http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/b517aee3937289239773fff120dff97d.PDF 14ade732282b7f925ee0a3654a5cd554 PDF Text Text I I'" iH;- ''i OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Vol. V. NEW YORK. N.Y., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19. 1943 No. 33 Make Trainees Union Men—Hawk CHISELING OPERATORS STRAND U.S. SEAMEN By a BOSUN Despite the cry of the RMO for experienced seamen in or­ der to transport the war goods abroad, American shipowners are deliberately stranding rated men in the Caribbean and filling their places with n,atives who never went to sea before. I know this is true be­ cause I was one of those stranded and I saw how the whole rotten business works. The shipowners do this, of course, because the natives are not union men and will not demand union wages and conditions. The effect of this move on the war effort means nothing to the shipowners— apparently. My story begins on 1943 when I signed on an Al­ coa ship in • New York City. My ship went to Trinadad and from there spent three months on a shuttle between :.:v:;..A. , and It was during this run that I saw with my own eyes two American (sup­ posedly union) ships whose decks were fully crewed by natives who had been picked up along the waterfront and were being paid God-knowswhat. These two ships, the S.S. ) and the S.S. ...) were fully crew­ ed by union men when they first came south, but during I;? '.I their long run the original crew had been forced ashore one at a time on account of illness. Each time a replace­ ment was needed, the ship,,owner would ignore the union men begging for jobs in Port of Spain, and hire natives away from shore jobs. This practice ha.s been going on for a long time and when I was in Port of Spain this summer I found over 100 Am­ erican seamen who had been stranded there. These men had all gotten off their ships for hospital treatment at dif­ ferent times, but found that once they were ashore it was impossible for them to ship out again. And since the Army and Navy would not give them priority transporta­ tion back to the States, they were stranded in this port without any means of making a living. They were becoming regular beachcombers. When ever an American ship would put in and call for replacements, these men would beg for the jobs, but no go. The unorganized natives got the jobs. A couple of native replace­ ments came aboard' my ship and I found that they not only had never been to sea but they did not even have the seamen's certificates as requir­ ed by law. The American seamen that are thus stranded in Port of Spain are treated like a bunch of cattle by the shipowners' agents and by the American consular service. They are given no aid whatsoever and the general attitude seems to be that they shouldn't have gotten sick in the first place and been forced to pile off the ships. It is hard to even describe the despondency of these men and the hovels they are forced to live in and the food they are forced to eat. If they could hear all the ballyho back here in the states about seamen being heroes and how grateful the nation was to them, it sure would give them a belly laugh—^that is, if their stomachs hadn't shrunk too much to prevent it. I should like to say in clos­ ing that Mr. Naggs, Alcoa Agent in Port of Spain is fully aware of this situation and as far as I could see, do­ ing absolutely nothing about it. As for the American consul, he wouldn't even see us and listen to our problems. It is impossible, however, that he is ignorant of the treatment given the seamen in this port. At least these gentlemen sure gave me the brush off When I went to them for help in get­ ting out of that hell hole. The problem of making union men out of the RMO trainees is a serious one and has not been given suflScient attention by either SIU port officials or the rank and file old timers aboard ships, according to Brother John Hawk, Secretary-Treasurer of the District, In presenting a resolution on^ the subject to headquarters forced by a back-log of potential meeting two weeks ago. Brother finks—men who think that the Hawk asked that greater educa­ way to get ahead is by playing tional efforts be directed toward lone wolf and sucking around the the new men, and that no man aft quarters of the brass hats and be rejected for SIU membership swivil chair artists. unless his conduct labeled him The old timers must face these anti-union. Even then, formal facts: (1) the majority of the charges should be placed against trainees are in the industry to the individual. Hawk said, and stay, and (2) their numbers are the charges should be aired be­ such that they are a force to be fore the membership and a for­ reckoned with. The degree of union consciousness developed in mal vote taken on the case. these men may well prove to be The majority of the green kids the decisive factor in the post now flooding the industry will war fight between the SIU and not automatically become union the shipowners. men by the mere fact of riding In order to place a brake upon a union ship. These trainees now wholesale rejection of trainees, work under good conditions, and the SIU has passed the following they do not fully understand just resolution up and down the how these conditions were won. coast: They did not walk the picket All men after having made lines and eat out of the soup a trip on an Atlantic and Gulf kitchens. They have yet to feel District contracted vessel shall the lash of , the profit-hungry be joined into the union, unless shipowner, temporarily held in a written recommendation check by the war emergency. In signed by three full book mem­ short, these new men have no bers to reject the man from real understanding of the class the union is submitted to a struggle. regular meeting and concurred It is the responsibility of all union 'men to take time out to in. In cases where no branch meeting is held, the Branch talk to these kids, to give them Agent shall spread the rejec­ the facts of life. Make no mis­ tion recommendation in full in take, if these trainees know the the Branch Agent's weekly re­ score, they'll be on the right side port including the signers' when the line up takes shape for names and book numliers of the next struggle. But fail to educate them, and the union will the recommendation in order soon face the shipowners rein­ (^Continued on Page 4) RMO Tightens Finky Grip On Seamen Deferment Set-Up I' i On completion of the 5.000th fur vest produced by the Los Angeles fur vest project for United Nations seamen, Capt. Wal­ ter Treadway of USS presents a scroll of honor to Man. J. Miller (center) of Local 87, International Fur & Leather Workers Union (CIO) and Man. Louis Pine (right) of the Los Angeles Joint Board, International Ladies Garment Workers Union (AFL). - T. .. &£: • •, •• A .. / The RMO took another hitch in the rope around the neck of merchant seamen this week when it issued new Army defer­ ment regulations which entirely eliminated the union's past par­ ticipation in the Selective Ser­ vice machinery. Whereas in the past the union dispatcher was charged with notifying the RMO when a man shipped out, the new method will by-pass the union entirely and all correspon­ dence will be between the ship­ owner, the RMO and the draft boards. Not that we particularly care whether the union is included in the RMO procedure or not, for the whole scheme stinks of to­ talitarian coercion and the less the. SIU has to do with it the better we'll like it. We only re­ port this development to bear out what we said when the RMO first moved to grab jurisdiction over the draft status of the sea­ men—that is, that the apparatus set up in this manner would gradually be ti-ansformed into a club with which to beat organiz­ ed labor over the head. This last step is certainly a move in that direction. The RMO now has complete and undisputed jurisdiction over the deferment or induction of seamen into the army. If this isn't a threat to union activity— then we never saw one. The SIU-SUP is not caught unaware by this development, wc fought the RMO on this question from the first. We boycotted their en­ tire card system for months, and it was only the servile surrender of the NMU, thus splitting the ranks of maritime labor, which forced our final acceptance of the plan. We said frankly at the time, and we repeat today, were we strong enough we wquld throw the whole finky RMO and its anti-labor schemes right out the window. Unfortunately, with maritime labor split, we are not strong enough to do this—at least not in war time. Therefore we have no alternative but to go along for the time, and to advise every member to carefully ob­ serve aU the RMO regulations so as not to get caught short. When the war ends and the shipowners really open up on the union, we'll need every man in his place on the picket lines. So don't get fouled up now and find yourself jerked out of the industry. Here is an explaination of how the new RMO regulations oper­ ated. Under the new method, a single form, WSA-61, consisting of a white original and a pink carbon copy, will replace the fa­ miliar green and buff cards known as forms WSA-47 and WSA-48. Use of the latter forms are to be discontinued as of mid(Co It fin lied on Page 3) �•' \ Pago Two ssawwai THE 8IS.&; SEAFARERS Friday. NoTember 19. 1943 1 LOG J SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 110 Market Street, San Francbco, Calif. JOHN HAVK ------- Secy-Treas. p. 6. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep, 424 Sth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. • • Directory of Branches PHONE ADDRES3 BRANCH NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St. BOwIIng Green 9-3437 BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 BALTIMORE (2) 14 North t^y St Calvert 4539_. PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St. Lombard 765 I NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 NEW ORLEANS (16) ..309 Chartrea St Canal 3336 CAVANNAH .218 East Bay St. .Savannah 3-1728 TAMPA...:::.:: 423 East puu st Tampa MM. 1323 MOBILE 55 So. Conception St Dial 2-1392 PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon L"?"" J.JT? GALVESTON 219 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 FT. LAUDERDALE 2021 S. Federal Highway. .. Ft. Lauderdale 1601 nr -w T. PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City BOwling Green 9-8345 ~ Z67 Plan For Natl. Service Act Is Hit By Labor, Farmers, Business WASHINGTON, Nov. 13—Representative of agrifculture and industrial management this week joined labor in condemning for the ash can all proposals for national servic legislation, which would recruit workers for jobs and tie them to them for the duration of the war. In a statement signed by the*———— " ; ; — nine members of the national "1. The American people will Management-Labor Policy Com­ provide greater output under a mittee of the War Manpower voluntary system than under one Commission, a continuation of of compulsion and regimentation. the voluntary method of recruit­ "2. The present critical man­ ing workers was urged, and a power situations are results of positive program, with pledges dislocations, mal - distribution of contracts, and ineffective man­ to back it up, was offered.. power utilization rather than of Signing the statement were; inadequate over-all supply of For Labor: CIO Pres. • Philip labor. Murray, AFL Pres. William "3. The solution depends upon Green and Pres. H. W. Fraser of leadership, coordinated and un­ the Order of Railway Conductors derstood plans, and efficient ad­ of America. ministration, not upon broadened For Industry: Pres. Frederick control and regulation. C. Crawford, Natl. Assn. of Man­ ufacturers; Pres. Eric A. John­ '•4. Fully effective mobilization ston, U. S. Chamber of Commerce and utilization of the national and R. Conrad Cooper, Asst. manpower will be achieved. vice-president, Wheeling Steel When all agencies of government concerned with procurement, Corp. • For Agriculture: Pres. James production and manpower are G. Patton, Natl. Fai'mers Union; administered under a coordinated Pres. Edward A. O'Neal, Ameri­ and well understood arrangement can Farm Bureau Federation, in which government defines the and Albert S. Goss, master of the war needs, enunciated the funda­ mental policies or 'rules of the Natl. Grange.^ game,' confines itself to a mini­ The committee report said that mum of control and administra­ the members "believe that the tive detail, and provides the people of this nation are unsur­ maximum of real assistance to passed in initiative, resourceful­ those who must do the work, ness, and the will to do when namely the people of this nation their course is clear. in each conimunity." "They (the committee mem­ bers) are opposed to National Our American corporation sur­ War Service Legislation in the pluses— reserves and undivided unanimous belief that compul­ profits — now amount to over sion in any form, whether by law $50 billion—inclusive of $24 bil­ or by administrative order, does lion of government bonds most not go to the heart of the prob­ of which are tax-exempt. lem. They believe the need goes beyond that which can be secur­ Keep In Touch With ed by compulsion. "They are convinced that: Your Draft Board Mil fRtPORT on. .^ASHItAOTOIV. TTT'-^ • Bv MATTHEW Du&MAME-a • ^ prove of the following voluntary NATIONAL agreements. WAR LABOR BOARD Attended a conference of the Ashley & Dustin SS Company War Shipping Panel. The session and the SIU Great Lakes Dist. commenced on Thursday, Nov­ Cleveland & Buffalo SS Company ember 11th, and ended Saturday, and the SIU Great Lakes Dist. Wisconsin & Michigan SS Com­ November 13th. pany and the SIU Great Lakes On July 14th, 1943, the Na­ District. tional War Labor Board estab­ lished this panel in the maritime These agreements covered the industry to expedite all maritime Stewards department. There cases, and to also have persons were some wage increases based who are familiar with the indus­ upon particular job-classifica­ try sit on the panel and make tions, and differences of work in­ recommendations to the board on volved, other than the regional all voluntary agreements and board's ruling in the D & C Company and the SIU Great disputed cases. Lakes District. Since the establishment of this The matter of the panel's rec­ panel, several attempts have been made to set up a policy ommendations on the 26 S^ that is favorable to all concerned. Companies and the SIU G. L. Very little progress has been District has not been settled. In­ made due to the CIO's attempt dustry and public member are to dominate the panel's policy. of the opinion that they cannot In the board's order of July go along on any other proposi­ 14th it states, "The labor mem­ tion, than that rendered by the bers of the panel shall be chosen board to the Lake Carriers Asso­ from crafts and industrial groups ciation— Bonus payable at the whose membership may be in­ termination of the season. My volved in matters within juris­ opinion on the matter is that the diction of the panel. The labor board should grant the same member of the panel sitting in bonus privilages to the employ­ each case shall be a member ers with whom the SIU had in chosen from the craft or indus­ their contracts before the board trial group involved in the case upset the established bonus pro before the panel, or such labor visions, namely bonus payable at member as he may designate." the end of thirty days. Other cases before the panel The position of all the AFL mari­ were several tow boat operators time representatives on the panel from the gulf coast and the Miss­ is that on all AFL cases the issippi river, requesting wage union involved in the case shall have an AFL representative sit schedule approval by the board. on the panel. The CIO has taken All of the wage requests were the position that both the AFL lower than those paid by com­ and CIO labor member shall sit panies than the SIU have under in on all cases regardless of what contract in the Gulf. Efforts should be made to organize all organization is involved. At the first meeting of the the tow boats in the gulf. If panel this same dispute occured. enough of these tow boat oper­ In that meeting the chairman ators wage scale become approv­ outlined the policy of how aU ed in the Gulf, they automatic­ cases were to be heard. The po­ ally set mode for that kind of sition of the chairman was sim- work, and no wage scale above iliar to the position taken by the the mode will then be approved AFL representatives. To date all by the board. On Saturday the 13th, case of cases have been handled in the manner outlined under the the MM&P-MEBA, for a uniform standard agreement came up. board's order. On Thursday the CIO again Chairman stated that this was renewed their claim for joint only a preliminary discussion on representation on the panel. The whole day was wasted in arguing the point. Final outcome was that the panel voted on a resolu­ tion requesting the board for a clarification on the board's order. The AFL representatives voted against the resolution on the grounds that the boards order specifically states how the panel shall handle aU cases. If the NWLB rules that there shall be joint representation on all cases, this means that when any AFL mafitime union negoti­ ates an agreement with an em­ ployer, the CIO can vote not to recommend approval of the agreement, and is in a position to sabotage any agreement that is reached between the union and the employer. It gives them the voting power to interfere with the final outcome of our col­ lective bargaining. On Friday, a panel consisting of Edmund M, Morgan, Chair­ man and Public member, Chester W. Willett Industry Member, Yours truly Labor member, rec­ ommended that the board ap­ the matter. He also stated thaf Admiral Land has indicated that the WSA is in favor of a uniform' agreement for the licensed per-« sonnel, and has notified all gen­ eral agents of the WSA to meet with representatives of the MM&P-MEBA for the purpose of arriving at a uniform agreement. The operators contended that they' have requested Admiral Land to clarify letters that wer® sent to WSA general agents re­ garding this matter and that they were waiting for a reply. They also stated that they have not had the opportunity to negotiate with the unions, due to several conflicting letters from the WSA. The union took the position thafi the operators are staUing. IWfr, Morgan chairman of the panel stated that in his opinion the op­ erators have had ample time tO sit down with the unions, and has designated the first Thursday in December Jor this case to be heard. 4 « * M. Weisberger, SUP Agt, Nev^ York—Re: Crew of S.S. Morrisoai R. Waite claim for transporta­ tion. This case was taken up with the WSA and they advised me that the master of the vessel had made a mistake in not sign­ ing on the crew with WSA in­ struction No. 64 being incorpor­ ated into the articles. My posi­ tion was that the articles super­ seded any outside agreement or instructions to the contrary. At that time they advised me that they would send a letter to th® New York agent of the WSA position on this matter. Since that time two other west coast ships signed on articles in the Gulf and instruction No. 64 was also left out of the articles. The WSA has advised me that they are willing to pay tha transportation as provided under, instruction No. 64 on these tw6 vessels, but are not willing to authorize payment on the M. R, Waite. I am of the opinion that the crew that signed on the Waite are entitled to transporta;{Continued on Page 4) ...m �• Friday, November 19. 1943 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page ThiMi ""t-l WHArS DOING Around the Ports New Post Regulations For Merchant Seamen Seafarers International Union ' Of North Amrrica 2 Stone Street For instance, this week I suc­ operators with Seafarers' Inter­ NEW YORK New York, New York ceeded in collecting overtime for national Union agreements In covering various ships in two brothers who were instruct­ About 85% of the ships being Gentlemen: the past weeks I have encount­ ed in a port in North Africa to built in the South Atlantic dis­ This will supplement our letter to you of December 31, 1942 ered a number of beefs concern­ use an Army truck to secure trict is being alloted to compan­ (copy attached), with reference to mail service to and from mem­ supplies two miles away from ing some RMO male or skipper bers of the crews of American merchant vessels. ^ the dock. We collected 5 hours ies north of Hatteras and the ordering garbage dumped in for­ The following changes have become advisable in the mail pro­ overtime for them, even though South Atlantic Steamship Com­ eign ports or docks and then re­ cedure since its inception on January 1, 1943, and are now in effect: the home office had at first dis­ pany has to go all the way out to fusing to OK the overtime. In (1) Included in this service will now be members of the crews all agreements it is deck depart­ allowed it. All this because the the West Coast to take out ships. of Allied merchant vessels oVfer 200 gross tons, under War Shipping ment work. But you see if any Brothers involved kept accurate There seems to be something Administration control, as weU as American members of the crews records, dates and places, and I rotten in Denmark somewhere. Stewards Department member of Allied or AUied-controUed merchant vessels subject to such se­ had something concrete to go on, When they are talking about sav­ refused to obey such an order, curity regulation for the handling of mail as may be prescribed by even though it is deck work, Remember, your best guaran­ ing money, it seems the sensible the Allied control having jurisdiction over the vessel. these men would bo called be­ tee of collecting is to hold your thing to do would be to allot (2) Reports indicate that considerable quantities of mail for fore the Coast Guard when they overtime slips for the shore pa­ ships to a company that is close merchant crews are being returned to the United States from over­ to a yard where they are being arrived back in the first U. S. trolmen. seas ports, due to a lack of interest on the part of seamen and their built. port and their papers would be CLAUDE FISHER, failure to call for it. Masters have, therefore, been instructed that at stake. The only solution to Whenever we have to call on when arriving at ports outside of the United States, they or duly N. Y. Stewards Patrolman this is to stick the shipowner for our nearest union hall for men authorized detailed members of the crew, should call for mail at overtime everytime it happens. to fill out a crew, they always the U.S. Navy Fleet Post Office, or in the absence of a Fleet Post In this connection it is import­ put up a big holler about not SAVANNAH Office, at the office of the Naval Observer, Marine Post Office, Army ant that all men hold onto their authorizing transportation, but it ^ost Office, other U.S. postal activity, or American Consulate iff overtime slips. A lot of good is all right for them to ship the order named. Here's a new one for the book: gandy dancers all over the coun­ overtime is bureaucratically cut (3) Members of merchant crews of merchant ships calling at off by the home office, and unless Seems as if the NMU and the try. 'oreign ports are having considerable correspondence forwarded to Maritime Commission has cook­ the men have their slips it is dif­ Just finished crewing up a hew ihem in care of American consulates, A.P.O.'s, shipping agents for ed up a new one. Seems that all ficult for the patrolmen to settle Liberty ship for the South At­ the beef. But if you keep ac­ the surplus ships being built on lantic Steamship Company with the steamship line in a foreign port, etc. This is absolutely contrary to regulations and defeats security. Seamen are, tlierefore, caution­ curate track and present the the Pacific Coast, that cannot be a complete union crew. ed to refrain from the practice of communicating this information whole thing to the patrolmen it handled by West Coast operators, CHARLES WAID, Agent to anyone in the Urdted States. Letters thus addressed will be ab­ is being alloted to East Coast will be a different story. solutely stopped by the censors in this country and not delivered(4) Seamen should advise their correspondents in this country, prior to their departure from a continental U. S. Port, to assure that mail addressed to them should be in accordance with the fol­ lowing form. RMO Tightens Finky Grip On Seamen Deferment Set-Up Mrs. T. Smith following information: The sea­ the seaman's name and the date {Contimied from Page 1) when he must ship again and in 1022 Marble Street night last Sunday. Moreover, the man's name, number of certific­ procedure has been so stream­ ate of identification or continuous addition an instruction stating in New York, New York lined that its operation will now discharge book, his rating, date part as follows: "This form is the basis of ob­ revolve chiefly around the RMO when employment on the ship taining and maintaining your John T. Smith central office in Washington, on began, the port where he joined, draft deferment. You should the' one hand, and the shipown­ local draft board number, order SB PRESIDENT JACKSON take up any draft board diffi­ ers. Included are ships of the number, year of birth and, in ad­ Army Transport Service, which dition, the names of the shipping culties with your union hiring c/o Postmaster hall, with the personnel office are sailed by civilian masters company and ship and the mas­ of the steamship company, or and crews. The new plan will ter's signature. ''Neiv York, New York with a port office of the Re­ give the Washington office the Section B and C of the form cruitment and Manning Or­ necessary information for filing are contained only on the pink ganization. IMPORTANT; You copy and are to be kept in the I" with a local-draft board a Form (Name of Steamship Line) II 42-A. This is the instrument for ship's records until the seaman's are to reship by the 'Date to ship again.' This date was establishing a seaman's status in employment on the ship is ended. calculated by allowing two the Selective Service system. A This may be after the first voy­ days ashore for every 7 on form 42-A must be filed every six age or one or more subsequent (4) Hereafter it will be permissible for seamen to place their voyages! At that time the master ship, with a minimum of 4 and return address on letters enclosed in envelopes (but not on the out­ months. Under the former system, now will fill out on Section B the a maximum of 30 days. If you side of envelopes). This is an important change and will enable to be supplanted, various fixed date when employment ended, are between the ages of 18 and seamen to communicate to their correspondents in this coimtry the 65, be sure to keep your draft name of the vessel on which they are serving and instruct their responsibilities were divided, re- the' port of pay-off and the date board informed of your address relatives and friends as to how to address mail to them properly. ictively, among operating when the seaman is required to or you may be declared delin­ As heretofore, seamen are cautioned not to include in their letters ipanies, maritime unions, all ship again under the Selective quent and be classified 1-A." Service provisions for shore leave individual seamen and the cen­ any other reference to names (other than as above) of either their between voyages. The master On the reverse side of the pink own or other ships, movements, ports touched, or any similap tral, regional and port offices of will then sign Section B and mail copy are detailed instructions to information. RMO. The new instruction covers all it to the RMO central offce to be masters of vessels covering vari­ Please disseminate this information among the various members active merchant seamen employ­ paired with the white copy. The ous possible exceptions to the of your organization in order to familiarize them with the foregoing ed on vessels under the Ameri­ process will be repeated when rules, as well as the basic rou­ changes. It is suggested that bulletins be posted in your halls to can, Philippine, Honduran or the seaman signs on his next tine. There is also instruction 4 acquaint the seamen to this effect. Panamanian flag which are en­ ship. If the seaman were to sail which states: Very truly yours, "This document contains In­ gaged in coastal, intercoastal or continuously with the same ship, HUBERT WYCKOFF offshore shipping and owned by no repetition of the process formation affecting the nation­ Director, Division of Maritime or under charter to the War would be necessary; the white al defense of the United States Labor Relations within the meaning of the Es­ Shipping Administration, or on a copy mailed to Washington in pionage Act, 50, U.S.C., 31 and •Mail for crew complements on ships sailing from East Coast ports vessel of the Army Transport the first instance would consti­ tute the RMO central office rec­ 32, as amended. Its transmis­ will be addressed c/o Postmaster, N, Y.; from Gulf Coast ports, Service. sion or the revealation of its c/o Postmaster, New Orleans, La.; from West Coast port, c/o Post­ The form WSA-61, entitled ord. In the case of a seaman who contents in any manner to an master, San Francisco, Calif. "Record of Service in Merchant unauthorized person is prohib­ Marine," consists of three sec­ fails to join his ship, the white the new arrangement to refer the other hardship in the man's fam­ ited by law." tions. The white original of the copy of the form filled out for Whenever a seaman wishes an question to the local draft board ily and enrollment in courses for form and the pink carbon copy him is to be mailed along with both contain Section A, identical the white copies for the other extension of allowable shore or Selective Service headquart­ up-grading or officer candidate on both, which the master of a crew members. But the pink leave on account of extenuating ers with which the seaman will training in a school maintained vessel is required to fill out in copy for this seaman is to be circumstances, the new regula­ have been registered. The Selec­ or approved by the U. S. Mari­ duplicate for each seaman whose completed by the master writing tions authorize the regional or tive Service, board instead will time Service. employment on the ship is com­ in on Section B the words "Fail­ port offices of RMO to grant any communicate with the RMO All maritime unions have been mencing. At sailing time the ed to join ship" and the date. justifiable extension up to 30 whenever for any reason a sea­ supplied with cancelled copies ol master will give the white orig­ This pink copy will then be mail­ days, the regional or port office man's status seems in question. Form 61 for their representatives will forward the information to Among circumstances recognized inals. covering his entire crew, to ed with the white copy. so that all members may be the last person to leave the ship, Section C is a stub which the the RMO central office with its as extenuating are illness, effects for mailing to the RMO central master will fill out and give to recommendations. In neither.in­ of enemy action requiring rest or properly informed of their rights office. Section A will include the the seaman to keep. It contains stance will it be necessary under treatment, serious illness or and obligations. GJ �BBElaSii. Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, November 19, 1943 Union Welfare Demands Close Attention To RMO Graduates m NEW CARGO {Continued from Page 1) SHIPS DELIVERED -lhat action may be taken at Branches where meetings are . WASHINGTON — American held. » merchant ehipy.?.rd.s 'in _r In explaining this motion Hawk said, "There has been a delivered 163 cargo vessels ag­ regular flood of rejected trip gregating 1,675,311 deadweight cards coming into the headquar­ tons, bringing the total 1943 de­ ters during the past few months. liveries to 1,524 ships, totaling WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 — In many cases ships with less 15,501,624 deadweight tons, the More than a fourth of the em­ than 6 full book members have Maritime Commission announced. ployes involved in wage adjust­ rejected as many as 20 trip card October production surpassed ment cases of the War Labor men without explaining their ac­ that of September by three ves­ Board in September earned less tions and giving the men a hear­ sels, 22,540 deadweight tons of than 50 cents an hour, states the ships. During the month, yards WLB's seventh monthly report. ing. "While many men have been delivered 98 Liberty Ships, eight Some 77 per cent averaged less rejected merely because the book C-type cargo vessels, 16 standard than 80 cents an hour, while 4.3 men were prejudiced against tankers, 19 emergency tankers per cent averaged less than 40 trainees or didn't like the way (modified Liberty Ships), three cents. they parted their hair. If the T-1 or coastal tankers, two pri­ In a section on incentive plans, present rate of rejections con­ vate coastal tankers, five seago­ the Board said that action on tinues, hundreds of new men ing tugs, one ore carrier, three such pi'oposals "will be limited (potentially good union men, if concrete barges, and eight special to a determination of whether or the old timers would spend a types for military use. not the proposed plan is in con­ few hours explaining the score to Of the total deliveries, 76 ships formance with the national sta­ •them) will be driven away from were delivered by West Coast bilization program and would re­ the SIU and into either the NMU yards; East Coast yards turned sult in unauthorized wage rate or the fink ships. In cither case, out 51 vessels, 29 vessels were decreases or increases." this organization is cutting off its delivered by yards on the Gulf hose to spite its face if it does Coast, and seven ships were pro­ Only plans submitted volun­ not spend some effort and time duced by Great Lakes builders. tarily by employers or plans October deliveries put the agreed upon by employers and in developing these new men. Commission within 3,388,376 unions which have collective "While it is the right of the deadweight tons of its announced bargaining rights with the com­ jriembership to reject any one goal of 18,890,000 deadweight pany concerned will be consid­ they see fit, still this process tons of merchant ships for 1943. ered. must be conducted in any or­ ganized manner and in a way that will mean justice for every­ one. The minimum requirement must certainly be that the re­ jected men have complaints brought against them in writing and that these complaints be cover some government agency {Continued from Page 2) given a hearing before the mem­ wherein they have no jurisdic­ tion to the Pacific Coast as per tion, the crews are taking a bership. "We don't want finks in our the ships articles, regardless of chance of being the losers in any Philadelphia, Pa. union, but green kids are not whether the master made a mis­ deal that they may agree to. Play November 9, 1943 necessarily finks. Many of them take. This will require a lawyer safe, there is nothing like get­ Dear Joe: will be the backbone of our or­ to enter suit to collect. There ting all terms of a contract in ganization in years to come. They may be a possibility to get the writing. If a party tries to re­ There was a ship in Philadel­ should be given a chance to coast guard to compell the com­ pudiate a contract that has been phia not long ago and for 5 days prove themselves before getting pany to live up to the ship's ar­ put in writing, the courts are at no one, not even the delegate, ticles and pay off. the bums rush." our disposal. Otherwise we have called the hall. It seems a little unreasonable but believe me Joe, J. K. Shaughnessey, SIU Agt. nothing to fight with. it's the truth, so help me. This Fort Lauderdale — Seamen who would never have happened had are employed by General Agents NEW CARGO ROUTES B. been on that ship. of the WSA are entitled to the protection afforded to other The failure of the U-boat cam­ Well, its a damn shame that workers under the National La­ paign during recent weeks has he and a good number of men Brother Frank Donnally is laid like him' have been lost due to VP in Ellis Island Hospital in bor Relations Act, and can call brought about an improved ship­ enemy action. New York. He would like to re­ upon this agency for an election. ping situation in the Atlantic, Another thing that isn't quite ceive a visit from any of his old Don't let any one in this agency and consequently the War Ship­ up to hoil these days Joe, is the give you the run around, have ping Administration will prob­ .shipmates. He is in Ward 25. them give you a statement in ably go ahead with plans to re­ men beefing about changing » «• » quarters, etc., after signing ships . The following brothers have writing if they refuse to grant shuffle a number of commercial articles and then when they ar­ packages in the New York any seamen an election. cargo routes. These changes may rive in a loading port start their Agent's office: Army, SIU Agt. N. O.—Re; come in the form of diversions, beefing. In the not too far away Christensen, H. Martin Lesli Kohl, wiper on the S.S. shifting some operations from the days to remember, all these con­ Corsa, James .John C. Spencer. Company Pacific to the Atlantic and Gulf ditions were remedied in the port Dietrich, Edward claims that they paid him 100% ports, as well as others from New where one joined the ship before Fowler, Harold bonus from July 8th 1943 to Oct­ York to Southern ports, it was they signed the ships articles. Fitzgerald, Niel ober 25th 1943. Recheck on this reported. Another thing strikes me as Hammargren. Vincsnl and advise whether company's Reports from the Pacific Coast rather queer Joe, and it is this; Hamsy, Clyde -statement is correct. Re: West indicate thf.t it is the WSA's in­ when a trip card man was sent Hanke. Adam Coast crews signing on ships and tention to divert to the East aboard a ship in the good old Kaney, William Instruction No. 64 being omitted Coast this month Ml commercial days he was schooled in the art . Kelley, Jesse from the articles. U. S. Shipping cargo services which have been of unionism and what was to be Klauber. Perry commissioners are not authorized performed between Pacific Coast expected of him. But nowadays, Klieger, Harry to make any statement for the ports of" the United States and in some cases, you are asked by Lukkarila, Edwin WSA. If shipping commissioner India. A similar diversion is be­ the tripcarder if he joins the - Miles, C. H. makes statements which are not ing considered with respect to union what will he get out of it. Olmstead, Frank in writing or these statements Australia and New Zealand. You would think that after a Perkins, Walter trip this question is slightly out Turner, J. D. of order, you would think that ^ Walker, Willie ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR the man already knows what he would get out of the union, es­ WEEK OF NOVEMBER 1st TO 6th pecially if some union brother DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL was to take time out to explain our strikes for conditions and SHIPPED 789 274 355 160 : Crew which paid off S.S. Alcoa etc. '' I tell you Jpe, things are dif­ Voyager in Sept. 1943, has $10 ^ REGISTERED 689 217 261 211 ferent nowadays. Instead of the linen money coining. Collect 17 tripcarders fighting to join the Battery Place. New York City. Show 25 Pet. Earn Less Than 50 Cents An Hour Washington Report A Pie Card Unburdens Himself To Pal "Joe" IVK' m--. Is ••••'' i--' MONEY DUE union, in some cases the union official almost has to fight them to join. Some of these tripcarders are under the impression that they can get off the ship they are on' and not join the union in the port that they pay off in, but go to the port that they shipped out of and join there. Of course, this is all wrong, but unless one ' of the crew members explains this to these boys they are liable, to think that they owe a debt of gratitude to the agent that ship­ ped them out, therefore that Is. where they want to take their Book out. • ..TThings. like this can be. easily remedied if the boys would have' a little get-together before the ship's arrival in a final pay off port, and explain these things to the prospective new members. I don't know if it wouldnT be agood idea if each agent Uiat ships a trip card man gives him, along' with his trip card, an application for, membership blank, and in­ struct him to fill it out a day or twd before the ship arrives back ' in the states and have a com-' mittee of 5 book members sign it^ for him and also instruct him to* take out his book and pay all his obligations to the union in the port where he pays off. The more I think of the idea the better I like it. What do you think, Joe? Well, Joe, I guess that I have bent your Moose cars long, enough, but before I close, I must, say that things are about the same here in the City of. Broth-; erly Love, so until I see you. remain as ever, your Pal, . j Book No. 496 • f � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource November 19, 1943 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. V, No. 33 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: MAKE TRAINEES UNION MEN--HAWK CHISELING OPERATORS STRAND U.S. SEAMEN RMO TIGHTENS FINKY GRIP ON SEAMEN DEFERMENT SET-UP PLAN FOR NATL. SERVICE ACT IS HIT BY LABOR, FARMERS, BUSINESS NEW POST REGULATIONS FOR MERCHANT SEAMEN 163 NEW CARGO SHIPS DELIVERED SHOW 25 PCT. EARN LESS THAN 50 CENTS AN HOUR A PIE CARD UNBURDENS HIMSELF TO PAL "JOE" Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/19/1943 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1943 Periodicals Seafarers Log