http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/ed5ee24e57c57f74547db563d60fe7ff.PDF b93751a1b6bdd5a02cd3d75725cd1c0c PDF Text Text :TT" OFFICIAL OBOAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTBICT, ^ SEAFAREBS' INTEBNATIONAL UNION OF NOBTH AMERICA Vol. VI. NEW YORK. N.Y.. FRIDAY. MAY 5. 1944 Ne. .10 AFL Executive Council Hears SIU On Bonus Liberty Ships To Be Named For Two SIU Heroes '/ WASHINGTON, D. C., May 1—Two members of the SIU who gave their lives during the war that others might live, are to be honored by having ships named for them, the Maritime Commission announced here today, while praising their heroism in high tribute. The vessels are to be launched on Maritime Day, May 22, in connection • vith the observance of ceremonies for those who have given their lives at sea while plying war-torn and submarine infested waters. The launching ceremonies may include the presentation of the Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal to the nearest of kin, the announcement said. Both launchings will take place in widely separate ports of the Nation. The ships are Libertys. The New England SB Corp. will launch the freighter Joseph Squires, the Commission said. According to the citation he was aboard the freighter SS Maiden Creek when it broke up in heavy (Continued on Page 4) Buy War Bonds The membership of the Sea­ farers International Union is urged to invest part of every pay-off in War Bonds and Stamps. These Bonds are your stake in America and the Freedom we are fighting this war for. Few know better than the sea­ men what war means for we have a running day-to-day en­ counter with it. DIG DEEP IN THE POCK­ ET FOR UNCLE SAM. Bonds mean Bombs for Hitler and Hirihito on the receiving end. NMU Men Join SIU Picket Line At Norfolk USS President Lundeberg Cites Hazards — Charges RMO Wastes Money - - - BULLETIN - - PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 4 — Harry Lundeberg, President of the SIU of NA, and John Hawk, Sec'y-Treasurer of the Atlantic and Gulf District and Vice-President of the SIU of NA today laid before the AFL Executive Council all details of the Union's fight on the reinstatement of bonuses to the pro* April 1 level, and increased war-risk insurance for seamen. • FuU history of the war bonuses since their inception and the decisions of the Maritime War Emergency Board were placed on record before the full sembly of the highest body of the AFL convened here in executive session. ^n Brothers Lundeberg and Hawk went into the minute details of MWEB I Chairman, Macauley's, actions on this matter. SIU Fights For Bonus Increases I 0' Ij WASHINGTON, D. C., May 1— Criticising the recent action of the Maritinie War Emergency Board in cutting the seamen's bonuses, Harry Lundeberg, President of the SIU of NA, called for sweeping revisions in the MWEB's last decision, here this week, |j in a communication outlining the entire background of the dispute and explaining rh^ hazards and dangers that the merchant seamen face under a war time condition which daily places them within reach of^;; Treasurer respectively, I am adsubmarine action. dres.sing to your Board this offi­ As well as this they are sub­ cial communication of protest in jected to the danger of aerial at­ regard to recent actions of the tacks, shellings and bombings Board in dealing with the War and in effect make them bear the Bonus question affecting the Am­ brunt of enemy engagements, the erican Merchant Seamen. NEW YORK CITY—An inter­ letter continues. Brother Lunde­ On April 19th I sent your national radio hook-up from Eng­ NORFOLK, Va.—A picket line was estabilished at berg asked prompt moves by the Board a letter requesting a meet­ land, with Ernest Bevin, Minister 12 noon around the USS Hotel Fairfax, through a special Board to restore the bonuses. ing with the Board as per the of Labor, and U. S. Ambassador meeting held at 10 A.M., April 20, 1944, in regards to the The letter, copies of which were Statement of Principle signed by John G. Winant as principal USS here. The result of the meeting was to establish a sent to John R. Steelman and President Roosevelt on March 18, speakers, marked the opening solid picket line. The front of the Hotel, on the Frank Graham, as well as to 1941. The Statement of Principle ceremonies of the third merchant Shell-and-Pea Game" Macauley, reads as follows; sidewalk was filled with baggage* seamen's club to be built in Brit> hotel. SIU members invited all asks that another meeting be of the men who are now leaving "Whenever any difference ain through the contributions of the place. Reporters came down seafarers who approached the leld to straighten out the situa­ shall arise between any steam­ American organized labor. there and got a statement and hotel to seek accommodations tion and save many of the old- ship Operator and any Union Situated in Cardiff, Wales, one elsewhere. time seamen from leaving the representing its employees with of the busiest of British ports^ some picturesRogers also notified the NMU sea. Brother Rogers also reported regard to any question relcd- this club will provide recreation, that Mr, Crandall of the USS has Acting Agent, a man named The full text of the communi­ ing to War Risk Compensation entertainment and other facilities tried every conceivable tactic to Kirk, who states that the NMU cation follows: or War Risk Insurance of per­ to merchant sailors of all nations. get the picket line taken off, even was on record to uphold the USS sonnel of the vessels of such The Cardiff club is located At Washington, D. C. going so far as to cause his ar­ 100% but the NMU Members steamship Operators and such within easy walking distance d April 29, 1944 rest on a complaint of Mrs. Dun­ filed out. Only Kirk and Dan question shall not be settled the docks, the main railroad sta­ can Wade, a room clerk. She Boano, regular NMU port agent, Maritime War Emergency Board through the ordinary proced­ tion, and the Ministry of Labor, based her charges on the assert­ (both well known for their CP Washington, D. C. ure of collective bargaining be­ where sleeping accommodations ions that she was afraid of him. activity) refuse to cooperate with Attenlion: Capt. Edward tween such steamship Opera­ are available for merchant sea­ Maculey, Chairman Rogers and his attorney, John j;he seamen. The members, how­ tor and its employees, such Mr. John R. Steelman, Member question shall be referred to men. The club is well equipped C. Davis, exposed this at the trial ever refuse to remain behind the and attractive, and has kitchens, Mr. Frank P. Graham, Member picket line, also the employees of and the case was dismissed. the Board by such steamship a dining hall, reception and He declared members of the the place, not all of them, but the Gentlemen: Operator or such Union by giv­ writing rooms, two billiard rooms Seafarers International Union bell hops, waiters, etc., are com­ ing written notice to the Board and a bar. In addition, there is a On behalf of the Seafarers In­ will continue to picket the USS ing out also. ternational Union of North Am­ and to the other party of the large concert hall and ballroom, ; Rogers said he had affidavits erica and its affiliate, the Sailors intention of the party giving Dressing rooms and a stage have |! Hotel Fairfax "until all seamen from several seamen which state Union of the Pacific, of which such notice to refer such ques­ been provided so that the ball- |j get just treatment." While the trial was on they had lost money and belong- Organizatiors-r ajh the duly elec­ tion to the Board. Such notice room can also be used for the- | pickets walked in front of the ted • • President and Secretary(Conthmed on Page 4) aterical presentations. (Continued on Page 2) •A".- • NewSeamen'sCluli Opened In Britain - fl �;^-V.ryy^- r'^yxf y. f THE Page Two SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District SEAFARERS LOG Friday, May 5, 1944 i. S I U Leads Fight For Bonus Increases strayed very far from the langu­ D. 50% but nothing less than (Continued from Page 1) shall specify the question to be age, intent, and purpose of this $50.00 per month for each mem­ document. We want to point out ber of the erew on all U.STA. con­ referred to the Board." Affiliated wif/j the American Federation of Labor We might remind the Board the following facts about the il­ tinental coastwise voyages. the Statement of Principle was a legal activities of your Board. II. PORT ATTACK BONUS HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President voluntary document drawn up by 1. On November 10, 1942 Chair­ Reinstate Port Attack Bonus representatives of ship Operators man Edward Macauley, through as per decision of March 1, 1943, 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. and Seamen's Union representa­ his secretary, Erich Nielsen, at­ payable at $125.00 for each crew tives on a nation-wide scale— tempted to rewrite the Statement member for each port or anchor­ JOHN HAWK - -- - - -- - Secy-Treas. and signed by the same. It was Principle through back door age, which experiences enemy P. O. Box 2 5, Sfation P., New York City accepted by President Roosevelt methods. This failed, due to the attack during the presence of the and put into effect by him under alertness and opposition from our seaman's vessel in such port or MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. the document called "the State­ Union. at such anchorage. 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. ment of Principle" on December 2. On April 25, 1943 the Board III. AREA BONUS 18, 1941. aribitrarily intei-preted the State­ m To Be raised To $7.00 Per Day Dr. Steolman should be very ment of Principle and the Board's familiar with the contents and authority without even consult­ A. Area covering European Directory of Branches pui'pose of this document because ing the signatories of this docu­ waters to remain as per April 1, 1944 decision of Board. ADDRESS BRANCH PHONE he was represented at the hear­ ment. ings held to draw up this docu­ 3. At another date the Board B. Area covering Pacific waters NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOwling Green 9-3437 BOSTON (10) 3 30 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 ment by two of his able com­ to extend to 20° South latitude again arbitrarily interpreted the BALTIMORE (2) l4NortWGaySt Calvert 4530 PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St Lombard 765 I missioners, namely, Mr. Bryce powers and functions of the "Ad­ and to extend westward to the NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 H o 1 c o m b and Commissioner visory Board" without consulting Date Line and to include the Bay NEW ORLEANS (16)... 324 Chartres St Canal 3 336 SAVANNAH 2 18 East Bay St Savannah 3 -1 728 Omar Haskins. the signatories. Both times, of of Bengal, and the Persian Gulf, TAMPA 423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 MOBILE 7 St. Michael St Dial2-1392 Our request for a hearing was course, giving yourselves more and the Aleutian Islands. PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon Puerto de Tierra answered by the Secretary of the powers and both times violating GALVESTON 2 19 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 IV. INSURANCE Boai'd, Erich Nielsen, on April the document signed by the A. Inci-ease the War Risk In­ 25th on behalf of you gentlemen. President on December 18, 1941. surance to $10,000.00 to the de­ This letter again denies our re­ The action of the Board is, to PUBLICATION OFFICE: pendents of Merchant seamen quest and refers to meetings held say the least, high-handed and ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET killed or missing through war ac­ by the so-called "Advisory Com­ dictatorial. We are again, through New York City (4) BOwling Green 9-8346 tion, and make this retroactive mittee" on February 23, 1944 and this communication, demanding from the start of the war. on April 12, 1944, and says the that you take notice of the Am­ B. Increase War Risk Insur­ Unions had been given proper erican Seamen's request that you ance to $150.00 per month for life hearings through this so-called change and revise the War Risk for Merchant seamen permanent­ "Advisory Committee." Compensation contained in de­ ly disabled through war action. Let us again point out that the cision 2-B as of April 1,-1944, to Our reasons for these very Statement of Principle is very at least the following scale to be specific in its statement dealing the absolute minimum for the modest demands are as follows: 1. Prior to the entry of our with the Advisory Committee. duration of the war, with- the un­ country in the war, our Union Let us quote it for you: derstanding it may be raised as received a War Risk Compensa­ "The Board shall appoint ad­ war conditions and hazards in­ tion set by the National Media­ RESOLUTION: visory committees of represen­ crease. tion Board, which was in effect I. VOYAGE BONUS higher than the present War WHERAS, there are thousands of foreign-born non-citizen union tatives of the steamship Oper­ ators and of such Unions of seamen today sailing in American ships, carrying supplies to our A. 100% but nothing less than Risk Compensation set by your equal representation for the $100.00 per month for all licensed Board on April 1, 1944. We re­ armed forces and to our allies over seas, and purpose of consulting with and and unlicensed personnel for all ceived 66 2/3%, but nothing less WHEREAS, as these foreign seamen, v/ho are helping cur coun­ advising the Board in respect trans-ocean voyages from depar­ than $80.00 per month per man try in our fight against Nazism and Fascism so that freedom and OF ANY OTHER MATTERS ture from the last continental in nearly all waters—the same as democracy may prevail throughout the world and looking towards improvements U.S.A. ports until arrival back in your Board is giving today. There WHEREAS, these seamen are unable to become American citi­ and coordination of the war ef­ can be no question in the minds first continental U.S.A. ports. zens due to the technicalities of the immigration law, and fort of the United States in the B. 100% but nothing less than of the Board—we hope—that the WHEREAS, our great country has justly granted foreign borns Merchant Marine field." $100.00 per month for each mem­ war risk has increased 1000% at present in our armed services, such as the Army, Navy and Mar- In plain English the so-called ber of the crew on all outside from October, 1941 to this date. ^ ine Corp, their American citizenship papers after three months ser­ "Advisory Committee" has no voyages from U.S.A. continental In other words, we were, in vice with the American armed forces, and authority to deal with, suggest, ports to ports in the territory of 1941, able to negotiate directly WHEREAS, these fox-eign merchant seamen, together with Am­ or alter the War Risk Compensa­ Alaska, and return. with our employei's a half-way erican seamen, sailing American ships, it can justly be said that tion of the Merchant Seamen. We C. 100% but nothing less than decent bonus—^before we entered they are part of the armed forces of our great country; AND can only surmise that the Board $100.00 per month for each mem­ the war. We also received Port THEREFORE BE IT is using this "Advisory Commit­ ber of the crew on all voyages Bonuses in the Ports of Suez, and RESOLVED: That the Seafarers' International Union,' convened tee" set-up to cover up their il­ from continental U.S.A. ports to in the ports in the Persian Gulf, .at New Orleans, go on record as follows: legal acts of cutting the War South America, and return. (Continued on Page 4) Risk Compensation for Seamen 1. To instruct the Secretary-Treasurer and the President to draw lip a bill to be introduced in the Congress and Senate of the United from time to time when it suits jStates to give to foreign-born seamen full American citizenship, pro­ the Board to do so. As for the letter signed for the viding they have sailed one full year in American ships during • wartime. Board by the Secretary, Erich The following communica­ to deal with local board 2 That the Secretary-Treasurer and President and our Wash­ Nielsen, April 25, 1944, referring tion re: Selective Service was through RMO on any ques­ ington Legislative representative request a friendly Congressman to an Advisory Board meeting received: tions that may rise. Request ^>n the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries; and a friendly held April the 12th supposedly April 5, 1944 for extension of allowable time for the purpose of discussing Senator on the Committee of Commerce, to introduce this bill. "John Hawk. ashore must be kept to mini­ whether the War Risk Compen­ 3., That all our affiliated organizations petition, through wires "Roosevelt Hotel, mum. Will you notify your sation for Seamen should be cut j-- -and communications, their Congressmen and Senators in the various "Hew Orleans, La. members of this wire? or not, this is an insult to the i districts, to support this bill, and that our affiliated organizations "General lightening of reg­ "H. Chase Stone. WSA." American Seamen, when we I ask the central labor bodies, the State Federation of Labor in their know and can prove that on ulations of Selective Serylce There it is Brothersl i'. district, to help us in this fight to pass this bill, April 10th the poard released an system has resulted in increas­ Shdre time allowed on your e: 4. That the President of the International contact President Oversea Broadcast through the ed losses to seagoing manpow­ • , Green, of the American Federation of Labor, to help and aid in the OWI, stating the War Risk Com­ er to draft can be prevented in pink slip from the RMO—form j passage of this bill to grant foreign-born seamen American citizen- pensation had been changed by almost all cases if seamen WSA 61—can only be extend­ f ship papers after one year's sailing during wartime. your Board. In the light of this make certain WSA 61 is com« ed by the RMO — and with Submitted by: press release and broadcast is­ pleted at beginning and ler- their permission — for extra­ sued by you through the OWI on mination of each period aboard ordinary circumstances such Edward Coester, April the 10th, may we ask you vessel. Urge your members to as sickness, hospitalisation, Harry Lundeberg, gentlemen what was the purpose make certain that this is done sitting for a license or going to Maurice Weisberger, of holding a meeting on April the at our request. General Her- up-grading school, etc. Charles Brenner, Failure to comply may find 12th? Were you kidding us? Did shey has exempted active sea­ Harlan Snow, you in th-» Army Brothers! men from preinduction physi­ you act in.good faith? Maxie Weisbarth, cal examination, normally re­ Keep Up With Your Draft Your Board-w\^2...?ppointed by John Massey, quired of men under twentyBoard 'Before It Keeps Up President Roosevelt to do a job, Delegates of the six. Seamen should be advised With You! (2) according to a document called SAILORS' UNION OF THE PACIFIC. "Statement of Principle." You 1 A Convention Resolution Re: Foreign-Born Seamen 1 Seamen Warned On Draft - - iiiV ' ' -- • * <1 �Friday. May 5, 1944 THE / V ' SEAFARERS f •' WHATS DOING r tfci® 5?oB?t8 LOG Page Three Computation For Merchant Seamen Navigation and Vessel Inspeciion Circular No. 46 Subject: Computation of Seamen's Wages. 1. The following rules will be observed by shipping commis­ sioners and collectors of customs acting as shipping commissioners in computing the wages of sea­ men employed on merchant ves­ sel of the United States: 2. The date written in the column of the shipping articles headed "Time at which to be on board" is taken as -the time when a seaman's wages should com­ mence, provided he was on board or duly presented himself to go on board at that time. If he -went on board before that date with the consent and subject to the orders of the master, he is deem­ ed to have commenced work and to be entitled to wages from the date of going on board. If he failed through his own fault to join the ship at the time specified in the articles, his wages accrue only from the time at which he went on board and reported for duty. Disputes in regard to the time when the wages began to accrue rarely involve more than one or two days, and they are usually adjusted by the ship's log, although if there is doubt arising from the absence of prop­ er entry in the log or suspicious interlining, or other cause, the seaman's statement may be ac­ cepted. 3. The column in the shipping articles headed "Place and date of signing this agreement" con­ tains the date of the agreement. It docs not indicate the time when wages are to begin. 4. The agreement is considered, as referring to calendar months, defined as the time from any day of a month to, but not including, the corresponding day (if any, and if not, to and including the last day) of the next month. For example: January 29 to February 28, inclusive, is one month. January 31 to February 28, or February 29 if in a leap year, inclusive, is one month. January 31 to February 28, inclusive, if in a leap year, is 29 days. February 28 to March 27, in­ clusive, is one month. March 28 to April 27, inclus­ ive, is one month. 5. In computing the amount due for a fraction of a month, 30 days is counted as a month with­ out regard to its length. For ex­ ample, five days in any month are one-sixth of a month. 6. Any fraction of a day is counted as a whole day. For ex­ ample, from the afternoon of March 1 to March 4, both inclus­ ive, is recokoned as four days; and from March 1 to the fore­ noon of March 4, both inclusive, is reckoned as four days. But if seamen be entitled to wages from the afternoon of one day to the forenoon of another day, the two fractions of a day are considered as one day only. For example, the time from the forenoon of March 1 to the forenoon of March 4, both inclusive, is threa days. 7. In computing the amount of wages due, the number of calen­ dar months (commencing on the day on which wages began to accrue) is to be determined first; to this is to be added the frac­ tional part Of a month determin­ ed by counting each and every day beyond the final day of the last full month. For example: January 29 to March 3, in­ clusive, if not in a leap year, equals one month, three days; if in a leap year, the time is one month, four days. January 30 to March 3, in­ clusive, whether or not in a leap year, equals one month, three days. January 31 to March 3, in­ clusive, whether or not in a leap year, equals one month, three days. June 15 to October 13, in­ clusive, equals three months, 29 days. June 15 to November 13, in­ clusive, equals five months, June 15 to November 14, in­ clusive, equals five months. 8. In the event the monthly wage of a seaman is changed dur­ ing the voyage through promo­ tion, demotion, or otherwise, wages are to be separately com­ puted for each rate of pay in ac­ cordance with the foregoing. 9. This circular supersedes an<l cancels Department of Commerce Circular No. 305, dated May 7, 1938. Shore Patrolman comes aboard he will be able to glance at the overtime sheet and be in a posi­ Not much doing around Boston This port has settled practical­ tion to know just who is who. ly all old beefs hanging fire here this past week, shipping and 4. Re — Keeping an. accurate in the past week, as well as new business rather slow. Expect more activity in the near future. record of all overtime worked. ones coming up. The men and I see by the newspapers that Well, if this is done there wUl ports involved have been noti­ the SIU is getting some action on not be any room for disputes at fied. . the bill that was introduced in the time.of Pay-off, as everything The No. 1 Patrolmen for each Congress to give Merchant Sea­ will be on record in bleak and department and Business Agent men disability pensions for in­ white. are acting as a committee hand­ juries received due to enemy ac­ No. 5. Re—Assistaing the Pa­ ling all disputed beefs, local and tion. trolman and informing him as to out-of-town. So far, this is very Bros. Dushane, Lundeberg and who is qutting the ship. Well, if effective, and has resulted in this Hawk deserve great credit for this is done it wiU be very help­ Branch having a clean deck as their perserverence in getting ful, and I am sure it will be far as beefs are concerned. this Bill through the lower house. greatly appreciated, as we know We had an odd one the other The next step is to get it through by past experiences that when day. The first Overtakes Freight the Senate, thereby having it en­ the Shore Patrolman comes aboard in some instances the trip Corp. ship since the signing of acted into law. their contract paid off in this A recent visitor to this office card boys generally are hard to was Warrant Officer Max Nier- be found and this being the case, port. mann of the U. S. Army. Maxie the Patrolman has to hunt them Due to the fact that the com­ will be remembered as the lad up and in so doing he loses a lot pany officials had been previous­ who thought it was the 4th of of valuable time. On the other ly working in an outfit with an July when his ship was being hand, as a rule, the Delegates NMU contract and this was the bombed, shelled and torpedoed know just who is quitting and by skipper's first SIU ship, Patrol­ while enroute to Murmansk. The informing the Patrolman of this men Coffin, Michellet and myself crew sure admired little Maxie fact, this will be quite a help had quite a bit of action at the for his courage. also. payoff in educating them to the No. 6. Re—Quitting the ship's Nothing further of importance SIU way of business. over Beefs because they are not to report this week. They had knocked off nearly JOHN MOGAN, Agent settled on the spot. A beef can 800 hours of overtime which they always be settled at the time of claimed they had never paid un­ Payoff as a rule. If it cannot be PHILADELPHIA der NMU contracts. settled the Patrolman or the Agent of the Pay-off Port knows We educated these people and Well, here we go doing busi­ what machinery to set in motion got the entire amount of disputed ness at the same old place as in order to settle the dispute in time with the one minor excep­ usual, the original three musket­ t question. Qutting the ship in an tion of 26 hours in the Deck de­ eers have disbanded, "BUT" as out-Port where there are no of­ partment. one of the remaining Musketeers ficials, don't help matters. This The crew on this job were good I will carry on until we have the plays right into the hands of the men and got quite a kick out of pleasure o f getting together operators or owners, as nine In a great many instances the watching the -union in action. again, as you readers know what times out of ten when you go to beefs become personal and in the This comparison between the we used to point out things of the company's office to try to windup the delegate in question NMU and SIU contracts aboard interest to the membership, so settle your beef there is no rec­ often gets the Boom lowered on this ship was so impressive that here goes one again, these over­ ord of it there and then there is him. even the cadets wanted to join time sheets that you guys get no member of the crew to sub­ Now, things of this kind don't . the SIU. aboard ships. How many of you stantiate your claims. So this is help matters at all. If anything, It's no mystery any longer as stop to read them? There are important, ride the ship to a Port they are harmful to the Union, to why there is a constant stream seven rules, DUTIES OF SHIP'S where you can get representation because experienced members of of NMU men coming up and toss­ DELEGATES, let us take them from your Shore officials. the three departments will not ing in their books from that out­ up seperately: No. 7. Re—Delivering the Over­ assume the duties of delegates. No. 1. Re—^Agent appointing a time sheets properly filled out to On the other hand, if the Dele­ fit and joining the SIU. delegate for each department be­ the Agent in the Port where you gate in question is weak and he There is something that all fore the ship sails, that is fine, paid off. This is very important. takes all these phony beefs up to members should remember dur­ but it is much better for the crew Let us be very concise on this the skipper, he will be put on the ing the course of a voyage, and to elect their own delegates. By matter. Suppose that the dele­ spot and put down as an agita­ that is the proper way to put in so doing they are sure to have a gate does not make the overtime tor, and in most cases this will overtime. Be specific about every real democratic rank and file sheets out plain and he does not result in bad feelings with the Vi instance! Insist on the head of member to represent them. keep a rough log explaining Skipper, Mate, or Chief Engineer, the Department keeping a record everything in detail; when the and will eventually lead up to a of all overtime; disputed or not! No. 2. Re—Full Book or rated matter is brought up or is in dis­ personal matter, and when the More good beefs are lost through men to act as Delegates in each pute, unless the delegate has an ship arrives back this will all be Department; also no key men the lack of this information than recorded in the ship's log. In this answer, naturally no one remem­ shall act as delegates (Bos'n, for any other reason. Deck Engineer, or Steward). Well, bers the details, and in a case case we have definite proof where Shipping is on the pick-up at this is OK in peace time, but on like this it will often prove to be a delegate has had his papers present here, so some of you fel­ some ships the Steward is the in the company's favor. lifted for periods ranging from lows in the out ports who are only full book member in his It seems to be quite a practice thirty to sixty days. having trouble getting out can department. So the same thing in of these trip cards to get on a So in order not to put your de­ come on up this way, as it is a the Deck or the Engine Depart­ partmental delegate on the spot ship and in the absence of book question here of how many hours ment, so therefore, it is often members, to gang up on the De­ with the Coast Guard and to keep it will take to ship, instead of necessary for the key men to act partmental delegates. By this we him from getting jammed up, how many weeks, as in some as Departmental delegates. mean they will make all kinds of when you present a beef to him ports. No; 3. Re— keeping a record snowballs and then give them to and he tells you that it is no It looks as though we will have of the name, book, and month a the delegates and tell them to good, let it go at that. to buy some of the Patrolmen man is paid up to. Well, this is go to the head of their depart­ But keep a record of it and if here pogo sticks to cover territ­ very important for the following ment to settle same, and when you are in doubt, present it to ory with, as some of them are reasons. First, it insures that the Delegates look the beefs in the Patrolman who contacts the paying off as many as seven ships every man either is a book or question over and after consult­ ship from shore when you arrive a week, not counting the rest of permit member, and that he has ing the aggreement and delegate back at the Pay-off Port. Then he their other duties, such as sign­ bonafide shipping cards, and that in question often finds out that will tell you whether or not it is ing on ships and working on out- he has shipped through the these snowball beefs that he has a good or bad beef and in this of-town beefs, etc. So, if any of Union Hall and not off the dock. been handed in are not in ac­ matter everyone will be happy. you fellows down the line have a Second, in the case where the cordance with the agreement. Well, I guess that I have bent stock of pogo sticks, send them members have a little get to­ He informs the trip carder that your ears long enough, but I hope on up as some of these patrol­ gether, the members' book will the beefs are out and that he will that everyone that reads this will men's feat w'll soon be worn determine on what amount of not go to bat for them. At this give it their serioiis attention. So down to their knees. voting power the member in stage of the game the trip carder here's to a Bigger and Better GEORGE PRICE. 3rd. Yod _ Yours for a flying flsh on each question will have when import­ goes into a huddle with the rest Union. With best wishes, I have money coming. See CL foot. ant questions of the Union are to of the trip cards and they mark remain, Fisher. New York Stewards' Pa­ PAUL HALL, Agent be decided upon. Third, when the the Delegate in question, lousy. HARRY J. COLLINS. Agent trolman. NEW YORK y BOSTON Money Due �•;<. {m[l ... - --'•" •; 'r If'S' Page Four THE V. E. HILL, Messman from the C. FORD, messman, who paid SS Knute Nelson, Robbin Line. off the S.S. Arizpa, last voyage. The gun crew mess has coUected Please see New York Patrolman C. Fisher and pick up voucher on a purse for the messman. * » • extra meals. * » » The claim for pumping oil on (Continued from Page 2) The following men have money besides receiving $5.00 per day the SS Pichens of S. ATLAUBE due at the Calmar Line offices, while in the Ports of Suez. It will be settled soon. • • e in New York: THORNHIILL, L. must also be remembered that GRICE, Third Cook, ex SS PARKER. IVAN LEWIS, CHAS. our monthly wages were less. So Mary-Mar. See Patrolman F. WILLIAMS, J. MARIANO, S. consequently our bonus was SARGENT, J. LUCAS, HOLMES. higher than now. How can the Hart in the New York office. • • » * » *. Board justify this action? At JUAN RIVERA, messman. You that time no American seamen Will the follov/ing men off the SS Felix Grundy of the Stew­ have 30 hours coming from the had lost their lives through war ards' Dept. see Patrolman Heurt in SS Brookholst Livingston. This action. Today American seamen New York. Overtime for the trip j is payable at the Bull Line are getting killed in all waters of must be settled: MARTIN and Office. the world. UZONYI, Cooks; CARE, Baker; 2. The wages of workers ashore, FRIEDBERG, Mess; A. GALparticularly in the shipyards LANTE, BORUTA, ROMA, and which are paid by the Maritime OWINS, Utility-men. Commission, are higher than the * *• * V • * GREENE and SPENCER of the SS S. W. Rawlee can collect their overtime at the New York ofiice of the Bull Line.—F. Hart. 't NMU Men Join SIU Picket Line At Norfolk USS (Continued from Page 1) ings in the USS Hotel Fairfax. He said one man who left $1,000 for safe keeping with a hotel em­ ploye, was unable to recover it for 36 hours. Harold C. Crandall, port area dLrector for the USS, explained this transaction by saying the en­ velope in which the money had been placed had been put away by. a women employe who went to a hospital for treatment and it could not be located until she had returned. $600 Reported Missing Nelson B. Brown, an engineer, said he missed $600 from his pocket, after spending a night at the hotel April 6. He said he com­ plained to the management and was told the matter would be in­ vestigated. H. Chase Stone of the RMO in Washington, also a USS official, declared on the scene that the seamen's complaints will be given a hearing. Honor Roll seamen's wages. Their work is war wox'k—with less risk, a bed to sleep safely in every night, with no hazards. They receive on an average $1.25 per hour with time and one-half for over­ time. They receive more money and enjoy better conditions than the Merchant seamen. We do not begrudge them this, they are en­ titled to it. But why should the War Shipping Administration, who pays our War Risk Compen­ sation and also pays the shipyard workers' wages, discriminate against the seamen? The ship­ yard industry is treated better, their problems are taken care of by a more just Board than you gentlemen on the MWEB. 3. The risks of the Merchant seamen are greater than the Navy. The Navy personnel are protected in well armored and very fast fighting vessels. They are fitted out to fight. Very sel­ dom is a naval vessel attacked except in combat action, while merchant vessels are poorly equipped for defense either $253.00 against aerial attacks or submar­ ine attacks. Compared with the Navy, it must also be remember­ ed that the material and econom­ S.S. JOHN LE FARGE $36.00 S.S. GEORGE E. DERN .... 23.00 S.S. JAMES HOBAN 17.00 S.S. K. S. WOOLSEY 14.00 S.S. J. P. MITCHELL 13.00 S.S. FITZHUGH LEE 12.00 J. LYON 12.00 EUGENE SNEED 12.00 R. S. LITTLETON 10.00 S.S. CLARK MILLS 10.00 S.S. LILLINGTON 10.00 A. M. MAGNONE 8.00 S.S. A. KENDALL 8.00 C. DUVAL 8.00 A. L. SLEYSTER 8.00 S.S. JOHN LAWSON 7.00 F. PRICE 6.00 JOHN MARCHITTO 6.00 B. MOORE 6.00 S.S. CARTER BRAXTON .. 5.00 CHIEF MATE S.S. G. WELLS 5.00 M. ROSENBERG 5.00 B. W. JENSEN 2.00 R. WETZER 2.00 C. PAPPICH 2.00 HENRY RUNGE 2.00 C. M. WAGENFER 2.00 C. L. CONN 2.00 TOTAL Friday, May 5, 1344 LOG SI U For Bonus Increases MONEY DUE Crew of the SS Kofressi has 75c coming for one meal. » » » SS Henry Bacon, South Atlan­ tic Co. L. E. SEILER, AB, has 48 hours overtime coming to him; P. P. BAROWSKI, has 48 hours coining, and J. L. MUDDEN, has 5 hours coming. Collect at Com­ pany's office—E. S. Higdon, New York Patrolman. • • • SS Alcoa Trader. All unlicens­ ed men who paid off in New York recently have 1 day's pay and three meals coming. Money is payable at the Alcoa Line office, 17 Battery Place, New York, • • • Following men have money due from the Bull Line and can collect it at the New York offices of the company, for voyage on the SS Rufus Peckham: CALVIN HESTER, GEO. CHAMBERLIN, LEO DUNCAN, WILLIAM TAY­ LOR, and THEODORE SMITH, division of wages of utility man for 2 months and 27 days. GRAN SITES, 33 hours and di­ vision of wages. I- SEAFARERS Liberty Ships To Be Named For SIU Heroes (Continued from Page 1) seas during a storm on Dec. 30, 1942. Squires and another sea­ man volunteered to remain be­ hind and lower the lifeboats. High seas were running and made it impossible to remove the two men. They stayed and were lost with the ship. Brother Squires was born in Newfoundland in 1909. From the Delta SB Co.'s yards ,in the South, the second ship to be named for an SIU member Will take to the water. In this yard the George W. Alther will proudly herald his accomplish­ ment. Even though Brother Alther had been sailing as Second' Mate he still kept in good standing with the SIU. He lost his life when he went to the assistance of a naval gunnery officer after a bombing of the SS Timothy Pickering, July 13, 1943. The vessel was loaded with munitions, TNT, and high octane gas. Brother Alther was born in Massachussetts in 1918 and is sur­ vived by his father, George Al­ ther, Sr. His father is expected to attend the launching. .X-. ic conditions of the Navy com­ pare favorably and higher than the conditions of the Merchant seamen. They are protected with just as high wages, also with va­ rious benefits accorded military personnel, such as mustering-out pay, hospitalization for the rest of their life, higher insurance both for themselves and their dependents, and also enjoy cer­ tain privileges as veterans, etc. 4. War Risk Compensation is not based only on the supposi­ tion that a man stands the risk of being killed—that, indeed, is a secondary issue. Have you gentle­ men ever thought of the nerve racking tortures Merchant sea­ men go through? There are Am­ erican seamen by the thousands knocking around American wa­ terfront ports whose lives are shattered, who are useless for the rest of their lives due to the ter­ rible strain they have gone through. Why doesn't the Board check on this to find out? Does the Board know how it feels to lay in your bunk trying to sleep in a blacked-out ship in the war zones, waiting for a torpedo from some sneaking submarine to blow up your ship, full of am­ munition, perhaps? Have you ever stumbled out of your bunk night after night when the gen­ eral alarm goes on, groping around in the darkness—waiting for that old torpedo to hit? Has the Board ever thought of how it feels to have this raid alarm go off and have no place to go— when Jap and Nazi bombers start to drop their eggs all around you—when you expect every minute that your ship will get it next? Not only once, but night after night, day in and day out. And you have the nerve to cut the lousy War Risk Compen­ sation! Pay Your AssessmentsKeep In Good Standing Recent meetings of the New York Branch have voted to again bring to the atten­ tion of the membership that they are not entitled to hos­ pital benefits unless their as­ sessments are paid up. Otherwise members fall into bad standing according to the Constitution. The deadline for the payment of assessments was March 31, 1944. Check your union books. The Constitution is as follows: Article 111, Section 4 of the Constitution reads: "Members more than Three (3) months in arrears in dues, assessments or impaid fines, other than during the period of strikes or lockouts shall forfeit all claims to benefits and all other rights and privileges in the Union. He shall not stand suspended until six (6) months in ar­ rears in dues, assessments or unpaid fines. "This section shall not ex­ cuse any members for being behind in dues or assess­ ments while employed." Article reads; VllI, Section 1, "Members who are confin­ ed to hospitals in good stand­ ing shall be suspended from payment of dues or assess­ ments while so confined. Members who are confined to hospitals in bad standing shall not be entitled to any benefits whatsoever." Therefore all members must pay their assessments if they want to enjoy the union's benefits. The dead­ line for paying these assess­ ments was March 31st. PAY YOUR ASSESSMENTS AND KEEP IN GOOD STANDING, BROTH­ ERS! 5. The last decision of your Board dealing with Vessel Attacfe Bonus is far from being decent It is an open insult to the Amerl« can seamen. Your "gift" of giving a seaman $125.00 attack bonuf providing the vessel he is entployed on is "destroyed or sub­ stantially damaged or on whicb anyone has been killed or serl^ ously injured." This ghoulish' "classic" and its authors will long be remembered by the American seamen. In other words, if your shipmate is killed, you'll get $125.00. What a price! What a Board! 6. Since your War Risk Insur­ ance cut went into effect on April 1st, the Tanker H. S. Collier was sunk in the Arabiaft Sea with tha loss of 44 men—and she is not the only ship which has gone down in these waters lately. Bjr the way, this is one of the zonea in which you cut the men's com­ pensation. Since your cut went into effect, the Steamer Straub went down through enemy action in Alaskan waters. Fifty-four men went down. This is also another zone where you cut the bonus. We wonder, where you get your facte and figures and information from? 7. As a result of your cold­ blooded cut, hundreds of oldtime seamen are already leaving the sea. They are too old for the armed forces and consequently do not have to go to sea. They are finding berths ashore in the shipyards with better pay and safer sailing. The War Shipping Administration is very liberal when you work ashore. We feel your arbitrary decision is hinder­ ing the war effort, inasmuch as it drives the best of seamen ashore, and we know they are needed. 8. The reason we are asking you to increase the Area Pay from $5.00 to $7.00 per day is because the RMO, a division o£ the War Shipping Administra­ tion also headed by Captain Ed­ ward Macauley, are paying thou­ sands of so-called Seamen $7.00 per day for standing by waiting for jobs in the RMO pools ashore,. If a man can get $7.00 per day for doing pothing, loafing around in safe American ports on Captain E. Macauley's dole—there is no reason why men risking, their lives and undergoing nerve rack­ ing hazards in the South Pacific and elsewhere, should not get the same. COMMENT Your Board can well afford to ch^ge their decision without losing face. You have enough—actual, real, and moral reasooa for giving the seamen a decent War Risk Compensation, than any other group of American workers. It is the duty of your Board to act and explain to the public in general why you should raise the Seamen's War Risk Compensation. Very truly yours, HARRY LUNDEBERG. President, Seafarers International Union of North America, Secretary-Treasurer Sailors' Union of the •' Pacific. 'V n . aiS/iii';';'.;'?- It � 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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