http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/f7e953cdfe596b8190c2087d6b3ea200.PDF c401495c148c6e31682335f194d23c42 PDF Text Text i^j^jiKERS JOQ OFFICIAL 0E6AN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH ABIERICA VOL. IV. 280 NEW YORK, N. Y., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24. 1942 No. 39 NMU&War Shipping Administration Conniye To Invade Sailors Union '% -4. •- ANNUAL VOTING ENDS DEC, 31 MFOW-MCS-SUP Fight Curran's Raiding Tactics -On Thursday, December 31, the balloting for Atlan­ SIU Against The National Maritime Union is again attempt­ tic and Gulf District officials will end. This election will determine all 1943 officials from Florida to Majsachusetts, to expand its influence to the West Coast, this time with Freezing For ing as well as Secretary-Treasurer for the entire district. the aid of certain key stooges in the War Shipping Admin­ On the first Monday in January all Branch agents Thwarted in previous attempts to move m on ActiveSeaman istration. the SUP by abortive organizing campaigns, the NMU should secure a quorum and elect­ ed a tallying committee. The tal­ lying committee has complete authority over the counting of the votes, IS If no regular- meeting can be held on that day due to the lack of a quorum, then a special meeting should be called in its place to elect the committee. Best Wishes Following is that section of the SIU constitution which governs the proceedure of counting ballots. All members should read it care­ fully so that the votes are dis­ patched to headquarters in good order. from the Seafarers International Union _Se,ctiq[n 7. In the, regular meetin Branches duidhg the first meeting in January, the Com­ mittee on Election shall open the ballot-box, count the number of ballots therein contained and count the number of votes for each can­ didate. The result shall be noted in the minutes. The'Committee shall then forward to Headquarters all used ballots (i.e., all ballots taken from the ballot-box, including blank and disqualified ballots), to, , {Continued on Page 4) CLEVELAND, Dec. 18. —The 12,000 ' crew . . for the . . New Year . (Atianttc- & Gulf' District) (Continued on Page 4) Shipowners' Dream Comes True—A Grewless Vessel and is designed to travel in fleets of 10 to 20, shepherded along by a "mother ship" which, unfortun­ ately, would have to be manned by a live crew which receives money and eats food. The shipowners are all agog tvith a visipn of heaven on earth. An experimental vessel has been constructed which will eliminate all their headaches—no overtime to 99 pay,"no chow to buy, no beefs to listen to, NO WAGES TO CUT INTO PROFITS! Lakes Seamen Given "Furlough ForWinter Months estimated When the proposal to freeze sea­ men to the industry was first ad­ vanced, there seemed to be certain obvious advantages. The greatest advantage-would be that the sea­ men, under the freezing proposi­ tion, would be likely to get indus­ try wide deferment so that they would not be harassed by provin­ cial draft boards lacking an under­ standing of the vital character of the Merchant Marine. Under the present system, seamen are deferr­ ed on an individual basis and for limited periods making it neces­ sary to maintain contact with the local draft boards. As a general raile, seamen who havo«been active in their trade have not been mo­ lested by thf draft boards. m^bers and officers, on Great Lakes vessels will be classified as "on furlough" during the winter while the navi­ gation season is closed, and they may be assigned to temporary em­ ployment in home communities, announced Robert C. Goodwin, War Manpower Commission direc­ tor for Ohio, Michigan, and Ken­ tucky, who said the "furlough" program was arranged to avert a 0 serious shortage of seamen when t( the 1943 navigation season opens. a! The lake men will be offered tem­ porary employment after release frojtn ships by reporting to their lo­ cal .United States Employment Ser­ vice office, he ,said., Goodwin pointed out that additional man­ power will be needed in 1943 for operating the sixteen large new ships being built by the Maritime Commission for -active service in the' ore trade. now trying to accomplish the task" by means of administrative degree handed down in Washington. Here is the manner in. which the latest squeeze play works. There is an official of the WSA by the name of Roland Davis who goes by the title of Chief of Labor Agree­ ments. Before joining the govern­ ment, Davis was chief assistant to Henry Melnikow and the Pacific Coasfe Labor Bureau ... a Stalin­ ist dominated outfit which has been out to get the SUP ever since it was founded. Davis conceived the bright idea of allocating ships being built on the West Coast, and intended for west coast runs, to the Luckenbach, Grace and Moore-McCormack lines. Then, on the excuse that the NMU held collective bar- The new ships would be capable of deadweight capacity qf 2,000 tons and would carry mostly oil, gasoline, molasses and ores. Diesel engines, automatically operated, would eliminate the necessity of smokestacks, all ports and hatches would be sealed, and the direction and speed of the ship would be t Yes, it's a ship that runs all by itself, conipletely aiftomatic and crewless, operated by remote con­ trol radio. The ship was construct­ ed by Maris Transportation Sys­ tem and Radio Controls Corpora­ tion. The ship is made of concrete controlled from the "mother ship" by the remote radio control. A 91-foot model, christened the Phantom, was launched at the Tropical Marine Ways yard at Riviera, Fla., on Oct. 19. The model is now being viewed, with glistening eyes, by shipowners artd members of the Maritime Commis­ sion. We can just hear the boys rub­ bing their hands together and muttering, "My, how simple labor re­ lations are going to be from now on." EXPLODING THE 40-HOUR MYTH : t J i 1 1 i : 1 I I : I ^" i 11 i i • 41 .4« WEEK. • 48 48 WEEK. d/dJCMV MJt HOURS PER /'• • ' , This chart from the AFL, Monthly Survey, whiofi shows labor -is on the job from 45.9 to 51 hours -a -week in war industries, explodes anti­ union propaganda that workers are working only HOURS PER i 40 hours per week. The boss propaganda against the 40-hour week is, in reality, a move to smash overtime payments. They are not interested in more produotion so much as in more profits. gaining contracts with these lines, he ordered the ships manned with NMU men. By this slick maneuver he hoped to flood the West Coast ships with NMU men and eventually under­ mine the entire SUP set up. The reasoning used • by Davis was pure fraud, for the SUP, MEOW and MCS have manned West Coast ships for years and their right to these jobs was guar­ anteed for the duration of the war under the. Statement of .Principles signed between the unions and the WSA last spring. c West .Coast. operations of Luckenbach, aiiiT Mt)bi^~M^Cor-. mick ships hyae always been car­ ried on with SLIP crews. Until this decision was handed down last month, approximately forty Liberty ships had been, built .and alloted to these companies on the West Coast and manned by SUP men. Brother Lundebcrg, upon get­ ting wind of the new deal, went immediately to Washington to fight for the protection, of the SUP contracts. After battling the WSA for a week, the entire beef was shifted over to the War La­ bor Board as a "jurisdictional dis­ pute." This was a slander against the SUP for the entire dispute was artificially created by the War Shipping Administration itself. The NivIU plays its part of the game by coming out in the Dec. 18 issue of 'J/jc Pilot with the headline, "WSA Plots to Smash NMU." This is to make it appear that the NMU has no tie with Davis and his maneuvering, and is a complaint over the fact that Lundeberg successfully stalled the invasion of the West Coast by NMU men. At the present writing the ships in dispute have been reallocated to the American Hawaiian Lines .and are being manned by SUP crews. But this does not solve the ques­ tion of future West Coast ships al­ located to Luckenbach, Grace and Moore McCormick. The War La­ bor Board is to decide who gets these ships. The membership of the SUP is conducting a militant fight in de­ fense of its rights. Stop work meetings were held in all Pacific , (Continued on Page 4) M �-c.-r.*~ .v-sf • THE SEAFARERS' LOG Page Two Thursday, December 24, 194^2 PvlbttiheA b:t ih* $EAFAIiERS' nrrERKATIONAL UNION OF NOBTH AMERICA AQcoitic and GnH DtetdcJt AftOiHted 'mtth Am«rfeXMi tVUMttvn of Lalor ttJUWlY UJNDEBERa. IntomoUonoi no Market Street, Room 402. San Ftodico, Coilit ADDitaBB ALL OOnRaBPOVDENCB OONCEKNIKCT TBIM PUBUOAiriOE TO: "IHE SEAFABEBS* LOG P. O. 25. Station P. Now Yoik. N. Y. Phonos BOwting Green 9-8346 Storms Ahead jj This past year has not been an easy one for our union. Hundreds of our brothers have been lost at sea. Our wages and conditions were first frozen by the government, and theh chiseled by the shipowners. The ships we sail were requisition by the War Shipping Admi^tration and dis­ patched to the four corners of the earth under, sealed or­ ders. Few men knew where they would wind up once they had signed articles. No one knew how soon they would get home — if at all. The Naval Intelligence has shoved us around, threat­ ening to remove good union men from the shys if they beefed too loud; the Army has shoved us around, requisit­ ioning our ships and throwing overboard the contracts and overtime; the WSA has shoved us around, generally bung­ ling labor relations and allowing both the shipowners and the NMU to fanagle around to the detriment of the sea­ men. But we're not complaining. We only mention these facts so that no one will think that something has been put over on us. We have resisted the union-busters throughout this past year and we will continue to do so in 1943. In spite of the shipowners and the swivil chair artists in Washington, in spite of the essentially the NMU, we have "kept em sailing but UNDER UNION CONDITIQNS! SIU wages and conditions are still the best in the in­ dustry, irrespective of the high pressure publicity depart­ ment up on 17th Street. And they will remain so during 1943, you can be sure of that. 1943 will bring more hardship and suffering to the mwnbers of the SIU. It will call for continued heroism and sacrifice. And if peace comes during the year, it will only mean the beginning of a new war for us — a war with the shipowners. • ^ But just as we face the fascist subs and planes without flinching, so shall we face the shipowners when they at­ tempt to break open our conditions. It looks like a lot of fighting ahead; but the seamen have the stuff to face it—and'win! Sn Tltiinw/dam ABRAHAM, JOHN RUBIO, MARIANO ROUCHERON, SAMUEL SANTANA, EUGENIO SULLIVAN, SYD[NEY VAZQUEZ, MANUEL WEBSTER, DAVID WORTHY, ALLAN AB Waterteiider Messman AB Messman Oiler Utility Fireman ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR, NOVEMBER 30 TO DECEMBER 12 DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL SHIPPED 254 26^ 171 665 REGISTERED 290 211 127 728 ON HAND 393 222 169 734 " y. Edo Finlnien Dead REPORT FROM Washington NEW YORK, Dec. IJ—ITF— Death has claimed Edo Fimmen, General Secretary of the InteriiaBy Matthew Dushane tional Transport Workers' Federa­ tion and for more than a quarter War Emergency Board: of a century one of the leaders of , The meeting that was scheduled to be held by the WEB has been, the international labor movemen. postponed due to the illness of Dr. Graham. When the bo^rd does The end came to him late on De­ finally meet L intend to take ujp the problem of increased war risk incember 14, in Cuernavaca, Mexico, surance, to ask for a compensation limit when the disability is less where he had spent the past year than 45%. ^ / s in an effort to regain his failing health. Fimmen was 61 years old War Shipping Administration: You have no doubt read thp details of the dispute between the at the time of his death. SUP and WSA-NMU in the union papers. The War Shipping Admin­ Having served as the general secretary of the Dutch Federation istration is sabotaging the war effort by starting a jurisdictional dispute of Labor before and during the between the different maritime unions. They have bungled the job first world war Fimmen took a mainly because they have employed men who are not familiar with the leading part in welding the forces industry. Now they inform us that the War Labor Board will be called, of labor together on a /world-wide upon to settle the dispute crca,tcd by them. scale. He kept labor international­ It may be necessary to call for a ^Senate investigation to check, on ism alive during the war years and what the intentions of thes eboondoglers are, to see whether they are was responsible for the first meet­ out to win the war or whether they have ideas as to who shall rq)resent ing between the representatives of the men on the ships and what union shall sail the ships. Their disrup­ the British and German transport workers* movements immediately tive practices have been in force since prior to Pearl Harbor and Amafter the termination of hostilities. efica'.s entry into the war. After the reorganization of the War Production Board , ^ International Federation of Trade President William Green of the AFL submitted the names of Wil­ Unions in 1919 he became its co- liam Weiss, Fish Cannery Workers Uaion of the Pacific (SIU), aud General Secretary. He resigned the Frank Marshall, AFL general organizer of the fishermen's field in Alaska, post in 1924 to devote all his time with a request that they be appointed on the fish concentration coirito, the cause of the • International .mittee for Alaska. Transport Workers' Federation and The CIO has H^d two men oh this WPB committee for quite some its affiliates in the five continents. time but the AFL was not represented. These brothers will be em­ ployees of the WPB and will be paid \$ 10 per day. This committee will determine the kind of equipment that is needed and where it is heeded to facilitate maximum production in the salmon industry. CORNELLO RODRIGUEZ We al^ have two men appointed for the Atlantic Fishermen com­ It is important that you contact the office of the Secretary-Treas­ mittee which covers New York, Massachusetts, and Maine. ITiey arc urer next time you' are in New affiliated with the SIU and operate out of Boston and New Bedford. York. I expect an early dedisipn from the Secretary of Labor on our re­ JAMES SHIBER Your mother is worried about < quest that ihe cannely worke'l^.ia the Pacific be exempted from the executive order whereby no overtiljne is paid for Saturday and Sunday. you. Write her. PERSONALS t �THE SEAFARERS' LOG Thursday, December 24, ,1942 Page Three SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICAN: -- WHA'iS DOING Around the Ports ATLANnc and GULF DISTRICT • Secretary.-Treasurer's Office ROOM 213-2 STONE STREET, NEW YORK CITY P.O. Box 25, Station P. Phones BOwling Green 8-8348 ormous wages and bonus that is BALTIMORE being picked up on the merchant ships. Directory of Branches The general situation in this \);rel!, Brothers, this is something When you ask them if they ever BRANCH ADDRESS PHONE to write home about. We had one have been to sea before, the an- area remains much about the same, NEW YORK .•••••.••.•. 2 Stone St......... , •• , •. Dispatcher'• Office ••• , •• , .BOwling Green 9-3430 of the Savannah Line Ships that . swer IS all the same-they don't although there are indications that BOS Agent· · · · · • • · · · · • • • • • ••• BOwling Green 9-3437 a decided improvement m the was reconditioned in New York k·now what a ship is. TON ....•••••••••••• 330 Atlantic Ave••• , , , , , . Liberty 4057 BALTIMORE ...••••••••. 14 North Cay St•. , ..••••.Calvert 4539 by the W.S.A. and allocated to the So you can well understand port's status is beginning to shape PHILADELPHIA •••••.••. 6 North 6th St •...•.•••. Lombard 7651 NORFOLK ......•••..... 25 Commercial Pl•.• , ••••. Norfolk 4-1083 :Waterman S.S. Co. to operate. Ar- what's behind the whole setup; the up. The local yards are back to NEW ORLEANS .•••..... 309 Chartres St ••••••• , ••. Canal 3336 SAVANNAH ••.•.•••.••.. 218 East Bay St......... Savannah 3-1728 building Libertys again and berived here last Friday and paid off set-up is to get fifty men to every TAMPA . ......•... • . . •.. 423 East Platt St. . . . .•.. Tampa MM-1323 MOBILE ......•.••••.... 56 So. Conception St.... , Dial 2-1392 Saturday, and there was not one one job, ~nd when they build up tween one thing and another PUERTO RICO ..••• , •••• 45 Ponce de Leon .••• , , •. Puerto de Tierra GALVESTON ••••••••••.. 219 20th Street. ••••••••• Galveston 2-8043 man drunk, not even half shot af- their pool to that status, then look we're expecting 1943 to be a busy year. Branch officials have been doter a two month trip. The way out for squalls. that this crew conducted theml've seen the old shipping board ing something about publicity for selves was commendable. I have do the same trick in 1918, 1919, our , boys in the local press with never seen a crew more enthusi- and 1920 and by 1921 the ship- good results. For a while all you astic about union's affairs since ping board and shipowners associa- read about was how the NMU Pearl Harbor. It sure gives a pie tion was all ready to crack down heroes had done this, that and the card some incentive when he has on the union. And oh_, boy, what a next thing, until the public must a crew of that caliber to work crack down it was. I presume have got tbe idea that the CIO with. everybody that has been going to outfit was the only Union that sent men to sea. It's different now Matthew D. Biggs stopped in New York briefly on his way back tQ The R ecruiting and Manning sea "A Dog Watch" 1s well ~cthe Gulf from Washington, D. C. · and you can't pick up a paper but Division of the Maritime Commis- quainted with that feature of there's a good story about the SeaEvery member should get behind the organization and vote for the sion has just opened an office here waterfront history; and that's exfarers Union and its men. Just the new strike fund assessment. in this port, and as to my mental actly what this set-up smells like other day there was a very good analysis, it is just the old -U. S. to me. Ray Trumbauer is attending the officers training school in New Lon• So brothers, my appeal to all article about the torn battle flag Shipping Board streamlined. It don, Conn. in the hall and the occasional plug looks like the beginning of a hell members is to vote (YES) on your the Union gets doesn't do anyone R ay Sweeney and the other patrolmen have done a good job in collect• of a fight to maintain our uruon strike assessment annually, you any harm. ing funds for Fort Stanton. hiring halls m the near future. will need it in the days to come. MOBILE • - Out ol the Foes'I by 9-· The S.S. ( .... . .... .. .. ) docked the Yuletide greetings from the union to all of our brothers who are in other day and all beefs regarding the armed forces. wages, etc., were squared away without much trouble but the other type of beef th~t seems to be popping up a lot lately came up C assel's parents: We send our regrets over the loss of your son, and Out'. union brother, John Cassel. in this case too. The crew brought charges against the Captain for al- Harry Collins was also in Washington on the big bee~ w~• WSA-;, lowing a man with a sQCial disease He's back on the job in New York n<?lf• to work m the galley when he R . White expects to leave New York- as soon as his claim is settled. knew of the man's condition; for That the world has ever seen, He was banged up plenty. knowing that the food ~erved the He is the unlicensed seamen crew was bad and doing nothing J zzy Cohen is back in New York after having completed a trip on Of the merchant marine. the Orbis. about it; for refusing to enter m He is the lad upon the tanker the log the fact that the Second Smalls has a number of inquiries here at headquarter's office concern With its precious load of oil, Asst. Engineer had struck the ing his whereabouts. He is the one who mans the black gang delegate. The case went freighter The unholy three, Marciano, Nunziate and Lavozoli are still around to a hearing at the Inspector's but With the products of our toil. the New York hall - and Vincents. He is the one who dares the raider nothing came out of it so it is being takan .to W ashingto~. About Murrell, G-19, was telling us about his trip to Morocco. He had a Brothers, don't take this thing too OLDEN BANKS, Agent nonchalantly because there is more . p S . gravity attached to this outfit ' · .. . . . t.hrn you can imagine. Here IS JUSt a little poem l wrote and dedicated to the merchant Just remember wh:it I am pre- marine. dieting right now-that some day H e d oes no t wear a uni'form ., m the future this same outfit IS . Of tailored navy blue; going to give us the fi ght of our I He may never be too stylish 11ves. I just don't like the smell of But he is loyal and fine and tru~. it, it has a very peculiar odor. He is the stoutest, bravest fighter · h' The way things slupe up 1s t 1s way, the N.M.U. is going down the line with it, lock, stock and barrel, and I am always skeptical of anythin g thi: policy committee of Joe Curran's domain advocates. ~. * Now, for instance, the first as this office was opened here they immediately started an inten- And the lurking submarine: sive campai gn of inducing old and He is the unlicensed Hamen young men from all paths of life, Of the merchant marine. ~hing hot time. the only answer we get to this type of beef is: "don't you know there's A 11 the brothers should observe a minute's silence this Christman in a war go mg on?" We know memory of our brothers lost at sea. • painting them pretty pictures o.f Let's give credit to our air force there's a war going on and we what a wonderful opportunity the And the boys in khaki, too. S weder and the Wild Greek were showing us some souvenir shells they know it a damn sight more than a Merchant Marine has to offer. You Let's give credit to our navy brought back from Casablanca. lot of the birds who ask the queswill be surprised at the effect this And wherever it is due. tion. But we don't believe in letcampaign has developed, and the But don't forget the cog ting anybody get the idea that results it is producing; in this hall ! In our greatest war machine, they can use the war as an excuse we have a stcday stream of old and He is the unlicensed seamen To all agents, patrolmen and members, we extend best wishes for 11 b Of the merchant marine. to do as they damn well please. the N cw Year and hope that 194 3 will find our organization greatly young men a ay rnqmnng a out o. B. how to go to sea in the merchant There's two sides to every story strengthened by new men and ships. marine and get some of that enas we found out when we went to bat for a member only to find out A REMINDER that he was in wrong because he 45,000 Longshoremen had been peddling liquor to the Granted Higher Wages In 1943 all seamen must file in- passengers and crew. That's the come tax returns, and they are go- kind of stuff that pulls down the rng to be nicked for plenty. To union and gets the patrolmen m WASHINGTON, D. C.-The start with, the so-called "victory wrong. That's the kind of stuff National War Labor Board ap- tax" of 5 % will be deducted that gives the brass-hats something proved a union-management agree- weekly from all pay envelopes by to tie up to and write letters about ment granting a 5-cents-an-hour the shipowners. On top ~ that, discipline. As far as we are con- CREW OF S.S. MINOTAUR ... . ................. . ................ 57.00 wage increase of 4 5,000 lon gshore- the last session of Congress passed cerned any liquor peddler can go CREW OF S.S. JOHNATHAN GRANT ........................... 15.00 m en in North Atlantic ports. An a soak-the-poor income tax plan hire himself a lawyer; we've got CREW OF S.S. PAN CRESCENT ................................ 15.00 additional 5-cents-hourly increase which means that all who earn too many legitimate beefs to atCREW OF S.S. ROBIN TUXFORD ............................... 14.00 was approved for longshoremen more than $ 12 per week must kick tend to without taking on a phony CREW OF S.S. FIR MORE ............ . ......... . ... . ............. 11.00 handling explosives and damaged 111. like that. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA .................. . ..... . ......... ··. • 11.00 Personal tax exemptions for cargoes. JOHN VECHIO, Agent fi. C. ROCH .... .. ......... . ........ . .................. . .. · .... · • • 10.00 The mcreases, retroactive to single men has been reduced from CREW OF S.S. BENJ. BOURN ............................ · · ·• · .. 8.00 'ct. 1, were incorporated 1n a $700 to $ 500, and for married CREW OF S.S. PAN YORK ......................... . ...... ·· .... 6.50 .mtract between the N ew York men from $1,500 to $1,200. CredShipping Association of New York it for each child is now $3 50. Brother Samuel Lane H. M. SVENNINGSON ...................... . ........ ·. ·. · .. · .. ·•· 6.00 So remember, if your income and the International Longshore(Cook) M. DOWLING .......................... ·. · ·. ·. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · • 4.00 3.00 men's Association, American Fed- falls within the above classificaAOALBERT GAWRONSKI ...... . ......... · . . . ·. · ·. · · · · · · · · · · · · · • 1900-1942 2.00 eration of Labor affiliate, which the tion, file a return and kick in the L . GARDINER ....... . ....... · .. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · • Died in U. S. Marine Hospital board said served as a master wage dough. The Department of JusNew York, November, 1942 TOTAL •.•.••..••.•••••••.• • ..•.•..••.•.•.......••.•••.. $161.50 agreement for all Atlantic ports tice can throw you in jail if you fail to make out the return. from Maine to Virginia. * d · ·· Seafarers' Log- HONOR ROLL �"iU''' THE Page Four SEAFARERS' LOG Thursday, December 24, 1942 ANNUAL VOTING ENDS DEC. 31 Axis Subs- Active SIU Off West Africa Freezing For ActiveSeaman Tally sheets shall be kept on file .lead pencil, shall be deemed inval­ gether with a copy of the tally by the Secretary-Treasurer for the id. Ballots torn in such a manner Axis submarines, putting most sheets, under sealed cover, marked inspection of members, and the re­ that part of the names of candi­ port of the committee shall be dates or voting squares is destroyed "Ballots for Officers." In case no of the pressure on merchant ships regular meeting is held during such spread in full upon the minutes. are to be regarded as mutilated bal­ plying the narrow stretch of the week, the Agent, in the presence The candidate receiving the high­ lots. Where the choice of any Atlantic between -South America of the Committee on Election, or, est number^ of votes for any office member for any office cannot be and West Africa, sank eight more^ in their absence, before five other shall be declared elected, and shall determined with certainty, the ships in the Western Atlantic las) full members, shall open the bal­ assume office within thirty days af­ vote for such office shall not be lot-box and count the ballots there­ ter notification. If the candidate counted. This also applies where a week. Navy announcements am in contained fbue shall not count fails to comply with the foregoing member has voted for more than other reports disclosed. and tally the votes), and forward provision, the office may be declar­ the designated number of candi­ Six of the sinkings occurred f same to Headquarters in the man­ ed vacant, and the Union shall dates to be elected to any office. All proceed to fill the office in accord­ ballots cast at ^ny time, in any the South Atlantic while one vC; ner hereinbefore prescribed. Section 8. The Committee on ance with Article 14, Section 3. place and manner, except as herein sel was .sunk off the United Statr Election at Headquarters shall Any member who desires to be provided, shall be deemed invalid. and another off Canada. The tot) Section 10. All . committees over the seven-day period raised I count the number of ballots re­ present during the canvass shall be admitted upon showing his mem­ mentioned in Article XIII shall con ceived from each Branch and cast 5 56 the count of announced.sinf bership book in good standing. list of six full book members in at Headquartrs, and shall count Section 9. Mutilated or disfig­ good standing; two members from ings of Allied and neutral mercl and tally the votes tast at each ant ships in the Western Atlant voting place. They shall prepare a ured ballots, or ballots marked with each department. since Pearly Harbor. report showing the number of bal­ {Continued from Page 1) {Continjied from Page 1) However, on close examination, we find that under the industry wide freezing orders that have been issued for other sections of industry, the United States Em­ ployment Service acts as the clear­ ing house through which men are employed in the industry. While -this may be practical for other industries, the seamen have learned through bitter experience that control over their own hiring hall is a •condition essential to the continu­ ed existence of the union. If the process of industry freezing in­ volves a change in our method of hiring so that the USES becomes In the year an3 week since tl in effect a super hiring hall the lots cast and the number of votes Japanese attack nearly 6,000 crew received by each candidate at advantages to be gained by indus­ men and passengers have been'lost Headquarters and each Branch, also try freezing are more than offset with these.ships. About 3,740 are, the total number of ballots and by the disadvantages. known dead while little hope is votes. They shall carefully pre­ Right now, hundreds of seamen held for most of the 2,233 an .who had left the industry are vol­ serve and place under sealed cover nounced missing. ( all ballots, keeping separately the untarily returning to resume their The brothers down in Baltimore veteran of two torpedoings. ballots cast in each voting place. Of the eight ships sunk lasj place in our ranks. In many cases have been receiving a lot of public "Ralph has been going to sea week, three were American, tw'r these men are over the draft age attention these past -few months. for twenty-six years," Footner were of the United Nations', uni :and a freezing order would in Public re^ptions and testimonials wrote in the Sun. "He is a simple dentified by nationality, and W many cases serve to diiye these have been given for them through­ man of great strength with a clear each were of Panamaniari, Gre<| men put of the industry,. There is out the city, but it was. climaxed healthy skin and a candid blue and Canadian registry. ' j no shortage of men in the seamen's this past week when the Baltimore eye." The tabulation: field and we do not anticipate any The story then relates the sink­ A call has been issued by the Sun ran a series of feature articles m the next period. Men are being Since Pearl Afnerican Federation of Labor for on the SIU and its men. The ar­ ings through which brother Prager itrairied in large numbers to take Dec. 6-12 Harbor a large labor rally to be held in the ticles were written by Hulbert has gone. At the conclusion of the their place as qualified seamen in Footner, Maryland author and story the writer asked Prager if he South. Off the U. S. 1 192 the ranks of the merchant marine. Sun staff writerl was returning to sea. It will be known as the "South­ Off Canada 1 50 Because the disadvantages of Footner visited the SIU hall on "Sure am," said Ralph. "I'm not ern Labor Conference" and will be n the Caribbean.... 0 175 freezing heavily outweigh any ap­ held January 16 to 18, at the City Gay street, described it and how a nervous man. I figure they can't In the Gulf parent advantages to be gained, Auditorium in Atlanta, with an the union fuctioned, and then do anything worse to me than I of Mexico ....... 1 46 the SUP and SIU are opposed to expected attendance of 5,000 wrote a series of interviews with been through already. I'd sooner Off So. America .... 6 93 freezing the seamen to the indus­ one have a gun in my hands, but hell! union members and officers from various brothers. The first try and are expressing their disap­ was with brother • Ralph Prager, Somebody's got to work the ships." all parts of Dixie. George L. Googe, Total 8 556 proval in the form of telegrams to chief AFL Southern representative, various interested parties. is directing arrangements. Railroad labor will play an im­ portant part in the parley. A ses­ sion devoted to problems of riil workers will be presided over by NEW YORK, N.Y.—ITF— President George M. Harrison of Negotiations in London for a new {Continued from Page 1) the Railway Clerks. Among ma­ collective agreement regulating ports last week and telegrams of jor subjects to be considered by the the wages and working conditions protest were sent to Washington. delegates will be war production, aboard Yugoslav vessels are makThe SIU stands shoulder to threatened anti-labor legislation 'PS progress and decision may be shoulder with its West Coast and attempts being made by foes expected soon, according to wof< brothers in defense of their con­ of unions to interfere with organ­ from Vicko Santich, secretary o tracts and conditions. izing campaigns in the South. the Yugoslav Officers' and Sea­ men's Union in New York and ai present in England, to the NeiR York office of the LT.F. Th( Editor Yugoslav seafarers are affiliatec with the International^ Transport Seafarers Log Workers' Federation. Dear Sir: By BENNO ZIELINSKI Regret to advise you that the In a survey of present condition: After you have designated youi Tonight is Christmas Eve, John Mate, U. S. Marine Hospital, Key West, aboard Yugoslav vessels Mr."Aug. beneficiary, inform that person. In Were you ashore you could hear bells ringing. Fla., will close for duration, Dclist Dijan, acting secretary of tht Take heart and celebrate the event that you are one of the union in New York, called atten­ ' cefhber 21st, 1942. While home folks carols are singing. unfortunate seaman who does not tion to the substantial progress ol , Wish to thank you for sending copies of your valuable paper for return from sea, it is not necessary the Yugoslav seamen during the A blizzard from north-west roaring, Merchant Marines hospilized here for your beneficiary to retain a last few years and the fact that Snow flurries darken the days rest.. during past few years and assure lawyer to ccdlect the $5,000 In­ their wages on trans-Atlantic voy­ The ship is pitching and rolling, you that same was greatly appre­ ages equal those of American sea­ surance benefit. The sound of rivets loose in its chest.; ciated by all. men. A Yugoslav A.B. receives , Fraternally, He is On watch in the focs'l head, Tell your beneficiary to contact $200 a month on trans-Atkntit . k GEO. E. SPENCER, Listening to the storm's strange symphony. your union hall for full informa­ runs, an ordinary seaman $180), Recreational Officer His eyes are fixed on the waves hollow bed. tion. This money could be collect­ and a second mate $320. Wages on African, Asiatic and Australian His mind far over the sea. ed without a lawyer and at no cost routes are substantially lower, an A ASSESSMENT! Over yonder fields brothers blood is spilled, to the beneficiary. 'Some attorneys A.B. receiving $128 and a seco IhnoeOnt women die in agony. are charging as high as $1,000 to mate $145 a month. On Wesi As' if man were only created to kill, Indies trips the'monthly com,^,. collect the insurance. Man to man— diabolic brutality. sation is $96 for aii A.B., $85 fc an ordinary seaman, and $145 fo^ Oh, when is mankind to unite MONEY DUE a second mate. Present overtiml. To make life secure for home and hearth? Crew of 8.3. Waeosta has f18S pay is 50 cents per hour. YugOy Only better understanding and mutual faith in bonus money due. Collect at slav seamen are entitled to tw« Shall bring lasting peace upon this earth. Waterman* -Steamship office,. 19 weeks vacations and officers t(| Rector St., New York City. three weeks per year. SIU Man Highly Praised In Baltimore Newspaper 1 V SOUTHERN LABOR PLANS BIG RALLY IN ATLANTA, GA. i , Sabotages Sailors Union Of Pacific One More Week To Vote! BE SURE TO Yugoslav Seafarers Seek Extension of Gains VOTE YES On Strike Assessment Prepare yourself and your union for the struggle to maintain wages and condi­ tions after the war ends. Editor's Mail CHRISTMAS ON THE HIGH SEAS INFORMATION ON INSURANCE PAYMENTS L I'i?' tac^- • h -• iJ Remember there is a |2 Organizational Assess­ ment which goes to the International. The payment is volun­ tary! How good a Union man are you? 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Title A name given to the resource December 24, 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: NMU & WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION CONNIVE TO INVADE SAILORS UNION ANNUAL COTING ENDS DEC 31 SIU AGAINST FREEZING FOR ACTIVE SEAMEN LAKES SEAMEN GIVEN "FURLOUGH" FOR WINTER MONTHS SHIPOWNERS' DREAM COMES TRUE--A CREWLESS VESSEL EXPLODING THE 40-HOUR MYTH STORMS AHEAD EDO FIMMEN DEAD OUT OF THE FOCS'L 45,000 LONGSHOREMEN GRANTED HIGHER WAGES AXIS SUBS ACTIVE OFF WEST AFRICA SIU MAN HIGHLY PRAISED IN BALTIMORE NEWSPAPER SOUTHERN LABOR PLANS BIG RALLY IN ATLANTA, GA. 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