aee3937289239773fff120dff97d.PDF 14ade732282b7f925ee0a3654a5cd554 PDF Text Text I I'" iH;- ''i OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Vol. V. NEW YORK. N.Y., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19. 1943 No. 33 Make Trainees Union Men—Hawk CHISELING OPERATORS STRAND U.S. SEAMEN By a BOSUN Despite the cry of the RMO for experienced seamen in or­ der to transport the war goods abroad, American shipowners are deliberately stranding rated men in the Caribbean and filling their places with n,atives who never went to sea before. I know this is true be­ cause I was one of those stranded and I saw how the whole rotten business works. The shipowners do this, of course, because the natives are not union men and will not demand union wages and conditions. The effect of this move on the war effort means nothing to the shipowners— apparently. My story begins on 1943 when I signed on an Al­ coa ship in • New York City. My ship went to Trinadad and from there spent three months on a shuttle between :.:v:;..A. , and It was during this run that I saw with my own eyes two American (sup­ posedly union) ships whose decks were fully crewed by natives who had been picked up along the waterfront and were being paid God-knowswhat. These two ships, the S.S. ) and the S.S. ...) were fully crew­ ed by union men when they first came south, but during I;? '.I their long run the original crew had been forced ashore one at a time on account of illness. Each time a replace­ ment was needed, the ship,,owner would ignore the union men begging for jobs in Port of Spain, and hire natives away from shore jobs. This practice ha.s been going on for a long time and when I was in Port of Spain this summer I found over 100 Am­ erican seamen who had been stranded there. These men had all gotten off their ships for hospital treatment at dif­ ferent times, but found that once they were ashore it was impossible for them to ship out again. And since the Army and Navy would not give them priority transporta­ tion back to the States, they were stranded in this port without any means of making a living. They were becoming regular beachcombers. When ever an American ship would put in and call for replacements, these men would beg for the jobs, but no go. The unorganized natives got the jobs. A couple of native replace­ ments came aboard' my ship and I found that they not only had never been to sea but they did not even have the seamen's certificates as requir­ ed by law. The American seamen that are thus stranded in Port of Spain are treated like a bunch of cattle by the shipowners' agents and by the American consular service. They are given no aid whatsoever and the general attitude seems to be that they shouldn't have gotten sick in the first place and been forced to pile off the ships. It is hard to even describe the despondency of these men and the hovels they are forced to live in and the food they are forced to eat. If they could hear all the ballyho back here in the states about seamen being heroes and how grateful the nation was to them, it sure would give them a belly laugh—^that is, if their stomachs hadn't shrunk too much to prevent it. I should like to say in clos­ ing that Mr. Naggs, Alcoa Agent in Port of Spain is fully aware of this situation and as far as I could see, do­ ing absolutely nothing about it. As for the American consul, he wouldn't even see us and listen to our problems. It is impossible, however, that he is ignorant of the treatment given the seamen in this port. At least these gentlemen sure gave me the brush off When I went to them for help in get­ ting out of that hell hole. The problem of making union men out of the RMO trainees is a serious one and has not been given suflScient attention by either SIU port officials or the rank and file old timers aboard ships, according to Brother John Hawk, Secretary-Treasurer of the District, In presenting a resolution on^ the subject to headquarters forced by a back-log of potential meeting two weeks ago. Brother finks—men who think that the Hawk asked that greater educa­ way to get ahead is by playing tional efforts be directed toward lone wolf and sucking around the the new men, and that no man aft quarters of the brass hats and be rejected for SIU membership swivil chair artists. unless his conduct labeled him The old timers must face these anti-union. Even then, formal facts: (1) the majority of the charges should be placed against trainees are in the industry to the individual. Hawk said, and stay, and (2) their numbers are the charges should be aired be­ such that they are a force to be fore the membership and a for­ reckoned with. The degree of union consciousness developed in mal vote taken on the case. these men may well prove to be The majority of the green kids the decisive factor in the post now flooding the industry will war fight between the SIU and not automatically become union the shipowners. men by the mere fact of riding In order to place a brake upon a union ship. These trainees now wholesale rejection of trainees, work under good conditions, and the SIU has passed the following they do not fully understand just resolution up and down the how these conditions were won. coast: They did not walk the picket All men after having made lines and eat out of the soup a trip on an Atlantic and Gulf kitchens. They have yet to feel District contracted vessel shall the lash of , the profit-hungry be joined into the union, unless shipowner, temporarily held in a written recommendation check by the war emergency. In signed by three full book mem­ short, these new men have no bers to reject the man from real understanding of the class the union is submitted to a struggle. regular meeting and concurred It is the responsibility of all union 'men to take time out to in. In cases where no branch meeting is held, the Branch talk to these kids, to give them Agent shall spread the rejec­ the facts of life. Make no mis­ tion recommendation in full in take, if these trainees know the the Branch Agent's weekly re­ score, they'll be on the right side port including the signers' when the line up takes shape for names and book numliers of the next struggle. But fail to educate them, and the union will the recommendation in order soon face the shipowners rein­ (^Continued on Page 4) RMO Tightens Finky Grip On Seamen Deferment Set-Up I' i On completion of the 5.000th fur vest produced by the Los Angeles fur vest project for United Nations seamen, Capt. Wal­ ter Treadway of USS presents a scroll of honor to Man. J. Miller (center) of Local 87, International Fur & Leather Workers Union (CIO) and Man. Louis Pine (right) of the Los Angeles Joint Board, International Ladies Garment Workers Union (AFL). - T. .. &£: • •, •• A .. / The RMO took another hitch in the rope around the neck of merchant seamen this week when it issued new Army defer­ ment regulations which entirely eliminated the union's past par­ ticipation in the Selective Ser­ vice machinery. Whereas in the past the union dispatcher was charged with notifying the RMO when a man shipped out, the new method will by-pass the union entirely and all correspon­ dence will be between the ship­ owner, the RMO and the draft boards. Not that we particularly care whether the union is included in the RMO procedure or not, for the whole scheme stinks of to­ talitarian coercion and the less the. SIU has to do with it the better we'll like it. We only re­ port this development to bear out what we said when the RMO first moved to grab jurisdiction over the draft status of the sea­ men—that is, that the apparatus set up in this manner would gradually be ti-ansformed into a club with which to beat organiz­ ed labor over the head. This last step is certainly a move in that direction. The RMO now has complete and undisputed jurisdiction over the deferment or induction of seamen into the army. If this isn't a threat to union activity— then we never saw one. The SIU-SUP is not caught unaware by this development, wc fought the RMO on this question from the first. We boycotted their en­ tire card system for months, and it was only the servile surrender of the NMU, thus splitting the ranks of maritime labor, which forced our final acceptance of the plan. We said frankly at the time, and we repeat today, were we strong enough we wquld throw the whole finky RMO and its anti-labor schemes right out the window. Unfortunately, with maritime labor split, we are not strong enough to do this—at least not in war time. Therefore we have no alternative but to go along for the time, and to advise every member to carefully ob­ serve aU the RMO regulations so as not to get caught short. When the war ends and the shipowners really open up on the union, we'll need every man in his place on the picket lines. So don't get fouled up now and find yourself jerked out of the industry. Here is an explaination of how the new RMO regulations oper­ ated. Under the new method, a single form, WSA-61, consisting of a white original and a pink carbon copy, will replace the fa­ miliar green and buff cards known as forms WSA-47 and WSA-48. Use of the latter forms are to be discontinued as of mid(Co It fin lied on Page 3) �•' \ Pago Two ssawwai THE 8IS.&; SEAFARERS Friday. NoTember 19. 1943 1 LOG J SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 110 Market Street, San Francbco, Calif. JOHN HAVK ------- Secy-Treas. p. 6. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep, 424 Sth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. • • Directory of Branches PHONE ADDRES3 BRANCH NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St. BOwIIng Green 9-3437 BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 BALTIMORE (2) 14 North t^y St Calvert 4539_. PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St. Lombard 765 I NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 NEW ORLEANS (16) ..309 Chartrea St Canal 3336 CAVANNAH .218 East Bay St. .Savannah 3-1728 TAMPA...:::.:: 423 East puu st Tampa MM. 1323 MOBILE 55 So. Conception St Dial 2-1392 PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon L"?"" J.JT? GALVESTON 219 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 FT. LAUDERDALE 2021 S. Federal Highway. .. Ft. Lauderdale 1601 nr -w T. PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City BOwling Green 9-8345 ~ Z67 Plan For Natl. Service Act Is Hit By Labor, Farmers, Business WASHINGTON, Nov. 13—Representative of agrifculture and industrial management this week joined labor in condemning for the ash can all proposals for national servic legislation, which would recruit workers for jobs and tie them to them for the duration of the war. In a statement signed by the*———— " ; ; — nine members of the national "1. The American people will Management-Labor Policy Com­ provide greater output under a mittee of the War Manpower voluntary system than under one Commission, a continuation of of compulsion and regimentation. the voluntary method of recruit­ "2. The present critical man­ ing workers was urged, and a power situations are results of positive program, with pledges dislocations, mal - distribution of contracts, and ineffective man­ to back it up, was offered.. power utilization rather than of Signing the statement were; inadequate over-all supply of For Labor: CIO Pres. • Philip labor. Murray, AFL Pres. William "3. The solution depends upon Green and Pres. H. W. Fraser of leadership, coordinated and un­ the Order of Railway Conductors derstood plans, and efficient ad­ of America. ministration, not upon broadened For Industry: Pres. Frederick control and regulation. C. Crawford, Natl. Assn. of Man­ ufacturers; Pres. Eric A. John­ '•4. Fully effective mobilization ston, U. S. Chamber of Commerce and utilization of the national and R. Conrad Cooper, Asst. manpower will be achieved. vice-president, Wheeling Steel When all agencies of government concerned with procurement, Corp. • For Agriculture: Pres. James production and manpower are G. Patton, Natl. Fai'mers Union; administered under a coordinated Pres. Edward A. O'Neal, Ameri­ and well understood arrangement can Farm Bureau Federation, in which government defines the and Albert S. Goss, master of the war needs, enunciated the funda­ mental policies or 'rules of the Natl. Grange.^ game,' confines itself to a mini­ The committee report said that mum of control and administra­ the members "believe that the tive detail, and provides the people of this nation are unsur­ maximum of real assistance to passed in initiative, resourceful­ those who must do the work, ness, and the will to do when namely the people of this nation their course is clear. in each conimunity." "They (the committee mem­ bers) are opposed to National Our American corporation sur­ War Service Legislation in the pluses— reserves and undivided unanimous belief that compul­ profits — now amount to over sion in any form, whether by law $50 billion—inclusive of $24 bil­ or by administrative order, does lion of government bonds most not go to the heart of the prob­ of which are tax-exempt. lem. They believe the need goes beyond that which can be secur­ Keep In Touch With ed by compulsion. "They are convinced that: Your Draft Board Mil fRtPORT on. .^ASHItAOTOIV. TTT'-^ • Bv MATTHEW Du&MAME-a • ^ prove of the following voluntary NATIONAL agreements. WAR LABOR BOARD Attended a conference of the Ashley & Dustin SS Company War Shipping Panel. The session and the SIU Great Lakes Dist. commenced on Thursday, Nov­ Cleveland & Buffalo SS Company ember 11th, and ended Saturday, and the SIU Great Lakes Dist. Wisconsin & Michigan SS Com­ November 13th. pany and the SIU Great Lakes On July 14th, 1943, the Na­ District. tional War Labor Board estab­ lished this panel in the maritime These agreements covered the industry to expedite all maritime Stewards department. There cases, and to also have persons were some wage increases based who are familiar with the indus­ upon particular job-classifica­ try sit on the panel and make tions, and differences of work in­ recommendations to the board on volved, other than the regional all voluntary agreements and board's ruling in the D & C Company and the SIU Great disputed cases. Lakes District. Since the establishment of this The matter of the panel's rec­ panel, several attempts have been made to set up a policy ommendations on the 26 S^ that is favorable to all concerned. Companies and the SIU G. L. Very little progress has been District has not been settled. In­ made due to the CIO's attempt dustry and public member are to dominate the panel's policy. of the opinion that they cannot In the board's order of July go along on any other proposi­ 14th it states, "The labor mem­ tion, than that rendered by the bers of the panel shall be chosen board to the Lake Carriers Asso­ from crafts and industrial groups ciation— Bonus payable at the whose membership may be in­ termination of the season. My volved in matters within juris­ opinion on the matter is that the diction of the panel. The labor board should grant the same member of the panel sitting in bonus privilages to the employ­ each case shall be a member ers with whom the SIU had in chosen from the craft or indus­ their contracts before the board trial group involved in the case upset the established bonus pro before the panel, or such labor visions, namely bonus payable at member as he may designate." the end of thirty days. Other cases before the panel The position of all the AFL mari­ were several tow boat operators time representatives on the panel from the gulf coast and the Miss­ is that on all AFL cases the issippi river, requesting wage union involved in the case shall have an AFL representative sit schedule approval by the board. on the panel. The CIO has taken All of the wage requests were the position that both the AFL lower than those paid by com­ and CIO labor member shall sit panies than the SIU have under in on all cases regardless of what contract in the Gulf. Efforts should be made to organize all organization is involved. At the first meeting of the the tow boats in the gulf. If panel this same dispute occured. enough of these tow boat oper­ In that meeting the chairman ators wage scale become approv­ outlined the policy of how aU ed in the Gulf, they automatic­ cases were to be heard. The po­ ally set mode for that kind of sition of the chairman was sim- work, and no wage scale above iliar to the position taken by the the mode will then be approved AFL representatives. To date all by the board. On Saturday the 13th, case of cases have been handled in the manner outlined under the the MM&P-MEBA, for a uniform standard agreement came up. board's order. On Thursday the CIO again Chairman stated that this was renewed their claim for joint only a preliminary discussion on representation on the panel. The whole day was wasted in arguing the point. Final outcome was that the panel voted on a resolu­ tion requesting the board for a clarification on the board's order. The AFL representatives voted against the resolution on the grounds that the boards order specifically states how the panel shall handle aU cases. If the NWLB rules that there shall be joint representation on all cases, this means that when any AFL mafitime union negoti­ ates an agreement with an em­ ployer, the CIO can vote not to recommend approval of the agreement, and is in a position to sabotage any agreement that is reached between the union and the employer. It gives them the voting power to interfere with the final outcome of our col­ lective bargaining. On Friday, a panel consisting of Edmund M, Morgan, Chair­ man and Public member, Chester W. Willett Industry Member, Yours truly Labor member, rec­ ommended that the board ap­ the matter. He also stated thaf Admiral Land has indicated that the WSA is in favor of a uniform' agreement for the licensed per-« sonnel, and has notified all gen­ eral agents of the WSA to meet with representatives of the MM&P-MEBA for the purpose of arriving at a uniform agreement. The operators contended that they' have requested Admiral Land to clarify letters that wer® sent to WSA general agents re­ garding this matter and that they were waiting for a reply. They also stated that they have not had the opportunity to negotiate with the unions, due to several conflicting letters from the WSA. The union took the position thafi the operators are staUing. IWfr, Morgan chairman of the panel stated that in his opinion the op­ erators have had ample time tO sit down with the unions, and has designated the first Thursday in December Jor this case to be heard. 4 « * M. Weisberger, SUP Agt, Nev^ York—Re: Crew of S.S. Morrisoai R. Waite claim for transporta­ tion. This case was taken up with the WSA and they advised me that the master of the vessel had made a mistake in not sign­ ing on the crew with WSA in­ struction No. 64 being incorpor­ ated into the articles. My posi­ tion was that the articles super­ seded any outside agreement or instructions to the contrary. At that time they advised me that they would send a letter to th® New York agent of the WSA position on this matter. Since that time two other west coast ships signed on articles in the Gulf and instruction No. 64 was also left out of the articles. The WSA has advised me that they are willing to pay tha transportation as provided under, instruction No. 64 on these tw6 vessels, but are not willing to authorize payment on the M. R, Waite. I am of the opinion that the crew that signed on the Waite are entitled to transporta;{Continued on Page 4) ...m �• Friday, November 19. 1943 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page ThiMi ""t-l WHArS DOING Around the Ports New Post Regulations For Merchant Seamen Seafarers International Union ' Of North Amrrica 2 Stone Street For instance, this week I suc­ operators with Seafarers' Inter­ NEW YORK New York, New York ceeded in collecting overtime for national Union agreements In covering various ships in two brothers who were instruct­ About 85% of the ships being Gentlemen: the past weeks I have encount­ ed in a port in North Africa to built in the South Atlantic dis­ This will supplement our letter to you of December 31, 1942 ered a number of beefs concern­ use an Army truck to secure trict is being alloted to compan­ (copy attached), with reference to mail service to and from mem­ supplies two miles away from ing some RMO male or skipper bers of the crews of American merchant vessels. ^ the dock. We collected 5 hours ies north of Hatteras and the ordering garbage dumped in for­ The following changes have become advisable in the mail pro­ overtime for them, even though South Atlantic Steamship Com­ eign ports or docks and then re­ cedure since its inception on January 1, 1943, and are now in effect: the home office had at first dis­ pany has to go all the way out to fusing to OK the overtime. In (1) Included in this service will now be members of the crews all agreements it is deck depart­ allowed it. All this because the the West Coast to take out ships. of Allied merchant vessels oVfer 200 gross tons, under War Shipping ment work. But you see if any Brothers involved kept accurate There seems to be something Administration control, as weU as American members of the crews records, dates and places, and I rotten in Denmark somewhere. Stewards Department member of Allied or AUied-controUed merchant vessels subject to such se­ had something concrete to go on, When they are talking about sav­ refused to obey such an order, curity regulation for the handling of mail as may be prescribed by even though it is deck work, Remember, your best guaran­ ing money, it seems the sensible the Allied control having jurisdiction over the vessel. these men would bo called be­ tee of collecting is to hold your thing to do would be to allot (2) Reports indicate that considerable quantities of mail for fore the Coast Guard when they overtime slips for the shore pa­ ships to a company that is close merchant crews are being returned to the United States from over­ to a yard where they are being arrived back in the first U. S. trolmen. seas ports, due to a lack of interest on the part of seamen and their built. port and their papers would be CLAUDE FISHER, failure to call for it. Masters have, therefore, been instructed that at stake. The only solution to Whenever we have to call on when arriving at ports outside of the United States, they or duly N. Y. Stewards Patrolman this is to stick the shipowner for our nearest union hall for men authorized detailed members of the crew, should call for mail at overtime everytime it happens. to fill out a crew, they always the U.S. Navy Fleet Post Office, or in the absence of a Fleet Post In this connection it is import­ put up a big holler about not SAVANNAH Office, at the office of the Naval Observer, Marine Post Office, Army ant that all men hold onto their authorizing transportation, but it ^ost Office, other U.S. postal activity, or American Consulate iff overtime slips. A lot of good is all right for them to ship the order named. Here's a new one for the book: gandy dancers all over the coun­ overtime is bureaucratically cut (3) Members of merchant crews of merchant ships calling at off by the home office, and unless Seems as if the NMU and the try. 'oreign ports are having considerable correspondence forwarded to Maritime Commission has cook­ the men have their slips it is dif­ Just finished crewing up a hew ihem in care of American consulates, A.P.O.'s, shipping agents for ed up a new one. Seems that all ficult for the patrolmen to settle Liberty ship for the South At­ the beef. But if you keep ac­ the surplus ships being built on lantic Steamship Company with the steamship line in a foreign port, etc. This is absolutely contrary to regulations and defeats security. Seamen are, tlierefore, caution­ curate track and present the the Pacific Coast, that cannot be a complete union crew. ed to refrain from the practice of communicating this information whole thing to the patrolmen it handled by West Coast operators, CHARLES WAID, Agent to anyone in the Urdted States. Letters thus addressed will be ab­ is being alloted to East Coast will be a different story. solutely stopped by the censors in this country and not delivered(4) Seamen should advise their correspondents in this country, prior to their departure from a continental U. S. Port, to assure that mail addressed to them should be in accordance with the fol­ lowing form. RMO Tightens Finky Grip On Seamen Deferment Set-Up Mrs. T. Smith following information: The sea­ the seaman's name and the date {Contimied from Page 1) when he must ship again and in 1022 Marble Street night last Sunday. Moreover, the man's name, number of certific­ procedure has been so stream­ ate of identification or continuous addition an instruction stating in New York, New York lined that its operation will now discharge book, his rating, date part as follows: "This form is the basis of ob­ revolve chiefly around the RMO when employment on the ship taining and maintaining your John T. Smith central office in Washington, on began, the port where he joined, draft deferment. You should the' one hand, and the shipown­ local draft board number, order SB PRESIDENT JACKSON take up any draft board diffi­ ers. Included are ships of the number, year of birth and, in ad­ Army Transport Service, which dition, the names of the shipping culties with your union hiring c/o Postmaster hall, with the personnel office are sailed by civilian masters company and ship and the mas­ of the steamship company, or and crews. The new plan will ter's signature. ''Neiv York, New York with a port office of the Re­ give the Washington office the Section B and C of the form cruitment and Manning Or­ necessary information for filing are contained only on the pink ganization. IMPORTANT; You copy and are to be kept in the I" with a local-draft board a Form (Name of Steamship Line) II 42-A. This is the instrument for ship's records until the seaman's are to reship by the 'Date to ship again.' This date was establishing a seaman's status in employment on the ship is ended. calculated by allowing two the Selective Service system. A This may be after the first voy­ days ashore for every 7 on form 42-A must be filed every six age or one or more subsequent (4) Hereafter it will be permissible for seamen to place their voyages! At that time the master ship, with a minimum of 4 and return address on letters enclosed in envelopes (but not on the out­ months. Under the former system, now will fill out on Section B the a maximum of 30 days. If you side of envelopes). This is an important change and will enable to be supplanted, various fixed date when employment ended, are between the ages of 18 and seamen to communicate to their correspondents in this coimtry the 65, be sure to keep your draft name of the vessel on which they are serving and instruct their responsibilities were divided, re- the' port of pay-off and the date board informed of your address relatives and friends as to how to address mail to them properly. ictively, among operating when the seaman is required to or you may be declared delin­ As heretofore, seamen are cautioned not to include in their letters ipanies, maritime unions, all ship again under the Selective quent and be classified 1-A." Service provisions for shore leave individual seamen and the cen­ any other reference to names (other than as above) of either their between voyages. The master On the reverse side of the pink own or other ships, movements, ports touched, or any similap tral, regional and port offices of will then sign Section B and mail copy are detailed instructions to information. RMO. The new instruction covers all it to the RMO central offce to be masters of vessels covering vari­ Please disseminate this information among the various members active merchant seamen employ­ paired with the white copy. The ous possible exceptions to the of your organization in order to familiarize them with the foregoing ed on vessels under the Ameri­ process will be repeated when rules, as well as the basic rou­ changes. It is suggested that bulletins be posted in your halls to can, Philippine, Honduran or the seaman signs on his next tine. There is also instruction 4 acquaint the seamen to this effect. Panamanian flag which are en­ ship. If the seaman were to sail which states: Very truly yours, "This document contains In­ gaged in coastal, intercoastal or continuously with the same ship, HUBERT WYCKOFF offshore shipping and owned by no repetition of the process formation affecting the nation­ Director, Division of Maritime or under charter to the War would be necessary; the white al defense of the United States Labor Relations within the meaning of the Es­ Shipping Administration, or on a copy mailed to Washington in pionage Act, 50, U.S.C., 31 and •Mail for crew complements on ships sailing from East Coast ports vessel of the Army Transport the first instance would consti­ tute the RMO central office rec­ 32, as amended. Its transmis­ will be addressed c/o Postmaster, N, Y.; from Gulf Coast ports, Service. sion or the revealation of its c/o Postmaster, New Orleans, La.; from West Coast port, c/o Post­ The form WSA-61, entitled ord. In the case of a seaman who contents in any manner to an master, San Francisco, Calif. "Record of Service in Merchant unauthorized person is prohib­ Marine," consists of three sec­ fails to join his ship, the white the new arrangement to refer the other hardship in the man's fam­ ited by law." tions. The white original of the copy of the form filled out for Whenever a seaman wishes an question to the local draft board ily and enrollment in courses for form and the pink carbon copy him is to be mailed along with both contain Section A, identical the white copies for the other extension of allowable shore or Selective Service headquart­ up-grading or officer candidate on both, which the master of a crew members. But the pink leave on account of extenuating ers with which the seaman will training in a school maintained vessel is required to fill out in copy for this seaman is to be circumstances, the new regula­ have been registered. The Selec­ or approved by the U. S. Mari­ duplicate for each seaman whose completed by the master writing tions authorize the regional or tive Service, board instead will time Service. employment on the ship is com­ in on Section B the words "Fail­ port offices of RMO to grant any communicate with the RMO All maritime unions have been mencing. At sailing time the ed to join ship" and the date. justifiable extension up to 30 whenever for any reason a sea­ supplied with cancelled copies ol master will give the white orig­ This pink copy will then be mail­ days, the regional or port office man's status seems in question. Form 61 for their representatives will forward the information to Among circumstances recognized inals. covering his entire crew, to ed with the white copy. so that all members may be the last person to leave the ship, Section C is a stub which the the RMO central office with its as extenuating are illness, effects for mailing to the RMO central master will fill out and give to recommendations. In neither.in­ of enemy action requiring rest or properly informed of their rights office. Section A will include the the seaman to keep. It contains stance will it be necessary under treatment, serious illness or and obligations. GJ �BBElaSii. Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, November 19, 1943 Union Welfare Demands Close Attention To RMO Graduates m NEW CARGO {Continued from Page 1) SHIPS DELIVERED -lhat action may be taken at Branches where meetings are . WASHINGTON — American held. » merchant ehipy.?.rd.s 'in _r In explaining this motion Hawk said, "There has been a delivered 163 cargo vessels ag­ regular flood of rejected trip gregating 1,675,311 deadweight cards coming into the headquar­ tons, bringing the total 1943 de­ ters during the past few months. liveries to 1,524 ships, totaling WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 — In many cases ships with less 15,501,624 deadweight tons, the More than a fourth of the em­ than 6 full book members have Maritime Commission announced. ployes involved in wage adjust­ rejected as many as 20 trip card October production surpassed ment cases of the War Labor men without explaining their ac­ that of September by three ves­ Board in September earned less tions and giving the men a hear­ sels, 22,540 deadweight tons of than 50 cents an hour, states the ships. During the month, yards WLB's seventh monthly report. ing. "While many men have been delivered 98 Liberty Ships, eight Some 77 per cent averaged less rejected merely because the book C-type cargo vessels, 16 standard than 80 cents an hour, while 4.3 men were prejudiced against tankers, 19 emergency tankers per cent averaged less than 40 trainees or didn't like the way (modified Liberty Ships), three cents. they parted their hair. If the T-1 or coastal tankers, two pri­ In a section on incentive plans, present rate of rejections con­ vate coastal tankers, five seago­ the Board said that action on tinues, hundreds of new men ing tugs, one ore carrier, three such pi'oposals "will be limited (potentially good union men, if concrete barges, and eight special to a determination of whether or the old timers would spend a types for military use. not the proposed plan is in con­ few hours explaining the score to Of the total deliveries, 76 ships formance with the national sta­ •them) will be driven away from were delivered by West Coast bilization program and would re­ the SIU and into either the NMU yards; East Coast yards turned sult in unauthorized wage rate or the fink ships. In cither case, out 51 vessels, 29 vessels were decreases or increases." this organization is cutting off its delivered by yards on the Gulf hose to spite its face if it does Coast, and seven ships were pro­ Only plans submitted volun­ not spend some effort and time duced by Great Lakes builders. tarily by employers or plans October deliveries put the agreed upon by employers and in developing these new men. Commission within 3,388,376 unions which have collective "While it is the right of the deadweight tons of its announced bargaining rights with the com­ jriembership to reject any one goal of 18,890,000 deadweight pany concerned will be consid­ they see fit, still this process tons of merchant ships for 1943. ered. must be conducted in any or­ ganized manner and in a way that will mean justice for every­ one. The minimum requirement must certainly be that the re­ jected men have complaints brought against them in writing and that these complaints be cover some government agency {Continued from Page 2) given a hearing before the mem­ wherein they have no jurisdic­ tion to the Pacific Coast as per tion, the crews are taking a bership. "We don't want finks in our the ships articles, regardless of chance of being the losers in any Philadelphia, Pa. union, but green kids are not whether the master made a mis­ deal that they may agree to. Play November 9, 1943 necessarily finks. Many of them take. This will require a lawyer safe, there is nothing like get­ Dear Joe: will be the backbone of our or­ to enter suit to collect. There ting all terms of a contract in ganization in years to come. They may be a possibility to get the writing. If a party tries to re­ There was a ship in Philadel­ should be given a chance to coast guard to compell the com­ pudiate a contract that has been phia not long ago and for 5 days prove themselves before getting pany to live up to the ship's ar­ put in writing, the courts are at no one, not even the delegate, ticles and pay off. the bums rush." our disposal. Otherwise we have called the hall. It seems a little unreasonable but believe me Joe, J. K. Shaughnessey, SIU Agt. nothing to fight with. it's the truth, so help me. This Fort Lauderdale — Seamen who would never have happened had are employed by General Agents NEW CARGO ROUTES B. been on that ship. of the WSA are entitled to the protection afforded to other The failure of the U-boat cam­ Well, its a damn shame that workers under the National La­ paign during recent weeks has he and a good number of men Brother Frank Donnally is laid like him' have been lost due to VP in Ellis Island Hospital in bor Relations Act, and can call brought about an improved ship­ enemy action. New York. He would like to re­ upon this agency for an election. ping situation in the Atlantic, Another thing that isn't quite ceive a visit from any of his old Don't let any one in this agency and consequently the War Ship­ up to hoil these days Joe, is the give you the run around, have ping Administration will prob­ .shipmates. He is in Ward 25. them give you a statement in ably go ahead with plans to re­ men beefing about changing » «• » quarters, etc., after signing ships . The following brothers have writing if they refuse to grant shuffle a number of commercial articles and then when they ar­ packages in the New York any seamen an election. cargo routes. These changes may rive in a loading port start their Agent's office: Army, SIU Agt. N. O.—Re; come in the form of diversions, beefing. In the not too far away Christensen, H. Martin Lesli Kohl, wiper on the S.S. shifting some operations from the days to remember, all these con­ Corsa, James .John C. Spencer. Company Pacific to the Atlantic and Gulf ditions were remedied in the port Dietrich, Edward claims that they paid him 100% ports, as well as others from New where one joined the ship before Fowler, Harold bonus from July 8th 1943 to Oct­ York to Southern ports, it was they signed the ships articles. Fitzgerald, Niel ober 25th 1943. Recheck on this reported. Another thing strikes me as Hammargren. Vincsnl and advise whether company's Reports from the Pacific Coast rather queer Joe, and it is this; Hamsy, Clyde -statement is correct. Re: West indicate thf.t it is the WSA's in­ when a trip card man was sent Hanke. Adam Coast crews signing on ships and tention to divert to the East aboard a ship in the good old Kaney, William Instruction No. 64 being omitted Coast this month Ml commercial days he was schooled in the art . Kelley, Jesse from the articles. U. S. Shipping cargo services which have been of unionism and what was to be Klauber. Perry commissioners are not authorized performed between Pacific Coast expected of him. But nowadays, Klieger, Harry to make any statement for the ports of" the United States and in some cases, you are asked by Lukkarila, Edwin WSA. If shipping commissioner India. A similar diversion is be­ the tripcarder if he joins the - Miles, C. H. makes statements which are not ing considered with respect to union what will he get out of it. Olmstead, Frank in writing or these statements Australia and New Zealand. You would think that after a Perkins, Walter trip this question is slightly out Turner, J. D. of order, you would think that ^ Walker, Willie ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR the man already knows what he would get out of the union, es­ WEEK OF NOVEMBER 1st TO 6th pecially if some union brother DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL was to take time out to explain our strikes for conditions and SHIPPED 789 274 355 160 : Crew which paid off S.S. Alcoa etc. '' I tell you Jpe, things are dif­ Voyager in Sept. 1943, has $10 ^ REGISTERED 689 217 261 211 ferent nowadays. Instead of the linen money coining. Collect 17 tripcarders fighting to join the Battery Place. New York City. Show 25 Pet. Earn Less Than 50 Cents An Hour Washington Report A Pie Card Unburdens Himself To Pal "Joe" IVK' m--. Is ••••'' i--' MONEY DUE union, in some cases the union official almost has to fight them to join. Some of these tripcarders are under the impression that they can get off the ship they are on' and not join the union in the port that they pay off in, but go to the port that they shipped out of and join there. Of course, this is all wrong, but unless one ' of the crew members explains this to these boys they are liable, to think that they owe a debt of gratitude to the agent that ship­ ped them out, therefore that Is. where they want to take their Book out. • ..TThings. like this can be. easily remedied if the boys would have' a little get-together before the ship's arrival in a final pay off port, and explain these things to the prospective new members. I don't know if it wouldnT be agood idea if each agent Uiat ships a trip card man gives him, along' with his trip card, an application for, membership blank, and in­ struct him to fill it out a day or twd before the ship arrives back ' in the states and have a com-' mittee of 5 book members sign it^ for him and also instruct him to* take out his book and pay all his obligations to the union in the port where he pays off. The more I think of the idea the better I like it. What do you think, Joe? Well, Joe, I guess that I have bent your Moose cars long, enough, but before I close, I must, say that things are about the same here in the City of. Broth-; erly Love, so until I see you. remain as ever, your Pal, . j Book No. 496 • f � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource November 19, 1943 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. V, No. 33 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: MAKE TRAINEES UNION MEN--HAWK CHISELING OPERATORS STRAND U.S. SEAMEN RMO TIGHTENS FINKY GRIP ON SEAMEN DEFERMENT SET-UP PLAN FOR NATL. SERVICE ACT IS HIT BY LABOR, FARMERS, BUSINESS NEW POST REGULATIONS FOR MERCHANT SEAMEN 163 NEW CARGO SHIPS DELIVERED SHOW 25 PCT. EARN LESS THAN 50 CENTS AN HOUR A PIE CARD UNBURDENS HIMSELF TO PAL "JOE" Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/19/1943 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1943 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/1ff979e0c061b95058f3433bc5f4f3ca.PDF c2c7aa81d343e2b4c04dad6a32ad568c PDF Text Text JOQ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Vol. V. NEW YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 12. 1943 No. 32 Curran Would Keep Old Timers Off The Ships BRAGS HE HAS " PROMOTED MEDICAL EXAMS" The specter which has long haunted old-time seamen, that of being blackHsted out of the industry by means of stringent and rigged physical examinations, moved a step closer to reality this month as the Stalinist clique in the leadership of the NMU came out in support of standardized and periodic government physical examinations for all seamen. In Curran's own words, the men would be subjected to "an examination for for your blood, an examination for your lungs and an examina­ tion for your heart." Many such moves have been attempted in the past by various shipowner groups, but this is the first time that so-called labor The "Little Steel Formula," an leaders have dared to openly employer created yardstick support such an obviously anti­ which kept labor's wage frozen union measure. But there is while employers' profits (and the good reason for this. cost of living) skyrocketed, is C. P. DISSENTION about to be smashed under re­ peated blows from the trade It is well known along the unions. This formula limited waterfront that the C.P. fraction wage increases to 15% over those Organized labor's contention in the NMU is torn by dissention. prevailing January 1941. Profit­ that the Office of Price Adminis­ Many old time members of the eering and the cost of living was tration has failed to check profit­ party, and many rank and file not limited, and the workers eering was confirmed up to the militant seamen who were not were faced with 124% increase hilt this week by a report of the members but followed the Stal­ in the price of most of the neces­ Bureau of Labor Statistics of the inist line in the belief that it Department of Labor. sities of life. constituted good trade unionsim, To the United Mine Workers Instead of prices having been have become fed up with the must go the major portion of the rolled back, as the OPA .has sell-out artists in the leadership credit for smashing the "Little claimed, they continue to ad­ of the union. These old timers Steel Formula." Over the past vance, the report said. From are now conducting a struggle year they have fought, by both August 15 to September 15, it- against Curran and Company, negotiation and strike, to win a was disclosed, the cost of living and this move to • force medical living wage for the men that dig shot up four-tenths of 1 per cent. examinations could well be a coal. Despite the smear campaign This is the average for the en­ maneuver to drive out of the in­ NEW YORK—A jury of distinguished artists gave launched against them by the tire country, and covers only dustry this opposition. The 13th high praise this week to the entry of Douglas M. Keifer of employers and some labor lead­ prices based on OPA ceilings, the Street machine no doubt feels Seattle, Washington, a member of the Sailors Union of the ers, the Miners continued the report revealed, emphasizing more capable of handling the Labor Heat Thawing Bosses' Wage Freeze Price Rollback A Dud; Living Cost Trend Is Upward SUP Man's Portrait Of Furuseth Wins Artists' Praise t Pacific, in the second annual merchant seamen's art exhi­ bition which is to tour the United States under the auspices of the United Seamen's Service.^ The evening sky is an impres­ The picture he submitted IS a sionistic rendition of the Ameri­ portrait of Andrew Furuseth, can flag, with ryght stars show­ founder of the SUP. ing against a deep blue back­ More than 150 paintings were ground in the upper left-hand submitted by seamen artists for corner and the field streaked judging and seventy were chosen with the red and white reflection by the jury. The exhibition will of the early morning sun. The open at the Corcoran Gallery of figure subject is shown in half Art in Washington on November profile, and is an excellent like­ 28. After a month in Washing­ ness of the militant maritime la­ ton, the exhibition will tour the bor leader. The portrait is not principal cities of the country for sale and belongs to the and a selection of works from Seattle Branch of the SUP. the show will go to London, The mernbers of the jury Able Seaman Kiefer who lives which selected the pictures for at 16281/2 43rd Avenue North, in the exhibit are John Taylor Seattle, has been working in oils Arms, internationally renowned for less than a year and has had etcher; Roland Clark, etcher- and no formal training in the graphic art writer; Jo Davidson, sculp­ arts. While many seamen with tor; Gordon Grant, marine artist; similar technical backgrounds Raphael Soyer, prize - winning submitted work for the exhibi­ painter; Leon Kroll, celebrated tion, which in its final form is painter; and C. Powell Minnigecomposed of works of really rode, director of the Corcoran high calibre, the portrait by Gallery of Art. Brother Keifer was considered Announcement of the "prize outstanding in its class. awards will be made very soon. The first annual exhibit by Boldly executed with broad United Seamen's Service of mer­ slashing strokes, a strong imag­ chant seamen's art was held at inative touch was displayed in the picture by Keifer in his the Hall of Art, New York, Feb­ handling of a mountain and sky ruary 1-15, 1943. The first prize background fringed at the bot­ winner of that shbw was Ben tom by a busy waterfront scene. Rosen, member of the SIU. • (^Continued on Page 4) • {Continued on Page 4) {Continued on Page 3) TWO LESS FOR US TO WORRY ABOUT Surfaced for a rendezvous somewhere at sea. two Nazi U-boats are shown in this spectacular photo as they were surprised by depth bombs from a Navy torpedo plane. Attacking both subs singlehanded, the pilot planted the depth charges shown exploding near the craft at the right. MM �iisaCTir^^'-T'- Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. November 12, 1943 aa ^ SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA x\tlaiitic and Gulf District ,^^rR€PORT orv.« =5i^ASHII\GTOIV «BV MATWEW OUSHAME-» » ' Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor All agents are advised to keep "Baldy" L. J. Bollinger, SIU check. The old gal loaned the close tabs on the RMO's field of­ Patrolman, New York — S.S. boy her pen, and it seems ha HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ Vresideiit Thomas B, Reed, Board has ruled failed to return it to her prompt­ ficers and see that they do not that there was an enemy attack 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. ly. Being a little gassed up—he try and push stumble bums from on July 26, 27th, 1943. Bonus is wandered down the street to si JOHN HAWK ------- Secy-Treas. their pools on ships in preference payable. gin mill and left the pen on the P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City to regular Union men. If the No disposition has been taken bar. on other cases before the Board, Now this outfit is spending all union's haven't enough replace­ MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - "Washington Rep. waiting for more information kinds of money to impress the ments in their halls, arrange­ 424 5 th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. from the operators, • government public on the service that it ren­ ments should be made with the agencies. • • ders to seamen. The service that operators to ship men in from this particular gal rendered toi Directory of Branches UNITED other ports, this in line with the boy who borrowed her foun­ SEAMEN'S SERVICE tain pen was to have the police the WSA's contracts with the op­ PHONE ADDRESS BRANCH This outfit is a creation of the yank the boy out of bed around erators, or their agents. Don't let NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOwlini? Green 9-3437 any HMO Field Officer tell you War Shipping Administration, 9 A.M. and insisted that he be BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay St Calvert 4539 that the union cannot ship Union the guiding hand from the WSA arrested for stealing her pen. It PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St Lombard 7651 was only after the cops retraced men from one port to another. is Mr. Marshall Dimock. NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 NEW ORLEANS (16) ..309 Chartres St Canal 3336 Check on the union's contracts. The USS pamphlets state that his steps and found the pen at SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St Savannah 3-1728 TAMPA 423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 The union has the authority un­ this organization is a non profit the bar that the woman was purMOBILE 55 So. Conception St Dial 2-1392 der their contracts to ship men outfit, and its purpose is to ren­ suaded not to have him thr'own PUERTO RICO.. 45 Ponce de Leon Puerto de Tierra GALVESTON 219 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 from one port to another provid­ der welfare service to merchant in jail. FT. LAUDERD,\LE. .... .2021 S. Federal Highway. .. Ft. LauJeidale 1601 ed this procedure does not delay seamen. Since the inception of The gal in question here hap­ v; • the sailing of any vessel. Em­ this outfit the seamen who know pens to be none other than Mr. PUBLICATION OFFICE: the score on welfare organization, Marshall E. Dimocks mother-inployers must foot the bill. ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET have always felt that this was law, Gladys Ogden. It certainly MARITIME another racket, to saddle seamen turns out to be a non profit or­ New York City BOwling Green 9-8346 WAR EMERGENCY BOARD with a group of parasites. Of ganization as far as seamen are 267 In order to assist the Secretary late there have been several concerned, but it now seems that Treasurers of the District Unions stories coming" to light about the it is turrdng out to be a profit­ to compile a complete chart on functions of the USS. able organization as far as Mr. the Board's decisions, I'U submit The latest one is in reference Dimock is concerned. Wonder] a monthly report on the Board's to a seamen who sauntered into how many more relatives Mr. disposition of all cases submitted. the Wilshire (USS) Hotel in New Dimock has? S.S. Robert Newell, Oct. 28— York, and the boy had a few un­ Another yokel connected witK Board stated that according to der his belt. Being in a liberal this outfit is a Mr. James Stuart NEW YORK, (ITF)—The Greek Maritime "Welfare information received from the trend of mind he decided to Moore. He is the USS Port Exe­ Committee, in cooperation with the Greek Maritime Union, operators, vessel was not in Al­ spend a few dollars. Digging in­ cutive in New York. From all giers on August 27th, and not to his. jeans he found that he available information to date (hij? has actively interested itself in the status of a score of Greek entitled to attack bonus. had no change. Upon spying one autocrat was formerly connectedi Merchant Seamen who are at present detained in Ellis Isl­ L. Goffin, SIU Patrolman, New of the female employees, he po- with a boys' home, and from re­ and. A majority of the men have indicated willingness to York—S.S. William Patterson— itely requested the use of her ports the boys will never forget Board notified company that fountain pen so that he could till their maker claims them, of ship out aboard Greek and other# Commenting on the plight of crew is entitled to Port attack affix his signature to a travelers Allied merchant vessels while {Continued on Page 4) the Greek merchant seamen in bonus. others want to join the Greek Navy, it was said at the Commit­ "American ports, Mr. Stephano R. W. Sweeney, SIU Patrol­ CREW OF S.S. LAWTON B. EVANS tee's offices, 18 East 41st Street, pointed out that the detention of man, New York—S.S. Mar^mar, the men was harmful to the Board ruled that there was an New York City. "CREDIT TO MERCHANT MARINE" The plight of the Greek sea­ morale of the Greek seafarers attack September 15th, 1943. who are anxious to serve the Al­ Bonus payable. S.S. West Kyska, farers was brought to the atten­ Captain Frank A. Burdock, skipper of the S.S. Lawton tion of the Committee in a letter lied cause. Many of these men Board ruled that there was no B. Evans was so impressed with the efficiency and courage signed jointly by the detained have been the victims of pre­ attack from July 15 to July 27th, of his SIU crew that he drafted a letter of commendation for men and demanding redress of vious ship sinkings and all have 1943. No bonus payable. S.S. done their best, he added. An­ all members of the deck department. Thomas Nelson, Board has ruled their grievances. The signers other factor in the tangled situa­ that there was an enemy attack complained that they had ah'cady This letter shows that in spite of the propaganda of the spent several months in federal tion is the contradictory interpre­ on September 6th, 1943. Bonus shipowners and the WSA, it is the union seaman who forms custody and that they were at a tation of the Greek service draft payable. the backbone of the merchant marine. The letter follows: loss to understand their contin­ law with regard to Greek seafar­ C." Fisher, SIU Patrolman, New "To Whom It May Concern: ing nationals in foreign ports. ued detention. York—S.S. Felix Grundy, Board Mr. Christopher S. Stephano, Union spokesmen observed that has ruled that there was no en­ "Francis M. Whelan, Bosun chairman of the Greek Maritime qualified seamen with more than emy attack on July 31, 1943. No Andrew G. Burbul, A.B. Welfare Committee, appealed to two months of maritime service bonus payable. Joseph T. Briant, A.B. , ; , the U. S. immigration authorities during the Greek-Italian war Robert A. Stack, A.B. ; '] i A. C. Dynarski, SIU Patrol­ and the War Shipping Adminis­ were exempt from the draft. The man, New York—S S. George N. Matthew J. Monahan, A.B. •" V tration and secured permission Greek authorities in the United Pendleton. No disposition made Peter M. Kelly, A.B. to visit the men and investigate States, however, are of the opin­ on case. S.S. Grace Abbot, Board Robert J. Munson, A.B. their complaints. A delegation ion that the exempt provisions has, ruled that there was no Tadeusz Jan Morski, A.B. composed of Mr. Stephano, Pe- do not apply to the Western enemy attack on September 15th, Anthony Savaikus, O.S. tros Spiridakos, secretary of the Hemisphere and insist upon 1943. No bonus payable. Stincy J. Vaitkelunas, O.S. Greek Maritime Union and a rep­ drafting eligible merchant sea­ » "The above named men were members of the crew of resentative of the immigration men for naval service. This at­ Jack Dwyer, SUP Patrolman, this ship during Voyage No. 2. Sailing from' ( ) on department went on November titude, in the opinion" of union New York—S.S. Hawaiian, Board ( ) and arriving hack-in ( ) on ( )—5 4th to Ellis Island and met with officials, has had tlie effect of has ruled that there was an en­ the men. Hope was expressed af­ further demoralizing the men emy attack on September 15, months and 12 days. During this time the ship was in the ter the meeting that the difficul­ who had recently been assured 1943. Bonus is payable. S.S. Lot ( ) Sea on shuttle-run. Also this ship was in the first ties would be straightened out by union headquarters in Cairo, Whitcomb, no disposition made group of seven Liberty Ship's to take part in the invasion of ( ).. and the men soon be released seat of the Greek goyernment-in- on case. and given employment aboard exile, that they were draft J. H. Volpin, SIU Patrolman, "During the voyage there was encountered 3 submarine New York—S.S. Benjamin Wil­ ship. e-xempt. attacks and 7 airplane attacks. liams, Board has ruled that "These men have proved themselves one hundred per­ there was an enemy attack on cent capable and efficient in every respect. Their conduct April 25th, 1943. Bonus is pay­ ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR has been excellent and there has not been a complaint made able. S.S. Kofresi, Board has about them during the entire voyage; or has there been any ruled that there -was an enemy WEEK OF OCTOBER 2Sth TO mh , one at any time absent from duty. This is an unusually attack on August 16-17. Bonus is splendid record and it's a pleasure indeed to recommend DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL payable. either of the men as being A-1, in every respect. Such men J. F. Sheehan, SIU Patrolman, are a credit to the Merchant Marine Service." SHIPPED 361 152 278 791 New York—S.S. Flomar, Board FRANK A. MURDOCK, Master has ruled that there was an en­ REGISTERED 250 200 211 661 S.S. Lawton B. Evans" emy attack on September 15th, 1943. Bonus is payable. Committee Seeks Freedom Of Detained Greek Seamen W Sm­ •' • • ' i " . "''''"'I- - �r> Friday, November 12, 1943 THE SEAFARERS WHArS DOING -rr Around the PoKs GALVESTON LOG Page Three N.Y. Board Of Education Reveals Plan For Setting Up Maritime High School Mates & Pilots, resigned the past week to go to sea. He was on leave and has just returned from sea. Good luck Capt. and may your successor give us the back­ ing that you did. The crew of the Wm. Clayborn donated $57. to the LOG. E. R. WALLACE, Agent heroes of the ermed guard ser­ The New York Board of Edu the torepeak, lifeboats, davits, vice. Also read with great inter­ cation has completed plans for fire lines and all other geaij est the accoimt of the crew off the creation of a maritime higi usually found on deck. ' One of the busiest weeks since the vessel that was beached dur­ school, the first of its kind in the the SIU has been in the state of There will also be a wheeling the blow off the eastern country. Under the new set up Texas. Two pay off ships in house for use in instructing stu­ coast and how the Coast Guaid youth graduating from primary . Houston, and had to take a full dents on employment of the fath­ rescued the Crew of the armed schools would be eligible for mari crew to Beaumont. Shipped ometer, manual steering controls, guard with breech buoys and time training, just as now they . everything that looked like a compasses, metal mike and fire small boats. The merchant mar­ can receive vocational training seaman and sent a couple of detection systems. The. hatches ine crew slide down the side and for shoreside industries. stumble bums back to the RMO. and booms will be used for ac­ walked ashore. Again on the The school, accommodating 3, Getting men in these parts is NEW ORLEANS tual demonstrations of loading Luckenbach the six man armed 000 students, will be constructec getting serious. cargo. The bridge will be con­ To Mr. Dimock of the RMO: There has been quite a rest for guard was taken off in breech after the war if the project goes nected with all departments of You stated while in conference you and the other long suffering buoys with an audience of sever­ through on the East River water the ship, where navigation will at New Orleans that you had re­ brothers from the time that I al thousand people. The ship's front near the Battery. The Edu be studied and from which or­ cruited and trained so many last used space in the LOG to crew stayed aboard the vessel. cation Board has requested the ders will be issued to the "en­ Business here is picking up to City Planning Commission to ask thousand men and that there was expound pearls of wisdom (just where, with helping the Texas amendment of the capital outlay gine" departrnent under all types a matter of opinion). thousands more to get and train of simulated conditions. - between the first of - tHe year. Went walking in our fair city ports, our own shipping is not too budget to provide funds for the You even asked us to try to get the other night with the Skipper bad. On deck it's very good, in school, the first high school of its The site proposed for the threestory structure is city-owned our members out of the ship- off one of Higgins' puddle jump­ the other departments it has kind in the world. slowed up some. Practical training for a career property on South Street, be­ , yards, who are working there, ers (neat rigged little scows) and Don't forget that the voting is at sea will be provided, accord­ tween Whitehall and Broad » and sail the ships. The NMU the man stated that he had to Streets, and was formerly a city now going on and now is yqpr ing to present plans, with get a high pressure as the ti-ansdelegation at the conference went chance to get in and find out freighter, a yawl, a ketch and a ferry terminal. It is located in port services seemed to expect . so far as to ask you and Pen­ what that so and so is doing here, heavy-duty power boat anchored the heart of the Port of New nington to see if you could not it. Well, after trying practically there, and in the other port. At in the basin in the rear of the York's shipping district. The aU the shops on Canal St., still get Congress to pass a law to building will be laid out to cor­ least this coming year I'll be able take away the papers of a sea­ no hats. The oilers and messboys to join the throng that sets back school. Within the building itself respond with the relative posi­ in the ATS had them all bought will be a freighter topside, about man working ashore, and to see tion of each department on a and says I could do better then that a seaman could not get a up. The skipper said, "That's that, and then sit on my fanny 200 feet long, forty feet wide and ship. The engine department will , defense job. lAr. Dimock, right O.K. as long as I tried." Since and do nothing. Are you one of forty feet high, so that students be located on the first floor, the may get the feel of a real deck. in this part of the country I can that time I hear that the ATS this type? has issued orders that all civilian The "ship" would have three deck and radio departments on obtain men that want to go to So till the roses bloom in hatches with accompanying the upper floors, and the roof employees wear civvys ashore. sea, but can't under your phoney Times Square, masts, booms, king-posts, a chart- will' correspond to the bridge set up which eliminates a man Tush, tush. Steady as she goes. Considerable write-ups in the room, flying bridge, radio shack, where celestial navigation and on account of a slight physical local papers here about the ARMY, Agent aerials, paint and storerooms in signaling could be taught. defect. Right here a very short "Between decks" the building time ago one of your trainees will house the stewards' depart­ , with one eye was refused a job ment with a cafeteria, the pur­ on a NMU contract ship, as messser's office and the classroom for man. Yet you spend money to instructing students on freight . train these men. and operation duties. Every citizen of this country One fly in the ointment is the has the right to earn his living fact that Frank J. Taylor, Presi­ at the vocation that he chooses. of standard physical examina­ Here is how many SIU agree­ dent of the Merchant Marine In­ {Continued from 'Page 1) We in the SIU are not fellow green new elements entering the tions by the U. S. Public Health ments read in reference to phy­ stitute is a sponsor of the new travelers and we did not start industry than the old-timers who Service would eliminate the sical examinations: project. No doubt Mr. Taylor has going to sea yesterday, but it is blackballing of seamen by doc­ know the score. "In the event any decision of in the back of his mind the pos­ about time that something is Typical of Stalinist methods is tors employed by the shipowners. the Company Physician is chal­ sibility of transforming the pro­ done. Your conference in New . Orleans was a flop. The situa­ the fact that Curran conspired He said that the government bu­ lenged by the Union as to the ject into a training school for physical fitness of a union mem­ finks at the taxpayers' expense. tion is getting serious, just on with the shipowners to slip this reau would be "impartial." account of the phoney rules that one over. It was not until the That is a laugh. The anti-labor ber, said member shall be re­ The unions will have to keep a you hand down to your hand- NMU Headquarters meeting of activities of the War Shipping examined by a Public Health weather eye on this school. picked and sponsored NMU job­ October 14 that the rank and file Administration, the Maritime Physician and his decision shall got wind of what was up. But Commission and the Recruitment be binding." holders. prior to that Curran had been and Manning Organization has This system means that the MERCHANT MARINE The day is coming, Mr. Di­ closeted with the shipowners, dispelled once and for aU any il­ first rejection of a man is in the MAIL NOTICE mock, this farce will bust wide and government representatives, lusions about government bu­ hands of the shipowner, and open, and it is about time that denianding this "reform." reaus' impartialitity between therefore subject to pi-essure from Insured, C.O.D. or registered Capt. Macauley had a good oldCurran attended the annual capital and labor. The seamen the union. Should the shipown­ fashioned house cleaning in the mail cannot be accepted for mati­ meeting of the Propeller Club on know that they seldom get a er launch a program of picking ranks of the RMO and pump the Oct. 12-14, (the marine division break from these shipowner off militant men by this method, ng to the personnel of the Am­ bilges. of the National Association of dominated government boards, the union will find ways and erican Merchant Marine, accord­ It was like old home week the Manufacturers) and pressed his ing to an announcement by Post­ past few days, ten members of medical plan before it's "wel­ and the less they have to do with means of stopping this—quick! The Health Service, on the other master Albert Goldman. Many the NMU have put their books fare" panel. Curran admitted them the better. hand, not having primary con­ mailers prepare packages or other To fight the shipowners when in this office and have taken out this in the NMU membership trol of the rejection of men, is mail matter for registration, in­ they fly their own colors is one SIU books and trip cards. I was meeting when he said (according less subject to shipowner pres­ thing, but to fight them when stumped at seeing them until I to the official minutes): sure and more apt to be impar­ surance or C.O.D. service and the they masquerade as "impartial found out what the reason was: "I was your delegate to a Con­ Post Office wishes to avoid the Kilgore is trying to freeze the vention today, a convention of government administrators" is tial. to their ships. The NMU shipowners . . . that is the Pro­ something else again. We can Moreover, there are many' annoyance to the mailers incident h seamen lick them in their former capac­ lines which do not require any to the inability of the Post Office is demanding members to sign peller Club." ity—it's not so easy in the latter. physical examination whatsoever. to accept such matter which the dues check off cards. Result, And then, far from being easy money for the Komrades ashamed of rubbing stomachs That is why union men want These lines are efficiently man­ cannot be sent to destination. for the next two years and with­ with the enemies of the seamen, as little government interference ned by capable crews of oldout doing anything for the mem- he bragged about his success in in the maritime industry as pos­ times, men who might be reject­ bersliip. getting the shipowners to see his sible. We want the shipowners ed for some minor incapacity if Had the pleasure of calling way concerning the medical ex­ to stay in their waterfront of­ they had to take a physical. Curthe RMO. They sent nle five aminations. The sight of Curran fices where we can get at them ran's plan would mean that all trip card inen in the NMU. Re­ and the shipowners being palsy- and stay out of Washington lines would be forced to set up Crew of S. S. Daniel Huger sult, sent back. This is to let all walsy on this question should where they can wrap themselves physical requirements—thus au­ which paid off Oct. 13. 1943. has tomatically eliminating many linen money coming. Collect hands know that we in the SIU- surprise no one—both of them in the American flag. Mississippi Line. New York. SUP do not stand outside of the are interested in getting rid of If there are to be physical ex­ men now going to sea. training schools,. handing out the old time, militant seamen. aminations, let them be conduct­ It is to be hoped that this latest Crew member Chamberlain has trip cards and books to the grad- And what easier and cleaner ed by the shipowners and the attempted sell-out by Curran & his Log lifted and can collect from New York office when ho I uates, as the. NMU. method than by merely informing unions can see that it isn't used Company will really open the gets his linen money. All beefs and disputes settled them they have high blood pres­ as a blacklist. But let them be eyes of those honest rank and conducted by "impartial goyern- file members of the NMU who to the satisfaction of all con­ sure? ment" and the shipowner will be up to now hesitated to believe In trying to sell this finky bill cerned the past week. One of Keep In Touch With our staunch backers, Capt. Al- of goods to the membership, Cur­ able to exert influence to the de­ that the C.P. line in maritime is essentially a fink line. bert Hemphill, Sect. Master ran claimed that the setting up triment of the unions. Your Draft Board n Curran Would Keep Old Off The Ships MONEY DUE •'I �• ~.^''<j'->ri'^''^rT'.v^ Page Four THE SEAFARERS ' LOG Friday, November 12, 1943 Churchill-FDR Optomistie On Sub War In a joint statement issued this week at London and Washington, President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churcliill revealed facts and figures proving that during the past few months the sub menace in the Atlantic is not only under control, but shows signs of being eliminated. The statement revealed that: 1. During the months of Aug­ ust, September and October ap proximately sixty U-boats were destroyed. This brings to more than 150 the number of U-boats destroyed during the last six months. The record of the last three months is particularly gratifying because during most of this period fewer U-boats were operating, fewer targets were presented for our air and sea forces. 2. During August, September and October more U-boats were destroyed than Allied merchant ships were sunk by U-boat ac­ tion. The ratio of U-boat to mer­ chant ship attrition during Oct­ ober was more satisfactory than in any previous month. Our ton­ nage losses from all causes in October were the second lowest of any month of the war. 3. Merchant ship tonnage lost to U-boat action during the last three months was less than onehalf the merchant ship tonnage lost during the previous three months despite the fact that ac­ tual shipping increased. 4. The Germans have intro­ duced new U-boat weapons and tactics. Thus far we have been able to cope successfully with the changing situation. The bat­ tle continues in full vigor. >'• 5-: •r £• fer.; t jv. - Is.'- w Of Ancient Vintage (The Wino Craves a Ship) Oh for a ship, a rare old ship Bound for Fori of Hearts Desire, Where a wino can lay in his bunk all day With no work to raise his ire. A special ship, a vintage ship No watch for the crew to keep. With barrels of beer on ice to cheer We bound oe'r the bounding deep. A trim tall ship, 'here take a nip' With rust and paint unknown. And all we do is partake of the brew And hope we would never reach home. An ancient ship, a wino ship Without Captain, or Bosun or Mate To disturb joyous spell by whistle or bell And spoil the effects of the grape. Oh, a rare old ship from Coenties Slip With a cargo of port in the hold, A draw every day to make poker pay Why then we would never grow old. A long joyous trip on a wino dream ship A voyage like this do I crave. All overtime pay where no one says "nay" As we corkscrew over the wave. Of course this ship is a non Union ship No wino shall Union dues pay. The shipowner too shipped out with the crew With the corks popping into the bay. But this perfect ship, I fear is a myth No such on the deep can I find. So look for the boom when you walk in to this room. "The price of a drink, do you mind?" —TOP AN' LIFT. Washington Report (Continued from Page 2) the conditions that they had to tolerate while he held the whip. The reports are that he hates anything connected with LABOR and has made the statement that if he had been on the job when this outfit was organized there would be ho Labor representa­ tion connected with it. To prove his utter disregard and contempt for Labor and what " it stands for, this individual had cards printed announcing the - birth' of "IT'S A BOY" to Doro­ thy and James Moore, "THEIR . THIRD HOWLING SUCCESS" on cards without a union label. ' It is also reported that he has -forced every employee who was , working for the USS, who were (-members of a seamen's union to resign. This is the service that ' is being rendered to merchant ' seamen by persons who are alien : to seamen's wishes and welfare. If. this trends continues it won't be long before the USS comes out openly hostile to all seamen's unions. All right boys, drop a line to the editor on how you find the USS, and how these parasites treat you. No doubt some of the stories will shed a different light on the pamphlets and other crap put out by the USS. Colored boys to him are lower than Whale ( and they are his particular meat. Any­ thing that he can do to make them feel miserable, satisfies his vain temporary autocratical pow­ er. I'll list Mr. Marshall E. Dimock's stooges in his would-be set up on "LABOR'S PART IN WAR AND RECONSTRUC­ TION" and his attempt to saddle seamen with enemies of their welfare, who are alien and hos­ tile to union seamen. Enemy No. 1. Craig. 'Vincent RMO regional director. New York City. Enemy No. 2. Gladys Ogden —Mr. Dimock's mbther-in-law. WilBhire Hotel, New York City. Enemy No. 3. James Stuart Moore — USS port executive. New York City. Brothers, send in names and reports of other phonies in the RMO and USS so that we can enter their names in our social register and let the seamen w^o arc risking their lives, while these parasites live off of the money that is panhandled from the public, under the guise that they are rendering welfare ser­ vice to merchant seamen, know just who they are and what their objective and feelings towards seamen really are. NWLB — War shipping panel meeting that was to be held on the Great Lak ;s case has been postponed until November 11th. The full panel meets on this day. Keep In Touch With Your Draft Board Price Rollback A Dud; Living Cost Ships Named For Trend Is Upward Labor Leaders (Continued from Page 1) BRUNSWICK, Ga.—Two Lib­ that there arc wide variatio-.s in prices in different parts of the erty Ships, under constructipn country. here by AFL workers at the J. For example, while the price A. Jones Construction Co. yard, of women's fall coats has ad­ will be named for labor leaders, vanced generally, it has been the U. S. Maritime Commission jacked up as much as 60 per cent in some localities. has announced. Rents are also steadily edging The men to be honored will be upward, as is the cost of services. the late Patrick H. Morrissey, a In this connection, the report de­ former grand master of the clared: Brotherhood of Railroad Train­ "The doUar haircut of World men and the late John B. Len- War I has again made its ap­ non, AFL treasurer for 28 years. pearance in some cities, with 75 Morrissey, a charter member cents the usual charge, against of the Bloomington, 111., lodge, the pre-war charge of 50 cents or became national vice-grand mas­ less. There were also substantial ter of the brotherhood in 1889 increases in the cost of medical and served as grand master from and domestic services, admis­ 1895 until 1909. He resigned from sions to motion pictures, and in the brotherhood in 1909 to be­ prices for a variety of other come president of the Railroad goods, including soaps and toilet * Employees and Investors Associ­ articles." While these increases cut into ation, later becoming vice-presi­ dent in charge of operation of the family budget, they do not the Burlington Railroad. Morris­ appear in cost of living figures. RULES ENCOURAGE sey died November 28, 1916. GOUGING Lennon organized the tailor's The report brings out in rather union in 1884 and held the office striking fashion a claim repeat­ of general secretary for 26 years. He was elected treasurer of the edly made by organized labor AFL in 1889, serving for 28 years. that OPA regulations encourage During the administrations of profiteering by permitting manu­ Presidents Taft and Wilson, Len­ facturers and dealers to write non was labor representative on their own price ticket on new the U.S. Commission of Indus­ lines. Old established lines are trial Relations. During World rapidly disappearing from the War I, he was a conciliator for market and are being replaced the Department of Labor. He by inferior merchandise imder new names at prices far above died Jan. 17, 1923. OPA ceilings. How this affects consumers is illustrated by the high-handed brigandage of the liquor indus­ try. Most of the old brands of ! whiskey, on which prices had been established, are no longer a special Presidential Board. obtainable, while literally scores They are taking a strike vote of new products have been sub­ throughout the industry. stituted. This has created a par­ Sidney Hillman, head of the adise for profiteers. Amalgamated Clothing Workers, has submitted a report to Presi­ dent Roosevelt warning him that labor is revolting against the present wage ceilings. The United Steel Workers' exe­ MIKE DIKUN cutive board has decided to re­ Your papers and discharges open 1,300 collective bargaining have been turned into the Phila­ contracts and demand pay boosts delphia hall of the Union. Pick for 900,000 members. them up. Labor Heat Thawing Bosses' Wage Freeze (Continued from Page 1) $1.50 per day increase in pay for fight and last week finaUy won an extra hour's work. This boost was granted by the War Labor Board and constituted the first Board decision which was in vio­ lation of the Little Steel For­ mula. WLB chairman William Davis, a bitter opponant of John L. Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers, was forced to ad­ mit that the wage restrictions imposed by the government have imposed "an unjust burden" on the workers. "As the months flow by and the board continues to hold wages to the general level of Sept. 15, 1942," Davis said, "we become increasingly conscious of the fact that we are asking one segment of our society to do its part to protect all Americans from the ravages of inflation while, at the same time, a similar obligation has not been placed as heavily upon the shoulders of some of the other segments of this society." In plain language, this is an admission that the WLB policies have resulted in suffering for the workers and profiteering for the employers. 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Title A name given to the resource November 12, 1943 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. V, No. 32 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: CURRAN WOULD KEEP OLD TIMERS OFF THE SHIPS LABOR HEAT THAWING BOSSES' WAGE FREEZE SUP MAN'S PORTRAIT OF FURUSETH WINS ARTISTS' PRAISE PRICE ROLLBACK A DUD; LIVING COST TREND IS UPWARD COMMITTEE SEEKS FREEDOM OF DETAINED GREEK SEAMEN CREW OF THE S.S. LAWTON B. EVANS "CREDIT TO MERCHANT MARINE" N.Y. BOARD OF EDUCATION REVEALS PLAN FOR SETTING UP MARITIME HIGH SCHOOL MERCHANT MARINE MAIL NOTICE CHURCHILL-FDR OPTOMISTIC ON SUB WAR OF ANCIENT VINTAGE SHIPS NAMED FOR LABOR LEADERS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/12/1943 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1943 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/eb34c00a14ca1d0c48f6c79d45b2744f.PDF cdfd3fe1a59841a339b0d70f1d254caf PDF Text Text ^J^AKERSJOCJ OFFICIAL OEGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA VOL.V NEW YORK, N.Y.. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 5. 1943 No. 31 Chisel Of Torpedo Victims O K By Nielsen MEET WITH FDR ON WAGE CRISIS Merchant seamen, hailed as heroes when they ship oui but chiseled and exploited when torpedoed and forced t® appeal to the shipowners for wages and subsistence pending final pay off time, will continue to be shoyed around by profit-mad employers if Erich Nielsen has his way. As•suming the authority of the Mar­ itime War Emergency Board, Nielsen this week rejected the latest of a series of SIU demands that wages and subsistence for torpedoed men be continued af­ ter repatriation and until the WASHINGTON, D. C.—Presi­ pay off. dent Roosevelt ordered Secretary Nielsen is nothing more than of the Interior Ickes to seize pos­ the office secretary of the MWEB, session of the nation's coal mines but he acts as if he alone deter­ for the second time this year as mined the Board's anti-labor pol­ threats of a country-wide strike icies. He announced pre-emptorby the United Mine Workers ily on October 29, that "... we Union reached a climax. do not believe that any change ... is called for with regard to The President called upon payment of repatriation benefits every miner "to return • to work after arrival in the United without a day's delay" while U. States." M. W. officials pondered what ac­ This Nielsen ukase was handed tion they would take on a War Labor Board decision in the Il­ down when it had been called to linois field which was unsatisfac­ his attention that an SIU crew had been torpedoed, repatriated tory to the workers. back to New York, arriving here The President acted under the on Sept. 26, and to this day has Connally-Smith War Labor Dis­ not been paid off by the ship­ putes Act which provides harsh owner. For well over a month penalties for workers who re­ these men have been without fuse to go to work on properties wages or subsistence and have seized by the Government. been forced to panhandle while the shipowner liesurely waits for The American Federation of Labor members on the War La­ "records to arrive." Torpedoed seamen are denied bor Board dissented from the wages rightfully due them, forc­ majority decision in a sharply ed to beg, and Nielsen, with a worded decision which charged cramped, bureaucratic mind illthat the ruling had been dictated suited to his ego, does not by Economic Stabilization Direc­ believe "any change is called tor Vinson and War Mobilization for!" Director Byrnes. Nielsen's letter to the union The Illinois case hinged on an reads, in part; agreement entered into between "We are advised that of the the mine operators and the union 23 men repatriated after the in that State. It was regarded as loss of this vessel. 9 have been a test case since for the first time paid repatriation wage and it included a provision with re­ bonus in full. Of the remain­ gard to portal-to-portal pay sat­ ing 14, payment of repatriaisfactory to the union. (Conthmed on Page 4) The WLB decision awarded an $8.12V^ daily wage for an eight and a half hour day but left the Christmas Packages For, portal-to-portal pay issue still up SIU Prisoners Of War in the air. SIU men in Axis prison The opinion of the AFL mem­ camps are going to receive a bers on the WLB said, in part: Christmas package froih their "It is our considered judgment union next month. This was that the miners should receive decided unanimously by the $8.50 a day for each straight membership up and down time 8^2-hour day worked. For the coast when it passed a the work week of 40 hours at resolution of good cheer and straight time and 11 hours at time and a half, the total take- solidarity with the brothers now imprisoned. home should be $56.50. Secretary-Treasurer Hawk "This decision of the majority is now making arrangements adds another to the list of de­ with the American Red Cross cisions which have not been de­ for the sending to each man termined on the basis of merit, an 11 pound package Contain­ but rather by the attitude of the ing food, toilet articles and individuals and government cigarettes. A full list of SIU agencies who dominate the ac­ prisoners of war will be pub­ tions of the public members of lished next week. the Board." FDR Again Seizes Mines The squeeze between the sky-rocketing cost of living and frozen wages has reduced much of labor's income to the point that it is difficult to purchase the necessities of life. The miners are oh-strike, the railroad workers are threatening strike, and millions df other organized workers are demanding that something be done 4o stop the empid'^^r - government offensive against their ^ standard of living. Pictured here are AFL. CIO and railroad leaders arriving at the White House last week in the hopes of getting FDR to side with the workers. Front row (left to right): AFL President William Green, President A. F. Whitney of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. New York Regional Director of WMC Anna Rosenberg, CIO President Philip Murray and Sec­ retary-Treasurer of the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers. ClO. Julius Emspak. Back row (left to right): AFL Secretary-Treasurer George Meany, President Daniel Tobin of the In­ ternational Brotherhood of Teamsters, AFL, and President R. J. Thomas of the United Auto Workers. CIO. S.LU. LICKS SHIPOWNERS' MOVE TO SHORT CIRCUIT UNION'S SHIPPING HALLS The latest maneuver of certain RMO port representatives in their constant war on organized labor and grab for further jurisdiction, is a move to prevent shipowners from transporting union seamen from one port to another when a shortage in any given port holds up crewing of. a vessel. In the past all companies under contract to the SIU had paid transportation for men when crews were not available in any given port. This month, however, certain RMO bureaucrats decided that they would step in an eliminate this practice. Their plans were dump­ ed, however, by prompt action of the SIU.. We won the beef 100%. 11 Some of the shipowners, in collusion with the RMO, sud­ denly announced last week that they would not pay transporta­ tion for SIU men, because they would not be reimbursed by the government for this money. For several days last week a ship was hung up in Norfolk for lack of men, an(J full SIU replace­ ments were waiting in our-Bal­ timore hall to be transported to the ship. But thinking more of Smashing the union than of get­ ting the .^hip sailing with its car­ go of war supplies, the shipown­ er played tough and refused transportation. It was at , this spot that the RMO stepped in and offered to crew the ship with their school boys. The union immediately took this beef to Washington and de­ manded that these chiseling RMO labor-baiters be set on their heels. This was done—as evidence the following telegram received from Deputy WSA Ad­ ministrator Macauley: John Hawk, Secretary-Treasurer, Seafarers International Union 2 Stone* Street, New York City Reurtel Oct. 23. Marshall Dimock states no instructions giyen by RMO regarding reimburse­ ment to operators for transporta­ tion of men. In providing men to prevent ship delays, RMO sup­ plements unions and operators and will do nothing to interfere with provisions of contract or established practices. The divis­ ion of operations states that spe­ cific authorization of such trans­ portation is not required for reimbursement of any expenses so incurred by agents where it is provided either by collective bargaining agreement or was previously established as the customary practice and that they always have and will continue to advise agents accordingly in accordance with Statements of Policy signed in May, 1942. EDWARD MACAULEY, WSA, Washington, D.C. �Pag* Two SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG - - - - - - President 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City y MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep* 424 5 th Street, N. W., Washingtonr D. C. • • NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay St PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St NORFOLK ; 25 Commercial PI NEW ORLEANS (16) ..309 Chartres St SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St TAMPA 423 East Piatt St.., MOBILE 55 So. Conception St PUERTO RICO..« 45 Ponce de Leon GALVESTON 219 20th Street FT. LAUDERDALE 2021 S. Federal Highway. . " w yr .w . INSTBIiCtlOfffi TO VOTEBS — In erdsr lo vol# lor a ecmdldal#, mark a cro#« IX) to ToUag squaro lo Ui# I«ft ol nam#. U you vols lor a grsatsr numbsr your vote tor such oiBcs wQl bs lavolld. *OU MAY WBTIE THE NAME OF ANY MEMBER WHOSE NAME DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE BAUOt IN THE BLANK UNE PROVIDED FOR THAT FURFbBB UNDER EA(^ OPPICE; MARK YOUR BAIXOT WITH PEN AND INK OR INDEUBIE PStGU. ) SECRETAHY-TREASURER VeielerOae JOHN HAWK, Na 2212 • BOwling Green 9-3437 Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 7651 Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Savannah 3-1728 Tampa MM-1323 Dial 2-1392 .Puerto de Tierra Galveston 2-8043 . Ft. Lauderdale 1601 PUBLICATION OFFICE; RobM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City BOwling Green 9-8346 JOHN MOGAN, No. 2l6 BOSTON -TOINT BATROLMAN ^ • Vote lor One JOSEPH ED. LAPHAM, No, 247 ) Labor Crisis—Product Of Washington Double X m MAX A. BECK, No. 937 • KBXFOtD R DiaCBY, No. 652 Q tr w L. J. (BALDY) BOUINGEIl,No. G-300 PAUL HALL, Na • • CHARLES C MARTIN. No. 1836 G~ • V«l* be T»» r~i i>Aiit AMBXOSe. No. #71) SAVANNAH-AOENt VoHbrOM ~';Voto for Two t71 CHARUS B. MAtTIN, No. UN) • JOHN P. RYAN, No. C-79 • JAMES P. SHARKEY, No. GA9 • CHARLES WAID. No. C-54 • THOMAS M.'WILHELM, Na 747} ydh ht oso O L (JACK) PARKER. Na O-J60 STTELHY WHITE. No. G-36 MOBn£~ AGENT Vet* <oe 0«» a OLDEN BANKS. 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Ih«#lat# b# It RESOLVH): TBat aach n>#p#cliT# port b# #mpow#t#d la 1 •#t a llm# Umil a# lo ifh#n a man ibdl rapoit aboaid a •hip whan h# ban b##n dia. paicbad. and b# II fiitlhat RESOLVED: Thai whan th# Itana Ihnll laaal In Ih# nnUtm porta, and a man who wai dlipalchad to a ahip andwho lalli lo ahowup wlRdn Rial ••( Rma. that anolhai man ha dlipalchad lo Ria diip In hla ploca.and ba II fnrthm RESOLVED: Thai 11 a man la dnmk or od, lo aall Iho ahlp. that ha ba finad tha aum ol twanty-fiaa doRoM Thia lo ba notatad In lha ramark column In hia mambenhip book by Ri# aqani In Rl* port whaia Ihli has occutrad. and ba n flni^y TAMPA^AGENT • ^ THE FOUOWINa RESOLUTION IS HOEEY SUB. > MITTED, THRU A MAJOSnT VOTE OF THE BRANCHES, TO THE BSMBERSHIP. IN ACCORDANCE WltH TIS WORDINO OF TRE BESOLunoH, rr is NECESSARY FOR THE MooBii' OT TO VOTE ON THE HESOLUnON THHIJ Wt MEDIUM OF A KEFHtENDUM VOTE: ^ JOB VOLPIAN^ No. 0-36 HEW YOAK-DECK-FAlItOldilAlf Veto fer.OBe DANIEL Birrrs, No. 190 RESOLUTION BALLOT | 1 It- EDWARD R. WALUCB, No, G-237 licaiFOiX -lOHit-PATROLMAN •m 'm Veto let OB# . RAY W. SWEENEY, No. G-20 JAMES L TUCKER. No. 2209 " The worst labor crisis of the war is riow at hand. Sen­ • JAMES P. SHEEHAN. No. G-306 sational headlines on the coal miners' »nd the railway work­ ers' wage disputes make that evident. But these large groups of workers aren't the only ones affected. Unrest is preval­ NEW YORK - STEWABDS-PATBOLMAN Veto i« Two ent among workers all down the line. • MAURICE BURNS71NB, No. 22371 If the Government is disturb-^ any and all disputes that may ed about this situation, as it is • JAOC COOPER CASE, No, 1140 arise. Labor unions agreed not and should be, it has only itself to strike for any cause but to • CLAUDE FISHER, No. 362 to blame. We don't like to refer submit their disputes to the • WZOIAM HAMILTON, No. 3400 to the Government as "it," but if Soard for decision. • FRED HART, Na 488 we get more personal what we A year passed — an eventful say is bound to be interpreted year during, which the machinery politically and what we have to of the Board was tested and ., . . ... say has no connection with poli­ found adequate. Then the im­ PHEADELPRtA AGENT tics whatever. It is just a ques­ VotoftwOM pact of inflation, with sharp rises tion of dollars and cents and bow in the cost of living, began to • HARRY J, COLUNS. No far they can be stretched. It's no oppress the workers. Demands longer a question of bread and for wage adjustments flooded the butter—it's just bread. BALTfMORE-AGENT Board. The workers were not V*to torOw ' The newspaper headlines don't trying to profit from the war. • JOB PLANAGAM; N?- u: tell the real story and the news­ They merely sought to restore R paper editorials merely obscure just relatiofiship between wages • JOHN KUPTA. Ho. 42? . the facts. We intend to relate the and prices. • C. M. (New Orlw'i POOPRS. No, 0--2 facts here—the events leading up The Board, after considering to what may he a tragedy. the facts, established the "Little The story begins immediately Steel" formula. It declared prices after Pearl Harbor when organ­ had increased 15 per cent be­ ized labor gave the nation its no- tween Jan. 1, 1941 and May, strike pledge. The President 1942. It agreed to increase wages for adjusting wages to make up called a national conference of to a similar extent. When strict for increased living costs be­ public, labor and industry repre­ application of this formula would tween May and September, 1942, sentatives to make that pledge not be sufficient to render jus­ and because labor had lost con­ official and to decide upon an tice, it provided several "outs" fidence in the desire or ability of OPA to hold prices down. But agency which could settle any for further adjustments. again labor went along. and all disputes peaceably with­ Labor did not relish this medi­ Last Spring it became evident out interrupting production. cine, this new-fangled idea of that the cost-of living was run­ VOLUNTARY AT FIRST Government regulation of wages, ning out of bounds. At the same As a result of this conference, hut it agreed to take it in order time Byrnes stripped the WLB of the National War Lahdf Board to help prevent inflation and to power to make an;^ wage adjust­ was established. It was set Up further the war effort. ments beyond the strict limita­ as a tri-partite body, with an ERRORS OF COMPULSION tions of the "Little Steel" formu­ equal number of public, labor But the "Little Steel" formula la. When labor protested it was and industry representatives. It did not stop inflation and in Oct­ promised that prices would be was empowered by Executive ober, 1942 Congress passed the "rolled back." We are still wait­ Order to function as an indepen­ Economic Stabilization Act de­ ing for. that promise to be made dent agency of the Government. signed to stabilize wages and good. It was directed to judge each prices at the levels prevailing on Finally, the coal miners' wage case on the merits and its de­ Sept. 15, 1942. Former Supreme dispute began to assume critical cisions were to be final. Court Justice Byrnes was named proportions. Word Was passed Labor voltmtarily agreed tc) go EdOnOmic Stabilization Director. confidentially" to AFL .repre­ along on this basis because it The new set-up was another sentatives on the WLB that sac­ was democratic and because it bitter pill for labor to swallow rifices should be made in wage promised a just determination of because no provision was made cases involving AFL workers— GALVESTON-AGENT MARTIN TRAINOR, Na T&ANK WILUAMS, Na 6161 toms GOFPIN. Na 4326 M BUt lUAH, PUERTO RICO - AODIT H . , • TEDD R. TERRINGTON, Na 0-63 NOHFOLt-AOENT Vort for Oao ' • • •' JAMES T. McCAULLBY. No. 1 VM* let We • • • f"if JAMES DiVITO, No. G-I83 MLTSUOHB - TOINT-PATROLHAN Veto he Two • ' NEW YORE - AGENT MEW YORX-ENOINE PATMOLMAM Veto lor Ten >267 • •. * MATHEW UmH, No. 2294 VetofwOM • NEW OHtEANS - }01Ht.t>AtROI#MAN Veto for Two BALTIMORE-PATROLMAN-DISPATCHER Vet* tet Oaa BOSTON-AGBHT PHONE ADDRESS ATUUfiic ft atnr tsanacT M«.".HHnflvsscnot;oForncs!3 NOVEMBER -r'DECEMBER, IStS ' • Directory of Branches BRANCH •• ' •' SMikr«r^ btenudMua Unimi of Nortli Anerica IM not UM a l#ad pIBdl M BtoUag ih* banot BeSols morkdd «ftlb IMd PMKR vMBaMbocounloft. ------- Secy-Treas* • 1944 SAMPLE BALLOT • 15' wiLOiANuPkBSS — UmoD AWr Ptfer ^ like the airframe and packing house cases—in order to estab­ lish a backlog of precedents with which to "stop the coal miners." This the AFL refused indignant­ ly to consent to. And how the truth is that the WLB no longer operates as an independent agency. Several of its public members are directed hov/ lo decide cases by Byrnes and his successor Fred Vinson. Since they hold the balance of power on the Board, it can n(> longer be said that the WLB judges e;.ch case on the merita Such dictation is not consonant with democracy. It is in direct violation of the basic agreement under which the W^B was set up originally. Together with the Government's failure to "hold' the line" on prices, it is respon­ sible for the nation's present la­ bor crisis. —Philip Pearl ATLANTIC AND GVlF SBIPPING POR WEEK OF qCT0BER.18th TO 22nd DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL •SttlPPfiD li£dtSt£R&£> 3S2 143 210 >61 1 Wo 198 210 838 •! .Jwvi'-Uw'.'1^1..-.r ,1-j- �tat SEAFARFRS LOG Friday, Noveihbeif 5, 1943 Pa^e Thfifd • '11 Proposed S.LU. Constitutional Amendments Here are the proposed Constitutional changes just as they will appear on the ballot ;#hich will be handed to you when voting for .1944 (5lficials. Ail of these changes were distussed and recommended by the Atlantic & Gulf District Agents' Conference held in New ilfork, May 28, 1943. After voting for officials, mark your Con­ stitutional ballot with an (X) in either of the boxes at the bottom of the page. Make certain to mark all ballot with either pen and ink or indelible pencil. Ballots marked otherwise will be void. Page 9 — Article 3. Section 4 shall be amended to read as follows: Members more than Three, (3) months in arrears in dues, assessments or unpaid fines, other than during the period of strikes or lockouts shall for­ feit all claims to benefits and all other rights and privileges in the Union. He shall not stand sus­ pended until six (6) -months in arrears in dues, as­ sessments or unpaid fines. This section shall not excuse any members for being behind in dues or assessments while em­ ployed. Fage 11—Article f. Section 1 shall be amended to read as follows: Members more than one (1) year in arrears may be reinstated through the concurrance of the membership at a regular business meeting upon payment of all dues, fines, and assessments for the past twelve (12) months, from the date of such re-instatement. Members so re-instated shall be regarded as probationary members. Page 13—Article 11. Section 1 shall be amended to read as follows: The officials at Headquarters shall consist of one (1) Secretary-Treasurer and one (1) Assistant Sec­ retary-Treasurer who shall be stationed at Dis, trict Headquarters at New York, N. Y. Page 16—Article 13. Section 2-B to be amended to read as- follows: That he be a full member of the Seafarers' In­ ternational Union of North America—Atlantic and Gulf District for 2 years and in continuous good standing fdt a period of one 1) year immediately prior to the date of nomination. There shall be added to Article 13 a hew section known as Section 2-E which shall read as follows: That he be an active and full book member and show four months discharges for the current year prior to date of nomination, this provision shall not apply to officials and other office holders working for the Union during current year. Page 17—Article 13. Section 3-D shall be amended to read as follows: Be perforated at the upper edge and the per­ forated stubs numbered consecutively beginning with No. 1. The Secretary-Treasurer shall cause to be printed and shall forward to each BfancIT a sufficient number of Ballots and numbered slotted envelopes for the purpose of containing ballots cast daiiy. A record shall be kept of the number of the first and last ballot so forwarded. None but official ballots shall be used in any General Election. Page 19 Article 13. Section 5 shall be amended to read as folldws: Members shall be entitled to vote upon present­ ing their membership certificates showing that they are in good standing, and have not previouslyvoted at the same election. Members shall mark their ballot with pen and ink, or indelible pencil and shall signify their choice of candidates by ' marking a cross (X) in voting square opposite names or by Writing in the blank line the name of their choice if such name be not printed upon the ballot. Lead pencils shall not be used m marking ballots. When a member has marked his ballot, he shall deliver it folded to the judge, who after ascertaining that the member is entitled to vote, shall tear off the numbered stub and deposit the ballot. The committee shall then stamp the niembefs' certificate of membership in the proper column for the year and month of elecUon, such stamp shall bear the word "voted the initials ot the voting place and the date of the voting. If the member is hqt entitled to vote, the ]udge shaU void his ballot, the tellers shall count the ballots as they are deposited and the clerks shall keep record of the cpunt. Page 19—Article 13. Section 6 shall be amended to read as follows: Balloting shall continue until every qualified voter present has had an opportunity to vote. The judge shall then count the num.berod stubs to verify the count of the clerks and shall enclose them in a sealed envelope in the Ballot Box. The USED ballots shall then be placed' in an envelope provided for the purpose and a slip of paper, also specifically provided, shall be signed by each mem­ ber of the committee on election and pasted on the back of the envelope. The sealed envelope shall then be placed in the ballot box; The ballot box shall then be locked and sealed, and the key thereof shall be sealed up in an envelope, also specifically provided for that purpose on the back of which each member of the committee on elec= tion shall again sign his name. The envelope so signed and sealed shall be given in charge of the Secretary-Treasurer or Agent or some other mem­ ber designated by the meeting; He shall then an­ nounce to the meeting and the Secretary-Treasur­ er, or Agent shall record in the minutes (a) The number of ballots last distributed (b) The number of ballots cancelled or destroyed and (c) The number of ballots deposited. No candidate for office shall be a member of the Committee on Election. Page 20-LArticle 13. Seciion 7 shall be amended io read as follows: • In the regular meeting held in Branches during the second meeting in January, the Committee on Election shall open the Ballot Box, count the num­ ber of ballots therein contained and count the number of votes for each candidate. The result shall be noted in the Minutes. The committee shaU then forward to Headquarters all used ballots (i.e.. All ballots taken from the Ballot Box, in­ cluding blank and disqualified ballots), together with a copy of the tally sheets, under sealed cover, marked "Ballots For Officers." In case no regular meeting is held during such week, the Agent, in the presence of the Committee on Election, or, in their absence, before five other full members, shall open the Ballot Box and count the ballots therein contained (but shall not count and tally the votes) and forward same to Headquarters in the manner hereinbefore prescribed. Page 22—Article 13. Section 11 shall have a new Sec­ tion added to read as follows: The total ballots cast at any Branch or any one day shall be voided upon proof of any irregularity. ASSISTANT SECREfTARY-TREASURER Page 26—-Article 15. Section 4 shall be amended to read as follows: The Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Shall carry on his activities and duties under the direction of the Secretary-Treasurer. His duties shall be to represent, the Secretary-Tredsurer, to aid and as­ sist the Agents in the settlement of disputes, to conduct negotiations and in the absence of the Secretary-Treasurer to directly co-ordinate all or­ ganizational wof-k in the absence of the SecretaryTreasurer due to illness or other cause, the Assist­ ant Secretary-Treasurer shaU assume the duties of Secretary-Treasurer until his return to active duty. » EMERGENCY COMMITTEE Page 31—Article 18. Seqjtion 3 shall be amended to read as follows: In case a difficulty of an urgent nature arises which requires to be acted upon immediately or before a meeting can be held, the Agent and the officials in the port involved and such members as may be available, shall constitute an emergency committee, this committee shall have power to take such actions as may be necessary, but such actions may be reviewed or changed by a major­ ity vote of the membership at the regular branch meeting. The members of the En^jergency Committee must have the same qualifications as provided for the regularly elected officers. Provided, whenever a quorum cannot be obtained for a regular meeting at Headquarters. The Emergency Committee shall have power to act upon such routine business as may be transacted in such meetings.. The pro­ ceedings of such Emergency Committee shall be made part of the minutes of the next regular meeting. Further provided, whenever there is an urgent necessity for action by the Union, the Agent shall give notice of such necessity at least forty-eight hours before the regular meeting, in order that a supreme quorum may be obtained. If supreme quorum is unobtainable at such meeting, then such officers and such members of the union as are available, may sit as an Executive Board; to deal solely with questions for which the committee was organized. The rules of the supreme quorum shall apply to such committee, and it shall exer­ cise all powers granted to a supreme quorum. The proceedings of the committee, including the fact that the effort to obtain supreme quorum had failed, and any other records of the committee transactions, shall be made part of the minutes of the next regular meeting. There shall be added to Article 18 a new section to be known as: NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE . Page 32—Article 18. Section 4 shall read as follows: The members elected to any Negotiating Com­ mittee shall have the same qualifications as the duly elected officials. Page 32—Article 18. Section 4-A shall read as follows: The Negotiating Committee shall consist of the Secretary-Treasurer and/or the Assistant Secre­ tary-Treasurer and/or any Agent that the Secre­ tary-Treasurer may require to assist him and three (3) members. The three (3) members shall be elected at the Port wherein negotiations are to be conducted and if possible shall be one mem­ ber from each department. Page 34—Article 19. Section 5 shall be amended to read as follows: Whenever a member is found guilty and sen­ tenced the action is final upon ratification through the next regular business meetings. Page 37—Article 21. Section 4 shall be amended to' read as follows: | The original, duplicate and triplicate of each receipt shall bear the name of the Union. The of­ ficial title of the Officer by whom they are used and shall specify the form of income receipted for. Receipts for initiation fee, dues and assess­ ments shall bear thereon their respective face values and such face values must in no case be erased or altered, the original receipt for initia­ tion fee, properly filled out shall consitute the certificate of probationary membership. Page 43—Article 24. Section 8-B shall be amended fe read as follows: If a full member in good standing is buried by relatives without such relatives duly notifying the Union of such member's death before interment* no benefit shall be paid by the Union. The funeral benefit in any case shall not be more than or ex­ ceed One hundred Dollars ($100.00). Page 44—'Article 25. Seciion 1 shall be amended lo read as follows: Full members who enter a Hospital in good standing, shall be entitled to Hospital supplies or the equivalent thereof in cash not to exceed two doUars per week ($2.00) for a period of no more than fifty-two (52) consecutive weeks, provided (1) he is a patient in a United States Marine Hos­ pital or (2) while a patient in any other institu­ tion for the cure of the sick except when confined for mental alienation, provided such institutions* are located at headquarters, or in any branch of the Union, or in the immediate vicinity thereof. Page 44—Article 25. Seciion 1-B shall have a new Section added to read as follows: Probationary members who enter Hospitals iri good standing shall be entitled to Hospital sup­ plies or the equivalent thereof in cash not to ex­ ceed two (2) dollars per week. However, he shall not receive in benefits (1) more monies than he has paid into the Union, provided he is a patient in a United States Marine Hospital or (2) while a patient in any other institution for the cure of the sick except when confined for mental alienation: and provided such institutions are located at headquarters, in any Branch of the Union or in the immediate vicinity thereof. Page 47—Article 27. Seciion I shall be amended io read as follows: Regular weekly meetings shall be held in each Branch at 7 o'clock each Monday evening except whenever Monday happens to fall on a holiday, the meeting shall be held at the same hour of the next day. All Branch Agents shall keep their respective Branches open on every regular meet­ ing night from 7 o'clock p.m. to 7:30 o'clock p.m. for the purpose of obtaining a quorum. ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE ABOVE PRINTED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION, WHICH WERE HRAWN UP AND RECOMMENDED BY THE &ECENT ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT AGENTS CONFERENCE. YES •^1 yoting Period on These Amendments Shall Be the Same As Provided for the Election of Officers for 1944 I isE*' �r Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Fridair, November 5. 1943 Around The Ports CHISEL OF TORPEDO VICTIMS IS UPHELD BALTIMORE 1^' C' : '*.' • dependence, and self discipline keeps the morale of union men the Nielsen alibi, yes the men their pool and boycott the union high and this is a prime factor Our curiosity was aroused re­ {Continued from Page 1) in saving ships and keeping loss were offered their repatriation halls. The standby scale is as cently by an item in the RMO wage, but the bonus offer was follows; lion wage was tendered but of life down to a minimum. Our montiily report showing that 265 only up until the time they left men appreciate and accept the such tender was refused by the men were dispatched to Vessels OS, Messmen and Wipers the torpedoed ship and not up responsibility of . being a vital men. Due to the fact that in the Port of Norfolk. Checking $ 6.00 per day. until the crew arrived in the first this report further we found 5 and indispensable part of our war these repatriaiees w6re repa=^ Bosun, ^ U.S. port, which they are en­ chief stewards and a large num­ machine. They have been trust­ AB, FOW 6.50 per day triated in 8 different groups, titled to receive. This is a matter ber of unrated men—messmen, ed with getting the troops and Stewards, the computation of repatriation of several hundred dollars, which the implements of war. over to wipers, O.S.—were included in Electrician 8.00 per daf bonus has necessarily been a perhaps is a drop in a bucket to the item. At the same time and the-combat areas. They are do­ Mates and Engineers for the same period as the report ing that job and doing it well highly complicated matter re­ Nielsen or any MWEB member, 9.00 per day quiring checking with operat­ however, to seamen it is a lot of our shipping list listed 200 men and they are determined to carry Skipper and Chief blood-money. of all ratings plus men not reg­ out their mission despite the op­ ors of the various repatriation Engineer 10.00 per day vessels. We understand that istered. During that period, position of shipowners and bu­ But regardless of how much this check is being completed The RMO is spending thous­ when we got orders from the reaucrats. As a question of ef­ money is involved, the seamen as rapidly as possible in order ficiency and cost we have only ands upon thousands of dollars companies to send men to Nor­ feel that they shpuld at least be folk the or-iers were always for to consider the saving in trans­ that repatriation bonus may be paid in full before being asked to in order to draw the seamen paid shortly. We are further away from the unions. Most of A.B.'s, Oilers, Water-tenders, and portation expenses when the companies secure replacements advised that settlement in full ship out and subject themselves those who register in the pool Cooks but with the other ratings to another torpedoeing. are the green trainees fresh out always omitted. Further check from the nearest union hall in­ is not contingent on the return stead of the unecessary long dis­ of the Master, but will be made showed that the RMO at Norfolk Nielsen apparently believes of the schools. These men, who as aforesaid as quickly as the tance transportation that has have never gone to sea, get $6 relayed their order for the ma-" been the practice lately. Our men payroll can be made up. While that once the men demand per day standby while experi­ jority of those assignments to the the full observance of their we regret that delays of this RMO in New York while the buy war bonds and help aU they rights, they are entitled to no enced seamen who have been character are sometimes neces­ can when they are . ashore; torpedoed in delivering supplies RMO and the companies were more consideration. afloat or ashore they are doing sary due to the complicated na­ to the war front, are denied fully aware that the men could ture of making up the payroll, As for the delays due to wages and subsistence even to be obtained from either Balti­ their best and better than their best and it is the union's business we do not believe that any "highly complicated" bookkeep­ the date of the pay off. more or Philadelphia at consid­ to see that no one hinders them. change in the present Decision ing, it is outrageous to expect erable less cost. It is evident The WSA-RMO criteria for is called for with regard to torpedoed men to be the victim that the companies and the RMO JOSEPH FLANAGAN. Agent payment of repatriation bene­ of shipowner inefficiency. We maintaining men on the beach are conniving with each othei" to fits after arrival in the United don't care how long it takes the seems to be whether or not he is avoid getting replacements from SAVANNAH States. This seems to be parti­ shipowners (working on a cost a union man. If he is a union the Union and do so only when cularly true in this case where plus basis) to get their records in man—regardless of his contribu­ they are stuck for rated men. Talking about dictators in Eu­ tender was made of the repa­ order, but we demand that the tion to the war effort—to hell triation wage notwithstanding torpedoed men not ^)e forced to with him! Recently we received an order rope, we have had quite a bit of It is this attitude on the part experience in the la.st few weeks the delay in payment of repa­ beg on the street, during this pro­ from our Norfolk hall for almost of the government agencies triation bonus." cess. two entire crews and began to with dictators in Washington, in which the stream-lined do-good­ regards to writing addendums to watch out for complications. We Let's break down some of Mr. This treatment of the torpe­ ers at the United Seamen's !^r-, our contract with the South At­ were right in expecting compli­ Nielsen's Washington language doed men is not a question of vice have refused to believe cations because about an hour af­ lantic Steamship Line. and see just what he is saying. bureaucratic bungling, rather it existed. When the SIU con­ ter receiving the order from Due to the fact that this com­ To begin with, he admits that 14 Norfolk the local Calmar agent pany was alloted a Diesel-elec­ men arriving in this port over a is a conscious union-busting pol­ fronted the USS in New Orleans icy. For proof of this, contrast recently with the fact that tor­ phoned in the same order but tric ship, this required a change month ago, have not yet been how non-union and union men pedoed men were getting kicked witho'ut calling for the messmen, in the classification in the man­ paid ^off. Part of his excuse is are treated by the War Shipping around • by the WSA, there was O.S. and wipers. To make quite ning of these vessels, whereby that the bookkeeping involved is Administration. The RMO has a general disbelief. Well, here are, sure, we checked with Norfolk our coptract with this company "highly complicated." His second fink hiring hall which has be^n the facts right on the barrel and upon being told the original would take care of this matter excuse is that "payment of re­ set up in competition with^the head. And no amount of charity order was OK we advised Nor­ and also make provisions for a patriation wage was tendered union halls. In an effort to keep is going to satisfy these men who folk not to accept any men from night cook and baker on ships but such tender was refused by the seamen away from the have risked their very lives, only the RMO for the two ships as we that they are operating that have the men." unions, the RMO pays a standby to be treated as a bunch of were willing and able to supply a manning scale of over 64. In regard to the second part of wage to all those who will enter stumble bun^s. both crews as originally ordered. After negotiating with the The Calmar line refused to company for about two weeks, Agents. The purpose of these SUP, MCS, NMU, SIU, MFOW, change its order when contacted we finally agreed to certain ad­ cards is to obtain the Veterans' and others. We realize that the and a deadlock'developed. How­ dendums and wage scale. Before Status for Merchant Seamen. Status of VETERANS is essential ever, the issue was relayed' to the ink got dry on this adden­ These cards to be mailed to the to all Merchant Seamen. Secretary-Treasurer John Hawk Somewhere in England dum, the WSA threw it out of President of the U.S.A. Let's take the initiative and and he quickly convinced the October 7, 1943 the'window on account <of the company that the union was Below is a sample of the card start the "Ball Rolling." S.S. ( ) wages being too high. We went in mention: right. American-Hawaiian S.S. Co. LOUIS NEIN, back to the company to renego­ However, the other company, tiate addendums and evidently Date (Editors note: the SIU Execu­ Mississippi, was still to be delt the WSA had told the company Editor: Franklin D. Roosevelt tive Board is on record to peti­ with. The Norfolk Agent of this they could not go above wages The President of the U.S. This entire Black Gang goes tion Congress to grant seamen company would not OK trans­ that were established in the in­ I being a bonafide Seaman on record to place the following the status of veterans.) portation. Meanwhile the RMO dustry, although there were no and a member of the SIU serv­ resolution before the member­ was dispatching men to our Nor­ wages established for oilers on ing our Country, the U.S.A., folk hall for assignment to this Diesel jobs. They insisted that ship to be concurred on. sailing merchant ships to all Be it resolved that the Union Mississippi ship, and our Nor­ they were going to pay wages war zones. Kindly ask you to folk hall was promptly sending that were established on recp- make up individual pledge cards aid us in obtaining recognition to be signed by members and Crew of S. S. Daniel Hugar them back to the RMO. rocating engines and turbine permit men. These cards to be for all U.S. Merchant Seamen which paid off Cel. 13. 1943. has with a status as "VETERANS However, Brother John Hawk jobs. The company called up sev­ put out bjt Patrolmen and linen money coming. Collect OF WAR." was finally successful in obtain­ eral shipping companies that Mississippi Line. New York. Name ing transportation but the issue now operate Diesel-electric ships scale above $187.50 for chief Crew member Chamberlain has Rating is not entirely settled. Further and these companies all main­ electricians and $137.50 for sec­ his Log lifted and can collect tained that the oiler must take action is pending on this matter ond electricians. The WSA in Also this Resolution be sent to from New York office when he care of the donkey boiler with­ as some companies are trying dictating to the companies are all Maritime Unions such as gels his linen money. to avoid the responsibility • of out the payment of overlime or violating the Statements of Prin­ paying transportation for men to increas'e in wages. We maintain ciples and Policies given to them outporls and as we said before that the oiler on Diesel jobs have by this organization. This should KEEP CLEAR WITH YOUR DRAFT BOARD they are working in conjunction additional duties and that he be brought to their attention im­ with the WSA on this issue - so should receive ten dollars extra mediately, whereby this unfair By observing the following simple instructions you will that the RMO can get rid of its pay per month for this work. To practice ceases and gives the continue to receive deferment from military service. Fail White Elephant of too many men. consummate this addendum the unions and operators an oppor­ to observe these rules and you may wind up in the army. Aside from the union's agree­ company finally agreed to give tunity to negotiate addendums WHEN SIGNING ON: Give the clerk or skipper all the ments with the companies there this oiler ten dollars extra with to their contracts, because there informatiorL necessary to fill out RMO Card No. 47 (Green are other major reasons why the the understanding that we take is no steamship company who Card). companies should live up to their it up with the powers in Wash­ will pay more than they actually WHEN SIGNING OFF:,See that Card No. 48-A is ptopobligations and get their men ington and if necessary take it to have, to and they don't have to perly filled out by skipper or clerk. from the union. Experienced and the Labor Board. be guided by the WSA. efficient crews are invaluable for Also the question of electri­ Prospects for the next week or Ship out before your allotted time ashore has expired. the normal operation of the ves­ cians is involved, in as much as so for shipping look good. If you have not yet filled out the Green Card, contact your sel and especially in time of the WSA refuses the company draft board and let them know that you are sailing. CHARLES WAID, Agent danger or attack. Experience, in­ the power to negotiate a wage Editors Mail MONEY DUE ^KC- . , 'v-v; � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource November 5, 1943 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. V, No. 31 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: CHISEL OF TORPEDO VICTIMS OK BY NIELSEN SIU LICKS SHIPOWNERS' MOVE TO SHORT CIRCUIT UNION'S SHIPPING HALLS FDR AGAIN SEIZES MINES CHRISTMAS PACKAGES FOR SIU PRISONERS OF WAR LABOR CRISIS - PRODUCT OF WASHINGTON DOUBLE X PROPOSED SIU CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AROUND THE PORTS KEEP CLEAR WITH YOUR DRAFT BOARD Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/5/1943 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1943 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/d16ab04024b36881b0dcaa2fd79135d3.PDF 7e4c93b1b2bc33f18d4478352250daa8 PDF Text Text •m eiii;;-',: EXPOSED! JOQ ^• (XFFIOIAL ORGAN OP THE ATLANTIC AND GULP DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA VOL. V. !»• NEW YORK. N. Y„ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29. 1943 No. 30 SIU Fights Aimy Jurisdiction Grab Over Union Men Brother Lawrence McCune is in the Army stockade at Camp Patrick Henry, Hampton Roads, Virginia, and is facing an army court martial for alleged violations of articles. This case, which is being foRght by the union to the hilt, may well set an im­ portant precident, determining whether or not the brass hats can supercede the jurisdic­ tion of the Coast Guard and civil courts, and jerk seamen around on whim. McCune, a chief-cook, is under technical charges of desertion (pretty stiff charges considering all the circumstances surround­ ing the case). In the past all such cases have come before the Coast Guard hearing officers, and a union representative was al­ lowed to be present and aid in the defense. McCune, however, was arrested by M.P.'s and thrown into an Army stockade and faced with a military court martial. ^ The brass hats contend that the ship was carrying supplies for the armed forces, and therefore the personnel of the ship came under their jurisdiction. Since hundreds of thousands of workers through­ out the country are engaged in producing supplies for the armed forces, the Army reasoning could well be applied to them arid alfnost the entire civilian popula­ tion of the country be placed un­ der a military dictatorship. Thus the case is of extreme importance to the entire labor movement. The SIU has engaged an at­ torney to represent Brother Mc­ Cune and is fighting to have the case removed from the jurisdic­ tion of the Army and returned to the Coast Guard. Attorney C. Dodson Morrisette has written to headquarters, outlining the de­ tails of the case. His letter reads (in part): Fishermen Vote Strike! The facts as admited by Mc­ Cune are that he did. on Members of the Atlantic Fish­ ( ). 1943. after hav­ ing been informed by the rep­ ermen's Union, SIU, voted over­ resentative of your Union in whelmingly last week to call a Norfolk that the vessel strike in their dispute with This photo is proof of a fact well known to seamen— ( ) was in need of a wholesale buyers and the OPA Craig Vincent. New York head of the RMO. is a fellowover the price of their catch. chief cook, report to the vessel traveler of the Communist Party. He is shown here address­ Around 1,000 fishermen in the which was then docked at the ing. on Sept. 14. 1941. a mass meeting sponsored by the New England area have thus Army Base and thereupon as­ "Citizens' Committee Against Police Brutality." in Wash­ served notice that they don't in­ sumed his duties as chief cook. ington. D. C. This "committee" was a Stalinist front organi­ tend to continue fishing when Subsequently he signed Ar­ zation. and you can bet that slick Mr. Vincent was no ticles of Agreement in which the price of their catch, arbitrar­ innocsnt that was sucked. in._ Vincent's record in the RMO . if was provided that he agreed ily set by tbo OPA in-coUucinn is one of pro-NMU maneuvers in which he goes down the to go as a member of the crew with the wholesalers, is insuffi­ line with all the union-busting schemes cooked up by the cient to meet the rising cost of of the vessel for a period not Stalinist 13th Street machine. For a full expose of his role, exceeding 12 months, to living. read the SEAFARERS LOG of October 22. and Dushane's Charles T. Douds, regional di­ ( ). as the master of "Report From Washington" on page three of this issue. said vessel or the United rector of the National Labor Re­ State Government or any lations Board, supetvised the agent or department thereof. strike vote under the provisions might direct. On ( ) of the Smith-Connally Act. Under approximately 500 sol­ the provisions of the act, the diers appeared and boarded men are now free to strike, hav­ the vessel, and McCune was ing undergone the "30 day cooi­ ordered to prepare supper for ng off period." One of the recommendations slipped into the Kilgore The union, through its Presi­ these soldiers, in addition to dent, Pat McHugh, is in the (Committee's report on the maritime industry was that sea­ the regular crew of the vessel. meantime, continuing efforts to men be frozen to their ships for the duration of the war. He did prepare supper and resettle the dispute without inter­ This union-busting proposal has received the silent treat­ {Confinued on Page 2) ruption of work. Vice Rresidenf Isidore Nagler of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. AFL delegate to the recent British Trades Union Congress, took advantage of his stay in London to visit the Merchant Navy Club, a gift of the ILGWU to British seamen. He is shown at the club standing beside Frieda S. Miller, former New York labor commissioner, now associated with the U. S. embassy in London. •• sv- •'' Kilgore Opens Drive To Freeze Men To The Ships ment by the shipowner press—apparently in the hope that it could be smuggled through be-* fore the unions were aware of ism is and what it can do for what was up. The SlU-SUP is them. Dues, the life's blood of fully aware of the maneuver, organized labor, would fall off. and determined to fight it to the And by the time the war ended and the men were unfrozen, the end. Kilgore dresses up his proposal unions could conceivably be in with a lot of patriotic talk about such weakened conditions that the necessity of keeping the they would, be easy pickings for ships manned. The truth of the the inevitable shipowner post­ matter is that the ships are being war campaign of terrorism. That's the black side of the manned, and Kilgore's proposal picture. That's what could hajpis aimed primarily at smashing pen—that's what the shipowners the unions which maintain a de­ hope will happen. But that is just cent level of wages and condit­ what isn't going to happen if the ions. Once men are frozen to their SIU-SUP can prevent it. Maritime unions have re­ ships it is obvious that their union would have the greatest ceived blows at the hands of the difficulty in protecting their shipowners and government that rights. Shipowners would feel would have been fatal to unions free to chisel overtime (or even composed of less steadfast and eliminate it), they could break militant men. The seamen know watches at will, they could from bitter experience what it lengthen hours and sabotage the means to be placed at the mercy conditions—and the men would,of the shipowner without a union be frozen to their jobs and all for protection, and they are de­ but powerless to protect them­ termined not to let it happen again. selves. . The great infiux of new men So far this move is only on pa­ into the industry would have no per in the Kilgore report. The opportunity to learn what union{Continued on Page 4) �THE ' Page Two SEAFARERS LOG Friday, Oclober 29, 1943 ^ SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ Vresident 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK _ _ i. - - - - Secy-TretK* F. O. Bdx i5. Station P., T<[e^ York Qty MATTHEW DUSHANE - - J- Washington Rep<. 424 Jth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. » w • directory of Branches ADDRESS BRANCH PHONE .,. BOwIing Green 9-3437 2 Stone St NEW YORK (4) .330 Atlantic Ave.... ... Liberty 4057 BOSTON (10) ....Calvert 4539 .14 North Gay St.... BALTIMORE (2) Lombard 7651 .6 North 6th St. ... PHILADELPHIA 25 Commercial PI... ...Norfolk 4-1083 NORFOLK ...Canal 3336 NEW ORLEANS (16) . .309 Chartres St .218 East Bay St.... ...Savannah 3-1728 SAVANNAH ... Tampa MM-1323 .423 East Piatt St. TAMPA 55 So. Conception St... ...Dial 2-1392 MOBILE .. .Puerto de Tierra .45 Ponce de Leon PUERTO RICO ..Galveston 2-8043 .219 20th Street GALVESTON .. Ft. Lauderdale 1601 .2021 S. Federal Highway. FT. LAUDERDALE PUBLICATION OFFICE; ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City BOwling Green 9-8346 267 Committee Certifies Nominations For '44 .... FepeifATeo p/tess Forty members of the Atlantic & Gulf District will run for union office in the 1944 elections to be held during November and December. This Was revealed this week when the Credentials C()mmittee released its final report —wnU- Jurisdiction Grab "clnrc tiic -ccTiivirUutcs listed Ucluw fulfilled tlic requirements of office as laid^down in the constitution. Here NORFOLK AGENT is the line-up of candidates as Charles C. Martin they will appear on the ballot: Martin Trainor James L.. Tucker SECRETARY - TREASURER John Hawk NEW YORK AGENT L. J. (Baldy) Bollinger Paul L. Hall Frank Williams NEW YORK DECK PATROLMAN Louis Coffin James F. Sheehan NEW YORK ENGINE PATROLMAN Joe Volpian IS' NEW YORK STEWARD PATROLMAN Maurice Burnstine Jack Cooper Ccise Claude Fisher William Hamilton Fred Hart lii I f;'-- BOSTON AGENT John Mogan BOSTON JOINT PATROLMAN Joseph Lapham PHILADELPHIA AGENT Harry J. Collins NORFOLK PATROLMAN Paul Ambrose SAVANNAH AGENT Charles B. Martin John P. Ryan James F. Sharkey Charles Waid Thomas Wilhelm TAMPA AGENT D. L. Parker Steely White MOBILE AGENT Olden Banks NEW ORLEANS AGENT C. J. (Buck) Stephens NEV/ORLEANS PATROLMAN . James J. DeVito . Ted R. Terrington GALVESTON AGENT Ray W. Sweeney E. R. Wallace PUERTO RICO AGENT Daniel Butts BALTIMORE A(3ENT Joseph Flanagan John Kupta Carl M. (New Orleans) Rogers The Credentials Committee an­ nounced that it had made a com­ plete record of the discharges sent in by nominees, and that this record would be kept on file, at headquarters. BALTIMORE PATROLMAN Max A. Beck Rekfoird Ditrkroy HkiheW Little ' James T. McCauUey Brothers Charles Medford, Ed­ ward Allen, William Johnson, and James Carroll were disquali­ fied because of insufficient sea' time in the discharges submitted. < V- {Continued from Page 1) ported to the officer in charge of the soldiers that supper was ready, he not having at that time prepared supper for the crew which, of course, he had to do. He was then informed that the soldiers could not eat until the colonel who was evi­ dently to sail on the vessel, had eaten, whereupon McCune became dissatisfied and asked the master of the vessel for a release. The master at that lime being engaged in prepar­ ing to move the vessel. from the pier out into the stream, replied that he could not then give McCune his release, whereupon McCune threw his baggage over on the dock and then jumped from fhe vessel on to the dock, the vessel at that time having moved a few feet away from the dock. Mc­ Cune was then arrested and taken to the officer in charge of the guard, and upon being questioned about the matter, finally gave a written state­ ment setting out briefly the facts above related^ and furth­ er that he was deserting the The Court became very much interested in the point of law involved in thU matter, the same being the question of the jurisdiction over SicCune) and has taken the ihatter un­ der advisemehf, pehdihg filing Of bti'efs by counsel tor Mc­ Cune and by the Government. The Army evidently is much concerned with McCune's case. In addition io the United Slates Attorney for this dis­ .r*" - r':,l:' v , • 'w ; .1- •}. ' ••• trict, there appeared on be­ half of the Governihent, Col­ onel Archibald King, who is with the Legal Office of the War Department in Washing­ ton, D. C., and who argued .this matter on behalf of the Governihent. As I have staled above, the Court has not rendered a de cision and, of course, will not until briefs have been filed. As soon as I have prepared my brief, i will send you a copy. The question of requiring a stifward's department equipped to serve a crew of 78, to serve 500 soldiers, is a shipowner chisel which the union has been fight­ ing for some time. A solution to this problem is near — but not near enough to help McCune when he was suddenly faced with preparing 500 meals in a galley and with a staff equipped to pre­ pare 78 meals. Then the picture of 500 meals ready and hot, and 500 soldiers hungry and ready to eat, and the service being held up because the brass hat ha!d failed to show up and had to be served first, is a sickening specticai—to say the least. One can well uhderstahd how McCune blew his top. Whatever the mitigating cir­ cumstances, 'however, the fight how is to have his case heard by the regular Coast Guard panel, and to prevent the ehcroachmeht upon our rights by the bureau­ cratic labor hating brass hats. Kei^p In Touch With Your Local Draft Board. NEW BRITISH SHiRS. RECEIVE PRAISE Indications are that the new British emergency cargo carrier which was launched recently is expected to become a standard for forthcoming mercihant'vessels and will sail at a speed of fifteen knots. The ship is of the closed deck type and there are three decks, upper, main and second with the main deck specially constructed for heavy cargo. Deadweight tonnage is 12,000 tons; gross about 9,900 and net 7,150. Boilers and engines are housed together. The boilers have a pres­ sure of 450 pounds per square inch with a temperature of 750 degrees Fahrenheit super-heate<L There is a Cochrane's boiler in the engine room for domestic heating. Natural air ventilation '' is provided. Three Diesel gener­ ators have a 175 k. w. out{>ut. The arrangement of water-tube boilers ahd turbines of a modem but simple design is a feature of the earlier vessels of the series, but in some of the -later vessels the propelling machinery will consi.st of Diesel engine.s. The deck macihinery is electric­ ally driven. There are - twelve five-ton derricks and six ten-t()n derricks. Ah eighty-ton derrick is on the mainmast and a thirtyton on the jigger mast. Derricks can be changed from one side of the vessel to ahotlier, and by the ttieans of geared winches, the five or ten-tbnners Can be coupl­ ed with the eighty, fifty ot thirty as required. • "'I.V �Friday, Ociober 29, 1943 THE Allied Air Blows Bring Nazi Shipping Tangle By KURT SINGER (The author of this ariible, written especially fotr the SEA­ FARERS LOG, ik a promiheht European journalist. He is authfar of "Duel For the Northland; "Goring," etc). Even the ingenuity of Dr. Jo• seph Goebbels was taxed away during recent months when he / had to explain away the drop in sinkings by submarines. As Gerthahs have only recently heard abbUl their own shipping short­ ed, the job was doubly difficult. It was tight-lipped, tall and arrogant Karl Kauffmann, the • "Gauleiter" of Hamburg and the Reich Commissioner for Ship­ ping and ex-leader of the 19^3 • saboteurs, who astonished the Reich with the news that the shipping shortage was so serious "as to put the interests of GerI many at stake." BOMBS EFFECTIVE The deadly e'ffect of the Allied air war on German shipping was for the first time disclosed to the German public in the "Hambur,ger Fremdenblatt" when Rear Admiral von Lohmann announc­ ed that only 2,000,000 tons of shipping entered Norweigian ports in 1942, and Baltic traffic in the same year amounted to 26,000,000 tons. (As Germany's to­ tal pre-war merchant fleet was 4,100,000 tons, it ^^ould show that the saiiie ships frequently make the round trip.) All this shipping is top-class priority; 19,000,000 tons are used to bring Swedish iron-ore to Ger­ many and take coal and coke to Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. The remainder is used for military supplies and food necessary to hold down Norway and Finland. The RAF and the American flying fortresses had a first-class opportunity to hit this iron-ore and coal traffic routed in the traditional way from Lulea in Sweden and Narvik in Norway to Rotterdam for trans-shipment on Rhine barges .or from the Swedish Oxelosuhd to the Pom­ eranian cities of Stettin and Ros­ tock. Bombing of German costal shipping has forced the Nazi shipping authorities to transfer a large proportion of the traffic to the port Qf Emden, a considerable Allied bombing victory, which may have important repercus­ sions in the Reich. 2nd RATE PORTS Emden's port facilities are not nearly as good as those of Rot­ terdam. It means also longer barge hauls to and from the Ruhr, and an extra burden im­ posed on the already strained {Continued on Page 4) ^Around ThePorts SEAFARERS LOG OI\ t V ^WASHinOTOIV In my last report certain parts of the Kilgore report were brought to the attentiwi of the membership. There is one more part that needs special cotisideratibn. The report stated "The thitd limitation on mannihg has been the reluctance to modify traditional peacetime employ­ ment uncertainties. Employment oh merchant vessels is still cas­ ual, insecure emploment; men haVe signed on for the duration of one voyage only. This tradi­ tional practice of the sea dates from the days of long sailing voyages. Even in 1937 the ~Maritithe Commission pointed out where there was no justification for its continuance. It is particu­ larly wasteful in wartime." The WSA has been trying to pressure the SUP and SIU to have ships crews sign on" for the duration of the war. Some of the WSA officials have modified this to two years. The Ni^U of­ ficials have indicated that they are willing to go along with this scheme. Of course the NMU has a mo­ tive behind this proposal. At this time they are trying to get the employers to agree to the check-off system. "What a gravy train they would have if they could get a government directive out, whereby all ships crews would be compelled to sign on for the duration of the war, or for a period of two years, and along with this have the check­ off system. Every person signing on a ship that the NMU has under contract would them be compelled to pay dues for the termination of the ships articles, (duration of the war, or for a period of two years). They would then become chattel slaves of the NMU. All in all, the Kilgore Commit­ tee's report closely follows the line that the NMU has been ad­ vocating. The recommendations are similiar to the NMU's stand regarding the WSA. It has been reported that three members on the staff of the Kilgore commit­ tee, have been cited' as belonging der contract to use the check-off system to get your dues. The day Things are booming as far as is coming, and it is not far off, shipping goes down here in Tex- when the rank and file of the i as, I had the pleasure ^of paying NMU will want an accounting of off an SUP ship in Lake Charles what , is to be done with the top the other day. It was one of the fraction officials of the NMU who best crews that I have run across have -not the strength or courage in a long time. The men were to negotiate an agreement to the signed on 9 months articles to same level as the other maritime 'pay off on the Pacific Coast. They unions in the field. They,are not were out a little over four interested enough in the mem­ : months. I contacted the Captain bers interest, they are butting in­ , along with the delegate, stating to everything under the sun, but that the men were entitled to the vital point of the member's $92.50 back .to the coast. He said wages, security watches, trans­ no dice until the Articles ran out. portation clause in articles and We got the deck crew together good working conditions." and it was thrashed out that Proof: Every day in this hall when the cargo was out, that was there are NMU men coming in TRAINING PROGRAM the end of the articles. The men turning in their books, and who agreed to stay aboard until the are thoroughly disgusted with FOR DISABLED SEAMEN. cargo was out of the ship if it the set-up in the NMU. took a month. Result with soli­ There is some baggage that darity of the crew sticking to­ was given to me in Lake Charles WASHINGTON — The W^ar gether, I obtained the $92.50 for by the delegate, which belongs Shipping Administration an­ them. Three trip card men to Christion Helgeson, SUP trip nounces it has embarked upon a aboard that were recommended card who got drunk in the Canal program to employ and train vet­ for books. and was left behind and did not erans and merchant seamen dis­ The situation in manning SIU prove himself a good shipmate. charged as a result of combat or contract ship in Texas ports is service disabilities. This is one Well, according to the Pilot of the first practical plans for the getting serious. I have to call on the RMO for men. I sure am get­ the comrades are running Mike training and hiring uhder Civil ting .some dandies,' who are sent Quill for City Council in New Service of ex-service men of the York and over in Frisco they are present war. tight back aglin. j Well, as I predicted some time running another great commie, The men will be trained to I ago in the LOG, the shipowners Olleta O'Connor Yates for City work as examiners in ship repair )!yould turn the NMU down cold Supervisor. So all of you broth­ yards performing services re­ turkey when it came time to ne- ers in New York and Frisco be quired in connection with inspec­ j gotiate for the same wages, over- sure and vote for these working tion, supervision and cost control I time and working conditions that men's friends. You hever can tell of repairs oil American merchhnt i tve in the SIU and the SUP are when the savior of the seamen. vessels. Since August, 68 men ! enjoying. Your agreements were Can't - Go - Ashore - Curran, will have been trained and placed on ' hegotiated by fighters, and not run for president of the U.S. and jobs in various shipyards. ; handshakers and oppertunist and if elected, our troubles and wor­ ! .^your duos are not $2.50 per, and ries are- over. It's right in the Keep In Touch With ' Vour organization has not asked bag. I the shipov/ners that we have un­ E. R. WALLACE, Agent Your Local Draft Board. GALVESTON Pags Hire* ^ to organizations which the attor­ would-be political commissar and ney general has cited as subver­ pink Empire builder, could thea ' sive (Commie fronts and spon­ be in a position to push the com­ sored). It is rumored that other mie policy, with the assistance of members of the staff are in the the NMU? It is also rumored same boat. The GARBAGE in that other members on the staff that report carries a stench from of the RMO in the port of New the pages of the NMU Pilot. York are known to follow the On the basis of the report, it commie line. It's high time that became apparent that some staff Captain Macauley, who is direct­ members of the WSA are also ly responsible for the operation connected with commie front or­ of the RMO, cleaned house. We ganizations. For some time the would like an answer from both! worst sore spot in the WSA that Captain Macauley and Dimock the SUP and SIU have had to on this matter. Is it their inten­ contend with has been with the tion to have the largest port ini staff of the WSA in the port of the United States controlled by would - be political commissars New York. and pink Empire builders? It.is from this port that all the trouble regarding the question of INTERNAL REVElfuE discrimination has originated. Attended a conference during The rumors -are that RMO's re­ the week regarding the 2% so­ gional director in New York, Mr. cial security tax after January Craig Vincent, is the cheer lead­ 1st, 1944. The shipowners pro­ er for the NMU, and has been posed that they be allowed to de­ pushing the commie line on dis­ duct the 2% on all ships that pay crimination and is trying to com­ off after 1-1-44, regardless of the pel the SUP and SIU to checker­ wages that were earned in 1943. board their crews. Under the Social Security law a A report in the Washington person can only receive credit Daily News of December 13-14- for $3,000 in one year. If the in­ 15, 1940, states that at the CIO ternal revenue bureau allows the convention in Hagerstov/n, Md,, shipowner to deduct the 2% on Craig Vincent was floor leader wages earned in 1943 after the for the commie faction. It is also termination of the voyage in reported that he was connected 1944, all seamen would then have with the "AMERICAN LEAGUE to file a claim for a refund on FOR PEACE AND DEMOC­ all deductions made for social RACY," (Prior to Hitler's attack security that exceeded $30.00 for on Russia this is the outfit that that year or 1% of three thous­ was shouting it was an imper- and dollars. Example: A seaman ships out alist war). He was also a mem­ ber of the provisional committee, on a ship in January 1, 1943 and Washington Committee for Dem­ he paid off say in November 1, ocratic rights — Member of the 1943. Say his earnings including Washington book shop (Commie his board and room amounted to set-up). These organizations have $2,500. His S.S. deductions would been cited as subversive by the be 1% or $25.00. If he .shipped out within the Attorney General. He addressed a demonslra- same year with another company tion aginst police brutality in and .would . pay off 1-1-44, and Washington on 9-14-41, under his earnings exceeded $500, the the auspicies of Citizen's Com­ company would deduct 1%. mittee Against Police Brutality However, the person is entitled to all payments made over $30.00 (Commie set-up). in any one year. The companies The wife of Craig Vincent. claim that they haven't the office Joyce Campbell, heads the so­ cial security local of the United help to straighten out the new Federal Workers Union (CIO) 2% S.S. tax. Suggest that the in Washington, D. C. This out­ Union have the auditor write an fit is reported to follow the article on this matter, so that the membership will be prepared to commie line. Craig Vincent's father is collect any refund that they may Merle Vincent, head of the be entitled to. hour and wage division depart­ WAR MANPOWER ment of Labor in New York. COMMISSION Last February he was cited in Has issued a new set of regu­ the Congressional • Record and lations regarding certificates of contributes articles in the Daily availability for seamen and Worker. others; also a set of regulations Marshall R. Dimock, Director on stabilization. Suggest that all of the RMCK who employed agents contact their nearest WMC Craig Vincent and asigned him to office and get the following — the New York region, certainly WMC Field Instruction No. 46, must have known of Vincent's Bureau of Placement No. 94, dat­ record when he assigned him to ed October 8th, 1943. — WMC this area. Manual of Operations Title, 111 Was this a deliberate move on Section 3-7, dated August 16, the part of Dimock so that this 1943, page 1 to 9. ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR WEEK OF OCTOBER 11th TO 15th DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL SHIPPED 346 157 278 REGISTERED 236 196 216 ^ 781 642 • •M �e^jit'* Page Four • {{•" I ** = THE SE'^.FARERS LOG Friday, October 29, 1943 HAWK ASKS END OF WAGE Allied Air Blows Bring CHISEL OF TORPEDOED MEN Nazi Shipping Tangle" October 26, 1943 Maritime War Emergency Board Direktor in the Ministry ol {Continued from Page 3) , Captain Edward Mac|iuley, Chairman Transport, and head of the ShifiFollowing crew members of and damaged facilities of the ping Office. Wasjiiiiigton, D. G. • ' the S.S. James Hoban have un­ Dortmund-Ems Canal. Another Gentlemen: The "Hamburger Fremdenclaimed wages wailing for them. drawback is that while Rhine The stranding of torpedoed seamen on the beach without con­ blatt" reported tnat Bergemann barges carry some 3-4,000 tons tinuing t^eir wages and cubsistcncc, is a grave injustice iiow being Collect from Waterman S.S. Co. Emden Canal barges displace was a Civil Service official who done to these men. This union has repeatedly appealed to your Adams, P. S $ 8.53 only 1,500 tons. The biggest dif­ specialized in foreign trade and Board for the correction of this evil. Allvisi, A. V .J 8.89 ficulty, however, will be the fact exchange, and implied that he On July 30, 1942 I received a letter from Mr. Erich Nielsen in Bailie, H 8.53 that iron ore will enter the Ruhr had little experience in shipping which he assured me that the Board was considering the problem 8.53 at Dortmund, instead of Duis- matters. and would soon hand down a ruling to conect the inequality. That Berket, G. W Bremen's intrigue had succeed­ 8.53 burg, where most of the great was over a year ago, and to date no such ruling has been hamded Canaletti, A steelworks are still situated. ed. A first class-row was on be­ Cur.ran, H 8.53 down. tween the contending factions of Shipping Commissioner KauffMay I call your attention to the latest victims of this practice. Dobson, R. W. 14.22 German shipping, when Allied mann's troubles assumed inter­ The (S. S ) sailed from New York on April 1943. She Dunn, L. 3.91 mass bombardments destroyed national dimensions when a was torpedoed on July 5 and the crew members were repatriated Evans, L 4.27 the harbors of Hambuig and number of Swedish ships went back to New York, arriving on Sept. 26. The Skipper is still abroad Bremen. Gotthardt, B 8.53 down after hitting mines or be­ and the Pursur is in South America. The Company refuses to pay 8.53 ing torpedoed by Russian sub­ off the men until either the Pursur or the Skipper arrives with the Hassan, A i records. These men are now reduced to living on meager draws and Johnson, R. L 8.5! I marines. The Swedes need coal badly but they made it very clear begging in the streets. Messehauser, O. J. 1.42 that they could not indefinitely We have repeatedly attempted to negotiate a settlement with Montemorano, A. M3.91 sustain present losses. the shipowners, but have been unsuccessful because they maintain Murphy, E. D 8.53 that MWEB rulings prevent them from correcting this situation. The NO CREWS 8.53 effect of such inhuman practices upon the moral of the men and the Pope, J. M SALVATORE, FRANK ' Reynolds, E. R. 8.53 This was only the beginning. efficient crewing of the ships, is obvious. Write your mother, she is wor< I therefore appeal once niore to your Board to make a ruling Rudat, G. ' 8.53 As the danger from aerial attacks ried. about you. She is at 185 Baythat the wages of torpedoed seamen and their subsistence shall con­ Taylqr, J. 3,91 grew, Kauffmann found it diffi­ Village, New Bedford, Mass. tinue until actual time of paying off, and that you make ypur de­ Taylor, J. N. 8.53 cult to get foreign crews. The # -K •« cision retroactive to cover the crew of this ship. This crew is still Thomas, C. L 8.53 bonus paid to Swedish seameh The following brothers waiting to be paid off. '• Troy, t. G., Ja. ;... 10.31 on-the Rotterdam route increased have mail waiting for them Very truly yours, 300 percent. Finnish sailors in it it • It in the New York Hall; JOHN HAWK Crew which , paid off the S. S. ships trading in the Baltic get a Becker, Harry Marina, Oct. 13, 1943, have 8 bonus of 75 percent, in the Eiiel Blake, Gilbert D. hours overtime coming. Collect Canal and the Elbe 100 percent, Boehin, John J. ' in the North Sea 150 percent. In Bull Line. Brassard, Joseph Holland and France the Nazis * • * Butters, Charles S. are trying to get crews by a mix­ Crew which paid off S. S. Carrol, Frank Marymar in Oct. 1943, has $125 ture of coaxing, shanghaiiing and Chamberlayne, Frank W. attack bonus coming. Collect terror; in Norway Kauffmann's Childers, L. L. agents appl^ pressgang methods, Therefore, be it resolved, Calmar Line. {Continued from Page 1) Christensen, R. Martin but in vain. that the Seafarer's Interna­ * • • WSA has made no move to put Considine, John tional Union of North America Recently, too there has been it into effect. We serve notice Crew which paid off S. S. FloCoggins, Jacob H. • go on record to oppose such a mar in Oct. 1943, has $125 attack trouble between the. monopolishere and now to all shipowners Crusenberry, T. E. move with all its strength, and bonus coming. Collect Calmar tically inclined Hamburg ship­ and government agencies that '•"sl Daniels, Rupert should the WSA attempt to Line. owners and their rivals in other any move to freeze the men to Davis, Ray impose such slavery upon the Gefman ports. The mass-bomb­ the ships will be fought with the Drozda, Mike seamen, the Statements of ing of Hamburg brought disunity full limit of our strength! Francis, F. • • • Principles and Policy will be among the German shipowners. Garth, A. G. When the Hamburg "Gauleiter" RESOLUTION PASSED UP considered violated and the Gidzinski, John became Reich Commissioner for AND DOWN THE COAST unions no longer bound by its S.S. JOHN PAYNE Gonzales, Ramon E. Shipping just over a year ago, Whereas; the Kilgore Com­ Gonzalez, M. A. provisions. Deck Department $50.00 powerful Hamburg shipowners mittee's report confined the Graham, Robert saw to it that their business con­ following paragraph: Hamby, Clyde nections with the Gauleiter were "The third limitation on man­ Hamilton, Harold rewarded by adequate preferen­ ning has been the reluctance Hamilton, Louis E. to modify traditional peacetial treatment. -rv 1 Hammond, H. E. lime employment uncertain­ Hornsby, Guy, Jr. SHIPOWNER INTRIGUE ties. Employment on merch­ Jackson, Melvin ant vessels is still casual, in­ Protests began to pile up. In Kath, Chas. H. secure employment; men have September 1942, Kauffman was Kornofski, J. R. signed on for the duration of forced to declare that although Kreutz, Herbert R. one voyage only. This tradi­ le represented Hamburg he Landron, Juan R. tional practice of the sea dates would look after the interests of Loomis, Verne DeWitt from the days of long sailing all shipping circles, in an "objec­ Maddox, Chas. W. voyages. Even in 1937 the tive manner." He broke his Martin, Chas. E. Maritime Commission pointed promise. In January 1943, the Marshall, Andrew out where there was no justi­ shipowner Alfred Boehmaker Rehkoff, Clifford fication for its continuance. It called upon his fellow citizens of Rodriguez, Jose F. is particularly —wasteful in Bremen to resist the attempts of Schuster, Rob wartime." and "certain circles" to discourage Simmons, William F. Whereas; this Una will be traffic to Bremen. , Stevens, Rob C. picked up by the shipov/ners Bickering finally forced the Sumski, Ben W. and the WSA and used in an Ministry of Transport to step in. Tanner, Herbert L. attempt to shackle the seamen A few wee"ks ago Hamburgers Teschke, Walter to their ships for the duration read in their newspapers that a Thompson, Preston R. of the war, or perhaps longer, certain Dr. Guenther Bergemann Weston, William and had been appointed MinisterialWolfe, Paul Whereas: such conditions would mean for the seamen slavery such as they knew be­ fore the rise of their unions By observing the following simple Instructions you will and their ability to bargain continue to receive deferment from military service. Fall collectively and protect their to observe these rules and you may wind up In the army. economic rights and personal dignity, and WHEN SIGNING ON: Give the clerk or skipper all the Whereas; such a shackling information necessary to fill out RMO Card No. 47 (Green of the men to their ships is Card). just another reactionary move WHEN SIGNING OFF: See that Card No. 48-A is propBringing fraternal greetings from British workers, on the part of the WSA and perly filled out by skipper or clerk. William Bayliss (left) of the British Miners Federation told shipowners in their campaign the 63rd AFL convention that a strong labor movement is to smalh labor, knowing that Ship out before your allotted time ashore has expired. the surest defense of workers' interests both during the war no union could function effec­ If you have not yet flUed out the Green Card, contact your tively if its members were tied and in the post war world. 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Title A name given to the resource October 29, 1943 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. V, No. 30 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU FIGHTS ARMY JURISDICTION GRAB OVER UNION MEN FISHERMEN VOTE STRIKE! KILGORE OPENS DRIVE TO FREEZE MEN TO THE SHIPS COMMITTEE CERTIFIES NOMINATIONS FOR '44 NEW BRITISH SHIPS RECEIVE PRAISE ALLIED AIR BLOWS BRING NAZI SHIPPING TANGLE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR DISABLED SEAMEN HAWK ASKS END OF WAGE CHISEL OF TORPEDOED MEN Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/29/1943 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1943 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/70f863f81ff8fd76776cdd18f3a8e244.PDF d12cbae69e07ef3a626ca15b04a69e41 PDF Text Text m 'te '- : Is "3 jj^>RE3RS JOQ •- «• ' t% • IF ANYONE ASKS A MAN \T0 JOIN A UNION. I'LL' \THR0WHIMINJA1L/ •r! ^ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA VOL. V. in NEW YORK. N.Y., OCTOBER. 22. 1943 No. 29 GULF ORGANIZING DRIVE PLANNED BY SEAFARERS & AFL Gulf fishermen and towboatmen are going to be organized on a big scale under the banner of the SIU! This was the good news that came out of the American Fe'deration of Labor's annual convention held last week in Boston. The convention went on rec­ ord unanimously to send AFL organizers into the area at once and bring the benefits of unionism to those marine workers who are now being exploited by the shipowners and Kilgore Report Toes NMU-Stalinist Line By Matthew Dushane Savannah Branch Wins Fight To Crew Ships Named For AFL Men Senator Harry M. Kilgore, Chairman of the subcom­ mittee on War Mobilization, submitted a report to Con­ gress on October 7th. This report dealt with mobilization of shipping resources. Pages No. 1 to 3 deals with "Summary of Findings." fish buyers. The request for AFL aid in or­ ganizing this area was presented to the convention in a resolution submitted by Brothers Harry Lundeberg, John Mogan and Pat McHugh. The SIU delegates point out to the convention the fact that our union did not have the funds with which to launch an organizing drive of the scale needed to cover the Gulf. The convention's committee on reso­ lutions studied the SIU request, and submitted the following re­ port to the assembled delegates: Under this heading the commit-• short, concentrating shipping tee reports on the surrender of "Your committee gave con­ in the Atlantic is three times Italy, and the crumbling of the siderable attention and time to as effective as in the Pacific. Axis powers. However, the re­ this resolution and had before Three times as many troops port lays special stress upon the it the sponsors, as well as Di­ can be transported, three times tonnage of merchant ships avail­ rector of Organization Frank the volume of munitions can able and recommends that the P. Fenton. be carried to batter down the bulk of the tonnage be diverted "The woric outlined in the more powerful enemy." Don't know whether or not you have heard about the to the Atlantic in an all out ef­ resolution covers a tremendous On pages No. 4 and 5 we find launching of a ship by the Georgia Federation of Labor fort towards the complete elim­ some more statements that are area, practically the entire salt here at Savannah, Ga., but the Georgia Federation of Labor ination of Hitler and his Euro­ very interesting. water shore line of the United -put on a bond drive to pay for a Liberty ship and the pean satellites; States, but apparently the most "The unexpected drop in It is interesting to note the po­ needs seem to be in the Gulf sinkings and the unprecedent­ priviledge of naming it and when the bond drive was over sition taken in the report regard­ area. ed ship building program in they found that they had sold^ ing the South Pacific Theatre of "Your committee recom­ the first 8 months of 1943, tem­ enough bonds to pay for two operations. mends that the Executive porarily outran the military ships and name them. The first "Today, with our military Council and the Director of Or­ and civilian transport pro­ of these, the S.S. Jerome Jones, shipping divided almost evenly ganization assign organizers to grams . . . essential lend-lease -was to be launched and the keel between the Pacific and the the Gulf Coast area to attempt supplies of munitions and food for the other, the S.S. Robert Atlantic', we can conduct only to work out an organizing pro­ have been cut repeatedly for Fechnei-, was to be laid fhat same limited operations against the gram among the fishermen and alleged lack of shipping space. day. Everything came .off ac­ Japaneg.e while mounting a cording to schedule and the Jer­ Organized labor has been major offensive in Europe. In (Continued on Page 3) (Continued on Page 4) ome Jones was launched and the proven right again in its conten­ keel for the Robert Fechner laid tion that good wages and decent in record time. working conditions will "lick" - I had taken it for granted that manpower shortages. The latest this ship would be alloted to a "proof of the pudding" is at Boe­ Company who had a contract ing Aircraft in Seattle. with the SIU but I found out that Several month? ago Boeing was the WSA had alloted the ship to in a desperate, plight .because of -the American Export Line; an inability to recruit enough work­ NMU outfit and they already had ers to meet military schedules for 'gotten a crew together and they flying Fortresses. •were here in Savannah. Although All sorts -Of propaganda meth­ ; the committee of the Georgia ods were tried in an endeavor to .Federation of Labor had been in jWashington 3 months prior to the mobilize needed help. The army •launching to get this ship liamed threatened to cancel contracts ;for. a Labor Leader in Georgia, right and left in the Seattle area the Board of Allocation claims in order to -force workers out of it was an over-sight on their part other plants, into Bpeing's. in aiioting this ship to a com­ BROWN CALLED IT pany with an-NMU-contract. "NIBBLING" \irell, I really hit the ceiling: President Harvey W. Brown of .and got busy and contacted the International Association of everyone I knew who would be Machinists, which has Boeing un-, able to hplp in straightening out der a union shop agreement, this matter. I wrote Dushane in, warned that these methods were Washington and Morgenthau, the "mere nibbling" at the problem. Sec.-Trpas., and it wasn't two Notables at the AFL Convention in Boston which closed last week after voting to aid the 'The "real trouble," he said, is day's time before the South At­ SIU in organizing the Gulf towboatmen and fishermen. Left to right: AFL Secretary-Treasurer that wage rates were too low lantic Steamship Line called me George Meany, Under-Secretary of War Robert Patterson, Major General Sherman Miles and compared with shipyards and to inform me that they had been AFL President William Green. {Continued on Page 3) ' (Contimted on Page 2) By Charles Waid Labor Was Right; Wage Hike Solves Manpower Needs �yvT^^r^^\ ' Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. October 22. 1943 1 Si SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMmiCA Atlantic and Galf District ;fRepoT?T orv ^^ASHIIVSrOIV E-* • Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor board so that they can .enter a ILO Marine Division, Five towC. -Waid, Agent, SIU, Savan­ claim for the crew members who boat companies in Baltimore. SIU HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President nah: G. Wakefield, field repre­ were on the ship at the time of Great Lakes, involving appr(>xsentative of the RMO, sent a let­ the attack. 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. imately 32 companies. SIU, At­ ter to several S.S. companies and lantic & Gulf District, Smith & NATIONAL JOHN HAWK ------- Secy-Treas. ' the union, to the effect that the Johnson Company. WAR LABOR BOARD union ...apd the., .RMO- .had-.,.an. P. Q, Bo$-25,<g6i'':ion P., J^Iew 3ferk City -• All cases that are refercd td agreement whefeby if in any The Maritime panel will meet the National War Board for ap­ MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - yiTasdnngton JRjep, , port .there was a shortage of men, Monday and Tuesday. The proval, under the boards ruling the RMO would supply union MM&P has ten cases — M£1BA must be processed by the board's 424 Jth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. men from the next nearest port. has eleven cases—^NMU has one, analyist. The panel is then given • V * !4PS In this case the Savannah agent case—ACA, one case — Comm.' the results of the work the ham was informed by the RMO that Telegraphers Union, one case— and eggers do, and are supposed Directory of Branches SIU union men were available Inland Boatmen, CIO, -one case, to act on the anlyist's report. PHONE ADDRESS in Charleston, and that the SIU BRANCH agent would have to get his re­ NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOwHng Green 9-3437 BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 placements from Charleston in SAVANNAH BRANCH BALTIMORE (2) ,14 North Cay St Calvert 4539 the future and not the Gulf. PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St, Lombard 7651 WINS CREWING OF NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 The union has no agreement; SPONSORED SHIPS NEW ORLEANS (14) ..309 Chartres St Canal 3336 SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St Savannah 3-1728 with the RMO as outlined by Mr. TAMPA 423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 MOBILE 55 So. Conception St Dial 2-1392 G. Wakefield. Our contracts caU {Continued from Page 1) PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon Puerto de TIerra for the union to supply men to allotted the Jerome Jones and I GALVESTON 219 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 FT. LAUDERDALE 2021 S. Federal Highway... Ft. Lauderdale 1601 the employers' vessels, and they could get busy and get them a must be supplied from our crew together. Well, J had union hiring halls. Charleston enough men registered in this All American merchant sea­ has no SIU hall, therefore the port for a whole crew without men arc to receive identifying PUBLICATION OFFICE; Savannah agent has the author-; ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET having to get one gandy dancer. ity to get replacements from the; So there she sailed, a ship paid insignia under a recent authori­ New York City BOwling Green 9-8345 Gulf. However, the agent may; for by the Georgia Federation of zation by Congress, the Wat; make some kind of an arrange­ Labor and manned by an SIU Shipping Administration reveal­ ment with the RMO to ship SIU' crew. ed last week. Seamen and of­ union men who may be in Have also heard that the WSA ficers who have served in Ameri­ Charleston. has already alloted the S.S. Rob­ can vessels since Dec. 7, 1941, or; Any arrangement that the Sa­ ert Fechner to the South Atlantic vannah agent may reach with Steamship Line, to be turned on any foreign fiag vessels oper­ the RMO would have to be ap­ over to them when she is com­ ated for the United States Mari­ proved by the membership. This, pleted. time Commission or WSA, will I feel, should be done to protect be eligible to wear the new em­ Shipping in this port for the the membership of the SIU, last couple of weeks has really blem. they should ^never be allowed in otherwise the RMO will be load­ been good. Shipped everyone Editor; The Seamen's Service Awards ing SIU ships with non-union and We, members of the SIU, the engine room and are so NMU men, who will be enjoying with pants on that I could get Committee will be responsible would very much like the slop poorly made they fall apart in a the benfits of the SIU contracts my hands on, and I mean I real­ for the issuance of the insignia, chest situation ort these Liberty month's time. That is, of course, while SIU men pound the beach ly. picked this town clean and am" which will be a circular gold and ships investigated. The case of providing they don't get wet as and be subject to induction into still looking for sailors and es­ silver emblem, consisting of a pecially ABs. Shipping surely background of a compass card in ours, the S.S. J. G. Hibben, is be­ the cardboard in them comes out the army for over-staying the al­ does look bright in this port for much faster if they get wet. gold on which is mounted a Fed­ yond description. We know :that lotted time ashore. the next couple of weeks. I will eral shield in silver with a sup­ any action taken ,by the .union Shorts are so that after one J. Flanagan, Agent, SIU, Balti­ be needing men with all ratings erimposed gold anchor with Uni­ w-ill be too late to do us any .good washing you could use them for but prompt action by the union mosquito nets and the handker­ more: Several crew members of in all departments and, don't, ted States Merchant Marine let­ officials may make it a lot easier chiefs are made to sell for ten the S.S. Walker Taylor requested have anyone registered here. Any tered around the medal. for any brothers who have the cents but they have all been re­ to be paid off of the vessel 24 of you men who are ready to The WSA has also authorized, misfortune to be caught in a like jected, so they do us the iavor hours after all cargo was dis­ ship out can come on down here under similar Congressional ac­ of letting us have them for nine charged. Master refused. Crew and do so. Don't think you will tion, ithe award of Mariner's Med­ manner. left the vessel and • they were be on the beach for long from We have been informed that cents. They have no large sizes als, Combat Bars, War Zone given a six months' suspension the way things have been going. I Bars and service fiags and but­ in kakhi shirts or small sizes in the slop chest is no longer in the by the 9.G. Have really had me on the run tons in further recognition of Captain's hands, but is now the kakhi pants. All the articles they looking for men lately. have are too large for the small This was done on the grounds meritorious war service by sea­ property of the Maritime Com­ fellows and too small for the big that there was ballast in the hold. mission. If so, we understood the men. The Mariner's Medal is to be awarded to men who are Government supported the Mari­ fellows. We do not know whether The ballast had been in the hold, wounded or suffer physical in­ time Commission pnd we want or not this has been brought to for three trips, aiid the vessel jury in enemy action. The com­ to know who is collecting the; the union'.s attention before and started to reload with the same we hope the situation is rem^ ballast still aboard! profit, or shall we say graft. EMIL DUPONT: You have 211/2 bat bar is being issued to seamen edied so it will not have to be Advised Agent Flanagan to re-i hours overtime coming from the who serve in a ship which is di­ The quality of these articles in brought up again, and we also quest a rehearing on the case and! Calmar Line. rectly attacked or damaged by the slop chest is not worth men-; would like to know the outcome also request a transcript of the' an instrumentality of war. The • • • tioning as everything is second, of this affair on our return. proceedings on the original trial. War Zone Bars will be present­ •or third hand merchandise and Crew whicli paid off the S. S. The trial was held in Norfolk. ed for service in war theatres. CREW OF THE the quantity is so small that wc; William Balterson, October 1943, Flanagan advised that, he would S. S. J. G. HIBBEN are at sea about one and a half have an attack bonus coming. The merchant marine service contact the agent there and relay Collect Bull Line. fiag and service lapel buttons months an,d the supply is running all the information he has ofi the are for display by members of out. Needless to say the prices • * • the immediate families of sea­ ADVERTISEMENT case. on these articles is not second or Regarding the food shortage on SHELTON and*DOWLING of men serving in the American third class prices but first class. the last trip of the S. S. Gebrge •Some articles are. not even on PHILLIPSBURG, N. J.. the Seas Shipping Company E. Hale, have disputed overtime Merchant Marine during the war scow, the WSA is working on . board, such as heavy underwear, October 5 — A torpedoed coming. Collect at Waterman period. The service button, of this case. enameled - metal, will carry a which is in direct violation of the Line. miniature design of the service articles we signed. This was real seaman, home on a month's M. Trainor, Agents, SIU, Nor­ • • * necessary for going around the leave, applied for a new "A" folk: Re:S.S. ( ) and crew's Deck Department of S. S. Peter flag. Horn in mid-winter. The heavy gasoline ration book to re­ claim for an attack bonus, the Zingas which paid off Oct. 1943, socks are all thirds and there are board has sent the following have overtime coming. Collect place one he lost. The OPA no white socks to be had. One said he would have to ad­ communication: from Bull Line. crew member tried to buy a * « • "We have determined that small size pair of dungarees and vertise the loss before an­ the attack on Algiers, during Steward's Department of S. S. bad to settle for a pair of navy other could be issued. the .morning of August 27th, Kofresi, which psdd off Oct. 1943, CARL JACOBSON dungarees that was traded in to He placed the following ad 1943; consequently, port attack have money coming for extra the slop chest. Even these were in an Easton, Pa., paper: bonus is payable to the crew meals. Collect Waterman Lind! See Mr. Williams, Rooln 1045, two sizes too large. Tlie shoe, menibers of the S.S. I ) "LOST —In Mediterranean 42 Broadway, New York City. situation tops them all; we are if this vessel was at Algiers at Steward's Department of S. S. Bea, "A" gas ration book. paying $4.12 a pair for shoes that the time of the attack on this Peter Sanger, Voyage No. 1, see NORMAN RENNINGER could be bought ashore for one Horace A. Smith, 574 Con­ date." New York Patrolman Hart con­ gress St., Phillipsburg." half that price or even less. They Advised all Agents to tack a cerning extra meals and bonus Contact Miss Ada Harrison, Are all rubber soled and heeled— copy of this on their bulletin money coming. 3819 Manila Ave., Oakland, Calif. New Insignia For Merchant Seamen E£tor's Mail Bag I u; U Crew Benounces Slop Chest Chisel MONEY DUE • .1 -'-'i t m Mii'f " 1^' " • •-i) "O ; �;Fj;iday,October 22, 1943 THE SEAFARERS LOG Pag© ThxM 7 Gulf Organizing Drive Launched jor operators in the peacetime {Continued front Page 1) Jow boalmen in lhat ierrilory period, and WHEREAS, It now develops' on a Ixial basis." Brother Frank Fenton will now that these new oil barges arc to'^ consult with Lundeberg and East be operated on a twelve-hour! Furuselh, also Harry Lundebeig, BOSTON Coast officials, and organizers work day baisis, and Duke Dushane and Whitey •will be appointed and sent to •WHEREAS, They find that the I attended the AFL Conven­ Hawk. •work in the very near future. Government agencies have tion that was held in Boston the I would like to remind the Already requests for aid have awarded these barges to compan­ past two weeks, along with members of our union to stress %een coining into SIU headquar­ ies having a twelve-hour work; BOSTON, Oct. 7—^The mem­ Brother Pat McHugh, Secretary the importance of the Social Seters from towboatmen and fisher- dhy and no union relations, and bership of the American Federa­ of the Atlantic Fishermen's ciurity Act to the members of tmen throughout the south, indi- WHEREAS, The Seafarers' In-, tion of Labor was brought to 6,- Union. their family or dependents, that ,eating thai these workers - know ternational lUnicn is unable to' 564,141, the highest in its history, Your union, the SIU had a res­ in the event thai-they pass on to .the score on unionism and what attempt this widespread organi­ today by the return of the Inter­ olution requesting the AFL to contact the' nearest Social Se­ 4t can do for them. Hundreds of zing campaign at this critical national Association of Machin­ put on organizers to organize curity Board and put in a rlainfiT ists. •workers are merely waiting the time, and the fishermen and towboatmen If they fail to make a claim with­ .appearance of an BIU man to WHEREAS, Their sea-going; Announcement that the machr in the Gulf. As a delegate to the in a certain period they wiU lose sign them up. members are being shifted from inists' union, which left the AFL AFL Convention, yours truly, all rights under the Social Secur­ But make no mistake, the one part of the nation to another, on May 27 because of a jurisdic­ along with Brother Pat McHugh, ity Act. tional dispute with the United had to appear before the resolu­ The Port of Boston is experi­ tshipowners are waiting also—de- and Brotherhood of Carpenters, was tions committee to show cause encing the heaviest shipping rec­ •termined that their workers shall WHEREAS, Because of the war -not receive decent wages and they are compelled to establish ready to return to the fold was why these organizers were need­ ord in history. We are having made by George Meany, AFL ed. After explaining to the com­ quite a few West Coast ships working conditions. There is a temporary offices and "inove out secretary, at today's convention mittee the geographical outlay here and I believe there should stiff struggle ahead, but" we are to little ports never before hearc session. and the territory that must be be a West Coast representative .certain that before long the Gulf of, which has involved an in­ After long applause the dele­ covered, the committee recom­ stationed here in Boston as they •coast is going to be union!' crease in personnel and a corres gates ratified a report of the ex­ mended to the executive council have as many as four to six Following is the text of the ponding increase in overhead ex­ ecutive council which contained that our resolution be concurred ships here daily. SIU resolution presented to the pense, and a letter from Harvey W. Brown, in. At this time I would like to AFL convention: WHEREAS, They find that the president of the machinists' It was brought out at the Con­ mention that the five Flaherty WHEREAS, The members of amount of revenue the interna­ union, stating that his union was vention " that over two million Brothers, John, Cy, Bill, Eddie, I the Executive Committee of the tional has on hand with which to withdrawing its resignation. members of organized labor are forgot the other boy's name, have Seafarers' International Union of operate renders the situation to now serving in the armed forces. all received their tickets and are The machinists, said Mr. North America has petitioned the an impossible status, and Joseph P. Ryan, President of sailing as mates or engineers. I WHEREAS, They further fee Meany, had 625,160 members and the International Longshoremen's believe this makes some sort of American Federation of Labor were now restored in full stand­ for assistance in organizing a that unless the American Feder­ ing, as they had paid their per Association, took the floor and a record. large group of 30,000 worrkers in ation of Labor can come to their capita tax for the months since gave quite a talk on what the A salute to our galldnt mem­ •the fishing industry from Browns­ rescue in this war emergency May. The amount was $45,281. seamen were doing and paid bers. ville, Texas, at the Mexican Bor- that some dual or would-be dual great tribute to the late Andrew JOHN MOGAN, Ageni President William Green, who <Jer to Norfolk, Virginia, and union is likely to intervene, and throughout the Pacific Coast and WHEREAS, A Federally own­ welcomed the machinists back, Alaskan territories, and ed Corporation known as Federal said that the negotiations which WHEREAS, The Seafarers' In­ Barge Lines, which operates all preceded settlement of the juris­ ternational Union of North Am­ traffic on the Mississippi River dictional dispute proved that good erica has established local unions has established an eight-hour day sense, tolerance and fairness in MANPOWER PROBLEM EXAGGERATED •throughout the Nation, some of with overtime in excess of eight negotiations usually resulted in IN ORDER TO SMEAR AMERICAN LABOR ending such disputes. which have been operated with hours, therefore be it only partial success, while local RESOLVED, That the Ameri­ Inasmuch as the United Mine Have the "brass hats" and 1943, to July, 1944, to replace men unions in the New England can Federation of Labor now in Workers are assured of reinstate­ other government officials delib­ inducted into the armed forces states and Pacific Coast Ports convention assembled at Boston, ment in the AFL within a rea­ erately exaggerated the serious and to supply additional workers -have been operated with total Massachusetts, goes on record to sonable time, delegates today ex­ ness of the manpower situation to war industries. •success, and give the Seafarers' International pressed satisfaction that the fed­ in order to foist shackles on the Thus, if Princeton is right WHEREAS, The Seafarers' In-' Union of North America the ne­ eration would have a member­ nation's workers? and the enormous waste it cites assistance to ship of 7,164,141 once the 600,000 -ternational Union has striven cessary financial On the pretext of a critical were eliminated, the country diligently to organize the fishing carry through to a successful miners were back in the fold. scarcity of labor, army and navy would have a surplus rather conclusion an organizing cam­ industry, and , chiefs, with.the backing of Tories than lack of workers . WHEREAS, Their financial paign among the fishermen, in Congress, have been clamoring Princeton's report blames the .ability is so limited as to prohibit bargemen, and towboatmen in for a so-called "national service" appalling squander of labor di­ , an organizing drive on a large the above mentioned field. law, under which workers would rectly on managements. "Ineffi­ •scale, due to the fluctuating opbe drafted for the profit of pri­ cient managerial conditions, poSr vate employers. lerations such as confront the sea- AFL MEMBERSHIP plant layout, lack of cooperation jnen, fishermen and fish cannery However, confidential figures between department heads, in­ SHOWS BIG GAIN workers during the war period, circulated among research men terruptions of work caused by and in the War Production Board and poor scheduling" are among BOSTON — The dues - paid {Continued from Page 1) . War Manpower Commission, abuses listed in the report. , WHEREAS, They have exten­ membership of the AFL at the sive information regarding the end of its fiscal year, Aug. 31, other war industries in the re­ which LABOR was privileged to Bad working conditions are al­ see, revealed this week that the so described as a major factor in fishing industry, and 1943, stood at 5,939,021, Secre­ gion. WHEREAS, They have defin­ tary-Treasurer George Meany re­ After attempting every other manpower shortage, for the coun­ wastage of labor. Lack of ade­ ite proof that wholesale exploita­ ported to the convention. nostrum, government officials try as a whole, is much less crit- quate grievance machinery, untion is taking place relative to This represents a net gain of finally decided to try Brown's ical than the public has been led healthful ^surroundings, tyrannic­ al foremen, complicated wage the fishermen who deliver the 457,440 members since the last remedy." Army chieftains des­ to believe. An even more sensational dis­ setups, failure of management to •catch, and annual report made to the Tor­ cended on the National War Laclosure as to manpower came take workers into their confi­ WHEREAS, Large groups of onto convention in 1942. jor Board and demanded that it these fishermen live on incomes However, the total does not grant a substantial raise to Boe­ from Princeton University. No dence are evils recorded by the •y which are actually lower than include the membership of the ing workers ,regardless of "hold one needs be told that Princeton university. "Do not expect the employe to those of the sharecroppers of the International Association of Ma­ the line" regulations or other or­ is not a champion of organized labor, yet, in an independent accept unnecessary hardships in deep south, and chinists which paid per capita ders. The board complied, re­ study made by its department of the working environment just WHEREAS, The officers of the tax on 328,500 members in 1942 classifying the workers so as to economics, the university arrived because it is war-time," the uni­ Seafarers' International Union of but withdrew its affiliation in the give them increases of about 15 at the conclusion that employers versity emphasizes. "In encour­ North America, further petition past year. Thus the gross gain in cents an hour, Tt did so, it said, are wasting the equivalent of 5,- aging employes to give steadily the American Federation of La-, new members for the year was only as an "experiment." 000,000 workers. the .maximum ..in - ..production, for to lend assistance in a prob­ actually 785,940. This week, it was revealed the That's at least a million more management must maintain lem involving Towboatmen, Mr. Meany also submitted a "experiment" has been a spectac­ than the very highest govern­ working conditions conductive to which problem has ari.sen in the detailed financial report for the ular success. "Business Week," a ment estimate of labor needed employe well-being." past few months and is due sole­ year, showing receipts of $2,- magazine of industry, far from for the 12 months from July, —Labor ly to the war effort and enemy 422,934 and expenditures of $2,- partial to workers, made a .submarine activities, and 010,029, with a balance on hand checkup and found that workers WHEREAS, The United States of $1,680,076 at the end of the are flocking into the Boeing plant ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR •Government has construe ted fiscal year. Receipts and expen­ at so rapid a rate thgt the com­ some 5d0 new tug boats and large ditures are broken down into pany may soon have to put out WEEK OF SEPT, 27th TO OCT, 8th numbers of oil barges which are separate and detailed categories. "no help wanted" signs. DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL to be operated on otir inland Reports received from affili­ Whereas employment previous­ waterways, and ated unions showed that they ly was dropping, the company in SHIPPED 680 344 582 1606 WHEREAS, They have been had paid out a total of $22,965,- three weeks was able to make a successful in establishing a Tow- 611 in death, sick, unemploy­ net gain in its rolls of 1,518 REGISTERED 530 397 380 1307 boatmen's Union in New Orleans, ment, dir ability and other bene­ workers, and the rate of increase Louisiana, with some of the ma­ fits to members during the year. is growing each week. iVfachinists Return To Fedemtion Around The Ports JhiL. ^tahcA, fiMAAu — .1 » Labor Was Right; Wage Hike Solves Manpower Needs I • •m i'l-l �m- ' Page Four THE SEAFARERSLOG Friday, October 22, 1943 WAR PROFITS GO UP AND UP Kilgore Report Toes NMU-Stalinist Line The table below sets forth a comparison between the wartime profits of twentynine prominent American corporations and the profits they made before the war bo6m' developed. It is a question of great concern to all Americans whether our distribution of war income is disproportionately increasing the size of incomes received by wealthy individuals and large companies. i no other branch of wat indus­ • In addition, workers have a (Figues are in thousands of dollars) I* IW {Continued from Page 1) justified grievance against large In the case of Russia, shipping try has there been a manpower Per- First Half 1943 profits at a time when their own space has been allocated for agency so well equipped to 1936-39 eentage compared to incomes have been subjected to only two-thirds of the muni­ meet its responsibilities. It has Company Average severe controls . tions and food promised under done a good job." American Car ft Foundry 72 $ 7,056 9700 Unavailable The above quotation on the American Locomotive the protocal." 1,462 7,552 417 + 175 Many of the companies listed The repoi't then goes on and committee's report deals onl;' Atfl^rican Rolling Miii Co 4',346 9,231 114 + 12 in the table have inultipliedgives a great plug in for the War with the WSA division, headed American Type Founders, Inc. 131 2,161 + 86 their pre-war profits so rapidly 1550 Shipping Administration. It by Captain Edward Macauley. American Woolen Co 6,824 + 37 that taxes have been unable to -—831 states that the WSA should have The committee, in putting a plug Aviation Corp + 1 catch up with them. Fourteen of 5,324 —599 charge of all shipping from the in for Captain Macauley's di­ Bath Iron Work 3,743 1340 + 129 the twenty-nine companies made . 260 factories to the final destination. vision of the WSA, follows the Bendix Aviation Corp 15.890 505 + 3 ten times as much in 1942, be­ 2,627 It blasts the Army and other usual line that is carried in the Bethlehem Steel Corp 38,188 + 5 fore taxes, as they averaged, in 98 19,269 government agencies, and throws Pilot. + 34 1936-39. Almost all multiplied 2,276 81 Blaw Knox Co. 1,257 When a fisherman who knows Orchids at the WSA. + 17 their pre-war income, before tax­ 9,716 74 Borg-Warner Corp 5,585 he Then the East Coast Long­ his business goes fishing, 5,222 2113 —35 es, by four. In several cases the Budd (Edw. G.) Mfg. Co 236 shoremen are taken over the would use the bait most appro­ Crosley Corp i:738 574 ^599 percentage increase was num­ 258 hurdles, and the set-up on the priate for the fish that he intends Crucible Steel Co. of Am. 8,308 337 —3 bered in the thousands. Inas­ 1.901 West Coast under the domination to catch. In the final analysis of Fairfield Aviation + 23 much as a corporation may not 1,131 313 274 of Hdrry Bridges is given the the report, it boils down to these 62.081 41 —11 be required to pay a tax in ex-'' General Electric Co 44,115 green iight and is supposed to be simple facts: 11,143 605 —2 cess of 80% of its total profits, a Jones ft Laughlin 1,580 1. The committee went out of a bed of roses and is recommend­ 4,488 —5 1000% increase in profit, before 624 Mack Trucks, Inc 620 ed for the East Coast. However, thpir way to lay the ground­ 9,659 363 Unavailable taxes, leaves the company with Martin (Glenn L.) Co 2,084 in regards to the wage question work on the Commies argument + 46 double its normal income. 5,273 96 Otis Elevator Co 2,696 no mention is made that Harry for a second front. Which was 173 —19 17,042 6.232 Bridges is pleading that the picked up and published in the Pullman, Inc + 91 7.354 521 1,185 Ship Built By AFL Meh wages of the East Coast Long­ Daily Worker the same day that Remington Arms Co., Inc —26 20,187 248 Republican Steel Corp 5,801 shoremen are receiving are high­ the committee's report was made Presented To Chinese + 77 99 7,945 Sperry Corp 3,986 er than the West Coast and that public. + 152 2,548 145 1,040 2. The plug for the WSA, and Studebaker Corp they should be granted an in­ + 47 RICHMOND, CALIF. — The 307 20,994 United Aircraft Corp 5,161 crease. This is being done under when mention is made regarding 115 Unavailable United'States has transferred to 96,819 45,098 the usual ballyhoo of stabiliza­ the WSA it means Captains Mac­ United States Steel Corp + 86 the Chinese government a Lib­ 45 21,216 14,674 auley's division, certainly fur­ Westinghouse Mfg. Co tion. —6 erty Ship built here at the Per100 13,564 The Merchant seamen are then ther leads us into the belief that Youngslown Sheet ft Tube Co. 6,785 manente Metals Corp. yard by given a flock of orchids, but it the Captain's division has and is mary" will analyze the election ing on the above mentioned let­ AFL workers. The ship, named is interesting to note in what di­ playing ball with the Commies returns at a meeting of Labor's terhead with Athern were — for Generalissimo Chiang Kaiof the NMU. rection the_ line runs. Louise Bransten, Germaino shek, "was presented to Chinese Non-Partisan League's club. "The men who man our mer­ 3. The plug regarding the West Bulcke, J. Vernon Burke, Revels representatives by Edward R. chant ships are doing a magni­ Coast longshoremen, under the 6/21/40 i,s.sue of the San Fran­ Cayton, Rikc-e R. Elesser, Lou Stettinius, Jr., Lend-Lease Ad­ ficent job. The crews are ef­ Control of Harry Bridges, and cisco Chronicle named him as a Goldblatt, Sam Jaye, Alex Noral. ministrator. It will enter the ficient and their morale is the particular stress laid on the sponsor of the "Peace Ballot' All the others appearing on the trans-Pacific trade as a training high. Adequate number of sea­ NMU activities in this war, lead conducted by the San Francisco letterhead are active fellow vessel for merchant seamen. men have volunteered or have us to the following conclusions: Coordinating Council for Peace, travelers, known to us here in been recruited so that ships That some members on the which was branded by the West the Bay area as such." all as I suggested. Further, sail fully manned and with staff of the committee are either Coast police as Stalinist in­ Plunkert reported weekly, durspired. Affidavit of Arthur James only negligible delays. The Commies or fellow-travelers. ng the legislative session, to the Mr. Harper L. Knowles, Chair­ Kent, County of Los Angeles, tops fraction of the Communist number of seamen on Ameri­ The report states that Henry can ships has nearly doubled H. Collins, Jr., is the executive man of the radical research com­ State of California, to the Con­ Party," namely, Schneiderman, .in the last year. There have secretary; other staff members mittee of the American Legion, gressional Committee on Un- Spector or Gannet, Athern and been no strikes. Discipline has included Lincoln Fairley and Department of California, testi­ American activities, dated 11/2/38 myself." (Hearings, pages 2983been excellent in spite of the Leigh Athern. These three staff fying before an executive hearing* —(Excerpts from this affidavit 2984). difficult living and working members are cited by the attor­ of the Congressional committee are as follows) "1 make this af­ Henry H. Collins, Jr., Washing­ conditions imposed by wartime ney general as being members on Un-American activities at fidavit voluntarily, at my own conditions. Despite high casu­ and sponsors of subversive set­ San Francisco, Cal., on 8/2#/40; initiative. In the years 1932-33- ton Committee for Democratic alties from enemy attacks, la­ ups fronting and controlled by (Executive hearings, page 1496 34-35-36 and until Sept., 1937, 1 Action. National Federation for was a member of the Commun­ Constitutional Liberties, Panel bor turnover has been lower the Communist Party. Leigh and 1497). than in war industries ashore. Athern was connected with the THE CHAIRMAN — "Do you ist Party; and in the years 1936- member at conference—^DescendAmerican seamen have deliv­ "YANKS ARE NOT COMING" know any other official whose 37 1 was a membership director ents of the American Revolution, ered the goods." movement on the Pacific Coast. name is on this letterhead who is of the Communist Party at San Member National Council. From the above it would seem And that, my friends, is how a member of the Communist- Francisco, and in charge of po­ Marian Anderson Citizens* that the seamen are at last get­ Russia operates. Party — Mary Moore, for in­ litical activity of the Party. I Committee — Member, Forest was personally acquainted with ting credit from a government stance?" Glen Md. . American Committee committee on the splendid work HERE'S THE RECORD Mr. Knowles—^"I am not in a the leading members of the Com­ for protection of Foreign Born-r that they are doing. However, position to verify her member­ munist Party in California in Member, board of directors. ON MEMBERS OF THE ' there is a reason for the above ship in the party. You are look­ those years. For almost a year KILGORE COMM. build-up, and here it is. Lincoln Farley, member Wash­ ing at the face of the letterhead. prior to June 1937, a strategy "American seamen are he­ On the reverse side ai'e other committee of the Communist ington Book shop, cited as a C.P. roes. Thousands have died LEIGH, ATHERN — Graduate names. Dr. Thomas Addis is a Party would meet with certain front by the Attorney General. under bombardment and tor­ of University of California and known commuhist; Leigh Athern members of the California Legis­ Member, American League for lature, and sometimes also with pedo attack. They and their Harvard Law School. In 1938-39, is a known communist." other sympathetic persons who! Peace and Democracy, cited a? t| Attorney for Lafollette Commit­ ' organizations, particularly the Mr. Stedman —"Wasn't Leigh ' " • a C.P. front by the Attorney' were not actual membei-s of the tee hearings in California. In National Maritime Union, have Athern attorney for the LaFolGeneral. • Party. 1939, labor relations counsel and " acquitted ^themselves with hon­ lette committee on the Pacific or. The appreciation of Ihe administrative assistant, Cali­ Coast?" 1 was also ,in 1936-37, fraction The above persons; Henry H. fornia State Relief AdministraAmerican people is theirs.' Mr. Knowles—"He was inves­ secretary of the conference for Collins, Jr., Leigh Athern and Well, there, you have it, no' tion. January, 1941 to date, prin- tigator ' for the LaFollette Com­ progressive political action, the Lincoln Farley, are staff mem­ •mention is" made of the AFL cipal Attorney, Office of Price mittee in their California hear­ fraction being all party members bers of the Subcommittee to in­ -Unions. The committee put a , Administration,'Washington, D.C, ings, and according to informa­ in,various Caiifornia Cities who vestigate the National Defense •plug in for the unions affiliated j The Western Worker 2/11/37 tion supplied me, was active in were leaders in political action. program. ' . . ; with the CIO, and praises in shows him a member of the Citi- gathering official information. As such secretary, I was instruct­ -particular the NMU. Now let's [ zens Committee for Repeal of the That is, information in offcial ed by the leaders of the com­ The Chairman of the Commit­ see what the committee's views San Francisco Anti-Picketing Gr­ files for the committee and also munist party — Schneiderman, tee is the Hon. Harley M. Kil­ ave on the WSA. dance. Notice of a meeting of the the Communist Party. Much of Spector, or Gannett, what legis­ gore, Senator from West Virginia "The War Shipping Admin­ People's Legislative Conference, the material that , he covered lative bills were to be pushed and on October 7, 1943 SubcomI istration, in the office of the held 2/27/37, named Athern as during his' investigation showed and by whom; then I would con­ mitte Report No. 3 was Submit­ deputy administrator for labor Secretary. up in communist literature. 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Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/22/1943 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1943 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/30fb6b50351c79efd403a3305901d7ba.PDF ed0c2d7b18365f92f39bb1cec39981c2 PDF Text Text AMERICAN LABOR FACES SLAVERY at OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, ^ SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OP NORTH AMERICA VOL. V. 267 NEW YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY, OSTOBER 15. 1943 No. 28 The Austin-Wadsworth Bill now pending in Congress is another milestone in the march toward darkest reaction, and possibly even fascism, in this country. Just as the Smith-Connally bill, passed last year by Congress, was aimed at smashing the unions and depriving the working BE KIND TO WAR PROFITEERS DEPARTMENT WHAOOYA M6AN - TAia tne pROFits sal OF IVAR'T FISOM W»KR€^Vool«iMK^ TAKIMG 'EM f/r DENVER. Oct. 2—Frank­ est statement of the month for big business apologists of war profiteering came this week from Chairman Maur­ ice H. Karker of the War Dept. pri&e adjustment board, which handles renegotiations of war contracts. According to the Nat'l Union Farmer. Karker told a meeting of the Associated Industries in Cleveland re­ cently that: "In reaching a conclusion in renegotiation proceedings we allow an adequate mar­ gin of profit, plus a margin of generositey. plus a mar­ gin for good measure. No manufacturer can say the plan is anything but fair." Ten Allied Ships Lost To U-Boats f if • i li —The Call A pack of U-boats, believed to have used a new and deadlier type of torpedo, followed two Canada-bound convoys "like a school of sharks" for ten days last month and sank ten and pos­ sibly eleven Allied vessels, in­ cluding three warships, surviv­ ing seamen disclosed. Naval authorities described Germany's .new type of torpedo as combining magnetic guidance with acoustic detonation. Fired at a ship from astern the torpedo overtakes the vessel and explodes within the radius of the ship's propeller vibration. The {Continued on Page 3) ROBIN LINE SHIP REVEALED AS A SUPER-BELLY ROBBER It's More Ice For Labor Freeze class of its rights, so the AustinWadsworth bill is another blow at labor and is sponsored by those employer elements who will only be satisfied when it be­ comes a statutory offense to join a trade union. Labor lost the fight on the Smith-Connally bill because the Congress was dominated by stooges for Big Business. It is the same Congress which now is considering the Austin - Wadsworth "Slave Labor" Act, and the chances of its passage ap­ pear good. Whether or not this bill is passed, however, it is certain that this Congress wiU continue to attack labor, in word and act, and the utmost vigilance is need­ ed to protect our remaining gains. In the long run it is only the reconstitution of Congress (electing men who wear a union label) which will protect labor from these attacks. But in the mean time, every worker must become familiar with the provis­ ions of the Austin-Wadsworth Bill and prepare to combat it with all possible weapons. PROVISIONS OF THE BILL (1) Every man 18-65 and every woman 18-50 must register. (2) The President is empower­ ed to determine the number of workers needed in any essential "industry, in agriculture, or in any occupations, activities or employment," to designate the purpose for which they are needed, to specify quotas, quali­ fications of the persons selected and the places to which they are assigned. (3) Local draft boards select the individual workers. (4) The bill includes provisions that: a there is "due regard to as­ signing the workers near their homes" b "reasonably suitable" housr'" ing accomodations are avail­ able c aptitude tests and training are given "as far as it is practicable" d transportation is provided e transported workers receive the compensation and work the hours required in the place of his new employ­ ment, the newly assigned workers are not obliged to join any existing organiza­ tion or union. (5) Assigned workers are en­ titled to restoration of like sen­ iority and pay at the end of the war "unless employers' circum­ stances have so changed as to make such restoration impossible or tmreasonable." (6) Refusal or failure to comply with any lawful orders issued under this act are punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, six months imprisonment, or both. By JOSEPH FLANAGAN A Robin Line rust bucket ar­ rived at this fair port with its usual volume of beefs. However, the main issue was the food sit­ "Workers in the New York area were virtually hog-tied to their jobs this week uation. under a series of new regulations handed down by Mrs. Anna M. Rosenberg, regional When the excuse for a ship director of the War Manpower Commission. While the freezing rule applies only to the arrived, we received an SOS from one of the delegates metropolitan area, it is understood that Paul McNutt will issue similar regulations for to come down to her at the rest of the country's production area. once as about 10 of the crew The program introduces three• were sick from eating bad food. principal changes in existing reg­ 4. Workers can not be hired once again that once labor joins by any employer if they have these phoney boards, it becomes We preceded to the ship and ulations: not lived in the city or surround­ the captive of the governmentsure enough at least that many 1. Employes who quit their ing "commuting area" for the boss alliance. complained that their systems jobs in "essential jobs" without preceding month. This prevents were on the fritz due to the rot­ obtaining formal release from workers from moving to a differ­ ten grub they had eaten during the boss, cannot be hired by any An Apology ent city in order to better their the major part of the trip. The new employer for two months. conditions—even if they get a job engineers and mates also were This is only a step short of Mus­ J. L. has asked the LOG to in "essential work." very loud in their denunciation solini's old fascist regulation that apologize to Brothers Casof the food situation. When the such a worker c.ould not be re­ Thus, while the Austin-Wads- sidy. Grimes and Rogers for worth "slave labor" bill is being any embarrassment that may Captain was questioned about employed at all. fought in Congress, the War 2. Workers in "essential jobs" the issue he denied all, stating have been caused to them by Manpower Commission is pro- the appearance of their names all food on his ship was of first can not shift to "non-essential grade quality, and that he would jobs" without written approval ceding to put many of its worst in the column "Out of the not allow any other food to be of the government. No matter features into effect by simple Focs'l" on October 1. put aboard his ship. We then how bad the pay and working ukase. J. L. assures these brothers WHAT THE BILL MEANS preceded to investigate the conditions, the worker is tied to The really criminal part of the that any association of names whole preceding is the fact that the profiteering employer. whole issue, and dug up some was entirely accidental, and (1) Conscription to work for a 3. Hiring of any workers en­ labor's representatives helped in very interesting facts. his only motive was to report private employer making his pri­ The company posted a ration gaged in any of the list of 149 drawing up the rules; these hav­ news which he thought vate profits—slavery as defmed list on the .bulletin board stating critical occupations is - permitted ing been OK'd by the "Laborwould be of interest to the by the Supreme Court. only with the written consent of Management Committee" for this membership. the War Manpower Commission. area. Which only goes to prove. {Continued on Page 2) {Continued on Page 3) ^2 �•vrwy.vr' Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG 'Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District •Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ "President. 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. . JOHN HAWK Secy-Treas. P. O. 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Lauderdale 1601 PUBLICATION OFFICE; ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City BOwUng Green 9-8345 AMERICAN LABOR FACES SLAVERY SEAFARERE LOG Friday, October 15, 1943 ;^ifR€POT?T orv. ^ASHItXGTOIV: • av MATT44ftW DUSUAN&« I attended the SIU's executive on merchant marine and fisher­ and a union and the employe? board aimual meeting in -San ies. Haven't had the time to agree to a wage rate for AB's at Francisco, results of the prdceed- thoroughly check these biUs — $125.00 per month, this new wqge ings will be submitted to the will forward all bills to the re­ rate would be alsove the mode membership by your respective spective HQ of the SIU affiliates. for the industry, and under ex­ secretary-treasurers. ecutive order No. 9328 the board The following bills have been MARITIME PANEL MEETING cannot grant approval of the introduced in Congress, aUd hear­ Attended a conference of pan­ agreement. ings are scheduled for October el memljers of the War Shipping Should any employer pay S Panel — (Maritime Panel of the wage rate above the mode, and 12, 1943. War Labor Board); The National they hold government contracts HR.3257 — To amend subtitleWar Labor Board approved of all or are agents for the government Insurance of title II of the mer­ chant marine act, 1936, as amend­ but three of the voluntary agree and pay any wages that are ments that the panel recom­ above the mode and the agree­ ed, to authorize suspension of the mended approval in the meetings ments are not approved by the statue of limitations in certain that were held on August 16, 17, War Labor Board, the employer, cases, and for other purposes. and 18th. would not be able to collect from The purpose of the bill is to The three cases that the board the government on any payments affirm and clarify the authority did not take action on involved that he may have made. of the WSA; to agree on a waiver the MM&P and the MEBA. The That is the club that the War, of the statue of limitations in board recommended that a com­ Labor Board holds over the em­ connection with claims arising mittee from the Panel have a ployers' head when he makes an' from insurance agreements in conference with Mr. Vinson, sta­ agreement with a union. If they cases of missing vessels, in order to provide prompt settlement of bilization director, to discuss the do not comply with the rulings possibility of him granting tem­ and dijjectives of the board, and 30th marine risks and war risks porary approval of the agree­ executive orders, they are not involved. ments pending the outcome of reimbursed by the government NO DOUBLE RECOVERY the present negotiations of the for any expenditures that they HR.3258—^To prevent recovery MM&P-MEBA and the employ­ make as per the terms of their] on claims under section 1 (a) of ers for a uniform agreement. agreements. public law No. 17, seventy-eight A committee from the panel The agreements in question, Congress, relating to -seamen em­ call for increases above what is had an appointment with Mr. ployed by the United States termed the mode. Under execu­ Vinson yesterday afternoon, and through the War Shipping Ad­ tive order No. 9328, the board the case is now back in the lap ministration. cannot approve of the agree­ of the National War Labor Board The purpose of the bill is to ments without the approval of for action. The board did not limit the possibility of double or Mr. Viii.son. want to act on this case with] over lapping recovery on account having a conference with Mr. WAGE FREEZE of death or injury to seamen as Vinson, due to the fact that the employes of the U. S. by the For the information of the new wage schedule is above the WSA. The possibility of such membership, I'll try and explain Mode. It now remains to be overlapping recovery arises in what is meant by the mode. It seen what action the board will cases of seamen who are entitled is the most frequent rate of take on this case, their decision to sue under the law of the U. S, wages paid in any locality or in­ may set a precedent under the in case of death or injury and dustry. For instance, if the ma­ 'RARE AND UNUSUAI. CASE" may also be entitled to sue under jority of the AB's receive a clause in executive order No. foreign law on account of the monthly wage of $100. per month 19328. same casualty. is the only method of getting the '{Continued from Page 1) American people to work in oc­ (2) American citizens give up cupations essential to the war their right to choose the work, the place they live in and the effort. condition under which they AUSTIN-WADSWORTH BILL WON'T SOLVE THE PROBLEMS work. (3) Capital and industry are It does not accomplish its left free to act as they wish—un- stated purpose to "provide for the successful prosecution of the conscripted. , ^ war." It assumes that the only (4) Possible injustices: hindrance to further increase in a to Negroes—Southern draft production (which has more than UNIFORM INSURANCE boards can easily use their doubled since 1939) is a man­ HR.3259—To clarify the appli­ power to bind the Negroes power shortag-. This does not cation of section 1 (b) of public even more firmly to the soil get at the basic causes which law No. 17 seventy-eight Con­ or to their underpaid jobs are: gress, to certain services per­ i) to minorities—individuals of (1) lack of overall planning: formed by seamen as employes of unpopular opinions' can be a improper allocation of raw the U. S., through the War Ship­ threatened with removal for materials, so that some plants ping Administration. This week witnessed the spec­ four other states have similar expression of their opinions have an over-abundance and tacle of a labor leader being repressive laws. The purpose of the bill is to others maintain their em­ exclude from consideration for flung into jail because he urged c to all citizens—loss of voting When Thomas announced he ployees idle through lack of the puiposes of old age and sur­ workers to join - a union. This was to speak at the Texas rally privileges until a new resi­ material dence is established vivors insurance benefits, services didn't happen in Hitlerland, but on behalf of the right to organ­ b concentration of 75% of war ize, which is guaranted by Fed­ of seamen employed as employes deep in the heart of Texas." (5) A tremendous setback to contracts with 100 large cor­ eral statues. Attorney General R. J. Thomas, president of the of the U. S., by the WSA, on for­ the improved working conditions porations causing many Gerald Mann rushed into court United Automobile Workers, was eign flag vessels or contracted of the past 15 years through: small businesses to fail, and for and performed wholly out­ the victim of this startling inva­ and got an injunction to "gag" a forcing transferred people to creating unnecessary short­ side the U. S., so that coverage sion of civil rights. AU he did Thomas unless he secured a li­ work under any conditions ages of labor in specific for such benefits for seamen em­ was speak at a rally in Pelly, cense. existing in their assigned areas Thomas replied that he didn't ployes of the WSA shall be in Texas, an oil-producing center, occupation (2) no real statement of the line with the coverage in cases and make this plea: think he should be compelled to b a blow to the democratic neds of the armed forces in re­ of similiar services by seamen "I earnestly ask those who obtain a license to exercise hia trade union movement by lation to the available man­ employed by private shipping are not now members of the constitutional rights. transfer of militant union power. READY TO FACE ISSUE operators. Oil Workers' International leaders to other jobs (3) failure to use large groups HR.3262—^To amend section 2 Union to join now." "I didn't come here to violate any law," he said. "But since the c the destruction of unions of available manpower. (b) of public law No. 17, seventy(4) failure to remedy the bad eight Congress—^relating to func­ As soon as he finished, deputy issue has arisen I don't want where membership mainten­ sheriflfs "nailed him" anci hauled anybody to say I'm evading it." ance clauses and union shop housing, transportation, etc., in tions of the WSA, and for other him off to the Travis county Thomas declared bluntly he agreements exist becau.se of war areas which create or inten­ purposes. lockup. In double-quick time. sify labor shortages. would speak and thus test the the fact that new workers The purpose of the bill is to County Judge J. Harris Gardner would not be obliged to join expressly authorize the waiver sentenced him to three days' im­ validity of the Texas act. JVeiv Orleans Mailing of recovery of seamen's insurance prisonment and a $100 fine. How­ any existing labor union. payments by the WSA, particu­ ever, he was later released on (6) Break up of the home Address larly in cases where insurance bond, pending a trial on his ap­ ^ough: All mail for union brothers has been paid to beneficiaries on peal, October 20. a one member of the family Following Brothers have money in New Orleans should be ad­ the assumption that the missihg moving to another area VICIOUS coming from the Bull Line. Col­ seamen were dead, but were la­ dressed in the following man­ b complete readjustment for ANTI-UNION LAW lect at New York office: ter found to be alive. The bill the whole family if it moves ner: AHr of this arose because the FRANK SWIFT i follows a similiar provision with John Doe together. DEBERT SHIELDS f j respect to recoxrery of benefits Lone Star state has a vicious General Delivery (7) The proponents of the bill FRED LEWIS f ! paid by the veterans administra­ anti-union law which, among Seamen's Postal Unit Imply that the imdemocratic other features, specifies that no BERNARD BOLi^D "i tion. Custom House Station jtaettiod of coercion by the state OTTO PETERSEN "I The analysis on the above bills one may seek to organize work­ New Orleans 16, La. Kather than consent by the people C. MCWITZ jrj was prepared by the committee ers without a license. At least Texas Jails Labor Leader When He Talks Of Union MONEY DUE m •vv--= |,V' ' .-A �'Hi ,-5, v Fujida^' Ocl^r 15, 1943 THE Robin Line Revealed Super-Belly Robber ,1:' jgood: 20 cases of eggs, 400 '{Continued from Page 1) lbs. frozen beef, 200 lbs. corn­ Governmejit that v.'hcn the chief ed shoulder, 170 lbs. frank­ steward of ship put in his requis­ furters. 100 lbs. ox livers, 200 ition for stores, every item on his lbs. veal, 175 lbs. sausages, list was cut at least 50% and 268 lbs. chickens, 100 lbs. some as high as 80% by the com^ ducks, and 75 lbs. turkeys. pany purchasing agent. Steward With regard to the first three notified company before ship items listed above, the exact Bailed that some of the stores quantities are questionable, iaboard the ship were unfit fQ£. consumption. This was ignored as some of these may be sal­ vaged. by the company, and the prize of Respectfully yours, them all was a letter to the com­ K. Gunderson, pany from the Captain which Master, S.S. specified the food was unfit to To top this, the new stores eat. they took aboard were also of This letter was signed by the such poor quality and far less in same Captain who made the quantity that the food that had statement his ship carried noth­ to be disposed of, that the crew ing but first grade food. almost starved for the rest of the Here is a copy of the skipper's trip. letter: To further their aim towards a Seas Shipping Company, Inc. quick demise for the crew, the chief engineer of said ship shut 39 Corllandt Street off all the fresh water, and let New York, N.Y. , Aiij Mr. P. P. Lanning, the crew drink some kind of blackish salty water for ten days. Operating Manager I advised the entire crew^o have Dear Sir: a thorough examination from a Please be advised that we doctor as soon as they possibly found it necessary to pur­ could. I hope this advice was chase potatoes and yeast in taken seriously. Trinidad; the former because As a final suggestion to the more than 50% of those ob­ crews of these ships where a ra­ tained in Norfolk were no tion system has been imposed by good (see letter dated June the company, the War Shipping 7); the later because the 32 Administration has ruled the ra­ lbs. on hand from the last tion system as proposed by them voyage were useless. The was to become effective only when the ships were in areas steward ordered 40 lbs. of yeast in Norfolk, but all he where food was unobtainable. Also the provisions therein were received was 10 lbs. In addition, the following based on the minimum and not the maximum allotment per items on hand from last voy­ age were found . to be no man. Stewards take notice. SIU And Tanker Members On West Coast • » U Central Registering and Dispatching Office Open in SUP Headquarters at San Francisco For SIU Members and T, C's in Deck, Engine and Steward Departments Increased shipping on West Coast by SIU members hyas made it necessary to oi>en a separate and complete business office to be devoted solely to registering and car­ ing for the needs of SIU members in all departments. All SIU members in San Francisco are required to im­ mediately register in SIU office at 59 Clay St. SIU members in SUP Branches on the West Coast are to register in the respective SUP Office and receive an SIU shipping card. SIU shipping cards will have preference on SIU ships and will be recognized by all SUP Dispatchers. SIU Deck mem­ bers will have second preference when SUP members are available. SEAFARERS LOG Page Three Ten Allied Around The Ports Ships Lost GALVESTON To U-Boats Things around Texas ports are pretty good, have two new ships to crew up in the next few days. {Continued from Page 1) Have had a few of the boys come ship, totally disabled with her" over from New Orleans to ship propeller gone, is then an easy out. Had the pleasure of going mark for^ a point-blank torpedo. aboard a new ship where I had The Germans have long been to call the RMO for two ordin­ using torpedoes powered with aries and two acting AB's. These electric batteries, which leave no birds would be turned to by the tell-tale wakes of bubbles. Bos'n on a job, and in a few min­ The enemy submarines, return­ utes he would go looking for ing to the North Atlantic in ap-, them. When he did find them parently great numbers after they were either in the messseveral months of comparative room or in their bunks. That inactivity, continued the attacks crap was stopped once and for until the convoys were almost all times. The point is this, you within sight of the Canadian new men that have graduated out of the training schools, you coast line. With their increased armament are going to sea to make a liv­ and their superiority in numbers ing like aU of us have done in to the four to ten escort vessels the past. There is a strong ordinarUy provided for an Allied union, and things are pretty good, convoy, the U-boats ^probably wages, working conditions, and will not hesitate, if they are living conditions. Don't for one caught by surprise, to stay on the minute think that they have al­ surface and fight both surface ways been that way, or that they vessels and planes with gunfire. will stay that way. For unless This, indeed, may be the func­ you stand up and protect what tion of some of the pack—^to at­ the old timers have built and tack the escort vessels and pick handed down to you, you can them off with .guns and torpe­ lose in a few months what it has does. Another portion may fire taken years of sacrifice to build. sonic or magnetic torpedoes into It is said that history repeats. the midst of the convoy in an at­ Read back during the last War. tempt to sink ships and make The wages, conditions and bonus the convoy scatter. Still another was not no where near what you portion may take position to pick are receiving today. Then after off stragglers or isolated ships. the shipowner had made his, At least two of the U-boats along with the help of the seawere believed to have been des­ service bureau, we were forced troyed and six others probably to call a strike in 1921, which we were damaged, the survivors lost to our sorrow. Then the wages and conditions started to said. go down until they finally got so Except for the warships, which low that you either had to ac­ included the Canadian destroyer cept them or work ashore, and St. Croix, formerly the U.S.S. there are many who still remem­ McCook, no official annotmceber that there were some com­ ment was made of the sinkings. panies that you had to work The battle began Sept. 19. away at one cent a month, to get It was not disclosed whether a job. the attack was the same action You are faced with the same reported by the Royal Canadian dose after this • war. The old Air Force Sept. 28 in which heads of the seaservice bureau R 0A long - range Liberators are right in the saddle of the battled six surfaced U-boats. RMO to take over and break up Survivors of two American your union. And remember that and one Norwegian cargo ships it took from 1921 until 1934 to gave a word picture of one of bring back what was lost. Men the starkest sea fights since the were killed, jailed, and crippled war began. They told of ships to help make the conditions that breaking in half as torpedoes ripped into their hulls, of injured In Memory of and dying men struggling for Brother hours in the icy, oil-thick Water on the outer rim of the Arctic JOE MOHOWSKI circle, of exploding depth charges (Able Seaman) and of one U-boat being blasted out of the water after being Born Jan., 1914. Died Aug. 1943 caught in the beam of a war­ aboard Rufus W. Peckham. ship's searchlight. For Further Information: Call your union offices and tanker organizers at the addresses listed below. You will always finds somebody at these numbers excepting at night. J- ' SEATTLE, WASH.—86 Seneca St.—Phone Elliott 6752. —E. Coaster or Johnson. PORTLAND, OREGON—111 West Burnside St.—Phone Beacon 4336—John Massey or C. Atkins. RICHMOND, CAUFORNTA-257 Fifth St.—Phone Rich­ mond 4021—Louie Glebe or Banks. VANCOUVER, B. C.—340 B. Cambie St.—Phone Pacific 7824—Hugh Murphy. WILMINGTON, California — 440 Avalon Blvd. —Phone 4449. NEW YORK CITY — 105 Broad St. — Phone BOwling Green 0-9530—Morris Weisbei^er. SAN FRANCISCO—59 Clay St.-Phone Exbrook 8229— PhU Conley. you are enjoying today. And just a few days ago another; maritime union (NMU) was ne­ gotiating for the same wages and conditions that you enjoy in the SIU which they do not get in their contracts and which their leadership did not fight for as your leadership has done. Remember, in union there is strength. With yom help you can look back some day and say, I was one of the buUdcrs of the Seafarers' International Union. E. R. WALLACE. Agent TAMPA f"' Every since I have been Agent in this port and the S.S. ( ) was coming in here there were no beefs on her, but for the past six months every trip there are beefs galore. That ship has had more AB's and Boatswains aboard her in that length of time than ever be­ fore. From my point of view there must be some two legged rats aboard her. I understand that there are two, but they are so damn slick that it is hard to catch them. I suppose that Bro. Army will have to contend with her for awhile; luck to you lad. There is one sure way of tell­ ing when winter is approaching and that is when you see all of the Tampa boys drifting in to soak up some of this hot .sun­ shine, and vitimin B—eer. Things here are very slow for the present time although we are looking forward to a pickup in shipping. The USS has opened up' a ho­ tel and recreation center here for the boys that drift down this way and from the looks of things it may turn out OK, but it is too close to the Maritime training school for much benefit to the bonified men that go to sea. D. L. PARKER, Ageni •i?l m• '•^SOHa/s Will all members of the crew of the S. S. Norwalk. particularly H. Jayner, A. Page, E. Olsen, C. Kampf. H. Clements, R. Holte and J. Dogart, for a voyage com­ mencing June 5, 1942. get in touch with Paul C. Matthews, 11 Broadway. New York City. OSCAR HEIL Stop in the office of the Sec­ retary-Treasurer next time you are in New York. I LESNIAK, ORGS and WOODBURY Your log beef has been settled in your favor. Collect from Mr. Daily, New York shipping com­ missioner. SIDNEY DAY GREY You have $43.71 coming from McCormick Line. Collect in New York. LESLIE C. TAYLOR. No. 27991 Stop in the office of the Secre­ tary-Treasurer next time you are in New York. JULIUS WONTOR Stop in the office of the Secre­ tary-Treasurer next time you axe in New York. "THE WORKMEN HAVE DECIDED rr^ TIME YOU DID SOMETHING ABOUT THE/R TKAMSPORTATTON PROBLEMSi" J*-- EDWARD P. MALUE, 23469 Your discharges are in the of­ fice of the Secretary-Treasurer. 4\ 1 �THE Page Four- If.- 1. |b SEAFARERS LOG Friday, Odober 15. 1943 Admiral Reveals British - American Nazi Prisoners Used In Attempt Ship Rivalry To Break Down Shoreside Union •v The LOG has twice reported the fact that shipowners are using Nfixi prisoners to do seamen's work, thus hoping to undermine the contract and the union. This week comes word that prisoners are also being used by shoreside em­ ployers in their offensives against organized labor. In Elwood, Indiana an employers is» The Union said that it will using prisoners in a canning press unfair labor practice plant to try to break a local charges against the firm, through which has gone on record to the National Labor Relations support the war 100%! Board, contending that local union labor which has been The plant is the local Frazier available to the management has Packing Co., which is using 100 been turned down in favor of prisoners to relieve a "labor Nazi employes. shortage" which the United Can­ nery, Agricultural Packing & Al­ The "super-men" from the fa­ lied Workers Union claims is therland are not only treated to special consideration as employnon-existant. es, but also apparently are al­ lowed to scrawl expressions of their distorted philosophy on company property. Company property has been decorated with swastikas, iron crosses, and slogans such as "Heil Hitler," and "Germany Today, Tomorrow and Forever," , The Union said that the Nazis work eight hours a day, are given a five minute rest period every hour, get one hour for lunch, and are treated to fresh tomatoes and catsup. American union workers slave 12, 14 and up to 17 hours per day, get half an hour for lunch, and are treated to no "to­ mato surprises." Seeds of a shurp post war conflict between the United States and Great Britain are contained in the gigantic ship­ building program conducted by both nations during the war. That the two "United Nations" view each otheig suspiciously was revealed this week by Admiral Howard L, •Vickery who returned fi-om a tour of British shipyards. Speak­ ing to a correspondent for the New York Times, the Vice Chairman of the Maritime Commission said, "I told them we intend to become a maritime nation and intend to stay one. I said we would do it by cooperation, but il they didn't want to cooperate With the change of name and we'd stay one anyhow." registry last week of the Liberty This blunt talk has brought in­ ship William H. Todd to Greek to the open the commercial riv­ ownership the . Greek Maritime alries which have been submerg­ Union now has, for the first time ed by the necessities of war—but in its history, two completely never eliminated. unionized vessels. This was made possible by the recent af­ Vickery was concerned over* firmation in England of a collec­ the fact that Britain is concen­ tive agreement between the trating on larger, faster commer-^ union and the Greek Government cial ships while the United and shipowners. State.s has been building Liberty The Amerike, as the ship ships which will hardly be able WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. — A henceforth will be known, is the to compete with other maritime maintenance of union member­ second of two such vessels turn­ nations after the war. While the ship provision ordered by the ed oyer to the Greeks for opera­ British produced ships are in the National War Labor Board is ef­ tion for the duration of the war category of "competitive ships," fective only for the duration of under lend-lease agreements. The the Admiral said, "the American a union contract and, if ordered first was the DeWitt Hyde, which overall shipbuilding program renewed by the board must con­ was renamed the HeUas. was so much greater that we are tain a 15-day "escape" clause, un­ producing about ten times as EQUALITY IS GOAL der present WLB policy, accord­ many ships as the British—even ing to an opinion by William E. Commenting on the acquisition of the 'competitive' type." Simkin, chairman of the WLB of the latest additions to the Shipbuilding Commission, in the Greek Merchant Marine, Petros Vickery pointed out that as a first case before the National Spiridacos, s e c r e tary of the result of this shipbuilding record, Board or the Shipbuilding Com­ Greek Maritime Union said that England after the war would be mission in which the issue was the new collective agreement unable to maintain the suprem­ marked the first real step made acy of the .merchant sea" lanes raised. The commission, in an order by his union toward achieving which she previously held, and released Monday, granted the equality with the seamen of the slie would find it "advisable" to request of the Federal Ship­ other United Nations. He as­ cooperate with the United States. building & Drydock Co. that pro­ serted that he looked forward to Vickery was asked by report­ visions be made in the contract great improvement in wages and ers how it was that England con­ with the Industrial Union of working conditions for Greek tinued to build merchant ships in Marine and Shipbuilding Work­ seamen. face of a recently announced ers (CIO) for a 15-day period in "The Greek seamen," he de­ agreement between President which members of the union clared, "have been right in the Roosevelt and Prime Minister may resign if they do not wish thick of things in this war. Dur­ Churchill that England would to remain in the union for dura­ ing the past three years Greek produce warships with the build­ shipping losses in enemy action tion of the contract. ing of merchant ships left to the Labor members of the com­ have exceeded 1,500,000 tons. United States. mission dissented. The union had With this loss over 4,000 Greek "I'd better skip that," he said. requested that a union shop seamen have given up their clause be substituted for the lives. ^ maintenance of membership pro­ "Though nearly one-fifth of Seamen's Institute the total number of Greek sea­ vision. Opened In Etrooklyri men have been lost, we stiU have more than 10,000 who continue Bishop Thomas E. Molloy of to serve aboard Greek ships and Brooklyn dedicated yesterday af­ the vessels of the Allied nations. ternoon the new $250,000 Cath­ olic Seamen's Institute of Brook­ ENORMOUS LOSSES lyn, Hicks and Rapelye Streets, RECOUNTED "The Liberty ships we have a non-sectarian recreation center received are a welcome addition for men of the merchant marine. B. B. Parson to the replacements from Great Five thousands persons crowded Gilbert T. Arnetl upstair Britain, but they are by no means the auditorium, filled L. W. Beeby—No. 3167 rooms where loudspeakers had enough to make good even a E. J. Noonan—TO 1232 been installed and gathered in small percentage of the" terrific the street. James Reaves—^No. 22983 losses sustained by the Greek Bishop Molloy paid tribute in Joe H. Boyle merchant fleet. Today, after three his speech to the late Rev. AlI. Rodriguez—^TC 149 years of war, we have only about phonse Rickert, who founded the seventy ships, representing some institute in 1936, and to Rev. Keep In Touch With 500,000 tons, out of a pre-war to­ William Farrell, port chaplain Your Local Draft Board. tal of over 500 vessels. and institute director. Mgr. James H. Griffiths, vice chancellor of the Brooklyn Dio­ ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR cese, in his address, praised "the WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 20th TO 25th unsung heroes of the deep—the men of the merchant marine" DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL Mgr. Richard B. McHugh pre­ sided. SHIPPED 340 272 291 903 Two Union Ships For The Greeks Communities Plan To Limit Union Honor Merchantmen Maintenance WASHINGTON -Governors are pledging wholehearted support to an appeal by Admiral Emory S. Land, War Shipping Adminis­ trator, to give merchant seamen a place of equality with other members of the armed forces on town and community honor roUs. Admiral Land made his appeal in personal letters to Governors of the 48 States and to Governor Generals of United States Terri­ tories and Possessions as a result of a fiood of letters from famil­ ies and friends of merchant sea­ men who said that in many com­ munities they were not counted among the Nation's war heroes. Land pointed out that Congress has officially recognized the out­ standing services. of these men . by providing medals for distin­ guished service and other honor awards. He also called attention to a declaration by President Roosevelt that the work of our merchant seamen is just as vital to our ultimate victory as that of the men in the armed forces. That their's is a most dangerous job. Admiral Land declared, is attested by the grim toll of their lost and injured. DUTCH SEAMEN'S UNION OPENS NEW WEST COAST OFFICE Following a tour of the West Coast, Peter J. Vandcnbcrgo, .-.ccretary of the American section of the Dutch Central Transport, Workers' Federation, has report­ ed that the union's new office in San Francisco is speeding up shipping and furnishing neces­ sary manpower to merchant ships sailing under the Dutch flag. The Dutch union is an affiliate of the International Transport Workers' Federation. Growing Netherlands shipping activities in the Pacific necessit­ ated the establishment of new quarters, Vandenberge said. The Netherlands labor official also said that the training school for able-bodied seamen conduct­ ed by the SUP has met with considerable success in San Fran­ cisco. * SIU Prisoner Of War Receives Our Correspondence Brother John Monteverde is someplace in Nazi Germany, a prisoner of war. His ship was torpedoed last year and he was fished out of the water by the Germans and taken to the land of "Supermen." Several months ago he wrote to the union de­ manding to know some details concerning overtime in our agreements. The prison camp didn't stop him fr^m thinking of union problems and conditions. John Hawk sent him a reply, giving what details were possible under the circumstances, and this week a second letter came from Monteverde. Here it is: Dear BrothoK Hawk: Received your letter today and was glad to hear from you. All of us here are Am­ ericans and seem to be en­ joying good health and are sure we won't be here much longer. We were also glad to hear that everything is go­ ing good back there in re­ gard to our agreements. I am personally glad to know that you are keeping my rec­ ords up to date so that I can square away after the war. All members here join me in wishing everyone lots of luck. Well, this is about all I can think of now so I'll close. Hoping to hear from you as often as possible, I remain, John Monteverde, Prisoner of War No. 2998 P.S. Best regards to Charlie Waid if you see him. What Is a SCAB? 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Title A name given to the resource October 15, 1943 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. V, No. 28 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: AMERICAN LABOR FACES SLAVERY BE KIND TO WAR PROFITEERS DEPARTMENT TEN ALLIED SHIPS LOST TO U-BOATS ROBIN LINE SHIP REVEALED AS A SUPER-BELLY ROBBER IT'S MORE ICE FOR LABOR FREEZE AN APOLOGY TEXAS JAILS LABOR LEADER WHEN HE TALKS OF UNION SIU AND TANKER MEMBERS ON WEST COAST ADMIRAL REVEALS BRITISH-AMERICAN SHIP RIVALRY NAZI PRISONERS USED IN ATTEMPT TO BREAK DOWN SHORESIDE UNION TWO UNION SHIPS FOR THE GREEKS COMMUNITIES PLAN TO HONOR MERCHANTMEN SIU PRISONER OF WAR RECEIVES OUR CORRESPONDENCE LIMIT UNION MAINTENANCE DUTCH SEAMEN'S UNION OPENS NEW WEST COAST OFFICE SEAMEN'S INSTITUTE OPENED IN BROOKLYN Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/15/1943 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1943 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/960101bf0061176a71334b31c7e47d72.PDF ff4532ca7af20e2f3ea10102d5ffcde1 PDF Text Text Joo OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULP DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL X7NI0N OF NORTH AMERICA VOL. V. 217 NEW YpRK. N. Y„ FRIDAY. OCTOBER 1. 1943 No. 27 Two More Weeks Left To File Nominations For Office U-BOATS BACK IN ATLANTIC October 15 is the deadline for nomination for Atlantic and Gulf District office for 1944. By that date each candidate must have in the office of the Sec­ retary-Treasurer a written notice of intention to run. Any notifications post­ marked after midnight of October 1S will be rejected and the candidate will not be qualified to run on the official ballot. This rule is laid down by the union con­ stitution and no exceptions can be made to it. Allied convoys in the North Atlantic are again being attacked by submarine wolf packs. This was officially con­ firmed this week by the Royal Canadian Air Force which recently conducted a two-day running battle with the raiders. The submarines engaged by the Canadian flyers At branch meetings during the past two weeks many brothers have had their names placed in nomination for various offices up and down the coast. These nominations are- not final. Only written notification to the Secretary-Treasurer, accompanied by the proof of qualification for office, is binding and official. Follow Up Your Beefs All candidates should send their notification by registered mail and should include, not only formal notification of candidacy, but also discharges proving the three years sea service as required by the constitution. Candidates for Agent, or Joint Patrolman can have the thj-ee years in any department. Candidates for departmental patrolmen must have three years in the indicated department. Sea time is computed only on merchant ships. And finally, remember that the constitution requires that all candidates be in continuous good standing for six months prior to date of nomination. If you have been in arrears during the past six months, save your and the union's time and don't file for office. AFL Plans Political Action; Post War Problems Discussed WASHINGTON, D, C. — AFL President William Green issued a nation-wide call to all affiliated organiza­ tions to get busy at once with plans for political action in this year's and next year's elections. Mr. Green c nphasized. that many members of Con­ gress and State Legislatures who^ voted for anti-labor, measures wiU be candidates for re-election and should be defeated regard­ less of their political affiliations. "I am, therefore, addressing to you this official communication calling upon all officers and members of the American Feder­ ation of Labor to begin.prepara­ tions for the political campaigns oft this" year.^and next year as well," Mr. Green wrote. "The full political strength of labor should be mobilized and united in support of candidates regard­ less of political affiliations who are sympathetic and friendly to labor and in opposition to those who have shown themselves to be our enemies and who are un^ sympathetic to labor's legislative and economic policies. We posi­ tively can defeat our enemies and elect our friends if we mobilize 'and unite labor's full political ments for voting. T.et all our strength. We can do this if we membership and its friends reg­ will. The responsibility lies with ister where registration is requir­ us. Let us meet this responsibil­ ed for participation in elections ity, discharge our duties and pro­ and meet any other legal quali­ tect our membership against in­ fications provided for in our elec­ justice by defeating our enemies tion laws in order to vote. I sug­ and electing our friends to public gest that committees be appoint­ ed by central bodies and local or­ office. "In order to accomplish this ganizations for the express pur­ result, the Executive Council di­ pose of seeing to it that every rected me to call upon all mem­ member registers and qualifies bers of the American Federation for voting and that all members of Labor to qualify to vote in the go to the polls and vote. general election by meeting fully "In addition I respectfully sugthe primary and election require{Continued on Page 4) BOSTON—As the representa­ tives of six million American workers gathered here in the lobby of the Statler Hotel await­ ing the convention opening, the consensus of opinion was that the American Federation of Labor and its affiliated unions are now at peak strength. The chief issues disturbing the labor leaders were the failure of the Government to keep the cost of living down to the levels at which wages have been stabiliz­ ed and the alarming effects of various manpower controls put {Continued on Pane 4) ' were equipped with heavy antiaircraft armament and chose to stay on the surface and fight it out with the planes rather than dive. It is important that all crews follow carefully the progress of their overtime beefs after they get in port and hand the beefs over to the Agents and Patrol­ men. Keep in touch with the Agent and watch the- LOG so that you can collect the minute the beef is settled. There have been a number of cases where men give a beef to a patrolman, then disap­ pear into a gin mill for the pe­ riod of their shore time and ship out without ever checking on what was being done to settle the beef. Then, after a six or eight month trip these guys blow into port and demand to know what happened and why didn't they get their disputed overtime. Agents, and Patrolmen in the majority of SIU ports are greatly overworked and it is physically impossible to go around and lead each crew member by the hand to the paymaster. If the Agent wins the beef and then posts the notice for all to see, it is up to the men to go and collect it . . . and promptly! There are very few cases where the overtime isn't straightened out within the period of shore time alloted to the crew. Collect your overtime before you ship out again. Cooperate with your officials and you'll receive better repre­ sentation. Bosses And Brass Hats Push Compulsory Labor The Austin-Wadsworth "Slave Labor Bill" continued to be urged upon Congress this week, in spite of publica­ tion in the Congressional Record of statistics disproving the alleged need for such a bill. The employer and brass hat sponsors of the bill reveal more openly with each passing week that they view the measure^ as necessary to their union bust­ shortage was, in reality, a crisis of poor planning on the part of ing plans. management. Artificially created Contradicting the phoney fig­ production bottle necks, and poor ures on labor shortages which use of existing labor constitute had priviously been released by the real problems — problems Congressional stooges of big which will not be corrected by business, the Congressional Rec­ enslaving labor. ord carried the hitherto suppress­ Labor spokesmen have repeat­ ed testimony of Bernard Baruch before the Senate Military Af­ edly pointed out that what dis­ fairs Committee, as weU as tes­ location of labor supply exists timony given by James S. Pat- could be easily corrected if man­ ton, President of the National agement would pay decent wages Farmers Union. Baruch testified and provide housing and trans­ that the so-called manpower portation. LARGE GUNS When the subs disappeared from the sea last spring the gen­ eral opinion was that planes had made it too hot for them and that when they returned they would be fitted with anti-aircraft guns. This prediction seems now to have been born out. It appears from the RCAF report, however, that the subs are fitted with larger guns than was expected. The RCAF admitted that planes returned to their bases "fuU of flak holes through wings, tail and fuselage." No claims were made of sinking any subs. The Canadian planes were pro­ tecting a convoy headed from the United States to Europe and containing SIU ships. No report has yet been received concern­ ing the fate of the merchant ships. . SUMMER RECORD Thus ends the summer lull in merchant ship sinkings, a lull which lasted from May through August, and during which 4,000 Allied ships were convoyed across the Atlantic with a loss of less than one-half of one percent. The engagement between th* Canadian planes and the sub^ does not necessarily mean that fi full scale under-water offensivft is about to be launched against our ships, but it does show that the summer absence of subs in the Atlantic was not" due to any liquidation of the Nazi fleet. Rather, it was due to voluntary withdrawal of the subs in. order to prepare them for battle witk the planes. SACRIFICES AHEAD Rear Admiral Francis S. Low, director of the U. S. Navy's op­ erations against the subs, said over the radio this week that the German navy was demoralized and that the Nazis had been forced to draft U-boat crews. The low morale reported by the Ad­ miral may be true, but it still looks as if America's merchant seamen are due for more bloody struggles in getting their cargoes through to the fighting fronts. In Memoriam BROTHER Matthew B. McEttrick (Cook) Born April 22, 1889. Died in Algiers, August, 1943. .il - il I'. IJ; ! ,L- . �t THE l»age Two SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with tJje American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAVK ------- Secy-Treas, p. O. BOK 21, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 Jth Street, N. W., "Washington, D. C. • • w Directory of Branches BRANCH ADDRESS PHONE NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOwling Green 9-3437 BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Cay St Calvert 4539 PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St ...Lombard 765 1 NORFOLK....Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 NEW ORLEANS (16) ..309 Chartres St Canal 3336 SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St Savannah 3-1728 TAMPA 423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 MOBILE 55 So. Conception St Dial 2-1392 PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon Puerto de Tierra GALVESTON 219 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 FT. LAUDERDALE 2021 S. Federal Highway... Ft. Lauderdale 1601 PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City BOwling Green 9-8346 UNIONS VS. MILITARY What with Coast Guard hearing officers, brass hat port commanders, gun crew Ensigns and Washington swivil chair generals, the seamen have come to think that mari­ time labor is the sole object of the military's anti-union of­ fensive. But it's not true. We may bear more than our share of army and navy anti-labor attacks, but shoreside workers are also receiving a dose of it. Take the recent case of plant guards at the Johnsville, Pa., plant of Brewster Aircraft. These guards were mem­ bers of Local 365 of the United AutomoHle Workers, CIO. The Coast Guard moved in and said that the guards would have to join the Coast Guard Reserve for the duration of the war. The Coast Guard gave assurances that the men could resign from the Reserve when they wanted to, and that t^eir rights as union men would not be compromised. The Union gave the men permission to join the Reserve. And then it started! Once the guards were under the authority of the mil­ itary, their received a kicking around. Their seniority rights were violated and the company management joined with the Coast Guard in provocations designed to under­ mine the union contract. (Sounds like it happened at sea, doesn't it?) The upshot of the thing was that the union called a strike, the strike was broken, and the plant guards who believed in and practised unionism and democracy, were jtbrown in prison. And now comes the final chapter. On Sept. 27 Assist­ ant Secretary of the Navy, Ralph A. Bard, announced that henceforth all plant guards would receive "thorough in­ doctrination into the laws" of the Navy so that there would be no question as to where they owed their "allegiance and responsibility." In other words, the Navy will attempt to change the guards from union men to finks who will club down their brothers upon the order of a jerk Ensign. Their "allegiance and responsibility" will not be to their fellow workers and the economic and political democracy they are at­ tempting to win, but to labor haters who cover their re­ action with the uniform of their country. Obviously the Navy has the authority and strength to enforce its program. But it will take more than a show of gold braid to make union men think as finks—^however they may be forced to act. And there is a new day coming. A (lay when the auto workers and the. seamen and all the other workers who during the past few years have been provoked and humiliated by their enemies, will settle the «core and bring the finks and scab herders to heel. . u-y, _>y.^:.'irr,»,rt • SEAFARERS LOG Friday, Odiober 1, lt43 Rail Workers Are Merchant Seamen Artists Double Crossed On To Show Work- In Exhibit Pay Increase Issue NEW YORK — Merchant sea­ extent of their range in the men have been invited to submit painters' field, and provoked, WASHINGTON, Sept. 28—The original oil paintings, water-col­ very favorable comment from White House announced today ors, pencil and charcoal sketches many high-ranking artists. Thia that a railroad emergency board, to the second annual art exhib­ new exhibition therefore becomes by a vote of 2 to 1, had recom­ ition of merchant mariners of the the instrument of «xpressing one mended that 300,000 transporta­ "United Nations opening Novem­ of their interests apart from the tion employes in train and en­ ber 28, 1943, at the Corcoran Gal­ sea." ' gine service receive a wage in­ lery of Art, Washington, D.C. crease of 4 cents an hour or 32 <5ash awards, totalling $600, All pictures, Mrs. Peterson cents a day, instead of 30 per will be made as follows: First added, must have a label pasted cent or $3 a day as they had de­ Prize, $250; Second Prize, $150; on the back, giving the artist's name and address; his agent, if manded. Third Prize $100, and Five Hon­ any; his rank; his length of ser­ The recommendation precipit­ orable Mentions, $20 each. ated an immediate crisis in the Honorary sponsors include Mrs. vice at sea; how he became in­ railroad industry, as spokesmen Franklin D. Roosevelt; Arthur terested in art; what his training for the five unions affected at­ W. Page, vice-president of the was; his future painting plans; tacked the award, declaring that American Telephone and Tele­ the name of his picture; and itg price if it is for sale. it would be rejected unanimous­ graph Company; Colonel David ly. Sai-noff, president of the Radio A seaman may enter as many Although the three members of Corporation of America, and pictures as he chooses.- All pic­ the board agreed that the em­ Consuls of the United Nations. It tures must be submitted, how­ ployes had made out a strong is expected there will be many ever, before October 30, 1943, and case for a wage increase to cor­ entrants from foreign countries, sent to the Art Exhibition, USS rect gross inequalities and to aid as well as from all parts of the Andrew Furuseth Club, 30 East 37th Street, New York City. in the effective prosecution of the United States. war, they split on the application "Seamen, not generally re­ The first exhibition of paint­ of this conclusion to the case. garded as artists, to most people ings by seamen was held by The majority felt that , under represent the men who carry the United Seamen's Service last Feb^ the limitations of the wage sta­ vital sinews of war to the fight­ ruary at the Hall of Art, New bilization program they could ing armies,", it was stated by York City; 110 works were hung not grant more than permitted Mrs. Isabel Peterson, director of by 28 artists, 20 of whom were under the "Little Steel" formula. recreation at the USS Andrew at sea delivering war goods on The dissenting member opposed Furuseth Club in New York, February 1, the day the exhibit this as a narrow interpretation of who has charge of the- exhibit. opened. Art critics had high the board's authority, saying the "But they also represent men praise for many of the works, employes were entitled to a lA who have the same interests and some of which were sold by the per cent wage increase, but hobbies as people in other walks artist to visitors for substantial should receive at least IVz per of life. Last year's USS art ex­ sums. The first prize winner was cent for "gross inequity," or 6.75 hibition for seamen proved the SlU Seaman Ben Rosen. cents an hour. . UNITED PROTEST PLANNED General chairmen of the five operating unions on all the coun­ try's railroads will be convened within ten days to take action on the recommendation, now pend­ ing before Fred M. "Vinson, Eco­ nomic Stabilization Director, for final decision. Since Mr. Vinson had previous­ The brothers returning from a voyage in the Mediterranean! ly rejected an award of 8 cents claim that torpedo planes are a menace there. The papers are full an hour made by .another emer­ of reports about wolf packs being on the hunt for convoys. So the gency board to the 1,000,000 nonboys won't get much sleep aboard those LIBERTYS from now on. operating employes, it was learn­ The slightest noise at night will awaken the boys from their sleep ed today that these organizations without ringing an alarm. So fellows, keep a sharp lookout, an<i would make common cause and hope you have a safe voyage. present a united front in an ef­ AAA fort to upset the two rulings. Baldy gets married on October 5th to Kay Towers, a registered One of the outspoken pro­ nouncements of the decision was nurse, and Tommy Thomson is going to be his best man. Baldy made by David B. Robertson, met the girl through Tommy,, so he's going to make sure he let's grand chief of the Brotherhood Tommy smell the cork, so he won't think he is the best man in of Locomotive Firemen and En- reality. "We hope Kay and Baldy have many happy days together, ginemen. AAA "Coming on the heels of the Talking about marriages, Walter (Slug) Seikmann got married oversubscription of the recent recently when he was forced to stay ashore by the Coast Guard. He war loan quota by railroad em­ spent his honeymoon in New Oileans. Many of our members are ployes, the report and reconi- sailing as licensed officers. Ancy Ackerman is sailing as a 2nd mendation of the femergency Mate and Hofert is a 3rd Assistant. Mike Walsh made a trip as 3rd board on the wage demands of Mate on the STEELORE, and he must like it as we haven't seen the transportation employes is hipti around the Hall since then. William Lally is in an Army Camp an insult to their intelligence," on the "West Coast. Blackey Medford and Carl Rogers are around {Continued on Page 4) New York quite often. Tony McMunn whose friends were worried about him, paid off in Philadelphia Recently. AAA Elections will soon be here and we wonder how many of these "militant" brothers will run for office this year. Each year yo'i., ANTONIO MERCARDO ....$12,00 hear the brothers gpeak about how many new men are going to 8.00 J. H. LINDSEY 6.00 run for office and what changes they're going to make when they BOSTON get into office. The elections come and go and you find out after 5.00 C. SICKLER 4.00 it's all over that the same group of men, with one or two excep- '' E. ANDERS S... 3.00 tions, are the ones elected to office. Baltimore makes resolutions S. S. DELRIO 2.00 why the officers should go to sea every six months. Here's a chance JOHN MEDVISKY 2.00 for those brothers to get elected and thus force the present incum­ V. MARANO 2.00 bents to go to sea. Come on you beefers, get your credentials into A. M. HANDS 2.0C Headquarters and make a real fight for the various Agent and Pa­ H. KIRCHSTEIN 1.00 trolmen's jobs. D.LAWRENCE . A A A 1.00 W. McCRERREY ... Oscar Grimes had a funny experience. He was in the Bush Ter­ 1.00 W. HARDEMAN 1.00 minal Building on 42nd Street, in the Reception Room, when two J. KANE 1.00 men came in and mugged him out of $575. Fred Stover got hit by K. C. PITCHER 1.00 a block while aboard a ship and had to have three stitches. "Hop H. C. ROCK Along" Cassidy amuses the boys in the Alhambra when he tells . $52.00 them that he has to report on the ship at midnight. - TOTAL' Out of the Focs^l by y. jc. Honor Roll N,-' ••.....JA/ --J �,--,3PV Friday, October 1, 1943 THE LIBERTY SHIP ANNIVERSARY shipyards will have delivered a greater deadweight tonnage of new ships than that of the com­ bined pre-Pearl Harbor merchant fleets of Great Britain, United States, Germany, Japan, and Nor­ way. There appears to be no doubt that the fifty-million-goal will be reached with time to spare. Shipbuilders reached an average of better than five de­ livered ships a day in, April 1943 and have continued about that average. Deliveries in 1943 alone will total approximately 20,000,BUILDING RECORD 000 deadweight tons and that tonnage can be equalled or sur­ Two years ago some 200,000 passed in 1944. workers were employed in about 100 ways and in the shops of ^bout 21 yards. Today approx­ imately 750,000 workers are turn­ ing out ships in more than 300 ways in approximately 70 ship­ yards. The ways today are ac­ Following Brothers have money tually the end stations of a mas­ coming from the Bull Line. Col­ sive assembly line involving 1200 lect at New York office: factories in 35 states. FRANK SWIFT The wartime shipbuilding pro­ gram calls for the production of DEBERT SHIELDS 50,000,000 deadweight tons of FRED LEV^"^ ships by the end of 1944. This BET^ ^ ROLAND means that from the time the OTTO PETERSEN PATRICK HENRY was launched C. MOWITZ until the end of 1944, American In the two years Unce the first Liberty Ship, the PATRICK HENRY, was launched, the Uni­ ted States has accomplished the greatest shipbuilding feat in tvorld history. It took 151 days to coinplete the PATRICK HENRY after her keel was laid, and she was one of only three ships completed that month. IDuring this September 116 ships will be delivered with an average delivery time of 45 days from the laying of iheir keels. MONEY DUE SEAFARERSLOG Page Three ' WHArS DOING Around the Ports GALVESTON Shipping has been good in Texas ports for the past three weeks. I have shipped aU the members that I could get a hold of. Had to issue 19 trip cards last week for two new ships out of the Houston yards. Have a ship for the Bull Line the end of the month, also one for the Range Line the tenth of October. So, if you want to ship in a hurry get on down here to Galveston. The hurricanes are all over. We had one here again, last Thursday and Friday, no damage done. The USS is passing out money to the wine heads, on the strength of shipping out and pay­ ing them back. In fact, some of the characters hanging on the curb outside of the USS, waiting in line to get the dough, makes you think of a Bowery Mission. The - wiU have the formal open''9th of September, no one will be there but the NMU and Lykes Bros. S. S. Co. to rep­ resent the poor seamen. Where in the hell were these generous dispencers of easy money when the seamen really needed help? We were the scum of the earth then. No up-town society, or charity outfit was even interest­ ed in you. Your only friend in need v/as the eating house, and the gin mill on the waterfront, also the flop house. The ship­ owner did not help you or cared a damn if you ate or had a place to sleep. Through union strength we come into our own, we are mak­ ing more money now than ever before. The charity fakers, chislers of easy jobs, welfare work­ ers and the shipowner got to­ gether—"We must do something for the poor seamen, we can get this easy money from the public by the heroic deeds that the sea­ man is performing. We will start up hotels, paying big salaries to you people who are put in charge of them." "After the war the RMO and the shipowner will do their best to break up the union, cut wages so low that the seamen will have to come to the USS to eat at sleep. We wiU have to do our utmost to get the men to work on the ships. If he won't sail he cannot come into the USS and we will have to give the ship­ owner all the help that he needs to keep his ships rimning. Did he not give us these easy jobs, big pay? He donated to keep the USS ruiming, but he charged it up to expenses and Uncle Sam paid for hk donation." Be on your guard. After the war the USS will be used by the RMO and the shipowner for a scab herding outfit. Keep on the good side of the small eating joint, gin mill and flop house on the waterfront. You will need them all after the war is over. E. R. WALLACE. Agent TAMPA Shipping for this port is veryslow although we do get a few calls from Savannah and that helps the situation some. Quite a few of the Tampa boys are coming in every week or so after having made long trips and from what they say things are not as bad as they once were be­ fore the submarine situation was put under control. Blackberry Evans has accepted a second as­ sistant job on one of the Bull Liners in the longhorn state. He left by boxcar yesterday after­ noon. Believe it or not Admiral Blinkie Roberts has accepted a position with the McCloskys Ship yard. I am sure that he will stay with them for the first payday anyway. Well, the time has come for the nomination of the officials for the coming year. I have heard so damn many growls and beefing about the officials that are in office now, I am getting grey headed. For the benefit of those that do the most growling and the least work for the union's benefit, they will now have a chance to nominate some one for office that will suit them. And furthermore, I would like to see some of those birds run for of­ fice in order that they may see what an official has to contend with . They don't realize that an or­ dinary seaman with no experi­ ence of any kind will make more money than even the SecretaryTreasurer and we don't have a chance for a raise in pay. When the living conditions goes up we have to pay just the same.- It is damn hard to live ashore on $60.00 per week and more so when you have a family to take care of. Oh well, things will ad­ just themselves in the long run I suppose. You brothers who have made a long trip and want a vacation, come on down to Tampa where the climate is nice and warm and the gals hot and beer is cold. The fishing is good, as Brother Steely White can tell you. He has been very successful with the organizing of the fishermen so far. Everything is going smooth and they are all working again with a better price for their catches. D. L. PARKER, Agen| 1 .i,. - v.: CI • �THE Page Four SEAFA RE R S '^•; Friday. October 1, 1943 LOG AFL Plans Political Action; ^Jtom. JhsL 3fab&i, (pAMA. — Why Some Workers Are "Against" Unions Post War Problems Discussed Many workers who think that they are "against" unions believe that they came to that conclusion all by themselves. Very few workers realize that among all the weapons which employers use against unions, one of the strongest is a subtle manipula­ tion of public opinion. If they can persuade their workers to fight the union for them, then their battle is won. AFL POLITICAL DELEGATES ARE CONCERNED ACTION PLANNED WITH PEACE EMPLOYMENT which are now being challenged {Continufi from Page 1) in the courts. into effect by the Government. A growing demand was openly For the first time since the war expressed for prompt and decis­ began, interest was being dis­ ive action by the Government to played by the delegates in post­ bring prices of the necessities of war plans. Reflecting the assur­ life back into equitable relation­ ance that eventual victory for ship with the wage income of the United Nations is now cer­ workers. A tthe same time, op­ tain, the delegates voiced deep­ position to any form of compul­ ening concern over the effects of sory labor draft was gathering peace upon industrial activity. , From their conversations, it momentum. These and many other vital can be said that the union repre­ national issues of particular in­ sentatives believe the only way terest to labor will be presented to avert a major depression with to the convention, debated, and serious unemployment after the voted upon. The policies decided war is to prepare now for a largeupon by the convention will scale peacetime production pro­ guide the American Federation gram which can be put into op­ of Labor during the coming year. eration as soon as the fighting The fact that the Connally- ends. Most of the delegates arrived Smith Act has been thoroughly discredited during its brief pe­ early in Boston to attend the de­ riod of existence provided cheer­ partmental conventions- which ing news for the convention, serve as a prelude for the AFL's which will unquestionably de­ annual conclave. Unusually large mand that Congress repeal this attendance was reported at the vicious anti-labor law at once. meetings of the AFL Metal Strong disapproval was express­ Trades Building Trades and ed of the effects of anti-labor Union Label Trades annual meet­ laws adopted in several States, ings. RAIL WORKERS ARE DOUBLE CROSSED ON PAY INCREASE {Continued from Page 2) Mr. Robertson said. "I predict that it is the straw that will break the back of the unfair and inequitable wages and prices camel of the Government. "We will arrange to convene the general chairmen of our brotherhood on all the railroads of the country to refer this unfair recommendation to thwn for consideration." T. C. Cashen, president of the Switchmen's Union of North Am­ erica, said the award was "an insult" and would be rejected. H. W. Fraser, president of the Order of Railway Conductors, Said that it was "unsatisfactory fn every sense of the word." Alvanley Johnston, president of the Brotherhood of Locomo­ tive Engineers, said: "I am very much disappointed In the recommendation. It did not even come within, the 'Little _ Steel' formula. The men will no doubt be very dissatisfied." A. F. Whitney, . president of the Brotherhood o f Railway Trainmen, declared that the em­ ergency board "permitted itself to exercise no judgment but frankly arrived at a figure me­ chanically," so that the efforts and money expended by the brotherhoods to present a com­ prehensive view of the issue were wasted. Ife- "The board might just as well have availed itself of easily ob­ tainable statistics as to have gone through the farce of hold­ ing extensive public hearings," he said. 'J;> Keep In Touch With Your Local Draft Board, {Continued from Page 1) gest that the records of Members of Congress and of State legisla­ tures which show the way they voted in favor of anti-labor legis­ lation or against it, be examined and studied. Candidates for elec­ tion to Congress and state legis­ latures should be called upon to state in positive terms their at­ titude toward labor, labor's leg­ islative policies and labor legis­ lation. Let us in this way pre­ pare now for the great political battles of 1943 and 1944. Through such preparation we cannot fail to win decisive victories for la­ bor." L. W. Beeby—No. 3167 E. J. Nooaan-™.TC 1232 James Reaves—^No. 22963 Joe H. Boyle I. Rodriguez—^TC 149 The 13th Street Commandos We're the 13th Street Commandos, The blood lusts in our eyes; For the sake of Dugashvilli We shout, let's do and die. Our fierce yells for a 2nd front Are heard on every side. Wherever we find a soapbox Or with an inkpot bide. A ^ _ WHEN WORKERS WANT IT —THEY GET IT! Company union and lockout are methods which are more out in the open. These are so openly ' abusive in their intent that they are pretty easily identified be­ fore the National Labor Relations Board. Yet workers usually find that their worst enemy in the shop is themselves. The hard step is finding out the facts and then having the courage to go all out for the union. Once that happens, the boss might as well throw all his tricks out the window. When workers really want union, then nothing can stop them! —The Advance -^fXSCVtfiis Rollback Looks Like "Goldbrick" " In Union Halls which wie control Great is our hue and cry. With expulsion facing all members Who dare to question — WHY? > ' Earl Browder, Foster, Minor— These are our Chiefs of Staff, Superiors of Allied Generals And don't y< u dare to laugh. ' And Curran, Stein and Meyers, These top the Navy too; These are our Maritime braintrust And don't you dare say—^phew. From an easy chair they see it all, We know our Soviet need, And the orders from Stalin's grapevine Must see us act with speed. - B. HAMALIAN Your papers are in headquart­ ers office. PATRICK SULLIVAN Your discharges are in head­ quarters office. JACOB DAGART, Jr. Your receipts are in headquar­ ters office. LESLEY TAYLOR Issac McCants has left money for you in the office of the New York Agent. * » » STANLEY R. YODRIS " Get in touch with Richard M. Cantor, 51 Chambers Street, New York City; • a-, When ships go down, it don't hurt us. We just unroll our map And talk another rousing fight. Or go to tea — mayhap. • • Workers who may have ta­ ken at face value ah O.P.A. promise to roll back the cost of living by 2.3 per cent are going to be ''sadly disappointed. Chester Bowles, O.P.A. gen­ eral manager, said the cutback would be achieved by reduc­ ing prices on apples, onions, potatoes, oranges, lard, short­ ening and peanut butter. Labor research men analy­ zed his figures and the result was an eye-opener. Boris Shishkin, A. F. of L. econo­ mist, concluded the announced reductions wouldn't roll back living costs more than 1 per cent. The O.P.A. program rolls back the cost of living index faster than it rolls back the cost of living. ARIE L. PRONK Your wallet and Coast Guard pass is at the office of the Secretciry-Treasurer in New York. • * * VICENTE VILLACION EARL GILMAN Your social security card and You have a telegram in the of­ union book have been found. Call fice of the Secretary-Treasurer in for them at Room 213, 2 Stone New York City. Street, New York City. » » » IRVING PAULSON WILLIAM ASKSON Communicate with Richard M. Your book and papofs are beCantor, 51 Chambers Street, New ing held for you by the PhiladelYork City. Iphia Shipping Commissioner, But others shall do the fighting. Shall do the sailing too; We must remain at home, well paid To tell you what to do. ,\^ » " ^ ', The workers pay for our efforts. Their dues keep up in trim. Some lose-their lives but we go on And W increase our din. We're the 13th Street Commandos There's blood lust in our eye. But don't suggest that we ship out And don't dare wonder "WHY?" The boss has many other effec­ tive weapons with which to fight the union. Favoritism, for example — the old, smooth formula of "divide and conquer." It has worked just as well for many an anti-union boss as it has for Hitler. If all the workers are competing against each other for the boss'— or the forelady's—good opinion, then that boss and forelady have no need to worry that there will be any talk of union. Intimidation—how subtle, how undercover it can be. Sometimes it consists of nothing more than just a "hard look"—and yet the worker knows very, very well, what is meant by it. Intimida­ tion doesn't have to be put into words to be effective. If you recently joined the union you perhaps can remember back to the old days, before you really knew about unions, when you too were persuaded that there was something "bad" about them. If you try very hard you ought to be able to figure out just where you got the idea that unions were altogether bad. Was it an article in a local paper? Was it a forelady who just show­ ed by her attitude that she had no use for anyone who belonged to a union? Perhaps the boss made a friendly-seeming speech to you sometime in which he just took it for granted that none of the workers in his happy family would ever think of getting mix­ ed up with anything so horrid as a union. Propaganda? Of course — and very often we are surrounded by it and affected by it without ever realizing that it exists. Later on, when your eyes are really open­ ed, it's possible to see how this combination of little things— words and phrases and sentences, sometimes only half-said, ^ies and haK-truths — warped, your „ ' , ' We are the armchair Generals, We are the Admirals too; No sacrifice is too great for us And crimson is our hue. Worn out by strenious labors From shouting, word and pen. We then take our vacations To make us fit again. WHO TOLD YOU SO? opinion. 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Title A name given to the resource October 1, 1943 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. V, No. 27 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: TWO MORE WEEKS LEFT TO FILE NOMINATIONS FOR OFFICE U-BOATS BACK IN THE ATLANTIC FOLLOW UP YOUR BEEFS AFL PLANS POLITICAL ACTION; POST WAR PROBLEMS DISCUSSED BOSSES AND BRASS HATS PUSH COMPULSORY LABOR RAIL WORKERS DOUBLE CROSSED ON PAY INCREASE ISSUE MERCHANT SEAMEN ARTISTS TO SHOW WORK IN EXHIBIT UNIONS VS. MILITARY LIBERTY SHIP ANNIVERSARY AFL PLANS POLITICAL ACTION; POST WAR PROBLEMS DISCUSSED WHY SOME WORKERS ARE "AGAINST" UNIONS THE 13TH STREET COMMANDOS ROLLBACK LOOKS LIKE "GOLDBRICK" Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/1/1943 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1943 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/d5677b233dbdbe99501b03bc460b8343.PDF c6a9fac925f2429bd44655f4b4709be6 PDF Text Text OFFICIAL OBGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTEICT, SEAFASESS' INTEBNATIONAL XTKION OF NORTH AMERICA VOL. V. w NEW YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 24. 1943 PRISONERS OF WAR AND UNIONISM AN EDITORIAL — No. 26 Nominations Open; 1944 Seen As Most Critical Year Yet A second SIU ship arrived in port this past week on which German prisoners of war had been used to do sailor's HISTORIC WORDS work. This ship belonged to the Bull Line and during "The establishment of equal passage from North Africa back to New York, 15 selected prisoners chipped and painted the entire boat deck. Had pay for equal work as the un­ derlying principle in these ne­ the shipowner observed the union contract and used the gotiations is crucial to the crew for this work, it would have been necessary to break continued life of this union." out the watch below and the result would have been 800 —NMD Vice President hours overtime. McKenzie to the ship­ owners in the current In short, the crew is $720 the poorer, the shipowner is contract negotiations. that much to the good, and the German prisoners, their (Translation—If the NMU own unions having been smashed by Hitler and the German doesn't get the same wages bosses, are now being used by the American shipowners in and conditions won by the an attempt to repeat the pattern here. SIU, the rank and file is Annual nominations for officers of the Atlantic and Gulf District of the SIU opened this week and will con­ tinue through the Monday night meeting of Sept. 27. All elective offices — Secretary-Treasurer, Agents and Patrol­ men—will be filled for the year of 1944 in the elections to : •be held during November and I December. High Wage Myth This election may well turn out to be one of the most import­ ant ever held by the union. It is not out of the question for the war to end during 1944, and the union officials then in office will face grave decisions and respon­ sibilities. We all expect a full scale shipowner offensive against our conditions once the war is out of the way, and the incoming officers will no doubt be called upon to lead the most militant actions in defense of our con­ tracts—and even in defense of our very existance as a. trade union. Lockouts and strikes and picket lines are in prospect and the most steadfast and militorrt leadets will be required, membership should bear this in mind, and not conduct nomina­ tions in a routine and half-heart­ ed manner. All the hullabaloo about high wages sounds pretty hollow alongside a shocking report just issued by L. Metcalfe Walling, administrator of the Wag and HornAct. going to leave the union.) This practice of having war prisoners doing seamen's Unbelievable as the figures work and thereby undermining organized labor, is a flag­ seem, about 12,500,000 workers rant violation of the union contracts and a violation of the are employed in industries for Statement of Principle and Policy signed by the Unions and which a minimum wage of 40 cents an hour was established the government in the spring of 1942: We have no inten­ during the year, or for which ap­ tion of standing idly by while the shipowners chisel the plications for wage hikes are contracts in this manner. * * pending. Walling said. By J. K. SHAUGHNESSY Even after the 12,500,000 work­ The sight of the German prisoners on our ships is a ersare given a guaranteed 40•nie most hectic event of the Constant reniinder of what ciri happert to pien wh^n. their cent minimum. Walling asserted, season was_held last Wednesday unions are smashed by the bosses. We* have no intention of evening at the Legion Hall here there will still be many workers letting it happen here. in Fort Lauderdale. The crew of in-other fields being paid less. the S. S. Seatrain New Orleans "Despite a public impression pitched in the works and held that • wartime wages are high," the most successful dance and en­ Walling emphasized, "the War tertainment that has ever been Labor Board has deemed it nec­ As for eligibility for office, the put on, by and for seamen. essary to allow employers, with­ union constitution provides that out specific permission, to raise All merchant seamen and their rates to 40 cents an horn. This any member (who can qualify) friends were invited to attend was done because the board was may nominate himself for office in By A. W. Armstrong and have a good time, and they flooded with requests from em­ the last two meetings in Septem­ Receiving word of mouth tales of the invasions and turned out about two hundred ployers and employes who had ber. He must file written notifi­ strong. There was plenty to eat previously not been paying or re­ cation of nomination, along with the part that the merchant marine is playing. Of course, and proof of qualifications, and this plenty to drink. In fact the at this time it is impossible to tell these tales but when the boys and their friends consumed ceiving this much." must be in the office of the Sec­ Walling recalled that employer war is over there may be some first class reading printed over ten gallons of good Cana­ members on committees named retary-Treasurer not later than October 15. dian Whiskey and Cuban Rum. ill the LOG. I would suggest that all Agents and patrolmen On top of this there was three to consider wages in two large at this time take time to get this^ industries voted almost solidly To be eligible for elective of­ to the door and there is cross- kegs of beer that disappeared first hand information and when against establishing rates "as fice, the candidate must: some place. town service within two blocks. the war is over then we may be Most of the local officials, both high as 40 cents an hour." This 1. Be a citizen of the United I, acting for the union, offered able to compile it in such a fash­ would indicate. Walling said, that States of America. the company the sum of Fifteen city and county, 'were invited, ion that we can hand down a lower rates were still being paid but they thought that this event 2. Be a full member of the real history of our union during thousand^ dollars, subject to the would be a knock down and and that labor could still be ob­ concurance of the membership. SIU, in continuous good standing war time. drag-out affair so their dignity tained for less than 40 cents an for a period of six months imme­ hour. I expect the most interesting A few days latter a counter would not permit them to attend. The principal reason employers diately prior to the date of nom­ proposal was offered by the com­ Much to the surprise of the lo­ ination. news at this time for the mem­ pany, they were asking $19,000. cal dignitaries this turned out to are fighting the 40-cent minimum, bership is the progress being I told them this was out of the be the most well-behaved group it was indicated, is that they 3. If a candidate for Agent or made regarding a hall here in question and that we would for­ of men in the entire city of Fort know when once established the joint phtrolman, have three years New Orleans. To give the mem­ rate will "stand as a bulwark for of sea service in any one of three get the whole thing. After talk­ Lauderdale. bers a short resume, some months both employers and workers departments; if candidate for de­ ing with the city's reality expert ago we started getting a commit­ Even the newspapers gave out against competitive wage slash­ partmental patrolman must have he told me that he thought that tee together to look over various if we would split the * difference with favorable publicity. Which ing in the period of readjustment three years sea service in the de­ buildings. For quite some time we might be able to buy the is something for the press in this after the war when our soldiers partment specified. Sea service we looked at this and that and building. I took this up with the shall mean sea time on merchant come home." {Continued on Page 3) found a couple that would have meeting Monday night and this ships. done, but the members here took 4. Have no record of miscon­ meeting authorized me to offer the attitude that since we were this price in " cash. By paying duct while previously employed going to buy that it would be as an officer of the union. cash for the hall we wpuld save Boston fishermen, victim of OPA price ceilings on fish foolish to buy something that all that six pef cent carrying Think it over brothers. Plenty would not be satisfactory for all catches, will conduct a strike ballot beginning September 29. charge. of storms are blowing up and time. V o at last found this hall Members of the Atlantic Fishermen's Union, SIU, the men Since the meeting I have got a your union deserves the best of­ that has been in the minutes for line on another building in this will vote by crews as they hit the beach throughout the week. ficers. Don't make a nomination the last few weeks. This hall is same district that we are now in. The vote will be taken under the provisions of the Smithlightly and capriciously. Do make located at 1835 Magazine St. It We have looked the building a nomination with a view to Connally Act, and will be supervised by the National Labor is close to the docks but 18 over, and though it is not nearly clearing the decks for action blocks from the heart of town. Relations Board. against the enemy. There is street car service right {Continued on Page 3) Florida Branch Throws Successful Party For Seamen Agent Reports Progress u In Search For SIU Hall STRIKE VOTE! �THE Page Two SEAFARERS LOG Friday. September 24, 1943 ? : SEAFARERS LOG Published by the • •• •- '-'>1 ";l Merchant Seamen Upgrade School Functions Stick To TheirJobs Are Explained By USMS Merchant seamen and officers September 20, 1943 j are Staying on theit jcibs deSfiite Seafarers IriteTriatibnal IJnion " • weather^ eiiemy actiofl, or the 2 Stone Street constant strain of repeated sea New York, N. Y. duty, according to figures releas­ Attention: Mr. Williams ed by Marshall E. Dimock, Assis­ Affiliated with the American Pederation of Labor , tant Deputy Adihihistrator of the Deaf Sir: War Shipping Administration. HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ "President Thank you for your interest in our school. This tfairiing station* Based on figures corhpiled tvas established in order to break the bottleneck of shortages of 110 Market Stf^t, San Francisco, Calif. since March IS, 1943, there has Able Bodied fieameri. Any ordinary eearftari who is an American been an "absenteeiSni'' of leSs citizen With deck time a§ follows is qualified: JOHN HAWR. - - - _ t ^ - $ecy-TttaS, ' ' ^ • than six and one half per cent of p. O. Sox 25, Station P., New York City Six to riihe months require One month training. . ' all officers ahd then einployed by More than nirie months Will receive a maximum of fifteen American iherchailt Ships, the teMATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Reff^ days' training. (Men with ability usually complete this pbrt shows. During that period 424 J th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. training in about six days.) more than 104,000 merchant sea­ • • • men shipped frorii Uriited States Seamen who are graduates of a U, S. Maritime Service ports and only 6,600 of these haVe Directory of Branches Training Station or training ships need only three months failed to re-ship after their initial and will receive the same trairiirig as meri with more than or consequent voyages. The ma-^ PHONE ADDRESS BRANCH nine months. jority of these who did hot go NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOwHng Green 9-3437 The school is operi from fl:45 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., Moriday throUgK BOSTON (lOl 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 back to sea after concluding a BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay St ..Calvert 4539 Saturday. Meri are efirolled as Seameri, first claSs and are paid voyage were prevented from do­ PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St Lombard 765 1 NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 $66.00 per month plus $3.00 per day for subsistence and lodging. ing so because of reasons of NEW ORLEANS (16) ..309 ChaitreS St Canal 3336 Time spent in this course will not count against time ashore undeij SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St... Savannah 3-1728 health. TAMPA ,423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 MOBILE 55 Co. Conception St Dial 2-1392 "Few industries anywhere cari Selective Service Regulations. PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon Puetto de TIerra You, who are connected with the sea can appreciate the immatch the marvelous record of GALVESTON. 219 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 FT. LAUDERDALE. .. .. .2021 S. Federal Highway... Ft. Lauderdale I Ml poftarice of this work. May we request that you send to this station our .merchant searacn," Mr. Di­ all ordinary seamen sailing as AB's and all ordinary seamen With mock said. "It is bfie of which the requisite amount of sea time. Men in other cities should apply the Unions, the companies and the War Shipping Administra­ to the Enfollirig Office, U. S. Maritime Service and their trarisporPUBLICATION OFFICE: tion can be proud. When Ameri­ tatiori will be paid upon erirollment to the Upgrade School in NeW; ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET cans consider the risks these York, New OfleariS of San Francisco which ever is nearest. New York City BOwling Green 9-8346 men take and the conditions un­ Your fullest cooperation is requested and deeply appreciated. ' der which they sail they will xa Very truly yours, fully understand that such a low rate of attrition cari only rriean FRANK A. FLORS. extreme loyalty and courage be­ Ensign, U.S.M.S. yond the line of duty. Officer-in-Charge, (acting) "With each new invasion, with Big Business, brass bats and the government are now each new ship off the ways, the number of men in the Merchant beating the drums for the passage of the Austili-Wads- Marine will have to iricrease," worth labor draft bill. This bill would freeze workers to Mr. Dimock continued. "The Merchant Marine has a job that their jobs (their wages are already frozen) and would give grows in size every day. Sicily the Washington bureaucracy a real strangle hold bn the was double what Africa called for and the pext invasion may very lives of the workers. i call for even more. NEW YORK, N. Y.—ITF— Among the gains secured in This is forced labor based on the fascist pattern. It "There are two ways to get the Step by step the Italian workers the past few weeks is the restor­ are regaining their former rights of shop stewards and union would take from labor the rights won over many y0a.rs of increased persoririel we • heed. and febUildirig the trade union ation representatives in industrial es­ We must trairi men for the eritfy struggle. Under the guise of meeting a war emergency, it ratings arid recruit cxpeHericed movement smashed in nearly tablishments. An agfcemcflt con­ would place in the hands of the government and the men now ashore for the qualified two decades of Fascist rule, the cluded on September 2 betweeli ratings. Both of these are neces­ mairi office of the ihterriational the Ministry of Labor, Brimcj bosses, far reaching powers which they would fight to re­ sary and both are being exten­ Transport Workers' Federation Buozzi acting in behalf of the tain in peace time. sively used. These men ship feports after receipts of confiden­ Italian labor movement and the Association of Italian f Industrial­ again and again because they tial information from Italy. The excuse advanced for passing the bill is the alleged want to, not because there is any The workers' struggle for free­ ists explicitly recognized the res­ manpower shortage and other production bottle necks. To outside power forcing them to. dom centers mainly around the toration of these posts which had iridustrial cities of Milan, Genoa, beeri suppressed by Mussolini in begin with, you can't put 7 million men in uniform and and Turiri, arid not even German 1926 at -the instigation of the still expect a labor surplus. Such labor shortage as exists military occupation force has same Association of Italian In­ is the result of the war and forced labor isn't going to been able to halt the workers' de­ dustrialists. solve it. The employers, though out­ termined attempts to reestablish Galveston $45.66 their former organizations. The wardly conciliatory, evidently As for the other production bottle necks, the majority S.S. Virginia Dare 20.00 period between the dictator's fall hope to save the Corporation and of those are directly due to faulty planning, lack of corre­ S.S. Paft York 20.00 and the surrender of the junior Labor fascist charter out of the lation in letting contracts, allotting raw matetials, manage­ S.S. Walter Ranger i8.go Axis partner to the Allies was collapse of Fascism and with it ment inefficiency and (no small point) graft. Forced labor V. D. Dickerson characterized by a bittea under­ the fascist labor secretaries who 10.00 ground struggle which vented it­ administered the labor provisions can hardly correct these evils. S.S. Rupbert Peckham 8.00 self principally in public demon­ in the interest of the employers. 8.00 strations and stay-in strike.s in The workers are determined . It is undeniable that some areas have more manpower L. White Ij. Duerschiett ^e.oo the factories. Appeals and threats however, to regain the free ex­ of the Badoglio government prov­ ercise of their democratic tights ^J. Mafvey ed equally unsuccessful so that 6.06 labor. But this must be accompanied by the payment of Philadelphia the Badoglio regime was finally and again .become free trade 6.06 compelled to seek ari understand­ unionists, regardless of the hopes living wages, of transportation expenses, provisions for Joseph Minagro D. Wolczanski 6.00 ing with the wofkers and their of Italy's industrialists and finan­ adequate housing, health protection and recreation. J. StarikewicZ 5.60 spokesmen. ciers. SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District The Labor Draft Bill Italian. LaboT Rebuilds Shattered Trade Unions Honor Roll But the Austin-WadsWorth bill does nothing to rem­ edy bad housing, poor eating and starvation wages.' It does nothing but clamp upon labor the muzzle and chain of slavery. In reality the backers of the Austin-Wadsworth bill are less concerned about production schedules than about smashing labor. They see in this war an opportunity to settle accounts with their age old enemies—the American workers. •TiX- • Labor should not be fooled by all the window-dressing designed to make the bill look like a war time measure to increase the flow of arms to the soldiers. It is a 14 karet union busting measure, and should be fought as such. • .... A, L. D. Smith Carlo Colsardo Third Assistant Eng. J. Lassister R. Rae Ev-NMU member X. Bertelson John L. Lloyd Boston J. Voliva M. J. Lyden C. Starke 4.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 2.00 ....... 2.00 . 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 . 2.00 ... LOO TOTAL ....$197.00 KELP CLEAR WITH YOUR DRAFT BOARD By observing the following Simple instructions you will continue to receive deferment from militaty service. Fail to observe these rules and you may tvind up in the army. WHEN SIGNING ON: Give the clerk or skipper all the information necessary to fill out RMO Card No. 47 .(Grebn v Card). WHEN SIGNING OFF; See that Card No. 48 A Is propperly filled out by skipper or clerk. Ship out before your allotted time ashore has ejqiired. If you have not yet filled out the Green Card, contact your draft bukitd diid let them know that you are sailing. �Friday^ September 24/ 1943 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three } sasixi Around The Ports Florida Branch Agent Reports Progress! NORFOLK Throws Successful After this incident orders were chaftged and the ship w'ent up Party For Seamen but the bay tq. Baitimofe to pay off. In Search For SIU Hall {Continued front Page 1) Shipping continues good So until later that will do fo^ now. pay-offs have slowed down some­ Several companies have tried as big as the other one, it will {Continued from Page 1) P,S= Just contacted the owner§ what, A Bull Line Liberty ar­ this before but this is the first rnake a very nice hail for our­ of this building and they teU us rived here several days ago and time they have actually succeed^ part of the state. after discharging the usual live ed in discharging all cargo and The gaiig oh the Seatraih were selves, 1 believe that this build­ that this joint is already lease4 ing deserves looking into as I so therefore we must vacate. cargo, announced that instead of still forcing the crew to stay SO pleased with the way the shin­ dig came off that they are plan­ think it cah be bought and put paying off here the ship would aboard. into first class shape at consider­ proceed down the coast and pay The whole thing appears to be ning to hold another in the near able saving. When I say first off there^ Nothing was left a patent effort on the part of the future. The only ones that were class shape I mean just that. disappointed were those that re­ aboard except sand ballast that govef-nfnefital agencies aftd the Showers, Wash tubs (with a had been aboard for three trips companies to establish a preced­ ceived invitations and didn't at­ scrubbing board not Washing tend. across and back, but the WSA ent whereby they Can keep crews The crew of the Seatrain de­ machines) proper and decent and the Company decided to call aboard indefinitely. serve a lot of credit for thinking toilets, committee rooms, offices it cargo although three separate A Mississippi ship came in the up and putting over such a pro­ away from the racket of the men, crews had been paid off while other day looking like a tele­ gram. if nothing else, they prov­ a library where we can have Eddie Ford the same ballast was carried. The •1 phone booth in distress. The Cap­ ed to the people in this vicinity reading rnaterial at all times, James Vaselakos ship moved over from Newport some decent games in a place John Hamilton News to the oil dock for bunkers tain had allegedly whipped a guy that the Merchant Seamen are as with wire, the Chief Engineer well-behaved and well-mannered where they can be played, in Jesse W. Gray—TC 1235 and additional stores and the other Words just what all you Maurice Gray—TC-1233 Captain refused any shore leave. had locked another in an ice box as any other group of men in the old timers who rode from place M. McGovern Six members of the crew who and in general the whole outfit world. to place often thought of but was haywire. The Captain also Alfred Lopez were pretty disgusted went over The Entertainment Committee never had. A place where a guy J. Pinir painted over the side at sea and was composed of Brothers Wm. the side and onto a tov/boat after when he needs it can come and Rix Naegle the gangway was in, although did general Work all over the F. Kuschke, Wm. E. Boyd and clean up, knowing that there is James Brady ship. This would be buck has Louie Daray. These men worked they had been advised by the soap and all the gear on hand. M. Neville luckily been replaced with an­ for over three weeks to make unions to stay aboard. They were The pie'-cards here in New Or­ Lenhardi Eisele other skipper but be on the look­ this blowout a success, and they charged with desertion and had leans have spent a lot of time L. Chamberland out for him—^His name is ANdid a fine job. their certificates suspended for talking this thing over and when C. R. Michael BREASSON (no relation to his Sik months despite a fight put up Everything was Union, the we do realize on it, we want to counterpart "Red Lead" Ander G. Patrice the union to get them taken printing of programs and invita­ start something that all the other son). A. Brazcnic back aboard the ship which was tions was given to a local Union halls can set their sights on and . MARTY THAINOR, Agent printer, the music was by art or­ Teopesta San Juan stiU in the stream. | try to compete with. We might chestra from the Miami Federa­ start this haU buying set up here, L. L. Miller tion of Musicians. Even the beer but the members that I have George Eraser was Union Made and deliverec talked to are all very enthusias­ Lloyd D. Moullon by a Union driver. The Master of tic about it and all hands state S. Josephson Maurice Romans CM-emonies, althought he is not that it is time that we get our Leo Garfield a Union' member, was selected own halls. Laurence Kelly because of his fairness to Union Estill Fr_ances That hall in Wilmington seems seamen and also his ability to Albert Huard help the people get lined out and to have hit all the boys who have been on the coast, and when we Norman Johnson have a good time. (After the Ohe of the ILA men made a trip to Bermuda on a sea-going tug third rum and coke they didn't start talking hall they all say, and when he came back the company informed him the FBI was need any help). "O.K., let's get ours. What's a ten buck assessment now. It will Keep In Touch With lobking for him. He showed the FBI that he was not delinquent repay itself a thousand fold." Your Local Draft Boccrdy with his draft board. So they called his draft board and tell them that this man gave them his change of address. The draft board calls up the U. S. District Atiorney and so he insists upon seeing him The FBI men take him over there and they insist that the man was not delinquent and was not trying to dodge the draft, but the At torfley tefused to see the man's papers, insisting that he was dclin qUent. He holds him on $500 bail, and since he couldn't get anyone Central Registering and Dispatching Office to bail him out he rested in jail for two days, and was finally in WASHINGTON — The WLB Open in SUP Headquarters at San Francisco ruled that it will not and cannot dticted into the Navy. use its powers to nullify decisions For SIU Members and T. C*s in The FBI Agents regretted the action of the U. S. Attorney but of the NLRB, since to do so there wasn't anything they could do about it. The only action the Deck, Engine and Steward Departments would nullify an act of Congress. tow boat man had was to sue the draft board for false arrest, but For this reason, the Board unani­ Increased shipping on West Coast by SIU members he Was disgusted, and took no action against them. Here is the case mously refused to take jurisdic­ has made it necessary tp open a separate and complete of an active seamen having the works put to him, and all the facts tion of a dispute at the Morenci, business office to be devoted solely to registering- and car­ in the world was not going to help him. Now at 38, this man is in ing for the needs of SIU members in all departments. Arizona, mine of the Phelps Service because his draft board wanted him there. So brothers, Dodge Corp., brought up by the All SIU members in San Francisco are required to im­ doh't feel too secure because you're sailing ships. Keep in touch mediately register in SIU office at 59 Clay St. SIU members Clifton Morenci Metal Trades with your draft board every time you return from a trip, and you'I Council (AFL). in SUP Branches,on the West Coast are to register in the save jjourself a lot of headaches. respective SUP Office and receive an SIU shipping card. The dispute arose when the SIU shipping cards will have preference on SIU ships and NLRB certified the International will be i^cognized by all SUP Dispatchers. SIU Deck mem­ Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter bers will have second preference when SUP members are Workers (CIO) as exclusive bar­ The WSA has issued a guide book to all seamen. They must available. gaining agent for the approxim­ want to give some of the boys a lesson in geography. Some of them ately 2,000 employees at the mine. For Further Information: don't even know where they are when the trip is over, but the The AFL Council contended WSA wants them to be worldly wise. They have a new USS center that the recent large-scale influx Call your union offices and tanker organizers at the ih Trihadad. The beachcombers will be glad to hear about if. They of non-skilled workers into the addresses listed below. You will always finds somebody at these numbers excepting at night. have accommodations for 50 .seamen. It is located at 1 St. Ann's niines gave these workers the dominant voice over skilled Road. The stockade in the Persian Gulf is getting filled with U. S. SEATTLE, WASH.—86 Seneca St.—Phone Elliott 6752. workers in any industrial bar­ seamen. Those who quit their ships down there are incarcerated gaining unit. Other Phelps—'E. Coester or Johnson. by the Army and are not allowed to lea/e the stockade until they Dodge mines in Arizona, it alleg­ PORTLAND, OREGON—111 West Burnside St.—Phone sei ve theif term. So get wise fellows, the union can't help you on ed, have craft units. After the Beacon 4336—John Massey or C. Atkins. election, the AFL petitioned the that beef. RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA—257 Fifth St.—Phone Rich­ NLRB for reconsideration of its mond 4021—^Louie Glebe or Banks. decision and direction of the Out of the Focs^l by JC. t) WLB Won't Nullify NLRB Past Decisions ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 7th TO 11th DEC)K ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL SHIPPED 320 268 290 888 SeGISTERElD 24^ 2l8 ' 165 630 election. The petition was de­ nied. In the meantime, the dis­ pute had been certified to the WLB, and the AFL requested a public hearing, which was held August 20, 1943. Keep In Touch With our Local Draft Board, SIU And Tanker Members On West Coast VANCOUVER, B. C.—340 B. Cambie St.—Phone Pacific 7824—Hugh Murphy.' WILMINGTON, California — 440 Avalbn Blvd. — Phone 4449. NEW YORK CITY — 105 Broad St. — Phone BOwling Green 9-9530—^Morris Weisberger. SAN FRANCISCO—59 Clay St.—Phone Exbrook 8229— Phil donley. �THE Page Four SEAFARERS Friday, Sepieimber 24, 1943 LOG Constitional Provisions For Nomination And Election Of Seafarers Officers (All Agents: Please clip this page and post it prominently in the hall for all members to see. This will eliminate many beefs and misunderstandings on election procedure.) ARTICLE XIII Nomination and Election of Officers. Atlantic and Gulf District Section 1. The regular officers shall be elected annually and shall hold office for one year, or until relieved by their regular successors in office. I ^'"Zr fied candidates for each office ar­ ranged alphabetically with vot­ ing squares to the right of names; (c) have one blank line for each office in which member whose name does not appear up­ on the ballot who must be quali­ fied under the provisions of Sec­ tion 2 of this Article; and (d) be perforated at the upper edge and the perforated stubs numbered consecutively ,beginning with No. 1. The Secretary-Treasurer shall cause to be printed, and shall forward to each Branch and retain for use at Headquar­ ters, a sufficient number of bal­ lots, and shall keep a record of the numbers of the first and last ballots so forwarded and retain­ ed. None but official ballots shall be used in any general election. Section 2. Nomination of reg­ ular officers shall be made ht all branches in the regular meeting held during the last two meet­ ings in September. Any member who can qualify may nominate himsefffor office by submitting, in writing, accompanied by the necessary proof of qualifications listed in sub-sections (a), (b), (c), and (d), his intentions to run for office, naming the particular of­ BALLOTING fice. Such notification to be in Secretary-Treasurer's office not Section 4. Balloting for officers before September 1st, and not shall be secret and shall take later than October 15th of the place each day during the month year. of November and December, 60 Day Referendum provided that The names and roll-numbers of there are five members in good nominees, if obtainable at the standing elected from the meet­ time shall be recorded in the ing present to look at their books minutes. The Secretary-Treasur­ and guard the ballot box; and no er shall prepare a list of names ballots shall be accepted except of nominees for each office and those cast in the regular manner. forward copies thereof to each Branch. Such lists shall be con­ A committee of Election com­ spicuously posted in each qffice posed of six (6) full members in or hall. All full members shall good standing, two (2) from each be eligible for any regular office, department, namely one judge, provided: two tellers and three clerks, shall be elected in each port to con­ (a) That he is a cituen of the duct the election and to canvass United States of America. the returns. Ballots shall be dis­ (b) That he be a full member tributed in the order of their of the Seafarers' International numbers, commencing with the Union of North America, in con­ lowest number. tinuous good standing for a pe­ Section 5. Members shaU be riod of six (6) months immedi­ entitled to vote upon presenting ately prior to the date of nom­ their membership certificates ination. showing that they are in good (c) Any candidate for Agent standing, and have not previous­ or joint patrolman must have ly voted at the same election. three years of sea service in any Members shall mark their ballots one or three departments. Any with a pen and ink, or indelible candidate for departmental pa­ pencil, and shall signify their trolman must have three years choice of candidates by marking sea service in their respective a cross (X) in voting squares op­ departments. Sea service as spe­ posite names, or by writing in cified in this article shall mean the blank line the name of their oh merchant vessels . choice if such name be not print­ ed upon the ballot. Lead pencils (d) He has not misconducted shall not be used in marking bal­ him.self previously while employ­ lots. When a member has mark­ ed as an officer of the Union. ed his ballot, he shall deliver it Section 3. A committee con­ folded to the Judge, who, after sisting of six full book members ascertaining that the member is in good standing, two from each entitled to vote, shall tear off the department, shall be elected, numbered stub and deposit the whose duty it shall be to prepare ballot. The committee shall then the ballot. stamp the member's certificate of All nommees who desire to bc= membership in the proper column come candidates shall have the for the year and month of elec­ necessary qualifications and ac­ tion. Such stamp .shall bear the ceptance in the office of the Sec­ word "Voted," the initials of the retary-Treasurer or the Commit­ voting place, and the date of the tee on Candidates prior to the voUng. If the member is not en­ 15th day of October of each year. titled to vote ,the Judge shall Nominees who shall fail to com= cancel and destroy his ballot. ply herewith shall be regarded The Tellers shall count, the bal­ as having declined the nomina­ lots as they are deposited, and tion. Ballots shall (a) bear the the clerks shall keep record of name of the Union, the month the count. and year of election and instruc­ FORWARDING VOTES tions to voters; (b) bear the names of eligible and duly quali­ Section 6. Balloting shall con­ ^V'::. tinue until every qualified voter present has had an opportunity to vote. The Judge shall then count the numbered stubs to verify the count of the Clerks, and shall enclose them in a seal­ ed envelope in the baUot-box. He shall then announce to the meet­ ing, and the Secretary-Treasurer, or Agent, shall record in the min­ utes, (a) the number of ballots last distributed; (b) the number of ballots canceled or destroyed, and (c) the number of ballots de­ posited. The baUots shall then be placed in an envelope provided for the purpose and a slip of pa­ per, also specifically provided, shall be signed by each member of the Committee on Election and pasted on the back of the envelope. The sealed envelope shall then be placed in the bal­ lot-box. The ballot-box shall then be locked and sealed, and the key thereof shall be sealed up in an envelope, also speciaUy provided for that purpose, on the baick of which each member of the Committee on Election shall again sign his name. The envel­ ope so signed and sealed shall be given in charge of the SecretaryTreasure, or Agent, or some other member designated by the meet­ ing. No candidate for office shall be a member of the Committee on Election. BRANCH COUNTING Section 7. In the regular meet­ ing held in Branches during the first meeting in January, the mittee on Election shall open the ballot-box, count the number of ballots therein contained and count the number of votes for each candidate. The result shall be noted in the minutes. The Committee shall then forward to Headquarters all used ballots (i.e., aU ballots taken from the ballot-box, including blank and disqualified ballots), together with a copy of the tally sheets, under sealed cover, marked "Bal­ lots for Officers." In case no regular meeting is held during such week, the Agent, in the presence of the Committee on Election, or, in their absence, be­ fore five other full members, shall open the ballot-box and count the ballots therein contain­ ed (but shall not count and tally the votes), and forward same to Headquarters in the manner hereinbefore prescribed. H. Q. COUNTING Section 8. The. Committee on Election at Headquarters shall count the number of ballots re­ ceived from each Brsinch and cast at Headquarters, and shaU count and tally the votes cast at each voting place. They shall prepare a report showing the number of ballots cast and the number of votes received by each candidate at Headquarters and each Branch, also the total number of ballots and votes. They shaU carefully preserve and place under sealed cover all bal­ lots, keeping separately the bal­ lots cast in each voting place. Tally sheets shall be kept on file by the Secretary-Treasurer for the inspection of members, and the report of the committee shall be spread in.fuU upon the min­ utes.. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes for any office shaU be declared elect­ ed, and shall assume office within thirty days after notification. If the candidate fails to comply with the foregoing provision, the office may be declared vacant, and the Union shaU proceed to fill the office in accordance with Article 14, Section 3. Any mem­ ber who desires to be present during the canvass shall be ad­ mitted upon showing his mem­ bership book in good standing. INVALID BALLOTS Section 9. Multilated or disfig­ ured ballots, or ballots marked with lead pencil, shall be deem­ ed invalid. Ballots torn in such a manner that part of the names e< candidates or voting squares is destroyed are to be regarded as mutilated ballots. " Where the choice of any member for any of­ fice cannot be determined with' certainty, the vote for such of* fice shall not be counted. This also applies where a member has voted for more than the desig­ nated number of candidates to be elected to any office. AU bal­ lots cast at any time, in any place and manner, except as herein" provided, shall be deemed inval­ id. 1 Section 10. All committees mentioned in Article XIII shall consist of six fuU book members in good standing; two members from each department. 9n Tybunohiam ARANT, JAMES C .. Messmari .. Messmani Steward Oilen O.S. D|eck Eng. - — A.Bw Wipe? ... ^lid Cook A.B. BELFORD, ERNEST L. CHASE, HARRY COUNCELMAN, CARVILLE ENGLISH, COY LEE GENTH, FREDERICK E. PAVILONIS, JOHN KROTZER, RALPH P. WILTZ, EDDIE B WOOD, FRANK L MONEY DUE Ciew of have $125 Collect 17 ippi Line, the S. S. Benj. Bourne attack bonus coming. Battery Place, Mississ­ New York City. * ' * * Extra meals money coming to foUowing crew members of S. S. Woodridge Ferris: J. Davis, J. Dedicatoria, Fred Williams, Harry Harris, John Brown, and William Davis. «t « STANLEY R. YODRIS Get in touch with Richard M. Cantor, 51 Chambers Street, Nevr York City. • • • ARIE L. PRONK Your wallet and Coast Guard pass is at the office of the Secre* tuy-Treasurer in New York. « EARL GILMAN Overtime iS| coming to foUow­ You have a telegram in the of­ ing crew members of S. S. fice of the Secretary-Treasurer in Charles Aycock: Paul Huffer, Leo New York City. Manaugh, J. M. Hughley and A." » » » Langly. IRVING PAULSON Communicate with Richard M> Cantor, 51 Chambers Street, New York City. More U-Boats Sunk Than Merchant Ships • • • I VICENTE VILLACION WASHINGTON—^Fewer enemy Your social security card and U-boats'were at sea during Aug­ union book have been found. Call ust and shipping losses continued for them at Room 213, 2 Stone to decrease, a joint announce­ Street, New York City. ment by the OWI and the British see , Ministry of Information discloses. BERNARD GOTTHARDT Your social security card is in More U-boats were sunk than Room 213, 2 Stone Street, New merchant ships. York City. » "It is significant," the Ameri­ BERNARD MICHAEL can arid British agencies stated, ROMANOFF "that the enemy made virtuaUy Your passes and papers are in no attempt to attack North At­ lantic shipping, and opportunit­ the office of the Secretary-Trea­ ies for attacking the U-boats have surer, New York City. » * * been relatively few. Neverthe­ less, U-boats have been hunted WILLIAM ASKSON relentlessly on alj stations wher­ Your book and papers are. beever they have appe^ed and a ing held for you by the Philadel­ heavy toU has been taken." phia Shipping Commissioner. • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource September 24, 1943 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. V, No. 26 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: PRISONERS OF WAR AND UNIONISM NOMINATIONS OPEN; 1944 SEEN AS MOST CRITICAL YEAR YET HISTORIC WORDS HIGH WAGE MYTH FLORIDA BRANCH THROWS SUCCESSFUL PARTY FOR SEAMEN AGENT REPORTS PROGRESS IN SEARCH FOR SIU HALL MERCHANT SEAMEN STICK TO THEIR JOBS UPGRADE SCHOOL FUNCTIONS ARE EXPLAINED BY USMS THE LABOR DRAFT BILL ITALIAN LABOR REBUILDS SHATTERED TRADE UNIONS WLB WON'T NULLIFY NLRB PAST DECISIONS SIU AND TANKER MEMBERS ON WEST COAST CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS FOR NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF SEAFARERS OFFICERS MORE U-BOATS SUNK Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9/24/1943 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1943 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/9c82c43946241a4b2aadfd9eb75f4469.PDF 0fb2daae9ac77e16947e3aeca3809a16 PDF Text Text RAKERS JOQ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA VOL. V. NEW YORK. N. Y., FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 17. 1943 UT No. 25 $15 Boost Won For 'New England' Men; 5 Cent Off-line Work Increase Climaxing a full year of struggle with the New England Steamship Company, shipowner stooges and phoney War Labor Board Referees, the union won this week a monthly boost of $15 for all ratings on the New England ships, and an increase in off line service work of 5 cents per hour. This victory was established on September 10 when the Boston Regional WLB handed down a confirmation of a maritime panel report containing these gains. Not only will the $15 increase go far toward eliminating the Wage differential between New England jobs and similar work along the coast, but the union won a retroactive clause which *means that every man will*;directly with the owner. Al­ receive the increase as of De^ though New England wages were cember 9, 1042. This means patently "sub-standard," the ship­ HERE ARE HIGHLIGHTS OF NEW ENGLAND BEEF AS PRINTED IN THE LOG OVER THE • PAST FEW MONTHS. THE TWELVE MONTp OLD FIGHT WAS District WLB Upholds Phoney Decision On New Eni The Bojton Regional War Ub. c.nerated hy ththe I '141 FINALLY WON THIS WEEK WITH. PAY BOOSTS FOR 1 ALL. k-vWCYSO SE-J Strike 1..W Labor Board Set Straight I On *New, England' Provocations Screws Tightened On Labor Control Federal agencies this week turned the screws tighter on con­ trol of manpower, ordering a System of "rationing" of labor for the entire West Coast. James F. Brynes, director of the Office of War Mobilization, announced the plan and revealed it goes further than any of the "employment stabilization" pro­ grams now in effect in industrial areas. Under the setup, labor will have less freedom to pick and choose jobs, and will be under pressure to go where directed by manpower officials. Also, West Coast industries will be given priority ratings. Those with top priority will get "first crack" at available workers. Those'at the bottom of the list will get little or none. CART BEFORE H6RSE Propaganda campaigns will be started to attract more workers to the Coast, and if not enough are obtained contracts to some war plants will be cancelled and the work shifted elsewhere. Workers left behind will be induced to go into other war factories. • A. F. of L. leaders contended . - {Continued on Page 4) : the txxi reported In detail the plot of the New England line to foment a J ciws and thui ieopardize our case before the Regional War Labor t from aH indicatioiif the shipowner completely failed to real: part of t)tc Union the men back to woHi ^ud prcvcDtad any catlendad tl*up of the ships. The oreaa taiir faUertDed aa to the sUtai of their beef befe^ tho WtM ahdaatotheahlpovni 9 cmttng a etrl •. the W atory of tha t waa fpcead bp 1 aiembeia «t r Boiud. a Darttk " UWar well over $100 in the pocket of every New England man at once. Any man who either quit or was discharged since the retroactive date, shall re­ ceive the amount of the in­ crease up to the time he left the employ of the Company. These men mus£ mail their written application for re­ troactive pay to the Com­ pany within 60 days. The Regional War Labor Board failed to grant the men all that was asked by the union, but un­ der the circumstances the decis­ ion is acceptable. The history of this case is long and stormy, with the shipowner, and his allies using every legal and illegal dodge in the books in order to escape paying the men a living wage. It was in the fall of 1942 that the union first at­ tempted to negotiate an increase NMU AND "STABILIZATION 99 AN EDITORIAL The National Maritime Union is now phenalia used by the Stalinists to smother negotiating a new contract with the the class struggle, can not bring improv­ shipowners. The NMU's /demand is for ed working conditions to the workers— "stabilization." This word — stabiliza­ and the rank and file members of the tion— sounds good. It sounds as if it NMU are now beginning to understand . were on the side of law and order and this. motherhood and the eternal verities. It is because of this awakening on the Anyone who would be against stabiliza­ part of the NMU rank and file that the tion must, of course, be a disrupter. And (.leadership must now make desperate disrupters "do Hitler's work." moves to bring their contracts up to the level of those held by the SIU. But even Stripped of all these fancy implica­ tions, stabilization means to the NMU now they don't turn to real trade union the granting of wages and conditions struggle to achieve their ends, they don't threaten the shipowners with the eco­ comparable to those won by the SIU. nomic power of their union—rather do This may come as a shock to some they phenagle with their fellow-travelers NMU rank and filers who swallowed the through the back doors of Washington in Stalinist propaganda designed to convince the hope of winning by bureaucratic them that they enjoyed the best condi­ ukase that which they failed to earn tions on the waterfront. The cold facts through unionism. are—the NMU has never had wages and conditions comparable to those of the And, of course, this betrayal of the SIU. And there is a reason for this. members is dressed up by the leaders in In the final analysis, wages are won by Red, White and Blue. Vice President Myers says in the current issue of The the strength of picket lines. There is no substitute for this weappn when dealing Piloty "The NMU's struggle for a stab­ with the bosses. Labor - Management ilized national agreement is part of a Committees, stabilization conferences, larger fight which is already in progress unity moves, and all the rest of the para- {Continued from Page 2) -. owner hid behind the "Little Steel Formula" and refused to make any concessions. On December 9, 1942, the case was certified to the War Labor Board and A new series of run arounds began. WLB Referee Coit heard the union case, and ruled against us on every point. His ruling was then upheld by the Boston Regional Board. Goit's ruling, and his logic, so outraged the facts presented by the union, the case was immediately ap­ pealed to the National War La­ bor Board in Washington. Full proof that the Referee handed down a phoney decision was the fact that the National War Labor Board directed the Boston Re­ gional Board to reconsider the case. It was on July 23 that the Union appeared before a mari­ time panel appointed by the Re­ gional Board, and once again submitted briefs which contained overwhelming evidence of the " substandard nature of the New England wage scales. No sooner had this panel hearing adjourned than shipowner stooges went to work on the New England boats and within 24 hours had foment­ ed a strike. This was done to jeopardize the SIU case before the panel. Prompt action by the union got the ships sailing and placed the blame for the stoppage di­ rectly where it belonged—on the shipowner. On August 2 the Panel decision was handed down, and on Sept. 10 this decision was confirmed by the Regional Board. We reprint the panel's full re­ port and recommendations, all of which become binding (unless appealed by the shipowner) within 14 days. NATIONAL WAR LABOR BOARD REGION I August 2, 1943 In the Matter of: New England Steamship Co. and Seafarers International' Union of North America, AFL Case No. 3946-CS-D PANEL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS THE COMPANY The New England Steamship Company is a subsidiary of the New York, New Haven and Hart­ ford Railroad Company. It is en{Continued on Page 3) �Friday, Sepletnber 17, 1943 ] ' Page Two •.i SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION; OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK ------- Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep, 424 5 th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. • • y • (Continued from Page 1) in our country. Certain employer inter­ ests and craft officials in various indus-"" tries are now moving to scuttle the war effort and the labor movement at the same time." Myers' tortured logic attempts to show an Hentity between the war effort and his demand for SIU wages and condi­ tions. One who is against the latter must be against the former—simple as that. Our prediction is that the NMU lead­ ers are not going to get their stabilization agreement. In spite of their manifold ^ i..'ia services to the shipowners, they are noig going to be able to cash in — the cop never has respect for his stool and kicl^ him in the teeth every time he whines for more dough. 'Nor will the NMU win wages and conditions comparable to those of the SIU in the years to come. Unions don't win concessions from the bosses by fol­ lowing the NMU's phoney trade union line. It is by struggle on the waterfront that the shipowners are forced to shell out—and it is the SIU that has in the past, and will in the future, conduct such struggles. Directory of Branches BRANCH ADDRESS PHONE NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOwling Green 9-3437 BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Cay St Calvert 4539 PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St Lombard 7651 NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 NEW ORLEANS (16) ..309 Chartrcs St .Canal 3336 SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St Savannah 3-1728 TAMPA 423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 MOBILE 55 So. Conception St Dial 2-1392 PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon ;Puerto de Tierra GALVESTON 219 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 FT. LAUDERDALE 2021 S. Federal Highway. .. Ft. Lauderdale 1601 CAPITAL'S WAGE HAS ESCAPED FREEZING Editor's MaO Bag Evidence that wage "freezing" does not apply to the wages of capital can be found on the finan­ This brain-buster is too smart t(J CAN'T GET GAS cial page of any newspaper. be a plain sailor, and too dumb On a single day this week the Editor and Brother: for anything else, so like all fail­ record of disbursements of 1942 There seems to be a work or ures and misfits he makes a lot earnings showed these increases fight law in Mobile,, originated by of noise. in payments to stockholders: the Governor himself. Now the He beefs about our hard-work­ National Dairy Products, 25 draft board says 30 days on the PUBLICATION OFFICE; per cent; Beatrice Creamery, 40 beach but the CPA says "go to ing officials, seeing only treach­ ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET ery and double dealing in theii; per cent;,Ward Baking Company, hell." New York Gty BOwling Green 9-8346 20 per cent; B. F. Goodrich, 100 In my case I asked for enough activities. He snorts about the per cent; Humble Oil and Refin­ gas to come to report to the hall way the bosun handles the job. ing, 40 per cent; American Agri­ twice a week. I live 24 miles out He criticizes the delegate; but cultural Chemical, 60 per cent; and need the gas to look for never goes delegate himself; it's Twentieth-Century Fox,, 100 per work. I was rejected flat. So, I too much responsibility and woi'k cent; McKesson & Robbins, 30 had to get in the best way I for the good of the Union, not his good! I per cent; National Enameling, 50 could—^by bus. per cent. I go to the CPA with tears in His latest battle station is taken Doubtless directors of these my eyes, I haven't slept, I can't up against the Maritilne Com­ The law would have made it companies were surprised at their get a room, I don't have any gas, mission trainee, against whom ha Organized labor won a major possible to put out of business moderation, since profits, after and I can't get a ship unless I sends his windy blasts as gov­ round this week in its battle to unions that failed to abide by the payment of taxes, were more report to the hall. But I get no­ ernment-trained potential finks. knock out state anti-labor laws as As a matter of fact these kids are than double those of the previous where. an unconstitutional infringement myriad of restrictions. coming into the industry with year. on the rights of workers. In the meantime a man comes BAD PROVISIONS UPHELD Its first taste of victory came in However, Judge Sackman up­ into the CPA and asks' for gas to basic training paid for by each' Colorado, where Judge Charles C. held several other bad provisions take friends on a fishing trip. He and every taxpayer. (Look at Sackman of Denver held invalid of the bill, including restrictions gets 100 gallons. A bus driver your deductions. Wise Guy!) In­ the most vicious sections of Col­ on picketing and a list of "unfair comes in and needs 4 tires, he stead of giving them a bad time, wouldn't it be wiser to welcome orado's labor-shackling law, mis­ labor practices" by employes All tankers and all tank barges gets them. them and educate them as sea­ called a "labor peace act." which, when committed, would of more than 100 gross tons in The seaman is just out of luck men to top off their "training?" Colorado's law is the worst subject the workers and their which crews are divided between because * he doesn't swing any Wouldn't it be wiser, Wise Guy, among nearly a dozen passed by unions to fine? and civil damage more than one watch for pur­ crooked votes in this neighbor­ to make them potential steady state legislatures during the past suits. Curbs on closed shop agree­ poses of„ steering must hence­ hood. union men, rather than probable year—aU of which are being ments and a ban on "secondary forth be equipped with alarm Who's twar is thiB—Democracy scabs? challenged in the courts. boycotts" were also sustained. bells, the Coast Giiard rule<j or Politicans? After aU, they do come out of Fraternally, Because these repressive fea­ yesterday in an order published SECTIONS TOSSED OUT the taxpayers' school with more J. M. TORCHICK, No. 13 G Judge Sackman threw out the tures are in the bill, the Ameri in the Federal Rogister. The orknowledge of seamansMp thsm' sections which call for compul­ can Federation of Labor and its 'der is divided into three sections, the draft or tourist type of sea­ WISE GUY sory incorporating of unions and affiliated unions in Colorado will affecting new tank ships upon man. i regulate in detail the legitimate appeal the decision to the state which construction is started no There's one in almost every crew. Have you noticed brother? Supreme Court, Joseph A. PadR.EJI.B» Bk. 5881. activities of unions. earlier than today,, existing tank­ These sections restrict the way, A. F. of L. general counsel, ers, whether afloat or under con­ FLANNEL MOUTH amount of dues and initiation declared. struction yesterday, and tank Pama Takes Union Post fees unions may charge; compel barges of more than 100 gross Johaimes Pama, formerly of The guy with a voice like 1' them to open their financial rec­ tons. thunder clap and an appetite Hke the Liverpool (England) office of ords to inspection; prohibit con­ The Coast Guard has ruled that tributions for political purposes, Extra meals money coming to all tankers of more than 100 the Dutch Central Transport Moby Dick the whale. He's usual­ require unions to elect officers following crew members of S. S. gross tdns, the construction of Workers, has assumed the post of ly first in the messroom, and pounds the table and yells at the annually; permit the state Indus­ Woodrldge Ferris; J. Davis, J which is begun on and after Sep­ assistant district secretary here, messman if his grub isn't served trial Commission to send agents Dedicatoria, Fred Williams, Harry tember 15, 1943, shall have all into union meetings for a check Harris, John Brown, and William sleeping accommodations and according to an announcement pronto. on proceedings, and allow mem­ Davis. machinery spaces equipped with made yesterday by P. J. Vanden- Stretching his flannel mouth' bers who do not like anything a Overtime is coming to follow a sufficient number of alarm^ berge, head of the union's Ameri­ like an old undershirt, he bolts union does to apply either to the ing crew members of 3. S. bells so located as to warn all can branch. Mr. Pama arrived in his. vituals and yells again for commission or the courts to over­ Charles Ayeock: Paul Huffer, Leo occupants. seconds before the man across this country last week. ride the majority decision of the Manaugh, J, M. Hughley and A, Mr. 'Vandenberge said Mr. the table has gotten his soup. union. Langly, Pama's transfer was one of sev­ Isn't it about time to put a shot eral moves made by his group, an across this double-bottom's bul­ affiliate of the International bous bow and blink the following KEEP CLEAR WITH YOUR DRAFT BOARD Transport Workers Federation, in message: the interest of general efficiency "See Preamble in Union Book, By observing the following simple instructions you will and in line with the steadily ex­ Paragraph Six—the right to be continue to receive deferment from military service. Fail panding part being played by treated in a decent and respect­ to observe these rule.s and you may wind up in the army. Dutch shipping in t^e war effort. ful manner by those in com­ Edward C. Brown WHEN SIGNING ON: Give the clerk or skipper all the He also disclosed that G. E. mand." Joe Kirk information necessary to fill out RMO Card No. 47 (Green Esveldt, veteran head of the The messman, as a workingH. Hamson Card). Dutch union's main office in man and seaman, is entitled to Chester Smith WHEN SIGNING OFF: See that Card No. 48-A is propLondon, is en route to Curacao, the same rights as the men he C. Qlde perly fidled out by skipper or clerk. • wljcre he wll take charge of serves. Let's give him a break D. H. Mathews that office's reorganization. He is and put a stopper on the brothers 11 Marvin West Ship out before your allotted time ashore has expired. being replaced in the London who yell at him as if he were a Eugene Kilasinski If you have not yet flUed out the Green Card, contact your branch by G. J. "Vandenwoesty- flea-bitten dog. F. Clark draft board and let them know that you are sailing.nen. Book A 5881, SIU. D. Sannit Labor Wins Victory In War On Anti-Union Laws TANKER ALARM BELL ^VSTEM ORDERED MONEY DUE �KiAv- 17, Itis tkia ifeHtiilt&lii ^<>G Pa^ Thrf For 'New England' " consecutive hours. It also deyear and because the cost of ployees working on dredging ees, however, maintain families sires that Quartermasters living has risen by more boats in the inland water ashore and get home as frequ­ work eight hours per day bas­ than 15% since the time of ways of New England are ently their work schedule will ed on the three watch system. the last increase. substantially higher than permit, The Stewardess Depart­ (2) The- wage rates paid by the rates paid for similar work ment employees work nine hours B. The Issues Company are considerably performed by employees of within a spread of twelve while 1. Increase in Monthly Base lower than rates paid for the Company. other employees are on a conse­ Rates similiar work on the Great (5) The wage rates paid by the cutive eight hour day. In the (a) Union Position Lakes and in the New York Company are so low that Deck Department, however. Sec­ The Union, at the hearing held area on passenger freight they constitute a substandard ond Mates, Boatswains and Deck­ by the Panel, argued in favor of boats, tow boats and dredges; level of wages. hands work eight hours within a a $40.00 increase in the monthly the differential between these (b) Company Position spread of ten except during the base rates of all classifications on rates has increased during At the hearing before the summer months. the following grounds^ the past few years. Panel the Company stated General wage increases grant­ (1) While the general increases (3) Work performed on two boats that its position was the same ed by the Company in 1941 clear­ granted to the employees and dredges is similiar to as it had taken before^, the ly exceed 15%. Within the during the summer and fall work, in the same classifica­ Referee of the Board in De­ Board's maladjustment policy the of 1941 amounted to an av­ tions, performed on the Comcember, T942; that it agreed consideration of the rise in cost erage of approximately 23%, p a n y' s "passenger - freight with the Referee's Report of living, therefore, cannot be these increases should be disboats. Comparison with two and Recommendations; and made a factor in the examination • regarded in the .computation boats rates and dredging that in its opinion the May 12 of the Union's demand for a wage of allowable maladjustment boat rates is, therefore, justi­ directive of the Economic increase. fied. increase because the in­ BACKGROUND Stabilization Director in no The Union has argued in be­ creases of 194% should have (4) Rates paid by the U. S. Army On August 31, 1942, the Union way effected the conclusions half of a comparison or rates paid been granted in the previous Engineers to civilian emgave notice to the Company that reached by the Referee. by the Company with rates paid it desired to reopen those sec­ The Company pointed out that in the Great Lakes and New tions of their agreement of Octo­ the employees had been given in­ York areas. The panel is of the ber 1, 1941 which related to wage creases in excess of 15% since opinion that a direction compari­ rates and overtime. During the January, 1941 and that no in­ son of rates in such widely sep­ negotiations which followed, the crease was therefore allowable arated areas is not justified under parties were unable to agree up­ under the maladjustment policy the Board's policy but that if pos­ on the disposition of the issues of the Board. It further present­ sible the procedure laid down the resources and labor of about GALVESTON raised. The ease was, thereupon, 400,000,000 people. Joe knows all ed the argument that no similar under the directive of The Eco­ certified to the National War La­ of this. Also he remembers how passenger freight operates at nomic Stabilization Director for Shipping and business is good Russia lost Finland, Lithunia present either in New England or determination of whether wage bor Board, on December 9, 1942. A^ Referee of the Board held around this neck of the woods Latvia, Estonia, and part of Po elsewhere in the country, and adjustments are justified, should hearings -on the case on Decem­ I have shipped everything that land. He knows who took them that, therefore, no comparison be followed. There are no directly compar­ ber 30, 1942, and issued his Re­ looks like a seaman. Have a new and why they did. He also re can be made with wage levels of members how Newton Baker, other boats. It argued that no able passenger-freight boats op­ port and Recommendations on ship out in a few days. February 9, 1943. He recommend­ Well, the sweater boys are out with Pres. Wilson's consent anc comparison can properly be made erated in the inland water ways ed denial of the demands of the in front of the Houston Press without the consent of Congress with other companies operating of New England. The work per­ as provided for in our Constitu in other areas. The Company also formed* by some classifications of Union. The Regional War Labor Newspaper plant in Houston, Board for the'First Region ap­ has no effect at aU on the news tion, made war on Russia in 1919 claimed that comparison with the workers employed by the Com­ proved the Referee's recommen­ paper, but it does give the pants He may also remember that we dredges operated by the U.S. pany is, however, admittedly dations on April 26, 1943. The pressors and the button hole would not recognize his govern­ Army Engineers would not con­ comparable to work performed by similar classifications on othef Union appealed the case to the sailors a little exercise out in the ment until the administration of stitute a fair comparison. Pres. Roostevelt. He may remem­ The Company acknowledged inland waterway boats. The National War Labor Board in hot sun. Washington. On June 9, 1943, the I had two ships to sign on, but ber a bitter statement made by that the work of firemen and oil­ Panel has, therefore, examined National War Labor Board re­ they would not go for anything Churchill when Joe was fighting ers on passenger freight boats is rates paid to these classifications ferred the case back to the Board but Rider 64. I had a talk the Hero Mannerheim a few years similar to that of firemen and by companies operating boats in in Region I for reconsideration in other day with a captain who ago. The Finns were destroying oilers on other island waterway the inland waterways of New the light of the May 12 directive just came over from New Or a division of Russians every day, boats; that the work of deck­ England. It has found that the of the Economic Stabilization-Di­ leans; he stated that he had gone and then surrendered. hands is not comparable in all wage rates paid by the Company to the USS Hotel in that city to The Finns came from the respects; and that the work of in these classifications is consid­ rector. The Panel was appointed to get a room, and to see just what Volga, were conquered by the other classifications cannot be erably lower than the lowest review the case, hold hearings it was like. The clerk at the Swedes in the 13th and 14th cen­ compared at all with that of rates paid by other companies examined. Since most of the and make recommendations to desk pulled out a form, waifiting turies, absorbed by Russia in other types of boats. other companies operate out of the Board. The Panel held a to know how long he had been 1806 and had the Russian langu­ (c) Discussion I-' hearing on July 24, 1943 in Nfew going to sea, where he was bom age imposed in 1811. In 1919 The following is the monthly Boston, the Panel considered the Bedfor(i, Massachusetts and af­ and why, his license number; Finland was taken from Russia wage rate now paid by the Com­ difference in labor market wage level between Boston and New forded fee parties full opportun­ wife's name and address, and al by the Whites-German soldiers pany: Bedford. Upon giving considera­ kinds of crap. The captain in­ under Hero Mannerheim. ity to be heard. PURSERS DEPARTMENT tion to both the industry differ­ formed them that he wanted Japan is a menace to Russia THE ISSUES $170.00 ential in the classifications com­ room nnd not charity, and what that Stalin would like to end, bun Pursers A. Summary of the Union pared and the area differential in was the idea of wanting to know he will get what he wants in the Ticket Collector and Demands Baggagemasters 115.00 wage levels, the Panel concludes all of this dope. Result, the gent West before he will give us the that these classifications should 1. That the monthly scale of walked out and went to another aid we need against Japan. Joe DECK DEPARTMENT be granted a $15.00 per month wages for each classification hotel. It can be understood why remembers how he aided the Re­ Second Mates 128.00 wage increase. they want all of this dope. One publicans in Spain while Eng be raised by $40-00. Boatswains 102.50 These are established differen­ 2. That an increase in the hourly copy of it is sent to the RMO and land, Franca and our State De- Quartermasters 97.50 tials among the various classifi­ rate of pay for all classifica­ they, have the finger right on you. pairtment helped Franco and our Watchmen 90.00 cations of employees working for tions be given for work done As I stated a few weeks ago in oil companies sold Franco gaso- Ablebodied Seamen 92.00 the Company. In order to main­ while boats, are not in Line the LOG, Duschare, the NMU ine. Ordinary Seamen tain the logic of the internal Service. The present scale is agept was in line for the secre­ (Utility Men) 82.50 wage structure of the Company Who would Stalin hurt if he tary's job of the USS when it 85e, 60c and 65c per hour. The regained those countries? Some ENGINE DEPARTMENT ' the Panel is of the opinion that Union desires that the rate be opens here. Has turned out to be andlords and other exploiters. set at a uniform level of $1.00 a true fact. There were two la­ England's army in Iran could Oilers $102.50 $15.00 per month increase be dies from the merchant marine 97.50 granted to each of the classifica­ per hour. have aided Russia in the Cauca­ Firemen 3. That an increase in the hourly auxiliary paid me a visit in the sus and some bases on the Black Wipers 77.50 tions-of employees employed by the Company. overtime rate for aU classifi­ hall last week, and they wanted Sea East of Turkey could be used STEWARDS DEPARTMENT The Panel is also of the opin­ cations be raised by ten cents me to let every one know of the to destroy the oil fields of Ru­ 'irst Cooks $122.50 ion that these wage adjustments good work that they are doing per hour. mania. Why doesn't Stalin ask 97.00 be made retroactive to the date 4. That eight hours should con­ for the boys who are in the hos that kind of aid along with the Second Cooks irirst Lunchmen 97.00 of the certification of the issue to stitute a day's work for the pital, and they also want it to be Komrades in the NMU who are Second Lunchmen 87.00 the National War Labor Board Deck Department throughout known that they ^e not connect­ shouting for a second front? 75.00 and that the retroactive pay be the year. Elimination from ed with the NMU, USS or any Could it be that Curran is being Head Porters Porters 70.00 distributed in accordance with other organization. They are out the Agreement of the provis­ pushed aside by his fellow trav­ Stewardess 70.00 the Board's general policy on this to help in any. Way they can, the ion that for other than the elers in the NMU and,^has gone Messmen 74.00 question. seamen in the hospital, and they time that the summer sched­ to Russia to see about starting a Employees are given two days ule is in effect the Second were doing that before the US3 purge, and getting all of the dope 2. Increase for Off-Line Service off each month and receive an Mates, Boatswains and Deck­ was ever heard of. Work of how it is ^one by Mustache hands may be placed on a What will Stalin do when Ger­ Joe. Your guess is as good as extra day's pay for work on Sun­ Bi Union Position schedule of eight hours with­ many is defeated? Your guess is mine. But Curran or Stalin will day. The employees receive, on Each of the two boats now in a period of ten hours. The as good as minfi^, but I think that never see the day that they can the average, two meals a day on operated by the Company is }oard the boats and sleeping Union desires that overtime he will trade hard. Our war with purge the SIU or the SUP. taken off its regular run for quarters are available for the be paid these employees for Japan will be a long one without £. R. WALLACE. Agent men. Practically aU the employ­ (Continued on Page 4) any time worked after eight the aid of .Russia. Japan now has (Continued from Page 1) gaged in passenger and freight transportation, operating a year round service from New Bedford and Woods Hole to the island of Martha's Vineyard and Nantuck­ et. -The Company employs ap­ proximately 75 employees on the two boats used by it. THE UNION The Seafarers International Union of North America is affili­ ated with the American Federa­ tion of Labor. It entered into its first agreement with the Com­ pany on July 18, 1939. The sec­ ond agreement was entered into on July 30, 1940, following an arbitration hearing. The last agreement became effective Octo­ ber 1, 1941. Around The Ports i'-fti,'. y- r "•J." yk'. • r: �Page Four II, THE SEAFARERS LOG $15 Boost Won For^New England' {Continued on Page 3) approximately six weeks each year to permit maintenance and overhauling work to be done on the boat. Employees in the Engine, Deck and Stew­ ards Departments are general­ ly employed on an hourly basis to perform some of this work. The Company also em­ ploys a separate group of maintenance workers. Fol­ lowing are the homdy rates paid to the regular crew for such work: in the tasks performed in the various departments. They should be maintained. RECOMMENDATIONS It is hereby recommended that Friday. September 17, 1943 Out of the Focsl by 1. Effective as of the payroll pe Rate of Overtime Pay riod immdeialely following The present arrangement on December 9, 1942, the date of We have visited the A^idrew Furuseth Club on 37th Street and overtime provides that any em­ certification of the issues to the American Theatre Wing on 43rd Street, and have been invited ployee regardless of classification the National War Labor to parties at the Cosmopolitan Club and the Women's Republican shall receive eighty cents per Board, the monthly base rate Club, but our last visit was jhe JANET ROPER CLUB on 3 East 67th hoxu- overtime pay. The union for all classifications of work Street, the best Seamen's Club in town. The property was formerly raised no objection to the pay­ be increased by $15.00. the home of Thomas Fortune Ryan. Now the seamen are having ment of the same overtime rate the pleasure of using this palatial spot for their own recreation. The to all employees, but argued that 2. Effective as of the payroll pe­ club is open every day except Sunday from 2 to 11 P.M. It would the rate should be raised to nine­ riod immediately following be worth your while to visit the place. / ty cents per hour. The Company December 9, 1943, the hourly AAA opposed the position of the Union rates of pay to employees Hubert Wyckoff's restriction on seamen bringing in souvenirs and argued that the present rate working on off-Line Service Stewards Department ....$ .55 from the war zones is evidence that he never was a boy. What harm is a^air one. work be increased by five Deck Department 6(i could be done by seamen bringing in iron crosses and helmets? cents (5c). Engine Department 65 The Panel can sec no justifica­ They want to show it to their friends and after tlie war will be The Union's request for in­ able to tell off these guys who will accuse them of not having dona The Union's position is these tion for changing the rate of overtime pay. The present rate . crease in overtime rate of pay anything during the war, by showing them these souvenirs. rates should be made uniform of eighty cents represents com­ ishereby denied. AAA and that $1.00 per hour should be paid to all employees. The pensation of more than time and Ted Crocker is now in the Army. When he last paid us a visit Union argued that the Referee one-half for most employees even 4. The Union's request for a we informed him that his di'aft board was looking for him. He change to a consecutive eight had mistakenly compared this under the wage scale recom­ hour scheduie ali year round failed to heeS our warning. He is no^^ doing harbor patrol duty. work with common labor mended by the Panel. for the Second Mates, Boat­ It is reported that Don'Ronan and six other A.B.'s are on the beach work performed in the New swains and Deckhands and an in the Persian Gulf. Carroll Quinnt's bag was shipped here from Bedford area. According to 4. Scheduling of the Eight Hours of Work eight hour pay day three Pennsylvania, and he may secure it in Room 213. We noticed that the Union the work performed The Union argued in favor of watch system for Quartermas­ Max Longfellow was back in New York again. is mainly painting and that extending the practice of paying ters is hereby denied. The the rates paid by the Com­ overtime for all time worked af­ Company is urged, however, pany are, therefore, too low. ter - eight consecutive hours to to met this scheduie whenever the Second Mates, Boatswains it is practicabie and to give Company Position and Deckhands. It also argued these employees their two The Company argued that hours off while the boats are the work performed is not of in behalf of an eight hour day for docked at New Bedford.. a skilled nature and should Quartermasters based on a three {Continued from Page 1) Respectfully submitted, properly be paid rates com­ watch system. What the Union that prime requisites to solution parable to unskilled labor. It desires to eliminate is the prac­ A pay rise _ of 5c an hour for of the manpower problem are DANIEL L. HOROWITZ pointed out that when these tice of working eight hours with­ approximately 15,000 longshore­ wages at decent levels, adequate Representing the Public employees did painting work in ten during nine months of the men in fifteen Gulf and South housing, payment of transporta­ it was rough painting and year. It present the eight conse­ THOMAS BOWE, Atlantic Coast ports from Char- tion costs to workers moving to could not be compared to that cutive hour schedule applies to Representing the Employees eston, S. C., to BrownsvUle, Tex., new jobs, and other safeguards. of a skilled painter. The these employees only during the lias been approved by the Na­ BRADFORD KENYON, Company does have" in its summer months. Labor members of the War tional War Labor Board. Representing the Employers employ painters whose job it The Company argued that the Manpower Commission's laborThe International Longshore­ is to do the more skilled summer sailing schedule makes management . policy committee men's Association, AFL, repre­ painting and to mix paints. possible the eight consecutiye tried to put over such a program sents the men covered by the Here is the Directive Order of The work done, according to hour work schedule for these some time ago. the Regional Board which ap­ WLB order. Thirteen maritime the Company, is comparable classifications. At other times in proved the foregoing recommen­ associations and individual ship­ LABOR SAFEGUARDS URGED at most to that of a painter's the year the sailing schedule is ping companies joined with the dations. helper, and the present rates such that unless the eight within union in separate applications to They demanded, too, that if are, in the opinion of the Com­ ten hour work schedule obtained, DIRECTIVE ORDER the board for approval of the workers are to be prodded to pany, adequate compensation the Company would regularly be general increase and of various shift to new jobs they should, be for this work. The Regional War Labor Board protected against being sent tQ required to pay for considerable ocal adjustments. s for the First Region, acting as the overtime. The two hours off is The board aproved the increase plants paying lower wages, ot Discussion djily authorized agent of the Na­ which have miserable working Since it appeeirs that work not given at one time, but is tional War Labor Board, and pur­ to compensate the Gulf and conditions, or which are in viola­ performed by. the employees broken up during the day. The suant to the powers vested in said South Atlantic longshoremen un­ tion of orders from the War La­ on the boats while the boats Union complained that the men Board by Executive Orders No. der the "Little Steel" formula bor Board or National Labor Re­ are off line service is made up may be called back to work at 9017 of January 12, 1942, and No. and to re-establish a differential lations Board. of a number of miscellaneous any time during their time off 9250 of October 3, 1942, the Act between rates in North and tasks which vary with the De­ and that they, therefore, frequ­ of Congress of October. 2, 1942, South Atlantic ports which has Industry members of the com­ existed since 1936. In November, mittee voted against the proposal, partment to which they are ently get their two hours off in and the War Labor Disputes Act 1942^ the board approved a 5c intwenty minute stretches. The attached, it appears inadequ­ of June 25, 1943, hereby directs crease for ILA longshoremen in however, and as things stand now Company acknowledged that men there are no national standards ate to describe their work as that: • ^ ' North Atlantic ports. to protect workers being trans­ rough painting. They do some sometimes get their two hours overhauling and general clear­ off in several smaller periods, but The recommendations of the The basic rate for longshore­ ferred, union chiefs said. ing up in their respective de­ claimed that whenever possible Panel dated August 2, 1943 are men in South Atlantic ports is These safeguards must be put partments. The work is not the time off is scheduled when approved and made the Directive 75c an hour with rates for cer­ into effect, they argued, before tain cargoes and warehousing workers will submit to any plan altogether that of painter's the boats dock at New Bedford Order of the Board. ranging from 48c to 65c an hour. for wholesale trahsfers drafted in and, since there is stop Over at helpers nor is it entirely com­ The procedure to be foUowed Basic wage rates in Gulf ports Washington. New Bedford of from one to two parable to common labor. in making the retroactive- pay­ range from 75c to $1.10 an hour. Some familiarity with the and three quarters hours, the ment of those employees who These rates compare with a men get most of their time off in work is a necessary requisite. have either quit or ben discharg­ North Atlantic basic rate of $1.25 one period. ed shall be in accordance with an hour. The Panel is of the opinion that the rates paid for this The Panel, believes that wher­ the annexed copy of the Board's The new rates in Gulf and South Atlantic ports are effective work should more properly be ever possible work should be Resolution,-of April 2, 1943. January 1, 1943.. compared with the general scheduled on a consecutive time WILLIAM ASKSON Unless a Petition for Reviews The board also approved a wage" structure of the com­ schedule. It does not feel justi­ is filed with the National War Your book and papers are be­ general increase of 5c an hour for pany than with jobs which at fied in eliminating the eight Labor Board withm 14 days of within ten hour work rule, how­ ing held for you by the Philadel­ clerks and checkers in Mobile, best are only partly compar­ the date of issue shown above, ever, since this practice would phia Shipping Commissioner. Ala., and elimination of wage able in the area. The Panel this Order will become final and rate differentials between dock appear to be a practical necessity therefore recommends that an binding as the Order of the Na­ Keep In Touch With and ship labor at Port Ever­ increase of five cents per hour for the efficient and. economical tional War Labor Board. operation of the boats during the glades, Fla. be granted for this work. This Your Local Draft Board, is approximately equivalent time that the winter schedule is SAUL WALLEN, Chairman to the $15.00 per month in­ in .effect. The Panel, therefore, CLARENCE G. McDAVITT crease recommended for the recommends that the Union's re>, ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR quest be denied, but that whem year round base rales. WALtE McGUINN ever possible the Company should WEEK OF AUG. 30th TO SEPT. 4th. There appears to be no cog­ attempt to arrange for a consecu­ C. LAWRENCE MUENCH DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL ent reason for the elimination tive work schedule for the classi­ \ FRANK M. 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Title A name given to the resource September 17, 1943 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. V, No. 25 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: $15 BOOST WON FOR 'NEW ENGLAND' MEN; 5 CENT OFF-LINE WORK INCREASE SCREWS TIGHTENED ON LABOR CONTROL NMU AND "STABILIZATION" LABOR WINS VICTORY IN WAR ON ANTI-UNION LAWS CAPITAL'S WAGE HAS ESCAPED FREEZING TANKER ALARM BELL SYSTEM ORDERED PAMA TAKES UNION POST FLANNEL MOUTH WLB GIVES 15,000 LONGSHOREMEN PAY RAISE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9/17/1943 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1943 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/9e219d8f1928e12dfe8adc01c35307f2.PDF 7d95eb06a7563f80a62f1796ff46e98a PDF Text Text OFFICIAL ORGAN OP THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA VOL. V. 267 NEW YORK. N. Y., FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 10, 1943 No. 24 WAAMLooks War Prisoners Used By Shipowner Like Film To Upset Wages And Conditions Flam OWI White No Souvenirs Are Allowed Says Fuss Budget Wyckoff Washes WSA t• By A. B. The trip is over, the boys all What appears to be another paid off and are hunting for an­ racket at the expense of the mer­ other ship with good CQoks and chant seamen, blossomed out in a square captain, so here goes for War Shipping Administration New York last week. This latest a try at the highlights of last trip. Washington. D. C. collection of free loaders is en­ That fink herders- delight, the The most important event of titled "Women's Auxiliary of the War Shipping Administration, is September 6, 1943 the trip, and the most dangerous American Merchant Marine, Inc." in the process of being perfumed Mr. John Hawk, Secretary-Treasurer as far as our union is concerned, and its avowed purpose is to col­ and "sold" to the American peo­ Seafarers International Union of North America* was the skipper's use of war lect old clothes for the seamen ple. The Office of War Informa­ Room 213, 2 Stone Street prisoners to break down our con­ and to comfort their wives while tion has taken on the task of por­ New York, N. Y. ditions. But to start at the be­ they are at sea. The old charity traying one of the most ineffici­ Dear Mr. Hawk: ginning. ent, bureaucratic and anti-labor racket, in other words. The Enforcement Division of the U. S. Bureau of Customs has Sometime last April, one of the arms of the government as a mo­ This time, however, something called to my attention what appears to be an unintentional infrac­ South Atlantic's palatial "Liberty new has been added—fancy uni- del of enlightenment and effici­ tion of Articles 78 and 90 issued by the U. S. War Department re­ Belles" came steaming into the forips. Last week the New York ency. port of New York in search of a garding the possession of captured Axis equipment. Times ran a picture of Mrs. Ada The OWI released this week 12 crew. As usual, the dispatcher It appears that on many merchant vessels returning from Mae Roll, founder and president single typed pages of publicity rounded up a full crew and the of the WAAMs. She was decked entitled "Merchant Shipping of theaters of war members of the crew have obtained by purchase or good ship crossed the bar headed out in the official WAAM's mil­ the United States in War Time." barter from inhabitants in those localities, arms, munitions, discard­ for a point in North Africa. itary uniform, and a face that It purportedly contains the en­ ed helmets, etc., as souvenirs. Going over the weather was would hardly bring cheer to a tire "magnificent record" of the Under the Articles of War mentioned above, all discarded or perfect; enemy opposition was shipwrecked sailor. She had that WSA and the Maritime Commis­ captured Axis material is the property of the United State and un­ light and so was the food. These fierce, preditory look of a profes­ sion in meeting the war crisis in authorized possession thereof is a violation of said Articles and such maritime cooks are sure honeys. merchant shipping. sional do-gooder. material will be confiscated by the Customs and other authorized So far I have eaten Hungarian Of the 12 pages of superlatives, Of course, an organization can't United States law enforcement agencies wherever found. Goulash, Norwegian Goulash, Po­ be denounced merely because its it is significant that only one lish • Goulash and at least five I am forwarding this information to you in order that you may quarter of one page-is devoted to founder wears a high pressure other varieties. Last trip though hat and a man-eating expression. the WSA's handling of labor re­ advise the members of your union of the facts herein, for their when the cook finished com­ There are sounder reasons for our lations. And yet it is this very guidance. pounding a stew, and being stuck Very truly yours, suspicions concerning this set-up. point that provides the key *to for a name, it came on the menu HUBERT WYCKOFF, To^ljegin with, the seamen don't the whole record of bimgling. It as VICTORY GOULASH. It was Assistant Deputy Administrator need charity, don't want charity, is the WSA bureaucrats' hatred lousy, but did not result in any for Maritime Labor Relations and will refuse it if offered to of organized labor, it is their deaths. The biggest beef on the them. Anyone who starts such a determination to impose a gov­ way over, was the food. move is likely to be figuring on ernment fink hall on all coasts, We finally made port, discharg­ In Memoriam In Memoriam lining their own pockets. Fur­ that has led the bureau into the ed our cargo and pointed our fair BROTHER BROTHER most devious maneuvers and the thermore this outfit has all' the ship's bow for home. Then they Edward J. Perritt earmarks of a phoney. It has most unbusiness like and ineffi­ Joseph R. Gillis cient practices. (Fireman. Oiler. Watertender) slapped a few hundred war pris­ (Able Seaman) never come near the union to dis­ oners aboard and said "GO". The WSA record of building cuss the problems of the seamen, When the Master saw them com­ Born. October 14. 1902. Died Born August 8. 1900. Died in it has not even contacted the and sailing ships could have been ing aboard a big smile lit up his in an accident in New York Or an. North Africa. United Seamen's Service. No increased many fold had not the face, as he thought "My troubles City on August 30. 1943. July 17. 1943. {Continued on.-Page 3) {Continued on Page 3) are over. Think of the work that I can get done this trip, without paying overtime, and what a rec­ ord I will have with the com­ pany." In a weekly magazine of na­ When we finally sailed through tional circulation, Secretary of the nets on the home stretch the the Interior Harold L. Ickes this prisoners were turned-to, paint­ week gave the inside story of ing the ship down. Those mon­ the long three-cornered contest keys were all over the ship with between the United Mine Work­ a pot of paint and a brush in ers, coal operators and govern­ nothing flat^ (just think of that ment agencies over wage in­ overtime). Every night the Bocreases for coal diggers. s'un had to hunt the ship down "Crisis on Coal," Ickles' article to make sure that he had knock­ was called, and in it he made be­ ed them all off. They only used hind-the-scenes disclosures. an average of ten a day and they The document largely sustains were given the liberty of the ship claims made by labor leaders — without a guard. many of them bitter critics of John L. Lewis—that the contro­ The cooks sent out an SOS arid versy could have been adjusted, shortly after, the cry was heard if the War Labor Board had not and a couple of them showed up in {Continued on Page 4) barred a settlement, except on its own terms. Before the article- went to New Orleans Mailing press, it passed through the Address hands of the Office of War In­ formation and the WLB. Both All mail for union brothers agencies demanded drastic in New Orleans should be ad­ changes to tone the piece dressed in the following man­ down and soft-pedal criticism of ner: the board, but Ickes declared the John Doe * proposed revisions came too late General Delivery Death came to these miners before a living wage. 19 members of the United Miiie Workers are to be included. Seamen's Postal Unit Ickes said flatly that, contrary shown being carried out of the Sayreton. Alabama mine of the Republic Steel Company. Custom House Station The union has charged that Republic Steel flagrantly ignored many safety laws .in the operation to the WLB's stand, the Miners New Orleans 16. La. of **»'« mine—and is directly rei^nslble for the explosion which snuffed out these lives. {Continued on Psge 4) WLB DOUBLE CROSSED MINERS—ICKES I'X.' ,, , t •, Vil �THE Pag® Two S EA FARERS LOG Friday. Sepiembor 10, 1943 ^ " "rl; SEAFAREKS LOG Oi\ Published by the ^ASHii\GTorv.: SEAFARERS' INTERNAlldNAt WlOlS OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District • BV MATT4IEW Affiliated with the American Pederation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG - 110 Market Strwt, JOHN HAWK - - - - - - - "President Fraaclsco, Calif. - - - - Secy-Treas. P. O. 'Box 25, Statidh P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 5 th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. • • • Directory of Branches BRANCH PHONE ADDRESS NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOwling Green 9-3437 BOSTON (10).. 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay St Calvert 4539 PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St Lombard 7651 NORFOLK • 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 NEW ORLEANS (15) ..309 Chartres St Canal 3936 SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St Savannah 3-1728 TAMPA 423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 MOBILE .......55 So. Conception St Dial 2-1392 PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon Puerto de Tierra GALVESTON 219 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 FT LAUDERDALE 2021 S. Federal Highway. .. Ft. Lauderdale 1601 PUBLICATION OFFICE; ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City BOwling Green 9-8346 Twelve Million Jobless Seen After This War Is Ended WASHINGTON, D. C.—Under the best, of circumstances, the post-war unemployment problem is certain to be "critical." If ade­ quate steps to deal with it are not taken in advance, it may be "de­ vastating." So declares the post-war divis"on of the Bureau of Labor Stat­ istics, which warned that at least 12,000,000 persons may be unem­ ployed six months after the war ends. At least 7,OOO,OO0 will be separated from payrolls immedi­ ately after the war ends, it said. "The problem," the report add­ ed, "must be tackled now, lest the nation be led to the brink of another and even more terrible war." A six-point program to cushion the shock was advocated. It calls for rapid reconversion of indus­ try to peacetime production, a public works program, financial assistancie to demobilized soldiers and war workers, and the volun­ tary withdrawal from labor iharkets Of wOmen, school-age y<)uths and over-age employes. Prediction was made that 1,500,000 workers will be turned adrift by the aircraft industry alone, and that the reduction in shipbuilding may be equally se­ vere. The automobile ^industry, the report said, is expected to drop Xroin a wartime peak of 300,000 to 2bO,bb6 and wiU never climb back higher than 600,000. The bureau said welders, rivet­ ers, turret lathe operators, ma­ chinists, tool and die makers and other skilled workers will feel the impact most "arid will have to trarisfer to other kinds «5f work. The outlook of the unskilled tvorkers was pictured as being even more desperate and the board said they haye a hard pe­ riod of readjiistirierit ahead. "Ramprint Uriempioynidrit," th^ country was told, will cause all! iorts of social terisibhs hh'd fric-' tions that may produce social dis­ orders of the gravest nature. The bureau asserted that the nation leans on a slender reed when it places complete reliance on the unemployment insurance system to tide workers over the period of readjustment. It could not possibly stand the shock, the report insisted, and that conten­ tion was upheld by Ewan Clague, director of the bureau of em­ ployment of the Social Security Board, in a radio broadcast. "bur present system," Clague said, "just won't be able to pay all the benefits to which persons are entitled if there is as much unemployment at the end of the war as is expected." He pointed out that the reserv­ es are in 49 separate state funds, while Unerriployrhent will be largely concentrated in a few centers. Ue also recalled that inillions of workers have rio claim whatever ori these furids, because they are riot covered by the So­ cial Security system. Other weak liriks cited by Clague are thaf payments are too small arid for too limited periods. A married mari with a family, he emphasized, receives no more thari a single man. Honoir Roll S.S. WALTER RANGER ....$18.00 C. KRANNICH B.OO O. BELL "S.OO S. S. TEXMAR 4.00 S. S. ALCOA SCOUT 4.00 S. S. F. A. WALKER 3.00 D. CAHOON 2.bb T. CARR 1,50 J. W. STEt>HENS 1.00 J. LAROCQUE i.bb J. ROGERS 1.0b JAMES K. KANE LOO TOTAL .t.$47.50 Here is the continuation of the story ()f the fight led by Andrew Furuseth and the A:FL for sea­ men's rights. 1^22 It had been the gefteral opinion that the idea of a ship subsidy would never again be broached in Congress. But the belief was based on the ccinterition that there riever would be such a Congress as is now in session. Further, never before have the same tactics been applied. Thir­ teen years ago when the last ef­ fort was made to foist such a scheme Updn the country, a great majority of the newspapers were opposed to it. Those who favor a ship subsidy now have seen to it that no stich condition shall in­ terfere with the present bill. They had the biggest advertisirig agency in the U. S. placed at the head of the shipping board. Through this agency the chair­ man of the shipping board has free entry into every newspaper, in the country. It has proved a most remarkable combination and the ship subsidy bill is now for sale to the American public. Its glories are set forth in the most brilliant language. The chairman of the shipping board, who was selected to make the sale, is conducting a wide spread campaign to secure the legisla-: tion. No sooner had the bill been introduced than the seamen dis­ covered the menace to thehi in its provisions. it would repeal that section of the seamen's act which guaran­ teed the right of seamen to leave a ship in a safe harbor. It also provides for a merchant marine reserve, which the seamen de­ nounced as a strike breaking agency. As a bait for the seamen to be­ come members of this naval re­ serve, they are to be given a re­ tainer of a month's wages. So many protests about these two clauses were' made that the chair­ man promised to eliminate them. He contended, however, that if this were ddne the seamen should suppdrt the bill. This they have refused to do. Two conferences were held be­ tween the representatives of the AFL and the chairman of the shipping board, during which the later submitted the same plan to secure the (iodperation of labor in support of the bill. The chairman also used ariother ar­ gument to secure the support of labor. This Was that as soon as the ship subsidy biU should have been passed, thousarids of men riow idle in the ship yards would be given employment. At' the sarrie time he said that the ships owned by the shipping board were "junk" and ought to be sunk in the sea. There are a number of other dangerous pro­ visions in the bill which effect the taxpayers in the U. S. It is prdposed to sell to private ship- THE NIGHTMARE CREW^ A long trip it was from Ihdia's slrand A payoff,,^ some wine, and iHe sun With hot kasts from some NMU Pilots Which by the "head" were hung! Till 1 ddzed in my iitter weariness Sleepy with fever arid l^ooze, Ovdrpb^'ered by fumes from the Pilot I slumbered in fitful snooze. Till wild drOairis fibpded tny anxious mind Ahd I fancied myself on a ship. Shanghaied through Currans "Job Trust" Hall With ah NMu Ye Gods! when I crossed tHfe gari^fv^ay What strririgO sight triet my gazO, The phbriiesi Crew that Ship fever krifew ^tobd fhere iri riiy Sigiit arrayed. FOr thfe Rbsiih's triaffe was Curfan Still Veiling—"A ^eCbhd Frbnt!'.' McKehzie was fhfere fes fen oiler With Stein the irieSSphrik rhnt! Myfers .was fhfe Able Sfefeirifeti With "Finky" Sniifh fes thfe Dare mfen §0 to sfea ^ith Such a trierifegfe? "Twas one for thfe Hfefbfes' Rbok. Thfeir sfe'^agbirig ^efer tv'fes a tirbwdfer Speech Arid a Sriiii^e ;frbih, ShySte'r Riil; They had Marltitnfe Laws with iridfexfed ilSws dh theSe I gazfed ^ iiii! The jiicturfe of Currah hurig fever the buriks, Aribthfer, in irifessrbbihs Whiife a greasy dfeck bf phbhy hiferkfed cards Were there tor tHfe gferiiblers tfeb. I wfekerifed in frigiii fetid swferfe by the Gbds Wb iribfe wbtild 1 siyiggie thfe wirie, '''^ivfeS bUt a drfeahi. Bill;!{ it wferfe friife *1^ jiiffe ^ish't ^I'th fe ihih dime! %'br I ihiiik 'ibb ktiicih Hi thiis Rfettferfed frfehife To face the sea with such crew— The Comniunist cash register "searneri" Who's checkoff the NMU. —^ap-Ati'-Lift. PiiWAQfLffi owners, ships that cost $200 id $250 per ton to build, for anyn thing that can be obtainfed. "These ships may be Sold for $20 per ton or less. The purchasers can borrow, from the shipping board twothirds of the purchase price, and sufficient money to amortize them at 2% interest. All to be payable within fifteen years. During this period the purchasers can oper­ ate the vessels. They will depre­ ciate as much as 75%. At the end of fifteen years the purchasers can tie them up at some dock and say to the shippirig board, "You keep thdm for what we owe you." This bill is being widely mis­ represented as a measure inteiuied for the necessary mairitenanco and upbuilding of the American" merchant marine. The facts are that its enactment into law will bring about conditions under which all managers and operafors of ships must regard politiiis as the prime factor in their buslriess, and efficient management as a secondary consideration of comparatively little importance. The AFL*-hereby condemns the said ship subsidy bill as inimical to the public interest, and partic­ ularly destructive to the nation's hopes and aspirations for sea power. 1923 The greatest blow to the priv­ ileged few was the defeat of the ship subsidy bill. The arguments in favor of the ship subsidy bill were all such flagrant misrepreseritations that the number of opponents continued to grow Un­ til the members of the Senate were convinced that they would mean political suicide if theiy vcited for such a measure. Ah outstanding fact in regard-to the opposition to the bill was that labor was the only bfgartizatioh that openly fought against its passage. It can be said without fear of contraction that had it riot been for the AFL and its affili­ ated organizations this pernicious legisiation would have been driv­ en thrbrigh Cdrigreb tinder the wiiip arid spur of paffy regular­ ity fend the fefer bf loSs of patron- rige.. ~ The AFL wishes to fcali atten­ tion to the UridiSpUted historical fact thfet sea power, the ability to stKicesSfully compfete Or fijght at "sea, dcpcrids upbri the tj^e, criferacter and ability Of the riatibri's sefemen. Ships, guhs, tbpls, etc;, fere fell important, but the essential requirement fbr-success is loyal arid (Competent sefemen. History teaches Us that ilatibns refusing to recognize this truth have slbivly but inevitably Ibst power arid coritrol of the sea. America's policy for success upon trie sea lias been clearly defined "in the seameri's act Of 1915. Sym­ pathetic enforcement of the law will bririg greater results than trie trarisfer of billions Of dollars frdm the U, S. TreasUrj' to the private feccbUnts of the Shipown­ ers. Ship subsidies are like crutches —• they lessen iriitlative and create a spirit of dependence. A mari Or an mdustry deperident Upon criitcries ultim.ately be­ comes a slave to trie habit, i.e., the cflitciies. �>• to. il43 THk ^EXFARERS LOG Pago Tfaroii ^ JjlOJfL JM, NEW YORK On my desk at present are three requests from ship's crews tp have the Steward removed, jThe Pickens of the South Atlan­ tic Line has an NMU man who got aboard without clearing thru our Halh This man will be taken off. The Stewed of the Dunbar is strictly k.G. He will be taken 'dflE. The crew of the'Alcoa Point­ er is in the meeting tonight arid ' we will hear about him later in the meeting. Just about every other ship that comes into this port has a large number of beefs against the Steward and they usually want him suspended for 90 years. Food is controlled. The stew­ ard cannot order what he wants like he did in peace time. Ships are stored upon the basis of so many ounces of each item of food per man and the Steward is required to see that every one has eriough to eat and that the food lasts for the entire voyage. If he is a good guy and gives ihe crew everything they ask for, he runs short of several items be­ fore the trip is over and the crew Says that he doesn't know his Business rind thrit "he hkd no rfght to take a steward's job. If he tries to spread the food out even­ ly frir the whole trip, he is called a belly-robber. In either case, an angry crew demarids that actiori be taken against him. Given a Liberty ship which was built to carry a crew of about 40 men, he finds himself with a green galley crew and first trip messmen and is expected to take care of 300 prisoners, 118 armed guard, 26 gun crew, an indefinite number of passengers and the regular crew of about 40 men. By the time the trip is over, he is a perfect, subject for a psycho­ pathic ward, and the crew wants to fire him out of his union. O.K. boys. Go ahead and give them all 99 years but don't forget that everytime you do, you are. get­ ting. rid of an experienced man and a union brother and replac­ ing him with either an NMU or a RMO main arid see how you like them. Think it "oyer, fellows, be­ fore you raise Hell with your next steward and remember that one-third of our membership are steward's Department men. JOE VOLPIAN, Patrolman Out of the Focil by 3C.. We viSited the Food Trade Vocatidrial School at 208 W. 13th St., due to the insistence of Tdnf Schiavone and Shakey Moore, who were sore that more SIU men didn't take advantage of the oppor­ tunity. We met Mr. Citriano who is in charge of the school. He inform­ ed us that the school was the property of New York, and was sub­ sidized by the USMC fdr the purpose of having better cooks,and bakers about American ships. All seamen who have made one trip to sea are eligible to enter the school and take the four week course cooking, butchering, baking and steward work. The governinerit pays the trainees $6 per diem. The facilities in the school are first rate and the men teachers there kriow their business. If the trainee is arixious to learri Ke can be taught the most modern and easiest methods in handling his first or second cooks' job. Even some of the old timers would be surprised if they entered the school, and would find but that there was somethifig iriore they cdiild lerirri. . Some of the Brothers may have heard that it was an NMU project. Nothing Of the sort. The NMU offered the USMC a room in their building, arid with their usuril ballyhoo iriade it Ibdk as tHe i)r6ject belonged to them. At first the boys had to go to the NMU Ho collect their pay, but the cdmplaint of Brother Gomez quickly tihariged thrit, and they are libW being paid off at the school. The school has a ^eat rilariy of the NMU sweater girls there, but that shouldn't stop an SIU man from triking the courSe, if he really wants to learn. The schdol is riot interested iri your uriion riffiliatioris, riil it wants to do is make you a better cook arid baker. I'his school is riot being riin by the RMO, and you're riot a Sheepshead Bay ritiff by attending it. There rife no Uniforms to Werir while there except a white ripron. When you've finished the course you rire riot obliged to Sail for the WSA, Afiriy Transport Service or any other fink outfit. If you are interested iri attending the school, you can get further iriformation at 39 Broadway, ROom No. 300. See Lieut. Welsh. KEEP CLEAR WtTH YOUR DRAFT BOARD By obsrirving thfe fttllriwiiig siriiple iristructioiis you will continue to receive defeftuent frorii iriilitary seiwice. Fail tb dbSrihre these fiiles kiid yoU may wind up in the army. WjttEH klGOTi'jG dN: Give the clerk or skipper all the ihfbrmatitfn n^eessriry to fill out RMO Card No. 47 (Green Carfi), WKriEN sm OFT: See that Ckfd No. 48-A Is j^rbjhp^rly filled out by skipper or clerk. Shli> but beftite yoiir Ullbtttia time riu^bfe has e^ifed. If you have hot yet flllefi ottt the Grfien Cai^a, eohiact ydur draft board let kfiow that |ybU are saiiirig. Washes WSA pJdL&A,— PROiPIlTEERS AND THE CX)ST OF LIVING ^ Organized labor has repeatedly ing the "gravy train," which cdri-s charged that profiteers are almost trasts with their position in 1932, {Continued from Page 1) solely responsible for high liv­ when about 20 per cent actually yard stick (does-it-help-smash-la­ ing costs, and has insisted that, lost money. i bor) been applied at every turn. if it wished to do so, the admin­ From the outset, it may be It is no -vVonder that the OWI only devotes one quarter of a istration could redeem its pledge noted, wholesalers have been the page to the question of labor re­ to roll .back prices simply by petted darlings of the O.P.A. Un­ lations. They would be hard squeezing out extortionate profits. der the boisterous and blunder­ pressed to -write more than that These claims have been sup­ ing Leon Henderson, they were without openly falsifying the rec­ ported up to the hilt by the Of­ permitted to write their owni ord. As it was they came close to fice of Price Administration, but, ticket, mainly because their o-wii for reasons that are left to the representatives had been in­ doing exactly that. imagination, the sensational facts trenched in key positions in the "The War Shipping Adminis­ have not been disclosed to the agency. tration has issued Statements of public. When Henderson established Policy with all maritime labor Expert of the O.P.A. have de­ price ceilings, back in 1942, the organizations," says the public­ termined that wholesale food prices of wholesalers were 20 pel* ity release. "These in effect re­ dealers increased their profits be­ cent out of line with those of re­ tain the union hiring halls arid tween 1939 and 1942 as high as tailers. This meant, of course, the procedures of collective bar­ 500 per cent. This startling in­ that it was the retailer -who was gaining." formation is contained in Volume to be squeezed when he had tq The implication here is that 6 of the O.P.A. series of "War the WSA voluntarily accented Profits Studies," which are not replenish his stocks. the "Statement of Policy" "and public documents, but are intend­ Instead of rolling back whole­ has since observed it in all good ed only for use of the agency's sale prices, the O.P.A. permitted retailers to hoist their ceilings, faith. The seamen know that this officials. is a lie—whether or not the OWI The facts and figures in this and that is the explanation of an is aware of it. The "Statement of study are not 'only a blistering increase of almost 50 per cent iri Policy" was -wrung from the indictment of war profiteers, but the' prices of food paid by con­ WSA by determined unions. are equally an indictment of of­ sumers. Since having grudgingly signed ficials who have permitted them The O.P.A.'s confidential report this Stalemerit, the WSA has at­ to get "away with murder." shows conclusively that had the tempted to circumvent it or, Here, boiled down for quick O.P.A. forced wholesalers to when they felt strong enough, to reading, is what the O.P.A. has make a 20 per cent price reduc­ Operily sabotage it. discovered but has kept secret: tion, their profits would still have All the OWI propaganda ma­ Three out of every 10 food been larger than anybody should chinery can not alter these facts. wholesalers reported profits for be perimitted to take in -war or: In an explanitory letter accom­ 1942 more than 300 per cent high­ peace time. panying the publicity released, er than in 1939, and for half of Another point that may be the OWI remarks that the "re­ these concerns profits rose 500 worth mentioning is that, while port" is designed to meet the per cent or more. the O.P.A. remained silent about needs of "editors, writers, com­ Seven out of every 10 food the extortion of food wholesalers. mentators, broadcasters, program middlemen more than doubled It passed out to the press garbled planners, photographers, and their profits, and four of these figures purporting to show that others concerried with presenting seven had at least a 200 per cent workers were the real profiteers. the news." We have no doubt rise. —LABOKi but that 90% of the editors, Evenmore startling is the commentators, etc., will present O.P.A. disclosure that in many the "news" just as received from instances higher profits were har­ the OWI. The orily place in vested ori a declining volume of which the real facts have an op­ business. In almost every case, portunity to be heard now days is profits increased much more rap­ Crew of last trip of S. S. Orein the only free press left in the idly than sales, making it as liiar have $125 attack bonus com­ ing. Collect Calmar Line, Nevr country—^the labor press. plain as a pikestaff that whole­ York City. salers took advantage of the em­ ergency and the complaisance of Crew of last trip of S. S. Benj. O.P.A. to jack up prices. Bourn can collect 12 hours over­ "Wholesale food grocers," the time from Mississippi Line's Nevr confidential report says, "realized York office. twice as much on every dollar of sales in 1942 as in 1939. Sales Crew of last trip of S. S. Johri were up 43 per cent, but profits P. Poe have extra day area bonus rose over 200 per cent. The larger coming. Collect at nearest Bull companies showed the greater in­ Line Office. • creases in sales, but the smaller Crew of S.S. Able Stearns can {Continued from Page 1) concerns reported the greater in­ collect port bonus for Sydney. sponsors of the movement have See Captain Respess, Bull Line. been made public, nor have the crease in profits." That paragraph tells the real New York City. requirements for memberships. story of what has happened to No specific program is enunci­ wages and the cost of living. J. Panfoja has money cOr ated. All we know is that officeSj With fbbd taking about half of from the Bull Line for the I have been opened .at 152 West the worker's -weekly wages, these voyage of the Eleanor. 42nd Street, and that radio time figures lay the most serious in­ The following crew members has been contracted for. No dictment of war profiteering at of the S.S. Ironclad have bonus doubt the next WAAM move will the door of food middlemen, who money coming from the Water­ be to lower the boom on the beat down the farmers at one end man Line: L. Hall, A. DeFelice. suckers. and rob consumers at the other. E. Bright, J. Lafaso, J. Narbvak. All union men should warn; Declaring that in the past four G. Small, J. Naylor, J. McKenna. their wives and girl friends (and years the wholesale grocery busi­ and E. Talbot. any "live ones") to keep a Weath­ ness has been transformed from er eye out for this V/AAM Aim INGEBRITSEN: You have 61 a "marginal to a profitable in­ fiam. hours overtime coming from the dustry," the report declares that wholesale grocers are earning an Robin Line. average of 25 to 50 per cent on MCLAUGHLIN: You have 6 invested capital. hours bveftiriie coming from thri Today all wholesalers are rid­ Rbbiri Line. MONEY DUE WAAMLooks Like Flam Ernest Linne Palmer Sam L. Barclift Marshal J. Gieleek S. JosepHsbri Keep In i'diich With Your Local Draft Board, ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR WEEK OF AUG. 23 TO 28 INCLUSIVE DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL SHIPPED 336 291 255 882 REGISTERED 233 208 139 580 �Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. September 10. 1943 War Prisoners Used By Shipowner New Sub Menace Hinted By Knos are willing to place their lives in jeopardy, in addition to torpe­ WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 —The does, bombs and mines? airplane won this summer's Al­ Boys, if the next ship you join lied battle against' submarines, they say it is for a one-way pas­ and as a result German U-boats sage, it is nothing serious, it just apparently are being equipped means that you will take the ship WASHINGTON-— The Mari Edgar E. Clark, who served as with xiiofe anti-alrcfafl weapons to North Africa and walk home time Commission has announced president of the Order of Railway preliminary to a new challenge to collect transportation—if you that 13 Liberty ships scheduled Conductors of America and was for control of the Atlantic seaarrive within ten days of the pay­ for launching in the near future later appointed to the Interstate lanes. A barber shop was duly open­ off at the original port of en will be named for former labor Commerce Commission by Presi­ This appraisal of the enemy's ed with great pomp and cere­ gagement. The prisoners wil leaders. Labor Day ceremonies dent Theodore Roosevelt. intentions was given today by mony just outside of the chill work their way back. in various shipyards featured Further illustrious names in la­ boxes and convenient enough to All these beefs were taken up teunchings and the laying of bor history to be assigned are: Secretary of the Navy Knox and the meat chopping block that it with the Naval Intelligence in keels of some of the vessels. John I. Nolan, international vice- was supplemented by figures re­ was nearly always covered with Norfolk. So far, we have heard The roster includes such not­ president of Iron Moulder's Union leased by the naval high com­ hair. But what's a little hair in of no action being taken though ables as Heywood Broun, mem­ and former Congressman - from mand. the grub, after all meat is ration­ ber of the CIO and first head of California; Ben T. Osborne, exe­ The great part played by the ed. (Price—^two packs of Luck- Thing it over well, boys. It is the American Newspaper Guild; cutive secretary of Oregon Fed­ airplane in the anti-submarine ies; Proprietor — one prisoner of your Union and these are your Joshua A. Leach, founder and eration of Labor; Michael Casey, campaign's success was disclosed conditions, that are being sold war). first president of the Brother­ president of Interhatiohal Team­ in the naval report summarizing down the river. hood of Locomotive Firemen and sters, Chauffeurs and Warehouse­ operations during May, June and The. Engineers were not to be Enginemen; Robert Fechncr, who men; Albert J. Berres, of the July. During this period the Al­ outdone in building up their rep­ served for years as a representa­ Metal Trades of AFL; George lies sank 90 U-boats and pretty utation. Their cry for help was tive of the American Federation Uhler, president of Marino En­ well scotched, at least for the answered and several prisoners of Labor and was first director of gineers Beneficial Association, time being, the threats to theii; were detailed to the engine room. the Civilian Conservation Corps; CIO; Arthur M. Huddell, presi­ trans-Atlantic supply routes. One of the wipers was promoted to Engine Room. Bos'un (Same Members of the crew of S. S. and William B. Wilson, Secretary dent of International Union of The Navy said American forces Pay) and put in full charge. Malt W. Hanson should contact of Labor in President Woodrow Operating Engineers. alone sank at least 29 enemy sub­ Labor leaders for whom Lib­ Needless to say, no military Richard M. Cantor. 51 Chambers Wilson's cabinet. marines in those three months. Other names of distinction on erty ships were named in cere­ guard was put in the Engine St.. New York City. Of these, 26 were destroyed by / the list are: Jerome K. Jones, monies held Labor Day, 1942, Room while these men were JOHN WAZALIS airplanes had AFL leader in Atlanta, Georgia; were: Samuel Gomner-s, Andrew' working. However, the wiper Your book is at headquarters Patrick Henry Morrissey, one Furuselh, Peter J. McGiiire, <">= Was instructed to keep a sharp office. Your clothes are at the time grand master of the Broth­ James Duncan, John Mitchell of the three bagged by naval sur-. tvatch on their behavior in case face forces. New York Customs. Pier 61. erhood of Railroad Trainmen; and John W. Brown. ithey reverted to Fascism, and to Knox told a press conference take appropriate action if a move JOHN E. DaROCHA AFL Denounces that there is reason to believe Ickes Reveals was made to take over the ship: Get in touch with your draft that the Germans are calling in Labor Conscription War Labor Board (The brave wiper). board in Savannah. their U-boats to put anti-aircraft • I wonder if the soldiers who JOHN SOLOMON WIGFIELD Double Cross of U.M.W. Moves By Brass Hats guns on them and he was empha­ captured these prisoners did so Your union book and Coast "Brass hats" in Buffalo were tic that the battle of the Atlantic with the idea of undermining {Continued from Page 1) has not been ended. Guard Pass are at headquarters deserved wage increases and, in accused this week by Frank FenAmerican labor standards? office in New York. I'act, they would have been jus­ ton, A. F. of L. organization di­ "It's as sure as sunrise that ; I wonder if when a Company tified in abrogating their two- rector, of putting over a scheme they will be back in there again," guaiantees us safe working con­ year contract after Pearl Harbor of labor control that is an enter­ he, said. "There is no reason to Keep In Touch With ditions, they are sincere? and demanding pay boosts then ing wedge for a plan to conscript believe that we have disposed of I wonder if American seamen Your Local Draft Board. workers for private bosses. the submarine menace." and there. They would have been granted, The plan was authorized, he Knox replied affirmatively too, he said, because then there said, by Mrs. Anna Rosenberg, when asked if small aircraft car­ were no wage freezing regula­ New York state director of the riers have not largely met the tions. But the union conscient- War Manpower Commission, in need for air "protection in Middle oiisly stuck to the terms of the violation of policies laid down by Atlantic areas beyond the effec­ contract and did not press for the labor - management policy tive patrol range of land-based wage rate amendn^ents until ex­ committee of the national com­ aircraft. Central Registering and Dispatching Office mission. piration of the pact. \ OPERATORS Open in SUP Headquarters at San Francisco Mrs. itosenberg is known to be "SHADOWED-BOXED" close to the White House and has Bakke Made Co-chairman During the long negotiations For SIU Members and T, C*8 in the President's ear, but has been Of War Shipping Panel that started in March, the oper­ the center of frequent heated Deck, Engine and Steward Departments ators ..only .."shadow-boxed" ..as controversies. The National War Labor Board ' far as bargaining i^ concerned, She has held jobs with various has announced the appointment Increased shipping on West Coast by SIU members Ickes asserted. Federal agencies, and one of the of E. Wight Bakke, professor of has made it necessary to open a separate and complete "Certain gentlemen were firm bitterest outbursts against her economics at Yale University, as business office to be devoted solely to registering and carin the intention there would be occurred when it was found' she co-chairfnan of the WLB 'Wat; ^g for the needs of SIU members in all departments. no settlement with the Miners," held a lucrative 'position with Shipping Panel. he said. "They said 'no' to all Macy's in New York while draw­ Professor Bakke has acted as All SIU members in San Francisco are required to im­ suggestions, finally throwing the ing government salaries. As a public member of many WLB mediately register in SIU office at 59 Clay St. SIU members dispute into the lap of the War result of the attacks, she gave up panels, and has also served as a in SUP Branches on the West Coast are to register in the Labor Board, toward which an the private job. respective SUP Office and I'eceive an SIU shipping card. board referee in several cases influential group had been work­ Fenton, who is a member of the during the past year. SIU shipping cards will have preference on SIU ships and ing from the outset." will be recognized by all SUP Dispatchers. SIU Deck mem­ national committee, inslructed At a critical stage in the con­ A. F. of L. unions in Buffalo to bers will have second preference when SUP rneniber's are In Memoriam troversy, just before midnight. disregard the scheme and declar­ available. May 31, Ickes said he called in ed he would demand that the BROTHER Lewis and Charles O'Neill, commission order Mrs. Rosenberg For Further Information: William Cantrell spokesmen for the Northern op­ to abandon or alter it. (O. S.) Call your union offices and tanker organizers at the erators, and proposed a tempor­ addresses listed below. You will always finds somebody at Born Sept. 25. 1911. Died in TIED TO JOBS ary contract. these numbers excepting at night. Gran, North Africa, This would have provided ap­ Under the Buffalo program, July 17. 1943. proximately a dollar-a-day in­ which is the most sweeping in SEATTLE, WASH.—86 Seneca St.—Phone Elliott 6752. crease to the workers, a.s part —^E. Coeistei or Johnson. the country, a curb is placed on regulations are put Into effect, payment on the union's claim for the free movement of aU male but in Buffalo labor's opposition PORTLAND. OREGON—111 West Burnside St.—Phone "portal-to-portal" pay,' covering workers in the area. No such was overridden, he declared. Lo­ Beacon 4336—John Massey or C. Atkins. travel time spent underground. worker can take a job, nor can a cal labor chiefs have branded the The full amount would, mean­ RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA—257 Fifth St.—Phone Rich­ boss employ him, unless approv­ present setup a "labor servitude while, be determined by an im­ ed by a committee of arniy and mond 4021—Louie Glebe or Banks. plan." partial commission. VANCOUVER, B. C.—340 B. Cambie St.—Phonp Pacific navy agents. THE ENTERING WEDGE DISPUTE NEAR SETTLEMENT 7824—Hugh Murphy. "If compulsion is clamped dowrt Both sides indicated the com­ "These military men have been WILMINGTON, California ^ 440 Avalon Blvd. —Phone promise would be acceptable, telling workers they have to quit on labor in Buffalo, attempts will 4449. Ickes decliu'ed, adding: "I believ­ jobs they hold and take new be made to extend it elsewhere,'/ ed the dispute might be settled ones, in specified plants, regard­ Fention said. "So far, at least, we NEW YORK Cmr — 105 Broad St. — Phone BOwling less of the wages paid," Fenton have no 'draft labor' law iii thil within 24 hours." Green 9-^530—^Morris Weisberger. said. country, and we won't tolerate However, the WLB threw a SAN FRANCISCO-59 Clay St.—Phone Exbrook 8229— In other communities, labor- efforts to put into effect the esr "monkey wrench." It ordered Phil Conley. the Miners and operators to • stop management committees must be sence of such a law by round-; consulted before any manpower about methods." , , negotiations. {Continued from Page 1) the galley and were busy prepar• ing a mess of the Italian national dish for the crew. They came to stay, and stay they did for the whole trip. They did not confine themselves to their own food, but were doing a lot for the cooks in preparing the crews' stew pot. 13 Labor Leaders Honored At Liberty Ship Launching SIU And Tanker Members On West Coast •p 11'i •X- >- . •, ''f.\ •I'v/.i � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1939-1949 Description An account of the resource Volumes I-XI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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Title A name given to the resource September 10, 1943 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. V, No. 24 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: WAAM LOOKS LIKE FLIM FLAM WAR PRISONERS USED BY SHIPOWNERS TO UPSET WAGES AND CONDITIONS OWI WHITE WASHES WSA NO SOUVENIRS ARE ALLOWED SAYS FUSS BUDGET WYCKOFF WLB DOUBLE CROSSED MINERS--ICKES TWELVE MILLION JOBLESS SEEN AFTER THIS WAR IS ENDED THE NIGHTMARE CREW PROFITEERS AND THE COST OF LIVING 13 LABOR LEADERS HONORED AT LIBERTY SHIP LAUNCHING NEW SUB MENACE HINTED BY KNOX AFL DENOUNCES LABOR CONSCRIPTION MOVES BY BRASS HATS BAKKE MADE CO-CHAIRMAN OF WAR SHIPPING PANEL SIU AND TANKER MEMBERS ON WEST COAST Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9/10/1943 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1943 Periodicals Seafarers Log