http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/d4656bf03f91b753511ca1908f6e3785.PDF cc2e2258b42bfdda5395b9d83dd74333 PDF Text Text ^J^^BERS Jocj OFFICIAL OBOAN OF THE ATLAllTIC AND GULF DISTBICT, SEAFABEBS' INTEBNATIONAL UNION OF NOBTH AMEBICA s NEW YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 15, 1944 VoL VL Season's Best Greetings to our Union Brothers At Sea and their friends and families ashore Seafarers International Union Atlantic and Gulf District Crew Of Fredrick Steuben Protests Action Of Chief Engineer To Robin Line IV V:. No. 41 Seas Shipping Co., Inc. Gentlemen: We the undersigned Engine De­ partment members of the above named vessel, wish to convey to you some of the incidents that may have led to the dissension in the Engine Department aboard this vessel. We feel that the Chief Engineer will make his report to the Company in regards to the crew, so it is no more than right for us to make a report in re­ gards to him. From the start" of the trip this Chief Engineer, Mr. Frank Fer­ dinand Pohl, had caused ill "will amongst us by questioning our 'sability when assigned to this ves-sel by the union. He requested discharges or proof of our ability, when our certificates called for the respective ratings in which we were shipped. He even went so far as to send one of the oilers home for discharges from other ships after he had been shown his Certificate. We would like to state here that all mem­ bers of the Engine Department had sailed in the ratings they shipped on here as on previous vessels. The Chief Engineer fired the former 1st Asst. Engineer (H. B. Saunders) and the Deck Engineer in New Orleans giving no reason whatsoever, and later told one of the crew that the reason he fired them was because they were too friendly. This Chief Engineer caused ill will and hard feelings amongst the crew by refusing to cooperate in any way whatsoever and with complete disregard for the Union contract we have with the Seas Shipping Co., Inc. He refused to allow anyone in the engine de­ partment to do anything for any­ one in the other departments. For •example, he refused to allow the deck engineer to drill some holes in the wireless operators room so .the carpenter could install a shelf for the wireless operator's type­ writer. The Deck Engineer drill­ ed the holes during his meal hour so the shelf could be installed. When taking fuel oil in New Orleans he pumped the oil into No. 4 tanks although there was over four feet,of water in these tanks. This caused trouble for the Firemen later by making it hard to keep steam. Later in the voyage the Chief Engineer had holes drilled in the fuel oil set­ tlor tanks so the water could be drained out. On three occasions in New Or­ leans and twice in New York fuel oil was pumped over the side. We took fuel oil in the United King­ dom for the voyage home. The Chief Engineer refused to allow the crew to have a coffee pot in the engine room and went so far as to threaten the crew with a log if they brought one down below. On several occa­ sions he broke up boxes that were on the fioor plates, accusing the men of using them to sit on and not do their work. The entire crew and officers were forced to drink salt water from Key West, Florida, to New York and no attempt was made by the Chief Engineer at any time during this period to rem­ edy the situation. While in port unloading he re­ fused to allow the American sol­ diers unloading the ship to come in out of the rain and dry off in the fidely and had them chased out on one of the rainest and coldest nights we had while there. The above and other incidents too numerous to mention,- we feel will make it hard for the com­ pany to secure a crew for any vessel on which said chief is em­ ployed. C. J. Stephens. Dk. Engineer P. G. Beaufort. Oiler F. Alongia. Oiler C. Huete. Oiler Wm. S. Hart. Fireman-W.T. R. Gonzales. Fireman-W.T. • H. Tennent. Fireman-W. T. A. Sylvera. Wiper. New Sub Menace Is Seen SUP Annual Elections Started The SUP elections to determine officials for 1945 got under way this month and will continue throughout the monthsj)f Decem­ ber and January. "Whereas the SIU elections close on December 31, the SUP elections close on January 30. Many of the SUP offices are not being contested, indicating that the organization will be under the same general leadership in the copaing year as that which guided it in the past. Following is a complete list of the candi­ dates: SECRETARY-TREASURER Harry Lundeberg ASST. SECR'Y-TREASURER Harry Johnson 1st SAN FRANCISCO PA'LMAN Arthur Burke . Maxie Weisbarth 2d S.F. PATROLMAN Willie Claypool John H. Lavoie 3rd S. F. PATROLMAN Harold Liggett Al. Maniscalco S. F. DISPATCHER Robert McKinnon John L. Palazzo HONOLULU AGENT Jacob Silverstein NEW YORK AGENT Morris Weisberger NEW YORK PATROLMAN Jack Dwyer PORTLAND AGENT John Massey PORTLAND PATROLMAN Charles Atkins SEATTLE AGENT Ed Coester Ed Scheiler SEATTLE PATROLMAN James E. Burke WILMINGTON AGENT Harlan Snow . WILMINGTON PATROLMAN Charles Brenner Howard Lawson Herbert Yates TRUSTEES. MARITIME HALL ASS'N. (vote for 5) Harry Johnson Oscar Lundquist Harry Lundeberg Al Maniscalco Harlan Snow Maxie Weisbarth VICIOUS' ANTI-UNION LAW IS HELD VALID Spokesmen for the Ameri­ can Federation of Labor de­ clared this week an appeal will be taken to the United States Supreme Court from a finding by the Supreme Court of Florida that labor organ­ izers may be "regulated in their conduct just like insur­ ance agents, real estate bro­ kers and others." and that unions must make periodical reports to state authorities. The law sustained by the court was passed in 1943. Attorneys for the A. F. of L. contended that labor lead­ ers should be treated like religious, charitable and edu­ cational organizations and left free from licensing regu­ lations. AFL Schedules 52 Broadcasts For '45 WASHINGTON,. D. C. — The American Federation of Labor has completed arrangements for the most ambitious and compre­ hensive radio educational pro­ gram' in its history. Beginning next Jan. 7, - the Federation will broadcast a week­ ly radio program over a national network each and every week of the year, President William Green announced. Time for these programs was made available to the Federation by three national broadcasting chains. The programs will be carried by the National Broadcasting Co. for the first 13 weeks of 1945; by the Columbia Broadcasting Sys(Continued on Page 4) WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 — Ger­ man submarines have been equ­ ipped with new technical devices enabling them to penetrate into areas "denied to them for the past three years" and the enemy has "by no means" abandoned his underseas warfare. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill jointly warned last week in the monthly Anglo-Am­ erican statement on submarine and anti-submarine operations. For the month of November the statement, issued through the Office of War Information, re­ ported that the number of Allied ships lost as a result of U-boat activity had "again been very small." The proportionate num­ ber of U-boats destroyed had "again been satisfactory." The statement hinted that the Germans might renew their at­ tacks "with new types of Uboats." It said German Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz' undersea raiders were being constructed with extensible air intake and ex­ haust machinery that allowed them to remain submerged for long periods of time. Admiral Doenitz, in a broad­ cast several weeks ago over the Berlin radio, claimed that Ger­ man scientists had developed new equipment for a renewal of the Battle of the Atlantic and threat­ ened blows "greater than any­ thing witnessed so far." Other recent statements from Allied sources have pointed to an evident intention by the Germans to continue their U-boat offen­ sive. Albert "Y. Alexander, First Lord of the British Admiralty, in a speech a few weeks ago report­ ed that U.-boats had reappeared in the Atlantic shipping lanes. Labor's Own Canteen Servicemen feel so much al home in Ihe USO Labor Club. Harrisburg. Pa.. Ihey even take over the bartender's duties. The canteen is sponsored by AFL. CIO. railroad and independent unions. il �Page Two TEE SEAFARERS Friday. December 15. 1944 LOG 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 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - - Secy-Treas^ P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York Gty MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C tm Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16)... CHARLESTON (9) SAVANNAH TAMPA JACKSONVILLE MOBILE SAN JUAN. 28 P.R., PUERTO RICO GALVESTON ADDRESS 51 Beaver St 330 Atlantic Ave 14 North Gay St 6 North 6th St '25 Commercial PI 339 Chartres St 68 Society St 220 East Bay St 423 East Piatt St 920 Main St 7 St. Michael St. PHONE HAnover 2-2784 Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 7651 Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Charleston 3-2930 Savannah 3-1728 Tampa MM-1323 Jacksonville 5-12) I Dial 2-1392 45 Ponce de Leon.... 219 20th St San Juan 1885 Galveston 2-8043 iw PUBLICATION OFFICE: 51 BEAVER STREET HAnover 2-2784 New York, (4) N. Y. •267 A Merry Christmas? —Justice Editor's Mail Bag At Sea, December 3rd, 1944 Editor, Seafarers Log Dear Sir and Brother: Not much to do and plenty of time to do it in so here goes a few lines for the LOG. I have just about completed a trip Robin Line Liberty. Will this be a merry Christmas for our union brothers? Can't ontella much about our trip, No, it is not likely to be. Most of them will spend the holi­ and if I could it wouldn't be oJ day on the high seas battling midwinter storms and watch­ much interest to the gang be­ cause they have probably made ing for the tell-tale wake of a Nazi torpedo which may the same trip. mean death. On this scow I have come in contact with a couple of officers Under the best of conditions Christmas at sea is not that I would like to put my union a happy time. Christmas is a day which should be spent brothers next to. ashore with one's family and friends and a bottle of scotch. To start with, I would like to But under war conditions, Christmas day will be no differ­ mention the skipper. He is one swell person and I don't mean ent fro many other—it will be a 24 hour period during perhaps. His name is John Kra­ which all nerves will be taut and all eyes strained for sight mer and he is a regular Ro^in Line skipper. He" will do anything of a safe harbor. in his power to make a pleasant But while Christmas will not be a merry one for our trip for the crew and goes out of his way to get shore leave and union brothers, it can be a day of quiet satisfaction; satis-" money for the gang in convoy faction with a job well done; satisfaction with the growth ports. He is a 100% Union man, of the union and it continued dedication to the principles thinks the world of the SIU and it's officials. I'm not in the habit of militant unionism; and confidence in our ability to not of boasting about skippers but only defeat the Nazi torpedo which might come crashing when you run into one like this you just have to let the gang into the ship at any moment, but in our ability to handle know, so take it from me and the shipowner offensive which will be inevitably aimed at the rest of the crew, Captain John Kramer is 100%. the union when the war ends. The other person I would like Men who go to sea discover, in most intimate terms, to mention is poison to any one the stuff of which their shipmates are made. Men who go that mentions unionism. His name is Frank Ferdinand Pohl. to sea discover a comradeship among themselves which few Where he sailed before I don't shoreside workers experience. This comradeship, strength­ know. We have crew members ened and enriched by union loyalty, means that they face on here that are from all districts and no one has ever heard of him. the common enemy militantly united. They can face with If you would have sailed with equal courage and determination -a tin fish or a shipowner him once or met anyone who had you would hear about him. He lockout. disregards union contracts and The har<Jships now endured by our union brothers will dispises union members more than any man I have ever met steel them against a "soft peace" with the shipowner after and I have met quite a few on ships and came in contact with the war. quite a few 14 karat S.O.B.'s, These are the thoughts of the men at sea this Christ­ while working for the union, I mas. The day will not be merry—but will be one of sat­ think he was an engineer on the WPA before h6 started back to isfaction. • sea, because only a WPA engin­ eer would try to run the whole engine department and not be able to fill any of the jobs prop­ erly. For a Chief Engineer he does more than any I have ever seen. In and out of port he does all the maneuvering and he's up all hours of the night on the prowl. He takes care of all the overtime and disputes 90% of it. He tried to operate the evaporator and we drank salt water for a week. He canned the former 1st., Ass't. and Deck Engineer in New Orleans because they were too friendly. The 1st. was a foTmer SIU mem­ ber. Yours truly, the deck en­ gineer, made the trip. Everytime he started a pump he would pump just the opposite from what was intended and it was a 50-50 chance that fuel oil went over­ board. He doesn't allow coffee pots in the engine room or fireroom so if you like your coffee on watch avoid him. And no sitting down on watch regardless of who you are. This is turning out to be a lot of chatter although it could go on for weeks, so not to make it (Continued on Page 4) AIERFS WMAT-WAWT-AND BE SORB r»BYALL MAVrA., UmN LABEL DM THEM i —Advance i:^ J.''' AS was predicted recently, the opening up of some of the larger ports in the European continent has meant shipping in the East Coast has picked up considerably due to the quicker turn around of the vessels. This applies es­ pecially to the port of New York, which has been extremely busy over the past few weeks. Because of this fact, the union is short of men in New York, and as a re­ sult is often times forced to ship trip card men. For that reason our book members down the coast and in the gulf, who are having difficulty in shipping out, should come up this way and help to alleviate the shortage. In doing so, we will avoid doing what the NMU has already done — creating a top heavy organization and an ex­ cessive membership. This mistake will effect the union as shipping resumes a peace time status. We have ex­ panded our membership only as needed, and as a result we shall come out. of this war a much stronger organization than we were upon entrance. This does not, however, apply to other organizations in the maritime field — especially the NMU. With their top heavy membership and their expensive bureaucratic set up the NMU will have a less stable organiza­ tion than our union. Over the past there have been various disputes which had to be re-fought on each ship at J>ay off time. Naturally the necessity of fighting this issue time after time means a loss of lots of ef­ fort. To avoid this in the future, the Seafarers intend taking the controversial issues to the Port Committee to get a final decision. Instead of having the same beef come up time and again it shall be settled definitely and finally, thereby taking up lots of slack motion. This will be beneficial to the Organization as a whole— both members and officials. i 4- 4The value of having an effici­ ent filing system has proven it­ self time after time, in the Port of New York. For instance, when a man is reported as delinquent by the Draft Board and his case is referred to the FBI for prose­ cution, the FBI usually contacts the union to which the man be­ longs and inquire as to the man's shipping recoTd. If the organiza­ tion has, and the Seafarers do have, a filing system in such a manner as you can show a man's shipping record immediately up­ on request, then the FBI drops charges against him and notifies the draft board of same. The Seafarers has an average of 50 cases such as this every week, and whether or not we can show the man's shipping record means the difference of arrest or having the charges against him dropped.. This is only one of the many ft benefits the membership of the Seafarers have. 4 ' v 4, ' ' j ' l" �Friday, December 15, 1844 THE SEAFARERS hOG Page Thn* Around The Ports SIU MASTER AT ARMS IS I for making three o'clock coffee NEW YORK on the range. None of thi.s was on the payroll. The recently bought automo­ The company wanted the crew bile in New York is proving its to payoff and "straighten every­ worth in this port. thing out later," but the crew One man was first assigned to said "no dice." They were eager it for the purpose of signing on to abide by the resolution. Pa­ ships and settling port beefs, but trolmen Rentz and Hamilton who the beefs came up in so many were aboard, notified the com­ departments that two men were pany of the crews' stand. Nine asigned to the car, to sign on's, days later, the crew; paid off with port beefs and payoffs. Patrol­ all departments collecting around men Sheehan and Hanners who a thousand dollars which they are now assigned to the car paid would have never seen, had they off six and signed on twenty-two, accepted the company proposal and made trouble shooting trips and not held out until vouchers to fourteen ships the past week. were made out for pay in full. That is covering quite a bit of Out of the 26 ships paid off waterfront and is an example of here this week the Robert Treat what an asset an automobile can of the Eastern paid off here the be on a waterfront like this when last of the week without a beef aboard. A rare case but it some­ it is properly utilized. A resolution that was carried times happens. in this port recently concerning Shipping is still holding its own holding Moran payoffs up Until in this port with men shipped in Master of vessel signed vouchers all departments. Some of these for all money due, has proven were trip card men, so.- if any beneficial in this port this week. one down the line needs a quick The M/V Trinidad Head had a ship he won't have to stay on the forty-nine day payroll, most of beach long in''this port. The only thing that's hard to it in port. For twenty-six of these days there was no steam as the get in this port is a balloting boilers were under repair. The committee, but this port still entire crew had subsistance shows promise of setting a bal­ amounting to $52.00 and the loting record. Steward had 20 hours overtime J. P. SHULER, Patrolman MONEY DUE A JACK OF ALL TRADES The SIU Master-at-Arms in the New York building is supposed to keep winos and finks out of the union hall. But, brother, if you think that is all his job en­ tails, then you are sadly mistak­ en. "Jimmy" Drawdy has to be more than a muscle man in his job; he must be a father confes­ sor to deserted wives and spurn­ ed sweethearts, he must be an oracle of waterfront lore for the kids out of the training school, he must be a salesman for the union to the unorganized, and to the drunks he must not only be a bouncer, but also a friend who listens to their alcoholic philosophyzing before showing them the door. That's no easy job. Jimmy is an old time SIU man and has all ratings in the Black Gang. Long watches ministering oil to the roaring monsters whicb drive the ships, has given him the philosophical turn of mind which makes it possible for him to handle all comers in the union lobby without ever losing his. temper. "When they begin to scream," Jimmy says, "1 just pour a little verbal oil on them and they tame down." Jimmy confesses that one of his biggest problems is women who are tracking down their men and demand entry into the union hall to hunt for them. "Some of those dames come storming into the building with an expression of a wounded she-tiger," said Jimmy. "1 handle that kind with, kid gloves because I sure don't want to get tangled with them."" The fact is that by the time Jimmy finishes giving these ^kirts the oil, they are convinced that their husbands love them and that a glass of spirits now and then is as natural for a seaman as breathing. "Yeah," mused Jimmy, "all kinds of characters try to get into the hall. Why would you believe it, 1 have about 6 or 7 NMU men trying to crash the gate every day. These birds will try to hurryby me and just pull the corner of their union books out of their pockets. They think that in the rush Til mistake an NMU book for an SIU book." Actually the NMU and SIU books have a similarity in ap­ pearance and it would be easy to mistake one for the other at a glance. But Jimmy has a sure fire method; "Hell, 1 never miss an NMU book," he says, "because can smell 'em." SS JOSIAH B. GRINNELL Ranlsome, AB; Joseph Stribbling, George Elderkin, 80 hours; Nor- AB; Jack Nelson, AB. * • • ville Naes, 221 hours: Leroy PreSantos Antonetti, Oiler, 72 hrs; the SS Howard E. Coffin. Voyage witte, 84 hours; Arthur Partoni. SS RICHARD M. PEARSON No. 3, and A. R. Bliksvar. Oiler Clifton Mainers, Oiler, 77 hrs. 13 hours. James L. Joyner, 51 hours; W. and J. W. Brown. F-WT. on the SS JOHN GORRIE To collect write to Bull Line F. DeLong, 41 hours; John Dun­ SS John Gorrie. Voyage 5. is be­ Voyage No. 5 « office, 115 Broad Street, New phy. 11 hours. ing checked and as soon as we James F. McKillip, F-WT. 37 have the requisite information York City. Write for check to Mississppi * » » Steamship Company, Hibernia hrs; Demetrios Joannou. F-WT, we will advise you in the prem­ V 28 hrs; Roy W. Bell, Oiler. 26 hrs; ises. EMIL KASCLINAK, Fireman: Bank Building. New Orleans. • • • Joseph R. Kennedy, Oiler. 36 hrs. The Seatle Branch is holding SS ROBERT FECKNER your check of $21.49. Write to Following disputed overtime SS HOWARD E. COFFIN Voyage No. 4 « Charles Frankle and tell him sent .in from the respective ports Voyage No. 3 John Deely, 48 hrs; R. Grandwhere to mail it. and settled, can be collected at John Depistrantonia, AB, 5 hrs; » * « lund. 48 hrs; Wm. Cogzenski, 48 South Atlantic Steamship Line in Charles Abraham. OS, 1 hr; E. H. hrs; Harry Goldstein, 1 hr; R. SS GAMBRILL Savannah, Georgia: Cavada, Oiler. 15 hrs. Greenway, 5 hrs; J. Eichenberg, O. Klippberg, Bosun, and C. —CHARLIE WAID Disputed overtime for G. Han- 59>/2 hrs; T. B. Black. 591/2 hrs; Nelson, Deck Maintenance, have SS ALBERT P. RYDER rahn, AB. and P. Gellatly, AB, on Bert Troth, 171/2 hrs. overtime coming. Collect Ameri­ Voyage No. 1 can Range Liberty Line office. C. D. Shirley, Wiper and Util­ » * • ity, 12 hrs. SS RICHARD MUMFORD ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR Voyage No. 2 PEARSON George Clark, AB, 119'/2 hrs; Voyage No. 1 NOVEMBER 1 TO 27 James L. Joyner, Oiler. 51 hrs; Norman Lucas, AB, 73 hrs; James W. F. DeLong, .(r.. Fireman-WT, D. Moore, AB, 70 Va hrs; Joseph Deck Engine Steward Total 41 hrs; John Dunphy, Fireman- Orlando. AB. 661/2 hrs; Nicola WT. 11 hrs. The above men may Carotti, AB, 67 hrs; George Mil­ SHIPPED 1586 1193 1239 4018 receive this overtime pay by writ­ ler, OS, 7614 hrs; Garrett Hogan, REGISTERED 1009 1012 1100 3121 ing to the New Orleans office of OS, 80 hrs; Anthony Glambone. OS, 66 V2 hrs; Harry Vancil, Oiler, Mississippi SS Co. • * • llSVa hrs; Peter Vlachos, Oiler, The following men have re­ 59 hrs; Daniel Vallus, Oiler, 76 ceived pay vouchers from Smith hrs; Hialmer Nordby. F-WT, 88 and Johnson SS Company, but hrs; Antonion Martinez. F-WT. have not signed and returned the 84 hrs; Norbert Pruszka, F-WT, vouchers. The pay checks can 83 hrs. not be made out until the vouch­ ROBERT M. T. HUNTER ers are returned: Voyage No. 4 Robert S. Cunningham, Deck James R. Kornofski, Oiler, (ap­ Maint.; Julia Fernandez, F-WT; proved for 11 days' pay at $3.66Thomas Higham, AB; I. Iverson, 2/3 per day minus 9V2 hours over­ filNeMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION AB; Harry McKenzie, OS; James time previously paid); Rodney C. IN RECONVERSION PERIOD Carr, AB; Francis P. Ressler, OS; Kuschke, Meiisman. 190 hrs; Emil W. Callahan, F-WT; L. J. Harvey, Stremnph, Utility Messman, 190 'LOSr PURCHASING POWER Utility; F. L. Leavitt, Utility; R. hrs; Dewey Rhea, Chief Cook, 4 W. Stanford, Utility; Konrad An­ hrs. derson, Bos'n; Chalmers C. BurSS ROBERT TOOMBS kett. Deck Maint.; James Akers, Unemployment compensation payments will xrake up not more thsm 10% of purchasing power Voyage No. 4 F-WT: Adam Harting, Bos'n; Harry Justice, AB: Edward Burnett Gellman, F-WT, 40 hrs; lost through reconversion unemployment. Under present state laws, only one-third to one-half of the O'ConneL AB; Arkadi Rauk, Dk. Eldee McNabb, F-WT, 87 hrs; six billion dollar reserve fund will be paid in the postwar reconversion period. No wonder workers are Eng.; Robert Worland, 2nd Cook; Marion Chapnowsld, F-WT, 61 demanding- a national law to give adequate protection or, in the meantime, more generous state un­ Alphonse Bailey. F-WT: Charles hrs; Hardy Rush, Oiler, 52 hrs; employment benefits. Workers Need Unemployment Insurance �Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG NMU CONTINUES TO MUFF TANKER DRIVE By STEELY WHITE Friday, December 15, 1944 STRAIGHT ram me Editor's Mail Curran & Stalin, Inc., have hit another foul in their infamous "organizing" drive on Standard Oil. Recently (Continued from Page 1) the Standard refinings plank were polled and the Commie- too boring, so long for now and run CIO outfit lost on all counts to a company union! And a Merry Christmas and a Happy to the sad tune of 500 to 2500—at the Bayway, N. J. plant. and properous New Year to you ALLEY aU. The NMU labor fakers were* movement. He wrote a remark­ Fraternally, planning to use the shoreside able book that every labor con­ C. J. 'BUCK' STEPHENS. workers in the plank affiliated to scious man should read, entitled, • • • the CIO as a major channel of "Labor Spy Racket." He got enDec. 2, 1944 contact to the crews on the tangled with the ComBy "FRENCHY" MICHELET Standard and Esso ships, to sell munist Party. Then and there he Editor, Seafarers Log the stinking bill of goods they ceased being an outstanding in­ Dear Sir and Brother: We are about to come out of fashioned New England boiled i our corner for round two of our dinner with corned beef bri.sket call a tanker contract. dividual and a man who pushed When we signed on at the be­ fi^ht to persuade the WSA to and fresh vegetables. The meat The CIO contemplates calling himself up by his own initative. ginning of this trip, the patrol­ store vessels under their control should be cooked the day before. a conference about February 25, to formulate plans and ways and He became a pawn to the di­ man came aboard with a folder with prepared cake, biscuit, Remember, the secret of good means of re-organizing the re­ rectives and policies handed full of educational material for doughnut and icing mixtures. We juicy, tender col-ned beef is long, fineries, using the minority of down for him to follow by the the crew. He gave it to the deck have enlisted the aid of the vari­ slow cooking. Wash the meat /' polled votes as a "nucleus." Mean­ big wigs in the Comintern from delegate and told him to distrib­ ous companies marketing these thoroughly in cold water and let while, the NMU "comrades" are Moscow. They utilized his intel­ ute it among the crew, which preparations to help us prepare it stand in the water for one impatiently awaiting this con­ ligence and reputation, taking it was promptly done. I must say statistics proving that these mix­ hour. Cover the meat with plenty ference to try to get a few pledges away from the working stiff and that the material was of high tures actually cost no more than of cold water and bring slowly signed in their behalf on Stand­ throwing it into Joe Stalin's ma­ calibre. I think that our union the ingredients (eggs, flour, shor­ to the boiling point. Push the pot chine, as they do with any and has not gotten out enough of this tening, milk and etc.) in unfa- to the back of the range and let ard ships. all; be he college professor or sort of educational material, and bricated form. it simmer gently for about four BRAIN-TRUST BUST waterfront bum. Now, all Hub- I am glad to see that we are now It will be a big contribution hours or until tender. Let the 'Tis a sad day for the brain- berrnan is, is a stooge for the catching up on badly needed" ed­ toward the comfort and well- meat cool in the liquid then re­ trust running the NMU. Why it's Party to be slammed around from ucation. being of the membership if we move, reserving the liquid. Next come to the place where they pillar to post, wherever he will There was even a card in the succeed in having these prepar­ morning put the stock back on can't even win an election over do them the most good. And who folder about keeping the ship ations put aboard our ships. These the range and bring to a boil. a company union! And unless an looses? The guy in the ships. clean. You'd -be surprised what mixtures make the tastiest of Now throw in some cabbage, tur­ operator just ups and signs one effect that had oh the brothers. cakes, doughnuts, etc., with the nips, onions and carrots and cook STRIKE BREAKER of their phoney contracts over the heads of the men on the I note that Frank (Commie) When they read "An SIU Ship is simple addition of water and until tender. Add potatoes last as they cook quickly. Now put ships they can't seem to make Jones is now out in Cleveland a clean ship" they immediately baking or frying. any headway. acting as NMU agent with an­ began to pay more attention to So if some shoemaker is feed­ the meat into the pot to heat and This should seem a little pecu­ other stooge Mike Vargo. They sanitary work. We want to make ing you bride biscuits or pound get ready for the crew to run the liar to the rank "'and file of the are throwing roses at the men in all the new members realize that cake, don'L let it get you down. messman bowlegged carrying it NMU membership. Especially if Bethlehem Transportation ships one of the requirements for being Better days are coming—there'll to them. they were to happen to take a on how to get overtime, ice boxes, a good union man is to know his be pie in the sweet bye-and-bye! Next time you have corned For the umpteenth time we are beef hash try making it this way: look at the dough that's charged lockers, better food, more show­ job and to do it. This card is a going to urge cooks and stewards Grind up cooked corned beef, off to organizing the salaries for ers, night lunches, etc. Wonder step in the right direction. However, the point I wanted to use a little ingenuity in prepar­ boiled potatoes and raw onions. their high-pressure organizers. if he thinks people have forgot­ All the super-heated blah-blah ten when the papa comrades in to make in this letter is that the ing menus. Don't feed them the Now moisten the meat with the they have been plugging in the New York sent him to Miami in ship's delegates shouldn't distrib­ same old foods cooked in the stock that the meat was cooked Pilot is losing its punch and the 1939 to break the strike in the ute the contents of these envel­ same old way, day after day. Use in or, lacking that, with potato men in the ships are seeing thru P&O ships when those boys were opes until after the ship has sail­ your head if you want to save water. Put the mixture into a its deception. This deception is a fighting for the very same things ed. While we are in port it is your ears! For instance, we know greased baking pan and bake for false positive program printed in • (and finally won them despite easy to get all sort of reading of a score of tasty ways to pre­ a half hour. Now remove from the paper and a very negative everything Jones could do against material, and as a result the men pare corned beef. Here's two: the oven and make indentions in Treat them to a hearty old- the top of the hash with the bot­ program carried out for the sea­ the SlU). The only thing that only half read everything they tom of a small cup. Now drop a men. got broke was his head when he pick up, and then ditch it over HEN FRUIT raw seasoned egg into qach de­ walked through our picket line the sidp. If the Seafarers Logs In a desperate effort to show after the rank and file NMU sea­ and the pamphlets were kept out pression and return to the oven of' sight until the ship was on some proggress they got together men wouldn't. for about ten minutes or until the eggs are baked and served. (Continued from Page I) in one big strain—and laid an The Pilot is crying for the Esso the high seas, then the boys egg. They have diverted and and Standard seamen to observe would really study these publi­ tem the following 13 weeks, and The pot situation aboard ships funneled the resources of the the excellent improvement and cations from cover to cover. by the Blue Network for the re­ ain't funny, Magee. Finding our­ Fraternally yoursj' NMU Educational School into this wonderful conditions they would maining 26 weeks. selves deluged with complaints L. M. tanker drive. They take a group gain by hog-tieing themselves to The Mutual Broadcasting Sys­ about worn out pots that stick of sincere young men new in the the NMU and sailing under the tem said it could not participate and scorch food, we invaded the industiT that are green in the la­ NMU tanker contract. This in­ by allotting a regular series of sacred sanctum of the WSA and bor movement, soup them up famous documentary collection of programs but will make avail­ demanded in the name of the SIU with a load of super-duper prop­ meaningless words and phrases able an equivalent amount of why couldn't we get replace­ aganda of what an excellent or­ can barely be called "contract" time for broadcasts of special ments for worn out gear. We ganization the NMU is, the won­ from a working stiff's point of events and features by the Feder­ pointed out that the retining jobs ders it has achieved for the work­ view. A compulsary agreement ation from time to time during that are being done on this gear ing stiffs, what good guys the to pay through the nose—yes! the year. is like the face-lifting job that officials are, plus a pep talk on "By means of these radio pro­ these rich old hags have done on COMPARE CONTRACTS how Standard Oil kicks the sail­ grams," Mr. Green declared, "the their pans—it helps the appear­ If the men in the ships want ors around and that they are the American Federation of Labor ance but it don't make the g^ar boys to ship into their ships and to really know what the score is, will be able to present its news work any better! bring the poor sailors under the all they have to do is pick up and views directly to the Ameri­ The oracle who presides behind salvation of the NMU and their the NMU "Fanker "contract" and can people and to its 7,000,000 the desk heard us out patiently the SIU contract and compare superb contract. members. (and he must have a lot of pa­ Though it is well camufloged, it the two. Compare NMU with 'It is our purpose to make tience, because we really banged is a dirty shame that they con­ SIU contracts on dry cargo ships. these programs as interesting- and his ear) then he explained that ;it taminate these young seamen's Compare NMU conditions with informative as possible. We are isn't possible to get decent gear minds with their commie theory SIU. determined to build up a large because of war shortages. and bend their action to follow The SIU recently has won sev­ and regular audience for these "Why is it," we insisted, "that Commie policy in place of rank eral tanker companies including programs. To that end, I urge all some of the new ships coming off and file unionism that would be Standard Oil of Calif., over both central labor unions and state the ways are stocked with good an asset to the seamen's industry, company Unions and the NMU federations of labor to persuade stainless steel gear?" school as "Educational Director by a very decisive majority. The It would be well for the sea­ their local radio stations to carry "That's because a few ship­ seamen showed by the votes poll­ men in the Standard and Esso the federation's programs offered builders had the foresight to buy GOOD MAN GONE BAD An outstanding example of ed which union they think is ships to observe the facts before by the national networks. up this gear before the shortages these tactics is in the individual fighting for the seamen. The SIU they swallow the hog-wash the The first program will be broad­ became acute and store it in their who is now head of this NMU doesn't have to give its conditions NMU is trying to shove down cast over the facilities of the Na­ warehouses," he informed us. . school as "Educational Organizer and contracts big false build-ups their throats. When you join a tional Broadcasting Co. on Sun­ We then checked with two of the NMU," Leo Huberman. He in its paper; the seamen recog­ union, join the ciiae that will do| day, Jan. 7, from 1:15 to 1:30 nearby shipyards and it turnerd was a serious minded and honest nize them in the ships and form ycu some ^oiSKi. Tides aut an SIU p.m.. Eastern War Time. It will out that the guy was giving it to man in his effort in the labor their own conclusions. ibcok. ' - < be entitled "Labor Forum." us straight. ' f Broadcasts For '45 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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