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DollaraYearMen Sabotage Shipping
Program To Protect Steel Monopolies
Spies Inform Sub Of
S.LU. Vessel's Name,
Cargo And Course
Can You Top
This?
Speaking of shipwreck stories,
here's one sent in by Ed Lynch,
of Philadelphia.
The United States Maritime Commission, dominated
by shipowners and steel barons, has again hit the headlines
— this time for sabotaging its own shipbuilding program at
a time when the rate of ship losses is outstripping the rate
of ship replacement.
The reason for this suicidal move^
would Higgins be able to build
is the determination of the big
ships
at a phenominal rate of speed
shipbuilding and steel producers to
"A certain skipper on one of
and for much less money (less
Three SIU Brothers lost their smashed into her. A tremendous
retain their grip upon their mon
lives last week when their ship explosion followed. A second tor our tubs that was sunk, wanted opoly and scuttle any men or profit therefore), but also that he
was torpedoed just outside of a pedo struck a minute later and the a couple of the ABs to put. oh methods that threaten them. The planned to obtain a large part of
diving suits and go down after
'• V :r
his iron ore and steel from Mexico
harbor in the Caribbean. The sur ship went down in five minutes.
war effort? That's entirely irrele
the ship," Brother Lynch writes.
The Navy gunners aboard fired
and from long idle mines in Ala
viving Brothers discovered later
"The skipper explained to the
vant. Profits is what makes the
bama.
that the attacking Nazis knew all round after round but their aim boys that all the over-time rec- wheels go 'round in Washington.
I
about their ship, even to the names was all guess work because they ords were in his quarters and it
These raw material sources were
It all started back in January
of the officers and the cargo carried. could see no sub. Two of the Navy was necessary that he get them
not controlled by the steel mon
when
a New Orlean's firm, headed
The ship was just approaching men were killed.
so none of the men could add an
opoly . . . and so Higgins got it in
by Andrew Higgins, set up a vast
the harbor when the torpedo Brother John Ossmow was sleep, hour or two and thus gyp the
the neck.
ship
building plant on acres of
ing on the number 5 hatch at the company."
When his shipyard was about
marshes near New Orleans. He had
(Editor's note: The Ab's asked
time of the first explosion. He was
half finished,
already having cost
blow 100 yards through the air overtime for diving, so the skip- a plan for mass production of Lib $10,000,000 and set to produce
and into the sea before he "knew per called the whole thing off.) erty Ships which would send them the first ship in September, he re
down the ways of his yard at the
what had happened." He rhanaged
ceived a curt notice from the Mar
to swim in circles until other sur Queer Speciinen Found rate of one a day. The Higgins itime Commission that his Govern
method meant that he could build
In accordance with the recently vivors in a lifeboat rescued him. On Dies Payroll
ships faster than any one in the ment contract was canceled.
adopted constitution, nominations He received a deep gash in his
When pressed by certain Con
country.
It was revealed July 17 that
for the various offices in the Great forehead and 3 double fracture, of
God k no ws the count ry ^ needs gressmen for an explanation of its
Hazel Hoffman, former agent of
Lakes District were held July 1 to the thigh.
amazing ruling, the Maritime Com
According to an account of the the fascist Constitutional Educa ships, the way the Nazi subs have
IJ, and elections are to be held
mission said that lack of steel
from August 1 to 31. The offices sinking carried in the Mobile Press, tional League, of New York, has been picking them off the past few caused the order.
to be filled at this election are; the sub later surfaced, sought out been on the Dies committee payroll months. So Higgins went to Wash
Higgins immediately exploded
Port Agents for the ports of Buf the skipper and questioned him. for a year. The league has boasted ington and got a contract from the
this
alibi and revealed the potential
Maritime
Commission
before
the
falo, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, The Nazi, speaking English with a of distributing 10,000,000 copies
source
of steel that was being
Milwaukee, and Duluth, :tnd Sec thick accent, asked the name of of antilabor propaganda. Joseph big steel barons and ship building
blocked
by the monopolies. He re
the sunken ship. When he learned Kamp, league president, was one of monopolies knew what he was up
retaryTreasurer for the district.
vealed
also
that the big shipbuild
to.
According to the district consti the name of the ship, he consult the sponsors of. a movement to
But when they found out . . . ! ers were behind the sabotage be
tution, any member who has had a ed a little book and recited the make Gen. George Van Horn
cause his modern, streamlined
All hell broke loose.
full book for six months, may port from wihch they had sailed, Moseley the fascist leader in the
methods
threatened their long and
They discovered that not only
nominate himself for any office he their Cargo and their destination. United States.
costly processes.
feels he is competent to handle.
M
"In my opinion the decision w^s
Under this system all the members
arrived at and enforced by dollar
arc given an opportunity to run
ayearmen," Higgins said. "Maybe
for office and no one can be dis
we are going to build ships too
criminated against. Candidates for
fast and too cheaply.
office must be United States citi
A feeble effort was made to
zens and must have had 18 months
launch a Congressional investiga
active service on United States ves
tion of the mess, but nothing ever
sels. Proof of such service as well
came of it.
as a letter indicating the office for
In recent weeks the shipowners have been among the noisiest in paying tribute to So, we may have less ships tliis
which the candidate intends to "the heroism and self sacrifice of the merchant seamen." Their sudden appreciation of
war—but at least we can be sure \
run, must be submitted at head
the role played by the seamen doesn't fool any — least of all the men that work for they will be made only of monoply
quarters between the first
and
them. While patting the seamen on the head in full public view, the shipowners continue steel and at a nice profit. That
fifteenth of July.
should comfort the seamen that
to knife him in the back in private — whenever they get the chance.
Names that will appear on the
get sunk in them.
Take, for instance, the question*
In many cases men are torpedoed
practice and to order the ship
ballot set up by the Committee on
of wages for survivors of tor
owners to continue a man's salary three or four days out and when
Candidates are as follows:
pedoes. The minute the men hit the
A Case of Double
right up until the time of the they land they have a very small
SecretaryTreasurer, Great Lakes
beach (maybe after weeks in an
Bookkeeping
pay
off
due
them.
They find,
how
payoff.
District: Mardy Polaner, Book
open lifeboat) some shipowners
ever,
that
they
can't
even
collect
The
following
is
the
full
text
of
3005.
stop their wages. More than that,
"WASHINGTON, July 26. —
Agent, Port of Buffalo: Carl it sometimes takes a full week be the letter sent to the WEB by the small amount until the operat Reflecting the gravity of current
ors go through a lot of red tape in
Brother John Hawk:
Wickard, Book 935.
fore the red tape can be cut
shipping situations, the War
respect to their records. Men have
July
2 5,
1942
Agent, Port of Cleveland: Ed through and the men even receive
Shipping Administration today
been forced, in some cases, to wait, issued a new war risk rate
ward Wares, Book 1774; Charles the money due them from time Maritime War Emergency Board
as long as three weeks before be' schedule which in most cases
Edward Macauley, Chairman
Chesher. Book 1432r
spent at sea.
ing
payed off. In the meantime,' doubles, and in some cases
Department of Commerce Bldg.
Agent, Port of Detroit: Dan
%
All during this time the ship Washington, D. C.
their wages have stopped and they triples, previous rates on export
Dwyer, Book 1775; Fred Leonard,
owners will salaam before the Gentlemen:
must depend upon, friends and cargoes destined for foreign
Book 1416.
"heroes" when anybody is look
credit
for their very existence. ports."
Under your Decision 5, Revised,
Agent, Port of Chicago: Ray
ing, but won't come across with Article 3, paragr.iph 1, wages and They are prevented from returning
—Journal of Commerce
Forst, Book 473; Herbert Jansen,
any dough so the "hero" can fill bonus of torpedoed seamen cease to their families, from shipping out
Book 1562.
And what's happened to the
the moiviciit they are landed a again, from doing anything but
Agent, Port of Milwaukee: his belly.
bonus
rates paid seamen? In
The SIU has formally called up shore. This has resulted in hard sitting and waiting.
Frank Sullivan, Book 14.
actual practice they have gone
I
It is the opinion of this organi
Agent, Port of Duluth: William on the Maritime War Emergency ships for the men and I respect
down!
Board to correct this twofaced, fully call upon you to correct it.
Stevenson, Book 566.
{Continned on Page 4)
Great Lakes S.I.U.
Election Set Aug.l
Seafarers Demand WEB Protect Torpedo
Victims From Shipowners' Wage Chisel
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BROUGHT
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AffiliaM %otth th* American Federation 0/ tofror
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I.L.G.W.U. Builds AFL Building Trades
Soho Club For Win Over BrassHats
British Seamen
The controversy between the around $2 per hour, varying with
WLB Uses Steel Ruling
As Precident To Keep
All Wages Down
New York AFL Building Trades the construction trades.
The men of the British merchant Council and the Navy, over the
The AFL victory provides that
marine now have a swanky Soho hiring of nonunion labor on Navy
club, built for them with funds building projects, was settled this AFL men will be placed on 13
raised by the members of the In week—and the Brass Hats came off other Navy projects in and around
New York City.
Labor is beginning to reap the fuil fruits of the in ternational Ladies Garment Work second best.
ers Union here in this country.
famous "Little Steel" decision handed down last week by The ILGWU took up a voluntary Under the settlement the AFL Thus ends another Brass Hat at
workers are to take over all of the tempt to .break down union wages
the National War Labor Board. In that decision the Board collection among its membership construction work on the Navy's and conditions. But before the vic
denied the workers a $laday wage boost—even though and raised $75,000 for the club. $4,000,000 Fort Schuyler maritime tory was won, the AFL had to
This is the first time that the training project in the Bronx, This threaten to strike all Navy con
a subcommittee had reported that the bosses could easily merchant seamen have been pro was previously being built with struction work in the area. Brass
vided with recreation quarters in WPA labor which received 50c per Flats don't give up their scab plans
afford the raise.
hour. The AFL wage scale is easily.
the heart of London.
The decision was obviously aimed, not only at the Dispatches from London reveal
workers in "Little Steel," but at all workers who would in fliat two rooms in the club are to
be reserved for "the exclusive use
the future appeal to the Board for relief from skyrocket of officers." We are certain that
ing living costs. The truth of this statement was revealed such a policy is not approved by
the ILGWU, but rather is the re
today—one short week after the Steel decision.
sult of the influence of British
Pinkerton And Bums Dicks
On San Pedro Wharves
1,200 employees of the RemingtonRand Company shipowners.
(having surrendered the right to strike) appealed to the
New Labor Research
WLB to order a boost in thek wages so that they could
meet the increased cost of living. The WLB rejected the Bureau Established
plea! And in doing so, they used the Steel decision as a Establishment of the American
Labor Archive and Research Insti
precident.
SAN PERDO, Cal.—A protest
against use of detectives from the
Pinkerton and Burns agencis on
government property on the San
PedroWilmington waterfront has
been made by the San PedroWil
mington Labor Review, local AFL
paper.
tute, under the honorary chair
The WLB said frankly that the wage "fprmula" ar manship of President William
rived at in the Steel decision would henceforth be applied to Green of the American Federation
of Labor, was announced yesterday
all cases submitted to the Board.
by Algernon Lee, President of the
Rand School of Social Science, at 7
Now just what does this mean?
East 15 th Street, New York.
the hiring of the men from the out
lawed agencies.
"One of th background reasons
for this condition is said to be the
fact that, unless the private dick
agencies are called in, employers
will be forced to hire union watch,
men."
Quoting an 1893 federal act
which bars employment of Pinker
tons by the government, the paper
• NGARD
A. HYSTAD
says: "It is as good today as when Your draft board ia looking for
it was passed on the heels of a bru you. At your firat opportunity con
tal massacre of union workers by tact Goard No. 76, 434 Mills Build
Pinkerton men during the Home ing, San Francisco, Calif.
GEORGE. 0. FRANCIS and
stead steel strike.
PERSONALS
It means that the Board has become an open ally of The purpose of the Institute is
FRED HETHCOAT
to collect and make available the "Caught in a jumble of govern
Get in touch with Attorney Rich
the bosses who fight any and all raises in pay because such historical records of the labor ment red tape, the status of die ard M. Cantor, 51 Chambers Street,
boosts mean less profits. The WLB may surround its de movement" and "to promote re private dicks has been skillfully ob New York City.
search studies that will be useful to scured. Smokescreen tactics include
WEIZENBORN
cisions with a lot of involved phrases concerning the Na labor and civic bodies." As explain ririgiixg in the Navy, the Maritime You EDWIN
have $258.60 due from Alcoa
tions' economy, but stripped of all the window dressing ed by Mr. Lee, it has set itself the Commission, and the former own 8. 8. Co. Collect at Alcoa office, 17
of making "a complete collec ers of the seized ships as parties to Battery Place, New York City. .
the decisions constitute clear sabotage of labor's struggle task
tion of all material, printed or in
for decent living standards.
manuscript, bearing upon any
Editor's Mail Bag
July 21, 1942
Seafarers Log
New York, N. Y.
Gentlemen:
I have a son, W. E. Hayes, fire
inan on merchant boats. In 1941
and 1942 he made two trips to the
Far East on a SIU ship. There was
from Baltimore for parts and boat
unknown to mc.
Would like to subscribe for six
months to the Seafarers Log of the
Atlantic & Gulf District. Mail pa
per and bill to:
Mrs. Ed. F. Hayes,
. Palmetto, Florida,
Box 238
an item in the Seafarers' Log of
Cuba To Aid
by J. L., in reference to his ship's Idle Seamen
June 18, 1942, "Out of the FocsT'
return voyage. It might be inter
• csting to you to know that W. E. Thc Cuban Government, ac
Hayes was one of the boys cording to advices from the Cuban
that was left in Colombo} Ceylon, Maritime Workers Union, has ear
last March when Japan raided.(Znl marked large sums for the relief of
ombo. He eventually arrived safe unemployed seamen, dockers and
in New York and after spending a other maritime workers. These men
few days at home has now sailed numbei' iSiaM than 12,000.
phase of labor history from any
angle," classifying and cataloguing
it, and putting it at the service of
labor organizations and of schol
ars in the field of economics, so^
cial history, and sociology. The
nucleus of the collection, it was
stated, comprises some 20,000
items provided by the Rand School
of Social Science, including raie
and outofprint books about the
labor movement, files of labor pe
riodicals, convention reports, min
ute books, pamphlets, leaflfets and
so forth, some of them dating
back to the 1850s. Already, in some
six months of preparatory work,
several thousand additional items
have been obtained by gift from
organizations and individuals.
DO NOT SHIP
THEODORE OLSpIR ..... P7648
DANIEL MCCARTHY ..... P7864
WALTER PACHUCKI
P737
JOSEPH E. GAU.GHAN .... P6e27
In Memory of These
Brothers Lost At Sea
Hue To Enemy AcBon
HAROLD D. WHITEHEAH . • Fireman
J. M. HALL
Fireman
JOHN ASH
Fireman
STEPHEN DAVID =
Oiler
WILMER STARUS
Qiler
JAMES SMITH
Steward
JOHN DOOLEY
Cook
HUGH T. MURPHY • •
Messman
WARNER DINGER .
A B
CHARLES MacCASKILL
.OS
ALEX FORSSMAN
• .. AB
T. (PAT) O'BRIEN
AB
MATIAZ SANTIAGO
... OS
LEROY F. DEUTSCH
Oiler
n
�Thursday, )uly 30, 1942
I
THE SEAFARERS' LOG
WHATS iX5iNG
Around the Ports
BOSTON
Page Tliree
SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION
OF NORTH AMERICA
Anjumc and ODLP DI8TBICT
SecretaryTr^osuror's Office
loom 218 — 2 ftoM StrMt Rsw York City
R e. Bos 21, Stoflon P
Phonw BOwling Groea
• be all Navy and no Merchant Ma• department know anything about
rine.
this, Robert?
By
DO®GTORY OF BRANCHES
What is really meant though, is
This old port has awakened all
WaANC»
ADDBES8
PHONE
to take from a free Seafaring class of a sudden, and things are hum
JOHN MOGAN
all their rights and privileges anc ming somewhat better than in the
NEW YOBZ .,^..^.^2 Stono St —
BOwllng Gresn 81^6
nnoTOM
BOwltng Green 9S4IQ
past month or so. The office force
Rcccntly there appeared in one put them in the status of serfs.
^
800 AtlcmllG Ave
Liberty 4p57
We seamen have a day of our (1 guy) has been working so hard
' of Hearsts* Boston newspapers an
• —^85 South Mcdn St
Mcmning 3572
14 North Gay St __....CaJvert 4539
• e ditorial with the title "Forgotten own when we pay" tribute to the that his sitting down place has'
®
81^ 01
Lombard 7651
"Heroes" (meaning our Merchant forgotten heroes who have died on spread out so far that a guy walked
^ Commercial PI.
Norfolk 41083
the picket line and those that are in the other day and said: "Hello,
Chartreg St
MAgnolia 3962
Marine Seamen).
Savannah 31728
Twothirds of this editorial was slowly dying from T.B. in their Harry Collins." The office force
206 So. Fratiklin St ...,..Tampa MM1323
devoted to extoling the praises of sacrifices so that those after them (still 1 guy) thanked him for the
—
^5 So. Conception St....Dexter 1449
45 Ponce de Leon
Puerto de Tlerra
the neglected heroes of this war. It who go down to the sea in ships compliment. The Patrolman's dogs
GALVESTON
2014 Market Street
Galveston 28043
may
have
a
better
world
to live
in.
are
getting
in
the
same
mess
from
goes on to mention the heroic deeds
In conclusion, if these crackpots tramping all over the waterfront
and sacrifices, the hardships and
who
earn their bread and butter settling "Liberty Maiden" beefs.
devilmaycare spirit of the seamen.
The three Don Juans, Edward
All this in very glowing terms, through our democratic system of
and mind you, they are doing all Government continue to write ed March, Samuel Breustcdt and Jo
this without uniforms or medals! itorials calling for free labor to be seph Mullen were elected to repre
Evidently to the writer of this ar regimented and controlled by fed sent the SIU at an USO Meeting.
ticle and those who pay him, it eral bureaus or agencies, then they All three did a swell job, and the
jtist doesn't seem possible that any should be forced to read and study seamen will now receive free base
group of men would risk their lives the Declaration of Independence ball tickets, threatre tickets, bowl
We have informed the brothers how a sea buoy and a porpoise
or make any sacrifices unless they and that greatest document of all, ing tickets, swimming tickets and were the causes of sinkings, but the latest one was a shark. A brand
wore a uniform or had their chests The Constitution of These United free soda water (Lord have mercy). new vessel was sunk three days out of New York on her maiden voy
Only soda water. Also the Mer
States.
plastered with medals.
chant
stiffs will have their own in age. She was in a convoy of nine ships, protected by five destroyers.
Well, these same newspaper own
dividual club, and will not have to The ship had 62 Army technicians aboard. One of them noticing
ers and their pet writers did very
PHILADELPHIA
mix with any other sections of the something moving through the water about a 1000 yards off, thought
little toward helping the heroes of
By
said
USO. The same old NMU tac. it was a shark approaching the ship. He didn't divulge this informa
World War I, and if I remember
tics
were brought
up to try and get tion to anyone until he was in a lifeboat. Fortunately, no one was
correctly they were very much
EDWARD LYNCH
control,
but
the
three Don Juans lost. It seems as though the Company was very peeved over the loss
'against paying the bonus as they
went to bat in good old SIU style of the ship and took it out on the orew. The Union has contacted the
thought it was money wasted. As
"Kismet" please, oh please tell
and
won every point that they powers that be, and we're sure that in the future the brothers will' be
for the seamen wearing a uniform us Philly stiffs why they are send
went
after. The main one being to
or sporting medals, any one with ing every damned Liberty ship that
given better treatment when taken ashore.
h#ve
a nonpartisan citizen in
common sense should know that is built into this port? They, at one
A
A
A
by doing so will not make the sea time, were just a headache, but charge. We also won that, but the
Henry Czerkies has survived his second sinking. The first time
USO
insisted
on
Merchant
Seamen
men more brave or heroic than now the Patrolman and the hired
his ship was sunk it was a day away from New York for the comple
drinking soda water.
they have always been. I still re hands in the office are carrying
No more news, dirt, or mud tion of a six months' voyage. This time his ship was hit three days
member a bit, of y. S. history and vial of digitalis around in their
slinging
for the time being,
out of New York on the start of a voyage. He's ready to ship again.
how John Paul Jones and his mer brief cases, as the said iron palookas
will
ring
the
bell
down
on
this
act.
That's the proper spirit. Carroll Quinnt, who shipped as Bosu'n on S
chant seamen won more naval bat have developed into a real heart
See you later, Biotheis.
tanker, got off in San Antonio. Honest John Fitzpatrick, now in. the
tles than any similar group en ache.
FLASH"
The
revolution
has
Navy, dropped in to say Hello. He was telling how they made his
gaged in naval warfare and I doubt
Andy Klee walked into the office
• i f they posessed a sweater, let the other day and said to the hired arrived. Arthur (Scientific) Samp ship hit 27 knots to escape a sub. Most of the brothers could find him
son and Matt (Johnny Doughboy)
alone uniforms.
hand: Look, Brother Stooge; I al
in some Australian port, as his ship is there about once a month.
After this war is over and vic ways knew that Brother Harry ynn returned to these happy
AAA
tory is ours, the seamen can expect Collins had a big belly, but is it lunting grounds.
John Campbell, No. 202, dropped in. After being torpedoed on
a reversal of form along with a big enough to digest the beefs that
one of the Delta ships, he was called into the Navy. His ship was five
NEW ORLEANS
change of heart from those that he must get when these Iron lilcs
miles away when they rushed to tlie aid of the Jacob Jones. Another
now sing their glories because, hit Little olde New York? R.S.V.P.
By
brother, John King was in the engine room when the destroyer was
aligned with the shipowners they Harry.
knocked
off, being one of the fortunate ones to escape without mis
"ARMY"
. will be the first to make every ef
Most of the "Ridge Runners"
hap. Brother Campbell is still paying his dues and states that if all
~ fort to deprive the seamen, by fair are returning to these parts—such
As I suppose the whole world is the brothers did the same, the organization would be the strongest,
means or foul tactics, of all they fellows as: Dago Rodgers, Frank
have gained, and their first
job Clifton, Bill Carney, Earl Note familiar now with the closing of financially. Brother Covert is also of the same opinion. It is the spirit
will be to try and smash our ^ ware, Ray Oates, Red Healy, Vin what was to be the twentieth cen of fellows like them that will make the SIU a byword in every
unions, for well they knOW that cenzo Russo and innumerable tury's greatest contribution to household. Our hat is off to them.
ship building. Fortyfour ships a
seamen without unions are power others,
The hair of Casey Jones, the month, brother, is really building
less.
In Detroit the Chris Craft Co., Before leaving this subject, if
We have made many gains these hired hand in the office is really ships, and that would go a long
past eight years and we intend to^ gray now. One month in the of way to maintain the present rate who are building Higgins boats had any yards are waiting for wind
strengthen and further our gains fice relieving Jo Jo and myself for so that the tin fish would have seven (7) boats built, and a ware lesses, hause pipes, anchors or what
as time goes on. We know from our vacations has taken 13 lbs. off plenty to hunt for. The reason house with two (2) hundred mo not, this city has a whole yard full
experience and bitter struggle that of the hired hand, and turned his stated for closing the yard was that tors in it. Tish, tish, and these guys and Brother I mean full. This, al
very few newspapers contributed hair to silver. You just can't take the steel mills could not turn out get a buck a year plus thirty bucks though the SS Washington came in
toward our security and .the Hearst it Casey. That fast life will get the steel in sufficient amounts to a day expenses. No wonder Higgins here the other day with windlass
piublications, with all their exag you—This is the voice of Experi handle the present yards through rated that he was worth more trouble, the man in the chain lock
out the country, also this yard here. than the buck per year stiff, and er has to jump for his life because
gerated and magnified sensational ence speaking—Yes, sez me.
Leo Gillis, Exmessman has now Maybe yes and maybe no; but it asked and got a buck a month.
ism, were our biggest enemy,
the Limey type jumps at every
blocking our progress at every turned into an AB (Ropechoker to would be a hell of a lot better to They held a mass meeting here shackle. Nothing, of course, could
turn in our fight to live like de youse guys) and along witli turn out steel now than turn out in the Civic Centre last Tuesday be done about this sort of thing as
George (The Graeco) Karpetos, what they are ordered to in the
cent people should live.
evening and had quite a few very it might hold up the ship for a
If these wouldbe Good Samar arc dealing the piecards plenty of event they don't get enough ships good speakers doing their stuff. couple of days. But when some
itans really wish to help the sea misery, and all about the tobacco built.
Holt Ross, Southern A.F.L. big thing like the Evangiline comes up,
The unions here have a few more
men of the U. S. Merchant Marine, being lifted from the tobacco box.
shot, easily led the field, he called where the ship starts to sea and has
they can cooperate with the rep We'll now take the testimony of cases of the dollarayear manage a spade a spade and stated right out to come back because the reefer
ment that goes along with closing
resentatives of The Seafarers' In Gillis.
in church that the whole damn system fouls up, that's O.K. After
Sam (Bicycle pump) Foss ship this yard, after sinking 17 million
ternational Union in their efforts
mess was somebody's dumbness, if all, that isn't for the nasty old
seaman.
toward better legislation for sea ped out as deck engineer on a Bull bucks in it. AFTER, not BEFORE. not something worse.
One of them is the fact that this
liner.
So till the big brains get out and
men.
Robert Kennedy, the sougee same Higgins who makes the P.T.s
This will mean a lot to us here let the war be won before they
And now for the last part of
this editorial "favoring" Merchant rag with the Pepsodent smile, had around four hundred 'built, in the S.LU. as we could have ex mess around Washington, I'll sign
Seamen. It goes on to state that the came home to roost, and now he ready to go except for one minor pected at least half the ships which off saying it's Hell that we lose so
Merchant Marine should be made merely sits around and talks to detail, which was the motors were would have been built here, now many good men, but I'll bet that
a part of the Navy, with Navy himself as follows: Take me back not being delivered. Result, foiu* we will have to wait for the old if those who have been lost had
decipiine and ' Navy standards. to dear old Murmansk and my lit hundred vitallyneeded boats lay established yards to continue at the their say-so they would say WE
same old rate.
fi|?*w silly! If this happens it would tle Russian Chilao, Does your war ing around.
WOULD DO IT AGAIN.
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THE SEAFARERS' LOG
Thursday, July 30, 1942 ^
Labor United Against
SEAMAN SEES SUB SUPPLIED Pay
Freezing
SOMEWHERE IN CARIBBEAN
SJ.U. Demands «>
Survivors' Wages.
^37ASHINGTON, July 2 J —
An American seamen who was was trying to set up such supply one of which tore loose the deck Labor's united position against Be Protected
held prisoner for four days on
depots in American waters.
grating. The deck guns replied wage freezing and for continuance
{Contimiei from Page 1)
Nazi submarine in the Caribbean
Archie Gibbs of Roscoe, Tex., the vigorously while the sweating Na of collective bargaining on wage
zation that the moral of the sea
landed at an east coast port last seaman, was picked up after the zis tugged at the torpedo.
questions was reaffirmed by CIO men, and the interests of the en
night and reported that the Uboat sub had sunk his ship and was final
"It must have taken 30 min
President Philip Murray and AFL tire merc'hant service, can be best
replenished its torpedoes from
ly forced to jump overboard from utes," Gibbs said, "and then we
President Wm. Green in a tal served by continuing the wages of
supply base somewhere in the Ca the Uboat and swim to a smal crashdived—deep."
with President Roosevelt this week torpedoed seamen up until the
ribbean and was damaged by an fishing boat which the Nazi com
Gibbs also reported there seemed
Allied plane while loading.
mander had halted at sea to receive to be some difference of opinion
The restatement took place at actual time of paying off.
Several operators are already .fol
. His story, cleared without com him.
aboard regarding Der Fuehrer. One meeting of the "Labor Victor
lowing
this practice, but others re
ment by censorship, was the first
Gibbs was unable to locate the sailor who shouted: "Heil Hitler," Board" composed of Murray, Green
fuse
to do
so until formally direct
eyewitness account of Axis supply spot where he said the sub took on was soundly beaten by the others, and two representatives each from
ed
by
your
Board. We hope," there
operations in the Caribbean. How the torpedoes, but thought it wais he reported.
JGIO and AFL with the President
fore,
that
you
will give this prob
ever, there was no indication that near shore because of the ground
—PM, July 27 in the White House.
lem
your
closest
attention and .
his statement was accepted as con swell.
hand down a ruling in the near
crete evidence. Early this month
On the night of June 17, he said,
future.
the Military Command of the Pan a lone plane surprised the submar
Very truly yours,
ama Canal Zone revealed arrests of ine and "the Germans worked like
JOHN FJVWK
20 people said to be members of an hell to get a torpedo, which was
elaborate ring engaged in supplying halfway down the forward tube,
Nazi submarines along the Carib into the sub." There were two
bean coast of Sentral Ameria. PM shocks as if from bombs, he said,
Plans for the establishment of an financial strength necessary to take
last January warned that the Axis both of which rocked the ship and International Labor Federation
their rightful place in the organiz
Company Unions Planning
Third Labor Federation
Labor Union Front
ig.:,;'.
Merchant Seamen
Receive Fur Vests<
competition to the AFL and CIO ed labor movement, including rep
were announced this week in resentation on various government
Chicago by a conference of so al bodies, both State and national, FromGarment Ind.
called "independent labor unions." and distribution of information
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Mer
Significant is the fact that some and statics on wages, hours and
chant
seamen on ships carrying
notorious company unions arc other conditions of employment in
supplies
overseas will be outfitted "
among the founders of the new various industries."
UNIONS ASK SEIZURE ters) to bring John L. Lewis into movement. Included in the Feder What the statement didn't re with fur vests, capsi and mittens
the American Federation of La ation are: East Coast Alliance of veal was the fact that this new or wear in the Arctic, through an
OF MUNITIONS PLANT bor,"
was made today by the In Independent Shipyard Unions of "Federation" will probably func. arrangement made by the New
Vi
ternational
Teamster, monthly or America, Independent Employes tion as the bosses' Jth column York Central High School of
EAST ALTON, 111., July 24.—
Veedle Trades with the American
Association of Ampco Ajax, Mil within the labor movement.
The executive council of A. F. L. gan of the Tobin union.
led Cross.
unions operating in the Western The article is headed "Tobin waukee Gas, Light Company Em
Impetus for the plan came from f
Wants
Unity
—
Not
Lewis."
It
ployees,
National
Federation
of
Cartridge Company plant here, de
UBOAT
HIJACKS
the
magazine "Fur Trade Review,"
states
that
it
is
made
in
reply
to
Telephone Workers, and other such
manded today that the War De
which
related in the March issu6|
recently
published
statements
from
organizations.
partment take over operation of
SHIP'S FOOD, OIL
the story
of fur workers in Canada '
the company immediately to pre Washington to the effect that the The conference was called by
who
were
making hundreds of such •
vent a general walkout of workers. chief of the carpenters' union was Matthew Smith, national secretary
MIAMI, July 28.—Capt. Walter
Identical telegrams to President seeking to manoeuver Mr. Lewis's of the Mechanics Educational So Crosland told the Navy yesterday vests for the Royal Canadian Navy* •
and Merchant Marinei Since that
ciety of America.
Roosevelt, Donald Nelson, chair return to the A. F. of L. fold.
how an Axis submarine hijacked
A prepared statement to the his 15foot motorship Gertrude, time, a similar plan has been pro
man of the War Production Board,
posed in Syracuse, N. Y., Nash
press said:
and William Green, president of Sirikebreaking
stripped her of supplies and sank
ville,
Tenn., and Racine, Wis.
"The purpose of the proposed her within sight of the lights of
the American Federation of Labor, Mail Boxes Removed
Using
"rejects" donated by New
third labor party is to give inde Havana Harbor.
said that the government would
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — As
York fur manufacturers, students
have to take over the plant "to precaution against strikes, Knox pendent unions the numerical and
Crosland said he was transport
at
the needle.trades school have be
prevent stoppage of work which ville streetcars carried U. S. letter
ing 40,000 pounds of onions and
gun
production of vests which will
the company is agitating."
boxes on their sides for 24 years Lounge To Be Opened canned goods from Miami to Cuba,
be
distributed
to members of the
Pat McCartney, A. F. L. reprcj since the device was developed as
on a night run, when a voice
merchant
marine.
sentative who was sent here from a means of breaking a strike by For Merchant Seamen boomed out of the darkness:
Washington, asserted, however, bringing workers under federal law
"Abandon ship immediately."
that "there will be no walkout." if they molested or stopped scabs
A lounge for merchant seamen
"It sounded like it came over a INFORMATION
Among antilabor practices al ^ on the vehicles,
of the United Nations will be loudspeaker," Crosland said.
leged were "compelling workers to^ On June 30 the company ofli
The sub's crew boarded and ON INSURANCE
opened soon by the American
work around furnaces without cially announced that it had dis
rifled the ship, he related, blowing PAYMENTS
proper ventilation, transferring continued the practice on orders of Theatre Wing War Service, Inc., it up after about an hour's work.
• > workers from one job to another' the Office of Defense Transporta sponsors of the Stage Door Can
In addition to the food, the U
After you have designated your
and in general agitating workers to tion.
teen in Fortyfourth Street, New boat also got a quantity of Diesel
beneficiary, inform that person. In*
such an extent that they are daily
Uncle Sam paid the transporta York, where stars of stage, screen fuel oil and a drum of cylinder oil.
the
event that you are one of the
demanding that they be permitted tion line $1 a year for picking up and radio entertain hundreds of
to strike against the intolerable mail at every designated car stop. uniformed service men nightly.
unfortunate, seaman who docs not
Portuguese Ships
conditions."
Letter writers simply walked to the The new lounge, the location of
return from sea, it is not necessary ..
side of the car and dropped their which has not yet been decided up Limited By Nazis
for your beneficiary to retain a
UMen Probe Beating epistles in a conveniently located on, will be for sailors oftankers
lawyer to collect the $J,000 in
slot. Mailmen emptied the boxes at and freighters, who, according to To Baltimore Port
Of A. P. L. Men
surance benefit.
the end of each run.
the Theatre Wing, "although they
Tell your beneficiary to contact
In recent years, with the devel wear no uniforms and receive slight
MARION, N. C.—The Depart
Under what shipping authorities
ment of Justice has granted a re opment of the bus, the Knoxville recognition, through their courage called a "verbal navicert" system, your union hall for full informa
quest of the Southern Workers De busses also provided traveling mail and fortitude keep open the sea German blockade authorities told tion. This money could be collect
lanes."
fense League for an investigation boxes as an antistrike measure.
Portuguese shipping companies ed without a lawyer and at no cost
Heading the committee formed that all their ships sailing for the to the beneficiary. Some attorneys
into companyinspired mob vio
to locate premises for the lounge United States "must go to Balti are charging as hi^h as $1,000 to
lence against three union organiz U. M. W. Buys
arc
Constance Collier, actress, and more instead of New York."
ers distributing leaflets Jbefore a Dally Newspaper
collect the insurance.
Mrs.
Brock Pemberton, wife of the
furniture factory here. The or
Portuguese shippers said that in
ganizers were members of the
GLACE BAY, N. S., July 28— producer. Others on the committee view of the German stand "we
ASSESSMENT!
United Brotherhood of Carpen The sale of The Gazette, Glace are Nedda Harrigan, Mrs. Lawrence shall not be able to ship more cork
ters & Joiners (AFL).
Bay's only daily newspaper, to the Tibbett, Ruth Draper and Mrs. because Baltimore is congested and
Remember there Is a
District 26 organization of the Byford Ryan.
unable to handle such .merchandise
United Mine Workers of America
at present."
Tobin Denies
$2 Organizational Asr
ON
CLOTHES!!
was
disclosed
today
in
a
front
Although German blockade au ses^ment which goes
Conspiracy with Lewis
page announcement in the paper.
thorities issue no papers to ships
If you are not claim sailing from Portugal, the com to the International.
The union purchased the 42
WASHINGTON, July 27—An
assertion that Daniel J. Tobin, yearold afternoon paper from A. ing more than $ 150 for panies must contact them and fol
The payment is volun
president of the International D. MacNeill, its owner and man loss of personal ef low their instructions regarding tarily! How good a
Brotherhood of Teamsters, A. F. of aging director for twentyfive
fects, '
you do < not have'""'"
"
th® froght and persons they carry, Union man are yousr Ai
L., was not "conspiring with Wil years. The purchase gave the U. M.
liam L. Hutcheson (president of W, its first daily publication in to bother making out or else "sail at their own risk," it Have you paid your $2
an Iteimzed list.
1 was said.
the United Brotherhood of Caimcn Canada.
obligation?
J
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Headlines:
DOLLAR-A-YEAR MEN SABOTAGE SHIPPING PROGRAM TO PROTECT STEEL MONOPOLIES
SPIES INFORM SUB OF S.I.U VESSEL'S NAME, CARGO AND COURSE
CAN YOU TOP THIS?
GREAT LAKES SIU ELECTION SET AUG. 1
QUEER SPECIMEN FOUND ON DIES PAYROLL
SEAFARERS DEMAND WEB PROTECT TORPEDO VICTIMS FROM SHIPOWNERS' WAGE CHISEL
A CASE OF DOUBLE BOOKKEEPING
WLB USES STEEL RULING AS PRECIDENT TO KEEP ALL WAGES DOWN
ILGWU BUILDS SOHO CLUB FOR BRITISH SEAMEN
AFL BUILDING TRADES WIN OVER BRASS-HATS
PINKERTON AND BURNS DICKS ON SAN PEDRO WHARVES
NEW LABOR RESEARCH BUREAU ESTABLISHED
SEAMAN SEES SUB SUPPLIED SOMEWHERE IN CARIBBEAN
LABOR UNITED AGAINST PAY FREEZING
COMPANY UNIONS PLANNING THIRD LABOR FEDERATION
MERCHANT SEAMEN RECEIVE FUR VESTS FROM GARMENT IND.
STRIKEBREAKING MAIL BOXES REMOVED
U-BOAT HIJACKS SHIP'S FOOD, OIL
LOUNGE TO BE OPENED FOR MERCHANT SEAMEN
PORTUGUESE SHIPS LIMITED BY NAZIS TO BALTIMORE PORT
UNIONS ASK SEIZURE OF MUNITIONS PLAN
G-MEN PROBE BEATING OF A.F.L. MEN
TOBIN DENIES CONSPIRACY WITH LEWIS
U.M.W. BUYS DAILY NEWSPAPER
INFORMATION ON INSURANCE PAYMENTS
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