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The Seafarers^ Log
Seafarers' International Union of North America
OfficialOrgan of the Atlantic^ Gulf and Great Lakes Seamen
VOL II
I
NEW YORK, N. Y., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14,1940
446
No. 10
AMALGAMATION CARRIES!
ATTENTION! ALL AGENTS, S.U.P. Orders Big Majority Favors Merger;
PATROLMEN AND DELEGATES Libel Suit vs. Aii Shipping Ruies Approved
Commie Rag
In the SEAFARERS' LOG of Saturday, July 20, 1940, we
printed IN FULL the "Policy Regarding the Taking in of New
Members and the Issuance of Permit Cards and the System
of Handling the Same." THIS POLICY MUST^BE STRICTLY
ADHERED TO.
We wish to stress particularly those paragraphs in this
policy which affect the shipping of Permit Men. In order to
refresh your memory we quote them once more:
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In Referendum Baiiot
As we go to press, word
reaches us that the S.U.P.
membership^ in San Fran
cisco has voted to bring a
libel suit against "Voiee of
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the Federation," the paper
Policy Regarding Permit Men
of the Commie stooges on
By an overwhelming majority, the members of the Sea
Permit Cards are to be issued only to nonr
the West Coast. The lying farers International Union of North America have voted for
members beiitg shipped to fill jobs because no book
rag had printed a story to the amalgamation of the Atlantic and Gulf districts of the
members or Permit Card men are available to fill
the effect that Harry organization in a referendum on which balloting was con
such jobs. They are to be issued Permit Cards at
Lundeberg, Secretary cluded last week. Balloting in all ports had been in process
• the time they are dispatched to the job and at no
Treasurer of the S.U.P. for thirty days. The vote was cast on a resolution calling
other time.
and Acting President of for amalgamation as well as for the adoption of uniform
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the S.I.U., had joined a shipping rules.
PERIVDT CARDS ARE TO BE ISSUED TO
committee with Roger
Officers Remain at Posts
This action of the member
NO OTHER PERSONS — NO PERSON SHALL
Lapham, the West Coast ship eliminates the present The present SecretaryTreas
BE ISSUED MORE THAN ONE PERMIT CARD
shipowner, to boost the cumbersome system, whereby urer of the Atlantic and the act
ing SecretaryTreasurer of the
— THEY SHALL BE REQUIRED TO RETAIN
Burke Wadsworth Con two sets of bookkeeping and Gulf
and all other officials are to
AND USE THE ONE PERMIT CARD ISSUED
scription Bill.
financial records are kept— remain at their posts in these two
TO THEM.
"It's a goddam lie all the one in New York and the sections of the District to handle
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way through as far as I am other at New Orleans—and the organization work of the
Permit Card men who are shipped to jobs are
union in' their respective ports.
. concerned," Lundeberg establishes one central office .A Sccretar/'Trcasurer of the
to be allowed to make at least one complete round
told the S.U.P. at a mem for the unified district at unified Atlantic and Guir Seafar
trip but after such round trip is completed, they
bership meeting,
now Washington, D.C. The Wash ers' Union will be appointed by
may be required to relinquish their jobs upon de
it's about time the mem ington office will also be used the Acting Presidentjof the Inter
mand of any hook member desiring such job. Such
and will serve until the
bership of the S.U.P. tafies as a legislative office for the national
demand shall be made thru the Union's offices and
next election.
a stand on whether or not entire International.
the dispatching of such jobs shall be done in ac
Rules' Conflict Eliminated
they're
going to let a lot
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Milestone of Progress
Uniform shipping rules were
of scabherding, yellow
Amalgamation marks a mile likewise adopted by the referen
bellied Communist stooges stone of progress for the S.I.U.— dum vote. Conflicts caused by dif
publicize a lot of filthy it means greater efficiency, the ferent regulations previouSfyi in
lies or whether to go to elimination of waste and dupfica force in one district asagainst
town and drive them back tion of effort, increasing services the other 'are completely done
away with. The SAME rules will
into their rat holes where for the benefit of the membership. henceforth apply in EVERY port
they came from."
The prevlotis setup, with two on the Atlantic Coast and in the
AIM TO PROTECT MEMBERS' RIGHTS
separate
districts, had been estab Gulf.
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The membership voted
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AND FORESTALL N.M.U. STOOGES
lished for the imrpose of rapid The Tallying Committee's re
UNANIMOUSLY to "go organization work among seamen port has already been concurred
to
town".
under the A.F. of L. banner, when in by the Headquarters branch oi
The regulations adopted with regard to Permit Men have
the
union was chartered nearly the Atlantic District in New
a distinct purpose. Above all else, these regulations are in X.
two
years ago. Now, with a sta York. Concurrence by the other
tended to protect the interests of the goodstanding mem TheyHl Be Calling On ble organization and numerous branches is awaited before amal
bers of the Seafarers' International Union.
The Boy Scouts Next closed shop contracts an actual gamation and the uniform ship
These members have first call on all jobs coming into
achievement, the S.I.U. member ping rules are officially put la
the dispatcher's office. That is a right which must be guarded We are reliably Informed that ship has felt that a tightening of force.
(The Amalgation Resolution
at all times. Under the regulations, Permit Cards can, there In his attempt to sell out the sea the organizational structure Is In
appears elsewhere in this issue)
order.
fore, be issued ONLY when no regular book member is avail men on the coastwise Increases,
Joe Curran sent college kids
able for a job.
<$>
around
to the Savannah Line for
Secondly, the regulations teurs that agreements made by
jobs.
We
suppose that was just
are intended to stop the influx the S.I.U, must be ratified by the some more of the NMU's drive to
membership before they can be
of SABOTEURS from the
signed—which Is NOT the case In "reorganize" the . "unorganized"
NMU headquarters. Slimy the NMU!
S.LU. ships. Like all such drives
rats of this type are IN The agents of the wrecking conducted by the NMU, If was a
(ADOPTED BY REFERENDUM. AUGUST 1940)
STRUCTED to joih the S.I.U. crew don't care about all this— dismal flop.
Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers' International
in order to kick and gripe they are out to cause dissension
Union of North America
about the agreements they are and confusion among the true A. F. of L. MEMBERSHIP
S.I.U.
membership.
Their
job
Is
HITS
ALLTIME
PEAK
working under.
to undermiile our union.
WHEREAS: The Seafarers' International Union of North
It doesn't matter to these
Washington,
D.
C.
—
The
Protect
YOl^ A^eements!
stooges that the S.I.U. agree
America, Atlantic and Gulf Districts, were organized in.
ments, even those with the lowest That Is why we must be on membership of the American
November 1938 with the specific purpose of unifying the
scales, are far better than the guard against them. That Is why Federation of Iiabor — dues
seamen under the banner of the A.F. of L. and to form
paid
membership—^now
stands
best NMU agreements.
the S.I.U. policy regarding Per
an organization run by seamen, for seamen, and
It doesn't matter to these mit Men must be' strictly adhered at the highest point In Its WHEREAS;
For the purpose of organizing rapidly two districts
history.
phoneys that S.I.U. agreements to.
were set up, one In the Gulf and one on the Atlantic coast, and
Secretary Treasurer George
are negotiated by committees It is a matter of selfprotection. Meany reported to the Execu WHEREAS: At the present time we have organized a stable organi
consisting of rank and file mem Beware of the Commie sabo tive Council that 300,000 new
zation In both the Atlantic and Gulf with closed shop agreements
bers as well as officials, all elect teurs! Protect the agreements members have been gained
with various steamship companies, and .
ad at regular membership meet you are working under! Put since last August. This brings WHEREAS: Members of the Atlantic District and those of the Gulf
ings.
District have the same privileges In regard to shipping, participat
your shoulder to the wheel—^help the total duespaid member
ing In. meetings, voting on various questions, whether In New
build a bigger and better bonadde ship In the American Federa
• Guard Against Saboteurs
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tion
of
Labor
to
4,300,000.
It doesn't matter to these sabo organization for seamen!
UNIFIED ORGANIZATION HARKS MILESTONE OF
PROGRESS IN FIGHT FOR EAST COAST SEAMEN
Permit Men Regulations:
SafeGuards for the Union
AMALGAMATION RESOLUTION
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Wednesday,' August i'4vl^0
THE SEAFARERS' LOG
Publishedby the
Seafarers^ IntermMional Union
of Nojtth America
Affiliated with the American Federationof LfAor.
HARRY LUNDEBERG, Acting President
llO Market Street, Room 402, Ban Prancisco, Calif.
Blitzkrieging
BojitJcal
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PKOM TEXAS CITY
Views of a 'Sea Gnaill
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. OfU ^BirB itleviews the Btisiory • df
'Setimeiii Their fJnions and Their Struggles
A tlantic • Bistrict
HEADQUARTERS
Ydflt (Phone: BOwling Green 03437)
12 Stone Street
BRANCHfiS
Boston
.:.33"0 Atlantic Aveque
'Providence
..465 So. Main Street
iPhiladelphia a,.......,;
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6 North «th Street
Baltimore
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Norfolk
60 Commercial Place
Bah Juan, Puerto Rico
8 Covadonga Street
The politicians are acting ac
Since the days when I first started following ships and watching
cording ,to Hoyle in France.
i «4he actions and anticsof the men that, crew them, I'verdone a little
When :the going got hot due to thinktiig . . .
their blundering action in direct
Fve seen the days when men tcere marshalled before the mast
ing the campaign against the totake the flogging ordered by the despots ivho commanded the
Nasis, those who were holding • vessels carrying the cominerce of the world,
power decided to scram and leave
I've seen the government paSs laws outlawing such discipline.
I've seen the. blacklist supplgnt thp lash, and the unions sup
the French armed forces .and peo
ple to face whatever music Hitler plant the blacklist. And now the strangest of all situations has me
had in ,fitore for them. Then intrigued.,,..
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when
the
jig
"was
up,
they
highway or any way af. All. At
Fqimdiii^ qf S;U.P.
HEADSUARTEII9
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changed the "regime" and to in 1885 I was sittit^ on a lum that time the cry was "An Injury
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New 'Orleans .
309 Chartres Street
y I
finish
the
job
for
Hitler,
went
ber >pile
In
San
Francisco,
when
o
One
Is
An
Injury
to
All."
And
rtRANCHRS,.
lock, stock and barrel on the Nazi a proup of seamen organized that is : what, it > meant.
Savannah
2^ pwt Bay Street
bandwagon.
Jacksonville'i.....*..i..'...®36 Bay Street
what they called a union. Thinks The Longshoremen returned to
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Tampa
206 South Franklin Street
I to myself: it .sounds good, but work after the strike: with greatly
Mobile
55 So.Conception Street
They even went to the extent of I'll stick.around a while, because Improved wages and conditions.
Texas City .......
.................105 4th Street N.
creating a Fascist government; these guys are goofey and can't The sailors also returned, to work,
Great Lakes District
these leaders of one of the great' do «ny :good to themselves. Why, though it took them till the next
HEADQUARTERS
est democracies the world has at this time, If they even as much year to get their wages raised;
'^BCtrolt ......i
.1038 Third Street
as quit a ship they are due for Then, after the battle, there
ever known!
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the;brig. Every time they 'take a came into the picture the inter
PVBUCATION TO:
It isn't hard to understand the drink they are liable to wake up national Executive Board .to dis
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machinations of the politicians. at sea under some bucko mate cipline these members that had
waged and won the conditions.
iP. O. Box 522, Church St. Annex, New York, N. Y.
They thrive on opportunism and worse than the last one.
Some young squarehead called The members involved, with the
unkept promises. So a little mat
ter like sellin,? out aii entire peo Furuseth did a lot of talking and aid of the then effective M.F.P.,
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ple and Country in order to gain seemed able to sway themen. So won this fight also.
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SAME OLD SONG:
nu
their selfish aims is nothing un I decided to keep on eye on this
expected—if you know their po lad. You all know the way that East Coast Follows
organization built up, stood blow The next stop on our flight
litical history.
after blow. Shipowners spent takes us to '36. Internal bicbering
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Dictatorships appeal to the poll millions on stools and their sell had cropped up in the M.F.P,
tielans 'due to the fact that what out policies and on every possible Lundeberg had been called to
There seems to be no limit to the NMU leadership's power ever office they assume in .a ;to method of fighting the seamen. head his own organization. A
You can all remember the "red" tinge was noticeable in the
. . . todeceive itself and the uninitiated among its member talitarian .^state will be perma dark days
of the Twenties, the doings of the M.F.P. This became
nent, Just as long as they will
ship. We have seen recently how this has worked out in the stooge
for one or ^another "top still darker days of the Thirties, .more pronounced during the '36
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matter of coastwise increases in monthly and overtime pay, fraction." Stooging behsg a nat
'37 strike, but was controlled to
This week we are afforded a few more examples of NMU ural gift with them, this won't be 'Great '34 Strike
some extent and the strike was
a difficult task,
You should also remember the won.
power and light. . . .
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"THE BIG ISSUE"
Wlial bearing has tJie above on .'34, on the Pacific coast. This was.the formation of a rank and
Piisti, the "Tileit tells us, conditions on one of, the NMU labor in our own fair land? Well, time is Wasn't started on a lum file movement on the East .Coast,"
Isass are such' that
we don't have to Took far. Look ber pile. No, no, it was started termed the NMU..^This started as
' 'The big issue aboard the Morgan Line vessels today is at the antilabor; legislation that by the longshoremen, who also adernocratic replica of the West
Who is going to live in these quarters: will it he the bed bugs is of late being placed before had their ups and downs. But the Coast unions, it was aided finan>
men who sailed the ships that cially, morally and physically by
Congress.
or the crew?"
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hauled that lumber came out to he unions on the West Coast.
Now, you would imagine that, with things coming to such If we didn't have an alert rep aid
Utopia for the seafarer seemed
these longshoremen.
a pretty pass, the "powerful" NMU would show its strength resentative in the person of They in turn were backed by jto be nearing achievement.
^hips under contract to the
a bit. Well, it does. The same editorial in the old scandal Harry Lundeberg, the seamen the deepwater crews.
sheet tells us: "The NMU is backing the crew." And how! would long ago have lost their Once again the shipowners Wes*^ Coast unions were given to
rights to organize and bargain pulled all the strings at .their the new union. Aid in eveiy w^y
Yes, just how?
collectively. Many of these pro command. Fought with the city, was extended. Then a rift show
We'll let "strongman" Joe Ourran explain:
posed bills were aimed at the sea state and federal law enforce ed up. The Shepard Line, under
, "In my opinion, the BEST way to show up what little men directly. We are all ac ment bodies. There, was'Bloody contract to the West Coast, was
Thursday In "San Francisco on made the object of a bitter fight.
consideration companies like the Morgan Line give to the quainted with them.
Stewart Street (which should A dogcollar was introduced
Jiving conditions of the unlicensed personnel is to keep on
True to form, the politicos iu forever be a shrine to all seamen an^ laccepted by the new union,
fighting them and EXPOSING them in thePILOT."
and workers in the world).
though a desperate battle against
" Print a few Jiiotures of the stinking foc'sles, call the bed the NMU leadership who repre
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it was being staged by the sea
sent the Communist party in the
irags a few harsh names—that's how you fight against un maritime field have invariably ac Rise of M.F.P.
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men of the West Coast. A train
aahitary, healthwrecking conditions suffered by seamen! cepted this an tilabor legislation. I was in Seattle when there ing program was likewise intro
That is, that's how you "fight" a la Curran.
Why are these rats so anxious to was started another organization. duced sponsored by the shipown
see
the power of labor destroyed? This' was called . the Maritime ers. This was also endorsed by
HOW S.I.U. HANDLES "ISSUE"
There is only one answer to this Federation of the Pacific." From the NMU. The battle was now
There have been beefs against faulty funiigatioh on S.i;U. question.
That is: Just so long as this another leader came into the on.
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ships too. But how dods the S.I:U. handle the situation? labor is strongly organized, the public eye. He was weUknown
S.LU.
to
the
Fore
Very simply, entirely without the use of uiirrors—or three Communist party is powerless to and wellliked in his own union,
Came
tlie
fall
of '38. At the
the
S.U.P.,
but
was
drafted
to
pages of pictures and type. These beefs are considered minor gain any support from the work
A.F.L.
convention
in Houston,
head
the
M.F.P,
issues in the S.LU. By COOPERATION between the patrol ers of this country.
In those days I had no trouble; Texas, the A.F.L. asked this guy
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men and the crew, the issue is brought to a'satisfactory set
Lundeberg if it was possible for
We have only to look hack to following this Lundeberg, as the
tlement with the company.
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traveling
was
done
by
box
car,
those years when the depression
' That gets ACTION.
started to prove this contention.
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ANOTHER CRUSADE
When bread lines were rampant, SEAFARERS' LOG
iNext, we learn that the NMU is on another crusade. The noto when jobs were scarce and the
rious "Blackie" Meyers is .for increasing the manning scale. He Is conditions of the workers were at
for it ... to the use of two .uli pages in the Pileit, pictures arid all. a coolie level, the Commies were
The S.I.U. is out for increased manriing scales too'but it has able to arouse enough sentiment
deeds to back up its words. In the fall of 1938 S.I.U. men struck to conduct numerous activities
the Lykes Line because of the practice of laying off watertenders. among large groups of people.
What did Curran, Meyers and Co, do th^n? Why, nothing wore Marches on ctty halls and to the
than just.tfil^ ihey placed scab crews on board the Lykes ships! Capitol took the place of organi S.S. BRUSH .,,
....:.. . .$16.17
,That'.«'how the NMU officials' 'fight" for increased manning scales zation on "the job.
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S.S.,FRANCIS
SALMON
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, .looks in practice. ...
.... .,5.90
S;S. MARGURETE
' No, NMU WORDS just won't square with NMU ACTIONS.
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So In conclusion, Iqt this be a G. 'Mason
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Go over the facts:
reminder to all Of you who wish George Wolf .
Are you for increases in monthly pay and overtime? The NMU to retain yonr freedom arid' main
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Bives yau:^words and words in the Pileit (fnostly tearftfl 6rivs about tain your deihoeritflc Ufdits. T)on Ed. Scherzer ..................... ..
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the ^aad plight of ^the shipmwners to justify a $2.50 selloui). The trust the pblitic laps to/d j ;'the job Warreii Be^be
.50
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Sii.U. gives you ACT10N_the'10^101
for jmil. Labor thust" be
its
pOUNT^
Are you for decent crew's quarter^? The NMU fllvas youiwoKis toes aefd Aefehd' ifscz/. "1^6 one
'Saiodji^t^,
D. Dubnis, iR.
(and pieturev) in the Pileit. The Sd:u; gives you AfcTION: it Jutt else' :fcill <lb,lf%r you.
,Snwqyd,rM.,^
Roberts, C.
Bets rid :af the bedbugs.
7 fAte ymi<for increased manfrting scales? Just jddge from thepast
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record: You'll get wordaU—froln the NMU. <For ACTION—the S.I U
'ifK;13o. 542
.will be on the job again!
H.J.C., No. 496
Total ......$46.57
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Words by NMU; Action by SIU
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T H E S E
ARE
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BALTIMORE
JKhat's Doing
NEWS and OPINION
htppirig Boom?
New and Reconditioned Shtps
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BALTIMORE. Md.—August 8, body even if what they sell is to
1940:
Shipping has slumped bad be used for the sole purpose df
TEXAS CITY
MOBILE
ly out of this port, the Dis blasting the hell out of a lot df
August 3, 1940. • patcher's records showing only 48 innocent people who have no
August 6, 1940.
Editor, Seafarers Log.
; brothers shipped durli^ the past other desire but to be let alone.
Editor, Seafarer's Log,
The strike on the Ten .Cent
week. ,The shipping lists at pres This business of appropriating
Dear Sir and Brother:
.Dear Sir and Brother:
Taxi Company is still being car.
ent^ show
288 members in the millions 'of dollars for the relief
.Everything is runnlrja fairly ried on and^to date only two of Shipping remains good down
three
departments
now on the of the poor and suffering on one
smooth down in this gart of the the .t>riglnal strikers 'have gone here, nine .men .for the last week.
beach.
Shipping
of
full
crews to liaiid and the selling for profit of
rCQuntry now. The one exception bask Lo work. The Teamsters Not very many squawks to amount
the materials that create the suf
the
Delta
Line's
DELOREANS
Isthat we are very short ©fA.B.'s and Chauffeurs Union .as repre to anything. Seems that all hands
fering of the poor on the other
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and
Bull
Line's
HELEN
within
and reciprocating oilers. The jscnted by the A.F.L. have been are getting the new agreements
hand is a racket. It stinks.
the
next
couple
of
weeks
will
third .acciui^ition to the Waterman gutting .the pressure on the City liiied up to where the members
help
out
considerably
and
it
is
• New Bhips
fleet, namely the tS.S. BayoU Commissioners
have laws af are getting along now without all hoped that the irregularity in
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Bids have
been opened for the
Ghico, took her Stewards' Depart fecting this taxi company em hands in a muddlewhen they get
schedules brought on by recent construction of three new C,;2
ment yesterday and will ;take the forced. We all expect a success into port
embargoes and the extension of type ships to be built for the
balance of the crew today, She ful conclusion to :this strike.
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the European blockade will be Ocean Dominion Line. These
.will sail about Thursday to ,go on
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The laugh of the week hap straightened out soon and ship ships, when built, will replace
the coastwise run. The quarters Organized labor here is going
three of the oldtimers now in
on these ships have rbeen com ahead with plans to make this pened here, on one of the ships ping will gel back to normal.
that
came
in.
Tbe
M;M.
were
pletely rebuilt and the mess Labor 'Day a day that will long
Shipping Boom Coming? use by the Line. The Company
rooms equipped with the latest be. ^remembered in this commu squawking about a member in The Commission has approved has four C1 type freighters now
their dept. who would nottake a
• ^buBding at San Francisco.
type electric refrigerators.
nity. Plans are not yet complete bath and clean up. i told him charters for eleven of the Robin ESSO is lying up a goodly
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.Line ships for .carrying cargoes
but one thing is certain and, that
The ballots on the amalgama is the fact that there will be a around 4 PlM. one day to either from African ports to the United number of their tankers down at
tion resolution and uniform port Labor Day .Parade. The Seamen uiean up or hit the rbeach. 24 States while .all fourteen ships of the Solomons Island anchorage.
hours later I went back aboard.the
the Ocean Dominion Line have /The majority of them are under
rules have already been forward in tbie port will be there taking
scow and asked the rgents in his
Panamanian registry and .^ave
an .aptive part as they have al dept. bow he was coming. Be had their charters approved for beeii cut out of the • European
their
usual
West
Indies .service.
ways done in the past.
lieve it or not, at the tinve of ask
NEWS EROM
Many of the Companies,.particu trade by the extension of tire Neu
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larly the coastal and intercoastal trality Act. ESSO also^launched
The S.S. Narcissus finally got bath I
lines are marking time until the the Esse Nashville out of thjC
cleared .away last week. Brother
.end of thismonth to see whether Bethlehem yard here recently, j
Morris Weisberger came down
A national week of mourning the Nazi blitzkrieg is going to A survey o.f the shipyards
from New York with the deck
shows that eleven oldtimers ate
(Atlantic District)
should be held. The Plymouth come offormoL
and engine crew and;got her out
being reconditioned for service.
.
Failure
of
Hitler
to
get'to Lon.
jalopy
with
which
so
many
mem
Chatanoosa Follows Suit OtK. The last time Morris was
bers are familiar gave up the don before the middle of Septem Twentyseven new ships of all
Reports
, here was when he came:down to ghost. Yep, she just sang her ber means that the war will stagl types are on order at the various
Action on Late Quitting get the S.S. Utahan out and he swan song, and I mean she sang nate throughout the winter; fur yards.
didn't expect to be back 'down
Eights H.R. 6881
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1 here .again. This time we wanted it. Collins claimed he heard it in ther that the British will be
much better prepared by next Agent vElklns makes another
to ^show hhn the fair city of Philly. I don't know about that,
S.S. Chatanooga IFQIIOWS Suit Mobile, but he had more pressing but" I do know it sung it's way Spring and the conflict would trip to Washington this week for
in the last issue of the Log we
business elsewhere. Maybe the into the dealer's. Gone but not then possibly. drag itself out for a talk with Senator Radcliffe on
carried a letter telling of the im
next time, Morris. That's all for forgotten (at least till I get the a couple of years or more. Once H.R. 6881. This bill which, If
provements obtained on the S.S.
it is clear to friend shipowner passed, will place the seamen
dent it made in my roll out).
this week.
Birmingham. The SLS. Chata
that the war may not end abrupt under the Longshoremen's Com
FraternaUy yours,
nooga, sister ship of the .Birm
ly any day, there will be a heavy pensation Act, Is being backed by
Robert A. Matthews,
Everything seems very nice demand for all and any kind of a powerful shipowners, lobby and
ingham, was in town this week.
Eng. Patrolman.
and peaceful in the district. A ships and the boonx in shipping it will take all we have to lick it.
After reprssentatioris made by
seagull was telling me about will be unparalleled in the his
Patrolman Arthur Thompson to
Watch for Stoogjes!
some bad member in the ,NMU tory of the United States Mer
the superintendent of the Savan
Talk around the waterfront re
nah Line, the same conditions
who, being /disgusted, put the offi ciianf Marine.
garding the possibility of the
ed to Headquarters for final tabu
lation and we should know the
result shortly.
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were granted to the crew of the
Chatanooga as to, her sister ship.
Action on Late Quitting^
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Several weeks ago we mentioned
the fact that some men, quitting
without notice just before sailing
time, were putting the union on
the spot and that the member
ship here were determined to rec
tify this eituation.
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At the last meeting, on August
5, Brother S. Canal was brought
up on charges for Just such a
misdemeanor. His late quitting
had delayed the sailing of a ves
sel for
hours. As iftthat were
not enough, he repeated the same
Offense on another vessel soon
thereafter.
This time, the ship had to sail
shorthanded. Upon request of
the Brother, he was tried by the
meeting acting a.s a committee of
the whole. He admitted his guilt.
The membership voted as fol
lows:
"That if Brother Canal com
mits the same offense again, he
shall be .suspended from the ship
ping list for 60 days."
Similar action is planned
against all such offenders.
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Third floor. Shipped 40, regie
t'ered 11; Total now on shipping
list: 35.
Sixth floor: Shipped T08, regis
tered 108; "iCotal now on shipping
list: 130.
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New Mattresses for .Crew
New mattresses for the entire
crew were .Shipped ,.abcis*tl the
i 8.8. Seatrain. New York last
Wednesday. The crew had .been
domplaln|nB; to .tlie conipany for
some time about the state of their
t|[leeplng quarters and finally .got
action.
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Oantner and Mattern
iKnitting Mills
Has locked out Its employes
and been declared unfair by
the international Ladies Gar
ment .Workers Union (A.F.L).
Among the articles on the "un
fair" list manufactured by this
firm are bathing suits under
the trade names of Golden
Gate, HiBoy, BoSun and Wi
kies.
cials ;of the Texas halls on the
.ETo Consistency
spot. Seems maybe the spot is
Speaking of charters we note
getting smaller and smalle..
that the Commission, while dis
Watch it.
approving the requests for char
A. W. Armstrong, No, 136.
Merchants • & Miners Line selling
several of their ships at the end
of the season is bringing a lot of
stoo.ges up to the Hall looking
ters to carry fuel oil, gasoline, for "membership.
ERANKERASER
Died at :St. Luke's Hospital,
New Bedford, Mass.,
August 7, 1940
RESOLUTION
The following Resolution was adopted at a Tegular
New York Headquarters Meeting on Monday, August
12, 1940:
WHEREAS: Since the installation of the new Permit
Card system, and since the issuance of the new permit
cards, it has been discovered that several former mem
bers of the Seafarers' International Union have ac
quired permit cards, despite the fact that these permit
cards are to be issued ONLY to nonmomhers, and
WHEEJEAS : .These former members have wilfully con
eijaled their former membership in the Seafarers' In
ternational/Union in ordm to avoid payment of ar
rears in dues and assessments, and have accepted per
mit e'ards with the intent do defraud the Union of the
arrears due on their original membership books, and
WHEREAS: The issuance of permit cards to former
'book members nullifies the purpose for which the per
initcard system was installed, thei'efore be it
RESOLVED: That any Permit Card Man found to be
a former member of the Seafarers'Hnternational
. .,^nipm ofNorth America hhall stdnd autonafttically
.rt,sufipend«d without 4»enefit:bf trial, dmd shall be denied
'further memhesship da the .'S.LU. of N.A., and be it
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RESOLVED: That
appear in fcsir com
" secutivre issues of tH SEAFARERS^ LOG.
and scrap iron to Japan by the
Draft Dodging
We may look for quite a num
owners of the Saccarappa, Bllza
betli Kellog, Torits, Lewis Luck ber of young fellows trying to
enhacii, Cities Service Missouri, join the Union if the draft act
and Kansas and other American passes. Seamen will, of coursed
vessels; tiiins around and ap be exempt from any draft and
proves a charter to the Standard there will be quite a few boys
Oil Company of New York for who, faced witli tlie alternative
cargoes of motor gasoline to the of either geiiing married or go
port oL Vladivostol^for the Soviet ing to sea to avoid tlie draft,'Will
Government. Maybe the Commis clioo.se the latter. Investigating
sion thinks the gasoline isn't for committees passing on the fitness
Hitler or maybe they just don't' of permit men should keep qji ey®
open for the fellow who wants to
give a damn.
Some folks think that what make a trip so he can be classi
Ibis country needs is a good five fied as a seaman.
cent cigar. Others think that
Thanks, Brother!
what we need is five cents to buy Our thanks to Brother L. B.
a cigar. We think this couniry Clarkson who donated a couple o1
needs a little consistency in their dollars to buy the boys out at the
dealings witli other countries and hospital cigarettes.
a cleaning up of • t hese paytriots
Fraternally,
who will sell anything to any
W. H. Elkins.
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Due to the printer's devil, a had mistake crept into the
statement hy Richard E. Tunison, as printed in the last issue
of the Log. In order to rectify the error, we are reprinting
the statement in full;
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Tears TJp His NMU Book
Toithe Delegate,
July 21, 1940
Seafarers International Union::
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I, Richard .£</ Tunison, in the presence of witnesses ido
renounce all connections and sever my relationship and rights
..to membership in the AIATIONAL MARITIME UNION; ide
nounce its policies as unfair tome and unionmen in general.
As evtdence.ofsame,I hereby destroy mybdok which entitled
me to membership in the National^Maritime' Union.
Witnesses: .
• (signed) Richard Eugene Tunison. • !
(signed).John Pi Doyle, SO70; Oominitk iGiangrasco",
. ^ivin Spiney, GCS: Norman Molvar, A. 97; (Frsm
S.S. West Kyska)
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CONCLUDING
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WARNING TO DISRUPTERS! Lundebergs Testimony
Views of a Sea Gull
It has been called to our attention that certain members,
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\ AF.L.'s SUP and one under the
disregarding the expressed will of the membership, have taken
Presents Seamen s Case the S.U.P.
to start the A.F.L. seajc.l.O. The flrdt, since 1885, has
it upon themselves to mislead crews Into actions detrimental
men on the right track. They had forged ahead—at times beaten,
to the union as a whole. As a warning against such phoneys
On Manning Scales been
pushed around for years. A bloody, practically forgotten, but
and for the purpose of putting all S.I.U. seamen on guard
against them, we reprint below the RESOLUTION on this
subject adopted by the Atlanta Agents Conference:
RESOLUTION
Adopted by Atlantic and GtUf District Agents Con
ference, June 69, Atlanta, Georgia.
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WHEREAS: Cert.iin conditions have arisen on account
of the European war which have virtually placed
this country on an emergency status, and
WHEREAS: Hostile shipowners in conjunction with
various antiunion men on government bureaus are
trying to destroy our unions, and
WHEREAS: Saboteurs may have crept into our ranks
with the specific purpose of disrupting our organi
zation, be it therefore
RESOLVED: That we go on record instituting the fol
lowing measures in OTnformity with our constitution
and for the benefit of the membership as a whole:
1. In ships and companies where our organization
has an agreement, no direct action to tie up a
,, ship shall be taken either by an individual crew,
by an individual official of the union or by an
individual branch before contacting district
headquarters thru the secretarytreasurer.
2. The headquarters shall have the final say before
a ship is tied up and they shall at all times he
guided by the constitution, which in the final
analysis, is the law of the membership as a whole.
No action shall be taken by the Atlantic District
to tie up a ship with an agreement with the Gulf
District and vice versa, until the respective dis
tricts where Uie ship belongs has been contacted,
and bfi it. fiufjlly
lot of tliem had joined the NMU, always coming In for more, lead
We are concluding herewith ex but would not go for the finky ing the way as always for the
cerpts from the testimony given policies of this organization's men that sail the ships—a union
hy Harry Lundeherg, Acting Pres leadership.
led by men elected by, and obey
ident of the S.I.V., at the Mari Lundeberg took up this proposi ing the will of, the majority. The
time Commission hearings on tlon for a final decision with the other led by a bos'n who had to
Manning Scales, held at San members of his union. It was be nearly dragged off a ship In
Francisco on July 23, 1040 The okayed and the Seafarers Inter Pedro (remember!), who accepts
first part of Bro. Lundeherg's teS' antional Union of North America orders from men who've never
timony appeared in the last issue took the field. It was composed seen a ship. He leads his mem
of the Log.
of members that had bCen with bers further away from the aims
More Ordinaries Than AB's
the old I.S.U., members who could and needs of seamen day by day.
not stand the dictates of the Check on it. Under the SUP
NMU and men that had flocked to wages rose from $30 to $95 for an
A.B. Living conditions constant
the banner of the S.U
Of course, here is another
thing. The American shipowners
think that they are saving money, Shipowner legislation at this ly improved till now they com
guess. They have a habit of time was Introduced In great pare with those in any Industry.
using more greenhorns, what' quantities. The S.U.P. and Its Sailors doing sailor's work on all
call "ordinary seamen," than A.B. husky infant, the S.I.U., fought it j ships. Under the NMU, wages
seamen. Years ago they would with every means possible. But are from $7.50 to $20 lower. Con
have more A.B.'6 on deck, and the NMU, who were maintaining ditions are such that ships taken
now in the passenger ships, for "legislative rep." In Washing from the NMU have a hard time
instance, they have more Ordi ton didn't seem to mind this stuff getting an SJ.U. crew to sail
them till the quarters are over
nary seamen in proportion to at all. . . .
hauled.
Mates on deck doing
what they had before.
Tanker Strike of '39
sailor's
work. . .
.
You know, according to the Came the tanker strike In the
American law, a man who is an summer of '39 called by the NMU SUP and S.I.U. ship every man
ordinary seaman is nothing else Many a strike has been called crt ships Under contract direct
but a boy. He doesn't have to since that start on the lumber from the Union ball. The NMU
Imow anything when he first goes pile in '85, but never a one Hks ships any man from any place he
to sea. The old system of training this! The keynote was struck can get a Job; Maritime Commis
Company offices, etc. ...
seamen in the United States is when the crew of a Lykes ship In sion,
8VP and 8.I.V. expel any
wrong anyhow, which I have told Houston was censored and threat mcinber who goes aboard a M.C.
them back in Washington time ened with the loss of their books Training Ship.
and time again. We are in favor IF THEV DID NOT BUNKER
NMU recommends enrollment
of having it that a man should OIL FROM THE COMPANIES of their members on the fink
learn his business before he be THAT THEIR BROTHERS ships.
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comes an ablebodied seaman and WERE STRIKING AGAINST!
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under the system of his blue Thgse men showed that there .So now, as I wend my weary
A.B. ticket, and the ordinary sea. is a limit' to how much a man way in search of those crumbs
man going to sea doesn't know will take, by ignoring these de which make up a Sea Gull's
his business. But that's the law. mands'. The West Coast seamen menu. I ponder this way: It has
So the shipowners think by and Uie S.I.U. during this time taken 55 years, men's lives, un ^
RESOLVED: That anyone that breaks these rules shall
saving a few dollars less a month, aided the NMU by refusing to told hardships, many long hard
be made to answer to the membership.
so long as they have enough to handle oil from the struck com hours, days, weeks, months, years
comply with the Steamboat In panics.
pounding the picket lines, burn
spection Rules and Regulations, U.R. Leads Kg&in
ing
the midnight oil, devotion to
He is charged with*disruptive it will take care of the upkeep of
N O T I C E
Came the summer of '40. Once duty of countless seamen, to gain
activities and working in the In the vessel, which is shortsighted
again the S.U.P. took the lead what is now an established fact
terests of a dual organization, the policy, which any Steamboat
and CcUsfd.,. the wages for its
ATTENTION ALL
not the fancy of a group or"
NMU, as an organizer.
man,«an tell you. If a man goes members. The S.I.U. fallowed suit parlor pinks.
BRANCHES!
After being notified, he Imme to sea for three years he knows
at once. Only the NMU officials
Is all this to be destroyed by
diately disappeared, to carry on his work, he knows what to do.
ordered their members to be con
few stooges of the shipowners?
Ralph Bothroch^ No. 50024 hfs disruptive work elsewhere.
He should know. But a boy, an tent with a wage rarse on the Are our friends, the seamen,
has been duly notified that DO NOT SHIP THIS MAN ordinary seaman, don't, i don't
deepwater ships—never mind the going to stand being sold back
teharges are preferred against him OUT UNTIL HE ANSWERS say that they shouldn't have boys
overtime rate, never mind the into the dark ages? Are they
and his union book has been THE CHARGES AT HEAD aboard the ship, but you should
coastwise ships.
going to carry on^ maintain
picked up.
QUARTERS!
have enough ablebodied seamen Came the S.I.U. versus the wages and conditions, unite under
to do the work.
Bull Line. All hands are familiar the S.I.U. banner which Is going
With the scabby action taken by ahead, or stay under a banner
"Maintenance Men"?
the NMU leaders at this time.
I don't know much about this Everybody knows the result which is leading them back faster
than they came ahead?
03, C2 and C 1 ships. We haven't which hurt' the seamen.
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It Is always easier to slip back
had any chance to check up on it.
. York or in New Orleans or other ports, in other wbrdk, we are The Assistant' Secretary will give So now we have two unions. than to forge ahead1
One under the banner of the
' at the present time functioning practically as one, and
THE SEAGULL.
7HEREAS: At the present time we have two separate headquarters, you a little more dope on that.
We,
of
course,
have
been
able
to
11 one in New York and one in New Orleans, ^ith two separate
i bookkeeping and financial systems, which is mumsy and is only talk the Grace Line into taking
duplicating the Work which can be done hy one central office three more men on deck in those
and this is only a waste of money in its present setup, therefore vessels. I don't suppose they do
it for charity's sake. I mean,
be it
they need them. The care is un
RESOLVED; That we, the members of the Atlantic and Gulf handy andmay need fixing, and
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districts of the SIU of NA go on record to establish a they need those additional men
cordance
with
the regular system of dispatching
central office in Washington, D.O., which will function as on deck. Besides, the ship is run
book
members
to
jobs.
! the secretarytreasurer's office for both districts and that ning Into every South American
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this office shall also be used as a legislative office for the port, in and out of every port
On coastwise ships. Permit Card men shall be
down there.
Seafarers' International, and be it further
allowed
to remain at least 30 days on the job be
Up to recently—^1 don't know if
RESOLVED: That this AtlanticGulf district office shall he they
practice that today—they
fore being required to relinquish their jobs to book
Hte financial center of our organization, with all records used to pick up a crew down at
members.'
and files to be kept in this office, in other words, to take Panama Canal, down in Central
Duties of Union Representatives
away the financial and bookkeeping work from New Or America, which is cheap. They
All patrolmen shall be required to file with their re
pick up a second crew down
leans and New York respectively, and be it further
spective Agent the names and ratings of all Permit Card
XtESOLVED: That the present elected secretarytreasurer on the there. I suppose they pay them a
men completing round trips thru the ship's arrival in that
few
centavoB
or
pesos,
and
they
Atlantic remain as the head of the Atlantic section of the district
particular port.
and the present acting sec.treas. of the Gulf remain as the head do the work which belongs to the
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Ships'
delegates
shall
be required to list the names
j zation work of the union such as, negotiating agreements, attend to the law, I believe they have
and ratings of all Pernilt Card men on board and such list
poirt committee meetings, handle beefs and doing further organiza been violating the law righf on
shall be turned over to the Union Patrolman for his In
tion work, and be it further
that, too. But I don't know if
spection upon the ship's arrival in port.
RESOLVED: That each branch shall be allowed one hundred dollars they do 'it right now. However,
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on hand per week and that New York and New Orleans be allowed if they put three more men on
Permit
shipping
lists
shall
be
kept in all Branches in
to hold fivehundred dollars per week for current expenses, and deck on these ships and call them
the
same
manner
as
the
regular
shipping list in order
be it further
"maintenance men" — a sailor
that Permit Card men may register for jobs.
RESOLVED: That we draft Duke Dushane to act as the secretary hates like hell to be called a
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treasurer and International Representative for the Atlantic and "mainfenance man," when he is
Permit Card men shall have preference for Jobs when
Gulf Seafarers' Union with headquarters In Washington, D.C. until an able bodied seaman. A "main
the next election, and be it further
no book members are available fb" such Jobs, and they
tenance man" might mean any
shall be dispatched to these Jobs from the Permit Shipping
RESOLVED: That in the event Dushane is not available for this thing from a flunklc to a=well,
List In the same manner as book members are dispatched
I post WB authorize the acting president of the Seafarers' Inter "maintenance," we don't know
from the regular shipping list.
j national to appoint another man capable of fniing the Job.
what tJiat means.
AMALGAMATION RESOLUTION
ATTENTION! ALL AGENTS,
PATROLMEN AND DELEGATES
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AMALGAMATION CARRIES
ATTENTION! ALL AGENTS, PATROLMEN, AND DELEGATES
SUP ORDERS LIBEL SUIT VS. COMMIE RAG
PERMIT MEN REGULATIONS: SAFE-GUARDS FOR THE UNION
THEY'LL BE CALLING ON THE BOY SCOUTS NEXT
BLITZKRIEGING POLITICAL BLISTERS
VIEWS OF A SEA GULL
WORDS BY NMU; ACTION BY SIU
WARNING TO DISRUPTERS!
LUNDEBERG'S TESTIMONY PRESENTS SEAMEN'S CASE ON MANNING SCALES
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