http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/d16ab04024b36881b0dcaa2fd79135d3.PDF 7e4c93b1b2bc33f18d4478352250daa8 PDF Text Text •m eiii;;-',: EXPOSED! JOQ ^• (XFFIOIAL ORGAN OP THE ATLANTIC AND GULP DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA VOL. V. !»• NEW YORK. N. Y„ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29. 1943 No. 30 SIU Fights Aimy Jurisdiction Grab Over Union Men Brother Lawrence McCune is in the Army stockade at Camp Patrick Henry, Hampton Roads, Virginia, and is facing an army court martial for alleged violations of articles. This case, which is being foRght by the union to the hilt, may well set an im­ portant precident, determining whether or not the brass hats can supercede the jurisdic­ tion of the Coast Guard and civil courts, and jerk seamen around on whim. McCune, a chief-cook, is under technical charges of desertion (pretty stiff charges considering all the circumstances surround­ ing the case). In the past all such cases have come before the Coast Guard hearing officers, and a union representative was al­ lowed to be present and aid in the defense. McCune, however, was arrested by M.P.'s and thrown into an Army stockade and faced with a military court martial. ^ The brass hats contend that the ship was carrying supplies for the armed forces, and therefore the personnel of the ship came under their jurisdiction. Since hundreds of thousands of workers through­ out the country are engaged in producing supplies for the armed forces, the Army reasoning could well be applied to them arid alfnost the entire civilian popula­ tion of the country be placed un­ der a military dictatorship. Thus the case is of extreme importance to the entire labor movement. The SIU has engaged an at­ torney to represent Brother Mc­ Cune and is fighting to have the case removed from the jurisdic­ tion of the Army and returned to the Coast Guard. Attorney C. Dodson Morrisette has written to headquarters, outlining the de­ tails of the case. His letter reads (in part): Fishermen Vote Strike! The facts as admited by Mc­ Cune are that he did. on Members of the Atlantic Fish­ ( ). 1943. after hav­ ing been informed by the rep­ ermen's Union, SIU, voted over­ resentative of your Union in whelmingly last week to call a Norfolk that the vessel strike in their dispute with This photo is proof of a fact well known to seamen— ( ) was in need of a wholesale buyers and the OPA Craig Vincent. New York head of the RMO. is a fellowover the price of their catch. chief cook, report to the vessel traveler of the Communist Party. He is shown here address­ Around 1,000 fishermen in the which was then docked at the ing. on Sept. 14. 1941. a mass meeting sponsored by the New England area have thus Army Base and thereupon as­ "Citizens' Committee Against Police Brutality." in Wash­ served notice that they don't in­ sumed his duties as chief cook. ington. D. C. This "committee" was a Stalinist front organi­ tend to continue fishing when Subsequently he signed Ar­ zation. and you can bet that slick Mr. Vincent was no ticles of Agreement in which the price of their catch, arbitrar­ innocsnt that was sucked. in._ Vincent's record in the RMO . if was provided that he agreed ily set by tbo OPA in-coUucinn is one of pro-NMU maneuvers in which he goes down the to go as a member of the crew with the wholesalers, is insuffi­ line with all the union-busting schemes cooked up by the cient to meet the rising cost of of the vessel for a period not Stalinist 13th Street machine. For a full expose of his role, exceeding 12 months, to living. read the SEAFARERS LOG of October 22. and Dushane's Charles T. Douds, regional di­ ( ). as the master of "Report From Washington" on page three of this issue. said vessel or the United rector of the National Labor Re­ State Government or any lations Board, supetvised the agent or department thereof. strike vote under the provisions might direct. On ( ) of the Smith-Connally Act. Under approximately 500 sol­ the provisions of the act, the diers appeared and boarded men are now free to strike, hav­ the vessel, and McCune was ing undergone the "30 day cooi­ ordered to prepare supper for ng off period." One of the recommendations slipped into the Kilgore The union, through its Presi­ these soldiers, in addition to dent, Pat McHugh, is in the (Committee's report on the maritime industry was that sea­ the regular crew of the vessel. meantime, continuing efforts to men be frozen to their ships for the duration of the war. He did prepare supper and resettle the dispute without inter­ This union-busting proposal has received the silent treat­ {Confinued on Page 2) ruption of work. Vice Rresidenf Isidore Nagler of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. AFL delegate to the recent British Trades Union Congress, took advantage of his stay in London to visit the Merchant Navy Club, a gift of the ILGWU to British seamen. He is shown at the club standing beside Frieda S. Miller, former New York labor commissioner, now associated with the U. S. embassy in London. •• sv- •'' Kilgore Opens Drive To Freeze Men To The Ships ment by the shipowner press—apparently in the hope that it could be smuggled through be-* fore the unions were aware of ism is and what it can do for what was up. The SlU-SUP is them. Dues, the life's blood of fully aware of the maneuver, organized labor, would fall off. and determined to fight it to the And by the time the war ended and the men were unfrozen, the end. Kilgore dresses up his proposal unions could conceivably be in with a lot of patriotic talk about such weakened conditions that the necessity of keeping the they would, be easy pickings for ships manned. The truth of the the inevitable shipowner post­ matter is that the ships are being war campaign of terrorism. That's the black side of the manned, and Kilgore's proposal picture. That's what could hajpis aimed primarily at smashing pen—that's what the shipowners the unions which maintain a de­ hope will happen. But that is just cent level of wages and condit­ what isn't going to happen if the ions. Once men are frozen to their SIU-SUP can prevent it. Maritime unions have re­ ships it is obvious that their union would have the greatest ceived blows at the hands of the difficulty in protecting their shipowners and government that rights. Shipowners would feel would have been fatal to unions free to chisel overtime (or even composed of less steadfast and eliminate it), they could break militant men. The seamen know watches at will, they could from bitter experience what it lengthen hours and sabotage the means to be placed at the mercy conditions—and the men would,of the shipowner without a union be frozen to their jobs and all for protection, and they are de­ but powerless to protect them­ termined not to let it happen again. selves. . The great infiux of new men So far this move is only on pa­ into the industry would have no per in the Kilgore report. The opportunity to learn what union{Continued on Page 4) �THE ' Page Two SEAFARERS LOG Friday, Oclober 29, 1943 ^ SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ Vresident 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK _ _ i. - - - - Secy-TretK* F. O. Bdx i5. Station P., T<[e^ York Qty MATTHEW DUSHANE - - J- Washington Rep<. 424 Jth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. » w • directory of Branches ADDRESS BRANCH PHONE .,. BOwIing Green 9-3437 2 Stone St NEW YORK (4) .330 Atlantic Ave.... ... Liberty 4057 BOSTON (10) ....Calvert 4539 .14 North Gay St.... BALTIMORE (2) Lombard 7651 .6 North 6th St. ... PHILADELPHIA 25 Commercial PI... ...Norfolk 4-1083 NORFOLK ...Canal 3336 NEW ORLEANS (16) . .309 Chartres St .218 East Bay St.... ...Savannah 3-1728 SAVANNAH ... Tampa MM-1323 .423 East Piatt St. TAMPA 55 So. Conception St... ...Dial 2-1392 MOBILE .. .Puerto de Tierra .45 Ponce de Leon PUERTO RICO ..Galveston 2-8043 .219 20th Street GALVESTON .. Ft. Lauderdale 1601 .2021 S. Federal Highway. FT. LAUDERDALE PUBLICATION OFFICE; ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City BOwling Green 9-8346 267 Committee Certifies Nominations For '44 .... FepeifATeo p/tess Forty members of the Atlantic & Gulf District will run for union office in the 1944 elections to be held during November and December. This Was revealed this week when the Credentials C()mmittee released its final report —wnU- Jurisdiction Grab "clnrc tiic -ccTiivirUutcs listed Ucluw fulfilled tlic requirements of office as laid^down in the constitution. Here NORFOLK AGENT is the line-up of candidates as Charles C. Martin they will appear on the ballot: Martin Trainor James L.. Tucker SECRETARY - TREASURER John Hawk NEW YORK AGENT L. J. (Baldy) Bollinger Paul L. Hall Frank Williams NEW YORK DECK PATROLMAN Louis Coffin James F. Sheehan NEW YORK ENGINE PATROLMAN Joe Volpian IS' NEW YORK STEWARD PATROLMAN Maurice Burnstine Jack Cooper Ccise Claude Fisher William Hamilton Fred Hart lii I f;'-- BOSTON AGENT John Mogan BOSTON JOINT PATROLMAN Joseph Lapham PHILADELPHIA AGENT Harry J. Collins NORFOLK PATROLMAN Paul Ambrose SAVANNAH AGENT Charles B. Martin John P. Ryan James F. Sharkey Charles Waid Thomas Wilhelm TAMPA AGENT D. L. Parker Steely White MOBILE AGENT Olden Banks NEW ORLEANS AGENT C. J. (Buck) Stephens NEV/ORLEANS PATROLMAN . James J. DeVito . Ted R. Terrington GALVESTON AGENT Ray W. Sweeney E. R. Wallace PUERTO RICO AGENT Daniel Butts BALTIMORE A(3ENT Joseph Flanagan John Kupta Carl M. (New Orleans) Rogers The Credentials Committee an­ nounced that it had made a com­ plete record of the discharges sent in by nominees, and that this record would be kept on file, at headquarters. BALTIMORE PATROLMAN Max A. Beck Rekfoird Ditrkroy HkiheW Little ' James T. McCauUey Brothers Charles Medford, Ed­ ward Allen, William Johnson, and James Carroll were disquali­ fied because of insufficient sea' time in the discharges submitted. < V- {Continued from Page 1) ported to the officer in charge of the soldiers that supper was ready, he not having at that time prepared supper for the crew which, of course, he had to do. He was then informed that the soldiers could not eat until the colonel who was evi­ dently to sail on the vessel, had eaten, whereupon McCune became dissatisfied and asked the master of the vessel for a release. The master at that lime being engaged in prepar­ ing to move the vessel. from the pier out into the stream, replied that he could not then give McCune his release, whereupon McCune threw his baggage over on the dock and then jumped from fhe vessel on to the dock, the vessel at that time having moved a few feet away from the dock. Mc­ Cune was then arrested and taken to the officer in charge of the guard, and upon being questioned about the matter, finally gave a written state­ ment setting out briefly the facts above related^ and furth­ er that he was deserting the The Court became very much interested in the point of law involved in thU matter, the same being the question of the jurisdiction over SicCune) and has taken the ihatter un­ der advisemehf, pehdihg filing Of bti'efs by counsel tor Mc­ Cune and by the Government. The Army evidently is much concerned with McCune's case. In addition io the United Slates Attorney for this dis­ .r*" - r':,l:' v , • 'w ; .1- •}. ' ••• trict, there appeared on be­ half of the Governihent, Col­ onel Archibald King, who is with the Legal Office of the War Department in Washing­ ton, D. C., and who argued .this matter on behalf of the Governihent. As I have staled above, the Court has not rendered a de cision and, of course, will not until briefs have been filed. As soon as I have prepared my brief, i will send you a copy. The question of requiring a stifward's department equipped to serve a crew of 78, to serve 500 soldiers, is a shipowner chisel which the union has been fight­ ing for some time. A solution to this problem is near — but not near enough to help McCune when he was suddenly faced with preparing 500 meals in a galley and with a staff equipped to pre­ pare 78 meals. Then the picture of 500 meals ready and hot, and 500 soldiers hungry and ready to eat, and the service being held up because the brass hat ha!d failed to show up and had to be served first, is a sickening specticai—to say the least. One can well uhderstahd how McCune blew his top. Whatever the mitigating cir­ cumstances, 'however, the fight how is to have his case heard by the regular Coast Guard panel, and to prevent the ehcroachmeht upon our rights by the bureau­ cratic labor hating brass hats. Kei^p In Touch With Your Local Draft Board. NEW BRITISH SHiRS. RECEIVE PRAISE Indications are that the new British emergency cargo carrier which was launched recently is expected to become a standard for forthcoming mercihant'vessels and will sail at a speed of fifteen knots. The ship is of the closed deck type and there are three decks, upper, main and second with the main deck specially constructed for heavy cargo. Deadweight tonnage is 12,000 tons; gross about 9,900 and net 7,150. Boilers and engines are housed together. The boilers have a pres­ sure of 450 pounds per square inch with a temperature of 750 degrees Fahrenheit super-heate<L There is a Cochrane's boiler in the engine room for domestic heating. Natural air ventilation '' is provided. Three Diesel gener­ ators have a 175 k. w. out{>ut. The arrangement of water-tube boilers ahd turbines of a modem but simple design is a feature of the earlier vessels of the series, but in some of the -later vessels the propelling machinery will consi.st of Diesel engine.s. The deck macihinery is electric­ ally driven. There are - twelve five-ton derricks and six ten-t()n derricks. Ah eighty-ton derrick is on the mainmast and a thirtyton on the jigger mast. Derricks can be changed from one side of the vessel to ahotlier, and by the ttieans of geared winches, the five or ten-tbnners Can be coupl­ ed with the eighty, fifty ot thirty as required. • "'I.V �Friday, Ociober 29, 1943 THE Allied Air Blows Bring Nazi Shipping Tangle By KURT SINGER (The author of this ariible, written especially fotr the SEA­ FARERS LOG, ik a promiheht European journalist. He is authfar of "Duel For the Northland; "Goring," etc). Even the ingenuity of Dr. Jo• seph Goebbels was taxed away during recent months when he / had to explain away the drop in sinkings by submarines. As Gerthahs have only recently heard abbUl their own shipping short­ ed, the job was doubly difficult. It was tight-lipped, tall and arrogant Karl Kauffmann, the • "Gauleiter" of Hamburg and the Reich Commissioner for Ship­ ping and ex-leader of the 19^3 • saboteurs, who astonished the Reich with the news that the shipping shortage was so serious "as to put the interests of GerI many at stake." BOMBS EFFECTIVE The deadly e'ffect of the Allied air war on German shipping was for the first time disclosed to the German public in the "Hambur,ger Fremdenblatt" when Rear Admiral von Lohmann announc­ ed that only 2,000,000 tons of shipping entered Norweigian ports in 1942, and Baltic traffic in the same year amounted to 26,000,000 tons. (As Germany's to­ tal pre-war merchant fleet was 4,100,000 tons, it ^^ould show that the saiiie ships frequently make the round trip.) All this shipping is top-class priority; 19,000,000 tons are used to bring Swedish iron-ore to Ger­ many and take coal and coke to Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. The remainder is used for military supplies and food necessary to hold down Norway and Finland. The RAF and the American flying fortresses had a first-class opportunity to hit this iron-ore and coal traffic routed in the traditional way from Lulea in Sweden and Narvik in Norway to Rotterdam for trans-shipment on Rhine barges .or from the Swedish Oxelosuhd to the Pom­ eranian cities of Stettin and Ros­ tock. Bombing of German costal shipping has forced the Nazi shipping authorities to transfer a large proportion of the traffic to the port Qf Emden, a considerable Allied bombing victory, which may have important repercus­ sions in the Reich. 2nd RATE PORTS Emden's port facilities are not nearly as good as those of Rot­ terdam. It means also longer barge hauls to and from the Ruhr, and an extra burden im­ posed on the already strained {Continued on Page 4) ^Around ThePorts SEAFARERS LOG OI\ t V ^WASHinOTOIV In my last report certain parts of the Kilgore report were brought to the attentiwi of the membership. There is one more part that needs special cotisideratibn. The report stated "The thitd limitation on mannihg has been the reluctance to modify traditional peacetime employ­ ment uncertainties. Employment oh merchant vessels is still cas­ ual, insecure emploment; men haVe signed on for the duration of one voyage only. This tradi­ tional practice of the sea dates from the days of long sailing voyages. Even in 1937 the ~Maritithe Commission pointed out where there was no justification for its continuance. It is particu­ larly wasteful in wartime." The WSA has been trying to pressure the SUP and SIU to have ships crews sign on" for the duration of the war. Some of the WSA officials have modified this to two years. The Ni^U of­ ficials have indicated that they are willing to go along with this scheme. Of course the NMU has a mo­ tive behind this proposal. At this time they are trying to get the employers to agree to the check-off system. "What a gravy train they would have if they could get a government directive out, whereby all ships crews would be compelled to sign on for the duration of the war, or for a period of two years, and along with this have the check­ off system. Every person signing on a ship that the NMU has under contract would them be compelled to pay dues for the termination of the ships articles, (duration of the war, or for a period of two years). They would then become chattel slaves of the NMU. All in all, the Kilgore Commit­ tee's report closely follows the line that the NMU has been ad­ vocating. The recommendations are similiar to the NMU's stand regarding the WSA. It has been reported that three members on the staff of the Kilgore commit­ tee, have been cited' as belonging der contract to use the check-off system to get your dues. The day Things are booming as far as is coming, and it is not far off, shipping goes down here in Tex- when the rank and file of the i as, I had the pleasure ^of paying NMU will want an accounting of off an SUP ship in Lake Charles what , is to be done with the top the other day. It was one of the fraction officials of the NMU who best crews that I have run across have -not the strength or courage in a long time. The men were to negotiate an agreement to the signed on 9 months articles to same level as the other maritime 'pay off on the Pacific Coast. They unions in the field. They,are not were out a little over four interested enough in the mem­ : months. I contacted the Captain bers interest, they are butting in­ , along with the delegate, stating to everything under the sun, but that the men were entitled to the vital point of the member's $92.50 back .to the coast. He said wages, security watches, trans­ no dice until the Articles ran out. portation clause in articles and We got the deck crew together good working conditions." and it was thrashed out that Proof: Every day in this hall when the cargo was out, that was there are NMU men coming in TRAINING PROGRAM the end of the articles. The men turning in their books, and who agreed to stay aboard until the are thoroughly disgusted with FOR DISABLED SEAMEN. cargo was out of the ship if it the set-up in the NMU. took a month. Result with soli­ There is some baggage that darity of the crew sticking to­ was given to me in Lake Charles WASHINGTON — The W^ar gether, I obtained the $92.50 for by the delegate, which belongs Shipping Administration an­ them. Three trip card men to Christion Helgeson, SUP trip nounces it has embarked upon a aboard that were recommended card who got drunk in the Canal program to employ and train vet­ for books. and was left behind and did not erans and merchant seamen dis­ The situation in manning SIU prove himself a good shipmate. charged as a result of combat or contract ship in Texas ports is service disabilities. This is one Well, according to the Pilot of the first practical plans for the getting serious. I have to call on the RMO for men. I sure am get­ the comrades are running Mike training and hiring uhder Civil ting .some dandies,' who are sent Quill for City Council in New Service of ex-service men of the York and over in Frisco they are present war. tight back aglin. j Well, as I predicted some time running another great commie, The men will be trained to I ago in the LOG, the shipowners Olleta O'Connor Yates for City work as examiners in ship repair )!yould turn the NMU down cold Supervisor. So all of you broth­ yards performing services re­ turkey when it came time to ne- ers in New York and Frisco be quired in connection with inspec­ j gotiate for the same wages, over- sure and vote for these working tion, supervision and cost control I time and working conditions that men's friends. You hever can tell of repairs oil American merchhnt i tve in the SIU and the SUP are when the savior of the seamen. vessels. Since August, 68 men ! enjoying. Your agreements were Can't - Go - Ashore - Curran, will have been trained and placed on ' hegotiated by fighters, and not run for president of the U.S. and jobs in various shipyards. ; handshakers and oppertunist and if elected, our troubles and wor­ ! .^your duos are not $2.50 per, and ries are- over. It's right in the Keep In Touch With ' Vour organization has not asked bag. I the shipov/ners that we have un­ E. R. WALLACE, Agent Your Local Draft Board. GALVESTON Pags Hire* ^ to organizations which the attor­ would-be political commissar and ney general has cited as subver­ pink Empire builder, could thea ' sive (Commie fronts and spon­ be in a position to push the com­ sored). It is rumored that other mie policy, with the assistance of members of the staff are in the the NMU? It is also rumored same boat. The GARBAGE in that other members on the staff that report carries a stench from of the RMO in the port of New the pages of the NMU Pilot. York are known to follow the On the basis of the report, it commie line. It's high time that became apparent that some staff Captain Macauley, who is direct­ members of the WSA are also ly responsible for the operation connected with commie front or­ of the RMO, cleaned house. We ganizations. For some time the would like an answer from both! worst sore spot in the WSA that Captain Macauley and Dimock the SUP and SIU have had to on this matter. Is it their inten­ contend with has been with the tion to have the largest port ini staff of the WSA in the port of the United States controlled by would - be political commissars New York. and pink Empire builders? It.is from this port that all the trouble regarding the question of INTERNAL REVElfuE discrimination has originated. Attended a conference during The rumors -are that RMO's re­ the week regarding the 2% so­ gional director in New York, Mr. cial security tax after January Craig Vincent, is the cheer lead­ 1st, 1944. The shipowners pro­ er for the NMU, and has been posed that they be allowed to de­ pushing the commie line on dis­ duct the 2% on all ships that pay crimination and is trying to com­ off after 1-1-44, regardless of the pel the SUP and SIU to checker­ wages that were earned in 1943. board their crews. Under the Social Security law a A report in the Washington person can only receive credit Daily News of December 13-14- for $3,000 in one year. If the in­ 15, 1940, states that at the CIO ternal revenue bureau allows the convention in Hagerstov/n, Md,, shipowner to deduct the 2% on Craig Vincent was floor leader wages earned in 1943 after the for the commie faction. It is also termination of the voyage in reported that he was connected 1944, all seamen would then have with the "AMERICAN LEAGUE to file a claim for a refund on FOR PEACE AND DEMOC­ all deductions made for social RACY," (Prior to Hitler's attack security that exceeded $30.00 for on Russia this is the outfit that that year or 1% of three thous­ was shouting it was an imper- and dollars. Example: A seaman ships out alist war). He was also a mem­ ber of the provisional committee, on a ship in January 1, 1943 and Washington Committee for Dem­ he paid off say in November 1, ocratic rights — Member of the 1943. Say his earnings including Washington book shop (Commie his board and room amounted to set-up). These organizations have $2,500. His S.S. deductions would been cited as subversive by the be 1% or $25.00. If he .shipped out within the Attorney General. He addressed a demonslra- same year with another company tion aginst police brutality in and .would . pay off 1-1-44, and Washington on 9-14-41, under his earnings exceeded $500, the the auspicies of Citizen's Com­ company would deduct 1%. mittee Against Police Brutality However, the person is entitled to all payments made over $30.00 (Commie set-up). in any one year. The companies The wife of Craig Vincent. claim that they haven't the office Joyce Campbell, heads the so­ cial security local of the United help to straighten out the new Federal Workers Union (CIO) 2% S.S. tax. Suggest that the in Washington, D. C. This out­ Union have the auditor write an fit is reported to follow the article on this matter, so that the membership will be prepared to commie line. Craig Vincent's father is collect any refund that they may Merle Vincent, head of the be entitled to. hour and wage division depart­ WAR MANPOWER ment of Labor in New York. COMMISSION Last February he was cited in Has issued a new set of regu­ the Congressional • Record and lations regarding certificates of contributes articles in the Daily availability for seamen and Worker. others; also a set of regulations Marshall R. Dimock, Director on stabilization. Suggest that all of the RMCK who employed agents contact their nearest WMC Craig Vincent and asigned him to office and get the following — the New York region, certainly WMC Field Instruction No. 46, must have known of Vincent's Bureau of Placement No. 94, dat­ record when he assigned him to ed October 8th, 1943. — WMC this area. Manual of Operations Title, 111 Was this a deliberate move on Section 3-7, dated August 16, the part of Dimock so that this 1943, page 1 to 9. ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR WEEK OF OCTOBER 11th TO 15th DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL SHIPPED 346 157 278 REGISTERED 236 196 216 ^ 781 642 • •M �e^jit'* Page Four • {{•" I ** = THE SE'^.FARERS LOG Friday, October 29, 1943 HAWK ASKS END OF WAGE Allied Air Blows Bring CHISEL OF TORPEDOED MEN Nazi Shipping Tangle" October 26, 1943 Maritime War Emergency Board Direktor in the Ministry ol {Continued from Page 3) , Captain Edward Mac|iuley, Chairman Transport, and head of the ShifiFollowing crew members of and damaged facilities of the ping Office. Wasjiiiiigton, D. G. • ' the S.S. James Hoban have un­ Dortmund-Ems Canal. Another Gentlemen: The "Hamburger Fremdenclaimed wages wailing for them. drawback is that while Rhine The stranding of torpedoed seamen on the beach without con­ blatt" reported tnat Bergemann barges carry some 3-4,000 tons tinuing t^eir wages and cubsistcncc, is a grave injustice iiow being Collect from Waterman S.S. Co. Emden Canal barges displace was a Civil Service official who done to these men. This union has repeatedly appealed to your Adams, P. S $ 8.53 only 1,500 tons. The biggest dif­ specialized in foreign trade and Board for the correction of this evil. Allvisi, A. V .J 8.89 ficulty, however, will be the fact exchange, and implied that he On July 30, 1942 I received a letter from Mr. Erich Nielsen in Bailie, H 8.53 that iron ore will enter the Ruhr had little experience in shipping which he assured me that the Board was considering the problem 8.53 at Dortmund, instead of Duis- matters. and would soon hand down a ruling to conect the inequality. That Berket, G. W Bremen's intrigue had succeed­ 8.53 burg, where most of the great was over a year ago, and to date no such ruling has been hamded Canaletti, A steelworks are still situated. ed. A first class-row was on be­ Cur.ran, H 8.53 down. tween the contending factions of Shipping Commissioner KauffMay I call your attention to the latest victims of this practice. Dobson, R. W. 14.22 German shipping, when Allied mann's troubles assumed inter­ The (S. S ) sailed from New York on April 1943. She Dunn, L. 3.91 mass bombardments destroyed national dimensions when a was torpedoed on July 5 and the crew members were repatriated Evans, L 4.27 the harbors of Hambuig and number of Swedish ships went back to New York, arriving on Sept. 26. The Skipper is still abroad Bremen. Gotthardt, B 8.53 down after hitting mines or be­ and the Pursur is in South America. The Company refuses to pay 8.53 ing torpedoed by Russian sub­ off the men until either the Pursur or the Skipper arrives with the Hassan, A i records. These men are now reduced to living on meager draws and Johnson, R. L 8.5! I marines. The Swedes need coal badly but they made it very clear begging in the streets. Messehauser, O. J. 1.42 that they could not indefinitely We have repeatedly attempted to negotiate a settlement with Montemorano, A. M3.91 sustain present losses. the shipowners, but have been unsuccessful because they maintain Murphy, E. D 8.53 that MWEB rulings prevent them from correcting this situation. The NO CREWS 8.53 effect of such inhuman practices upon the moral of the men and the Pope, J. M SALVATORE, FRANK ' Reynolds, E. R. 8.53 This was only the beginning. efficient crewing of the ships, is obvious. Write your mother, she is wor< I therefore appeal once niore to your Board to make a ruling Rudat, G. ' 8.53 As the danger from aerial attacks ried. about you. She is at 185 Baythat the wages of torpedoed seamen and their subsistence shall con­ Taylqr, J. 3,91 grew, Kauffmann found it diffi­ Village, New Bedford, Mass. tinue until actual time of paying off, and that you make ypur de­ Taylor, J. N. 8.53 cult to get foreign crews. The # -K •« cision retroactive to cover the crew of this ship. This crew is still Thomas, C. L 8.53 bonus paid to Swedish seameh The following brothers waiting to be paid off. '• Troy, t. G., Ja. ;... 10.31 on-the Rotterdam route increased have mail waiting for them Very truly yours, 300 percent. Finnish sailors in it it • It in the New York Hall; JOHN HAWK Crew which , paid off the S. S. ships trading in the Baltic get a Becker, Harry Marina, Oct. 13, 1943, have 8 bonus of 75 percent, in the Eiiel Blake, Gilbert D. hours overtime coming. Collect Canal and the Elbe 100 percent, Boehin, John J. ' in the North Sea 150 percent. In Bull Line. Brassard, Joseph Holland and France the Nazis * • * Butters, Charles S. are trying to get crews by a mix­ Crew which paid off S. S. Carrol, Frank Marymar in Oct. 1943, has $125 ture of coaxing, shanghaiiing and Chamberlayne, Frank W. attack bonus coming. Collect terror; in Norway Kauffmann's Childers, L. L. agents appl^ pressgang methods, Therefore, be it resolved, Calmar Line. {Continued from Page 1) Christensen, R. Martin but in vain. that the Seafarer's Interna­ * • • WSA has made no move to put Considine, John tional Union of North America Recently, too there has been it into effect. We serve notice Crew which paid off S. S. FloCoggins, Jacob H. • go on record to oppose such a mar in Oct. 1943, has $125 attack trouble between the. monopolishere and now to all shipowners Crusenberry, T. E. move with all its strength, and bonus coming. Collect Calmar tically inclined Hamburg ship­ and government agencies that '•"sl Daniels, Rupert should the WSA attempt to Line. owners and their rivals in other any move to freeze the men to Davis, Ray impose such slavery upon the Gefman ports. The mass-bomb­ the ships will be fought with the Drozda, Mike seamen, the Statements of ing of Hamburg brought disunity full limit of our strength! Francis, F. • • • Principles and Policy will be among the German shipowners. Garth, A. G. When the Hamburg "Gauleiter" RESOLUTION PASSED UP considered violated and the Gidzinski, John became Reich Commissioner for AND DOWN THE COAST unions no longer bound by its S.S. JOHN PAYNE Gonzales, Ramon E. Shipping just over a year ago, Whereas; the Kilgore Com­ Gonzalez, M. A. provisions. Deck Department $50.00 powerful Hamburg shipowners mittee's report confined the Graham, Robert saw to it that their business con­ following paragraph: Hamby, Clyde nections with the Gauleiter were "The third limitation on man­ Hamilton, Harold rewarded by adequate preferen­ ning has been the reluctance Hamilton, Louis E. to modify traditional peacetial treatment. -rv 1 Hammond, H. E. lime employment uncertain­ Hornsby, Guy, Jr. SHIPOWNER INTRIGUE ties. Employment on merch­ Jackson, Melvin ant vessels is still casual, in­ Protests began to pile up. In Kath, Chas. H. secure employment; men have September 1942, Kauffman was Kornofski, J. R. signed on for the duration of forced to declare that although Kreutz, Herbert R. one voyage only. This tradi­ le represented Hamburg he Landron, Juan R. tional practice of the sea dates would look after the interests of Loomis, Verne DeWitt from the days of long sailing all shipping circles, in an "objec­ Maddox, Chas. W. voyages. Even in 1937 the tive manner." He broke his Martin, Chas. E. Maritime Commission pointed promise. In January 1943, the Marshall, Andrew out where there was no justi­ shipowner Alfred Boehmaker Rehkoff, Clifford fication for its continuance. It called upon his fellow citizens of Rodriguez, Jose F. is particularly —wasteful in Bremen to resist the attempts of Schuster, Rob wartime." and "certain circles" to discourage Simmons, William F. Whereas; this Una will be traffic to Bremen. , Stevens, Rob C. picked up by the shipov/ners Bickering finally forced the Sumski, Ben W. and the WSA and used in an Ministry of Transport to step in. Tanner, Herbert L. attempt to shackle the seamen A few wee"ks ago Hamburgers Teschke, Walter to their ships for the duration read in their newspapers that a Thompson, Preston R. of the war, or perhaps longer, certain Dr. Guenther Bergemann Weston, William and had been appointed MinisterialWolfe, Paul Whereas: such conditions would mean for the seamen slavery such as they knew be­ fore the rise of their unions By observing the following simple Instructions you will and their ability to bargain continue to receive deferment from military service. Fall collectively and protect their to observe these rules and you may wind up In the army. economic rights and personal dignity, and WHEN SIGNING ON: Give the clerk or skipper all the Whereas; such a shackling information necessary to fill out RMO Card No. 47 (Green of the men to their ships is Card). just another reactionary move WHEN SIGNING OFF: See that Card No. 48-A is propBringing fraternal greetings from British workers, on the part of the WSA and perly filled out by skipper or clerk. William Bayliss (left) of the British Miners Federation told shipowners in their campaign the 63rd AFL convention that a strong labor movement is to smalh labor, knowing that Ship out before your allotted time ashore has expired. the surest defense of workers' interests both during the war no union could function effec­ If you have not yet flUed out the Green Card, contact your tively if its members were tied and in the post war world. 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Title A name given to the resource October 29, 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. 30 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: SIU FIGHTS ARMY JURISDICTION GRAB OVER UNION MEN FISHERMEN VOTE STRIKE! KILGORE OPENS DRIVE TO FREEZE MEN TO THE SHIPS COMMITTEE CERTIFIES NOMINATIONS FOR '44 NEW BRITISH SHIPS RECEIVE PRAISE ALLIED AIR BLOWS BRING NAZI SHIPPING TANGLE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR DISABLED SEAMEN HAWK ASKS END OF WAGE CHISEL OF TORPEDOED MEN Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/29/1943 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1943 Periodicals Seafarers Log