http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/16b36402e84f50cdae3cfb21833edeb6.PDF 48dae6a678ba6ad65eb6585a62d3baed PDF Text Text OFFICIAL ORGAN 07 THE A'KiAinTO AND QUliF DISTRICT, SBA7ABEB8* INTEBNATnarAL tiNICW 07 NORTH ASIERICA VoL VI. NEW YORK. N. Y„ FRIDAY. OCTOBER 13. 1944 No. 33 War Labor Board Approves SlU Electricians* Pay Scale John Hawk's Statement On FEPC Charges Of Racial Discrimination Again the SIU leads the field on the East Coasthenceforth chief electricians on C-type ships tinder con­ tract to our union will receive $207 per month, while as­ sistant electricians will receive $137.50. These rates became certain this week when the War Labor Board upheld the The SIU was hailed before the President's Committee on Fair Employment Practices in New York on October 10. Attending the hearings was John Hawk, Vice President of the Seafarers International Union, and Secretary-Treasurer of the Atlantic & Gulf Districe. Hawk was accompanied by the union's attorney, Richard M. Cantor. Following is the full text of the statement issued on this case by Hawk: • This is a hearing conducted by the •T'resident's Committee on Fair Employment Practice. It is held to hear chsirges that the Seafarei-s International Union of North America has allegedly vio­ lated Executive Order 8802 and 9346. The specific charges and the alleged facts on which they are based are contained in para­ graphs numbered VTI to XXXIII in a Statement of Charges dated September 25, 1944, signed by Malcolm Ross, Chairman of the President's Committee on Fair Employment Practice. This Committee was created by an executive order in which a 1/ the Px-esident claims to derive his fundamental authority from "The Constitution and Statutes, and as "Commander-in-Chief o: the Army and Navy." The functions and powers o: the Committee are set forth in the 5th item of Executive Order No. 9346, which reads as follows "The Committee shall receive and investigate complaints of disci-imination forbidden by this Order. It may conduct hearings make findings of facts, and take appropi-iate steps to obtain elim­ ination of such discrimination. The procedui'e under which this Committee should operate Heat On Little Steel Formula may be found in specification "8" of the same order. NO RULES What has the Committee done sinee May 27, 1943 to promulgate such rules and regulations? The necessity for such rules, or a code of procedure was specifically recognized by the order itself. Common sense and a deference to orderly procedure would re­ quire such a body of rules, in any event. Apparently no such, collation of rul^s was in existence on March 4^ 1944, when the New York Regional Office of the Com­ mittee sent a letter to the Sea­ farers International Union of North America. To this state­ ment are attached as part hereof copies of this letter, the letter of Seafarers International Union of North America dated March 7th in reply thereto. A telegram dated March 8th, signed by Ed­ ward Lawson, Regional Director of the Committee, letter dated March 8th in reply to the tele­ gram by Seafarers International Union of North America to the Committee under date of March 23, 1944., (Continued on Page 2) LJ r:. union and endorsed a previous^ panel decision giving us this Ass't.—^Base rate $120.00, tempor­ ary increase $17.50, total scale. $13t.50. While several of the working These rates shall be effective as conditions demanded by the of September 21, 1944 for em­ union were denied, the wage ployees on vessels at sea and in scales were the important items port. and on this score we came II. Electricians' Job Status: through with an important vic­ Electricians shall be directly re­ tory. The dispute on wages was sponsible to the Chief Engigneer, between the union and the fol- or in his absence, to the engineer 1 owing companies: Mississippi, in charge. The foregoing terms Waterman, American Range, Seas and conditions shall be incorpor­ Shipping, South Atlantic, and ated in a signed agreement recit­ Eastern. Thus the new wage ing the intention of the pairties to scale is in effect on ships operated have their relations governed by these lines, as of September thereby as ordered by the Na­ tional War Labor Board. 21, 1944. III. Liability to Electrocution: Following is the text of the The union's request for a clause WLB directive: providing than an "electricians By virtue of and pursuant to refusal to do electrical work, the powers vested in it by Execu­ when such work renders them tive Order 9017 of January 12, liable to electrocution, shall not 1942, the Executive Orders, Dir­ be deemed refusal of duty" is ectives, and Regulations issued hereby denied. under the Act of October 2, 1942, IV. Installation of New Equip­ and the War Labor Disputes Act ment: The union's request that of June 25, 1943, the National "when electricians are required War Labor Board, hereby decides to install any additional equip­ the dispute between the parties ment, it shall be classified as and orders that the following overtime and paid for at the reg­ terms and conditions of employ­ ular overtime rate," the overtime ment shall govern the relations not to be applied in the event of between the parties: renewals or replacements of I. Wages: The following month­ worn-out equipment, is hereby ly rates shall be established for denied. V. Hiring of Electricians: The Chief Electrician and Assistant companies' proposal of a new Electrician on C-type vessels: Chief--Base rate $189.50, tempor­ clause with regard to the hiring ary increase $17.50, total of electricians is hereby disap­ proved. $207.00. NEW OVERTIME METHOD TO. AID COLLECTIONS The already excellent record of collecting disputed overtime established by the union in the past year is about to be improved and the rank and file members stand to collect many hours which has often been lost to them in the past because of inadequ­ ate collection machinery between ports. This fact became certain this week as the branches up arid down the coast approved a revised overtime bookkeeping system which Here are the leaders of organized labor just after visiting the White House to discuss with President Roosevelt the elimination of the Little Steel Formula. Despite strong pressure from both the AFL and CIO. Roosevelt has not yet indicated that he is going to allow wages to catch up with the cost of living. It looks like these . officials were merely beating their gums when they talked to the . President. They are. left to right, front row, CIO President Philip Murray. Mrs. Anna Rosenberg of the War Manpower Commission. AFL President William Green and President Daniel J. Tobin. Int'L Brotherhood of Teamsters (AFL). Back row, left to right: SecretaryTreasurer Julius Emspak. United Electrical Radio & Machine Work­ ers (CIO); Pres. R. J. Thomas. United Auto Workers. (CIO); and AFL Secretary-Treasurer George Meany. was sponsor^ jointly by the At­ lantic & Gulf District headquartei's and the New York branch. The new system is aimed at sup­ plying the New York officials with the complete story of- every overtime beef that is forwarded from outports for collection at the shipowners home office. FULL DETAILS The key to the new system is new overtime dispute sheet which gives a comprehensive story of every man's beef from sign on until the time of pay-off. The sheet, when properly filled in, gives the name of the vessel and its location, the name of the company, the union member's name and his rating and watch, a description of the work done and all details pertaining to it, an explanation of why the overtime "was not paid, and the signature of the department head who dis­ puted the right to overtime for that particular work. Whenever a branch agent finds it impossible to settle the dispute in the port of payoff, he signs this sheet and forwards it to the New York branch—^providing, of course, that the home office of the company is located there. HEAVY LOAD IN NEW YORK In a letter of explanation sent to all branches, the New York of­ ficials wrote, "Since this port has been settling beefs submitted from all ports, we have found that quite often the lack of a good, comprehensive, itemized .^11 account of disputes have cost (Continued on Page 4) �' Pago Two » THE SEAFARERS Friday, Ociober 13, 1944 LOG — SEAFARERS LOG ! John Hawk's Statement On FEPC 'Published by the Charges Of Racial Discrimination SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OP NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated wth tlx Am^ican Federation of Labor, HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 10 J Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK. - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box IS, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 ytfi Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Directory of Branches BRANCJH NEW YORK H) BOSTON ilO) BALTIMORE (2). PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK. NEW ORLE/^S (16). CHARLESTON (9) SAVANNAH TAMPA JACKSONVILLE MOBILE SAN JUAN, 2B P.R. PUERTO RICO GALVESTON ADDRESS 5( Beaver St 330 AUantic. Ave 14 North Cay St 6 Norii 6th St.. 25 Commercial PI 339 Chartres St 68 Society St 220 East Bay St 423 East Piatt St 920 Main St 7 St. Michael St. ^ , 45 Ponce de Leon 219 20th St PHONE HAnover 2-2784 Liberty 405^7 Calvert 4539 Lombard 7651 Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Charleston 3-2930 Savannah 3-1728 Tampa MM-1323 Jacksonville 5-123 I Dial 2-1392 San Juan 1885 Galveston 2-8043 m PUBLICATION OFFICE; SI BEAVER STREET New York, (4) N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 New Educational Series Launched By New York Additional material keyed to the progressive educa­ tional program of the SIU is now out and will be included in packages now being distributed to all delegates on ships leaving the port of New York. The new series just released will be augmented from time to time with leaflets describ­ ing union activities and acquaint-• ing members with union benefits ject in the book; from shifting cargo to boat hire in foreign and services. ports, and none of the claims have One of this series tells about been easy to collect, ^ut your the little known Special Services branch agents and patrolmen Department in New York which have "gone to hat" for you every has handled hundreds of beefs time. When the claim was justi­ involving Coast Guard, Draft, and fied and when you furnished Immigration cases. The series clear- definite facts to work on will also include a summary of they got the money for you. duties and responsibilities of the various departments, hints on Largest single sum collected for one man was $700.00. More submitting overtime, etc. important, however, were hun­ In order to insure complete dreds of smaller claims, ranging and effective distribution of the from $1.00 to more than $100.00 educational material, copies of —hard earned American dollars the Seedarers Log, "You and that you got because you were on Your Union," and "SIU at War," a ship sailing under an SIU con­ illustrated booklet telling the story of SIU men in tlie war, will tract. be distributed in folders to all Remember! This is money you ship's delegates when a vessel never would have seen if the SIU signs on. The material will then hadn't been there behind you. be distributed among the crew Just another proof that SIU mem­ when the ship gets to sea. bership pays DIVIDENDS. Following is the first educa­ tional leaflet released by the branch. WE'RE RINGING THE BELL EVERY DAY !! Every day your union agents The membership assembled and patrolmen are ringing the at all Branches of the Union bellcollecting good, hard cash have many times gone on rec­ for SIU men in beefs involving ord that all members of the disputed overtime and special organization shall pay their wages. dues in the port of payoff. From March, '44 to September, Refusal to foUow this policy '44 the New York office, through of the organization will result which passes most of the over­ in charges being brought time (jlaims, has alone collected against members violsding this more than the Rjnazing sum of rule. $75,000 in (iisputed wages. Claims have covered every sub­ IMPORTANT! (Continued from Page 1) This correspondence is inter­ esting for more reasons than one. On the narrow issue of proce­ dure alone, the attempt of this Committee to bamboozle the Sea­ farers International Union of North America is made abun­ dantly clear. A compellingly clear request that the Committee define its powers and procedui-e, both, met with evasion and the employment of veiled threat. THE RECORD This correspondence cofnprises all of the dealings and communi­ cations between the Seafarers In­ ternational Union of North Am­ erica and the Committee. Noth­ ing else has passed between the parties either by writing or word of mouth until the receipt of the notice of hearing with State­ ment of Charges attached, signed by Malcolm Ross, as Chairman of the Committee, under date of September 25th, 1944. Together with the Noice of Hearing, etc., was received a "Statement Re­ garding Hearings" of the Com­ mittee. Copies attached herewith. This "Statement" immediately referred to above bears no date, and is the first notice received by the Seafarers International Union of North America of any alleged rules of procedure. This state­ ment alleges that after the hear­ ing, the Committee will prepare a "Proposed Summary of Evi­ dence Findings, Directives and/ or Recommendations," which when approved is served upon the party charged. This Proposed Summai-y, etc., is not released for publication." This part of the rule refers to "the Committee, Subcommittee or Hearing Examiner" a hydra head­ ed monster. Before what and whom is this hearing to he held? WHO'S TOP MAN? The rule further indicates that the summary of evidence, etc., must first he "approved" before service on the party charged. "Approved" by Whom? 'This is a strange hearing indeed, where the judge or judges sit merely as a front for some unnamed and undesignated personality. This would he a form of trial foreigD to the spirit and form ac­ cepted judicial procedure in the United States. Our arguments and appeals will evoke nothing but a hollow echo, because the judges have no judgment or dis­ cretion. Our steps will tread a path with a dead "ending. The gestures of the participants will simulate the motions of a wind­ mill. To quote a great judicial figure, "Personal contact with the Court is essential to the proper rendi­ tion of justice." "Can we he ex­ pected to yield the interests of our membership to the jurisdic­ tion of a Court which is cloaked in anonymity and shrouded with mystery. The "Rules" further provide that the "Proposed Summary, etc.," is not re]ea.sed for publica­ tion !! CGNSPIRACY We can conceive of no rule, that is more subject to abuse than the rule of secrecy. Conspiracy, plotting and crime are best serv­ ed by secrecy, but truth and jus­ tice never. Full publicity is a fundamental of our judicial pro­ cedure, that is, full publicity in the time honored sense, not the method apparently used by this Committee in igsuing press re­ leases. We mean conducting pro­ ceedings in open court and the rendition of findings and judg­ ment in similar manner for the world to hear and see. This ban against publication appears all the more suspicious and even sinister, in view of the peculiar brand of publicity al­ ready given to these "Charges" in the public press. We charge that the items which have ap­ peared in the public press were directly inspired by the Com­ mittee. . . ^ CREATING BIAS The effect of this publicity has been to create an atmosphere of prejudice and bias. Mr. Edward Lawson, Regional Fair Employ­ ment Director, is quoted in PM as saying that although the Com­ mittee has tried for more than six months to settle the matter with union officials "they have remained obdurate and will not change their policy without going through a hearing." No other contact with the Com­ mittee has been had other than the correspondence cited. Obvi­ ously this statement attributed to Mr. Lawson is incorrect as to the facts. Moreover, the correspon­ dence clearly demonstrates that the issue has been prejudged by the same Mr. Lawson. He speaks of the "hearing" as an instru­ ment which he is employing to compel the Seafarers Internation­ al Union of North America to conform to his own notions. Ap­ parently, the Committee is not averse to the use of publicity when publicity suits its own pur­ poses and ends. And such pub­ licity! These items in the papers are nothing less than propaganda releases by those who assume to he our judges. SLANDER To demonstrate the character of this publicity. Jet us call at­ tention once more to the item appearing in PM under date of October 7th, Mr. Lawson charges that on one occasion, because of the Union's policies, a ship miss­ ed a convoy in Norfolk and was held up several days. This serious charge made in the public press is not contained in the Statement of Charges at­ tached to the notice of hearing. Mr. Lawson is Regional Direct­ or of the New York Office. The healing is scheduled to be held in his "region." The statements made by him to the press furnish ample evidence of his close con­ nection with the charges and the "hearing." Beyond question, we are justified in concluding that this prejudiced, unfair person, who resorts so readily to snide practices properly represents the Committee's attitude and prac­ tices. DEFENSE RESTRICTED The "Rules" attempt to narrow and restrict the scope of the de­ fense in another important re­ spect. To quote, "Persons, other than witnesses requested to he present, may not testify hut, etc." The "witnesses requested" are further defined in the sixth para­ graph of the "Rules." This holds that: "It is expected that the party m charged will he represented at the hearing by a policy making official with authority to speak for the party charged." Actually, no such person exists. The policy of the Seafarers In­ ternational Union of North Am­ erica differs sharply from that of the Committee in this respect. Tre membership colored and white, is the sole repository of policy making power. The Of­ ficials are instructed regarding these policies by the truest and simplest democratic process—the vote. It is not at all surprising that the Committee should fail to sense the fact that the Seafarers International Union of North America is truly a product of the American way. We harbor no dictators. On October 5th, the Union re­ ceived the following telegram: October 5. 1944 John Hawk, Secty-Treas. Seafarers' International Union 51 Beaver Street "Understeind there is some confusion in your mind con­ cerning right of the Seafarers' International Union of North America to present testimony at hearing on October 10, 1944. Your attention directed to no­ tice of hearing dated Septem­ ber 25, 1944, duly served upon you together with statement of charges, which states "The Committee requests that your union have as its repjresentalive at the hearing an oRicial or officials who can testify with authority and full knowl­ edge of the fads relative to the employment policies and prac­ tices of your union with respect to matters in the attached state­ ment of charges and order for hearing." You are refeirred to "statement regarding hearings of ihe President's Committee on Fair Employment Practice" attached to the statement of charges and likewise duly serv­ ed upon you. This statement makes clear your right "to be heard before fined action by the committee." It also states "it is expected that thd party charged will be represented at the hearing by a policy-making official with authority to speak for the parly charged. The parly cheurged may be repre­ sented by counsel who may cross-examine witnesses pre­ sented in support of ihe charge, present evidence, and file briefs with respect to any issues in­ volved in the hearing." Am mailing you additional copy of this statement. EMANUEL BLOCK, Trial Counsel FEPC The quotation from the Notice is correct, hut it is to he noted that the production of witnesses is again restricted to officials. It is respectfully submitted that no restriction, under our system of jurisprudence should be placed on the production of witnesses, not only with respect to quality, but also to quantity. The opening part of this tele­ gram is interesting to put it mild­ ly. Mr. Emanuel Bloch telegraphs that he "understand.s" there is some confusion in Mr. Hawk's mind. Does the Committee or its counsel employ the crystal ball? How else could they become (Continued on Page 3) V �mm Friday, October 13, 1944 THE SEAFARERS Page Three LOG NEW YORK > The membership at last Mon­ day night's meeting took another progresive step towards stream­ lining our organization, by adopt­ ing the resolution presented by the elected officials in New York regarding the submission of over­ time disputes sent to New York for final settlement. In the future, when a good dis­ pute is not paid on our vessels paying off in out-of-ports, we have a form which has been sent to all Agents to be filled out by the port officials and it is drawn up in such a manner so as to fur­ nish all the necessary details in a clear, concise manner. This will indeed be a tremen-. dous help, not only to the union officials in this port handling these disputes, but it shall also be very helpful to the member­ ship as a whole. In the future, when disputes are received here for final settlement, we will not have to take days and often times, weeks, in trying to gather the necessary details to complete the beef. All we have to do is WHATS DOING Around the Ports to take this final overtime sheet and go straight to work. This port has just purchased a car which v/as recommended for imion use here several weeks ago in a resolution form which was concurred in by all branches. This will be a big help in settling the various issues that always arise on board a ship when she's in port. The Seafarers never have less than 40 ships laying in this har­ bor at all times and naturally, when you have this many jobs, there is bound to be all kinds of beefs coming off of them. By having a Patrolman on the front covering all ships by auto­ mobile, he will be able to handle any dispute that may come up on board any ship, regardless of its location. It. works an extreme hardship on some of the waterfront patrol­ men here to have to cover two or three of these ships on minor disputes when they are on the way to another vessel which is paying off. As a result, some of these fellows are working long and hard hours. By having this patrolman covering the front in an automobile and reporting to the union hall by phone every hour or so, we are going to be able. to cover the entire water­ front at all times in a'neat work­ manlike way. Along with brother John Bun­ ker, I attended a meeting this week with the WSA officials and representatives from other sea­ men organizations in regards to the overcharging by some of the companies in their ship's slop chest, and the improper handling of the same. John Hawk^s Statement On FEPC (Continued from Page 2) , aware of the operation of Mr. Hawk's mind? He has had no contact with it, other than in the communications received. In the third paragraph of the Rules, The Committee refers to a non-existant code. This Union prefers a greater degree of definiteness and safety in its deal­ ings. We now touch upon another fundamental tenet of oxur organic law—the matter of penalties for the alleged misfeasances of the Union. A penalty should be definite, certain and clear in its meaning. At no time from the date of the first executive order until this date, has anyone even suggested the nature of the pen­ alty or the power of the Com­ mittee to enforce it. The charges are absurd, even silly on their face, because they allege discrimination against both races. The most casual inquiry would have satisfied this Committe that in noiie of the in­ stances set forth as charges has the war effort been adversly af­ fected. We respectfully refer all interested parties on the subject of our war record to the Presi­ dent of the United States and Vine Admiral Emory S. Land, Chief of the • War Shipping Ad­ ministration. For the reasons enunciated above, we cannot expect justice from your Committee under* the conditions that now prevail. Our policy is to cooperate with all government agencies within their legitimate sphere; but we cannot submit ourselves as active parti­ cipants in a proceeding of this character. Respectfully submitted, JOHN HAWK Notice of Hearing Case No. 67 TO: Seafarers International Union of North American No. 2 Stone Street, Room 213 New York City, New York and No. 57 Clay Street, San Francisco, California You are hereby notified that a hearing on charges filed with the President's Committee on Fair Employment Practice, alleging violation of Executive Order 8802 and 9346, promulgated by the President of the United States on June 25, 1941 and May 27, 1943, respectively, will be held by the President's Committee on Fair Employment Practice in the city of New York, New York, on the 10th day of October,. 1944, be­ ginning at ten o'clock in the fore­ noon; at which time and place the Committee requests that your Union have as its representative at the hearing an official or of­ ficials who can testify with auth­ ority and full knowledge of the facts relative to the employment policies and practices of your Union with respect to matters in the attached Statement of Charges and Order for Hearing. In testimony whereof, the undersigned, MALCOLM ROSS. Chairman, by direction of the Com­ mittee, has hereunto set his hand at Washington, D.C., this 25th day of Sep­ tember, 1944. This meeting was called at the request of the Seafarers made several weeks ago. All parties concerned recommended that a survey be made in regards to a situation that exists on some ves­ sels and in some companies regarding the overcharging of prices on practically every item carried in the average ship's slop chest. Another point discussed and recommended for investigation was the poor quality of most of the gear going into these ships. We are of the opinion that if this particular issue is pushed in the next few weeks, there is no question but what we can rem­ edy this situation. We know that in the past there has been a vi­ cious circle involving the "kick­ back" by the ships chandlers to the various port stewards and other company officials on the purchasing and selling of all slop chests. The Seafarers feel that this problem still exists in places and once we have eliminated this, it win be to the benefit of all sea­ men riding all vessels. As soon as the necessary material is cov­ ered on this item, there shaU be another meeting and at this meet­ ing, we shall lay down the rules and- points which we must fol­ low to effect the changes that are needed. Out port and local beefs hand­ led this week by this branch in­ volve, among others, the foUowing vessels: SS Robert LofoUette, MV Wood Island, SS James Blair, SS Matthew T. Goldsborough, SS Cecil N. Bean, and SS Charles Finger, as well as several com­ missioners beefs which were set­ tled to our members' benefit. To all of you fellows who had dis­ putes on these ships, check the money due list in this week's is­ sue of the LOG for amounts due you and the details as to the col­ lection of same. PAUL HALL, Agent FORE 'N AFT By BUNKER Many professions have a distinct vocabulary of their own—a working jargon that comes into being no one knows exactly how. None of them are more colorful than the sailor's, for his speaks of far places; of streets, ships, and women in the four corners of the world. It's a vocabulary that changes with different eras at sea and many words and phrases peculiar to the days of sail are now en­ tirely forgotten. Some words are common to men sailing one run and unknown to tfiose on another. Here are some of the deep-water words and terms that you won't find in the dictionaries. These are just a few, so send in the ones you don't see included here and we'll tag them on next week. Ballast—soup. Read lead—catsup. Deck load—dessert. This term started on Waterman ships. Morgan Line strawberries—those delicious rocks they used to serve all the time on that outfit. Channel fever—the urge to get ashore when the voyage is near­ ly over. The yen you get when the tub is in the stream and you can see the harbor lights. Statement Regarding Hearings Of The President's Fish eyes—tapioca. Committee On Fair Employment Practice Wogs—^Arabs. Charley Noble—the galley stack. By GEO. M. JOHNSON. Deputy Chairman Banjo—a shovel; term used on coal burners. Hearings are held by the Com-# Spcinner—any one in the black gang; also a coal burner term. mittee under the authority vested heard before final action by the » « • » in it to conduct hearings, make Committee, and to enable the J. P. Shuler, the 5th floor patrolman who hears everyone's findings of fact, and take appro­ Committee to make findings of troubles and never changes expression, heard a sad one this week priate steps to obtain elimination fact, determine responsibility for when a brother came in and cried the blues about losing $500 worth any prohibited discrimination of discrimination forbidden by of war bonds. "Long trip out—nice payoff—put most of it in bonds," Executive Orders 8802 and 9346. found to exist and take appropri­ he said, "then stopped at a bar and had a drink (well, a few drinks.)" ate steps to obtain elimination of In its discretion, the Commit­ When he woke up his wallet was gone. No war bonds, either. tee may authorize heeu-ings be­ such discrimination. "Tough," said Shuler, who was about ready to let the unfortun­ It is expected that the party fore the full Committee, a Sub­ ate brother cry on his shoulder. "Let's see your papers. Maybe we committee of the Committee or charged will be represented at can put a notice in the LOG." before one or more duly design­ the hearing by a policy-making The brother pulled out one of those bulgy wallets on the end of official with authority to speak ated Hearings Examiners. a mooring line and when he opened it everything fell out but the The Committee as yet has for the party charged. The party kitchen sink . . . including five one hundred dollar war bonds. not promulgated formal rules charged may be represented by "Well, what dya know," said the happy brother. and regulations governing its counsel who may cross-examine "Hell," said J.P., "and I was just about to get sympathetic." hearings but in general, the witnesses presented in support of recognized procedures used by the charge, present evidence, and Hearings Examiner, may submit mary of Evidence, Findings. administrative agencies with file briefs with respect to any is­ wi'itten statements for the record. Directives and/or Recommen­ quasi-judicial powers, are fol­ sues involved in the hearing. The proceedings at hearings dations is not released for pub­ The evidence in support of the are sienographically recorded lowed. lication. The party charged, and transcribed for the Com­ and counsel for the Committee, Hearings are held on written charge is presented by a duly mittee. Parties to the hearing are allowed fifteen (IS) days to complaints alleging violations of designated counsel for the Com­ Executive Orders 8802 and 9346. mittee who may cross-examine or others desiring copies of the file exceptions to the Proposed Notification of Hearing After it has been determined that witnesses presented on behalf of transcript must make the nec­ Summary of Evidence, Find­ United Slates of America essary arrangements with the ings, Directives and/or Recom­ a hearing shall be held, the party the party charged. Executive Office of the President charged is notified in writing of reporter before the hearing be­ The Committee, the Sub-com­ mendations. Thereafter the President's Committee Committee issues its final de­ the nature of the charge and the mittee or the Hearings Examiner, gins. On Fair Employment Practice time and place of the hearing. as the case may be, i# responsible As soon as practicable after cision in the matter based up­ the hearing, the Committee, on the entire record including for the orderly conduct of the The notice is mailed a reasonable In the matter of the : any exceptions, briefs and/or time prior to the date of the hearing. Consistent with the pur­ Sub-committee or Hearings Ex­ President's Committee on : pose of a hearing, testimony will aminer, will prepare a Propos­ stipulations properly filed in hearing. Fair Employment Practice, ; In general the purposes of a be limited to the issues involved. ed Summary of Evidence, Find­ the case. vs. : President's Committe On hearing are: to establish a record Persons, other than witnesses re­ ings, Directives and/or Recom­ Seafarers International : mendations, which when ap­ Fair Employment Practice of the available evidence relating quested to be present, may not Union of North America : proved is served upon the ptirty to the charge, to give the party testify but, in the discretion of By GEORGE M. JOHNSON. Respondent : charged. This Proposed Sum­ charged an opportunity to be the Committee, Sub-committee or Deputy Chairman • ?1 �"f: ••• py:;,.: • /-'i THE Page Four SEAFARERS . .:- -V#, Friday, October 13. 1944 LOG Dispatcher Calls For Responsible Unionism NEW OVERTIME Labor Leaders Tour Italy {Continued front Page 1) many of our members many dol­ lars. It is our opinion that if this resolution is adopted and adheared to closely, it will be . . highly beneficial to our member ship . . . and will make it much easier for your New York repre sentatives to obtain an immedi ate settlement on any dispute which may be submitted in the future. It is our unanimous opin ion that by streamlining this sys­ tem of handling disputes, we will have taken another progressive step towards making the Seafar ers a better union." While the new procedure is for the purpose of streamlining the final stages of the collection of American and British labor leaders who loured Italy to help disputed overtime, it should be revive the Italian labor movement are shown with Lt. Gen. Mark emphasized that its success de­ W. Clark on a visit to the lighting front. Left to right; Pres. Will pends upon the correct and ef­ Lawther. Miners Federation of Great Britain: Vice Pres. Luigi Anficient keeping of overtime rec­ tonini, Int'l. Ladies Garment Workers Union (AFL); Clark; Vice ords by the delegates aboard the Pres. George Baldanzi, Textile Workers Union (CIO), and Thomas ships. If the department dele­ O'Brien of the British Trades Union Congress. gates don't give the boarding pa­ trolman an accurate accounting with all names and dates and work involved, the whole system falls to the ground and the ship­ SS GOLDBOROUGH SS JOHATHAN GROUT owners can give up the horse The crew returned with their laugh when we try to collect. J. Yakim. $69.30; I. Rybienski, The union is now ready and pockets full of Italian Lira. Bro­ $69.30; E. Dudusin. $71.60; B. able to make the operators toe ther Claude R. Deane. Purser, Trot tie. $71.60; E. Kamianek. the line on every crossed "t" and went to a great deal of trouble $4.60. Collect at South Atlantic dotted "i" . in the contract. All to collect the money and get it Company office. • • • that is required is full coopera­ changed for the crew. The cash, SS JAMES BLAIR tion aboard the ships. Let's go! in good American dollars, is now Make the shipowners pay off! M. Pedersen. 12 hrs. Colleet at Keep an accurate record of your at the New York Agent's office. Calmar Line. • • • overtime! The following men have money SS CECIL BEAN Following is the resolution coming: Chas. G. Wadsworth, AB $ 40.00 passed this week up and down Thomas J. McClay. 12 hrs: Marion B. Ackerman. AB.. 245.00 Frank Kulick. 12 hrs; Frank J. the coast: Juddie E. McAllister, AB.. 72.00 Winanski. 12 hrs; H. R. Detje. 12 RESOLUTION WHEREAS: the largest per­ William E. Jennings. AB.... 30.00 hrs; A. Kuig, 112 hrs; E. Thomp­ centage of overtime claims for Eugene B. Anderson, OS.... 10.00 son. 12 hrs. Collect at American the entire Seafarers International Edward F. Basnight. OS.... 35.00 Range Line office. Union of North America are re­ F. A. Duncan, Jr., Dk. Eng. 5.00 ferred to and handled through Leon H. Murphy. Wiper. .. 8.00 SS CHARLES J. FINGER S. A. Holden, Ch. Cook 16.00 the Port of New York, and, Ralph K. Putnam, 2d Cook 28.00 J. Bethes, 19 hrs; E. H. Teague. WHEREAS: claims submitted Daymon F. Sadler, Butcher 9.00 20'/z hrs; L. L. Creamer. 20 ••'2 hrs; from outlying Ports are often in­ Parry W. Parks. Mess ....... 20.00 G. E. Dalmeui. 19 hrs; J. R. How­ complete and incoherent, thereby Robt. E. Buffington, Mess 105.00 ard. 17 hrs; Kaysen. 19 hrs. Col­ causing the members involved to Otto D. Kunnas, Mess 68.00 lect at Overtakes SS Company lose money because of inadequate Chas. L. Demmer, Mess. .. 50.00 office. Records on the dispute, and, Wm. H. Pallette. Mess 23J)0 WHEREAS: this could be easily SS JOSIAH BARTLETT '• • • avoided by an adequate system Deck Department SS ROBERT M, LOFOLLETTE of preparing beefs submitted to Henry Bolinski. 12 hrs.. $1.00 V. Mabrath, 14 hrs. Collect at this Port for settlement, handling lines; Frank Gages. 37 V2 Office. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL­ Mississippi SS hrs., $1.00 handling lines; Harold % •• » VED: that for efficiency and in Egge. IS hrs; Ronald Budgen M.V. WOOD ISLAND order to expedite settlement of 39 V2 hrs; Constanten DobrovolG. Dubrene, $30:15; H. Lindovertime claims for the benfit of ski. 46 hrs; Edward Kuta. 9 hrs; our niembership, all disputed quist, $19.15; A. Thompson, $27.- Vitold Muszynski, 7 hrs; Fred overtime claims henceforth sub­ 43; D. Rothman, $13.42; A. New- Funken, 10 hrs.. $3.00 handling mitted to New York from out-of- bold, $18.28; G. Sorenson. $31.59; lines; Donald Garatz. 27 hrs; Os­ ports be fully explained on a R. Ptiexier, $20.92. Collect at car Barfield, 19 hrs» .19 hrs. in­ form drawn up for this purpose Moran Towing Co. office. cluding 9 as Mess work; John « « « and to be furnished to all Agents Tarkov, 41'/a hrs. SS ROBERT LOFOLLETTE in all Ports, and Engine Department Commissioner Beef BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: Simon Gold, 190 hrs; Peter Considine, 2 days' pay and that this procedure be put into Salvo. 112 hrs; Chas Prementine. effect immediately upon being bonus; Ventola, 11 days' pay and 23 hrs; Albert Neuklos. 44 hrs? carried by a majority of the bonus; Wiser, 11 days' pay and Harry McGraw. 6 hrs; Robert membership assembled at the bonus. Call at Commissioners, 42 Mahoney. 8 hrs; Joseph Holly. 16 Broadway. next regular meeting, and hrs; Frank Flayer. 224 hrs. • • BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED: Steward Department SS ROBERT DOFOLLETT that this procedure be strictly Abram Goldsmit. 73 hrs; Theo­ K. McNaught. 12 hrs; J. P. adhered to by all concerned or dore Hess. 73 hrs; Major Costello, answer to the membership for Considine, 12 hrs; C. Hedler, 12 76 hrs; Benjamin Bernstein, .16 hrs. Collect at Mississippi SS of­ their failure to do so. hrs; Joseph Regan. 21 hrs.. also fice. Signed by 11 days division of wages; RicarPAUL HALL . FRED HART do Candelon. 6 days division of CLAUDE FISHER LOUIS GOFFIN wages; Richard Lee. 6 days di­ JAMES SHEEHAN JAMES HANNERS vision of wages; Otto Timm. Jr.. JOHN HAWK JOSEPH VOLPIA.N 4 hrs.. 14 days division of wages; MONEY DUE By "Frenchy" Michelet In the course of the New York meeting of October 2nd a point came up which we feel should be of interest to the entire membership, namely the practice of chief stewards taking cooks and messmen who have been lax in the performance of their duties to the master for disciplin­ ary action. Several brothers pointed out that it was not to the best inter­ est of the union for a steward or any other crew member to com­ plain to the captain about a brother because such complaints were usually entered in the of­ ficial log and frequently resulted in the suspension of the brother's papers by the Coast Guard, when that body checked the log at the completion of the voyage. Sever­ al brothers then rose to say that they felt that when a cook or messman refused to do his work the steward had no recouse but to report the matter to the master. CALL A MEETING A chief steward took the floor at this point and explained to the brothers who raised the ob­ jections that a matter of this kind could very easily be hand­ led by simply calling a meeting of all brothers on the vessel and explaining to the assembly that the brother in question was guilty of actions unbecoming a union man. It would then simply be come a case of discipling the brother in question, and we don't think that there's any man in the SIU who can't be handled by twenty of his shipmates when he has been shojvn to be guilty of actions unbecoming a union member. However, the fact that this problem should even arise at all is but another instance that our whole union movement has wan­ dered from first principles. The men who formed this organiza­ tion and who fought the hard fight for the recognization of it's aims and principles were primar­ ily men with a keen sense of the responsibilities of union men. They didn't dissapate their ener­ gies by bickering and quarreling among themselves, by shirking their duties and growling at the steward because the eggs were­ n't just right. IMPROVEMENTS They set out to force the steamship operators to put frigU daires on ships, to get crockery in place of the old enemel plates and tin cups, cotton mattresses in place of the old bundle of straw or "donkey's breakfast," while linen for the old blue sheets and pillow cases, decent living quarters and a host of other im­ provements over the conditions that plagued the unorganized seamen of that day. But they knew that in order to win and hold these conditions they would have to prove themselves sober and industrious men. They didn't permit any brother to shirk his • duties and give the operators a chance to accuse the union of providing incompetent men. When a brother got out of line in those days and threatened to jeopardize the union's standing,, he was promptly straightened out by his shipmates. We think it's high time that we returned to first principles. We think that it's time the old timers took over aboard ship and edu­ cated the new members—especi­ ally the wartime members. We would like to urge all the oldtimers to teach the newcomers the union's conception of the word militancy. For real old line militancy by men who rigidly diciplined themselves is directly responsible for all of the many gains made by the SIU. From Molehill To Mountain By Louis Goffin This is a short tale of ^ big story—the organization and growth of the SIU. Ever since the start of the SIU, a,dvancement has been steady because progress has been the watchword-—progress in attaining better wages and work­ ing conditions for American seamen. The SIU, no more then a molehill when far-sighted• militants started it back in 1938, union was built by men who has become a mountain—not be­ knew what they were fighting cause of ballyhoo, but because for, and co-operated to achieve of concrete achievement for its their ends. As a union patrolman I have also seen how little mari­ members. Our goal has always been "The time unionism means to many Best." and. this goal is now ex­ newcomers who now constitute emplified by the new build­ the bulk of the rank and file. Many of the men who foundejd ing in New York City, one .of the finest union headquarters in the the SIU and saqpficed much for the cause of seamen's rights, have world. But fine buildings do not make given their lives at sea. It is up a union, they merely show the to us to see that the union spirit. progressive spirit and cooperation of these departed brothers is car­ of union officials and the rank ried on to the new generation of and file. men going to sea. By doing that We must keep this progressive we will keep the SIU strong and spirit by instructing the new­ the: progressive spirit which" built comers who know nothing of the hard fight we made to build the the: molehill into the mountain, molehill into the mountain, the will not be lost. principle^ and tenefits of uniom ism. Keep In Touch With As a meml^r of the SIU from the^start, I have seen how this Your Draft Board ' � 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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