http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/3fdff85f0e8b84a470d0a4b511ebffda.PDF 60c05602090c7aaf8487cde7457a64a1 PDF Text Text SECURiTY IN UNITY Vol. VI. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA NEW YORK. N. Y„ FRIDAY. JUNE 9. 1944 No. 15 MWEB Is Mute On Restoring Bonus SIU Member Cited For Saving Four Lives Saving lives is getting to be a habit with Brother Morriss Norriss, Bos'n on the SS William Gibbs, John Mogan, Boston Agent, declares, while urging proper recognition be afforded him. A description of Norriss' act of heroism of last Dec. 23rd, is con­ tained in this article from a Port­ land, Maine, newspaper of Tues­ day, June 6, as follows: "LOCAL HARBOR RESCUE IS FOURTH BY LIBERTY SHIP BOATSWAIN. "When Morriss Norriss, 20, of Beverly, Mass., boatswain on a Liberty ship tied up at Portland Terminal Pier three, rescued a seaman from a sister ship from drowning Tuesday, it was th^ fourth such rescue he has made in five months. "Norriss dove into the icy waters of the local harbor to save William Maroney, seaman on an­ other Liberty tied up at thai pier, who had jumped or fallen over­ board. "Norriss saved the lives of three U. S. Navy men last June when their boat capsized in the harbor at Halifax, N. S., accord­ ing to Wallace Carroll of 7 Willard Street, chief oCfcer of the Gibbs. "Norriss ,was honored by citi­ zens of Halifax who presented him with a key to the city in commemoration of his heroism, Carroll said. "Carroll said Maroney appar(Cant/ntied on Page 4) Kennedy Disputes Land On Tonnage Joseph P. Kennedy, former head of the Maritime Commis­ sion 'and later Ambassador to Great Britain, said recently in a Boston talk that the United States should scrap most of its wartime merchant fleet when the fighting ends. Some ships, he believes, could be sold to foreign countries if they don't compete with Ameri­ can lines: the Army and Navy could take what they want, too. Admiral Land has a different idea. He believes the excess ton­ nage, mostly Liberties, should be laid up, but not like the laid-up fleets of the first World War. He would spend at least $4,000,000.00 a year to keep the ships in good condition and ready for use. That would be about three to four thousand dollars a year per ship. SIU-SUPAnd Other AFL Organizations Press Demands To Restore Bonus—Curran And Ilk Default—Dr. John R. Steelman Resigns WASHINGTON, D. C., June 7—^The meeting of the Maritime War Emergency Board here, yesterday, was one of the most revealing things that labor men have seen in this city in years. For the Seafarers International Union, the Sailors Union of the Pa­ cific and other AFL Unions of the seamen sailing the American Merchant Marine in all capacities not only declared themselves, but they exposed the National Maritime Union and their cohorts within the CIO#and the MWEB as working in Hawk, Sec'y-Treas. of the Atlan­ consort to defeat the interests of tic and Gulf District of the SIU all the merchant seamen now of NA: sailing the war zones and deliv­ On Tuesday, June 6, Harry ering the vitally needed materials Lundeberg, International Presi­ to the armed forces of the Allies. dent of the SIU, Morris WeisberThe upshot of the meeting was ,ger, Vice-President of the SIU, that Dr. John R. Steelman resign­ Matthew Dushane, Washington ed. Representative, and myself, as As promptly as the Maritime well as I. B. Padway, Counsel to War Emergency Board had called the AF of L and Mr. Wilson of the meeting of all signatories to the AF of L legal staff who the Statement of Principles upon prepared the briefs, attend­ the charges of the AFL Unions ed a meeting of the Maritime that the M'i^B had acted illegal­ War Emergency Board which had ly in cutting the bonuses for sea­ called in all signatories to the men, the AFL leaders responded Statement of Principles as a re­ by carrying the fight. sult of the special meeting of May It was noticeable that the 23, at' which the SIU-SUP and MWEB tried its old tactics and A F of L heads demanded that held the meeting in an auditor­ the MWEB withdraw the deci­ ium ill-equipped and without sions which drastically cut the tables for such discussion as well bonuses on the grounds that the MWEB acted outside and beyond as insufficient seating space. The AFL Union leaders, how­ the scope of the powers granted ever, completely exposed Curran them under the Statement of and the NMU and their maneu- Principles. vers against the searhen. The meeting was called by the Following is the report of John MWEB to discuss these points: 1. Shall the present Maritime War Emergency Board be continued? 2. If so. what shall be the jur­ isdiction and authority ot the board? Counsel I. B. Padway present­ ed the arguments from a legal viewpoint, exposing the Board's dictatorial maneuvers on the is­ sue of bonuses for the seamen sailing active war theaters. He was assisted by Mr. Wilson of the AF of L Legal staff. Harry Lundeberg, myself andthe others representing the SIU and the SUP, took the position that we were in there to: A. Get an euiswer to the demand' of the AFof L Unions thaf the illegcd bonus cuts be re­ stored. B. The SIU-SUP flatly refused' to discuss the MWEB's juris­ diction until the cuts wertf restored. Captains H. Martin, C. DJay, and E. W. Higgenbotham, repre­ senting the National Organiza(Continued on Page 2) Polaner Radios To Lakes Seamen g Above is a picture of many of the delegates to the recent Convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America .which was held in New Orleans. La. Many vital problems were discussed at the assembly and issues ordered brought before a refer­ endum ballot of the membership of the Union. - Plans were-mapped to continue to further the interests of the membership of the SIU of NA and set marks and standards with which the entire seamen of the whole world can set a base in their fight against the operators of ships. In a series of hard-hitting broadcasts heard three times daily over prominent radio sta­ tions, Mardy Polaner, Great Lakes District Sec'y-Treas. of the SIU, is telling the people of the middle-west the truth about the sailor's labor movement on the Great Lakes. Exposing the fake claims of the NMU, which would claim foi^ their own all the benefits achiev­ ed for Lakes Sailors by the SIU, Polaner brands the NMU officials as the racketeers they are, and shows the ridiculous falsity of their propoganda aimed at the Lakes seamen. " Carrying Polaner's crusading talks are radio stations W.S.O.O. at Sault St. Marie, Michigan W.H.L.S. of Port Huron, Mich., and W.C.F.L., the Chicago Fed­ eration of Labor station in Chi-' cago. His talks can be heard fronl= June 12th through the 15th. Pre­ vious broadcasts were carried by these stations on the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th. I �* Page Two i;jlE S E AF ARERS LOG Friday, June 9, 194i "I i: SEAFARERS LOG Vuhlhhed by tfje SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District A ffilia fed with tJoe American^ Federation of Labor. HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 Jth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Directory of Branches ADDRESS BRANCH NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOSTON (10 ) 330 Atlantic Ave BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay St PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI NEWORLEANS (16). .. 324 Chartres St.. .. SAVANNAH 2l8EastBaySt TAMPA 42 3 East Piatt St MOBILE 7 St. Michael St PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon GALVESTON 219 20th Street PHONE BOwIing Green 9-3437 Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 765 I Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Savannah 3-1 728 Tampa MM-1323 Dial 2-1392 Puerto de Tierra Galveston 2-8043 PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City (4) BOwling Green 9-8346 '267 A Home For The Union AN EDITORIAL The Seafarers International Union of North America has always striven to gain better quarters for the member­ ship sailing the ships. This is, and -always has been, the stated policy of the Union as exhibited by the will and de­ sire of the membership themselves, for they who are out at the point of production know that if the AFL Unions of those in the maritime industry hadn't carried on an unending struggle for good quarters, good living and good working conditions, (iis well as for the highest wages and bonuses), in the industry, seamen would still be confined to rank and evil smelling quarters aboard the ships. The AFL Unions in the marine industry have consist­ ently fought such a condition! It is therefore fitting that the quarters of the Union's offices and the Union's hiring, halls themselves should be boused in buildings comparable with the wishes of the mem­ bership and their desire to live in the best quarters possible. Keep..this in mind as well as the fact that Union halls owned and operated by the Union will make the Union in­ dependent of hostile landlords who would betray such rentals of outside halls to the shipowners in times of stress, strike and trouble. The independence of the Unions is al­ ways paramount; and the leaders of the AFL Unions JdUve altvays been successful in keeping out the influence of the shipoivners—WmUF THE CIO SO-CALLED 'UNIONS' IN THE MARINE INDUSTRY HAVE TEAMED UP WITH SUCH INTERESTS. As well as these factors there is also the point of keep­ ing the Atlantic and Gulf District of the SIU of NA in a stable financial position during the tough years that are assuredly coming after the war. It was with these things in mind that the membership of the Union recently placed on the ballot the proposition that a hall be purchased to house the Union's halls in New York; as well as a measure calling for the purchase of a building in Tampa. The purchase of property in New York, which will tend to make the Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ trict of the SIU of NA secure, is contingent upon the will of the membership through their selective right in the WHArS DOING Around the Ports NSW YORK though New York may set a rec­ ord for a total number of ballots cast on one occasion. This heavy voting is always a ,good sign because we all know that it indicates an interest in the jOrganization and its welfare by BEEFS, BEEFS, BEEFS!! This Port within the past five days has really had them. Like the biblic­ al character who wrestled with his conscience, we have really been wrestling up hei'e too, but with the beefs instead of our conscience (which some of the ship owners claim that we have­ n't got), and although it looked as though we were going to be whipped for a while, we finally came out on top, or what was left of us come out on top. (Continued from Page 1) In the spread of four days, we tion of Masters, Mates, and Pilots, settled overtime beefs amounting AF of L, went down the line to approximately $3,000 involving 100% supporting the position of 150 men, and BOY!!! did these the SIU-SUP on the issue of im­ piecards up this way sweat in mediately restoring the drastic doing it. These disputes involved bonus slashes. all departments—local and outSamuel J. Hogan, President of of-town beefs as well were set­ MEBA, CIO, although instructed tled. by his West Coast locals of that We were very fortunate in Association to go down the line having started a system here re­ 100% with the SIU-SUP and cently of using rank and file Pa­ MMP position, went on record trolmen from the floor, as with­ with the reservation that he per­ out this system, during this re­ sonally favored the continuation cent rush, we would have been of the board. in a hole so far that it The NMU's CIO spokesman, would have taken six months to Joe Curran, wrapped the Ameri­ climb out of it. It all comes back can flag around himself and at­ to a lot of sailors' opinions—that tempted to sabotage the wishes of is—that any good rank and file the American seamen. He em­ union seaman with the proper phatically stated that the cut of experience has the capabilities of the bonuses was a trivial matter piecard, because shipping for and his organization was not con­ years in one deparrtnent usually cerned with the restoration of teaches the man the score on any bonuses for seamen. beef that may arise. He stated that the NMU was Things have ieeh humming unreservedly and unequivocally, along fairly well with the Branch supporting the continuation of here since installing a new .sys­ the MWEB and the decisions. tem on the sixth floor, so that we have the proper amount of men Curran further declared that working in the Dispatcher's of­ there were chaotic conditions in fice to handle the terrific amount the industry prior to the war and the issues of bonuses and the cre­ of shipping done. ation of the MWEB. Something else too—this Port It is evidenced that the NMU is so large that just handling the has not supported any bonuses mail alone is practically a full time job. As she sets now, every­ for seamen since the inception of thing is well in the middle of the war in Europe. It is the opinion of the AF of L road and the Branch is never swamped under, regardless of the leaders that the NMU's position amount of shipping and business. is the same as the shipowner's We are very fortunate, too, to and a misrepresent ation of have a Dispatcher with the ex­ Unionism. It is the further considered perience and ability of Paul Gonsorchick — he really knows his opinion of the leaders of the business, and always has the sit­ AF of L organizations that the uations, whatever they may be, continuous sell-out position of well in hand. the NMU officials in commending Quite a few of the old-timers and endorsing the MWEB's de­ are drifting in here recently from cisions cutting the bonuses not all Ports. It seems good to see ionly jeapordizes the entire bonus some of them after so long a time jstructures but also endangers the because all of us know they are .conditions and wages won by of a vanishing breed, and it looks years of struggle through the real as though, before this War is (Union seamen's efforts. over, there will be a lot less of While the NMU has never the old originals around than (fought for any war bonuses they there is even now. ihave accepted the gains brought Ballotting started Monday jinto force by the AF of L organi­ night for the resolutions and zations qnd have attempted to constitutional amendments and it iclaim credit for such gains in got off with a bang. After the (their publications. first day of voting, it appears as The Marine Cooks & Stewards the membership, and that's just what it's going to take, and Iota of it, for us to survive the post­ war fight against the shipowners. YOURS FOR A HIGHER WAR BONUS, PAUL HALL, Agent MWEB Is Mute On Restoring Bonuses of the Pacific, CIO, represented by Nat Jacobsen and their Balti­ more representative, also went down the line with the NMU's position, even though they were not interested enough to have their accredited signatory to the Statement of Principles present. The American Communications Ass'n., CIO, represented by Harry Morgan, also supported the posi­ tion of the NMU's officials. Following the lead of Curran of the NMU, Vincent Malone, Sec'y of the Marine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders and Wipers Ass'n (Independent) of the Pa­ cific, endorsed the NMU's posi­ tion and commended, the Fas­ cist actions of the BdSrd by de­ claring the Board had (settled the chaos created, by his 0\Vn mem- , hers in demanding bohOs in-lj creases. Mrs. John F. Collins, whose husband is a signatory to the Statement of Principles, but is now serving in the armed forces, representing the Esso Tankermen's Ass'n, supported the posi­ tion of the AF of L. Like the AF of L organizations, her organization has repeatedly had the occasion to complain against the manner of the MWEB and its assumption of authority in issuing directives which have compelled members of the organ­ izations she represents to accept reductions of war bonuses which had been gained through collecitive bargaining processes. Her stand exposed the NMU^s officials completely and revealed them playing the shipowner's role. President Lundeberg. of the ISIU denounced the Hitler - like actions of the MWEB and its Fas­ cist decisions cutting the seaImen's earnings and compared ithem with the tactics of the Nazi government. "That's what Hitler does," he said, and continued to show that the American seamen want no isuch Hitler-like labor high-hand­ edness as members of the MWEB and the NMU would like to (create. Until the Board restores the bonuses they have cut, the AF of ;L organizations refuse to recog­ nize the MWEB, officers of, the Unions asserted. referendum as well as being contingent upon the passage "The SlU's efforts to solve this dispute do not affect the actuhl of a building assessment on the same referendum ballot. prosecution of the wax-," officials Voting started this week. If we want to progress and of the SIU declared, "for the have our Union hiring halls in good shape we wilT hring. members of the AF of L unions about good conditions ashore as we would aboard a ship. in the marine industry have shown that they sail and man Conditions, without interference of Landlords, etc. We the ships and will continue to sail will vote YFS for the Building Assessment resolution and them despite the hints of the the resolutions for buying our own Union hails in New CIO's NMU to the contrary. York and Tampa. (Continued on Page 4) I �Friday. July 9> 1944. THE SEAFARERS Money Due LOG Page Three NMim Fimn Into Unionism Has Failed Seaman Declares Again proving that disputed SS JAMES EMERY: Shaffer. Collect at company's office. overtime is not lost if it is back­ 30 hours; Stone. 84 hrs: Henleg. SS WM. PACA: Paid off in ed up bj' the facts, the New York 87 hrs: Battles, 81 hrs. Paid off in Boston, Joseph LamorauU can branch went to bat last week and Norfolk. collect 251/2 hours. Is being sent hung up an all-time record by Collect at company's office. to New Orleans Hall, » • » • • » collecting more than $3,000 worth Eefore me lies a document izing everyone in the port cities of disputed overtime in four days. SS WM. PEPPER: Gale Silcox. SS PHILIP F. THOMAS: Paul meriting comment in the spirit as members of the NMU can be e More than 150 men benefited 27 hours; Forrest Bice 27 hours. Lysk. $.87; W. P. Sprers. $13.43; of the Immortal Omar — "The seen by Clause 3 of Article 1, en­ Collect at company's office. F. Cappe. $12.78; J, G. Hayes. Worldly Hope men set their titled Objectives. Membership in the hard-hitting action that » » * $18.80; B. Welzel, $27.20; A. Hearts upon—Turns Ashes, or it "shall include anyone directly or fought these beefs through to a SS B. BOURNE: C. Immediato. Barra. $18.12; C. Commillierrie. prospers—and anon. Like Snow INDIRECTLY connected with the conclusion. O.S.. 3 hours; C. E. Thiede. O.S., $8.08; A. Stuart. $12.42; W. Doyle. upon the desert's dusty face. INDUSTRY." . The record is especially im­ 8 hours; H. Taylor. Dk. Eng.. 10 $4.38; R. Williams. $9.74; C. Paul. Lighting a little hour or two—is Ah, Brothers, think of this and pressive because it was made by hours; D. Davila. F.M.. 90 hours; $10.41. ponder deep. gone." the entire force of patrolmen in C. E. Farley. Oiler. 49 hours. Collect at company's office. Your waterfront barber? Into I refer to the momumental fal­ their spare time apart from pay­ » * a All hands have one dollar com­ the NMU. lacy, the NMU Constitution. To­ ing off and other duties; and be­ ing for boat hire in Suez. SS THOMAS B. REED: KenThe Hot dog man in front of day, this document has no mean­ cause the work was done over Collect a$ company's office. nally Chief Cook and Daugherty the docks? Into the NMU, etc. ing in the light of developments the week end, a notoriously poor • • • M.M.. 480 meals to be divided be­ under the Commimist leadership {Continued on Page 4) time for fringing about settle­ SS LAFTON B. EVANS; All tween the above men. of that ill-starred "Union?" It is ments at company offices. The hands have $2.00 lodging money Collect at company's office. as dead as King Tutenkamen. Barge Radio-Telephone beefs were handled from 2 p.m. coming, also 50 cents cab money. * * * The title National Maritime Friday through Monday morning. Is Successful SS FLOMAR: R. Gibson. $3.38; Wm. Bryant has 2 hours over­ Union is also based upon false time coming for 3rd mate paint­ A. Duarte. $4.03; E. G. Freeman. In all cases these beefs were promises. Ambitiously, it was so Believed to be the first barge refused as "no good" by company ing Saturday afternoon in Wheel- $5.37; W. Copeland. $2.01. called when the "Union" was on the Great Lakes to have a house. Collect at company's office. representatives at the pay-offs. founded and confined to East radio-telephone installed, the » » » Collect at company's office. So hard did the patrolmen Coast ports. The word National Smeaton of the Buckeye Steam­ • » • SS EDW. SPARROW: Voyage woi-k on this overtime that on represented that great intangible ship Co, reported that the new SS JAMES WAYNE: Paid off 3 _ W. Greene. $10.74; Wm. Saturday afternoon there were in Baltimore. Samuel Griffin has Vaughn. $10.19; B. Bryant. $10.88. factor of quantity X. communication set-up is proving six of them in the Calmar office Based on the assumption that highly satisfactory for contact be­ $87.20 coming. Collect at company's office. at one time. According to a com­ the word could be used because tween the barge and its towing • • • Collect at company's office. pany official it looked "like an NMU "contract" ships called at steamer. » * e SS J. T. HOLT: Voyage 2 — W. SIU convention." But the patrol­ West Coast ports, the proper SS LAWTON B. EVANS: Wm. Paulsen. $10.42; Geo. Simoneau. The captains on the barge and men backed their claims with the name of the NMU, by the same steamer can discuss weather and Scarlett and C. Morgan have $9.40; John Beohm. $7.39; A1 Laproof and not a claim was lost. measurement and the known wind conditions and lay plans $87.50 each coming for division of voie. $8.73; John Merkel. $22.18; connections of the CP leaders for the ship to pick up the towNew York agent Paul Hall, wages for missing night man. E. Fontanie. $8.39; J. Wendler. with the Communist Internation­ credited the record-breaking col­ line as well as co-ordinate opera­ 8.71; W. Funk. $18.80; C. Tarpey. Collect at company's office. al, should have been The Com­ * » * lection to the persistence of tlie tions much better than by whistle $42.78; R. Hartnett. $49.57; H. munist International's Seamen's signals, in time of fog, it was patrolmen, who were working on SS BETHMORE: Dimpler. Sykes. $18.84; J. Ward. $2.01; G. Union. That would have been said by the company. It is be­ their own time, and to the co­ $37.15; Pickets. $37.15; Bochro- Kelly. $71.83. coi-rect in every sense of the lieved more barges on the Great operation of the men involved. wiscz. $37.15; Buetner. $27.15; W. Collect at company's office. word; especially political. • • • "To collect beefs you've got to Murray. $8.08; D. Muellar. $8.08; Lakes will be equipped with such The NMU is an east coast sets. Shore range equipment only have the facts," he said, "The G. Lamothe. $8.71; D. Chenoweth. SS J. W. DAVIS: E. J. Basham. Union. Its claims to recognition is required. men gave us a complete history $18.80. 1 hour; L. M. Cooper. 1 hour; T. as a National Maritime Union are of the disputed time and we did Logg. 7 hours; R. Rivette. 49 Collect at company's office. . # invalid. The West Coast was or­ • • • the rest.'' hours; R. Kobervig. 29 hours; J. ganized many decades before the SS COLLABEE: 307 hours, all T. Lindsay. 5 hours. Highest single amount went to NMU was born. The entry of the Collect at company's office. D. Da Vila of the Benjamin o.k. o be divided. Division of ex­ NMU on the West Coast consti­ * *: *. Bourne, Mississippi Liberty, with tra meals: Rousseau, 72 hours tuted a raiding movement and DeSaullens. 70 hours; Maucino. The following men who made 90 hours. Other amounts varied was so recognized, even by the the past trip on the SS JOHN from that to $1.00, due each man 85 hours; Manifko, 80 hours. Marine Cooks & Stewards of the Collect at company's office. GORRIE. a South Atlantic SS Co. on the Bourne for launch service Pacific, a sister CIO Union. • » • ship can collect the money that in Suez. In spite of pretensions the SS R. M. JOHNSON: E. R. is due them from disputed over­ _ _ MOBILE, Ala.—Supporting the W. Scarlett and C. Morgan, Lyons. 12 hours; W. C. Donohue. time and divided pay at the of­ NMU is still an East Coast Union, and Vso SflMd by tte"MaritiTO movement to reward alien ^amessmen on the Lawton B. Evans 12 hours; O. S. Clark. 12 hours; fice in New York. men servicing American ships each benefited by $87.50 in a L. Graham. 4 hours; J. W. Riley. Bos'n Thomas O'Rourke. $31.48; Commission and Rear Admiral during the war, the Mobile Cen­ Emory S. Land's decision defin­ division of wages for a missing 4 hours; W. N. Broyles. 4 hours; Dk-Main M. P. Meiser. $1.42; A.B. tral Council of the American utility man. AU hands on the C. J. Miller. 4 hours; L. E. Wood. Raymond Schultz. $2.13; A.B. ing the sphere of operations and Federation of Labor has joined jurisdiction as regards new ton­ Cape. Faro received an hour for 12 hours. Elefterois Elies. $8.75; A.B. Ron nage. with the AF of L seamen's unions handling slop chest stores. All these men have this amount aid Ambers. $50.02; ;^.B. Wm. S. The unilateral and independ­ in demanding American citizen­ Although larger sums have in addition to 20 hours each al­ Ney. $22.24; A.B. T. L. Lazenby, ent nature of the NMU activities ships for aliens sailing American been collected at the New York ready paid to each man. $48.14; O.S. H. Sedler. $10.88; O.S. on the West Coast, the Lakes, vessels. office, this is a record for such a E. Buskens. $18.55; O.S. Fred wherever they operate, stamps it In a resolution calling, upon Collect at company's office. • • • large number of beefs over such Newcity. $4.98, (paid off in Na 'as a wrecking crew against all Congress to grant to aliens in the a short time. SS DOROTHY BULL: Stew­ pies); Oiler. Leroy Thompson. established bona-flde Unions in merchant marine the same priv­ ' The results of the settlements ards' Dept. has 102 hours total $.71; Oiler. Leopold Pellitier. these areas. The NMU is a mav­ ileges extended to aliens serving coming, to be divided between $2.13; FW Allan Stewart. $8.53; erick in the Trade Union move­ in the armed forces, the Mobile are listed here, below: Central Trades Council declared; men involved — H. Estwick. 21 Wiper. David Smart. $71. ment. SS THOMAS SULLY: K. Kar- hours; C. Blackland. 20 hours: O. "After an alien has served in Bona-fide? No. powitz, A.B.. $10.07; E. Blanco. Roberts. 20 hours; T. Vigo. 20 Vi Cooperating with the Unions in our armed forces for a period of A.B.. $18.80; R. Nichols. O.S.. hours; R. Barbian. 20 Vz hours. all areas on a brotherly and three months or more he is en­ $13.77; W. Jones. O.S.. $1.34; A. titled to obtain citizenship. This equal basis? No. Collect at company's office. • Rice. O.S.. $7.09; D. Walker. A.B.. Its presence is a threat to gen­ should apply equally to those SS T. J. Jackson $78.00 $24.61; J. Presnell. A.B.. $5.70; J. SS CAPE FARO: Paid off June Crew of SS Wm. Harper .... 25.00 uine and established Unions in foreign-born seamen who have Burress. Oiler. $2.89; W. Smith, 3. 1944. All hands have 1 hour SS Richard Pearson 14.00 the industry through their rule risked their all taking the ma­ Oiler. $13.43; S. Kuleska. F.W.. terials of war to the fighting 13.50 or ruin policies. coming for bringing slop chest SS Robert La Foletfe $1.34; M. Swain. F.W.. $2.69. fronts. Many of these foreign Failure has been their lot since Roberl M. Peel 1.0.00 stores on board. Collect at company's office. seamen are from maritime unions their "Constitution" was mount­ SS Henry Dearborn 10.00 Collect at company's office. » * * that have been overrun and their ed. The Lakes! Rivers! Harbors! J Lee 10.00 • » ships are now at the bottom of ' Colliers! Standard Oil tankers? SS WM. MOULTRIE: Harold 9.00 SS FLO MAR: LaBohos. 12 SS M. B. Lamar the sea." Fenton. 32 hrs; J. Baszin. 32 hrs; West Coast! and even their raids 5.00 hours; Gregory, 88 hours; D. Charley Newbury Pushing its resolution into ac­ R. Denzek. 58 hrs; K. Lundeberg, Maries. 88 hours. A. R. Gideon 4.32 on the Shipyard Workers — all tion, the Mobile Council ashed 56 hrs; J. Fabiski. 56 hrs; L. FranWillie L. Dudley 2.00 failures! Collect at company's office. Alabama's Senator Lister Hill In the PREAMBLE, the word ken. 32 hrs; A. Bondotchez. 32 M. J. Langlies 2.00 » » and Congressman Frank Boykin Seamen or Seaman is left out. hrs; A. Madigas. 32 hrs. 1.00 SS C. B. LENNON: Correction A. Magdirda to introduce into the House and The membership is called the • • • 1.00 on last week's LOG's "Money C. P. Benway Senate such enabling legislation "workers." Can it be that they Collect Wednesday at Com­ Due." W. A. Synis has 80 hours necessary to make this possible. forsaw a "Union" held up by pany's office. TOTAL :. $184.82 coming instead of 8 as printed. The S e a f a r e rs International needletrade Communists, button­ SS COLLABER: Graves and Collect at company's office. hole makers, cafeteria workers, Union adopted in the recent New Tages have division of wages duo •f' aH » shore gang "Bosuns", etc? This Orleans convention a resolution Protect Both America is probable for 15 days; Tag^ collect 3 hours SS B. WILLIAMS: G. G. Smith. as they need them to favoring bestowal of citizenship overtime. L. Hoth has 4' hours 4 hours; H. Peffer. 4 hours; J. and Your Money by In­ pack their controlled meetings. privileges on foreign seamen due. Paulier. 8 hours; J. A. Sullivan. 2 vesting It in War Bonds. The word "Seamen" is out. sailing American ships for one Collect at company's office. hours. That they contemplated organ- year during the war. Mobile Central Trades Council Supports SIU Fight To Aid Aliens Honor Roll m I �Pago Four THE NMU's Flight Into ' Unionism Has Failed Seaman Declares (Continued from Page 3) ITo one can accuse them of ne­ glecting to organize the shipown­ ers into the NNMU. And, as the shipowners are classified as be­ longing to the industry, directly and indirectly, why they belong in the NMU. As a matter of fact they con­ trol the Union, the proof of which is the fact that the NMU CALL­ ED A MEETING OF THE SHIP­ OWNERS UNDER NMU CON­ TRACT AT THE NMU HEAD­ QUARTERS IN NEW YORK ON APRIL 19, 1944, and offered to turn the shipping halls over to a representative chosen by the shipowners. Do they carry NMU Books? They don't have to as they come under the definition of candidates "General tightening of reg­ ulations of Selective Service system has resulted in increas, ed losses to seagoing manpow' er to draft can be prevented in almost all cases if seamen make certain WSA 61 is com­ pleted at beginning and ter-. minaiion of each period aboard vessol. .Urge your members to make certain that this is done at our request. General Hershey has exempted active sea­ men from preinduction physi­ cal examination, normally re­ quired of men under twentysix. Seamen should be advised to deal with local board through RMO on any ques­ tions that may rise. Request SIUMember Sets Up Record For Saving Lives (Continued from Page 1) ently ignored two life yreser^'ers thrown him. Carroll said he leap­ ed into the water after Norriss had signaled that he was unable to bring Maroney to the ships ladder, where other members of the crew aided them. "Maroney and Norriss were taken to the State St. Hospital in the police ambulance. Norriss was discharged late in the afternoon and returned aboard ship, but at­ ANTONINI TO ITALY BOSTON — President William taches said that Maroney would Green of the AF of L told the remain hospitalized for several convention of the ILGWU 'here days for observation." that a joint delegation represent­ ing the AF of L and the British Trades Union Congress is being sent to Italy to aid in the rebuild­ ing and maintenance of a demo­ cratic trade union movement in that country. Union Members Up-grading In Schools Is Urged for extension of allowable time ashore must be kept to mini­ mum. Will you notify your members of this wire? "H. Chase Stone, WSA." There it is Brothers! Shore time allowed on your pink slip from the RMO—form WSA 61—can only be extend­ ed by the RMO — and with their permission — for extra­ ordinary circumstances such as s i c k n e ss, hospitalization, sitting for a license or going to up-grading school, etc. Demand that the supercargo or purser, (who are the Captaiii's clerks), fill out the white card before you sail. Also de­ mand and get your pink card before you leave the ship when you pay off in an American port. Failure to comply may find you in the Army Brothers! Keep Up With Your Draft Board Before It Keeps Up With You! (3) Friday, June 9. 1944 LOG for membership according to the NMU Constitution. • With all this help and with such Constitutional aides to mem­ bership the NMU is dying. Ah, Omar; But have these Commie parasites read Omar? Nay, Brothers, they drip themselves with dialectical materialism. —Old-Time NMUer Seamen Warned On Draft The following communica­ tion re: Selective Service was received: April 5, 1944 "John Hawk, "Roosevelt HoteL "New Orleans, La. SEAT AKERS An opportunity for you ordi­ naries! The WSA is calling for more ABs and their training program for 1944 calls for a total of 7,810 ordinary seamen to be up-graded to AB to alleviate the shortages in this rating. Ui>-grading schools for ABs located on the East Coast are at Pier 73, East River, New York, N. Y., Baltimore, Md., and at New Orleans, La. The government pays you while you go to school. Zip the Lips and SAVE THE SHIPS! !!Washington Flash!! WASHINGTON, D. C., June 8—Following up the policy of th« AF of L against the demonstrated by the Maritime War Emergency Board, John Hawk, Sec'y-Treas. of the Atlantic and Gulf District, tonight advised all agents and patrolmen of this district by wire of the SIU's refusal to continue to recognize the Maritime War Emer­ gency Board as it is presently consiituiea. •' * Text of the telegram follows: At a meeting of the Maritime War Emergency Board held Jtmo 6, at Washington, D. C., the Seafarers International Union's repre­ sentatives following the instructions of the membership went OH record not to recognize this board any further, because of their re­ fusal to restore the war bonuses that they cut illegally to be effective April 1, 1944, (NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR). Because of the position taken by the International Union all agents and patrolmen are instructed not to forward any more dis­ putes of any nature whatsoever to the Maritime War Emergency Board. In the future all disputes of any nature pertaining to bonuses, attack bonuses, etc., are to be forwarded directly to the^'SecretaryTreasurer's office and a copy to Matthew Dushane at Washington. (signed) JOHN HAWK, Secretary-Treasurer. MWEB Is Mute On Restoring Bonuses (Continued from Page 2) "The AF of L seamen have al­ ways. been loyal Americans and are Union men and will remain such, which Curran, Myers, and other NMU officials definitely have not been," we pointed out, and, "we recall only too vividly when they and many others of the Communist ilk were picket­ ing the White House and screech­ ing 'The Yanks Are Not Coming,' and 'Roosevelt is a war-monger,' The Well Known Game When Stalin's slaves embrace you. And whisper "world to gain," Forget the whisper and the words. And grab your watch and chain. When they would "liberate you" And for the poor they groan. Know that their object is juicy steaks While leaving you the bone. New York Hall To Be Open Longer Hours When they weep about "democracy" "All's wrong in this, our Land." Why simply point to Russia, I'm sure theyH understand. When they shout about "true Freedom," And rights of rank and file It's just pure Browder moonshine And clever "Marxist" guile. When they rant about "a better world^ No doubt you will agree. But do the Stalinists clamor To sail the ships at sea? When they speak in name of workers. Their needs on earth below,Think! did you see a Stalinist toil In hard work strike a blow? I . .'J., '• Their game is old as earth itself The slaves and Master Class, Enforced by bullet and prison celL By terror of the masses. 1^" The words they coin to deceive you, And bend you to their end. Are but the cries of demogogues The veil that Truth shall rend! AFL shipyard workers shatter the all-time world record for launching a ship's hull, any size, at the Concrete Ship Construct­ ors yard in National City, Calif. The army lighter "Tungsten" was launched exactly six days and four hours after her keel was laid. (Federated Pictures) When Stalin's slaves embrace you With slogans from the "brain," Just take your eyes from rosy clouds. And swallow watch and chain. top *n Lift, Seafarers Log etc. But we know that was dur­ ing the Hitler-Stalin bedroom job which ended in the June 21, 1941 divorce." The same divorce also ended any concerted effort of the CIO'9 maritime groups to get any con­ ditions, wages or bonuses for the seamen, AF of L authorities say further: "Such has been the con­ tinual betrayal of the seamen by. the NMU officials since Russia got into the war." The upshot of the meeting was the resignation of Dr. John R. Steelman, who declared that he would not remain a member of the Board until it straightened out its present structure. The matter now rests with the legal 'department of the Ameri­ can Federation of Labor and the fight for better bonuses will con­ tinue. The dispatching hall in the Port of New York is to be open for longer hours than formerly, it was reported at the meeting last Monday night. The hours, hereafter, for di^ patching of Union Brothers to jobs will be from 8 A.M. to 9 P.M. on week days, Monday through Saturday, and from 10 A.M. until 6 P.M. oh Sundays. The step was taken to protect many of the Union Brothers' jobs ahd afford them greater service during the coming period. AgentS of the other Branches have also been requested to post this notice on their bulletin boards. This year Great Britain will get between 150 and 200 ships l>uilt in American yards under lease-lend. They will all carry the prefix "Ocean" to their name and can thus be told the world over as America's contribution tb Britain's war-time merchant navy. (i'M] � 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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