http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/a87e026b2bb19aa2eae3f209076132de.PDF ba75687cc0f60e83a1c412799a2685fa PDF Text Text o •T" ••el OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GT!J|,g|m^TRICT, SEAFAEERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA VOL. IV. 280 NEW YORK, N. Y., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1942 No. 3« Lundeberg Leads SIU-SUP In Successful Defens^ Of Jones Act - • AFL-CIO To End Raiding Tactics Maritime labor scored an important victory this last week when it smashed a move to shelve the Jones Act for the duration of the war and to place all seamen under the rigid compensation scale which apply to federal employees. Jurisdictional disputes between Led by the SIU-SUP, maritime labor set the shipown­ the AFL and CIO are to be hence­ forth settled by arbitration rather than by the knock down and drag out fights which in the past have often- been the proceedure. This was agreed to by joint AFL and CIO committees now meeting in Washington to consider the ques­ tion-of organic unity between the two labor groups. ^ The above picture was sent out by the publicity department of the American Red Cross. It purports to show warm woolen socks and sweaters being packed by Red Cross workers in preparation for distribution to merchant seamen. While the Red Cross cashes in on this sort of publicity, StU men plead in vain for any of the supplies. We are in possession of a letter from a high Red Cross official to the Master of an 81U ship in which it is stated that merchant seamen are not eligible to receive Red Cross equipment. It ap­ pears that they can't receive the socks until AFTER they have been torpedoed! Looks like only a dead seaman is a hero to the Red Cross.' GENERALISSIMO If effective, this plan will end raiding by labor unions affiliated with either group, and constitutes the first step toward real peace in the labor movement. The agreement is to remain in force "until labor unity is effect­ ed," according to the document signed by all committee members. L, Shipowner Wants Small Men Who Fit Narrow Escape On Antique Rust Bucket I tl it) The whole fight revtdved around a House bill numbered 7424, which in its original form was acceptable to labor. After public hearings on the bill had ended, however, it was secretly amended to provide for the elimination of the right of seamen to sue the shipowners for injuries and to receive maintenance and cure. In its amended form it wa» smuggled through the House and This is a picture of Lammot was in the Senate Committee on^ du Pont. He looks like what he"Merchant Marine and Fisheries bois—head man of America's in­ fore the SIU-SUP got wind of, "We agree to the establishment dustrialists who are out to what was up. of a Joint A. F. of L.-C. I. O. com­ smash labor, du Pont has been mittee to hear and decide any dis­ Prompt and vigorous objections puted jurisdictional differences that meeting secretly with other re­ were sent to Washington from may arise between the two aboveactionary leaders and planning both coasts and SIU officials rush­ named organizations. a new offensive against unions ed to Washington to side track the "If the joint committee fails to shipowner move. while they are stripped of their agree upon a complaint lodged with right to strike^ BY C, J. 8. President Harry Lundeberg the committee it shall select a dis­ First result of the du Pont worked an entire week in Wash­ I hope the men, when voting they pull now with the old saying, interested arbiter to render a de­ I ington, day and night, button­ conferences was an announce­ take time out to read the resolu­ "We are at war!" cision on the disput in question. holing Congressmen, Senators, The arbiter's decision shall be final tion on the ballot in regards to the - Let's vote yes on the strike as­ ment by the National Associa­ and binding on both parties. shipowners, and labor leaders. By strike assessment and will then sessment and build a strike fund tion of Manufacturers that it the end of last week the amend" vote "YES." It will'take a nice big enough so we can really give "In the event an arbiter cannot was greatly increasing its ment had been killed. piece of change to fight the ship­ them a battle when. they try to be agreed upon by the committee "educational" budget. owner when this is over and if move in on us. Under the bill as now consti­ {Continued on Page 2) we don't get it now when we are tuted, and waiting to be presented making it, it will be just "too wet to the Senate, men working on to plpw" when the war is over. government ships have the right to trial by jury in compensation The shipowner is getting his cases, and all other privileges ac­ now and I'll bet he's putting some cording men on private ships under aside for that day when the unions for 23 years. He later claimed this port they even offered to pay­ the Jones Act. will have to force the agreements the War Shipping Administration off the heavy men in the blackBy JOE BUCKLEY upon them that were in force be­ would have to give him authority gang so they could hire small men This continual howl of sabotage to repair the ship. The prize re­ from the Union Hall and sail the Thousands of Families fore the war and not the chiseling by the ship-owners reminds me of mark from this bird was to tell me ship. Tlicn if the small men com­ Earn Less Than in *41 a beef wc had aboard the S.S to gcft a ship my size. plained they would repair the es­ New Canteen Open at Tampa, Florida. This ship is Contrary to general opinion, After much talk wc dropped the cape upon the ships return from owned by the Illinois Atlantic subject, giving these people the her voyage. Mondays For Seamen thousands of American families S.S. Company and was operated by impression that we had become one Had wc been more interested in did not earn as much money this the American-Hawaiian S.S. Com­ big happy family and John Ship­ playing politics to a Commy Sec­ A new canCecn for seamen, pany. I shipped aboard this scow owner had snowed the seamen with ond Front we would have given year aS in 1941, according to a re­ c^n Monday nights only, has while she was in drydock at Tam­ this bird's patriotic spiel, "sail the in to the ship-owners request and port by the Government's Bureau been established at the George pa. As a usual routine of shipping ships even though they be death­ sailed the ship in such a dangerous of Labor Statistics published in a Washington Hotel, 23rd Street on a strange scow you usually traps for the engine gang." recent issue of the Monthly Labor condition. and Lexington Avenue. Hostesses look over the conditions to see if Review. Upon arrival the Captain was The S.I.U. always stand on its .are on hand, and refreshments are they can stand any improvements handed a repair list, topping the principles to protect the worker Twenty per cent of the families served without charge. Each man before signing on articles. list was repairs to the shaft-alley. earning no more than $1000 this from exploitation regardless how who enters gets a pack of cigar­ Investigating the shaft-alley es­ We then contacted the patrolman year are making less than they did strong the opposition may be from ettes. cape I found it to small for even of that port and explained to him John Shipowner. Be bure your in 1941. Half of them are making a slender person to use It for a the trouble we had at the last port. beef is free of loop-holes so the pa­ less than three-quarters of what MONEY DUE passage and therefore I filed a com­ Bob Matthews is a tinion patrol­ triotic shipowner can't bring in they earned last year. plaint to the Marine Inspectors to man that can well be compliment­ the threat to toss you to the Nineteen per cent of the fam­ t Bougleton, 2nd cook, and have the alley esc.apc. enlarged. ed for the manner in which he wolves in the military service ilies earning between $1000 and O'banion, chief cook, have coming The Inspector at Tampa said he contacted the proper authorities in who would like .in excuse to drain $2000 this year are making less to them $168.76 each. Call or write Waterman Line, 19 Rector Street, could see no reason to recondition getting this beef settled to the sat­ the ranks of the S.I.U. of militant than they did in 1941, according New York City; the ship as it had been that way isfaction of the black-gang. In union ihehi to the s ;me report. The proceedure of arbitration is outlined in the published agree­ ment which reads in part: Large Strike Fund Is Held Vital For Post War Fight I ers' lobbyists and their reactionary allies in Congress, back on fheir heels and served notice that the Jones Act would be fought for, regardless of the maneuvers or pa­ triotic slogans that might be used to scuttle it. �THE SEAFARERS* LOG Page Two Thursday, December fO, 1942 ^-rf ONE FACTONf; ONE UNION, ONE GUARD PuiJUhed &v tli# SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Guli District AffiliaM %ot(h th* Amsrioan Fedtrcaion of LoDor HASRY LUNDEBERQ, Intemotlcsncd Prwldsnl no Market Street, Room 402, Son Frand«cx>, CedlL r ADDREBB ALL OORRttBPGNDENOE CONOERNINa THIB PUBLICATION TOl "THE SEAFARERS' LOG P. O. 25, Station P, New York, N. Y. Phone: BOwling Green 9-8346 German Maritime Workers Tell Conditions Of Labor li volvers. They are fond of playing with these articles in port and at sea. They are to assist the captain in handling the crew. As the ship is undermanned, we have to work nearly as much overtime as norma hours. Food on our ship and in most other ships is very bad. In ers' movement. port only one-dish meals are servec —Editor. in eating houses, containing heaven "It is true that we only operate along the coast, but tliat is today knows what. For a square mea, no easy matter, especially when one has to pay 30 to 40 marks ($7 Dratcn for Office of H'ar Informaifon things are so badly managed as to $10—^Ed.), but then you get real good feed. they are aboard our vessels. Apart "Those who are lucky to go from myself, there are hardly any abroad can make some extra able seamen aboard; the others arc money by smuggling. In that way either very young, chaps under 18 REPORT FROM years or older men who for some you can exchange cigarettes anc reason or another arc unfit for cigarette paper for soap and usee military service. They are for the clothing. In the trade with Sweden {Continued from Page 1) most part men convicted for and Denmark a lot of money can within five days, the President of be made this way. Tiie Gestapo criminal offenses. the United States shall be request­ "In other ships many foreigners and tlie others also go in for smug­ ed to name an arbiter. are employed — Belgians, Dutch, gling, and they really know all By Matthew Dushane "We recommend that this under­ Latvians, Lithuanians, Estonians, the tricks. "We also paid two short visits standing shall remain in force un­ and men without nationality. til labor unity is effected. This Among these men many arc known to -Hamburg, One of them before agreement is subject to the approv U. S. Coast Guard: as communists, socialists or syndi­ the bombing. On that occasion al of the executive Councils of the I attended two meetings called by the Commandant of the Coa^ calists, and they admit it quite there was some trouble at the two organizations." Guard during the week, requesting the opinions of the organizationa ia openly. The fact is that they are communal eating center, which is Pliilip Murray, president of the the maritime industry. needed. Foreigners are not allowed carried on in the open air, the food 1st meeting: Should the Coast Guard employ a full time assistant aJl ashore in the ship's home port. It being served on wooden tables in CIO, and Harry Bates, chairman consultant as per the need of merchant seamen? is said that they arc also not al- the street. After the bombing the of the AFL peace committee, de­ It was the unanimous opinion of all the representatives of the low^ed ashore in foreign ports, but old part of the town and Barm- clared that the document was "un­ for the rest they are treated the beck especially were in a terrible questionably a move toward or­ Maritime Industry that the Coast Guard is doing a very good job, and that they did not feel that a full time assistant could render any further same as we are and are able to condition. Where my friend lives, ganic unity." move about the ship as "freely" the whole of an adjoining street service. had been wiped out. In the port as we German seamen. 2nd meeting: Problem No. 1. Should the Coast Guard certify blue "For some time past our ship, much of the damage has been re­ Merchant Ship Score ticket as aWe seamen trainees who have received three months training and other ships as well, had Hitler paired. It is funny to see the i leaches Total of 498 in the government training school, and two months On a governmenC youths between 12 and 11 years camouflage they use. Big ware­ training ship. aboard. They are kept strictly house sheds have been camouflaged The following tabulation lists All the Maritime Unions that were represented there opposed this separate from the rest of the crew, as churches. Others are prettily the merchant ships lost since Dec. move as they felt that the present claim that there was a shortage of all over as they act as a kind of ship police. painted, with flowers able seamen did not warrant this move at this time. The unions sug­ 1941: They have been trained to handle them, so that they look like a gested that all ordinary seamen who have had six months or over at United States 201 meadow." weapons and carry rifles and re­ Great Britain 92 sea be rated as able seamen, and that the gun crews be taken off of mer­ brway 49 chant ships and extra ordinary seamen, wipers and messmcn be carri^ "atvia 6 In this manner it would have men who have had actual sea experience Dominican Republic 4 to man the new ships as they-are launched. Argentina 3rd. Problem. Should the Coast Guard issue a new seamen's book. Chile This book to contain ail the necessary data that is required by a seaman to carry by law. Also whether discharges should be included in thia ALMODOYAR, RICARDO Wiper Russia Egypt .1 book. (Copies of proposed book arc being sent to all H.Q's with thit' BERMUDEZ, JOSE A. AB Panama 31 report). BROWN, BERNARD Cook Brazil 19 CHARLES, SAMUEL 2nd Cook Netherlands 1^ Collective Bargaining Agreements: „ DIXON, JAMES Messman Mexico 6 Some of our agents arc a little confused as to how to act when they FARRULLA, EUSTAQUIO Messman Nicaragua 3 have a dispute with the operators over the settlement of overtime and Colombia 1 GERRY, WILBURT Wiper 1 other sections of our agreements. Some of our Agents have been send- i HELLEBY, LOUIS 2nd Cook Portugal Spain 1 ling complaints to me here on what action to take. HOFMAN, JOHN Watertender Crcence 10 All our agreements arc covered on how to handle disputes, and in JESUS, RUFINO DE OS Sweden 7 the event that the Union and the operators can not agree, there is a KUEMES, SEROFIN Oiler Honduras 6 clause wherein the Department of Labor shall send in a concilator to LOPEZ, FRANCISCO ^ Bosun Yugoslavia 6 try and settle it. McGEE, FRANK Oiler Cuba 3 The War. Shipping Administration- has recognized all our agree­ McGUIRE, FRANK Wiper Belgium 1 ments, and they are to be carried out to the'letter. In the event that RANK, DEAN Oiler Uruguay 1 RODRIQUEZ, MANUEL Y AB Poland 1 no agreement can be reached in settling any of our disputes, send use a < 29 wire on the beef and rll make arrangements to have the Department ROMERO, JESUS . • OS Unidentified Allied Labor send in a concilator. Headquarters or the District RepresentatiTS ROSARIOK, FELIX i Oiler 498 Total {Continued on Page 4) BOSS, ISADOB AB The following report which reached the International Transport Workers' Federation through underground channels, comes from the pen of a Ger­ man seaman. He is active in the ranks of the illegal antiNazi German transport work­ AFL-CIO To End Raiding Tactics f -El 1 pk... ' (}n Tybmwhiwn - - • , TN -• • . 'i- I Washington �Thursday, December 10, 1942 WHAT'S THE SEAFARERS' LOG S&AFAKERS' INTEKNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICAN ii«ji Around the Ports PHILADELPHIA NEW ORLEANS After six months dodging fish I feel in a writing mood this (ind bombs, the S.S Miss- morning, so I'll drop a few lines to ssippi Shipping Co. iron maiden, the Log and discuss going on's larrived here intact from distant around here. parts. For almost two months the In regards to the United Seamen crew was fed whatever scraps the Service, it is now taking shape here steward could dig up, no butter, in New Orleans and k will not be no sugar, and no coffee. The main long before it is a reality and not menu was rice and more rice a pipe dream. I attended a meet­ [ (Tokiyo take notice) the water ing of the U.S.S. here last week they had to dring was putrid. It and they set December 7 as the was the color of diluted fuel oil, date to open the rest cure home in and reminded us of slimmy swamp Pass Christian, Miss, They will water. However, the major beef open it in conjunction with homes was—why the hell don't they send in a few of the other larger cities. some War Bond salesmen aboard They are still trying to find a half­ this ship. Of course, we got busy way decent place here in New Or­ and did as the Brothers requested. leans so they can recondition it Result, $21,000 worth of bonds and make a first class hotel here were sold. for the seamen. It is mighty hard Not enough comment and praise to find a suitable place here. can be given to these men who, Have had a little trouble with after facing the deadly fiaZards of the Mississippi Shipping Company ' the subs and dive bombers, plus being almost starved to death, then in regards to stewards for their to still maintain the high moral ships. The last time they tried to and patriotic fervor as demonstrat­ turn down a man because of his ed by this purchase of those bonds. age. Someone in the Mississippi of­ Of such men is the S.I.U. made. fice must have found the fountain Well, the opening of the local of youth, long searched for by United Seamen's Service Center Ponce De Leon. They are under c9me off with a bang. It could the impression that they will never have just as well been called the grow old. When they were told N.M.U. Club considering all the the steward was staying on the dirty shirts with the N.M.U. (Ris­ ship, they stated they were only ing sun) insignia that were very looking out for his interest, they 'conspicuous there. On top of this stated they didn't like the idea of we had to look at their banner sending such an old man to Russia which they placed in the reception or Africa. The Mississippi didn't room. However, Madelain Carrol take time out to realize the stew­ wasn't impressed by this display of ard didn't stop to ask where the dirty shirts, as she decided to pose ship was going but didn't give a for a picture with two real seamen. damn if it was headed for hell or One of which was our own Johnnie not. It's the first time they have Day. Hammer Head Curran was really taken that much considera­ here. As usual he stole the spot­ tion in any of their stewards. • I've m.ide up a mailing list for light away from the seamen, and to see him sit for all the pictures the Seafarers' Log. Any of our you would think he was sailing the members that arc in the armed ships himself, and was a torpedoed forces and stationed here in the hero. I asked him if he wasn't States can get the Log as it comes afraid to get flash light burn. Cur- out, by dropping me a card. Sev­ i'ren replied, "I'm getting used to eral of our members had asked for it now." One of his own members the Log but have never sent their remarked, "It wouldn't hurt the address, so if any of these Brothers see this article, drop me a card and big bum to ^nake a trip." Whatever our members felt I'll put you on the regular mailing about the NMU's idiotic displays, list. Fraternally, •they conducted themselves as good union men and real seamen. But C. J. STEPHENS, Agent now that the opening orgie is over, let's hope the seamen themselves will enjoy whatever benefits can be derived from the Center, and the South St. goons, also the Eighth St. Philosophers, banned there from. NEW YORK cm-—A fight Fraternally submitted, against the return of prohibition JOSEPH FLANAGAN, Agmt was launched at the first conven­ tion of the Distillery Rectifying 8c Wine Workers International Union. AFL President William Green All Italian seaman may now ship told the convention that labor a American vessels, subject only "will oppose bitterly any efforts to > the regulations that apply to all carry us back to the fanatical days ien seamen. This ruling was of prohibition." iinded down last week by the "It is certainly desirable that sol­ 7ar Shipping Administration after diers in army camps be protected le U.S. Attorney General ruled against undesirable and injurious iiat Italians living in this country effects arising from sale of liquor, e no longer "enemy aliens." but I am confident that the mil­ itary and civil authorities will DO NOT SHIP know how to correct such abuses TANLEY R. TESCH P 7840 as may exist without the necessity [(ENRV VAN GEMERT ... P7862 of having forced upon us any tMON'OGASIO P7206 sumptuary legislation." PROHIBITION'S RETURN FOUGHT BY U. S. LABOR ITALIANS CAN SHIP Page Three ATLANTIC and GULF DISTRICT ROOM 213 — 2 STONE STREET, NEW YORK CITY P.O. Box 2S, Station P. Phone: BOwiing Green 9.834« SAVANNAH M Shipping down this way has been pretty good lately. In the last three weeks have had to get crews together for two new ships and- a tug. Am expecting a new ship for South Atlantic Steamship line out around the 23 rd and an­ other one around the 27th.' Any of you boys who have been want­ ing to make a trip down this way now is the opportunity to do so, and even get a couple of weeks' rest. Will be looking for men with ratings in all three depart­ ments around that time and could really use some old-timers. Steady as she goes. Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK Greek Seamen Ask Union Recognition Greek recognition Government, by the the Greek Maritime Union last week petition­ ed Stavros Theofanides, Under Sec­ retary of the Greek Mercantile Marine, for a statement of his of­ ficial attitude toward the represen­ tatives of Greek seamen in this country. ADDRESS 2 Stone St..? Dispatcher'* Office i2i^?iJ?6RE • PHONE BOwiing Green 9-8490 • ¥• • ••••••: NEW OPXEANS.*.'.v.-.ioa'cr^t^rstr';:::;::::ca"„1fy TAMP^^" PUERTO" RirVi rai tuALVEbXON f®'* Di"'' Savannah 3-1728 MM-1323 ft 1°' 219 20th Street St !>«• 2-i392 Puerto de Tierra Galveston 2-8043 Out of the FocsT by S- CHARLES WAID, Agent Seeking >1^ Secretary - Treasurer's Office We used to read about Draculas, Werwoulfs and Vampire Bats, but we never thought that seamen had to follow their traits in order to survive. Bro. Frizzell, Capt. Farrell and two other survivors felt it was manna from Fleaven when they drank the turtle's blood. They had been torpedoed off tlie tip of India and were the only survivors. They had been on a raft for twenty days before they sighted a ship. But the lookouts aboard the ship failed to see their frantic waving, and passed them a mile and half off. Two turtles were swimming about their raft and trying to get aboard. In desperation they finally pulled the turtle aboard. With a jagged-edge of a bottle they cut away thfij shell after pecking at it for four hours. The warm blood revived themj and enabled them to last four more days before they were picked up. In later years when they tell their grand children the story, it will sound like the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, "Water, Water, every-, where. But only turtle's blood to drink." ^ 5'iil The union is afliliated with the International Transport Federation. Last week, a grand old rust bucket finally found its way into thd bottom of the sea. On her previous voyage she withstood 70 days of bombardment at Murmansk. On her return voyage from Iceland, she was torpedoed. She stayed afloat for four hours, and the suh had to give her another shot before she went down. No one was lost aboard her except the ship's cat. The boys regretted her loss. G. Gregoriades, secretary of the union, notified Mr. Theofanides of the amalgamation of the Greek seamen's organizations in Great Britain and' the United States and recalled Iris offer to cooperate with them when the unification was complete. His letter to the Greek John Marciano has become active again as you can hear his bellows Minister asked for help in the nor­ around the New York branch . . . One brother told a Company he had mal settlement of the Greek sea­ 120 hours overtime, but refused to give them a detailed account of it. men's problems in this country. Bro. Shatkovnik is nursing an infected tooth . . . Gawronski has finally The main point of contention shipped aboard the same ship that Parish is bosun on. Things pught to from the union's viewpoint seems be a stirrin'. to be the 2S per cent deduction in wages as compulsory saving which is set aside, to be given the seamen after the war. The union says this was an arbitrary imposition and CLEMENT CLEARY that it was not consulted on the Get in touch with Lillian Cash, 9 matter. Broadway, BOwiing Green 9-9785. BUILD THE STRIKE FUND! The union seeks the abolition of this deduction, or at least a reduc­ tion in the amoimt and a voice in the control of the fund. Mr. Greggoriades said the Greek seamen were interested in post war social security and protection from the inevitable post war shipping slump, but that the men want such mea­ sures to become effective only as the result of an agreement between the shipowners and the men. The union also wishes to discuss the improvement of living condi­ tions aboard Greek vessels. Safety measures, they assert, also are ne­ glected and should be improved. Negotiations for a collective wage agreement are in progress in London between officials of the Greek Government and the repre­ sentatives of the unicHi, George Koufoudakis, general secretary, and Antonios Ambatielos, national or ganizer. The new agreement is ex­ pected to increase the wage scales of Greek nierchant seamen. 1 I II I1 PERSONALS After the things are going to he tough on the waterfront. Only a strong union will be able to protect the wages and conditions we now have. No Union is strong with­ out a powerful strike fund to back it up. Build the SIU strike fund now and thereby arm your union for the com^ ig struggle with the shipowners. Read the strike resolution on page four. t'ii J. SALTIS, C. STARKE and J. SHARPE The money accepted by you aai members of the balloting committeo in Tampa must be returned to the union. The amount is $14.40 each. . }• RALPH W. LEE Contact Maiirice Room 717, Custom York City. P. Maloney, House, New MIKE L. REGISH Your old friend and shipmate J. G. (Red) Dooley is in the hospital at Fort Stanton, New Mexico. He would appreciate it if you would droip him a line. ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR NOVEMBER 16 TO 28, INCLUSIVE DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL SHIPPED 258| 252 195 703 REGISTERED 258 235 164 «7 ON BEACH 360 240 170 770 XM d �• Page Four THE SEAFARERS* LOG '",;• ;y." V Thursday, December 10, 1942 \ Belgian Seamen Mark New Gain 1943 Atlantic & Gulf Candidateij Baltimore Joint If NEW YORK, N.Y., —ITF — Secretary'Treasurer RESOLUTION TO APPEAR ON JOHN HAWK No. 2212 Patrolman The Belgian merchant seamen's No. 1616 JOHN VECHIO 1943 BALLOT and officers' organizations, afiSliated New York Agent DON RONAN No. 1374 with the International Transport Whereas: At the present time the seamen of America are making Norfolk Agent FRANK WILLIAMS No. 6161 more money than ever before in the history of the seamen; Workers' Federation, have signed a No. 50060 MARTIN TRAINOR Whereas: When the present war is over the seamen will again be new collective agreement with the New York Deck Patolman engaged in a fight for existence with the shipowner who at Belgian government - in - exile in Savannah Agent L. J. (Baldy) BOLLINGER the present time is filling his war chest in preparation for 6-54 CHARLES WAID London and the Belgian shipown­ No. G-300 the coming struggle, and ers, which marks important im­ LOUIS GOFFIN No. 4526 Whereas: The history of the seamen's labor movement proves Tamp aAgent provements in the wages and work­ New York Engine conclusively that after such an upheaval as at present is going G-160 D. L. (Jack) PARKER ing conditions of tiie Belgian sea on in the world, thoy arc always throttled and browbeaten— Patrolman men. • as for instance 1321 and the Lake Carriers set up, and RAY SWEENEY G-20 Mobile Agent According to word from Omer Whereas: The 1934 and .36 and 37 strikes proved the need of G-1 OLDEN BANKS B. Becu, representative of the Bel­ New York Steward ample funds when engaged in a major strike, therefore G-2 CARL M. ROGERS BE IT RESOLVED: That the Constitution shall be amended by gian seafarers' movement in the Patrolman adding a section to Article No. 26, this section to be known as CLAUDE FISHER No. 362 Mobile Joint Patrolman London negotiations, the new Section No. 8. A strike fund shall be maintained, the strike WILLIAM HAMILTON No. 3400 ROBERT A, MATTHEWS G-154 agreement grants a flat increase of fund to be kept seperate and apart from any or all other funds FERDINAND HART No. 488 £2 and 7 shillings per month to all CHARLES E. TURNER G-15 in the Union. An annual assessment of $3 shall be levied for lower ratings, thus boosting the this fund. Agent New Orleans Agent earnings of an A.B. seamen to £26 Boston JOHN MOGAN No. 216 A. W. AMRSTRONQ G-136 per month. Half of this amount VINCENT YAKOVONIS No. 1774 . is the basic wage and the remain­ New Orleans Joint der the war bonus. Additional Providence Agent Patrolman No. 247 JOSEPH LAPHAM wage advantages have been won for C. J. (Buck) STEPHENS Q-76 seamen who after a j'ear of unin­ Philadelphia Agent TEDD R. TERRINGTON G-68 terrupted service arc entitled to a HARRY J. COLLINS No. 496 EDWARD (Jack) VOREL G-10 further £2 per month, and an ad­ MADISON, Wis. —Can public Ruling on an ouster suit instil EDWARD M. LYNCH No. 3693 ditional 10% increase for seamen officials be thrown out of office be­ tuted by reactionary Kenosha em- ! Galveston Agent with more than a year of uninter­ Baltimore Agent cause they are pledged to support ployers, Hoppmann held that be- I E. R. WALLACE G-237 rupted service in foreign waters. the principles of organized labor? cause Weston and Rice were loyal (j JOSEPH F. FLANAGAN Overtime pay has been increased to That important issue was argued San Juan Agent to the labor movement, they haJ No. 542 the equivalent of 40 cents per hour, DANIEL BUTTS No. 190 before the Wisconsin Supreme lost "independent judgment" and J. K. SHAUGHNESSEY G-118 : and annual holidays from m'ne to Court by attorneys representing could not sit on the board. THOMAS M. WILHELM D. D. STORY No. 3012 12 days. Edward Weston and. Edward Rice, Considering the issue of nation­ Special attention has been given who had been elected members of al importance, the American Cavil to the question of compensation the Kenosha School Board, but who Liberties Union joined with the for loss of equipment and belongwere removed by order of Circuit Wisconsin State Federation of La­ ings of' the seamen as a result Of Judge A. C. Hoopmann, one of the bor and Kenosha unions in the ap^ enemy "action and shipwreck, state's most notorious anti-labor peal to the Supreme Court to over­ ranging from 52 to £70. jurists. rule Hoppmann's decision. {Continued from Page 2) should be contacted on the beef before any request is made here for a PLAN MORE SPEED concilator. All requests for a concilator should come from the Head­ I, ON LIBERTY SHIPS quarters of the district in which the beef occurs. School Heads' Ouster For Backing Union Principles Fought By Labor I •?! • 7 Washington Report Editor's Mail Bag Designs to increase the speed Selective Service: I am getting plenty of cases where local boards are classifying and and power of the Liberty ship to a point where it would be sufficient ordering some of our men to appear for their physical examination. to render it "less vulnerable to Here are some suggestions for our agents to work on: Editor, Seafarers Log union and is now someplace on the \ submarine attack in wartime am When men are required to fill in their questionnaire, they should South Atlantic . "delivering, the greatly improve its competitive have our agent fill in form 42-A and request that they be classified in Dear Sir I am the only sister of John goods." Needless to say I am proud value in the post-war era" are now 2-B or 3-B. It is important that this be done when the questionnaire Cassel, wiper, who was torpedoed of him, for being a merchant sea­ being planned by the Maritime is filled out and the both of them to be sent iii to the Local Board at off the coast of India and is now man in times such as these is ne Gommission, Rear Admiral Emory the same time if possible. among the dead. Do you know if small job. S. Land, administrator of the War If this procedure is followed, we can then appeal their case. any of them men on his ship sur­ Shipping Administration, disclosec In honor of Joe, ^nd all his If one of our agents or man has been ordered to a^>ear for his vived. If so, I'd sure like to hear shipmates in.^ the union, nijij this week. During the past year designs physical or is classified in 1-A, wire me his name, address, local board from them. daughter has written a song en­ The ballyhood about what men titled "We Salute You." If .you "have been developed and con­ number and address, the time the man has been going to sea, time in other services are doing for their have a little space in your paper, struction initiated for two large ashore from last ship, etc. The more information the better. country, but why' not the mer­ I'm sure that Joe and his ship­ fast type ships," the admiral de­ After this information has been sent to me, it will then be taken clared. Land gave no details be­ up with proper authorities here and they will get in touch with the chant mariners? They are the real mates would like to read the lyrics. heroes of this war. If it was not yond the fact that one of the ves­ Local Board. My daughter, Johanna^ is 11 for them how would our Allies years old. sels is of a special Navy type and I can not determine here as to the outcome of the case, so the per­ get supplies? the other a "new standardizcll type son that is involved should keep me informed as to what progress is Sincerely, * I have another brother in the of cargo vessel with competitive being made in his case. It isn't of much use for me to answer all the Mrs. Bertha Click merchant marine and if I were a possibilities for use in post-war telegrams that I receive as the only case that I would know of, would man I would be there too. times." WE SALUTE YOU ; . In closing, may I say that I en­ "Generally," he declared, "the VI the ones wherein an appeal has been made to National H.Q's of S.S., commission is following the trend and before any appeal can be entertained here, it must be appealed in joy your publication very much Men of the Merchant Marine, to increase speed. In some tankers the state wherein the man registered first. H.Q's S.S., requests that the and I ccrtamly would like to re­ We Salute you. ' 10,000 horse power is being in­ ocal Board reconsider th^ man's case as per his essential needs to the ceive it regularly. In memory of You are Americans f stalled in-placc of the 6,000 orig­ war effort. All cases can be appealed to the National H.Q's of S.S., after my lost brother I wonder if you Through and through. 1 would print a little verse he wrote Men of the Merchant Marine " inally used, and developments arc the State Board has turned the man down for consideration. when he was in school? Here it is: now in progress with a view to in­ Who gave their lives United Seamen*s Service: "True friends are like real creasing the indicated horse power For their America Met with the Executive Board at the regular meeting in New York, diamonds—very rare; of the EC-2 cargo vessels. While delivering supplies. •riday, November 20th, and it was the opinion of the majority of the False friends are like autumn "When the Liberty ship—the They go out to sea ' ' leaves—found everywlxre." EC-2—was first designed," he ex­ joard members that the organization as it is now operating, and for To bring things necessary. Perhap.s, if there is a possibility So men of the Merchant Marinel plained, "it was not contemplated the service that it is rendering to the seamen, is top heavy, and it was that it would be required to carry carried that the director shall submit two budgets to the board at its he is still alive, he will know his I salute you. Sis by those words, and that she is And so do two hundred million^ the amount of guns, gun founda­ regular meeting. still waiting: to hear from him. tions and several other forms of people too. 1. A budget of $30,000 and how far he can operate with it. . Yours truly, protective devices that are now be­ There they go, 2. A budget of $40,000 and how far he can operate with it. MARGARET L. CASSEL Through the ocean; ing installed. As a consequence of It was suggested that all the ports where the U.S.S., open a canteen, 6 E. Long St., Apt. I this added top hamper, it has been There they go, that the ports submit a yearly budget, and that the ports wherein they Akron, Ohio found necessary to carry a moder­ Sinps in niotion arc opened shall be self supporting in the operating of their canteen. ate amount of ballast. The com­ Through the sea. National H.Q's should pay the expense of the local canteens. Editor, Seafarers Log mission, therefore, is designing a We salute"your memory It was also brought out that this is to be a permanent outfit, and Dear Sir: vessel to replace the present Lib Brave men of the Merchant My son is a member of your Marine. <rty shlf type, , not for the duration of the war. 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Title A name given to the resource December 10, 1942 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: LUNDEBERG LEADS SIU-SUP IN SUCCESSFUL DEFENSE OF JONES ACT AFL-CIO TO END RAIDING TACTICS LARGE STRIKE FUND IS HELD VITAL FOR POST WAR FIGHT SHIPOWNER WANTS SMALL MEN WHO FIT NARROW ESCAPE ON ANTIQUE RUST BUCKET NEW CANTEEN OPEN MONDAYS FOR SEAMEN THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES EARN LESS IN '41 GERMAN MARITIME WORKERS TELL CONDITIONS OF LABOR REPORT FROM WASHINGTON GREEK SEAMEN ASK UNION RECOGNITION ITALIANS CAN SHIP PROHIBITION'S RETURN FOUGHT BY U.S. LABOR BELGIAN SEAMEN MARK NEW GAIN 1942 ATLANTIC & GULF CANDIDATES SCHOOL HEADS' OUSTER FOR BACKING UNION PRINCIPLES FOUGHT BY LABOR PLAN MORE SPEED ON LIBERTY SHIPS Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. IV, No. 38 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/10/1942 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1942 Periodicals Seafarers Log