http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/9e219d8f1928e12dfe8adc01c35307f2.PDF 7d95eb06a7563f80a62f1796ff46e98a PDF Text Text OFFICIAL ORGAN OP THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA VOL. V. 267 NEW YORK. N. Y., FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 10, 1943 No. 24 WAAMLooks War Prisoners Used By Shipowner Like Film To Upset Wages And Conditions Flam OWI White No Souvenirs Are Allowed Says Fuss Budget Wyckoff Washes WSA t• By A. B. The trip is over, the boys all What appears to be another paid off and are hunting for an­ racket at the expense of the mer­ other ship with good CQoks and chant seamen, blossomed out in a square captain, so here goes for War Shipping Administration New York last week. This latest a try at the highlights of last trip. Washington. D. C. collection of free loaders is en­ That fink herders- delight, the The most important event of titled "Women's Auxiliary of the War Shipping Administration, is September 6, 1943 the trip, and the most dangerous American Merchant Marine, Inc." in the process of being perfumed Mr. John Hawk, Secretary-Treasurer as far as our union is concerned, and its avowed purpose is to col­ and "sold" to the American peo­ Seafarers International Union of North America* was the skipper's use of war lect old clothes for the seamen ple. The Office of War Informa­ Room 213, 2 Stone Street prisoners to break down our con­ and to comfort their wives while tion has taken on the task of por­ New York, N. Y. ditions. But to start at the be­ they are at sea. The old charity traying one of the most ineffici­ Dear Mr. Hawk: ginning. ent, bureaucratic and anti-labor racket, in other words. The Enforcement Division of the U. S. Bureau of Customs has Sometime last April, one of the arms of the government as a mo­ This time, however, something called to my attention what appears to be an unintentional infrac­ South Atlantic's palatial "Liberty new has been added—fancy uni- del of enlightenment and effici­ tion of Articles 78 and 90 issued by the U. S. War Department re­ Belles" came steaming into the forips. Last week the New York ency. port of New York in search of a garding the possession of captured Axis equipment. Times ran a picture of Mrs. Ada The OWI released this week 12 crew. As usual, the dispatcher It appears that on many merchant vessels returning from Mae Roll, founder and president single typed pages of publicity rounded up a full crew and the of the WAAMs. She was decked entitled "Merchant Shipping of theaters of war members of the crew have obtained by purchase or good ship crossed the bar headed out in the official WAAM's mil­ the United States in War Time." barter from inhabitants in those localities, arms, munitions, discard­ for a point in North Africa. itary uniform, and a face that It purportedly contains the en­ ed helmets, etc., as souvenirs. Going over the weather was would hardly bring cheer to a tire "magnificent record" of the Under the Articles of War mentioned above, all discarded or perfect; enemy opposition was shipwrecked sailor. She had that WSA and the Maritime Commis­ captured Axis material is the property of the United State and un­ light and so was the food. These fierce, preditory look of a profes­ sion in meeting the war crisis in authorized possession thereof is a violation of said Articles and such maritime cooks are sure honeys. merchant shipping. sional do-gooder. material will be confiscated by the Customs and other authorized So far I have eaten Hungarian Of the 12 pages of superlatives, Of course, an organization can't United States law enforcement agencies wherever found. Goulash, Norwegian Goulash, Po­ be denounced merely because its it is significant that only one lish • Goulash and at least five I am forwarding this information to you in order that you may quarter of one page-is devoted to founder wears a high pressure other varieties. Last trip though hat and a man-eating expression. the WSA's handling of labor re­ advise the members of your union of the facts herein, for their when the cook finished com­ There are sounder reasons for our lations. And yet it is this very guidance. pounding a stew, and being stuck Very truly yours, suspicions concerning this set-up. point that provides the key *to for a name, it came on the menu HUBERT WYCKOFF, To^ljegin with, the seamen don't the whole record of bimgling. It as VICTORY GOULASH. It was Assistant Deputy Administrator need charity, don't want charity, is the WSA bureaucrats' hatred lousy, but did not result in any for Maritime Labor Relations and will refuse it if offered to of organized labor, it is their deaths. The biggest beef on the them. Anyone who starts such a determination to impose a gov­ way over, was the food. move is likely to be figuring on ernment fink hall on all coasts, We finally made port, discharg­ In Memoriam In Memoriam lining their own pockets. Fur­ that has led the bureau into the ed our cargo and pointed our fair BROTHER BROTHER most devious maneuvers and the thermore this outfit has all' the ship's bow for home. Then they Edward J. Perritt earmarks of a phoney. It has most unbusiness like and ineffi­ Joseph R. Gillis cient practices. (Fireman. Oiler. Watertender) slapped a few hundred war pris­ (Able Seaman) never come near the union to dis­ oners aboard and said "GO". The WSA record of building cuss the problems of the seamen, When the Master saw them com­ Born. October 14. 1902. Died Born August 8. 1900. Died in it has not even contacted the and sailing ships could have been ing aboard a big smile lit up his in an accident in New York Or an. North Africa. United Seamen's Service. No increased many fold had not the face, as he thought "My troubles City on August 30. 1943. July 17. 1943. {Continued on.-Page 3) {Continued on Page 3) are over. Think of the work that I can get done this trip, without paying overtime, and what a rec­ ord I will have with the com­ pany." In a weekly magazine of na­ When we finally sailed through tional circulation, Secretary of the nets on the home stretch the the Interior Harold L. Ickes this prisoners were turned-to, paint­ week gave the inside story of ing the ship down. Those mon­ the long three-cornered contest keys were all over the ship with between the United Mine Work­ a pot of paint and a brush in ers, coal operators and govern­ nothing flat^ (just think of that ment agencies over wage in­ overtime). Every night the Bocreases for coal diggers. s'un had to hunt the ship down "Crisis on Coal," Ickles' article to make sure that he had knock­ was called, and in it he made be­ ed them all off. They only used hind-the-scenes disclosures. an average of ten a day and they The document largely sustains were given the liberty of the ship claims made by labor leaders — without a guard. many of them bitter critics of John L. Lewis—that the contro­ The cooks sent out an SOS arid versy could have been adjusted, shortly after, the cry was heard if the War Labor Board had not and a couple of them showed up in {Continued on Page 4) barred a settlement, except on its own terms. Before the article- went to New Orleans Mailing press, it passed through the Address hands of the Office of War In­ formation and the WLB. Both All mail for union brothers agencies demanded drastic in New Orleans should be ad­ changes to tone the piece dressed in the following man­ down and soft-pedal criticism of ner: the board, but Ickes declared the John Doe * proposed revisions came too late General Delivery Death came to these miners before a living wage. 19 members of the United Miiie Workers are to be included. Seamen's Postal Unit Ickes said flatly that, contrary shown being carried out of the Sayreton. Alabama mine of the Republic Steel Company. Custom House Station The union has charged that Republic Steel flagrantly ignored many safety laws .in the operation to the WLB's stand, the Miners New Orleans 16. La. of **»'« mine—and is directly rei^nslble for the explosion which snuffed out these lives. {Continued on Psge 4) WLB DOUBLE CROSSED MINERS—ICKES I'X.' ,, , t •, Vil �THE Pag® Two S EA FARERS LOG Friday. Sepiembor 10, 1943 ^ " "rl; SEAFAREKS LOG Oi\ Published by the ^ASHii\GTorv.: SEAFARERS' INTERNAlldNAt WlOlS OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District • BV MATT4IEW Affiliated with the American Pederation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG - 110 Market Strwt, JOHN HAWK - - - - - - - "President Fraaclsco, Calif. - - - - Secy-Treas. P. O. 'Box 25, Statidh P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 5 th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. • • • Directory of Branches BRANCH PHONE ADDRESS NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOwling Green 9-3437 BOSTON (10).. 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay St Calvert 4539 PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St Lombard 7651 NORFOLK • 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 NEW ORLEANS (15) ..309 Chartres St Canal 3936 SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St Savannah 3-1728 TAMPA 423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 MOBILE .......55 So. Conception St Dial 2-1392 PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon Puerto de Tierra GALVESTON 219 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 FT LAUDERDALE 2021 S. Federal Highway. .. Ft. Lauderdale 1601 PUBLICATION OFFICE; ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City BOwling Green 9-8346 Twelve Million Jobless Seen After This War Is Ended WASHINGTON, D. C.—Under the best, of circumstances, the post-war unemployment problem is certain to be "critical." If ade­ quate steps to deal with it are not taken in advance, it may be "de­ vastating." So declares the post-war divis"on of the Bureau of Labor Stat­ istics, which warned that at least 12,000,000 persons may be unem­ ployed six months after the war ends. At least 7,OOO,OO0 will be separated from payrolls immedi­ ately after the war ends, it said. "The problem," the report add­ ed, "must be tackled now, lest the nation be led to the brink of another and even more terrible war." A six-point program to cushion the shock was advocated. It calls for rapid reconversion of indus­ try to peacetime production, a public works program, financial assistancie to demobilized soldiers and war workers, and the volun­ tary withdrawal from labor iharkets Of wOmen, school-age y<)uths and over-age employes. Prediction was made that 1,500,000 workers will be turned adrift by the aircraft industry alone, and that the reduction in shipbuilding may be equally se­ vere. The automobile ^industry, the report said, is expected to drop Xroin a wartime peak of 300,000 to 2bO,bb6 and wiU never climb back higher than 600,000. The bureau said welders, rivet­ ers, turret lathe operators, ma­ chinists, tool and die makers and other skilled workers will feel the impact most "arid will have to trarisfer to other kinds «5f work. The outlook of the unskilled tvorkers was pictured as being even more desperate and the board said they haye a hard pe­ riod of readjiistirierit ahead. "Ramprint Uriempioynidrit," th^ country was told, will cause all! iorts of social terisibhs hh'd fric-' tions that may produce social dis­ orders of the gravest nature. The bureau asserted that the nation leans on a slender reed when it places complete reliance on the unemployment insurance system to tide workers over the period of readjustment. It could not possibly stand the shock, the report insisted, and that conten­ tion was upheld by Ewan Clague, director of the bureau of em­ ployment of the Social Security Board, in a radio broadcast. "bur present system," Clague said, "just won't be able to pay all the benefits to which persons are entitled if there is as much unemployment at the end of the war as is expected." He pointed out that the reserv­ es are in 49 separate state funds, while Unerriployrhent will be largely concentrated in a few centers. Ue also recalled that inillions of workers have rio claim whatever ori these furids, because they are riot covered by the So­ cial Security system. Other weak liriks cited by Clague are thaf payments are too small arid for too limited periods. A married mari with a family, he emphasized, receives no more thari a single man. Honoir Roll S.S. WALTER RANGER ....$18.00 C. KRANNICH B.OO O. BELL "S.OO S. S. TEXMAR 4.00 S. S. ALCOA SCOUT 4.00 S. S. F. A. WALKER 3.00 D. CAHOON 2.bb T. CARR 1,50 J. W. STEt>HENS 1.00 J. LAROCQUE i.bb J. ROGERS 1.0b JAMES K. KANE LOO TOTAL .t.$47.50 Here is the continuation of the story ()f the fight led by Andrew Furuseth and the A:FL for sea­ men's rights. 1^22 It had been the gefteral opinion that the idea of a ship subsidy would never again be broached in Congress. But the belief was based on the ccinterition that there riever would be such a Congress as is now in session. Further, never before have the same tactics been applied. Thir­ teen years ago when the last ef­ fort was made to foist such a scheme Updn the country, a great majority of the newspapers were opposed to it. Those who favor a ship subsidy now have seen to it that no stich condition shall in­ terfere with the present bill. They had the biggest advertisirig agency in the U. S. placed at the head of the shipping board. Through this agency the chair­ man of the shipping board has free entry into every newspaper, in the country. It has proved a most remarkable combination and the ship subsidy bill is now for sale to the American public. Its glories are set forth in the most brilliant language. The chairman of the shipping board, who was selected to make the sale, is conducting a wide spread campaign to secure the legisla-: tion. No sooner had the bill been introduced than the seamen dis­ covered the menace to thehi in its provisions. it would repeal that section of the seamen's act which guaran­ teed the right of seamen to leave a ship in a safe harbor. It also provides for a merchant marine reserve, which the seamen de­ nounced as a strike breaking agency. As a bait for the seamen to be­ come members of this naval re­ serve, they are to be given a re­ tainer of a month's wages. So many protests about these two clauses were' made that the chair­ man promised to eliminate them. He contended, however, that if this were ddne the seamen should suppdrt the bill. This they have refused to do. Two conferences were held be­ tween the representatives of the AFL and the chairman of the shipping board, during which the later submitted the same plan to secure the (iodperation of labor in support of the bill. The chairman also used ariother ar­ gument to secure the support of labor. This Was that as soon as the ship subsidy biU should have been passed, thousarids of men riow idle in the ship yards would be given employment. At' the sarrie time he said that the ships owned by the shipping board were "junk" and ought to be sunk in the sea. There are a number of other dangerous pro­ visions in the bill which effect the taxpayers in the U. S. It is prdposed to sell to private ship- THE NIGHTMARE CREW^ A long trip it was from Ihdia's slrand A payoff,,^ some wine, and iHe sun With hot kasts from some NMU Pilots Which by the "head" were hung! Till 1 ddzed in my iitter weariness Sleepy with fever arid l^ooze, Ovdrpb^'ered by fumes from the Pilot I slumbered in fitful snooze. Till wild drOairis fibpded tny anxious mind Ahd I fancied myself on a ship. Shanghaied through Currans "Job Trust" Hall With ah NMu Ye Gods! when I crossed tHfe gari^fv^ay What strririgO sight triet my gazO, The phbriiesi Crew that Ship fever krifew ^tobd fhere iri riiy Sigiit arrayed. FOr thfe Rbsiih's triaffe was Curfan Still Veiling—"A ^eCbhd Frbnt!'.' McKehzie was fhfere fes fen oiler With Stein the irieSSphrik rhnt! Myfers .was fhfe Able Sfefeirifeti With "Finky" Sniifh fes thfe Dare mfen §0 to sfea ^ith Such a trierifegfe? "Twas one for thfe Hfefbfes' Rbok. Thfeir sfe'^agbirig ^efer tv'fes a tirbwdfer Speech Arid a Sriiii^e ;frbih, ShySte'r Riil; They had Marltitnfe Laws with iridfexfed ilSws dh theSe I gazfed ^ iiii! The jiicturfe of Currah hurig fever the buriks, Aribthfer, in irifessrbbihs Whiife a greasy dfeck bf phbhy hiferkfed cards Were there tor tHfe gferiiblers tfeb. I wfekerifed in frigiii fetid swferfe by the Gbds Wb iribfe wbtild 1 siyiggie thfe wirie, '''^ivfeS bUt a drfeahi. Bill;!{ it wferfe friife *1^ jiiffe ^ish't ^I'th fe ihih dime! %'br I ihiiik 'ibb ktiicih Hi thiis Rfettferfed frfehife To face the sea with such crew— The Comniunist cash register "searneri" Who's checkoff the NMU. —^ap-Ati'-Lift. PiiWAQfLffi owners, ships that cost $200 id $250 per ton to build, for anyn thing that can be obtainfed. "These ships may be Sold for $20 per ton or less. The purchasers can borrow, from the shipping board twothirds of the purchase price, and sufficient money to amortize them at 2% interest. All to be payable within fifteen years. During this period the purchasers can oper­ ate the vessels. They will depre­ ciate as much as 75%. At the end of fifteen years the purchasers can tie them up at some dock and say to the shippirig board, "You keep thdm for what we owe you." This bill is being widely mis­ represented as a measure inteiuied for the necessary mairitenanco and upbuilding of the American" merchant marine. The facts are that its enactment into law will bring about conditions under which all managers and operafors of ships must regard politiiis as the prime factor in their buslriess, and efficient management as a secondary consideration of comparatively little importance. The AFL*-hereby condemns the said ship subsidy bill as inimical to the public interest, and partic­ ularly destructive to the nation's hopes and aspirations for sea power. 1923 The greatest blow to the priv­ ileged few was the defeat of the ship subsidy bill. The arguments in favor of the ship subsidy bill were all such flagrant misrepreseritations that the number of opponents continued to grow Un­ til the members of the Senate were convinced that they would mean political suicide if theiy vcited for such a measure. Ah outstanding fact in regard-to the opposition to the bill was that labor was the only bfgartizatioh that openly fought against its passage. It can be said without fear of contraction that had it riot been for the AFL and its affili­ ated organizations this pernicious legisiation would have been driv­ en thrbrigh Cdrigreb tinder the wiiip arid spur of paffy regular­ ity fend the fefer bf loSs of patron- rige.. ~ The AFL wishes to fcali atten­ tion to the UridiSpUted historical fact thfet sea power, the ability to stKicesSfully compfete Or fijght at "sea, dcpcrids upbri the tj^e, criferacter and ability Of the riatibri's sefemen. Ships, guhs, tbpls, etc;, fere fell important, but the essential requirement fbr-success is loyal arid (Competent sefemen. History teaches Us that ilatibns refusing to recognize this truth have slbivly but inevitably Ibst power arid coritrol of the sea. America's policy for success upon trie sea lias been clearly defined "in the seameri's act Of 1915. Sym­ pathetic enforcement of the law will bririg greater results than trie trarisfer of billions Of dollars frdm the U, S. TreasUrj' to the private feccbUnts of the Shipown­ ers. Ship subsidies are like crutches —• they lessen iriitlative and create a spirit of dependence. A mari Or an mdustry deperident Upon criitcries ultim.ately be­ comes a slave to trie habit, i.e., the cflitciies. �>• to. il43 THk ^EXFARERS LOG Pago Tfaroii ^ JjlOJfL JM, NEW YORK On my desk at present are three requests from ship's crews tp have the Steward removed, jThe Pickens of the South Atlan­ tic Line has an NMU man who got aboard without clearing thru our Halh This man will be taken off. The Stewed of the Dunbar is strictly k.G. He will be taken 'dflE. The crew of the'Alcoa Point­ er is in the meeting tonight arid ' we will hear about him later in the meeting. Just about every other ship that comes into this port has a large number of beefs against the Steward and they usually want him suspended for 90 years. Food is controlled. The stew­ ard cannot order what he wants like he did in peace time. Ships are stored upon the basis of so many ounces of each item of food per man and the Steward is required to see that every one has eriough to eat and that the food lasts for the entire voyage. If he is a good guy and gives ihe crew everything they ask for, he runs short of several items be­ fore the trip is over and the crew Says that he doesn't know his Business rind thrit "he hkd no rfght to take a steward's job. If he tries to spread the food out even­ ly frir the whole trip, he is called a belly-robber. In either case, an angry crew demarids that actiori be taken against him. Given a Liberty ship which was built to carry a crew of about 40 men, he finds himself with a green galley crew and first trip messmen and is expected to take care of 300 prisoners, 118 armed guard, 26 gun crew, an indefinite number of passengers and the regular crew of about 40 men. By the time the trip is over, he is a perfect, subject for a psycho­ pathic ward, and the crew wants to fire him out of his union. O.K. boys. Go ahead and give them all 99 years but don't forget that everytime you do, you are. get­ ting. rid of an experienced man and a union brother and replac­ ing him with either an NMU or a RMO main arid see how you like them. Think it "oyer, fellows, be­ fore you raise Hell with your next steward and remember that one-third of our membership are steward's Department men. JOE VOLPIAN, Patrolman Out of the Focil by 3C.. We viSited the Food Trade Vocatidrial School at 208 W. 13th St., due to the insistence of Tdnf Schiavone and Shakey Moore, who were sore that more SIU men didn't take advantage of the oppor­ tunity. We met Mr. Citriano who is in charge of the school. He inform­ ed us that the school was the property of New York, and was sub­ sidized by the USMC fdr the purpose of having better cooks,and bakers about American ships. All seamen who have made one trip to sea are eligible to enter the school and take the four week course cooking, butchering, baking and steward work. The governinerit pays the trainees $6 per diem. The facilities in the school are first rate and the men teachers there kriow their business. If the trainee is arixious to learri Ke can be taught the most modern and easiest methods in handling his first or second cooks' job. Even some of the old timers would be surprised if they entered the school, and would find but that there was somethifig iriore they cdiild lerirri. . Some of the Brothers may have heard that it was an NMU project. Nothing Of the sort. The NMU offered the USMC a room in their building, arid with their usuril ballyhoo iriade it Ibdk as tHe i)r6ject belonged to them. At first the boys had to go to the NMU Ho collect their pay, but the cdmplaint of Brother Gomez quickly tihariged thrit, and they are libW being paid off at the school. The school has a ^eat rilariy of the NMU sweater girls there, but that shouldn't stop an SIU man from triking the courSe, if he really wants to learn. The schdol is riot interested iri your uriion riffiliatioris, riil it wants to do is make you a better cook arid baker. I'his school is riot being riin by the RMO, and you're riot a Sheepshead Bay ritiff by attending it. There rife no Uniforms to Werir while there except a white ripron. When you've finished the course you rire riot obliged to Sail for the WSA, Afiriy Transport Service or any other fink outfit. If you are interested iri attending the school, you can get further iriformation at 39 Broadway, ROom No. 300. See Lieut. Welsh. KEEP CLEAR WtTH YOUR DRAFT BOARD By obsrirving thfe fttllriwiiig siriiple iristructioiis you will continue to receive defeftuent frorii iriilitary seiwice. Fail tb dbSrihre these fiiles kiid yoU may wind up in the army. WjttEH klGOTi'jG dN: Give the clerk or skipper all the ihfbrmatitfn n^eessriry to fill out RMO Card No. 47 (Green Carfi), WKriEN sm OFT: See that Ckfd No. 48-A Is j^rbjhp^rly filled out by skipper or clerk. Shli> but beftite yoiir Ullbtttia time riu^bfe has e^ifed. If you have hot yet flllefi ottt the Grfien Cai^a, eohiact ydur draft board let kfiow that |ybU are saiiirig. Washes WSA pJdL&A,— PROiPIlTEERS AND THE CX)ST OF LIVING ^ Organized labor has repeatedly ing the "gravy train," which cdri-s charged that profiteers are almost trasts with their position in 1932, {Continued from Page 1) solely responsible for high liv­ when about 20 per cent actually yard stick (does-it-help-smash-la­ ing costs, and has insisted that, lost money. i bor) been applied at every turn. if it wished to do so, the admin­ From the outset, it may be It is no -vVonder that the OWI only devotes one quarter of a istration could redeem its pledge noted, wholesalers have been the page to the question of labor re­ to roll .back prices simply by petted darlings of the O.P.A. Un­ lations. They would be hard squeezing out extortionate profits. der the boisterous and blunder­ pressed to -write more than that These claims have been sup­ ing Leon Henderson, they were without openly falsifying the rec­ ported up to the hilt by the Of­ permitted to write their owni ord. As it was they came close to fice of Price Administration, but, ticket, mainly because their o-wii for reasons that are left to the representatives had been in­ doing exactly that. imagination, the sensational facts trenched in key positions in the "The War Shipping Adminis­ have not been disclosed to the agency. tration has issued Statements of public. When Henderson established Policy with all maritime labor Expert of the O.P.A. have de­ price ceilings, back in 1942, the organizations," says the public­ termined that wholesale food prices of wholesalers were 20 pel* ity release. "These in effect re­ dealers increased their profits be­ cent out of line with those of re­ tain the union hiring halls arid tween 1939 and 1942 as high as tailers. This meant, of course, the procedures of collective bar­ 500 per cent. This startling in­ that it was the retailer -who was gaining." formation is contained in Volume to be squeezed when he had tq The implication here is that 6 of the O.P.A. series of "War the WSA voluntarily accented Profits Studies," which are not replenish his stocks. the "Statement of Policy" "and public documents, but are intend­ Instead of rolling back whole­ has since observed it in all good ed only for use of the agency's sale prices, the O.P.A. permitted retailers to hoist their ceilings, faith. The seamen know that this officials. is a lie—whether or not the OWI The facts and figures in this and that is the explanation of an is aware of it. The "Statement of study are not 'only a blistering increase of almost 50 per cent iri Policy" was -wrung from the indictment of war profiteers, but the' prices of food paid by con­ WSA by determined unions. are equally an indictment of of­ sumers. Since having grudgingly signed ficials who have permitted them The O.P.A.'s confidential report this Stalemerit, the WSA has at­ to get "away with murder." shows conclusively that had the tempted to circumvent it or, Here, boiled down for quick O.P.A. forced wholesalers to when they felt strong enough, to reading, is what the O.P.A. has make a 20 per cent price reduc­ Operily sabotage it. discovered but has kept secret: tion, their profits would still have All the OWI propaganda ma­ Three out of every 10 food been larger than anybody should chinery can not alter these facts. wholesalers reported profits for be perimitted to take in -war or: In an explanitory letter accom­ 1942 more than 300 per cent high­ peace time. panying the publicity released, er than in 1939, and for half of Another point that may be the OWI remarks that the "re­ these concerns profits rose 500 worth mentioning is that, while port" is designed to meet the per cent or more. the O.P.A. remained silent about needs of "editors, writers, com­ Seven out of every 10 food the extortion of food wholesalers. mentators, broadcasters, program middlemen more than doubled It passed out to the press garbled planners, photographers, and their profits, and four of these figures purporting to show that others concerried with presenting seven had at least a 200 per cent workers were the real profiteers. the news." We have no doubt rise. —LABOKi but that 90% of the editors, Evenmore startling is the commentators, etc., will present O.P.A. disclosure that in many the "news" just as received from instances higher profits were har­ the OWI. The orily place in vested ori a declining volume of which the real facts have an op­ business. In almost every case, portunity to be heard now days is profits increased much more rap­ Crew of last trip of S. S. Orein the only free press left in the idly than sales, making it as liiar have $125 attack bonus com­ ing. Collect Calmar Line, Nevr country—^the labor press. plain as a pikestaff that whole­ York City. salers took advantage of the em­ ergency and the complaisance of Crew of last trip of S. S. Benj. O.P.A. to jack up prices. Bourn can collect 12 hours over­ "Wholesale food grocers," the time from Mississippi Line's Nevr confidential report says, "realized York office. twice as much on every dollar of sales in 1942 as in 1939. Sales Crew of last trip of S. S. Johri were up 43 per cent, but profits P. Poe have extra day area bonus rose over 200 per cent. The larger coming. Collect at nearest Bull companies showed the greater in­ Line Office. • creases in sales, but the smaller Crew of S.S. Able Stearns can {Continued from Page 1) concerns reported the greater in­ collect port bonus for Sydney. sponsors of the movement have See Captain Respess, Bull Line. been made public, nor have the crease in profits." That paragraph tells the real New York City. requirements for memberships. story of what has happened to No specific program is enunci­ wages and the cost of living. J. Panfoja has money cOr ated. All we know is that officeSj With fbbd taking about half of from the Bull Line for the I have been opened .at 152 West the worker's -weekly wages, these voyage of the Eleanor. 42nd Street, and that radio time figures lay the most serious in­ The following crew members has been contracted for. No dictment of war profiteering at of the S.S. Ironclad have bonus doubt the next WAAM move will the door of food middlemen, who money coming from the Water­ be to lower the boom on the beat down the farmers at one end man Line: L. Hall, A. DeFelice. suckers. and rob consumers at the other. E. Bright, J. Lafaso, J. Narbvak. All union men should warn; Declaring that in the past four G. Small, J. Naylor, J. McKenna. their wives and girl friends (and years the wholesale grocery busi­ and E. Talbot. any "live ones") to keep a Weath­ ness has been transformed from er eye out for this V/AAM Aim INGEBRITSEN: You have 61 a "marginal to a profitable in­ fiam. hours overtime coming from the dustry," the report declares that wholesale grocers are earning an Robin Line. average of 25 to 50 per cent on MCLAUGHLIN: You have 6 invested capital. hours bveftiriie coming from thri Today all wholesalers are rid­ Rbbiri Line. MONEY DUE WAAMLooks Like Flam Ernest Linne Palmer Sam L. Barclift Marshal J. Gieleek S. JosepHsbri Keep In i'diich With Your Local Draft Board, ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR WEEK OF AUG. 23 TO 28 INCLUSIVE DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL SHIPPED 336 291 255 882 REGISTERED 233 208 139 580 �Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. September 10. 1943 War Prisoners Used By Shipowner New Sub Menace Hinted By Knos are willing to place their lives in jeopardy, in addition to torpe­ WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 —The does, bombs and mines? airplane won this summer's Al­ Boys, if the next ship you join lied battle against' submarines, they say it is for a one-way pas­ and as a result German U-boats sage, it is nothing serious, it just apparently are being equipped means that you will take the ship WASHINGTON-— The Mari Edgar E. Clark, who served as with xiiofe anti-alrcfafl weapons to North Africa and walk home time Commission has announced president of the Order of Railway preliminary to a new challenge to collect transportation—if you that 13 Liberty ships scheduled Conductors of America and was for control of the Atlantic seaarrive within ten days of the pay­ for launching in the near future later appointed to the Interstate lanes. A barber shop was duly open­ off at the original port of en will be named for former labor Commerce Commission by Presi­ This appraisal of the enemy's ed with great pomp and cere­ gagement. The prisoners wil leaders. Labor Day ceremonies dent Theodore Roosevelt. intentions was given today by mony just outside of the chill work their way back. in various shipyards featured Further illustrious names in la­ boxes and convenient enough to All these beefs were taken up teunchings and the laying of bor history to be assigned are: Secretary of the Navy Knox and the meat chopping block that it with the Naval Intelligence in keels of some of the vessels. John I. Nolan, international vice- was supplemented by figures re­ was nearly always covered with Norfolk. So far, we have heard The roster includes such not­ president of Iron Moulder's Union leased by the naval high com­ hair. But what's a little hair in of no action being taken though ables as Heywood Broun, mem­ and former Congressman - from mand. the grub, after all meat is ration­ ber of the CIO and first head of California; Ben T. Osborne, exe­ The great part played by the ed. (Price—^two packs of Luck- Thing it over well, boys. It is the American Newspaper Guild; cutive secretary of Oregon Fed­ airplane in the anti-submarine ies; Proprietor — one prisoner of your Union and these are your Joshua A. Leach, founder and eration of Labor; Michael Casey, campaign's success was disclosed conditions, that are being sold war). first president of the Brother­ president of Interhatiohal Team­ in the naval report summarizing down the river. hood of Locomotive Firemen and sters, Chauffeurs and Warehouse­ operations during May, June and The. Engineers were not to be Enginemen; Robert Fechncr, who men; Albert J. Berres, of the July. During this period the Al­ outdone in building up their rep­ served for years as a representa­ Metal Trades of AFL; George lies sank 90 U-boats and pretty utation. Their cry for help was tive of the American Federation Uhler, president of Marino En­ well scotched, at least for the answered and several prisoners of Labor and was first director of gineers Beneficial Association, time being, the threats to theii; were detailed to the engine room. the Civilian Conservation Corps; CIO; Arthur M. Huddell, presi­ trans-Atlantic supply routes. One of the wipers was promoted to Engine Room. Bos'un (Same Members of the crew of S. S. and William B. Wilson, Secretary dent of International Union of The Navy said American forces Pay) and put in full charge. Malt W. Hanson should contact of Labor in President Woodrow Operating Engineers. alone sank at least 29 enemy sub­ Labor leaders for whom Lib­ Needless to say, no military Richard M. Cantor. 51 Chambers Wilson's cabinet. marines in those three months. Other names of distinction on erty ships were named in cere­ guard was put in the Engine St.. New York City. Of these, 26 were destroyed by / the list are: Jerome K. Jones, monies held Labor Day, 1942, Room while these men were JOHN WAZALIS airplanes had AFL leader in Atlanta, Georgia; were: Samuel Gomner-s, Andrew' working. However, the wiper Your book is at headquarters Patrick Henry Morrissey, one Furuselh, Peter J. McGiiire, <">= Was instructed to keep a sharp office. Your clothes are at the time grand master of the Broth­ James Duncan, John Mitchell of the three bagged by naval sur-. tvatch on their behavior in case face forces. New York Customs. Pier 61. erhood of Railroad Trainmen; and John W. Brown. ithey reverted to Fascism, and to Knox told a press conference take appropriate action if a move JOHN E. DaROCHA AFL Denounces that there is reason to believe Ickes Reveals was made to take over the ship: Get in touch with your draft that the Germans are calling in Labor Conscription War Labor Board (The brave wiper). board in Savannah. their U-boats to put anti-aircraft • I wonder if the soldiers who JOHN SOLOMON WIGFIELD Double Cross of U.M.W. Moves By Brass Hats guns on them and he was empha­ captured these prisoners did so Your union book and Coast "Brass hats" in Buffalo were tic that the battle of the Atlantic with the idea of undermining {Continued from Page 1) has not been ended. Guard Pass are at headquarters deserved wage increases and, in accused this week by Frank FenAmerican labor standards? office in New York. I'act, they would have been jus­ ton, A. F. of L. organization di­ "It's as sure as sunrise that ; I wonder if when a Company tified in abrogating their two- rector, of putting over a scheme they will be back in there again," guaiantees us safe working con­ year contract after Pearl Harbor of labor control that is an enter­ he, said. "There is no reason to Keep In Touch With ditions, they are sincere? and demanding pay boosts then ing wedge for a plan to conscript believe that we have disposed of I wonder if American seamen Your Local Draft Board. workers for private bosses. the submarine menace." and there. They would have been granted, The plan was authorized, he Knox replied affirmatively too, he said, because then there said, by Mrs. Anna Rosenberg, when asked if small aircraft car­ were no wage freezing regula­ New York state director of the riers have not largely met the tions. But the union conscient- War Manpower Commission, in need for air "protection in Middle oiisly stuck to the terms of the violation of policies laid down by Atlantic areas beyond the effec­ contract and did not press for the labor - management policy tive patrol range of land-based wage rate amendn^ents until ex­ committee of the national com­ aircraft. Central Registering and Dispatching Office mission. piration of the pact. \ OPERATORS Open in SUP Headquarters at San Francisco Mrs. itosenberg is known to be "SHADOWED-BOXED" close to the White House and has Bakke Made Co-chairman During the long negotiations For SIU Members and T, C*8 in the President's ear, but has been Of War Shipping Panel that started in March, the oper­ the center of frequent heated Deck, Engine and Steward Departments ators ..only .."shadow-boxed" ..as controversies. The National War Labor Board ' far as bargaining i^ concerned, She has held jobs with various has announced the appointment Increased shipping on West Coast by SIU members Ickes asserted. Federal agencies, and one of the of E. Wight Bakke, professor of has made it necessary to open a separate and complete "Certain gentlemen were firm bitterest outbursts against her economics at Yale University, as business office to be devoted solely to registering and carin the intention there would be occurred when it was found' she co-chairfnan of the WLB 'Wat; ^g for the needs of SIU members in all departments. no settlement with the Miners," held a lucrative 'position with Shipping Panel. he said. "They said 'no' to all Macy's in New York while draw­ Professor Bakke has acted as All SIU members in San Francisco are required to im­ suggestions, finally throwing the ing government salaries. As a public member of many WLB mediately register in SIU office at 59 Clay St. SIU members dispute into the lap of the War result of the attacks, she gave up panels, and has also served as a in SUP Branches on the West Coast are to register in the Labor Board, toward which an the private job. respective SUP Office and I'eceive an SIU shipping card. board referee in several cases influential group had been work­ Fenton, who is a member of the during the past year. SIU shipping cards will have preference on SIU ships and ing from the outset." will be recognized by all SUP Dispatchers. SIU Deck mem­ national committee, inslructed At a critical stage in the con­ A. F. of L. unions in Buffalo to bers will have second preference when SUP rneniber's are In Memoriam troversy, just before midnight. disregard the scheme and declar­ available. May 31, Ickes said he called in ed he would demand that the BROTHER Lewis and Charles O'Neill, commission order Mrs. Rosenberg For Further Information: William Cantrell spokesmen for the Northern op­ to abandon or alter it. (O. S.) Call your union offices and tanker organizers at the erators, and proposed a tempor­ addresses listed below. You will always finds somebody at Born Sept. 25. 1911. Died in TIED TO JOBS ary contract. these numbers excepting at night. Gran, North Africa, This would have provided ap­ Under the Buffalo program, July 17. 1943. proximately a dollar-a-day in­ which is the most sweeping in SEATTLE, WASH.—86 Seneca St.—Phone Elliott 6752. crease to the workers, a.s part —^E. Coeistei or Johnson. the country, a curb is placed on regulations are put Into effect, payment on the union's claim for the free movement of aU male but in Buffalo labor's opposition PORTLAND. OREGON—111 West Burnside St.—Phone "portal-to-portal" pay,' covering workers in the area. No such was overridden, he declared. Lo­ Beacon 4336—John Massey or C. Atkins. travel time spent underground. worker can take a job, nor can a cal labor chiefs have branded the The full amount would, mean­ RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA—257 Fifth St.—Phone Rich­ boss employ him, unless approv­ present setup a "labor servitude while, be determined by an im­ ed by a committee of arniy and mond 4021—Louie Glebe or Banks. plan." partial commission. VANCOUVER, B. C.—340 B. Cambie St.—Phonp Pacific navy agents. THE ENTERING WEDGE DISPUTE NEAR SETTLEMENT 7824—Hugh Murphy. "If compulsion is clamped dowrt Both sides indicated the com­ "These military men have been WILMINGTON, California ^ 440 Avalon Blvd. —Phone promise would be acceptable, telling workers they have to quit on labor in Buffalo, attempts will 4449. Ickes decliu'ed, adding: "I believ­ jobs they hold and take new be made to extend it elsewhere,'/ ed the dispute might be settled ones, in specified plants, regard­ Fention said. "So far, at least, we NEW YORK Cmr — 105 Broad St. — Phone BOwling less of the wages paid," Fenton have no 'draft labor' law iii thil within 24 hours." Green 9-^530—^Morris Weisberger. said. country, and we won't tolerate However, the WLB threw a SAN FRANCISCO-59 Clay St.—Phone Exbrook 8229— In other communities, labor- efforts to put into effect the esr "monkey wrench." It ordered Phil Conley. the Miners and operators to • stop management committees must be sence of such a law by round-; consulted before any manpower about methods." , , negotiations. {Continued from Page 1) the galley and were busy prepar• ing a mess of the Italian national dish for the crew. They came to stay, and stay they did for the whole trip. 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Title A name given to the resource September 10, 1943 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 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. V, No. 24 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: WAAM LOOKS LIKE FLIM FLAM WAR PRISONERS USED BY SHIPOWNERS TO UPSET WAGES AND CONDITIONS OWI WHITE WASHES WSA NO SOUVENIRS ARE ALLOWED SAYS FUSS BUDGET WYCKOFF WLB DOUBLE CROSSED MINERS--ICKES TWELVE MILLION JOBLESS SEEN AFTER THIS WAR IS ENDED THE NIGHTMARE CREW PROFITEERS AND THE COST OF LIVING 13 LABOR LEADERS HONORED AT LIBERTY SHIP LAUNCHING NEW SUB MENACE HINTED BY KNOX AFL DENOUNCES LABOR CONSCRIPTION MOVES BY BRASS HATS BAKKE MADE CO-CHAIRMAN OF WAR SHIPPING PANEL SIU AND TANKER MEMBERS ON WEST COAST Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9/10/1943 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1943 Periodicals Seafarers Log