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Now In Effect
Soldier Uuds SlU Fight
To Protect Conditions
I am in the hospital with a bust
_ Station Hospital
Camp Atterbury, Indiana ed hand and temperature. There is
a SIU man in the same ward with
March 4, 1943
Dear Editor:
me from the Lakes Steward's De
partment. So I just passed the Log
My copy of the Log for Feb. 17
on to him.
arrived yesterday. It was late but
Keep pushing because we are
I guess it was just catching up
with
you morally, if not physically.
with me as I have been moving
around. I sure was glad to get the
Here is a buck to keep the Log
paper. I'm proud of every SIU
logging.
rnaii and the boys are sure doing a
Fraternally,
big job. You are keeping up the
fight so we soldiers will have con
Pvt. C. B. WILSON,
ditions to come home to.
No. 60S6 Retired
Draft Board Held As Club Over Heads
Of Seamen Who Don't Observe Regulations
The War Shipping Administration has won its fight to gain control over the draft
machinery as applied to seamen, and this victory places this anti-union bureau in a
highly strategic position for future offensives against organized maritime labor. As of
March 15, the Recruitment and Manning Organization, of the WSA has complete con
trol over deep water men, has formulated shipping rules, registration requirements, and
^'backs them all up with the threat
Here Is Your Shore Time
(Under WSA ftuling Now Effective)
Time on Last Vogage
Time Allowed Ashore
Time Beween Date Pay Begins
And Pay Off, Fractions of Weeks
Are Not Counted.
ANY TIME LESS THAN THREE FULL WEEKS
4 DAYS
3 FULL WEEKS
..... 6 DAYS
8 DAYS
4 FULL WEEKS
5 FULL WEEKS
10 DAYS.
'.
12 DAYS
6 FULL WEEKS
ABRAHAM, ALEX ••
. .S. A^B.
BRI'l'l'AIN, JULIUS
O. S..
BJIUMIT, ROBERT • • •••
.A. B*
.BUTALA, STEFAJNT ••••.•
Fircmttn
CADENHEAO, JACKSON .;....
Oilw
CURETT, HERMINGILDO . ...
Wiper
OEMBOFSKY. NATHAN
- • . Messman
DEMBOFSKY, WILLIAM ..... Messman
EAGLESON, ROBERT
. .
Oiler
.GEORGE, PETER ...... ....
— M^sman •
GOETHE, W^ILLIAM ... .. ....
Fireman
GRAY; EI^RH .
y Messman
GVANILL, LUIS
. ... . ....... Wiper
HENNING, HARRY •
• •............... 0. S.
HUNA, RAYMONO
C
JANSEN, HJAL®IA.R
Carpenter
LARSEN, WILHELM
Oiler
MADURjO, MANUEL ...... •... Chief Steward
MARTINEZ, OBOULIO , . • /
.
0. S.
-MILLER, CHARXiES
Oiler
MONREAL, ANTONro^;^ . . . . .: ^
A. B.
MURPHY, HUGH •.... .......
Messman
OLSEN, EINAR
.
- A. B.
PELAYO, DEMETRO^...^^^^^^.^^ .. .. ... A. B.
PRINCE, GILBERT ... .... ...... .. 2nd Cook
RAYCO, LUCIANO
.. ........ ... . A. B.
REILLY, JOHN
.:... .• 0. S.
RIVERA, MANUEL . ... . ....... .... Messboy
RUBIN, MICHAEL ...;.
Wiper
SABIO, OANIEL
Bosun
SIERRA, LOUIS V
Fireman
STRACHEN, STEPHEN ,
Utility
STROM, HENRY
^
. .• ., ^ i O. S.
TURIN, RUBIN
.
utility
VOLIVA, DANIEL"...... V. . .;i... i-. ... A.B.
WOLOSZ, JOHN .«......... ^.'.. ?... i.;..Utility
ZALESKI, JOSEPH .
A
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• I
riy
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K
• • Ji '
> ^ » ft
• • •' • <
7 FULL WEEKS
14 DAYS
;....
16 DAYS
g FULL WEEKS
9 FULL WEEKS
.
18 DAYS
10 FULL WEEKS
20 DAYS
11 FULL WEEKS
.....22 DAYS
12 PUlll- WEEKS
l3 FULL WEEKS
.
r.
14 FULL WEEKS
28 DAYS
15 FULL WEEKS OR MORE
Carrying Diary, Letters
Prohibited In New Order
Strict.- new prohibitions on diar
ies .and mail have been released by
the Navy and apply to all mer
chant seamen.. The new .Tegulabtions, which forbid the "chron
icling of slup movements," is part
of a general tigbtening all around
as the Nazi sub campaign threat
ens to assume ,even greater propor
tions.
Henceforth, seamen may, not
keep diaries which would be b£
yalue to the enemy , if the ship were
captured, nor may they carry into
any country betters or papers of a
third party.
The SIU is fully cooperating
with the Navy" in this new effort
Shoes Are Rationed
Th« government has ordered
all shoes, except certain catagory of work shoes, rationed for
the duration of the war." To buy
shoes now you must present
coup.on No. 17 out Of ration book
No. 1 to tho retailer.
Any seamen net possessing a
ration book can obtain one by
applying at the New York head*
quarters of tho OPA, 40th Strpot
and Broadway. Take seamen's
papers for identification.
to prevent leaks of information
concerning ship movements, and
the ofSciai Navy bulletin has
placed in. all Union halls.
The following is the text of the
order:
"The writing of- personal diaries,
or of any narrative or communica
tion chronicling the movement of
this or any Sbther vessel is prohi
bited as a breach of security for the
reason that in the event of an at
tack in which the enemy boarded
your ship, information available in
such diaries or letters might en
danger other ships or convoys.
Moreover, such material might fall
into the hands of persons aboard or
ashore who would disclose or mis
use it. For siniiiar reasons it is
likewise not permissible for any of
the ship's personnel to carry letters
or papers for other persons to be
mailed either in this country or
abroad. Ail such matter found in
possession of ship's personnel upon
asrival in the United States will be
detained and may be seized by U.
S. Customs and the possessor's
name referred to interested Naval
authorities. The persons involved,
moreover, may be subject to the
severe penalties provided for under
the Trading With the Enemy
Act."
the men violate them.
Elsewhere on this page is print
ed the schedule of shore time now
being allowed. Any violation of
this places a man in danger of be
ing jerked into the army. More
over, the WSA has set up a master
file of all seamen and this can
well serve as the basis for a black
list in the future. A new system
of postcards means that the WSA
has a complete and continuous
record of all seaman activity, and
this information could be well
used against unions and mihtaat
workers whenever the WSA
cides to crack down on labor.
This new set up means a greatly
expanded apparatus for the RMO
and gives it a good excuse to go to
Congress for larger and larger ap
propriations. All of which poinM
to the creation of a permanent
non-union hiring hafl, and all the
evils that go with it.
The WSA was able't® win this
highly strategic victtny over th®
seamen because of the craicorous
role played by tlie National Mari
time Union. Curran and his braitt
trust kept mum during the entire
controversy on this issue — and
thereby gave objective support t®
the WSA's anti-union program.
Had all the maritime unions gone
down the line against this shipownier move, it would have flap
ped. The RMO has plenty «£
trainees with which to man the
ships, but no rated man in any •£
the departments. Had the unitms
stood together and given notice
that their ratings would have
nothing to do with the WSA and
its finky
plans, the Washington
bureaucrats would have been up
the w»ll known creek.
When this war has ended and
the shipowners open their offensive
against the American seamen, it's
dollars to doughnuts that the RMO
halls will become 14 karct fink
herders. And the size and strength
of the RMO set up can be directly
tracable, to a great degree, to the
role played by the NMU in the
winter months of 1943.
So, what is to be done?
The WSA has won this round.
The rules have been laid down and
backed'iip by the full authority of
the government'. And the NMU
leadership stands ever ready to act
as employer agents against the sea{Cotithiued on Page 3)
�r
£
!?•
Friday, March 19, 1943
THE S.E A F xVPv.E R S ' LOG
Page Two
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SEAFABBIS' INIERNA^SICAL UNION
OF NORTH AMEEQCA
AReoitic and GuU DiMxict
(
Nbrwegfent
Fight Shipowner
Chisel On Wage
mmitr mm
^ J
inrnsletf tatfh tJi4> Amtrtoam
9f JMm
RAIUnr LUNDEBERa
IntMiiattaiKd IVMldwit
Reduction of' maintenance* pay
By Matthew Dushane,
in port, and qualification of the
110
Street. Room 402 Sim fttrngteaa, as<!i
wages, of abled-bedicd. seamen, andt
firemen have resulted, in. seriously,
ADi^Msm ALL aoRRMBPovDJBWJt oovaamtma. rau.
"
strained
relations between. Nojrwc- War Relocation Authority: PUSLIOATIOJf TQi
gia»> seamen in American: ports and
' 'THE ttiUFASmS' fiOG
"ISi&^S.iard, that was-sfe, up,; by the. War Department to cheek Oflj
the; Norwegian shipping, interests, the cases of seami^ in the centers,, a^o have- requestedi to. be releasee^
P. O. 2S, Stiitfon P. K0W toxk. K T.
,the Internationali Transport. Work
FhcKMe BOwUjag Qnon 9*8349'
is at present- working* on all seamen's- cases. To date- no- clearances'
ers Federation reported yesterday.
Acknowledging the possibiUty have been issued;
that the incn might refuse to man Maritinw'Wor Emergency Btmrdi::
the ships, Ingvauld Haugen, head
Have been advised, thatr the board, is, going to send to all the sign
of the Norwegian Seamen's Asso
ciation, an ITF affiliate, stated that ers of the Statement-of' Principles a ktter stating what-in their opinion
no demands were being made for is their jurisdiction on Bonuses and War Risk Insurance.
higher wages, and that no new
Admiral Land sent, a letter, to the Calmar Line informing thettt
claims were being advanced;
that they must comply with the decisions of the. MWEB. Company
The brothers have something to worry about,, with the issuance
Haugen charged the shipping has been holding up on bonus payments claiming that the WSA nevei?
of the new WSA directive, which curtails the time they are to spend authorities and the. shipowners with
authorized them to make payments.
ashore. We suggest that the brother keep on the alert, cooperate with having demanded that able-bodied
Calmar Line answered the Land letter and= stated that in the^fu
seamen and firemen must have one
the Union oflScials and we will be able to keep them out of trouble.
ture they will comply with the board's decisions and make payments as.
year of continuous service in their
AAA
respective ratings before they are per the board's decisions.
Maxie Weisbarth SUP, San Francisco. Contacted the board ani^
Joe Mohowski bought himself $2000 worth of War Bonds. That entitled to regular pay rates while
proves that seamen arc aiding the war effort in every way. Alex Pul compelled to serve in lower grades. they are of the opinion that any or all ships regardless of where they,
itzer and O. C. King have retired and become licensed officers. We hope This move, he said, is unjustified are at will come under the latest decision of the board on Match Ist,
since the men must serve three 1943. Ships that are out at sea in. the $5.00 area will receive this,
that keep a sharp lookout for subs.
years as ordinary seamen before the amount from March 1st. Ships that were in the port areas of $125.00.:
AAA
A.B. rating is achieved.
prior to March 1st will receive the $125.00 and after March 1st will:
The ITF announced that a reso receive the additional $5.00 per day if they are within the specified
Speaking of subs, during the past month we lost 4 more ships,
which brings our total of ship lost to 88, and we lost 33 brothers during lution instructing the men to re areas. All ships that enter the $125.00 port area after March 1st, 1943V
the past month, which brings our casualty list total, to. 632 men. In fuse to register for service after will not receive the $125.00 unless the port is-under aerial attack, re-,
cidentally there is a move under foot in Washington to stop seamen February 2, and authorizing the gardless of when the crew signed the. ship's articles.
officials and a special committee to
from leaving the $5,000 insurance to bartenders, Ladies of. the Evening,
Requesting that the board issue a clarification in writing on thft
negotiate with Norwegian and
or what have you. The Tavern Keepers and Loan Sharks will be crying,
American authorities for the pur issue so that all agents can inform the members of the decision-and*
into their beer from now on if this gets through.
pose of settling the conflct, had how it applies to the way they signed the ship's articles.
been unanimously adopted at a
AA
A
War Labor Board: Maritime Panel:
.^
meeting last Thursday.
Stefan Butala, who has had nothing but hard luck since he came
SUP and Pacific SS Owners have filed a joint application to'the
lip from the Lakes to ride our ships, was recently declared lost. Alfred
WSA
for their approval in an addenda to the agreement covering main- ,
SIU Rescue Grew
Ardonski has had a hectic time since he joined our organization. On
Receive Thanks From tenance work. The WSA referred this case to the WLR for approvaL
liis first ship he was caught in a hurricane and was almost swept over
This case will, come up the early part of- this coming week. At, the
Torpedoed Seamen: present,
the side. On his second voyage, his ship landed, on the rocks 60 miles
time we have no one on the panel, AH the AFL men;her«ic i0
from New York. Anthony Prescattano has gone to Oyster Bay to rest
Washington are all tied up with other committee work and .are-worked
up after his recent torpedoing. We saw one of the brothers at the bar To the Crew of the SS Minotaur:
i'
On behalf of the survivor crew to death.
trying to teach Brother Sloat a "new religion."
The
Chairman
of
the
panel
is
a
permanent
member,
and
it
is
my
of the S.S. (
) L wish to ex
press appreciation of your cooper opinion that we should have men on the panel who are from the-Mari
ation during the days we were to time Industry, to represent us, and suggest that the unions designate-to
the WLB the-names of Morris Weisberger and-myself ta sit on all, SIU
gether.
In tliis war we all have the same cases, and. John Hawk and some other SIU man to. sit on the panel on
things at stake — our homes, our all SUP cases. This requires quick action by the memberships of both
jobs, our very freedom, It is the organizations, as we-should get-fairly good results if we-have some-of
friendly unity like that shown by pur own men on the panel, as I feel that there are-certain conditions
anda and watch the ships come your crew members which will that exist in the industry that AFL men, would not fully understand
Editor, Seafarers Log
smack the Axis hard.
and go.
Dear Sir and Brother;
and haven't the knowledge that seamen have. The teamsters have a
I wish to congratulate the new
All of us want to return your
I' have been combing the beach agents and also the old ones who kindness. We want to keep the panel here and they have teamsters on the-panel to represent them, and
« around here for almost a year but have been elected. I can only say feeling of unity we developed it is very successful so- far.
Weisberger and myself could alternate on all SIU cases, and: Hawk
seem not to find'enough time to that you are going to have heavy during those days. The chance
write to the good brothers and weather and sometimes it is going may not come soon, but count on and some other SIU man could alternate on all SUP cases.
have a chat.
The board shall consist of three men, Chairman Pohlic representato be stormy. But stick by the us. We are all in it together and
Well, I finally have time to put wheel in this term.
it's the sticking; together against tivei Employer and Labor shall be the-other two men, on the pan^
I see by the papers yesterday that all odds that will carry us through, AFL will have AFL man on all of their cases, and the CIO will have a
out the head line and forward
spring in San Juan and get around one of the industrialists wants to I think we all felt that especially CIO mau on all their cases.
f6r a chat with the agent ^ and freeze our membership in the during the time we had of it.
some of the brothers in the hall.
And so, again our thanks for Legislative Front:
union and that the persons who
your
help. ,
I was up there for about two arc not members who work and
Bill numbered HR-133 entitles all seamen to the same rights da
hours. When I arrived back the get the same wages should not be
Fraternally,
ships operated on bare boat or time charter by the WSA as those seamen
head line and forward spring had inticcd into joining,
James (Scotty) Edwards
on private ships. That is, they can sue the employer for disability thai
Now
fellows,
I'm
casting
off
to
disappeared with what was on the
Representative S.S. (
)
they may incur. The men are entitled to. all rights guaranteed:-theni.
find the boat, so imtil sometime
, end of it.
under the Jones Act. The SIU is supporting this bill. It is now befoni
You know, the San Juan hall is when I get to dropping another
the
House.
one of the best of our halls and I line, I remain.
However, Senator Overton of- Louisiana attached- an araendhnenC
Fraternally yours,
say this much—^it is really salt
Th# following brothers should to this bill which would, limit the fees of. an attorney to $1Q0 to. $250
breeze you can stand on the ver
The Beachcomber
stop in the office- of the-Secretaryoif the case did; not go to the courts. An attorney to b« able to receive
Treasurer so that' their records
the fee of $250 would have to get permission from the Administrator
may be straightened outt t
ATLANTIC AND GULF SHtPPING FOR
of the- W^. Under this proposed amendment the seamen would not
No,
FEB, 22 TO MARCH 6>
CLARENCE SCHNEIDER: ..22631 be able to hire a competent attorney as.-they would not take the casd
PAUL VALENTINE
22670 on this basis.
"•
, '
DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL
JOHN MULOCK
22751
Our Union has opposed this amendment and today I jredeived'tlli
SHIPPED
*.....375
261
294
930
JOHN J. McGEE
23296
following, telegram from the chairman of the House-Committee on ".
HOWARD W. FORBES
23399
.REGISTERED
...280
287
225
792
Merchant
Marine and Fisheries:
ALEXANDER STEVENSON.23771
Out ol the Focs^t
by
jf"
E£tor's
f
• a'
In
I 'zf''
Bag
• NaricE •
ON HAND
............45(1
500
200
1150
ALBERTA LA PLANTE .,..23853
FRANCIS AUCOIN
23974
{Coniintie^onVageA)
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jry
SBAFABEES" IMTERNiCTIONAL UNI0N
m mmm AMERICAN
iwsA-n, f
ATLANTIC ana GULF DISTRICT
%
|STA,TEMEOT
•
OE\A!jETm SBR¥I<tE: IN, MEBXCHANTi MiUUNE.^
•
Secretai;3^TEe8siiF^s 0££ifi!»
(1) :.i
1,^
ft -•
..
{2^
(Name (last name first) and number of certificate of'identifrcalion-oi continwusrdiKhaigfeboak)
,,.
W'~
(4)
:
:
m
(Highest rating for which seaman holds papers)
ROOM 213.— 2 STONE STREET^ NEW YORK. OTK
I*rO. ^ 25; Statioa P.
phone BOwling Green S-lStf
r
^
Directbm^ of Brancheg
(Year of birth)
^
BRANCH
NEW YORK
(jLdtal draft b^.d numBer.^.ry, State, and order number or Naval Reserve service number)
^ • I(understand that my local draft board or the Navy^ if I am in the Naval Reserve, will be
notified that I am an active merchant seaman.
BOSTON
BALTIMORE
PHILADELPHIA....
NORFOLK
NEW ORLEANB,...
SAV^WAH
(5)
MOBILE
PUERTO RICO
GALVESTON
IAMPA* ernnnooeoo,
(Signature of seaman).
tr _
X
7-;
•
i,
FT. LAUDERDALE.
ADDRESSr
PHONE
.. 2 Stane. St.Disfwicher'a Offico.... .... BOwlioy Green 9-8346
^taent................ ...BOwliny Green 9-3437
. .330 Atlantic Ave
• ..Liberty 4087
,.14 North Gay St.
• • Galvert 4539
. .6 North 6th Sti
•.. Lombard 7661
.. 25 Commercial PL
• ••Norfolk 4.1083
. .SOS-Cirartres St
.. .Canal 3336
..218 East Bay St«
• .•Savanaah 3-1726
..423 £a«t Plett St
• • Tampa MM-1328
..56 So. ConcepUoa SL..... Dial 2-1392
.. 45r Ponee da Leon
.. .Puerto de Tlarra
..216 20th Streat
.. .Galveston 2-8048
.. 2021 S. Faderal Hifhwily. .
• 0 •
-
\
1CERTIFY that this seaman has signed ship's articles. , '
(6)
(7)
{Omthtued from Page 1)
1 Sign the card to be known as.
I men if they attempt, to fight it WSA Form 47, the "green card,"
TO'MERCHANT SEAMEN; You need to sign one of; these cards only once. ^
. t
lout now.
which the master of the ship will
The SIU has no alternative but fill out. The seaman will nog
Budget Bureau No. ld-BOOS-42 1 to abide by these rules. And that
OPO
10-32822-1
again need to fill
out a WSA
doesn't mean a half hearted obser- Form 47 at the commencement of
The above card is the "master card" which, after being signed by you, goes into the WSA in Wash
ington as a permanent record. You need fill out but one of these at the beginning of your first voyage. jvation of them—they must be ob- later voyages.
served to the letter, lest the WSA
2. On leaving employment on
be given a good excuse for further
any affected vessel, which has sail
WSA-48—Card 1 inroads upon our rights.
ed from a United States port tm
Every SIU official and every
or after March 15, 1943, the sea
rank and file member should care
man
must sign WSA Form 48,
i
DO NOT LOSE THIS CARD—GIVE IT TO YOUR UNION HIRING
fully study the regulations and
which the master will fill out. This
HALL OR TO THE RMO WHEN YOU REGISTER
make certain that the brass hats
form consists of a No. 1 and a No.
•jand shipowner stooges don't catch
2 card. The seaman will retain the
them off base.
No. 1 card, leaving the No. 2
(A)
Sj Here, briefly then, is how the
card with the master. A WSA
(Name, (last name first) and number of certificate of.identification or continuous discbarge t>0ok)
new set up works:
Form 48 must be signed every
Under the deferment plan the
(C) ..
(B)
time a seaman's employment on a
/ J
(Rating on ship)
(Port of payoff or discharge)
y j RMO will be the coordinating and
vessel is terminated; not when he
J clearing agency for procedures in
(E>
(F)
CD.)remains on a vessel from one voy
which the maritime unions, mas
J ,
(Date pa-/ began on ship)
(Date pay ended on ship) ^^dA^y^yy
(Last day to ship again)
age to another.
ters of ships, shipping operators
3. Upon registering to ship
(<S).
and the tens of thousands of sea(Local
draft
hoard
number,
city,
State,
and
order
number
or
Naval
Reserve,
service
number)
again,
the seaman must turn in his
t( '
X men of all ratings will have speciNo. 1 card to his union represen
3^1 bed responsibilities.
(H)tative,
if he registers at a unioa
(Rort where registered)
(Date of registration)
^ j Important in the mechanics of
hiring
hall
or to the RMO port rep
the plan will be three cards—"the
This seaman was employed on a ship on...
resentative
if ^le registers with
green card" and No. 1 and No. 2
(Date)
RMO.
eard. In their various routings
Tl^is-seaman has not been employed on, a ship Q.
4. When the seaman has regis
1
th«e
thre. cards will convey the
(Date card is sent to RMO)
tered
to ship again but has not
whole story, of a seaman's Selective
pVJ* •
shipped, it is his continuing respon
This Card Must Be in an Service and industry status to all,
(Signature of union official or RMO representative)'
as he moves from, port to port and sibility, if he is not registered with
RMO Office by the Day
his union, to keep the-RMO port
from one ship to another.
After Date on Line (R
representative
informed of any ex
In the maritime industry it will
(Name of union.) .
r- •
tenuating
circumstances.
.-•a,.
be RMO instead of ship operators
^
(Date)
. (Signature of master)
R^GORD FOR ACTIVE SEAMEN
'j
*,
What the Master of
The Ship Must Do
or agents which (1) files the re.^'—5(14"^^'
^ seaman's deferment
// WSA-48--CaM 2
board or (2)
1. When a seaman first signs orf
//
^'
) I notifies the board if the seaman
a vessel the master shall determine
/Ileaves the industry and thus be.whether he has previously signed
j
eligible for draft. (If the
a WSA Form 47 (the "green
(A)
Kaman is a member of the Nava
(Nam;.(last,nanxc first) and number of certificate of identification or continuous dischargee book)
card").
j jReserve, in inactive status, the, no2. If none was previously sign-»
* ' tification is made to the Navy.)
ed the master shall fill out a,WSA
The seaman is held to be active
(C)
(B)
Form 47 for the seaman's signa
in the Merchant Marine when:
(Rating on ship)
(Port of payoff DC discharge)
ture and mail the card to the Cen
1. He is employed on a vessel
tral Office of RMO, after determ
of United States, Honduran or
ining whether the seaman ha*
Panamananian registry (including
(F)
(B)
(D)
signed ship's articles.
(Date pay began on ship)
(Date pay ended on ship)
(Last day to ship again)
coastal shipping) operated by or
3. Whenever a seaman leaves 2
}
for WSA or Army Transport Ser
vessel, the master shall before pay=
vice.
fc.-jWr:--",'—
ing off, fill out a WSA Form 48^
(G)
2. He.is ashore between voyages
for the seaman's signature.
(Local draft board number, city. Stale, and order.number or Naval Reserve service number)
^-"^jfor the allowable period, of from
4. The master then detaches thn
thirty days depending on
.7.0--.» Jthe length of the last previous No. 1 card of WSA Form 48- and-,
gives it to the seaman being paid
voyage.
(Signature of-seaman)
off.
3. He is temporarily ashore re
5. The master at the same timo
ceiving training in a school of (or
mails
the No. 2 card of WSA^
approved by) the United States
Form 48 to the- local port repre
(Signature of master)
^ Maritime Service,
sentative
of RMO.
la—32824-1.
.
.w ' Budgiet Bureau No, 14rB006;*5
6.
If
a
seaman fails to join ship,
Tha abovn double-card will ho used at the end of each trip you make. Both halves are ta be filM
leaves
a
vessel
without paying off
In, then torn apart. The upper card you keep, the lower one ia.sent to the WSA. Note that line (F)
On signing ship's articles on an or leaves under any circumstance*
contains the date upon which you. must ship out. When you do ship, you surrender tho upper half of
affected vessel for the first time other than by common consent
the card to the union dispatcher and he in turn sends it to Washington. This procedure is repeated each
time you sign off a ship. This gives the WSA a complete record- of your movements, at- all times and
after the effective date (March H, the master shall fill out Card No.
meant that! should you fail to abide by. official regulations, you stand in danger of being drafted into
1943) of this procedure; the sea 2^ sign it, leave it attached to th*
tho army.
man must:
(ConHmieJ on Page 4)
•
What Each Unlicensed
Seaman Must Do
-j'
�Page Four
THE
SEAFARERS' LOG
RMO Shipping Regulations
{Continued from "Page 3)
FJo. 1 card and mail both cards to
the RMO port representative in the
port of pay off.
7. If a seaman is employed on
an affected vessel in a port ip
vhich he has not registered and
where he has not deposited hi? No.
1 card because there is neither an
appropriate union hiring hall nor
RMO office there, the master shall
fill in the current date on the line
on card No. 1 where it is certified
that the seaman is at that time
employed. The master then signs
the card and adds the name of the
company (not the name of the
ship). Before the ship leaves port,
the master shall mail this card to
the appropriate RMO regional of
fice.
under the allowable shore leave
provision..
6. It is the continuing respon
sibility of the union official to keep
the RMO port representative in
formed of extenuating circum
stances in the case of any union
member who has not shipped
again by the time of the last al
lowable day.
What the RMO
WSA WiU Do
tive receives or has a No. 1 car<
stating that the seaman has ship
ped, he shall make a diagonal mark
across the corresponding No.
card to cancel it, staple the cards
together and at the end of each
week mail all such paired cards to
the RMO central office.
7. As in the case of a union
acting for its members, the RMO
port office shall act as responsible
depository for the No. I card of a
seaman who is riot a member of a
union and who registers to ship
again at an RMO registration of
fice. At. the time of a seaman's
registration at -an RMO office, the
RMO port representative shall
complete the lines on the No. 1
card, which deal with the port and
the date of registration.
Friday, March 19, 1943
Seafarers' Log-
HONOR ROLL
CREW S. S. CAMPFIRE
CREW S. S. BENJ. BOURN
20.08
CREW S. S. SH!CKSH!NNEY
20.00
CREW 8. S. ALGIC
18.00
F. GREEN
10.00
A. FAULSTICH
6.00
J. R. CHARITY
1. Upon receipt from the mas
D. HURST
ter of a ship of a seaman's WSA
Form 47, the Central Office of
PORT OF NORFOLK
RMO (Washington, D.C.) shall
A. SANTIAGO
inform the seaman's local draft
board that the man is an active
R. WILLIAMS
merchant seaman, and, provided he
JOHNNY KING
is under 38 years of age, shall file
8. When an RMO port repre
a Selective Service Form 42 re
EDGAR KIOTGER
questing his occupational defer sentative receives a No. 1' card
ment; also inform the local draft from another port of payoff, he
TOTAL
1. The union shall act as the re board that RMO will file a request shall send the card to the RMO
sponsible depository of the No. 1 for deferment if the seaman is later office of that port (in order to
card of any union member who subject to reclassification and in complete the handling of No. 2
registers to ship again at his union duction.
card). If the card indicates that
hiring hall, on or after the effec
2. If necessary, the central of the seaman has shipped by the
tive date of March H.
fice of RMO will appeal requests time of the la.st allowable day, the
WASHINGTON,
—Sen
2. The union official shall com
port
representative
shall
sign
his
for deferment.
ator Bone (Dem., Wash.) asked
plete the filling out. of the No. 1
name on the back of the card, date Congress today to make insurance
3. RMO port offices shall act as
it and send it immediately to the under the National Service Life
9arJ.
responsible depositories for the sea
• 3. Jf the seaman is employed on
RMO office at the port of payoff Insurance Act available to mer
men's No. 2 cards, WSA Form 48,
a ship or before the last day for
or to the appropriate regional of chant seamen as well as to memon their receipt from a ship's mas
dipping again (under the allow
fice.
>ers of the armed forces.
ter. If there is no RMO office at
able shore leave provision), the
9. If an RMO representative
the port of payoff, the regiona
He introduced a bill (S. "47J)
union official shall fill in the cur
receives a No. 1 card which indi
R\(0 office for that coast will per
amending
the insurance law to pro
rent date on the line on card No.
cates that a seaman has not ship
form this function.
vide
that
such
protection for mer
! where it is certified that the seaped by the time of the last allow
chant
seamen
should
be identical
4.
RMO
port
offices
(or
region
iman is at that time employed.
able day, the RMO port represeriwith
that
supplied
the armed
4. If the seaman has registered al offices) shall act as responsible tative shall send the records to the
Vith his union but has not been depositories for both No. 1 anc central office for notification to orces.
"Without . the service of our
employed up to the last allowable No. 2 cards, WSA Form 48, on the proper local draft board (or
their
receipt
from
ship's
master,
d^ay, the union official checks the
Navy in case of a member of the merchant seamen our war effort
fact on card No. 1 on the line when seamen fail to join ship, leave Naval Reserve) stating that the would be an utter failure," Bone
vessel without paying off or man is no longer in active service, said in a statement.
provided for the purpose and adds
leave
under any circumstances
an explanation o£ the seaman's
A similar bill was .introduced in
unless the port representative can
other
than
by common consent.
failure to ship.
determine that there are extenuat the House by Representative Lane
5. The RMO port representa ing circumstances on the basis of Dem., Mass.). This bill is oppos
- 5. The union official shall then
«ign the card, add the name of the tive (or regional representative) information furnished " by the ed by the SIU-SUP because it con
union and mail the card to the shall file all No. 2 cards which he union or by the seaman if he is not tains provisions which could be
RMO port representative in that receives behind a dated guide card registered with a union.
used to knock but ourTiiring halls.
port not later than the day after based on allowable shore leave.
A
new insurance bill has been
10. In all cases, before sending
4. When the port representa- records to the central office for drafted by President Harry Lunde• die seaman's last day to ship agrin
What the Union
Must Do
...?105.00
6.00
../.
AJOO
4J)0
•(
aoo
2.00
IJM
1........................ .
LOQ
.$199J)6
Seamen*s Life Insurance Provide Free Cigarette. Proposed In House BUI For Merchant Seameii
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22—m
rnen who sail the slups of the mer
chant marine soon will be supplied
with free cigarettes for use durmg
long voyages bearing materials foe, .
the war effort, the War Shipping
Administration said today.
. By an arrangement with a cig
arette manufacturer, the WSA ha«
established a-program whereby thrf
cigarettes will be distributed free
to seamen aboard all vessels of tho
WSA fleet.
The idea was presented to the
WSA by the manufacturer as a
contribution to the war effort.
Cigarettes will be made arail-^
able to merchant seamen immedi-.
ately. Shipments are to be made t¥
representatives of the WSA at yarious ports and will be marked
"for distribution to ilbamen of tiho
merchant marine."
PERSONALS
notification to the local draft berg and will be submitted to
CARL O JOHNSON, No. 7438
board or Navy that certain men Congress.
Your draft board ia looking for
have left the industry, the RMO
ALLIEN
you. Clear up your status at onoe.
port representative sliall send tlie
SEAMEN EMPLOYMENT
DANIEL BOYCE
names to the unions in the port to
Employment of aliens in the
Get in touch with Silas B. AxtsH,
which the seamen might belong, service of the merchant riaarine of
15 Moore Street, New York City,
giving a 48 hour grace period for the United States^ cither in shore
i
{Continued from Page 2)
JOSEPH HOSTEN
the furnishing of any information
or offshore operations, except un
"For your information, agreement has been reached by conit
is
important
that you ses ths •
to the contrary. When such verifi der special permission granted be
- fcrccs on the Bill HR-133, in which the amendment that you obSecretary-Treasurer^
next time you
cation involves communication be cause of necessities connected with
are in New York.
• jectcd has been striken from the bill.
tween port representatives in dif prosecution \ of the war, would be
Yours vciy Sincerely,
ferent ports, a grace period pf ten prohibited under the terms of a
MORRIS P. McCOSKEY
r
5. O. Bland, Chairman
iYour-draft board is looking for
days shall be granted to allow for
bill (H. R. 1244) introduced in
""Committee on Merchant Marine & Fisheries"
mail delivery before » port repre the House by Representative you.
sentative shall send the records to
Starnes, Alabama. . The • bill h;u
thev RMO central office for noti been referred to the House Military
r
I contacted William C. Hushing, legislative representative of the fication to the proper local draft Affairs Committee for considera
I believe every one of our brothAFL to line up what ever assistance that they could give us regarding board or Navy.
tion.
cri is^proud to belong to the Sea-' ,
•the-Victory Tax. Through his efforts we were advised that after the
farers International Union, but
present income tax is straightened out the Victory Tax will be submitDO NOT SHIP
yesterday something happened that
to Congress for the elimination of any inequalities that exist among
made me still prouder."
ANGEL PARGA
...P8533
the merchant seamen. All men who have paid this tax should keep
A man in U. S. Navy uniform
their receipts so that an adjustment can be made when this is adjusted.
SAN FRANCISCO.
came to the Dispatchers window
John P. Frey, AFL Metal Trades have notified President Roosevelt and asked for some late copies of
Department head, said today more that such was their attitude.
the Seafarers' Log. He also said,
He predicted that by the end of "Ph, Yes, send this little donation
. •
Under a bill now pending before the House seamen would be listed than half-inilliou Pacific Coast
as absentees if they failed to stand watch. When ships arc in foreign AFL union members will with the week a hundred more local- to the Log."
He identified himself as Johnny
ports and men do not stand their watches, the master will be required draw their war-time no-strike units, with a membership of 5 50,agreement "unless the National 000, will join in the movement.
King, A-585 5 and he is connected
to keep a list and send it into the WSA and they in turn would turn it
Labor Relations Board quits trying
(The National .Labor . Relations with the Algiers Naval Station at
over to the draft boards. The draft board would then consider the
to break up" the AFL agreement Board is holding a hearing in Port Algiers, La.
man's deferment status on the basis of his absenteeism. The boys had with^the Kaiser shipyards at Port land to determine if CIO should be
How about some of 'the Boyi ^ g
better make arrangements for some one to stand their watch when land, Ore.
represented in the Kaiser: yards. u 'lo know him around. New Yoric
ever they decide they would like a day orf in the future. Otherwise
In an interview Frey declared AFL now has a closed shop agree- dropping him a line.
they might land in the army.
that 50 coast AFL groups already {ment with Kaiser).
E. A. BOYD, Dispatcf^i^
Washington Report
i-l
Victory Tax;
IV
•iU::
m--'
'
iA::
NEW ORLEANS
Frey States AFL May
Dump No Strike Pledge
Absenteeism:
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RMO SHIPPING RULES NOW IN EFFECT
SOLIDER LAUDS SIU FIGHT TO PROTECT CONDITIONS
DRAFT BOARD HELD AS CLUB OVER HEADS OF SEAMEN WHO DON'T OBSERVE REGULATIONS
CARRYING DIARY, LETTERS PROHIBITED IN NEW ORDER
NORWEGIAN MEN FIGHT SHIP OWNER CHISEL ON WAGE
HERE IS THE RMO CARD SYSTEM
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