http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/dd63fffa1b51e8d9063c69c316c16feb.PDF 3512c8ae6c9519387548256c40b834c7 PDF Text Text r^.:. orFxeoAL (moAis OF THE Ai^aama AHD QHLF DISTBIOT, aB4FABiaaar' nxTMBitAaaasAL imss^ GF NCBTB ASSSZISA NEW YORK, N. Y„ FRIDAY, AUGUST 11. 1944 No. 24 Master Lauds Seamen's Union Appears Before NWLB On Unlicensed Part In D-Day Invasion Of France Junior Engineers Dispute Ij' WASHINGTON, D. C.—"Every ship in the world seems to be there and even so I am telling myself that I never realized how many ships there are in this world," is the description given by a veteran skipper of the American Merchant Marine of the stupendous naval and merchant tonnage taking part in the Normandy invasion. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 10—^Representatives of the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic and Gulf District, appeared before the National War Labor Board here, today, on a dispute with the steamship operators concerning the wages and work­ ing rules covering the employment of seamen sailing with endorsements as "Junior En­ gineers." The Union was represented by Brother John Hawk, Sec'y-Treasurer of the —•District and Brother Joe Volpian,* should be paid at a rate com­ engine patrolman of New York. The letter, made public this* Matthew Dushane, Washington mensurate." week by the War Shipping Ad­ plain language what is going on. Representative for the SIU-SUP, The briefs also point out that ministration, was written by Capt. The vocabulary, at least my vo­ is a labor member of the War where wages lower than those Heinrich H. Kronke, of Salt Lake cabulary, does not include words Shipping Panel of the National paid to Licensed Junior Engineers City, master of the SS CYRUS H. that can adequately draw a word are in effect in some agreements War Labor Board. McCORMICK, on return of his picture of the operation now in In the briefs submitted before of the other Unions, the working ship to England after participa­ progress on France's coast. Every the NWLB, the Union took a rules strictly confine the work of tion in the early landings. The ship in the world seems to be the unlicensed Junior Engineer to. vessel is operated by W. R. there and even so, I am telling WASHINGTON, Aug. 4—Con­ stand against low wage rates and work only in the fireroom. Chamberlin & Co., San Fraricisco. myself that I never realized how struction of merchant ships de­ pointed out that these unlicensed Decision of the NLWB will be This company is under contract many ships there are in this clined in July, the Maritime Com­ Junior Engineers are sometimes returned after that body has stud­ mission said today in announcing required to do the same work as ied the testimony and the briefs to the Sailors Union of the Pa­ world. "There can be no doubt that the delivery of 126 vessels during the Licensed Junior Engineers in the in both sides of the dispute. cific. "I am confident," Captain English Channel today is the month as compared with 145 in companies in dispute. Krcnke's letter says in part, "that busiest thoroughfare in the world. June, according to the Associated Therefore, the Union held, they should be paid at a considerably I speak for every man aboard Craft of every description are Press. Concentration on types of ships higher rate when the working when I say that we are all proud (Continued from Page 2) needed to meet military require­ rules are comparable. to take part in the operations now The briefs read in part, as fol­ ments was the principal cause of going on. Many of the men, .es­ lows: There are now 5,820 labor or­ the decline, the commission said, pecially the Deck Department, "The Union contends ^hat ganizations in China with a total explaining that more tijne is have had to work long hours. when an unlicensed Junior En­ membership of more than 2,000,needed to build these ships. It During daylight hours they dis­ gineer is required to perform 000, the Chinese News Service added, however, that contributing charged the ship's cargo and at similar duties to those of a Li­ reports. China has ten different factors were shortages of man­ night, numberless alarms kept censed Junior Engineer, he •' kinds of labor organizations. power in some yards and work them awake, if not actually as­ stoppages. sisting the gunners. And the nights are short in this latitude; July's production brought the yet not one complaint was made. A new regulation just issued by year's construction to 990 ships of They all took it like good sol­ Vice Admiral R. R. Waesche, 9,901,984 deadweight tons. In the commandant of the United States corresponding seven months of diers. Coast Guard, requires that, effec­ 1943, the yards delivered 1,307 BIGGEST JOB EVER • "The realization of taking part tive January 1, 1945, and for the vessels of 1,483,331 tons, but these in the biggest job ever undertak­ duration of the war, licensed deck were "of generally simpler de­ en by man made them forget per­ officers shall be declared to be sign," the commission said. sonal discomfort, lack of sleep proficient in wartime merchant MIAMI BEACH.—^AFL Metal Trades Union, repre­ and the hard work demanded of ship communication. Endorse­ senting workers in Gulf Coast shipyards, won "a substantial ment of this qualification must be them. . victory in their battle for wage rate adjustments on ship included on all licenses. "It is difficult to describe in repair jobs. The gain was scored at a 10-day conference of labor, management and government representatives here For Want of Prosecution; under the auspices of the Ship-* building Stabilization Committee. shifts by the procurement agen­ An agreement was reached un­ cies—army, navy and Maritime der which all overtime work on Commission. Hereafter, when the Suggestions that disappearing repair of old ships in Gulf yards agencies plan a shift revision at beds be installed in staterooms of will be paid for at double time any particular yard or city, they the 6,000-ton liners the Canadian rates. Heretofore this premium will first consult unions and man­ Pacific Co. intends to build after rate was allowed only where la­ agements in other shipbuilding the war for coastal services in bor costs on a repair job were less centers to obtain their "okay." British Columbia are currently than $112,000. This plan, it was explained, the subject of considerable dis­ The $112,000 had also been the will go far toward assuring a uni­ Reprinted from the Times Herald (Washington, D.C.), of July 30. 1944 cussion in Canadian shipping cir­ "ceiling" for payment of double formity of shifts in the Gulf re­ cles, according to the Liverpool time in cases of reconversion of gion. NORFOLK, Va., July 29.—Ber­ a fracture of the skull. The bar was filled with mer­ Journal of Commerce. newly-built ships. Under the Over 75 labor delegates attend­ nard L. Lipton, 20, of Forest Hills, One plan is to fit staterooms agreement, that ceiling is now ed the parley, which was presided N. Y., accused 6f causing the chant seamen at the time, but death of Herman H. Gurkin, 50, the WSA objected to any of them with disappearing beds so that raised to $200,000, which will over by Paul R. Porter, chairman in a fight last May 18, was re­ being detained as witnesses, be­ the sleeping cabins may be con­ make it possible for the workers of the Shipbuilding Stabilization leased from custody because wit- cause their services were needed verted into attractive sitting to earn considerably more in dou­ Committee. President John P. in manning ships. Lipton, how­ rooms during the day. Pointing ble rates for overtime. nesses had gone to sea. Frey and Secretary-Treasurer J. ever, was held in jail, but when out that passenger traffic is af­ Under another accord reached E. McEntee of the AFL Metal Lipton and Gurkin were mer­ chant seamen and they got in a his-case was called there were no fected strongly by the kind of at the parley, workers who report Trades Department attended, and fight at the Fairfax Hotel, a U.S.S. witnesses present and the accused stateroom accommodation offer­ on second or third shifts, but who union spokesmen at the confer­ establishment. They had been was released. ed, the British paper said, "it will are sent home before completion ence included Vice President Jo­ He can be tried on the charge be interesting to note whether the of the shifts will, nonetheless, be seph P. McCollum of the Boiler­ drinking. paid the regular "bonus" for makers; Holt Ross, international Lipton was accused of knocking later, if, and when, the witnesses Gurkin down with his fist. The to the encounter return here. In suggestion is adopted for ocean­ these late "tricks." representative. Laborers' Union, man's head struck the brass rail the meantime Lipton is free to go going ships and how it is re­ The unions also won a curb and W. C. Reed, secretary-treas­ ceived." against any arbitrary changes in urer, Gulf Metal Trades Council. around the bar, and he died from back to sea. Merchant Ship Output Is Lower During July ChinaHas2,000,000 Union Members New Coast Guard Regulation On Communications Murder, Case Flops When All Witnesses Return To Sea Duty |5 •"•.•I • Metal Trades Win Wage Adjustments For Gulf Coast Shipyard Workers CP Considers Folding Beds In Postwar Ships �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District SEAFARERS Friday, August 11, 1944 LOG WHUrS DOING Around NEW YORK Ports has been settled in favor of the crew and the Steward Dept. on that ship have had 351 hours set­ tled in their favor. Look at the Money Due List in this ^week's LOG for the names and amounts due. The FRANK C. EMERSON is still paying off overtime and in addition to the amount listed last week, there is $540 due the three, firemen who made that voyage on her; Fleishman, Orfano and Jacobs can each collect $180 apiece from Smith and Johnson on this beef. It seems as though we have been getting more than our usual share of shipboard beefs here this past week. We had a couple of Patrolmen busy all week hitting the waterfront on various beefs. We have at all times an average of 35 SIU ships laying here in the harbor and some times it seems as though that when one of them goes haywire, all of them go hay­ wire together, as a result, we have some of the piecards flying around here like motorcycles so as to get on board them to straighten beefs out. DISPUTES BEFORE CG It is better when a crew has trouble on board ship, with the Coast Guard or other Shore Auth­ orities involved, as they are in some cases, to notify the., union hall so as to have a representa­ tive on board for anything that may break; rather then the crew butt heads with them. We have had cases where there was not a union representative on board a ship during a big beef and it all wound up with a few of our members in a hell of a bad spot. It seems that on some dis­ putes that if the crew doesn't have proper representation aboard,'then they will get a lot of shoving aTound. On the other hand, the guys who usually do the shoving around, when confronted with one of the local Patrolmen usual­ We have had better luck here recently in getting our members' attack bonuses paid sooner than HARRY LUNDEBERG - - - .- - - President ever before. Some of the oper­ ators cooperated very well on this 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. issue and six straight crews were able to collect $125 bopus prac­ JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas, tically at the same time they paid P. O. Box 2 y. Station P., New York Qty off of the Vessel. This was done by contacting MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. Washington by phone at pay-off 424 5 th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. time and receiving the approval from there and then in turn pay­ ing the dough on the line. This is highly beneficial to our mem­ Directory of Branches bers, especially to those who live PHONE ADDRESS BRANCH out of the port and want to get home as soon as possible. NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOwUng Green 9-3437 BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 In the past, we have had some BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay St Calvert 4539 PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St Lombard 7651 of these attack bonuses held up NORFOLK J 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 for as long as 6 weeks, even after NEW ORLEANS (16)... 339 Chartres St. Canal 3336 SAVANNAH 2l8Ea8tBaySt Savannah 3-1728 verification. Here's hoping that TAMPA 423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-I323 we can continue these good re­ MOBILE 7 St. Michael St Dial 2-1392 SAN JUAN. 28, P.R.. sults in getting this money paid PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon San Juan 1885 GALVESTON 219 20th Street C^alveston 2-8043 on the spot. SHIPPING AND BUSINESS Shipping and business is still PUBLICATION OH^ICE; slow around here and it looks like ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET there is going to be no relief-in sight. From all indications, ship­ New York City (4) BOwIing Green 9-8346 ping has slumped all the way down the East Coast, uite a few of the fellows are pouring in here now fi-om outports to shipout; some of them coming from as far south as Tampa and all the way up to Boston. They are all managing to get AN EDITORIAL out of here in a fairly reasonable The Stalinist drive to collect hard earned dough from length of time; but they cannot NMU members to float their so-called Political Action be too choosy with such few jobs Committee is in full swing, accompanied by the usual as there are, or they rhight be visionary trimmings and propaganda. Curran as stooge, here a good while. It's bad when shipping is slow like this betiause works overtime to force the membership to disgorge. we know that when it breaks, it The Stalinist NMU "leadership" is all out for President will go to the opposite extreme. Then instead of having too Roosevelt and Senator Truman. Being opportunists they many men for the jobs, we will did not stop to mourn the defeat of Henry Wallace but have about 50 jobs for each man. swung aboard the Truman bandwagon. (For parasites must MOVING find a body to cling to.) Such is the Stalinist political role We had an agreeable surprise in American politics today. today! Forgotten are the days when the same Stalinist-NMU The man whom we have con­ "leadership" supported Wendell Wilkie against President tracted to move our gear from Roosevelt and was forced by the then awake and militant our old hall into the new place membership to retract and reverse their published position was up this morning and sized up all of the material to be moved —PUBLISHED BY THE NMU 'LEADERSHIP" WITH­ and he said that it looked as OUT THE SANCTION OF THE MEMBERSHIP, as though he will start putting the usual. stuff over there within a very Forgotten are the days when they fulminated against few days. This is really good Euseho Andaya can collect President Roosevelt and branded him a "war monger" in news for us here and is some­ $275.87 covering overtime on the thing that we have been Waiting SS DAVID G. BURNET, Voyage the NMU Pilot. (The Pilot of the era of the Stalin-Hitler for quite a while. No. 3, Ed the Waferman SS Office Non-Agression Pact makes excellent reading and is re­ V It looks now as though we will in Baltimore. freshing indeed to minds which may be inclined to place be able to hold a meeting there * * * either next Monday night or the SS MONROE; B. Pow, Saloon some faith in their words today.) Forgotten are the days when they screamed in wrath week following. It is going to be Mess; R. Ortiz, Gun Crev^ Mess; quite a change over this place we have extra mealS money payable at the "Jersey Fuhrer" Frank Hague. A blessed peace has are in now as we will have suf­ at Bull Line Office. descended upon the relations between the Stalinists and the ficient room to seat the members • • • Hague machine in Jersey City. Yet men who know any­ rather than have them stand up SS ALCOA CUTTER: All mem­ and down the passageways and bers of the Steward Dept. paid thing, know that Mayor Hague hasn't changed one iota. We can remember when he bounced the Stalinist rabble pack in the hall like sardines as off recently have 3'A hours they do here at 2 Stone Street. payable at 17 Battery Place. rousers out of Jersey City. We can remember the screams • » » BEEFS SETTLED of Joseph Curran and the "Daily Jerker," who, as usual, We have had our usual quota SS FRANK EMERSON: W. were safe and secure far, far, from the scenes of "Carnage." of beefs here this week—^local as Fleischman, $180; A. O r f a n o, (A Commie had his nose broken or some such trifle.) well as out-of-port. Our rabbit's $180; J. Jacobs, $180. Money foot is still working and we man­ payable cit Smith & Johnson SS Yes, we can recall hundreds of incidents of Stalinist aged in our usual lucky fashion Co.'s Office. skullduggery and perfidy during the past decade. They • « • to handle most of them for wins. have plumbed the depths of duplicity and deceit. Among some of the beefs settled SS BABCOCK: 529 extra meals We can remember the days when the late Senator were on the SS ALCOA CUTTER served on voyage 18 to be divided Lundeen was the white haired boy and pet of the Stalinist where all hands in the Steward to the following men: E. Battles, social and political climbers. It was Senator Lundeen's iso­ Dept. have 3% hous each coming steward, 75 hrs; Chappel, chief lationist policies which were dear to their Moscow hearts. to them which can be collected at cook, 69 hrs; D. Gibbs, 2nd cook, 60 hrs; Kenneth Phipp>'. .Saloon Alcoa. It was Lundeen who sat at the NMU meetings in Madison Another dispute sent down mess, 69 hrs; Harley Collins, sa{Continued on Page 4)" from Bqston on the SS BABOCK 1 loon utility, 69 hrs. ^ Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor Can You Spare A Ruble? ly fold up like a second-hand ac­ cordion and that's the end of it. So all of you guys bemember this: ANY TIME YOU ARE LAY­ ING IN NEW YORK AND YOU HAVE ANY BEEF ON BOARD THAT THE CREW CAN'T HANDLE, DON'T GET INTO ANY BEEFS OR BRAWLS WITH ANYONE, UNTIL YOU HAVE . NOTIFIED THE UNION HALL SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A PATROLMAN COME ON BOARD AS SOON AS POS­ SIBLE. Yours for crews that will notify the Union when there's trouble aboard. PAUL HALL. Agent Skipper Lauds Seamen's Part In D-Day Invasion (Continued from Page 1) traversing it day and night and often there does not seem to be room enough to squeeze another ship through. There have ' been wide, brightly lit avenues across from the very first day on. Even a landlubber would find his way across. He could not miss. Docks, and breakwaters are being built, and rumor has it that the first American bar has opened up ninC miles inland. NEWSREELS "Some of the bombs are duds and don't even explode. Some day we shall probably drop our anchor on one of them and lose the anchor. "Most of the things you will certainly see in the newsreels, for we carried some of the men. Whether they can reproduce the sounds and sights of a hundred thousand guns firing tracer am­ munition into the night sky, I don't know." MONEY DUE SS ALCOA LEADER— All members of the crew of this vessel have $125.00 attack bonus due them. Collect at company's office. • • « SS BENJAMIN CONTI— All members of the crew of this vessel have $125.00 attack bonus due them. Collect at company's office. » • » SS MATT RANSOM— All members of the crew of this vessel have $125.00 attack bonus due them. Collect at company's office. » » » SS HOFRESI All members of the crew of this vessel have $125.00 attack bonus due them. Collect at company's office. • • » SS ROBIN GREY— All members of the crew of this vessel have $125.00 attack bonus due them. Collect at company's office. 14 �• •';7.ri:^^i%A'm^r'^W, Friday, August 11, 1944 THE SEAFARERS Page Threa LOG Nortli Atlstntic By L. S. JOHNSTON U. S. Merchant Seaman As the last gray light of dawn spread over the lower Mississippi, the good ship SS (Censored) cast off her lines from the ammunition docks. Silently, without farewell from ship or tugboat whistle, she Slowly moved down the river, loaded with thousands of tons of bombs and other war supplies. This 10,000 ton Liberty ship, just off the ways a few days before, was starting on her maiden voy­ age. Early the next morning found her sneaking out into the Gulf, hands at stations, lookouts Sweeping the sea with powerful glasses. All guns were manned and fired a few rounds to make sure that they were ready for ac­ tion if needed. After six uneventful days she arrived at the outer harbor of New York, to be greeted by a raging blizzard and zero temper­ ature. Every man of the crew hned the rail to gaze at the vast collection of vessels lying so se­ curely behind the submarine nets and Navy patrol protection. SAILING DAY Ship after ship arrived from different ports, troopships, tank­ ers, colliers and cargo vessels. Deckloads of tanks, landing barges, mosquito boats and planes were visible on the cargo carriers. At last came the day of depar­ Above is a line scale map of the relative positions of the New York Headquarters of the district and the New York Branch which are presently located at 2 Stone St. The new Union Hall in which the members will have better hiring halls and better business offices is also shown with the new address of 51 BEAVER STREET. The new hall to which ture. The ships started steaming slowly out to sea, each falling in­ to its designated place in the designated column. Fleet cor­ vettes and destroyers sped around the ships as the commodore, with one signal hoisted after another, formed his convoy of eighty ships for the Atlantic crossing. The sky overhead was alive with bombers and scouting planes and far up ahead hanging like a low fleecy cloud, was a Navy blimp, scout­ ing for submarines. After a few days the weather cleared and good time was made as the ships ploughed through the light swells. Now and then one of the es­ corts out on the flank of the con­ € ing: "Change course to dua north." We were trying to avoid a meeting with the enemy. This steady steaming ncrth« ward brought us into snow, sleet and ice. For two days we cruised at slow speed through the ice fields. The cracking, grinding and thudding of the ice as the ship pushed ahead sounded like a thousand demons pounding on the hull. But at night there was a sight never to be forgotten. Long columns of blacked-out vessels sliding over the endless fields of white; a large yellow moon and a million briUiant stars lighting the heavens above. Then to make the scenes the dream of any movie director, the aurora borealis would shoot up its long streamers of many colored lights far to the northward. Although every sailor as the saying is, "signs on for good weather and a smooth passage," our luck finally ran out. It was on the mate's watch on a Sunday morning when the barometer started skidding downhill like a bobsled on a cresta run. AGE OLD ENEMY In a short time the bottom had dropped completely out, and as day broke, gray and dreary, wind and sea began to mount rapidly. It seemed as if every possible element was trying to defeat us. Wind, rain, sleet and mountanious seas caught us on our star­ board beam before we could change course. Now the convoy was fighting, an age old enemy, as dangerous as any sub — a North Atlantic storm. The SS (Censored) started to pitch and roll as tons of water broke over her starboard side. All ha:'is were called on deck to swing inboard and secure the lifeboats, all of which had been swung overside ready for instant launching in case the ship was torpedoed and had to be abcindoned. We climbed to the boatdeck just in time to see a giant roller sweep two of the boats from their davits. The motor launch was picked up like a feather in the wind and smashed back aboard ship. The sea twist­ ed davits and carried away reels and ventilators, thus ripping holes in the deck through which water poured into the crew's quarters and passageways below. The motor launch lay there, a broken, useles wreck, sliding and scrapping back and forth across the deck with every roll of the ship. BOATS SAVED The other boat was even less fortunate as it hung by one fall, swinging and banging against the ship's side and with its contents floating far astern. There was no chance of saving it, so it was cut loose and we watched it rapidly drift aft in the fog and rain. Chill­ ed through and through with sea and rain, the crew worked on, striving to save what boats they could, spurred on bj' the knowl­ edge that these were their only hope if anything should happen to the ship. Man after man had to be sent below, with smashed, bleeding fingers, rope burns and severe bruises that made them useless "topside." By late afternoon we had the remaining boats secure. It had been a tough battle and no short one; but we ended with the (Continued on Page 4) voy, or one of those which were crisscrossing up ahead, would be­ gin circling. The sea would boil up astern .of it and there, would come the muffled roar and vibra­ tion as the depth charges were let go. These alerts caused no change of routine aboard ship, as no enemy had been actually seen. But, finally, the real warning came. ENEMY SUBMARINES Enemy submarines were sight­ ed by our aircraft. Group after group, traveling in what are known as "wolf packs," were heading across our course far up ahead, hoping to intercept the convoy. Signal flags from the commodore's ship sent the warn- the Union plans to move later this month is only a few blocks from the present location, as can be seen from the map. Its location is still as convenient to all transportation and docks as is the old hall. All Branch Agents are asked to please post this map and caption on their Branch Bul­ letin Boards. �m m •' THE Page Four l-° — Charleston Union Hall Now Open CHARLESTON, S. 0.—A new Seafarers International Union hall was opened here last week ta 68 Society Street under James L. Tucker, Agent. The new hall is only one block from the bus station and is cen­ trally located, being near the Shipping Commissioner's office, while not being far from the docks and harbor facilities. It was pointed out that prior to the opening of this new hall that the NMU and the WSA in the port had been having a picnic and trying to pack SIU ships with NMU members. Telephone is Charleston 3-2930 at the new hall. Regular regis­ tration of SIU members will be carried out by Agent Tucker and meetings will be held weekly. NOTICES PHILIP N. O'CONNOR— Formerly messman aboard the SS DYNASTIC. Your gear and Union book have been left at the New York Branch Hall for you to pick up. • • • HENRY PAUL JANDRY3 Your duplicate draft papers have been found. Apply at agent's office, SIU, 2 Stone Street, New York. SEAt ARE US UNCLAIMED WISA Reveals Ship Sinking WAGES Under Action Smith & Johnson The following is a list of sea­ men who have had vouchers for money due to them, forwarded to them at the addresses they left with the Smith and Johnson Co., 80 Broad St., New York City. Thus far these vouchers have not been cashed and the wages due them are classified as "claimed." All members named below are urged to contact this company at their earliest opportunity and col­ lect what is due them. W. Callahan, F-W-T; T. J. Har­ vey, Utility; F. L. Leavitt, Mess: R. W. Stanford, Utility. C. C. Burkett, Deck Maint; A. De Costa, AB. James Akers, F-W-T; Adam Harting, Bos'n; Harry Justice, AB; Edward O'Connell, AB; Arkadi Rauk, Dk. Eng. John E. Condry, Oiler; E. B. Cowart, Oiler; E. A. Groombridge, Night Cook; John Hodakossely, AB; John Komisak, Mess; James J. Murphy, Mess; Bassil Wilson, Utility. Phillip De Paz, F-W-T; John D. McMurry, Ch. Cook. Jesse C. Bentley, OS; James Carr, AB; T. P. Hansson, Stew­ ard; Francis P. Ressler, OS. Protect Both America and Your Money by In­ vesting It in War Bonds, Friday, August 11, 1944 LOG WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 7— Seamen and cargo wfere literally blown from the decks of the SS SAMUEL HUNTINGTON when that military supply vessel was destroyed while aiding the Anzio invasion, the War Shipping Ad­ ministration disclosed today. After doing shuttle service in the Mediterranean, the Liberty ship had arrived off the new beachhead when German planes come over. The concussion of two near bomb misses hurled a jeep from a hatch cover to the flying bridge. Fire started aboard the ship and abandonment was nec­ essary. The lifeboats were launched and most of the merchant seamen and Navy armed guard were sav­ ed. When the final check was made three were dead, one was missing and eight men had been hospitalized. The master of the SAMUEL HUNTINGTON, which had com­ pleted nearly two years of war service, was Capt. Richard Stedman, San Francisco, Calif. The deck crew were SUP members. The vessel was operated for the War Shipping Administration by Oliver J. Olson & Co., Inc., San Francisco, which is under con­ tract to the Sailors Union of the Pacific. North Atlantic Convoy Crossing (Continued from Page 3) score "plus four to one" four boats sound and secure and one damaged but temporarily secure versus one gone to Davy Jone's Locker. Then we went below to seek some much needed rest, only to find our quarters half full of water that sloshed back and forth with every movement of the vessel. To make it worse, contents of the clothes lockers had been spilled all over the deck, no change into warm, dry gar­ ments for us. It was a wet, tired, cold, shiver­ ing and disgusted crew that turn­ ed in that watch, hoping the mor­ row would bring better weather conditions. It didn't and for three days the ships took a hard beat­ ing from wind and sea, with plenty of wreckage from deckloads and ship's equipment left in the convoy's wake. This steady pounding and pitching frequently causes engine trouble that makes it impossible for the hardest hit ships to main­ tain the speed of the convoy. Then they must drop behind, make such emergency repairs as possible, and then run at full speed with the hope of overtaking the convoy and once again tak­ ing up their proper positions. After this particular storm, ship after ship fell astern. Days later after hasty repairs, all but two managed to get back to their places in line. Those two were, at the time, given up as lost„.as it is one of the Sea Wolf's favorite tricks to lag behind a convoy, preying on stragglers and broken down ships. TENSED FOR ACTION Finally came the next tense time as we neared our destina­ tion and must be on the lookout night and day for enemy bomb­ ing planes. Anti - aircraft guns were warmed up and the sharp crack of the three-inch gun, the rapid screaming of the 20-MM's and the steady cough of the pom­ pons could be heard all over the fleet. Seventeen days after leaving New York, having met one after another of the many obstacles that make the Atlantic crossing tough, we entered the Irish Chan­ nel and tied up safely at an En­ glish port — another convoy through with ammunition and supplies for our fighting forces. "Who wouldn't sell a farm to go to sea?" NOTICE PETER TAMLOORY. No. 29308 Please call al the SecretaryTreasurer's office, in New York. Can You Spare A Ruble? AN EDITORIAL {Continued from page 2) Square Garden and gave aid and support to the SEAMEN'S "CAUSE." Yet, we can recall when these same Stalinists turned against the Senator and reviled his very name AFTER Russia was invaded and the "line" changed. Senator Lundeen had no "line" to change and stuck by his beliefs as he saw them. We can remember when John L. Lewis was hailed by the same Curran (the word hail seems to be a copyright for Stalinist scribes) as the "Father of the CIO" and the same political per­ verts knelt at the feet of John L. with their hands out for backsheesh from the United Mine Workers' Treasury which they tapped to the tune of $6,000,000. It was this dough-ray-me UMW-milch-cow that caused Joseph Curran and the CP-NMU "leadership" to follow John L.'s endorsement of Wendell Wilkie in the 1940 election. Their piecard traits and opportunist role were openly re­ vealed. Their POLITICAL HONESTY WAS TRIED AND FOUND WANTING. Honest politicians (even if Trade Union lead­ ers reckless enough with the Good and Welfare of the membership to endanger their Trade Union basis) would have stuck to their guns once the decision had been made. Yet, NO UNION OFFICIALDOM HAS THE RIGHT OF THE POWER TO TELL THE MEMBERSHIP HOW TO VOTE OR WHO THEY SHOULD VOTE FOR. They only speak for themselves! TO PUT A UNION ON RECORD IN FA­ VOR OF A CERTAIN PARTY is a direct con­ tradiction of American principles—a negation of the RIGHTS OF EVERY AMERICAN CITIZEN TO FORM HIS OWN OPINION. What is the Stalinist-NMU position TODAY? We have seen by the brief glimpse into the PAST HOW MUCH THEIR OPINION IS WORTH. CAN ANY INDIVIDUAL IN HIS RIGHT MIND TRUST THESE MISLEADERS OF LABOR AS POLITICAL GUIDES? The STALINIST EGGS HAVE BEEN PLACED IN ONE BASKET and the seamen are deliberately being involved in the STALIN­ IST GAMBLE. For gambling with the Good and Welfare of the NMU membership is par­ ticular, and the Seamen as a whole in general, it undoubtedly is. These political miscreants have no faith in their membership—either as Trade Unionists or from the political standpoint of the individual making up his own mind re the merits of the candidates running for office. This would be Americanism and anathema to the totalitarian concepts of the Stalinists who must perforce make up their minds for them. There are no limits of rascality to which they will not stoops (for a price) even to the insidious attempt to pervert Americanism and the Sovereign Rights of the American Citizens at the polls. Their contempt for the NMU membership as Trade Unionists can be seen by the open ef­ forts of the Stalinist "leadership" to curry favor with the employers. "Employer-Employee Re­ lations" they howl. "Stabilization" can be won by upholding the NMU officialdom in the Post War period. Trade with the Soviet Union is continuously held out as an olive branch to gain this end. The shipowners being realists know THAT THE NEEDS OF THE STALIN REGIIVIE ARE SO VAST THAT THEY MUST PER­ FORCE TRADE WITH ANY NATION WHO CAN SUPPLY THEIR NECESSITIES UPON WHICH THE VERY LIFE OF THE STALIN REGIME AND ITS CHANCES FOR SURVIVAL IN RUSSIA DEPENDS. The NMU "LEADERSHIP" HAS NOTHING WHATEVER TO DO WITH LAWS OF SUP­ PLY AND DEMAND. Yet these misleaders continually campaign in an effort to hoodwink the employers and the NMU membership. These knaves and mountebanks are rapidly reaching the stage of organizational disentegration. Their parasitical and dishonest political role is becoming famous. Their disloyalty to American concepts is apparent to all. Their role is exposed and crystal clear. THEY CANNOT BE TRUSTED BY THEIR PRESENT DAY AFFILIATES IN THE LIGHT OF THEIR PAST HISTORY. They have lost the support of thinking seamen, even of their own Union. They are bankrupt. They have leaped from the dead horse of the former CP platform to the hope of a free ride on the tailboard of the Democratic war chariot, ff'hey have become super patri^ and super dem­ ocrats. Yet they remain ever the same. THEIR STENCH IS STILL IN OUR NOSTRILS! 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