http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/89378e0e7164c08ce9541340d5a0219e.PDF 9bec636e7574c30ab67e6f9a5f4a86cd PDF Text Text SECURITY IN UNITY ^^>UIERS JOQ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA , I I <\ I Vol. VI. NEW YORK. N.Y.. FRIDAY. MARCH 24. 1944 No. 7 MWEB Slashes Bonuses MONEY DUE ALCOA POINTER Black Gang overtime settled. The following men have money coming at the 'Company's office. 17 Battery ^lace. New York: / A. * FLANAGAN $ .71 W. A. LAMM 33.48 C. GAUTKREAUX 9.87 F. SWANSON 11.48 G. BLAKE 1.38 C. SCHULTZ .71 B. McKAIN 71 H. GILLESPIE 5.04 S. LOWRYMOWICZ 5.73 Cuts Decided Over Protests Of Union Representatives Senders Cautioned On Seamen's Mail By Navy, Again Special to the Seafarers' Log The War Shipping Administra­ WASHINGTON—^With the brass of a Shell-and-pea artist on the boardwalk of a tion has been notified by Naval carnival the much-tilted Capt. E. Macauley of the Maritime Commission, the War Ship­ postal officers that letters to sea­ ping Administration and Chairman of the Maritime War Emergency Board, sat in at a men are being improperly ad­ meeting of the Advisory Committee to the MWEB, held here Feb. 23, and assured the dressed, often in violation of na­ representatives of all the maritime unions representing sea-going personnel that no slashes tional security rules, WSA an­ nounced. in the bonus scales were being contemplated by the members of the MWEB. Failure to use the proper form At the hearing he objected to a* (Log', For it was the unanimous opin­ in addressing mail destined for has not declined, headline and story published in ion of all the union representa­ merchant seamen results in delay emphasis). the LOG of Feb. 4, which pointed tives of the Advisory Committee in delivery and in some instances out that the "MWEB Would Cut Questions For Capt. Macauley that there be no tampering with actual loss. Our Wages," through slashing (Capt. Macauley's statements the existing bonuses in all ex­ To insure delivery, the follow­ the bonuses, despite the fact that call for the following ques treme danger areas and that such ing for should be used: this nation and the Allier are: tions: bonuses be increased for the add­ "In the midst of a war which (1: Why, if such were not ed hazards now being encounter­ Seaman's name Name of ship All men who took out new has been largely (so far) a "fact" [as he terms it] should ed in some areas and ports. The C/o Postmaster San Francisco membership on the SS William struggle of supply and trans­ he term it as such? only man for cutting bonuses was New York or New Orleans (de­ Wirt. Alcoa Line, March 8, 1944, portation,. a war in which the (2: If seamen's bonuses aren' Frank Taylor of the shipowners. r- iplease contact Claude Fisher. heroism and self-sacrifice of pending on coast from which ad­ part of their wages, then, why N. Y. Stewards' Patrolman with the merchant seamen made pos­ are they logged — as part of Board Whips Up Witches' Brew dressee sailed). Despite this Macauley and his your receipt. sible military operations in Eu­ their accrued earnings [rea! The return address of the writ­ so-called "board" have whipped VINCENT A. GILLEZEAU rope and in the Pacific, a war wages]—when such loggings er should appear in the upper left up a witches' brew of demarkaMANOEL GOMES in which the merchant marine occur? hand corner and the name of the tion lines over the chart of the PETER L. DAVERSON has suffered greater propor­ steamship company in the lower (3: If such reductions were world. EVANGELOS KOWNDOURAKIS tional casualties than has either left hand corner. The address of not contemplated why were ALBERT ANDERSON HATT the Army or the Navy, a war such decided by the Maritime None of the cuts they arbitrar­ the steamship company should in which civilian seamen vol­ War Emergency Board—with ily make are comparable to the not be given. untarily gave up the comfort out their legal power to do so?) considerable hazards and dangers In a number of instances, in di­ of home to face storms and that still exist under a war-time For most all the representa­ condition at sea: For crews are rect violation of national security subs and bombings so that sol­ diers might have bullets and tives of the seafaring unions went called upon to sail waters • still rules, letters have been addressed food—in the midst of such a on record as stating that the pur­ infested with submarines and to a specific street address or war the Maritime War Emer­ pose of the meeting was beyonc continue to ply into the widening place name of a foreign country. gency Board is proposing a the legal jurisdiction of the Mar war theaters where an ever- Addressing mail to any other slash in the wages of the wages itime War Emergency Board un­ present danger of aerial bombing, than the proper port, in care of the postmaster, as noted above, der its ascribed Statement of WASHINGTON, March 7 — of the already underpaid mer­ Principles which made all signa­ attacks by Naval and mystery •only delays its reaching the sea­ chant hero." craft, shore artillery, as well as Legislation to provide lifetime tory to the creation of the NWEB captive and floating mines still man. compensation for permanently Seamen's Wages Not High labor, government and shipown­ exist. Indeed, one speaker at the disabled merchant seamen has ers. For no dispute existed be­ The story also showed that the meeting of the Advisory Commit­ been approved by the House tween any labor organization and tee meeting brought out the cold reasoning if the dangers at wages of a merchant seaman, in­ Merchant Marine Committee, ac­ sea mounted from 100% to 500% representatives of the industry. point that the danger of aband­ (which they did) then the bonus cording to the Journal of Com­ clusive of bonuses, were not as high as those paid for the soft oned mine fields as well as that figures should have been just merce. Doesn't Like Protests berths ashore in the shipyards, of floating mines was one which that much greater by mathemat­ Under existing law, merchant and in shore-side industries In addition to the outlined accrued danger in waters which ical progression in percentage. seamen are covered by War Ship­ where many of the old-time sea­ statements of Macauley, above might otherwise be considered ping Administration insurance to men now plying the. danger he asserts, also, on page 1 of the However, the MWEB is not fairly safe by the MWEB but un­ using the pattern of 100% lowthe extent of $5,000 for perman­ waters were working prior to the minutes that the members of the ent total disability, if paid in a call of their country to mann MWEB didn't "want a flock of safe as far as the-seamen plying ceiling hazard as a basis for sea­ lump sum, or $7,500 if paid in ships and supply the Armed telegrams and letters coming in them were concerned. men retaining the voyage monthly installments. saying We protest against re­ bonuses. No Logical Rule forces. duction or doing away with the And the judgment of this is Under the usual payment plan Unions Against According to page 2 of the seen in the consistent attempts of of $150 monthly, the benefits are minutes of the Feb. 23 meeting bonuses'." Downward Revisions And in other words showed the bureaucrats of the NWEB to exhausted in fifty mnoths. Macauley declared: When it comes to stealing himself as a member of a Hitler­ oppress the seamen of the mer­ The committee said it consid­ "Unfortunately, 1 have noted like board which didn't want any chant marine. For the MWEB money from the seamen's pock- . ered this coverage "inadequate" in one of the union's publica­ protests of its actions and which has applied no logical rule ets the shell-and-pea artists in in cases where the age of the sea­ tions recently, in a prominent would in effect say to the seamen whereby the present action could Washington—who never sail any men will cause the disability to leading article, the fact that the and their representatives on the be compared with the past bonus ships—as well as Curran and the last after all payments have been Maritime War Emergency Advisory Committee: "Don't tell scales paid, officials of the Sea­ NMU - .shipowner com.bine take mdae. Board is going to reduce the us what the seamen want—for farers International Union de­ the allegations of Naval officials that sinkings and dangers are "It is felt that the WSA should seamen's wages. You know, we will sit back and give the rul­ clare. be able to provide adequate com­ and we know, that the board ing whether you or the seamen The Union's officers point out declining, since there have been pensation for the duration of the has no authority to reduce or like it or not. (N.B. This was the that the MWEB put a high ceiling none reported in the public press, disability which, in many cases, increase your wages. You know attitude that Hitler took). of 100% on the bonuses, whei-e and they use such as a basis to will be for the life of the injured and we know that the bonuses While Macauley tried his shell- the dangers were considered slash seamen's earnings and person," the committee added. are not part of the wages, al­ and-pea game he sat back com­ greatest, without regard for the would rivise the scales on the The bill (HR 4163) would auth­ though they have in great mea­ fortably to await his opportunity attacks sustained and the dan­ alleged declining percentage of orize the WSA to make "adequate sure come to be considered as to slash the bonuses for seamen gers encountered; but they put sinkings. payments" for permanent total or wages. Let me assure you that sailing war-torn waters while still no ceiling on the number of at­ The Union took the position in partial disability "as long as such the board has no intention of crying that the Maritime War tacks, sinkings and death toll or the hearings—as did the repre­ disability resulting from causes removing or reducing bonuses Emergency Board was not , going threats of dangers to be under­ sentatives of all bona-fide marine relating to the war effort exists." where the war risk and hazard to reduce them. gone by the seamen. Thus by {Conthmed jfn Page 4) HI! NOTICE f" Seamen Disability Pay Is Reported O.K.By Committee �It>f^ j THE Page Two SEAFARERE FridaT' March 24, 1944 LOG New MWEB Bonus Decision C. Pacific Area — All waters within the erea bounded on the north by 60° north latit­ ude; on the east by the 189th DECISION 2 B medidan; on the south by BONUS 13° south latitude; and on the west by 90° east longitude The Maritime War Emergency and the coast of continental Roard today annouiices this De­ Asia. cision with respect to Bortus. Classification II—66-2/3% Bonus ARTICLE I. VOYAGE BONUS, —$80 Monthly Minimum , MARITIME WAR EMERGENCY BOARD AREA BONUS AND VESSEL ATTACK BONUS REQUIRED Voyages or portions of voyages while within all waters not in­ cluded in Classifications I, III, or Voyage bonus, area bonus, and IV. vessel attack bonus shall be paid under this Decision to licensed Classification III — 25% BOilus — and unlicensed personnel em­ $30 Monthly Minimum ployed as regular crew members Voyages or portions of voyages, on United States flag vessels of not included in Classification IV, the American Merchant Marine. while within waters of the Pa­ ARTICLE II. VOYAGE BONUS cific Ocean east of 136° west long­ itude and west of a line drawn CLASSIFICATIONS due south from Cape Horn. Classification I — 100% Bonus — Classification IV—^No Bonus 11 $100 Monthly Minimum Voyages o^: portions of voyages Voyages or portions of voyages while within the following while within inland waters of the Western Hemisphere. For this waters: purpose the Western Hemisphere A. European Area— All waters shall iriclude the Hawaiian Isl­ with the area bounded on the ands, Bermuda, Greenland, the east and south by 60' east east cOast of Central and South longitude to its intersection America in the Caribbean Area with the north coast of Rus­ and the West Indies, but shall sia and thence following the not include Iceland, Alaska (west coast of continental Europe of 136' west longitude) and the to its intersection with 90' Aleutian Islands. west longitude on the north coast of Spain; and bounded The following waters are clas­ on the west by 90' west sified as inland waters of the Western Hemisphere: longitude. B. Mediterranean Area — All A. The inland passage to Alaska defined as follows: waters within the Mediter­ ranean Sea east of a line i. Waters to the eastward of from Cape Spartel to Cape a line drawn from Cape Trafalgar, including the Ad­ Flattery, Washington, to riatic Sea, the Aegean Sea, Pachena Point Lighthouse, the Black Sea, the Sea of Vancouver Island, and all Azov and the Sea of Marwaters to the northward ^ mora, the Dardanelles and and eastward of Vancouver the Bosporus. Island. SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ Vreiident 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. !•! W ' W Directory of Branches BRANCH ADDRESS NEW YORK (4) 2 Stono 3t BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay St PHILADELPHIA. ...i...6 North 6th St NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI NEW ORLEANS (16) ..324 Chartres St SAVANNAH 218 Eaet Bay St TAMPA 423 East Piatt St. MOBILE.. St. Michael St PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon GALVESTON.... 219 20th Street PHONE BOwHng Green 9-. ,i Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 7651 ...Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Savannah 3-1728 Tampa MM.I323 Dial 2-1392 Puerto de Tlerra ..Galveston 2-8043 PUBLICATION OFFICE; ROOM 213* 2 STONE STREBT New York City (4) BOwling Green 9-8346 •267 ii. Waters to the eastward of a line drawn from Cape Scott, Vancouver Island, to Cape St. James, Queen Charlotte Islands, includ­ ing the waters of Queen Charlotte Islands (Hecate Strait). iii. Waters to the eastfvard 6f a line drawn fforti Cape Know, Queen Charlotte Islands, to Cape Muzon, a coastal line drawn from Dall Island (I)ixon En­ trance). iv. Waters to the eastward of a coastal line drawn from Cape Muzon to Cape Bartolome and thence to Gape Ommaney, and Caipe Edgecomb at the entrahee to Sitka Sound. V. Waters to the eastward of a coastal ^ine drawn from Cape Spencer, the entrance to Cross Sound. B. Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, Ungava Bay and Frobisher Bay, west of a line from North Foreland on Loks Isl­ and to Black Bluff on Reso­ lution Island and west of a line drawn from Acadia Cove on Resolution Island to Cape Chidley. C. Puget Soimd east of a line drawn in the Strait of Juan de Fuca from Cape Flattery, Washington to Pachena Point, Vancouver Island. D. The St. Lawrence River wegt of Father Point E. The Panama Canal on transit of areas of risk and computed as follows: A. Voyage bonus .shall be com­ puted on basic and special emergency wages, excluding overtime, penalty time and other extra compensation. B. Vojrsfge bonus equal to 100% Of tvages shall bef paid for voyages in Classification I, but not in any case less than $100 per month or a propor­ tionate sum for a part thei'eof. C. Voyage bonus equal to 66-2/3% of wages shall be paid lor voyages or portions of voyages in Classification II, but not in any case less than $80 per month or a pro­ portionate sum for a part thereof. killed or seriously injured aS a result of ehettiy attack. Vessel attack bonus shall be payable whether the vessel w within or without any of the areas specified in Paragraplt A above, and whether the vessel is in a port or at an anchorage or on the high seas. Only one vessel attack bonus shall be-payable in the course of any passage of the vessel between ports or an­ chorages. A passage between ports or anchorages shall be deemed to commence at the time the vessel departs from a port or anchorage and to end at the time the vessel departs from its next port Or anchorage. Shifts in berth shall not be deemed passages between anchorages. ARTICLE VI. PERIODS DUR* D. Voyage bonus equal to 25% IRO WHICH VOYAGE, AREA, of wages shall be paid for AND VESSEL ATTACK voyages or portions of voy­ BONUS PAYABLE ages in Classification III, but not in any case less than $30 A. DURING ORDINARY COURSE OF VOYAGE per month or a proportionate sum for a part thereof. Voyage, area and vessel at­ tack bonus shall be payable E. No voyage bonus shall be to a regular crew member of paid for voyages or portions the vessel on which he is em­ of voyages in Classification ployed during the course of IV. his employment aboard such ARTICLE IV. TIME WHEN vessel. VOYAGE BONUS PAYMENTS B. WHEN BONUS PAYABLE START AND STOP AFTER SEPARATION A. Voyage bonus payments FROM VESSEL AND shall become effective at mid­ DURING REPATRIATION night prior to the day during (1) If a crew member is sep­ which the vessel departs arated from his vessel as from waters included in Clas­ the result of a peril des­ sification IV and enters the cribed in Article 3, hs high seas. amended, of the form of B. Voyage bonus payments shall insurance policy attached cease at midnight of the day to Decision lA, bonus con­ during which the vessel de­ tinues payable to such parts from the high seas and crew member until mid­ enters waters included in night of the day On which Classification IV. he reaches a port. F. The Straight of Magellan, de­ fined as follows: (a) Atlantic • boundary line: A line running in a southerly and easterly direction from Direction Hill (Cerro Direccion) on the northern (2) If a crew member is repa­ shore of the First Narrows C. Changes in voyage bonusi fates between Classifications triated to the United States to Anegada Point located I, II and III during a voyage after sepatation from his on the southern shore of or part of a voyage while on vessel as a result of either; the Fffst Narrows: the high seas are effective as (a) a peril referred to in (b) Pacific boundary line: A of midnight prior to the day paragraph (1) above, or line running in a northerly during which the vessel and easterly direction from (b) illness or injury incurred crosses the line demarking Felix Bay Light Tower lo­ in the service of his ves­ the new Classification. cated on an island in Felix sel and not occasioned Bay off the southwesterly ARTICLE V. AREA AND by his wilful misconduct, shore of Sea Reach (Paso VESSEL ATTACK BONUS bonus shall be payable to Del Mar), to the Fairway such crew member dur­ Light Pyramid located on A. AREA BONUS ing his repatriation from the west side of the largest midnight of the day prior In addition to voyage bonus Fairway Island. to which the vessel or payable under Article II, III other conveyance on and IV, area bonus at the G. The Great Lakes; and inland which he is being repa­ rate of $5.00 per day shall be waters, harbors, rivers, triated departs until mid­ payable to each creW mem­ sounds, bays and gulfs on the night of the day of ar­ ber of a vessel within any of the United States as defined rival of such vessel or the areas specified in Classi­ in "Rules & Regulations, se­ other conveyance at a fication I of Article II, in­ ries No. 16, Bureau of Marine continental United States cluding periods during which Inspection & Navigation, De­ port. the vessel is in port or at an partment of Commerce, Pilot anchorage. Area bonus shall C. WHEN BONUS NOT Rules for certain inland commence as of midnight waters of the Atlantic and ' PAYABLE AFTER prior to the day during which Pacific Coasts and the Coast SEPARATION FROM the vessel enters the area of the Gulf of Mexico" dated VESSEL and shall cease at midnight May 28, 1940. of the day during which the (1) Bonus shall not be payable H. Ports or other inland waters vessel departs from the area. while a crew member is on of the Western Hemisphere, land after separation from either as specifically definied B. VESSEL ATTACK B6RUS his vessel. in this Classification or as In addition to voyage and (2) Bonus shall not be payable may be defined from time to area bonus, vessel attack during the period that a time by the Maritime War bonus of .$125 shall be pay­ crew member is detained Emergency Board. able to each crew member of either by capture by an en­ a vessel (1) which is destroy­ ARTICLE III. AMOUNT OF emy of the Uniteji States ed or substantially damaged VOYAGE BONUS or by internment. as a result of enemy attack Voyage bonus should be based or (2) on which any person is (Continued on Page 3) ' 'm V1 S •y �Friday, March 24, 1944 THfi SEAPA*5fiftS L06 Page Thrfl# New MWEB Bonus Decision (ConfiftueJ from Fagi 2) 15 i. (3) Bonus shall not be payable to a crew member: (a) after voluntary termina­ tion of his employm.ent aboard his vessel for a reason other than one set forth in Paragraph B (2), (b) after desertion or dis­ charge from his employ­ ment aboard his vessel, (c) after a crew member ac­ cepts employment on an­ other vessel for a pur­ pose other than to be re­ patriated, (d) after a crew member re­ fuses without good cause to be repatriated to thO United States, (^) A crew member repatriat­ ed after occurrence of an event specified in sub-par­ agraph (3) of this Para­ graph C is hot entitled to bonus from his original vessel during repatriation. If such crew member signs on as a replacement in the crew of the repatriating V vessel, he shall be entitled visions of this Decision shall to bonus from the repatri­ not be retroactive. ating vessel. If such crew member signs on as a ARTICLE VIII. REPEAL workaway on the repatri­ Decision 2A, and all Amend­ ating vessel, he shall not ments thereto, previously is­ be entitled to bonus from sued by the Maritime War the repatriating vessel. Emergency Board are repeal­ ed as of the effective date of D. NO OOUBLE BONUS this Decision, except as to If a crew signs on the vessel any voyage, area and port at­ on which he is being repatri­ tack bonus payable for any ated, either as a Crew mem­ period prior to 12:01 A.M. of ber or workaway on such April 1, 1944. repatriating vessel, he shall MARITIME not be entitled to bonus from such vessel in addition to WAR EMERGENCY BOARD bonus payable under Para­ graph B of this Article VI. (Sgd.) EDWARD MACAULEY E. DEATH OF A Chairman CEEW MEMBER (Sgd.) JOHN R, STEELMAN Bonus shall not be payable for any period after death of (Sgd.) FRANK P. GRAHAM a crew member. Dated: March 14, 1944 ARTICLE VII. EFFECTIVE DATE This Decision. shall be effec­ tive on and after 12:01 A.M. of April 1, 1944. The pro­ Keep In Touch With Your Draft Board MONEY DUE The following crew members SILVIO A. PALMERI from the SS SCHOHARIE of the KENNETH R, SCHLOSSER South Atlantic Co. have over­ time checks in the following SS JOHN GALLUP: amounts coming. They are being ADAM HARTWIG held for them in the New York LOUIS GOODWIN HARRY JUSTICE office of the company. ANDREW KRONIK GAILLARD, AH $409.50 LOUIS BARRETT ROONEY, AB 409.50 JAMES AKERS MOHOWSKI, AB 537.50 DWIGHT CARROLL McQUADE. AB 543.60 ARKADI RAUK POUQUETTE, OS 279.00 COOPER, OS 391.50 SS MATT W. HANSOM HARRY WEISBERG • » » Checks are being held for the following at Smith and Johnson office in New York. •' r".7 r* SS JAMES M. GILLIS: HARLEY BRYANT WILLIAM W. BRYANT HARRY B. FOX JAMES CARR JESSE J. BENTLY ALFRED W. DEMUELLE HAROLD S. KEMP QUINTON COURTNEY SHYLE HOLLOWAY Will any of the shipmates of the late Brother Chas. WESSNER, 24288, who died in Georgetown, B. G., in August 1943, while on the SS William Cullen Bryant, please contact Theo. Thomson, Room 213, 2 Stone Street, New York, 4, Sec'y-Treasurer's office. Map Showing New. Zones And Bonus Rates New Area And Vessel Attack Bonus Provisions ARTICLE V. AREA AND VESSEL ATTACK BONUS A. AREA BONUS til addition to voyage bonus payable under Article II, HI and IV, area bonus at the rate of $5.00 per day shall be payable to eaeh ereW member of a vessel within any of the areae specified ifi Classification I of Article H, in­ cluding periods during whiclf the vesdel is itt ^ pott Of at an anchorage. Area bonus shall commence as of midnight prior to the day dur­ V / m ing which the vessel enters the area and shall cease at midnight of the day during which the vessel departs from the area. B. VESSEL ATTACK BONUS In addition to voyage and area bonus, vessel attack bonus of $125 shall be payable to each crew member of a vessel (1) which is destroyed or Substantially damaged as a result of enemy attaok or (2) on which any person is killed or Seriously injured as a result of enemy attack. Vessel attack bonus shall be payable whether the vessel is within or without any of the areas Specified in Paragraph A above, and whether the vessel is in a pOrt or at an an­ chorage ro on the high seas. Only one vessel attack bonus shall be payable in the course of any passage between ports or anchorages shall be deemed to commence at the lime the vessel departs from a port or anchorage and to end at the lime the vessel departs from its next port or anchorage. Shifts in berth shall not be deemed passages between anchorages. �Page Four THE SEAFAKFRS Friday, March 24, 1944 LOG Map Showing Old Zones And Bonus Rates K ¥ /iy-- Old Area And Port Attack Bonus Provisions ARTICLE V. AREA AND PORT ATTACK BONUS A.AREA BONUS In addition to voyage bonus payable under Articles II, nil and IV, area bonus at the rate of $5.00 per day shall be payable to each crew member while in the service of his vessel within any of the following areas: (1) Murmansk Area—that part of the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans east of Greenwich Meridan and west of 60° east longitude and north of 60° north latitude. (2) Mediterranean Area — the Mediterranean Sea east of a line from Capt Spartel to Cape Traf­ algar, including the Adriatic and Aegean Seas. (3) South Seas Area — the area bounded on fhe north by 20° north latitude, on the east by 170° east longitude, on the south by 20° south lat­ itude and on the west by 120° east longitude. B. Such area bonus shall commence at midnight preceding the day of entering any of the above areas and shall cease at midnight of the day when a vessel departs from any such erea. C. PORT ATTACK BONUS In addition to voyage and area bonus, one 4)orl bonus of $125 shall be payable to each crew member for .each port or anchorage, whether within or without any of the areas specified in Paragraps A above, which experiences enemy attack during the presence of his vessel in such port or at such anchorage. Maritime War Emergency Board Slashes Bonuses (Continued^from Page 1) union groups for sea-going per­ sonnel— that there must be no downward revision of the bonus scales and declared that any changes made should be to in­ crease the payments for the areas that were uncovered. For as Brother John Hawk, Sec'y-Treasurer of the Atlantic and Gulf District of the SIU pointed out there was little point to Macauley citing alleged Naval figures while the Navy itself con­ tinues to pay a bonus differential rate for its own armed guards­ men sailing merchant vessels and those running into extreme haz­ ards. • Others in the meeting pointed out that the so-called charts Macauley introduced, (sup­ posedly based on Naval informa­ tion), did not go back to the peak figure of the sinkings, and showed no comparable basis for the threatened reductions. Shell-and-Pea Artist Despite this, and despite the fact that other members of the Board declared that they recog­ nized and were fully conscious of the terrific job that the mer­ I'ij I'; I', chant seamen were doing, (with­ out the accrued benefits of those in the Armed Services for pen­ sions, etc.), and despite his own statements shell - and - pea artist Capt. Macauley (who still sits out all sailings) proceeded with his nimble game. It was not until March 14 that the MWEB rendered a decision which in essence slashed all the existing rates in many respects and which is capsuled hereunder. For the new decisions of the MWEB — even though the pre­ meditated plans of this Hitler­ like board were denounced—es­ tablishes cuts in the bonuses not commensurate with the risks be­ ing undei taken by the seamen. North and South Atlantic The North and South Atlantic areas, excepting where otherwise specified will pay a bonus of 66-2/3% or $80.00 minimum whichever is greater, with no bonus while in ports of West In­ dies, South, Central, and North America with the exception of Alaskan ports and the island ports west of 136° West Longit­ ude, with the further exception that no bonus will be paid while Pacific Theater in port in the Hawaiian Islands. In the.Pacific war theater the Also no bonus will be paid bonus has been extended a little while in ports in Greenland or in to include an area around Japan Bermuda. to take in all waters bounded on The $5.00 per day bonus which the north by 60° north latitude; formerly took in the Norwegian on the east by the 180th merid­ Coast and the Russian Coast has ian; on the south by 13° south been extended to include ports latitude; and on the west by 90° of the British Isles with the ex- east longitude and the continent­ al coast of Asia, for which will be allowed 100% or $100.00 mini­ Compleie iexi of Marilime mum, whichever Is the greater as War Emergency Board's well as the $5.00 per day. Bonus Decision is printed on Other areas in the Pacific and pages 2 and 3 for the infor­ the Indian Oceans exclusive of mation of the membership. that spoken of in the paragraph Compare also the charts above to the 136° west longitude showing the new and old will pay 66-2/3% or $80.00 mini­ bonus areas, and rates. mum whichever is the greater; and eastward from the 136° west ception of ports in South Ireland. longitude-to a line south of Cape This $5.00 daily bonus also in­ Horn and in the Magellan Straits, cludes the European coastline on 25% or $30.00 minimum, which­ the 9° west longitude running ever is greater shall be paid. south to the northern tip of Spain, as well as being retained New Ruling On Attack Bonus in the Mediterranean, Bosporous In addition to cutting out the and Black Sea, with the 100% many features of the port attack or $100.00 minimum, whichever bonues the new ruling establishes is the greater, plus the $5.00 per an attack bonus which is shown day. in the caption of the chart show­ ing the new areas. This is definitly limited to one attack bonus although twenty or more may be sustained during any departure or arrival which can be construed as a voyage. ^ Hirihito's Doorstep ' The attack bonus is also limit­ ed to a direct sinking or severe damage to the vessel as well as providing that some crew mem­ ber must be killed or seriously injured before such a bonus can be paid to members of the ves­ sel's crew. In other words the MWEB has reduced the bonuses to figures below those granted the seamen prior to the active pai'liclpation of the United States in the war. It is further asserted that the MWEB wants seamen to sit on the laps of either Hirihito or Hitler or drop their cargoes in Hamburg or Tokyo before they get paid a bonus for sailing ha­ zardous waters. Your Draft Board Keep In Touch With � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource March 24, 1944 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 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VI, No. 7 Description An account of the resource Headlines: MWEB SLASHES BONUSES SENDERS CAUTIONED ON SEAMEN'S MAIL BY NAVY, AGAIN SEAMEN DISABILITY PAY IS REPORTED O.K. BY COMMITTEE NEW MWEB BONUS DECISION NEW AREA AND VESSEL ATTACK BONUS PROVISIONS OLD AREA AND PORT ATTACK BONUSES PROVISIONS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03/24/1944 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1944 Periodicals Seafarers Log