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VOL. V.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT,
SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA
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NEW YORK, N. Y., FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1943
No. 19
ITF Workers Anti-Strike War Labor Board Set Straight
Help Topple Bill Invoked On 'New England' Provocations
Mussolini
For Miners
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Last week the LOG reported in detail the plot of the New England line to foment a
strike among the SIU crews and thus jeopardize our case before the Regional War Labor
Board. We can report that from all indications the shipowner completely failed to real
ize his objectives.
To begin with, prompt action on the part of the union got the men back to work
•and prevented any extended tieup of the ships. The crews were
fully informed as to the status
of their beef before the WLB
and as to the shipowner maneu
ver in creating a strike situation.
(ITF)—The dissolution of the PITTSBURGH —July 26 — A
Italian fascist regime and the Federal Grand Jury investigat
break-up of the totalitarian ing recent unauthorized strikes
party organs which for so long in the soft coal fields of south
ruled the Italian people through western Pennsylvania yesterday
terror and oppression, are de indicted 30 persons, charging
cisively hastened by the trans conspiracy to prevent produc
port workers unions of Great tion of coal in violation of the
Britain and other Allied nations law.
with headquarters in England,
the American ofiBce of the Inter The prosecutions were the first
Moreover, the full story of the
national Transport Workers' since enactment of the Ctonnallyshipowner move was spread by
Federation announced today af Smith Anti-Strike Law on Jime
the union before all members of
By Matthew Dmhane
ter receipt of authoritative in 25.
the
Regional Wax Labor Board,
formation from ITF headquar The indictments charged de
There
are
several
thousand
men
coming
into
the
mari
as
well
as before William Davis,
ters in England.
fendants specifically with "com
Chairman
of the National War
time
industry
who
have
no
conception
of
the
struggles
that
Galling upon the Italian rail- bining, conspiring and confed
Labor
Board,
and Madam Per
waymen and other transport erating together to interfere by the men in the industry have fought for in the past, to gain
kins,
Secretary
of Labor. The
workers to prevent the flight of strike and other interruptions the conditions that they are enjoying today. I am going to
imion
has
requested
that the
German forces in Italy, the Al with the operations" of mines outline some of the legislative measures that were accom
WLB
make
a
thorough
investi
lied transport labor organiza operated by the Government.
plished by the world's outstand-^
gation
into
the
real
causes
of.
quiring
sanitary
inspection
to
The
indictment
said
tliose
tions issued a radio appeal to
inging leader of the seamen,
the
strike
and
the
strange
ac
prevent
sacrifice
of
human
life;
named
"well
knew"
that
the
their former Italian feliow work
Andrew Furuseth, and the Am
ers "ito hasten the peace by mines were in possession of the erican Federation of Labor. In repeal of law permitting U. S. tions of Mr. Mullen.
sabotaging railways and other United States and that continu order to appreciate the condi Marshals to charge a fee of $15 At this point it appears that
transport means at the com ous operation was necessary "for tions that the seamen now en for executing a libel for wages the imion's counter - offensive
successful prosecution of the joy they should know the his on a vessel; to prevent discharge against the shipowner's
mand of the Germans."
"In this manner," the appeal war."
tory of conditions that existed and laying off of crews in for provocation has had some mea
eign ports and to insi>ect oil sure of success, and the case be
said, "the departure of German
in the past. •
Of
the
30
persons
indicated,
sailing
as well as steam vessels, fore the WLB has not been jeo
soldiers and offtcials from your
The late Andrew Furuseth was
five
were
presidents
of
local
1882—Secure
defeat of federal pardized.
homeland, will be prevented and
the first legislative representa
unions
of
the
United
Mine
Work
bill
designed
to
forbid seamen
German troops will be held back
tive of the American Federation
ers,
one
a
local
ex-president,
one
joining
a
union
for
mutual pro Should the Board hand down
until tlie Allied armies can seek
a local vice president, one a of labor, he served in this ca tection and made it a conspir a decision upon the merits of
them out and destroy them.
checkweighman, 10 local com pacity from 1895 to 1902. He was acy and mutiny punishable by the case, the New England men
Now that the time has come, it
mitteemen and one local record also Secretary Treasurer of the heavy fines and imprisonment. can be assured of a pay raise.
is you who must paralyze their
ing secretary. Others were mem Sailors Union of the Pacific, and
movements and take their food
President of the International 1883—-Called attention to leg The shipowner was unable to
bers.
islative tyranny in proposing to conceal the fact that the New
supplies and other means as
Seamens UniOn.'
make
all combinations of sea England scale of wages is sub
they have taken yours."
Bench warrants were ordered
1881—Agitation for laws of
men
punishable
for mutiny and standard by all fair measure
for arrest of the defendants by benefit to searrien began by the
SABOTAGE OF
ment.
conspiracy.
Federal Judge F. P. Schoonmak- AFL indorsement of a bill "For
ELECTRIC RAILWAYS
1884—
Demanded
passage
of
So that the public may be In
er and bond was fixed at $1,000 better regulation of the Merch
bill
for
protection
of
seamen.
formed
on the comparative wage
The Allies transport workers each. Conviction on the charges ant Marine Service both on in
scales,
we
reprint below one of
organizations laid stress upon would make- the defendants li ternational waters and in inter- 1887 — Demanded legislation
the
exhibits
submitted to the
the impwrtance which the two able to fines up to $5,000 or sen oceanic cO'mmerce and the pro providing that coal vessels in
Board
by
the
union.
coastal railways running the en tences up to a year in jail.
tection of life and property on costwise trade shall each have a
This
chart
shows that New
master
instead
of
one
for
ten
tire length of the country and
vessels." The AFL indorsed de
England pay is- far below wages
vessels.
mands of seamen that number
the electrified lines of Northern
Keep In Touch With of sailors should be regulated by 1889 — Urged International paid by other employers for like
Italy possess for the escape of
work.
the German forces. Sabotage of Your Local Draft Board. the tonnage of the vessel; re
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these vital lines and destruction
of their power stations wili seal AUG. f 93 9a TOO
the fate of the Germans remain 150
ing in Italy as well as prevent
sending reinforcements from
other parts of occupied Europe.
Seamen And Their Struggle
Against Exploitation And
Government Repressions
Strike Vote Taken
By Rail Unions
UNION REORGANIZATION
UNDER WAY
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The extent to which the fas
cist system has disintegrated in
recent months and particuiarly
since the defeat of the Axis
powers in North Africa ^ shown
in underground reports from
Italy which reached the ITF
offices shortly before the down
fall of the dictator.
In practically all industries
and factories groups of anti
fascist workers are active, who
are organized in celis carrying
on the tradition of the former
trade unions and other labor
institutions crushed by Musso
lini. "It is through their work
that the workers are taught how
the shortage of manpower and
the military situation can be ex
ploited to enforcie everyday de{Continued on Page 4)
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1943/
Retail Food Prices
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WASHINGTON —After having
their wage demands shuffled
around by various government
agencies for almost a year, lead
ers of fifteen cooperating railway
unions will meet here this week
to set the date for issuing strike
ballots to 1,250,000 railway work
ers.
The ballots will serve notice
on the govenunent that the
unions finally
mean business
and demand an end to delays in
approving an emergency board
award of an increase of 8 cents
an hour handed down last May.
This award was sabotaged by
Director of Economic Stabiliza
tion, Fred M. Vinson. Efforts of
the unions to win over Vinson
have been unavailing, and Fhesident Roosevelt has shown no
disposition to over-ride Vinson's
veto of the wage award.
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Published by the
SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION
OP NORTH AMERICA
Atlantic and Gulf District
Affiliated with the Am^ican Federation of Labor
HARRY LUNDEBERG
------ Vre^dent
no Market Street, San Francisco, Calif.
JOHN HAWK
------- Secy-Treas.
P, O. Box 2'J, Station Pi, New York City
MATTHEW DUSHANE
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Directory of Branches
PHONE
ADDRESS
BRANCH
NEW YORK (4)
2 Stone St
Deck & Ensino Dispatcher. .BOwIing Green 9-34S0
Steward Dispatcher
BOwling Green 9-6786
Agent
BOwying Green 9-3437
BOSTON
330 Atlantic Ave
...Uberty 4057
BALTIMORE <2)
14 North Gay St.
Calvert 4539
PHILADELPHIA
8 North 6th St
Lombard 7651
NORFOLK
25 Commercial PI
Norfolk 4-1083
NEW ORLEANS (16) . . . 309 Chartres St
Canal 3336
SAVANNAH
218 East Bay SL
Savannah 3-172S
TAMPA
423 East Piatt St
Tampa MM-1323
MOBILE
55 So. Conception St
Dial 2-1392
PUERTO RICO
45 Ponce de Leon
Puerto de TIerm
GALVESTON
219 20th Street
Galveston 2-8043
FT. LAUDERDALE
2021 S. Federal Highway. Ft. Lauderdale 1601
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ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET
New York City
BOwling Green 9-8346
NMm Check-off Move
Engineered By Leaders
Fearful Of Rank &'File
• 8V MATT-HtW DUSHAME-*
tioa maJntidns an upgrading night, nor are the men quar-i
MARiTEffiE
school for raise in grade from tered at the school.
WAR EMERGENCY BOARD
ordinary seaman to abte sea
We would like very much tol
J. Volpin, SIU Patrolmjui, man at Pier 73, East River, NCVv
enlist
your aid in sending qual
N, Y.: The Board has ruled that York City. This is located at
ified
men
to the schoid for up^
there was an enemy attack and the foot of 25tli Street. At this
grading
because,
as you know^
the crew of the Panama City Is school we have facilities tot
we
are
very
much
in need of
entitled to an attack bonus of giving aH the necessary instruc
able
seamen
both
to
man
$125.00.
tions, Including lifeboat work. new ships and to replace sea
The Board is waiting for fur This school is open to any sea men with fourteen- month's ex
ther information from the com man who is qualified by neces perience who go to our offic6rU
panies on the following vessels: sary sea time to be upgraded to schools* to qualify themselves
SS Bayou Chico; SS Blephalet the rank of able seaman.
for officers licenses. Apidtcants
Nott; SS George Gale.
The course of training covers may apply for enrollment eithot
MARITIME TRAINING SERVICE a period from one to two weeks, at our enrolling office at room'
Has agreed to use the facilities which ever is necessary to qual 101-45 Broadway, or at Pier 7J«
of the NMU for the upgrading ify seamen who have had nine We are sending you herewith
of CXS to AB's. In the Pilot they months sea experience in the
100 copies of our upgrading cir
tried to convey the Idea that all deck department, and a period
cular and will be glad to sup
of
one
month
for
those
who
have
OS who wanted to be upgraded
had
experience
in
the
engine
ply you with as many more ad
would have to go to the NMU
hall in New York and use the department. While in training you can use to advantage.
the men are paid at the rate of
facilities of the NMU.
Very truly yours
i;
$66
per month and receive $3
The MTS has another school
TELFAIR KNIGHT,
in New York for this p-urpose, per day for quarters and sub
sistence,
which
they
supply
Assistant Deputy
and my advice is for all mem
themselves.
The
school
is
a
day
Administrator
bers of the SIU who have enough
for Training
time In, to take the opportunity school and does not operate at
offered by the MTS, and attend
their school so that they can be
KEEP CLEAR WITH YOUR DRAFT BOARD
upgraded to AB.
By observing the following simple instructions you will
Mr. Telfaii- Knight, director
continue to receive deferment from military service. Fail
of the training program has sent
to observe these rules and you may wind up in the army.
me a letter on this mater which
I'll quote:
' WHEN SIGNING ON: Give the clerk or skipper all the
Mr. M. Dushane
424—5th St., N.W.
Washington, D. C.
information necessary to fill out RMO Card No. 47 (Green
Card)..
WHEN SIGNING OFF: See that Card No. 48-A is propUnder cover of radical de dence game. The only ones who
perly
filled out by skipper or clerk.
mands, the NMU Communist will be un.stabilized will be the Dear Mr. Dushane,
schemers in control of tire Union victims. Tlie NMU "officials" as
Ship out before your allotted time ashore has expired.
In response to your telei^one
seek to establkli the Checkoff of Ctommuniat political parisites
If you have not yet filled out the Green Card, contact your
Union dues—demand which will lean back and collect the conversation I wish, to advise
draft board and let them know that you are sailing.
they have reason to believe they "gravy" from the suckers with you that the training organizacan get. And this is their re^ out leaving their chairs. Even
patrolmen and service to the
objective.
sliips
-will be knocked off for the
Only extreme weakness and
price
they
must pay for the -win
fear on the part of these corrupt
ning
of
the
checkoff to bolster
politicians who seek to stabilize
their
tottering
regime must betheir rule and continuance of
no
beefs—no
demands—^no
noth
their policies can explain their
May
ing.
With
the
dues
collected
by
Second Debat Amend
Maybe
inaugeration of the checkoff.
Rank
inter
Vote
Motion
re
recon
Once established, these corrupt the Bosses, life will be rosy for
0)
rupt
able
able
required
quired'
sidered
leaders will throw overboard all the Ckunmunist super racketeers.
speaker
demands of the members in re Sold down the river, by the
super knaves
Adjourn
No
Yes
No
No
Majority
1(0
1
turn for the preservation of the
Sold
to
the
Bosses,
NMU
Adopt
report
(treated
as
main
checkoff system. The NMU will
Checkoff slaves
motion)
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Majority
12'
Yes
be owned and controlled body
Sing
a
Song
of
Dollars
while
Amend
motion
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Majority
10
Yes
and soul by the American Steam
you wonder wh-y
Close nominations
No
Yes
No
Yes
Two-thirds
12
Yes
ship Owners Association and the
Curran
talks
of
Liberty.
Can
Information,
requet
for
Yes
No
No
NO
None
NO
n
President and Officers of the
it
be
a
Lie?
No
Limit
or
extend
debate
Yes
Yes
Yes
7
Ttvo-thirds
Yes
NMU will be servants to Frank
Main motion
No
Yes
Ytes
Yes—Top-An'-Lift
Majority
Yes
12
Taylor, President of the AMMI—
Order
of
business,
oa'll
for
.....
Yes
No
No
No
None
No
4
in other words, instead of a
(2)
Parliamentary'; inquiry
—
Yes
No
No
No
None
No
simple Company Union the NMU
(2)
Yes
No
Point of order
NO
No
None
No
will become an adjunot and
No;
Postpone
definitely
.'....
Yes
Yes
Yes
Majority
8
Yes
auxilliary of the employers. It
' NbNo
Postpone indefinitely
....!.
Yes
Yes
Majority
Yes
11
will have ceased to have a free
WILLIAM E. HUTCHINSbON
Yes
No
No
Privilege,
question
of
No
None
No
3
and independent existence, jwid
& JAMES VANADEER
Yes> • No
Question; previous
NoNo
Ttvo-thirds
Yfea
6
will repre.sent the employers As
Get in touch with Attorney Ratify action taken (treated as
sociation.
Richard M. Cantor at once. He main motion)
Nc
Ytes
Yes
Yes
Majority
."......
^ Yes:
12
That is the meaning of tlxe is at 51 Chambers Street, New
No>
Yes
Yes^
Yes
Majority
P«ce.ss
NO
2
Communist demand that the York City.
Reconsider
(treated
as
main
Shipowners grant the checkoff
Yes
Yes
No
Majority
^ Yes
motion )'
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12
NO Bostm and crew of S.S. Alcoa
in the coming contract negotia
<
Refer
or
committ
mofton;
(t&
Pilot
should
contact
Richard
tions this Septi 31st. Messers.
No>
Yes:
Yes
Majority
Yes
Yes'
9
Curran, Myers, Stein and Com Cantor regarding the accident
NoYes: ' Yes
Yes
Two-thirds
YOs;
V2
Rescind
(treated;
as
main
mo
to
Samuel
Renna
on
March
24,
pany, under orders of the Party,
tion)
;—
swe attempting to creep in bed 1943.
Substitute motion (see amend).
with the ^ipowners, under the
JORGES TORRES RENTAS Suspend' rules
No
No
YesTwo-thirds
C-)
No
Nb
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I9iame blanket with Taylor, the
Your union book has beenNo.
,
Yes;
No
Majority
,
Pfo
Noex-Tammany politician. Well, found. Pick it up at the office of Table motion
(-•)
'No
No
Majority
No ' No
Yes;
they ore also creeping into bed the Secretary-Treasurer in New Withdraw motion
with Boss Hague of Jersey City . York City.
I Numbers indicate precedence of Tnofidns, i. e., 1 first, 12 last. Example a main moUou (12)1.
The NMU leadership will' thenALFRED T. KARTELL
has been made and seconded iwittii: time open for dteeussions, whereupon the motion is amend^dibe "stabilized"
the Hliipown-' Your papers have been, foiuid
(Iffi and seconded; The air^ndmenti must he voted upon first.
ers through the checkoff of and are now at the Custom
wages taken from the pay of the House Pitet Office in New York • 2 No Rank. These motions, whMY can be quickl^p disposed of, are usually incidental to a pend
«dlctims of the supcF (JP confl'- City.
ing motion and generally involve matters of convenience or requests for toformation.
This Is a Guide to Free Speech
In Proper Conduct of a Meeting
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TITK SK ArAtdtKS t O O
WHATS DOING
Around the Ports
HbeM
Pegler Is Denounced
As Foe Of All Seamen
The happie.5t people in the like you for tryiiig to sell ttie
world are those who touch life real people of this grand and
at the greatest number of places glorious country a lousy bill of
him and they told me that he Frank Grief wrote the following and points, and see life as it is goods about how radical the sea
NEW ORLEANS
would have to go to St. Peters letter which received favorable lived in the different cities in men are. We have abided by
land and in all ports of the the no strike agreement and can
Things are still bouncing burg to the fink school for three attention:
January
29,
1943
months
before
he
would
be
eligwhole universe. Who but the you name many more that have
around here, most and biggest
squawk of the week is the men able for an AS certificate. Now Subject: Discharge from the merchant seaman can truth abided by same? No you would
Army of the United States fully state the above. He has n't Mr. Pegler.
that are so busy that they can't if that isn't the pay off. I told
for
the purpose of Rejoin seen everything that was to be
them
that
this
lad
had
learned
study the shipping rules.
ing
the Merchant Marine. seen from the slums of Cairo, Who have been the real am
more
about
seamanship
in
the
jWt received notice of two
bassadors of good will to most
men that were torpedoed aboard past eight months and some few To: Commanding Officer, Fort Hong Kong, Shanghai to the foreign countries? Why, cer-r
Story Virginia.
living palaces on the Rue de La
a squarehead ship last year, days that he would ever leam
1.
1 hsarby submit for your Pais in Paris, France, in their tainly I mean the mercliant
in
that
school
in
ten
years,
so
picked up after six days in a
seaman. Who kept the U, S.
open boat they were taken to by George they stated that I consideration a request for dis hey-day, yet some of the col merchant marine fleet floating
Trinadad by the rescuing vessel was right. Seems to me that charge from the Army of the umnists and cornmentators, yes when things wore tough and we
(an American) then were there Ls .something dead in Den- United States for the purpose even some of the people ashore had to fight the shipowners and
brought by transport to New Or .mark when they make that kind of rejoining the Merchant Mar have developed the idea (prob their stooges and coffee-anders
ine, and base such request on ably brought on by the hysteria
leans. These men could not of statement.
to get living conditions, wiages
the following facts:
Am
expecting
Bro.
Biggs
over
of war) that merchant seaman and security for our loved ones
speak English, they claim to be
a. That by trade I am a are not capable of taking care ashore? No one but the mer
Portuguese citizens riding a here this week to set up some
merchant marine seaman. of themselves. The writer can chant seaman. Your column did
Swedish wship under English four hundred of them in St.
b. That I was drafted into name quite a few instances not even have a kind word for
charter at the time of the sink Petersburg. Those men seem to
the army from the mer when he, along with other mer us in those days, so why in hell
ing. As a reward, these two men be very anxious to affiliate with
the
SIU.
We
have
about
four
chant marine.
chant seamen, had to take care should we ask any favors of youi
wore placed in the federal de
hundred
of
them
in
St.
Pete
that
That
a shoHage of mer of themselves or perish. I speak now, Mr. Pegler? Who is now
c.
tention here, then when this
chant seaman has accur- of the well-known labor hating seeing that all the necessary
place was taken over by the have already lined up or rather
wiU
join
as
soon
as
Bi^s
gets
ed
with a resultant im Westbrook Peglar. He has prac food and implements of fighting
Coast Guard they were transover
here.
There
arc
about
pairment
in the transpor tically suggested that we be for our armed forces are getting
fered to the Parish Prison.
twelve
thousand
commercial
tation
of
overseas
supplies. regimerited now and soon, and overseas and in great numbers
, Neither of these two men have
fishermen
here
on
the
West
That
I
feel
I
could
be of though he does not come right also? Who and how many are
d.
any criminal record so far as
Coast
of
Florida,
and
I
am
sure
greater
service
to
the
war out with it, he tries to impress losing their lives in this great
can be ascertained, their one
that
they
will
join
up
with
the
effort
in
my
civilian
than
upon his public (Big business cause? You can answer all of
and only crime is that they were
in my present military men and cock-roach hanger- this Mr. Pegler. Certainly, we
seamen and they were allowed help of some of the Internation
capacity.
ons) that we do not deserve the know that you get the Seafarers
out of the prison when a ce»tain al organizers; it will take some
e. That I am not trying to credit that we are getting. We Log and many other union pa
small Canadian ship was short one that knows something about
evade my duty to my are human, and may I go so far pers, and then try to dig some
handed. Now that they are be fishing and organizing, and I be
lieve
that
we
have
them
in
our
country,
but am firmly as to avidly state, that we are dirt out of them. And when you
ing replaced by a crew which is
own
ranks.
convinced
that it is my also humane and patriotic. read this article, if you do, then
sent from the ship's home port,
That
many
men
in
the
SIU
patriotic
duty
to be of the Many and many, more seamen I am not apologizing for any
they are due once again to re
will
be
a
big
boost
to
the
AFL.
most
service
in
an essen now donate to some form of thing that I have widtten, for
take their abode in the Parish
Some
fly-by-night
tried
to
or
tial
occupation
where charity, and when it comes to you know that it is the truth.
Prison, to stay 'till such time as
ganize
them
but
was
a
complete
there
is
such
a
need
for war bonds to help win this war,
Mr. Shipowner can again use
You have tried many foul tac
failure.
men
of
my
training
and
the seamen average putting tics to hurt the seaman such as:
them to fill out some ship. This
One
of
our
brothers
died
in
experience.
about one third of then- pay in The seaman refused to man the
might be all right Jrom the out
Havana
this
past,
week,
Bro.
Respectfully
submitted,
to same. This can be proven by guns, they became drunk and
look of the operator, but from
FRANK A. GRIEF statistics.
my way of looking at the ques James Walter Smith, and his
refused to work :and the seaman
Hell, yes, the seaman gets a want to take over the gun crews,
George Karpetos, our only
tion it seemis to me that either body was returned to the States
Greek in the branch at the pres lot of happiness out of life and many others, and so help
• the men's own Counsel or the for burial.
English shipowner who is re Six of the AB's from the Pan ent time, came in late Monday (ashore), but Mr. Pegler, have me, ever^'thing has been proven
sponsible for these men's pre- Orleans acted as Pall-bearers as night and did not make the you ever sat down and figured false. Can you deny that, Mr.
dlctament should be forced to he was Boatswain on there. The Auditing Committee, so after so out the days, nights, weeks and Pegler?
take care of tliem at company's officers and crew sent a very much profuse apjologizing back months that a seaman spends at In conclusion, the writer
expense. Why should this coun nice wreath, also the oificei^ and and forth, George has threaten sea? Sometimes sailing the wishes to state that you and
try's facilities be used in such crew from the SS Steel Motor ed that if he is ever left off of ships that will ultimately bring your stooges cannot hurt us, as
aind the SIU hall sent wreaths. a future Auditing Committee, us victory, or quite a bit of the
an.unfair manner.
around in life other well known columnists
These men lare asking noth He was a good union mau\^and that he will become very vei*y time floating
have come to our aid and have
ing that could not be taken care shipmate and we wish him a peeved and ship out on a Bull boats, rafts and probably just done their best to right a wrong
floating around in tlie cold
of very easy, all they want is to happy voyage. We also, as union line scow.
perpetuated by you and your as
get a ship which is heading in bro.thers, extent our sympathy Some of the boys, including waters of the seven seas. To be sistants — namely, the labor
the general direction of their and condolences to his family. Casey Jones, took a trip over to sure, you would not care to write haters.
D. L. PARKER, Agent New York with the inteaftion to anything that would help the
homes; England, India, Africa
DAVID C. JONES
ship out, but upon entering the morale of we merchant guys.
or even Australia. Here are men
We
do
not
blame
the
press,
or
hall on the 6th floor and seeing
being held prisons who got in
PHILADELPHIA
all the wild men on the beach, their workers, namely: Report
this port because they were
they got a trifle jittery and left. ers, Columnists (You are ex
helping us out.
Well,
here
we
go
again
doing
So they decided to pat and upon cluded from that) and Editors,
Think we should publicize this
business
at
the
same
old
place
ordering scrapple, their favorite but we do blame certain j>eople The following men have
and ishame those responsible in
and
as
usual,
things
are
some
native Philadelphia dish, they
to at least getting these men
money coming from Smith &
what slack around here. Only were informed that laccroding to on his weekly stipend. And with Johnson, 80 Broad Street, New
started home.
the seventy-five cents that he
ARMY, Agent one ship in port and that tub the laws of the State of New had left he was gomg to by de York ~ City: BELLAH, BIEBcame from Baltimore.
York restaurants were only al fense stamps.
MANN, BTLDE, BLAME, CAPllere is some infornmtlon tbat lowed to serve serapple to the
PREY, ENGER, FAIRCLOTH,
HARRY
COLLINS,
Agent
TAMPA
may aid the union in having dogs. Well, this was too much
FALLONE, GATELY, HILL,
rated men discharged from the for the boys, and when the agent
MACE, RUNGE, RUTKOWSK^
SAVANNAH
Have been doing quite a bit Arnied Forces so that they may opened the hall the next day,
SIVCO, WEINBERG.
of shipping in this part of the sail again: Frank Grief, Book low Eoid behold there was Casey
Nothing much to report from Crew of S.S. Frielinghausen
South for the past week, it No. 642 has shipped on the SS and his gang back on the beach
this
port for this week. Some of have transportation money doe
seems like old times to be busy Banvard, This Brother was in to haunt him again, thoroughly
the
old-timers
have been drift providing they call for it within
again.
trip
the U. S. Army for about two disgusted with their first
ing
In
here
the
last couple of 15 days at the Mobile office of
A nunrber of the Tampa boys years, land he has been doing to the big city.
weeks
from
New
York
and Bal the Waterman Steamship Com
that have been gone for nine everything to get his release so Brother Gillis, our temporai-y
months or more are returning that he could sail again. Brother dispatcher, was accosted by one timore for a little vacation be pany.
to the land of sunshine and Joseph Flannagan and yours of the Winos for a four bit fore shipping out again. It's good
Chew which made the last
orange trees so that they may truly both wrote the customary itouch, and he immediately broke to see so many of the old faces trip on the S.S. Robert Hunter
^indulge in their favorite past letter to him, stating that there out his pay slip and stated that around the hall once again. Am has coming the difference in
time, namely taking their siesta was an acute shortage of Able the agent bad already cut him expecting a new Liberty ship for transportation from Wilmington
and servasa in the shade of the Bodied Soanien, and had the out of 20% and on top of that South Atlantic out around the to Savannah. Collect Bull Line,
palm trees.
said letters notarized. We also he was nicked 35c for social se- 4th or 6th of August. Have a New York City.
One of the boys that had made had a letter from the Bull Line, cuiity, and the bartender and few men registered here on the
a trip^ as an Otdinary seaman but none of this, according to his wife and children of his pri shipping list but expect I will be Crew which made the last
fOr ahnost nine months was re Brother Grief, did him any good; vate tap room were looking for needing more men with ratings trip on the S.S, Panama City
fused lan AB" certificate by the ;as he was a Technical Sergeant ward to his continued support, in all departments to get a crew have $125 attack bonus coming,
fkdiectj Waterman Line, 19 Rec
inspector. So I called the RfvfO jon an Aviny Mine Sweeper. aiso the Profpssor at the Barber for her.
CHARLES WAID, Agent tor Street, New York City.
and tried to get them to help Ptowever on January 29th, 1M3, College was looking for a cut in
MONEY DUE
it,.-
i ^ '
�TBB SEAFARSB8 LOG
Faffe Four
-—
1
Ic h'i^ -,
i '
i;
WSLT Labor Board Set Straight
ITF Workers
Help Topple
Mussolini
Honor Roll
— An Editorial —
I'lii?--
m;-
J 'iTt - •
'il
w.
;Xri.
Seamen And Their Struggle
(Continued from Page 1)
Marine Ck>nferehce to adopt an
"International Load line" to
prevent the nefarious practice
of overloading and carrying up
f SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA
per deck cargoes, sending rotten
Atlantic & Gulf District
vessels to sea and compelling
sailors to live in forecastle
,
AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN fEDERATION OF LABOR
berths that are unsanitary.
(Continued from Page 1)
1891—Urged laws making ves
National War Labor Board Case No. 956
National War Labor Board and
mands
and to gather these de
National War Labor Board I Case No. 3946—CS-D sel liable to damage suits for mands and actions into a move
National War Labor Board I
extreme cruelty and inhuman
In the matter of
brutality of officers; condemned ment directed against the entire
New England Steamship Company
injurious law known as "The fascist regime. Milan, Turin and
and
Shipment of Crews in the Coast Naples are the centers of labor
l^afarers Internationa! Union
wise Trade;" protested against resistance. Secret meetings of
of North America, A. F. of L.
the leadership of the under
The following chart shows the scale of wgaes as paid in the Great Lakes District 4Utid subsidy to a steamship company ground movement in Milan are
until it complies with provisions
by the New England Steamship Company as compared with those paid by the War Depart of
attended by delegates from other
the Marine Subsidy Bill.
ment to the U. S. Army Engineer civilian employees on dredges, tow boats and various other
towns and districts."
types of small craft. These boats operate in the harbors of Boston, Providence, R. L, New 1892—Demianded inclusion of
FASCIST COUNTERSTEPS
i'
Bedford, Mass., New York, Philaddphia and most of the other Important harbors in the seamen in aJlen contract law
INEFFECTIVE
favored
abolition
of
advancing
L
country.
A
number
of strikes helped to
wages
to
seamen,
which
wouW
r
These employees of the Army Engineers, in addition to the pay shown on the chart, refocus the attention of the work
stop
"Crimping
System."
C
ceive subsistence and quarters aUowances which amount to 3372.00 per year. They also re
ers as yet passive, on the grow
ceive an annual vacation of 26 days with pay and subsistence and quarters allowance. lEey 1893—Protested against sailors ing power of the revived trade
in
the
foreign
trade
being
given
are also allowed 15 days sick leave annually which is cumulative.
insufficient food, some worse imlon groups. Strikes took place
July 13, 1943
than prison fare, making scurvy in Milan, Turin, Naples, Trieste,
(New England more prevolant in American and the mining districts of
(Great Lake)
(U. S. Army Engineers)
S.S. Co
ships, imprisonment for sean^en Istrla. Circulation of underA
B
O
E
0
who leave an Americmi ship in grotmd literature and papers
an American port means invol grew enormously. Acts of sabot
.56 in 56
56 in 56
40 in 48
48 in 48
56 in 56
Span of Work Hours
untary servitude, and is con= age also occurred in Padua. Pola,
2136.00
1308.00
1671.87
2057.04
1270.32
rary to the U. S. Constitution Bologna, Piacenza, Orlglia SarAble Seaman Year
onno, Genoa, and other import
178.00
109.00
105.86 and to human right.
139.32
171.42
(30.32)"
Month
41.07
25.15
32.15
- 39.59
. 24.43
1894—Requested John Bums, ant centers.
Week
The Italian underground pa
5.84
5.04
5.68
3.49 in his tour of the U. S., to tell
5.36
c
Day
.63
.67
.71
.44 of the condition of the seamen per i"Italia Libera" reported In
f
Hour
.95
.00
.95.80 and the necessity for immediate detail on the strike disturbances
.87*
Overtime ....
in Turin, which affected prac56 in 56
40 in 48
48 in 48
56 in 56
56 in 56 action by Congrpss. Two dele
Span of Work Hours
gates were sent to Washington ically all industrial and arma
2116.00
1368.00
1744.80
2165.80
1405.76 to look after seamen's bills.
Oiler
Year
ment plants in that city. Ail
178.00
114.00
145.40
180A8
117.15
(31.40)"
Month
1895 — Seamen's Bill became ascist efforts to suppreiss these
41.07
26.31
33J57
27.03 aw but did not give all relief manifestations proved unavail41.65
Week
» 3.86 desired. Denounced proposed ng. Hundreds of workers were
, .
5.87
5.27
5.58
Day
5.97
1
Hour
.49 amendment to shipping act of arrested and their families ter
.66
.70
.75
.95
.00
.80 1895 permitting allotment to rorized. The despairing regime
'.
Overtime
,91*
IDl56 in 84
40 in 48
56 in 56
63 in 84 original creditor, and that sea also took action against its own
Span of Work Hours
48 in 48
men shall forfeit their clothing creation, the compulsory labor
2676.06
First Cook
Year
1728.00
2698.202182.80
1678.00 'or non fulfillment of any con- ascist unions, and arbitrarily
144.00
(37.90)"
Month
181.90
224.85
139.83 ract to work on a~vessel of the removed many of their head®,
Week
33.23
41.97
51.93
32.27 U. S. which would make them among them the leader of the
6.65
Day
7.00
4.61 he helpless victims of the ascist railwaymen's union.
7.42
, .
.92
Hour
.83
.51 crimps. Anti-crimp law enacted
.88
.93
A FASCIST COMMENT
J)0
Overtime
.80 and proved a blessing to seamen.
1.09*
1.24The Turin fascist daily
1896—Urged enactment of a "Stampa" published on June 22
Span of Work Hours
46in84
40 in 48
48 in 48
56 in 56
63 in 84
law
prohibiting undermanning he following revealing commen
Fbrter
Year
... 1656.00
948.00
1233.84
1504.68
960.12
of
vessels
on the Great Lakes. If tary on the party purge and the
(23.82)"
Month
79.00
80.01
102.82
125.39
it
continues
the Great Lakes will baste with which the members
Week
...
31.84
18.23
28.96
18.47
23.72
be
prevented
from supplying are dropping out of the once all•
Day
4.55
3.65
3.95
2.64
4.14
competent
seamen
for our Navy powerful organization. "The fas
Hour
.57
J52
.46
.29
.49
in
case
of
emergency.
cists whose membership cords
•V
Overtime
.95
.00
.80
.68
.68
1898—Declared that while sea are withdrawn . . . are no long
(") Represents difference between, monthly rate found in men appreciated the law enact er a number but have become a
column B and C. These are government figures. Monthly ed by the last (Congress, they legion. Someone who is likely
rate in colum B is computed after this amount has been still wanted that most dear of » know told us: 'To be a mem
all human rights — Liberty, to ber of the party Is perhaps more
deducted from monthly rate in column C.
(*) Overtime rate of pay for the first eight hours worked ownership of their own bodies, dangerous than to be outside it.
and should be granted full per One no longer knows what atafter the straight time of 40 hours.
sonal
freedom and full protec- tude to take; everywhere there
(-) Overtime rate of pay for the first eight hours worked
tibn
of
the wages signed for. Al is suspicion and diffidence . . ,
after the straight time of 48 hours.
so declared new law still con As there is no castor oil avail
tained provisions to imprison able, the days of the cudgel are
for violation of contract and the approaching. In fact, the cud
old evil, the allotment to credit gel is already at work'."
ors. While in session the con
vention received a telegram that otherwise, compelled to labor
47A0
S S A. BURKE
the seamen's bill had passed against his will except as a pen
D. L. SEWELL
both houses, but that the alty for crime; we demand this;
... 20.00 amendment striking out the im
W. BRANDBOKE
has been bought with blood,
.. 16.00 prisonment clause had been lost. and we shall be satisfied with
>' All Amerina rejoiced over the capitulation of Mussolini except M. J. NEGRETTI
,. . 16.00 The convention declared; "While nothing less."
C. A. GAMEL
Wall Street,
it is a good step in the right di Next week I'll continue with
The news of the downfall of Italy's dictator "was construed in
rection, it does not give to sea other material on ,the struggle
. 16.00
W. E. DENSMORE
financial quarters as another broad step toward victory," says an
men that full freedom to quit carried on by Andrew Puruseth,
.. 16.00 work at will and move freely and the action that was taken
F. WILLINGHAM
Associated Press dispatch, and las a result stocks dropped from $1
S S BANARD
from place to place which is the at the conventions of the Am
to $5 a share.
. .. 11.00 inalienable natural right of man, erican Federation of Labor.
S S UNICO
This is a curious phenomenon.
y. ivTFnnAfTGfr
10.00 and without which freedom
loses its meaning and becomes
If good news from the war fronts is bad news for Wall Street S S LOUIS JOLIET ... ... 8.29 an empty phrase; and we there
there can be only one reason—fear of losing fat war profits. Since NORFOLK
fore desire to reiterate the po
8.00 sition taken by previous conven
war industries are working almost entirely for the Government, C. BAILEY
... 5.00 tions, that under our flag no
these inflated profits are being made at the expense of the people O. KARLBURN
4.00 man, be he seaman, a mechanic,
J. P. HART
of the United States. We submit that it is up to Congress to re. 4.00 or a farm laborer, either on the
G. LAVDOR
Eoove this incentive to disloyalty from the pockets of the spccu- E. BANRS
mainland, in Hawaii or in any ARTHUR J. DWYER—P 8823
^tors and profiteers.
other possession of the United Earl Esco .......7, .. . .G-1
—American Federation of labor
..$246.39 States, shall be by contcaot or Raymond Martinez ... P 8519
TOTAL
(Continued from Page 1)
SUBMITTED BY
Incentive To Disloyalty
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ITF WORKERS HELP TOPPLE MUSSOLINI
ANTI-STRIKE BILL INVOKED FOR MINERS
WAR LABOR BOARD SET STRAIGHT ON 'NEW ENGLAND' PROVOCATIONS
SEAMEN AND THEIR STRUGGLE AGAINST EXPLOITATION AND GOVERNMENT REPRESSION
STRIKE VOTE TAKEN BY RAIL UNIONS
NMU'S CHECK-OFF MOVE ENGINEERED BY LEADERS FEARFUL OF RANK & FILE
THIS IS A GUIDE TO FREE SPEECH IN PROPER CONDUCT OF A MEETING
PEGLER IS DENOUNCED AS FOE OF ALL SEAMEN
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