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''• ^ 'VS: Second World War and the Merchant Marine
War has come in the Pacific, will no doubt
extend to the Atlantic and will result in plac
ing the entire American merchant fleet on a
full wartime basis. 7,000,000 tons of U.S.
shipping is slated to be devoted entirely to
implementing the war program.
The primary functions of the merchant
marine will fall into three major categories.
I. To speed the flow of strategic mate
rials here to sustain the armament production.
2. To move supplies and armed forces to
Pacific defense bases.
3. To hasten the shipment of lendlease
rnaterials to Britain, Russia and China. e
In order to achieve the first and second
aims, it will probably be necessary to pull
some Atlantic and South American runs and
send those ships into the Pacific.
Last figures showed that approximately
130 merchant ships were operating in trans
Pacific routes.
It is likely that the Government will shift
many Pacific sea lanes in order to remove
them as fas as possible from points of Japanese
military strength.
Convoys will be hastily organized and the
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT,
SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA
VOL. Ill MR « NEW YORK, N. Y., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1941 No. 24
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THREE MORE OPERATORS fiRANTCIII IV/NS ORE EUCTION
$10 RAISE 90< OVERTIME
Three more ship operators have granted the SIU a
$10 increase in wages and 90 cents per Hour in over
time. The new scale, the highest in the maritime in
dustry for unlicensed men, was granted by the Cuba
Distilling Company, the Bernstein Line and the Colabee
Steamship Company.
The Union negotiating committee is continuing con
ferences with the Bull and Alcoa lines on the question
of working rules. Bull and Alcoa have already granted
the "10 and 10" increase.
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Passports for Seamen
In line with America's preparations for an allout War,
the Treasury Department announced that henceforth mer
chant seamen will be required to obtain a regular valid pass
port before being allowed to sail United States ships. The
eeamen's papers, heretofore accepted, will also be required
by the Bureau of Marine Inspection.
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By demanding a passport of
sdamen, the government is in a
poeition to . clamp much more
stringent control on the men who
sail American ships.
While there is no legal require
ment that citizenship is necessary
to secure employment on an
American vessel, the law does re
quire that a very high percentage
of the crew must be native born
or naturalized.
The order eleased by the
Treasury Department stated:
"Effective immediately, Amer
ican seamen departing for any
foreign country or territory in
the Eastern Hemisphere, or any
foreign country in the Western
Hemisphere under the jurisdic
tion of Great Britain in which the
United States maintains defense
bases or in which such bases are
being constructed by or under
contract with the Government of
the United States (i.e., New.foun'd j ments.
land, Bermuda, Antigua, Santa • The ̂ following
Lucia, Jamaica, Trinidad and
British Guia.ia) must secure
valid passports issued by or un
der authority, of the Secretary of
State.
"Until further notice the pres
ent identification documents of
Only Rated Men
By Seafarers
. No more unrated seamen
will be permitted to join tbe
Atlantic and Gulf District of
the SIU. This ruling has been
voted by the membership up
and down the coast and goes
into effect immediately. This
ruling does not effect permit
cards which will continue to
be issued when the jobs are
available.
Rated men, however, 'will still
• find it possible to join the Union
onco they fulfill oertaia require
on resolution
rated men wan passed:
"Be it resolved that rated
men must sail on an .SIU sliip
for a period of at letist (30)
thirty days and tbat they must
he recommended for membership
by a committee of the ship's
American seamen will be exam crew that they sailed with. Piir
ined by officers of the Pasepprt ther, rated men must appear be
Unit." The order was signed by fore the usual iiivestigating oom
Gregpry W. CKeefe, assistant col, mlttee^ at the TTnlon hall and
lector of customB, ' % produce strllce clfl&rsjppes,"
Red Sea Ships
Are to Be
"deGaussed"
Fear of Axis powers laying
mine fields In the Red Sea and
Persian Gulf trade routes, over
which American merchant ships
are transporting war materials to
Great Britain and the Soviet
Union, has caused the Maritime
Commissloii^ to order installed on
freighters the deGaussing device
as well as antisub and antiair
craft guns.
The deGaussing device consists
of a coil apparatus based in the
hold of the ship and through
which voltage is sent to a cable
which circles the hull of the
.• ship above the water line. This
c.'ible, when energized in this
manner, demagnetizes the hull
and thus neutralizes the magnetic
mines.
While the exact number of
ships plying the Red Sea and
Persian Gulf routes is kept se
cret "by the government', it is gen
erally believed that the total
would be upwards of 200. The
Commission's order calls for de
Gaussing these vessels as they
arrive back in U. S. ports from
their foreign runs.
While the government did not
plan to arm merchant ships on
runs to Spain and South America,
the sudden attack upon the United
States by Japan, will probably
change things.
There is little question but that
all merchant ships will be armed.
Meanwhile, the Maritime Com
mission is negotiating with the
United States Lines on the ques
tion of the Navy taking over the
three large passenger ships, the
America, Washington and Man
hattan. They would be used for
aircraft carriers if the Navy does
receive them.
All three ships are now being
used by the Government as troop
transports.
Men Answer NMWs
Railroading Tactics
The SIU has won, by overwhelming majority, the NLRB
election conducted for the unlicensed personnel of the the
Ore Steamship Company.
The final vote stood 239 ballots cast for the SIU and 42
ballots cast against the SIU. This is one of the most com
plete election victories won by any Union, maritime or other
wise. Brother John Hawk, secretarytreasurer of the Atlantic
and Gulf District, will now begin negotiations with the
Company toward the signing of a closed shop contract cover
ing all Ore seamen.
While the size of the SIU majority is sensational in itself,
it becomes doubly significant when viewed with the history
of haggling and finking and doublecrossing the Ore men re
ceived from enemies determined to prevent them from join
ing a Union of their own choice.
To begin with, the men not only had to combat their
employer, who steadfastly refused to bargain collectiyely
with them, but they had to fight off a swarm of NMU pres
sure boys who descended upon them, determined to tie them
to "No coffee time" Curran,
But the muchvaunted superorganizers of the NMU, led
by "DogFace" Lawrenson, found that the Ore men knew
the score. For all the NMU boasting and the reams of
slander against the SIU which appeared in "The Pilot", the
NMU couldn't even show the Labor Board enough member
ship cards to get on the election ballot.
The Ore seamen are to be congratulated in the manner
in. v,'hich they stood up to both the employer and the NMU
goons. The men show that they understand that the NMU
stands for union disruption while the SIU stands for honest
and militant unionism.
The addition of the Ore ships to the fast growing SIU
roster, means one more step toward making the Seafarers*
the dominant maritime union of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
The 239 Ore seamen who voted SIU have not only taken
a step which • will improve their own wages and working con
ditions, but which • will also contribute to honesty in the
maritime labor movement.
DO NOT SHIP
JOHN WILLIAM LANPRIGAN
Permit #3817
FRED 8LATKEN
Permit #3584
Record tog Donotion
On November 25, the alltime record for donations
to the LOG was set by the crew of the S.S. Pan Kraft—
the amount contributed was $101.00.
The S.S. Pan Kraft tied up in New York after a
fivemonth run around the world. The crew, hungry for
back issues of the LOG, so that they could get all the
Union news, accompanied the hundred buck donation
with the following challenge:
"We are donating $100 to make the LOG a bigger
and better paper and to <send it to our ships in foreign
portB. We challenge any other ship's crew to equal this
mark!"
A!ny takers?
(The complete story of the trip of the Pan Kraft appears
on page three.)
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T FT R S r«: A F A R H R S ' L O G Tuesday, December 9, 1941
Published by the
ATLANTIC & GULF DISTRICT
of th^ J
Se&farers^ International Union
of North America
Affiliate4 wipi the American Federation of Labor
HARRY LUNDEBERG, Acting International President
110 Market Street, Room 402, San Francisco, Calil.
ADDRESS ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS
PUBLICATION TO:
"THE SEAFARERS' LOG*'
P. O. Box 25, Station P, New York, N. Y.
Phone: BOwIing Green 98546
MORE ABOUT
THE SECOND WORLD WAR
(Continued from Payc 1)
iled shipping wilj be prptecfed by iolnf action pf the'
J.S. Navy and the British Sputh China Fleet.
The day of the attack President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Churchill talked^over the transAtlantic telephone
and laid plans to coordinate their joint protection of the:
Pacific merchant ships.
Japanese Lanes Mined.
The sea routes from Japan past the Malay Peninsula
and the Netherlands Indies have already been mined
effectively. The Japanese raiders, which have already
p&ssed into the Indian Ocean, are believed to have sailed
Sputh of Australia. Longrange patrols from Singapore,
the Netherlands Indies and Australia will aid in the work
of spotting and destroying the commerce raiders.
Meanwhile plans are progressing for arming all mer
ehant ships. Three, four and five inch antiaircraft and
antisub guns will be placed fore and aft; multiple antir
aircraft "pompoms" wilLbe clamped on the bridge; and
the deGaussing device to protect the ships from sub^
marines will girdle the hulls above the waterline.
Foreign Ships Seised
The immediate requisitioning of ail "enemy ships"
was announced by the Maritime Commission. There are
few Japanese vessels in American ports, but Finnish and
French ships will fall under the new ruling.
Over the weekend six Finnish ships were seized, to
gether with eleven French vessels. Among the French
ships was the luxury liner "Normandie". The vessels have
been placed under "protective custody" but will soon be
refitted and placed directly under the command of the
Navy and be Used for war purposes.
Ship Building Speeded
The shipbuilding program will receive an immediate
shot in the arm, it was indicated. A promp? speedingup
of work on ships under construction is expected, with the
probability that all shipyards will go into a full twenty
fourhour production schedule. This will be accomplished
either by two or by three full shifts, depending upon how
m^ny skilled workers can be obtained.
All in all, America appears to be headed into a "total
war effort." Private shipping interests will be required to
bow before the grim necessities of war and to shift their
vessols in accordance with the needs of the war effort.
It is entirely possible that the Government may de
cicjle upon outright requisitioning of the entire merchant
marine.
Warfis Dnion
Of Hard Days
Yet to Come
With labor facing antistrike
laws, the membership of the SIU
should be alert in our coming
election. We should be careful in
making a sensible choice in the
brother member we elect as our
representative for the coming
year.
We should judge a man on his
ability to converse on the subject
of workers' ecpncmies; on his
ability to act; and on his courage
to stand on bis hind legs and bat
tle for the ideals and principles of
the SIU. We need militant
spoSesmen to uphold the progres
sive unionism of the SIU. We do
not need men with a sweet flow
of honeycovered words which
they use ,as a method <^f getting
House Passes Vicious
Antf'Lahpr Legislation
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L/^ar Editor: ,
\ln case you didn't have your ear to the radio last Thiirs
dai^, this is an account of that historymaking evening.
"No coffee time" Jo.seph Curraii, .selfproclaimed s
of jthe American seamen, moved into the big time, November
27,1 but be didn't .stay there long. •
Two' weeks ago the "Pileit" anmmnced proudb' that
Co^ifade Joe Avould speak on the Town Hall of the Au' pro
gram, together with laborbaiting (Jongressman Smith, lu
triaiist Batt of the Office of Production Manageniept, and
Frt nk Fent'on of the American Federation of Labor, The
subject wa.s to be Defemse Strikes. ,,
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a swivel chair job at our expense.
On the other hand, we, the
the rank" and file, must le&rn to
temper ourselves and tp be just
injudging our officials. For to err
is a human weakness. We should
not seek perfection when we lack
such perfection ourselves.
Brothers, let's be honest. We
raise merry hell should we fail
to get overtime for working over
eight hours, then we tiirn about
and ask a union official to remain
fourteen and fifteen hours on his
feet combating the boss , to get
your eighthour clause.
We, the union, are employers,
no different than the steamship
companies. We demand actipn
from our employees (officials).
What would the membership's ac
tion be should an official rise up
at a meeting and ask the mem
hors for justice? When our em
ployee tells us we need a bigger
strike fund or money to pay men
to' represent us in gaining new
contracts, we shout to the roof
tops—robbery! Exploitation! We
denounce the official who sought
to protect us and our union.
We are making more money
than any union in the marine in
dustry and have damn little to
show in our protective fund for
the future when labor shall be
forced to fight like hell upon the
termination of this war.
Brothers, let us begin 1942 with
ail Intelligent program o,f build
ing for a future by calling for a
$5 strike fund assessment. Then
let us increase the dues to .$2.50
per month. Surely, fifty cents pel
month isn't going to break any
body.
Let's cut out this crap concern
ing districts, such as Gulf anJ
Atlantic. We need no JimCro\i
ideas to keep us separated with
a feeling that men from any par
ticular coast are superior to
others. We are all working stiffs.
We of the SIU are militant,
progressive and more union con
scious than some unions who dare
refer to strike .recorde.
So, Brothers, an Intelligent
election, a progressive program,
and the year of 1942 will fin^ us
always at the head of all militant
progressive union action.
Fraternally,
Joseph S. Buckley, No. G312.
r.S. I'm not running for office.
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The House of Representatives, on December .3, passed the
most vicious antiJatbor bill ever to pass that body in alT the
tbistory of Congress. By a vote of 252 to 136, the bill draWn
by laborbaiter Smith of Virginia was jammed through oyer
the prote^s of all branches of organized labor. " ^ i
The principal provision.s of the bill arc a.s follow,s:
1.. Outlaws all jurisdictional .stiukes.
2. Outlaws strikes for the closed shop and"freezes''^ the
present status of . the closed .shop throughout the;,countr^ni
• S. Jmposes a' mandatory 30day "coolingoff " pmbd
after the workershave submitted written, notice to the eiiif
ployer of their intention of .striking. . • •
4. Makes it illegal to call any: strike at any;,.time. unle.ss
a secret strike ballot has been taken under the .supervision
of the U. S. Department of Labor.
5. Makes it illegal for striking workers ;to picket scabs'
houses oLto interfere with sgabs whenthey crash the.picket
line around the,'place, of employment.
6. Require.^ all labor unions to register with the Govern
ment and open oil flics and minutes to public (and boss)
scrutiny,. ...
7. Any Hniort that fails to open its cmuplete filesito in
quisitive bosses will be nutlawed and its collective bargaining
contracts declared null and void.
8. No member of a Union can picket a, struck plant un
less he worked in that specific plant.
9. Forbids Union to elect officials who are inembcrs of ithe
Communist Party.
This bill, if it passes the Senate and ultimately becomes
law, will hogtie labor and rob the workers of the rights they
have won over many years of bitter struggle.
The employers and rea'ctionary Congressmen are attempt
ing to give labor knockout bloAVS from which it caiinot re
coveiv even after the war.
ALL organized labor, ASTj," CIO, Railroad Brotherhoods,
iird independents, must unite now to block tlie passage of
this mea.snre through the Senate.
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Maritime Commission to
Guard New York Harbor
IN MEMORY OF
Brother
WILLIAM STACK
SIU *6202
Died afioard the S.S, Qeloradan
In the. per.foriTiapce of
his duties.
1889 1941
shoremen and crews of ships
tied up at piers.
(Elsewhere i7i this issue apl
pears the storp of the Govern'
meni's ruling^ that henceforth aed
men must have regular passports
in addition to their sedmen's'
papers.)
N O T I C E
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To eliminate the possibility of sabotage in New York
harbor, a conference was called this week by the district
manager of the Maritime Commission, and recommendations
were submitted calling for drastic new regultrtioii of seameii,
longshoremen and Avaterfront visitors.
The conference, called by Cap<&^ ^ —
tain GranVille Conway, was at
tended by representative.^ of the
Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Inter
national Longshoremen's Asso
ciation, Dock Department and the
New York Police and Fire de
partments.
Principal curbs suggested . at
the meeting were the barring of
all "Bon Voyage" parties aboard
passenger ships and the ligid
examination of all parcels and
luggage brought aboard by both
passengers and seamen.
Other suggestions discussed at
the meeting weref
1. Banning of taxicabs from
piers and teimlnals except when
passengers are debarking.
2. Designation of checkers to
meet all trucks entering piers
and to stay with trucks as long
as they remain.
3. Enforcement of a regulation
forbidding truck drivers to leave
their trucks while on the piers.
4. ClassiAcation of piei's as de
fense areas by the State Defenbe
Council and consequent authori
zation to pier poiico to arrest
suspected persons,
* 5. Issuance of ijistol vpajmits
for pier guards, stationed at ggtos
and gangways. , '
6. Adoption of an effective
method of identiflcation of long
Mil
December : 1, ISili V
Tampa; Fla; .. :
Editor,. The Seafarers* Log; •
New York City.
Dear Sir and Brother:
Please publish the following
notice In the next issue of The
Log: It Is very important to a
hrothier meiuber thgt we locate
these men. .. .
The three brothers listed, be
low were aboard/ the S.S. Wa"
costa Qn'Npv. 10, 1940 whilp the
vessel was in the region of the
Panama. Canal.
JOSEPH SHARP ,
JAMES ACKERMAN
• NORMAN HALLIDAV ,
It is imperative that,,L get,in
touch with them at once, •
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SHIP MAKES
RECORD SPEED
This old rust bucket really out
ran herself from Capetown up to
the Red Sea. For four days in a
row going up the coast of Bast
Africa, she made 350 miles a day,
and the rest of the time she
wasn't far behind this mark. We
put* into the port of Aden for a
few hours and then proceeded to
J'ort Sudan to discharge.
Arrived In Siidan, August 6,
flftyone days out of New York.
This spot is just about the hot
test place in the world, and we
were there during the hottest
time of the year. There were
many deaths on ships in the har
bfir on account of the heat, but
no one died op the Pan Kraft.
Well, for eight days we rode
the hook and ate, breathed, and
smoked duet and sand. This sand,
coupled with the unbearable heat,
had us all punch di'unkr—and all
the time no shore leave. And then
one morning the pilot finally came
out and took us longside the
dock. Sudan is not much to rave
about.
There are about' six fifthrate
gin mills and a number of tenth
rate brothels. While we were
there, the town was filled up with
thousands of Greek spldiers and
sailors, who had left their own.
country after its defeat. These
men were obviously downhearted
but by no'means beaten. They are
all in the English armed forces
now and are continuig their fight.
There were, several other Amer
Finds Africa a Hall cf Sand and
BntishR^ otced
To Work in Height of Desert Heat
We sailed from New York bound for the Red Sea early
on the morning of June 16. It was a very blue and rainy
Monday morning. We made Trinidad in eight days and saw
nothing but rain all the time. After the usual Limey display
of : red tape, and gojd stripes, and backwash, we got our
bunkers and water in the record time of fortyeight hours
8^ shoved off on the long drag to Cape Town.
• This was the part of the trlp^:
thdt was supposed to be the most
risky, but we made the grade
with no trouble at all. An English
scouting plane spotted us while
in the vicinity of St. Helena Is
land and flew around giving us
the once over for a while. This
was the one incident in the whole
three weeks that reminded us
;that there was a war on;
Finally Capetown on the'hori
zon, and we had to ride the hook
all night and then got only a few
hours alongside the dock. Were
we burned up! One of our broth
ers, evidently much the 'worse tdr
his firewater, missed • the ship
there.
More About:
Curran and
The Town Hall
upon them. All of us felt very
sorry for, them.
They were commanded by their
own officers, who are fascist
Blackshirts. The British authori
ties treat these officers dainn well
—a fact' which the British Tom
mies onenly resent.
While we were at the dock, our
captain and our mate wanted to
work eight hours a day. This,:
while people were dropping off
from heat prostration by the
dozens. There were a lot of strong
words thrown back and forth, but
we ended up by doing no work.
An SUP ship that was in with
us did not work the crew either.
But^and this is for the record—
a Lykes NMU ship worked from
eight A.M. until five P.M., heat or
no heat. This was a good exam
ple of our relative working con
ditions. It is something tfiflt all
of us will remember.
After eight' days discharging,
we sailed, and none too soon. The
shopkeepers, saloonkeepers and
damsels were having a field day
at the expense of American sea
men, and all of us were cleaned
out long before we left Sudan.
Had a good run to Bombay and
stayed there five days, loading
manganese ore. It was the first
time most of us had been there
and with the fiesh supply of
green sfpff, the town was done up
proper—from Grant Road to the
Taj Mahal Hotel and back again.
BRITISH PAPERS
DISTORT SlU STRIKE
Then came Penang for tin and
rubber. It 'was in Penang that we
got news of the SIU strike for
bigger Avar bonuses. Those lime
juice newspapers didn't give our
union pny breaks either; it was
necessary for us to sift tlrrough
a lot of slandei;, to glean a few
facts.
Singapore was last on our list
of loading ports and our. last
chance to go ashore until Hono
lulu. Prices have sure gone up in
Singapore, The war is the stand
ard excuse, but cur. idea of the
real reason is that somebody is
making a lot of profit these days.
On the way back to our own
iican ships in the port with us, as hemisphere we stopped in North
I'
Svell as English troop ships and
t^ransports. One British ship had
several hundred men who had
been wounded at Crete and were
being returned to Blighty. Some
i})f these chaps were in a bad way.
Needled to say, they all appreci
ated American cigarettes.
BRITISH TOUCH ON
ITALIAN SOLDIERS
EASY ON OFFICERS
Sudan is evidently a center for
the evacuation of Italian prisoners
to other parts of the British Em
pire. There were hundreds of
these men put on ships and set
out .while we were there. They
are a poor bedraggled lot /)t sol
diers. This war Is not of their
making, and they are bewildered
Borneo for bunkers, We had., a
stormy crossing to the "paiadise
Isle" and a stormy one to the "big
ditch." It was necessary for us
to put into Mahzauillq, Mexico, to
replenish our dwindling fuel sup
ply, the weather had been so bad.
Finally,after five months and
nine days, we came to the besi
part of the trip—heading up good
old New York harbor.
Well, _shipmates, it was a good
trip—not too many beefs and not
too hungry^ ,
Fraternally,
• A. B.
ARTHUR B. P. SMITH
Report at once to Kirkwood.
Everything is all right but It is
by. the"trick that fate has played j important that you contact him.
(Continued from P(ig<{ 2)
Starting oft with a prepared
speech, which should have been
set to the music of the "Intema
tioual,*' Curraii gave the usual
Stalininspired flag waving ora
tion. With gushing words he
promised that American seamen
would "deliver the goods" and
then, amid a brief salvo of
stooge applause, he sat down and
beamed upon the audience of fif
teen hundred persons, and wiped
sweat from his bald head and his
three labor faking chins.
Congressman Smith, "of Vir
ginia Sub," awakened from a
dream of maybe being President
—or at least getting reelected
Congressman—got wearily to his
feet. He adjusted his batwing
politician's collar, and then
f;alled upon God, Congress, and
the American people to support
his bill to hogtie labor.
Finally Frank Fen ton gave the
Federation position of full Sup
port of the defense program with
out yielding any of labor's rights.
His intelligent analysis of labor's
problems and oontribiition.s to
the National Defense, won the
first wholehearted applause of
the evening.
Then came the revolution!
The floor was thrown open
for discussion, and Curran's face
became more red than his poli
tics is supposed to be. It be
came immediately evident that a
good many seamen didn't tmst
"Pal .Joey" and wanted to give
their opinions. And give them
they did, in no uncertain terms.
Roland Perry, dispatcher and
former NMU Standard Oil ap
peaser; sat with a stooge in the
rear of the hall and took down
the names of the bold venturers
who dared board the mighty .Toe.
But that did, Joe no good, for be
reft of his prompters he could
only glare, slump and long for a
good old packed meeting. Sev
eral times he glanced hopefully
at the wings, hoping to find that
perhaps Tommy Ray, A1 Lannon
or Roy "Horseface" Hudson had
heard of his predicament and had
come to his rescue. But alas
and alack, he had been left ma
rooned on the fortylhiid street.
Town Hall rostrum.
The climax of the meeting was
when Raymond Carlucci won the
prize for the best question enb
mitted. Carlucci is a former as
sociate of Curran, Lannon, Ray,
Bridges, Hudson,, etc., and has
been labeled by'the above men
tioned boys as a "laborspy.*.*
The question was, "Should La
bor Countenance Jurisdictional
Disputes During This Period of
Emergency?
Ciirran. indignantly spouted
that the CIO didn't believe in ju
risdictional disputes but quickly
shut up when Frank Fenton re
minded the audience of the raids
on building trades by the little
brother of the big labor faker,
.Tolm L. Lewis.
"Whackie" Myers is now on
the West Coast trying to raid the
SUP and MFOW. The NMU* and
other CIO unions are supporting
him 100 per cent. This sure
smells like plain union raiding
to me.
And AVe might remind Curran
that If he doesn't believe in
intrannion raids and jurisdic
tional disputes, as he said in the
SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION
OF NORTH AMERICA
Atlantic&'Guli District
SecretaryTreasurer's Office
Room 213 — 2 Stone Street. New York City
:P. O. Box 25,.Station P Phone: BOwling Green 98346
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BRANCH.
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NORFOLK
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SAN JUAN
ADDRESS
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Dispatcher's Office .
. 330. Atlantic. Ave. ..
. 465 South Main St. .
. 14 North Gay St. ..
,6 North 6th St
. 25 Commercial PL :
309 Cbartres St. ...
. 218 East Bay St. ...
,136 East Bay St ...
, 206 So. Franklin St.
. 56 So. Conception St,
. 105 4th St.. N
.1348 N.B. First Ave.
. 8 Covadonga St. ...
PHONE
. BOwling Green 98346
.BOwling Green 93430
.LlBerty 4057
.Manning 3572
.Calvert 4539 .
• Lombard 7651
.Norfolk 41083
.MAgnolia 3962
.Savannah 3J728
.JacknonvHIe 51791
. Tampa M1323 '
, Dexter 1449
• Texas City 722 .
• Miami 22950
. San Juan 1885
TAMPA TOPICS
Agent Finds Union Brothers Have Plenty of
Militancy Rut Are Short on Resoonsibilitv
December 1, 1941
Editor, Seafarers Log
Dear Sir and Brother:
I would like to know why
some of the Bull Line and Water
man Line crews are bringing
their beefs to this port for adjust
ments? Although I know that any
agent is supposed to settle any
beefs that come their way, but
the Bull Line agreements state,
that the beefs shall be'settled in
the ports of New York and Balti
more.
Last Saturday the S.S. Bayou
Chico was in port and came over
one man short In the Deck Dept.,
and on arrival one of the other
A.B.'^ had to go to the doctor and
then to the hospital for treat
ment. The crew decided, that' if
the captain " did . not pay . this
Brother off tliat they would quit
and I agreed with them. So after
talking pro and eon with tlie
agent' and the captain, I finally
got the captain to pay him off.
Then due to the fact that some
of the boys had a little drink of ,
quitting whiskey, they decided,
that, they .would not sail the ship !
with two men short, T could not '
replace these mfen because tbey |
were not on the beach, and it was
one hour before sailing time.
It is such performing as this
that will in the future, if we keep
this up, cause us to go back to
the "good old days" of $35 per
montlv and no overtime, shipping
out of company offices and off the
dock. It seems to me that these
young men that' are coming into
the SIU%f NA do not realize that,
we had to fight like hell to get
the conditions that we have now.
If some, of these super militant
unionminded Brothers would t>y
"PieCarding" for a while, I am
sure that they would have a
change of mind; After you have
put in five and onehalf days set
tling beefs and then be called out
on Saturday afternoon andSun
day to settle some of these phony
drunken beefs, it makes you do a
lot' of thinking.
Now the election of officials are
being carried on and If our
Brothers will take time to vote
for whom they think will make a
good olliuial fur uur iiuiuii, they
should do so. I have listened to
lots of Brothci s condemning • dif
ferent. Union Officials and when it
comes to a showdown, they have
not got the guts to run for the
same office and try to better the
Union. I say that we should vote
for wlio we think i.s best fit.'t.ed
for the job and after the election
is over keep our mouths shut and
put our shoulder to the wheel and
try to help instead of blasting.
This next year is going to be a
trying one and we. will have lots
of different tilings coming up that
will take quite a bit of concen
tiating and backing from all the
members of this Union. So, let's
pull together, hoys, and make this
next year a banner year of this
organization.
Fraternally,
D. L. Parker, Agent.
MONEY DUE
Town Hall meeting, what the
Jiell is his stooge doing in Cali
fornia?
Fraternally yours,
Louis Coffin, No. 4526.
' P.S. I just rend the morning
paper and I see that Curran has
again sold out. In collaboration
with Taylor of the American Ma
rine Institute, the NMU has
agreed on a $125 war bonus for
Russia and $150 for Eugland^^
This is just another precedent
which we will have a'^hell of a
time overcoming. Remember how
he accepted 25 per cent "on the
original bonus and how we had
to battle to get it up to its pres
.ent level?
Deck Department of S.S. Alcoa
Pilgrim. Trip from August 23 to
'Octobej^ 17.
E. COLCOMBE $6.34
J. RYDER 1.58
W. LUTH 79
J. LASKOWSKl 7.52
A. HARKAVI 1.58
V. KADI AN 1.58
W. MOELLER ....... 11.09
A. MILLER : 7.52
• M. M. MITCHELL .... 4.36
J. A. SCHAULE 79
C. E. MASON 1.58
B. GRAHAM. 7.13
C. A. HART 4.75
A. G. DONZE .... 1.53
K. KUECK .! 4.75
E. LARSEN. ....^ 7.92
TOTAL $70.86 ,
This disputed Bridge work
can be collected at Alcoa Line
Alcoa'' Line office. Bring 6ea
men's papers for identification.
CLARENCE NORMAN,
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ANNUAL SlU ELECTIONS UNDER WA , • . • ^
ilfll rBaWofs to Be Cast Throughout
Election Rules Governing the Balloting as
Provided {n the Newly Adopted Constitution
Starting Page 17 of Constitutional Balloting Requirements
of December and
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Ballots shall (a) bear the name of tire Union,
• the m'onth and year of election and instructions to
Totero; (b) bear the names of eligible and duly
. <Qualifled candidates for each office arranged alpha
betically with voting squares to the fight of names;
' (c) have one blank line for each office in which
member may write the name of any member whose
name docs not appear upon the ballot who must be
qualified under the provisions of Section 2 of this
Article: and (d) be perforated at the upper edge
and the perforated stubs numbered consecutively,
beginning with No. 1. The SecretaryTreasurer
shall cause^t'o be printed, and shall forward to each
Branch and retain for use at Headquarters, ,a suffi
cient number of ballots, and shall keep a record of
the numbers of the first andlast ballots so for
warded and retained. None but official ballots shall
be used in any general election.
GUARDING BALLOT BOXES
Section 4. Balloting for officers shall be secret
and shall take place each day during the month of
November and December (extended by membership
vote through January), 60day Referendum pro
vided that there are five members in good standing
elected from the meeting present to look at their
books and guard the ballot box; and no ballots
shall be accepted except those cast in the re^lar
manner.
A committee of Election composed of six (6)
"full members in good standing, two (2) from each
department, namely one judge, two tellers and
three clerks, shall be elected in each port to con
duct the election and to canvass the returns. Bal
lots shall be distributed in the order of their num
bers, commencing with the lowest number.
MARKING BALLOT
Section 5. Members shall be entitled to vote upon
presenting their membership certificates showing
that they are in. good standing, and have fiot pre
viously voted at the same election. Members shall
mark their ballots with pen and ink, or with in
delible pencil, and shall signify their choice of
candidates by marking a cross (x) in voting
squares opposite names, or by writing in the blank
line the name of their choice if such name be not
printed upon the ballot. Lead pencils shall not be
used in marking ballots. When a member has
marked his ballot, he shall deliver it folded to the
Judge, who, after ascertaining that the member is
entitled to vote, shall tear off the numbered stub
and deposit the ballot. The committee shall then
'stamp the member's certificate of membership in
the proper column for the year and month of elec
tion. Such stamp shall bear the word "Voted," the
initials of the voting place, and the date of the
voting. If the member is not entitled to vote, the
Judge shall cancel and destroy his ballot. The
Tellers shall count the ballots as they are deposit
• ed, and the clerks shall keep record of the count.
BALLOT JUDGE DUTIES
Section 6. Balloting shall continue until every
Committee on Election and pasted on the back Of
the envelope. The sealed envelope shall then be
placed in the ballot box. The ballot box shall then
be locked and sealed, and the key thereof shall be
sealed, up in. an envelope, also specially provided
for that purpose, on the back of which each mem
ber of the Committee on Election shall again Jiign
his name. The envelope so signed and sealed shall
be given in charge of the SecretaryTreasurer or
Agent, or some other member designated by the
meeting. No candidate for office shall be a member
of the Committee on Election.
COUNTING BALLOTS
Sectiop 7. In the regulai meeting held in
Branches during the first meeting in January, the
Committee on Election shall qpen the ballot box,
count the number of ballots therein contained and
count the number of votes for each candidate. The
result shall be noted in the minutes. ̂The Commit
tee shall then forward to Headquarters all used"
ballots (i.e., all ballots taken from the ballot box,
including blank and disqualified ballots), together
with a copy of the tally sheets, under sealed cover,
marked "Ballots for Officers." In case no regular
meeting is held during such week, the Agent, in the
presence of the Committee on Election, or, in their
absence, before five" other Tull members, shall open
the ballot box and count the ballots therein con
tained (but shall not count and tally the votes),
and forward same to Headquarters in the manner
hereinbefore prescribed.
HEADQUARTERS CHECKUP
Section 8. The Committee on Election at Head
quarters shall count the number of ballots received
from each Branch and cast at Headquarters, and
shall count and tally the votes cast at each voting
place. They shall prepare a report showing the
number of ballots cast and the number of votes re
ceived by each candidate at Headquarters and each
Branch, also the total number of ballots and votes.
They shall carefully preserve and place under
sealed cover all ballots, keepjng separately the bal
lots cast in each voting place. Tally sheets shall
be kept on file by the SecretaryTreasurer for the
inspection of members, and the report of the com
mittee shall be spread in full upon theminutes.
The candidate receiving the highest number of
votes for any office shall be declared elected, and
shall assume office within thirty days after notifica
tion. If the candidate fails to comply with the fore:
going provision, the office may be declared vacant,
and the Union shall proceed to fill the office in ac
cordance with Article 14, Section 3. Any member
who desires to be present during the canvas shall
be admitted upon showing his membership book
in good, standing.
MUTILATED BALLOTS
Section 9. Mutilated or disfigured ballots, or bal
lots marked with lead pencil, shall be deemed in
valid. Ballots torn in such a manner that part of
qualified voter present has had an opportunity to | the names of candiates or voting squares is de
stroyed are to be regarded as mutilated ballots.
Wliere the choice of any member for any office can
not be determined with certainty, the vote for such
office shall not be counted. This also applies where
a member has voted for more than the designated
numbfir of candidates to be elected to any office. All
vote. The Judge shall then count the numbered
stubs to verify the count of the clerks, and shall
enclose theui in a sealed envelope in the ballot box.
He shall then announce to the meeting, and the
Secrctarj'Treasurer, or Agent, shall record in the
minutes, (a) the number of ballots last distributed;
<b) the number of ballots canceled or destroyed,
and (c) the number of ballots deposited. The bal
lots shall then be placed in an'envelope provided
for the purpose and a slip of paper, also specifically
, provided, shall be signed by each member of the
ballots cast at any time, in anyplace and manner,
except as herin provided, shall be deemed invalid.
Section 10. AH committees mentioned in Article
XIII shall consist of six full book members in good
standing; two members from each department'.
Resolution Which Appears On .
All Official SIU Ballots; Mark
Either "Yes"or "No " When Voting
This resolution is printed in full belotv. Read it care
. fully, so that you will be familiar with all its provi
sions ufhen you cast your ballot.
FOREWORD
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IS HEREBY
SUBMIHED, THROUGH A MAJORITY VOTE OF
THE BRANCHES. TO THE MEMBERSHIP. .
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WORDING
OF THE RESOLUTION. IT IS NECESSARY FOR
TlHE MEMBERSHIP TO VOTE ON THE RESOLU
TION THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF A REFEREN
DUM VOTE; '
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, fhe cosf of all necessities has greatly
increased and the price of cigarettes and to
bacco has nearly doubled, and
WHEREAS, one dollar a week is hardly enough for
a man in the hospital to buy smokes, stamps.^
a few eats now and then and other necessities^
a man has to have, and • • • •
"WHEREAS, the hospital fund of the SIU of NA has
greatly increased and is in a position to stand
an added expense and our annual $2.00 assess
ment is enough to cover the present and added
expense of this fund, and
WHEREAS, $7,500.00 is the approximate amount
spent annually for deaths and hospital benefits
and the expense added will be at the most
$5,000.00 and if more, it will not be more than
double the.present expense, which will make it
$15,000.00, so, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that we change article XXV of the
Constitution to read $2.00 in place of $1.00,
so men In the hospital will have a few addi
„ nickels to spend, and be it further
RESOLVED, so that all members may have a chance
, to v<>tei on this matter, that this resolution, if
carried, be placed on the ballot for officials,
which will be cast during November and De
cember of this year.
ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING c Qt:
. THE^BOVE RESOLUTION? H
YES
Board Clears Seamen
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On . April 20, 1941, several ers at the Marine Bureau hearing.
Brothers on the 3.S. fclreyiock got | Mr. C. C. Johnson ^ •
'into a little argument with the j c..o, Charljon Ooburn
First AsBiKtant Engineer. "When | 68 William Street
they hit the beach, they discov| New York City
ered that charges had been
brought' against them. The case
was finally closetf with the receipt
• of |he, following letter. The letter
, is addressed toC. U. Johnson, the
Attorney 'W'ho defended th.e Broth
Dear Sir:
Referrinj to the trials of Jo
seph P. Schork, Fireman; Floyd
E. Hathaway, • OUer: Charles H.
Malpa^s, Able Seaman;. Warren
Conner, Able Seaman, and Frank
Gallick, Ordinary Seaman, on a
charge pf misconduct, arising
out of an altercation with Micha
el Clark. First Assistant Engin
eer, on April 20, 1941, while the
SS. Greylock was at Belra, Por
tuguese East Africa, you are In
formed that by the authority of
the director, this case Is hereby
closed.
Respectfully,
Alf 8. Lee, '
Robert 8. SmKh,
"C Marine: InvestfoMion;
BureAU of Marine Inspection.;
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War has come in the Pacific, will no doubt
extend to the Atlantic and will result in plac
ing the entire American merchant fleet on a
full wartime basis. 7,000,000 tons of U.S.
shipping is slated to be devoted entirely to
implementing the war program.
The primary functions of the merchant
marine will fall into three major categories.
I. To speed the flow of strategic mate
rials here to sustain the armament production.
2. To move supplies and armed forces to
Pacific defense bases.
3. To hasten the shipment of lendlease
rnaterials to Britain, Russia and China. e
In order to achieve the first and second
aims, it will probably be necessary to pull
some Atlantic and South American runs and
send those ships into the Pacific.
Last figures showed that approximately
130 merchant ships were operating in trans
Pacific routes.
It is likely that the Government will shift
many Pacific sea lanes in order to remove
them as fas as possible from points of Japanese
military strength.
Convoys will be hastily organized and the
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SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA
VOL. Ill MR « NEW YORK, N. Y., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1941 No. 24
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THREE MORE OPERATORS fiRANTCIII IV/NS ORE EUCTION
$10 RAISE 90< OVERTIME
Three more ship operators have granted the SIU a
$10 increase in wages and 90 cents per Hour in over
time. The new scale, the highest in the maritime in
dustry for unlicensed men, was granted by the Cuba
Distilling Company, the Bernstein Line and the Colabee
Steamship Company.
The Union negotiating committee is continuing con
ferences with the Bull and Alcoa lines on the question
of working rules. Bull and Alcoa have already granted
the "10 and 10" increase.
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Passports for Seamen
In line with America's preparations for an allout War,
the Treasury Department announced that henceforth mer
chant seamen will be required to obtain a regular valid pass
port before being allowed to sail United States ships. The
eeamen's papers, heretofore accepted, will also be required
by the Bureau of Marine Inspection.
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By demanding a passport of
sdamen, the government is in a
poeition to . clamp much more
stringent control on the men who
sail American ships.
While there is no legal require
ment that citizenship is necessary
to secure employment on an
American vessel, the law does re
quire that a very high percentage
of the crew must be native born
or naturalized.
The order eleased by the
Treasury Department stated:
"Effective immediately, Amer
ican seamen departing for any
foreign country or territory in
the Eastern Hemisphere, or any
foreign country in the Western
Hemisphere under the jurisdic
tion of Great Britain in which the
United States maintains defense
bases or in which such bases are
being constructed by or under
contract with the Government of
the United States (i.e., New.foun'd j ments.
land, Bermuda, Antigua, Santa • The ̂ following
Lucia, Jamaica, Trinidad and
British Guia.ia) must secure
valid passports issued by or un
der authority, of the Secretary of
State.
"Until further notice the pres
ent identification documents of
Only Rated Men
By Seafarers
. No more unrated seamen
will be permitted to join tbe
Atlantic and Gulf District of
the SIU. This ruling has been
voted by the membership up
and down the coast and goes
into effect immediately. This
ruling does not effect permit
cards which will continue to
be issued when the jobs are
available.
Rated men, however, 'will still
• find it possible to join the Union
onco they fulfill oertaia require
on resolution
rated men wan passed:
"Be it resolved that rated
men must sail on an .SIU sliip
for a period of at letist (30)
thirty days and tbat they must
he recommended for membership
by a committee of the ship's
American seamen will be exam crew that they sailed with. Piir
ined by officers of the Pasepprt ther, rated men must appear be
Unit." The order was signed by fore the usual iiivestigating oom
Gregpry W. CKeefe, assistant col, mlttee^ at the TTnlon hall and
lector of customB, ' % produce strllce clfl&rsjppes,"
Red Sea Ships
Are to Be
"deGaussed"
Fear of Axis powers laying
mine fields In the Red Sea and
Persian Gulf trade routes, over
which American merchant ships
are transporting war materials to
Great Britain and the Soviet
Union, has caused the Maritime
Commissloii^ to order installed on
freighters the deGaussing device
as well as antisub and antiair
craft guns.
The deGaussing device consists
of a coil apparatus based in the
hold of the ship and through
which voltage is sent to a cable
which circles the hull of the
.• ship above the water line. This
c.'ible, when energized in this
manner, demagnetizes the hull
and thus neutralizes the magnetic
mines.
While the exact number of
ships plying the Red Sea and
Persian Gulf routes is kept se
cret "by the government', it is gen
erally believed that the total
would be upwards of 200. The
Commission's order calls for de
Gaussing these vessels as they
arrive back in U. S. ports from
their foreign runs.
While the government did not
plan to arm merchant ships on
runs to Spain and South America,
the sudden attack upon the United
States by Japan, will probably
change things.
There is little question but that
all merchant ships will be armed.
Meanwhile, the Maritime Com
mission is negotiating with the
United States Lines on the ques
tion of the Navy taking over the
three large passenger ships, the
America, Washington and Man
hattan. They would be used for
aircraft carriers if the Navy does
receive them.
All three ships are now being
used by the Government as troop
transports.
Men Answer NMWs
Railroading Tactics
The SIU has won, by overwhelming majority, the NLRB
election conducted for the unlicensed personnel of the the
Ore Steamship Company.
The final vote stood 239 ballots cast for the SIU and 42
ballots cast against the SIU. This is one of the most com
plete election victories won by any Union, maritime or other
wise. Brother John Hawk, secretarytreasurer of the Atlantic
and Gulf District, will now begin negotiations with the
Company toward the signing of a closed shop contract cover
ing all Ore seamen.
While the size of the SIU majority is sensational in itself,
it becomes doubly significant when viewed with the history
of haggling and finking and doublecrossing the Ore men re
ceived from enemies determined to prevent them from join
ing a Union of their own choice.
To begin with, the men not only had to combat their
employer, who steadfastly refused to bargain collectiyely
with them, but they had to fight off a swarm of NMU pres
sure boys who descended upon them, determined to tie them
to "No coffee time" Curran,
But the muchvaunted superorganizers of the NMU, led
by "DogFace" Lawrenson, found that the Ore men knew
the score. For all the NMU boasting and the reams of
slander against the SIU which appeared in "The Pilot", the
NMU couldn't even show the Labor Board enough member
ship cards to get on the election ballot.
The Ore seamen are to be congratulated in the manner
in. v,'hich they stood up to both the employer and the NMU
goons. The men show that they understand that the NMU
stands for union disruption while the SIU stands for honest
and militant unionism.
The addition of the Ore ships to the fast growing SIU
roster, means one more step toward making the Seafarers*
the dominant maritime union of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
The 239 Ore seamen who voted SIU have not only taken
a step which • will improve their own wages and working con
ditions, but which • will also contribute to honesty in the
maritime labor movement.
DO NOT SHIP
JOHN WILLIAM LANPRIGAN
Permit #3817
FRED 8LATKEN
Permit #3584
Record tog Donotion
On November 25, the alltime record for donations
to the LOG was set by the crew of the S.S. Pan Kraft—
the amount contributed was $101.00.
The S.S. Pan Kraft tied up in New York after a
fivemonth run around the world. The crew, hungry for
back issues of the LOG, so that they could get all the
Union news, accompanied the hundred buck donation
with the following challenge:
"We are donating $100 to make the LOG a bigger
and better paper and to <send it to our ships in foreign
portB. We challenge any other ship's crew to equal this
mark!"
A!ny takers?
(The complete story of the trip of the Pan Kraft appears
on page three.)
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Published by the
ATLANTIC & GULF DISTRICT
of th^ J
Se&farers^ International Union
of North America
Affiliate4 wipi the American Federation of Labor
HARRY LUNDEBERG, Acting International President
110 Market Street, Room 402, San Francisco, Calil.
ADDRESS ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS
PUBLICATION TO:
"THE SEAFARERS' LOG*'
P. O. Box 25, Station P, New York, N. Y.
Phone: BOwIing Green 98546
MORE ABOUT
THE SECOND WORLD WAR
(Continued from Payc 1)
iled shipping wilj be prptecfed by iolnf action pf the'
J.S. Navy and the British Sputh China Fleet.
The day of the attack President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Churchill talked^over the transAtlantic telephone
and laid plans to coordinate their joint protection of the:
Pacific merchant ships.
Japanese Lanes Mined.
The sea routes from Japan past the Malay Peninsula
and the Netherlands Indies have already been mined
effectively. The Japanese raiders, which have already
p&ssed into the Indian Ocean, are believed to have sailed
Sputh of Australia. Longrange patrols from Singapore,
the Netherlands Indies and Australia will aid in the work
of spotting and destroying the commerce raiders.
Meanwhile plans are progressing for arming all mer
ehant ships. Three, four and five inch antiaircraft and
antisub guns will be placed fore and aft; multiple antir
aircraft "pompoms" wilLbe clamped on the bridge; and
the deGaussing device to protect the ships from sub^
marines will girdle the hulls above the waterline.
Foreign Ships Seised
The immediate requisitioning of ail "enemy ships"
was announced by the Maritime Commission. There are
few Japanese vessels in American ports, but Finnish and
French ships will fall under the new ruling.
Over the weekend six Finnish ships were seized, to
gether with eleven French vessels. Among the French
ships was the luxury liner "Normandie". The vessels have
been placed under "protective custody" but will soon be
refitted and placed directly under the command of the
Navy and be Used for war purposes.
Ship Building Speeded
The shipbuilding program will receive an immediate
shot in the arm, it was indicated. A promp? speedingup
of work on ships under construction is expected, with the
probability that all shipyards will go into a full twenty
fourhour production schedule. This will be accomplished
either by two or by three full shifts, depending upon how
m^ny skilled workers can be obtained.
All in all, America appears to be headed into a "total
war effort." Private shipping interests will be required to
bow before the grim necessities of war and to shift their
vessols in accordance with the needs of the war effort.
It is entirely possible that the Government may de
cicjle upon outright requisitioning of the entire merchant
marine.
Warfis Dnion
Of Hard Days
Yet to Come
With labor facing antistrike
laws, the membership of the SIU
should be alert in our coming
election. We should be careful in
making a sensible choice in the
brother member we elect as our
representative for the coming
year.
We should judge a man on his
ability to converse on the subject
of workers' ecpncmies; on his
ability to act; and on his courage
to stand on bis hind legs and bat
tle for the ideals and principles of
the SIU. We need militant
spoSesmen to uphold the progres
sive unionism of the SIU. We do
not need men with a sweet flow
of honeycovered words which
they use ,as a method <^f getting
House Passes Vicious
Antf'Lahpr Legislation
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L/^ar Editor: ,
\ln case you didn't have your ear to the radio last Thiirs
dai^, this is an account of that historymaking evening.
"No coffee time" Jo.seph Curraii, .selfproclaimed s
of jthe American seamen, moved into the big time, November
27,1 but be didn't .stay there long. •
Two' weeks ago the "Pileit" anmmnced proudb' that
Co^ifade Joe Avould speak on the Town Hall of the Au' pro
gram, together with laborbaiting (Jongressman Smith, lu
triaiist Batt of the Office of Production Manageniept, and
Frt nk Fent'on of the American Federation of Labor, The
subject wa.s to be Defemse Strikes. ,,
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a swivel chair job at our expense.
On the other hand, we, the
the rank" and file, must le&rn to
temper ourselves and tp be just
injudging our officials. For to err
is a human weakness. We should
not seek perfection when we lack
such perfection ourselves.
Brothers, let's be honest. We
raise merry hell should we fail
to get overtime for working over
eight hours, then we tiirn about
and ask a union official to remain
fourteen and fifteen hours on his
feet combating the boss , to get
your eighthour clause.
We, the union, are employers,
no different than the steamship
companies. We demand actipn
from our employees (officials).
What would the membership's ac
tion be should an official rise up
at a meeting and ask the mem
hors for justice? When our em
ployee tells us we need a bigger
strike fund or money to pay men
to' represent us in gaining new
contracts, we shout to the roof
tops—robbery! Exploitation! We
denounce the official who sought
to protect us and our union.
We are making more money
than any union in the marine in
dustry and have damn little to
show in our protective fund for
the future when labor shall be
forced to fight like hell upon the
termination of this war.
Brothers, let us begin 1942 with
ail Intelligent program o,f build
ing for a future by calling for a
$5 strike fund assessment. Then
let us increase the dues to .$2.50
per month. Surely, fifty cents pel
month isn't going to break any
body.
Let's cut out this crap concern
ing districts, such as Gulf anJ
Atlantic. We need no JimCro\i
ideas to keep us separated with
a feeling that men from any par
ticular coast are superior to
others. We are all working stiffs.
We of the SIU are militant,
progressive and more union con
scious than some unions who dare
refer to strike .recorde.
So, Brothers, an Intelligent
election, a progressive program,
and the year of 1942 will fin^ us
always at the head of all militant
progressive union action.
Fraternally,
Joseph S. Buckley, No. G312.
r.S. I'm not running for office.
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The House of Representatives, on December .3, passed the
most vicious antiJatbor bill ever to pass that body in alT the
tbistory of Congress. By a vote of 252 to 136, the bill draWn
by laborbaiter Smith of Virginia was jammed through oyer
the prote^s of all branches of organized labor. " ^ i
The principal provision.s of the bill arc a.s follow,s:
1.. Outlaws all jurisdictional .stiukes.
2. Outlaws strikes for the closed shop and"freezes''^ the
present status of . the closed .shop throughout the;,countr^ni
• S. Jmposes a' mandatory 30day "coolingoff " pmbd
after the workershave submitted written, notice to the eiiif
ployer of their intention of .striking. . • •
4. Makes it illegal to call any: strike at any;,.time. unle.ss
a secret strike ballot has been taken under the .supervision
of the U. S. Department of Labor.
5. Makes it illegal for striking workers ;to picket scabs'
houses oLto interfere with sgabs whenthey crash the.picket
line around the,'place, of employment.
6. Require.^ all labor unions to register with the Govern
ment and open oil flics and minutes to public (and boss)
scrutiny,. ...
7. Any Hniort that fails to open its cmuplete filesito in
quisitive bosses will be nutlawed and its collective bargaining
contracts declared null and void.
8. No member of a Union can picket a, struck plant un
less he worked in that specific plant.
9. Forbids Union to elect officials who are inembcrs of ithe
Communist Party.
This bill, if it passes the Senate and ultimately becomes
law, will hogtie labor and rob the workers of the rights they
have won over many years of bitter struggle.
The employers and rea'ctionary Congressmen are attempt
ing to give labor knockout bloAVS from which it caiinot re
coveiv even after the war.
ALL organized labor, ASTj," CIO, Railroad Brotherhoods,
iird independents, must unite now to block tlie passage of
this mea.snre through the Senate.
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Maritime Commission to
Guard New York Harbor
IN MEMORY OF
Brother
WILLIAM STACK
SIU *6202
Died afioard the S.S, Qeloradan
In the. per.foriTiapce of
his duties.
1889 1941
shoremen and crews of ships
tied up at piers.
(Elsewhere i7i this issue apl
pears the storp of the Govern'
meni's ruling^ that henceforth aed
men must have regular passports
in addition to their sedmen's'
papers.)
N O T I C E
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To eliminate the possibility of sabotage in New York
harbor, a conference was called this week by the district
manager of the Maritime Commission, and recommendations
were submitted calling for drastic new regultrtioii of seameii,
longshoremen and Avaterfront visitors.
The conference, called by Cap<&^ ^ —
tain GranVille Conway, was at
tended by representative.^ of the
Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Inter
national Longshoremen's Asso
ciation, Dock Department and the
New York Police and Fire de
partments.
Principal curbs suggested . at
the meeting were the barring of
all "Bon Voyage" parties aboard
passenger ships and the ligid
examination of all parcels and
luggage brought aboard by both
passengers and seamen.
Other suggestions discussed at
the meeting weref
1. Banning of taxicabs from
piers and teimlnals except when
passengers are debarking.
2. Designation of checkers to
meet all trucks entering piers
and to stay with trucks as long
as they remain.
3. Enforcement of a regulation
forbidding truck drivers to leave
their trucks while on the piers.
4. ClassiAcation of piei's as de
fense areas by the State Defenbe
Council and consequent authori
zation to pier poiico to arrest
suspected persons,
* 5. Issuance of ijistol vpajmits
for pier guards, stationed at ggtos
and gangways. , '
6. Adoption of an effective
method of identiflcation of long
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December : 1, ISili V
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Editor,. The Seafarers* Log; •
New York City.
Dear Sir and Brother:
Please publish the following
notice In the next issue of The
Log: It Is very important to a
hrothier meiuber thgt we locate
these men. .. .
The three brothers listed, be
low were aboard/ the S.S. Wa"
costa Qn'Npv. 10, 1940 whilp the
vessel was in the region of the
Panama. Canal.
JOSEPH SHARP ,
JAMES ACKERMAN
• NORMAN HALLIDAV ,
It is imperative that,,L get,in
touch with them at once, •
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Of Around the World Run
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SHIP MAKES
RECORD SPEED
This old rust bucket really out
ran herself from Capetown up to
the Red Sea. For four days in a
row going up the coast of Bast
Africa, she made 350 miles a day,
and the rest of the time she
wasn't far behind this mark. We
put* into the port of Aden for a
few hours and then proceeded to
J'ort Sudan to discharge.
Arrived In Siidan, August 6,
flftyone days out of New York.
This spot is just about the hot
test place in the world, and we
were there during the hottest
time of the year. There were
many deaths on ships in the har
bfir on account of the heat, but
no one died op the Pan Kraft.
Well, for eight days we rode
the hook and ate, breathed, and
smoked duet and sand. This sand,
coupled with the unbearable heat,
had us all punch di'unkr—and all
the time no shore leave. And then
one morning the pilot finally came
out and took us longside the
dock. Sudan is not much to rave
about.
There are about' six fifthrate
gin mills and a number of tenth
rate brothels. While we were
there, the town was filled up with
thousands of Greek spldiers and
sailors, who had left their own.
country after its defeat. These
men were obviously downhearted
but by no'means beaten. They are
all in the English armed forces
now and are continuig their fight.
There were, several other Amer
Finds Africa a Hall cf Sand and
BntishR^ otced
To Work in Height of Desert Heat
We sailed from New York bound for the Red Sea early
on the morning of June 16. It was a very blue and rainy
Monday morning. We made Trinidad in eight days and saw
nothing but rain all the time. After the usual Limey display
of : red tape, and gojd stripes, and backwash, we got our
bunkers and water in the record time of fortyeight hours
8^ shoved off on the long drag to Cape Town.
• This was the part of the trlp^:
thdt was supposed to be the most
risky, but we made the grade
with no trouble at all. An English
scouting plane spotted us while
in the vicinity of St. Helena Is
land and flew around giving us
the once over for a while. This
was the one incident in the whole
three weeks that reminded us
;that there was a war on;
Finally Capetown on the'hori
zon, and we had to ride the hook
all night and then got only a few
hours alongside the dock. Were
we burned up! One of our broth
ers, evidently much the 'worse tdr
his firewater, missed • the ship
there.
More About:
Curran and
The Town Hall
upon them. All of us felt very
sorry for, them.
They were commanded by their
own officers, who are fascist
Blackshirts. The British authori
ties treat these officers dainn well
—a fact' which the British Tom
mies onenly resent.
While we were at the dock, our
captain and our mate wanted to
work eight hours a day. This,:
while people were dropping off
from heat prostration by the
dozens. There were a lot of strong
words thrown back and forth, but
we ended up by doing no work.
An SUP ship that was in with
us did not work the crew either.
But^and this is for the record—
a Lykes NMU ship worked from
eight A.M. until five P.M., heat or
no heat. This was a good exam
ple of our relative working con
ditions. It is something tfiflt all
of us will remember.
After eight' days discharging,
we sailed, and none too soon. The
shopkeepers, saloonkeepers and
damsels were having a field day
at the expense of American sea
men, and all of us were cleaned
out long before we left Sudan.
Had a good run to Bombay and
stayed there five days, loading
manganese ore. It was the first
time most of us had been there
and with the fiesh supply of
green sfpff, the town was done up
proper—from Grant Road to the
Taj Mahal Hotel and back again.
BRITISH PAPERS
DISTORT SlU STRIKE
Then came Penang for tin and
rubber. It 'was in Penang that we
got news of the SIU strike for
bigger Avar bonuses. Those lime
juice newspapers didn't give our
union pny breaks either; it was
necessary for us to sift tlrrough
a lot of slandei;, to glean a few
facts.
Singapore was last on our list
of loading ports and our. last
chance to go ashore until Hono
lulu. Prices have sure gone up in
Singapore, The war is the stand
ard excuse, but cur. idea of the
real reason is that somebody is
making a lot of profit these days.
On the way back to our own
iican ships in the port with us, as hemisphere we stopped in North
I'
Svell as English troop ships and
t^ransports. One British ship had
several hundred men who had
been wounded at Crete and were
being returned to Blighty. Some
i})f these chaps were in a bad way.
Needled to say, they all appreci
ated American cigarettes.
BRITISH TOUCH ON
ITALIAN SOLDIERS
EASY ON OFFICERS
Sudan is evidently a center for
the evacuation of Italian prisoners
to other parts of the British Em
pire. There were hundreds of
these men put on ships and set
out .while we were there. They
are a poor bedraggled lot /)t sol
diers. This war Is not of their
making, and they are bewildered
Borneo for bunkers, We had., a
stormy crossing to the "paiadise
Isle" and a stormy one to the "big
ditch." It was necessary for us
to put into Mahzauillq, Mexico, to
replenish our dwindling fuel sup
ply, the weather had been so bad.
Finally,after five months and
nine days, we came to the besi
part of the trip—heading up good
old New York harbor.
Well, _shipmates, it was a good
trip—not too many beefs and not
too hungry^ ,
Fraternally,
• A. B.
ARTHUR B. P. SMITH
Report at once to Kirkwood.
Everything is all right but It is
by. the"trick that fate has played j important that you contact him.
(Continued from P(ig<{ 2)
Starting oft with a prepared
speech, which should have been
set to the music of the "Intema
tioual,*' Curraii gave the usual
Stalininspired flag waving ora
tion. With gushing words he
promised that American seamen
would "deliver the goods" and
then, amid a brief salvo of
stooge applause, he sat down and
beamed upon the audience of fif
teen hundred persons, and wiped
sweat from his bald head and his
three labor faking chins.
Congressman Smith, "of Vir
ginia Sub," awakened from a
dream of maybe being President
—or at least getting reelected
Congressman—got wearily to his
feet. He adjusted his batwing
politician's collar, and then
f;alled upon God, Congress, and
the American people to support
his bill to hogtie labor.
Finally Frank Fen ton gave the
Federation position of full Sup
port of the defense program with
out yielding any of labor's rights.
His intelligent analysis of labor's
problems and oontribiition.s to
the National Defense, won the
first wholehearted applause of
the evening.
Then came the revolution!
The floor was thrown open
for discussion, and Curran's face
became more red than his poli
tics is supposed to be. It be
came immediately evident that a
good many seamen didn't tmst
"Pal .Joey" and wanted to give
their opinions. And give them
they did, in no uncertain terms.
Roland Perry, dispatcher and
former NMU Standard Oil ap
peaser; sat with a stooge in the
rear of the hall and took down
the names of the bold venturers
who dared board the mighty .Toe.
But that did, Joe no good, for be
reft of his prompters he could
only glare, slump and long for a
good old packed meeting. Sev
eral times he glanced hopefully
at the wings, hoping to find that
perhaps Tommy Ray, A1 Lannon
or Roy "Horseface" Hudson had
heard of his predicament and had
come to his rescue. But alas
and alack, he had been left ma
rooned on the fortylhiid street.
Town Hall rostrum.
The climax of the meeting was
when Raymond Carlucci won the
prize for the best question enb
mitted. Carlucci is a former as
sociate of Curran, Lannon, Ray,
Bridges, Hudson,, etc., and has
been labeled by'the above men
tioned boys as a "laborspy.*.*
The question was, "Should La
bor Countenance Jurisdictional
Disputes During This Period of
Emergency?
Ciirran. indignantly spouted
that the CIO didn't believe in ju
risdictional disputes but quickly
shut up when Frank Fenton re
minded the audience of the raids
on building trades by the little
brother of the big labor faker,
.Tolm L. Lewis.
"Whackie" Myers is now on
the West Coast trying to raid the
SUP and MFOW. The NMU* and
other CIO unions are supporting
him 100 per cent. This sure
smells like plain union raiding
to me.
And AVe might remind Curran
that If he doesn't believe in
intrannion raids and jurisdic
tional disputes, as he said in the
SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION
OF NORTH AMERICA
Atlantic&'Guli District
SecretaryTreasurer's Office
Room 213 — 2 Stone Street. New York City
:P. O. Box 25,.Station P Phone: BOwling Green 98346
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TAMPA TOPICS
Agent Finds Union Brothers Have Plenty of
Militancy Rut Are Short on Resoonsibilitv
December 1, 1941
Editor, Seafarers Log
Dear Sir and Brother:
I would like to know why
some of the Bull Line and Water
man Line crews are bringing
their beefs to this port for adjust
ments? Although I know that any
agent is supposed to settle any
beefs that come their way, but
the Bull Line agreements state,
that the beefs shall be'settled in
the ports of New York and Balti
more.
Last Saturday the S.S. Bayou
Chico was in port and came over
one man short In the Deck Dept.,
and on arrival one of the other
A.B.'^ had to go to the doctor and
then to the hospital for treat
ment. The crew decided, that' if
the captain " did . not pay . this
Brother off tliat they would quit
and I agreed with them. So after
talking pro and eon with tlie
agent' and the captain, I finally
got the captain to pay him off.
Then due to the fact that some
of the boys had a little drink of ,
quitting whiskey, they decided,
that, they .would not sail the ship !
with two men short, T could not '
replace these mfen because tbey |
were not on the beach, and it was
one hour before sailing time.
It is such performing as this
that will in the future, if we keep
this up, cause us to go back to
the "good old days" of $35 per
montlv and no overtime, shipping
out of company offices and off the
dock. It seems to me that these
young men that' are coming into
the SIU%f NA do not realize that,
we had to fight like hell to get
the conditions that we have now.
If some, of these super militant
unionminded Brothers would t>y
"PieCarding" for a while, I am
sure that they would have a
change of mind; After you have
put in five and onehalf days set
tling beefs and then be called out
on Saturday afternoon andSun
day to settle some of these phony
drunken beefs, it makes you do a
lot' of thinking.
Now the election of officials are
being carried on and If our
Brothers will take time to vote
for whom they think will make a
good olliuial fur uur iiuiuii, they
should do so. I have listened to
lots of Brothci s condemning • dif
ferent. Union Officials and when it
comes to a showdown, they have
not got the guts to run for the
same office and try to better the
Union. I say that we should vote
for wlio we think i.s best fit.'t.ed
for the job and after the election
is over keep our mouths shut and
put our shoulder to the wheel and
try to help instead of blasting.
This next year is going to be a
trying one and we. will have lots
of different tilings coming up that
will take quite a bit of concen
tiating and backing from all the
members of this Union. So, let's
pull together, hoys, and make this
next year a banner year of this
organization.
Fraternally,
D. L. Parker, Agent.
MONEY DUE
Town Hall meeting, what the
Jiell is his stooge doing in Cali
fornia?
Fraternally yours,
Louis Coffin, No. 4526.
' P.S. I just rend the morning
paper and I see that Curran has
again sold out. In collaboration
with Taylor of the American Ma
rine Institute, the NMU has
agreed on a $125 war bonus for
Russia and $150 for Eugland^^
This is just another precedent
which we will have a'^hell of a
time overcoming. Remember how
he accepted 25 per cent "on the
original bonus and how we had
to battle to get it up to its pres
.ent level?
Deck Department of S.S. Alcoa
Pilgrim. Trip from August 23 to
'Octobej^ 17.
E. COLCOMBE $6.34
J. RYDER 1.58
W. LUTH 79
J. LASKOWSKl 7.52
A. HARKAVI 1.58
V. KADI AN 1.58
W. MOELLER ....... 11.09
A. MILLER : 7.52
• M. M. MITCHELL .... 4.36
J. A. SCHAULE 79
C. E. MASON 1.58
B. GRAHAM. 7.13
C. A. HART 4.75
A. G. DONZE .... 1.53
K. KUECK .! 4.75
E. LARSEN. ....^ 7.92
TOTAL $70.86 ,
This disputed Bridge work
can be collected at Alcoa Line
Alcoa'' Line office. Bring 6ea
men's papers for identification.
CLARENCE NORMAN,
N. Y. Joint Patrolman
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ANNUAL SlU ELECTIONS UNDER WA , • . • ^
ilfll rBaWofs to Be Cast Throughout
Election Rules Governing the Balloting as
Provided {n the Newly Adopted Constitution
Starting Page 17 of Constitutional Balloting Requirements
of December and
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Ballots shall (a) bear the name of tire Union,
• the m'onth and year of election and instructions to
Totero; (b) bear the names of eligible and duly
. <Qualifled candidates for each office arranged alpha
betically with voting squares to the fight of names;
' (c) have one blank line for each office in which
member may write the name of any member whose
name docs not appear upon the ballot who must be
qualified under the provisions of Section 2 of this
Article: and (d) be perforated at the upper edge
and the perforated stubs numbered consecutively,
beginning with No. 1. The SecretaryTreasurer
shall cause^t'o be printed, and shall forward to each
Branch and retain for use at Headquarters, ,a suffi
cient number of ballots, and shall keep a record of
the numbers of the first andlast ballots so for
warded and retained. None but official ballots shall
be used in any general election.
GUARDING BALLOT BOXES
Section 4. Balloting for officers shall be secret
and shall take place each day during the month of
November and December (extended by membership
vote through January), 60day Referendum pro
vided that there are five members in good standing
elected from the meeting present to look at their
books and guard the ballot box; and no ballots
shall be accepted except those cast in the re^lar
manner.
A committee of Election composed of six (6)
"full members in good standing, two (2) from each
department, namely one judge, two tellers and
three clerks, shall be elected in each port to con
duct the election and to canvass the returns. Bal
lots shall be distributed in the order of their num
bers, commencing with the lowest number.
MARKING BALLOT
Section 5. Members shall be entitled to vote upon
presenting their membership certificates showing
that they are in. good standing, and have fiot pre
viously voted at the same election. Members shall
mark their ballots with pen and ink, or with in
delible pencil, and shall signify their choice of
candidates by marking a cross (x) in voting
squares opposite names, or by writing in the blank
line the name of their choice if such name be not
printed upon the ballot. Lead pencils shall not be
used in marking ballots. When a member has
marked his ballot, he shall deliver it folded to the
Judge, who, after ascertaining that the member is
entitled to vote, shall tear off the numbered stub
and deposit the ballot. The committee shall then
'stamp the member's certificate of membership in
the proper column for the year and month of elec
tion. Such stamp shall bear the word "Voted," the
initials of the voting place, and the date of the
voting. If the member is not entitled to vote, the
Judge shall cancel and destroy his ballot. The
Tellers shall count the ballots as they are deposit
• ed, and the clerks shall keep record of the count.
BALLOT JUDGE DUTIES
Section 6. Balloting shall continue until every
Committee on Election and pasted on the back Of
the envelope. The sealed envelope shall then be
placed in the ballot box. The ballot box shall then
be locked and sealed, and the key thereof shall be
sealed, up in. an envelope, also specially provided
for that purpose, on the back of which each mem
ber of the Committee on Election shall again Jiign
his name. The envelope so signed and sealed shall
be given in charge of the SecretaryTreasurer or
Agent, or some other member designated by the
meeting. No candidate for office shall be a member
of the Committee on Election.
COUNTING BALLOTS
Sectiop 7. In the regulai meeting held in
Branches during the first meeting in January, the
Committee on Election shall qpen the ballot box,
count the number of ballots therein contained and
count the number of votes for each candidate. The
result shall be noted in the minutes. ̂The Commit
tee shall then forward to Headquarters all used"
ballots (i.e., all ballots taken from the ballot box,
including blank and disqualified ballots), together
with a copy of the tally sheets, under sealed cover,
marked "Ballots for Officers." In case no regular
meeting is held during such week, the Agent, in the
presence of the Committee on Election, or, in their
absence, before five" other Tull members, shall open
the ballot box and count the ballots therein con
tained (but shall not count and tally the votes),
and forward same to Headquarters in the manner
hereinbefore prescribed.
HEADQUARTERS CHECKUP
Section 8. The Committee on Election at Head
quarters shall count the number of ballots received
from each Branch and cast at Headquarters, and
shall count and tally the votes cast at each voting
place. They shall prepare a report showing the
number of ballots cast and the number of votes re
ceived by each candidate at Headquarters and each
Branch, also the total number of ballots and votes.
They shall carefully preserve and place under
sealed cover all ballots, keepjng separately the bal
lots cast in each voting place. Tally sheets shall
be kept on file by the SecretaryTreasurer for the
inspection of members, and the report of the com
mittee shall be spread in full upon theminutes.
The candidate receiving the highest number of
votes for any office shall be declared elected, and
shall assume office within thirty days after notifica
tion. If the candidate fails to comply with the fore:
going provision, the office may be declared vacant,
and the Union shall proceed to fill the office in ac
cordance with Article 14, Section 3. Any member
who desires to be present during the canvas shall
be admitted upon showing his membership book
in good, standing.
MUTILATED BALLOTS
Section 9. Mutilated or disfigured ballots, or bal
lots marked with lead pencil, shall be deemed in
valid. Ballots torn in such a manner that part of
qualified voter present has had an opportunity to | the names of candiates or voting squares is de
stroyed are to be regarded as mutilated ballots.
Wliere the choice of any member for any office can
not be determined with certainty, the vote for such
office shall not be counted. This also applies where
a member has voted for more than the designated
numbfir of candidates to be elected to any office. All
vote. The Judge shall then count the numbered
stubs to verify the count of the clerks, and shall
enclose theui in a sealed envelope in the ballot box.
He shall then announce to the meeting, and the
Secrctarj'Treasurer, or Agent, shall record in the
minutes, (a) the number of ballots last distributed;
<b) the number of ballots canceled or destroyed,
and (c) the number of ballots deposited. The bal
lots shall then be placed in an'envelope provided
for the purpose and a slip of paper, also specifically
, provided, shall be signed by each member of the
ballots cast at any time, in anyplace and manner,
except as herin provided, shall be deemed invalid.
Section 10. AH committees mentioned in Article
XIII shall consist of six full book members in good
standing; two members from each department'.
Resolution Which Appears On .
All Official SIU Ballots; Mark
Either "Yes"or "No " When Voting
This resolution is printed in full belotv. Read it care
. fully, so that you will be familiar with all its provi
sions ufhen you cast your ballot.
FOREWORD
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IS HEREBY
SUBMIHED, THROUGH A MAJORITY VOTE OF
THE BRANCHES. TO THE MEMBERSHIP. .
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WORDING
OF THE RESOLUTION. IT IS NECESSARY FOR
TlHE MEMBERSHIP TO VOTE ON THE RESOLU
TION THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF A REFEREN
DUM VOTE; '
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, fhe cosf of all necessities has greatly
increased and the price of cigarettes and to
bacco has nearly doubled, and
WHEREAS, one dollar a week is hardly enough for
a man in the hospital to buy smokes, stamps.^
a few eats now and then and other necessities^
a man has to have, and • • • •
"WHEREAS, the hospital fund of the SIU of NA has
greatly increased and is in a position to stand
an added expense and our annual $2.00 assess
ment is enough to cover the present and added
expense of this fund, and
WHEREAS, $7,500.00 is the approximate amount
spent annually for deaths and hospital benefits
and the expense added will be at the most
$5,000.00 and if more, it will not be more than
double the.present expense, which will make it
$15,000.00, so, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that we change article XXV of the
Constitution to read $2.00 in place of $1.00,
so men In the hospital will have a few addi
„ nickels to spend, and be it further
RESOLVED, so that all members may have a chance
, to v<>tei on this matter, that this resolution, if
carried, be placed on the ballot for officials,
which will be cast during November and De
cember of this year.
ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING c Qt:
. THE^BOVE RESOLUTION? H
YES
Board Clears Seamen
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On . April 20, 1941, several ers at the Marine Bureau hearing.
Brothers on the 3.S. fclreyiock got | Mr. C. C. Johnson ^ •
'into a little argument with the j c..o, Charljon Ooburn
First AsBiKtant Engineer. "When | 68 William Street
they hit the beach, they discov| New York City
ered that charges had been
brought' against them. The case
was finally closetf with the receipt
• of |he, following letter. The letter
, is addressed toC. U. Johnson, the
Attorney 'W'ho defended th.e Broth
Dear Sir:
Referrinj to the trials of Jo
seph P. Schork, Fireman; Floyd
E. Hathaway, • OUer: Charles H.
Malpa^s, Able Seaman;. Warren
Conner, Able Seaman, and Frank
Gallick, Ordinary Seaman, on a
charge pf misconduct, arising
out of an altercation with Micha
el Clark. First Assistant Engin
eer, on April 20, 1941, while the
SS. Greylock was at Belra, Por
tuguese East Africa, you are In
formed that by the authority of
the director, this case Is hereby
closed.
Respectfully,
Alf 8. Lee, '
Robert 8. SmKh,
"C Marine: InvestfoMion;
BureAU of Marine Inspection.;
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