http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/6ab6158f1cd826c41e83b916058e5bcf.PDF 5d99f2558bcad934b42a1173ee4eef3c PDF Text Text ui_i- V. -.-J.- ... -•', "..•V,'^'* I J 4* I Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America Vol. VII. NEW YORK. N. Y„ FRIDAY. JULY 27. 1945 No. 30 WEISBERGER TO I.LO. LONDON CONFERENCE; SPEAKS FOR ALL AMERICAN MERCHANT SEAMEN Morris Weisberg, SIU Vice-President, flew to London last week to represent American seamen at the annual meeting of the International Labor Organization, and the Joint Maritime Commission. Many issues of vital importance to seamen of all lands are to be considered by the conference,, and next week a final report on its work will be printed Following is a digest of the agenda to be considered, and a statement of SIU-SUP policy: This policy has in recent years position in the light of the end of found inspiring expression in our the war in Eimope and to restate affiliation with the International it in clear - and unmistakable Transportworkers' Federation and terms to our brother unionists our active participation in the abroad, as well as to the ship­ An International Conference work Of the Joint Maritime Com­ owners and government repre­ dedicated to the purpose of im­ mission of the International La­ sentatives in the I.L.O. There is little to add to the proving the seamen's lot is al­ bor Organization (I.L.O.) The ways assured of the support of views of the American Seamen opinion expressed in our previous the SUP and the SIU. The officers on such vital matters as improved report except to say that we, the and members of our organization wages and working conditions, seafarers of North America, con­ have repeatedly voiced their de­ government control, lack of social sider some arguments and pro­ termination to assist (he seafarer insurance, etc., have been pre­ posals presented at the confer­ of whatever nationality, race, sented on several occasions, not­ ence of the I.L.O. Joint Maritime color and creed in his struggle for ably at the meeting of the I.L.O. Commission as entirely out of line emancipation and to give him all Joint Maritime Commission in with the convictions and deeplyLondon early this year. A report cherished beliefs of the American the help he so justly deserves. was presented to the Union mem­ seamen. An effort to bring about bership and the American pub­ continuous employment at the lic in general after our return in cost of the freedom of seafaring January from that meeting in men seems to us contrary to the London. interests of the seafarers every­ It was decided at that confer­ where and a gross interference ence to convene a meeting of an with his and his fellow workers' I.L.O. sub-committee early in right to obtain the best possible July, 1945, in London, at which conditions for their labor. While it must be realized that the important issues of continu­ ous emplojTnent and entry, train­ the conditions of foreign seamen ing and promotion were going to differ considerably from the con­ be discussed in preparation of ditions we enjoy, we continue to another full-fledged conference maintain that the main and prin­ The Seafarers Log is now late in October. It is therefore cipal task of "the seafaring men receivihg extensive distribu­ necessary to analyze anew our (Continued on Page 4) tion aboard SIU contracted CONTINUOUS EMPLOYMENT AND ENTRY. TRAINING AND PROMOTION Rank And File Delegate Gets The Old Heave-Ho By NMV Convention If anyone still doubted that the communist leadership of the NMU had effectively stifled all rank and file democracy in that "union," the recently concluded NMU convention should have an­ swered all questions on that score. Never was a convention more autocratically run, never was less freedom of speech and action given to duly elected rep­ resentatives of the membership. Robert Coleman, NMU book 622, engine, one of the founding rank and filers, found this out when acting on the instructions ROBERT C. COLEMAN of his shipmates he voted against some of the resolutions and con­ them all. They knew him as a stitutional changes that the NMU sincere, honest seaman who piecards were trying to railroad would follow to the letter any in­ structions the crew might give through. Vilified from the chair and the him as to how to vote on pending floor by Curran and his stooges, legislation. , Because the rank and filers are without being given a chance to at sea practically all the time, reply, Coleman was fo r c e d to throw his book in when he real­ they have lost intimate contact ized that his championing of de­ with the NMU, but of late ru­ mocracy had made him a marked mors had been percolating down about some of the resolutions and man in the NMU. Because his shipmates trusted proposed constitutional changes. him and his ability to handle These were designed, the story union affairs, Robert Coleman went, to insure the continued was elected as the convention communist control of the NMU, delegate from the NMU ship, SS in the face of mounting rank and Colby Victory of the U. S. Lines. file unrest arising from their pol­ They knew him as an original icy of collaborating with the ship­ member of the union, holding one owners. of the lowest book numbers of (Continued on Page J) • New Log Feature "Weekly Review" ships and in foreign ports. It LABOR MINISTERS AT ILO SESSION serves, in many instances, as I the only link the men have with home for months on end. • V'S 1 To supply our members abroad with news from home, the Log will devote a full page each issue to a weekly round up of war and sports news. This issue, and all that follow will be mailed in quantity to all STU ships. Members should pass the LOG ashore in all foreign ports after readreading it. The Editors hope the "Re­ view" page will fill a need aboard SIU ship abroad. Turn now to page eleven and read this new feature. Attending the 95th meeting of Intl. Labor Organization gov­ erning body in Quebec are. 1. to r.t Chairman Carter Goodrich; Canadian Minister of Labor Humphrey Mitchell and ex-Sec. of Labor Frances Perkins. ILO representatives unanimously agreed to work with the Unit^ Nations Organization and invite.d the USSR to send observers to their Paris conference. 'f'-- -.;.v - �THE SEAFARERS Page Two Friday. July 27. 1945 LOG ''Peace, Brother*' SEAFARERS LOG Tubiished Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiluftid with the Atnericiin tedetdikrn of Labor At 51 Bfeaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnovCT 2-2784 i t » 2. HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President (01 Market Street, S«a Fraodsco, Calif. J6HN HAWR - i- -- -- - Sety-Treas. F. O. B&* 2S, Statiofi F., Nttr Vdrk City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Wdshingt&n Rep. 424 Jth Street, N. WasUi^tOH, D. Ct Entered as sedond class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office m New York, N. Y., under the Act of Augu^ 24, 1912. FORE *n AFT By BUNKER When a call came into the New YOTk hall the other day for a coal burning fireman. Brother Johnny Bryan was the only ta­ ker. The ship turned out to be an old rust bucket with the queerest contraption for an en­ gine that Johnny has seen in many years of going to sea. He says it is a combination dieselturbihe-quad. Sounds like some­ thing by Rube Goldberg. tit, This ihcident shows how hard it is these days to find coal burn­ ing firemen. It's no job a man would pick when he can go on ah oil burner and feed the fires by turning ^ valve. Several coal burners that used to ije crewed by the-SIU were lost in the early part of the war. Anyorfe who has struggled with a banjo trying-to keep up a full head of steam in a North Atlantic gale, with coal that sticks to the grates and & heavy slice bar that lifts like a ton of lead, won't mark •their passing with many tears or .weeping. Nor will the coal passefs, who had to westle a wheel bcirrow from the tsuftkers to the chutes in a rough sea. Rank And File Delegate Gets Old Heave-He (Continued from Page 1) The crew recognizing that the rumors might be founded on fact, instructed Coleman to op­ pose any move that would enable shcfreside communists to move in­ to their union as a solid bloc. As was expected, the move was made. The CP leadership rec­ ommended to do away with the period of probation so that men who had just joined—and, more important, those who would be given books in the future by the leadership—would be allowed to vote for officers and make policy from the day they signed card's. Acting on his instructions, Cole­ man arose to present the attitude of the men he spoke for. "The crew I represent," he told Curran and the other officials, "has in­ structed me to vote against any­ thing of this sort; anything which will allow pieople who are not even teamen to step in and take over Our union. If this is adopt­ ed, the control of the union will pass forever from the hands of the rank and file seamen into the i i 4> One of the mysteries of the sea hands of these shoreside people during this war was the disap­ who are here aU the time." pearance of the little William Coleman was declared out of Salmon, 1500 ton laker that used to be on the sulphur rtm but of Texas. When abbttt a day's run They say that when the torpedo out of port she was lost and never hit her in the North Atlantic on heard from again. The WSA just May 21,1042, the tin fish went announced, however, that this right through one of her ruSty little ship was sunk in the Car- sides and out the other. ribbean May 18, 1942. XXX The Frances Salmon, belonging Every time you go up tot raise to the same outfit, was sunk on January 20, 1942 in the North At­ of grade or teplacement of psflbers now, the Coast Guard puts you lantic. through a screenihg proijiss which X % involves your life history from Speaking of lakers, .do any of the time ^ou wOre three cornered you fellows remember the old pants. Most of the time, the boys Suwied? She had her deck house say, they already know more smashed to pieces one trip when about you than you can tell them. the bosun's gang got careless and One SIU brother found this in­ dropped one of the after booms. terrogation so personal and be­ This laker was torpedoed in the came so engrossed in it that he Caribbean in June of 1942. forgot where he was and, upon XXX leaving, said to the lieutenant Still another laker that went to commander in charge, "Thank the 'bottom was the Plow City, i you Mr. Anthony." or-der and silenced by the Curran [and his shipmates' views. would help him to get the story machine. He also opposed, be­ When Curran saw that he could of what had happened to their cause of his. instructions, the CP not swing Coleman into his plans and suggestions to his for­ proposed policy of paying dues Camp, he decided to give him a mer shipmates. Because they are six months in advance. good going over. As soon as,, the scattered all over the waterfronts "I oppose this," he said, "be­ convention reconvened, Curran of many ports, he asked our help cause it is nothing more than a took the microphone and an­ in carrying to them this story of checkoff system in a streamlined nounced that there was a dis­ misleadership, which is ruining form. If carried, it means a loss rupter present who had an idea what was once a r.jlitant union, of representation by the rank and that the convention wasn't demo­ Coleman is not slamming his file. I feel that the system is cer­ cratically run, Then the CP ma­ former union, but condemns the chine went to work and launched tainly not democratic." communist leadership. Like all The same thing happened a vicious attack on Coleman who good union men he likes his again: he was declared out of or­ had no chance to defend himself union—but he now realizes that der without a chance to fully ex­ or explain his viewpoints. under the commie leadership plain his position to the rest of Curran then wound up by in­ there is none of the rank and file the delegates. viting Coleman to throw his book control that all democratically During the dinner hour Joe in, if he didn't like the way run Unions must have. He wants Curran and James Drury came to things were being- run. Realizing the word passed to the member­ Coleman and "explained" to him that he was now a marked man ship, so that they might do some­ that hfs ideas were not "demo­ and that he could not get a dem­ thing before it is altogether too cratic." Coleman answered that ocratic chance to defend himself, late. that was a matter of opinion and Coleman took the offer and left This the SIU will do, not only the least that Curran could do the convention. to the former crew of the Colby was to give him the opportunity Robert Coleman came to the Victory, but to all NMU men of taking the floor to express his Seafarers hall, to see if the SIU wherever they may be. "" ^ COLEMAN'S CONVENTION CREDENTIAL imTioimL mneiriiiK umoo Of floifnicii' CIO July 2 -1945 >- that —= -Book.Kc622JA. was duly elected a delegate to represent (Port or VcssenSjg CQLflT llO.tOy at the Fifth Consdtutional Coovention of the National Maritime Union of ./\merica, which is being held at NMU Headquarters, 346 West 17th Street, New York City, commencing with July 2nd, 1945 at 10 AJif. Given undet out hand and seal this JxOy •Jay o/_ J945 ORIGINAL National Office. •NATIONAL MARITIME UNION FBHDnjAND c SMUH, Sicfelary �Friday' July 27, 1945 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three SIU Man in Battle Of Bataan After several months at Camp When brother Richard Lewis O'Dennell, the group was taken left New York in January, 1941, to Cabanatuan prison, about 80 on the City of Alma, a Waterman miles from Manila. Despite con­ ship bound for Santos, he never stant sickness, Lewis and others thought that the voyage would were forced to drag plows and eventually take him to Shanghai, work in the fields, all the time Manila, and the infamous death ill-fed and frequently beaten for march of Bataan. But the sequence of unforseen "discipline." events did that to this SIU sea­ At Fort McKinley, their next man and, recently arrived back place of internment, the prison­ in the States, he told a thrilling By PAUL HALL ers survived on two meals a day, story of his experiences in the in­ each meal being a cup of watered THE ISTHMIAN DRIVE tervening four years. rice. Occasional meat was ob­ The Isthmian organizing drive of the Seafarers has now been From Santos Brother Lewis tained by catching luckless dogs In effect for approximately three months. Many of our members are continued on to Trinidad, then and cats. doing good work in this drive and with their continued help, and the through the canal to Honolulu Last stop for Lewis and his support of the membership, this drive will culminate in a victory and from there to China, where companions was famous Bilibid for the Seafarers. Inasmuch as some of our members are not fa­ he paid off sick in Shanghai. Af­ prison, where, in conditions of miliar with this drive, let us review it for their benefit. ter hospitalization, Lewis caught the utmost filth, the group was the Rupa, another Waterman rescued on February 4th, 1945, by RICHARD LEWIS Isthmian is the largest imorganized steamship company in this ship, back to Manila, arriving troops of the 37th Division. At country, operating some 90 freight vessels, ranging all the way from there just before the Japs bomb­ men in a space hardly large the moment of liberation the Japs C-4 ships down to rust-buckets. The NMU attempted to organize ed the city. enough for four. Every morning, started to shell the prison but, ac­ . this company once before with their efforts reaching a peak In 1943 When it became impossible to says Lewis, one of the bed's oc­ cording to Lewis, the prisoners when, after considerable hard work within this company, the NMU leave Manila, Lewis offered his found that they did not possess enough strength to petition for an services to the army, along with cupants would be dead from didn't mind this a bit after what they had been through and shook election. The NMU blamed the lack of their strength in this com­ a number of other merchant sea­ weakness and starvation. Weakness did not, however, their fists derisively at the Jap pany to the rapid turnover of. Isthmian crews. This, however, was men and was put to work moving save them from heavy work. guns. not true. supplies from Manila to Corrig- Most of the time they spent dig­ After a thorough physical The failure of the NMU to make any sizeable gains with the idor. He was on the rock during ging graves for their comrades, check-up and a rest, with plenty isthmian seamen was simply the fact that the Isthmian men did not some Of the heaviest ^T-^-bomb- many of whom the Japs buried of food, the survivors were flown ing raids, then went to Bataan, before life was completely ex­ go for the phony policies and programs advanced by the NMU. to Leyte and then sent by luxury where he was serving when sur­ tinct. liner to Frisco. The SIU did not participate in that drive due to the fact that render came on April 9th, 1942. Now back in Cleveland and Brother Lewis himself was pro­ we had other problems which took most of our effort. Now, however, Lewis and several other mer­ working on the Lakes, Lewis was nounced dead from malaria and we have nothing to hinder us in this effort. The Seafarers, for the chant seamen, whose names he emphatic about one thing. He was lined up for burial, but man­ first time, is meeting its opposition in a head-on struggle, a struggle doesn't remember, were put in a said, "You can be sine I'm no aged to crawl away before the in which the largest steamship company in this country is the stake. stockade with Philippine civil­ Today wt find many Isthmian men expressing a preference for our ians and troops for about a week, burial squad did its gruesome hero. The heroes are dead. They are still on Bataan." union. after which they were started on work. the infamous Death March of On the other hand, we find many NMU men as well as paid or­ Bataan. ganizers in this country's ships working against us as hard as pos­ His memories of this experi­ sible. While we know that the thinking seamen in Isthmian will ence include the sight of hun­ never go for the propaganda put out by the NMU, it is weU that we dreds of Philippino women being realize that these people and their opposition are to be taken seri­ raped by Jap soldiers running ously. We cannot blind ourselves to the fact that even while NMU amock, of soldiers and civilians organizers are unable to do much with these crews, they neverthe­ shot as they tried to get water, less spread rumors and lies in an attempt to villify the name of the of men abandoned by the road to SIU. It is interesting to note as well that this NMU outfit, as large die or be bayoneted by the Jap as it is, is so bankrupt in principle that they re.^.ort to mud slinging guards as the procession trudged Relations between the Com­ headquarters of the Chamber of for the lack of a good and honest trade union p'olicy. For instance, along. The only food during the munists and Swedish labor are Labor and to the City Hall to pro­ when Isthmian men are told of the better SIU contracts in this field, seven days of the march was exceedingly strained because of test the present plight of the the NMU'ers try to pass it off because they would have the Isthmian what furtive Philippines man­ the Finnish Communist's plea workers affected by the closing men believe that the reason we have superior contracts (and they aged to pass to them along the that striking Swedish metal down of factories. Similar dem­ do admit it) is that we are "shipowners' stooges." workers go back to work. The onstrations are reported from route. Finns want Swedish factories to most important north Italian Jap guards, he said, taunted EVERY MAN'S FIGHT deliver ball bearings and mach­ towns. them and boasted of inevitable Even unorganized seamen such as Isthmian men recognize this inery to Finland so that the Finns In Milan, American tanks were for what it is—a lie—^for every one knows that shipowners do not American defeat. in turn may meet reparations used to break up these demon­ Their first food after the Death give seamen conditions and good union contracts to make stooges of strations and the N. Y. Timei obligations to Russia. March was a filthy meal of mag­ them, but only because they are forced to do so. It is well that The daughter of the Finnish correspondent in reporting the goty rice, their quarters were these people are basing their campaign on false propoganda of this Communist leader. Otto Kuusin- fact also notes that at least one sort for ir. is more revealing than anything else as to their own lack bamboo beds which housed ten en, came to Sweden especially to high officer of the Allied Military of conditions and tuiionism. plead with the Swfedish Metal Government privately expressed Workers Union, and the Swedish strong disapproval of this use of In spite of these favorable points, however, this campaign must Communists backed her request, tanks against striking workers. be taken seriously by all SIU members. We must take this task for but this pressure had no result. the tremendous job that it is. Our opposition has already done so Only 20% of Milan Province's and has named the CIO's No. 1 Hatchet Man, Harry Bridges, to lead & 450,000 industrial workers are V7ASHINGTON, July 4—Cur­ their campaign into Isthmian as weU as to attempt to sabotage the tailment of shipping through What was in pre-Nazi days the now employed full time, largely SIU. We must be on our guard in this drive and we must continu­ ports in the Galveston-Houston, nerve center of the largest Ger­ because of la'ck of fuel. While the ally fight for the education of Isthmian seamen in the Seafarer's way Tex., area will be necessary, a man consumers' cooperative as­ employed workers asked for of doing business. We have to carry this fight into every Isthmian War Shipping Administration sociation — the wholesale pur­ raises to meet the increase cost of ship and to every Isthmian man that we can possible reach. It is spokesman said today, unless rail­ chasing agency of German con­ living, the unemployed and partour common duty to engage in this fight. Our strength in the com­ roads serving the docks operate sumers' cooperatives — has been time workers asked for the im­ pany at this date is comparatively small considering the amount of on a seven-day schedule. restored in Hamburg. The old plementation of a previous agree­ work which remains to be done. The only manner in which we Declaring that the Office of directors of this 50-year-old Ger­ ment between the major employ­ can accomplish the rest of this task is to make it every man's fight. Defense Transportation has been man cooperative, which was ers' and employees' groups which This company is the battle grounds on an organizational basis be­ asked to amend railroad regula­ closely linked with the German provided for the emergency pay tween honest trade labor unionism and Communist Party "union­ tions so as to effect a full-work free trade union movement, have of three-quarters of normal wages during the lay-off period. ism." It is our job to show these unorganized men the benefits of week, the WSA official said that been reinstated. the first and the detriments of the latter. One of the things, too, that longshoremen now find themsel­ X % X X % % we have found very good for the education of these men is to show ves idle on Saturday afternoons On July 4, all the workers of Despite the fact that the Ship­ them SIU contracts. Many of our members, because of sailing under because cargo is not being moved the north Italian industrial cen­ owners Association has informed these contracts continually, often fail to appreciate them. Never­ onto and away from the water­ ter of Turin went on strike and striking Rottendam dock work­ theless, they are without an equal in the entire industry and well do front on week-ends. paraded in the streets carrying ers that increased wages amount­ the unorganized seamen appreciate it when they are shown the facts. The WSA feels thete is no use posters with slogans such as "We ing to 25% above the rates of Each time you ship, take along a few extra copies of various having ships tied up in ports be­ want bread;" "We want facts not last May would be paid, the strike contracts and when you see men off Isthmian ships, give them a copy cause they cannot be loaded and words;" and "There can be no of Rottendam dock workers still plans to reduce the number going reconstruction without purge of continues. The striking dockers and discuss the agreements with them. into Texas ports, he said, adding all fascists." After parading in state that what they really de­ Tell them how they, too, can sail under these conditions. Our that the matter could be settled the city, the demonstrators went mand are not so much higher nominal wages as better living success in this entire drive depends upon each man playing a part— only by the ODT. to the Chamber of Labor. 80, let's ORGANIZE ISTHMIAN—and let every SIU man be ah Defense Transportation officials The same day, a vthousand conditions and increased rations. organizer; said the matter was being studied. workers in Genoa marched to the (LABOR PRESS ASSOCIATES) WSA Fears Texas Shipping Drop - \ �THE Page Four SEAFARERS Friday. July 27. 1945 LOG Ship Casualties In The Atlantic During the sub war in the Atlantic 1,554 U. S. merchant ships were lost. Hundreds were SIU ships, and thousands of SIU men gave their lives. Thousands more now face equally dangerous waters in the Pacific. Last week the Log published the ships lost between July 5,1942 and Sept 20,1943. This week we printed the rest of the ships lost, up to and including May 5, 1945. Date Name of Venel Dale AIM Sept. 21—CORNELIA P. SPENCER Red Sea and Indian Ocean Sept. 21—WILLIAM W. GERHARD Mediterranean-Black Sea Sept. 22—^RICHARD OLNEY..Mediterranean-Black Sea Sept. 23—STEEL VOYAGER Northwest Atlantic Sept. 24—ELIAS HOWE Red Sea and Indian Ocean Oct. 1—METAPAN Mediterranean-Black Sea Oct. 9—YORKMAR Northeast Atlantic Oct. 11-^OHN H. COUCH Pacific Mediterranean-Black Sea Oct. 15—JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Oct. 19—DELISLE Nort.*west Atlantic Oct. 21—TIVIVES Mediterranean-Black Sea Nov. 6—SANTA ELENA Mediterranean-Black Sea Nov. 11—CAPE SAN JUAN Pacific Nov. 23—ELIZABETH KELLOGG Caribbean Nov. 24—MELVILLE E. STONE Caribbean Dec. 2—JOHN BASCOM Mediterranean-Black Sea Dec. 2-^OHN HARVEY Mediterranean-Black Sea Dec. 2-^OHN L. MOTLEY....Mediterranean-Black Sea Dec. 2—JOSEPH WHEELEIl..Mediterranean-Black Sea Dec. 2—SAMUEL J. TILDEN Mediterranean-Black Sea Dec. 3—TOUCHET Gulf of Mexico Dec. 16—MCDOWELL Caribbean Dec. 26—JOSE NAVARRO Caribbean 1944 Jan. —SUMNER I. KIMBALL Northwest Atlantic Jan. 2—ALBERT GALLATIN Red Sea and Indian Ocean Jan. 6—WILLIAM S. ROSECRANS Mediterranean-Black Sea Jan. 10—^DANIEL WEBSTER..Mediterranean-Black Sea Jan. 25—ANDREW G. CURTIN Northeast Atlantic Jan. 25"—PENELOPE BARKER ..Northeast Atlantic Jan. 25—^WALTER CAMP....Red Sea and Indian Ocean Jan. 29—SAMUEL HUNTINGTON Mediterranean-Black Sea Feb. 1—^EDWARD BATES....Mediterranean-Black Sea Feb. 15—^ELIHU YALE Mediterranean-Black Sea Feb. 22—GEORGE CLEEVE..Mediterranean-Black Sea Feb. 22—PETER SKENE OGDEN Mediterranean-Black Sea Feb. 23—^E. G. SEUBERT Red Sea and Indian Ocean Mar. 4—^WILLIAM S. THAYER Northeast Atlantic Mar. 6—DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH Mediterranean-Black Sea Song Of The Merchant Marine By ALEX H. G. ANDERSON Out of this wax have come countless stories Of Heroes and battles, and their many glories But few people know of the efforts supreme. Made by the United States Merchant Marine. There are few songs for these brave fearless men Nor to the ships which are manned by them; Yet these men, in oil and salt stained dungarees Are sweating and dying to conquer the seas. Their ships carry food, guns and munitions; To get it across is their sole ambition. They know they must get it there at any cost. For their cargo may mean a battle, won or lost. They don't" know the thrill of a cheering throng— Just the lonely wail of a seagull's song; The hum of the engines—that is their theme, A safe voyage home—that is their dream. May God give them strength as they face the spray. Keep a star in the sky to guide their way; Let us all rise and show our esteem. Give a hearty cheer to the Merchant Marine. Mar. 9—CLARK MILLS Mediterranean-Black Sea Mar. 10—WILLIAM B. WOODS Mediterranena-Black Sea Mar. 12—^VIRGINIA DARE....Mediterranean-Black Sea Mar. 13—H. D. COLLIER ....Red Sea and Indian Ocean Mar. 17—MAIDEN CREEK Mediterranean-Black Sea Mar. 17—SEAKAY Northeast Atlantic Mar. 19—JOHN A. POOR ....Red Sea and Indian Ocean Mar. 29—RICHARD HOVEY..Red Sea and Indian Ocean Apr. 16—MEYER LONDON....Mediterranean-Black Sea Apr. 16—PAN PENNSYLVANIA ....Northwest Atlantic Apr. 16—THOMAS G. MASARYK Mediterranean-Black Sea Apr. 17—JAMES GUTHRIE....Mediterranean-Black Sea Apr. 20—PAUL HAMILTON..Mediterranean-Black Sea June 10—CHARLES MORGAN Northeast Atlantic June 28—CHARLES W. ELIOT Northeast Atlantic June 29—^H. G. BLASDELL Northeast Atlantic June 29—JAMES A. FARREL Northeast Atlantic June 29—JOHN A. TREUTIEN Northeast Atlantic July —EXMOUTH Undetermined Naihe of Vessel Area July 2—JEAN ICOLET Red Sea and Indian Ocean July 6—ESSO HARRISBURG Caribbean July 24—WILLIAM GASTON South Atlantic July 28—ROBIN GOODFETJ.OW South Atlantic Aug. 7—WILLIAM L. MARCY Northeast Atlantic Aug. 8—EZRA WESTON Northeast Atlantic Aug. 28—JOHN BARRY Red Sea and Indian Ocean Aug. 30—JACKSONVILLE Northeast Atlantic Sept. 29—EDWARD H. CROCKETT..Northeast Atlantic Oct. 29—JOHN A. JOHNSON Pacific Nov. 2—FORT LEE Red Sea and Indian Ocean Nov. 12—LEE S. OVERMAN Northeast Atlantic Nov. 23—GUS W. DARNELL Pacific Nov. 23—WILLIAM D. BURNHAM..Northeast Atlantic Dec. 3—FRANCIS ASBURY Northeast Atlantic Dec. 5—ANTOINE SAUGRAIN Pacific Dec. 10—DAN BEARD Northeast Atlantic Dec. 10—WILLIAM S. LADD Pacific Dec. 18—STEEL TRAVELER Northeast Atlantic Dec. 25—ROBERT J. WALKER Pacific Dec. 28—HOBART BAKER Pacific Dec. 28-^TAMES H. BREASTED Pacific Dec. 28—JOHN BURKE Pacific Dec. 29—.ARTHUR SEWALL Northeast Atlantic Dec. 29—BLACK HAWK Northeast Atlantic 1945 Jan. 4—LEWIS L. DYCHE Pacific Jan. 9—JONAS LIE Northeast Atlantic Jan. 14—MARTIN VAN BUREN. Northwest Atlantic Feb. 6—HENRY B. PLANT Northeast Atlantic Feb. 6—PETER SILVESTER Red Sea and Indian Ocean Feb. 14—HORACE GRAY Northeast Atlantic Feb. 17—THOMAS SCOTT Northeast Atlantic Mar. 20—HORACE BUSHNELL Northeast Atlantic Mar. 27.—JAMES EAGAN LAYNE....Northeast Atlantic Mar. 21—JOHN R. PARK Northeast Atlantic Feb. 23—HENRY BACON Northeast Atlantic Mar. 23—CHARLES D. McIVER Northeast Atlantic Feb. 26—NASHABA Northeast Atlantic Mar. 28-OKLAHOMA Caribbean Mar. 1—ROBERT L. VANN Northeast Atlantic Mar. 20—THOMAS DONALDSON ....Northeast Atlantic Apr. 6—HOBBS VICTORY Pacific Apr. 6—LOGAN VICTORY Pacific Apr. 18—CYRUS H. McCORMICK....Northeast Atlantic Apr. 18—SWIFTSCOUT Northwest Atlantic Apr. 27—CANADA VICTORY ^...Pacific May 5—BLACK POINT Northwest Atlantic WEISBERGER REPRESENTS U. S. SEAMEN IN LONDON (Contintud from Page 1) everjrwhere is to build up inde­ pendent and powerful organiza­ tions of their own. Only thus can we have unions which will be re­ garded as worthy and equal part­ ners, and respected as such by the shipowners and governments. Never can we accept the new­ fangled notion that the seamen's salvation and future progress can be assured by government and that it is the task of the state to assume functions and powers which solely belong to the naritime industry and its employees botmd together in union of their own free will and choice. To do so win invite the very conditions which we have been fighting these last few years in foreign lands with great loss of blood, money and sacrifices. It is for the inalienable rights to be free and to follow our own choice, unham­ pered by governmental regimen­ tation and interference, that so many of our citizens have given their lives on land and at sea. However, for the sake of the record and as renewed proof of our desire to be of constructive help in the struggle of our fellow seamen abroad for emancipation and improvement of their condi­ tion I should like to call attention to a general statement of poUcy presented by the SIU to the re­ cent I.L.O. meeting in London. This program, drawn up by Presi­ dent Harry Lundeberg and af­ firmed and supported by the membership, stated the position wita regard to continuous em­ ployment and the proposals of the International Seafarers Char­ ter in this respect as follows: "Certain proposals have been made which we vigorously dis­ agree with and which we will not, under any circumstances, adhere to. "You propose that each coun­ try set up a manpower pool in the appropriate ports. Out of this pool, the men would then receive employment. These pools" will be in joint control of the government, operators, and the union. You proposed cer­ tain regulations In these pools which in our opinion would take away certain privileges of the seamen's freedom. "As for the pools themselves, we believe that the question of employment for seamen must be handled through the union hiring offices, completely con­ trolled by the unions. We feel that the seamen, and only the seamen, have the. right to de­ termine how this labor should be sold. "On the Pacific Coast, the seaman have for the past ten years operated and run their own hiring halls, where men have shipped out in rotation system, i.e., the man who is longest ashore, gets the first job. It is run by elected offi­ cials, who are responsible di­ rectly to the membership, and we have found out that this is the only method and system which is fair; and the men will not, under any circumstances, scrap that for any government controlled or any other form of hiring halls. "As a matter of fact, the Pa­ cific Coast seamen had the same t3T)e of system during the years 1912 to 192L and operated suc­ cessfully. These were the years when the unions were strong­ est and where the conditions of the men who sailed the ships improved most. "We further cannot, as union men, allow a pool to determine who should be able to go to sea and who should not. This is certainly only the right of the union and the men in the union, and we do not care to leave this vital issue in the hands of outsiders; so we must emphatically go on record to be opposed to this type of em­ ployment for seamen". Now that the European phase of the war is over and the re­ maining burden of the war in the Pacific will have to be borne mainly by the American seamen, it is necessary to underline and amplify the previous position. Re­ cent developments in our own country and growing efforts to undermine the position and gains of the American seafarers should make it evident to every clearthinking person that the trend foward government regulation and regimentation must be regis­ tered at all cost. It appears from a study of the I.L.O. papers prepared in ad­ vance of the July meeting in Lon­ don that some groups are appar­ ently prepared to go along with proposals leading in that directino. A proposal of continuous employment or whatever it might be called, does not lend itself in our opinion to the protection of the seamen's right, gains .and privileges. On the contrary, it prepares the ground for national and international regimentation which must react severely against the long-range interests of the seamen themselves. If there ever was a time to cry stop and to re­ affirm the policy which has made the SIU great and accustomed to hard struggles, it is now. A great many arguments may be advanced in support of our contention that continuous em­ ployment is a double-edged sword, endangering the rights of the seafarers and interfering with their freedom; Suffice it is to say that a peace-time pool scheme, nationally or internationally, is indefensible and unjustified. Reg(Continued on Page JO) '5 �Friday. July 27. 1945 I HE SEAFARERS LOG Page Five Vinson Supports AFL Novo To Relax Wage Freeze New ' V/ASHINGTON, D. C. — An­ nouncing that wage controls will be relaxed to make up for loss of wartime pay advantages. War Mobilization Director Vinson dis­ QUESTION: Do you think it would be a closed reconversion plans calling good idea for the SIU to operate its own upBy "FHENCHY" MICHELET for positive government action to grad;'iig school? A few days more will find the ture of the organization explain­ "prevent depression from com­ good ship Del Rio lying in the ed to them in detail. The only ing to us as the guest of peace." WILLARD MULLING, AB —I stream off the Venezulian port of beef aboard has been settled to High wages, lower taxes, un­ think this would be e very good Miracabo. When this looked-for the crew's satisfaction. It entail­ employment compensation and event occurs we will naturally be ed a little misunderstanding on idea. These new ships require good men on deck because they so very busy visiting museums the mate's part as to what con­ public works form the backbone have plenty of gear which has to and historical shrines and care­ stitutes voyage stores. The mate of the program in which Mr. Vin­ be maintained and repaired. A fully avoiding cat houses and gin contended that the Stewards' son outlined a heavy role for gov­ lot of fellows think after they get mills that we may not find the stores taken aboard in Philly be­ ernment rather than a policy of out of school and carry seamen's time to do a rank and filer's duty fore we shifted to New York to letting things go" as necessary to assure smooth national transi­ were daily stores. papers in their hip pocket that of occasionally scribbling some­ load • tion to a peacetime life. they are sailors. They have only thing for our swell Log. so We're The departmental delegates got going to do our bit now. started. An up-grading school Mr. Vinson, making public his together with the ship's delegate run by the union would give t it and threshed the matter out thor­ quarterly report to Congress and training to the men while they There's a number of oldtimers oughly. The ship's delegate then the President, stated "we must be are on the beach waiting to ship aboard—Buck Newman, Johnny got together with the mate and prepared to compensate for se­ out. It could be held in the hall Glass, Frank Polander, Frank Pe- that worthy was shown the light. vere declines in take-home pay." and in that way a man would not tronne, Dominick Vaszquez and This was a creditable piece of He explained in a news confer­ lose his place on the shipping Jake Martin. Jake is an expert work on the part of the ship's ence he meant increases in wage list. butcher, but he had the misfor­ delegate (Buck Newman), for the rates above Little Steel formula tune to sail with Shuler in his mate has a head as hard as one limits. (Jake's) formative years and we of Shuler's biscuits. Making clear the official gov­ are consequently obliged to unt J, t ernment position on substandard JOHN DOTY. 2nd Cook and teach him everything that old Have a toast for those lighter pay issues, Mr. Vinson asked Baker: Anything that brings the "Hungry" taught him. It was moments: Congress to raise the statutory trainee close to the sea and actual Shuler who showed Jake how to minimum wage from 40 cents to "Here's to the light that lies sea life is a good method of train­ get enough slices out of a ten at least 50 cents an hour, with In woman's eyes. ing for the merchant marine. The pound ham to pave the whole of provision for further permissive And lies and lies and lies." best kind of an up-grading school the fore deck. increase to a higher level by the it it it for the merchant marine as far it it it industry committees" provided as deck and engine departments P.S.: By Buck Newman— It shouldn't be difficult for the for in the Fair Labor Standards are concerned. I think, would be (Shuler, please note) Patrolmen who payoff this scow. Act. \ small ship of some kind like the The delegates have collected all The only beef on this scow is In stressing the necessity for SUP had in Frisco. I started out the books and checked the month that Frenchy sticks his head in granting wage rate relief for as a greenhorn and had to learn up to which the member wishes the messroom port hole at every workers when high-pay war jobs from what I could pick up at sea. to pay. Trip card men have been meal and holds up one finger and dwindle, Mr. Vinson declared that but I think a union school for up­ given a little union know-how tells the messman, "Give 'em all savings to employers, resulting grading would be a line thing. and have had the financial struc­ the pork chop that they can eat." from reduction of overtime prem­ Every man should want to pro­ iums, downgrading of jobs and gress. I am going up for my increased manufacturing effi­ steward's papers this week. ciency, "would permit some rise in wages without a compensating rise in prices." PAUL SHARPE. Bos'n — My In event of early collapse of idea of an up-grading school is a Japan, which some industrialists ship where a man comes on have said would bring us close to board, gets a pair of dungarees One of the youngest affiliates dropped to 65 cents a pound. economic disaster, the mobiliza­ and starts getting his hands dirty of the SIU is the Gulf Coast Dis­ However, as Brother Biggs points tion chief indicated that a great pronto. This up-grading school trict Fisherman's Union, which out, the spread between what the publio works program and broad­ should teach men all kinds of has grown from the 60 members fisherman gets and what the con­ ened unemployment insurance wire and rope work, rigging, and it had 16 months ago to more sumer pays is so great that the would have to carry most of the how to use paints and care for than 6,000. This month the first suspicion arises that black mar­ load, until industry could be rebrushes. How in hell anyway do Issue of its official publication. ket conditions have been created. geared to high speed peacetime so many guys nowadays get the The Union Fisherman, an attrac­ Now that the fishermen are re­ operation. He said present plans idea that the only thing an AB tive 24 page slick paper maga­ ceiving the highest prices ever for a postwar works program does is stand a wheel watch or zine, made its appearance with paid them, they have been able must be enlarged and blueprint­ run errands for the mate? A informative articles of interest to to get out of the economic serf­ ing speeded. union up-grading school could fishermen and shoreside workers dom that was their lot. State­ The Vinson program was in­ teach these sailors how many dif­ alike. <• X ments from members of the vari­ cluded in his lengthy quarterly ferent jobs there are to do on a In the lead article Secretary- ous locals attest to the new posi­ report, titled, "The Road to Tokyo ship. Treasurer E. M. Biggs tells of the tion to which the union has and Beyond." Tone of the report substandard conditions under raised them: "Just bought two was that the government has a which fishermen worked but two new nets," says one. "I have responsibility to guide the nation years ago—^with prices dictated to bought a new motor," says an­ In reconverting to peace, just as J. p. FOLEY. AB—One of the them by dealers miles from the other. "I see that Jack got him­ it had in gearing for war. ^ms of the SIU is to provide sea with a "take-it-or-dump-the- self a new pair of shoes." good crews and a union-manned fish" finality—and how the union The GCDFU is a lusty baby up-grading school would help to succeeded in raising the fisher­ and is growing rapidly. The field do this. The strength of the union men's return. for expansion is large, and the lies in education: not only the Brother Biggs relates how the union is going after it in a big education of its members in men getting 8 cents a pound for way, not only among fishermen, unionism, but also in their pro­ groupers were notified by the but in allied fields. After months fession. If SIU men are the best fishdealers of a cut to 6 cents a of hard work, the union has suc­ seamen it v^l help to get more pound, with another cut to 4 ceeded in organizing several hun­ and better contracts. Just be­ in the cents probable in another week— dred sponge fishermen cause we have contracts we can't Tarpon Springs, Florida, area. neglect the necessity for furnish­ this at 9 time when the retail The field is a large one, but the ing the best seamen. There are price for groupers was 68 cents a progressive, militant GCDFU has plenty of experienced SIU men pound. who could run a good up-grading Since the fishermen organized, no fears on that score. It knows schooL which could be held- at thye are now receiving 12 cents a what the job entails, and knows the hall. pound, while the retail price has that it can do it. Notes From SIU's Wandering Steward SIU Fishermen Establish A Monthly Union Magazine �THE Page Six SEAFARERS LOG Friday. July 27. 194S SHIPS' MINUTES AND NEWS William R. Davie Right In Thick Of Okinawa Fighting Add to the list of fighting SIU loaded to the gunwales with ex­ ships tlie name of the William R. plosives. One of these boats hit a Navy Liberty, blowing her sky Davie, South Atlantic Liberty. Just back from a long trip in high. The Canada Victory, whose loss the Pacific which included Okin­ awa, several of the Davie's crew has been announced by the Navy stopped in the hall and told about was near the Davie when she was The Jonathan Grout, Mississ­ this voyage to the land of the hit by a suicide plane. Most thrilling incident of the iiiii ippi Liberty that was among the Kamikaze. first of this type launched back After signing on in New York trip occurred one night off Okin­ in '42, arrived in New York last last October, the ship went to the awa when the Davie was unload­ week with a.mate who, accord­ West Coast in ballast and then ing. The anchorage had been ing to the crew, must have been after loading in Oakland sailed alerted for an air raid and the ships were in total black out un­ trying to buy an interest in the for Guam. company. Here she unloaded and return­ der a smoke screen. Finally the Several times during the two ed to Pearl Harbor, picking up Japs came over and, baffled by months' trip he offered to pay another load there for Okinawa, the haze* thrown up by the smoke the overtime out of his own pock­ where she arrived on D Day plus pots, couldn't find their targets. CECIL KEANE PHIL ADELMAN et, if the men who did the work 14. This, however, didn't mean One kamikaze, howevei-, seemed would not enter it on their over­ that the Davie had an easy time to spot the Davie and circled time sheets. Needless te say, the of it, for the Okinawa fighting around above her for several minutes angling for a dive. At men told the mats his lender sol­ was tough right up to the last. icitude for the company didn't At Okinawa the Davie's crew one time when this Jap came efleet them one bh and as far as saw plenty of Jap Kamikaze (sui­ over about 100 feet above the tt.ey were concerned his genero® cide) planes, and the gunners masts, either gathering up his ily was useless. shot down one of them by 20 courage or to try to spot a good Brother Frank Lovell was int On another occasion this i.oate millimeter fire off Haha. The Da­ place to land his TNT, someone the hall the other day after mak­ pushed the wrong switch on the irsisted on paying for a puddin vie, according to Phil Adelman, spar that fell overboard in .rough Oiler, and Cecil Keane, Bos'n, was Davie and lit up the cargo lights ing a trip on the Deaconhill weather. Maybe Mississippi fs the first ship on the eastern side on number four hatch. Luckily, tanker. Mesa Verde. Deaconhill the Jap was hit just then by a crying the blues to their mates, of the island. says Lovell, has one of the best destroyer and blown to pieces or During the 22 days that the end telling them that profits have contracts to be found anywhere A ship whose popularity help­ dropped to 200 per cert! Davie laid at anchor at various the Davie might have been and no one will go wiong by ed to get a full crew almost as among the missing. Delegates on the Grout were places along Okinawa, she went soon as her name went on the Part of the Davie's cargo were riding their ships. Nobel Petersen, AB; W. T. Fagan, through 76 air raids, besides at­ board last week was the R. Jones, Oiler; and Mike McCowine, Mess- tacks on the convoys by suicide 2500 carrier pigeons, with a fev/ While the Mesa Verde was layman. boats, small sixteen foot craft signal corps men as caretakers. ^ing loaded in the Hudson, an old Overtakes Liberty. All hands liked this scow and rust bucket came along and smacked her in the stern, dentmg reported a fine trip to Black Sea the fan tail and carrying awa> a ports. Only minor beefs remain­ ed at the payoff, thanks to good With maggots in the potatoes piece of the after railing. Being Are the Dutch glad to see the The Paca made it back from and weevils in th6 flour, it was, smacked like this is no joke when work of the delegates and, being Rotterdam in 12 days, with her literally and figuratively, no pic­ you are sitting atop a load of high crewed up with a 100% full-book Yanks? Just ask the crew of the Wil­ engine turning over 89 revolu­ nic for the crew of the J. Din- test gas," so the deck hands rig- crew, there were no beefs about free loaders. tions part of the time. land, Eastern Liberty that pulled ged fire hoses, the navy gunners liam Paca, Calmar Liberty which Larry Bartlett, OS, who made in last week. Only event of the trip was stood by to throw the ammuni­ came back from Holland last his third trip on this vessel, re­ some firing practice at mines seen tion overboard, and a couple of After living on rations for two week. One of the first ships to ported a good feeding ship with floating in the Mediterranean. company watchmen on board ran months, the men were glad to reach Rotterdam after the port a "sv/ell Steward." around shouting for life jackets. Says steward department dele­ get back to New York, where was reopened, the Paca was met Delegates were Earl Stimson, they can get seconds at meal But the other ship got its anchor gate, A. Knoles, "I recommend by a motor launch v/ith a depu­ FWT; Arlie Dudley, .3rd Cook; time and make up for some lost chain fouled up with the Mesa the Black Sea to all brothers tation of the town officials wel­ and Charley Roberts, AB. Char­ Verde, thus averting a second wanting to ship. It's a sailor's weight. coming them to Holland, and lie Collins, who could write a crash that might have caused a paradise." On the way over three ships, then at the pier by what ap­ book about his experiences dur­ catastrophe. peared to be half of the city, ing three months on the beach including an American Liberty, Lovell reports a good crew and were lost in submarine action cheering and waving Dutch and over in Persia, was Bosun on this good officers on this trip, with a about sixty miles off Brest. On American flags. ship. the v/ay across the channel on a young chief whom everyone was shuttle trip to Ghent, another mistaking for the yeoman when they first came on board. ship hit a mine. When the Patrolman went on board to pay off the William J. Palmer, he was told that the of­ To have a ship smash into your caught in the crash, one severely ficers had appropriated the toast­ room while you are asleep is bad injured and another killed. er from the crew's mess and were enough, but to have a jagged Telling about the incident in having toasted sandwiches for Brother George Fossett, piece of steel tear off the seat , of the New York hall the other day their night lunch. This kind of FWT, got a standby job on your pants as you make a hasty were Ed Harrison, FWT; James hurt, as this toaster had been put exit is adding insult to injury. the Elijah Bartlett when she Redman, Cook; Kenneth Myers, on board only because of previous Such was the unfortunate ex­ Messman; Henry Martin, BR; and was in port last time, and action by the crew. perience of the Steward on the Estle Walker, Chief- Cook. then tried like hell to get off But things were soon squared James Caldwell, when that in­ away. The Patrolman took the her before she sailed. He bound Liberty was rammed last toaster out of the saloon, and told SS TALISMAN even thought up a sad tale week by the British freighter the officers if they wanted a Bapanui off Norton's Point in for the commissioner, but he Restriction of the crew when toaster to use some action them­ Gravesend Bay. The bow of the couldn't get off the articles. the ship was at Marseilles irked selves, and put it back in the linrey freighter tore a thirty foot crew's mess. Back in port again, George the boys on the last trip of the hole in the Caldwell's port side. Other beefs on the Palmer in­ says he is glad he made the Looking out of the port in the Talisman, Mississippi C-2, but no cluded a demand for fumigation crew's mess at breakfast time one amount of argument could change trip, for the Bartlett was a of the ship and repairs to galley of the wipers saw the oncoming the mind of the army authorities swell ship, with a steward, equipment. ship and enabled the men there and the crew watched this town deck and engine gang that to escape a second or two before from the stream. Delegates for Delegates for the trip were were all okay. Best of all, he the Papanui hit them. Tragedy the trip were Albert Weber, AB; John Parker, AB; Carol Ross, says, she was a good feeding occurred in the gunner's mess, William Vanicky, Oiler; and FWT; and C. B. Arms, Chief however, where two soldiers were Nicholas Nomicos, 2nd Cook. Cook. ship. Mate Pays Ship's Expenses Out Of His Own Pocket Iff Serious Accident Narrowly Averted By SS Mesa Verde Black Sea Is Sailors'Heaven Dutch Treat Is On The House SS J. Dinland Patrolman Restores Toaster To Crew Farce And Tragedy On Caldwell Sad Tale Turns To Good Deal I s'iii �Friday. July 27. 1945 THE SEAFARERS LOG Paga Seven THE MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS Commissars And Chiselling Shipowners Irk Union Mate Rights Of Members While In U.S. Army Just a word to let you i just signed off a ship on will realize that the course they know that I will not be back are steering will land them in •which I was first mate. This to ship out. as I am now in shoal water. packet was sailing under the So much for the union front. the army as a "selective vol­ "Red Flag of the NMU" and, unteer." I have paid my dues Now for a few words on recent needless to say, it was complete up and I would like to know maneuvers by the companies, and with political commiss>."'"S and a when I come back after the this one , has really started. I had special library for the education war if I can ship out again the port captain down checking and enlightenment of the ignor­ through the SIU and con­ overtime with me and it was all ant masses. tinue going to sea. okay, but "too much." The cap­ The political commissars were tain and I were then given a I want to thank the union right on the ball, graduates of little talk on the postwar period, for everything it did for me, I the commie leadership school, primarily on the elimination of and hope other boys out of and were quitfe conversant with overtime. maritime school find the SIU Roberts Rules of Order. The net as cooperative as I did. I was informed that this com­ result was that they ran the show, pany expected the mate to get JAMES A. DONOVAN and any of the crew who had the out and supervise the deck work guts to buck them were immedi­ EDITOR'S NOTE: You sureon his own time, and also to lay ately ruled out of order. This awake nights figuring ways to ly can. Any member of the left the floor for the commissars SIU going into the armed chisel a few nickels from the to use in disseminating the NMU forces is relieved from paying boys. brand of communism and world dues from the day he enters While it must be remembered revolution. The pitiful thing is to the day he returns. Since that the other boys were, not that the sole purpose of overtime you are in good standing smart enough to out-maneuver is to eliminate all work in excess now. you will be when you the commissars at the meetings, of the eight hour day, with the come back. Meanwhile, good and thus were fed on the ap­ bonus cut overtime becomes part luck. Brother Donovan, and proved NMU diet of communism. of the take-home pay. So, broth­ a speedy return. ers, stand by to clear the decks It is quite apparent that these for bucko mates and skippers in Super-Militant Leaders of Labor the postwar period, but don't are trained to be agitators and let look for me. some little OS come up with the On my last two or three ships, beefs. Wherever possible, they the slop chest prices have been f bring up the battle cry of "Racial damn high, and I believe the Discrimination" whether it is It's good to see that the growth membership could do well to and vast increase of membership warranted or not. Every NMU beef sooner or later ends up that start a little fire in the right in the SIU since the war. The way, when they want an easy place, and bring prices down influx of men from all over the way out. These commissars cre­ where they belong. It is obvious country, indeed from all over the ated more ill-feeling between the that the seaman is geting chisel­ world, has greatly overcome the colored boys and the white boys led again. old narrow sectionalism that used than I ever saw on a ship before. I think that will be all for to hamstring the efforts of the I believe it is safe to say that the now, but keep your union going union. colored boys resented it more and keep it strong in the Ameri­ I remember when a Yankee than any one else, as they realize can way. We do not need Stalin coming down to ship out in the that this phony communist prop­ to run America. If you ever Gulf was treated like an unwash­ aganda is really hurting the lose your union, you and your ed headhunter fresh out of the cause of the colored people. bush; and if a Baldwin County family are sure going to lose your This constant nonsense also citizen arrived in New York he stirs up anti-NMU feeling amid­ bread and butter. was considered to be just a dumb "Through The Hawse Pipe" grits-and-red beans boy who was­ ships. Nn. 19224 (retired) Maybe some day the NMU boys n't capable of walking down the street by himself. We brand ourselves an Inter­ national Union. How idiotic, then, to judge a man by sectional lines. What does it matter where a man is from as long as he can produce? I'm an oldtimer, but I will In working around the water­ Seafarers men to talk to unor­ welcome any former cow hand, front and coming in contact with ganized seamen whenever you dirt farmer or dish washer, the unorganized seamen off the meet them. Tell them that labor whether he's from Kokomo or the Isthmian ships, the American laws protect them in their desire Louisiana swamps, as long as he Trading Co., and other independ­ for union representation, and if has taken up the sea as a pro­ ent outfits, a fellow can't help they are discriminated against at fession and proves he can be a but notice the cleancut type of any time by the company the good seaman and a good union Seafarers will stand by them and man. men riding these scows. PERRY J. ROBERTS They all understand what fight the issue for them. This the union conditions would mean for SIU did on the west coast in the them and almost all of these men case of Johnny Hansen, when he would gladly see their ships or­ was fired by Standard Oil of Cal­ You have no idea how much ganized under the SIU. The big ifornia for union activity. The handicap, however, is that these Seafarers won this beef, Hansen better it makes me feel to see men are told in the company hir­ was proven right and Standard the Log increased in size, as well ing offices that they should not paid through the nose and liked as improved in quality. Honest to Henry it used to make me feel talk to anyone about unions, and it. Wherever you see men off the ashamed everytime I saw that that they should not sign any unorganized ships, in Rio, Lon­ single sheet that we called our union pledge cards. Consequently these men are don, Cape Town, tell them about "paper." Keep up the good work, afraid to cooperate with any their rights and their opportun­ and try like hell to put just one union organizers for fear of being ity under the SIU. Let's bring more double sheet in that rag and black-listed although they want them aU under the Seafarers ban­ we'll have the best damned pa­ ner. per in the field. to see the organizing job done. W. E. WYMAN The answer to this is for all BULL SHEPPARD Hails Disappearance Of SIU Seclionalism Laws Protect Unorganized Men Who Want To Join Union Asks Even Bigger Log • V,: NMU Turns On Men Who Built It The NMU, the once strong rank and file union that was built on the blood and strife of honest rank and filers, has now turned against these very men that built it. I am one of them myself and, disgusted with the way this union is being taken over by people who aren't interested in the sea­ man, I turned to a rank and file outfit like the SIU. As it is now in the NMU, you have to be a "yes man" to every official, and you are a great guj' as long as you don't bring in o beef to be settled. Before set­ tling beefs they are more inter­ ested in seeing if you have your dues paid up in advance. If you have a beef, you are patted on the back* and told to run along like a good boy. If you come back again to see about your beef you find they have "overlooked" it. Instead of r K A • . " •; Delegates' Duties It has been in my mind for a long time to set forth my ideas of VINCENT J. KELLER several important obligations of taking it up, some commissar ship delegates: takes you by the arm and has A delegate should be elected you sign a bunch of letters to by the entire department. Very Congress, although you have no often they are appointed by some idea what the hell it is all about. friend and no one else has a Joe Stack thinks he is a com­ chance to be elected to this im­ bination of Stalin and Napoleon, portant job. and hates to hear the word A delegate should turn in the "beef." book numbers of men who do not The NMU has lost the fighting behave themselves as union sea­ drive that made many militant men. oldtimers believe it had what the A delegate should listen to all seamen needed. It is a front now the beefs that the crew brings to for outside interests who aie us­ him, and not just take action on ing the NMU and rank and file the ones that he feels like push­ seamen for their own advantage. ing. VINCENT J. KELLER, GEORGE A. THORNHILL former No. 9543 NMU Shipowners Preparing'For Postwar Drive On Unions As war draws, nearer to an end it is evident that the ship oper­ ators are tightening up on over­ time and conditions. This was especially noticeable the last trip I made in the Atlantic. The ship was a new T-2 tank­ er, the SB Mesa Verde, built and operated at government expense, but under control of the Deconhill outfit. While on this coast the skipper acted as company agent since offices are maintain­ ed only on the West Coast. The SIU-SUP contract for these west coast tankers is in many respects a model contract. Unlike many others, this contract is specific as to what work is over­ time. The ship operators signed the contract in order to guarantee a supply of qualified men during the war and the WSA approved it. All wages on these ships are paid by the WSA. The ship op­ erator runs no risk in the opera­ tion of the vessel. He invested no money in construction of the ship, lays out nothing for its maintainance, and has no worries about wages. His only concern is keep­ ing the books straight so as to know how much is coming his way in the form of "operator's fees." The WSA is now issuing more and more orders, specifying ex­ actly what overtime work shall be paid for. Often these orders conflict with the provisions of the union agreement. Random examples of such conflicts is the WSA order that no penalty meal hours will be paid for. Similarly, an order has come down to cut out all overtime for men on watch, regardless of what they are asked to do. Carpenter work has been ordered cut out. Even though the contracts call for over­ time for all such work, the oper­ ators have a pat answer when you try to collect it: "The WSA has disapproved." This is becoming a stock phrase that we are going to hear a lot. The ship operators have' packed the government agencies with their stooges and are now prim­ ed to use these government agen­ cies as the spearhead of their postwar drive against our uniom and the conditions we liave won. FRANK LOVELL, AB SUP No. 3265 �Page Eight THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. July 27. 1945 UNION'S OK, VET SAYS Recent Strikes Win For Unions In Most Cases, Survey Shews WASHINGTON (LPA)—Strikes took a downward turn during the past week, as thousands of .workers returned to their jobs, in most cases winning complete or partial victory on the issues which brought them out on the picket line. As a result newspapers had good reasons to cry the blues. The great "strike wave which they had been inflating for weeks, went into ebb tide, leaving little to justify scare headlines. ternational Typographical Union, ecutive board after extensive dis- During the week, 15,000 work­ which at this writing has closed cussion voted last week to con­ ers marched back into shipyards down seven daily newspapers in tinue its no-strike pledge, but on the Gulf and west coast, after four citids — Birmingham, Ala.; only until the end of the war short-lived stoppages. Nearly 10,- Fort Wayne, Ind.; Jersey City, with Japan. When that day 000 miners in Illinois—members N. J. and Bayonne, N. J.—with comes, UAW president R. J. of both the Progressive Mine papers in other cities next in Thomas asserted that he would "I was a union member before I went into the service, and I'm begin to authorize strikes of auto Workers-AFL and United Mine line. and aircraft woVkers, and "there going back to the union." says Pvt. Chet Horton. "We got $9 to $15 Workers union—rreturned to their At stake is the ITU's demand will be plenty of them" he warn­ a day when non-union fellows were getting $5 and $6." Entertain­ jobs after winning a "no meat- that the publishers continue, as ed, because of the great backlog ing him at Madigan General Hospital, Tacoma. Wash., are Cleo Carl no work" strike. Their protest they have in the past, to include of unsettled grievances in the in­ and Berneal Myers, Local 751, International Association of Mach­ dustry. inists (AFL). (Federated Pictures) walkout wrung from the OPA a in their contracts with the union a commitment to observe the promise of extra red points for union's laws, as revised at each the miners. annual convention. Printing trades unions called off a six-week strike that had This year, many leading pub­ By FREDDIE STEWART crippled operations in R. R. Don­ lishers have combined to resist the demand, claiming that at the nelley & Sons, notorious anti­ Strike season is definitely here. conditions were favorable. iduction of hours below the point union Chicago prirttery, where last convention, certain provis­ Another economic consideration, which management is willing to Mass picketing, sit downs, walk­ part of the output of Time, Life ions were added to the laws—re­ bearing on union policy has been go. and other national magazines is lating to arbitration, overtime outs, aU point to the end of the the belief that reduction of work­ Labor looks at hours not only Labor - Management honeymoon. produced. The fight of the unions pay, vacations and other items ing hours might be a cause as the viewpoint of monthly cost of for a "closed shop" shifted to the which should be passed upon by But the question is asked again well as a result of reductions in production, but from the view­ bargaining table, but if a new collective bargaining. The pub­ and again, why? Last week I read the cost of productions. Workers point of lifetime cost of produc­ deadlock develops another strike lishers charged the union was have long felt what scientific tion. Here the question of the trying to put over changed work­ a book entitled "When Labor Or­ may occur, it was predicted. management has begun to dis­ hours becomes inseparable from ganizes" by a Professor Brooks, "Thirty" was written also on ing conditions by "unilateral ac­ close, that more work may ac­ that of the speed of work. The and published by Yale University. one of the bitterest of the recent tion." tually be turned out on a forty, worker is interested in what hap­ However, Woodruff Randolph, He had some good thoughts on rather than a sixty hour week pens to him at the end of the tenstrikes, the 2^ week walkout of 1700 delivery men, members of president of the "Typos," hit the the subject and I'd like to pre­ basis, if a sufficiently long period year period, while management an independent union, which had publishers' claim as a smoke­ sent some of them. is taken into account. Accumu­ may no longer be greatly con­ paralyzed distribution of New screen to cover up a campaign lated fatigue reduces speed and cerned with that problem. If at Equal work for equal pay, is a causes spoilage, high accident the end of ten years the worker York City's big dailies and caused aimed at smashing the union's the metropolis a news "famine". laws, weakening the "closed primary demand, according to rates, rapid labor turnover, ten­ is incapable of maintaining the shop," and breaking down con­ Union leaders claimed a vic­ ditions which had prevailed for Brooks. Union demands will rep­ dencies toward exhausting de­ required speed of hours of work resent an attempt to force em­ bauches, and acute industrial un­ he is eliminated from industry tory in the terms upon which decades. ployers to regularize production rest. and becomes in some measure a they returned. They were given sufficiently to render overtime Management and labor may burden upon his family or com­ Despite reprisals against the assurance by the War Labor Board's Printing and Publishing Union, laid down by the WLB af­ work unnecessary. Back of this is march together. Union leaders munity. to distribute have learned by experience, how­ Fear of unemployment is the Commission on two vital points: ter the ITU refused to call off its the desire, first, work among as many people as basic reason for forms of restric­ ever, that intense pressure from strikes—and from which labor (1) that all of their demands, in­ possible; second to protect union tions. Wherever fear of unenfa well-organized labor group is members of the board dissented cluding a proposed "welfare fund", would be considered on —Randolph made it clear that the members as human beings from very often necessary to compel ployment is strong there are dual their merits, and (2) that the union is in this fight "to the fin­ the disturbance to social relations attention to this matter and that and opposed attitudes on the part commission would consider or­ ish" and will close down newspa­ which results from irregular hours labor's interests may demand re- of labor. dering arbitration on the "wel­ pers all over the country if the of work. fare fund" issue if a settlement publishers remain adamant on The second major policy of the the question of accepting the labor movement has been to could not be reached. union's laWs. shorten hours of work. Unions The union had demanded a 3 By WM. McKAY Meeting in Minneapolis, the have subsequently made efforts to percent payroll contribution by United Auto Workers—CIO exsecure wage increases as soon as the newspapers to the fund, BALTIMORE, July 19—Any re­ the practice. which would be jointly adminis­ port in the Pilot to the effect that The unions are usually blamed tered by management and labor, for delaying shjps when it takes SIU members are picketing the LABOR COMPETITION and which would be used to pay a man at least 2 to 3 hours to pass WSA in Baltimore is pure crap. sick benefits, old age pensions and There are no SIU men on the the doctor. similar benefits. picket line and there won't be We finally put a crew aboard Management had refused to until the membership decide that the new SS Venore and of course negotiate on that and other is­ there is something to be gained they waited until the last minute sues, and rejected a proposal for for the benefit of all seamen. SIU before calling for the crew. She arbitration. Under the settlement, representatives in Washington is sailing for South America and however, the newspapers agreed are taking care of the bonus beef no question about it, she is a to direct negotiations on some of and are in there keeping an eye beautiful job. Her quarters come the issues, including the welfare on the basic wage rates. The close to being 100 percent right fimd, and the WLB's Printing NMU picket line was a publicity and unless they start lousing her Commission began hearings on stunt for the NMU. You can de­ up with poor grub and cheap sup­ remaining points. Ultimate arbi­ pend upon it the NMU will do plies she should be a good all tration of disputed points is an­ nothing to hurt the feelings of around job. ticipated, either by agreement of their pals on 14th Street. Shipping is a little spotty at both sides, or by an order of the We have contacted the WSA this moment but djie to pick up commission. doctors here about the numerous and we have -a couple more new While these and other strikes questior^ that are asked the sea­ ones scheduled for crews soon. were settled during the week, men when taking the physical The Victories going out of here others kept breaking out — most examination. Most of these ques­ are headed for other ports for of them due to stiffening and ar­ When AFL and CIO compiled in St. Louis, winners and losers tions have nothing to do with the conversion to troop ships. Some bitrary attitudes by management amicably shared the rewards. It was at the Quiz of Two Cities radio man's physical condition and we talk here about coastal and interagainst, prompt settlement of hope to have them eliminated. coastal shipping getting going program where the victorious visitors were members of United Elecworkers' grievances. Pete De Catte of the SUP and soon but at the present low bonus One of the toughest of the cur­ tricaL Radio ft; Machine Workers (CIO) and St. Louis was represent­ Jim Gormley of the MFOW also rate such ships will be difficult (Federated Pictures) registered a strong protest against to crew up. rent walkouts is that of the In­ ed by InlL Assn. of Machinists (AFL). PERIOD OF LABOR UNREST No "Picketline" For Baltimore C J if �wBm Friday, July 27, 1945 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Nina Another Bucko Bites The Bust By E. S. HIGDON WSA Again Fouls Up Details By ABTHUR THOMPSON SAVANNAH — This week was one of the slowest we've ever had. Only one replacement was ship­ ped out. No ships were paid off, and our shipping lists have in­ creased to 42 members. We are Btill waiting for the SS Bellringer, which was supposed to be de­ livered on May 15, 1945. It's only 67 days,overdue now, so we may have a few more weeks to wait. The Smith Victory is still in dry dock being converted. It won't be ready for at least another month. DEADUNE! Several ports sent in news this week which arrived too late to make the LOG. All Branch Agents should see that their reports reach the office of the Editor by Tues­ day morning of each week. If possible, mail copy on Sat­ urday so that the LOG re­ ceives it on Monday. get out and the WSA won't take them. Personally I don't like this WSA business at all, but we would like to get our men out and if something doesn't come in soon we'll be swamped with men. We have 42 on our shipping lists and for Savannah that's a lot, and this does not include the men available but who still have a few weeks before they must ship out again. LOCAL ITEMS: Mayor Thom­ as Gamble died about a week ago By D. L. while on a vacation in Tennessee. A piece in the local paper boast­ TAMPA — Shipping here in ing of the fact that the Savannah Fire Department had not been Tampa has picked up quite a bit called out for a fire for a week. in the past five weeks. Although The probable explanation is that I we don't take in a hell of a lot it has rained every day for the of cabbage, we manage to exist. past two weeks and a lire could­ We will have about five ships out n't make any headway. No new between now and the 10th of hospital cases to report in Savan­ August, and our shipping list is nah although Brother Peterman almost blank, so if any of you brothers want to take out a small is still a patient. Here's another piece of infor­ but fast scow come on down. mation you can take for what it's Had the MV Sankty Head in worth. A word often used aboard this past week and had quite a ship is "mess." Here's what the bit of trouble with the captain and CG. The-old man wanted to put out to sea with two sick men aboard. The Coast Guard was NEW ORLEANS—On the 12th voyage of the SS James Miller, the oxtail didn't suit the captain nor the chief engineer. On the 13th voyage, every goddam thing in the stewards department was wrong. / Sore because the cook wasn't specialized in "fawncy cuisine" to the extent that the meat on the oxtail peeled off evenly, the captain fired the stewards department and was forced to take it back with suffi­ cient evidence for firing was not produced. Sore again because he had the crew he'd fired. Captain "Bligh" set up his constant watch for things slightly out of line. He watched, he checked and he tallied and finally lodged the fol­ lowing charges against Robert Coast Guard is Getting Tough Last Wednesday the WSA call­ ed me and asked how many men I had on our shipping lists. I told them, and they said they would call me at eleven the next morn­ ing and let me know whether or not they -could send our surplus members to New York or a west coast port. At the meeting that night I reported this to the mem­ bers and advised those who wish­ ed to ship out to be at the hall at eleven A.M. the following morn­ ing. There were quite a few around the hall the next morn­ ing, and I called the WSA at eleven to find out what the score was. They, in their usual slip­ shod manner, were still waiting for information from New York, and said they would call again at three o'clock. Some of the boys Were tired of waiting and they gave it up as a Tfum steer. At three that day the WSA called again and said they could take any of our men who had a rating above OS, Wiper or Messman. By this time I only had a few who Would wait and they told us they would not take less than ten. Now book says: "Mess" was originally we have about six who want to derived from the Latin word meaning "to send" and came to mean a portion of food sent or served up, as in the Biblical "mess of pottage." Subsequently, it meant a dish sent up for sev­ eral people and then the people themselves, in the sense that is now used in the Army or Navy Mess and in the Merchant Mar­ ine. Of course, in pre-SIU days "mess" in the Merchant Marine meant what Noah Webster call­ ed it. If you don't know, look it up or ask any old timer. WATCH FDR ViOLATiON OF UNION SHIPPING RULES PARKER called down and it seemed that they were in accord with the cap­ tain. I asked the captain and the CG officer if they would assume the responsibility of taking these two men to sea, but they balked til ji, Carl Ellis, Steward. "1. No night lunches served." The captain was careful not to disclose the fact that the chief engineer had re­ peatedly refused to raise the temperature of the ice box, there­ by causing 350 pounds of meat to spoil and to be thrown away. "2. The passageway was dirty." This was an open and shut, case of manufacturing a charge. As it happens, the SS James Miller had been in port—the water had been turned off and rationed; she put to sea again—water was turned on and two hours later an inspec­ tion was called. Up to the pas­ sageway dashed the captain with his mouth drooling — "Ah-ha, filth and dirt, me hearties." He had 'em. There had not been time to clean the passageway since setting sail. The next charge was: "3. Im­ proper stowing of dirty linen." Twenty-four hours overtime was put in and okayed for such work —but still claimed the buckeroo skipper "the men throw their dirty linen down the ladder." Shame—naughty, naughty, sea­ men. We must learn to be a lit­ tle neater. at that. Then they gave the two men involved a certificate to go to the hospital, and it w'as found that one of the boys had appen­ dicitis and the other one stomach trouble. The captain filed charges against Brother John Prescott. The trial was held then and there, with the result that he came clear. That was a very poor pol­ icy on the part of the captain. Publicity Stunt Ends, Houston Reports To cap the whole thing off charges against Ellis; Bob Dun­ bar, MM; John J. Zinzel, 2nd cook; Joseph Gagliano, MM, were logged for going ashore without permission. So the Coast Guard heard the case—gave the men two months' "suspended suspen­ sion." The SS Co. removed the captain and the chief engineer and a^greed to pay overtime for the week end the Miller spent in the mouth of the Mississippi. Warning: A couple of guys from the USS were in the office NEW YORK — Shipping has come to eventually; so see to it Steely is a great guy, but has a this week trying to sell us on the great benefits of their organiza­ been very good with fifteen hun­ that you make it your business to bad habit that the doctn':s haven't By GULF REPORTER tion. Why, they give dances for dred members shipped these last put a stop to that sort of practice cured him of as yet: He is a the seamen, they furnish a loan Kleptomaniac specializing in false HOUSTON—Seeing as how the few weeks, and probably wil aboard these ships. service — and they obligate the teeth. So, boys, don't let your ! editor and the membership in the It is Teally funny—I have heard continue to be so. We have also false teeth lay around the hall ,last New York meeting have me men for postwar times. Bent about twenty eight members quite a few of you members where Steely White can get at on the pan for not sending in The USS is holding out one of the deck and engine depart­ squawking about certain mem­ them, for you will be shy a pair, news from this port, I will now hand with a gopd strong shake. bers who promote themselves to ments to Mobile, for three T-2 Behind the scenes, the other hand higher jobs from Wiper, O.S. and or even a half pair. Now, now. do so. tankers. Steely, don't get sore, or I'll tell We have been fairly busy for has a couple of crossed fingers. Messman. And what did you do? We dispatchers here in N. Y. that wee lil' son of yours on you, the past week, but now it looks The "little angels" who came vis­ are being confronted with a cer­ Nothing but squawk. and he'll beat the hell out of you. as though it will slow dovm for iting tell us that SIU members While you are on the ship, the tain situation, and the members' But coming back to the SIU: a bit. The sturdy Beggar, a Mis­ frequent their dances and come cooperation is of the greatest im­ ship delegate should be notified It wouldn't harm any of the sissippi scow, paid off here yes­ to the USS for help, and now that portance to settle it. Probably the and he in turn should tell that members to study the shipping terday and we shipped a full crew fink organization wants us to give particular individual that is not Bituation is not quite deliberate, rules, contracts and constitution to her. referral slips to the seamen so at least we like to think so. Most the policy of the SIU and if he and everything about your union. The beefs on this wagon were that they may receive loans. Just new members don't quite under- refuses you can always bring The oldtimers are more than settled SIU style—at the point of like the old Shipping Board—a Btand the policy or the shipping that member up on charges. As happy to help out the new mem­ production to the crew's satisfac­ new Doghouse idea—USS joins rules we have in the SIU. We you and I know, there are quite bers. Those menAjers that have tion—for around three hundred the ranks of charity halls. Keep are having quite a few rated en­ a few members that were waiting been in for several years, should hours. away from them. These damn gine members taking jobs out of weeks for that particular job. So. by now understand the SIU and The NMU removed their so- places must be knocked out of the hall' as wipers, and then see to it yourselves aboard ship what it stands for. Make the called "picket line" from the the picture—what good are they aboard the ship, when there's an that the imion rules are followed unionism of the SIU a daily topic WSA here. Don't know whether doing when they keep the men opening, they promote themselves for the protection of all. of discussion aboard the ships, for they've decided to quit their pub­ from relying on themselves? to the vacated rated jobs. The other day I sensed that it will prove helpful to new and licity stunt for good or not, and That, boys, is in direct viola­ someone was at my back, and to old members. The Educational don't really give a damn as this especially to their own men. tion with the shipping rules, and my great surprise it was Steely Department on the fifth floor of latest gag of theirs is not only If you don't think so then come you newer members should know White. If you don't know him, let the N. Y. hall will let you have obvious as all hell but is positive­ down and talk to a few of the and understand what this will me put you wise. Mind you,' all the material you need. ly disgusting to all seamen—and NMU men in this port. By W. PAUL GONSORCHIK �Pag« Ten THE SEAFARERS Friday. July 27. 1945 LOG ILO London Maritimo Conforonco tend to defiect from that course training schools. The record of (Continued from Page 4) Illations of this kind are likely to Bqt since there seem to be the union emergency training open the way to many abuses on strongly-held different opinions program speaks for itself and will the part of the governments and on the subject it is worthwhile to continue to do so in the future. shipowners, not to speak of the recall the experience of the SIU Looking at post-war conditions harm that is boimd to result to and its affiliate, the SUP with its as they appear today and consid­ the unions as democratic instru­ own pre-sea training plan during ering the excessive number of ments chosen freely by the sea­ wartime. seamen available everywhere men for the defense and enhance­ Some time before the United there will be no need for pre-sea ment of their economic interests. States entered the war, the SUP training of any nature. As has It is our task as unionists to had recognized the need to train been said before, the only way to preserve the free and democratic seamen in anticipation of the train a seaman is to take him character of our organizations. pent-up and steadily mounting aboard ship and let him leam his We will not and cannot permit demands for seafaring personnel. business from the beginning up­ that any restriction whatever be This was done through the An­ ward. In an emergency, a train­ placed upon the- right of the sea- drew Furuseth School of seaman­ ing program should be deter­ nian to choose his work, to sell ship and the union-operated mined and operated solely by the his labor at greatest advantage training ship, the Invader, a 136 unions. The operators, with whom and to fight for further improve­ feet over-all, 25 feet 6 inches we have satisfactory contractual ment shoulder to shoulder with beam two-masted schooner of relations and who are well aware his fellow workers, regardless of nickel steel construction, with a of the splendid services rendered government policies and regula­ draft of 13 feet 6 inches. Accord­ by the umon in training, man­ tions. Above all, we must beware ing to the SUP annual report of ning and sailing the ships, have of a trend that will reduce the December, 1943, 8000 men had concurred in this view. union to a minor partner in a been trained up to that date. In In conclusion, I wish to state government - employer scheme 1944, which was our biggest year, that we cannot expect immediate and thus rob our organizations of we practically doubled this fig results from the July meeting in the very right to exist. ure. The work of the union train­ London, nor a satisfactory meet­ Many minor questions raised in ing school has been excellent and ing of minds between the position the I.L.O. papers are worthy of is being continued. The results of the Amercian Seamen and the discussion. However, since our po­ have been highly praised by Foreign Seamen's Representa­ sition has been made clear in steamship operators and seamen tives. Our attendance at the Lon­ principle we feel that we can alike. The only ones that don't don Conference is necessary and dispense with technical details. like it are the govermnent bu­ important in order to restate the loses a month's wages which is By J. P. SHULER reaucrats. principles and policies of the SIU The business in the port of New rightfully his. II on these matters. The member­ Of course, merely having your Somewhat similar objections So much for the experience of ship of our Unions has through York saw its slowest work in a the union with pre-sea training. bng time. Not many ships and name on the Articles does not apply to the proposals on entry long years of hardship and strug­ and training. There, too, it should It should be emphasized, how­ gle learned to recognize that no not many beefs. What beefs mean that you can quit work or be kept in mind that — in the ever, that this was undertaken trust can be placed into anyone there were were settled at pay­ take off the rest of your time in port. It does mean that you are words of Andrew Furuseth and under the stress of wartime and or anjrthing but our own ECO­ off time. There are a number of men protected as long as you perform the above-mentioned union state­ in order to cope with the steadily NOMIC STRENGTH. Convinced ment of policy—"seamen are not mounting demands for emergency of the duties and obligations of bringing beefs to the hall after it yoiu- customary duties in the made on shore, regardless of what trained merchant marine person­ the American Seafaring men to­ is too late to settle them, such, as right manner. Men finding them­ the theories of certain people are." nel, the SUP and its officers ?! ward their fellow Unionists signing off articles imder mutual selves under this pressure should However, leaving aside the de­ ready expressed as far back as abroad, we trust that our posi­ consent at the request of the mas­ contact the Special Services de­ tails and technicalities raised 1942 the view that the only ones tion will in time be understood ter. All members should know partment at the union hall before that once you sign Articles that signing off Articles. with regard to entry and train­ to undertake and carry out such by them. a training plan should be the sea­ Merchant seamen are protected you can collect 30 days wages, if ing, I should like to quote from you are signed off without cause. by a number of laws. Some men the opening paragraph of the men's unions and then only when Many times the head of some are ignorant of these laws there­ I.L.O. paper on entry, submitted an emergency exists. Otherwise department will want to get rid by losing money and conditions. to the July meeting. This state­ seamen should be trained aboard a seaman who has already In a number of cases things could ment sums up the position of oxor ships as crew members at the point of production. This view signed on Articles and he will be have been corrected, if they had union as well and comprehensive By LOUIS COFFIN has not changed. Any proposal bulldozed in to signing off under contacted the hall for jthe infor­ as any outsider can. "In normal conditions a man that places pre-sea training into When the SIU was first con- mutual consent, In this case he mation beforehand. who is not definitely unfitted the hands of others but the unions ceived, it lacked a big bank acfor seafaring should be as free is entirely unacceptable to the count and it lacked a large mem­ SIU and the SUP. to make it his career as he is to bership. But it did have a small There are powerful reasons for determined group of militants. choose ^y other, and having By GEORGE W. THOMAS entered it he should be as free our stand. First, it is in line with In those first days of the SIU the union policies and principles. to leave it later as he would be there were no union halls. There MOBILE — Shipping continued tice to make every ship at least to leave any other Ccireer he Second, we have proven beyond were, of course, no agreements to to be very good this week, forc­ forty-eight hours before the pay­ doubt that the union can show insure jobs, and no good wages might have chosen." off, in order that all beefs may Needless to say, we are not in better results than a great public that would help a man stay on ing us to call many jobs to other be settled and the men can make agreement with governmental training program fostered and the beach after he left a ship. branches, and prospects of ship­ a clean payoff and get everything and other plans of regulating en­ paid for with the taxpayers' There was no profit in fighting a ping for the next several weeks they are entitled to. In the past try into the seafaring trade by money. union fight, except for the satis­ to come are very bright. Patrol­ month there have been more Union President Harry Lunde- faction a man got out of the fight means of pre-sea training. We re­ men Neira and Thomas paid off ships than ever before in the his­ fuse to accept any conditions that berg. President of the SIU, state itself and the knowledge that he several ships which crewed up in tory of this port coming in for in the words of the I.L.O. paper in reports on several occasions, was bettering conditions for him­ New York. These ships came in payoffs. It takes time to settle "may have to be imposed in re­ that the government expense in self and all seamen everywhere. with a good many beefs which these beefs due to the fact there gard to entry into and departure training seamen through the Disputes during that period of the Patrolmen were able to settle are so many different companies from the occupation", even WSA school scheme amounted to early organization were settled at to contact. It is requested that in to the satisfaction of the men. though the I.L.O. paper adds that $654.00 for an ordinary seaman the point of production. When the future that the ships' dele­ In this port we make it a practhese conditions should be con­ and $1308.90 for an AB. On the companies were organized and gates collect all the disputed ceived in the man's own and the other hand, the training program agreements made, conditions im­ overtftne, and if the Patrolman by the proved somewhat and the union general interest and not be de­ operated and financed that in union there is strength, it doesn't get aboard when you ar­ signed to tie him to his occupa­ SUP did not cost the American halls became stronger. The agree­ is up to us to see that the old rive, bring it up to the Union Hall taxpayer a single cent, meaning ments meant so much, for so tion against his will". militant spirit of the early days so we can square it away and the The road to hell is paved with that hundreds of thousands of much had been expended in is not lost, for no organization men can have a clean payoff. good intentions. We prefer to let tax dollars were saved, not to achieving them, that every man can rest on its present laurels or Any men in the other branches the seamen look after themselves mention the considerable admin­ knew them from cover to cover the achievements of the past. The who are in need of a job come on as good union men do. We do not istrative expenses of running the for his particular department and future will demand a fighting de­ down and get a good ship. We want them to become wards of WSA and Maritime Commission seldom did a ship come in with termination for many problems have acquired a blackboard simi­ the state and dependent upon a bum beefs. lar to the one in New York and will have to be met. government agency that may or Although most of the oldtimers It is time now as we look into also a new bulletin board. In the may not disbar them from the are gone from the ranks, some the postwar years to remember future the Constitution of the exercise of their lawful and freely having been lost in the war and how much was sacrificed to build union will be upheld very strictly chosen occupation. others graduated to officers rat­ this union and to promise our­ as far as gambling and drinking It has long been our determined ings, their fighting spirit must selves that the same saci'ifices are concerned in the hall. We union policy -that the proper way still be maintained. will be made in the future if need have posted signs to that effect to make a man a seaman is to put Now that we are strong finan­ be, to preserve the achievements as we are too busy to have to him aboard as a beginner and let cially and numerically, wise in that the oldtimers fought so hard waste time with a bunch of him learn the business right from the ways of union organization to get and were so vigilant to drunks causing a lot of foolish the beginning up. We do not in­ arguments in the hall. and confident in the knowledge maintain. " IT'S A MARCH OF DEATH 11 Some Beefs Have Time Limit Early Union Builders' Record Is Lauded WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU HIT MOBILE I' . ui' r*-".** ; .AtM.itk.' ''•J �Friday, July 27, 1945 This page is intended for the beneht of SlU men in foreign ports. We hope to be able to keep them informed on what is going on at home, both In sports and current events. Suggestions from the membership concerning the news coverage desired, wUI bb welcomed. —The Editors THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven SPOBTS.. .The national pastime is hitting cision over Tony Janiro in an over near Princeton, New Jersey, a terrific pace these days, as the eight rounder. Johnny was the He reports that he htirt his right second half Of the season gets in­ aggressor throughout the fight, shoulder and back and lacerated which was the fc jtor that won his left leg. How serious his into swing. him the nod. Actually Janiro juries are is not known at thi« The pace is particularly hot in the American League, T<rith every outpunched him, but that was writing . . . Last Saturday two club a contender, excepting the because Greco was always boring records were set at the Behnoat Athletics, who are taking it on in, carrying the fight. Greco was Park track. A new mark was set the chin from everyohe and lov­ the heavier pupcher, another fac­ in the daily double betting with tor in his favor. $202,800 pushed through that ing it. In the six nound semi-final, window. "The total amoimt wag­ Detroit is stiU on top, and should stay there, on form. Hav­ George Morelia, Mexican battler, ered that day hit $3,704,466, for ing Hank Greenberg back in the beat Phil Palmer of "Vancouver. a new track record . . . Joe Louis lineup is helping them no end. Bally Carubia, from Harlem, built denies that he is about to be dis­ Though not quite in shape, and up an early lead and beat Pat charged. He points out that he showing the effects of hot having Giordano of Toronto in a six has only 71 points, and besides he wants to stay in imtil it is all played for four years—^Hank was round battle. FLASHES—HOT AND COLD over . . . Rogers Hornsby, one of one of the very few big leaguers . . . Chet Laabs, who helped hit baseball's immortals, is operating in service who did not play b^ the St. Louis Browns to their first a baseball school for youngsters —Gfreenberg has nOt lost his hit­ ting eye. Although he is not hit­ pennant last year, was released in Chicago, and doing a fine job. ting at his former pace, he has from his war job and has rejoin­ Horftsby is not the "director" of The heaviest blows of the Pacific war have been unleashed poled several home runs, and ed the ball club. He should be the school He is the teacher, against Japan these last few weeks. Up to last Stmday, she had knocked in runs when they were more than helpful . . . Lightweigh personally instructing the kids— champion Bob Montgomery was who range from 12 to 17 years— been under naval bombardment for sixteen days, and under air needed. hurt when his automobile turned in the fundamentals of baseball. attack foi fifty consecutive nights—and the blows are still continu­ The Yanks have been doing ing. In the most audacious move of the war, Admiral Halsey's Third' poorly these past few weeks, and there is talk of Manager Joe Mc­ Fleet sailed right into Japan's home waters, twenty-five miles from Carthy retiring because of ill shore—within spitting distance of Hirohito's front porch—and pour­ health. Larry MadPhail has so ed thousands of shells into the coastal cites. Neither the planes nor far succeeded in keeping him in, the fieet encountered any opposition from the Japs. Their ships are although the final say so rests still in hiding and their air force consistently refuses to get off the Monday. July 23, 1945 with the doctors who are putting ground. Opinion is that they are being saved for the last dance, but Joe through the paces, while he meanwhile the Japanese mainland is taking a terrific beating. National League is taking a vacation. Red Ruffing American League In tlie fiist two naval strikes alone more than 800 enemy planes is back in harness, too, after put­ were destroyed or damaged; more than 125 locomotives were ruined, STANDING OF THE CLUBS STANDING OF THE CLUBS ting in two and a half years in and 374 ships, totalling 159,000 tons, were sunk or damaged. That the Air Corps. So far his pres­ W L rc GB PC GB W L ought to give you an idea—and these figures are only a partial score. Chicago 52 32 .619 47 35 .573 ence has made little difference in Detroit Rumors are that the Japs are putting out peace feelers, but the the Yankee fortunes. 49 38 .563 Washington 44 37 .543 2<A Brooklyn 49 38 .563 New York 42 39 .519 41/2 St. Louis word is that the Allies are holding to the "unconditional surrender" Pittsburgh 46 42 .523 St. Louis 41 39 .5J3 5 In the National League, the Boston New York . 46 45 .505 43 41 .512 5 demand. Cincinnati 40 41 .494 43 41 .512 5 Chicago Cubs have taken over Chicago These bombing and shelling forays are, of course, the begin­ Boston 41 45 .477 Cleveland 38 43 .469 SJ/j full possession of first place, with Philadelphia 25 67 .272 31 Philadelphia 29 52 .358 171/2 ning of the "softening up" process. The Japanese Army must still be met and destroyed, and a new invasion seems iminent. 'Whether on the Cardinals and the Dodgers Major League Leaders the China coast or Japan itself Allied soldiers wiU be making new fighting it out for the second notch. The race is not as close as landings to mark" the third and last act of this tragedy. in the Amercan League, although CLUB BATTING CLUB BATTING only Cincinnatii Boston and the RBI H PC PlC RBI H It Phils seem to be absolutely hope­ 410 810 375 .283 330 766. 296 .269 Chicago . .. . less cases. The Phils, like wages, Boiton 829 403 St. Louis 435 .277 357 716 333 .265 New York . 448 813 414 .276 315 697 276 .2571 Pittsburgh ... President Truman is stiU in Pottsdam, conferring with Stalin have a ceiling over their heads, ChicUgo 479 840 415 .27S 304 692 275 .252 Brooklyn Washington 457 816 426 .274 and Churchill. The proceedings are entirely secret, with the press and not even an act of Congress Detroit 276 646 264 .246 Boston .... 403 850 371 .27! Cleveland 267 637 246 .243 New York . kept at a respectable distance and fed the most innocuous of hand­ can help theifi. 276 664 256 .24» St. Louis 296 659 273 .241 Cincinnati . 336 740 302 .244 258 664 227 .240 Philadelphia The Dodgers were somewhat Philadelphik outs about the luncheons . . . William Joyce, "Lord Haw Haw," under trial for treason in England, claims that he is an American citizen, prematurely counted out when LEADING BATTERS LEADING BATTERS born in Brooklyn. Trial has been postponed untih September to al­ they fell from first to third place. AB R PC rc AS R G low the i)irth records to be checked . . . Sam Pope Brewer, New Those who had picked them for 367 83 136 .371 Cuccihello, Chicago . .274 38 89 .325 Holmes, Boston sixth at the beginning of the sea­ 343 74 126 .367 York Times correspondent, charges that Marshal Tito is using strong Case, Washington . . .316 48 101 .320 Rosen, Brooklyn ..216 41 68 .315 Cavaretta, Chicago ..327 67 116 .355 arm metiiods to muzzle his opponents, and is branding anyone who son nodded their heads and said, Lake, Boston Olmo, Brooklyn ....341 48 116 .340 .312 52 93 . .298 Stef>hens, St. Louis 310 47 102 .329 criticizes him as a "fascist." Communist Party tactics are the same "I told you so." But anyone who Estalella. Phila. .. , .303 35 94 .310 Ott, New York all over . . Spain's Franco promised to restore the monarchy in the makes predictions about the un­ RUNS BATTED IN HUNS BATTED IN near future. The Spanish people, who have had more than their predictable Dodgers is sticking 81 54 Walker. Brooklyn share of trouble, are not at all enthusiastic . . . The "npn-fratemiza- his neck out. The Dodgers put R. Johnson, Boston 7) Etten, New York 53 Olmo, Brooklyn tion" policy of the U. S. Army in Germany has been revoked, and their spikes firmly into third York, 71 Detroit 45 Hobnes, Boston the GIs can now resume what they have been doing all along—step­ place and began making motions HOME-RUN HITTERS HOME-RUN HITTERS ping out with the German women . • . The Belgium cabinet seems to to climb out. They have just fin­ 16 have won the first round in its fight to keep King Leopold out of ished a succesrful western tour Stephcns, St. Louis '4 Hobnes, Boston 15 R. Johnson, Boston •' Lombard!, New York their country. Leopold says he won't abdicate, but he wori't attempt and are digging in; awaiting the Etten, Workman, Boston 19 New York o » to return to the country until the. people-decide whether they want invasion of the western clubs. It Hayes, Cleveland Lake, Boston ° should be fun, and might be de­ Cullenbine, Detroit » him. Damned sporting of him . . . Marshal Petain is on trial in cisive. Estalella, Philadelphia « " France for treason. Chief witnesses against hini so far have been Most interesting news for the Clift, Washington LEADING PITCHERS Daladier and Renaud, both ex-premiers, who have testified to Pe- Dodger fans is the return to ac­ LEADING PITCHERS tain's pro-Nazi activities even before France surrendered. Petain tion of their old pal and hero. G W L PC G W L PC 17 4 0 1.000 claims everything he did was for the Allied cause . . . The Soviet Babe Herman. Yep, that right— Ferriss, Boston 20 16 2 .889 Buker, Brooklyn Gables, Pittsburgh .... 11 1.000 4 the forty some odd year old vet­ Bemton, Detroit ]2 f } .889 Cooper, St. L.-Bost. ...18 9 .900 Union is beginning to reconvert to peacetime industry. The Russian eran was induced or seduced back Muncrief, St. Louia 5 1 .833 .778 7 Bowman, Cincinnati .,,10 Leonard, Washington ..17 I 3 .786 .769 Passeau, Chicago 20 10 workers have returned to the eight hour day, with no reduction of |from the west coast and si^^ Newhouser, Detroit ...22 14 6 .700 Wyse, .722 Chicago 20 13 Bevens, New York ....jj ' J .692 Strincevich, Pitts 9 .692 19 pay. Plans are being made to increase the output of the individual ^ to a contract. He is^eing used Gromek, Cleveland .••• 5 '' J .688 .667 12 Barrett, Bost-St. L. ...25 .667 Borowy. New York ....17 0 5 .667 10 workers. Stalin promises a bigger Soviet navy, saying tlje Russian strictly for pinch hitting pur- Christopher, Phila 2! jl 6 .647 Bnrkhardt. St. Louis ..21 11 .647 Cregg, Brooklyn 23 St. Louis 20 0 6 .625 .643 9 Mungo, New York ....17 people Want "a stiU stronger and mightier" navy . . . Otu- St^te De­ poses, and is doing pretty well, Jakucki. .625 Wolff, Washington 18 10 6 .625 5 with a home run to his credit. Pieretti, Washington ..23 9 6 .600 Hutchings, Boston ....30 .625 5 partment declares that the U. S. will insist on its rights to participate Grove. Chicago 9 9 6 .600 Erickson. Chicago .... 17 11 .611 At the Madison Square Garden O'Neill, Sewell, Pittsburgh ....23; Boston 4 6 4 .600 .600 9 on an equal basis when Allied arrangements for Polish elections are last Friday, Johnny Greco of Lee, Chicago 17 10 7 .588 Derringer, Chicago ... ,21 made. Somebody honest better count those ballots. Montreal got the unanimous de- - CURRENT EVENTS .. THE WAR Major League Baseball P iF« INTERNATIONAL »1. Ml.. �THE Page Twalve SEAFARERS LOG Friday. July 27, 1945 BpjJiiVra —Unclaimed Wages— A. H. Bull Steamship Company Franklin, W., Jr 8.18 B Frankowski, Stanley 3.27 Bearher, J. C. 28.71 Fredriksen, A 5.20 Beadle, Harvey 573.31 Frohlich, Herbert 4.62 Beasley, Arthur 7.80 Frotton, James R 12.11 Beckles, Clarence 7.20 Fusco, Anthony 3.50 Bednar, Michael 11.09 7.07 Cardoso, Noer Bedtras, Edward .. 46.82 5J Dennis, Louis G 4.50 Crank, Ollie W. 2.22 Cardoso, Adelino A Behun^ Stephen J. 4.62 Gallaspy, James 1.50 DePompei, Anthony R 1.42 Crawley, Wm 7.11 4.08 Carl, Bert B Belles, John 4.98 Gallen, Edward 1.42 DeSantis, Francis 118.75 Cresta, Carmine 42.50 JI Carlson, Gustav Benion, Frank C. .. 28 67 Desjardins, Raymond 10.67 Crew, W. J Galvani, Louis 5.69 .75 Carlson, Roy N Bennett, Wm 23.00 Gantt, Alvin R 2.25 Devlin, James 2.25 Croke, Thomas 51.19 9.00 Carolan, J. C Bennington, Dean G .-. 2.84 Gapse, Basilio 4.50 Devlin, L. E 8.75 Cromie, Willy 35.96 Berry, Albert H 2.25 Carr, Ewell, Jr 7.91 Garcia, Felipe 5.69 Diapoules, Menelaos 3.50 Crothers, Richard 17.00 Berwick, Louis 26.75 Carrington, Lensey 2.87 Gardenhour, W. C 8.18 Diza, Vicente C 30.00 Cruz, E 75 Beyer, John J ^... 10.53 Carriveau, Reuben, Jr 10.27 Garrett, Wayne 2.00 Dickerson, Edward 14.53 Cruz, Esteban 23 Billings, John 0 3.55 Carroll, Bernard V 17.25 Garrison, Mortimer 9.62 Dickinson, Kenneth 71 Cruz, Pedro de la 10.33 Birkeland, Monroe 23.00 Carroll, John 9.50 Gawronski, Adalbert 10.18 DiFalco, Ronald 6.75 Cud worth, Perrin L 5.09 Black, Bernard 8.75 CarroU, Wm. 1.50 Gaylor, J. A 5.25 Dixon, Ben 14.26 Culberson, Robert C 8.46 Black, Leslie A — 20.68 Carter, Fougie 4.27 Gehlert, John E 9.00 Dixon, Henry 17.25 Cullinan, Edw. M. 1.73 Blanda, Joseph 3.00 Carter, Richard A 68.27 Gentry, John 1.42 Dixon, Louis 9.45 Cunningham, Leo 9.60 Blankenship, Carelton P. „ 8.53 Casey, Edward E 4.88 Gerie, Harry 5.25 Doak, Wm. J 5.67 Cushing, Geo. H. .. 28.55 Blankenship, Lionel 15.64 Cassidy, Edward 23.00 Gettings, 1 5.00 Dohms, Herman W 1.50 Czemeris, John — 2.25 3.50 Cassidy, Luke J Blanton, Ollie 6.75 Gibbs, Philip 8.75 Dominski, Floyd 1.42 Czombus, Steve .... 21.33 24.05 Cassidy, O. J Blanton, Thos. A Donoughue, Charles ......— 9.24 Gillette, Frederick S 8.25 117.59 Bloem, Alexander 34.87 Catanzaro, Arthur Domin, Francis 3.75 Gilliken, George C 69 1.50 3.50 Cates, James M Bloem, Alexander 47.56 Girlando, Joseph G 2.13 Doroba, Charles 17.25 Dall, Salleh .... 10.20 2.25 Catrone, John Bloom, Wm. R 3.50 Glendening, Gordon 2.84 Dougherty, Walter R 7.50 Dallia, J. Paul 27.82 1.42 Caucelo, Rodolfo Bodden, Martin 56.84 Godfrey, E .71 Dowling, Chas 14.93 Daley, Raymond 9.00 Bolauid, Lester 2.25 Cavanough, M 9.00 Goetz, Herman C 4.00 Dowling, John 6.97 Dames, Joseph A 6.75 Bolenala, Edward 38.42 Cepeda, Luis 5.00 Gomez, Jose 10.63 Doyle, F. A 2.00 Dann, Johp E 3.00 Boling, William 4.50 Chadburn, Wm 3.00 Gomez, Juan 42.36 Dressen, Francis 1.50 Dasher, Clifford A .71 Boll, Herman E 45.23 Chamberlain, George 118.75 Gonzalez, Franckco 18.00 DriscoU, Wm. P 42.65 DaSilva, Horacio .57 Bonnell, Wm. H 386.14 Chamberlain, Herbert 5.00 Gonzalez, Luis 4.50 Duarte, Ananias, Jr 2.25 Davenport, Joseph 14.08 Bora, Alexander 2.25 Chamberlain, Stanley P. .. 4.50 Davenport, Percy 2.25 Gonzales, N 3.75 Dudley, Knolley 2.23 Borgialli, Diminic 8.64 Chancey, E 2.25 Goode, George K. .. 4.38 Dunbaugh, Allan J 15.61 Davidson, Charles 8.53 Borlang, Sjur 4.00 Christy, Paul 17.85 Goodman, Bernard 114.47 Dupree, Mac P 3.72 Davis, Floyd, Jr .87 Boteler, Sumner 25.11 Chase, Theron 3.75 Goodwin, Archie A. 2.25 Dwyer, Maurice J. 22.75 Davis, Chas., Jr 1.42 Boughton, Lorin 10.15 Chasseran, H. 0 29.(;0 Dyer, Edgar 4.50 Goodwin, Ernest E. 4.95 Davis, Cleo C 4.50 Bouquet, Jules J 56.15 Chieftain, Paul E 67.15 16.09 Davis, Edward E Gordon, Samuel 70.00 Bowden, W. J 34.84 Chmelowsky, Leo L 5.75 3.75 Davis, George W. 3.50 Bowman, Clyde L 45.40 Chrapczynskr, Ladislaus .... 2.83 Gorham, Cleopias 3.42 Eaton, Clifton 10.27 Davis, James D Gorman, Richard 8.42 Boyce, C. W 2.84 Christoferson, Walter E. 2.25 26.08 Eaton, John 11.32 Day, Roy Gormley, A. J 5.00 Boyer, Leroy A 5.69 Christen, George 33.77 6.69 Edson, Bert, Jr 21.33 Dean, Harry T Gotham, John 5.51 Boyle, John J 113.05 Chrysna, Albert J .... 23.50 13.48 Edwards, Mortimer J 4.88 DeFretes, R Goven, Adrian J 16.16 Boyle, Bernard 6.25 Cimorelli, Clement Edwards, Wm ... 8.53 11.25 23.00 DeJesus, G Graham, Chas. F. 4.62 Bozard, Marvin 28.44 Clark, Bernard A . 20.53 5.85 Ehrmann, G. W. .71 DeJesus, Guillermo Graham, Samuel G 2.13 Bradley, Alphonso S 117.50 Clark, Edward B 1.42 10.50 Elias, Pedro delu Cruz ... 118.75 Delaney, Patrick Grams, John J 4.25 Bradley, Frank 8.06 Clark, Kalinoff ... 8.75 57 Elicerio, Ignacio 1.50 Delvalle, Pedro Grant, Billie 5.60 Bradshaw, Chas C 4.27 Clark, Raymond Ellington, Lee B .. 269.44 2.13 Grant, Donald W. 6.75 Brady, John 9.63 Clemens, A.- C Elliott, G. W 18.72 4.25 Grant, Edward 13.19 Braid, George 10.28 Clements, Luis Ellis, Leslie E 3.55 11.38 Grant, James W 2.00 Bray, John B 3.55 Clifford, Kenneth E Emerson, D. H ... 43.80 33.77 Grant, Wellington 18.00 Brazil, George 2.79 Clish, Arthur Emery, Eugene H 17.66 21.59 SS OREMAR Grayson, Robert 27.10 Briant, Louis 1.50 Coker, Gibson H Engelhardt, A 6.75 10.66 Greene, Frank 8.50 J. Sakers, 9 hrs; Halloway, 5 Brigman, B. R 43.24 Coleman, M. Eringis, Victor 5.58 . 2.25 Griffin, Clifford 12.68 hrs; Gongalez, 10 hrs; Ester, 23 Brindise, William J 3.00 Coleman, Robert A Erney, Alfred R 2.25 6.00 Griffin, Ewing W 2.53 Britt, Bruxy 1.50 Collados, Jose 2.25 65.94 hrs; Howe,' 15 hrs. Collectable at Escobar, Jose Grimes, Berry 2.25 . . 56.88 Brock, Robert M 33.05 Collins, Morris L ,... 5.25 the Calmar SS Company office in Escubio, Fortunio M. Grover, Cobler 4.25 Essington, Lavern D. 6.75 Brown, Kenneth ' 1.34 Como, Peter 87 New York. Grohulski, Wladislaw 3.75 Esterling, Clyde W XXX . 11.38 Brown, Russell D 2.25 Conwav, Daniel J 15.22 Guerra, Jesus 5.00 SS LORING Evanchik, Joseph 14.22 Bryant, Roilo H 11.03 Conway, James 14.39 Guerra, Jose 2.25 These men, who paid off in Evans, Albert C ... 8.89 Bryant, Vernon E 4.27 Cooper, James 1.42 Guzman, Antonio 5.75 ... 2.25 Buckland, Gordon 71 Cooper, Michael 3.12 Norfolk have the following Everett, Moncre I 549.02 Buckley, James W ,.. 2.16 Corbett, Ed. P. ... 2 25 amounts due them: B. Ricketts, Eversley, Lambert A. Buffington, Arthyr 2.13 Corbett, Wm. C 8.53 $60.93; R. Rollins, $60.93; J. Free­ Bullock, James 4.50 Corbishley, Chas 1.50 men, $30.64; C. Manning, $28.23; 4.38 NEW YORK BuHock, James ll-09,Cornett, Clyde C 42.66 S. Bell, $1.37. Collect by writing Faircloth, Harold 61 Beaver St. to Eastern in Boston. Falk, Karl BOSTON 330 Atlantic Ava. 4.27 Bumpus, Isaac M 3.55 Countryman, Eugene S. .... 33.77 14 North Gay SU t t a. Fall, Harold K Burdge, Gilbert R 113.76 3.50 BALTIMORE PHILADELPHIA 6 North Sth St. SS J. BLAINE Burgess, Willard E 4.00 Faulds, Harold, Jr. 2.58 NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI. W. Gordon can collect $39.60 by Faulkner, Wm Burgess, Paul 23.50 332.78 NEW ORLEANS 39O Chartres St. writing to Eastern in Boston. Feliciano, Angelo Burke, E. B 118.75 31.61 CHARLESTON 68 Society St. SAVANNAH 220 Eaat Bay St. Ferger, Karl P Burke, John S 9.00 XXX 23.00 M. A. DUNHAM and A. J. Dean 842 Zack St. SS ALCOA MASTER Burke, Raymond C 6.04 Ferguson, John H 2.25 TAMPA JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St. All hands who were on board . who were on the Cranston VicFernandez, Stanley Burke, Richard E 3.75 40.71 MO®" 7 St. Michael St. 5.83i^°''y March 10, 1945, contact during the buzz bomb attacks in Ferrari, Gino Butler, Wm ... 1098 SAN JUAN, P. R 48 Ponce de Leon 30SVI 22nd St. . . 19.61 GALVESTON Buydos, George P 12.11 Benjamin B. Sterling at 42 Broad­ Antwerp have an attack bonus of Ferrel, Paul 6606 Canal St. 3.75 HOUSTON Buzon, Theodore L 2.25 way concerning an accident $125 coming. Collect at Alcoa, 17 Fer^fy, Francis RICHMOND, Calif 257 Sth St. Battery PL, New York. which occurred at that time. Filker,' Boris 2.85 SAN FRANCISCO 89 Clay St. Finnegan, Thomas J. % IS, XXX 2.25 SEATTLE 86 Senecc St Cabrera, Angel 6.59 Holder of Receipt No. A6607 SS OREMAR Fisher, Walter. F .... 4.00 PORTLAND Ill w. Burniide St. Calesa, Joseph 27.73 see Charles Simmons, Patrolman Extra meal money, an even Fitzpatrick, Daniel F. .. . 6.40 WILMINGTON 440 Avalon Blvd. Calicchio, Dominic A 25.04 at the New York Hall. HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. split flve ways for 760 meals, are Fleming, O BUFFALO .... I 10 Exchanae St CaUis, Willie K 6.00 due the following: McTurner, Flynn, John X is, % CHICAGO 24 W. Superior Arm. Camara, Arthur J 9.76 Chief Steward; Brown, Chief Forbes, Alfred .... 6.75 SO. CHICAGO .. 9137 So. Houston Ave. EDWIN L. GREEN Campbell, John 85 Cook; Edwards, 2nd Cook; Nor- Forgette, Simon H. .... 6.00 CLEVELAND .... 1014 E. St. Clair St. Your retiring card is being held fleet, 3rd Cook; Jackson, Mess- Forrest, Vernon Lee Campbell, Morris L 17.25 1038 Third St. .. , 3.00 DETROIT DULUTH 531 W. Mlchlfan St. Canney, Everette, Jr 2.88 at the headquarters office in New man. Collect at Calmar, 44 White­ Fortin, Geo. A .... 4.27 VICTORIA, B. f. .... 602 Boufhton St. Carawan, W. ~F. 10.53 York on the 6th floor. hall St., New York. Fowler, Samuel .... 6.77 VANCOUVER, B.C.. 144 W. Haetln.. SI. MONEY DUE SlU HALLS PERSONALS c. I � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource July 27, 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. 30 Description An account of the resource WEISBERGER TO I.L.O. LONDON CONFERENCE; SPEAKS FOR ALL AMERICAN MERCHANT SEAMEN RANK AND FILE DELEGATE GETS THE OLD HEAVE-HO BY NMU CONVENTION NEW LOG FEATURE "WEEKLY REVIEW" SIU MAN IN BATTLE OF BATAAN WSA FEARS TEXAS SHIPPING DROP SHIP CASUALTIES IN THE ATLANTIC VINSON SUPPORTS AFL MOVE TO RELAX WAGE FREEZE NOW NOTES FROM SIU'S WANDERING STEWARD SIU FISHERMAN ESTABLISH A MONTHLY UNION MAGAZINE WILLIAM R. DAVIE RIGHT IN THICK OF OKINAWA FIGHTING MATE PAYS SHIP'S EXPENSES OUT OF HIS OWN POCKET SERIOUS ACCIDENT NARROWLY AVERTED BY SS MESA VERDE BLACK SEA IS SAILORS' HEAVEN DUTCH THREAT IS ON THE HOUSE SS J. DINLAND PATROLMAN RESTORES TOASTER TO CREW FARCE AND TRAGEDY ON CALDWELL SAD TALE TURNS TO GOOD DEAL COMMISSARS AND CHISELLING SHIPOWNERS IRK UNION MATE RIGHTS OF MEMBERS WHILE IN U.S. ARMY NMU TURNS ON MEN WHO BUILT IT DELEGATES' DUTIES HAILS DISAPPEARANCE OF SIU SECTIONALISM SHIPOWNERS PREPARING FOR POSTWAR DRIVE ON UNIONS LAWS PROTECT UNORGANIZED MEN WHO WANT TO JOIN RECENT STRIKES WIN FOR UNIONS IN MOST CASES, SURVEY SHOWS PERIOD OF LABOR UNREST NO "PICKETLINE" FOR BALTIMORE SOME BEEFS HAVE TIME LIMIT EARLY UNION BUILDERS' RECORD IS LAUDED WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU HIT MOBILE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 07-27-1945 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1945 Periodicals Seafarers Log