http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/b092a6174101a728f669a9e2825ca8a7.PDF 3ec455e357d8cfb693dccf8d36764fd1 PDF Text Text VtS>'',cr SEeSRITY IN UNITY VOL. V. ^ABERS JOC} OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA NEW YORK, N. Y., FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1943 M7 No 20 Details Of New Victory S.I.U. CREWS LAUDED Ship Are Revealed By FOR HEROISM AT SEA Maritime Commission Despite opposition of certain sKipowners who care less for the lives of their crews than for profits, the Maritime Commis­ sion's plan for replacing Liberty ship production with the faster and safer Victory ships is going through. Last week for the first time, details of the new Victory ships were released by Admiral Howard L. Vicfcery, Vice Chair­ man, U. S. Maritime Commis­ sion, in an article appearing in the Aug. 9th issue of the Jour­ nal of Commerce. Here are the pertnent excerpts from the Admiral's article: The Martime Commission has designed a new cargo vessel, which combines the high speed of the C-types with many of the features which ha>jB permitted such rapid construction of the Liberty ship. The present sched­ ules, are based upon the con­ struction of tlie new vessels with . steam turbine propulsion. Util­ ising two different sizes of power plants, the smaller of whicii de­ velops 6,000 HP, the Victory ship will have a normal speed of 15-17 knots—compared with the 11-knots of the Liberty. The new vessel will be 20 feet longer than its predecessor. The Victory ship will have increased beam to insure adequate stabil­ ity, armament and all, without this sacrifice of carrying capac­ ity. Among other differences, the present vessel has two decks whereas its successor will have three permitting better utiliza­ tion of holds for the stowage of the types of cargo most gener­ ally to be carried. In addition. If'', i'i- i't; The crews of two SIU ships were the object of high praise this week from the government. Their courage and seamenship while under enemy attack on the high seas numerous miscellaneous changes have been made to improve the marked them as true heroes and a credit to the merchant marine and the union to which working conditions of the ship's they belong. The men singled out for honor were the crews of the SS Matt W. Ransom and the SS personnel, ias well as the actual cargo transporting utility. •William Wirt. Both crews met Axis raiders with the odds great­ Although the Victory ship pro­ ly against them, and proved to gram has been in the making the hilt that the ordinary work­ for a long time; few vessels will ing stiff doesn't need a uniform be In actual service before an­ and a lot of brass hat discipline other 1,000 Liberties will have to be a good fighter. joined the fleet. The length of The praise these men now re­ the war, obviously, will be the ceive from the War Shipping principal factor in determining Administration is, to say the how many vessels of the new Shade of the ancient Mariner, One of the most modern and least, ironical. For it is the WSA type will be constructed; pres­ blow me down mates, but this is attractive union halls in the which (between pats on the ent schedules contemplate the the tops. Here is the yarn. It country was opened last week back) sticks knives in their ribs. delivery of approximately 340 seems that the Stalinist "brain by the SIU-SUP in Wilmington, While these men fight torpedoes during 1944. trust" who control the CIO California to care for the ever and dive bombers on the high seas, the WSA attempts to scut­ unions in marine, especially the increasing traffic in .the port of tle their union security and con­ NMU and the ILWU, are noting Los Angeles. The building is a ditions back home. that these unions are being fill­ one story brick affair with plen­ The whole rotten anti-union ed up with youngsters from the ty of large windows to make the policy of the WSA is known to the seamen all over the world. WASHINGTON — A minority training schools who ere now interior light and cheerful. It is These men fight the Axis be­ centrally located at 440 Avalon cause they believe that in so do­ union or group of workers can flooding into the industry, while Blvd. the real seamen and longshore­ ing they are smashing Fascism cail for a strike vote to be held men are fading out of these This hall sets a new standard abroad. But they have no illu­ 30 days after the government unions, especially 'in the NMU for maritime labor -and serves as sions that .the crushing of Ger­ has been given notice of a labor where they became sickened by a monument to the efficiency of many and Italy removes ^11 the dispute, under the Smith-Con- the noise of super-patriotic hot the SUP and the fast growing enemies of labor — they know that they have another fight on nally Act, Attorney General Bid- air. made by chairwarmers on Pacific district of the SIU. high salaries, riding on the their hands back home after die has ruled. A gala opening was held at backs of their members who the foreign war has been won. the hall last week, and union This ruling was made on a were out there doing the saiiing They know that this second and maritime leaders through­ fight for democracy will be question presented by the NLRB. -^nd the dying. out the state attended. The waged against the shipowners What to do? Ah, what to do? Biddle's answer caused the boards literally groaned with and swivil chair brass hats In NLRB to set the first strike vote Having made these two worthies food and liquor and no one left Washington who now pat them Curran and Bridges, arm chair hungry (or thirsty). to be held under the new law admirals and generals and 2nd on the head from time to time for Aug. 4, in the Allis-Chalmers front experts, as well as labor The building will have a cen­ with one hand, while erecting Mfg. Co. plant in Springfield, 111. relations experts on all sorts of tral hiring hall and offices for baracades with the other. Red Snow, SUP agent and Bill We don't reject these words of The strike vote was requested CP hatched plans, they had yet Gries, SIU agent. The MFOW praise merely because they come by District 50 of the United Mine another job for them. This time, will also have an office in the from the WSA. These crews Workers union (unaffiliated) af­ it is to beguile and entertain the building. have earned this recognition youngsters. They have discover­ ter the NLRB had dismissed its and accept it as their just due. ed the great musical (sic) tal­ Congratulations and smooth petition to be designated as the But we cant help but observe ents of Bridges and Curran who saiiing to Wilmington from the collective bargaining represen­ Atlantic coast. (Continued on Page 4) tative of the workers. (Continued on Page 2) Hot Lips Joe We Open New Gives Out Union Hall With Flute In Calif. Minority Union Can Ask Strike • - These pictures illustrate the main steps in the conversion of sea water into drinking water by a process perfected by the Navy. Equipment consists •of two plastic processing bags, both of which con­ tain filters. In the first picture on the left a sea­ A,.: man squeezes the upper jmrtion of the bag, con­ taining sea water and a filter sack. This disperses chemical in the water and removes the salt. In the center picture the saltless water is transfered into the second bag for the purpose of remov­ ing the sodium. After the second bag has been squeezed and the sodium removed, the water is safe to drink. It possesses a sulfur taste, but no seaman is going to kick about that in the middle of the ocean. The hitch is that this equipment has not been placed aboard merchant ships but is restricted to the Navy. Don't ask us why. �TaC S£AFAI^£RS LOG Fage Two t'••• Ii I} SEAFARERS LOG Ptiblhhed by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ Pre^dent 110 Market Street, San Francislro, Calif. JOHN HAWK ------- Secy-Trer^, P. Oi Box 2 J, Station P., Now York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Directory of Branches ADDRESS BRANCH NEW YORK (4) I• • PHONE 2 Stonfi St.* Deck & Engine Dispatcher. . BOwling Green 9-3430 Steward Dispatcher BOwling Green 9-6786 Agent BOwling Green 9-3437 BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave; Liberty 4067 BALTIMORE (2).. 14 North Gay St. .Calvert 4539 PHILADELPHIA 6 North eth St Lombard 7651 NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI ...Norfolk 4-1083 NEW ORLEANS (16) . .. 309 Chartres St Canal 3336 SAVANNAH 218 East Boy St Savannah 3-1728 TAMPA 436 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 MOBILE 55 So. Conception St Diel 8-1392 PUERTO RICO ....45 Ponce de Leon Puerto de Tlerm GALVESTON 219 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 FT. LAUDERDALE 2021 S. Federal Highway. .Ft. Lauderdale 1601 PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 215, 2 STONE STREET New York City BOwling Green 9-8346 New Witholding Tax On Wages Is Explained ^ I By Theodore Thomson f |i . (The following article was printed several weeks ago, and is now begpg repeated for the bepelit of men who have just returned from sea. AU Agents should clip, this story and put it on the bulletin boards.) From the 1st of July all seamen will have 20% "pay as you go" tax withheld from -their monithly pay. If you are single you have a monthly basic exemption of $52 before your income is taxed. If you are married your ememption is $104, and if married and have one child (or another dependent) your exemption is $130.00. You also receive exemptions for additional iwrtions of a month, as follows: for each day over .the 30 day exemption you are allowed $1.70 if smgle, $3.50 if marriad and 85 cents per day for each additional dependent. Suppose you are out for 3 montlis and 16 days. If single your exemption would run as follows: 3 months at $52.00 16 days at $1.70 Total ex»mpfcion $156.00 27.20 .$183.20 If your total wages, overtime ahd bonus amount to $735.00 you would then deduct your exemptloa of $183.33, find; that $551.80 is the amount taxable. 20% of your taxable income ($551.80) would be $110.36. Deduct this f rom your total earnings. Total earaings 20% deduction of taxable portion $735.00 110.38 To determine Federal Old Age Benefit,, room and board allow­ ance must be added at. the rate of $36 per month, or $1.20 per day. Thus, 3 months and 16 days $1.20, is $127.20, add this to your earnings of $735.00 127.20 Hep Cat Curran Sounds Off ton work from the orchestra pit. ; from the WSA to put an orches-' (Continued front Page 1) The audiences are all Commies tra on every ship, and that sea­ are now experts on Jazz—^no less. from the Waterfront Section in men's gear should include mu­ Lovers of music and culture, sical instruments furnished by says the Party in its voice the the front row to do the heavy the Company. Instead of cofleo cheering on all flat notes, knd Daily Jerker of July 2Srd in a the general ajssembly are the time, the NMU would sponsor a column by one Irlike Gold. The newcomers to the NMU and the Hep Cat Hour. Picture® of Cur­ NMU headquarters In New York iniiustry. Each Is ready and ran and Guy Lombardo addges Is to be turned into a Palace of to hang in every comer on every; Jazz. (Likewise Bridges CP squir­ willing to drop their instrument and play the role of singing NMU ship. Spirit of Progress, rel cage in San Fran.) (or is it. a case of giving them From now on it's "Hep Cat" waiter. circuses?) Curran and silver toned Guy Hear Curran sing "You made All oldtiihe seamen must be Lombardo Bridges, the great 'me what I am today" while forever grateful for the "discov­ looking at Ray for direction. Commie "leaders" of maritime ery" by the Communist Party of Beautifully rendered; enough to workers. Visualize them, esi>ecially Ham Head Curran who wring tears from the eyes of the the latent musical genius laying knows as much about culture as Old Timers now out of the NMU dormant under the homely he does about the inscription on who know the score. Stein phsiogs of Curran and Bridges. the Ro.sefcta Stone. As lor sings "Every little bit added to Prom now on—all will be sweet­ Bridges, his fame Eis^a lover has what you got." Ah, a gala eve­ ness and light, men will refuse reached us, but music wasn't ning. What culture, what zest, to think and will remain satiswhat verve. Rachmaninoff, Beet­ fled with Communist displays mentioned. Hep Cat Curan, the old rug hoven, Shubert, would pale with enough to stay in the Union and cutter and his orchestra. Cin'-^ envy at the musicianship of this pay dues to the Commies, in­ ran playing his favorite instru­ newly discovered talent. The stead of following the old time ment, the flute. Myers sounding new recruits will be forever NMU members out of the off on hi.s tooter. Stein trying to drawn to the NMU (with enough "union'-' as they are doing now. play a half dozen instruments suitable girl Communist talent Yes, and by the looks of it they at once. Smith on the trombone, as an added attraction). Ah, will go a hell of a lot faster Lawrenson ;on the drum, Mc- youth, ah glorious musical de­ from now on or we miss ou? Kenzie on his zylophone, with light. What muscians. guess. the score written by Browder, We can see Curran in the near —Top An' lifl) and Tommy Ray doing the ba­ fiiture derrianding an agreement ORDER ON ALIEN SEAMEN EXTENDED Seamen And Their Struggle Against Exploitation And The War Shipping Adminis­ tration has extended its restric­ Government Repressions tions against the employment of seamen of certain nationalities on vessels of United States, Panamanian or Honduran reg­ istry to include Fi-ench nationals not employed as seamen on such shipsxin or before June 1 of this year, and Chinese nationals not so employed on or before July 15, "except when their einploy= ment Is requested by the Re­ cruitment and Manning Organi­ zation and from the properly ac­ credited consular representation of the nation involved." The order, issued as a revision of Supplement No. 2 to General Order No. 5, brings to a total of ten the nationalities iaffected by current restrictions on the em­ ployment of alien seamen. Others, named in previous WSA orders in March and April, in­ cluded Dutch, Norwegian, Bel­ gian, Greek, British, Yugoslav and Polish nationals not so em­ ployed on or before April 8, and Brazilian nationials not. so em­ ployed on or before Februaiy 1. The new ruling change® the former qualifying clause, which read "except by consent of a properly accredited consular rep­ resentative of ittie nation in­ volved," by specifying that, in each case a special request must be issued by the Recruitment and Manning Organization." R. (K MCDONALD Get in.'touch with Marie;^80& Dauphiiie St., New Orleaiuk It 862.20 1% of which ia $8.62; so. your final compu­ is very important. tation would be as follows: llffr m ^ Total £amittgs "Pay as you go" tax $735.00 110.36 Social Security Tax, 624.64 8.62 Net Wages $616.02 Friday, August 13, IMS R. THOMPSON, 2873 Next time you are in New York see Claude Fisher, Steward Patrolman. keep In Touch With Your Local Draft Board. By Matthew Dushane^ (Following is chapter two of a scries of articles on early maritime, struggles led by Andrew Furuscth and the AFL.) Legislation: Continuing the^ fight that was led by Andrew versal of that system, to the ex­ Furuseth for seamen's rights, tent of this law, we shaU see here is the action that was within a reasonable time the ab­ solute abolution of the systemtaken at the conventions of the of involuntary servitude under American Federation of Labor. which the seamen have b^n, 1899 and are, in the foreign trade President reported gains made still suffering." ^ through the seamen's new law. 1900 He said, "The law does not Protested against more than." grant all that was asked, but in one cargo carrying vessel being American ports, the ports of British possessions of North Am­ towed at one time unless they erica, Newfoundland, the West are capable of taking care ctf Indies and Mmcico, it abolishes themselves at sea, under sail or imprisonment for desertion from steam. "We believe that there iB vessels and does not permit of no hope of miaterially increasing their being arrested and com­ the number of native seamen 08 pelled to go on board of a vessel long as those in our merchant: and to work against their will. marine still are subject in a for­ It provides" that the sums of eign port to involuntary servi­ wages due to seamen not ex­ tude. 1901 ceeding $106.00 can be sued for The Commissioner of Navisstr . undoes smauary proceedings' To. tion said there is no provtstonia majovGy of the crew exclu^ve of law empowering any officer of the officers, is granted the right to demand a survey in any of the government to regifintft American vessel in American the numbei- of vessels in tow, ports. An improved scale of peo- although the matter was refesed; vl«ioBs. was adopted. The crimp­ to in the report- of the bareou ing system, altbough not entire­ for 1868; that the chances for ly abolished, was modified by the passage of any legislation, reducing the possiUe allolmmit upon the subject would depeopi to mdmps. It also gives the sea­ to an extent upon "A, speoffi© men the right to quit work at statement of the losses of bor^' any time, and for any reason and their crews." Exeeutlw suffi«^U^t to himself, in any council instructed to iiifonn 0^' tbo United States. It President of the U. S. that tiwafc^ves to him immunity in the ifis with foreign countries; per­ U, Si from bring brought on any mit involuntary servitude for vessel agrinst his wilt It re­ seamen. Und^manning of: yeaduces .the evils of the crimping sels is drivir® native seamOB; system Hsy one half; It provides from the sea. 1908 fur saiuuiaify- proceeding These Condemhed praetiee of brllilih am good st^ps. in the rigfit dHrectton, but by no means, suffi­ Ing Chiaamw frcun China and; cient. It is also a partial rever­ placing them on American "Ves­ sal of a policy which has existed sels. , Legislative committee had in our country since 1793; name­ defeated attempt toTestore pro­ ly; treating the seamen as serfs; visions of the old law denytog and we may feel assured that right of seamen to quit, thOlT by having entered, upon the re­ (Continued on, Page. }). ^ �L'AE SEAFARERS LOO Faee Ibreo- •r SeatnenAnd Their Struggle WHAT'S EOmO from remaining there to tho {^Continued from Page 2) employment even when a vessel detriment of our merchant ma­ is in a safe harbor. Demanded rine and the serious danger to repeal of treaties permitting in­ our national safety and prestige; voluntary servitude; repeal of asked amendment of the pilots law prohibiting licensed officers age laws of Virginia which com­ MOBILE NEW ORLEANS BOSTON in the merchant marine from pel vessel owners in the coast­ leaving their employment; op­ wise trade to pay pilot fees alThings are still just barely posed ship subsidy bill because thouh no service is performed Recently there appeared at It has been the contention of the Boston office a young chap this organization ever since the making the grade down here. it was calculated to extend the by pilots or deemed necessary. who asked if he could join" our inception of the Maritime Com­ Pew ships, plenty of men, plenty transportation monopoly now 1907 of squawks and still plenty of held by the railroads on land in­ We note with pleasure the de­ imion as he had heard we had mission, that it was nothing the old fashioned chislers by to and over the sea •without in feat of the anti-pilotage bill. Its better conditions, better crews, more or less but machhiery to the companies. any way helping to develop a defeat is in the interest of the and more harmony on board eliminate the maritime unions The pay off for the week was rfative or naturalized body of safety of life and property at from the field. The ship oper­ a new Waterman ship showed American Seamen. ships under our jurisdiction. sea. We freely admit that the law as it stands works a discrim­ After questioning him to some ators will stop at nothing to re­ up to start the week and the 1903 men on deck got very very in­ Arresting and returning to ination against sailmg vessels hi vert back to the old fink days. length I was told the following: sulted because of the fact that favor of the steam vessels, but He was 20 years old, an Am­ To stubstantiate my argument the ship wds not built, or rather their respective vessels such sea­ hold that the proper way to men as deserted is contrary to erican by birth, and had applied I will just give you a little cita­ rigged, to fit all hands at the Human Liberty; employment of abolish the discrimination is to to the RMO for a berth on an tion of how the W.S.A. functions. present time. The crew and the inexperienced men as seamen restore compulsory pilotage as American vessel. The RMO ship­ Tuesday July 27, 1943 the S.S. gun crew just could not seem to has caused large loss of life; regards steam vessels. A proper ped him on a Panamerican ves­ get together about who ate Congress should enact a law regard for the life of passengers, was scheduled to sign sel as coal burning fireman for when. The result that after a giving all seamen full right to leaving the crew out of consid­ $65.00 per month with the prom­ articles for parts & ports im- few drinks the men called the quit work in any safe harbor; eration, demands nothing less. ise that if he sg,iled on her for 6 known. The crew demanded a hall and ordered replacements. Reaffirmed demand for law abol­ months they would get him U. S. transportation letter back to riie I pointed out to the men that Urged Congress to prohibit tow­ ishing imprisonment for seamen ing of more than one vessel not Seamen's papers and they would port in the Gulf like all other they would have to stay put un­ capable of being managed un­ who quit work in a foreign port. permit him to sail on his own ships out of this port. The com­ til we found out whether or not der its own power; those that 1908 U. S. ships. Well, he made one pany refused to sign the letter that we could get replacemente. cannot be managed alone are Demanded laws to prevent trip on her which lasted two with the statement that the They promised that if the re­ known as coffins. We demand further deterioration of the months and came to the con­ W.S.A. would not permit them placements were not down there the same individual and person­ U. S. merchant marine similiar to go for any thing else but clusion that any sane person tliat they would sail the ship al freedom for seamen that is to the English—i.€.: No person Regulation No. 64 of the W.S.A.. would go* insane If they made a i-ather then put the union in a enjoyed by other workers; we to be signed as an able seaman second trip. Also he wished to Now for the benefit of every­ spot. Result that after a few protest against a continuation unless he has served at least know from me why it was that body concerned this regulation more heaves on the back splice of a system of contracts to work three years on deck at sea, must his government did not think No. 64 was drafted by a bmich they all returned to the ship and that are enforcable by impris­ be a citizen and have a suffici­ him good enough to permit him of high pressure lawyers in packed up them gear and va­ onment as degrading to the sail­ ent knowledge of the English, to sail on a TJ. S. merchant ves­ Washington, and by all accounts moosed. ors and dangerous to other language to understand orders sel and yet talked him into it took them three months to This at sailing time with the workers. on board. Reaffirmed demand signing on a Panamanian vessel. draft it—^which may be a smart result that the company natur­ for abolition of involuntary ser­ 1904 I told him the best way to find job, I lam not commenting on ally called the RMO and sailed vitude of American seamen in Renewed demands for laws out was to ask the United Fruit that phrase of the picture. I the ship about four Hours later. foreign ports. Condemned law governing rafts. Undermanning Co. or his Congressman and as wiU admit that ever since Pearl This is the sort of reports that delegatmg to the inspection ser­ of ships has caused great loss of an American citizen he had a Harbor, when labor gave the the M.C. and C.G. the Navy and vice the power of determining life and Congress should pro­ right to know. pledge to the President that it all the other bureaus like to the number of officers and men hibit this reckless gambling with Here is an example of our gov­ was waiving all rights to strike compile and send in reams of to be employed on steam vessels human lives. Demanded treat­ ernment crying for seamen to for the duration, the industrial stuff on. Just a few more of as it does not provide standards ies be amended to prevent own­ man "New Liberty Ships" and Giants got busy immediately these things are needed to real­ of skill, language or numbers when our earnest youth apply, with all of their stooges in ly put the ax to the men that ership of one man by another. by which inspectors are to be the same government acts as a Washington to push labor back are sailing the ships. All this 1906 guided. shipping master for another on its heels and they have done took place on a new ship that Condemned the disregard of government in supplying youth­ a very good job of it too. came here from MobUe. It seems human life as practiced by some ful American citizens to, work Getting back to ' the Robin to me that this crew, if things vessel owners who often' send under coolie conditions and scab Line Liberty ship and the trans­ were all that bad, could and one steam vessel to tow a num­ wages. Yet year after year they portation letter, both sides back­ should have notified the Mobile ber of heavily loaded barges - send a representative to some ed and filled arounded for two branch, instead of waiting for which spmetimes are cut adrift, labor conference, at Geneva or days and on Thursday morning, sailing day to start a beef. and the helpless seamen find a London with instruction to bring July 29, the W.S.A. ordered the A little trouble on one of the watery grave. Endorsed^ bill to before representatives of other shipping commissioner down to prohibit inefficient and insuffi­ governments ways and means to the ship at 10 a.m. to sign the ships with a colored stewards cient crews on passenger vessels, FRANK GREEN—G-52 increase safety at sea and high­ ship on. The W.S.A. informed department. Around sailing time lack of which caused three dis­ WILLIE SMITH er wages for seamen so that the crew that they would have it's been the habit here lately astrous wrecks and loss of life WILLIE NELSON American shipowners will not to sign Regulation No. 64' or else, for these gents to get off the In New York harbor, San Fran­ LEROY LANNON be compelled to compete under and the crew just informed ship and we have been forced to cisco Bay and off Vancouver Isl­ issue trip cards to quite a num­ JAMES THOMPSON such disadvanbagious competi­ them that it was else, and for and; employment of Chinese on tion as practiced by foreign them to go right ahead and get ber of men to sail the ships. This American vessels declared vio­ LEROY GREEN shipowners. It reminds m^ of themselves a mew of factory time the only men that sailed lation of the exclusion law; de­ JOSE HERNANDEZ the ship were the steward and the story of "Finky Lou," but sailors. manded laws to prohibit over­ A VOSB the 2nd cook, the rest of the that's another story. Now every single person that dept. was filled out. with the loading of vessels. The freedom R SHEDDEN r have good news for Brothers was involved in the beef very Filipino boys, who, once they get won by other workmg people has Armstrong and Wallace. At long frankly admitted that the crew a ship, hold on pretty good. So been denied seamen, leaving M. McCONNELL P. G. NOVAK last they can expect to receive was one hundred per cent right we can look for this ship now to them to involuntary servitude; they have been forbidden the the packages of Roach exterm­ in their demand, but W.S.A. be a solid Filipino ship. Tliis ANDRES CORTES inating powder that was prom- would not permit the company may teach a needed lesson to right to combhie to obtain in­ ANTHONY ONORATO creases in wages -to correspond ise<i them at the last Geneva to sign anything else but regu­ those who need it. S. CRAWFORD with those of men of equal skill, Conference. With 4 foot of water lation No. 64. Now this Regula­ ARTHUR J. DWYER—F 8823 in our Galveston Hall I wonder tion No. 64,' in the Preamble the We have a couple of very nice thus making it impossible for looking halls on the string here G-1 them to marry, preventing boys Earl Esco what Brother Wallace intends to instructions to General Agents, so expect to have something from seeking the sea and men do with his package. Raymond Martinez ... P 8619 all Agents are to, use their dis­ definite to submit to the mem­ I was seriously thinking of cretion on the using of Regula­ bers very shortly. putting Brother Dushane on my tion No, 64 as a rider, but they KEEP CLEAR WITH YOUR DRAFT BOARD ARMY, Agent moiling list as I understand did not allow them to use them some Washington offices are in­ discretion In this case. So it's By observing the following simple instructions you will very obvious that as far as the fested with Roaches. continue to receive deferment from military service. Fail to observe these rules and you may wind up in the army. I see where Jimmy Corfue is Statement of Principles is con­ » making another trip on the cerned the W.S.A. doesn't have WHEN SIGNING ON; Give the clerk or skipper all the same ship as steward and all the any idea of living up to it. If information neeessary to fill out RMO Card No. 47 (Green Wallace Sweat, G-58, signed stewards dept. are signing on that is not a. violation of the Card). again with him, WeU^ such pop­ Statement of Principles, cut my on in Jackstrnville, Florida and WHEN SIGNING OFF: See that Card No. 48-A is propsigned off in New York. He is an ularity must be deserved, land by legs off and call me shorty. perly filled out by skipper or clerk. the way, J.unmy, Mayor Tobin The RMO put a crew aboard anti-union performer and re­ of Boston certainly enjoyed your and the good old ship, sailed fused to pay his dues. Be cer­ Ship out before your allotted time ashore has expired. that., way. stories. If you have not yet filled out the Green Card, contact your tain that he doesn't ship on an draft board and let them know that you are sailing. JOHN MOGAN, Agent OLDEN BANKS, Agent SID vessel. Ammnd the Jl^rts T " - i. ••i Attention Agents! Pv -•..v...... feH % i- 'd* •m �Page Four Friday, August 13, 1943 THE SEAFARERS LOG Yard Workers Get Raw Deal S.LU. CREWS LAUDED On Wages; Continue Fight {Continued from Page 1) I that when labors' enemies are Unions in the shipbuilding RELIED ON "F.D.'s" PROMISE forced to say such things—the Uiiluu representatives made case must be overwhelntog. industry are not giving up ifchelr the sacrifice on the promise The iWSA letter on the Matt battle for wage increases, despite WAR SHippiNO ADMINISTRATION of government spokesmen Ransom is reproduced in the rejection of their plea by the V/ASHINOTON that if the administration columns at the right. The text National War Labor Board, it failed to hold the line on of the WSA letter on the Wil­ was made known this week by prices, wages would later be liam Wirt follows: AOgUtt t, i9t3 Vice President William A. Oal- adjusted. ^ ^vin of the International Broth­ At hearings before the War War Shipping Administration Washington, D. C. eenlKrtrs' Int»pnatl#n|il Union erhood of Boilermakers. Labor Board several weeks ago, of Horth Aaorlon ' ^ August 2, 1943 Rooa 213 labor's spokesman Insisted the A. F. of L. unions in the indus­ e Stona Strnat Hav yorte City try had demanded raises for over government fulfill that solemn Seafarers' International Urdon pledge, but the board. In a de­ of North America a million shipyard workers, equal Oantlanani to the advance in the cost of cision issued this week, by an Room 213 Tha Ubarty tUp. S. 8. uiTt W. lUKSCU* Mimed ty ' BMibsra of your Union vaie approaoUne an Afirloan port aritb living since the spring of 1942, 8-lo-4 vote, denied any general 2 Stone Street « aaluatla earso of Any auppUaa irttan aha atruok an. aanqr when present wage rates were increase, claiming it is barred by New York City alnaa Tha idolant aoq)lofion rippa<i Into har hoira Tha ahlp the "Little Steel" formula and tlraddared undar tha l^aota Oraylah-blaok mtar iraa throan established at a national ship­ Gentlemen; cna hundrad faat in tha aira Than a aaoond axploalon folbuilding stabilization conference the administration's stabiliza­ lowad, tha thlp bagan to aattla and finally the abandon ahlp tion policies. All four labor mem­ The Liberty ship, S.S. WIL­ Order waa glTaua in Chicago. bers of the board dissented. LIAM WIRT, launched July 4, Rhaa all handa ware aafa in llfahoaiat Captain At that time, on the urgent iiataall noted that tha raaaal had eaaaad to aattloa Tilth a We're keeping up the battle 1942, at Bethlehem - Fairfield TOluntaer orair of alx nan, ha oUabad to the alanting daok plea of President Roosevelt and for justified wage adjustments Shipyard, manned by members of tha raaaal idioaa bow «aa alnoat buried in tha aaa, .. Tha nan ra-fl'rad tha bollara and finally tha logy raaaal other government oflRcials, the despite the decision of the of your Union was the first ves­ undar any aa tha aerena began to turn again. Manned V unions accepted an 8-cent-an- board," Calvin declared. "Prices sel of the huge allied convoy to alceleton ore* of four aan abora daok and tan balov, aha pro* eaadad nithout further inoidant to port and dliohargad bar hour raise, though they were en­ are still climbing, land the board, dock in tlie historic North Afri­ oargo. titled to 13 cents under provis­ in fairness to the workers, can't can invasion last November. Said Captain Mataalli "I gira dradlt to all bmda ions of their agreements which maintain its arbitrary wage ceilfor their ooolaaaa apd apaoial oradit to Ubarty aUpi ehioh The U. S. Navy reports that called for increases in line with mgs forever. At the proper time gas. atand »n wcpleaion of tMa na^tude and atill ba ahla to eooa in undar their oim ponar." Tbia aagnifloant job ty tba the WILLIAM WIRT, last Janu­ the rise in the cost of living. we will renew our demands." Mn nho biiilt and aaiiad tha 1U.TT w. SAHSOH haa again hmrad ary, ran the gantlet of five air our Aaariota Marohant Marina. attacks in the Eastern Atlantic Very truly youra. and Mediterranean, shooting down four enemy planes and Bdaard liaaao^ f two more "probables." Although Oapuly Adninlatrator damaged by near misses and by a bomb which penetrated to its Union membership in the United States and Canada was highly inflammable cargo but placed at an all-time high of 13,000,000 by the Office of War In­ failed to explode, the WILLIAM WIRT held her position in the formation this week. convoy and discharged her cargo Tlie OWI estimated gains in the past year alone at 1,500,000 on schedule.* members. Since the bottom of the depression, rolls of the unions Only by remarkable teamwork have more than quadrupled. of the Merchant Marine, officers A. F. of L. strength was put at close to 6,500,000, C. I. O. at and crew and .the Navy gun 5,000,000, independent railroad brotherhoods, outside of those affil­ crew under fire was this notable iated with the A. F. of L., at 420,000, and other unaffiliated unions, victory won. More power to you such as the United Mine Workers, Typographical Union, Brewery an. Last week Headquarters received a call from one of the 90 Very truly yours. Workers and various organizations of telephone employes, at day wonders asking us to help two of his buddies who were picked1,100,000. EDWARD MAOAULEY up by the Navy Shore Patrol at the Rialto Ball Room for imper­ Deputy Administrator Among the most spectacular advances in the last 12 months sonating Navy men. were those scored by the Machinists and various unions in the This information must be amusing to the old-timers in our shipbuilding industry, such as the Boilermakers, the OWI report organization, as they have to tolerate these pseudo mess and disclosed. These organizations have doubled their strength. wiper officers running around the ship with their high pressure hats and uniforms. These maritime trainees have been told on numerous occasions as soon as they joined the union that they didn't have to wear those uniforms any longer and that they were » no longer under the jurisdiction of the WSA. One bright guy of One day last week, Edward J. Noble, a business man who once Large-scale construction of a 17 told us he couldn't get any girls unless he wore the uniform. eerved as undersecretary of commerce, paid $8,000,000 to the NaAnother one said that he couldn't walk the streets of New York new unsinkable type of lifeboat, ildonal Broadcasting Company for its Blue Network. This trans­ without a uniform or he would be beat up. About 10,000 of our action raises two or three points worth considering. which is far superior to the membens come from New York and we don't see them being beatThe tangible property owned by the Blue Network is probably standard lifeboat at present in up by anybody. hot worth $500,000. Why pay $8,000,000 for it? Because that will use on ocean-going veiisels, has AAA. enable Mr. Noble to control airways which are owned by the people begun in 'British shipyards*^ and The old Robin tub that would makle 6 knots with the wind on of the United States. Do the people get anything for the use of is making satisfactory progress, its tail finally came to rest at the bottom of the sea. Forunately, the airways? Not a penny. That seems a little rough on the the main office of the Interna­ no one was lost. One of the Alcoa C-2's was recenWy lost with no people, but that's the way things are done nowadays. tional Transport Workers' Fed­ casualties. Everytime Paul Hall gets to Baltimore he has a new eration in London reports. Mr. Noble land the interests which put up the $8,000,000 for Re^utlon for the brothers to ponder over. Two Sundays ago we him, will be able to whisper their ideas—^thcir propaganda into The main features of the new made a trip on the Hudson Day Liners and when we istepped into your ear every day and every night for an indefinite period. That's boat are a highly elevated and the Dining Room we thought we were aboard the Acadia as a lot worth a lot of money to anyone who wishes to influence public enclosed forecastle and poop, of Eastern stiffs were saUing the Day Line ship and working below opinion in America. It is significant that the names of Mr. Noble's kapok or cork-filled fenders the Union scale. These very same men will be looking for a break financial associates have not been mentioned up to date. round the gunwale and extent from the membership when the war is over. sive storage space for water. For more than 20 years, this newspaf>ers has been warning Eight large water tanks are fit­ Americans that interests, which are very powerful but not particu­ ted low in the center of the boat. larly scrupulous, have been moving .steadily toward a certain goal: They wish to establish, a "vested right" to the people's airways— The new boat, as demonstrat­ and they have almost rea'ched their goal! ed in exhaustive trials, can be lowered in smooth weather by p. MARTINEZ, LEWIS FEARS and Steward have division of The attempt to regulate them has been largely futile, because a single drop at an angle of 70 wages due. Crew which' uutde the radio moguls have succeeded in corrupting most of the regu­ degrees, either bow or stern and E. FRIMOS: You have over­ complete trip has difference of time coming from the Bull Line. lators. first, and without shipping any Collect 115 Broad Street, New 'advance money coming. Collect Calmar Line, New York City. About the only "out" for the American people is to insist that water. It can also right itself York City. * * » Uncle Sam establish his own national broadcasting-system, sup­ from.a list of 100 degrees. The ported out of the Public Treasury. That doesn't mean that the experiments were conducted un­ WILUAM NICHEL has over­ The following men have privately-owned companies would be put out of business. It does der supervision of the shipping time coming from Calmar Line, money coming from Smith & mean that the people would have the unrestricted right to use a authorities and witnessed by 39 Broadway, New York City. Johnson, 80 Broad Street, New^ union representatives who, laud­ part of the airways which they own. York City: BELLAH, BI^ ed the performance of the new Steward's Department of S.S. MANN, BILDE, BLAME, C^This would not be popular with the radio monopolists and boat type. Frellnghausen has money due their newspaper backers. Tlie monopolists are prepared to spend for extra meals. Collect Water FREY, ENGER, FAIRCLOTH, millions on lobbyists, crooked propagandists and still more crook­ FALLONE, GATELY, HTI.!., York City. Keep lii Touch With man line. New ed"politicians to block any move looking to reform. • • • MACE, RUNGE, RUTKOWSKI4. —Labor Your Local. Draft Board. S.S. John Latrope: Chief cook SIVCO, WEINBERG. Unions At Peak Strength With 13,000,000 Members Out of the Focs^l by 3C~ ^AOM, JksL 3Uld)tA, fijtMA,— i f-' •fc I !•-' ' Unsinkable Boats Being Constructed MONEY DUE •»»•• � 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 August 13, 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. 20 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: DETAILS OF NEW VICTORY SHIP ARE REVEALED BY MARITIME COMMISSION SIU CREWS LAUDED FOR HEROISM AT SEA HOT LIPS JOE GIVES OUT WITH FLUTE WE OPEN NEW UNION HALL IN CALIF. MINORITY UNION CAN ASK STRIKE NEW WITHOLDING TAX ON WAGES IS EXPLAINED ORDER ON ALIEN SEAMEN EXTENDED SEAMEN AND THEIR STRUGGLE AGAINST EXPLOITATION AND GOVERNMENT REPRESSIONS ATTENTION AGENTS! YARD WORKERS GET RAW DEAL ON WAGES; CONTINUE FIGHT UNIONS AT PEAK STRENGTH WITH 13,000,00 MEMBERS UNSINKABLE BOATS BEING CONSTRUCTED Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 8/13/1943 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1943 Periodicals Seafarers Log