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Y. — SPECIAL EDtTIOH Vol. VI. — ' '• ' -•••• I - . • A 0 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TOE ATLANTIC AND GULF DUrklOT, SEAFARERH' INTERNATIONAL UNION OP HOBT^ AMDIOA 1 ...J...I fMU Begs War Labor Board For S*»afgir*>rs* r'.r>ri«j^^foria I II mbTr, ot ""S.l uv" » Here »re ae beUie brief ««"•' HBoW® :on Uie ES Th/rty.j;,. la "<1 emci.„rr~~-— ""•»' ore ere ,v,„„T°."°'' conrelou. ."Won IIN iflllHI" I III • ^ood^ "nmediot^ !^y «he boM. , ,/flo goner {/I'fc bonis J r*^' the expl U' SixS] Id-Unity & tj?rs jiii I Fii Hazards To Seamen In Bonus Beef 30,000 Cigarett^ Sent SIU Prison '®nd anothcAt '^ching an bondo Couttc" n ^ , Four SIU ships, along with other freighters and con­ H crete <>cctc cargo earners, up tne carriers, made up the fleet of thirty-two AmerL-_--f that t were sai sacrificed on the Normandy ^he falks Pave Wav Pnr^ icance S£i r p| •• # FourSIUShips Usedin Normandy Breakwater „,, 111 yi)i unr f .i LakeB *anuil. I Gil. Up'y ~ SaSSsa- f DeaSMi e . - .r "'0 tl. ''knctt'" "n,h,r.'' Wo fOj-n^^>CdNADIAN SIU LA UNCHES | . Offia.^ 'AZ 7 *" ORGAI^mNILDRiyE^^l^ TL O^vm. r-*'o« Coast Guard Hearing Unit Whitewashes Guil Skipper In ffhtA: l^ateHoesCrew l';:uV [Work, Pays For u< I The Privilege .fe"" f Dropp*: iNe^ I** U'O/l-* ^ "0(/ The First Male ,'n Shem^lar was""."" • ^ 9 . "'H fOK guy, accorrf;« an] but he was^kcrew.i "onied to make Mr? "" "'"''' • aUei recorri. What he n^^w °' '"••"fc union educaS" got! which hi The British Columbia' Seamcn^s ——•- "The Columbia Seatr.cn;sK-^^»% . Union, Union. Vancouver I ||||ll^ Pr SIU. is in t sion and is Canadian br our brand of SfAMtN-S UN of its new or, BCSU has laui paper, the mast pears on the left.B •" nion Shop Ban Defeated [n Calif; AFL Challenges twsIn Fla. And Arkansas L.°'':i"i '-'1 vovaee , 016^^ Gooi*=^ Another Skipper Lauds i^to^ SIU Crew's Conduct [er Invasion Fire For years the Am owners have consti* -gaVvtc hold of reaction, kB off their ships and® \X»e6^ ^ their seamen' down ^ standards, The impot WASHINGTON. D. C.—Joseph credited IBU and I «y. AFL general counsel, dominent CSU have p Lien victory over with the shipowners Etitutional offer the men militant lion ible of raising their \.b.v= ito Jcnow ,to that of the with the M Me"»rt^tW2:NMU OFFENSI m AGAINST CLOSED SHOP BLOWS UP Ekafa had V margin in Arkansas, that if the tales attempt adopted ban CMrtents, the u ot Labor to claHkina kMlity af the' -our"" ^Otts Bd, t ^ V/ penv^ pnding their l^aiiiMSaaw' yfONQi^,,^! _ on p. '^naj n ilisi ihd 'm. Anti-Labor Agenda Inspired Freeze 'em. Lift Their Papers, By NMU-Buried By The SIU Draft.'em -Cries Curran&Co. An industry-wide conference of' shipowne.. Here is the original union bustin deh and government bureaucrats sat jolemnly in [SIU Supports by the RMO and laji ument of Commerce building in Washington las Postal Wo oppositit I listened to denunciations of the American xx ,1 t iii° ^ ^hi»^ I»ii rkfuisnf p.u-£^a 3f jj'g ru„,„gr^5L:;?TE;gtortH^ \ iiiiiii * I Ill' " "" VI'SIU 11 i I Proposals ProTinsals On PlppfriMans' Waorpfi OTTavoiB On Electricians' Wages 0 Kajjo^-s^^ ^ 'v Wdr Labor Board's Shipping Panel Approves Demands For Pay Rates And Cohditiom /{•'!.: I s". • 'S ^ ! -1:3 ' ••'l" ittirtltS i:'A -iib k<L i It: -Jriirl'.. !,y"i �r •X, Page Two THE SEAFARERS ;•>" 4»UA».UU<aUa.«^«U LOG Friday. December 29. 1944 SEAFARERS LOG 'i?fiSINESS Published by the_ SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District r END PAUL HALL Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ In line with the educational program, the following are a few" suggestions which, if followed, should make for a better trip! ' Read the Seafarers contract so that you know what you are and are not required to do. In the event of a beef with your depart­ ment head over the contract, re­ member that all beefs are finally settled ashore before the union's officers and the company. The important thing to remember re­ garding overtime claims, is to have the necessary details, the date of the work performed and have the department head initial the overtime sheets verifying the fact that the work was perform­ ed. President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York Qty MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 5th Street, N. W., Wasliington, D. C. Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16)... CHARLESTON (9) SAVANNAH TAMPA JACKSONVILLE MOBILE SAN JUAN. 2fl P.R.. PUERTO RICO (GALVESTON ADDRESS 51 Beaver St 330 Atlantic Ave.. 14 North Gay St.. . 6 North 6th St 25 Commercial PL. 339 Chartrea St.... 68 Society St 220 East Bay St... 423 East Piatt St.. 920 Main St....... 7 St. Michael 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 5-1231 Dial 2-1392 45 Ponce de Leon.. 219 20 th St San Juan 1885 Galveston 2-8043 —Justice PUBLICATION OFFICE: 51 BEAVER STREET HAnover 2-2784 New York, (4) N. Y. •267 Secretary - Treasurer's Report 1945-YEAR OF DECISION This coming year will be one of decision. Decision not only for the Allied armies, but equally so for the Allied trade unions. In Britain and the United States, as well as in the other countries of the "United Nations," the unions have been shackled to the war machine. Under governmental pressure they have been forced to surrender many of their rights and economic gains. But not so the em­ ployers. By JOHN HAWK • Be a good union man! This means more than just being a hell raiser—^it means living up to your contract and .cooperating with your shipmates on any dis­ pute which involves the welfare of any individual of the crew or the crew "as a whole. Consult your department delegate on any problem that may arise. Remem­ ber that at no time have sailors' problems been settled by individ­ uals, but by groups and crews who go down the line with one another towards gaining any­ thing that they may be after. will demand a living wage and decent treatment after the war is ended. Led by the SIU, the seamen will build one union for all coasts—a union of unparallelled strength and militancy—a union dedicated to maintaining on SIU con­ tracted ships the best conditions in the world. The Seafarers' contracts are the best in the entire maritime in­ dustry, and it is up to all of us, officials and members alike, to keep these conditions. — In the forefront of this struggle will be the merchant •seamen. In no other industry have the workers been so regimented as in the maritime industry. In no other in­ dustry have the workers performed so heroically and sac­ rificed so much in the name of war as have the seamen. In few industries have the employers made such enormous profits as have the shipowners. Remember that good seaman­ ship is essential to good unionism and any man should be able to' do anything expected of a man sailing in his rating. You can learn your job by watching the old timers op the ship, as well as by listening to them and taking what advice they may offer. definitely be in jeopardy and the signed agreement (Statement of Policy) with the Government will be nullified and this Union will be released from its no strike pledge. This Union has and is anxious in this time of war to live up to its agreement, particularly the "no strike pledge" with the Gov­ ernment, providing the other party to the agreement. The War Shipping Administration Admiral Emory S. Land signatory for the U. S. Government lives up to its part of the agreement which guarantees status quo of our working conditions in all our agreements for the duration of the war. However, if Admiral Land in­ tends to abrogate the "Statement of Policy" by allowing WSA Gen­ eral Agents to attempt to reduce the "working conditions" provid­ ed for in our contracts via the War Labor Board route, then this Union must take the necessary steps to protect these working conditions that we obtained prior to the war and not via the War Labor Board or any other board. I reported last week that I sent a letter to Admiral Land, a copy of same was printed in the last issue of the Seafarers Log. To date I have not received a reply from Admiral Land nor have I received the transcript of the hearing on our cases before the War Shipjjing Panel of the War Labor Board. We have 14 days to send in a supplement brief on our cases after receipt of the transcript so there is still a little time to receive an answer from Land before the deadline date for our brief. It is important to receive an answer from Admiral Land for the following reasons: Far from surrending economic gains, far from calling an armistice on their class warfare against the workers, the employers have used the war crisis to fatten their pockets and attack the trade unions. They have shown that while they desire the defeat of Hitler, they desire no less the smashing of their own trade unions—and they do not sub­ ordinate the struggle against one to the struggle against If Admiral Land agrees with the other. the Union's position the working Thus it is that a decision in the war against Hitler will conditions provided for in each also force a decision in the war against the trade unions. contract will not be jeopardized For the workers will strike back in self defense once the for the war's duration. foreign war is ended, and they will attempt to force a halt If Land disagrees with the to the employer offensive against their organizations and Union's position the conditions provided for in each contract will their living standard.. J f It won't be easy. The shipowners are well-heeled with their wartime profits, the stakes are large. But they will be Having braved the tin fish in all the waters of this confronted by unbroken ranks of men tested in past war-torn world, having watched their shipmates suffer and struggles and steeled by the hardships they have suffered die, the merchant seamen are in no mood to accept a kick­ in this war. ing around in the post war era by the profit swollen ship­ 1945 will be a year of decision on the Waterfront—a owners. decision which will mean the resurgence of xpilitant trade Led by the Seafarers International Union, the seamen unionism. When your vessel gets back to the States, a Patrolman will board her for the purpose of set­ tling your disputes. Work with him and assist him in lining up the crew's beefs as clearly a." possible. The degree of coopera­ tion that any crew gives the union patrolman directly affects the size of each man's pay-off. It is not only the question of col­ lecting the dollars owed you, it is also the question of maintain­ ing the union's rights and condi­ tions that we have fought so hard for. What Is a SCAB? "After the God had finished the rattlesnake, the toad, the vam­ pire, He had some avtfful sub­ stance left with which he made a scab. A scab is a two-legged animal with a corkscrew soul— a water-logged brain, a cofhbination backbone made of jelly and glue."—Jack- London. il^l C; �m Friday, t>et6rtmi 29; 1944 TttE SEAFARERS WHAT% Doma Around the Ports LOG Page lliree You Gotta Be Dead To Collect Port Attack Bonus One of the big points usually made by shoreside labor baiters is the fact that merchant seamen receive a bonus men that were celebrating Xmas panies for' which they sail. We GALVESTON every time their vessel is attacked in port by enemy forces. On December 16, 1944 the SS are dropping in for a ship now have also been having some so it looks as if next week will smooth pay offs, among them Ah—if it were only true. There was a time when seamen iHarold D. Whitehead, a new Libbe dropping back td normal. were ships operated by most all were compensated for the risk of their lives entailed , in lerty ship was put in commission companies with which we have delivering war goods to the front, jat the Houston Shipbuilding Thirty-one ships paid off in but recently there have been a agreements. lYards in honor of one of Our this port last week. The climax series of chiseling decisions out Ibrothers that was lost th-Tough came when we had 18 ships pay­ The SS Stockton paid off with­ enemy action during this war on ing off Saturday afternoon. out a beef, showing that even a of Washington which make it al­ jthe SS Sam Houston. Brother Everything was covered and all Calmar ship can make a long most impossible to collect a port (whitehead was a Firieman on the paid off clear. voyage without a beef if the attack bonus—unless you're shot By STEELY WHITE up so badly that you'll never live [Sam Houston and the entire We have had a deluge of skip­ heads of the departments and the Having been soundly defeated to present your claim. /atch was lost when the ship was pers coming in that have earned skipper will cooperate with the in their much-heralded organiza­ Itorpedoed. This ship signed on their rights to wear the Iron crew and the crew will line up to Take the case of the crew of tional drives on the Great Lakes iDec. 22 at Galveston with a swell Cross. The SS Gibbs of the Cal- the agreements. the SS Felix Grundy. The ship and on the West Coast during (bunch of men to carry his name mar Steamship Company, skip­ Waterman is crewing a 4-C was in St. Maxine this fall dis­ the past season, the NMU Com­ jack to the high seas. The ship pered by Capt. Nybarg, came in type this week. This is the first charging cargo when Nazi planes missars are smarting under the [is operated by the Alcoa Co. with Coast Guard Charges pre­ of this type that the SIU has attacked the port. During the impact. The pain is greater when The SS William K. Kamaka ferred against 16 men. If such manned. She is a troop carrier, battle between the planes and the they review the costs of their dis­ irill be delivered here on Jan. 10 skippers had their say, half the accommodating over 2500 troops. ground force defenders, sharpnel astrous campaigns which netted ltd the South Atlantic SS Co. bonifide seamen would be on the The manning scale has been sprayed over the Grundy and an absolute zero. Their aims to I Kamaka was lost on the SS beach with their papers lifted agreed upon in the Deck Dep't four soldiers were wounded. siphon the funds of the Lakes |James Smith through enemy ac­ and nobody to sail the ships. and Engine room and it looks like Now that sounds like an air­ and West Coast seamen into the tion. Capt. Schaeffer of the T. E. a nice set-up for the SIU. Frenchy "centralized" treasury of the RAY SWEENEY, Agent Gregory, American Range Line, Michelet and Claude Fisher are tight case for an attack bonus, NMU in New York has been de­ doesn't it? But that's counting has, according to his statement, handling the negotiations for the without the torturous logic of the feated.. been endowed with the pdwer to compliment of the Steward De­ NEW YORK Washington bureaucrats. Here is These funds would allow them put men in the army or prison or partment and it is a foregone a letter, in part, written to Balti­ to add to the army of up-town The end of the year finds the what not. He had threatened and conclusion that the SIU Will wind more Agent Joe Flanagan by Communist parasites now feed­ [shortage df men drastic in the abused the crew to the extent up with a better scale than the Maritime War Emergency Board ing from the "centralized" pay­ [port of New York. The dispatch­ that they were afraid to speak NMU is using on the same type roll and also to subsidize a mul­ secretary Erich Nielsen: ers are going full speed ahead above a whisper. But When con­ vessel. titude of Staninist launched pro­ land working overtime in an ef- fronted by union officials in a Among the old timers drifting "From the facts which have jects having nothing to do with |fort to get all the hot ships man­ position that he couldn't hide be­ in are Joe Buckley, Lindsey Wil­ been presented to us, it does not the maritime industry or to the ned in time to avoid any delay in hind his rating, he showed the liam, Johnnie Johnson and Joe appear that the SS Felix Grundy welfare of the NMU membership. ' shipping, but it is a hard job. same yellow streak that all of Wreadi They arc showing results was substantially damaged as a The actual cost of these soThere is a stdady line from the the master race does in the end. of their holidays and are now result of enemy attack or that a called organizational drives to person aboard the vessel was se­ shackle the Lakes and West ' WSA to the hall. In all depart­ Such men as these are a detri­ ready to ship out again. riously injured as a result of Coast seamen to the Stalinist fi­ ments 1128 men were shipped ment to the maritime industry For a Merry New Year. J. P. SHULER, Patrolman enemy attack or that the vessel nancial milking machine in New last week. Quite a number of and give a black eye to the com­ was otherwise subjected to ex­ York will never be known to the treme and immediate danger of NMU membership—those robots destruction as a result of enemy who pay the bills from hardattack or other war hazard, with­ earned money on the point of in the meaning of Paragraph B, production. Article V, of Decision 2B, as For, and let this sink in, there amended; consequently, no vessel has been no certification of ac­ SS JOSIAH B. GRINNELL SS FERDINAND WESTDAHLSS THOMAS LYONS attack bonus is payable to the Peler Grotting IVi hrs; Nicc- G. R. Elderkin, Cook, 80 hrs; Two messmett with disputes crew members of this vessel as a counts at the point of centraliza­ tion of funds, in New York, by [demus Ruczynski, SV2 hrs; Char- Norville Naes, Utility, 221 hrs; cari colteci same at Smith & result of any enemy attack oc­ the membership, since lo—^these 9S Chapman, 22 hrs; Manuel LeRoy Prewitte, Utility, 64 hrs. curring on August 20, 1944 while many years. Sanchez, 51/2 hrs; Rrank Zaleski, Collect at Bull Line Office in New Johnsbn SS Company office. the vessel was at St. Maxine, Yet, the membership is requir­ » » * }Vz hrs; John Waldvogel, 131/2 York. France." SS FREDERICK DAW ed to check the books in all out• • • 1 hrs; Everett Lindsey, 4 hrs; ports to see that the funds are The only justice for an indi­ J. M> Dougherty, 90 hrs; J. Michael Shostek, 9V2 hrs. Collect SS JOHNSON at office of American President Domingo Aguila, 108 hrs; Jo­ Guresky, 97 hrs. overtime, 1 day's vidual like this Nielson would be honestly handled and reach the centralized" pot at the end of Lines. shua R. Wilrey, 701/2 hrs; Julian wages, $45.00 extra meals; G. to get him on a nice slow Liberty ,• • • the Stalinist rainbow where, like and send him into combat areas. Turchin, 13 hrs. overtime, $45.00 Vista, 701/2 hrs; G. L. Gilrriore, 55 the rainbow it vanishes. And woe SS EDWARD G. JANEWAY hrs; Richard Wieland, 19 hrs. Col­ extra meals; Floyd Keith, 10 hrs. Let the sharpnel whistle around to the trade unionist or rank and overtime, $8.63 extra meals; Rob­ his ears and he'd sing a different Walter Austin, 9 hrs; Howard lect at Bull Line Office.' erts Layko, 21 hrs. overtime, $8.63 tune. But subject only to the filer in the ranks or on the ships , S. Roberts, 9 hrs; Owen S. Rogers, • » • ' extra meals; H. Wike, 12 hrs. danger of a week spring on a who would question the proceed9 hrs. Collect at Smith & John­ SS PERRY overtime; W. Brush, 17 hrs. Col­ swivil chair, Mr. Nielsen can af­ u r e or demand membership son SS Company office. ' R. B. Felch, 14 hrs; E. V. Clay­ lect at Calmar SS Company of­ ford to be cavalier with the audits at this point of centraliza­ • * • ton, 8 hrs; G. Nordberg, 5 hrs; W. fice. tion like is done in the out-ports. rights of the seamen. 1 SS ROBERT TOOMBS Peterson, 6 hrs; H. Taylon, 1 hr. He would be "persona non grata" I' Volage ending August 22, 1944. Collect at Calmar SS Co. office. and is soon kicked out of the Broken watch beef. • • • union" or is expelled. Silence Eldie McNab, $61.86; M. ChojSS WILLIAM JOHNSON prevails on the financial front. newski, $43.37; Clifton Maivers. Ray Clark, 3 hrs; C. Chesta, 2 Having poured unlimited funds $54.75; Burnet Gellman, $28.44; hrs; R. Parshall. 1 hr; R. Daly, 1 down the rate hole of adventur­ P:2ardy Rush, $34.13; S. Antoinette, THE WHITE HOUSE hr; T. Keenan, 2 hrs; A. Hillary, ist schemes to defraud the Lakes $51.19. Collect at South Atlantic Washington Decembef 16. 1944 1 hr. Collect at Bull Line office. and West Coast seamen, meeting SS Company office. The men of our merchant-marine form the essential link defeat at every turn, the Com­ » » » • « • between the home front and the millions of men in the armed missars have not given up hope SS PIE SS ROBERT TOOMS forces overseas. These men although relatively few in number— of creating an economic anchor H. Taxt, $1.80; Charles Reyes, E. Anderson, $1.00; S. Dall, 3 around 180.008^—have performed an heroic task in delivering the $14.85; Irwin SabrinL $18.00; hrs. at $1.65. Collect at Bull Line goods. I am informed that since their first casualties three months to their growing white elephants. They fear the post war period Frank Veruda, $4.50. Collect at office. before Pearl Harbor more than 5,800 have died, are missing or and the day when their lucrative » * * South Atlantic SS Co. office have become prisoners of war, while carrying out their assigned income from the newcomers * » * SS HASSLER poured into the NMU through the Papison, 2 hrs; Touchston, 2 duties. SS CGLABEE WSA will be no more, and, as Most of our merchant seamen will be on the job during the hrs; Jones, 1 hr. Collect at Bull Paul Elsbury, FWT, $5.69; A. constituted today, the NMU will Christmas seasom FOr many it will be the second, third or fourth Line office* Romerin4z, Oiler, $2.84; P. J. Robe unable to stand on its own • • • Christmas away from home on their wartime job. manowski, Oilet, $5.69; .Raymond At the Christmas season particularly these men may feel feet. SS DEL RIO Burton, FWT, $6.40; Paul AteUn, So—they are driving to organ­ Jr./ FWT, $3.55; GOo. L. Pede, F. Neeves, Ch. Coofc, $lL5Cfc that they are forgotten men of the war. They are not. They de­ ize the rivers. No less "commis­ $5.69; Joseph Sillak, FWT, E. J. Pitney, 2nd Cook, $11.50; serve and receive from all of us our thanks for the job they sar lights" than Howard McKen$7.13; Angelo BaTone, FWT,' $5.40; D. Noren, Nt. CocA and Bake:r, have done. zie and "dog-face" Ralph Rogers Fr^oiseo CasdiifO, G. UtiL $22.75. $20.74; J. B. Gay^ Mess, $26.82; Very sincerely yours. have been assigned to bring the J. Tiirado, Mess, $26.82^ Golleet at CtfNect at dffie of AriiOricmli FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT (Continued on Page 4) Mississippi SS Conqpany dfiiee. Hawaiian IMe. NMU Tanker Drive Costs , Money A Letter From The President V. ' . 'I; �Page Four THE SEAFARERS HUGE TASK CONFRONTS U.S. MERCHANT MARINE WASHINGTON — Repatriation of troops, movement of supplies and equipment, and rehabilita­ tion work will keep the U. S. Merchant Marine busy for at least six months, perhaps for as long as three years, after the end of hostilities with Japan, the OWI reports in an account of the merchant service. When active hostilities cease, the merchant marine will have the task of moving back to this country some 6,000,000 or more American troops and of supply­ ing those that remain overseas. To date, American ships have carried across more than 4,500,000 " of the 6,000,000 American personnel overseas, as contrasted to 987,736 soldiers transported-to France by U.S. ships in last war. Merchant ships will also have the job of transporting relief and reconstruction supplies to occu­ pied and devastated areas. With more relief programs in some conquered territories scheduled to begin soon, and shipping to the Pacific constantly increasing, add­ ed strain will be placed on the merchant marine even before the ^d of 1944, WSA said. At present, sea transport for the war against Japan is "unfin­ ished business with number one priority," according to WSA, and may require three times the ship­ ping involved in the European war. As the war veers to the Pacific, greater sea distances will step up the number of ships re­ quired. It is nearly 7,000 miles from the Golden Gate to the Philippine Island and 800 more to the coast of China, for ex­ ample, in contrast to approxim­ ately 3,000 miles from the United States east coast to France. The Merchant Marine has car­ ried abroad more than 75 per­ cent of American airpower, artil­ lery, ammunition, petroleum pro­ ducts, food supplies and troops, despite extreme perils of surface, submarine and aerial warfare. Up to early 1944, personnel losses were higher proportionately than those of the armed forces. On September 15, 1944, WSA listed 5,802 Merchant Marine casualties, including 722 dead, 4,521 missing and 560 prisons of war. Friday. December 29. 1944 LOG STRAIGHT rom me Seaman Charter Heads Agenda Of IL O Meeting Next Month ALLEY Montreal, Dec. 15 — Proposals of the international maritime trade unions for an international charter govern­ ing working conditions in the world's merchant marine, (Reported in the Log Dec. 1), will be the chief topic of discussion at the meeting of the Joint Maritime Commission of the International Labor Or--< ganization • opening in London January 8. The Commission is composed of nine representatives of seamen's organizations, including 2 SIU delegates, nine representatives of shipowners' organizations, and two members of the Governing Body of the International Labor 6ffice, one representing the em­ ployers and the other the work­ ers' group. The chairman of the Commission is Carter Goodrich of New York, United States La­ bor Commissioner and chairman of the Governing Body. The seamen's proposals were worked out at a recent joint con­ ference of representatives of the International Transport Workers' Federation and the International Mercantile Marine Officer's Asso­ ciation. It is expected, according to ILO officials, that the seamen will urge the Commission to re­ quest the Governing Body to convene a special maritime ses­ sion of the International Labor Conference to consider the adop­ tion of international conventions or treaties giving effect to their proposals. The Governing Body will meet January 25. The seamen propose a mini­ mum wage for all seam6n based on rates of £8 a month for an able seaman, £22 10s. for a third mate or fourth engineer and £16 for an assistant radio officer. Among their other demands are standardized international practices governing overtime pay, war risk bonuses and other ad­ ditions to basic pay; continuous -employment, with national man­ ning pools and pool pay-for men awaiting assignment to ships; standard hours of work with leave ashore in compensation for work­ ing a seven-day week when at sea; minimum manning scales; annual leave of at least 12 work­ ing days with pay and subsistence allowance; improvements in ac­ commodation and amenities aboard ship; adequate safety measures; improved catering and medical care; comprehensive so­ cial insurance; full recognition of trade unions; and modernization of the legal status and rights and obligations of Seamen. Tanker Drive (Continued from Page 3) light of Union Square to the benighted denizens of the river barges. Along with the economic milking machine will go an "NMU Leadership School" to teach the river boatmen the glory of Stalin. The rivermen, however, have had the benefit of past NMUCommie Party depradutrons to guide them. TJiey remember the C.P.-NMU operations at the Jeffersonville Boat Yard on the Mississippi near Memphis. The boat building yards are outside the NMU's jurisdiction even under the loose framework of the NMU "constitution." Never-the-less they moved in and collected dues, etc., for two years from these 17,000, workers until forced to turn this plant^ over to its proper CIO affiliate the Ship­ yard Workers. Did they return the funds col­ lected to this local of the UMSWA? Will a hog leave slop? You can bet your life they forgot all about it. These funds were spent to feed the Commie para­ sites. So—such are all these "organizational" objectives.. . By "FRENCHY" MICHELET Agent Paul Hall has had our office moved to the Welfare De­ partment on the fifth floor. He has instructed us to devote all of our time to working in collabor­ ation with all steward depart­ ment men toward a solution of the many problems confronting the union at this time. There has always been a press­ ing need for a. setup of this kind in the SIU—^we just haven't done anything about it until now. Any improvement in food or the work­ ing conditions for food handlers aboard our ships is immediately reflected as better conditions for the membership as a whole. We are devoting much of our time to the Food Control Divis­ ion of the WSA. The officials of this union realize that these peo­ ple are here to stay for quite a while, so we have adopted a realistic attitude toward them and we are attempting to get as many conditions from them as possible. We don't propose to lose sight of the fact that these people have millions of dollars to juggle around and that they are conse­ quently in a position to do an enormous amount' of research work in the food field. There's no valid reason why we shouldn't cash in on their efforts. Of course, we realize that we must keep an eye cocked on them to see that Honor Roll $26.55 SS Robm Adair R. A. Dupois 20.00 C. Swanbrick 20.00 SS R. F4chner 17.00 J. Webafer 15.00 SS T. Lyons 13.05 SS Cape Falcon 12.00 J. Viui Dyke 11.00 SS Del Rio 11.00 F. Manis 11.00 SS Del Sud 6.50 SS Stephen Gaslnell 5.17 F. J. Rosin 5.00 M. Ramin 5.00 C. E. ^diles ............ 5.00 N. B. Darby 5.00 C. R. Johnson ..... 5.00 G. L. Ellington 5.00 L. De Vegter 4.00 J. M. Palerson 3.00 W. Olsen 2.00 F. Musial 2.00 J. Kaplan 2.00 A. Page :. ' . 2.00 D. Guerrero 2.00 E. M. White 2.00 W. Ferguson • .... 2.00 C. C. Liceninla 2.00 E. Knickerbocker 2.00 E. P. O'Brien 2.00 The newly created advisory committee of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion is V. Rodriguez .. 2.00 shown at its first meeting in the White House discussing the work-or-fight edict for men between the D. Krickovich . 2.00 ages of 26 and 37. (Left to right) President Eric A. Johnston. U. S. Chamber of Commerce; AFL Pres-1 H. S. Harrison 2.00 ident William Green; OWMR Director James F. Byrnes; Committee Chairman O. Max Gardner; Re­ M. Stephen 1.00 gional Director Aima M. Rosenberg, War Manpower Commission; and'WLB Chairman William H. Davis. Paul Summerson .... 1.00 Work Or Fight Parley It % lie. X . f • • •, kJ'' they don't angle us into the po­ sition of endorsing any of their finky schools and thereby assist them to gain any more control over the personnel of the merch­ ant marine. We are now working in an ad­ visory capacity with the WSA on their cook book and on plans for the better packaging of food and the storage of ice boxes and store rooms. We have a whole slew of things that we want done to im­ prove feeding and working con­ ditions aboard SIU ships. We won't bore you with a detailed account of them all. Suffice it to say that for every single condition'.that this organization suc­ ceeds in getting from these peo­ ple, by so much has the SIU pioneered for better conditions for the industry as a whole. Waterman is scheduled to re­ ceive the SIU's first C-4 on Dec. 23rd. This vessel is now being fitted out in the Sun Shipyard. Saturday we rounded up a dele­ gation of steward department men consisting of Claude Fisher Fred Hart, Freddie Stewart ani ourself and we drove down to' Chester to look the scow over. These ships will carry 230i troops, 180 officers, a gun crew of 65 and a merchant crew of nearly 90 men. She has three galleys—one for troops, one for officers and qne for the merchant and'gun crews. The ship is bet­ ter fitted out than any of the hodgepodge jobs that have been turned over to us up until now. We have no quarrel with the crews' bunking accommodations or the messroom or galley gear. However, it appears to us that they planned the whole ship, then they suddenly realized that they had forgotten to include a crew galley, so they just crowded it in as best they could. The other two galleys are large, roomy affairs—^the merchant gal* ley, of course, has everything crowded together in a very cramped manner with two small, doors, one opening into either passageway. There's no steam tables in the messrooms, so you can readily see what a madhouse this galley will be at mealtime when messmen are knocking each other over trying to get individ­ ual orders for augmented crews. We plan to see the powers-thatbe about some very essential changes before we sit down with Waterman to work out manning and working rules. It's very important that these defects be remedied in this or at least in subsequent vessels, be­ cause the shipowners will pro^ ably operate these ships on jjip senger runs and, while the other two galleys will be torn all to hell, the merchant setup will re­ main substantially the same. � 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/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1939-1949 Description An account of the resource Volumes I-XI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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