http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/b50f5cb001584354b8fb8c2531c6eccb.PDF 15f65547a2c5bc52d5135a318afa4435 PDF Text Text •'/;• • . •'• '•'-<• • " ' ' J;-'J-'• ^'P'^ :••' • .'^-• .U._ 'i '•••>'t>;' • •••X.•- -- V Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America Vol. VII. NEW YORK, N. Y.. FRIDAY, MAY 4, 194S fe,./ 'l^Xt ^\V. . t * Mine Owners Sabotage WageNegotiations; Hard Coal Miners Strike For Contract Government seizure of the na­ tion's hard coal mines lopmed nearer this week as union con­ tracts expired and the coal oper­ ators continued their stalling tac­ tics in negotiations with the United Min/, Workers. Meanwhile, a compromise set­ tlement offered by Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins and turn­ ed down by the operators, was accepted by the miners. Mrs. Perkins' compromise pro­ posed: 1. Payment for travel- time to the amount of $1.50 per day. 2. Vacation payments of $75. 3. Increases of four and six cents in shift differentials. 4. Payment for overtime after 7 hours work, instead of af­ ter an accumulated period of 40 hours within a given week. The operators refused to accept the first and. fourth terms, claim­ ing, that, these would raise the price of coal more than $1 per ton to the consumer. The miners maintain that the increased cost would amount to only 39 cents a ton. A War Labor Board order that the contract be extended for an­ other thirty days was relayed to New Lifeboat Is OK'd A new lifteboat has been ac­ cepted for American merchant ships by the Coast Guard, after months of intensive tests. Made of aluminum, the new boat weighs considerably less than a wooden one of the same cubic capacity, and approximately half of a steel lifeboat of the same capacity. The new aluminum boat is re­ sistant to. the corrosive action of the various chemicals found in sea water, and because of its lighter weight, materially reduces the weight installed on upper decks, affecting the stability of the vessel. both parties, with the proviso that future agreements be retroactive. The alternative was government operation of the mines. .How the situation will develop is, of course, rather hard to say. Both sides are experts at negoti­ ations. The miners, led by John L. Lewis, are one of the most militant labor' organizations in America, and seem to be stead­ fast in their determination not to work without a contract. The coal operators, among the most reactionary forces in Am­ erica, are experts in skillful sa­ botage of orderly collective bar­ gaining proceedure, and are us­ ing the excuse of a national em­ ergency to try to break the min­ ers' organization. The threat of government seiz­ ure would do the operators little harm, as their profits would go on, in any case. But as Lewis has pointed out in the past, "You can't mine coal with bayonets." No, 18 NMU RAISES PHONEY $200WAGE DEMANDS TO COVER SELL-OUT The top leadership of the National Maritime Union is currently engaged in trying to convince the seamen that they have a "program" that will raise the basic monthly wage scale to $200, We leave aside for the moment their hocus-pocus about "take home" wages which ignores the withholding tax deduction which would reduce the $200 scale to a much lower "take home" figure. Stripped of its wriggling contortions and verbal gymnastics, the NMU "program" proposes to effect a 100 percent increase in the basic wage scale, to offset the impending bonus cut when the war in Europe terminates. In an "open letter" sent to the SIU and other maritime unions, the NMU National Council invites "comment and criticism" and wants to know whether we are "for" or "against." Without further hesitation we wish to record our vote "for" a 100 percent wage increase for seamen. It would be difficult to find any seaman in his right mind, who would be "against" doubling his present wage scale. There can be no disagreement on this point! BY WHAT METHOD The question that immediately arises, however, is how are we to go about getting a wage increase. By what method are we to achieve the announced goal of a $200 basic monthly scale? Unless the proposal is to remain noth­ ing but a pious wish, the question of method assumes para­ mount importance. It is precisely on this fundamental question that we find sharp differences of opinion. The NMU "program" outlines a series of steps, whicK they contend will guarantee success. The first step is to get the War Labor Board to apply the 5 J cent hourly min­ imum wage to the seafaring industry. The second, is to enact the Pepper Bill, now in Congress, to raise the min­ imum to 6 J cents. The third is then to get Congress to adopt the CIO proposal for a 72 cent minimum. Even if the seamen got beyond the third step, they would still fall short of $200 a month. The gap is made up by some plain and fancy juggling with figures on subsistence, etc., etc. In fact, with all their statistics they never quite get up to $200. But we won't haggle over a few dollars one way or another. Even if this method only resulted in basic wage scale of $18 5.30, which is their top statistical figure for ABs, we would be for it. However, this in their eyes astronomical figure would mean giving up all the hard earned gains in living and working conditions. This we will not do. "YALTA MEANS PORK CHOPS!" How do the NMU wizards propose to solve this prob­ lem? Why, they answer, on the basis of Bretton Woods, Dumbarton Oaks, Teheran and Yalta. By "unity," if you please! First, the seamen must win the confidence of the shipowners and their political agents in Washington by promising that there will be no more strikes or stoppages. Then the "friends" of labor in Congress must be rallied to the support of "unity" by adopting the aforementioned legislation. In addition, the YMCA secretaries, social work^ raCffilKK:;:. (Cmtimui Fage 2) -.v. �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. May 4. 1945 ''You Got a Future, Kid!—Follow Me!'' SEAFARERS LOG FreiH The Assistant Sec'y-Treas. Published by the SEAFAREES INTEENATJONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Af^iated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ Tresident 10$ Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-^Treas, P. O. Box 2$, Station P., New York Qty MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Wmhington Rep. 424 ^th Street:, N. W., Washii^ton, D. 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This is the "method" by which the NMU officialdom proposes to win a 100 percent wage increase for the seamen! We must he pardoned if we appear a little skeptical. Suppose, for the sake of argument, that the methods ad­ vocated by the NMU leaders fail to achieve the desired tesults. What then? Nowhere in the history of seamen's struggle for decent wages, working and living conditions, is there a shred of evidence that the method proposed has worked in the past or will work in the future. On the contrary, hitter experience has taught that the seamen got only what they were strong enough to fight for and win with the aid of their fellow workers. DON'T FORGET HISTORY It is only necessary to recount, briefly, a few episodes to refresh the memory of the Yalta medicine-men. After the last war, the government utilized the apparatus it had built up during the war, to smash the seafaring unions in 1921. From 1921 to 1934 neither Congress, the Administra­ tion or the "public" lifted a finger against the brutal ex­ ploitation of the seamen by the profit-hungry shipowners. 'When the seamen struck for union recognition in 1934, the government did everything in its power to help the ship­ owners smash the strike. It was only because of the fighting solidarity of the seamen and the shoreside workers that the strikebreaking Attempt failed. After the seamen heat off a second attempt by the shipowners to smash the unions in 1936-37 the gov­ ernment again came forward with an attempt to dogcollar the reamen, through the Copeland fink-book. In spite of the sabotage of Curran on the East Coast and Bridges on the West Coast, the seamen fought the finkbook and heat it. From then to the outbreak of the war the government made repeated attempts to smash the union hiring halls by establishing government fink-halls. While the other unions were desperately, battling against the ^k-halls, Curran apd company came out with the slo­ gan: "Pack the government shipping halls." AN UNCEASING STRUGGLE Since the war the seamen had to fight, first, to establish more adequate bonus payments and then to resist unwar­ ranted bonus cuts. The NMU officials sabotaged this fight -/ By LOUIS GOFF^ I am glad to state that beefs from the outports are very (few and far between, and those that I have on file, which have not been settled, are now in the pro­ cess of being finshed up. There is one beef concerning the tak­ ing of soundings by Maintenance men aboard a couple of Calmar scows, and I am in hopes of hav­ ing this beef settled up this week. Dur toughest job is with Water­ man, where we have about four or five legitimate beefs, which' as yet have not been settled^ due to the fact that Captain Perkins, the Company representative, refuses to pay off. His answers on these beefs have been nothing but alibies and noes. However, we haVe applied the Port Committee sec­ tion of the Agreement on this bird, and we should meet some time this week. We have hopes that all these pending beefs with Waterman will be settled at that meeting; if they are not, we will all along the line. It is only because the fight was made, des­ bring in an impartial referee, ,and pite and against the Curran policy, that the NMU members his decisions will be final and enjoyed the gains made by other unions. This was demon­ binding. strated most clearly in the slogan raised by the NMU leader­ I am still getting overtime dis­ ship in their last negotiation's for a wage increase when they putes, which are written on or^ paper or letterhead sheets. demanded that the wage scale be "equalized." That is, dinary We have the proper overtime brought up to the higher standards already won by the sheets which have been sent to SIU. The whole record proves that, because of the phoney all the branches, so if any crew C'l leadership of the NMU, they functioned like parasites, liv­ member pays Off in an outport, he should try to get some of these ing off the gains made by other unions. sheets and copy Ms disputed Now they have the cast iron gall to lecture us about overtime on them. how to gain a 100 percent wage increase by the easy, pain­ And again I repeat, try to get less, method of writing letters to your Congressmen or elect­ the signature of the head of the ing broken down ward heelers to public office. In doing Department in order, to verify so they are deliberately creating false illusions and disarm­ that such work was done. It is ing the seamen for the struggles which will inevitably come much easier to collect when I have such evidence. in the next period. Our Social Eegister and "Do INDEPENDENT UNION ACTION Not Ship" list wUl be sent out in Against this false policy of depending entirely upon mimeographed form to all the shipowner controled politicians in Washington, we must West Coast and Lakes District halls this week. We will send advocate and continue to practice independent trade union supplements to these forms from^ action. By this we mean direct negotiations with the ship­ time to time. Master files, when owners based upon our own economic strength—our completed, will be sent to all At­ lantic and Gulf branches; mime­ power to strike! It has been only by strike actions that the maritime ographed forms wUl be sent tem­ unions haye been able to force the shipowners to listen to porarily. Like all seamen, I believe in reason in the past. This situation will not change. It will high wages and the best of work­ be only by the threat of our economic strength that the ing conditions on all ships, but I do not believe in sacrificing any shipowners will listen to reason in the future. It is only along this road that we can hope not only of our conditions for a lot of ship­ owner and NMU promises. My to defend our living standard, hut to win further wage experiences from the 1921 strike concessions to meet the ever increasing cost of living. convince me very well not to be­ lieve in the promises of shipown­ ers or officials who would attempt to sabotage working conditions which were won by good union Four alternate public members of the War Labor seamen through action on the Board, whose job is the freezing of the wages under the waterfront. Yes, two hundred Little Steel formula, were promoted to the status of regular dollars a month is something that ... no seaman would sneeze at. How­ members, and had their salaries raised from $9,000 a year ever, if it means to sacrifice what ($173 a week) to $10,000 a year ($192 a week), by an we already have, then this two executive order hundred a month is shallow in its We wish these four struggling arbitrators well. The entire meaning. However, know­ SIU is always pleased when struggling workers pull them­ ing the shipowner like we dp, we selves out of the clutches of poverty. We seamen know can rest assured that this pipe dream will fly away on .the how hard it is to live on $173 dollars a week, we find it clouds, and that the only way we hard ourselves, and the extra 19 bucks per week should will ever get raises, when this war is over, will be through good help ease their way a bit. We shudder to think of the taxes these hard pressed, union militant action as it was in . and presumably under nourished, bureaucrats will have to the past. I, for one, do not, and never pay, and any seaman making $ 110 a month caught raising have, trusted the shipowner or * a fuss will have his h(X)k lifted. any stoogie gang of Commies " We have only one question: Did the War Labor Board with their pie in the sky" promvote on it? (Cpntinued on Page f). Washington Success Story �•j -V Friday, May 4, ld45 ' ' •. v-; :• I HE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three Dispatcher Gonsorchik Weaves A Dream t NEW YORK CITY, May 1— South Seas is something we can't The mystery of the three missing quite figure out—but they didn't stock brokers, who have been the get there on the Bayou Chico. So objects of a three week, country­ wide searcTi, was solved with the delivery of the following tele­ WASHINGTON — Just three gram to the SIU hall today: weeks ago Congress resounded Docked at (Name of to impassioned oratory on the desperate need for freezing war Port censored) today. Gonsorchik lied. Gonsorchik is a workers to their jobs. The echoes had hardly died (three words censored). No hula down, the nation was still at girls. No sunshine. No moon­ By PAUL HALL shine. Not even beer. Only rain. And soogeeing yesterday, and to­ Last week when walking down Pearl Street with a couple of day, and sure thing for tomorrow. the boys, we noticed a fellow standing on a corner right near an Tell Gonsorchik (10 words unorganized steamship company's office. He had that rather hang­ censored). dog look on his face, which is usually characteristic of this par­ Signed ticular type. (Names withheld by the The thing that attracted our attention first was a piece of paper Editor) this monkey had in his hand and he seemed to be hitting everybody And so now the story can be who came along the street, (most of whom were seamen,) with a it must have been a scab ship, told. line of conversation. We noticed that whatever guy he was talking and it serves them right. It was a warm, languid day. to at the moment would listen for a second, then shake his head war, and the shape of the peace So that's all there is, except brightly, yes, and then, after a couple of more seconds, shake his yet to be decided when Sen. The boys lolled around the sec­ that Gonsorchik is asking to be head no and then walk off with the same expression on his face Albert Chandler (D., Ky. ) ond deck dispatching, dreaming transfered to Galveston, before that you usually see on a guy's face after he has turned down a threw over his duties as Sena­ soft, smooth, blonde dreams; and three bedraggled, disillusioned cold, wet beery dreams. Nobody South Street bum panhandling for a quarter. This got the best of tor to take a $50,000 job as looked at the board. Nobody brokers, snared by the song of a our curiosity so we moved in on the guy to see what the score was. baseball "czar." spring-fevered dispatcher, hit the cared. This was his story; WLB officials admitted that shore. Back of the counter, clutching "Are you men seamen?" We told him yes. Then out gushed a the Little Steel formula had no torrent of words. "How would you like to have $200 a month wages? bearing on this 500% wage in­ the microphone with the techni­ que of a Sinatra, was Paul Gon­ Maritime Service Quits We must uphold the Terehen and Yalta Decision. It is a shame we crease from $10,000 to $50,000. sorchik, just as languid, just as could not have saved Wallace. It will be even a bigger shame if we dreamy. He didn't care either. Recruiting Men Under 26 think of striking in peacetime—blah, blah, blah." PAYS TO ADVERTISE He'd just as soon be in Central WASHINGTON, April 25—The To the uninitiated, this would have been very confusing to say A man wrote to a Montreal Park with his beautiful wife. Maritime Service has stopped re­ the least, but knowing the spiel that the commies use, we knew newspaper: But Paul is a man with an eye cruiting men 18 through 26, it about what the next move would be. And sure enough, this brilliant "Thursday I lost a gold watch I toward his duty. He looked at the young fellow winds up in a squeaky voice: "If you believe in all valued highly. I advertised in board, and winced—the SS Bayou was disclosed today. this mister, and want $200 a month, please sign your name here," your lost and found column and Chico looked back at him with a The effect is to leave men in and here flourished the paper in his hand which was an NMU waited patiently. Yesterday, I smirk. Go on, it seemed to say, this age group in essential war petition. ' went home and found the watch fill me up. Now, even on good jobs, or available for the armed in another suit. It certainly pays days, the Bayou Chico is some­ forces. To those of you who have not already guessed, this was one of thing to fill. Nobody wants any In general, the new regulation the NMU "organizers" working on the "unorganized." It is no damn to advertise." part of it. is in line with one which was wonder that this outfit is rapidly making itself the laughing stock discontinued about eight months But Paul drew him a deep LOVELY NUMBER of the labor movement. breath; hi.<5 duty was plain, and ago when enlistments were To have the stupidity to get out and hustle this kind of crap in he was man enough to do an un­ opened tq men 17 Vz to 50 years of the streets in this manner is not only harmful to a guy's personal pleasant job. He grasped the age. reputation, but is absolutely disastrous when it is done in the name mike firmly, and spoke up in a Under the new regulation, the of an outfit which calls itself a "union." It is damn tough enough soft lilting voice. Maritime Service will accept men fighting the shipowners and the government bureaus without some "Okay, fellows, here she is— between the ages of 17 years, 9 so-called labor unions in the maritime industry making such jack­ the Bayou Chico, the ship of your months and 50, exclusive of the asses out of themselves! dreams. The one all seamen look 18 through 26 age group. forward to — the south seas t t I special, straight to the land of everlasting summer, of soft You Can*t Work On Fish One of the many points of discussion in the Port of New York breezes caressing your brow The Atlantic Fishermen's is the shipping rules. The dispatchers here sometimes have a hell of while you rest under a palm tree. Union (affiliated with the, SIU) a time with fellows who take jobs and then don't show up on the "Three beautiful maidens to was turned down by the WSA in ship to turn to and then to top it aU, don't even bother to notify the smooth your brow. Three beau­ their quest for a larger meat al­ dispatchers. This causes a hell of a lot of confusion at times and it tiful maidens to dance for your lotment. The union has been must be stopped. delight; Three beautiful maidens claiming that the work is so 'JThe SIU has the most democratic set of shipping rules in the to strenuous that the men cannot industry and there is no necessity for a man to abuse them or not And on he went. His voice work efficiently at the present live up to them in ANY respect. Our responsibility, according to our grew stronger, and his spiel more red point ration allowed them. contracts, is to man ships With competent men, and to man them alluring. The men on the benches They were dii-ected to the OPA, within a certain period of time. It puts us in a hell of a weak posi­ woke up and listened rapturous­ under the excuse that fishing tion if our members do not take these jobs and turn to when they ly. Gonsorchik was weaving a boats do not come under WSA should. Even though the percentage of men abusing this rule is very deep spell, and men could smell jurisdiction. The OPA turned .small, it should be remembered nevertheless that ANY abuse of this the wild exotic flowers of the Pa­ 'down a similar request last Jan­ rule affects the welfare of every member of this union and all of us cific islands, and could actually uary. must realize that our shipping rules, to be kept democratic and to see, tantalizingly out of reach, Several boats remained tied up be protected, must be lived up to. slender grass - skirted maidens in Boston and New Bedford be­ floating through the air out' cause of lack of red points. t 4. through the open windows. In response to an announcement made by the Seafarers, un­ There is no telling what would organized seamen from various outfits are coming up every day to have happened had this contin­ look over our-union hall. These men come from all outfits and.it is ued. Slowly the men approached interesting to watch their reactions in seeing how a union operates. the counter, to put their books in The Seafarers IniemaiionFor instance, the other day we had a large group of Isthmian Line for the Bayou Chico; Paul him­ al Uhion and the Port of men up to look the joint over and they were very impressed with self was about to put in for it— Baltimore regret to an­ when the men were brushed aside the set-up. nounce the passing of Bro­ by three wild-eyed brokers who, ther James McCaulIey, an What struck most of them was the manner in which the mem­ hearing Gonsorchik's dream mel­ old time member of the SIU. bership's overtime disputes and beefs were taken care of. ody in the streets below, rushed Brother McCaulley was in demanding to ship on the These fellows will be coming up now in even greater numbers formerly Patrolman in Balti­ Bayou Chico. to see how our outfit works, so all members and' officials should more and held book number The SIU men awoke from their talk to them and give 'em the dope on the Seafarers and the man­ 1. He was very active in the dreams sheepishly. They swept ner in which we operate, as well as any information they may care early days of the union and the hall clean of the assorted for regarding our contracts. Most of all, we should show them how instrumental in its growth. brokers and financial tycoons; and our membership's problems are handled, and in this manner, they Brother McGaulley passed Whether you admire the girl deposited them back on the will know what belonging to a union can mean. away in his sleep, and was or the sunsuit—^the effect is pret­ street. buried by his friends. " Let them see for themselves the benefits of trade unionism in ty nice. The gal is Ella Raines of That's all we know. How these action! Universal Pictures. three brokers ever got to the Job Jumping Senator Goto Big Wage Hike Final Departure �- .•:( -• • . • >•' \^. •'.: '• f • 5. '• Sr^.- ".. Page Four ^ -••' :•' v.' - ••/•' - v :--; -•• -'• . THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. May 4. 1945. SIU Founder Honored In Congress Andrew Furuseth, founder of responded to his seemingly irre our union and known to all as sistible pleas for freedom for "the Abraham Lincoln" of tlie seamen. seamen, was honored in Con­ "It should be noted that until gress last month by Senator Har­ success crowned Mr. Furuseth'i -A old H. Burton,-of Ohio. Senator legislative campaign American Burton eulogized i^ruseth's lead­ seamen could not strike after ership of maritime labor and signing of shipping articles. The praised the legislation won by penalties for striking or quitting Furuseth which removed seamen the ship had been unchanged for from the status of slave labor. centuries, and it was Mr. Furu Following is the text of Sen­ seth's self-selected task to abolish ator Burton's remarks on the these penalties. floor of the Senate, and the ex­ "The principal laws passed by tension of his remarks as printed Congress to bring about these in the Congressional Record: changes are: Tribute to Andrew Furuseth 1. The Maguire Act of 1895. EXTENSION OF REMARKS 2. The White Act of 1898. 3. The La Follette Act of 1915 of HON. HAROLD H. BURTON "By the passage of these meas­ ures American seamen were by of Ohio In the Senate of the United States degrees made freemen and now n/r J -R/r uioin/ii: i have Monday, March 12, 1945 . , . the. legal, right , , to quit their . ' jobs in any safe harbor anywhere "Mr. BURTON. Mr. President, on earth, recently as a member of the «j^ -g signifi,cant that although Board of Visitors on the part of 22 years have passed since the the Senate 1 visited the Umted enactment of the La Follette law States Merchant Marine Acad^t^er nation has to date grantemy at Kings Point, N. Y., and to seamen. I noticed among those especially, honored was Andrew Furuseth,' "Probably the principal episode who during his lifetime has conFuruseth's life was the pretributed greatly to improvement paration and passage of the La in labor conditions of seamen of Follette Seamen's Act of March the United States. 14, 1915, which virtually completed "I have been advised today that his life work of making the this is the ninety-first anniver­ American seaman a free man. sary of the birthday of Andrew "Mr. Furuseth prepared most Furuseth, and 1 ask unanimous of the. data for the committees of consent that there be printed in the House and the Senate and the Appendix of the RECORD a submitted numerous pamphlets, memorandum with regard to his of which he was the sole author, career, which has been obtained in support of this measure. At from the library of the American that time, this legislation was criticized as being inimical to Federation of Labor. ' American shipping but since the "There being no objection, the memoradum was 'oXr^rto b;' Passage of the act it has been re­ printed in the RECORD as fol­ cognized by shipowners that it was a much needed reform. lows: "For many years past Mr. Fur­ "Andrew Furuseth, president of useth has been president of the the International Seamen's Union, International Seamen's .Union, lave been amended so as to pro­ was born in Romedal, Norway, on with headquarters at Washington, vide for the freedom which the March 12, 1854, the son of An­ D. C., where until recently, he seaman of today has. dreas Nielsen Furuseth and Mar­ tha Jensdatter. He was the fourth has been in constant attendance "•While having only an ele­ child of eight born to them. The at congressional committees on mentary education, Bfe. Furuseth, family was very poor, according behalf of seamen. He was largely by self study, became a learned to Mr. Furuseth, and at the age responsible for that portion of the and cultured student of the law of 8 he was fostered away from'Jo"®^ Act of March 5, 1920, which and of economics. He is the au­ his parents until confirmed. jS^^e added benefits to seamen, thor of innumerable pamphlets agreed that ALL men aboard "Mr. Furuseth went to sea in which have been submitted to FRENCH SEAMEN ships are entitled to the same 1873 and sailed successively on pelled him to retire did he fail the respective bodies of Congress (ITF) The New York Section of food. Norwegian, Swedish, English, in support of seamen's bills, as the French Seamen's Union, an . French, German, and American well as articles in technical, pro­ affiliate of the International Added Indemnity for Sea­ ships. He came to the United principal accomplishment fessional, and trade magazines. men's Families in France— Transport Workers' Federation, States in 1880 and almost imFui-useth can be said to be French seamen in the United mediately began his agitation for entirely unselfish man- "Mr. Furuseth attended num­ organized just three months ago, States hospitalized or waiting a change in the status of seamen. almost single handed. erous international conferences has made rapid achievements for their turn in the pool, who In 1887 he was elected secretary responsible for changing and was a respected and beloved its membership. are sending family aUotmcnts of the Pacific Coast Seamen's ^®Sal status of seamen in the delegate to the conventions of the In addition to the many indi­ to France, will now receive Union, subsequently named the United States from that of a com- American Federation of Labor vidual dispute cases successfully an additional $2.80 a week to ever si.nce the International Sea­ Sailors' Union of the Pacific, and parative serf or peon to that of men's Union became a part of the solved on board French ships, cover the increased cost of at that time an organized struggle a free-born American citizen. American Federation of Labor in the following general improve­ living. ments have been obtained for was initiated to change the status This reform he has accomplished 1892. it* in a lawful manner. He has ad­ the French Seamen of the New of seamen from what approxim­ "During his long period of as­ York Section: GERMAN MINERS ated serfdom to a standard of dressed himself to the agencies of law and order that are in exist­ sociation with the seamen's comparative freedom. 1) Shore Allowances—^All French German miners in the city of "As early as 1890, when Mr. ence in the United States. He has union, Mr. Furuseth consistently seamen in the United States Alsdorf have installed the first Furuseth was a delegate to an convinced Members of the House refused to accept more than an will now receive $4.50 per free workers' committee in Ger­ international seamen's conference and Senate of the justice of the absolute minimum salary to en­ day for food and lodging. Un- many. "The members of the com­ at Glasgow, he championed his seamen's cause and, accordingly, able him to keep body and soul , til now, this allowance was mittee are former anti-Nazis, and views on the freedom of the the statute's of the United States together. His labor has been en­ received only by the crews since they enjoy the confWence of tirely unselfish, and for nearly a sailor. of two ships. the miners, they have been ap­ half a century his every effort has A detailed story of the life ac­ proved by the Allied authorities,** 2) Paid Vacations—All French been a disinterested one to ele­ complishment of Mr. Furuseth is according to a report. "The head­ seamen having a family in vate the status of those who man told in a book called The Sailor's quarters of the committee are in the United States will now our ships. Union of-the Pacific by Dr. Paul the executive office building of receive a vacation schedule of "Mr. Furuseth often told his S. Taylor, of the University of the mine. 'Whoever enters it saltwo days a month. intiinate friends that the only California, published in 1923. ultes with the traditional miners' person tvho was really independ­ 3) Food—Up to now, there was greeting, 'Good luck' (Glueck-' "Mr Furuseth began his work ent was one who had nothing a distinction made on board in Washington in 1893 and suc­ and wanted nothing for himself. French ships between officers* suf)." The Nazis had forbidden cessive sessions of Congress by a and seamen's meals. After greeting and had insisted* On He, himself, lived that sort of series of legislative enactments life." union action was taken it was "Heil Hitler." f ANDREW FURUSETH -• .:fe'; h �r'Friday, May 4. 1945 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Fiv» K: ^^BIBSHIP 1,500,000 Seen Losing Jobs In 6 Months After V-E Day SOS-SOS Crew Of SS Benjamin Bourn Condemns The Sloppy Mate A leaky crafi and a rising sea— "Ahoy" shouts Hamhead, "Listen to Me! Rush forth, ye Commies, and plug up the leaks The water is rising to the seal of my breeks. "Flash SOS signals to Union Square We need fresh stooges, they've plenty to spare. Everyone connected with ships^ Heave ballast o'erside; give publicity wings! in Americh knows by actual ex­ Greetings To Members And pray to the Kremlin that succor it brings. perience, or has heard of, the The gang on this ship, now at terrible conditions that existed on sea, sends their best regards to "We toss in the darkness in one hell of a fright. them during the early dark ages all the SIU men and wish them In fear that our members may all see the light. of shipping. Today, after years smooth sailing. We are also sub­ So send up a signal, see that color's NOT red of bitter struggling, the shipping mitting a poem which is de­ And the Bosses shall tow us to safety and bed. world observes in. envy and ad­ dicated to the heroic dead of the miration the living conditions on "Nothing in sight but the rising sea, SIU, and in memory of the liv­ board an American vessel. Com­ A perilous voyage* as with treasure we flee. ing which unflichingly continues pany and union, officers and sea­ We are far from a port, the "brains" growing wild to deliver the war goods, in spite men, have arrived with a great Shipowners! Shipowners! Oh, save now your child!" of shell and torpedo. measure of success, at a mutual Fraternally It's the NMU scow on a mountainous sea— imderstanding and relationship D. E. JONES "Ahoy!" shouts the Hamhead! "All listen to me! which is typical of the American (The poem will appear in a The Commie Brigade to the buckets and leaks! way of life. However, during future issue of the Log—Editor). The water is rising to the seat of my breeks." these days of chaos and labor shortage, there enters into our crew are willing, in the face of —OLDTIMER branch of work new and inex­ his youthful incompetence, to ig­ perienced faces. Some of them nore them and place the beefs in are competent; others are not. In the petty class. However, we can­ our specific beef we are going not be submitted to the unsani­ to relate upon what we think to tary conditions that has existed be incompetence on the part of oi^ this voyage. Mr. Bernard L. Schein, working We have an illustration enin the capacity of chief mate losed depicting the^usual array of on board the SS Benjamin Bourn garbage on the port quarter of on her 9th voyage. the SS Bourn. This particular It is not very difficult to sym­ scene was executed. by a Phila­ pathize with the enthusiasm and delphia artist (a crew member) ambition which burns in a young at Port Said, and the signatures mate's heart when he is bending attached give witness to the fact A little grey dog hit the his fervent efforts to prove his that the. drawing is the actual mettle to the company by offi­ condition that existed there with­ STEWARD beach and set out to see the ciating in money saving devices. out any exaggeration whatsoever. town. And we do mean a dog, That is all very well, but unfor­ For further proof, the Coast IS PRAISED the four legged kind. Belong­ tunately the chief mate's methods Guard officer at Port Said can be S.S. Rufus E. Foster ing to Brother Johnny Haggie, in money saving provides a men­ consulted. This man wias shocked At Sea or viceversa, the neat, clean, ace to the health of the seamen. at the sight of this scandalous small fox terrier went to town April 12, 1945. For many weeks on the voyage display of garbage and ordered with a vengeance. We don't of the Bourn the garbage accum­ the chief mate to dump it as Dear Sir and Brother: know whether he got gassed up ulated to unsanitary proportions soon as possible. ' We are nearing the completion or not, but the Charlestown We ask you in the name of of our trip on the S.S. Rufus E. cops picked him up, and he Which provided the seamen with flies and filthy odors. Either human decency, for the preven­ Foster, Mississippi Shipping Com­ spent the night in the brig. through gross neglect or a cal­ tion of rat and fly multiplication, pany, out of Boston, February Because his fancy handloused indifference for the com­ and for any possible disease that 1945. As 4ime is plentiful and can arise as a result of this negli­ fort of his shipmates, Mr. Schein heads are clear, we are sending has fallen far short as an of­ gence, to put a definite stop to this communication commending ficer. On several occasions the this sort of practice. Namely: to brother James Coyne, who is garbage was dumped by seamen have garbage accumulate and sailing in the capacity of Chief on the 4 to 8 watch, at night in then have it dumped in order to Steward; on this vessel. Every­ the proper waters, because of the save money. For health's sake one aboard, including the of­ unbearable filth that accumulated garbage should be dumped daily ficers "have nothing but praise, and they put in for overtime. The whenever conditions permit it. for the Steward Department, and chief mate said the men were not WILLIAM PELLICONE the way in which it is rim under authorized to do so and accord­ LAURENCE MAKOWKA the very capable supervision of ingly •wrote "dispute" on their ROBERT LINDSAY Brother Coyne. overtime sheets. JOHN BANACH Aside from his work as Stew­ W. A. PERRY There are many complaints that ard, his amiable personality and tooled collar, carrying tags with WALTER LAPSHAS have multiplied to the chief his jovial mannerisms helpfd to the inscriptions, Khorramshahe. GEORGE LAPSHAS mate's disadvantage, but we the brighten up the dull and monot­ Persia; Aden, Beira; Capetown, Trinidad and the U. S. Mer­ onous parts of our voyage. chant Marine, clearly stamped We, the undersigned, would him as an old salt, the police like to take this opportunity, to held him and did not turn him give a vote of thanks to Brother over to the ASPCA. Coyne and the entire Stewards Brother Haggie saw the story Department. in a Charleston paper and Fratei-nally yours bailed him out. We don't know Robert J. Jones, 10320-A; Rob­ -what he told him. but it must ert Arelque, 32367; Joseph Alves, have been plenty. Do dogs have hangovers? 20586-A; Edward A. Lane, A-1527; Raymond Rousseau, 33840; Maurice G. Varney, 58763; BACKFIRED Edward C. Franlon, 32506; Scaturo, 32065; Joseph A Grondin, Seeing her former boy friend 43045; Walter A. Foster, 23872; at a party, a girl decided to snub Charles Kastsonis, L3854; A. R. him. Wood, Jr. 30794; A. M. Moyen, "So sorry," she murmured 41762; E. E. Roberts, 29350; E. J. when the hostess introduced him, Weber, 32888; Jeremiah Mc­ 'but I didn't get your name." Carthy, 25625; Carl Pearson, "I know you didn't," said the 27332; Paul Carroll, 49424; George unabashed young man, "but you certainly tried hard enough." C. Fohy, 25391. Dog Hits Beach—Beach Hits Bog * WASHINGTON (LPA) — Pro­ duction cutbacks that will throw some 1,500,000 workers out of their jobs during the six-month period following V-E Day are now practically taken for granted by War Production Board offi­ cials. Even this estimate may be too low, however, it is admitted. The 1,500,000 figure is based on a 1012% cutback but some WPB authorities believe that the total will be closer to 25% during the first few months after V-E Day. In spite of this, however, top WPB authorities insist on refer­ ring to this unemployment as "frictional" — expected to last only until the resumption of civil­ ian production can absorb those laid off. A current WPB memor­ andum admits that the period be­ tween the layoffs and resumption of civilian production at even the limited rate at which many sec­ tions of industry say they can move will be two to six months, with the longer period given as the probability for the major part of the reemplo3maent. Many such cutbacks and can­ cellations of contracts were an­ nounced during the past fort­ night, particularly in aircraft and shipbuilding. More such reduc­ tions are on the way—in radar, radio, artillery, communications equipment, tanks and certain other munitions, authoritative Washington reports indicate. WPB economists estimate the cutbacks during May will result in the layoffs of 300,000 workers. Behind these cold, hard figures is, of course, the human problem of jobs for workers laid off. So far, relatively little has been done by either Congress or the Admin­ istration to take up the slack, union spokesmen point out. In conferences with govern­ ment officials, unions have been insisting that an orderly recon­ version program be worked out, so as to facilitate the shift of laid-off workers to civilian pro­ duction without undue delay. OP A Shoe Ration Regulation Merchant seamen who apply for a shoe ration must submit their discharge paper to the board, according to a new proceedure initiated by the OPA. In those instances where a sea­ man does not have a discharge, he must have a letter from the company employing him, stating the length of time he has been at sea on the last trip and con­ firming the fact that he is stiU in its employ. Keep Yourself Posted Maybe you won't know what you are drinking, but you should know what it costs and how much of it you're getting. The OPA regulation which went into effect last week re­ quires the costs of drinks and the number of ounces served be post­ ed above the bar. Th. regulation should strip these phony-bottomglasses down to their fundamen­ tals. Keep your eyes open, and make sure the sign is posted. Then compare what you get in one place with what other places sell. Get what you are paying for. �Page Six TAMPA 11 ) |;i:. THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. May 4, 1945 Steam Ship Company, who was fined four days' pay,- the total, of $14.67, for wearing a high pres­ sure hat while on duty aboard the ship. The captain, Stephen H. Elloit, claimed that Binning's re­ fusal to take his hat off when told to do so, constituted the willful disobedience of a lawful com­ mand by the master. (Stop, cap­ tain, you are breaking my heart.) It appears to the writer that there are things of far greater im­ portance than logging a man for wearing a high pressure hat,, and - • captains like this one should re­ member the days when they were uniform struck. Of course, we don't condone the wearing of uni­ forms in the merchant service. However, as there is no law against this practice, we think the captain has exceeded his authority, and the commissioner here agrees with us. Well, I guess I have said enough for this time. Will try to do better next week. HARRY J. COLLINS. Agent In" the past few days we were seeing, quite a' few of the Tampa boys coming in from long trips. Red (Canteen Slim) Wilson has arrived upon the scene with all his meat choppers- missing. We are just wondering if that is for professional reasons, or could it be from talking when he should ' have been listening; anyway we I received official notification that the jobs as they come in the bet­ have let their books go in bad are always glad to see him. a new ship was to be ready on ter it will be for all concerned. standing, but most of them come I understand that (Two Ton) April 20th. This is the 27th and Had one Coast Guard case this in and pay up in full. Some want Foghorn Charlie Simmons has I'm still waiting. to be re-instated under Art. 7Unofficial arrived, although I haven't seen sources which seem to be better past week, a case of desertion. I Sec. 1 of the constitution, but the him yet. He was seen buzlzing informed say that the date is defended the man and managed meetings here feel that they to save his papers. the gals at the Old Fort yester­ more likely May 20th. The sun is shining on both sides should pay everything before day and catching up on some of shipping, as they have been mak­ the drinks that he missed while "We had unother meeting down of the street down here in Texas, ing good money all tKis time, gone. It is always a pleasure to here which means we are batting and the beaches are all opened while we were taking our chances see and shoot the bull with the 1.000. Somebody said Savannah so perhaps that accounts for the with the torpedoes. old timers, as they always have was no longer on the map and men not wanting to take a ship some great tales and yarns to that the boys down here don't out. That and the fact that all We still have the phoney RMO want meetings. Nothing could be the jobs that I have had recently pulling their hair because we spin. further from the truth. "We pack were on ships that had made one don't have to call them for men, We have the concrete floating in so many that we don't have or more trips. Do the ships have and they don't know-what to do sidewalk (Chantilier) in. She is enough chairs to seat them all. to be new in order fbr men to with all the stooges they have on in the drydock for repairs. That damn ship is almost as bad as the And it's not just to retain their take jobs? Looks that way to me. their payroll. Let them sweat. Erandywine for bum beefs. The places on the shipping list either, D. STONE. Agent We just received an invitation from the phoney United Seamen's skipper and mates and engineers because we seldom have" enough MlS-Service to attend a luncheon must think that they are kings; men on the list to make any one NEW YORK wait very long. NEW ORLEANS at the Hotel Senator (a USS flop every day there is some kind of The SUP ship I paid off de­ house), but we told them we were The past week in the port of trouble on her. The latest one is Things have been a little quiet this: On night watch there are serves a word of praise. It was here this week<^s far as shipping too busy holding and improving New York has been steady v/ith two men, so one of them asked the SS Sarah Hale and she came is concerned, 'ffuT your Agent and our working conditions to bother 26 ships being paid off and 31 signing on. The crews of most the other one to stand his watch Patrolmen have been busy mak­ with them. E. S. HIGDON. Agent of these ships should be highly for him; which he did. Lo and ing the ships in port to settle G. MASTERSON. Patrolman behold, I got a call from one of commended for the way that they minor beefs on the working rules. L. CLARKE. Patrolman the office punks, and he tells me conducted themselves on the trip Had a Waterman C-3" in port and at payoff time. As long as that this brother is fired and to for the past two weeks and had come down to the office for his this keeps up we can maintain BOSTON a beef on her regarding quarters pay. Then and there I blew my All hands and their cousins are union conditions. for the deck and engine gangs. It top and informed the so-and-so seems when they build one of just about getting over the blind The new membership is begin­ that I didn't have any more men these wagons the question of staggers from the effects of ning to realize that there is more to replace this brother and I in without a beef. The delegate quarters for the man who sail thirty-four arrivals within the to being a good union man than would have to call Savannah, had it all squared away and the these wagons is completely for­ past three weeks. Ten West Coast paying dues and collecting over­ Norfolk or New York for a re­ quarters were newly painted and gotten and everything is figured ships are included in the above time. placement. This didn't suit him clean. I mean really clean. No out for the comfort of the Ice Box figures and I regret thrat we could The SS Thomas J. Lyons of so well so I can't repeat in this dirty gear laying around for the Commandos. We tried to get not contact all the West Coast Smith and Johnson was paid off 'r article the rest of the conversa­ next crew to clean up. It was a some of the extra unused rooms by Patrolman CoUs and myself. tion, but the result was that the pleasure just to walk aboard. The entire crew was there in a marked Gun Crew, but the Navy brother went back to work the One of our boys is being trans­ refused to let go, although the sober condition. Delegates in all following night. ferred from the Savannah Hos­ only thing in these rooms is Navy three departments had all the I want to thank Brother Stone pital to the one in Fort Stanton baggage. So the Deck Maintainunion books marked where they in Galveston for the manner in in New Mexico. His name is ence men are still quartered with were to be paid and all' their which he unloaded the NMU Rembert Goodloe. If one of his the watches, also the Wipers are beefs were in writing that could pimks off the Erandywine. He friends or shipmates should read put one in each watch foc'sle. easily be understood. They were did a hangup job, and now we this, drop him a line. The guy is all paid. The ship paid off in 30 The set up now is one Oiler, can keep her in good shape. lonesome and a letter now and one Fireman and one unlicensed minutes. ships as our territory runs from JBrother, if you are ever in then would mean a lot to him and junior in the same room togeth­ Rhode Island to Maine. Neverthe­ South Atlantic SS Company Tampa and need a good sea-law­ only take a few minutes of your er with a Wiper, making four less, all the ships' delegates ojn had the Leacock, James Swan, yer just call on me. In the last time. men to a room the same as deck. SUP vesells phoned the hall up­ Lyman C. Hall. They were all two weeks I have attended more We have our hall painted up clean payoffs. We also had the court sessions than half the law­ now and it's beginning to look Shipping for the ^coming few on arrival and we gave them as SS Thomas Wolfe that was out weeks looks good here from all much information as possible. about 13 months. She was an ex­ yers in tovm. The reason '— it like a union hall should. And I seems that all the boys are tak­ know the boys like it much bet­ we can learn as a lot of ships are Several trips were taken to Port- ceptionally good payoff. landj Maine, as we had four ar­ ing on too much block and tackle ter than they' did. When you due here in the near future. rivals in that port within a week, The Calmar SS Company had liquor, and then John Law takes come down you wUl, too. namely three Alcoa and one seven ships paying off. One of them to the hoosegow. As soon them being the SS Mangor which ARTHUR THOMPSON. Agent Waterman. as I aiTive I begin to get calls brought in a strange beef. She from the county and city jails On the SS MacLennan, Water­ was rammed on her way out. stating that one of your members man, that paid off in Portland, Some of the boys got excited and GALVESTON is locked" up; come and get him. there were several beefs which jumped over the side. The rest This has happened at least twenty Shipping and business very could not he settled on board so of the crew put in for the divis­ times in the past two weeks and slow during the past week. There they were sent to Louie Goffin in ion of wages while the rest of some of them are two and three are plenty of men in all ratings New York for settlement and I the men were absent from the time losers. Oh, well, I may here in vGalveston. Ninety-one just received a letter from Goffin study law some day so the ex­ men on the beach at present and The circulating air system has that he could not collect on these ship. of tile companies for which perience will be of some benefit. more coming in every day to been installed and the hall is now beefs. (New Orleans nlease 4ake register. we are contracted have ships D. L> PARKER> Agent The SS Erandywine came into a lot cooler, and any of the notice.) These beefs involved the paying off here, everything was brothers who have been in New 2nd Cook and the Oiler. settled at the point of production. Texas City again and called for Orleans in the good old summer­ 5 replacements which we filled, time know that it gets plenty hot I was informed that we can ex­ One of the hardest things to SAVANNAH pect weekly arrivals at Portland, but in order to complete the crew get in this port is a balloting Maine, during this summer. That ship we waited so patient­ it was necessary to put 3 trip- here. committee. It is surprising how ly for finally got here and paid card men on this ship again. This We notice that with the new JOHN MOGAN, Agent some of our worst beefers on off and took about half of the Stinks when there are 91 mem­ set up on the meetings that the overtime, etc., that involves them, men off our shipping list. An SUP bers on the beach. hall is crowded on Wednesday PHILADELPHIA lose their militancy when it ship paid off down here two days During the past three weeks and the brothers are really tak­ comes time to do something for later, and that meant eleven more every ship that has left this area ing a interest in their union now. Well, here we go again, doing the organization. jobs. I couldn't get enough men has gone out short handed due to Good work and keep it up. business at the same old place. here; and had to ask my sidekick the fact that at the last minute The Agent here has been busy Business and shipping is still The absence of uniforms around in Charleston for three ABfe. He some member of the crew deserts, as a bee, getting the various com­ good. We had eight ships in port the New York hall is obvious. Al­ shipped them down right away thereby working a hardship not panies to understand that the old last week, two payoffs, six in though this is a democratic or­ so we managed to get crewed up only on the remaining members slipshod methods used in the past transit. Business for the coming ganization and it is agreed that without the assistance of our not of the crew but puts the union on are definitely out and a new or­ week does not look so promising; a man has a right to wear any so highly esteemed WSA. der is in effect. the spot. The prize package of the week kind of clothes he likes, it is to I also had a few replacements The sooner that the member­ Now that the defense plants are which I believe is of interest to be remembered that a uniform is to make on another SUP ship ship wakes up to the fact that laying off meh a lot of the old the iftembership was the case of a forerunner to regimentation in' which was in transit. But now there will be few, if any, new Gulf Numbers are showing up Leonard S. Binning, AB, on the every instance, and the quicker the situation looks bleak again. ships out of these yards and takes around the hall. A lot of them SS Noonday of the Waterman (Continued on Page 7) V. '. t1 .. ifckJtirlit. �Pzidaj^ May 4, 1945 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Seven Around The Port^ John L. Lewis Declares That And take a ship, fcyget her (Contimui from P#gr 6) our new membership realisjes this hips, and back on your arrival, and sheds their monkey suits anc just give her your lips. W. PAUL GONSORCHIK. scab provisions for dungarees and Dispatcher union conditions, the sooner we LeJibr leaders visit the Pacific Washington, (LPA)—^John L. Lewis, in a magazine will have a stronger organization front and meet Nimitz. L to R: BALTIMORE J. P. SHULER. Patrolm-m Cain. Regional Director 'tyril' article titled "There Is No Labor Movement," last weci: Shipping is off somewhat in O'Halloran of UAW-CIO; Thomas declared that "Labor's temple is a Tower of Babel." 4*4. This week's shipping is ex­ this port and the beach lists are J. Crowe of Int'l. Brotherhood of Answering several questions put to him by Colliers tremely good. As .a matter of fact, longer than they have been for Boilermakers, AFL; Vice-Presi­ it's so good that it looks like we some time. The Liberty ship pro­ dent Roy Brown of Int'l Assn. of magazine, Lewis asserted at the outset that the questions rest will have some difficulties in gram ended some months ago Machinists, AFL, and Nimitz. —--r-an assumption that has no manning them. So if there are here and we have not been get­ base in fact. "Repeated refer­ any of the boys up and down the ting many Victory ships lately, ences to 'the labor movement' coast that wishes to get out fast, due to the Navy taking some ol: New York is the place- to ship them. Reports are that others are plainly imply your belief in the but of. being taken to Wilmington, Del existence of an organized, mili­ . I wish to thank the member­ to have diesel engines installed tant body that speaks for the ship for the cooperation the dis­ The new ore boats, supposed workers of the nation as a whole. patchers are receiving in ship­ ,to be the biggest things afloat, There is no such body," wrote ping out and letting us know are way behind schedule due to Lewis. when you don't take the jobs. It the yards concentrating on the makes things easier, shipping be­ tanker output. But with tanker "A 'labor movement' in the comes smoother, and there are production cutback as it was l^st sense that you use it, presupposes week, maybe we'll get the first less registered complaints. unity, and there is no unity," the We are having a few Moran of the ore boats soon. mine workers' leader continued. deep sea tugs in, and a few tank­ Loading of grain and other "Aside from the AFL, the CIO ers—so, boys, how about those peacetime cargoes is picking up and the United Mine Workers, iobs? Twenty to thirty ships are in the port and 'although a lot there are a number of powerful on the board. That's a lot of ships, of ships will be in transit from independent unions, each going eh, what? Anyhow, we are pretty their signing on, port business in its own unaffiliated way. Even if sure to fill them out. As a mat­ this area will boom throughout we accept inflated membership ter of fact, we will have to, but the summer. The ships are mak­ figures, the total is around 15,000,it will be tight. Those men that ing much quicker turnarounds in 000. At least 40,000,000 wage we had sent to the Pacific Coast port nowadays, and some of them earners are unorganized, and and the Lakes had put a slight just about get the crew paid off therefore unrepresented." drain on us, but with the desired for one voyage when they start "That there is no real labor cooperation, we will mangae. off,on another. movement in the U.S. today is The construction men are Even if the boys take some of primarily due to politicians," the jobs for ^everal days, 'till working on the new offices and Lewis said. "Not only have they some are tired of the beach and social rooms for the hall here and divided labor by their intrigues decide to head out for the deep, •they ought to be finished within WASHINGTON, D. C. — The lation of the Wagner Act and this but they continue disunity by ruling was affirmed by the Sec­ a month or so. The three Patrol­ United States Supreme Court it lessens the pressure. a persistent intensification of inmen and myself were duly sworn ruled that an employer cannot ond Circuit Court of Appeals. Blackie Gardner, our night Dis­ terlabor differences." patcher, shipped out to the West in and obligated into the Central forbid employes to solicit union The literature distribution case Turning to the magazine's first Coast la^t week. We'll miss him, Labor Council last week. That membership on company prem­ developed at the plant of Le question, Lewis stated flatly that but I see quite a few of the old gives us four votes in the near Tourneau Co., machinery manu­ the workers are not to blame for ^ timers are rolling in of late. Some election and assures us of full ises during non-work hours, and facturer, near Toccoa, Ga., where the industrial strife that has support of the Central body any in a companion case upheld the days it's" like old times. two employes were suspended for marked the wartime period. time we need it. right of union organizers to dis­ violating the company rule. Here, I would like to state that the WILLIAM MCKAY, Agent tribute labor literature on an em­ too, the Labor Relations Board Damning the Smith-Connally membership should take more in­ law, Lewis charged that "No „ .a . . ,, . terest in voting. The ballot com­ ployer's property despite a com­ said the Wagner Act guarantees u i more inflammatory piece of legisCRIME PAYS! were violated but the board lost|,„^.^ . mittee will be in session on the pany prohibition against such ac­ in the Fifth Circuit Court of Ap­ lation was ever passed, for this third floor, and it's to your ad­ HARTFORD, Conn. — Further grotesque slave statute not only peals. vantage to get interested in the proof that the maxim, "Crime tivity. invites industrial conflict, but various proposed changes and doesn't pay," does not apply to Both cases were decided by an The Supreme Court said "the commands it." amendments in your constitution. black niarket operators; 8-1 vote with Justice Reed deliv­ Wagner Act did not undertake Other Lewis remarks: "Man­ And don't forget, as Red Trues- William H." Warren, president ering the single opinion covering the impossible task of specifying agement itself has been encour­ dale, our Dispatcher, puts it, "You of a liquor rectifying wholesale in precise and unmistakable lan­ aged to adopt a stand-pat at­ are missing the opportunity of a company, cleaned up nearly a them and Justice Roberts dissen­ guage each incident which con­ titude, for government seizure of lifetime that presents itself. And million dollars by adulterating ting. stitutes an unfair labor practice. plants—the Administration's fa­ what do you do—you pass it up. iquor and selling it above ceilOn the contrary, that act left to vorite approach to industrial The solicitation case grew out So you'll be sorry when you get ng prices. the board the work of applying peace — is nothing more than that 1-A classification. A short Indicted for conspiring to vio- of the discharge of four employes the act's general prohibitory lan­ shadowboxing, a thinly veneered Step from the Army and Navy." ate CPA regulations. Warren of the Republic Ajviation Corp., guage in the light of the infinite cover for the continuance of op­ aircraft manufacturer, on Long Study your shipping rules, your virtually pleaded guilty and was sland. One had flouted a com­ combinations of events which erator control." constitution and your contracts sentenced to a year in jail and "Have I a remedy to propose? pany rule designed to prevent so­ might be charged as violative of with all the companies. By know­ fined $3,000. Two-fellow conspir­ Why not? The plain nature of the liciting of any sort, and the other its terms." ing them, you help your Patrol­ ators escaped with lighter pen­ three were wearing union buttons On this premise the court de­ sickness suggests its own cure. man out on payoffs. alties. during the progress of a drive to cided that it was a proper exer­ First and foremost, there must be an immediate and final end to the organize the plant. The National Labor Relations Board held that cise of authority for the board to present alliance between certain the dismissals interfered with the hold that the action complained sections of organized labor and political 'machines' in Cities, workers' right to organize, in vio- of violated the act. states and the nation. Until this is done, labor is on the same dis­ credited level as tariff barons, trust beneficiaries, spoilsmen and other privilege seekers. The ter­ mination of this sinister partner­ ship will, I believe, open a broad' way to labor unity." WASHINGTON—A new government directive on wages was issued last week and labor leaders who have been waiting . • .'S! for some indications of thaw in the little steel wage freeze decided that Spring is a long way off. The new directive, handed down by the Office of Eco­ (Continued from Page 1) nomic Stabilization, went no further than to grant the War ises. I believe strictly in the old Labor Board some discretion in passing on "fringe" adjust­ saying that "a bird in the hand ments such as shift differentials and paid vacations. is worth two in the bush," and Even these non-basic wage adjustments cannot be allowed like the guy from Missouri, I've without approval of the Director of Economic Stabilization got to be shown. who will ascertain whether the adjustments will cause an ^ To all members, keep your eye increase in price ceilings or production costs. *'QJ course, k the Little Suel on the last page of the LOG, as "This ^rective," admitted OES Director William Davis, Formula^ 'Mutc/uns, W* ourselves .hate to jiive wage imreases." you never know when you may "is a carrying forward of the policy of setting definite firm find your name on the unclaimed ceilings on so-called 'fringe' adjustments in all wage cases." wage list. 'There's No Labor Movement' SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS NLRB BAN BP "UNFAIR PRACTICES" New Brder Bints Hope Df Wage Freeze Thaw COFFIN'S REPORT �Page Eight THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, May 4, 1945 BULUEll^ ^>=1 .K;--.L-X^ Ml Unclaimed Wages—Mississippi SS Company .27 Bonura, V. T 8.47 Bouzon, William J 1.33 Booker, Joseph H 5.94 Boone, Albert 29.00 Booth, A. C 2,12 Bothe, Melvin H 35.00 Booy, Arend 3.61 Bordelon, Thomas A 26.53 Bori, Herbert E 3.98 Boruta, Victor A 6.11 Boss, W 5.50 Bosworth, Chester J 9.03 Bosworth, Robert 5.64 Boucher, Robert J 1.36 Boudreaux, Charles J .79 Boudreaux, D 4.00 Bourdon, Arthur P .99 Bourdonnay, Louis 2.24 Bourdennay, Louis 7.6(f Bourg, Junice A 14.67 Bowen, James 16.36 Bowers, Emery F 8.53 Bowman, Richard 32.40 Bowman, Walter E 17.74 Boyd, Edward A . 5.94 Boyd, Harold C .97 Boyd, Ralph S 4.90 Boyde, E. S ' 2.23 Boylan, David R 8.91 Boyle, John 11.20 Bracio, E 133.19 Bradford, Robert I 2.33 Bradley, Charles A; .76 Bradley, Robert C .99 Bradshaw, David A , 7.52 Bradsher, J 8.35 Bradsher, J 8.35 Brady, Bill J 1973 Brady, Edward W 3.79 Brady, Jack D Bragg, J. W .08 Bragg, Lawrence E. 1.58 Brandon, P. 3.30 Brannon, Geo. J 15.84 Brazawskas, Victor 1.48 Breedlove, Leon J. Jr 8.25 Breen, H. V 60.00 Bregy, T 2.23 Brennan, Earl E 5.86 Brephy, J. C .86 Brewer, Chester 37.63 Brewer, Edward G 5.88 Brewer, M 5.20 Brewer, W. .79 Brewer, William A. 5.20 Brewer, William H .20 Brian, James T. (Brian, James T.) 11.85 Brian, Matlie 2.62 Briant, Joseph I 12.22 Brincka, Steve R. 75.35 Brindle, John N 2.23 Bristol, James T 2.97 Brittingham, Frank J. .... 2.23 Brockelbank, Orrin A ,4.87 Brodie, William H 2.21 Brooks, Bernard W. 5.33 Brooks, James .33 Brooks, 0. M. Jr 11.58 Brooks, Paul E 6.40 Brophy, J. C . 8.89 Brosig, August A 18.09 Broussard, Jake 1.98 Brown, Clare R 4.92 Brown, C .90 Brown, S. ....: 2.97 Brown, George .89 Brown, J 8.74 Brown, John 9.04 Brown, M. J 84.33 Brown, I^formah J 15.09 Brown, Paul H. 2.82 Brown, R 1.98 Brown, Reginal. H 2.84 Brown, Theodore, G 3.55 T .i:. r..i. Brown, T. O J...„ Browne, Richard I). Brownell, Geo Brownell, G. L. (Bronnell, George L.) Browning, Alan E ,. Browning, Daniel Broylis, W. N. (Boyles, William N.) Bruner, C Bruner, Harry , Brunei, Alphee Bruno, ,G _....... Bruno, G. I Brunson, Forrest H Brunson, L. P. Bryant, Clinton Bryars, Reese H Bucci, Anthony P. Bucher, N. C Buckelew, Charles L Buckley, Edward Buckley, R Buckley, Rodney S Buckman, L. Buffett, James Bufkin, P Bulaga, Raymond J Bulaga, R. T BuLford, A. 1. Bulick, Eustachy Bullard, Allen J Bullek, Michael G Bunce, Robert Bunek, Joseph Bunker, John G. Jr Bunker, L Bunt, Warren Bura, Fajk Burger, John Burress, John A. , Bunten, John Burcliff, Thomas Burke, John F. Jr Burke, S Burke, T Burkey, Gerald R. Burns, F. BBurrows, Clarence Burswig, Joseph .! Burton, Garlan E Burton, James Bush, Keith L Busha, Julius P. .: Butler, Floyd R Butler, Lloyd Butler, Robert L Buttke, Marlen T Butsko, Edward J. g Buydos, George P Byars, John D Byles, Dudley E Byman, Nils E Bynch, P Bynum, G. R Byrd, Alfred J Byrne, Daniel F Byrnes, Joseph G C Caballero, Anibal Caban, Angel Cabaud, Phillip G. Cabral, John Caddell, Jessie G. Cagorinovice, Oscar Caha, Ernest Cahill, William E Cain, Charles M Caldwell, Roger Glen ....„ Call, C. B Callaghan, Edward Callahan, Robert Callan, Francis W. Callender, Robert P. Colvin, Robert 23.25 Camblor, Joe 9.03 Czuneron, Howard E .33 Campbell, Edward B Campbell, John C 100.24 Campbell, Lawrence J. .... 10;50 Campbell, Walter 1.89 Campion, Harry J Cancello, R. E. 2.84 Cangiano, Anthony 2.47 Canter, T 20.62 Cantin, Joseph E 4.87 Cantrell, William A 1.07 Canada, Herbert H .43 Capdevielle, Joseph J 17.79 Caporale, Alfred 1.34 Carrasco, Marion C.. ...... 18.98 Cardona, Victor M 12.09 Carey, B 6.93 Carley, Richard E 14.39 Carlsen, K .99 Carlson, Carl A. 15.O0 Carlsen, Chris .". 4.37 Carlson, Kenneth .79 Carlton, Robert 9.48 Carmines, Charle's D 55.43 Carpenter, Foster 1.39 Carpenter, R. J 9.40 Carpenter, William A. .... 11.28 Carpenter, W. A. .79 Carrasco, Robert .741 Carrey, H. R .99' Carrillo, Richard B .70 Carrolton, Ronald 2.97 Currington, Clyde (Carrington, C.) 1.86 2.77 Carroll, George A 2.31 Carroll, M. M 6.08 Carruthers, R. 50.72 Carstens, Carl A .41 Carsters, C. A 12.24 Carter, Charles .71 Carter, Clarence Alvin 18.39 Carter, Richard 11.38 Carter, R. F 3.57 Carter, W. M .74 Casas, Peter C. 448.48 Casey, James E 7.34 Casey, Robert F 4.53 Casey, William 2.25 Cason, J. D 2.64 Casassa, Eugene J 93.09 Cassidy, W. M. ...ji 11.13 Castanel, Patrick R. .; .60 Casteljon, Buenventura A. 98.75 Castineda, S .71 Caswell, Robert E .65 Cavanaugh, T 2.13 Caviness, Arvin 133.19 Centrachio, J 15.94 Chaffin, John L 2.23 Chalmers, George 18.17 Chamberlain, Earl G 43.99 Chambers, Stanley . 4.42 Champion, L. C 6.00 Chandler, Llyod M 1.00 Chandler, Worsham S. .... 2.07 Chapman, Albert J 5.16 Chapman, Albert J Chapman, Byron 4.53 Chapman, Clanton S. Jr. .74 Chapman, Charles W. 3.28 Chase, Theron 0 .71 Chauncy, Howard 102.36 Chaimcey, Howard H 2.97 Chauncey, Howard H. .... 100.00 CChausier, A 2.84 Cheek, Richard 38.46 Cheklin, Peter Chernin, Abraham 46.52 28.00 Chevalier, Harold F. 31.05 Chiaculas, Louis .04 Childers, William 0 .53 Chipley, Ralph L. 4.06 Chisholm, F 1.83 Choquette, Joseph P. 2.23 103.19 6.83 18.61 • 16.83 2.53 .33 .05 67.54 4.27 1.98 2.60 2.56 4.08 14.77 .69 2.38 10.69 .79 .74 34.80 6.00 1.90 10.66 2.96 25.54 14.00 .79 2.54 11.72 4.35 26.35 1.42 Christehsen, B Christensen, C. R Christiansen, N Christie, Lawrence J Christiansen, Norman W. Christensen, William H. Chudslew, G Cieslak, Ralph Cieslak, S Cissna, Thomas .7.. Clagett, Owen Clagett, Owen L " Clamp, George H Clark, F Clark, H. Clark, Henry V. Clark, John D.« Clark,' James E Clark, J. O Clark, John W. Clark, John W. Clark, L Clark, Woodrow Clarkashaff, Samuel (Clarkshoff, S.) Clarkin, Bernard N Clary, Richard D. Class, Robert Clegg, Daniel L * Clemens, Cecil L Clendenning, Paul Clericassio, Michael Clesi, Michael F Clifton, Fred 3.91 Clifton, James 5.93 Clippard, Frederick B 4.14 Cline, Joseph F .01 Coody, Stanley 8.23 Coates, George J .42 Cobb, Clarence W. 2.47 Cobb, Otto C 2.82 Coccia, Baldo 3.96 Coffey, Walter T 3.51 Coldsborough, Fredrick S. .75 Cogley, John M 466.56 Colby, John B 69.59 Colca, Philip J 20.66 Cole, Calvin A. "2.23 Colella, William A. 1.80 Coleman, Charles A 27.26 Coll, Andrew 7.24 Collett, Arthur G 2.23 Collin, Harold E 9.32 Collins, Charles E 15.67 Collins, Eugene 10.80 Collins, Byron, 4.50 Colomb, Eugenne L 2.23 Colpitis, Lawrence H.- .... 5.64 Colt, Kenneth H. (Cpx, 5.64 Kenneth H.) 8.69 Condos, Geo. .79 Condrey, Samuel C. 137.46 Con jour, Leon J 6.43 Connell, Pete J 14.51 Conneb, Willis, 1-.48 Connor, Harry G 40.39 Connors, James J 2.11 "Conrad, Benjamin, 3.58 Contini, P 1.98 Conway, E. L 5.94 Conway, James R 39.95 Cook, Vincent E 4.94 Cook, W. 6.36 Cooke, Paul D. 6.36 Cooney, Levere 6.75 Cooney, James L .71 Coop, Wm. E 2.97 Cooper, Frank E. 11.88 Cooper, Houston .79 Copeman, Charles J 2.64 Corbett, Timothy, 45.78 Corbishley, Charles A 14.77 Cordes, Henry George ...... 3.64 Cordray, Eugene — 11.73 Core, W. 5.64 11.34 2.97 19.48 1.65 1.07 1.04 18.13 2.13 9.36 2.07 1.58 2.16 01 .47 4.48 2.94 5.70 .24 27.12 4.00 54.63 .33 3.38 7.82 2.82 11.32 2.84 2.82 4.62 2.23 10.09 8.73 5.94 1.98 .42 2.23 18.02 4.95 26.48 4.22 2.97 1.22 25.57 43.70 1.60 1.31 10.45 3.56 , .95 .09 1.48 14.38 3.81 1.48 .82 16.93 47.47 7.44 .73 10.85 5.64 5.94 .65 6.74 1.42 2.25 3.56 1.78 59 74 3.48 79.09 6.43 19.49 5.59 1.52 5.58 7.90 1.98 6.88 98.75 18.57 Money Due SS WILLIAM PATTERSON All members of the- crew that paid off April 25, 1945, in Phila­ delphia, that have disputed over­ time can get same at Bull Lino office, 116 Broad St., New York City. (Submitted b y Philadelphia Branch) a. ft 4. SS VASCHAL LINDSAY Nicholas Nomicas has extrai meal money due. Collectable at the Eastern SS Company. ft'ft ft SS POINT VICENTE Joseph Joseph, $180.00; Edge? Mayfield, $192.00; J. Sappenfield, $340.00; E. Clayton, $518.00; P. B. Parotti, $261.00; -Allen Logen, $929.00. Collectable at Moran Towing office. ft ft ft •' SS FRANCIS M. SMITH James E. Basore, John L. Medders, T. A. Sherlock—Collect dis­ puted overtime at the Mississippi SS Co., New Orleans, La. (Submitted by the New Orleanaj Branch.) ft ft ft SS JOHN BARTHRAM Toyler, Messman, and Himt, Oiler: vouchers are held for you, at the American Hawaiian SS Co., agents for the A. H. Bull SS Co., 1305 Vance Building, Seattle, Wash. (Submitted by th® Seattle Branch.).. ft ft ft SS WILLIAM PATTERSON Crew can collect their disputed overtime at the Bull Line officei 115 Broad St., New York. Ship paid off in Philadelphia, April 25. (Submitted by Philadelphia Branch.) ft ft ft ' SS WILLIAM STURGIS Following men can collectj overtime at the Calmar Office, 44 Whitehall St., New York:' 6. Schindler; O. Dauphine; E. Weingarten; F. Fox; B. B0tt; Loguej H. McCabe; N. Holten; H. Mar­ tin—all for 32 hours. PERSONALS Members of the crew of the Pan Crescent at the time she rati aground the Mississippi River, April, 1944: Please contact Richard A Dowling, 602 Maison-Blanctia Building, New Orleans, Louis­ iana with regards to clothing lost. L. CLARKE, Palrolmau 23062^ * * • Robert Beach, book numbef; 42562, see Patrolman Hart, in the New York hall, about receipt 91346. • • • R. A. Thue, book number 42563, see Patrolrtian Haft about receipt 91345 in the New York hall. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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