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The Seafarers^ Log
Seafarers' International Union of North America
Official Organ of the Atlantic^ Gulf and GreaiTjakes Seamen
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VOL. II
NEW YORK, N. Y., SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1940
gook NO..„.2243'1
Old Book NO...63X.6....3
Official Rec. No...3S2,
ROBIN LINE
Negotiations
Continue !
€prttfifate nf MmbprBlpTt
Negotiations between the
Sin and the Seas Shipping
Co. (Robin Line) in
...RD.SE.RT,. SJ.YQE REYNOLDS
' tflmo of Member
This Must Be Printed
dispute that resulted in
.THIS CERTIFICATE, when signed by the officers, is evidence of the fact hanging the hook on the
that the bearer, if corresponding to the personal description aHended hereto,
Algic last week will con
ET 0 member of the
tinue with a representative
SS'atiiinaX iiaritimr lluUin^Amrricit, CI. I. (§,
of the Department of Labor
Conciliation Service par
Hot valid unless counters!,^ned
ticipating in the negotia
...KAT;j«AL..5ce::£TA)^^^
tions. In addition to the
question of the bonus for
the run! to So. Africa, the
. FA£SI8ENT
tiAi lOX'AL TftEASUnE«
SIU got the company to
agree to negotiate for an
increase in the overtime
Hatiimal iSlarttittu UtiUin of AmrrtrSs CH. i.CP.
rate of 10 cents per hour.
A meeting between the
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SIGNATURE.-,:,,
operators and' the Union is
(Must be signed by member in presence bt Patrolmen)
scheduled for Tuesday,
Rating^
July 30, at which time it is
Relieved
that some definite
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agreement may be arrived
Permanent Addresi
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at.
COMPENSATION ACT FOUGHT
BY SEAMEN RECEIVES
OPERATORS SUPPORT
Hearings on the proposed bill to place the seamen under
the Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensatiou Act began
in Washington on July 23rd before the Senate Subcommittee
on Commerce presided over by Senator J. Overton of
Louisiana. According to the sponsors of the bill the SEA
MEN were supposed to be the beneficiaries who would PRO
FIT by the enactment of the measure! Keep that fact in
'mind! It was an act that PRESUMED to benefit the
<s>
SEAMEN!
the compensation act in,
Upside Down
How remarkable then, that order ' 'to work out a plan
every representative of the that is beneficial to the work
shipowners, WITHOUT EX men."
CEPTION, ^stified in support
Saving the Seamen
of the compensation act for
Anticipating
the opposition of
seamen, while EVERY repre the seamen, and
endeavoring to
sentative of the ' Seamen, discredit in advance such opposi
WITHOUT EXCEPTION, op tion, Mr. "Taylor added: "The rea
posed the measure. Truly au son for the seamen's union's ob
amazing situation! The ship jections, is that' the seamen are
owners shed crocodile tears being misled by their attorneys."
Color
Height ..3.T.3.
Weight .ldi5...„„....lbs.
The implication was made that It
over the plight of the seamen was the attorneys whose fees
Color of Hair,,,„,„„,„,^^^^,,,,,„„§tii,,,,ti,,§,,Co/or of Eyes,,
compelled to labor without would be jeopardized who weie .
benefit
of a compensation act responsible for the objection of
Joined by
For/..MQE.LLC.. Date l.2S.Ys56
and with breastbeating pro the seamen to being placed un
Nearest Relative
testations proclaimed that der compensation. If was point
ed put by spokesmen for the sea
their great concern was to men that cutting attorney's fees
Relatives Addre,ts
save the seamen—from them was a worthy objective and one
The above is a photostatIc copy of the NMU book belonging to
selves!
For example, Frank which the seamen themselves
one of the NMU men who was sent back aboard a Waterman
The SIU signed an adden J. Taylor, head of the Ameri would certainly support.iBut •
ship by order of the iNLRB. Like most of the others Reynolds
when they ask us to givF up
swapped Curran's passport for a real union book in the SlU.
dum to the agreement with can Merchant Marine Insti benefits
we now enjoy under ex
The much heralded blitzkrieg backfired as the men involved
the SAVANNAH LINE simi tute, urged the enactment of isting law in exchange for lesser
were only too anxious to get into a rank and flie union that
gets conditions for its membership.
benefits under a compensation
lar to the one recently signed
act, under the guise 6f "protect
with the Bull Line, providing
ing" us from chiselling lawyers,
PHONEY
for an increase of $7.50 per
it's a bit too thick.
month PLUS 10 cents per
Making History
hoTir in overtime while the
So concerned were the ship,
ships are on the coastwise run We have been Informed that owners with the welfare of the
and $10 plus 10 cents in the one, Meyer Jacobson, who runs a seamen (?) that they hired ex,
shop in Portland, Maine, pensive "experts" to appear and ;
event they run offshore. This tobacco
has been boarding SIU ships and testify that not only would the
increase was won in the face offering "better jobs" to our men
{From West Coctst Sailors)
seamen secure greater benefits
of
a concerted attempt to In order to get them to leave the from
a compensation act, but that
The following wire was received by the SUP on July 5:
"Hearings will be held on July 23rd at 10:30 A,M, by Sub- phoney up on the SIU by the vessel. When they leave the ship, it would cost the shipowners
this crimp then sends young fel more money for compensation in
committee of Senate Chamber Committee on H, R. 6881 to imple- operators and the NMU.
lows down to the ship to ask for surance than they are now pay
ment provision of shipowners* liability convention and to extend Phoney Move Blocked
a job and in a number of in ing. This really marks a mile.
Last Saturday we received a stances they have been signed on
to seamen and Workman Compensation Act with amendments.
stone in the labor relation^ be
telephone call from one of the of in order to fill out the crew.
Kindly advise of desire make statemetits."
tween the seamen and the shipr
ficials of the International Long
(Signed) ROGER WILLIAMSON
owners. To our certain recollec
shoremen's Association In the For "Service" Rendered
Clerk of the Committee.
port of New York who informed For this "service," we under tion, this is the first time that
the shipowners have been so
For a period of 20 years the shipowners, and t^he insur us that the Company had con stand that Jacobson gets a "com selfsacrificing
as to spend time
ance companies have attempted, through highprespure lob tacted the Longshoremen and mission" from the men getting and money battling for the inter .
bies, to enact a law which will put the seamen under the asked them if it would be all the jobs. We want to warn that ests of the seamen—even against
right with them If the company,
members who are found the wishes of the poor benighted
compensation laws. At the present time the seamen and the put an NMU crew aboard the any
guilty of having any dealings souls who make up the unli
railroad workers are the only workers in the United States Savannah Line ships in the event with this crimp, will be dealt with
personnel of the American
who can sue for damages for injuries received while working. they were struck by the SIU. severely by the Union. The SIU censed
Merchant Marine. It's like being ,
The longshoremen emphatically does not maintain a hall in Port
The SUP fought attempts
embraced by a bear! An embrace
Informed the company that it land. The members aboard SIU
is usually the mark of tender de
by the shipowners to put sea block a Bill before the House would
decidedly NOT be all right. ships that make this port will votion, but it doesn't necessarily
men under compensation in Committee on Merchant Ma Offers to Fink!
have to see that the Union rules
that the embarrassed re
1922, again in 1928 and again rine which had for its purpose Prior to this incident we were are observed! Report to us im follow
cipient of a bear's hug is enjoy
last year when your Secretary the placing of seamen under reliably informed that Curran had mediately any activity on the ing tha experience.
(Continued on page 4)
(Con#in«ed on Page 2)
part of this, or any other, crimp.
was in Washington, D. C., to
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tfestM.eseMM.Sft.ses.SSs.sssisistsssesssseed^assss.sstitsssssssssess.sasss.sssssssss.essssssM
Proposed Compensation Law
Deprives Seamen of Benefits
4
No. 8
Shipowners Shed Crocodile
Tears Over Seamen*s Plight
Waterman Blitz Backfires!
4
446
S.i.U. Obtains
Increases On
Savannah Line
BEWARE OF
THE CRIMP!
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FBOM PHILLY
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Seafarers^ International Upiqn
. of Norlfh America
rMeratipm of, Ld6or
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^tion Spealcs Louder
A Tale of
The Three
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Atlantic District
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New York (Pbone: BOwHng Green 9:3427)
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Boston
Atlantic Avenue
Providence
465 So. Main Street
PhGadeipMa a.
6 North 6th Street
Baltimore ...T...
..14 North Gay Street
Norfolk
60 Obm^eimSal Place
San Jiium,.Ptierto Rico
B Covadonga,Street
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Gulf District
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HEADQUARTERS
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Chartres Street
BRANCHES
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jacWflonVlile ..................................136 Bay Street
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Mobile
ti56 So. qonoeptloh Street
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HEADQV^TERS
Street
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ABDBJE8S ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS
PUBLICATION TO:
"THE SHEARERS' TOG"
P. O. Box 5^, dhurcli St. Anne^, J^ew York, ?^. Y.
Editor: Tom Kerry—Former Editor of "West' Codat Firemen"
SEAFAREES' LOG
S.S. PAN ROYAL
S.S. PANAMA CITY
S.S. TOP A TOPA
S.S. PAN GULP
S.S, MAIDEN GREEK
S.S.TULSA....:.
S.S. HASTINGS
S.S. KOFRES;!
S.S. BELLINGHAM
$ 11.40
10.50
6.75
li.50
6.2S
.J
19.75
2.25
2.00
11.80
0.S. SACCARAPPA
. 8.50
S.S. SEATRAIN NEW YORK ........; . 4.00
Bob Smither
Clarence Chambliss
Joe Baker
; ^.S. CAl^ABULLA
J. Milsted
D, Malorbrom
J. P. Coogan
L. Kruger
Cbas. Palfee
iTYni. Coss
B. H. Bright
A. Janoski
S.S. CATAHOULA
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HARKT LUNDSBERG, Acting President
110 Market Street. Room 402,
FriHeisco, Calif.
nr. avi .
i^turday, July 27, 1^|0
A R EE S' LOG
, Well, here we go again, the
go(Sfa old city of BrotherlyLoye!
LC lind behold;; if ' did JanJ Pot
Smitty isn't'in our midst'agafn.
. They had' a terrible bebf bh
the Catahoula and when the jam
was missirtg once or twice, that
was a mlsFryi' but whett it, kept
disappearittg continually and" it
leaked''t>ut thdt Jam -Pot ""was
aboard, that solved, everything.
The StU is continuing to prove that it can be ^^ne! Joe
Uurranaiid' hls'^^bOgefenot,withstandiltg, tbr Seftfarerj Inter,
national Union (A. F. of L.) this week signed a supplemen
taryi agreement with the Ocean Steamship Company of Sa
vannalij gariiThg for its therabcrA on tliat line's Cbasttvnse ships
an increaBe
per motitb PLU§ 10
|||e
overtime rate.
Thaf makes the tenth steamship company to grant higher
inoiitiily increases plus JO cents per how on overtime to the
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" The tenth—remember f—since the Pilot announced on
May 3 that "the "coastwise operators refused to consider
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ANY
wage increase" in the opening gun of the NIV|y "lead^
But even at that the boys did
er's"
poisonpen barrage,,'aimed i at " iintting over the $2.50
not mind him eating the janv, but
when, he sneaked the last bettii SELLOUT on their own badly deceived membership!
aft and hidV IP ih his dungareed,
that was the pay off!
However, ;Smitty" informs us
On JurieST, Howard Mcjienzie, reporting for the socalled
that he has. a stenographer here Negotiating Committee to the New York NMU membership
that likes jam just like he doe^,
—with Curran's wholehearted approval—discouraged action
buL if she keeps hiding it,, the;
for
increases in the folio wing "power "inspired words:
are going to break up. It ib&ks
" Yqtu;^^ Negotiating Oommiftee recommends the acce
like Smitty hSs been caught u]^
with.
i tance of this $2.50 h'eeattse' it is our opinion we are not in
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They Said It Couldn't Be Done
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1 wonder who is responsible
for the pile of cigar bijtt.4 laying
outside of Gie office window'?
wonder if Buckmah • would knowf
tBfr best position secure more ai; this time , ,7"
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Now! eVery honest seaman, particularly if he is a member
of the NMU, ought to ask himself this simple question:
Some Questions to Think Over
WHlT'wasn^t'the^Mtr'leadership "in the best po.sition
The NMU had another one of
their, famous picket lines out on to .secure more" ? Isn't the NMU supposed to be so well or
the Wilson Line dock here In ganized that it can afford to set up a " reorganization com
Philly. Oh " yes," it went the way mittee" under the notorious DogHouse Jack liawrellkon witli
of all fleshf $1.00 down and the the avowed purpose of 7. .'organizing the "unorganised"
rest when you catch m'e.
SIU?
More than that—.iu.st a.sk yourself:
Since Flanagan has got his
'WHY
was the Seafarers International Union in a position
jalopy,, Buckman has the. tow
truck standing by just in case. to get $7.50 and "$10'increases while the N|ilU' "le^eris"
Flanagan was going to make a could thinlE of no better terms than the $2.50^ Aren't Sm
test and see liow much mileage ships'suppo.sed to be "unorganized"?
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he could get frohi a gallon of gas,
so he emptied his tank, and Tint
in two gallons. Well, he. stepped
on the starter and motor back
fired, he got excited and blew the
born and on closer examination
when itwould not starthe found
out that the tank was empty. i
mbere Is theNMU's''Power"?
"Furthermore," McKenzie concludes in his June 27
report to the NMU membei'ship, "the coastwise opera
tors appeared too willing to face the cohseqiiences of
whatever action the union might see fit to take'm'the
event the $2.50 increase is not acceptable."
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"WHY, oh why—Wie'ask aga:in—should the shipowners ap
We had a couple of stump
. . pear "'too willing to face the consequences of whatever 'aC
bur''thfe^mTmWship t5ir^
^"ion the union (that is, the NMU) might .see fit to take?"
Hasn't Lawrenson told us time and again that the NMU
thumbs down on them, when It
came'^to a permit card.'* "Aftef represent.s "BOWER"? Where is that "power''? What is the
working on those ships, they had value of this kind of "power" which can be slung around so
the nerve after they were fired
bravely in words intended to intiinidate—in vain, brothers— ,
to cofiie to the Union looking for
the crews
of the allegedly "unorganized" SIU '.ships . . . but
sympathy.
which fizzles so mi.serabiy the moment its wielders confront
Well, the Steward on the Mas the REAL opposition, the shipowrieis?
1.00
1.00
.50
2.50
.50
.50
.50
•
,50
,
.50
.50
.50
.75
mar had a slight misunderstand
5.10 , . $i:^q.05 ing with the crew, and I thirih The Difference Between SIU and NMU
that after a ' little gettogether
The answer is as plain as the nose on your face. The
things are running smooth agaiij^. NMU was not and is not "in a position to secure more" for
Total
$110.05
At least we hope so!
its members, for the same reason that the SIU is.
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LIST OF DONATIONS TO SEAFARERS' LOG
The SIU helieyes in a policy of improving the conditions
Weil, here's to a bigger and
I^AN ROYAL: Byrd^ .50; 'Hirflel, .50; Larson, 1.00; Dormady,
of
its members; the
NMU believes in fenagling with the ship
better LOG.
.50; Keari, 1..00; Libbq, .50; Smith, .40; Dickinson, W., 1.00;
The Three Musketeers.
owners through highpowered attorneys. "
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Elks, .50; Godwin, 1.00; Gardner, 1.00; Sharpe, .50; Bryant,
W. B;, 1994; J. F., 542;
SIU power lies in its ability to ACT and get RESULTS.
2.00; Johnson, S., 1.00
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Total
$11.40
H. C:, 496.
NMU "power" lies in
the ability of its officials to bamboozle,
PANAMA CITY: Culotta, 1.00; Balchus^ .50; Savoia, .50; Ap
befuddje
and
browbeat
a longsuffering membership with an
plewhite, 1.00; Burton, J., .50; Johnson, W., .50; King, P.,
MORE ABOUT:
endless flow
of
propaganda.
.50; Bowen, 1.00; Blanchard, 1.00; Campbell, .50; Mayurkie
• wlecz, 1.00; Hollenbeck, .50;' Hewey .5;. Robertson, .50;
S,1U ships ane Organized by getting their crews higher
Snow, .50; Willis, .50.
' Total
$10.50
wages and better working e'onditiojis. NMU "organization"
TOPA TOPA: E. Albritton, 1.00; Molony, .50; Rhodes, J., .50;
aims at raids ofi other organizations fof'the greater glory of
Blakey, J.; .50; Lawrence, G., .50; Merritt, 1.00; Smith R.,
the] piecards in office.
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1.00; Cieutat, M., 1.00; Romano, .75.
Total '
$6.75
.(Continued from page 1)
SIU Pjroves
in Action
PAN GULF: Booden, J., 1.00; Peterson, K., 1.00; Verzone, P.
been dickering with the Savan
1.50; Brooks, 1,00; Hicks, .50; Wade, .50; Graham, .50; Hart
IN ACTION, the Sitl has proven that it is the union
nah Line bffiCials to furnish brewS
; .man, ,50;,.Maximo, 1.00; Haddox, 1.00; Saltis, J. 1.50; Sego,
for the vessel^"If the SIU creffg which gets improvements foi* its members. More than'that,
Hkll, J., .50; Nail, 0., .50.
Total'
$11.50
went on strike. This was con the SlU has proven that by its lead the NMU Tank and'file
MAIDEN CREEK: Anderson, J., .50; Walke, .50; Peterg, .25;
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firmed'by the telephone call TVe has also benefited.
Cox, C.^'1.00; Marsh, L, 50; McFarland, 1.00;' Ray, 1.00;
received from the> longshoremen,
If the N^ rank and file did get an additional $2.50 to.
Milne,. .50; Hayes; l.OO.'
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. . Total
$6.25 notifying us that the company
malte up a monthly'increase of $5, that was due entirely
S. A TULSA:
$19,75 had' ; contacted thettt with the
S. S. HASTINGS: Henderspp, .§9; Jenkins, .75; Wlmmer, 1.00.
same phoney proposltloiE Wheh the fact that in the face of the increases obtaineii by
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$2.25 I they fdund out they couldn't 'get SIU^ the original $2.50 sellout'could not be put over.,
away
with
It. the
company hgreed
ACTION thus proves
the best
judge
as to
who
really rep
KOFRESI: Lawrence, R,, .50; $cott, O., .50; Foster, E., .50;
Hutton, J.^ .50.
• Total
' $2.00 to continue negotiations with the resents the interests'of the seamen. The SIU'^is confident'as
SIU, negotiations which .culmi
BELLINGHAM: Kline, .50; Davis, .M;Chartor, l.OC; Dear
to what'the verdict of the seame.n will be. No aniOunt of
nated .in the winning of the in
man. .50: Hystad,'LOP; Ststllworth, .50; Wyner, JO; Nash,
phoney
palaver, no amount of poisonpen propa'ganda IbyYliI
crease , stated above.
i ,50; BoIger7 .50; Gdfdon,'A.OO! Belton, .50; Gale, .50; Wal
' (See copy of agreement printed NMU "generals"' will prevebit that verdict. ACTIONS
I ters^ .80; Clarkln, 2.50; Rivera, .60; Walters, .50. Total $11.80 elsewhere in this issue.)
SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS!
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Saturd*^y July 27, 1940
THE SEAFAR E R SI L Q G
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JACKSONVILLE
W^h at' 8 Doing
Jacksonville, Florida,
JUly IS, 1940
The (seafarers' Lorf.
Dear Sir and Brother:
' Aftbr reading The issue of The
Seafarers' Log, dated July 9th, I
wonder whether the membership
Of thfe S.I.tJ. realize the obstacles
/ Mobile, Airi.,s
which confronted the committee
{Continued from Page 1)
July 24, 1940
who were negotiating with the
Mr. Tom Kerry, Editor
^panial Parade
'' Mobile, Ala.,
Editor, Seafafeffe' Log:
Bull Line for the ?10 increase in
Seafarers' Log
July'17, 1940
This Hair 'of brotherly love wbge^ and the 10 cents an Hour In addition to the shipowners,
pear Brother":
a parade of socalled "Impartial"
shipped about' 60 mOn. HOW overtime.
Mr. Tom Kerry, Hditor'
' This week things have been
witneesris appeared to testify ^
CONfE? Well, we crewed up twO
Seafarers' Log
pretty slack hereM Mobile. Only
support
of the bill. All, of course,
Last'Monday
night's
meeting
in
ships,
the "Seatrain
N.J.
&
S.S.
pear Brother:
two Ships 'have come in 'so far.
thejjort
bf
Jacksonville
went
on
protesting
their "disinterestrii
' This port In the Gulf is really the S.S. Topa Top'a and the S.S Bienville. The Bienville * ca'nie
record,
giving
thf^
cbmrriittee
a
impartiality."
It is beyond all iffi
booming hOw as far' as ship'plhg Del Sud. The S.S. Pan Kraft was here with a cargo'of beefs much
vote
of
•
confidence fbr'
their
ef
derstariding!
If
a person is truly
larger'
than
hef
holds.
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Things
Is concerned. Pve Oeen'thb other due to come in here before being
forts
fn
frying
to
secure'The
10
"iinparffal"
it
would
seem thai
ports begging for men, and I dispatched to thfe Far East, but were adjiisfed satisfattory, so the
khS10.We
know
that
they
were
the
proper
course
to
follow
would
never .thought that would he the instead she stopped in 'New Ori h'Oys ail hald' off and'went honie.
fbrestalled becbuse the ragsheet, be to stay home and permit the
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case here, but that Is the situa leans and 'breUrdd Up there.
khoWn as the Piielt, had come iriterested parties to present their
tion^ here now,
Buckmah was running wild,
The S.S. Beauregard has start
but with' a sfatemerit urging the case. This rarely happens. Tlie
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ed on the Coast run already and trying to get the men for the rrtembers of the N7i4U to accept theory Is, that the cloak of "im
We bad qait'e a beef on Uie S.S. the second of the new Waterman abovename.d ships. He' finally a $2.50' increase iri' wages and rib partlaility" lends more freight to
Tulsa when she got here oh the shfps, the B.S. Ponce de Leon will ^lidceeiled In ddih^ So. We belieVe Inbrease In OVertimb. Dorf'f for thre testimony of the witnesses!
isthi Wheh she came In thd cfew take a'cre'w'today arid riail to thiri Was' ah' aCcdmiJltsKm'eiif that get, Brothers,' that the 'scabby So . . . thO "impartial" witriesscs
dbserves ' cortiment, ''Whbh 'yd^u controlled leadership of the NMU
^^antedT to know what transpbf rabrrow, ' '
take
into cbnSlderaflon that thefe would have" Jumped at this occa took up so much time on th'ri
tation they were going to get, as
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were
bhiy about forty (40) nJen sion, and Ijargainbd with the Bull strind that' a number of seamen
this was going to be the final port
Last week we shipped about heOistefed bh all three" deparf Line and mailed those ships for Who had made thfe trip to Wash
Of discharge for the ship. The ar
ington to testify on behalf of the
ticles read: from New Yorjc to fortyfouf men out. We have ments; Now that things' hdve nothing, adding to their slogan seamen, were unable to 'do so as
gone back io hofmai again the the excuse of "organizing the un
about
thirteen
men
in'
the
Ma
the West Coast and back to a
they had to leave for their holfies,
fhbn we have on the beach bt organized."
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jfenal b'ort of discharge oh thcf Af, rine hospital now.
while the "partial and impartial'*
present
are' enough.
To date we have voted ninety
Arid to think that the scabEj wlfne.s.se8 supporting the measure
lantic Coast. The Commissioner
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ruled that Jacksonville wan the nine nieri, and We haVd b'ne more Fjanagan came back from his leadership of the NMU is telling unburdened themselves.
week to'vote; So all yoii fellows
their membership that the S.I.U.
nearest port on the Atlantic.
hardearried
vacation
all
firishert
who have not voted yet had bet
is nothing mofe thari a shipown
"T^PubUc"
ter get around to the Union halls frbni the Coriey Island stoves. ers organization! Compare both
Even
more
pernicious than the
Believe it or riot, This was the
The Marine Superintendent had and vote.
organizations. Brothers, and see socalled "impartial"' witness Is
first vacation he eve'r had: The
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a! read/ aflrfefetf that'in th^eveM
who has done most for the sea the witness who passes himself
the Commtssioner "ruled that 'Mo: We have gained a new point on shlpowneis nevbr did think hfe
then today.
off as representing "the public."
bile ,wa8 Hot on tti«^ Atlantic the''ships • in the paSt' wSek by Was' entitled tb one from them.
Heaven preserve us from these
How
many
of
the
Brother
sea
Coast, he would give the men getting the Company fo agree to All in all he .said he had a swell
two'
types Of "disinterested" wit
men
today
know
this' Saviour
of
transportation back to Norfolk. put electric refiigcrators in the time.
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nesses
who often proclaim them
the'
Sebmen'
who
calls
himself
After the Commissioner ruled as mess Vooriib in the'place' of the old
selves
as "friends of the sea
Jack LaWrensori?
How
many know
he did, we felt that we had the obsolete ice boxes. The ftew ships The shipowners are trying to
men!"
How are these persons,
of
hiri
Doghouse
fame?
beef cinchedj but tfie company de are being equipped with them be put a fa'st one over bn the bea
who represent "the public," se
cided that instead of giving the fore they leave and the other rrie'n bgifih. W'e have it from good
Remember, Comrade, when you
men cash money to pay their ships will get thetri as thb old a'uthority thbt the bill known as were editor of the scandal sheet lected? From whom do they get
their mandate? Who signs their
transportation, they would give ones need replacing.
H. R. 6881 is Siated to'coffie up called the iloghoiise News? When
credentials? There is probably
them an order for a train ticket
before the House Committee ori you were ohb of the Seamen's lu
less than onehalf of one per cent
vvhich the crew promptly rejected.
July 23,T940: This bill is'deslgnea stitiite's chief stoolpigeons"? Re
of 'the public" who are even
We
have
just
received
word
After arguing for a whMe longer,
to place the' sekmeri in the sahie member, Jack, how you used to
we" finally managed to get the that one of oiir Brothers, one Ba category as the longshoremen: point the bad boys out to Ma Ro aware of the hearings on this par
cash money as they should get. Gil Seiph, an A.B., has died in There is only a limlte'd amount of per arid have tliem thrown out of ticular bill! Out of this percen
tage, the seamen probably consti
ivriss. That's ail for flie week.
compensation fbr various kinds of 25 South Street?
tute the largest section of the
Fraternally yours,
rhjurres: 'Under
the
strict
phys:
There's one thing I wish to
Robert A. Matthews, leaf • r equirements necessary fbr Imagine this rat being a lead'ei public in whose name these indi
point out very .strbngly aiid that
Ehglne" Patrolman. seamen, this bill, if passed/ will of sbamen. It's enouglj.to make a viduals speak. There is'probably
hippopotamus laugh.
is the way in which the entire
no more sanctimonious fraud
doorti' many'Of
us
to
be
beggars
crew of the Tulsa conducted
Brother riiembers,
whenever than the person who, usually hav:
on the "Streets.
themselves during that transpor
mbri* of his ilk are'cbrinected with ihg an "axe of his own to grind,
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tation ,beef. That whole crew
any bdria fide" labor movement, it hides his motive behind that ab
EVERY SEAMAN SHOULD
July 24, 1940
really set an example of how, ifi
can mean bnfy One thing, and that stract and anonymous entity,
Things are going along nicely MAKE fT HIS BUSINESS TO ib": bW nbwb for the "rcirik arid "the public." And in the "public
my estimation, real 'Union' 'men
MAKE IT KNOWN TO THE
should conduct themselves dur here. The men on tlie Florida are
file. GO back just a if<N years arid interest," they ait in the lap of
COMMITTEE THAT THEY RE
getting
hell
worked
out
of
tliem
ing a beef of any description. The
s'eb
Who wferb the brfes who ad the shipowners and pipe thefc
SENT THIS INFRINGEMENT
respective delegates,in fact the due to the Lion's Convention but ON THEIR WELFARE. "
vocated ' the " famous ' Maritime tune.
Commission Training Ships and
whole cfew were right there, so are bringing in more and more
Harry A; Collins,"496, Agt.
For and Against
ail the antilabor legislation that
ber and ready too, to gh>^e Agent SIU pledge cards signed every
A
roster
of those appearing in
trip.
is being introduced against sea
Banks and myself any assistance
support of tlie compensation act
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liieri today in' Congress.
that we might have needed. To
If it hrid not been for the Rat's, for seamen will completely ex
fop it all off, I think that that Our local Commy, Frank Jones,
and
his stooges riVe getting
some
wlio have beeri playing ball witli • >ose the hypocritical contention
July 17, 1940
crew to the last man came around
what
worried
novv
that
the
men
Editor,
The
Seafarers'
Log:
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the Maritime Commission, there' thaL the bill is being introduced
and thanked us arid gave us &
are wising up to them and see Shipping on deck and below for tvouldn't have been alt those bilF for the benefit; of the seamen.
vote of confidence.
that they mean therirno good at the past week wks good; hot Sb infiodueed in Congress. AIM can Those testifying in support of the
ail.
hot in the 'Steward's Department. say is this: the bonafide'seamen bill were:
You know, something iike that
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who make up the backbone" of the Frank J. Taylor, representing
is what makes it a pleasure to These NMU stooges being at The S.S. Del Alba came in NMU will wake up some day and the American Merchant Marine
represent men in their'arguments. tiieir wit's'end they are no long needing'il colo'red Chtef COok and say that the S.I.U. of N.A. has Institute, the shipowners asso
Instead of just considering'it an er' able to conceal what dirty, 2rid Cook, but we werb not able sitre been going tin t'own'fOr the ciation on the East Coast.
othe'r job to be done. There are lowdown, rotten scuni they are, to replace them. Finally liad to eieamen. I am sure that the ma
"Captain" Peterson, legislativo
many men' who afe only too such as, Frankie Dean has had ship white cooks instead.
representative
of th# Pacific
jority of their niembersliip will
ready to criticize, but who are a nice, big, ugly stooge approach
say: "lliere is an organi'/ation Coast Steamship Owners Associa
mo8t> hesitant to cobperate with the men's wives while down on
The S. S. Narcissus took six which is controlled by the mem tion.
their representatives.
the dock to see the ship off, and A.B.'s today for standby arid is bership and for the membership, L. H. Callahan, representing
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inform.s' them thai if their huS^ figuring on taking bri a full deck rind that 'is the only real'union the Maritime Association of thfe
Port of New" York, a shipowners'
The S.S. Beaurpgard, nee Yapa bands don't kick in and go down de^a'rtmerit b'ri ' Monday. ' There for seamen."
organization.
'"
laga, took a crew on the 16th. We the line with the NMU that they are brily ten SUP nieri registered
Steady as she goes!
,
H.
L.
Robinson,
Claim
Agent
had very little difficulty in chew will 'ne kicked off the ship. ('The here, so after Monday the hall
F. Lauritano.
for the Collier Owners' A.ssocia
ing this ship, but we anticipate girls gave hiin the horse laugh.) will be nearly Cleared of SUP
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tion, a shipowners' association.
quite a bit of trouble with tho
men. '
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Insurance Actuary, hired by'the
next one which I think will come
Another childish prank of
shipowners
as "expert" witness.
So
if
any
replacements
are
out around the 24th or 25th. ^
ship ' fereak into some of " the
Professor
Blanchard ("Impar
needed," they
will
be
pretty"
hard
ship
broke
into
some
of
the
.
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tiai") ffom the Columbia Univer
to get.
mOri's
lOckers
and
sfeal
the
SIU
Mobile,
Ala.
We are being deluged every
sity, representing himself!
Buck Stephens!
Jttly 24, 1940
day with NMU rriembers who pledge bards: Tfue "Gomm^ tac
Father Walsh ("Impartial") of
tics
100%.
There'll
be
ah
iron
come yp here and claim that they
Lionel Murreir^sbe
Georgetown University, represent:
thing in the paper that don't
cross
from
Moscow Tor
such
good
are tired of the COMMIE dicta
brbtfer, i^iliie MuVTeli, to irig "tlie public."
'
stink.
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torship «of'4;hrN Mil," and 'they work.
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A. O. Morasson ("Impartial"),
get
iii
touch
udth
him
im
vvant to go to sea with a real
Seamen's Church Institute of
hOhesttoGbd 'Uriioh. Of course; Jonesy is very busy now. He's Here's the best one , of all, but mediately on some very ur New York, representing himself.
it
must
he
kept'
strictly
confideri:
way
back
in
his
hideout
cooking
gent business. His address
wi can't consider them all be
Dr. J. C. Healey ("Impartial"),
cduscL some ofthose. birds would rip a batch of goulash for the tial. It has been wafted to riie
is as follows:
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Chaplain, Seamen's House, YMCA,
that
Jones
is
none
btiief
tham
a
Pilot
to
"sweep
the
membership
rat on their' Mother: Wteff, thaPs
Lionel Mnrrell,
New York City, representing him
aboU^ air for "thli week.
' " off its feet" with the progress he's little butterfly. Ooh, la. la! j I
skf.
•
must
look
him
up.
Coine
to
think
U.S.S. ]^dro,
made liefe. He's even "coritemplat.
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Fraternally yours,
(Analysis
of the. act is printed
of
it,
he
does
ha^e
big
ears.
fug
putting
a
picture
of
*ah
SIU
Pensacola, Florida
Rbbert 'A. * Matthews, '
elseichere in this issue.)
J. S.
White,
Q.
56.
pledge card
in. That'll
be
the only
Eng. Patrolman, Mobile.
Bim
7
f?
'y
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Ten Ships Back - Fish Strike Ends
ISlUV's New Low - Wake Up, AC A Men!
Compensation Law
Deprives Seamen
Of Benefits
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Text of Addendum to Agreement
Signed With Savannah Lines
The basic wages set forth in the agreement between
the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF
NORTH AMERIOA and the OCEAN STEAMSHIP
COMPANY OF SAVANNAH, dated January 20th, 1939,
« and l^iJ, amended February 2lBt, 1939 and February 5th,
1940, shall continue in full force and effect, but in addi
tion thereto there shall be paid to all unlicensed ratings
to which the agreement applies, a temporary emergency
wartime increase of $7.50 per month.
The regular overtime rate of pay set forth in the
agreement shall continue in full force and effect, but in
addition thereto there shall be a temporary emergency
wartime increase in the regular overtime rate of pay
of ten cents (10c) per hour.
In event any ships should sail on a foreign voyage
the temporary emergency wartime increase shall be
$10.00 per month and an increase of ten cents (10c) per
hour in the regular overtime rate from the time the
ship signs on until the ship pays off.
The above temporary emergency wartime increases
are to be effective from July 22nd, 1940 to January 31st,
1941, inclusive.
OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY OP SAVANNAH
(Signed) E. R. Richardson
PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
SEAFARERS INTL. UNION OF NO. AMERICA
(Signed) John Hawk
SECRETARYTREASURER
(Continued from page 1)
BALTIMORE, Md., July 15, Trawlers have gone back to work the Compensation Act.
1940.—Shipping continues aver after a twomonth strike. The We were successful last year in
age with 86 men shipped and 98 fishermen won out with wage in blocking it. Now the same thing
registered during the week. Total creases, etc. The Seamen's In is coming up again, according to
beach registration in all three de jury Compensation Act has been the wire, before the Senate on
partments numbers 190. The sneaked out into the open again July 23. So, we will have to start
number of men registered in this by the shipowners' lobby down the old fight over again.
port at present, although high en Washington way but is being The membership, last night",
ough for normal turnover, will smacked back into cover by SIU went on record, in answer to this
bave to be supplemented greatly SUP representatives who have new threat against our rights, to
when the ships from the tiedup been on the watch for it. The Instruct the Secretary of the
fleets now being reconditioned as bill uow being studied by a Con Union to proceed to Washington
fast as possible, start coming out. gressional committee which re D. C., and fight this Bill to the
Announcement that the MC in ad quires the regiHlrHllon of all In limit.
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fllflon to the ten ships already dividuals, groups, or organiza
For a period of many years
being reconditioned in various tions in the pay of, or working Congress, through the earnest
shipyards, intends bringing out for, foreign governments, will kill representation of seafaring organ
ten more in the near future the Communist Party in this izations, has set up various laws
means that the Government is go country, but it probably will pop for the protection of seamen.
Ipg ahead with their plan to put right up again under another Under the general Maritime
all, 123 ships of the tiedup fleet name. Communism Isn't so much Law now In effect, the seamen are
an evil than it is the symptom of entitled to what is known as
b^k In service.
an
evil. The average human being maintenance and cure. By this It
Ten More Ships
CThe latest' ten ships are the seldom, if ever, accepts Commu is meant that if a seaman he
BDENTON, PACIFIC OAK, nism willingly; he Is usually comes ill or injured in the serv
SEATTLE SPIRIT, WEST CAMP starved into accepting It. You ice of his ship, he can obtain
<JAW. and WEST KEENE laying can't kill Communism or Nazism medical service Including hosplt^
Stt'the James River and the EL by passing laws, but they can be lization. In addition, a seaman is
BENA, POLYBIUS, WEST CRES destroyed by eliminating the entitled to riecover maintenance
SET, WEST ELCASCO, and causes that produce them: unem while outside of the hospital until
WEST MAXIMUS laying at New plojrment, low wages, sweat his physical condition becomes
Orleans. On the fact of it the shops, hunger, and economic op fixed. Maintenance while outside
number of ships being put back pression. One sweat shop, even if of ttie hospital has been paid at
Into service will cause an acute It Is owned by a hundred per cent nothing less than |2.00 per day.
If a seaman happens to be on
shortage of skilled seamen, but American patriot. Will produce
Cracking down on civil liber
scheduled curtailment of services more communists than the plead ship's articles, he is also entitled Seatrain Beefs
Reports ties under the pretext of "de
ings
of
a
dozen
Browders.
to
his
wages
until
the
end
of
the
in. some of the Coastal and Inter
Saturday Quitting
fenae" measures, Canadian au
voyage. These are absolute liabili
Ooastal Lines early in the Fall
New Iiowj
thorities
have arrested J. A.
NEW
YORK
ties upon the vessel, irrespective
and the present laying up of a
For a new low In cutthroat ly of any question of negligence.
"Pat"
Sullivan,
president of t"he
goodly number of tankers will tactics we give you the attempts
Canadian Seamen's Union, affili
In addition to this if the sea Seatrain Beefs
probably put enough men on the
of the NMUACA clique to under
Patrolman Ingenlath reported ated to the SIU, (A. F. of L).
beach; to keep things going. sell the SlUSUPCTU wage man is Injured due to negligence
several complaints bandied on Brother Sullivan was picked up
of
the
shipowner,
the
master
or
ESSO'has sent the CLARK, TE3A scales and bonus riders. It's a
the Seatrain ships, the New York in his hotel room and held under ^
GLE, SEUBERT, COBB, matter of record in certain In any other ofilcer or through the
and
the New Jersey. On the Section 21 of the Defense of Can
BARNES, A. C. BEDFORD, stances lately that the CIO out negligence of a fellowworker, he
New
York" the men demanded ada Regulations.
entitled tb not alone mainte
GLEm>OOL, WELLER, STEED, fits have offered to man ships un
fumigation and new mattresses,
nance
and
cure,
but
also
t'o
a
and PRATT to their tiedup an der the prevailing scale In a stu
The Regulations
which the company has promised
chorage at Solomons Island. pid endeavour to undersell the claim of damage by reason of
According
to Election 21, "the
to comply with. On the same ship,
Ships sales to foreign govern bona fide maritime organizations. negligent conduct of the vessel's
minister
of
justice, if satisfied
oilers had been required to do
ments has slowed down consider Friend shipowner, however, may owner.
that" with a view to preventing a
sooging
and
painting.
This
beef
ably with only three reported sold be dumb but not that dumb, ex
The eiaim of damage would in
particular person from acting In
or transferred in the past two perience having taught him that clude besides maintenance and has now been satisfactorily sot a manner prejudicial to the pub
tied.
.^eeks.
it's better to hire skilled men in cure the full amount of wages On the Seatrain New Jersey, lic safety It is necessary to do so,
i i Training Salesmen!
the first place, even if it does lest, payment for permanent dis the oiiers have been given sta may, notwithstanding anything
Mississippi's
DELORLEANS cost him mdre In wages, than to ability and for pain and suffering. tions t"oo big to handle, so that in these regulations, make an or
goeo on her trials down the river have his ship delayed and his The right to sue for damages
they have had to do wiper's work der . . . directing that he be de
tbffay. Her sister ship, the DEL service dlisrupted by gang put was granted the seamen under
in addition to their own. In the tained in such place, and under
ARQENTINO slides down the aboard solely for thatpurpose. the Federal Employees' Liability words of Brother Armstrong, such conditions as the minister
Act, made applicable to seamen
ways at the Bethlehem Yard this
of justice may from time to time
Nf^Vbr Leaxn
by Section 33 of the ShIpping'Act these were "stations to end all determine."
week. Maryland Drydock Is shunt
stations." At this writing, the
tog several tledup oldtimers Although the representatives of of 1920.
beef is still in the process of set
Just "Detained"
iafway from the yard to make other maritime organizations What can a seaman gain by a tlement.
Consequently,
no warrant was
might
not
admit
this
to
their
compeusation
act that
he
has
not
^oiimi for their big recondition
Issued and no trial contemplated.
1flg; ,dob on six ships. The Key membership in public, most of now? Nothing. He'll stand to lose Saturday Quitting
• Highway yard is reconditioning them admit quite freely In pri a lot.
There have been eeveral In Sullivan is Just to be "detained."
thl^bld EDGEMONT which when vate that the gains in wages and Under the prevailing Compen stances here of men hitting the His crime? He "acted In a man
finished will be sent out to the Improvements In working condi sation Act he would be limited to dock after 3 P.M. on Saturdays, ner prejudicial to the public
Coast as an MC training ship. tions they have obtained for recovery of compensation only when the shipping hall la closed safety" by doing his duty in lead
Bhe will be named the AMER their memberships were obtained for the actual time that a polit and unable to furnish replace ing the recent seamen's strike
SAILOR and base at Port by trailing along behind the SIU ically appointed compensation ments until next Monday. Men on the Great Lakes, voted for by a
^ueneme, the new West Coast SUP. There is no Instance In the commissioner. In his opinion, acting thus Injure relations be big majority of the membership.
port The AMERICAN SAILOR whole field of maritime organiza found the seaman was actually tween the union and the company He participated, defending the in
is being sent to the Coast at the tion where the SIUSUP did not disabled.
toi the detriment of the member terests of the deamen, at the fed
eral conciliation board hearings,
Under the present compensa ship as a whole.
demand of West Coast college crack the line first and get bet
boys who are indignant over the ter conditions, before any other tion laws, called the Longshore
Two men^ Edward St. iNloholas which have followed the govern
men and
Harbor
Workers'
Act, all
fact that East Coast college men Union had even reached first
(2517) and Anthony Maokesy ment's breaking of the strike.
a
man
can
recover
for
total
dis
base.
can take a cruise on the AMER
Kept Secret
16081) were caught in such an
ability is $7,500.00; that is the action on July 6 and ordered back
ICAN SEAMAN during the sum
Should Wake Up f
According to the Toledo Union
mer vacations, while if they want Everyone knows this; that Is maximum "et by law. Total dis on the S.S. MANUELA by the Leader, every effort was made to
a little sea air they have to go everyone except the leadership of ability means a man is physically patrolman on duty.. There is a keep the arrest secret. Had Sulil
passenger on some ship and pay the ACA (CIO radio operators), unfit to do any kind of work for growing sentiment hero to make van iiol beeu able, by a clever
for It. We don't blame them. Why who after riding along on the tail the rest of his life. How long can men, guilty of this kind of of ruse, to convey an intimation of
should they spend their own mo of the SIUSUP rocket for the a man who is a physical wreck fense, accountable before the his fate, to a friend, he would juat
ney for a cruise when they can past five years and thus getting live on $7,500,007 It is fair to as membership. Ships usually stay have "disappeared."
ride free at the expense of the better than a fifty per cent In sume that after a period of five in port for several days and thers
taxpayers. We often wonder crease In wages which they years this man will depend on is no reason why men who want strike of tbe S.S. Algic, and nego
where all the MC "trainees" go to would never have gotten by charity In order to live the rest to quit can't do so in time for the tiations were left In the hands ®£
after they've been "trained." themselves In a million years; of hjs life. What a future for a union to make the necessary re John Mogan and John Manches
We've met up with a lot of sea now turns around and prints a man who, say for Instance, was placements.
ter, Boston and Providence
men during the past year or so, mess of scurrilous lies against totally disabled at the age of 2S. Further Negotiations!
agents respectively.
The
seaman
under
the
present
but the only training school grad the men that helped them out.
uate we ever ran Into was a These ACA boys should remem system has a right" to sue. He with the Savannah Increase In
young fellow selling candy on old ber that the SUP made them, and has a right to put his case before the bag, a committee, headed byj
a jury and records will show In SecretaryTreasurer John Hawk,
"Smokey Joe," the Love Point if they don't pull In their chins
cases there where seamen were has been negotiating amendments
ferry. As a seaman be was a good a little bit, the SUP can break,
totally disabled, they have re to the agreement with the New
candy, salesman.
WILLIAM 1. SIOOESS
them.
ceived amounts three and four England Steamship Company.
Died
In the Marine Hospital
Fish Strike Ends
Fraternally,
times as much as Is stipulated by Brother Hawk had to return to
at Baltimore, Md.
[ .The men on the Boston, Fish
W. H. Eikinsi. the Compensation Law.
New York In connection with the
NEWS FROM
Headquarters
I?:, Sft
Saturday, July 27, 1940
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CANADA SEAMEN'S
OFHCIAL JAILED
In Memoriam
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
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Director
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
Duration
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
Email Body
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
Event Type
Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
From
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
Interviewee
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
Interviewer
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
Lesson Plan Text
Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
Local URL
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
Location
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
Materials
Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
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Objectives
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Occupation
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Participants
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
Physical Dimensions
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
Producer
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
Standards
Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
Subject Line
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
Time Summary
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
To
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
Transcription
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
URL
Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
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Title
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July 27, 1940
Description
An account of the resource
Headlines:
SHIPOWNERS SHED CROCODILE TEARS OVER SEAMEN'S PLIGHT
NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE!
SIU OBTAINS INCREASES ON SAVANNAH LINE
PROPOSED COMPENSATION LAW DEPRIVES SEAMEN OF BENEFITS
BEWARE THE CRIMP!
A TALE OF THE THREE MUSKETEERS
ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS
OPERATORS SUPPORT LAW OPPOSED BY SEAMEN
TEXT OF ADDENDUM TO AGREEMENT SIGNED WITH SAVANNAH LINES
SEATRAIN BEEFS REPORTS SATURDAY QUITTING
CANADA SEAMEN'S OFFICIAL JAILED
Creator
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Seafarers Log
Date
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7/27/1940
Format
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Newsprint
Type
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Text
Identifier
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Vol. II, No. 8
Source
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
Publisher
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Seafarers International Union of North America
1940
Periodicals
Seafarers Log