http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/04ab439d89c9bc78b9e729a785e08651.PDF 89e45d5517342a0243032cd121e99365 PDF Text Text -v;-r >• • »' V. Official Organ of the Seafarers International Union of North America NEW YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY, JULY 4. 1947 VOL. IX. THE OLD AND THE NEW No. 27 Hall, Weisberger Attend AFL Washington Meeting On 'Slave-Law' Strategy The American Federation of Labor drive to combat the vicious provisions of the Taft-Hartley "Kill Labor" Act gets under full steam on Wednesday, July 9, when he heads of all AFL Unions will meet in Washington, D. C., to discuss ways and means of successfully defending the hard - won rights of a free labor movement. Rep­ resenting the Seafarers International Union will be Paul Hall, Acting President in the absence of Harry Lundeberg, and Morris Weisberger, Second Vice-President of the International. In addition to being New York Port Agent and Director of Organiza­ tion, Brother Hall was elect-'® Above are Ihe old and new presidents of the Mobile Bay Seafood Workers Union. SIU. which recently affiliated to the SIU. Left to right, Walter Bosarge, outgoing head of the union, and G. J. Landry. President-Elect, who takes office in August. Both are prominent in the affairs of Gulf fishermen, and both are oldtimers in the fishing business. SIU Gulf Fishermen Plan Further Grewth Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a small fishing village of approx­ imately 3000 people. Of these, some 1400 are fishermen, and each and every one belongs to the Mobile Bay Seafood Union, which recently became part of the Marine Allied Workers, Sea­ farers International Union. they had found the organiza­ tion they were looking for. A short time afterward, by an overwhelming vote, the fish­ ermen of Bayou La Batre de­ cided to come into the SIU. "That was the smartest move we ever made," said Walter Bos- The fishermen in that area long ago saw the need for orgrnization. Prices for the fish they caught were set by the shoreside markets, and when competition became keen, it was the businessmen who cleaned up while the fishermen were forc­ ed to sell their catch at meager prices. And so, twelve years ago the men in Bayou La Batre formed an independent organization to combat the evils outlined above. AFL Broadcast (A full page of pictures of the Mobile Bay Seafood Union. SIU. appears on page 5.) Although many international unions made overtures to the Mobile group, they stood apart and waited for what they term­ ed, "an honest outfit." About eight months ago a del­ egation from the Mobile Bay Seafood Union came into see Cal Tanner, Mobile Agent, at the Hall. They came seeking informa­ tion regarding affiliation, and they went away convinced that {Continiud on Page 5) WASHINGTON. D. C. — Beginning July 5th. the Am­ erican Federation of Labor will inaugurate a new se­ ries of radio broadcasts over the nationwide network of tlje American Broadcasting Company. The first nine programs, devoted to completely ex­ temporaneous and unrehearsed round table discus­ sions of major topics in the news, will originate each Saturday at 6:45 P.M.. EDT. from Washington. D. C. Since some local stations, because of earlier commit­ ments. may be forced to rebroadcast the programs at some later time, be sure to consult your local newspa­ per for the exact time of the broadcasts. The first forum will dis­ cuss, "What are the effects of the Taft-Hartley Act thus far?" 1 a^the vention in Chicago. Brother Lundeberg will not be present at the meeting due to pressing business in Europe. ASKS COURT CASES Attorneys for the AFL have aleady stated the opinion that the new law _will be proven to be unconstitutional, and have uncfficially advised the various in­ ternationals to make test court cases whenever the act is ap­ plied. The strategy for so doing will no dffubt be discussed at the forthcoming conference. In his call for the meeting, President Green pledged a threefront offensive against the unust and oppressive law. The AFL chief said: "We will carry on the fight against this terrible legislation just as vigorously as when it was pending before Congress. "We are going to fight it in the courts. "We are going to fight to protect the rights of our mem­ bers in contract negotiations with employers. "And we are going to organ­ ize politically to defeat every member of Congress who voted for this law." NO PAC Mr. Green amplified this last statement by declaring that the AFL does not intend to form a political action committee, such as the ClO's. "The main purpose of the meeting," declared Green, "is to present full and accurate infor­ mation concerning the new law, and to provide answers to all questions which may occur to our union officials. "But there is' a second and equally important objective. We must form a clear-cut policy on how to deal with this legislation and how to combat it. Through this meeting, we hope to obtain uniform action, instead of indi­ vidual and contradict5ry action." Ncw Af/i//<»i</ CotitFact Gives 40 Hour Week, Wage Raise DETROIT, July 1—Climaxing 140-h6ur week on the entire Lakes negotiations which had been go­ covering the sandboats. So even ing on fot* several weeks. Great I though the Midland agreement Lakes Secretary-Treasurer Fred ' is the first covering any bulk Farncn today announced the j carriers, it actually is the second reaching of an agreement with ' on the Lakes for the Seafarers. the Midland Steamship Line, Inc. NEW WAGE SCALE providing for a 40-hour week and Under the new Midland wage substantial wage increases for scale, which goes into effect to­ the unlicensed personnel. day, the wages are broken down The Midland agreement calls on an hourly basis with straight for the first 40-hour week with j time for eight hours in one day any bulk carrier operator on the and forty hours in one week, Lakes, and covers seven ships— time-and-one-half for all time SS John W. Davin, Michael Gal- over that, time-and-one-half for laghei-, J. H. Macoubrey, W. G. eight hours on Saturday, eight Pollock, E. N. Saunders Jr., hours on Sunday and all penalty Carmi A. Thompson and the J. overtime. C. Williams. A complete breakdown of all On May 15, prior to the Mid­ wages according to department land agreement, the SIU Great and classification appears on Lakes District signed the first page 4. NMU Blocks SlU-lsthmian Pact Despite Threat Of 'Slave Law' As 'usual, the National Mari­ the NMU has resorted to un­ time Union, CIO, doesn't know derhanded tactics to deprive what its left hand is doing, or these men of representation. First they challenged votes on at least it says it doesn't. ships which were believed to While Joe Curran, Pi-esident have gone heavily SIU. of the NMU, was sending out When this failed, the NMU invitations to all the maritime threw wild charges of collusion unions requesting a conference which were disproved before a to discuss ways and means of Hearing Officer appointed by combating the Taft-Hartley the National Labor Relations "slave labor" law, the NMU Board. Next, the NMU filed a brief lawyers were using another stall to prevent the Isthmian Steam­ in Washington, which, while ship Company from having to adding nothing to their previous negotiate with the Seafarers, statements, further delayed ac­ duly certified as the bargaining tion. And now that the SIU has agent for unlicensed Isthmian been certified, the NMU is charg­ ing the Isthmian Steamship seamen. Ever since the Seafarers In­ Company with unfair labor ternational Union garnered the practices, something whjch was majority of the votes cast by not brought up during the hearthe unlicensed Isthmian seamen, (Coit/tmud on Page 9) �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG rsz Friday, July 4. 1947 SEAFARERS LOG Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor At 51 Beaver Street^ New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 International Officers HARRY LUNDEBERG President 105 Market St., San Francisco, Calif. PAUL HALL First Vice-President 51 Beaver St., New York 4, N. Y. MORRIS WEISBERGER Vice-President 105 Broad St., New York 4, N. Y. CAL TANNER Vice-President 1 South Lawrence St., Mobile, Ala. EDWARD COESTER Vice-President 86 Seneca St., Seattle, Wash. JOHN HAWK ----Secy.-Treasurer 105 Market St., San Francisco, Calif. District Officials J. p. SHULER - - - Secy.-Treas. Atlantic & Gulf District P. O. Box 25, Bowling Green Station, New York, N. Y. HARRY LUNDEBERG - Sec.-Treas. Sailors Union of the Pacific 59 Clay Street, San Francisco, Calif. FRED FARNEN - - - - Secy.-Treas. Great Lakes District 1038 Third Street, Detroit, Michigan HUGH MURPHY Secy.-Treas. Canadian District 144 W. Hastings St., Vancouver, B. C. }?-' Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. GEORGE K. NOVICK, Editor 267 A Fighting Program The Congressmen, those agents of Big Business, who passed the Taft-Hartley Act, are probably getting the sur­ prise of their lives at the way organized labor has reacted to their "Break the Unions" legislation. American labor is fighting back! The ink was not yet cold on the vote to over-ride the President's veto when the United Mine Workers, AFL, shouted, "Let the Senators mine the coal," and walked off their jobs in defense of labor's basic rights. CIO Shipbuilders, another mighty and militant union, hit the picketlines, and dared the labor-hating Congress­ men to do their worst. And other sections of labor have also stated flatly that they will not take this fascist law without a knock-down and drag-out fight. We in the Seafarers International Union have had this same type of fight before. Government interference in the affairs of seamen is an old story. The 1921 strike, the Copeland "Fink Books," the Coast Guard Hearing Units, and finally, the Wage Stabilization Board, have taught SIU seamen that their power lies solely in their own •strength. Regular membership meetings of the Seafarers on Wednesday, July 2, adopted a fighting program to combat the Taft-Hartley Act wherever and whenever it interferes with our Hiring Halls, the keystone of our continued ex­ istence. Here is our program, and we are prepared to fight for every word contained in it: 1—The SIU-SUP go on record as not tolerating in any way, shape, or form, any interference with our Union Halls by shipowners or Government bureaus. -The SIU-SUP to consider as a lockout any at­ tempts by any person or persons to use the TaftHartley Act to the detriment of our Unions. 3 -We make known immediately to the AFL, as well as to the AFL Maritime Trades Department, our position on this matter. 4—That we call for a meeting as soon as possible with the Maritime Trades Department on this matter. 5- -That we make known our position on the TaftHartley Act through the medium of the Seafar­ ers Log and the West Coast Sailors. When entering the hospital notify the delegates by post­ card, giving your name and the number of your ward. Staten Island Hospital Men Now In The Marine Hospitals You can contact your "Hos­ pital delegate at the Staten Island Hospital at the follow­ ing tiems: These are the Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, Tuesday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (on 5th and 6th floors) as reported by the Port Agents, These Brothers find time hanging heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by writ­ Thursday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. ing to them. (on 3rd and 4th floors.) Saturday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL F. HAMON (on 1st and 2nd floors.) J. O'NEILL N. NEILSEN W. BROSE J. A. DYKES C. MASON E. J. SIDNEY A. WALTERS C. LARSEN E. E. CASEY L. L. LEWIS J. HOSTEN 4" 4 4* J. R. LEWIS C. B. O'NEAL BALTIMORE HOSPITAL L. TORRES M. J. DELANEY M. PLYLER C. SCHULTZ T. J. KURKI F. O'BRIEN J. HAMILTON C. IBRAIN J. WYMOND R. A. BLAKE A. DUDDE E. CAIN JR. H. BELCHER M. PISKUN J. TARQUELLOS J. T. EDWARDS W. E. STORVIS F. MILLER A. FELICIANO 4 4 4 D. COPPAK H. SELBY BRIGHTON HOSPITAL P. PODOLSKY 4. S. SR. GORDON E. WHELAN NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL M. FINDELHURST J- CALHOUN (SUP) A. BUCHENHORNER H. GREEN R. BAASNER C. PEDERSEN W. PARIS 4 4 4 J. HARRISON R. LORD ELLIS ISLAND HOSPITAL G. CARUSO E. JOHNSTON W. MORRIS P. STOFFEL A. BONTE W. B. MUIR A. SANDY E. MOFIENE D. MCDONALD R. CHRISTIAN E. DELLAMANO C. RASMUSSEN A. R. GUIDRY E. HAMATY J. KOSLUSKY J. AMAYA R. GRALICKI 4 4 4 H. DAUGHERTY H. WALSH NEPONSET HOSPITAL P. La Cicero J. WHEATON (SUP) R. WRIGHT L. CLARK R. HUNT G. GREY J. MCDONOUGH J. S. CAMPBELL H. HAMOND E. FERRER G. BLACK C. CASE J. R. HANCHEY H. SMITH -v-;, �Friday, July 4, 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG PageThree Many States Are Passing Laws To Strangle American Unionism WASHINGTON — While the tures passed and the governors shops, secondary boycotts, strike big publicity during the past few signed laws forbidding strikes by activity and picketing. months focussed on what Con­ public employes. Strikes or lock­ A Minnesota law provides that gress was doing to Labor, the outs by charitable hospitals and where an employer has entered Legislatures of various States their employes were banned in into a valid contract that he were also carrying the ball for Minnesota. cannot be compelled to negoti­ big business. LABOR RELATIONS — Omni­ ate with any other union. By PAUL HALL ' The Taft-Hartley Bill was the A N. Dakota law undermines one most talked about, and bus bills were passed in Ohio union security by permitting "a On June 15th, the ship operators contracted to the SIU offered rightly so since it practically re­ and Delaware. The Ohio legis­ worker to refuse to join a union. your Negotiating Committee a 5 per cent increase in wages. They peals all the provisions of the lation makes union treasuries li­ further made the offer to the Union of a two weeks' vacation clause UNION REGISTRATION — National Labor Relations Act, able to harassing suits by cor­ in the contract with the provision that, in exchange for this two poration lawyers, restricts polit­ Delaware and N. Dakota now but what the States have done week's vacation clause, the SIU agree to extend the contract to ical action contributions, makes require detailed registration is not one bit more moderate. September 30, 1948. doubtful strikes for call-in pay, statements and financial reports Enactment of literally scores of Your Negotiating Committee, as reported before, has not ac­ severance and vacation pay, at­ to the Secretary of State. cepted these offers. They are still studying them. For the sake of anti-labor bills by State Legis­ tacks the right of assemblage by SUITS AGAINST UNIONS — those members who are not familiar with the situation, let us discuss latures so far this year has limitations on picketing, and at­ Six states: Arizona, Delaware, handed major victories to big this issue. tempts to protect company Nebraska, N. Dakota, S. Dakota, In regards to the offer of the vacation clause, no SIU con­ business and industry groups, stooges within a union. and Texas, enacted new legisla­ tract at this point carries such a clause. The payment of vacation backed by affiliates of the Na­ The Delaware 1 a w specifies in most SIU companies was discontinued around 1940 and at the tional Association of Manufac­ certain unfair labor practices by tion providing that unions may same time they were dropped from the contract. ABs in the larger turers and the United States both employer and employes and be sued and in some cases speci­ fying that unions are responsible SIU contracted ships secured a $10 raise over and above some of Chamber of Commerce. contains provisions on closed for acts of their officers. With all but seven legislatures the other operators in the business. The fact ncannot be overlooked in considering this proposal of now adjourned here is a brief vacations from the shipowners that, although there are many Sea­ summary of legislation passed so farers who would never make enough sea-time in one company far: to get any benefit from this particular vacation clause, on the ANTI-CLOSED SHOP LAWS other hand if we were to accept, there would be lots of our members —Thirteen states enacted laws who would, and the money for such two weeks' vacation would then prohibiting the closed shop or actually represent additional dough earned. other forms of union security Thirty years of sailing ships The question of extending the 'working rules of our contracts contracts: Arizona, Arkansas, under foreign flags did not gel until September, 1948, is a serious question, and, therefore, the Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Charlie W. Palmer,. OS, down, reason that the Negotiating Committee has not yet made a final Nebraska, N. Carolina, N. Da­ and so two trips on Isthmian decision in this matter. kota, Tennessee, Texas and Vir­ scows could not be expected to Let us look at this particular question and discf^s it. Oup ginia. The N. Dakota law will do the trick. But as Charlie membership is aware of the fact that the SIU contracts, as they are not become effective until after says, "It was plenty rugged." now, represent the finest working conditions of any Union in the the 1948 election when it will be Brother Palmer's Isthmian Maritime Industry. submitted to referendum. ships were the SS Zane Grey, The New Mexico legislature four months in the beginning of Confusion In Interpretation passed a constitutional amend­ 1946, and the SS Sea Fiddler, The Seafarers has managed, after plenty of heavy action ment banning the closed shop one month from May 1 to May over a period of years, to reduce the number of separate contracts which will be submitted for 30, 1947. with various operators in the field from approximately nine to popular vote. On both ships he went aboard the present two. While at the same time greatly increasing the num­ New Hampshire now prohibits as a volunteer organizer, and he ber of companies under contract to the SIU. an employer with more than is ready and able to continue During this period of time, we had lots of confusion in the five employes granting a closed organizing wherever the SIU interpretations of so many separate and different contracts—for shop unless two-thirds of the tells him to go. instance on one SIU ship an AB would get overtime for doing employes vote for it. Closed The trip on the Grey started a certain type of work, while on another SIU contracted ship of shops are outlawed in establish­ out uneventfully. Once the Skip­ another company, he wouldn't get overtime for the same type of ments with five or fewer em­ per and Mate had been straight­ work. ployes. ened out by the solid action of It is this writer's opinion, as well as that of your Negotiating CHARLES W. PALMER RESTRICTIONS ON STRIKES the crew, the officers turned out Committee, that, providing we can eliminate the differences between to be pretty much all right. But and at the payoff. Palmer only the two existing contracts without losing any of the conditions —Laws restricting or regulating just when everything was workthat we have previously negotiated, we then can afford to con­ picketing were enacted in Del­ rng smootmy, trouble struck. | sider favorably the extending of our working rules until Septem­ aware, Georgia, N. and S. Da­ After takrng on a load of coal. kota, Texas and Utah. Strikes in ber, 1948 on the basis as outlined above. This doesn't mean that the contract would be perfect by any Delaware and Utah are unlaw the Grey headed for Italy where Company doesn't like to pay the vessel rested for ten days. moans. We still would have the problem of making clarifications ful unless approved by a ma overtime, and won't until we While there an acting AB was get" ^n' SIU"7ontra7t.' of different clau.ses and beefs as they were to come up". Thi.s could jority vote of employes. shot in the arm, and four or be handled, however, in our regular stride of business work. REAL OLD SALT BAN ON SECONDARY BOY five days later accused Palmer In the event of the acceptance of this extension of the working COTTS — Eight states outlawed Brother Palmer can look back rules with the noted changes, it wouldn't mean that we would sign secondary boycotts: Delaware of having done the shooting. on many years of sailing time. But the Chief Alate knew a collective contract with all of our operators and deal with them Georgia, Iowa, Minnesota, N He started to sea thirty years well that it was impossible collectively. It means that our present manner of doing business Dakota, Oregon, Texas and Utah very „ -D , 1, J , , , when he was a mere boy . with them would still be handled in the old way on an individual PUBLIC UTILITY STRIKES— the sh.p when the shooting took „ j^ips until December, 1945, company basis. Seven states enacted laws regu­ Sr" hh ih"" , ">y°",when he returned from 100^ Would Save Trouble lating disputes in public utilities ChTrlJ t Army and joined Seafarers. In the event the Negotiating Committee makes recommenda­ and restricting union activities: Charlie was cleared. tions for acceptance of this proposal and the membership concurs Florida, Indiana, Missouri, Ne­ Charlie was in Normandie on FALSE ACCUSATIONS in the recommendations and findings, it should save the Organiza­ braska, New Jersey, Texas and D-Day, and went through all "We found out later that the the vicious fighting in that sec­ tion considerable energy in the handling *of disputes by eliminating Virginia. guy who accused me had a tor. so many diffei-ently worded contracts; and secondly, it should also PUBLIC EMPLOYE STRIKES save the Union a considerable amount of money in such matters as —New York and Texas legisla­ medical discharge from the "It was all rough going," says Navy," said Charlie. "He was Charlie, looking back on those printing costs of contracts, the filing and handling of such disputes let out as psychoneurotic. He's war-torn days, "and when it was being reduced from several files of several different type contracts the kind of guy we shouldn't let all over I was glad to get back to one set of files, as well as being much easier on personnel that into our Union because, besides to the life of a seaman. Joining handles such work. It would also benefit the individual member to being a trouble-maker, he was the SIU was the best move I Each man who makes a the extent he would then have the same working conditions on personally filthy — he wouldn't ever made. The SIU is a Union donation to the LOG should all contracted SIU vessels, regardless of the individual operator. change his underwear or take a run by the members and strict­ receive a receipt in return. The Seafarers has been lucky in obtaining and maintaining shower." If the Union official to whom a clause in its contract which is the only one like it in the Marily for the members. That's the Next Isthmian vessel for Bro­ way it should be, and that's a contribution is given does timg Industry. This clause makes the provision that we can open ther Palmer was the Sea Fid­ why I told Lindsey WiUiams not make out a receipt for discussions any time we see fit on our wages. This means then dler, where he was made acting (Gulf Area Organizer) that any the money, call this to the that regardless of whether the extension of the working rules is Bosun as soon as he went time the Union wanted me to attention of the Secretaryrecommended by the Negotiating Committee or not, we still have Treasurer. J. P. Shuler. im­ the right to discuss the matter of dough with the shipowners any aboard. Trouble was not long in go aboard a ship as a volunteer starting, mainly because the organizer, I would be glad to mediately. time we feel that we are big enough to do so, and the increase cost Chief Mate thought he was still do so." Send the name of the of­ of living calls for it. in the Navy and wanted the ficial and the name of the Each individual member of the Seafarers should express" his Good Union spirit like that Deck Gang to stand at attention can't lose, and the proof of the port in which the occurence opinion on the matter and make known his particular ideas, if pos­ while he spoke to them. took place to the New York sible in person, to the Negotiating Committee on the 6th floor in pudding is in the eating. Com­ The thirty-day trip to Le pany after company, including Hall. 51 Beaver Street. New Headquarters Offices, 51 Beaver Street, New York City. In the Havre and return couldn't end, Isthmian, are going SIU, and York 4. N. Y. event he cannot make his recommendations in person, he should mail them in to the same address. ; •C4 fast enough to suit the crew. there are plenty more to come. /f Takes More Than Isthmian To Best An SIU Organizer Attention Members �THE Page Four Latest Move Of Government Peril To Merchant Marine SEAFARERS LOG Friday, July 4, 1947 30EPO8P7"/ AieMBgggHIP By "CUT AND RUN" HANK In a recent article in the LOG (June 6) I pointed out two very serious threats to the American Merchant Marine — 1. Goods purchased in this country through the Export-Import Bank for shipBlent abroad are required to be shipped solely in American ships. Only 50 percent use of American bottoms is necessary. 2. The government's practice of selling our laid-up ships to foreign countries which are im­ mediately put into use and are threatening to drive our ships from the sea. Just how much these threats to American shipping are becom­ ing realities is shown by a news­ paper article of June 4th which reports: '"Sale of old American freight­ ers to foreign buyers is continu­ ing without noticable slack in pace — about twenty such trans­ fers having been reported within the past two months. . . most of which were transferred to Pan­ ama registry. « "Although several of the old vessels were sold by the Mari­ time Commission or the Navy, most of them were sold by pri­ vate operators. The turnover of privately owned tonnage is con­ tinuing at the pace set last year, when over 50 aging ships were sold foreign by American own­ ers." DANGER SIGNAL The phrase, "most of which were transferred to Panama reg­ istry" is the danger signal. The ever growing Panamanian fleet is a serious threat to our Mer­ chant Marine and the threat is increasing almost daily. Seemingly unaware of this are Congress and the Maritime Com­ mission, for little or no action is being undertaken to put a halt to the practice. The SIU is the only organiza­ tion which has undertaken any •-fir No Whitewash Add one more soap sud swindle to the lengthening list of laundries working the popular racket of taking seamen's laundry but failing to return it. The latest is Style Cleaners of 110 Government Street, Mobile, Alabama, which has been picking up crews' laun­ dry and dry cleaning but fail­ ing to return the clothing be­ fore the ships sail. The latest to experience this racket is the crew of the Hawaiian Citizen who found that the Style Cleaners did not return the laundry on time and even reneged on its promise to forward their clothing to the next port. Although their advertise­ ments specify "We specialize in fast seamen's service," their only speed seems to be in quickly getting away from the ships and staying away. sort of a pi'Ogram to halt the destruction of our merchant ma­ rine. To many groups, our program of boycotting Panamanian ships, .should the decision be made, is a bold step and would be a job action against Government policy. However, it would be far from this for two reasons. One it would provide a job safeguard for all seamen; and, two, it would strengthen the status of our merchant marine, so that our country will be able to maintain a strong merchant fleet to undertake its world trade. Our program is really a patri­ otic one devoted to maintaining our country's strong position in commerce. What the government's answer to our plan will be, I can't say, but surely some action is called for to stop this practice which gains for our shipowners huge profits, but which will in a short time leave American seamen high and dry on the beach. By J. P. SHULER, Secretary-Treasurer July 2, 1947 ing Committee recommends ac­ the Port of New, York June 18, cepting these working rules to 1947, for the purpose of ex­ Negotiations 1948, it doesn't by any means im­ amining the finances of the A Negotiating Committee, con­ ply tha* we cannot open our con­ Union and making recommen­ sisting of Robert . Matthews, tracts f,t any time for increases dations on a raise for the Un­ ion Officials, have met and ex­ Headquarters Engine Department in wages. The membership should be amined the Headquarters Fi­ Representative; E. S. Higdon nancial Reports. The General aware of the fact that the Sea­ Philadelphia Agent, for the Deck Income has shown a steady in­ farers is .he only Union in the Department; and Harry Collins, crease since March, 1947. The Maritime Industry that has a Philadelphia Patrolman, for the Annual Organizational Assess­ clause in its contract that pro­ Stewards Department, has been ment is being channelled into meeting with the Mathiasen the General Fund, but the or­ Tankers, Inc., and are negotiat­ ganizing expenses are also paid ing an agreement which will be from the General Fund. There­ one of the best tanker agree­ fore, we find that the General ments in existence. This agree­ Fund is in such a position to ment should be ready for mem­ grant a raise equal to the of­ bership action in the very near ficials of the Sailors Union of future. the Pacific. Robert Matthews, Headquar­ ters Engine Department RepreRAISE RECOMMENDED •sentative, along with John Mo"Bearing in mind that the gan, Boston Agent, have reached men sailing the ships have re­ an agreement with the Nantasket ceived two increases in the Lines operating in the Boston past eight months and willr re­ Harbor. This agreement will ceive another this month since FOREIGN CHARTERS be signed and presented to the vides for opening the wage ques­ the officials of the Atlantic and membership for ratification in tion at any time the Union wish­ Gulf District have received a Another item, which bodes ill es to. the near future. raise, we therefore recommend for the American seamen, is the A full report on this matter will that the officials of this Organi­ The Union Negotiating Com­ War Department proposal to mittee had arranged for a meet­ be made direct to the member­ zation be given a flat $20.00 save from $30,000,000 to $50,ing with the Atwacoal Lines for ship once your Negotiating Com­ raise per week. 000,000 in ocean transportation June 23, but complications have mittee has come to a conclusion "s/Robert H. High, 24236 costs by letting Germans and Jap­ come up which have postponed of the meetings. Such recom­ "s/Theodore Babkowski, 7391 anese operate United States Lib­ this meeting for a short period mendations as will be made by "s/Joseph Di Georgio, 7524." erty ships carrying food to the >he Negotiating Committe will of time. This has been brought up sev­ two occupied countries. The De­ A Union Negotiating Commit­ be subject to a 60-day voting per­ eral times but was never carried partment plans to ask Congress tee has been meeting with the iod for action by the entire mem­ because of the fact that the Gen­ for authority to charter the ships operators of the Atlantic and bership. eral Fund was not financially to former enemies. Under the Gulf Shipowners Association able to stand such an increase in proposal, seventy-five ships Finances and after several meetings, the the payroll. However, there has would be chartered on the run operators have expressed their The last week's financial re­ been a large increase in the Gen­ to Germany and an undetermined willingness to go for a 5 per cent port shows a small drop in the eral Fund and expenses are be­ number for Japan." wage increase, plus a two week General Fund inasmuch as the ing curtailed, therefore, it is be­ By this deliberate and shame­ vacation clause which we do not New Orleans loss was reim­ ing put before the membership less action the War Department have, providing we extend our bursed by the General Fund. A tonight for action. disregards the present and future working rules to September 30, check was received by the Union Up until a couple of months welfare of our merchant marine. 1948. from the Insurance Company for ago, most Branches at one time Bureaucratic action of this sort PROPOSALS STUDIED $5,000 which is all the Branch or another, especially in the Gulf should be strongly opposed by Waterman Steamship Com­ •was insured for. This leaves a Area, had money remitted to maritime unions. If ships are to pany, Mississippi Steamship oss of $5,985.58 which had to be them by Headquarters to defray be chartered, they should be Company, Bernstein Lines, Cola- made up from the General Fund. expenses. This has been discon­ chartered to our operators and bee Steamship Company, Kearney However, you will note this tinued and very seldom does in this manner provide full em­ Steamship Company and Ameri­ week's financial report shows an­ Headquarters have a requisition ployment for our merchant sea­ can-Eastern Steamship Company, other increase in all funds. for money to defray Branch ex­ men. have agreed to go along with the The Committee elected at the penses. When it does, it is al­ But then the Washington bur­ same proposals as the companies ast regular meeting of the New ways in small amounts to some eaucrats aren't looking to the belonging to the Atlantic and York Branch made recommen­ port which doesn't have big ship­ future of our industry, and no Gulf Shipowners Association. ping. dations as follows: thought will be given us until Your Committee is still study­ "June 19, 1947 Expenses in the Gulf Area it is too late or another world ing these proposals and it is to be "We,, the undersigned book have been greatly reduced and conflict makes us "heroes in dun­ pointed out to the membership members, duly elected at the there have been no complaints garees" again. that, in the event your Negotiat­ regular business meeting in about representation. The Port ' of Galveston is now operating with a four man staff with Keith Alsop as Agent. The Port of New Orleans has greatly reduced expenses. Dolor Deck Department Stone is now in the Gulf Area .setting up the records and book­ HOURLY OVERTIME WEEKLY MONTHLY keeping systems for the tugboats. RATING ^ RATE RATE WAGE WAGE To date, the tugboats' finances Wheelsman |l.03 $1.54«/2 $85.92 $285.85 are now coming out of the hole Watchman 1.02 1.53 85.28 282.88 and they should be no further AB Deckwalch 98 1.47 82.72 272.12 expense to the Atlantic and Gulf OS Deckwatch 88 1.29 55.04 238.51 District. Deckhand 80 1.20 51.20 221.87 }Noge Rates Under New Midland Contrast Membership Admission Engine Department Oiler Fireman Coalpasser & Wiper $1.03 1.02 80 $1.54'/z 1.53 1.20 $85.92 85.28 51.20 $285.85 282.88 221.87 $88.32 82.72 51.20 $392.72 272.12 221.87 Stewards Department steward 2nd Cook Porter & Passenger Waiter $1.38 98 80 $2.07 1.47 1.20 The above vreekly wages are estimated by figuring forty hours at the straight hourly rate plus sixteen weekend hours at the overtime rate, and do not include any other overtime or penalty overtime. The monthly wage is figured by multiplying the weekly wage by 4 and 1/3. There is an acute shortage of rated book men in all ports to lake contracted jobs. This i^because of the fact that books were temporarily closed to new mem­ bers. Inasmuch as we have, in addition to winning the Isthmian fleet, signed 8 or 9 off-shore con­ tracts, it is necessary that we open books for a while to re­ plenish the membership rolls. Previously, the Union has been on record to allow membership (C<mHnuei on Page 9) �Friday, July 4, 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Five Mobile Bay Fishermen Are Now SlU, Too ^Smartest Move We Ever Made/ Says Outgoing Union President Big doings are in store for the fishermen along the Gulf. A full organizing campaign is now under way, sparked by the Mobile Seafood Workers Union, SIU, in Bayou La Batre, Ala­ bama. Above are shown Cal Tanner, Mobile Port Agent (behind the desk), and Urban Bosarge, who is organizing the fishermen in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, and Louisiana. (Continued from Page 1) arge, President of the union. "Being in the SIU gives us more power than we could have stand­ ing alone. V/hen we realize that we are part of such a large or­ ganization, evca the Taft-Hartley Bill doesn't scare us. We know we can all work together and beat it." A full scale organizing cam­ paign, to bring into the SIU other fishermen along the Gulf is now in full swing. Urban Bosarge, brother of Walter, and well-known oldtimer in the area, has been appointed as organizer, working directly under Cal Tan­ ner. His first activities have been very fruitful, and there is good reason to believe that the or­ ganization will grow by leaps and bounds. An outside view of the Mobile Bay Seafood Workers Hall in Bayou La. Batre shows that these men take their union seriously. The Hall is the center of activity in the communitv, and plans are underway to enlarge the building so as to provide recreational fa.cilities for all members and their families. The treasury of the union is quite healthy, thank you, and all the money is used for the betterment of fishermen's conditions. Heading for home with a wide open throttle, the Wanda passes before the camera eye on the way to lie-up for the day. She's a- shipshape craft, and the. crewmembers take pride in keeping her that way. Most of the boats are painted at least once each year. Very recently, a four state meeting of fishermen, represent­ ing Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi, met in Morgan City, Alabama. Although repre­ sentatives were also invited from Texas, none showed up. The meeting was called to dis­ cuss legislation affecting the fish­ ing industry, and for the better­ ment of fishermen's conditions. Two organizers from the CIO showed up and made speeches about liie advantages of affilia­ tion with that outfit, but they met with a cold leception. Rank-and-fiie sentiment was veiy cioimiteiy pro-SIU, and at the recommendation of Chairman Harvey Lewis, President of the Fisherman's Association, the membership will take up the matter of joining a national or­ ganization. There is no doubt that the AFL and the SIU are far more popular with the fishermen than: is the CIO. Should the Fisher­ men's Association vote affiliation with the Seafarers, it will mean close to 15,000 more members in the Marine Allied Workers. The Mobile Bay Seafood Union has its own Hall in Bayou La Batre, and elects its own officers and administers its own affairs without outside interference. The SIU Port Agent is avail­ able for any assistance request­ ed by the fishermen, but the internal affairs of the union are left strictly up to the membei'ship. That's the way they like it, and that's one more reason that they like the Seafarers way of doing business. It's a large fleet of fishing boats that has its base at Bayou La Batre. All the ships are neat and clean, and most are owned by the men who sail them, either individually or in partnership. Pictured above is part of the fleet, tied up at the end of the day. Further down the river, out of camera range are more vessels, and quite a few are out to the fishing grounds, where they may stay for days at a time. The Marlin crew, with Captain Harry Jones in the center, poses aboard their vessel. All of the hands live in Bayou La Batre. as their fathers did before them, and all are members of the union, now afr filiated to the Seafarers International Union, The pleasure fishing boats, which are hired by the day by sportsmen, are also organized. Here is the Silver King II. second in a line of such vessels. aU operated by the same family. These fishermen know all the best spots to hook a mess of good eating fish. �THE Page Six SEAFARERS LOG BEFORE Friday. July 4. 1947 AND AFTER By JOSEPH VOLPIAN Special Services Represenialive The mass of laws affecting the people of this nation are of mountainous proportions. Every possible human act that might Kbe committed in a manner con­ sidered against the interests of ' the genera] welfare is covered by som^ law. And. of course, the long arm of these laws reaches into the lives of merchant seamen, and touches virtually every circumstance in which they might be involved. Among these more important laws are those having to do with advances, allotments and the selling of jobs. On the subject of advances the law says, "Every seaman on a vessel of the United States shall be entitled to receive on demand .from the master of the vessel to which he belongs one-half part of the balance of his wages earn­ ed and remaining unpaid at the time when such demand is made at every port" where the ship loads or delivers cargo before the end of the trip. the persons or the bank account to whom payments are to be made. Unless made out in conform­ ance with the above regulations no allotment is legal. Further­ more, any person falsely claim­ ing to be a relation or a savings bank for the purpose of becom­ ing an allottee of a seaman stands to be fined up to $500 and im­ prisoned for six months. SliiWfiiill ONE IN 5 DAYS This section of the law adds "that such a demand shall not be made before the expiration of, nor oftener than five days, nor more than once in the same har­ bor on the same entry." But, the law says further, "it shall be unlawful in any case to pay any seaman wages in ad-1 vance of the time when he has actually earned the same, or to make any order, or note, or other evidence of indebtedness there­ for to any other person . . . for the shipment of seamen when payment is deducted or to be de­ ducted from a seamen's wages." Violation of the foregoing pro­ visions is considered a misde­ meanor and is punishable by a Seafarers Arne Larsen and fine (from $25 to $100) and im­ William O'Dea have never met, prisonment for not more than but . there's reason why they six months. should. They've got a lot in This particular law also covers common. Besides belonging to the selling of jobs. the same Union and fighting in "If any person shall demand the same battles to boost the or receive," it states, "either di­ position of all Seafarers, both rectly or indirectly, from any men have sailed ships under seamen or other person seeking virtually every flag in the world. employment as seaman . . . any remuneration whatever for pro­ Both have sweated out voyages viding him with employment, he on several Isthmian ships as vol­ shall ... be deemed guilty of untary organizers. The similarity in their careers misdemeanor and shall be im­ as sailing men doesn't end there, prisoned not more than six however. In fact, both started months or fined not more than out to sea from the "old world." $500." O'Dea, a native of Dublin, Eire, ALLOTMENTS first shipped out as a coal trim­ iOn the matter of allotments mer on a ship flying the British the law is quite emphatic in flag, one of the most rugged jobs stating exactly who is entitled he has had to date. to receive them. For seven years he sailed out He can make his allotment pay­ !of Liverpool, and then followed able to his grandparents, parentSj a period wherein he visited wife, sister or children. Or he practically every one of the can direct that deposits be made world's ports as a crew man on in an account bearing his name either at a savings bank or a Norwegian, Swedish, Greek, United States postals savings de­ Dutch and other vessels. pository. NAVY STINT "But no allotment shall be Larsen's first taste of sea life vahd," the law stresses, "unless in writing and signed by and ap­ came in 1936 as a sailor in the proved by the shipping commis­ Navy of his native Denmark, a sioner;" whose duty it is to see compulsory, although abbrevi­ that the allotment is legal and ated stint. The seven months he proper. put in were just enough to con­ Allotments must stipulate the vince him that going to sea for amounts and times of payments ' a livelihood was -right up his to be made, and the names ofj alley. s Above is the SS Kathryn, Bull Lines, when she was be­ ing converted from the Navy's KA 87. The job was done at the Alabama Dry Dock Com­ pany, in Mobile. Following the transformation job. another picture was taken, and that shot at the right shows the Kathryn as she appears today, trim and sleek. Many ships used by the Navy during the war are be­ ing converted for peacetime operation, and a number of SlU-contracted companies are buying those ships. The tugs which warp the ships in and out of drydock at the yards, and the tugs which work the ships in the harbor are all under contract to the SIU. Another example of how popular fhe Seafarers is with the men who go to sea for a living, whether deep sea, towboatmen, or fishermen. Seafarers Never Met, But Have Math In Common ARNE LARSEN In rapid succession—not rapid enough, he says—^Larsen shipped on Belgian, Greek, Yugoslav. British, Norwegian, Danish ai d even Panamanian and Honduran tubs, to name some of the 11 flags he's toiled under. And if you count all flags not having SIU standards. Isthmian makes 12 for the stocky lad from Copenhagen. Larsen, a Carpen­ ter, says-the Isthmian trips were among - the toughest he's made. On the SS Jeremiah S. Black and the SS St. Augustine Vic­ tory, conditions were sometimes so sad he'd recall sailing SIUcontracted ships with the tears almost ready to roll from his eyes. Now he happily anticipates the clear with this remark: "This is SIU contract that will put the strictly a non-union ship." Isthmian scows in a respectable That was several months ago. light with seamen. Todaj', O'Dea recalls that with­ ering crack with a twinkle in MIGHTY IMPORTANT "The SIU - Isthmian contract his eye. "That statement will call for will be a mighty important thing. It will mean a new high some adjustment pretty soon," standard in wages and working he remarked. conditions for some 3,000 men So, what these two militant sailing on Isthmian ships, and it Seafarers have in common .will will be the Seafarers who will be even more pronounced when be accomplishing this job," they can go aboard Isthmian Brother Larsen pointed out. ships with an SIU contract as a "Isthmian conditions definitely fitting climax to their sacrificing belong to the past," he added. efforts. And he means it, for he takes his Union darned seriously. He's been in every bit of strike ac­ tion in which the Union has been involved since he joined. Reports have been coming in citing dirty deals given Brother O'Dea, who like Bro­ seamen by several laundries, ther Larsen, joined the SIU in which profess to "cater to 1943, just drips with scorn at the men of the sea." mention of Isthmian. Roland Velasco of the SS He spent a year as a volun­ Arch Hopkins reports that teer organizer on the company's Ungar's Laundry of St. John. SS Sea Shark, SS Archer and N. B., picks up laundry SS George Chamberlain, the last aboard ships in that port, named being the worst, in the with the promise that it will Dublin .Oiler's book. returned by the weekend. Having just paid off the The promise is- never lived Chamberlain, O'Dea knows well up to. that the fight is not over until "They don't say in which the contract with Isthmian is year it will be returned." says signed, sealed and delivered. Velasco. warning Seafarers TOUGH TALK to keep their laundry out of On that ship, the First Assist­ Ungar's htmds. ant Engineer made matters quite Keep Your Shirt On �THE SEAFARERS Friday. July 4. 1947 LOG Page Seven All AFL Uiiiims In Philadelphia Meet To Study Taft-Hartley Act By EDDIE HIGDON PHILADELPHIA—The pace in shipping activity in this Port of Brotherly Love has been stepped down a bit this week, but the slowing down hasn't been con­ fined to shipping alone. All industry here seems to be tapering off as workers make preparations for their summer vacations. Despite the trend here this week, quite a number of ships have come into port, most of them in transit. Rated men are still in demand, with ABs getting the biggest call. The vicious Taft-Hartley Bill, which the labor-smashing Con­ gress steam-rollered into law last week, has created quite a furor here in Philly. As it should he, everyone seems to be against this big-business inspired blow at organized labor. AFL DISCUSSIONS Next week we'll be represent­ ing the SlU in a conference of the Central Labor Union, com­ posed of Philadelphia unions af­ filiated with the AFL. Joseph Padway, AFL general cotmsel, and other labor lawyers will lead discussions on the far reaching effects of the Taft-Hartley bill. Brother Ray Brown, the Hot Dog King, was with us for the past two weeks and we appre­ starts through the canal at 5:30 p. m. In this case, your over­ time commences at 5 p. m. Now, let us assume that you get through the canal and anchor on the other side in Baltimore. Overtime stops whenever the an­ chor is dropped. Some members are of the opin­ ion that overtime vstarts when you leave the dock in Philly and stops when you are tied up in Baltimore. I repeat, overtime stops with the dropping of the anchor. 1 hope this clears up the confu­ sion surrounding this situation. Getting back to news of a local nature, 1 see where the Governor of Pennsylvania has signed a bill granting a raise in pay to all city officials. For the most part these officials are all Republicans, as is the Governor. Apparently the reason for this raise is clear. But nowhere in this bill is there anything authorizing a raise for the poorly underpaid city workers. I wonder why? I believe most of these workers are Republicans, too. GOOD OLD DAYS? Seafarers' Objective In Canada; NO NEWS?? To Get Full American Conditions Silence this week from the Branch Agents of the follow­ ing ports: JACKSONVILLE BALTIMORE MARCUS HOOK BOSTOl# NORFOLK SAVANNAH NEW ORLEANS GALVESTON SAN FRANCISCO CHICAGO TOLEDO DULUTH ASHTABULA BUFFALO CLEVELAND The deadline for port re­ ports, monies due. ^tCw is the Monday proceeding pub­ lication. While every effort Will be made to use in the current issue material re­ ceived after that date, space commitments generally do not permit us to do so. By GENE MARKET MONTREAL—Opening of the' The India Steamship ComSlU Branch in Montreal has cer- j pany, having at present six victainly been well received by the tory ships and possibly 20 more seamen of Canada. Since our ar-! ships at a later date, is under rival in this port many members SlU contract and the men sailing of the Canadian Seamen's Union, these ships are now working unincluding some of their ships' dor the best contract in Maritime, delegates, have come in to talk It is the same contract in force to us and learn of the SlU's poli- en American SlU ships. cies and aims in Canada. Our recently negotiated con­ Many of the men have dropped tract with Seaway Lines, Ltd., in to offer congratulations and covering the SS Northland, gain­ appreciation of our recent suc­ ed wage increases of from 90 to cesses against both American 135 per cent. This company, too, and Canadian shipowners. expects to acquire additional They all expressed surprise as ships which will be crewed by to the speed whereby Canadian Canadian seamen. seamen on some ships are al­ The SIU agreement now in ef­ ready enjoying the high wages fect with th: American Cable and conditions that come with an Company is the only one of its SlU contract. kind on the West Coast of Can­ These discussions have all been ada, and gives American wages very interesting inasmuch as we and conditions to the Canadian gain an opportunity to give these crewmembers. men the straight story as to what Our agreement on the Great the Seafarers International Union Lakes with the Canadian Na­ hopes and intends to accomplish. tional Car Ferries is one of the SIU GAINS best on the Lakes. Although this Primarily the men wanted to company is small, the seamen on know what conditions the SlU these ships were the first Can­ has won for Canadian seamen. adians to sail the Lakes under the To this 1 pointed out our con­ three-watch system. tracts with Canadian operators. RECORD SPEAKS From the SIU record it was easy for the seamen to see that we are out to procure nothing short of American conditions and thing shipshape in all depart­ v.-agcs on all Canadian vessels. ments. We aren't devoting our time in The majority of ships hitting Canada to get nickels and dimes port recently have been in this class, and they offered no prob­ out of the Canadian operators; we are an international union lem to the Patrolmen either in and we intend to have the same, the cleanliness of the ship or in wages and conditions on all of beefs. our ships whether they be Amer­ The crews aboard these ships ican or Cai-iadian. had adopted rules coveidng the The field up here is a vast one cleanliness of the messrooms and and one that will require much quarters and, through the abide- work. It is like starting from ment of all to these rules, the scratch—almost even worse than ships were able to come in spark­ that with the CSU playing the ling clean. shipowners' game. Penalties imposed for viola­ Reports coming in here have it tions of the rules were set down, that the CSU is disintergrating for example: Leaving a dirty cup rapidly. 1 have heard that they in the messroom—25c; dropping are having a very difficult time cigarette ashes or butts on the placing their men aboard their deck—35c; putting greasy hands own contracted ships and worse cn chairs, tables, etc.—50c; for than that, stories of back door using profanity at the dinner shipping are circulating. table—25c; and for rushing the The CSU is whistling in the messman unnecessarily—10c. dark by promising a 40-hour week At the termination of the voy­ to their men. This is sheer nonsense as it is age this money is turned over to the boarding Patrolman, receipt­ general knowledge up here that ed, and the money distributed to the officials of the CSU have had the membei's in the Marine Hos­ to go into arbitration to force the shipowners to honor contracts alpitals. This practice served more than leady in existence. one very good purpose. One, particularly, the crew tried their All Departments best to be upright, clean and gentlemanly; they also aided the When your ship docks, it disabled SIU members now con­ is a good idea to have a list fined to the hospitals. Last, the of necessary repairs to give crew worked together in com­ to the Patrolman. This will plete harmony. help in letting the company We are getting a few oldtimers back in the Philadelphia Hall, and their conversations are al­ ways hinged around the good old days. While this oldtimer doesn't date too far back, 1 can still re­ member some of those "good old days," to wit: Eggs twice a week; fresh fruit on Sunday; hash and hot cakes for breakfast; one meat, one vegetable; two pots for the sa­ loon; agate dishes, tin utensils; no water glasses; blue, coarse bed linen; cake twice a week; 12 lemons for two trips on a Havana Haven tanker, and no overtime. NE'W YORK —Now that the Also, field days every Wednes­ day, when a man who wanted to Seatrain ships are back on the make another trip was re­ Havana run, hitting the Belle of ciated having his wit and pleas­ quired to put in an extra four Cuban ports where rum and ant dispositioi- around the hall. hours every Wednesday for no other pleasurable pursuits are in­ expensive, there should be a He shipped recently but we're smaller turnover of crews aboard looking forward to his return to these ships. this port. TOR ^ We have a bit of advice we'd As is well known, these ships THE WEEK like to pass on to permit-and are in port one day and out the tripcard men; When you are as­ next, thus some of the men miss signed to a ship, it is your duty their ships causing the Dispatch­ to sail it. That is the reason that ers in both New Orleans and you have been given a trip-or New York quite a headache try­ permit-card—to take up the ing to keep men on these ships. slack. This could be avoided if the However, when you become a men who are quitting gave the full book member, you will have usual 24-hour notice at arrival a little more privilege in this re­ time so replacements cah be ob­ spect. You will then be allowed tained with a minimum of effort. to pass up three ships before you pay; cleaning ice boxes and If it looks like you may miss have to re-register. Meanwhile, painting for no overtime. the sailing, try to reach a tele­ with a permit or tripcard you Last, but not least, instead of phone and notify the Dispatcher must sail the first ship you are the Skipper logging a man two In that way we can prevent the assigned to. days for one for taking a day off, ships from sailing shorthanded. Another thing, it is becoming it was- a rule that a man work Remember, fellows, these ships a practice for trip and permit- back 16 hours for eight he took make Havana every week. For men to sail a ship to another port off. one big day each week you can and quit the ship there. Brothers Generally, this was worked off relax for a few hours in the para­ doing this are definitely in the at the end of the trip. This being dise of the "West Indies and en­ wrong, as they are required to the case, the 8-12 watch, if he joy life at its best. make one complete round trip had 16» hours to work back, There shouldn't be any aver­ before quitting the ship. would be working 16 hours daily sion to signing on and sticking to square himself away. CANAL CONFUSION to a deal like this. The ships Ah, yes, "the good old days." themselves are covered by an ex­ Since there seems to be some cellent contract and have the confusion among the member­ best conditions possible. ship in regard to the Chesapeake Come and get them — they're and Delaware Canal from Balti­ among the best wagons in the more to Philly, a word to clarify The system seems to be work­ Jf you don't find linen SIU. matters is in order. ing out on the ships we hit so we when you go aboard your Louis Goffin , When a ship enters the C&D ship, notify the Hall at once. suggest that it be given a try* on Canal after five o'clock while in 4" A telegram from Le Havre or transit, and you are working, all SIU ships. System Works Singapore won't do you any you are entitled to overtime. For Freddie Stewart good. It's your bed and you NEW YORK—It is always a example,'a ship leaves the dock Jimmy Drawdy have to lie in it. pleasure to pay off ships that are in Philly at 2:30 p. m. It anchors immaculately clean with everyBob Matthews in stream for an hour or so, then The Patrolmen Say... AHENTION! know exactly what has to be done to get the ship in tip­ top condition. Seafarers don't have to sail beat-up ships. Do your part to make every ship a clear, well kept vessel. �THE Page Eigftir SEAFARERS LOG Take Warning, Brothers, Hard Times Are Returning: Ships' Officers Now Practicing Prohihitionists telling him that on the same card it states by law how much food NEW YORK Maybe I m ^ man shall receive, but the prowrong about out this, but I m begin- yjsjons laid down are so out of ning to think that the descend­ date that no attempt is ever made ants of bar-smashing Cai>rie Na-1 'foiiow them, tion are out to do a job on our NEW ARRANGEMENT ships. By JOE ALGINA As a result of these two inci­ dents arrangements have now been made whereby a man can buy liquor or alcoholic beverages of any kind and have them locktd up for safekeeping until the ship returns to a United States port. This should put an end Two ships came into port this to the whole business of ar­ week and the story was the same bitrarily depriving men of their on both of them. The officers property. were trying to reform the men The SIU is doing all in its the hard way by not allowing power to eliminate drunks and them to bring liquor aboard. performers aboard ship, but with On the Gateway CRy, one^ of skippers and Mates like these, Waterman's best, the Chief Mate the situation is not being aided undertook a one man crusade any. against the liquor on board. There was no liquor trouble He didn't stop at cautioning aboard the William Riddle, anthe men against "the evils ofj^^^j^gj. Waterman ship, when she hit port this week. Instead, the Patrolman who covered the pay­ off could have used a drink. Don't picture company stiffs or goons giving us a hard time, it's not as bad as that. Instead it looks like the Women's Christian Temperence Union has its organizers out whispering into the ears of ships' officers. Jimmy Drawdy, who covered the ship, reported that he had never seen a more disreputable looking ship. According to him, there wasn't a clean spot on the ship. When he asked the crew they had allowed an SIU to be brought into port in shape, they got together gave him the score. why ship such and drink," he went through the whole ship into each foc'sle and The ship had loaded coal here locker removing all liquor. and carried it to Europe. After discharging the cargo the men . He then went on detk and, approached the Skipper for per­ with all the ceremony of dump­ mission to soogie it down, but the ing poison gas, he threw the bot­ Skipper refused knowing that it tles over the side. called for the payment of over­ time. HOPPING MAD When the ship was about a Naturally the boys who had week from New York he got a been fleeced were hopping mad. They had purchased the stuff intending to take it home with them after the payoff so when Jimmy Purcell came aboard to payoff the ship he was faced with a real beef. NOTHING GAINED The Skipper didn't gain any­ thing by his action, for the ship is now being cleaned up here in port and will not be allowed to sail until she is once more a top example of a clean SIU ship. With these major beefs keeping the Patrolmen busy, they got respites when they went aboard he SS Cox' of tfce Bernstein Steamship Corporation and the Alexander^Bell of South Atlan tic. .Both of these ships paid off in good style and were real ex­ amples of fine ships. On the six per cent increase of last January, Waterman Steam­ ship Company is now mailing out all of its checks. This should finish up the six percent raise with Waterman, but the other companies are still making up their payrolls. Jimmy Sheehan, Patrolman here in New York, is now receiv­ ing congratulations on the birth of a son. We're fixing the boy up with a tripcard to* be issued about 1965. We want to be sure that he is an SIU man right from the start. Coffin Looks Shoreside, Finds Some Characters Are Not Funny By LOUIS GOFFIN Brother Purcell immediately cornered the culprit and lectured We've had various articles bills were passed to rectify this him loud and long on the subject written about seagoing charact­ injustice; bills that were violently of personal propertly. ers, but we have yet to have any opposed by this collection of em­ Looking a little limp after the written concerning finky shore ploying charactei-s. dressing down, the Mate has de-{side characters, of whom there However, we were fortunate cided that foc'sles and lockers! are quite a number, in uniting into strong unions, By this time most of us are and through such unity we were are none of his business. acquainted with the phony labor able to defeat these would-be The other similar occurrance law pushed through Congress by dictators. took place aboard the Alcoa Ca­ the National Association of Man­ Now we are engaged in a sim­ valier. This time it was the Skip­ ufacturers and its stooges.' ilar struggle, a struggle by unions per who echoed the sentiments We know that it is doing strong enough to combat these of the WCTU. He stood at the everything in its power to break gangway with his binoculars unions. The phony propa- new labor laws. We, as free American workers, glued to his eyes ever watching that anti-labor groups are refuse to be greeted in the man­ the formen bringing liquor feeding the public should be ner which the NAM has outlined. aboard. taken with a grain of salt. These characters, who would en­ Experience from the past has When he spotted a victim he slave the American workers, can quickly relieved the man of his taught us that the NAM, which be defeated through the united bm-den. One crewmember board­ is a collection of employers, tried efforts of every worker. ed the ship with five bottles of a similar experiment in 1921, We do not want, nor are we when, aided by Congressional cordials. trained seals and the weakness going to stand for, another era He asked the Skipper to lock of unions at the time, they were of apple-selling, WPA, and in­ it up for him until the ship re- successful in reducing labor to dustrial chaos just because a bunch of greedy employers, their turned to the States, but instead practically slave conditions, reactionary press and their con­ the Skipper took the bottles and ERA OF "PROSPERITY heaved them over the side. Wages, working conditions, and gressional stooges would like to have it so. I covered the Cavalier when We have fought these people in She hit New Voch and^ooh tte the past and wbn, and through beef to the Cap i an era of prosperity, which it was our united efforts we are going that on the ships focsle ^ to continue to go ahead regard­ 1 u u? Z but actually it was an era of less of the NAM, Chambers of shall be brought aboard ship. jp^^g^y for the worker. Commerce and the trained-seal I hnmediately countered by From 1934 to the present time, Congress. Florida Plans Still More Laws To Tie Unions Unclaimed Gear change of heart. He then wanted the whole crew to turn to and put the ship in shape. Naturally, the crew was un­ able to do the job on such short notice, and thus the filthy con­ dition when it hit port. , > IVHAT ? ; Friday. July 4. 1947 Members whose gear has been held for more than three months in the fourth floor baggage room of the New York Hall are advised to call for it immediately, or notify the Hall where they wish it sent. Crowded conditions make it impossible to hold gear longer than three months. All effects remaining unclaimed after three months will be sent to the owner's home via express collect. Gear without addresses will be disposed of otherwise. By C. SIMMONS TAMPA — Now that Congress, by passing the Taft-Hartly bill, has put its stamp of approval on laws killing labor, the phony officials in this state are planning action that will even out-do Con­ gress. Root Commies From Public Life, Says The ILGWU CLEVELAND (LPA) — More .ban 900 delegates^ to the 26th convention of the Int'l Ladies Garment Workers Union—AFL ended the union's most success­ ful and eventful convention here last week with the unanimous re­ flection of President David DuJinsky for the fifth time. Tweny-three vice-presidents were also reelected. The convention's second week heard a strong^call for united AFL political action to unseat the present reactionary Congress; de­ clared war to the finish on Com­ munism; criticized Russia's "im­ perialist" and "expansioni.st" policies; and altered its constilution to conform with new re­ quirements of the Taft-Hartley law. Florida already has the openshop, but that doesn't seem to be enough for the big business .stooges, and they intend to go even further. The newspapers are having a field day, filling their columns with all sorts of stories about how generous the new bill is to labor. If they can call a slave labor bill generous, then anything is possible. Maybe we working people de­ serve what happened. Maybe be­ ing thrown to the wolves will wake us up so we can really fight for our rights. The rank-and-file union people here are up in arms over the bill, and there is plenty of talk about possible political action in the future. Well, we'll see what hap­ pens. I hope we don't turn out to have short memories. ABs WANTED Shipping remains good in this Port; in fact, loo damn good. ABs are as hard to find as the proverb­ ial needle in a haystack. We have 12 AB jobs on the board at this writing, and not one single taker. Unanimously the convention resolved to wage an unrelenting battle against Communists "until American public life and the American labor movement are completely rid of their influence." Communist purposes and activi­ ties were declared to be "dia­ metrically opposed and bitterly hostile to the aims and ideals of American labor. "The one fundamental, unvary­ ing objective of the Communist Party," said the convention, "has been the effort to achieve power in order to establish a totalitar­ ian dictatorship in the U. S. on the Russian Soviet model." All forms of democratic freedom and minority expression would be surpressqd by such a dictatorship and workers would be forced into "glorified company unions" un­ der the terror of a police state. Dubinsky was praised for his an­ ti-Communist leadership and the Communist press abuse was termed a "badge of honor" for the ILGWU chief. Late Deliveries Agents and Seafarers have been inquiring as to the rea­ son for late deliveries of the SEAFARERS LOG -to their homes and the outports. The delay is due to the ter­ rific shortage of newsprint that has hit most newspapers, which sometimes makes it necessary for the printer to halt printing the LOG until he gets additional paper. Once the LOGS come off the press they are immediate­ ly mailed out. The only bot­ tleneck it the difficulty in securing sufficient newsprint for the thousands of LOGS printed each week. Oilers have no trouble ship­ ping out of here, but we have enough Ordinaries, Messmen, and Wipers to sink a Victory ship. Jjhese men are getting papers from some source, and they flock here by the hundreds. So far, we havn't had to use but a few of them. All fines, back dues, and as­ sessments have been paid up on the SS Florida, so now we are in need of a few payoffs. We haven't had to call on Head­ quarters for any money, but un­ less we get some ships in here paying off, the story will change. Our only income will be what comes in over the counter and the monthly dues on the Florida. There was a man on the SS Mandan Victory who shipped off the dock in Miami. The Skipper gave orders that no man was to be hired in that Port, but the Mate decided to take on a Day Man, and as a result, the Mate caught hell from three angles. First- from the Old Man, then from the Company, and fihally from the Patrolman. The Day Man lost his Permit application, so no one gained from the business. Any man ship­ ping from the dock is a danger to the Union, and we propose to put a stop to pier head jumps wherever we hear of them. �":-• >;^---7f:?35qi^F'y • Friday, July 4. 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG WHAT ttWilK Page Nine NMU Depriving isthmian Seamen Of SIU Contract (Continued from Page 1) ings or in the brief filed by that union. Of course, the NMU lawyers, QUESTION:—The Union has put into ef­ is your idea of this program, and in your opinion, who are supposed to be able to fect a program reorganizing the Gulf Area, aim­ what particular steps can be taken to guarantee read, know very well that after ed at reducing expenses, increasing membership its success? (This question was asked in the August 22, 1947, no company will be allowed to sign a closed New Orleans Hall,) representation, and expanding the Union. What shop agreement with any union. And knowing this, they are de­ G. A. BEAUDRY, AB: TONY PISANO, Cook: liberately trying trick after trick The best guarantee is to make to stall proceedings past that If Ihe Union can handle lis sure thai the officials of the SIU date. business wilh fewer men, if owes carry out all instructions of the it to the membership to do so. As soon as the SIU was cer­ membership. When they refuse tified on June 11, the NMU filed Wherever the SIU can economize, to do so, or if they can't do so, an application for reconsidera­ without affecting the services to' then they should be replaced wilh the membership. the Union tion. On June 30, the National men who can and will do the should go ahead and take the Labor Relations Board denied job. That goes for every offi­ the application. necessary action. Take Texas, for cial, from the top to the bottom. The Board s decision follows; inst<-Tice. There the Union has The Union should also take steps closed up a couple of Ports, and The Board, having on June 11, to educate the new members so the business will alT be handled 1947, i.ssued a Decision and Cer­ that they will know what their cut of the Galveston Hall. If the tification of Representatives in duties and responsibilities are. membership cooperates with the the a b o V e-entitled proceeding, New guys who don't know the officials in that Port, everything and thereafter, on June 14, 1947, score can be made suckers of, will be okay, if not, the Union counsel for the National Mari­ just like down in the Texas ports. could put 50 officials down there, time Union of America, Inter­ That's got to stop, and when fel­ and the place will still go to the vener herein, having filed an lows throw their weight around, dogs. Everything depends on the application for reconsideration of the Union has got to move fast membership. tile .said Decision and Certifica­ to clean out the disrupters. tion. and motion to set aside the AL GORDON, AB: JIMMY DeVITO, Oiler:, certification; on June 17, 1947, counsel fo- the Seafarers' Inter­ I'm in favor of all that has been Putting in Bull Sheppard as national Union having filed op­ done, but I hope that the changes Port Agent in New Orleans is position thereto, and the Board won't interfere with the swell assurance that there will be having duly considered the mat­ service that SIU members get plenty of action for the mem­ ter, from Port officials. By that I bership, and from now on we are IT IS HEREBY ORDERED mean the way our beefs are going to stay on our toes. An­ that the .said application for re­ handled at the point of produc­ other way to guarantee the suc­ consideration be. and it hereby tion, and the way our officials cess of the program would be is, denied: and fight for our rights. Only real to let the members who are now v/ay to guarantee the success of IT IS FURTHER ORDERED on ships know exactly what took that the said motion to set aside ^ the program here in the Gulf place down in the Gulf so that the certification be. and it hereArea is for the membership to they will be prepared to take b\is. denied. make sure that all parts of the part in what's going on now. Dated. Washington, D. C. program, starting with the recom­ Educational work is necessary, June 30. 1947 mendations of the Agents' Con­ *and an informed membership is ference, are carried out. The By direction of the Board: a fighting, vigilant membership. membership runs this Union. It CLARA M. MARTIN, From now on, it's strictly up to is a rank-and-file Union, and if Acting Chief, Order Section us. things go v/rong, we know what That should be enough, and in to do. fact is more than enough since the NMU never had a leg to stand on in any of its phony charges of collusion between the Union and the company. But the NMU is not content to stop throwirxg monkey wrenches yet. ments will be paid for same by resenting the SIU. Sterling has as not tolerating in any way, (Continued from Page 4) DELAYING ACTION applicant. delivered a report which is now shape, or form, any interference In reply to a letter sent by admission providing the men had 6. All applicants for member­ being studied. Further confer­ with our Union Halls by ship­ the SIU on June 24, 1947, ask­ Isthmian discharges, or dis­ ship, unless having done special ences of AFL Attorneys will be owners or Government bureaus. ing that bargaining sessions be charges from other companies organizational job for Union, held on this matter. We will be being worked on by the Union, as 2. The SIU-SUP to consider as scheduled, A. V. Cherbonnier, at­ must be qualified members in represented at those meetings a lockout any attempts by any torney for the Isthmian Steam­ well as being strike clear. either Engine, Deck or Stewards and reports will be made to person or persons to use the ship Company, wrote on June It is therefore recommended Department. cover each one. Taft-Hartley Act to the detri 30 as follows: that the membership books be 7. Only exceptions outside of There will be a conference in "I wish to inform you that temporarily opened under the the rules above will apply to Washington, D.C., July 9, 1947, ment of our Unions. the National Maritime Union has following provisions: 3. We make known immediate­ those men who may be sailing in composed of the heads of all 1. Any applicant for member­ the selected organizational objec­ AFL Unions to map country wide ly to the AFL, as well as the filed several unfair labor charges ship must have an SIU permit tives in the near future, such as sti'ategy and action to meet the AFL Maritime Trades Depart­ against the company, in which with not less than 12 months Cities Service. The final excep­ Taft-Hartley Act. ^ ment, our position on this mat­ it is alleged that the company committed acts and conduct com­ paid up in good standing and tion will be any tripcard man ter. The SIU will be represented by mencing on or about Januai-y 1, strike clearance. who does special work for the First Vice-President Paul Hall, 5. That we make known our 1947, and continuing up to the 2. Every applicant must have Union under Union assignment. acting in the absence of SIU position on the Taft-Hartley Ac present time which interfered made at least one voyage, either This type of applicant in making President Lundeberg, and Morris through the medium of the SEA­ with, restrained and coerced its on Isthmian Steamship Company application shall have written Weisberger, Second Vice - Presi­ FARERS LOG and the WEST employes in the exercise of the vessels or other selected organi­ statement either from Port Agent COAST SAILORS. dent of the Union. rights guaranteed by law. zational objectives. or Organizer recommending same By the next meeting, your It is to be noted in this pro­ "I believe that you will a.gree 3. Any application for mem­ for submission to Headquarters representatives will have a re­ gram that there are several with me that matters now pend­ bership must be made direct to Office for findings. port prepared for the member­ meetings with our AFL affili­ ing before the National Labor the Organizers in that particu­ The membership is well aware ship on this meeting. ates scheduled. It is necessary Relations Board shojuld be clear­ lar area. of the passing of the Taft-Hart­ It is imperative that we, as that we, to a certain extent, ed up so that it cannot be held 4. When the applicant has ne­ ley Bill. It may well be the big­ Union men, not be stampeded work in conjunction with the that bargaining with your Union cessary time on a tripcard, as gest fight we have ever been in. into any kind of action on this national set-up of the AFL on would of itself constitute an un­ well as sufficient amount of time There are several types of action matter that may be detrimental this matter. There will be fur­ fair labor practice." on unorganized now in motion and it is well to our Union or hurt us in any ther proposals as time goes bj' By the very nature of the teer SIU ^ that all hands become familiar manner. We have fought all on this matter. While we will of time on the permit will be| charges made by the NMU, it is comers since our very birth and participate in the scheduled obvious that the only object is counted as that or probationary i w"" time and man is to be issued full There was a meeting last we can sure as hell fight this meetings with the AFL, we will to stall long enough for pro­ book upon recommendation of Saturday in Washington of AFL one as well. With this thought wait for no one to start our visions of the Taft-Hartley Act organizer. Attorneys. Headquarters Offices in mind, your Headquarters pro­ fight—at the point of production to go into effect. By the time 5 No "organizational" books to designated, as per the constitu- poses the following program on —in the event any shipowner ox- January 1, 1947, rolled around, be issued whatsoever. All books tion. Attorney Ben Sterling, who the matter of the Taft-Hartley Government bureaucrat gets any voting on Isthmian ships had ideas about attacking our Hiring long been over, and the vote issued .will be regular SIU books represented us in Isthmian, to Act: 1. The SIU-SUP go on record Halls. and full initiation and assess-'attend this conference as rep­ had already been tabulated. Seiretary-Treasurers Report To The Membership v.- �Pag« Ten THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday> July 4. 1947 SHIPS' M1N1ITES AMD MEWS -f • *-V 800 lb. Shark Opens Big Mouth, SS Allegheny Victory Is Loser Is Hooked By Griffin Crewmen The Society for the Advancement of-Snagglcd-toothed Sharks has probably put Seafarer Juan Soto and his shipmates of th: SS Samuel Griffin on its social register. For contrary to the purposes of the organization of man-eating sea monsters, Juan and the boys were out to sink their hooks into as many of the gilled bullies as possible on ito." ii backs, the Griffin lads met with success when one whopping member of the society — an 800 pound, 12-foot shark—opened his big mouth once too often, while snooping around the ship in Re­ union, Madagascar. As a result, the sea-going heavyweight's upper jaw and backbone are now souvenirs in Brother Soto's personal museum devoted to his fishing conquests NO LUCK On the trip over, Juan, who is an able fisherman, as well as an Able Seamen, kept making passes at the underwater inhabi­ tants, but he was about as suc­ cessful as an NMU organizer— his line just couldn't hold any­ one. On five occasions,i;kingfish and marlin came along side the Griffin and made off with Juan's bait—hook and all. By the time the Griffin ar­ rived in the Madagascan port, Juan's temper, as well as his supply of hooks, was running out. ih fact, he had left just one Stepping onto shark's head after descending ladder. Soto rigs line around his victim for the hoisting job. hook—which he fashioned out of the steel wire used for plimps. All Juan's hopes hung by that hook. When the Griffin tied up, Soto got some ham skin, wrapped it around the hook, attached to a halyard line, the other end of which was secured on deck and tossed-the fatty morsel overboard. |l.«i»«-'Meanwhile, he went about his business. An uproar on deck .about an hour later broke the suspense for Captain Colman A ^Square Shooter^ fc- To the Editor: This is a salute to Captain Fred Cblman from the boys of the SS Simmons Victory. Captain Col­ man was with us for five months and was a square shooter and a good joe at all times, if we ever sailed with one. We want to wish him smooth sailing and good luck wherever he goes, and to congratulate__his crew for their gain. Crew SS Simmons Victory VICTOR AND VANQUISHED Needing some firsi-class surgery to cover up the damage wrought on the way into Galveston when she was rammed by the tanker Greenville, the SS Allegheny Victory rests quietly at dock. No one was hurt in accident, which occurred on June 19. Extent of damage is emphasized by figure of Seafarer James McAbee, a crewmember aboard the Allegheny. Norfolk Hall Staff Wins Crew's Praise i.-i. Able fisherman Juan Soto looks over 12-foot shark which mistakenly nibbled at ham skin bait, then lost out to 10 crew­ men of the SS Griffin after a tough 25-minute tussle. Brother Soto. Someone had sighted one of the coveted sharks nibbling at the ham skin. In a few moments the incautious vic­ tim was battling to get free of the relentless hook. FIERCE STRUGGLE Ten men of the Griffin's crew seized the line, while the shark lashed about furiously. But the cdds were against him. Soto's carefully rigged hook and the combined strength of the Griffin men were too much, and 25 min­ utes later, the fight was out of him. At this point, Soto went down the ladder and stepped onto the subdued shark's massive head. He smiled as he noticed that his quarry looked a little green around the, gills. Then, with one hand on the ladder, he knot­ ted a line around the shark's tail, and went back up the ladder. The once proud, 12-foot, 800pound underwater terrorist was hoisted up on deck by a winch, then removed to No. 5 hatch, where Soto demonstrated his sur­ gical skill by removing the head and backbone with a few deft strokes. Meanwhile, cameras in the hands of Seafarers clicked away at the scene. TOUGH DAME ;-Sga;g;:;i: "She's a lady," Soto announced to the spectators as he removed 32 eggs from his subject. McAbee squats in front of The operation over, "Doc" So­ one of the portside punctures to, began slicing up the meat for He distribution to the local popula­ sustained by his ship. tion, many of whom were wait­ turned pictures over to Patrol­ ing patiently in line for bits of man Bob Pohle of Marcus the choice morseL Each praised Hook Branch, from where they the lads of the Griffin for sup­ plying food for his dinner table. were forwarded to the LOG. Juan's mementos are not the first ones he's acquired from sharks. He has a 15-footer to his credit, too. And there's more a-coming, Juan says. He's on Hie shark's social reg­ ister to stay. Roger Glynn Mayo, 19-year-old full book member of the Seafar­ ers International Union, was kill­ ed instantly when he was struck firemen on shore and in two fire- by an automobile as he was boats. Heavy acrid smoke blank­ crossing a street in his home town eted the waterfront as they pour­ of Needmore, Ind., according to ed water into the conflagration. word received by the LOG. The fatal accident occurred on June 16. Brother Mayo had planned on returning to sea very soon, it was said. An . OS, the young Seafarer Loading facilities in the port of Cheribon were in such terrible joined the Union in Galveston, shape the SS James McCosh, an Texas, on Feb. 9, 1946. He held Isthmian ship, returned almost Book No. 47630. Surviving, including his par­ empty to Batavia early last ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mayo, month. The McCosh was to have loaded are three brothers, and three sis­ 1,000 tons of kapok in Cheribon, ters. but conditions caused abandon­ Mayo, who was the town's first ment of the job after 146 tons victim of an auto accident, was had been stored aboard. buried three days later. Car Kills SIU Man Frietchie Aflame 5 Hours A stubborn fire, encouraged by a cargo of tar paper, automobile tires and paper products, raged for five hours aboard the A. H. Bull Company's SS Barbara Frietchie at a Delaware river pier in Philadelphia recently be­ fore firemen were able to con­ trol the situation. There were no casualties among the SIU crew aboard the 7,176-ton ship. Damages were sufficient to delay the vessel's scheduled departure for the Carribbean area. The blaze which shot from the No. 5 after hold, was battled by Loading Troubles Above and beyond the call of duty is the usual way of describ­ ing a job done outside of the rou­ tine prescribed. For a job well done favoring the men aboard the SS Grover C. Hutcherson, the crew voices their praise for Ben Rees, Norfolk Pati'olman, by stating he "went aU out far be­ yond the call of his Union du­ ties" to aid them. And they really did "appreciate his ef­ forts," they said. The men of the Newtex ves­ sel, represented by John Asmont, FWT and Engine Delegate, did not confine their praise to Broth­ er Rees, for they voiced their thanks to the entire staff of the Norfolk Hall. SWELL SUPPORT The praise heaped upon the Norfolk staff stems from the excellent cooperation given the crew in settling all beefs and bringing about satisfactory settle­ ment to many difficulties which arose during the course of their late voyage. When the ship hit port the large number of beefs and prob­ lems were enough to discourage the most ambitious of men, but with a will the Norfolk officials put themselves solidly behind every beef and settled for noth­ ing short of fuU redress on all grievances. The Hutcherson with its load of troubles hit Norfolk after a two month trip to Trieste. / �Friday, July 4. 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven SIU Ship's Minutes In Brief SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY. June 8—Chairman Bill Wil­ liams: Secretary Bill Gray. New Business: Chief Steward stated that Deck Delegate is interfer­ ing with steward department's work. Requested that dele­ gate stay out of ice box and let food alone. Statement that deck delegate took minutes of meeting and repair list to Caplain and Chief Mate. Dele­ gate's fitness voted upon. Delegate voted out. IE, i; a, ETHIOPIA VICTORY, May 12—Chairman H. W. Lundquist; Secretary E. W. Auer. Motion carried that informa­ tion concerning draws be put out and posted on bulletin board so that all hands will know when money is being put out. Motion carried that each watch is to clean up messhall after use. Motion carried that that all hands replace night lunch in ice box after having used it instead of leaving it out in the messhall or scullery. J* i- S" CHARLES HULL. May 15— Chairman William Taylor; Sec­ retary Peter Villimeon. Dele­ gates reported no beefs in their departments. New Business: Chief Mate asked to get wind scoops and repair all fans. Mo­ tion carried to make up new tool list and give it to Chief Engineer. Motion carried that Bosun and Deck Delegate ap­ proach the Chief Mate to see about a little more overtime. Good and Welfare: All hands agreed to cooperate with Stew­ ard in keeping messhall clean. Motion carried to have meet­ ing the night before ship leaves port. 4. t EASTPOINT VICTORY. May 10—Chairman Blair; Secretary Hernandez. Disputed overtime for Wipers discussed. Time was for working in firesides and hand cleaning of lubes. Letter was sent to New York office of company and was returned as no good as company has no provisions for payment of such overtime. Good and Welfare: Suggestion that at payoff time '^1 rooms be left clean, trash cans be emptied, dirty linen be taken off bunks and placed in pillow cases. Suggestion that all lockers be checked for need­ ed repairs. GEORGE M. BIBB. May 4— Chairman P. V. Millican; Secre­ tary B. H. Amsberry. Reports of delegates was accepted. New Business: Motion was made to discuss with patrolman why the passageway on the main deck wasn't painted. Motiori carried that minutes be sent to LOG for publication. .4otion carried that repair list be made out and posted for the oncom­ ing crew. 4> 4 HOOD RIVER. May 4 — Chairman L. R. Young; Secre­ tary E. Wiley. New Business: Motion carried to have Patrol­ man check slopchest prices on arrival in United States port. Request that delegate write for a new agreement. Motion car­ ried to impose a fine upon any member caught dirtying messroom. Fines to go to the hos­ pital fund. Good and Welfare: Requested that all enamel drinking pitchers be cleaned properly. Copy of minutes to go to SIU and SUP. 4 4 4 FRANZ SIGEL. May 11 — Chairman W. F. Simmons; Sec­ retary H. F. Webber. Deck and Steward Delegates reported everything smooth. Engine Delegate reported disputed overtime for Wipers. Good and Welfare: Steward wanted to know what action could be taken against Chief Engineer for playing with water supply unnecessarily. Steward an­ nounced thai Chief Engineer has been very unreasonable about shutting off the refrig­ erator plant so that chill boxes could be cleaned. He has given •he Steward a very hard time over the matter. Motion car­ ried that a formal protest be written up by Patrolman to be ^ent to the MEBA on the con­ duct of the Engineer. 4 4 4 JOHN GALLUP. May 11— (Chairman and Secretary not given) Delegates reported all in order except for Engine De­ partment which has some dis­ puted overtime. New Business: Motion was carried to inves­ tigate why the price of cigar­ ettes was raised the last week of the voyage. Motion carried that all crew members leaving the ship should leave the focsles and lockers cleaif. Mo­ tion carried that delegates recheck all members' books, per­ mits and trip cards to see that they are paid up and in good, order. Motion carried thai communication b6 made to the Philadelphia Hall pertaining to charges made by several crew members of this ship the last time the ship made port there. DESOTO. May 1—Chairman M. R. Villarreal; Secretary Carl S. Cooper. List of men drawn up for recommendations for pro-books. Motion carried thai no member of the crew pay off until all beefs had been settled to the satisfaction of the ship's delegate'and the departmental delegates. Minute of silence ob­ served for brothers lost at sea. 4 4 4 CHARLES GOODYEAR. March 23—Chairman Earl T. Pradsl; Secretary Robert J. Schulze. New Business: Mo­ tion carried that each man us­ ing ship's laundry be held re­ sponsible for leaving it clean. List of repairs and additions necessary made up and ap­ proved. Good and Welfare: Suggestion made that men make no unnecessary noise in the passageways anytime of the day or night. 4 4 4 4 4 4 BIENVILLE, May 4—Chair­ man P. Drozak; Secretary Chuck Welch. New Business: Motion carried that delegates get together and make up a. re­ pair list. Motion that delegates check stores and slopchest with Patrolman before signing on. Slopchest list of necessary items to be submitted to Captain and Patrolman. Suggestion made to have radio turned on for the crew's convenience. Delegaies reported no beefs. Good and Welfare: Suggestion to have cold drinks for dinner and sup­ per. Vote of appreciation for the food and service rendered the crew by the Stewards De­ partment. New library to be brought aboard. •m 1 A vJdB TcJMV THE I'RfcSgAJT Gis/B iou 0/OB A/^KT OF RATED M6/\/ I5 MOJ Due So MUCH TO AA; ACTUAL SHomASE AS To MtMeeRS MOT TAKIN'G- JOBS. TH€ MORE MEA/ TAKBM IMTO THE SIU -fULflLL OUR OoA/TRACTS ; THE MORE co/AptnTiOfJ WR UOBS tuHEAJ SMlPP/A/e SMGKEAJS Off. CUT and RUN By HANK In view of the fact that shipping is real good down there in Tampa there should be plenty of Brothers taking advantage of it— especially from the ports nearest Tampa, where there may be extra men on the beach waiting to ship out ... If any of you Brothers can't afford the high landlubbing cost of living and all that sweat­ ing out of this hot weather then it's better to grab any ship and start getting the cabbage in your pockets. It's better to grab the first ship, coastwise -or foreign, than it is to sweat out the hot weather and the last few bucks . . . Larry Moore and Leo Siarkowski just came into town a few weeks ago from their trip to Genoa, ' Italy. What, didn't you guys bring back any souvenir gondolas or something from Genoa? . . . Our pinochle champ of a shipmate, Martin O'Connor, is all set for shipping, after a few months ol vacationing with his family . . . "Curly" Mickey Healey, just blew into town from a coastwise trip . . . We received a briefly-worded post card from "Red" Braunstein; "We are in Charleston, South Carolina, topping off. Sailing for Panama tomorrow." Okay, Red, and a long smooth journey to you! 4 4 4 COASTAL STEVEDORE. Brother Thomas Murphy just sailed into town with a smile May 4—Chairman John J. and a short story about how he spent a week on the French Flynn; Secretary Roy White. island of Martinique. The people couldn't understand his New New Business: Motion carried York language or his "pigeon French" and he couldn't under­ to draw charges against Broth­ stand their French—even though they finally ended their ne­ er who attacked Chief Cook gotiations with the sign language. So they mutually got no­ and Third Cook with a knife where. However, we have received a conflicting story. One and wounded both. Incident Brother »ays that Brother Murphy spent 17 days on the ship and all details to be reported going around the island from one point to another point. But to Patrolman. One minute of that s not getting to the point either, so we'll just have to let silence for brothers lost at sea. it go at thai and say "here's one more yarn scuttled by too many happily confused experts of proxy navigation, etc!" 4 4 4 ALCOA TRADER. May 11— 4 4 4 Chairman and Secretary not If you hear any short jokes suddenly atomizing the Beaver given) Meeting called for pur­ Street atmosphere or some unheard of vaudeville-styled singing, or pose of learning repairs neces­ just the words, "You Can't Fight City Hall" then you'll know'it's sary. Each delegate was called nobody else than the might atom, little "Jimmy" Eugene Crescitelli, upon to give report on his de­ partment. Delegates reported the mustached king of jokes and predictions, who just sailed in from all smooth in their departments a trip to South Africa. Jimmy says that his shipmate. Lucky Louis, except for a few performers. just came in with a smiling poker-face after a trip on the Virginia Question was raised as to why City! We were surprised to see Mike Rossi, the Smiling Bosun, Steward Department overtime back so fast from his hospitalization down in Montevideo, Uraguay, where he had suffered a leg injury. Mike and his little pal said was not equally divided. that they found Baltimore real good when they stopped there <sy the way up and found lots of pals glad to see them while they'iE? waiting to ship out. 4-4 4 This slcry about whal happened lo volunteer Isthmian Or­ ganizer. George Meaney could be called Operation Successful. Well. George was all set to sail about two weeks ago when all of a sudden he collapsed while walking in Boston. He im­ mediately asked and was allowed to sign off and went straight to Boston's Brighton Marine Hospital (which he calls one of the best) where he received three undisputed operations—hernia removed, an ulcer removed and appendix removed. After this triple beef, George asked for Social Service and asked to be sent to the USS Rest Center in Gladstone. New Jersey, which he says is the best rest center he's ever been in. By the way. George recommends that any Seafarer who are in ports close to New Jersey and are scheduled for operations that they should ask for Social Service immediately after and request to be sent to the USS rest center in Gladstone. New Jersey. .-^1 - -^I •u �THE Paga Twrir# SEAFARERS Friday. July 4. 1947 LOG THE MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS DEL MAR COFFEE TIME Brother's Suggestions Adopted By Union In Devising New Form For Ship's Minutes on part of the membership in au­ thority to call a meeting, etc.; Several months ago I was on the list is long and all the ex­ a committee for the inspection cuses vague. of minutes of meetings held OFFERS IMPROVEMENTS aboard ships. Regretfully, I say never before have I read a more As to the means of correcting confused and inconsistent file of the above conditions, I submit reports. to the membership the following The order in which the ma­ solution, subject to whatever the jority of the reports were made changes the membei'ship may in­ could very well have been avert­ troduce: ed had the membership followed That a standard form be print­ the proper procedure in conduct­ ed, upon which the minutes of ing its meetings. I had also the ship's meetings can be re­ noticed that, chronologically, the corded. This form (a sample of meetings were held rather irregu­ which I enclose) to be about the size of the standard overtime larly. This condition should also be sheet and made up of tablets of corrected. It must be corrected. 25, with carbon copy duplicates. Too many ship's meetings have the original to be filed with failed to accomplish the purposes Headquarters and duplicates kept for which they were intended, by ship's delegate. due to unwarranted postpone­ I suggest that the system of ments, lack of Union spirit, a using these forms be as follows: mad desire for shoreside stimu­ Each ship be supplied with a suf­ lations when in port, ignorance ficient amount of forms to last the trip. That the port patrol­ man instruct the ship's delegate how the form may properly be filled out. These forms should not be used while the meeting is in order. Only when the meet­ ing is adjourned should the sec­ retary, together with the departTo the Editor: To the Editor: Wants To See More Articles By Membership tr '-''Why don't you carry more let­ ters to the membership? I have read several letters in the LOG about it being a good paper, and while I am in accord with them, I don't think it is as good as it should be until it carries more news from, and about, the mem­ bership and less articles by of­ ficials. Not that some of the articles aren't good, as for instance, the special services series by Volpian, but for it to be a really good paper, the members must speak more often and louder in its columns. While on the subject — there has been one proposal I do not agree with. That is the carrying of a Spanish page in the LOG. If we did that then the next thing would be a page in Norwegian, Swedish, French or what have you. It may be a good idea to print foreign languages some of our booklets like "Order" and others, but let's not start an example by doing something which in my opinion may mess up what may become the best labor paper of any union. Harvey Jamerson - (Ed. note: The LOG fully agrees ( with Brother Jamer"son. We are anxious for news 'and letters of and about every Seafarer. Send in those letters —we'll publish them.) De Soto Skipper iWas Cooperative To Ihe Editor: 71^ " We, the crewmembers of the SS DeSoto, Waterman Steamship Corporation, Voyage No. 4, wish at this time, through the me­ dium of the LOG, to express our appreciation for the cooperation given us by our skipper. Captain R. F. Goodman. May he continue to sail for many more years. Ship's crew S/MPlf, ion has just drawn up. The forms have been added to the "Ship's Delegate Kit." which contains Union literature de­ signed to aid in the conduct of good Union meetings and in furthering the Union educa­ tion. One of the booklets is the highly important, "How To Conduct A Ship's Meeting." with which every member should become familiar. While all criticisms are en­ couraged by the Union, it is the concrete constructive type, such as presented by Brother Ran­ allo, that can be translated in­ to benefits for the member­ ship and the organization. It is hoped that other Seafarers will follow suit. Meanwhile, to Brother Ranallo a well-deserved thanks.) piiiiiiiii Around the table aboard Mississippi's newest passenger ship are, from left to right: Eric Ekland, Mike Derkits, Harris, William Worthington and Donald Hingle. Necessity Of Permanent Organizing Work Shown By Results Of Isthmian Campaign To the Editor: I wonder just how many mem­ bers gave thought to what win­ ning the Isthmian election meant to us? I think it could best be summed up in a statement that an NMU organizer made a while back during the course of the Isthmian election when he said "If we let the SIU win the Isthmian fleet, then the NMU will have lost the balance of power on the east coast as far as the Maritime Industry is con­ cerned." Yes, Brothers, that's just ex­ actly what it meant. Winning the Isthmian fleet gave us a de­ finite edge over the NMU. Toss this in along with some of the other outfits we have won over the past few months, such as Bloomfield SS Co., St. Lawrence Navigation Co., Inc., American Eastern Corp., Kearney SS Com­ pany, not to mention some of the tugs, such as the Mobile Tow­ ing and Wrecking Go., and the G. & H. Towing Co. on the Texas Coast we have quite a few jobs. ing of our tremendous organizing them and keep the ships moving drive back in 1945. This has as per the contract. been of particular interest to mc ALL-IMPORTANT because it has been my good fortune to participate in this or­ Considering the amount of ganizing drive, shipside as well money that has been spent and as shoreside, having hung up 16 the results obtained by the Un­ months sea time on Isthmian ves­ ion, there is no question but what sels since 1945, as well as wdrk- our Organizing drive over the ing in between Isthmian trips as past two years has proven one thing for a fact—that is the ne­ Shore-side Organizer. cessity for the Union to make as The membership should pro­ a permanent part of its set-up tect the investment made by vol­ an Organizing Staff with the full unteer SJU Organizers and the large amount of money the Un­ time work of enlarging the Un­ ion spent in organizing this fleet ion. The reason for this can be.st by continuing to ship Isthmian be illustrated when you consider until we have a contract. We the fact that in 1942 the SIU have hammered this thing along had only nine off-shore steam­ for nearly two years now and ship companies under contract, as well as several small tug out­ we cannot afford to slack up. fits under contract. Today, we I am a bit optimistic on the , . , , subject of Isthmian and believe approximately 30 off-shore steamship companies under con­ once we sit down and negotiate a contract with these people tract, 14 tug and inland boat con, tracts, two off-shore tanker conthey will be a fairly good outfit k to deal with. It is a funny thing signed and five excursion boats in this industry, it seems that companies under contract, not to lots of big outfits, once they are mention other outfits which we under contract, are easy to do are working into now and expect notices of election pretty soon, business with. This means, of such as Cities Service and Sun course, providing that we, once oil. upon signing the contracts, honor Charles "Whiley" Tannehill mental delegates, digest the minutes for ent;y upon the offi­ cial form. This should be typed if possible. SHOULD REMAIN 6N SHIP When the record of the min­ uted have been completed, one copy shall immediately be for­ warded to headquarters; the other kept in possession of the ship's SOURCE OF STRENGTH delegate, and should be his re­ sponsibility while he is a mem­ Add all these up and you see ber of the crew. In event of his where the Union has gained tre­ leaving the records shall be mendous strength since the start­ turned over to the next elected delegate, etc., as long as the ship remains under an SIU agreement. Retaining these recprds aboard ship will result in a great reduc­ tion of unfounded accusations charged against the "last crew." The record will tell. He will come in Ihe dawn I further suggest that in the With his old sea bag. back of the form, a short lecture And sing out, "I'm home to stay," be printed as to the correct pro­ He will stow his gear and open root beer cedure to be followed in conduct­ And declare, "I've lived for this day, ing a meeting aboard ship, also "I'll drive a truck like my father— stressing the importance of hold­ "The Union won't bo new: ing regular meetings. "I'll just change my card, then I'll Guy R. Ranallo "Bid farewell to good old SIU." (Ed. note: Brother Ranallo's constructive letter was wellHis Pa has driven a highway truck received at Union' Head­ For 18 worry-filled years. quarters and is of the type Like father, like son they are the SIU is earnestly soliciting Two of a kind—^for both I have fears. from all members. Many of 'Twould be like clipping the wings the suggestions he outlined Of a bird to keep the old man home. have been incorporated in the Just so, it would be caging a gull new official form for recording For Bud to give up the foam. ship's minutes which the Un­ Log-A-Rhythms What Price Feathers? DEDICATED TO Seafarer Harry McDoiiiiough BY HIS MOTHER This mother's heart knows that in Maybe a month, perhaps a bit more He will feel the spray, two Thousand miles away, and see only The salt sea shore. So I soogie his clothes and send Him back to the SIU and the sea. For what use are the feathers. When the soul of the bird flies free. �Friday. July 4. 1947 THE SEAFARERS Sees Return Of Gulf As Union Stronghold LOG Page Thirteen EYERrBODY OUTSIDE FOR A PICTURE! Member Hails Committee Ruling On Gashounds To the Editor: To the Editor: I see the Union is finally doing something, which I believe was slightly overdue. And that is the straightening out of the Gulf. All Oldtimers remember when the Gulf was the backbone of the Union. But we can't afford to kid ourselves, so we must say that for awhile the Gulf slipped badly. I noticed it and I know that others did, too. This was particularly true in the Texas ports. It seemed that the piecards there (who are now out) were interested more in the gin mills then in our Union busi­ ness. Let their being "relieved" be a lesson for any other piecard who might think the membership will allow them to have the same idea. PROSPECTS GOOD I was at the meeting in New Orleans when Bull Sheppard was put in as Gulf Representative. I have seen the old Bull in action and I believe that now, with him That story in last week's issue of the LOG about those guys who were fined by a trial committee for being drunk and refusing to turn to aboard ship was mighty interesting. Guys like these are about the worst of all when it comes to fouling things up for their shipmates. I've been on ships that carried some of these characters, and beheve me, they are one big pain where you sit down. 1 agree with Joe Algina when he said that the Seafarers was too good to put up with the kind of stuff these guys were tossing around at their Brothers. 1 hope the next trial committee that sits on a case of this type is just as serious about their job. These crewmembers of the SS Samuel Livermore piled outside of a Copenhagen, Denmark, bistro to oblige one of their shipmates whose finger was itching to click the camera shutter From left to right the lads are: Roger Whitley; Stanley; Ray; Dennis Cahoon; Muncie; Charles Newman; F. W. Jackson; Paul J. Cook; Lynn and Truman, 'Steamboat' Answers Cadet Corps Defender To the Editor: •WANT SMOOTH SAILING The big majority of our mem­ bers are fellows who like to see a ship sail smooth. Not only that, but most of them feel that we have the best conditions in the business and they want to protect our contracts. Did you ever notice that when the Union is in a beef or on strike, that it is usually the gashounds who raise hell on a ship who do nearly less than anybody else? Well 1 have. And if you don't believe me just check the book of the next gashound you see on your ship and you'll probably see where he was fined during our last strike for missing picket duty. 1 like to have my fun as much as tfie next guy; but 1 realize Maritime Service, in order to con- ernment is because they put tinue in their soft jobs. themselves out on a limb and 1 see one of our brothers of the then let somebody saw it off." THANKS HIM MEBA has taken me over the Is that how you describe the rocks for calling Kings Point a Mr. Swadell also says the SIU "Coney Island Annapolis," and has the cream of the crop and is '21 strike, when the Shipping making impolite remarks about the coming union. Well, that's Board broke the Unions for 13 "crumbhouse cadets." very kind of you Mr. Swadell, years because they struck in pro­ Well, Mr. Swadell, 1 did not but don't you know the President test of a 15 per cent pay cut? Is that how you describe Tru­ mean to hurt your feelings as a of the SIU, Harry Lundeberg, has man's action last year when he graduate of Kings Point, es­ denounced the cadet corps as said he would use the Navy to pecially since you are obviously being full of military chicken and break the strike if seamen went a fine Union man. In fact, 1 a waste of the taxpayers' money? out? in the Gulf working with Buck have only admiration for anyone However, there is no need to Stephens, the SIU will get back who can keep his union convic­ go into this. Mr. Swadell an­ THREAT TO SEAMEN into the same shape they were tions after being exposed to the swers this himself. He says, "If That is what 1 mean by "or­ years ago. With Bull's hard-hit­ cadet corps. a man wants to get a license so ganized government finking," ting policy for organization (ask You say we need Kings Point he can hit the floor plates the Mr. Swadell. That is why 1 say The I] the commies what this means) to give us a steady flow of of­ 1-est of his life, let him stay out a government-controlled organi­ and Buck's ability and knowkdge ficers, evidently thinking there is of the Cadet Corps. The best zation of non-union seamen is a of the Gulf, we can now get danger of running out of gold way for him to get a license is to standing threat to every real sea­ ready to see the Union do some braid. During the war, there ship out until he has the sea time men in the country. progressing down there. wei-e enough licensed men to and then go to school for a couple There has been an all-out cam­ Incidentally, Editor, what hap­ man over 5,000 cargo ships. To­ of weeks." paign to militarize seamen go­ pened to our Educational pro­ day, we don't even operate half Mr. Swadell, how can you ad­ ing on for the last ten years. Why gram? I have heard a lot of that number. How do you get mit that and then say we should were the seamen handed over talk about it, but have seen no shortage of officers out of spend millions of dollars to op­ to the military despots of the action as yet. Why not ask the that? erate the salt water kindergar­ Coast Guard, the worst piece of members, through the LOG, This so-called "shortage" is a ten at Kings Point? bureaucratic debauchery since what they think of our lack of lie manufactured by the bellYou also say, "the only reason the sloppy gestation of the Mari­ such a program. John Lena bottomed bureaucrats of the unions are broken by the govtime Service in the womb of po­ that while working aboard ship is not the place for cutting up, litical finkery. Why did the Maritime Service NOW'S THE TIME put civilian seamen into military The new bill that was just uniforms for the first time in passed to smack labor down American history? Why did it means that we had better start invent the phony and ridicu­ getting into good shape, for it lous titles of lieutenant, com­ looks like before the year is out • mander, commodore for poor we'll be in a battle for our lives mates and engineers, if not to in­ \vith the shipowners. troduce the class conscious and We'll have plenty of trouble "socially superior" attitudes of if besides the shipowners we the Navy? have a bunch of characters inside BIG STUFF the Union making it tough for Why did it establish military the rest of us. That alone is good academies imitating West Point reason for dropping all our and Annapolis, if not to introduce 'characters" as soon as possible, a naval-like system on merchant so we'll be in good fighting trim ships? It even has a guy calling when the time comes. Duke (Red) Hall himself a "rear-admiral," a man who has never gone to sea for a living, who commands no one but stenographers and whose closest contact with the salt wa­ To the Editor: ter is the Potomac River. In 1944 Admiral Land told a I was shipped from New York bunch of shipowners at a big to Philadelphia on the B. Wil­ banquet, "The U. S. Maritime liams when 1 got here I found Service is the foundation on which that I had no job. After getting the future of the merchant ma­ kicked around for two days I rine is built." went to the Hall and told the I don't know what he meant officials about it—they sure got by this if he didn't mean substi­ on the ball fast. tuting this disciplined, uniform­ I for one want to thank the V .if ® I® Morris from New ed "service" for independent un­ officials of the Philadelphia ion seamen. Branch for their good work. "Steamboat" O'Doyle Thanks again. M. J. Field* DOWN THE EAST RIVER Philly Officials On The Ball mmed^"ur?,rLoS �THE Page Fourteen SEAFARERS LOG Taft-Hartley Fink Bill Blasted Stab At Union Hiring Arouses Members I.. (Editor's note: Passage of the Taft-Hartley fink bill has placed a knife in the hands of those who are intent upon the destruction of all the costly gains made by labor. That knife is poised directly over one of the most vital organs of the Seafarers—the Union hiring hall. In defense of this threat to their security, members of the SIU are expressing themselves militantly. "Below are some of the first letters on the fink bill received by the LOG. How about the rest of you? How do you feel about this fink bill?) $ since the passage of the Taft- NEW LABOR LAW Hartley Bill. The companies will start to use them if we let them, IS CHALLENGE TO so there is only one thing for us LABOR'S RIGHTS to do and that is fight Jhe finks To the Editor: wherever we meet them and pro­ To the Editor: Well, the boys on Capitol Hill tect our hard won gains. Check I am not sure whether this and their buddies of the NAM j-our ship. Brothers, and keep the should be addressed to the "Beef have received their wish — the finks off. Box" or to Joe Volpian of Special "Freedom to Fink" Bill is now Jimmy Crescitelli Service, but anyway here goes. law and that means the end of the closed shop. The question which I am par­ Since all of the SIU contracts URGES REPEAL ticularly concerned with is, how call for the closed shop, it means OF BILL THAT or in what way will the Taftonly one thing—we're next. WIPES OUT GAINS Hartley Law effect the seagoing Unfortunate for them, however, To the Editor: men of this country? we are not going to give up the Hiring Hall and rotary shipping I hope that the seamen will The Taft-Hartley Law, the way without a fight. In fact, we aren't I see it, is one of the worst foul wake up to the fact that the capi­ going to give up the Hiring HaU blows ever struck Organized La­ talists are still trying to exploit at all. bor. All the gains that labor has The other day I was on Broad achieved over the last 30 years them, and the seamen will be­ Street here in New York, and are to be wiped out by the pas­ come politically minded enough to fight whenever something I passed three fink halls. You sage of one law. should see the shipping masters Now, regarding strike action on comes up to defeat the gains we that they have in those joints, this' bill: It is my opinion, as in have made in the last few years. —shades of Richard Dana. the past, that the AFL leaders Many of us go to sea because If we let these places start up will know when and where to it is a means of livelihood, but again we should have our heads bring about the action necessary examined. If you see any sea­ to put this law where it belongs how many of us know that the men peeking into one of those —with the old 18th Amendment. Taft-Hartley Law may be setting foul dens, tell them to steer clear In other words, a straight repeal. of a precedent whereby the Re­ for their own good. Let's let our Congressmen publican majority in Congress • These fink halls are all new know our feelings on this mat­ will try to restrict and abolish businesses, having opened up ter. all of our gains. E. J. Kelly LONG FIGHT KEEP HIRING HALL, FIGHT FINKS, HE WARNS Isthmian Win Leaves Union Slackers On Limb To the Editor: Well, it finally happened—the winning of the Isthmian com­ pany and the final certification. Now, there are several Brothers I want to look up. I refer to those, who in the middle of the drive, used to hol­ ler "it can't be done." Another favorite of this type of char­ acter was to scream "it's costing too much money." I was at a meeting in New York when one donkey actually griped so much about the possi­ bilities of losing Isthmian, Ustill believe he was either a stooge for the Company or the commies— or both. m .. lljp KEPT HECKLING This same man refused to make a trip on the Isthmian scows but devoted all his time to laying on the beach and giv­ ing the organizers a bad time. Meanwhile, he kept telling all the kids going into the ships that they were suckers. Fortunately for the Union you could number" those Union wreckers on one hand, and belter still the union recognized these guys for what they were. If they are still in New York when­ ever I get back up there they had better get into a hole. This should be a lesson to all of us. If we can get Isthmian, then there is no reason why we can't take over the whole busi­ ness. Look out NMU! Victor L. Bonura SEES POSSIBLE RETURN OF THE SHIPPING MASTERS To the Editor: With the Taft-Hartley Law now in effect, the first anti-un­ ion blows will be aimed at the Union Hiring Hall. We can't however, let this law take away our Hiring Hall and return us to the old days of sliipping masters. Today, a man has a chance to ship out, but if we go back to the old days we will not have a fair chance to ship out. If you are not one of the shipping master's fair haired boys you will sit your fanny on some hard bench till hell freezes over. New York, Boston and all the ether ports had the phony ship­ ping masters. After every trip you made, they were' looking for a piece-off, and if they didn't get it—you didn't work. Personally, I think that this law should have been put up to a vote by the people of the United States. They should be the ones to decide whether we go back to the old days or not. Why should we have to go back to that hellish life that we had to fight so hard to get out of? We are labor, and we are the ones who will suffer—not the crumbs on Capitol Hill who have never done a day's work in their life. Here's hoping that the unions will get together and fight this new law to the death. Any time the Union wants to call a "Going Fishing" week or a month, I have my pole and boat on hand. James Russell The best the President could do in our favor was to veto the bill, but with a Republican ma­ jority in both chambers, who don't give a hoot for labor, we are due for a set back unless we recruit labor for a long drawn out fight. Regardless of union affiliation, this fight concerns us all. It seems that wc have not got enough labor minded representa­ tives in Congress, and I hope that enough of "us will wake up to this fact and send men to Washington to represent us whenever some so-called friends of labor try to present something which they deem in favor of labor and is in reality a restrictive tie. Wake up seamen, also you friends of labor. Do something about the Taft-Hartley Law! Dennis Saunders Friday, July 4, 1947 SIU Contract Don't Bite A Dog! Would Inspire What happens to Seafarers while taking the ships to the Isthmian Crews far flung ports of the world makes interesting reading to the rest of the membership. There is an old saying that if a dog bites a man, that's not news but if a man bites a dog, that's news. Were not suggesting that you go out and bite a dog; however, if you've had an interesting ex­ perience on your trip that was a little out of the or­ dinary, share it with your fellow Seafarers through the pages of the SEAFARERS LOG. You don't have to be a Jack London to knock out the details of the experience. Just give us the facts and we'll do the rest. Pictures, too make a story more interesting. If you, or a fellow crewmember, are lucky enough to have a camera along — send your snapshots to the LOG. We'll take care of the developing and printing and the return­ ing of the negatives and prints to you. Send your bits of news and snaps to: SEAFARERS LOG, 51 Beaver Street, New York, N. Y. PLENTY To the Editor: I have sailed Isthmian ships and after a short time on these scows I came to the conclusion that if the Isthmian Line were under the SIU banner it would be a lot better for the men who sail these ships, and, believe it or not, I think it would be better for the company, also. If the men of the Isthmian ships have a beef they could take it to the Union and let the Union handle the business part of the beef. Therefore, there would be no hard feelings between the men and the company. The com­ pany, also, could get their men through the Union Hall much faster and- they could get bet­ ter men. If this were the case, the sea­ men would be highly pleased to work under a union agreement having the same wages and work­ ing conditions as our other ships; and would make for more effi­ cient operation of the Isthmian ships. Jess N. Helms OF STEAM i> X SS Arizpa Deckmen handle ship lines due to juice short­ age. In the group, left to right: John Elliot, AB; Phil Guimond, DM; 5am McFarlane. AB; Russ (last name not given) OS; Karl Uri, AB, and Carl Senarighi, OS. Below is Ray Ditoto, DM. PoOped out. Brother Carl Senarighi (photo right) relaxes on fantail of the Arizpa, which was snafued on recent trip as a result of superficial investiga­ tion of ship by - Coast Guard. Bosun Gene Dauber took these photos. » » » �Page Fifteen THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, July 4, 1947 NMU Withdraws From Wyandotter After Usual Stalling Tartics Fail r As this issue of the LOG goes presed considerable interest in the outcome of negotiations with to press, one thing is certain. DETROIT — Well, the first the Midland Steamship Line, Inc. That is that the Lakes seamen half of the Wyandotte fleet has We are pleased at this time to have repudiated the NMU, once i.xci-.i'i voted, and with two ships out state that Midland wages, ef­ and for all, for playing the ship­ of the way it's only a matter of fective as of July 1 have al­ owners game time and again. SS A. G. BELL a few days more before a ready been agreed to. An item BOSTON The Huron election proved G. Vidal, $2.00; M. M. Eschenko, Wyandotte seamen will have had concerning these ships appears INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS $1.00; R. O'Neill, $1.00; C. Baggs & this, and the Wyandotte election, a chance to register their choice elsewhere in this is.sue of the I. Pearce, $1.00: L, Bugajcwskl. Crew, $7.00, even though the NMU sneaked $5.00; P. Lobbregt, $2.00. of the SIU as the Union to rep SEAFARERS LOG. SS CARLSBAD off the ballot, will further prove resent them. T. McCann, $1.00. TAMPA The new Midland scale, based this repudiation of the NMU. SS J. GROUT Our "pals" from the NMU did on a forty hour week, is com­ SS FLORIDA E. C. Hill, $1.00; A. A. Ahmed, For too long, the Lakes sea­ Mario Reyes, $1.00; J. Seara, $1.00; $1.00; D. E. Edwards, $1.00; J. J. Con­ a last minute about-face, and parable to the new high scale men have been misrepresented J. C. Fernandez, $1.00; D. Bazo, $1.00; nors, $3.00; W. P. Nolan, $2.00; L. requested that their name be being paid on the SIU contract­ M. - Goto, $1.00; O. Timm, $1.00; E. by such phony outfits as the Johnson, $1.00; M. R. Keane, $2.00; withdrawn from the ballot. ed sandboats, and establishes a NMU, the LSU and the old cor­ Roig, 51.00; G. Briguera, $1.00; S. R. G. Bromiley, $2.00; A. KrapanaWe expected as much because pattern which will probably be rupt ISU. They can't expect any Rodri : $1.00. giditis, $2.00; E. I. Cozier, $2.00; M. M. Lorez. $1,00; J. Lopez, $1.00; M. the NMU has never had guts followed by the Lake Carriers gifts on a tray from the Lake H. Hansen, $2.00; W. J. McLaughlin, Carmona. $1.00; P. R. Penelas, $1.00; $1.00; D. j. McKinnis, $2.00; G. Dailey, enough to stand up and take Association. The LCA usually Carriers, so they look to the J. C. Keys, $1.00; J. Fl. Hofman, $1.00; $1.00; D. M. Moller, $1.00. their medicine in typical sea follows after the SIU sets the only bonafide seamen's union on A. Someillan, $t.bO; J. W. McCranie, SS VIRGINIA CITY VICTORY man style. These phonies have pace! $1.00; II. Reyes, 50c; J. M. Rodriguez, the Lakes for security — the J. Pawluk, $1.00; R. Visceglia, $1.00; 50c; .M. T. Costello, $1.00. again demonstrated that they At this time, nothing new has SIU! C. Hendrick, $2.00; C. F. DePole, $1.00; A. Gonzalez, $1.00; H. Nelson, $1.00; L. M. Oty, $2.00; W. C. Patterson, always fold up when the going developed on the- Wilson fleet. Today, as always, the SIU G. C. Albury, 50c; D. Knight, $i.00; J. $2.00; M. P. Martucci, $1.00; G. Ca- gets tough. This company has requested per­ leads on the Lakes when it R Roberts, $1.00; G. C. Barrios, $i.OO; iTiacho, $1.00; J. Saiad, $1.00; E. V. In one way, the entire matter mission of the NLRB in Wa.shG. Lima, $1.00; R. G. Rivero, $1.00: comes to wages, hours, overtime, Bulik, $2.00; M. E. Spence, $1.00; T. is quite amusing. Here we have G. C. Roberts, $1.00; E. Garcia, $1.00; j ington to file a supplemental working and living conditions, Smigielski. $2.00; G. G. Malby. $2.00; J. Epperson, $1.00; J. DiGiocomo, 50c; G. Bane, $2.00; W. Blanton, $1.00; J. a bunch of political connivers brief, and to appear before the and union security. B. Candanio, 50c; S. Bautista, 50c; J. K. Bowen, $1.00; P. E. Standi, $1.00; masquerading as legitimate union Board for oral argument. S. Atwell, 50c; P. .Santos, $1.00; A. men, and using every trick in P. Versage, $1.00. If the Board grants this re­ S.inchoz, $1.00; B. Alvarez, $1.00: J. SS A. COX the book to hamstring the SIU M. Nelson, $1.00; E. Chaves, $1.00; N. quest, it means that the Wilson J. E. Havens, $2.00; S. V. Lindsay, Villarerde, $1.00; W. E. Koski, $1.00: $2.00; L. P. Doleal, $1.00; J. H. Mat- from representing the Wyandotte lawyers will appear before the seamen, and securing an SIU $1.00; R. Costello, 50c; V. Jiminez, 50c: ton, $2.00; S. Vaughn, $1.00; D. C. Bell, NLRB in Washington to argue J. Mium, 50c. contract to cover Wyandotte. $3.00; C. Cahill, $5.00; A. A. K. Leiro, their reasons for wishing to ex­ $2.00; R. M. Smith, $3.00; W, H. NEW YORK These shipowners stooges, for clude certain classifications from Fiilingim, $3.00. that's what you can. really label SS L. MOTT the unlicensed personnel bar­ SS W. RIDDLE .A. II. Quinn, $4.00; A. E. Johanson, the NMU misleaders as, tossed L. C. Owens, $1.00; D. Gillikin, $1.00; gaining unit. On the basis of $2.00; J. F. Kelley, $10.00; B. Fruge, in a set of phony unfair labor this, the NLRB will have to de­ $4.00; I. A. Chauncey, $3.01^ L, K. $1.00; H. L. Moore, $1.00; Wm. M. By SAL COLLS charges against Wyandotte, hop­ W. 11. Mason, $1.00; N. H. Pratt, Wynne, $2.00; R. Silva, $10.OO. cide who shall be included in Kuhl. $1.00; L. H. Smith, $1.00. ing to tie up the holding of an the unit for election purposes. SS J. DUNCAN SAN JUAN—After a hectic SS TOPA TOPA C. Ilughart, $2.00; B. O. Wilson, election for months. three-week stretch a return to V. E. D'lndia, $4.00; G. A. Burke. $3.00; S. Buzalewski. $2".00; A. Smith, EAKES REPUDIATES NMU When the NLRB threw out normalcy was on the way this jr., $2.00; E. L. Pierce, $2.00; E. E, $1.00; H. G. llalloway, $1.00; A. Korthese charges as being unfound­ week on this Island. sak, $2.00; L. C. Lee, jr., $1.00. As for the Hanna fleet, noth­ Scott, $3.00., INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS ed, the NMU screamed to high ing new has developed since the SS COYOTE HILLS The longshoremen's strike j. Romano, $1.00; j. L. Tucker, P. F. Thipodeaux, $2.00; L. Mcheaven that the NLRB examin­ NLRB held up the pre-election which tied up things down here Arthur. $2.00; j. Blount, $2.00; P. M. $2.00; E. E. Ames, $3.00; j. McDon­ er, Miss Greenberg, was prejud­ hearing in order to dispose of the had caused most of the scows Cunningham, $3.00; C. D. Graham, ald, $1.00; L. C. Calinte, $1.00; j. iced. and sought to have the NMU's phony charges that the on the regular run to pile up, Farrell, $1.00. $3.00; A. L. Catlin, $1.00; T. Spencer, O. Preussler, $5.00; j. Rosciszew- Washington NLRB set aside the Hanna mates preferred the SIU | and thei-e were beefs galore on $5.00; E. P. Cox, $3.00; H. F. Stephens, $3.00;. R. Dampson, $3.00; j. Manuel, ski, $1.00; E. L. Marti^. $1.00; W. j. Regional Director's ruling against over the NMU. them all. Bason, $1.00. $3.00; D. E. Erase, $1.00. them. There are relatively few ships This was another effort to de­ here now, however, and an ab­ lay the holding of an election sence of beefs as everyone is among the Wyandotte seamen. turning to regularly on the WaWhen the NMU finally saw ASHTABULA 1027 West Filth St .tgrjinan ship and the two Bull line RUDOLPH C. HARYASZ Phone 5523 I ^ - ALEXANDER WHEATON that they had come to the end BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. | ^^ssels now m port. The officers Your mother writes that she| of' t^e'road "as 'far as "further Get in touch with Alton F. Calvert 4539 on all three of these ships are the Wyandotte elect- BOSTON Cooper, 124 S. Aropoho Street, has some very important busi276 State St. j Very anxious to cooperate with ness that requires your immed-^jon, they quietly tucked their Geary, Oklahoma, Boudoin 4455 tpig CreWS 10 Exchange St. late attention. Get m touch with tails between their legs.and scur- BUFFALO S. S. S. Cleveland 7391 The membership here is up in ried OiT to their respective holes CHICAGO G. GIDDEN 34 w. Superior Ave. arms over the actions of the men in typical rodent style. Brother Googe has your clothes Superior 5175! who do their performing during JOHN MURPHY Their delaying tactics hurt CLEVELAND ...1014 E. St. Clair Ave. regular Working hours. Rank at,790 Third Ave., Bklyn., N. Y. Mam 0147 i i j. , . . , Get in touch with Donald^the Wyandotte seamen through 35 4. 4. 1038 Third St. Committees have Moore at 9 Haddon Avenue, Cam- holding up the election. This DETROIT JACK O'MALLEY Cadillac 6857 been dealing out fines to ofden. New Jersey. phase of the NMU activity was DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. fcnders. Contact Jack and George at not amusing. Melrose 4110 The committees are also inthe South American Bar, New GALVESTON 308'/2—23rd St. , • er- • , HURON MEETING Phone 2-S44S local union officials York City. 16 Merchant St. ''o performers off the ships A meeting was held on July HONOLULU 4 it 4. The following named men who 1 between representatives of the Phone 58777 wlierever they crop up. FRANK BLUES. Wiper JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St. left their clothes on the SS Minor This housecleaning is a healthy Formerly of the Montabello C. Keith can get same by con­ SIU and the Huron Transporta­ tion Company in order to set a MARCUS HOOK Hills, Pacific Tankers, which paid tacting Waterman SS Co.: Chester 5-3110 i certified as the collective bardate for the beginning of con­ off in Baltimore recently. Get 1 South Lawrence St. gaining agent for the Isthmian Niles Hanner, Murry, Tasseluff tract negotiations to cover the MOBILE in touch with Capt. Coles, Pa­ Phone 2-1751 line there is no question but that Kcruff, and Hill. two Huron ships — the SS cific Tankers, 115 Broadway, MONTREAL 1440 Bieury St. J we have more at stake than any Brother Christenson, FWT Crapo and the SS Boardman. NEW ORLEANS 339 Chartres St. ' ,v ^ . ,, ^7 Room 211, New York City. - Magnolia 6112-6113 "^her union m the field. For this who missed the ship in Ham­ As a result of the meeting, 4 4 4. 51 Beaver St. 1-ason as wcll as many others, burg, Germany, your papers have 'tontract negotiation; will be NEW YORK AMADO AGBUYA HAnover 2-2784 it is particularly gratifying to been turned in to the J^ew Or­ opened sometime during the A letter from your brother, leans Hall. NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. gee the membership so seriously week of July 14, with a more Henry, requests that you get in , L'uT TtrsL responsibilities as 4 4 4 specific date to be set in the PHILADELPHIA touch with him. His address is LO„.b., d 3.7651 V"'™ ns™Holders of receipts numbered next few- days. 1258 Eddy Street, San Francisco, 97516 to 97550 please report to Ill VJ. Burnside St. I With this in mind, if you're In the meantime, crewmem- PORTLAND California. Beacon 4333 looking for a good run with the 6th Floor, 51 Beaver Street, bers of the two Huron ships will RICHMOND, Calif 257 sth^^SL' anipig opportunity to spend sev4 4 4 New York, N. Y. be contacted, meetings held, and D. K. (BLACKIE) TIGHE. Jr. SAN FRANCISCO 105 Market St. pleasant evonings with very 4 4 4 terms of the contract demands Milton (Red) Faircloth has left Douglas 5475 8363 senoritas, then by all means W. H. MASON worked out to the satisfaction SAN JUAN, p. R. ..252 Ponce de Leon grab a SCOW that is Ishind-bound. your personal belongings at the James Purcell, Patrolman who of all Huron seamen. San Juan 2-5996 But if you'i'e 3 gashound or a SIU Hall in Baltimore, care of paid off on the SS W. J. Riddle Next Tuesday, July 9, meet­ Curly Rentz. They may be pick­ June 25 in New York, advises '"^h\l''8"72;\'P^^5°^™cr just give this place a ings will be held in the Cleve­ ed up at your convenience. Fair- that your overtime has been SEATTLE 86 Seneca St. berth. land NLRB offices to discuss There's no place for you here cloth wishes you to forward his okayed. Collect at the Waterman Main 0290 election stipulations for the TAMPA .1809-1811 N^ Franklin St. if you're In that category. souvenirs and personal effects to office, 19 Rector St., N. Y. C. three-ship Shenango Furnace Phone M-1323 The membership down here, the care of Curly Rentz, SIU 615 Summit St. „ n • „ A. Company and the five-ship Stein- TOLEDO Hall, 14 North Gay Street, .Bal­ Garfield 2II2|Other ports, JAMES F. -rUREK brenner (Kinsman Transit) fleet. WILMINGTON 440 Avaion Blvd. i havc repeatedly shown that they timore, Md. Your claim for transportation MIDLAND WAGES Terminal 4-3131 havc DO intention of permitting 4 4 4 from Galveston to New York VICTORIA, B.C 602 Boughton St. anyone to jeopardize the best BLAIR WRINGER A number of Lakes seamen City has been approved by PaGarden 8331 conditions and highest wages in E. Kesler is anxious to get in cific Tankers, and a check i& be- with whom our SIU organizers VANCOUVER 144 W. Hastings St. the industry. have come in contact have exPacific 7824 touch with you immediately. | ing forwarded to your home. By PAUL WARREN m<. Gashounds Find Tough Sledding In Puerto Rico PERSONALS NOTICE! " .''Vb SIU HALLS �/>- - f!-' • Page Sixteen . THE 1 SEAFARERS LOG Friday, July 4, 1947 mwA 1:?. _ '• iii-' S^.'v i'-' ¥• ii-: ' 1^': . li' •? i. <fl^T /V 1: ' op AioerH AMERIOA • X. :•>• , • 'pi-' � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource July 4, 1947 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. IX, No. 29 Description An account of the resource Headlines: HALL, WEISBERGER ATTEND AFL WASHINGTON MEETING ON 'SLAVE-LAW' STRATEGY NEW MIDLAND CONTRACT GIVES 40 HOUR WEEK, WAGE RAISE SIU GULF FISHERMEN PLAN FURTHER GROWTH NMU BLOCKS SIU-ISTHMIAN PACT DESPITE THREAT OF 'SLAVE LAW' A FIGHTING PROGRAM MANY STATES ARE PASSING LAWS TO STRANGLE AMERICAN UNIONISM IT TAKES MORE THAN ISTHMIAN TO BEST AN SIU ORGANIZER LATEST MOVE OF GOVERNMENT PERIL TO MERCHANT MARINE MOBILE BAY FISHERMEN ARE NOW SIU, TOO SEAFARERS NEVER MET, BUT HAVE MUCH IN COMMON ALL AFL UNIONS IN PHILADELPHIA MEET TO STUDY TAFT-HARTLEY ACT SEAFARERS' OBJECTIVE IN CANADA; TO GET FULL AMERICAN CONDITIONS TAKE WARNING, BROTHERS, HARD TIMES ARE RETURNING: SHIPS' OFFICERS NOW PRACTICING PROHIBITIONS ROOT COMMIES FROM PUBLIC LIFE, SAYS THE ILGWU FLORIDA PLANS STILL MORE LAWS TO TIE UNIONS GOFFIN LOOKS SHORESIDE, FINDS SOME CHARACTERS ARE NOT FUNNY 800 LB. SHARK OPENS BIG MOUTH, IS HOOKED BY GRIFFIN CREWMEN NORFOLK HALL STAFF WINS CREW'S PRAISE CAR KILLS SIU MAN FRIETCHIE AFLAME 5 HOURS LOADING TROUBLES NMU WITHDRAWS FROM WYANDOTTE, AFTER USUAL STALLING TACTICS FAIL GASHOUNDS FIND TOUGH SLEDDING IN PUERTO RICO Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 7/4/1947 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1947 Periodicals Seafarers Log