http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/8207b6b7c67060bcfb749d06f25f6633.PDF 4b9becd91d965025b5220f2a38232871 PDF Text Text ij^REJRS ^ emsEAL oBtiAW OP rsm MamMma AKB aux^ DXBTBIOT. wms mp IfAissBzoA NEW YORK, N. Y« FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1944 4 •/* I> y SIU Members Expose USS 'Rackets' In Ports Of Middle East New Pacific Bonus Amendment NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 16—Crew members that were survivors of the torpe­ doing of the SS THOMAS G. MASARYK entering this port this week tell of the "bouncing around" they received at the hands of the United Seamen's Services club in Alexandria, Egypt, and the petty bureaucrats stationed there. They tell of the collusion of the War Shipping Administration officials with thes,e petty figures of the USS as well as collusion with the small-time figures of the US Consulate Ser­ vice. In an affidavit the members of this crew expose the small-time rackets and personal prejudices being carried on against the American seamen by these fakers of the United Seamen's Services who are operating such so-called Seamen's "clubs" abroad. "We were charged excessively and over the prices the club had posted," the affidavit says in es­ sence, for these crew members were charged $4.23 American cur­ rency per day for the lodgings and meals that the "club" sold to others for about $2.60 American currency. It further shows that cigarettes donated for their use were sold to them instead of being given. Also, while they were told that they were being "given 'charity' in clothes—they were forced to pay for same even though they didn't know what such would cost," the affidavit declares. The paper further brings out the fact that they were discrim­ inated against because they were members of the Seafarers Inter­ national Union, while at the same time a crew from the NMU which has consistently toadyed toward the United Seamen's Services was given immediate aid while the same courtesy was denied this crew of SIU members. The Uriited Seamen's Services {Coniimui on Page )) TREASURY DEPARTMENT WAR FINANCE COMMITTEE OVFICE OF STATE CHAIRMAN 'I 1270 Sixth Avenue Hew York 20, H.T, August 8, 19bk John Hank, Xdltor Seafarers* Log 2 Stone Street Hew York City- Bi. 4 • 1 "4 • Dear Mr. Eawkt On behalf of the War Finance Coamjittee for Hew York I wish to express appreciation of the patriotic ^irit with idiich you and your asso­ ciates enlisted the force and influence of your publication in the Fifth War Loan. -J" .i rf; The following is a telegram received from the Maritime War Emergency Board amending the bonus rate paid in one area of the Pacific Ocean: WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM AX SlllCDC DAV 65 Govt. 2 Extra CD New York NY 309P Aug. 11, 1944 John Hawk, Seafarers Intl Union of North America 2 Stone St. NYK To All Parties Signatory To the Statement of Principles: By Amendment to Decision 2 B, effective at 12:01 AM August 25, 1944. including all voyages then in progress rate of voyage bonus payable for classification III of Article IL As provided in paragraph D of Article III is changed from 25 percent with $30 monthly minimum to 33 1/3 percent with $40 monthly minimum. ERICH NIELSEN WSA WASH DC 326P SIU Complimented For Aid To Fifth War Loan Drive 1I - ^1 NEW YORK, N. Y. - A letter from the War Finance Committee of the Treasury Department of the U. S. received by the headquarters office of the Atlantic and Gulf District of the SIU of NA thanks the Union and the Seafarers Log for aiding the recent Fifth War Loan Drive. The drive, the letter says, exceeded the huge New York quota of $4,801,000,000 by several hun­ dred million dollars in bonds. The letter is signed by Nevil Ford State Chair­ man of the War Finance Committee. A copy of the letter is reproduced herewith. New Booklet Off Press "The SIU At War" r ft-. No. 25 Your wholehearted cooperation and allot­ ment of valuable space, both in your editorial and news columns, was -unquestionably an in^ortant factor in helping Hew York exceed Its huge quota of $4,801,000,000 by several hundred million dollars, Ky sincere thanks to you ^d your staff again for the work you have done and the strong Biqpport you have given the War Finance Cooinittee, Sincerely yours. HevU Ford Stats Chairman V "The SIU At War" is the title pedoings, etc., and some of the of the latest pamphlet issued by deeds of members of the Union the Seafarers International Union that won awards and merits are of NA, John Hawk, Secy-Treas­ recorded. urer of the Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ The booklet is well illustrated trict said today. The pamphlet with pictures of ships under ac­ was written and edited by tion which show the stress of war Brother John Bunker, an active on the men doing the job of de­ wartime sailing member of the livering the goods. SIU. The booklet has just come off the press and is available in New York. Quantities are now being shipped to the Branches of the Union throughout the Nation Shrimp production for the for distribution. The booklet records many of month of June increased sharply the true experiences of members over May yields at most points of the Union during the war along the Gulf coast, helping while they have manned the ships bring up the yearly production to supply the Allied armies with which is still 28 percent below sorely needed equipment and the first six months of 1943, thp Office of the Coordinator of Fish­ arms and ammunition. eries reported. Many of the stories reveal for the first time some of the amaz­ Total production of shrimp tac ing episodes that the seamen of all purposes was 21,240 barrels ih the AFL Unions have undergone, June, a 50 percent increase over while quietly getting the goods the 14,167 barrels produced 1^ across. Stories of bombings, tor- May. Shrimp Fishing 1 �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District ASillaied wilh the American FedeiaiiOfi of Labor. HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York Qty MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 ith Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16)... SAVANNAH TAMPA MOBILE SAN JUAN, 28. P.R.. PUERTO RICO GALVESTON ADDRESS PHONE 2 Stone St 330 Atlantic Ave UNbrthCaySt 6 North 6th St 25 Commercial PI 3.39 Chartres St. 218 East Bay St 423 East Piatt St 7 St. Michael St BOwUng Green 9-3437 Liberty 405 7 Calvert4539 Lombard 7651 Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Savannah 3-172b Tampa MM-I323 Dial 2-1392 45 Ponce de Leon 219 20th Street San Jann 1885 Galveston 2-8043 PUBLK^TION OFFICE: ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City (4) BOwling Green 9-834(5 *267 Those NMU "Contracts Again, and again and again and again, (they're no pikers, in the NMU, especially the so-called "leadreship" comprising "Blackie" Myers and Moose-Jaw Curran), as their ineffectual combine in this week's NMU Pilot again reveals. They have exposed themselves as "quality labor fakers." AND THEIR ENTIRE MISSION THROUGH THE NMU IS TO CONFUSE THE SEAMEN AND BLIND THEM WITH PROPAGANDA! For the NMU Pilot has been busy issue after issue of late attempting to sell the NMU membership with the idea that the recent contract delivered to the NMU by the National War Labor Board "is universally recognized as the best agreement ever signed in the history of maritime labor relations," as declared in the Aug. 11 Pilot. They claim therefore that the so-called benefits accruing to the NMU membership therefrom also come to the American Seamen as a whole! WITH THIS THE SIU TAKES SHARP ISSUE! Once again we point out that the NMU has ridden the coat-tails of the entire maritime labor movement in gaining conditions for the seamen sailing under the NMU's so-called contracts. ; The overtime clause granted by the NLWB to the . NMU is now in dispute and is being contrasted by the ship­ owners before the Board, The shipowners are still not pay­ ing the overtime to men in the deck department for work after 5 P.M. and before 8 A.M. unless it is in excess of 8 hours in one day or are they paying men working don­ key watch in the engine department for work in port while cargo is being worked after S P.M. and before 8 A.M. The NMU agreements are still inferior in every way to those under which the members of the AFL Unions work which was shown in former issues of the Seafarers LOG which compared the conditions of the SIU with those of the NMU and showed the latter to be inferior in every way. (See Seafarers LOGs for Jan. 7, 1944 and June 30, 1944.) Again we take sharp, issue with the Stalinist fakers of the NMU—WE CHALLENGE THEM TO PUBLISH THEIR SO-CALLED "BEST AGREEMENTS" IN A COMPARATIVE FORM WITH THE AGREEMENTS OF THE SIU! THIS IS THE TIP FOR THEM TO PUT UP OR SHUT UP ! In trying to gain these contracts they have toadyed to (Continued on Page 4) -M nsg - SEAFARERS Friday. August 18. 1944 LOG = 1 WHArS DOING Around ttie Ports NEW YORK That old saying that "Patience is a Great Virtue, That Has Its Own Reward" has certainly prov­ en true here this past week. One of our members, Leon Johnson, had a beef approximately 2 years old with the Bull Line regarding being charged as a deserter from one of their vessels and losing, temporarily at least, the amount of $108. Johnson felt that his was a good dispute and that he was right in pushing it and so, at every opportunity, he would take this beef up in whatever port he happened to be at the time. This went on and on and like all things it finally came to a halt. He turned the beef in here; and one of the local Patrolmen repre­ sented him at a hearing before the Commissioner in this Port and Johnson's patience finally paid off. The Commissioner ruled in his favor. As a result, he is $108 better off. IMPORTANT BEEFS Outside of the dollar factor, there is something else of import­ ance to attach to this beef: Lots of these companies have been hanging a phony desertion charge against our members and depriv­ ing them of hard-earned dough time after time. By pushing this beef to the limit and making it pay off, we have set some sort of a precedent here and in the future, we intend to fight all desertion raps. As we all know, lots of our members have had this hum deal hung on them and have had good dough tied up a long, long time on ac­ count of it. ROBIN LINE If there are any of the crew members of the SS THOMAS MAZARAK of the Robin SS Co. around, I advise them to keep in touch with this office as the Skip­ per of that ship is due here very shortly. We have a beef on this job inV o 1 V i n g approximately $6,000 which cannot he settled until the Skipper an-ives. We have notified the company that as soon as this man hits port, to notify the Union Hall so we can go to work on it. This should he very shortly and there is no question hut what the men involved are going to he 6,000 potatoes better off. BUSINESS CLIMBING Everything is running well in the groove here in New York now. Business and shipping has finally started climbing hack up the ladder. To all of you fellows in the outports where shipping is very slow, this is to advise you that you can now ship again from this port within a fairly reason­ able length of time; so don't stay on the beach where you are and go hungry. Blow up this way and take a job. MORE BEEFS The Icoal Patrolmen are still doing a hang-up job in settling disputes around herk and are managing to settle most of them in the members' favor. Among the beefs settled in the membership's favor this week, are on the SS JULIET LOW, The Steward Dept. all have overtime due them which can he collected at the company office. This runs all the way from 1 hour for one man to 12 hours for another. There are 11 men involved on this Beef, and all have money due. On the SS OREMAR, the crew of that vessel have had disputes settled in their favor totaling an amount of approximately $200. The men involved can find amount due them in the Money Due List. To all the members who had beefs left from ships paying off in New York, or from beefs sent in here from outports, look in this week's Money Due List in the Seafarers Log for the amount of money due and the details as to the collection of it. NEW TYPE OF BEEF We have just received in this Port, the first of a particular type of beef which may become com­ mon very shortly. That's where our vessels have discharged car­ go anchored off beachheads. The company maintains" that this is technically at sea due to the fact that there is no actual harbor there. We maintain the opposite: that the cargo was directed to. and discharged at, that particular point, and with such conditions prevailing, that even though there are no regular harbors or port facilities, actually, the ships were just as much in harbor as though thoy were here in New York discharging cargo. There is no question hut what we will win the Beef, in fact, it is a puzzle to us as to why it was ever disputed to start with. However, that's the way these people do business and at times, even though you are strictly i against it, you must go through the usual motions and loss of time to collect a dispute. How­ ever, it will only he a question of a short while before these beefs pay off. So—^the officers in the Outports can take note and rest assured that as soon as we have a final settlement on this dispute, we shall notify all ports so they can avoid any delay in settling these disputes, in the future, to our members' benefits. . PATROLMEN'S ACTIVITIES The membership here Monday night took an action which will be beneficial to the membership as well as to the officials of this organization. They went on record to haye published in the Seafarers Log each week an account of the waterfront Patrolmen's activities. In this manner all hands will know just what ships were paid off and covered and the disputes settled, as well as those unsettled, and the disposition made of the same. This is a practice that is usually carried out in the West Coast Sailor and according to the mem­ bership fo the SUP, they like the idea very much. One thing, it will do is to keep the membership informed as to the waterfront ac­ tivities all down the coast and Gulf. We can look on this as a pro­ gressive move. Yours for better waterfront re­ ports of the Union's activity. PAUL HALL, Agent Protect Both America and Your Money hy Investing It in War Bonds, MONEY DUE The following men can collect money due them from the follow­ ing ships at the Moran Tov/ing and Transportation Office, San Francisco, California. MV POINT CABRILLO: D. Jodoin, C. Wendt, M. Tilley, W. Everet, G. Accola, G. Steven, G. Davit, R. Schrudder, T. Armino. M V SANIBEL ISLE: S. Sav­ age, Wallace, S. Peterson, Engh, E. Schuster, M V ST. SIMON: L. Madewell, D. Appleton, J. Larkin, D. Rus­ sell, F. Knight. M V ARANSAS PASS: A. Den­ ning, J. Voitka, R. Jones, L. Hunt­ er, Sitler. * * * M V SABINE PASS: 2 weeks' linen, port pay and disputed overtime: Rosen, Allen, Jr., D. Kaer, Crum, Hashagen, Houston, Bray, Curry, Mendell, Oakley, Davis, Gibson, Caughie, Carrier, Wright. » » * SS RICHARD BASSET: L. W. Johnson, has $108.65 coming. Pick up at Bull Line Office. • » » SS MARYMAR: Vincent Lynch, 2nd Cook, 84 hours baking, pick up at Calmar Line Office. • • • SS MARYMAR: F. R. Hutter, AB, can . collect $6.00 security watch at Calmar Office. SS JULIET LOW: Stewards Dept. have the following overlime coming from last voyage: C. L. Henderson, 111/2 hrs: C. C. Spencer, 3 hrs.; J. T. Moore, 2 hrs.: Otis Dasher, 1 hr.: P. G. Bergerson, 9 hrs.; G. E. Derrick. 1 hr.: W. E. Newman, 5 hrs.: L. J. Swan, 3 hrs.: W. Rose 31/2 hrs.; G. R. Williams, 8 hrS.: Prokapnk. 1 hr. » SS THOMAS SCULLY: Crew that paid off in March have an at­ tack bonus coming which is pay­ able at the Calmar Line office. • « • SS OREMAR: H. Vanderwerker, $15.44: J. R. Downing, $16.12; Hendricks. $19.14: H. Aradine, $68.11: Dour, 88 hrs. overtime; Perez, 14 hrs.: J. Aroya, 22'A hrs. and $6.00 security watch: Southwick, 40 hrs. » * » SS JAMES MILLER: Jennings, Utility, 24 hrs. overtime: Martin, Ch. Dk., 24 hrs.: Bruce, Gal., 36 hrs.; Flynn, Kelly, Lacombe, have the difference of wages. Firemen and Fireman-WT. * • • SS ALCOA TRADER: Rodney McKeever, Utility Man, dumping garbage, 24 hours. Payable at 17 Battery Place, New York, Alcoa d 1 ,1 Office. �\ !• 7 pIU Members Expose USS 'Rackets' In Ports Of Middle East Friday, August 18, 1944 THE SEAFARERS LOG Merchant Marine Care Bill Is Introduced Page Thre* Union Clamps Down On Rules ForStewards* Shipping List A bill providing hospital and and Alexandria, and WALTER medical care for merchant mar­ (Continued from Page 1) Pursuant to the final resole in a resolution passed by is a semi-official adjunct of the S. TOWER, JR., of Port Said, who ine vets of World Wars I and II all ports, all Stewards and the so-called "Key-Ratings" in will be brought up for hearing War r h i p p ing Administration, is a Port Representative. riie affidavit asserts that they On April ( 1944, the afore­ during the approaching session any department must register at the Union Halls for em" were ordered to stay at that club; said Mr. Robinson, of the WAR of Congress, it was announced ployment and ship from the rotary hiring lists. I "for it was made compulsory that SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION, yesterday at national headquar­ Any failure to abide is shown in the resolution's pen­ Ithey stay there and spend their interviewed the above crew in ters of the Merchant Marine Vet­ alties, as follows: money without the right of voice Alexandria, and asked for volun­ erans' Association of the United The resolution signed by sev-* in what they were doing. teers to go back to the ship and States, in Boston, The biU, orig­ enty-nine members, andwas pass­ Jr. 10786, A. Collett 24602, S. inally presented to Congress on The affidavit with the names of salvage her. Frey 28438, F. D. Foster 26801, C. ed, reads as follows: May 22, 1944, National Maritime the seamen omitted for reason of R. Watson 23186, W. E. Culliman Crew members told him that BE IT THEREFORE RESOLV­ forestalling reprisals against they would be willing to go back Day, by Congressman J. Hardin 24952, H. L. Babbitt 10243, W. ED, that any man registering at them for their courage is entered to the said ship and assist in sal­ Peterson of Florida, is the first a company office or bearing a Gentry 7689, A. Michelet 21184, hereunder. The dates of the tor­ vaging her if they could obtain step toward securing recognition letter of recommendation to a A. V. Alliusi 28495, S. Turner pedoing and port entries are also some clothes to work in. He as­ for the men serving in the Ameri specific job be fined Fifty dollars 7199, E. Anoyo 6933, W. G. Rueexcluded for reasons of war se­ serted that the UNITED SEA­ can Merchant Marine. ($50.00) and be suspended from rap 27402, C. H. Starling 6220, curity and censorship. MEN'S SERVICE CLUB in Al­ Charity" by the UNITED SEA­ the shipping list for a period of Ray White G57, J. Algina 1320, C. It is noteworthy that other exandria was fuU of "gear, shoes, MEN'S SERVICE officials, it is sixty (60) days for the first of­ E. Cummings 23347, L. N. John­ crews have brought the same shirts, pants, socks, etc., etc." noteworthy that we were being fense, and for the second offense son 108, E. R. Smith 20057, W. conditions in other ports to the He then took us, SEAFARERS' charged $4.23 per day, equivalent be fined one hundred ($100.00) Hamilton 3400, C. B. Masterson f c.ttention of the SIU. Other af­ INTERNATIONAL UNION mem­ to the subsistence for quarters and never be allowed to ship in a 20297, J. H. Houners-256, J. P. fidavits are being taken and the bers, down to that same Club, Shuler, GlOl, C. G. Haymond and meals, at the aforesaid UNI­ rating as key man again, and racket will be expected in full. and in the cellar we saw that it G98, W. Paul Gonsorchik 749, H. Joe Glick 7516, W. J. Kirby 852, TED SEAMEN'S SERVICE Ho­ W. Greenlee 21066, S. M. Arruda AFFIDAVIT was as stated, filled with the tel. Further, although we wer L. Paradeau A 9, L. F. Hoth 22018, 22512, Thos. E. Maynes 22367, J. State of New York ) "gear, shoes, shirts, pants, socks, told that it was a so-called "Char­ A Nozva 21522, J. R. Velasquez M. ScheU G298, D. S. Beachley County of New York ) SS: etc., etc." ity" on the UNITED SEAMEN'S 20424, S. S. Celon 22896, Henry 24369, John H. Morris G309, W. C. Borought of Manhattan) Buckmann 22899, J. Cruz Jr. However, since the United SERVICE rep la cements of Francis 20832, P. T. Lykke 21466, We, the following members of Seamen's Service authorities had clothes, we SEAFARERS' INTER­ 3538, Jose G. Lopez 4874, M. P. F. Werstlein Pac 186, B. F. the S S "THOMAS G. MA- outfitted the NATIONAL MARI­ NATIONAL UNION members Lanchron 4197, M. A. Duchan Sellers G202, E. Taylor 30264, H. SARYK," freely depose and say TIME UNION members, who were charged for the same, al­ 22566, Thomas W. King 24238, J. C. Michels 7602, L. Gonzalex 3247, that we, ( were survivors of the torpedoing, though the same UNITED SEA­ E. Brown 6794, H. Nelson 7016, )were members of without any dispute, while the MEN'S SERVICE refused to ren­ E. Schweiger 864, S. Heinfling P. O. Peralta 21397, R. Anderson the crew of the above said ship, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL: der any account of charges made. Pas 30, P. Silverson 38731, E. Pac 39, J. W. Prescott G114, 0. J. which was torpedoed April ( ) UNION members were ignored, The statement of the UNITED Flowers 23876, L. Williams 21550, Sobczyk 27763, H. Peters 4478, V. d944. and several crew members took SEAMEN'S SERVICE officials L. S. Johnston G53, F. F. Seufert Vomias 27712, F. De Haney 24385, We, as well as the other mem­ issue in the matter. Mr. Green ar­ was "Sign here—^it will be taken 24020, G. Blanchette 31257, Mar­ D. Horn G166, W. H. Moore 5960, bers of the crew are members of bitrarily stated that he and the out of your wages." Further than tin 25278, A. H. Lopez 38898, R. H. Ward 26009. the SEAFARERS' INTERNA­ UNITED SEAMEN'S SERVICE that, they refused to give any ex­ Corcla 27374, P. H. Parsons 27751, MOTION TIONAL UNION of NORTH didn't want anything to do with planation of what the charges Louis Pinnilla 29166, E. G. Hurst (C. G. Haymond G98—several) AMERICA. The SS "MEYER them, since they were only "on would be, might be, or what 22716, C. F. Locknish 30414, A. to concur. LONDON," a ship under NA­ charity." Lorrie 25334, S. S. Ary 24572, W. Hand vote called for—197 for, might be expected. TIONAL MARITIME UNION The NATIONAL MARITIME UNITED SEAMEN'S SERVICE Darough 21981, N. C. Cashewf 0 against. contract, was torpedoed at ap­ Union crew were outfitted imme­ representatives r e p e a t e dly at­ 21732, E. Kelch 6523, R. E. Porter CARRIED. proximately the same time. We, diately, as heretofore said, and tempted to have this crew stand like the crew of the "MEYER they were sent the next day after posing for pictures, which were LONDON," were rescued and they landed, on April ( ) 1944, obviously to be used for propa­ taken into the PORT of ALEX­ to Cairo, for repatriation back to ganda purposes. A number of ANDRIA, EGYPT April ( ) the United States. pictures were taken. Mr. Green il944. When the crew of the SS requested that the crew pose for Like the NATIONAL MARI­ "THOMAS G. MASARYK" ap­ pictures with beer in front of Six representatives of Ameri­ TIME UNION crew, we applied pealed to the Assistant Consul of them; when the crew asked that can _labor v/ill visit the European for clothes and aid at the UNI- the United States in Alexandria, the UNITED SEAMEN'S SER­ Numerous inquires by new Theater of Operations to get a TED SEAMEN'S SERVICE they were told that "they had no VICE pay for the beer, Mr. Green firsthand picture of our weapons CLUB. MESSRS. GREEN and rights, since there was a war on." and his associates emphatically members and men who have and war equipment in action, the made one trip on an SIU trip LOVEJOY have the said club He also refused to allow us to declined to take the pictures. War Department announced in there. interview the Consul himself in It is learned from first hand card or permit have some of the Washington last week. patrolmen almost exhausted at The NATIONAL MARITIME that port. We were unable to observation and victimization The labor leaders were nomin­ UNION crew were immediately reach this individual. WE WERE that in Cario, the UNITED SEA­ pay-off times, officers of the ated by President William Green outfitted and granted immediate UNABLE TO' SECURE THE MEN'S SERVICE is making a Union declare. All the new mem­ of the American Federation of courtesy, subsistence, relief, etc. SLIGHTEST REPRESENTA­ practice of selling cigarettes for bers want to know why they are Labor and President Philip Mur­ When the crew of the SS "THOM­ TION FROM THE U. S. CON­ eight cents (8c) per package to issued Probationary Books in­ ray of the Congress of Industrial AS G. MASARYK," of which we SULATE SERVICE IN ALEX­ American seamen, although such stead of FULL UNION BOOKS. Organizations. In order to clear this up and 'were members, applied for the ANDRIA, EVEN THOUGH OUR cigarettes have been donated by The visitors will have an op­ to make the task of the patrol- portunity to observe the destrucsame facilities, we were immedi­ PAPERS WERE IN ORDER, patriotic groups, stores and in­ ately told by the aforesaid Mr. EVEN THOUGH WE HAD AC­ dividuals of the United States me neasier it should be noted tiveness of modern war and the Love joy that there were no CRUED WAGES AND MONIES and ar estamped, "For members that the Union's policy as voted necessity for constant replace­ clothes to give. He further said COMING AND EVEN THOUGH of the Armed Forces," with the by the last Convention was that ments to sustain the force of our that he would have to send to WE WERE TORPEDOED SUR­ compliments of the said patriotic each incoming new member offensives. should be required to remain as They also will discuss supply CAIRO for clothes, and declared VIVORS. We were told in es­ groups and stores, etc. that he "didn't care about any of sence that if we did not get out While it is noteworthy that the a probationary member for the problems and the performance of our 'beefs' because we were on of the Consulate, U. S. Army Mil­ NATIONAL MARITIME UNION period of 1 year and* that he be equipment made by American charity." The "our" in his remark itary Policemen would take us in crew torpedoed at the same time immediately issued a probation­ workers with Army personnel referred to the SEAFARERS' charge and incacerate us. Our. as the crew of the "THOMAS G. ary book which would record his from doughboys and flight me­ INTERNATIONAL UNION. answers to requests for assist­ MASARYK" were repatriated al­ dues and assessments payments. chanics to generals. It was seen that this period was Those who have been design­ It is noted, in passing, that ance at the Agent's Office for this most immediately, the "bouncing" necessary so that the new mem­ ated to make the trip are: R. J. Messrs. Green and Love joy, sup- vessel were substantially the received by this SEAFARERS' bers could avail themselves to Thomas, President of the United •posedly UNITED SEAMEN'S same. We were forced to return INTERNATIONAL UNION crew necessary Trade Union education Automobile Workers (CIO); Sher­ SERVICE CLUB representatives, to the UNITED SEAMEN'S SER­ is noticeable around the fact that and enter into the spirit of real man H. Dalrymple, President of work closely with the represen­ VICE CLUB in Alexandria. the first unlicensed crew mem­ Unionism. As subsequent compliants that tatives of the WAR SHIPPING bers did not leave the area of op­ the United Rubber Workers The Convention decisions were (CIO); David J. McDonald, Sec­ Administration not only in the this was not what we wanted, and erations until over one month af­ Poft of Alexandria, but also in that the said Club was full of ter they had arrived there; and voted upon by membership ref­ retary-Treasurer of the United Cairo, as well as with the Port vermin, bedbugs, etc., and was, many were still arriving here in erendum and almost unanimous­ Steel Workers (CIO); Fi-ank P. •Representative at Port Said. in fact, "a third-class hotel," were the United States 72 days later. ly carried. Since then the officers Fenton, Director of Organization These people are respectively, later justified in view of the fact It is also alleged that there are of the Union have carried out the for the American Federation of BYRON P. ROBINSON, who that subsequent to our complaints still men left behind over there edict of the membership in is­ Labor; A. L. Wegener, Assistant makes his office in Cairo and is the U. S. Army stepped in and from this crew at this date. It suing such probationary books. to the President, International the War Shipping Administra­ sent in their exterrninators to must be noted, in qualification of Brotherhood of Electrical Work­ tion's Regional Director for the clean house. the above, that the salvage oper­ (AFL), and Eric Peterson, Keep In Touch With ers Although we, the SEAFARERS ations took only twenty-one days, '~East Mediterranean; Egyptian Executive Vice President of the Your Draft Board Representative JAMES WOOD- INTERNATIONAL UNION crew and those who worked salvage International Association of Ma­ HOUSE, who has offices in Cairo were told that, "W ewere on chinists (AFL). (Continued on Page 4) New Members US Labor Leaders Get Probationary Visit War Fronts Union Books -4 '1 /< ' I u �d THE I>B9» Four SKAt> ARERS Friday, Attgusi 18; 1944 LOG es |JS Joins Sieven Other Nations In Ship Pact Washington, D. C., Aug.—The State Department announced to­ night that the United States, the United Kingdom and six other United Nations have agreed, to share jointly the responsibility of providing the shipping needed to win the war and to supply Allied pations and liberated areas for six months after it ends, according to the United Press. The agreement, announced si­ multaneously here and in Lon­ don, was signed after a series of London meetings by representa­ tives of Belgium, Canada, Greece, the Netherlnads, Norway and Po­ land, as well as the United King­ dom and the United States. The French Committee of National Liberation and Denmark also were represented at the meeting. Further discussions will be ar­ ranged soon to iron out details the announcement said, and other governments will be invited to cooperate. Machinery governing United Nations shipping is to be adjusted to conform with the de­ claration, it added. ATTENTION!! E. F. FRY!! You have $8.00 in Headquarters office awaiting you which was collected by mistake. This occured in Norfolk. See Theo Thomson. The SIU Building SIU Members Expose USS ^Rackets' In Assessment Ports Of Middle East Recently a $10.00 BUILDING ASSESSMENT WAS PASSED BY THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ON A REFERENDUM BALLOT. The membership voted for this almost unanimously! Don't beef at your Union Agents and Patrolmen when ap­ proached for payment of this assessment. The membership which we are all a part of voted for this because they believe: 1: That Union Halls owned outright by the Union's membership ate a back-log to the Union's finances. 2: That such properties will help tke Union and keep it from the action of the shipowners, who would un­ doubtedly attempt to influence hostile landlords dur­ ing time of strike or lockout. 3: That such halls- are the property of the members themselves and should be the finest possible to gain. 4: That such Union Halls owned by the Union should give the members and the membership better condi­ tions in their own. shipping halls while they are on the beach. 5: That they want to have clean, well ventilated Union Halls in which they can hold their meetings, check their baggage, spend their time while ashore, read, have leisure and past-times such as cards and checkers. 6: That the Union shall progress and carry forth a comphrensive program of education in the best man­ ner in the best quarters obtainable. 7: That the Union shall be independent of any out­ side influences and shall truly belong to the mem­ bership. 8: That they may have Union halls where the mem­ bership can plan economic action for the betterment of their own wages and conditions when required. Since the membership own tha Union and control it by majority vote, and since the passing of the Building Assess­ ment was by referendum—^it is a membership edict that must be carried outi •••r - '-ifK;! rate of exchange, however, is (Cmthmed from Page 3) $4.16 for the Egyptian Pound, were the last to leave the said which in that coinage comprises area. Some of those who were 100 Piastres. Therefore, from the not required to work salvage de­ aforestated rate it can Ije assunP parted from the area during the ed that as crew members we period as represented above, overcharged for the same meals] while the others were required and beds by this same UNITED to remain over the lengthened SEAMEN'S SERVICE CLUB, period, at great inconvenience to which as heretofore stated charg-| themselves, the Merchant Marine ed the members of this crew al and the War Effort. the rate of $4.23 per day for the Witness under this we set said meals and beds. our hand this 16th day of Legal It is further noted arid heretofj August, 1944. Seal sworn that all persons hereabove JANETA BENKJE named as the representatives of Notary Public, New York the WAR SHIPPING ADMINIS­ Register's No. 43'9-B-5. TRATIONS and the UNITEDL, Commission Expires SEAMEN'S SERVICES, as welifi March 30, 1945. as the UNITED STATES CON-J It is further deposed, said and SULATE, prevented crew mem­ made a part hereto of the fore­ bers from making .a choice of taking up other lodgings or eat­ going affidavit: That the rates of the charges to ing places. THE UNITED SEA­ be made by the United Seamen's MEN'S SERVICE CLUB wasj Service Club in Alexandria, made compulsory, even thought Egypt, were posted dn a black­ crew members were required tol pay for said services. board there as follows: Meals 15 piastres Witness this 16th day of Leg Beds 20 piastres August 1944. Seal at the rate of one bed per day JANETA BENKJE and three meals per day this Notary Public, New York would make a total of some 65 County. Clerk's No. 381, piastres (Egyptian), which is Register's No. 439-B-5. comparable to an approximate Commission Expires $2.60 in American Currency. The March 30, 1945. Those NMU "Contracts 99 AN EDITORIAL (^Continued from page 2) the shipowners, the Government agencies and . to all the politicians that they could reach. Not once have they shown one iota of economic strength against the shipowners and the bosses to bring about gains for the workers. If the NMU "contracts are the best" as their membership's misleaders assert then why did they insist and demand "equalization of con­ tracts" on a par with the SUP-SIU? They coined the slogan "Equal Pay for Equal Work" in an effort to put their demands across before the National War Labor Board. The NWLB did not grant the NMU demands — v ' knowing well, as did the shipowners, that the NMU were unable to back up their demapds by economic action. They knew, as all seamen KNOW that these scabby sellout artists have lost the support of bona fide seamen and could­ n't tie up a rowboat in Central Park on an August afternoon. ^ However, in the meantime we can count on la Barrymore "This is not the stuff that dreams are made of!" They are becoming classical poets in their feverish and desperate attempt to con­ tinue to hoodwink and befuddle the NMU membership and the seamen as a whole. The PAYOFF however will tell the tale and the NMU membership will find the difference between words and cash to be cold comfort. The proof that the "best agreement the NMU has ever had" is a mirage without physical exist­ ence is best judged by the fact that the NMU leadership" proclaim that the NMU agreement will be opened with a demand for drastic wage ir^reases. Again we will hear the cry of "stab­ ilization" and equality with the SUP-SIU con­ tracts. The American seamen are fast learning that real contracts and conditions are won and held by "Union strength" derived from the economic power of Union conscious men and not Stalinist propaganda and shipowner-Stalinist Labor Front policies with the Government's blessing. Musical headlines can ill supplant organized Union-conscious seamen. Book carriers for a shipowner-Stalinist Labor Front Job Trust or slave market may pour dues into the Stalinist controlled NMU treasury and swell the NMU coffers but sooner or later THEY TOO realize that the price they are paying for such "leader­ ship" is economic suicide. They drift away tow­ ards Unions and leadership which carry on a day to day struggle to win and improve con­ tracts and conditions. That the CP-NMU leadership are not inter­ ested in gaining real wages and conditions can be seen by their stand on the recent Bonus cuts which reacted against the seamen, and the NMU membership, as a WAGE CUT. Their cry at that time, "We prefer Wage raises." This de­ mand was answered by the NWLB decision. The NMU-CP officials are still pouring forth their propaganda to blind their membership and the seamen as a whole to their utter bankruptcy and their collusion wit^i the shipowners. The seamen lire left holding the bag. Seamen today are confronted with the fact that MIRAGES, MYTHS AND FABLES SUCH AS MIRRORED BY THE CP-NMU WAGES AND CONDITIONS OF THE AM. ERICAN SEAMEN. THESE WAGES AND CONDITIONS CAN ONLY BE WON BY THE ORGANIZED ACTIONS OF REAL UNIONS — like the SUP-SIU. THESE UNIONS SHOW THE RESULT OF GEN­ UINE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WITH' THE SHIPOWNERS BACKED BY GEN-' UINE ECONOMIC STRENTH. AS GENUINE UNIONS CONTROLLED BY THEIR MEMBERSHIP WITH THE MEMBERSHIP PARTICIPATING IN ALL DEMANDS ON CONTRACTS THERE CAN BE NO SECRET BACKDOOR DEALS NOR CAN POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS SIDETRACK THE ECONOMIC FACTORS WHICH ADD WAGES AND CONDI­ TIONS UNDER CONTRACT AND BET­ TERS THE LIVELIHOOD OF THE AMERI­ CAN SEAMEN. The Stalinist leadership of the NMU is fast becoming known as the chief reac^tionary force in the maritime industry. Their collusion her­ alded as "cooperation" with the shipowners smells to High Heaven and can only be explain­ ed by the fact that the Stalinist tools, Curran,: Myers, etc., stooges of Browder, in turn the tools of Moscow, have thrown aside the good and wel­ fare of the American workers for special poli­ tical reasons. The NMU under its present Political leader­ ship is now a drag against wages and conditions of all seamen and against the progress of all Unions. 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Title A name given to the resource August 8, 1944 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VI, No. 25 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU MEMBERS EXPOSE USS 'RACKETS' IN PORTS OF MIDDLE EAST NEW PACIFIC BONUS AMENDMENT SIU COMPLIMENTED FOR AID TO FIFTH WAR LOAN DRIVE NEW BOOKLET OFF PRESS-"THE SIU AT WAR" SHRIMP FISHING THOSE NMU "CONTRACTS" MERCHANT MARINE CARE BILL IS INTRODUCED UNION CLAMPS DOWN ON RULES FOR STEWARDS' SHIPPING LIST NEW MEMBERS GET PROBATIONARY UNION BOOKS US LABOR LEADERS VISIT WAR FRONTS US JOINS SEVEN OTHER NATIONS IN SHIP PACT THE SIU BUILDING ASSESSMENT Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 08/18/1944 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1944 Periodicals Seafarers Log