http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/960101bf0061176a71334b31c7e47d72.PDF ff4532ca7af20e2f3ea10102d5ffcde1 PDF Text Text Joo OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULP DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL X7NI0N OF NORTH AMERICA VOL. V. 217 NEW YpRK. N. Y„ FRIDAY. OCTOBER 1. 1943 No. 27 Two More Weeks Left To File Nominations For Office U-BOATS BACK IN ATLANTIC October 15 is the deadline for nomination for Atlantic and Gulf District office for 1944. By that date each candidate must have in the office of the Sec­ retary-Treasurer a written notice of intention to run. Any notifications post­ marked after midnight of October 1S will be rejected and the candidate will not be qualified to run on the official ballot. This rule is laid down by the union con­ stitution and no exceptions can be made to it. Allied convoys in the North Atlantic are again being attacked by submarine wolf packs. This was officially con­ firmed this week by the Royal Canadian Air Force which recently conducted a two-day running battle with the raiders. The submarines engaged by the Canadian flyers At branch meetings during the past two weeks many brothers have had their names placed in nomination for various offices up and down the coast. These nominations are- not final. Only written notification to the Secretary-Treasurer, accompanied by the proof of qualification for office, is binding and official. Follow Up Your Beefs All candidates should send their notification by registered mail and should include, not only formal notification of candidacy, but also discharges proving the three years sea service as required by the constitution. Candidates for Agent, or Joint Patrolman can have the thj-ee years in any department. Candidates for departmental patrolmen must have three years in the indicated department. Sea time is computed only on merchant ships. And finally, remember that the constitution requires that all candidates be in continuous good standing for six months prior to date of nomination. If you have been in arrears during the past six months, save your and the union's time and don't file for office. AFL Plans Political Action; Post War Problems Discussed WASHINGTON, D, C. — AFL President William Green issued a nation-wide call to all affiliated organiza­ tions to get busy at once with plans for political action in this year's and next year's elections. Mr. Green c nphasized. that many members of Con­ gress and State Legislatures who^ voted for anti-labor, measures wiU be candidates for re-election and should be defeated regard­ less of their political affiliations. "I am, therefore, addressing to you this official communication calling upon all officers and members of the American Feder­ ation of Labor to begin.prepara­ tions for the political campaigns oft this" year.^and next year as well," Mr. Green wrote. "The full political strength of labor should be mobilized and united in support of candidates regard­ less of political affiliations who are sympathetic and friendly to labor and in opposition to those who have shown themselves to be our enemies and who are un^ sympathetic to labor's legislative and economic policies. We posi­ tively can defeat our enemies and elect our friends if we mobilize 'and unite labor's full political ments for voting. T.et all our strength. We can do this if we membership and its friends reg­ will. The responsibility lies with ister where registration is requir­ us. Let us meet this responsibil­ ed for participation in elections ity, discharge our duties and pro­ and meet any other legal quali­ tect our membership against in­ fications provided for in our elec­ justice by defeating our enemies tion laws in order to vote. I sug­ and electing our friends to public gest that committees be appoint­ ed by central bodies and local or­ office. "In order to accomplish this ganizations for the express pur­ result, the Executive Council di­ pose of seeing to it that every rected me to call upon all mem­ member registers and qualifies bers of the American Federation for voting and that all members of Labor to qualify to vote in the go to the polls and vote. general election by meeting fully "In addition I respectfully sugthe primary and election require{Continued on Page 4) BOSTON—As the representa­ tives of six million American workers gathered here in the lobby of the Statler Hotel await­ ing the convention opening, the consensus of opinion was that the American Federation of Labor and its affiliated unions are now at peak strength. The chief issues disturbing the labor leaders were the failure of the Government to keep the cost of living down to the levels at which wages have been stabiliz­ ed and the alarming effects of various manpower controls put {Continued on Pane 4) ' were equipped with heavy antiaircraft armament and chose to stay on the surface and fight it out with the planes rather than dive. It is important that all crews follow carefully the progress of their overtime beefs after they get in port and hand the beefs over to the Agents and Patrol­ men. Keep in touch with the Agent and watch the- LOG so that you can collect the minute the beef is settled. There have been a number of cases where men give a beef to a patrolman, then disap­ pear into a gin mill for the pe­ riod of their shore time and ship out without ever checking on what was being done to settle the beef. Then, after a six or eight month trip these guys blow into port and demand to know what happened and why didn't they get their disputed overtime. Agents, and Patrolmen in the majority of SIU ports are greatly overworked and it is physically impossible to go around and lead each crew member by the hand to the paymaster. If the Agent wins the beef and then posts the notice for all to see, it is up to the men to go and collect it . . . and promptly! There are very few cases where the overtime isn't straightened out within the period of shore time alloted to the crew. Collect your overtime before you ship out again. Cooperate with your officials and you'll receive better repre­ sentation. Bosses And Brass Hats Push Compulsory Labor The Austin-Wadsworth "Slave Labor Bill" continued to be urged upon Congress this week, in spite of publica­ tion in the Congressional Record of statistics disproving the alleged need for such a bill. The employer and brass hat sponsors of the bill reveal more openly with each passing week that they view the measure^ as necessary to their union bust­ shortage was, in reality, a crisis of poor planning on the part of ing plans. management. Artificially created Contradicting the phoney fig­ production bottle necks, and poor ures on labor shortages which use of existing labor constitute had priviously been released by the real problems — problems Congressional stooges of big which will not be corrected by business, the Congressional Rec­ enslaving labor. ord carried the hitherto suppress­ Labor spokesmen have repeat­ ed testimony of Bernard Baruch before the Senate Military Af­ edly pointed out that what dis­ fairs Committee, as weU as tes­ location of labor supply exists timony given by James S. Pat- could be easily corrected if man­ ton, President of the National agement would pay decent wages Farmers Union. Baruch testified and provide housing and trans­ that the so-called manpower portation. LARGE GUNS When the subs disappeared from the sea last spring the gen­ eral opinion was that planes had made it too hot for them and that when they returned they would be fitted with anti-aircraft guns. This prediction seems now to have been born out. It appears from the RCAF report, however, that the subs are fitted with larger guns than was expected. The RCAF admitted that planes returned to their bases "fuU of flak holes through wings, tail and fuselage." No claims were made of sinking any subs. The Canadian planes were pro­ tecting a convoy headed from the United States to Europe and containing SIU ships. No report has yet been received concern­ ing the fate of the merchant ships. . SUMMER RECORD Thus ends the summer lull in merchant ship sinkings, a lull which lasted from May through August, and during which 4,000 Allied ships were convoyed across the Atlantic with a loss of less than one-half of one percent. The engagement between th* Canadian planes and the sub^ does not necessarily mean that fi full scale under-water offensivft is about to be launched against our ships, but it does show that the summer absence of subs in the Atlantic was not" due to any liquidation of the Nazi fleet. Rather, it was due to voluntary withdrawal of the subs in. order to prepare them for battle witk the planes. SACRIFICES AHEAD Rear Admiral Francis S. Low, director of the U. S. Navy's op­ erations against the subs, said over the radio this week that the German navy was demoralized and that the Nazis had been forced to draft U-boat crews. The low morale reported by the Ad­ miral may be true, but it still looks as if America's merchant seamen are due for more bloody struggles in getting their cargoes through to the fighting fronts. In Memoriam BROTHER Matthew B. McEttrick (Cook) Born April 22, 1889. Died in Algiers, August, 1943. .il - il I'. IJ; ! ,L- . �t THE l»age Two SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with tJje American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAVK ------- Secy-Treas, p. O. BOK 21, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 Jth Street, N. W., "Washington, D. C. • • w Directory of Branches BRANCH ADDRESS PHONE NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOwling Green 9-3437 BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Cay St Calvert 4539 PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St ...Lombard 765 1 NORFOLK....Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 NEW ORLEANS (16) ..309 Chartres St Canal 3336 SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St Savannah 3-1728 TAMPA 423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 MOBILE 55 So. Conception St Dial 2-1392 PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon Puerto de Tierra GALVESTON 219 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 FT. LAUDERDALE 2021 S. Federal Highway... Ft. Lauderdale 1601 PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City BOwling Green 9-8346 UNIONS VS. MILITARY What with Coast Guard hearing officers, brass hat port commanders, gun crew Ensigns and Washington swivil chair generals, the seamen have come to think that mari­ time labor is the sole object of the military's anti-union of­ fensive. But it's not true. We may bear more than our share of army and navy anti-labor attacks, but shoreside workers are also receiving a dose of it. Take the recent case of plant guards at the Johnsville, Pa., plant of Brewster Aircraft. These guards were mem­ bers of Local 365 of the United AutomoHle Workers, CIO. The Coast Guard moved in and said that the guards would have to join the Coast Guard Reserve for the duration of the war. The Coast Guard gave assurances that the men could resign from the Reserve when they wanted to, and that t^eir rights as union men would not be compromised. The Union gave the men permission to join the Reserve. And then it started! Once the guards were under the authority of the mil­ itary, their received a kicking around. Their seniority rights were violated and the company management joined with the Coast Guard in provocations designed to under­ mine the union contract. (Sounds like it happened at sea, doesn't it?) The upshot of the thing was that the union called a strike, the strike was broken, and the plant guards who believed in and practised unionism and democracy, were jtbrown in prison. And now comes the final chapter. On Sept. 27 Assist­ ant Secretary of the Navy, Ralph A. Bard, announced that henceforth all plant guards would receive "thorough in­ doctrination into the laws" of the Navy so that there would be no question as to where they owed their "allegiance and responsibility." In other words, the Navy will attempt to change the guards from union men to finks who will club down their brothers upon the order of a jerk Ensign. Their "allegiance and responsibility" will not be to their fellow workers and the economic and political democracy they are at­ tempting to win, but to labor haters who cover their re­ action with the uniform of their country. Obviously the Navy has the authority and strength to enforce its program. But it will take more than a show of gold braid to make union men think as finks—^however they may be forced to act. And there is a new day coming. A (lay when the auto workers and the. seamen and all the other workers who during the past few years have been provoked and humiliated by their enemies, will settle the «core and bring the finks and scab herders to heel. . u-y, _>y.^:.'irr,»,rt • SEAFARERS LOG Friday, Odiober 1, lt43 Rail Workers Are Merchant Seamen Artists Double Crossed On To Show Work- In Exhibit Pay Increase Issue NEW YORK — Merchant sea­ extent of their range in the men have been invited to submit painters' field, and provoked, WASHINGTON, Sept. 28—The original oil paintings, water-col­ very favorable comment from White House announced today ors, pencil and charcoal sketches many high-ranking artists. Thia that a railroad emergency board, to the second annual art exhib­ new exhibition therefore becomes by a vote of 2 to 1, had recom­ ition of merchant mariners of the the instrument of «xpressing one mended that 300,000 transporta­ "United Nations opening Novem­ of their interests apart from the tion employes in train and en­ ber 28, 1943, at the Corcoran Gal­ sea." ' gine service receive a wage in­ lery of Art, Washington, D.C. crease of 4 cents an hour or 32 <5ash awards, totalling $600, All pictures, Mrs. Peterson cents a day, instead of 30 per will be made as follows: First added, must have a label pasted cent or $3 a day as they had de­ Prize, $250; Second Prize, $150; on the back, giving the artist's name and address; his agent, if manded. Third Prize $100, and Five Hon­ any; his rank; his length of ser­ The recommendation precipit­ orable Mentions, $20 each. ated an immediate crisis in the Honorary sponsors include Mrs. vice at sea; how he became in­ railroad industry, as spokesmen Franklin D. Roosevelt; Arthur terested in art; what his training for the five unions affected at­ W. Page, vice-president of the was; his future painting plans; tacked the award, declaring that American Telephone and Tele­ the name of his picture; and itg price if it is for sale. it would be rejected unanimous­ graph Company; Colonel David ly. Sai-noff, president of the Radio A seaman may enter as many Although the three members of Corporation of America, and pictures as he chooses.- All pic­ the board agreed that the em­ Consuls of the United Nations. It tures must be submitted, how­ ployes had made out a strong is expected there will be many ever, before October 30, 1943, and case for a wage increase to cor­ entrants from foreign countries, sent to the Art Exhibition, USS rect gross inequalities and to aid as well as from all parts of the Andrew Furuseth Club, 30 East 37th Street, New York City. in the effective prosecution of the United States. war, they split on the application "Seamen, not generally re­ The first exhibition of paint­ of this conclusion to the case. garded as artists, to most people ings by seamen was held by The majority felt that , under represent the men who carry the United Seamen's Service last Feb^ the limitations of the wage sta­ vital sinews of war to the fight­ ruary at the Hall of Art, New bilization program they could ing armies,", it was stated by York City; 110 works were hung not grant more than permitted Mrs. Isabel Peterson, director of by 28 artists, 20 of whom were under the "Little Steel" formula. recreation at the USS Andrew at sea delivering war goods on The dissenting member opposed Furuseth Club in New York, February 1, the day the exhibit this as a narrow interpretation of who has charge of the- exhibit. opened. Art critics had high the board's authority, saying the "But they also represent men praise for many of the works, employes were entitled to a lA who have the same interests and some of which were sold by the per cent wage increase, but hobbies as people in other walks artist to visitors for substantial should receive at least IVz per of life. Last year's USS art ex­ sums. The first prize winner was cent for "gross inequity," or 6.75 hibition for seamen proved the SlU Seaman Ben Rosen. cents an hour. . UNITED PROTEST PLANNED General chairmen of the five operating unions on all the coun­ try's railroads will be convened within ten days to take action on the recommendation, now pend­ ing before Fred M. "Vinson, Eco­ nomic Stabilization Director, for final decision. Since Mr. Vinson had previous­ The brothers returning from a voyage in the Mediterranean! ly rejected an award of 8 cents claim that torpedo planes are a menace there. The papers are full an hour made by .another emer­ of reports about wolf packs being on the hunt for convoys. So the gency board to the 1,000,000 nonboys won't get much sleep aboard those LIBERTYS from now on. operating employes, it was learn­ The slightest noise at night will awaken the boys from their sleep ed today that these organizations without ringing an alarm. So fellows, keep a sharp lookout, an<i would make common cause and hope you have a safe voyage. present a united front in an ef­ AAA fort to upset the two rulings. Baldy gets married on October 5th to Kay Towers, a registered One of the outspoken pro­ nouncements of the decision was nurse, and Tommy Thomson is going to be his best man. Baldy made by David B. Robertson, met the girl through Tommy,, so he's going to make sure he let's grand chief of the Brotherhood Tommy smell the cork, so he won't think he is the best man in of Locomotive Firemen and En- reality. "We hope Kay and Baldy have many happy days together, ginemen. AAA "Coming on the heels of the Talking about marriages, Walter (Slug) Seikmann got married oversubscription of the recent recently when he was forced to stay ashore by the Coast Guard. He war loan quota by railroad em­ spent his honeymoon in New Oileans. Many of our members are ployes, the report and reconi- sailing as licensed officers. Ancy Ackerman is sailing as a 2nd mendation of the femergency Mate and Hofert is a 3rd Assistant. Mike Walsh made a trip as 3rd board on the wage demands of Mate on the STEELORE, and he must like it as we haven't seen the transportation employes is hipti around the Hall since then. William Lally is in an Army Camp an insult to their intelligence," on the "West Coast. Blackey Medford and Carl Rogers are around {Continued on Page 4) New York quite often. Tony McMunn whose friends were worried about him, paid off in Philadelphia Recently. AAA Elections will soon be here and we wonder how many of these "militant" brothers will run for office this year. Each year yo'i., ANTONIO MERCARDO ....$12,00 hear the brothers gpeak about how many new men are going to 8.00 J. H. LINDSEY 6.00 run for office and what changes they're going to make when they BOSTON get into office. The elections come and go and you find out after 5.00 C. SICKLER 4.00 it's all over that the same group of men, with one or two excep- '' E. ANDERS S... 3.00 tions, are the ones elected to office. Baltimore makes resolutions S. S. DELRIO 2.00 why the officers should go to sea every six months. Here's a chance JOHN MEDVISKY 2.00 for those brothers to get elected and thus force the present incum­ V. MARANO 2.00 bents to go to sea. Come on you beefers, get your credentials into A. M. HANDS 2.0C Headquarters and make a real fight for the various Agent and Pa­ H. KIRCHSTEIN 1.00 trolmen's jobs. D.LAWRENCE . A A A 1.00 W. McCRERREY ... Oscar Grimes had a funny experience. He was in the Bush Ter­ 1.00 W. HARDEMAN 1.00 minal Building on 42nd Street, in the Reception Room, when two J. KANE 1.00 men came in and mugged him out of $575. Fred Stover got hit by K. C. PITCHER 1.00 a block while aboard a ship and had to have three stitches. "Hop H. C. ROCK Along" Cassidy amuses the boys in the Alhambra when he tells . $52.00 them that he has to report on the ship at midnight. - TOTAL' Out of the Focs^l by y. jc. Honor Roll N,-' ••.....JA/ --J �,--,3PV Friday, October 1, 1943 THE LIBERTY SHIP ANNIVERSARY shipyards will have delivered a greater deadweight tonnage of new ships than that of the com­ bined pre-Pearl Harbor merchant fleets of Great Britain, United States, Germany, Japan, and Nor­ way. There appears to be no doubt that the fifty-million-goal will be reached with time to spare. Shipbuilders reached an average of better than five de­ livered ships a day in, April 1943 and have continued about that average. Deliveries in 1943 alone will total approximately 20,000,BUILDING RECORD 000 deadweight tons and that tonnage can be equalled or sur­ Two years ago some 200,000 passed in 1944. workers were employed in about 100 ways and in the shops of ^bout 21 yards. Today approx­ imately 750,000 workers are turn­ ing out ships in more than 300 ways in approximately 70 ship­ yards. The ways today are ac­ Following Brothers have money tually the end stations of a mas­ coming from the Bull Line. Col­ sive assembly line involving 1200 lect at New York office: factories in 35 states. FRANK SWIFT The wartime shipbuilding pro­ gram calls for the production of DEBERT SHIELDS 50,000,000 deadweight tons of FRED LEV^"^ ships by the end of 1944. This BET^ ^ ROLAND means that from the time the OTTO PETERSEN PATRICK HENRY was launched C. MOWITZ until the end of 1944, American In the two years Unce the first Liberty Ship, the PATRICK HENRY, was launched, the Uni­ ted States has accomplished the greatest shipbuilding feat in tvorld history. It took 151 days to coinplete the PATRICK HENRY after her keel was laid, and she was one of only three ships completed that month. IDuring this September 116 ships will be delivered with an average delivery time of 45 days from the laying of iheir keels. MONEY DUE SEAFARERSLOG Page Three ' WHArS DOING Around the Ports GALVESTON Shipping has been good in Texas ports for the past three weeks. I have shipped aU the members that I could get a hold of. Had to issue 19 trip cards last week for two new ships out of the Houston yards. Have a ship for the Bull Line the end of the month, also one for the Range Line the tenth of October. So, if you want to ship in a hurry get on down here to Galveston. The hurricanes are all over. We had one here again, last Thursday and Friday, no damage done. The USS is passing out money to the wine heads, on the strength of shipping out and pay­ ing them back. In fact, some of the characters hanging on the curb outside of the USS, waiting in line to get the dough, makes you think of a Bowery Mission. The - wiU have the formal open''9th of September, no one will be there but the NMU and Lykes Bros. S. S. Co. to rep­ resent the poor seamen. Where in the hell were these generous dispencers of easy money when the seamen really needed help? We were the scum of the earth then. No up-town society, or charity outfit was even interest­ ed in you. Your only friend in need v/as the eating house, and the gin mill on the waterfront, also the flop house. The ship­ owner did not help you or cared a damn if you ate or had a place to sleep. Through union strength we come into our own, we are mak­ ing more money now than ever before. The charity fakers, chislers of easy jobs, welfare work­ ers and the shipowner got to­ gether—"We must do something for the poor seamen, we can get this easy money from the public by the heroic deeds that the sea­ man is performing. We will start up hotels, paying big salaries to you people who are put in charge of them." "After the war the RMO and the shipowner will do their best to break up the union, cut wages so low that the seamen will have to come to the USS to eat at sleep. We wiU have to do our utmost to get the men to work on the ships. If he won't sail he cannot come into the USS and we will have to give the ship­ owner all the help that he needs to keep his ships rimning. Did he not give us these easy jobs, big pay? He donated to keep the USS ruiming, but he charged it up to expenses and Uncle Sam paid for hk donation." Be on your guard. After the war the USS will be used by the RMO and the shipowner for a scab herding outfit. Keep on the good side of the small eating joint, gin mill and flop house on the waterfront. You will need them all after the war is over. E. R. WALLACE. Agent TAMPA Shipping for this port is veryslow although we do get a few calls from Savannah and that helps the situation some. Quite a few of the Tampa boys are coming in every week or so after having made long trips and from what they say things are not as bad as they once were be­ fore the submarine situation was put under control. Blackberry Evans has accepted a second as­ sistant job on one of the Bull Liners in the longhorn state. He left by boxcar yesterday after­ noon. Believe it or not Admiral Blinkie Roberts has accepted a position with the McCloskys Ship yard. I am sure that he will stay with them for the first payday anyway. Well, the time has come for the nomination of the officials for the coming year. I have heard so damn many growls and beefing about the officials that are in office now, I am getting grey headed. For the benefit of those that do the most growling and the least work for the union's benefit, they will now have a chance to nominate some one for office that will suit them. And furthermore, I would like to see some of those birds run for of­ fice in order that they may see what an official has to contend with . They don't realize that an or­ dinary seaman with no experi­ ence of any kind will make more money than even the SecretaryTreasurer and we don't have a chance for a raise in pay. When the living conditions goes up we have to pay just the same.- It is damn hard to live ashore on $60.00 per week and more so when you have a family to take care of. Oh well, things will ad­ just themselves in the long run I suppose. You brothers who have made a long trip and want a vacation, come on down to Tampa where the climate is nice and warm and the gals hot and beer is cold. The fishing is good, as Brother Steely White can tell you. He has been very successful with the organizing of the fishermen so far. Everything is going smooth and they are all working again with a better price for their catches. D. L. PARKER, Agen| 1 .i,. - v.: CI • �THE Page Four SEAFA RE R S '^•; Friday. October 1, 1943 LOG AFL Plans Political Action; ^Jtom. JhsL 3fab&i, (pAMA. — Why Some Workers Are "Against" Unions Post War Problems Discussed Many workers who think that they are "against" unions believe that they came to that conclusion all by themselves. Very few workers realize that among all the weapons which employers use against unions, one of the strongest is a subtle manipula­ tion of public opinion. If they can persuade their workers to fight the union for them, then their battle is won. AFL POLITICAL DELEGATES ARE CONCERNED ACTION PLANNED WITH PEACE EMPLOYMENT which are now being challenged {Continufi from Page 1) in the courts. into effect by the Government. A growing demand was openly For the first time since the war expressed for prompt and decis­ began, interest was being dis­ ive action by the Government to played by the delegates in post­ bring prices of the necessities of war plans. Reflecting the assur­ life back into equitable relation­ ance that eventual victory for ship with the wage income of the United Nations is now cer­ workers. A tthe same time, op­ tain, the delegates voiced deep­ position to any form of compul­ ening concern over the effects of sory labor draft was gathering peace upon industrial activity. , From their conversations, it momentum. These and many other vital can be said that the union repre­ national issues of particular in­ sentatives believe the only way terest to labor will be presented to avert a major depression with to the convention, debated, and serious unemployment after the voted upon. The policies decided war is to prepare now for a largeupon by the convention will scale peacetime production pro­ guide the American Federation gram which can be put into op­ of Labor during the coming year. eration as soon as the fighting The fact that the Connally- ends. Most of the delegates arrived Smith Act has been thoroughly discredited during its brief pe­ early in Boston to attend the de­ riod of existence provided cheer­ partmental conventions- which ing news for the convention, serve as a prelude for the AFL's which will unquestionably de­ annual conclave. Unusually large mand that Congress repeal this attendance was reported at the vicious anti-labor law at once. meetings of the AFL Metal Strong disapproval was express­ Trades Building Trades and ed of the effects of anti-labor Union Label Trades annual meet­ laws adopted in several States, ings. RAIL WORKERS ARE DOUBLE CROSSED ON PAY INCREASE {Continued from Page 2) Mr. Robertson said. "I predict that it is the straw that will break the back of the unfair and inequitable wages and prices camel of the Government. "We will arrange to convene the general chairmen of our brotherhood on all the railroads of the country to refer this unfair recommendation to thwn for consideration." T. C. Cashen, president of the Switchmen's Union of North Am­ erica, said the award was "an insult" and would be rejected. H. W. Fraser, president of the Order of Railway Conductors, Said that it was "unsatisfactory fn every sense of the word." Alvanley Johnston, president of the Brotherhood of Locomo­ tive Engineers, said: "I am very much disappointed In the recommendation. It did not even come within, the 'Little _ Steel' formula. The men will no doubt be very dissatisfied." A. F. Whitney, . president of the Brotherhood o f Railway Trainmen, declared that the em­ ergency board "permitted itself to exercise no judgment but frankly arrived at a figure me­ chanically," so that the efforts and money expended by the brotherhoods to present a com­ prehensive view of the issue were wasted. Ife- "The board might just as well have availed itself of easily ob­ tainable statistics as to have gone through the farce of hold­ ing extensive public hearings," he said. 'J;> Keep In Touch With Your Local Draft Board, {Continued from Page 1) gest that the records of Members of Congress and of State legisla­ tures which show the way they voted in favor of anti-labor legis­ lation or against it, be examined and studied. Candidates for elec­ tion to Congress and state legis­ latures should be called upon to state in positive terms their at­ titude toward labor, labor's leg­ islative policies and labor legis­ lation. Let us in this way pre­ pare now for the great political battles of 1943 and 1944. Through such preparation we cannot fail to win decisive victories for la­ bor." L. W. Beeby—No. 3167 E. J. Nooaan-™.TC 1232 James Reaves—^No. 22963 Joe H. Boyle I. Rodriguez—^TC 149 The 13th Street Commandos We're the 13th Street Commandos, The blood lusts in our eyes; For the sake of Dugashvilli We shout, let's do and die. Our fierce yells for a 2nd front Are heard on every side. Wherever we find a soapbox Or with an inkpot bide. A ^ _ WHEN WORKERS WANT IT —THEY GET IT! Company union and lockout are methods which are more out in the open. These are so openly ' abusive in their intent that they are pretty easily identified be­ fore the National Labor Relations Board. Yet workers usually find that their worst enemy in the shop is themselves. The hard step is finding out the facts and then having the courage to go all out for the union. Once that happens, the boss might as well throw all his tricks out the window. When workers really want union, then nothing can stop them! —The Advance -^fXSCVtfiis Rollback Looks Like "Goldbrick" " In Union Halls which wie control Great is our hue and cry. With expulsion facing all members Who dare to question — WHY? > ' Earl Browder, Foster, Minor— These are our Chiefs of Staff, Superiors of Allied Generals And don't y< u dare to laugh. ' And Curran, Stein and Meyers, These top the Navy too; These are our Maritime braintrust And don't you dare say—^phew. From an easy chair they see it all, We know our Soviet need, And the orders from Stalin's grapevine Must see us act with speed. - B. HAMALIAN Your papers are in headquart­ ers office. PATRICK SULLIVAN Your discharges are in head­ quarters office. JACOB DAGART, Jr. Your receipts are in headquar­ ters office. LESLEY TAYLOR Issac McCants has left money for you in the office of the New York Agent. * » » STANLEY R. YODRIS " Get in touch with Richard M. Cantor, 51 Chambers Street, New York City; • a-, When ships go down, it don't hurt us. We just unroll our map And talk another rousing fight. Or go to tea — mayhap. • • Workers who may have ta­ ken at face value ah O.P.A. promise to roll back the cost of living by 2.3 per cent are going to be ''sadly disappointed. Chester Bowles, O.P.A. gen­ eral manager, said the cutback would be achieved by reduc­ ing prices on apples, onions, potatoes, oranges, lard, short­ ening and peanut butter. Labor research men analy­ zed his figures and the result was an eye-opener. Boris Shishkin, A. F. of L. econo­ mist, concluded the announced reductions wouldn't roll back living costs more than 1 per cent. The O.P.A. program rolls back the cost of living index faster than it rolls back the cost of living. ARIE L. PRONK Your wallet and Coast Guard pass is at the office of the Secretciry-Treasurer in New York. • * * VICENTE VILLACION EARL GILMAN Your social security card and You have a telegram in the of­ union book have been found. Call fice of the Secretary-Treasurer in for them at Room 213, 2 Stone New York City. Street, New York City. » » » IRVING PAULSON WILLIAM ASKSON Communicate with Richard M. Your book and papofs are beCantor, 51 Chambers Street, New ing held for you by the PhiladelYork City. Iphia Shipping Commissioner, But others shall do the fighting. Shall do the sailing too; We must remain at home, well paid To tell you what to do. ,\^ » " ^ ', The workers pay for our efforts. Their dues keep up in trim. Some lose-their lives but we go on And W increase our din. We're the 13th Street Commandos There's blood lust in our eye. But don't suggest that we ship out And don't dare wonder "WHY?" The boss has many other effec­ tive weapons with which to fight the union. Favoritism, for example — the old, smooth formula of "divide and conquer." It has worked just as well for many an anti-union boss as it has for Hitler. If all the workers are competing against each other for the boss'— or the forelady's—good opinion, then that boss and forelady have no need to worry that there will be any talk of union. Intimidation—how subtle, how undercover it can be. Sometimes it consists of nothing more than just a "hard look"—and yet the worker knows very, very well, what is meant by it. Intimida­ tion doesn't have to be put into words to be effective. If you recently joined the union you perhaps can remember back to the old days, before you really knew about unions, when you too were persuaded that there was something "bad" about them. If you try very hard you ought to be able to figure out just where you got the idea that unions were altogether bad. Was it an article in a local paper? Was it a forelady who just show­ ed by her attitude that she had no use for anyone who belonged to a union? Perhaps the boss made a friendly-seeming speech to you sometime in which he just took it for granted that none of the workers in his happy family would ever think of getting mix­ ed up with anything so horrid as a union. Propaganda? Of course — and very often we are surrounded by it and affected by it without ever realizing that it exists. Later on, when your eyes are really open­ ed, it's possible to see how this combination of little things— words and phrases and sentences, sometimes only half-said, ^ies and haK-truths — warped, your „ ' , ' We are the armchair Generals, We are the Admirals too; No sacrifice is too great for us And crimson is our hue. Worn out by strenious labors From shouting, word and pen. We then take our vacations To make us fit again. WHO TOLD YOU SO? opinion. SOME ANTI-UNION TACTICS • » I ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 13th TO 18th DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL , , f SHIPPED 334 271 286 891 REGISTERED 270 212 170 652 —Top An' Lift I -r ' ^ • .< "" P'f • ^" ''X \ ^ 'f • -4Sl ,si,'J - � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1939-1949 Description An account of the resource Volumes I-XI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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Title A name given to the resource October 1, 1943 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. V, No. 27 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: TWO MORE WEEKS LEFT TO FILE NOMINATIONS FOR OFFICE U-BOATS BACK IN THE ATLANTIC FOLLOW UP YOUR BEEFS AFL PLANS POLITICAL ACTION; POST WAR PROBLEMS DISCUSSED BOSSES AND BRASS HATS PUSH COMPULSORY LABOR RAIL WORKERS DOUBLE CROSSED ON PAY INCREASE ISSUE MERCHANT SEAMEN ARTISTS TO SHOW WORK IN EXHIBIT UNIONS VS. MILITARY LIBERTY SHIP ANNIVERSARY AFL PLANS POLITICAL ACTION; POST WAR PROBLEMS DISCUSSED WHY SOME WORKERS ARE "AGAINST" UNIONS THE 13TH STREET COMMANDOS ROLLBACK LOOKS LIKE "GOLDBRICK" Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/1/1943 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1943 Periodicals Seafarers Log