http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/b48480a70662330eb4826432ab4941c5.PDF 64c538a6d07abac32702368a043812b2 PDF Text Text PDF Compressor Pro STRIKE FUND VOTING IS NOW PROGRESSING Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers* International Union of North America Vol. VII. A, NEW YORK. N. Y., FRIDAY. APRIL 20. 1945 No. 16 AN EARLY BOOSTER FOR THE STRIKE FUND Displaying the same enthusiasm for the Strike Fund Resolution that had been indicated at the port membership meetings, rank and file members pushed into the third floor of the New York Hall to vote this week as the Resolution and seven proposed constitutional changes were submitted to a coast-wise referendurn baUol.'?—;;;;; ; The ballot is reproduced on The men made no bones about page 7 of this issue for the con­ their approval of the $10 strike venience of the membership. It is assessment as they showed their expected that everyone will read books to the watchers, and one it carefully and acquaint himself eager beaver wanted to pay his with the provisions of the amend­ $10 at once. He was persuaded ments. These changes, if passed, to hold off until the entire mem­ will be the governing rules of bership has had a chance to vote the SIU, and as such affect every and make it official. member of the union. The voting which opened Wed­ If there is any doubt in any­ nesday will continue through one's mind as to the meaning or May 23rd, to allow the fullest (Continued on Page 7) participation of the membership. The seven proposed amend­ ments to the constitution were drawn up at the Agents' meeting in New York in March, and pass­ ed by the membership on a coast­ wise basis to be referred to a referendum vote. Gallant Vessel Award Is Made To SUP Ship Four Dead In Tanker Crash Four seamen were killed and twenty-seven others missing when two tankers collided in con­ voy 700 miles at sea off Sandy Hook. The SS St. Mihiel, War Emergency Tankers, Inc., carry­ ing 180,000 barrels of 80 octane gas, burst into flames when she struck the 11,516 ton SS Nashbulk, operated by the National Bulk Carriers, inc. The fire was not brought under control until after the abandon ship order had been given. All but one of the victims were members of the St. Mihiel crew. The skipper, whose name has not been disclosed, is "belieiffd to have gone down with the ship. Some of . the crew were trapped in the ship, others were lost when they jumped into the flaming sea. Ten survivors have been taken to the Marine hospital on Staten Island. It is reported that a Coast Guard cutter has recovered the bodies of four missing crew members at Federal Anchorage 22, about 40 miles offshore. NEW YORK, April 10—The firsi: gallant ship award ever made to an American merchant vessel was presented to the SUP ship, Samuel Parker, at. Bush Terminal, Brooklyn, yesterday. Called the "most hit" vessel still in service, the plaque was presented while admiring work­ ers swarming over the ship's sides, and longshoremen.bringing supplies aboard heard why the Brother Mickey Moran. SIU Electrician, wu so enthused oyer the idea of-building a big post ship was being honored. war strike fund that he showed up with his sawbuck even before the voting on the proposition opened. The Samuel Parker was in Here he is trying to press his money • on Patrolman Jimmy Hanner's who explained, that the heavy action during the six union couldn't accept any money until the membership had voted the assessment on a coast yise re­ months of 1943 in the Mediter­ ferendum. "Ten bucks is mighty cheap job insurance, is the way I look at it." said Moran. ranean and survived repealed bombing attacks during the in­ vasion of Sicily. "The stark courage of her gal­ lant crew—in battle and heroic WASHINGTON (LPA)—With the European phase*' rescues — caused her name to be NEW YORK DOORMAN perpetuated as a gallant ship," of the war about at its end, a new tug-of-war has started HAS A BEEF said Admiral Land, in making the between organized labor and the Administration over gen­ Shipping at the port of Balti­ I have a beef that I want to award. Ribbons will be awarded eral wage increases which are necessary, labor contends, to more is expected to increase with to the members of her crew who submit to the membership give workers adequate buying power in the postwar period. the end of the war in Europe, ac­ were on her in the Mediterranean. through the LOG. cording to a survey by govern­ This doorman's job has devel­ Administration officials have'* should be confined to specific in­ ment agencies. It is expected oped into the most trying job in indicated they will keep the lid dustries. TOP MAN that • the character of the trade the Union, what with tossing out on as long as possible. James F. Leaders of the AFL argue, will change, as it already has to drunks, answering foolish ques­ tions, and having to listen to all Byrnes, before retiring as direc­ however, that unless the "Little a small extent, and increase to a the old gags about why a guy tor of war mobilization and re­ Steel" formula is modified now new high. When the war ends, food and hasn't got his book with him. conversion, put out a report in and wage increases allowed, materials of all kinds .for the re­ If the membership would co­ which he % posed raises in pay workers will enter the reconver­ habilitation of devastated areas operate it would make things rates untijf? "after" full produc­ sion with too little buying power, will probably make up the bulk easier for everybody. If you're tion had bfen reached and "after" thus leading to an economic col­ of the export tonnage, with im­ gassed up, don't come around; "it had been determined how lapse. ports swinging back gradually to come back when you're human The AFL set forth its views in those needed by American man­ much of the wartime increase in again. A good union man always wc^rkers' productivity would car­ the latest issue of its research ufacturers. carries his book with him, and publication "Labor's Monthly ry over into peacetime. the rules say you must -show it Survey.": full production and full employ­ A similar stand was taken by before you can get into the four heads of war agencies in a "It's time to end the mistaken ment. building. review of their work for the past idea that wage increases lead to "A return to free collective bar­ T' If these over-exuberant guys .year, released last week. The re­ price increases," the AFL de­ gaining," the AFL maintained, don't stop pestering me, I'll have port was signed by William H. clared. "Wage increases cari be "should make possible wage in­ to take their books away, which paid out of savings of industry creases "to restore workers' buy­ Davis, director of economic stab­ I very definitely do not want to ilization; OPA administrator from the workers' enormous rise ing power without increasing do. Please take this in the way Chester Bowles, WLB chairman in production per man-hour dur­ prices. Free enterprise cannot it's offered: the Union will oper­ exist without a high national in­ George W. Taylor and war food ing the war." ate much more efficiently if administrator Marvin Jones. The Federation warned that come, and high workers' buying everybody does his part. Tell They contended that-prices have after V-E Day, when long over­ power to create a market for the Fred Vinson, President Roose­ your shipmates to help. been held during the past year time hours end, earnings of work­ products of "industry." velt's last major appointment, L. GRANTHAM and warned against lifting of ers will take a catastrophic drop The AFL reiterated previous will have the final word on in­ wage controls lest "runaway in­ unless hourly rates are boosted. demands that wage rates should dustrial reconversion and post­ Keep In Touch With flation" occur. Taylor in a speech Current rates, it said, are insuf­ be hiked up about 15 cents an war .planning. Vinson succeeded f reiterated that stand and de- ficient to provide the purchasing hour to furnish the purchasing James Byrnes as Director of 'War Your Draft Board, j'I^clared increases, if allowed, power necessary to bring about power needed to yield production. Mobilization and Reconversion. DEMAND WAGE FREEZE END Shipping Increase �PDF Compressor Pro " v.- .'MT Pa^e Two TVE SEAFARERS '• Friday. April 20, 1945 LOG SEAFARERS LOG From The Assistaiit Sec'y-Treas. Published by the SEAFARJIRS' immiSATlOmh UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ Having missed the March 28tK meeting due to the fact that Brother Hawk and I had to at­ tend a meeting with Calmar offi­ cials in rega*<I to negotiating an agreement, I waS not able to make a, report at that time. How­ ever, since there was not very much to report, I do not think it was missed. Slowly, but surely, we are arriving at an under­ standing with this outfit, arid we hope to have the pleasure, in the near future, of informing the membership that these negotia­ tions have been completed. President (05 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - ^ecy-Treas. F. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 .5th Street, N. W., W^hington, D. C X X a t- 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 HOUSTON ADDRE3S PHONE 51 Beaver St.-i—HAnover 2-2784 33Q Atlantic Ave.-!-LIberty 405 7 14 North Gay St.—Calvert 4539 ................ 6 North 6th St.—Lombard 7651 ............ 25 Commercial PI.—Norfolk 4-1083 339 Chartrea St.—Canal 3336 68 Society St.—Charleston 3-2930 220 East Bay St.—Savannah 3-1728 842 Zack St.—^Tampa MM-1323 920 Main St.—Jacksonville 5-1231 7 St. Michael St.—Dial 2-1392 45 Ponce de Leon-xSan Juan 1885 305^ 22nd St.—Galveston 2-8043 6605 Cana) Street X X X X PUBLICATION OFFICE: 5,1 BEAVER. STREET New York, (4) N. Y. \ HAnorer 2-27S4 ^^2«I Trade Union Emissary ^ Vj Am still working on a number of outport beefs. Unfortunately, the majority of these disputes are uncollectable and not in accord­ ance with our agreements. I hope the boys, will not be disappointed when a bad beef does not pay off. Also, since most of the compan­ ies have the old story of papers the low income groups; the use of the no-strike pledge by and log books not yet having ar­ the bosses to undermine the labor movement. Point out rived, I have to sit in on them to that with the disappearance of blood-soaked war profits, force them to give me some acthe employers will try to retrench where they always hajte -tion. b^fore,^ the expense of the worker, by reducing wages. Explain to. them that when they get their musteringout pay, and take off their OD's, they are even as you and I-^civUians looking for a job, and that the consideration and adulation that they get so deservedly now, will go with their uniform. When they are back, two choices face them—-to join with the rest of the American labor movement in fighting fosT fair wages, and fair conditions—or to be herded by the bosses into a scab pool to be used to break the back of the only force that can keep them from economic slavery, the trade unions of America. This is a job we seamen must do, and not out of ideal­ ism, either. It is a question of being practical. The SIU, and your own labor conditions, depend on the strength of the rest of organized labor. A weak labor movement means a scab pool that will threaten the security of the SIU. Strong unions mean security for all. Become an emissary for labor, and protect yourself! Quite a number of , members have been in to see me on outport, beefs, which have not been sent in to me as yet. Until the beefs are sent; in I have no way of settling,, since the shipowner will not listen to verbal beefs un­ less I have something in writing or until the ship gets back, where ^ they can contact the skipper or the he_ads of the various depart­ ments to verify if such work was • done. dphe attitude of the American servicemen toward the trade union movement will greatly influence labor con­ ditions in this country after the wajr. The influx of more than twelve million veterans into the ranks of organized labor would make it a powerful agency for the common good.. Veterans hostile to unionism could deal labor heavy Having attended meetings of blows. maritime unions for a number of Unlike the merchant seaman, wlio generally is a mem­ years, I can state frahkly that for ber of, or influenced by unions, the average GI abroad not real Democratic meetings, ours only has no direct contact with the labor movement but are tops. I believe that there is not a union in the field which has is constantly being fed anti-union propaganda. such frank and open , discussion Elsewhere in this issue we print a letter from a former by all hands as are held in the AJFL organizer now with the infantry in Europe. It is his* SIU and SUP meetings. Every­ one speaks his mind on variong feeling that the GI will be a staunch unionist because 1L' subjects and it, is as it should be, has seen the value of organization in the Army, and knows proving again that our Union V that the best organized outfit wins. education is traveling in the right direction. This may be so, and we hope it is so. But at the best The State Department has issued invitations to 31 it is a negative approach. It leaves too much to chance and Regarding the $10 strike assess­ too clear a path for the reactionary elements who are also organizations, among them Organized Labor, to be available ment, of which I am heartly in interested in organizing the veteran—^into an anti-labor for consultation to the American delegation at the San favor: For the benefit of the outfit. We need only to remember the union busting days Francisco Conference. The State Department made it clear young members who are not far miliar with past history of the that organized labor would have no official voice and seamen's that followed the last war. labor movements—the old timer can acquaint you with Many unions are doing their best to keep in touch with would not attend even in an "advisory" capacity. A "consultant" is someone you pay no attention to. what happened in the 1921 strike. their membership by means of special bulletins, their imion It was lost by the seamen. papers and letters, attempting to counteract the deliber­ The shipowner was in the driv­ ately malicious lies of the employer-kept press. But there er's seat at that time, due to ship are millions of men who are outside of their reach. And lay-ups, lack of enough funds of here, we chhik, is where the merchant seaman enters the The Strike Fund Resolution, along with several pro­ the union to carry on a success-' picture. strike, and by certain officials posed constitutional changes, was submitted to the mem ful who had lost all interest, in, ths Just as the SIU has asked you to ship on unorganized bership this week. Voting on it will continue until May strike and the union. ships and become unofficial organizers for the Union, so 23 rd, to insure the fullest participation by men now at sea. must not happen again. too you can become unofficial foreign ambassadors for the It is of the greatest importance to the welfare of the WeThis must keep our conditions and trade union movement as a whole. SIU that the strike fund resolution be passed. There is no wages. To wage a successful When you hit a port and meet up with the GI's, tell doubt but what the operators are preparing for that post­ strike we must have enough them what the unions have been doing on the home front war day when they can bring their union-smashing into money to battle, not only the shipowner, but the WSA and the to protect their interests. Tell them how many shoreside the open. NMU, who will surely work unions have included in their contracts with the employers Peace in Europe and Asia will probably mark the be­ against us. So mark "yes" for, provisions that will provide them jobs under compensated ginning of warfare in America—industrial warfare. Any the strike assessment, which is seniority rights. Tell them how we are fighting reaction at union which is not prepared financially and organization­ your bread and butter in the fu­ home. ture years to come. ally to fight for its existence, will be a dead duck. Point out to them that at the end of the war they will It is not that we wart to strike. It is that we must be ( be civilians again, and will face the very same problems prepared to meet any onslaught on the part of the operators. Keep In Touch With that the trade unions are meeting with now: the widening Vote for the Strike Fund Resolution! Your Draft Board. gap between wages and prices; the mounting tax burden on It's your postwar job insurance! They're Hard of Hearing Build The Strike Fund '4 'ft. �PDF Compressor Pro -T-V'. I HE Pftaay. April 20. I9t& GI Joe Not Anti'Union WASHINGTON, D. C.—One of the great war mysteries is what American soMierS and sailors overseas think about organized labor and what they propose to do about it when they get home after the war ends. A great deal has been written about the subject, mostly from anti-union sources. Labor has heard dire threats. Oc­ casionally it has received a pat on the back. The following letter received by AFL Organization Director Frank Fenton helps to clear up some of the mystery and should be heard carefully by every trade unionist: "Dear Brother Fenton: "From somewhere in Frahce, PFC Walter L. Mitchell, a combat infantryman and former AFL organizer now on leave of absence from the Federation, wishes to report. After months of combat, m which I have experienced many of the horrors and terrors of mod­ ern warfare, comes a brief but welcome respite from foxholes in a 24-hour rest camp, where again I thank God for watching over me and write my first overseas letter to you. "It has beeh my privilege to discuss the war, postwar, peace and 'home'-front situations with GI's from all walks of life. GI's from union families, from non-union fafaiilies> from union industries, from non-union and anti-union industries and GI's from the farm— all live and pray and fight for the day when they can return home 6hd go back to work and live normally again. "These boys have all learned, the hard way-, what organization meahs. They all know that only through united effort, unity of pur^ pose and personal sacrifice can any objective be taken ahd held. "It is my belief, contrary to the anti-union propaganda at home, that our unions are safe from the threat of GI destruction. Instead of the 'predicted' death for unions, there will be an influx of new, rugged and, at times, reckless blood which may prove hard to satisfy or control. Never will any serviceman forget that the best organized outfit wins! "We of the American Federation of Labor must be on the alert that discharged servicemen are not misled in choosing their brganization. The organization that has led the battle for economic ad­ vancement for working people throughout pre-war and war years Should and will be the chosen organization for well-informed vet­ erans on their return to employment." , SEAFARERS LOG New Booklet Is Published By SIU Educational Department "Here's How, Brother!" is the latest of the booklets put out by our e d u c a t i o n al department. Packaged in an attractive green cover, and illustrated by the prominent labor cartoonist, Ber­ nard Seaman, the booklet is sim­ ply and entertainingly written in seamen's language. The booklet points out that one of the jobs of the oldtimer is to acquaint the new member and the trip card man With the ins and outs of his shipboard SUP Ship Rescues British Seamen Get Two# Army Airmen Increased Payment Racing almost a hundred miles For Dependents through high seas in the black of the night, the SUP ship, John Howard Payne, effected the res­ cue of two injured Army airmen whose plane had crashed in the •'acific. The vessel Was 75 miles from the scene when the ship's radio picked up the message. Maximum speed was put on. and the Navy gunners joined merchant seamen as ektra lookouts as the ship plowed through the heavy seas. For many hours the search continued until investigation of J several flares disclosed a man waving a luminous paddle from a yellow rubber raft. Skipper Orion A. Larson maneuvered his vessel to make a lee for lowering a lifeboat. The raft was drifting rapidly but in spite of the diffi­ cult Conditions, both of the pain­ fully injured men were transfered from the raft. SUP men manning the lifeboat were Kenneth W. Leonard, Boat­ swain; Leroy V. Accord, AB; Kenneth G. Neilson, AB; George R. Bones^ Jr., Ordinary Seaman. Medical assistance was requesteff of the SS Whirlwind which had joined the search ahd tWo Navy medical corpsmen Were taken aboard to attend the two fliers. Two other possible survi­ vors Who were thought to be adrift in lifebelts could not be found. (ITF)—The families of British mechant seamen who are pris­ oners of war, are to receive larger financial remittmehts, it was an­ SEAFARERS* INTERNATIONAL UNION nounced recently. A. F. of L. The first step in this direction was made during the summer of 1941, When scales of payments to Above is how the cover of Ihe new booklet looks. It is printed these families Were laid down and in bright green. Below is. one of the several illustrations drawn by which Varied according to the Bernard Seaman. This one illustrates how not to act aboard ship— rank and family circumstances. don't turn to if you are gassed up. After investigation, however, it was discovered that these ar­ rangements did not meet the needs of large families.. The new arrangement now pro­ vides that the minimum payment to the seaman's family will be at the increased rates payable to de­ pendents of deceased or missing seamen, with additional provis­ ion for pocket money in intern­ ment camp; pension fund contri­ butions; and the accumulation of a small balance for payment to the seamen POWs on their re­ turn. DISSOLVED Two soldiers home on leave Were having a chat. "But wereb't you engaged the The cartoon below shows how one crew should turn the ship last time we- met?" asked one." over to another crew-^^verything bright and Clean and shipshape. "What happened? Did you break it off?" "No, not exactly." "Then she did?" "No, she didn't." "Well, then—" RESOURCEFUL "You see, she told me What her . A doctor had an urgent phone clothes cost, and I told her what call from a gentleman saying his my pay was. Then our engage­ small son had swallowed his ment sagged in the middle and fountain pen. gently dissolved." ^ - "All right, I'll Come at once," -the doctor asSuried him. "What I ty lare you doing ih the meantime?" . And the gentleman replied, Tijiur Dritfi "Using a pencil." Keep in Teiteh Wtih Page Three duties as well as educating him in the principles of unionism. It tells you how to protect yourself and the union, and ex­ plains the principles of shipboard cooperation, from the time you are dispatched to the time you hit the beach. "Here's How, Brother!" is in­ valuable in that it tells you how to go about keeping a record of your overtime, and how to go about presenting it in the proper shape so that at the payoff every­ thing will go smoothly. While the Patrolman is there to protect your interests and handle your beefs, it is to your advantage not to have your overtime claim de­ velop into a beef. Nor is the booklet for new­ comers only. The oldtimer will find, plenty here, too; the little things that eVery man gets to know after awhile, but Which sometimes Sink into the back­ side of his mind and need a little shaking up to be brought topside. You SIU men will like "Here's How, Brother!", so drop into the nearest hall and get yourself a copy. GERMAN SEAMEN STRUGGLE AGAINST THE NAZI REGIME (ITF) From Frankfurt-oh-Main now cleared of the Wehrmacht and occupied by the American forces, comes word of an amaz­ ing strike of the Bargemen there against Nazi oppression. The ITF's source declared: "Shortly before my departure from Frankfurt-on-Main, I exper­ ienced something which until re­ cently would have been unim­ aginable in Nazi Germany—a strike and a real demonstration. It began when the Gestapo board­ ed a ship to arrest a sailor and his wife, who was the cook on board. The crew of 16 refused to unload the boat before thleir com­ rade had been set free. When the police tried to intervene, the stevedores and crews of other ships adopted a threatening atti­ tude; hundreds of men downed tools and left for the town in groups. The police tried to dis­ perse the crowd in Zeil, the main street in the town. At the same time further demonstrations broke out in the market place. "Both demonstrations merged and women With empty baskets began to curse the war. Without anybody knowing who gave the word, some 2,000 people began to run through the street urging soldiers on leave to join them. The chaos reached its peak when 10 minutes later, the masses out­ side the prison ,in Eschenheimer Landstrasse demanded that the political prisoners should be set free. Stones were thrown at the windows of the administrative Of­ fices of the prison. Three lorries, with . SS men armed with machine-guns, drove up in front of the prison and opened fire. Some of the demonstrators were killed and many seriously woundded; there were no arrests . . . The strike in the port lasted until two days later, when the sailor and his wife were released." �• PDF Compressor Pro ^ VT; 'i "it-''-' • irsK ' THE Page Four SEAFARERS LOG Coast Guard Examination For Reefer Engineers Is A Faroe You can't beat the Coast Guard because they know all the answers. In fact they have them all written down strict'^ Camel Walk A Mile ly according to Hoyle and Audell—^just listen to what hap­ Because They Can*t pened only last week. Afford A Taxi Brother J. R. Wallace, Pacific 106, had served four years ill the Navy prior to be-* The R, J. Reynolds Tobacco cpming a merchant seaman. Of turned down he protested that he Co., makers of Camel cigarhad a large family and needed these four years he was in full eftes, has got a beef. Everybody promotion. He further offered to charge of a three-quarter ton and his Uncle Joe is making go aboard any type of ship and C02 and a one quarter ton am­ prove that he could do the job. money, but old R. J. Reynolds, All he got for his trouble was the they're losing money. And they arrogant answer from the ex­ want the OPA to give them a aminer, "Study birth control and price increase. learn the answers before you Here are some of the figures come around again." they cited: This isn't the first complaint Liggett & Meyers Tobacco we have received about these Co. (Chesterfield) had a net phony shoreside examiners. The profit of $25,750.00 for the base truth is that they are shilling period of 1936-39, before taxes. for the Maritime Coinmission In 1944 it rose to $31,240,000. training and upgrading schools |: Americcui Tobacco Co. (Lucky and have no use for the guy who Strike) had a base profit of learns his the hard way. $28,937,500 and in 1944 it hit It is time now to insist that $42,722,000. no examiner be appointed by the Philip Morris & Co., went government who is not a thor­ from $5,587,750 to $12,581,000 ough master of his profession. A monia refrigeration plant. Since shoe maker knows his last but P. Lorillard (Old Gold) raised getting out of the Navy he has the jackpot from $4,006,500 to been sailing regularly below. he doesn't try to tell an iron $9,929,000 in 1944. Hearing that there was a great worker how to drive a rivet. But—^poor old.C^els dropped shortage of Reefer Engineers he Neither can these Coast Guard immediately went over to the ex­ CPO's and war baby stripers tell from $33,940,750 to the abso­ aminers and applied for an in­ real seamen how to do their work, lutely intolerable figure of $31,620,000. dorsement. much less examine them for raise How do they expect R. J. The first step was waiting in in grade. Let them go to sea and Reynolds & Co., to live on line for about an hour until his name was called. Going into the put qualified seamen in their THAT kind of money? examining room he was con­ jobs. fronted by a shoreside Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer who THE BUSHY EYEBROWS WIN started throwing questions at him. Of the twenty four ques­ tions which required written answers, three quarters were re­ lative to ammonia plants which are now practically obsolete. The main point however is that the questions were purely aca­ demic and had little or nothing to do with operation. There were practically no questions concern­ ing the most modern and most generally used marine refriger­ ant, "Freon." No matter how well the questions were answered they had to be word for word like the written answers held by the examiner or it was no dice for the indorsement. When Wallace protested that his answers were in essence the same as the government answers, the examiner scornfully replied that he went by the book. When pressed, however, the high pres­ sure CPO admitted .that he didn't know anything about refrigera­ tion and couldn't answer the questions himself. Wallace must have stepped on the toes and hurt the pride of the landlubber examiner because al­ though he answered seventeen of the twenty-four questions ac­ cording to the answer sheet, and demonstrated his knowledge of the other questions, he was still tiu-ned down. In any kind of ex­ amination a seventy-five per cent score is passing but evidently this two-bit examiner has his own code. Whether Charles O'Neil, bushy-eyebrowed president of the A Spanish member of the Appalachian Coal Operators, or John L. Lewis, bushy-eye­ SIU with seven years sea time browed president of the United Mine Workers, won out in the took an oral examination for an Oiler's endorsement and because miners' contract fight depends on which set of bushy eyebrows you of his poor English was unable consult. One fact they a^ree on: UMW won a pay increase of $1.07 to answer the questions in the a day. Bushy-eyebrowed O'Neil's side contends that the UMW gained exact manner, When he too was as much as $1.50 a day. (LPA). ,.,a Friday, April 20, 1945 N, Y, Times Demands Fair Treatment For Us Pointing out that merchant seamen have perform­ ed "some of the most dangerous war services," the influentional New York Times has joined the ranks of these call­ ing for a Merchant Seamen's Bill of Rights. The articl^ under a Washington date line, appeared in the March 24tli tissue, and is reprinted below: , "A long-neglected subject that eventually may affect a quarter / of a inillion or more veterans of '' some of the most dangerous war> services is the status of the com-' Labor pressure scored two vic­ missioned and enlisted members . tories in Vermont recently. of the Merchant Marine. A bill requiring unions to reg­ ister and pay taxes was with­ "It is said that 80 per cent of drawn from the State Legislature. those serving since the start of The State Senate defeated a the war have been sunk at least ' bill, passed by the House, which once. _ .' would have imposed punishment "In aU veterans' job prpfer- • ranging up to $5,000 fine and ences the merchant marine/ takes , from one to five years in jail for his placq in line below the least anyone using "coercion to force a of the veterans of the armed ser­ person to join any organization." vices, regardless of the compar­ In boss talk, "coercion" means able risks encountered or injur­ handing a guy an application ies sustained. card. "There is no provision for con­ tinued periodic treatment for ^ i 4: these men, even though the GI' Action by Local 3 of the Inter­ Bill of Rights holds out the prom­ national Brotherhood of Electric­ ise that every veteran of the al Workers, AFL, forced the Ha- armed services may have free birshaw Corp. to cough up with a necessary hospitalization for the half million bucks to the em­ rest of his life, if he is unable to ployees of four of their plants. pay for it. Also, there is no per­ The money was due on the manent pension program for the night shift bonus of five cents an disabled merchant mariner. The hour on the 4 to 12 shift, and rehabilitation program promises* ten cents for the 12 to 8 shift. well on paper, but there hre sub­ stantial reports that the service is % X suffering from poor administra­ The Gallup Poll, these people tion in many States and from who go around asking all kinds ignorance of the- operation of' it of questions, and who very often rather generally. come up with the wrong answers, "The result is that disabled picked a winner last week. Merchant Marine personnel who Persons were asked if they had need rehabilitation have been enough money saved to tide them discharged in large numbers from along if they lost their job at the the hospitals and have disappear­ end of the war, and Gallup dis­ ed, to become probable charges covered that 40 per cent ques­ on the community as indigents. tioned didn't have a dime to their There has been no indication of names, and were worried about agitatipn f.jr discharge bonuses for the Merchant Marine veter­ their postwar prospects. Now that even Gallup knows it, ans and there may be good rea­ do you think maybe Congress will sons why they would be separ­ make the,same startling discov­ ated from the veterans of the armed services. But the veterans' ery? It's not likely. program cannot be considered % % closed until Congress makes a Local and long distant tele­ substantial effort to determine phone operators in New York the status of these men. "At the least there should be City voted 13,813 to 658 to go out an effort to recognize the dignity on strike unless their wages are of the service and give to the hiked. This is a continuation of thousands of disabled Merchant the similar action of several months ago. At that time, asking Marine veterans some distinction for $5 a week increase, they were from members of the civilian pop­ offered $4 by the telephone coni- ulation who have taken no risk pany. The WLB stepped in and and suffered no injury connectedawarded $3. The beef now is that with war." the company did not push their $4 offer before the WLB in good He also expects Lewis and his faith. Miners Union to come back into The telephone operators, or­ the AFL. It was the White House, ganized in two indrependent he points out, acting through Dan unions, want the lines to be taken Tobin of the Teamsters, which over by the government. kept the "tough, strike-calling miners' boss out of the federa­ 4, $ 4, tion." According to Victor Riesel, la­ 44 bor columnist for the New York Post, the influence of the CIO Almost twenty thousand Am­ with President Truman will-be erican Fede^tion of Labor mem­ much less than it was with bers have already made the su­ Roosevelt. He expects the AFL preme sacrifice in this war. In to-become dominant in Washing­ other words, one in every ten ton politics. American fighters killed in com­ Riesel points out that the CIO bat to date has been an AFL ^ went down the line with Wallace, man. As of the end of March,; actively fighting the- Democratic there were 52,000 AFL wounded, machine, while the AFL backed 9,900 AFL missing and 7,000 AFL Truman from the very beginning. prisoners. , Labor— Spotlight �• PDF Compressor Pro •;- :;.^sv!V';-./>'!'!:;' Friday. April 20. 1945 THE Admiral Takes Over The SS Amelia Galley You think you've heard of^ brass-batty seamen? Brother, you FOE OF SLAVE LABOR ain't heard nothin' until you lis­ ten to the story of Chief Stew­ ard Dave Archer. This guy was A so nutty about uniforms that he had shoulder boards on his pa­ jamas. The character was hired from; the WSA by the Bull Line and sent aboard the SS Amelia. When he came aboard he saw the gun­ nery officer up forward looking over the 5 inch gun. He walked up to the Navy man, looked pointedly at his single stripe, and then said, 'T am a Lieutenant, Junior Grade, in the Naval Resecj^e. I outrank you and I'll ex­ pect you to salute me when I come aboard." The stew-pot admiral then called his department together and announced that they should salute him when ever they met Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney him on deck, and that unless they (D. Wyo.), more than anyone else called him MISTER Archer he in Congress is responsible for the would not reply. in the Senate The admiral figured that now successful fight against the slave'labor bill. everything would be lovely, if O'Mahoney, who comes from he could only get the carrots and Wyoming which isn't highly in­ dustrialized or unionized, carried the ball for labor for the last two months. O'Mahoney's battle was endorsed by all of organized labor. (LPA.) Bond Salesmen Are Invited To Visit broccoli to come to the attention whenever he entered the galley. Well, as you no doubt suspect, MISTER Archer didn't get the respect to which he thought he was entitled. As a matter of fact, the SIU tossed him off the ship when the Amelia hit the first U.S. port. COZY MINISTER Representatives of the Treas^ sury Department will be invited to attend SIU membership meet­ ings to promote the sale of War Bonds, on a motion made by Sec­ retary-Treasurer Hawk at the Chicago Agents' Conference. The motion instructed Presi­ dent Lundberg to write a letter to the Secretary of the Treasury explaning that the apparent poor sale of bonds by seamen is due to the impossible job of getting the individual seaman to report the exact amount of bonds he has bought. NORWEGIAN SABOTEURS A very deaf old lady from Balaam's Crossing, Arkansas, went to visit her daughter in St. Louis. After being there a few days she was taken quite ill and her grand-daughter, fearing that it might be appendicitis, sent for the doctor. She asked the doctor to make an examination but to be very casual about it, so as not to frighten her grandmother. Increased sea communications between Norway, and Germany are of highest military import­ ance to the Germans at this cru­ cial stage of the war. Because of this, the Norv/egian sabotage forces have stepped up their ac­ tivities and are successfully iso­ lating the German garrisons in Norway by cutting these comm.unications. After spending half an liour with the old lady, the doctor came out and reported that aU she needed was a complete rest. Very much relieved that it was nothing serious, the girl took her sewing and went to her grand­ mother's room for a chat. Frequent attacks on German ships are I'eported and an espe­ cially important operation of this kind took place during February in the port of Fredcriksstad in the Oslo fjord. Thirteen tugboats, lying ready to two three big Ger­ man ships out of the harbor, were boarded in broad daylight by Norwegian saboteurs. The Nor­ wegians sailed them out to sea, passing German warships lying at anchor and brought them safely to the Swedish harbor of Stroemstad. (Two of the tug­ boats were scuttled at sea be­ cause of insufficient supply of fuel.) "How did you like my doctor?" she asked. "Your doctor!" The old lady Ri^egan to giggle. "Child, I thought i.^ j5rou said he was your preacher! —•and I was just laying here thinking how fresh city preachers were. SEAFARERS ' '' ' •:• ' •;^*1''="''-:'. />' LOG Page Ha® Bailey Bill Banning Royalties Wonld Hit Union Health Funds WASHINGTON, D. C.—Senator Josiah W. Eaileyj who haiis from North Carolina and believes that all Amer­ ican workers should be drafted and regimented by the Gov­ ernment, introduced a new kind of anti-labor bill which the would outlaw employer payments to a union for any pur­ Marine Hospital In Los Angles Area Unending agitation by SIU-SUP culminated in victory this week when a merchant mar­ Union Men Needed ine hospital with 300 beds in the On Great Lakes Long Beach-Los Angeles area was authorized by the U.S. Pub­ DETROIT—The Great Lakes lic Health Service. Ultimately season has just opened. There the institution will be expanded is a shortage of men here on to provide 800 beds. the Lakes, so why don't some Maritime unions have been of you former Great Lakes sea­ trying for twenty-five years to men now on the coast come have a marine hospital construQ- back here and help us teach ted in this ar.ea. The nearest hos­ these people the advantages of pital is in San Francisco, and being SIU? All of you know cases here that could not be sent that the LCA must be broken north have been contracted to if we are to get decent condi­ other hospitals in this region. tions here. Budget Bureau permission has We are greatly in need of already been granted, and ap­ some good Union men who proval of the Federal Hospital will go to bat up here as they Board is expected. . did and still are doing on the coast. We have a tough com­ BRITISH TRANSPORT bination up her^ composed of the fink LCA and the com­ WORKERS mie NMU. (ITF) Following the demands The NMU is pulling the same made by the workers' represent­ phony "cooperation" stunt up atives on the British Road Haul­ age Central Wages Board, it was here in conjunction with the agreed to .request the Minister of LCA. Their program can only Labor to amend the existing result in the enslavement of all seamen, and create a month­ wage ceilings. ly income for the Commie The Minister of Labor will be asked to -increase by 4s. a week, Party. We cannot permit this the statutory pay of all adult to go on. workers, and for certain classes Any of you who are inter­ of junior workers (under 18) an ested can get full details re­ increase of 2s. 6d. garding your draft stcdtus and releases, and the organizational OPEN SEASON drive information at the New A young -lawyier from the York HaU. North sought to locate in the Upon arrival here report to South. He wrote to a friend in the nearest SIU hall for as­ Alabama, asking him what the signment and instructions. prospects seemed to be in His city Come on home, fellows, and for "an honest young lawyer and let's make these lakes fit for a Republican." In reply, the friend wrote: "If a seaman to work on. You you are an honest lawyer, you know we have done it else­ will have little competition. If where. Let's do it here, now. you are a Republican, the game I. E. BISHOP GL 390 laws will protect you." pose other than a straight checkoff of dues. Sen. Bailey admitted his bill was aimed at President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Work­ ers Union and President James C. Petrillo of the American Fed­ eration of Musicians, Lewis was seeking a 10-centa-ton royalty from the operators for a health insurance fund to protect sick and injured mine workers in his recent negotia­ tions. Petrillo has already won a royalty of a fraction of a cent per record from recording com­ panies for a fund to provide free public concerts and employ idle musicians. Actually, however. Bailey's bill would go far beyond banning such royalties, union chiefs said. If enacted, it would hit health insurance funds already estab­ lished in many industries through collective bargaining beween unions and employers. Several unions—notably the Hatters and the Ladies'* Garment Workers—have negotiated agree­ ments under which employers pay 2 to 3 per cent of their pay­ rolls into health funds, admin­ istered either by the unions or jointly by the unions and em­ ployers. These are used to pay .sickness and accident benefits, medical costs, hospital expenses and death benefits for employes covered by the agreements. Similar pacts have been se­ cured by the Upholsterers and the Furniture Workers' unions and the idea is spreading. These and other similar gains by unions would be wiped out under the Bailey bill, labor spokesrhen said. However, Joseph A. Padway, AFL counsel, challenged consti­ tutionality of the North Carolina Senator's measure. UNION REPRESENTATION BEFORE COAST GUARD Whenever an SIU or SUP man gels tangled with the Coast Guard, a union official is right on tap to represent him and see that his rights are safeguarded. The Special Services Department in New York has rung up a remarkable record of acquitals before the CG Hearing Units. The SUP is also on the ball in the Pacific. Here is a picture of the union in action. On the extreme left is SUP agent Carl Chrislianson of Honolulu testifying before a Hearing Unit regarding a collision between two ships in a Pacific convey. �PDF Compressor Pro n THE Page Six SEAFARERS LOG Friday Ai>ril 20, 1045 week with plenty of overtime on' deck security watches which the "Well, here I am again, the aame company tried to pay off at $6.00 per ni^t; but I held out and got bid story; no AS's or Stewards. 15 hours per man. Paid off the SS Alcoa Pilot in Brother Bull Shepard arrived Gulfport; had a few minor beefs, in our midst April 12 on a Alcoa but got them all squared away wagon. Believe he intends to OK. .spend a few days greeting old Also, had the old Eastern tub friends before leaving again. With him are Several other old timers Falsniouth. She is run by Alcoa Had to take the Steward's De­ down from Boston without a position I would have been-in if bers that have been shipping out so the wagOn they brought in is in fine shape, for which. Brother?^ partment off. Seems the Steward clearance from the hall, but after I had to call the WSA for men of Galveston the past few years we thank you. It is a pleasure are in for a pleasant suiprise. wanted to be the whole cheese kicking the gong around for two after taking two of their men off. have rigged this hall up in first to pay off a wagon like that. hours we had them send him We wdre not so lucky on another and not feed the boys. He had back and ship a steward off the ship that needed a Wiper in a class shape. LEROY CLARKE, Patrolman been on that old tub S6 long that board. hurry. We scouted all over town Paid off the SS John A. Dix cff he thought that he could do just This coming Week still looks looking for a man and had to call the Shfepard Steamship Company. NEW YORK as he wanted to do. Also, had a good as there are plenty of ships the WSA as a last resort. This is This ship paid off clean and the a bad thing and the sooner our ship was comparatively clean. The port of New York has seen few minor beefs on deck, but got in and due in. We can stand This week we haVe the SS another fair week With the num-. them all squared away OK. The plenty of men from the oulports, members realize it the better it will be for us. We can't afford Alvion Victory of the Bull Line, ber of payoffs increasing. company officials put the deck so Come on down and ship. to overload our union with green in transit. A good many of the department on the spot because Shipping is still good. We have Thifty four ships were paid Off men. If there is a job On the members of this creW are former they were not there to shift the called several of the outports for this Week, mOst of the beefs be­ ship after they were unloaded men but were unable to get as board it should be taken by a shipmates and personal friends Of ing settled before payoff. Only one man got his papers pidl many as we needed. So it was Union man even if he does have mine. Several of them came to The SS Edelston of Smith and' ed, because he had a previous log necessary to c^l the fink hall for more time to wait and even if he the meeting Wednesday and took Johnson gave us quite a bit of wants to wait for a ship where an active part. Nice going fel­ men again. against him. he can ship out with some of his lows. Perhaps if more members trouble in the Steward's depart­ What the hell is the matter Well, we finally managed to buddies. The trips are not very ment. It seems aS if 'everyone On with all the old Gulf sailors? The get in the army docks for a pay­ long nowadays and you can al­ when they are on ships would her had Coast Guard charges' make the meetings, all of the out against the other. She was check­ Gulf Was good enough for you in off. The SS B. Bourn of the ways meet again next trip. ports would be able to have a ed and there were only three hard times, and it should be good Mississippi SS Company came in meeting eVery meeting night. I visited the hospital last week enough now. So, why not OOme from a four months trip and had book members in the Steward's and found some of our old mem­ To those members that ship out Department. The Coast Guard' down and see us soon? Shipping quite a few beefs as well as a large number of trip card men. bers there. R. C. Shedd who was of Galveston regularly: When you charges against one Of these Was is good. Had the Waterman Ship Pan There was quite a militant crew unlucky enough to have a boom are ready to ship bring your gear dropped, one was exonerated and Orleans In Sunday, April ?, 1945, aboard and they insisted that an dropped on his foot, and T. M. to the hall as this hail has a fire­ the other got pfobation. All and With a load of bananas. Had to Agent be present at the payoff, Griffith who had to get off his proof vault. Your gear will be all we batted 100% with the get the crew from the RMO to or the payoff would have to be ship in Cuba to be flown to the safer here than in the USS dub. Coast Guard having had a big man the ship. Seems the boys held at the company office. Cap­ U.S. for hospitalization and Clay­ Which reminds me to say that week defending 17 men. None of don't want to take her because tain Rogers was down for the ton A. Ingram, a survivor from since this hall has been Open more them lost their papers. of the members are using it to Balloting for the neW constitu­ she only makes eleven-day round company from New York to the SS Henry Bacon. sit around and play cards, check­ tional amendments and the $10.00 landle the payoff. With his help Ingram is out now and home trips. ers, etc., instead of using the USS. additional strike assessment will we were able to get a Patrolman for a visit. Griffith is probably in Have the Cape Texas in now; D. STONE, Agent start here on April 18. Appirwill write about it in the next aboard and square everything Philly by now although when he away. This was made possible by left here I wasn't quite sure he'd ently there will be a big turnout LOG. She belongs to the Bull the action taken by the crew. So make the train. Shedd's foot is on this. It is the concensus of Line. when you pull into army docks improving and since no bones NEW ORLEANS opinion of the membership that ^ to pay off, demand union repre­ were broken he should be O.K. in NOTICE II! Well here we are again, doing this assessment will be one of the • sentation or payoff in the Com­ a few more days. Due to the fact that there is an business at the old stand. Things jest things that the Organization" excessive amount of luggage here pany office. I had a case with the Coast are really humming here in this has ever advocated and will'be Brother Hawk, the Secretary- Guard last week and it turned out port. We are shipping anything our biggest weapon in our fight ih oiu- branch which has been left during a period of several Treasurer, and I attended a meet­ better than I thought it would. that looks like a seaman and so to hold conditions and wages at years, it will be necessary for us ing with the Labor Board for the The man was already on proba­ far no ships have been held up the union standard after the war. to dispose of it so as to enable us purpose of voting the Chesapeak tion for an offense committed a for lack of men, although much J, P, SHULER, Patrplman to check baggage coming in. Ferry Company. We hope to hold week previously. I was afraid to oUr disgust we have been 4 i Therefore, we hope all the boys an election in the near future. I his papers Would be lifted for at forced to calLthe RMO for a few Shipping has slowed down over will see this, notice and Claim feel confident that we will win it least six months but they gave men but that is only as a last the week end, but has picked up: their gear within the next thirty hands down and bring them un­ him tSe minimum, thirty days' resort. from the outports, such as Bos­ der the banner of the SIU. This suspension. days. Our Agent, Brother Michelet, ton, Philadelphia and Norfolk. will bring up the income for the GEORGE BALES, Agent port as well as be a big advance­ That's about all that has hap­ is leaving this week to take over We have shipped 30 men to those pened during the past week here ment for the men who work on in Savannah, except that our hall another job for the Union qnd is ports and expect other ports to being relieved by Brother Eddie the ferries. is beginning to look a little bet­ Higdon, an old timer. The port call in for more men in the near NORFOLK I Shipping prospects still look ter every day. We're trying to Will be in good hands as Brother future. Shipping here is still booming, good, so you book men come on get the little incidentals that the Higdon has been working in New Would like to bring this'parti­ the boys are picking their jobs down and ship so we can discon­ cular item up to the attention of boys have asked for. While there now and we are having quite a tinue having to use the fink hall. is a severe scarcity of these York and Philadelphia and he is Chief Stewards, especially. Quite not a green man. time crewing the old tubs. But things down here we manage to Brother Shuler, please note a few of you Stewards know the RAY WHITE, Agent as yet we have managed to stay get them after a little searching, that you will soon have Brother shipping rules, some don't, others clear of War Shipping recruits. and we hope to have a place Michelet back and he says that just disregard them. Well, It seems as if we have SAVANNAH down here Soon worthy of the he will try to teach ygu to cook, Stewards of late are getting in found a pardner for the lad of the habit of promoting messmen men who sail SIU ships. but doubts if it can be doho. Waterman SS Company, namely Shipping in the Port of Sa­ ARTHUR THOMPSON, Agent. From all the dope we can get to the position of 2nd Cooks, Morgan Hiles. Only this bucko vannah has dropped considerably. Bakers, and Chief Cooks. That is here, this port will be one of the violating shipping rule No. 30, would-be Simon Legree is skipper Only three men have shipped out largest in the country within a which says that no Messmen, OS, on the SS Robert M. T. Hunter of since rny last report and quite a <iALVESTON few weeks. So all you boys who or Wipers can be promoted to a' the South Atlantic SS Company. few of the boys are coming down He broke the agreement about this way to register. We like to Shipping has beeh slow this would like to ship out come on higher rating, even if he has the every way he could during the laVe them down -here, of course, past week in this port but we are down and grab yourselves atty endorsements and had just com­ trip. He would pull sneak fire but if shipping doesn't pick up expecting things to pick up again kind of a run that you like. pleted a voyage. First, he must' drills, one in the morning and we'll have a tough time getting shortly. We had a few cases at the Coast come off the ship. Then he must then one in the afternoon. He al­ them out. One ship was due in Since this pOrt has its car, we Guard but so far the score is still register at the hall for the high­ so had the AB'S to bring his meals last week and we're all waiting are able to make those ships lay­ in our favor. No papers lost. er rating, and then ship out ac­ to his room and dispute their still. It should be in tomorrow ing in"the out of way ports. Had Had a Mississippi Shipping cording to the shipping rules. overtime. This bum really had though, and two new diesel jobs to replace severar men on the Company wagon in hefe last The only time OS, Wipers and everything messed up in general for Waterman are coming out of Brandywine the first week that Week with a mate who insists On Messmen may be promoted is in" but failed to hank any of the the yards in a matter of weeks. we had the car, and while I was working on deck. The boy claim­ an emergency while at sea. If Once in a while I have one or making the ship took the NMU ed this pay but it will haVe to go' crew with the Coast Guard, fC&tmnned &n Page 8) At the pay off We had him two replacements-and then I have Steward that had been riding to a port Committee. The Broth­ tough time getting men. We this ship off. The Captain didn't ers waited until payoff tO claim singing a different tune, our tune. He had to pay all the overtime, had a West Coast ship in last like the idea Of losing his fair this pay which makes it hai-d as well as being raked over the week and the WSA put two re­ haired boy who had been With for your officials to collect^ so fOr coals by the Patrolmen and Coast placements on board and they him for five months. After talk­ Pete's sake. Brothers, When yOu Guard. His name is Chance, so were immediately removed and ing to him I convinced him that make or claim overtime put it be careful when you Ship with replaced by SIU men. for the best interests of those con­ down the day it is claimed. Doh't this bum. He really tries to throw We were lucky enough to find cerned, the Steward should be wait until the end of the trip to the book at you. do this. It Will aid In collecting two oldtimers who shipped out paid off. Eastern also tried to pull a fast even though they could have The new hall is now open here overtime. one with one of their old Com­ stayed ashore a while longer. in Galveston and is located at Paid Off a South Atlantic Com­ pany Stewards. They sent him They realized What a hell of a 305 22nd Street. All you meto- pany mule Ship during the past MOBILE iiiii , :A-- -i-y ."v n �PDF Compressor Pro > Friday. April 20> 194S THE SEAFARERS Strike Fund Vote ts New Proceeding •v., (Cpniinu^ / from Page Ij >ordrng of jay of the amenS^ jiients, he sd.iuid ask lo have it Ixplained before he votes. I The voting rules are simple: Anyone who is a full book memin good standing is entitled to cast a vote in, this referendum. Do jjot use a lead pencil, use either pen and ink or an indelible, ^pencil. Do not put any other 'rnerkings on the ballot, or it may be invalidated, The rules are simple enough. If followed carefully there should be no confusion or mistakes made. The Strike Fund Resolution was introduced before the New York membership on March 26th, and passed unanimously. It was concurred in by the other ports on April 11th, and directed for it referendum vote. The Resolution provides for a single $10 strike assessment on each member to used for a war Page Seven ONE BAT FOR ALL THREE! v'hest to meet the expected post­ war union-busting drive of the The money raised will be kept in a special fund, to be used only in case of a general strike of all ships, and then only if called by a referendum vote of the membership. It was pointed out in the reso­ lution that the seamen after the last war were practically reduc­ ed to slavery by the vicious as­ sault of the operators. It is, ex­ pected that the same attempt wUl be made after this war is ended. The strike fund will permit the SIU to protect the conditions it has gotten for its membersconditions that are far above any ever enjoyed by a maritime union. If the expressed opinions of the rank and file are any indication, the resolution is as good as pass­ ed, and the SIU can actively plan its fight to remain strong and powerful after the war. SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA ATLANTIC and GULF DISTRICT qONSTITUTIQN AMENDMENTS AND RESOLUTION BALLOT INSTkUCTIONS TO VOTERS: Vote either YES or NO — Mark a cross (X) in the aquare. Do not use a lead pencil in marking the ballot — ballots marked with lead pencil will not be counted. MARK/YOUR BA1.LOT with PEN and INK or INDELIBLE PENCIL. DO NO'? PUT ANY OTHER MARKINGS ON THIS BALLOT. FOREWORD THE ATLANTIC AND GULF AGENTS ASSEhflBLED AT THE RECENT ATLAN'TIC AND GULF DISTRICT AGENTS CONFERENCE HELD Hi NEW YORK, N.Y. FROM MARCH 12, 1945 to MARCH 17, 1945, DREW UP AND RECOMMENDED THE ADOP­ TION OF THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION- AND THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED AND CONCURRED IN BY THE MEM­ BERSHIP ON A COASTWISE BASIS TO BE REFERRED TO, A REFERENDUM VOTE. VOTING PERIOD FROM, APRIL 18th THROUGH May 23. 1945 BALLOT •CONSTITUnON AND SIO.OO STRIKE ASSESSMENT RESOLUTION ARTICLE Vn, SECTION I.— Shall be amended to read; REINSTATEMENT Members more than six months in arrears may be reinstated through the concurrance of the membership at a regular business meeting or at a special meeting upon payment of all back dues, fines and assessments. Members so reinstated shall be regarded as Probationary Members for a period of one year. TE5 • LOG ARTICLE XERgt^ECnnON Vn — Shall be amended to read; In the regular meeting held in Branches during the second meeting in January, the Com­ mittee on Election shall open the Ballot Box, count the nuno^^er of ballots therein contained and count the number of votes for each candidate. The result shall be noted in the Minutes^ The Committee shall then forward to Headquarters all used ballots (i.e.. All ballots taken from the Ballot Box, including blank and disqualified ballots), together with a copy of the tally sheets, under sealed cover, marked "Ballots For Officers". That in the event an. riection committee is not available then the ballots from that particular port in their entirety used qr. unused, shall be forwarded to Headquarters by the Branch Agent. YES • NO • ARTICLE XRL SECTION K — Shall, be amended to read: All Committees mentioned in Article #13 shall be full book t..embers in good standing but shall not be employees of the Seafarers' International Union of North America. YES • NO • ARTICLE XV, SECTION V, Paragraph m Shall be amended to read; He shall, prepare weekly financial reports showing in detail the income ^d expense and forward copies thereof to Headquarters, together with- duplicates of receipts for income and original vouchers for expenditures. He shall at the end of each week remit to the SecretaryTreasurer any money on hand in excess of Two Hundred DoUars, with the exception of tho New York and New Orleans Branches which shall be allowed to keep on hand $.500,00, respectively. YES • NO • ARTICLE XXL SECTION II — Shall be amended:, to read; The initiation fee shall be Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars, and shall accompany the appli­ cation for membership, and the dues shall be Two DoUars ($2.00) per month, payable in advance. YES • NO • NO • ASnClE m SECnON IV — ShaU be amended to read: RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the European War is drawing to its final stages, and we all know that after this War is ended the shipowners will begin an assault on our conditions and wages with a viciousness never before known, and WHEREAS, to fight all shipowners and labor haters who would like to see us broken after this War, and the seamen reduced to slavery as they were after the last War, we murt have finances to fight them successftiUy, and WHEREAS, sheUing out a few bucks now to prepare for the fight wiU protect our living, standards after the War, and ABTICIE XBS. SECn^^ W —> ShoU be amended to read:. WHEREAS, our wages and conditions today are far above any Maritime Union in history and are indeed worthy of protecting and extending, so Members shaU be entitled to vote upon presenting their membership certificates, showing that they are in good standing, and have not previously vote4 at the same election. Each THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that we go on record to assess ourselves in addition to the ASA a single $10.00 Strike Assessment: so as to guarantee a real Strike Fund that member shall sign for their baUot on the official tally sheet provided for that purpose. Mem­ can carry us through any crisis, and bers shalTmark their ballot with pen and ink, or indelible pencil and shall eSgnify. Aeir choice of canffidates by marking a cross (X) in voting square , opposite names or by writing in the BE IF FURTHER RESOLVED, if this is carried, then the additional money be added to blaidr line the name of their choice if such name be not' printed upon the ballot. Lead pencils the ASA Fund which cannot be used unless in a General Strike of all ships, and then •hall not be used in marking ballots. Whpn a member has marked' his ballot; he shall deliver only after a referendum baUqt to do so, and it foldoil to tile judge, who aftee ascertainiue that the member is entitled to vote, shall tear off the numbered stub and ifeposit the ballot. The Committee shall then stamp the members', BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that if this resolution is carried that it be placed, on a ballot, as per constitution, as soon as possible so that the membership will have the op­ certificate of mcmbecsbiF in the proper column for the y wr and month of election, such stamp portunity to express themselves by secret baUot. shall, beat the, word "voted" the initials oI the voting place and. the fiate of the voting. If the member is not entitled to vote, the judge shall void his ballot, the tellers shall count the ballots ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE ABOVE RESOLUTION as they are deposited and the clerks shall keep record of the count. Balloting for Officials shall bq secret and shall take place each day during the months pf November and December — Sixty (60) day referendum provided that there are not less thm tjiree (3) nor more than six (6) full book members in good standing elected to look at their books and -guard the ballot box and no ballot shall be accepted except those cast in the regular manner. YES • NO 0 YES • NO • YES • NO • Be Sure To Cast Your Ballot Before May 23rd '•5» .-f-Jr ^ - • �PDF Compressor Pro •. • •'•• -:'• • • • Page Eight THE SEAFARERS • •' ^ T.ti.;^fi • •'. ^ii£ LOG Friday,'April 20, 1945 BUUJETIN t il / Unclaimed Wages—Seas Shipping Company Willie J. Carpenter ORIENTAL—VOYAGE lA John W. Royal Dick Kardel 2.85 Robert A. Jackson John- Melopaulos 2.74 James I. Fossatl G. Brennan 1.42 William R. Barnes ORIENTAL—VOYAGE 2 Daryl D. Walizer James F. de Paw 20.12 Wilson C. Jones, Jr Thomas F. Niebauer 21.15 Joseph A. Poehnelt Victor B. Cooper 6.89 Robert L. Chuites 6.44 71 2.13 8.53 14.93 17.06 7.11 3.55 3.55 ROBIN GRAY—VOYAGE 70 ORIENTAL—VOYAGE 3 52.67 L. k. Welch 8.92 John E. GofF C. A. Ray 11.88 ROBIN LOCKSLEY H. J. Butts 16.11 VOYAGE 11 PETER WHITE—VOYAGE 3 Joseph Gamblick 3.37 Joe R. Graves 602.13 James Winters 2.63 J. Chadwick Hagbey 2.63 REINHOLD RICHTER VOYAGE 1 ROBIN LOCKSLEY W. N. Beatty 2.64 VOYAGE 12 D. Morgan 2.64 Sjur Borlang 2.95 D. Kerr 2.64 Fidal Lukban 11.38 REINHOLD RICHTER ROBIN LOCKSLEY VOYAGE 2 VOYAGE 13 Robert Lee Bladsacker 30.71 Francisco Morciglio ; 7.28 Charles J. DeCromer 30.71 Henry R. Singleton 7.11 Harold R. Storer 30.71 L. C. Sawyer 30.71 ROBIN LOCKSLEY VOYAGE 14 RICHARD RUSH—VOYAGE 2 16.42 Robert Hall 4.27 John W. Przelecki Vito Karchmajeski 8.88 John F. Martins 4.27 Charles Mundis 2.64 Nelson H. Ostman ............ 4.27 R. V. Kern 2.84 Frank Revill ;.. 4.27 Harold L. UpdegrafE 2.84 Bernaldo' Villaneuva 4.98 Clarence C. Short Paul J. Combs William D. Baisley 4.27 ROBIN LOCKSLEY 4.98 VOYAGE 15 4.98 Vito Karchmajeski RICHARD RUSH—VOYAGE 3 ROBIN SHERWOOD Johannes T. Norgaard 7.82 VOYAGE 12 Gunnar K. Svalland 4.98 Paul Marifke David F. M. Sykes 7.11 Robert E. Hardin ... Gerard F. Hanraham .7. 4.98 ROBIN SHERWOOD James W. McFarlin 2.13 VOYAGE 13 RICHARD RUSH—VOYAGE 4 P. Gonzales W. Dickson 2.17 ROBIN TUXFORD Harry Justice 12.61 VOYAGE 11 William Maximo 6.75 Carlton S. Johnson 26.84 Edward Hosinski Thomas R. Stoneking 7.42 ROBIN TUXFORD Albert Weber 9.60 VOYAGE 15 ROBIN ADAIR—VOYAGE 69 Manfred Keillitz Leon Gray -6.48 Andrew Jones Angelo Stranery 2.13 ROBIN WENTLEY ROBIN ADAIR—VOYAGE 71 VOYAGE 6 John Hatgimisios 3.77 C. Hill John Aba 5.34 P. Fitzgerald % C. Gundersen ;. ROBIN DONCASTER Arthur H. Duncan VOYAGE 2 Eugene H. Haas Lawrence Holmes 40.00 Joseph Kniffin J. L. Sterne ROBIN DONCASTER A. L. Ottinger VOYAGE 4 J. E. Stilman ! Eugene O'Brien 2.84 B. K. Monroe D. F. Kelly ROBIN DONCASTER F. R. Steigler VOYAGES r Theodore M. Ross 7.38 J. M. Boyt Julius A. Batille 3.69 R. Hite Kenneth D. Bailey 41.65 A. B. Ottinger Henry B. Perrin ROBIN DONCASTER ROBIN WENTLEY VOYAGE 7 VOYAGE 7 Gregory J. Colburn 6.44 I. J. Sullivan Jabe H. Steadham 6.44 Jack Anderton : Franklin K. Buchanan 1.45 Karl L. Sneath Clint D. Reavis 6.44 Robert W. Ross 6.44 ROBIN WENTLEY Albert C. Bogel 6.44 VOYAGE 8 Douglas E. Smith 1.45 Howard G. Rogers Franklin C. Loschi 1.45 Glifford M. Spratham Jule F. Zaleski 6.44 Thomas Brooke 6.15 5.36 5.93 .71 52 22.13 10.66 ROBIN WENTLEY VOYAGE 9 Oscar F. Nelson Paul T. Amos Richard L. Amos Ray Bough Frank Aghazarmian John A. Lambert Ray Bough : Wilbur J. Bohn ROBIN WENTLEY VOYAGE 10 W. H. Kuehn George R. Golden SAMUEL GRIFFIN VOYAGE 2 Roman Gonzales Allister Murner SAMUEL GRIFFIN VOYAGE 3 William Carlson SAMUEL GRIFFIN VOYAGE 4 John Snivernarz Theodore Wiglarz F. A. Lenk Theodore Wiglarz James D. Matheson Emilio DeSanto 98.75 WALTER COLTON 98.75 VOYAGE 1 98.75 John L. Buck 12.80 98.75 Homer O. Wooley 19.75 98.75 5.28 WALTER COLTON 5.36 VOYAGE 2 1.22 Paul L. Garrett 36.50 WALTER COLTON VOYAGE 3 8.53 Roy Simpkins : 1.07 20.60 Douglas H. Hudson 1.07 Paul L. Garrett ....: 10.82 Winston L. Castleman 19.17 Jose M. Delora 11.31 98.75 80.44 WILLIAM MOULTRIE VOYAGE 1 A. Michelet 11.42 Samuel L. Ash 2.75 2.66 Oscar Anderson ;..... 21.69 2.61 2.61 2.95 3.20 SAMUEL GRIFFIN VOYAiE 5 Harry Weisberg Theodore Paul, Jr John Slaman .'. Louis E. Williams Helon Ballantfne 1.32 11.38 5.69 3.55 2.84 SAMUEL GRIFFIN VOYAGE 6 Edward B. Chachulski 3.Q7 SIDNEY LANIER VOYAGE 1 Donald D. Knox James L. March John Camara Bobby Lancaster Abry C. Mullen Halbert S. Ray Thomas J. Whitford J. E. Mathews W. F. Morris J. A. Hugdens G. L. Prescott Lonnie Sims 6.46 5.15 5.15 5.95 5.14 5.15 5.81 12.56 .89 23 5.19 5.89 SIDNEY LANIER VOYAGE 2 Leo E. Narodzonek Ellis D. Weller Donald M. Grove Joseph J. Radziewicz Howard E. King Lester E. Leach James B. Thompson L....;.... Ralph A. Barber Walter R. Compean Frank Gecan Alan Whitmer 14.22 14.22 14.22 14.22 14.22 14.22 14.22 14.22 14.22 14.22 14.22 1.84 3.17 3.32 1.35 5.65 5.65 71 2.84 4.58 4.58 5.29 3.16 SIDNEY LANIER 3.87 VOYAGE 3 . 5.80 5.47 Frank Lis 5.64 SIDNEY LANIER VOYAGE 5 George Bartin 10.66 THOMAS MASARYK 3.55 VOYAGE 1 .64 Walter A. Ogden 2.95 14.53 4.60 THOMAS MASARYK 2 12.30 VOYAGE 2.97 Elmer S. Schrouder .70 C. Siegler 14.52 7.94 8.61 478.98 WILLIAM MOULTRIE VOYAGE 2 Philip Syrex 28.74 Clifton E. Mainers 5.00 David Hall 5.20 Regis F. Hartnett 5.20 Bryan G. Downes 5.19 Newton A. Paine 5.15 Robert M. Snell 28.74 Leo N. Cullman i 5.15 Edmund Zalusky 5.15 Angel Uriarte, Jr .....' 5.06 Thomas Morgan 5.15 Walter I. Little 5.18 William Szyts 5.15 John RicUy !.. 27.77 Harold Greenlee ^ 5.19 Karl F. Karlson, Jr 27.82 Mike Agic 5.18 Aubrey Silverthorne 5.17 Arthur H. Foerch 5.20 Earl R. Pennock 5.17 Money Due| SS JOHN H. B. LATROBE James Houghton, 1 hr; Richard Floyd, 4 hrs; H. Boucher, 4 hrs; R. Eubanks, 4 hrs; A. R. Swiscowski, 1 hr; E. Rihn, 4 hrs; W. Apple, 5 hrs; S. Birkland, 2 hrs; C. Bandu, 2 hrs; M. Silva, 90 hrs; A. Gniewkowski, 4 hrs; L. Minks, 4 hrs; C. Eister, 4 hrs; J. Bubler, 4 hrs; R. Peak, 5 hrs; J. Kivler, 4 hrs; G. Berkimer, 4 hrs. * Collect at Calmar, 44 Whitehall Street, New York, N.Y. I > *1 SS JOHN BLAIR W. White, 19 days. Second Cooks Wages. Collect at Calmar office, New York, N. Y. i SS BANVARD J. Knapp, Oiler: you have money coming to you and can collect at the SIU Hall, New York. '' a> i SS BETHORE Thomas Donoghy, Oiler, 24 hrs; Thomas Estelle, Wiper, 2 hrs; B. Seliste, Dk. Eng., 12 hrs. Collect at Calmar SS Company office. a> a> i SS PEPPERELL The following men have $36.00 each coming to them for security watches in New York: A. R. Thebochearu, J. R. Pawlaczyk, J. E. Peters. Collect at Calmar SS Company, office. 4. a^ a; SS BAYOU CHICO Rogers, AB, 7 hrs;.Japel, AB, 4 hrs; Wallander, OS, 7 hrs; John­ son, AB, 6 hrs; Brinck, AB, 6 hrs; Davis, OS, 10 hrs; Frye, AB, 3% hrs; Messer, AB, 3 hrs; Reyes,, OS, 7% hrs. Collect at Waterman SS Company office. WILLIAM MOULTRIE VOYAGE 3 Michael F. Larkin u.... 49.08 R. Denzek 39.82 Howard V. Wilson 5,08 H. Fenton 22.75 H. Knutson : S.OQ^ WILLIAM MOULTRIE VOYAGE 5 WILLIAM MOULTRIE Richard F. Eastman 2.63 VOYAGE 6 A. Madigan 22.75 Richard W. Townsend 18.72 Around The Ports (Cont'muei from Page 6) you are in port, it can't possibly be an emergency, for the Hall is open from 8 AM to 9 PM on week days and from 10 AM to 6 PM on Sundays and holidays. Therefore it is easy enough to call your Union Hall for replacements. These shipping rules apply to all the Departments. Some Stewards are under the impression that they stand alone and their word is law. Person­ ally, I know they are wrong and for the benefit of those that don't you belong to an industrial Union. The Engihe Department at any time or the Deck or Stew­ ard Department can hold a meet­ ing when one or the other of the Departments is violating any of the SIU Rules or it's Constitu­ tion. With cooperative methods among the three Departments aboard the ships, difficulties can be ironed out practically 80% except that which must be iron­ ed out on arrival in Port. The SIU is a solid union, and all De­ partments are combined for but a purpose, the betterment of con­ ditions and wages. The SIU is progressing and without your co­ operation and interest, we as an organization, wouldn't have pro­ •i gressed this far. We, as members of the SIU, are fully aware that there is only, a small dent into the maritime field and that we must all cooperate to expand our union. • For witho*ut expending, we will be static and will be­ come stale and lose interest. 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Title A name given to the resource April 20, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VII, No. 16 Description An account of the resource STRIKE FUND VOTING IS NOW PROGRESSING FOUR DEAD IN TANKER CRASH GALLANT VESSEL AWARD IS MADE TO SUP SHIP DEMAND WAGE FREEZE END TRADE UNION EMISSARY THEY'RE HARD OF HEARING BUILD THE STRIKE FUND GI JOE NOT ANTI-UNION NEW BOOKLET IS PUBLISHED BY SIU EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT SUP SHIP RESCUES TWO ARMY AIRMEN BRITISH SEAMEN GET INCREASED PAYMENT FOR DEPENDENTS GERMAN SEAMEN STRUGGLE AGAINST THE NAZI REGIME COAST GUARD EXAMINATION FOR REEFER ENGINEERS IS A FARCE N.Y. TIMES DEMANDS FAIR TREATMENT FOR US LABOR-SPOTLIGHT ADMIRAL TAKES OVER THE SS AMELIA GALLEY BAILEY BILL BANNING ROYALTIES WOULD HIT UNION HEALTH FUNDS MARINE HOSPITAL IN LOS ANGLES AREA UNION MEN NEEDED ON GREAT LAKES BRITISH TRANSPORT WORKERS BOND SALESMEN ARE INVITED TO VISIT NORWEGIAN SABOTEURS SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 04/20/1945 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1945 Periodicals Seafarers Log