http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/c8abaa79a878df243c4217a7801d97c1.PDF 5835e386fe9351b16a2426e64003f13f PDF Text Text J:AFABBRS JOQ in OFFICIAL ORGAN OP THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA VOL. IV. 280 NEW YORK, N.Y„ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1942 No. 37 S.I.U. FIGHTS TO PROTECT JONES ACT Unions Ask For Maritime Freeze Powerful shipowner lobbyists and anti-labor Congress­ men have joined hands in a new offensive against maritime labor. This time they hope to sabotage the seamen's rights A program calling for the freezing of manpower in the martime industry, and the ^protection of peponnel from army and industry raids, has been subfnitted to the War to sue the shipowners for injury suffered in line of regular work and to receive maintenance and care during illness. Shipping Administration by all the martime unions. These rights are guaranteed in the' Actively participating in the drafting of the program, Matthew' Dushane, Wash­ Jones Act, now being attacked in Hon. George L. Radcliffe Chairman, Sub Committee ington representative of the SIU-SUP, suggested that Paul V. McNutt, head of the War Congress. Manpower Commission, issue the^ following directive: "It is recognized that the job of the merchant seamen in manning % merchant vessels to deliver troops, guns, planes, tanks and other im­ By Matthew Dushane plements of war to the fighting • fronts all over the world is essen­ It is the opinion of all the representatives of Maritime tial to our national security and Unions, and the Wat Shipping Administration, that the successful conduct of the war. The combatant nature of the merchant merchant seamen should be trained to handle the guns that Seamen's work is testified to by the are on the ships, and that the naval gun crews be taken off fact that the percentage of losses of the merchant ships, and the guns be manned by the mer­ df merchant seamen to date ex- chant seamen; the Navy to keep AGWI Lines Report • ceeds that of our regular armed a few men on board to supervise the upkeep and repairing of the forces. Quarterly Plunder "In addition to the loss of mer­ guns. It was felt that by Recom­ Gross operating profits for chant seamen by enemy action, mending this to the Navy, addi­ the Atlantic Gulf & West they are being lost to the industry tional men should be carried as Indies Ste.amship lines for the through induction and enlistment part of the regular crews, namely quarter ending September 30 in the other armed services. Many three more seamen, three wipers, totaled $718,128, the line an­ have left the industry and others and three more men in the stew­ nounced in a consolidated arc leaving daily to take work in ards department. If these recom­ profit and loss statement re­ other industries where wages and mendations are given consideration leased over last week end. other conditions are more satisfac­ by the Navy, it will further help Gross profits for the first tory than in the merchant marine. to train men for the merchant ser­ nine months of 1942 totaled "Three thousand new ships will vice and will help to have some of $1,763,969. be added to our merchant marine the additional men needed for the We don't know how much, by the end of 1944 to meet the merchant marine for next year. but a good chunk of this needs of transport to the battle­ The War Shipping Administration money came directly from the fields of the world. One hundred feel that they will need 23,000 ad­ War Shipping Administration twenty-five thousand seamen arc ditional licensed officers for next in the form of a subsidy to being trained to supply the man-_ year, and "100,000 unlicensed ad­ the Cuban branch of the line. power for our merchant marine. ditional men for next year. Will somebody please ex­ All of these facts dictate that the plain how a company making As the additional licensed 25,000 steady attrition of merchant sea­ a million bucks every three > men from the industry* be halted officers shall come from tlie men months can wrangle a Gov­ at all possible points and without who arc at the preseiu time sailing ernment subsidy? delay. {Continued on Page 4) "Therefore, by virtue of the au­ thority vested in me as Chairman ; of the War Manpower Commission through Executive Order No. 9139, issued April 18, 1942 by Here are my suggestions: Dear Brother Editor: the President, to assure the most First, our conduct aboard Can you spare a little space •effective utilization of merchant in the Log on an important sub­ ship should be as a group of seamen, it is hereby ordered: ject? I would like to discuss men acting, not as cocky indi­ "On and after the day hereof, how the merchant seamen viduals, but in a disciplined and no person who is should conduct themselves in united fashion, serious in pro­ "1. Enrolled and prepared to ac­ their i-elation with the naval tecting the interests of the cept en\ployment as a seaitian in (and occasionally army) per­ union. This will create an asthe merchant marine; tounishingly favorable impres­ sonnel aboard merchant ships. "2. Holding a certificate of effi­ sion on those outside of our The navy gun crews gener­ union. ciency as a seaman or a license as ally are recruited from youths, ' a merchant officer, as issued by the Second, never go out of your office workers, farm hands, etc., appropriate Federal agency; that is, from sections of the way to boastfully contrast your "3. Being trained as a i;nerchant population that has not under­ wages with the pay of the naval seaman by any school recognized stood or sympathized yv i t h personnel. To do this creates an by the appropriate Federal agencies; unionism. With this assortment impression that we are unsym­ "4. Employed as a merchant of misguided individuals aboard pathetic to their problems. This seaman on or after January 1, ship, the Brass Hats and ship­ will not breed harmony, but on 1941; or owners take every opportunity the contrary, will cause irrita­ "J. A bona fide representative to encourage them to be un­ tion and hostility. of merchant seamen as defined by friendly and be suspicious of us. Third, if we are provoked in­ ,thc National Labor Relations Act; Breaking down these barriers is to an argument due to ignor­ ^hall • a task we must accomplish. ance and misunderstanding of "A. Become employed in any After all, the gun crews endure the gun crew,- we must accept >ther industry; the same dangers and hardships the challenge in a friendly man­ 'B. Be inducted or accepted inas ourselves, and we should all ner and point out tlxe necessity any ,branch of the armed forces; help each other. of maritime unions in order to {Continmd on Page 4) Union Men Urged To Learn Gunnery As Step Toward Removing Navy Men Last .summer a bill was intro­ duced in the House of Representa­ tives which provided for the plac­ ing of men employed on Govern­ ment (W.S.A.) ships under the provisions of the Jones Act and remove them from the fixed com­ pensation rules which apply to other government employees. The Unions did not oppose this Bill in its original form. However, after all public hearings had been completed, the Bill was secretly revised so as to deny the seamen their rights under the Jones Act. This revised version of the Bill was hurriedly slipped through the House and sent to the Senate. Tlie SIU-SUP is vigorously op­ posing this tricky maneuver on the part of the shipowner stooges and is demanding a defeat of this bill in the Senate Committee now hearing it. Brother John Hawk, SecretaryTreasurer of the Atlantic and Gulf District is leading the fight from the Atlantic coast, while Brother Harry Lundeberg, President of the International, is leading the fight from the West coast. The following communication was sent this week by Hawk to the chairman of the Senate Com­ mittee: Gun Crews Merit Consideration m prevent the return of slavery to the sea. Fourth, when we succeeded in obtaining conveniences and increased provisions aboard, we should not selfishly restrict them to ourselves, but pass them among all members—union and non-union alike. The best way to antagonize the armed forces is to assume an attitude of in­ difference to their well being. And last, any idea of isolat­ ing ourselves and refusing to as­ sociate with the rest of the crew aboard the ship is pure suicide. It is obvious to all of us that our union is on the defensive against union busting drives from the profit hungry ship­ owners and Brass Hats. It be­ comes doubly necessary for us to go out of our v.'ay to make friends. The time may come when the very existence of our Union will depend upon the friends we make today. Fraternally, S. S. On Merchant Marine United States Senate Washington, D. C. Nov. 25, 1942 ^ Dear Sir: The Atlantic and Gulf District of the Se.afarers International Union, representing the majority of the active seamen now sailing out of the Atlantic and Gulf ports, are definitely opposed to Senate Re­ port No. 1665 of H.R. Bill No. 7424. The original draft of the bill, dated July 21, 1942, was designedto extend to seamen employed by the War Shipping Administration the "rights, benefits, exemptions, privileges and liabilities of seamen employed on privately owned and operated American vessels." Significantly, the draft of the original bill provided: "Such sea­ men shall not be entitled to any benefits nor be subject to any charges provided for Federal em­ ployees under the United States Employees Compensation Act, as amended, or the Civil Service Re­ tirement Act, as amended." The above quoted passages of Bill H.R. 7424 bear out the fact that the intent of the original Bill was to deny seamen employed by the War Shipping Administration the right to benefits under the United States Employees Compen­ sation Act, and to make it very clear that the seamen would be en­ titled only to the same rights as seamen employed by private oper­ ators. The passage of the original draft of the Bill meant that no le­ gal question could be raised as to whether the seamen employed by the War Shipping Administration are entitled to double benefits. In view of these facts the Sea­ farers International Union did not oppose the original bill when it was heard before the House Commit­ tee on Merch.ant Marine and Fish­ eries Sept. 2, 1942. However, the present form of Bill H.R. 7424 as it passed the House and is now waiting action by the Senate, is not the original Bill that passed the House Committee on Sept. 2. The following amendment was attach­ ed without any consideration or notification to seamen's unions {Continued on Page 4) Fraternal Greetings The crew of the Pan Crescent wishes to send thanks and greetings to the crew of the John Page. All the kindnesses and donations of cigarettes and papers were deeply appreciated. ,1 •w J I 4 �S.ii V' THE SEAFARERS' LOG Page Two pui>iith€a tv tA« SEAFASEEIS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gull District LongshoremenGet New Wage Boost Friday,- November 27, 1942 REPORT FROM Washington Dock workers of the Interna­ tional Longshoremen's Association Affiliated totfh tA« A«fv«rioon Federation of Lalor will receive an increase in hourly and overtime pay a negoti­ HARRY LUNDEBERQ, Intamcrtlonal Pwldent 110 Market Street, Room 402, Son Francieco, cSflr*'®"' ated agreement just approved by "DUKE" IJUSHaNE the War Labor Board, it was an­ ADDREBS ALL OORRBBPONDENOB OONOEBNINa TRIM nounced here this week, PUBLIOATION TO: t-. Joseph P. Ryan, president of the United Seamen*s Service: "THE SEAFARERS" LOG 1. L. A., said he had been notified P. O. 25. Station P. New York. N. Y. Attended an executive board meeting of the U.S.S., Friday Novem­ • vf. by the War Shipping Administra­ ber 6th. The financial report was overhauled and it was decided tha^ Phone: BOwling Green 9-8346 tion that the WLB, which has had the overhead of this organization was top heavy for the amount of ser­ the case for weeks, had given itSvice that was being rendered to the merchant seamen. approval. The new scale brings The Executive Board requested that a more detailed report be given. the basic pay of longshoremen to It voted that a list of all employees together with all their salaries be $1.25 an hour, an increase of 5 cents. Overtime pay is increased given to each member of the board, and to the trustees. As there were other numerous problems that the members of the board felt they re­ V/z cents, to $1.87J4 an hour. Thanksgiving Means NEW YORK, N.Y. —ITF — All The Trimmings In addition checkers of the quired more detailed information. It was agreed that the board" would Notwithstanding the absence of a union receive a 3I-cent daily in­ hold in abeyance any further action that was scheduled on the agenda, At Furuseth Club free Portuguese trade union move­ crease, bringing their pay to $9.60 and that the director, Mr. D. Falconer have prepared and submit to the ment and strict state supervision a day. board the information that they requested, and that the board meelJ The Andrew Furuseth Club, lo­ of all labor activities, a strike of Forty thousand men on the At- again on November 20th, instead of the regular meeting the first Friday dockers and longshoremen in the cated in New York at ^30 Eastlj^jic Coast from Portland, Me., in December. ~ post of Lisbon occurred late in 37th Street, has been drawing anL^ Hampton Roads, Va., will be Some of the problems are: How are the port committee's to func­ October, the American Office of increasing number of seamen every Lff^cted by the new scale, which is tion? What rules have they adopted to operate, finances, meetings, etcJ^ the I.T.F. is informed. week. But the lure of turkey andL-ctroactive to Oct. 1. The War Shipping Administration has informed the Executive dressing was such that the Cbb ^ The strike which aimed at wage bo.ird that in the foreign service of the U.S.S., it will be the responsibil­ was overwhelmed this last fhurs^ negotiating commitincreases for the Portuguese har­ day when all comers were given a representing the longshore as- ity of the U.S. government for the agents that the U.S.S. sends abroad. bor workers, was countered by the full course dinner - everything I The foreign governments feel that merchant seamen have vital infor­ arbitrary arrest of 1500 strikers at lom soup to nuts. John Lyon, representing the New mation that should not be passed on to agents of the Axis powers. The government orders. Immediately The crowd was such that dinner York Shipping Association. Orig- W.S.A. will have direct charge of any recreation centers that are estab­ following the arrests the leadership had to be served in relays and it Ually the union asked for a 15- lished outside of the U.S., with the U.S.S.. supplying some of the per­ increase, but later agreed to sonnel. The U.S. Government will be responsible through the W.S.A. of tlie street car employees and was well toward 9 o'clock before the last man staggered away from Ue smaller amount in view of the for all employees of the U.S.S. other transport workers of Lisbon the table. received a wage Any suggestions that our members, or our representatives feel informed the government that the The evening was devoted to en- rise of 10 cents a year ago and should be given consideration, shoot them in so that I can take them street car men and other public tertainment headed by the Delta that the new rate wOuld bring up directly with the Executive Board, as some of our proposals may not; transport workers would go on Rhythm Boys, and to dancing, longshore wages into line under be given favorable consideration by the local port committees. strike at 4 o'clock of the same day The Club's management has an- the Little Steel formula, ^he higher pay was withheld Atlantic Fishermen's Union: if the afrested strikers were not re­ nounced that a big Christmas party will be held, the details to freeze" last month, leased. The solidarity action of the The Coast Guard issued an order that all fishing boats shall have come later. pending approval of the War La­ workers was successful. All ar­ their flood and running lights out to and from the fishing grounds. in the meantime, floor shows,| bor Board, Prior to this order, fishermen used to run their cables to the drums of rested men were released at 3:30 dancing and hostesses every Wedthe winches on the beam trawlers at mght on their way to the grounds. o'clock, just half an hour before "lllK ®"'|WAR RISK RATE SET As per this order, the fishermen could not do this work at night. Th^ expiration of the labor ultimatum. 'FOR FISHING FLEET {Continued on Page 4) PORTUGUESE DOCKERS IN GOVERNMENT CLASH HONOR ROLL '?• Out of the Focsl WASHINGTON — Owners of fishing vessels desiring Govern­ ment war risk insurance for their crews may now obtain blanket policies covering the entire crew of each vessel, as well as coverage on an individual basis, under the We're wondering how many of the brothers have voted? provisions of an alternative plan especially urge all the new members to get their books obligated at a CREW OF S. S. PAN YORK $ 650 issued today by the War Sliipping regular meeting in any of the branch offices and if a meeting is not held CREW OF S. S. FIRMORE 11.00 Administration in the form of then have the Agent appoint a Bolloting Committee so they may vote CREW OF S. S. WEST KISKA 21.00 General Bulletin No. 5. for the officials for the coming year. With all these members being lost CREW OF S. S. ALCOA LEADER 7.W Under the plan issued today, at sea, we urge all the brothers not to fail to vote this year and as soon A. INERSON 2.50 blanket war risk coverage ranging as possible. You can never tell when the Draft Board, or a torpedo, ot! W. ALLEN 2.00 from $1,000 to $5,000 per man a Dive Bomber will get you. So don't delay. Vote Todayiil CREW OF S. 8. MINOTAUR 57.00 may be arranged for the crew of AAA a fishing vessel prior to sailing by CREW OF S. 8. PAN CRESCENT 15.00 means of a fairly simple proced­ The brothers won't have to worr}' as to whom to vote for as Bal­ L. GARDINER 2.00 ure which requires only that each timore Agent. Story is out of the contest. There is only Flanagan «jf M. DOWLING 4.00 man designate his beneficiary in Philadelphia and Shaughnessy of Mobile in the running. Baltimore CREW OF S. S. ROBIN TUXFORDi. the presence of a person not on the needs a good man, so vote for the best man. STEWARD llOO same voyage, and file it with the AAA ENGINE 12.50 owner or operator of the vessel, DECK 14.40 The West Indies, which is known to the brothers as Death Valley, or his agent or officer. B. J ANSON 2.50 is in print again. They're knocking them off like ten pins. We have a H. G. SCHWARZ 2.00 new name for the area between Trinadad and Georgetown: "SUICIDE. L. JORGENSON (ILA) 1.00 U.S.S, Opens First LEAP." According to Bro, Joe Buckley, on that 100 mile stretcfc, JCREW OF S. S. MARYMAR 6.00 Foreign Rest Club they're knocking them off on a veiy high average. AAA .$179.90 TOTAL The Unted Seamen's Service has Many of the brothers will he glad to hear that the COLABEE ul opened the doors of its first for­ back in service again. Her history has been very bad ever since she boeign unit in Glasglow, Scotland. came an SIU ship. Many men have been lost on her thrDugh various The Club was dedicated to the causes. The last one was when she was torpedoed off Porto Rico and ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR merchant seamen Nov. 11. stayed afloat, but 23 of her crew were lost in launcliing a lifeboat. Sfato For the new unite on the" Clyde, NOVEMBER 1 TO 14 INCLUSIVE was towed into a Southern port and reconditioned. And the militai^t the U.S.S. converted the Imperial crew, D. L, Parker tells us about, was a big joke to the "two stranger^ DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL Hotel with, reading, writing and game rooms, and with living quar­ aboard her. According to them. Red and Sunny Simmons were the oii SHIPPED 001 199 250 750 ters for 150 men. Plans are under real Union men aboard her. And we want to tell Joe Flanagan, th t REGI8TERBD .,... 200 173 146 51ff way to establish similar units in those men shipping out of Tampa are still taking time off in lieu. (]|f other English cities, as well as in overtime. Joe well remembers the'^Kratz case. ON BEACH 6" 650 350 .1611 Iceland and Caribbean ports. Don't forget to vote "YES" on the New Strike Astcsment. Seafarers' Log- by S" �f t : • - %; - J Friday, November 27, 1942 •. V---,:../,,.. ' WHArS DOING Around the Ports [r BALTIMORE NEW oSfflANS hm THE SEAFA RE RS' LOG plenty of room for baseball or soft ball, a workshop for anyone that cares to make belts or any other kind of work they care to do, a swell place for meetings or plays, right on the Gulf where they can do a lot of fishing and plenty of woods for anyone that cares to roam in the woods. In my estima­ tion it's a swell place for anyone that cares to spend a couple of weeks in a nice quite place. We asked the committee about the "pie-cards" being able to take a rest, but as to yet they haven't put the O.K. on them. I know some of the "pie-cards" also have war nerves, or could stand a rest out in a place like they have out there. The place used to be a camp for girls in the summer time, the name is Camp Kittiwake. Page Three SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICAN ill vH ATLANTIC and GULF DISTRICT A Secretary-Treasurer's Office ROOM iil3 —2 STONE STREET, NEW YORK CITY . O. Box 25, Station P. Phone: BOwIing Green 9-8346 Directory of Branches Shipping picked up somewhat At last things have picked up in during the past week but branch this port to where it now looks BRANCH ADDRESS PHONE income and business in general re­ ike a seaport and not a ghost NEW YORK 2 Stone St Dispatcher's Office BOwIing Green 9-3430 mains in the doldrums. Accusa­ town as far as shipping is concern­ BOSTON ^/^"Liarlti;' Ave.:! J! l tions of "politics" and inefficiency ed. We even had to send men to PROVIDENCE....; 465 South Main St Mannine 3572 BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St Calvert 45.39 on the part of the W.S.A. are be­ Uobilc this week; looks- like things PHn.ADELPHU -G North 6th St Lombard 7651 NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-l(^ ing tossed • around by the local are really booming the fair city of NEW ORLEANS 309 Chartres St Canal 3336 SAVANNAH .218 East Bay St.. ....... Savannah 3-1728 Chamber of Commerce and others VIobilc. New Orleans is supposed JAMPA. 4« East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 as causes for the poor shipping to be the second port of the coun­ MOBILE ..55 So. Conception St Dial 2-1392 PUERTO RICO 45 Poiice de Leon Puerto de Tlerra and lack of use of the port's fa­ try, for a while it looked like the GALVESTON 219 20tfa Street.... .Galveston 2-8043 cilities but the truth of the mat­ second to last port. Waterman and ter is that the submarine and lack Mississippi both took a full crew want to know what ships the men of enough escort strength to run this week. Mississippi is going to are on and we don't know. It will convoys into this and other East take another full crew at the be­ save a lot of trouble all around if Coast ports is mainly responsible ginning of next week. We even the men would notifiy their re­ for the deadness of the port. red a new South Atlantic S.S. Co. spective boards. It would also save Beefs are at a minimum due to ship in port this week. a lot of the taxpayer's money, be­ the fact that even the occasional cause they h.ivc to get the F.B.I, Brother Biggs and myself made straggler that does show up has to look for the men if they don't a trip to Pass Christian, Mississippi paid off in another port and had NEW YORK, N.Y. —ITF — know where they are at. to look over the place the U.S.S. is most of their beefs squared away. Further steps in the rebuilding of Getting pretty cold down here, figuring on taking over as a rest Anyone leaving port should no­ We've never made any bones about the .seamen's and maritime work­ homo for the seamen. All the tify their respective draft boards. the kind of wealher that will make . most of those complicated beefs ers' unions of the allied nations and committee really approved the We are getting quite a few letters the Bostonians feel at home. So involving technical interpretations furnishing facilities to their place and put their O.K. on it as asking for different men and are we're etxending an invitation to of some Emergency Board decision members who for over two years being the best place available. They unable to tell the boards where the snow birds to come on down, being away over our head and in have been deprived of all contacts have about 9 log cabins, 12 horses, they are. We can't keep track of especially those with A.B. or that respect sending the "Duke" with their homelands and families, 10 or 12 sail boats and canoes, 2 all men that ship and have to send F.O.W. certificates. to Washington was a smart move, have beeiL taken and are carried tennis courts, swimming pool. back the notices. The draft boards C. J. STEPHENS, Agent Seems as if most of our headaches out with signal success, a report come from Washington these days from London headquarters of the and a man on the spot is worth I.T.F. states. a dozen on what goes for the One of the greatest obstacles in waterfront nowadays. getting the men adjusted to new Pete Sadowski showed up the life and new conditions on foreign other day with a medal and a good soil and at the same time in keep­ looking diploma presented him by ing them informed of conditions in the Portuguese government for The J. B. Williams Company peddles its shav­ ned and the supplies moving to the war fronts. This, their occupied homelands has been' rescuing a policeman's life in Bar­ ing and toilet preparations over the radio on a pro­ they found, was "verboten." the lack of labor publications and rio. Nice going Pete. We haven't gram called "True or False" heard on the Blue net­ newspapers in their own language. The brass hat and all the radio officials became . seen any of those ribbons and stars work every Tuesday night. This last Tuesday the very excited when they found out that the men As the result of efforts on the part , the Maritime Commission's Awards two contesting teams consisted of 6 women workers wanted to mention the word union. If it hadn't of the I.T.F. and the Belgian, Division is giving to seamen who from the Todd shipyards and six seamen from the been for the fact that only a few minutes remained Dutch and other allied seamen's have been in action yet. That lit­ SIU, SUP and NMU. before air time, they probably would have thrown organizations various transport la­ tle article "TO JERRY" in the The SIU-SUP men accepted the invitations to out the whole team and made up a new one out bor publications have recently [ last sisue of the Log was well taken appear on the show because they figured it would be of the audience. As it was, they solemnly waggled come into existence, which give the by the boys around here. It's not a good way to let the public know just what the their fingers and warned that the air must be kept men much needed information on * a bad idea for someone to say out seamen and their unions were doing in this war. clean. conditions in their trades and at without the anti-labor bias loud occasionally what most of us But the boys figured After promising to be good boys, the seamen home. that gagged all their attempts to mention the union. feel about buddies we've lost. got together in a corner and obtained a promise It was impossible to determine just the origin from the NMU stiff, who had been appointed cap­ The first labor paper in the Always someone trying to stick of the censorship, whether it came from J. B. Wilfield was "The Seaman," printed tain of the team by the United Seamen's Service, it into us when we're busy keeping lians the sponsor, or from J. Walter Thompson, the for the most part in Flemish and that he would blurt out the nasty word once he got the ships manned and moving advertising agency in charge, or from Harry Hagen on the air. published by the Belgian Seamen's such as this latest bill 7424 which the quizmaster. But the fact remains that all the tries to push us under the com­ As might be expected, however, the NMU stifl and Transport Workers' Union in radio stooges threw up their hands in horror every pensation act. Also the local A time a seaman indicated that he was about to say was so full of the slogan "We Keep 'em Sailing" that London. Another paper is "Mer­ he completely forgot the nasty word and the air chant Marine and Fishery," pub­ F. of L. radio operators agent is the nasty word (union!). remained clean of all references to organized labor. lished by the Dutch Central Trans­ going around tearing his hair about Before the program went on the air a Navy another bill they just slippec brass hat appeared and told the contestants that Seamen have had bitter experience with the port Workers' Union in England. through the House which suspends when they took the mike they were to boost the daily press and its almost continuous stream of slan­ The American branch of the latter the law that says a ship must War Shipping Administration and its recruitment der against labcre. Now, however, they can see that organization under the direction of carry a radio operator before she program. The SIU-SUP men immediately announ­ the censorship of labor news is oven more stringent P. J. Vandenberge and J. J. Venleaves port and several other things ced that their union were recruiting and they didn't on the radio networks. As a matter of fact, in most deville is also publishing a month­ This new piece of phony legislation see why they had to mention the WSA program. cases the radio stations are owned by newspaper in­ ly paper "Tlie Flash," which has also abolishes the law that says They said that they would be glad to tell the public terests-and the big business war upon labor is car­ ried into every home through the air. what the unions were doing to keep the sliips man­ met with considerable success that the distress call must be given •.-C' • f ir,' r ; Foreign Seamen Launch Chain Of Labor Newspapers ••1 .M Seamen Heroes Forbidden To Say Union (horrid word) On Radio r >> 1 among the Dutch and other allied seamen touching New York and priority by all other radio stations. Tire Local U.S.S. seems to be getting itself straightened out now and the rest camp at Bay Ridge, which was anything but for a vhile, has done some cleaning up of its personnel. Balloting for officials is like everything else around here, a little slow but it should pick-up if we get any breaks in the way of shipping at all. JOHN VECHIO, Agent other American ports. The Dan­ ish Seamen's Union in Great Brit­ ain publishes the "Courier," which appears twice a month and is sup­ ported by spci:,'! contributions of the membership. DO NOT SHIP MONEY DUE CLAUDE ROSE and WILLIAM {STACKHOUSE have $20.50 and $17.77 due them respectively from |tha Alcoa Line. Contact Collins in lev^ York, or mail him discharges fand receipts if yoo want the money eent to you. - .'J The aearr^n rtenm vyho knew the answers but couldnH give them, (left to right) W. Luschinski NMU, M. Ander^n NMJ, Sam Shatkovnick SIU, H.Eokes SUP, Leroy Parrith SIU and Ed Dubres NMU. Homer F. Webb Miguel T. Quinones Joseph R. Tillis Leander D. Jacobson H. C. Fay Josaio Bush Thomas S.:^Baatoii PMIfl P8134 P6748 P8478 P8501 iP7660 PTTaS J •r-f4 • 1^ �w .?••-/ <i- " < '- ' THE Page Four SEAFARERS' LOG MARITIME 1943 Atlantic FREEZE Secretary-Treasurer Baltimore Joint {Continued from Page 1) "C. Permit his services to the merchant marine to be interfered with; or "D. Continue in employment other than as a merchant seamen; provided, however, that the War Sliipping may, up­ on request of the seamen, have certified to the Chairman of the War Manpower Commission that his seiwiccs aie not essential to the effective and efficient utilization o; the merchant marine." DEFEND JONES ACT {Continued from Page 1) who represent the majority of the active merchant seamen: "The President shall, whenever he finds that convenience of ad­ ministration and the efficient prose­ cution of war require, extend to seamen upon such terms and con­ ditions as he finds fair and appro­ priate and any and all benefits of employees of the United States un­ der the United, States Employees Compensation Act as amended, and upon such event, the rights, bene­ fits and privileges of such seamen herein provided for with respect to death, injury, illness and mainten ance and cure, shall cease to such extent as the President finds that " the termination of such right benefits, and privileges is necessary to avoid duplication of payments on account of death, injury, ill ness or maintenance and cure." Had this amendment been em bodied in the original bill, the sea­ men's unions would have bitterl opposed this Bill. However, the amendment was attached in an un dcrhanded manner and the seamen who are called the "unsung heroes today, arc the only people affectec by the Bill and they did not have an opporruniry to state their op­ position to the passage of the Bill. The Atlantic and Gulf District of the Seafarers International -Union of North America, on be­ half of the merchant seamen, who are keeping our merchant ships sailing regardless of the hazards of torpedoes, bombs and machine guns, sincerely urge that H.R. Bill No. 7424 as passed by the House be not passed by your honorable body. Respectfully, JOHN HAWK, Secretary Trcasiirer Urges Seamen To Learn Gunnery Mim. }¥ t {Continued from Page 1) in the unlicensed group, our mcmber§ sifould go up and get their li­ censes to help in filling this quota, so that we will have a good sub­ stantial number of officers with a union background. Men are paid while attending the schools that are established by the W.S.A., and they arc deferred while attending these schools. After, graduating they receive pay until they receive their first job as an officer, and they do not haVe ;o joip the Naval JOHN HAWK No. 2212 & Gulf Candidates RESOLUTION TO APPEAR ON 1943 BALLOT Patrolman No. 1616 JOHN VECHIO New York Agent DON RON AN. FRANK WILLIAMS # No. 1374 No. 6161 Norfolk Agent No. 50060 MARTIN TRAINOR New York DeckPatoUnan Savannah Agent L. J. (Baldy) BOLLINGER No. G-300 LOUIS GOFFiN'^ii*' 4526 New York Engine Patrolman G-20 Tamp aAgent G-160 .CLAUDE FISHER No. 362 WILLIAM HAMILTON No. 3400 FERDINAND HART No. 438 Boston Agent JOHN MOGAN No. 216 VINCENT YAKOVONIS No. 1774 Providence Agent No. 247 JOSEPH LAPHAM Philadelphia Agent HARRY J. COLLINS EDWARD M. LYNCH Mobile Agent G-1 G-2 OLDEN BANKS CARL M. ROGERS New York Steward Patrolman No. 495 No. 3693 Mobile Joint Patrolman ROBERT A, MATTHEWS G-154 G-15 CHARLES E. TURNER G-136 A. W. AMRSTRONQ New Orleans Joint Patrolman C. J. (Buck) STEPHENS G-76 TEDD R. TERRINGTON G-68 EDWARD (Jack) VOREL G = 10 G-237 E. R. WALLACE JOSEPH F. FLANAGAN No. 542 J. K. SHAUGHNESSEY G-118 No. 3012 San Juan Agent DANIEL BUTTS No. 190 THOMAS M. WILHELM THE MEN OF THE MERCHANT MARINE , (Song for the Unsung) by FRED WARING and JACK DOLPH I've carried guns to Singapore, Munitions to Ceylon; I've carried wheat for the'boys to eat With MacArthur at Bataan. Whereas: The history of the seamen's labor movement proves conclusively that after sucjj^^uphoavel as at present is going on in the world, they are always throttled and browbeaten— as for instance 1921 and the Lake Carriers set up, and Whereas: The 1934 and 36 and 37 strikes proved the need of . ample fpnds when enganed in a major strike, therefore BE IT RESOLVED: That the Constitution shall be amended by adding a section to Article No. 26, this section to be known as Section No. 8. A strike fund shall be maintained, the strike fund to be kept seperate and apart from any or all other funds in the Union. An annual assessment of $3 shall be levied for this fund. — - I've burned my feet with the deck plate's heat, And froze 'em with the cold While dodging subs in rusty tubs With nitro in the hold. {Continued from Page 2) Company inisisted that this work be done alongside of the dock. The men refused and the case was referred to the War Labor Board. Attended the" hearing with Pat McHugh and Brother Powers of the A.F.U. The Company was willing to arbitrate the case providing that the Seafarers International commit themselves that before any de­ cision was reached by the panel who would arbitrate the case. The In­ ternational would sit down and agree that whatever decision was ren­ dered by the panel, it was to apply to any future agreement reached by any organization affiliated with the International. I opposed this and objected to any proposal that the Company Obrein) insist that we in any way commit the International to any pol­ icy that would make any agreement binding upon any organization affiliated with the International. Wc insisted that tlie board try the case in the particular dispute involved, and that the c.ase be with the Atlan­ tic Fishermen's Union, and the R. Obrein Company only, and that their decision only effect these two parties. Labor Management Committees Mr. F. Eberstadt of the War Production Board has issued orders that Labor and Management shall have representation on the W.P.B. Yes! And yet I'd never trade my berth For anything I've seen; So I'll stow my gear and drink my beer With the men of the merchant marine. Tlus order doc.s not have much bearing on the Merchant Seamen, 4, as the orders deals most with production, and priorities for equipment in plants. ~ ' So let me feel the wind again (And) the sting of flying scud A sailorman is a sailorman And the Sea is in his blood. In the fishing and cannery industries, this order can and will have a varying effect on the unions which are affiliated with the Seafarers International. So let me hear the Bosun pipe And feel the turbines roll A sailorman is a sailorman And the Sea is in his soul. What if it's East or its West or South Or Iceland's Arctic Flood? A sailorman is a sailorman And the Sea is in his blood. Washington Report The Board is going to arbitrate the case and will render decision within two weeks. It cost the Company four times as much in expenses in bringing thise case into Washington than it would have cost them if they had paid the men to do this. One of their boats was tied up for over two weeks, and it would have cost them Twenty Dollars ($20,00) to have this job done. I've sailed with planes to Liverpool, And Leningrad with tanks; I made it through to Ireland too With a regiment of Yanks. Pat McHugh, Brother Powers Atlantic Fishermen's Unions repre­ sentatives, Miss Scattergood, research worker for the A. F. of L,, and myself met with Commander Johnson, Lt. Thompson and Mr. Sufferin Labor- Consultant to the W.P.B. / • ' ' That's why I'd never trade my berth For anything I've seen: So I'll stow my gear and drink my beer With the men of the Merchant Marine. ' PERSONAIS OLE WILLIAM SEELBACH : Whereas: At the present time the seamen of America are making more money than over before in the history of the seamen; Whereas: When the present war is over the seamen will again be engaged in a fight for existence with the shipowner who at the present time is filling his war chest in preparation for the coming struggle, and New Orleans Agent alveston Agent Baltimore Agent D. D. STORY 6-54 CHARLES WAID D. L. (Jack) PARKER RAY SWEENEY Friday, November 27, 1942 HARRY H. HARPER Your New York draft board is Contact Miss Gertrude L. Gibson, 147 Linden Blvd., Brooklyn, New looking for you. Set them straight York. She has a message for you next time you hit port. from your relatives abroad. THEODORE J. KRUGER Where ever you are, "Mil" and WILLIAM TURNER C. J. Stephens, the New Orleans all the family send you birthday Agent, has a message for you from greetings and best wishes for the the authorities. Contact him at new year. once. EDWARD E. MULLALY PAOLO PRINGI |t is important that you contact Contact your draft board in New Silas' B.'Axteli, 15 Moore Street, New York City. York. Wc were advised that in view of the fact that the order was only issued on the 12th of November, they were not Jamiliar with the me­ chanics of how this was to be worked out. However, we were advised that there are now committees set up in tlie fishing industry to handle certain problems. In California there is an advisory committee set up with represen­ tatives of industr>'. Two S.I.U., representatives, two C.I.O. represen­ tatives on it, and there is an administrator for the W.P.B., who ifiakes all the decisions. In Seattle there is a consulation committee set up with rcprescnta-i tivcs of industry, and two men from the C.I.O. The A. F. of L. have no men on this Committee. They are all paid by the governiucnt and make recommendations to the W.P.B. It is supposed to be a fact-find-l ing committee for the salmon industry. Wc have been advised that all industries will be represented on a] national committee and labor will be on these committees. They shallf be paid by the government and be assigned to the W.P.B. as consultantfJ jiid advi^rs. Will submit more information on the set-up and belierfS tliat tlie fishermen and cannery workers who are affiliated with the S.H * should have one representative on this national committee here in Was ington, also local representation on the locaLcommittees of the Wa| Production Boa'r^l. � 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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