8 32 433 https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/084e278fc1d29693934a065fa153da6c.PDF 95d1ec54d7787c1b1b9f4f585861a3ae PDF Text Text - -•>' "5>.'-v-/' -- -:•', • ^ v-v :- V^--/-- Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America Vol. VII. NEW YORK. N.Y.. FRIDAY, MAY 11. 1945 No. 19 Maritime War Emergency Board Proposes New Bonus Reductions If the Maritime War Emergency Board has its way, merchant seamen will henceforth face Jap subs and bombers with the knowledge that their families back home are having their already inadequate allotment checks cut further. This is the meaning of a notice received last week by all maritime unions, that the Maritime War Emergency Board was call­ ing a meeting in Washington on May 12 for the purpose of "discussing a revision of bonus rates." The Board let it Jie known unofficially that it favors the following reduction in the Atlantic area bonus: Those areas paying 100% bonus plus $5 per day? should be reduced to 66 2/3% the shipowners choose this oppor­ view of war risk, the bonus cut (or $80) and the daily $5 elimin­ tunity to instruct their stooge is outrageous. Whatever the ated; those areas paying 66 2/3% Board to reduce the seamen's liv­ shoreside bureaucrats ington may think, the war isn' should be reduced to 33 1/3% (or ing standard. over and the seamen know it. De The seamen know why this $40). The Pacific area would re­ livering tanks and planes and main untouched for the moment. move was made at this particular shells to the Pacific theatre is no At the end of the war in Europe time—it is a maneuver on the game of tiddlewinks. Many men the Board would reduce all the part of the operators to drastic­ are going to lose their lives, leav Atlantic area to 33 1/3% (or $40) ally reduce the take-home pay of ing widows and orphans ashore the seamen before they are able and this amount would serve as to incorporate much of the bonus The war bonus won by the a floor for all areas for the dura­ into the basic pay schedules. It SIU even before the United States tion of the war. This iis a stab in the back of has only been through the bonus entered the war was higher than the seamen_at a time when they system that Seamen \vere able to that now proposed by the MWEB are least able to ' protect them­ approach anything like a living I in May 1941 SIU men received selves. Faced with the necessity wage, and the operators know an Atlantic area bonus of $60 of delivering war supplies to the that the unions will not allow plus port bonuses. In October of Pacific, hamstrung by the - no wage scales to fall back to pre­ 1941 SIU won minim.um area bonus of $80. That was before we strike pledge, wage ceilings war levels. -frozen by the War Labor Board, But even from the point of.were in the war. And yet today. . .•-.••v., with the Pacific campaign still the seamen. Not only has one ahead of us, the Board wants to government bureau "frozen a ceil­ cut the bonus to only 33 1/3 per­ ing and pre'^ent seamen from ad­ cent! justing their wages to meet the The shipowners and their cost of living, but now another Washington stooges could have government bureau comes along hardly chosen a more effective and actually reduces the take way of demoralizing the industry home pay. and driving the old timers ashore. And what is this Maritime War The backbone of the industry is Emergency Board which. now the experienced old time seamen, does the shipdwners' dirty work? most of whom are beyond reach It is the government-shipowner of the draft. If they find it im­ apparatus established shortlypossible to support their families after the SIU Bonus Strike in in their regular trade, they'll look 1941 to arbiiraie bonus disputes for work ashore where they can between labor and management. support them. Its original charter was crystal The question of bread on the clear as to its duties—it was to family table is real and pressing. arbitrate and only then if labor Basic take home wages for the and management had a dispute seamen run as low as 34c an on the bonus questions. hour. Ask any housewife how Over the past three years, how­ many pork chops she can buy ever, this Board has usurped au­ out of a 34c an hour pay en­ thority originally denied it, and velope. Maritime workers, along has arbitrarily set bonus sched­ with the rest of labor, are being ules irrespective' of whether or squeezed between frozen wages not a dispute existed in the in­ and skyrocketing prices. But the dustry. And now, with authority seamen are in double jeopardy. vested in it only by shipowner Whereas shoreside labor has connivance, it sabotages the sea­ the Little Steel Formula imposed men's living standards. upon it as a wage ceiling—it is The SIU has always denied the able to maintain that formula authority of the MWEB to juggle also as a floor for wages. Not so (Continued on Pjge 4) HAWK ASK$ PRESIDENT TRUMAN TO STAY WAR RISK BONUS SLASH The President of the United States, White House Washington, D. C. and the take-home wage, below that enjoyed by the seamen in 1941 — before the United States went to war. Dear Mr. President: A reduction in the bonus at this time means a cut in the takehome wage of the seamen at the moment they can least afford it. The Little Steel Formula has pre­ vented an adjustment of their basic wage to meet living costs, and so they now face helplessly this new thregt to their living standard. The American merchant sea­ men appeal to you to stay a pending cut in their take-home wages—a cut which will mean hardship and suffering to their families ashore. The Maritime War Emergency Board, created by executive order on December 18; 1941 to arbitrate disputes between management and -labor over the question of war bonus rates, has announced its intention of now reducing the war, bonus—even though no dis­ pute exists in'the industry. The reductions proposed by the Board would bring the bonus. t.'. -1 / I r ™ *• • .'1-,-- *1*. * I - ^ - •. _ As you, Mr. President, so ably pointed out in your V-E Day pro­ clamations, the war is only half oyer. The merchant seamen face many months of danger and death in the delivery of muni­ tions to the Pacific front. Their war bonus should remain un(Contittued on Ptge 4) �/•r'^-'^-- r•t' . %• "K,; ' •-?-'• • m 31- Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG n-. -v3'.2,>5:- a JUMP I // SEAFARERS LOG From The Assistant Sec'y-Treas. \ Published by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG By LOUIS COFFIN I received a huge number of so-called disputed overtime beefs from the Savannah Agent who paid off the ship. He assured me that most of these beefs were bad, but due to the fact that when the ship paid off all hands took it on the lam, he did not have a chance to tell the crew that their beefs, other than one or two, were pretty lousy. Deck Maintenance man's beefs on soundings are pending. The work the Stewards Department did on Deck was paid to them at the payoff. How­ ever, most of the men were un­ der the impression that they had not been paid. I checked all pay­ rolls, log books and overtime sheets, and the results plainly show that this money was paid. ------ President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK ------- - .Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 5tli Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. X i ^ i Directory of Bitches BRANCH NEW YORK (4) .... BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16) CHARLESTON (9) .. SAVANNAH TAMPA JACKSONVILLE MOBILE SAN JUAN. 28 PUERTO RICO GALVESTON HOUSTON ADDRESS PHONE 51 Beaver St.—HAnover 2-2764 .......... 330 Atlantic Ave.—Liberty 4057 14 North Gay St.—Calvert 4539 6 North 6th St.—Lombard 7651 25 Commercial PI.—Norfolk 4-1083 339 Chartrea St.—Canal 3336 68 Society St.—Charleston 3-2930 ...... 220 East Bay St.—Savannah 3-1728 842 Zack St.—Tampa MM-1323 920 Main St.—Jacksonville 5-I2SI 7 St. Michael St.—Dial 2-.I392 45 Ponce de Leon—San Juan 1885 305M 22nd St.—Galveston 2-8043 6605 Canal Street % X i •PUBLICATION OFFICE: 51 BEAVER STREET HAnover 2-2784 New York, (4) N. Y. >267 Make Isthmian SIU Friday. May 11, 1945 IT! Have just received a list of overtime due to various members of the crew off of the SS Fred­ erick Dau, this overtime was settled.by Agent Thompson, after the crew left the ship. Amounts due are on another page of the LOG. I have been getting quite a number of Prisoner of War beefs from various outports. In 1943 we got our first beefs of POW do­ ing crew'^ work and we tried oim best to get the WSA to pay off. However, we lost out. We then got in touch with the War De­ partment, and they assured us that this practice would stop. It did stop for a period of time, and now it is starting again. I be­ lieve that the POW's are worked deliberately for the purpose of assuring the American public that we are not coddling them. How­ ever, the average inland citizen does not seem to understand that we have collective bargaining agreements which state that the ship's crews shall do all the work necessary aboard our contracted vessels. The use of prisoners to do the work of the cretv means the loss of bona fide overtime which would be earned in the regular course of a voyage. We will attempt to get in touch with the War Department and see that they stop this practice. union; those who know why things tick, and know that begun a great organizing drive to put only in union is there strength and protection for the work­ into the ranks of the contracted oper­ ing stiff—know it and go out to do something, about it. of This drive will mark one of the out­ To Uncle Otto: good wishes and many happy voyages in the history of maritime labor, and to a good union man, and may you organize many more making the waterfront 100% SIU. unorganized ships. The Isthmian men, along with the rest of the merchant seamen, are wondering about what is going to happen to them after the war ends. They are worried by the develop­ ing offensive against their standard of living. The present Only two more weeks and the referendum vote on the move to cut the maritime bonus is the handwriting on the wall that promises no good to the seamen—organized and proposed constitutional changes, and of far greater import­ ance—on the Strike Fund Assessment, will be over. Comes unorganized alike. May 23rd, and those who have not voted will find them­ The drive to organize Isthmian is the answer to this selves left on the pier. An eligible member who does not problem. Only a strong, united, militant waterfront can vote has failed, not only the union and his fellow members, save the seaman from the retrenching moves of the opera­ but far worse, has betrayed himself; for he will have failed tors—amoves that can only lead to economic slavery for the to participate in the formation of union policy that may seaman. Only if the waterfront workers stick together greatly affect him in the near future. with a singleness of purpose, with a determination to hold Even now, the War Maritime Emergency Board is on to those conditions that they have and to better them, can they hope to defeat the united actions of the ship op­ spearheading an attempted cut in the bonus, though the war yet goes on. This is a sobering reminder of what the Now to the question of uni­ erators after, the war. merchant seaman will have to face when the Japanese side forms. I think that now since The SfU is the banner for such a united struggle, for of the war is ended. the War in Europe seems to be / at an end and that most of the only it has a program and. a method which can help the The NMUf decries this move to cut the bonus, but boys in the armed services who seamen. Only the SIU faces the future with no illusions, being discharged are getting and with a determination to protect the seaman and keep their protests end with whining cries for "collaboration." are back into civilian clothes, there is him free. There can be no partnership of any kind unless it comes no reason cin earth why merchant from both sides, and therein lies the weakness of the NMU. seamen, who are really civilians, By joining the SIU the Isthmian workers will not only Their slogan is offered, knowing full well that the ship­ cannot unload these disgraceful better their present wage and working conditions, which owners will not cooperate in any way which could benefit monkey suits which quite a num­ are below those on SIU ships; not only will they gain the ber are wearing. Garbage collec­ the seamen. Tjie slightest threat to their profit level will tors and street cleaners wear uni­ security they cannot have under their present non-union bring the hardest warfare against the merchant seaman. It forms and the type of outfits some setup, but they will be forging a weapon which will pro­ cannot be otherwise—their god is profit, and whosoever seamen wear are not up to par tect them in wage-slashing days to come. with the public servants. So stands ip its way will be bitterly fought. The SIU has the Isthmian Line ators; The success standing victories will go far toward Referendum Deadline ••ii The attack on the present bonus, if anything, is not an argument against the strike fund assessment. If anything, it is a warning that the reaction has alrea'dy begun. It is a Turn over to the "Membership Speaks" and read the warning that the future will bring even greater attacks letter from "Lucky" Uncle Otto Paul Preussler who. this year is celebrating his fortieth year as a merchant seaman. against the merchant seaman's standard of living. There still remains to the seaman the weapon that will Uncle Ckto is sailing on a ship that has only 6 book enable him to fight for his economic freedom. A vote for members on it, yet this man who has been sailing for four the strike fund is a vote for the seaman's self-protection decades still is young enough in spirit and body to promise a method of defense to keep him from once again sinking to brin^ in a full union crew when he returns. into the morass of economic slavery. i It is men like Uncle Otto who are the backbone of our We are being forewarned. Shall we be forearmed? Uncle Otto On The Ball i fir I •'^'" what do you say fellows, get rid of these burlap outfits and come to the Union Halls dressed as a seaman should be dressed, either in dress clothes or good old Mex­ ican serge (dungarees). • �:7Friday. " May'll, , 1945-• 1 H E SEAFARERS LOG Page Three New Jersey Village Officials Shake-Down SIU Crew Members k w By PAUL HALL A point brought out recently in a regular meeting supplied food for thought for all union seamen. There was a committee being elected off the floor to take care of certain union affair's and there ivas a little trouble at flrst in getting enough men to accept nomina;ion. This caused one of the fellows present to blow his cork. His -emarks were very good and they are well worth passing along as a message to all of our members. He said-: "You guys have got to realize that to be a good union man you have to be a union man ALL the time, not just when you have an hour'ij overtime beef at stake. Every man should show just as much willingness to work for the union's welfare in general as you Would ^work to see that your own personal beef is settled. This is the only Vay we are going to build and keep a good union." "What this guy said was absolutely right. It is no good for any organization if part of the membership remembers that they are union men only when THEY have some dough at stake and' then forget they are union men when there is some work to do .for the organization. A good union man is a union man all .the time, not part of the time. U 4, J, 4, i The MWEB announced this, week its intention of calling a meet}ing with a view of cutting war bonuses. The Seafarers must now torepare for a fight. The SIJJ-SUP will fight the same fight we have 'always fought regarding this particular outfit. The MWEB has no jright or authority to cut tlhe seamen's bonus in any manner, shape pr form. 1 The NMU, quite naturally, can be expected to take the opposite position. Although they would like very much to have things stay status quo, they will not quarrel with the Board, no matter how much the Board cuts the bonus. It's tough fighting beefs for seamen ivhen one of the maritime unions finks and scabs on every beef ;hat any union brings up. The officials in the NMU, without a l'^%stion of a doubt, will go along with anything handed down by l-'ny phoney Washington bureau at this time, for the simple reason '^ lat we know that the Communist Party line today is "Government ureaus Can Do No Wrong." This being the Communist Party line, iturally it is the NMU's line. These people will let the seamen take k ly kind of a beating, regardless of how wrong it is, as long as the P Line tells them to do so. It will be very interesting to note what position these phonies ike when they try to.explain to their membership just why they t.' liled to put up a fight on behalf of the seamen's living standard. Right now they are in the process of kissing fannies and grovel,g at the feet of the MWEB, asking them for a j)ostponement of ny meeting. If these bums were like working mdn and union men, nd not wriggle in the dust simply because it is a CP Line, they would line up with the rest of the maritime unions and create a fighting front. If this were done there is no question at all but what we could fight back qnd prevent the MWEB from taking away any of ihe seamen's rightly earned dough. 4. The Seafarers' organizing drive is taking on new power now ith the new sets of literature which just came off the presses. This icerature is now being distributed and is well received in all secions. Frenchy Michelet, who has been-very active in the Seafarers in ,he past year, is now stationed in New York and is working on the n-ganizing drive. His experience on the waterfront should assist Igreatly in moving our whole program along at a faster clip, i Speaking of the organizing end, we have seen sorne strange jsights over the past 10 days. We have had whole crews of Isthmian Line seamen coming up to the union hall in a body and inquiring I about our outfit. Just this morning, believe it or not, one of the f.Engineers off an Isthmian Line scow, which is now lying in port and who, incidentally, is an ex-NMUer, brought several of the Black Gang up to the- hall so that they could look things over and talk jabout the'SIU policy. With this sort of reception of the Seafarers by the Isthmian Line men, organizing them under the SIU banner \bhould not take as long or be as tough as it was supposed to be at irst. NEW COATING EOR LIFE RAFTS Chances for survival of the '^ipwrecked have improved with ;he developrpent of a special waterproof coating for the balsa wood life rafts and floats. The coating, which is made of "Vinyiite" resins by the Akron Paint 'I and Varnish Co., imparts greater and longer-lasting moisture-re­ sistance and tensile strength to the basic wood surface of the float. It is non-inflammable and permanent in color. — •4 Merchant seamen have long been the object of concentration BRITISH UNIONISTS TOUR U.S. by con artists, swindlers and petty racketeers. But one of the most disgraceful shake downs ever directed at the men who brave torpedoes so that the war goods can be delivered to the fighting fronts, is now being con­ ducted by the town officials of Leonardo, N. J. Here's the story. Many SIU ships which previ­ ously docked at Cravens Point are now being directed to Leon-ardo, N. J. Last month the SS Blue Ridge Victory docked there and Brother E. M. Kalin, Junior Engineer, walked down the gang­ way. At the foot of the gangway he was stopped by a Marine guard who said: "Hey bud, you got a match on you?" Kalin, thinking that the Marine wanted a light, searched through his clothes and finally discovered a half used package of paper matches—which he offered to the guard. Thereupon Kalin was grabbed by the shoulder and hurried to the yard gates, where the Marine put in a call for the Leonardo constable. Kalin was taken by the constable to the Leonardo Town Recorder and fined $50— Four British women, all union members, have come to the U.S. just like that! No charges. No to conduct an inspection tour of our factories and war plants, re­ Trial. Just a neat, clean high­ paying a similar visit which four American women unionists re­ wayman's job. cently made in England. Sealed (left to right); Edith Maycok of Tailors and Garment Workers Union; Mary J. Brodie of Electrical Later that afternoon Brother Trades Union; standing, Barbara Bates of National Union of Gen­ Williams, messman on the Blue eral & Municipal Workers; Margaret Jennings of Notthingham Ridge Victory, walked down the gangplank and got caught in the District Hosiery Workers Society. same shakedown. Only, when he Decision Unanimous PSSST.^ MERE COMES) AWOTMERONJE/J The War Labor Board is a great institution— For all labor troubles they have a solution. Just till out some forms, a hundred or more; Sure, they will accept them and send you some more; "Don't 'phone us," they say, "or send us a card. Just fill out Form 60 in length but a yard. And when we receive it you'll hear from us soon— In six months or so, on some afternoon. Your case is a tough one, we'll have to admit— Forms 30 or 60 just don't seem to fit. So our latest and best we are sending to you. Form forty-four thousand, six hundred and two. Please notice the clause in paragraph eight. It cancels all forms you have sent us- to date. Page 450, clause^ 301, Explains clearly. Sir, that you start on page 1. Item 602 is the one you must watch. Don't write it in English, please write it in Scotch. If •^Ve haven't sent you the knowledge you seek. Please write us again in Hebrew or Greek. Our legal department, the best in the land. Has all college theorists—they'll understand. If you don't get our order that gives you more pay. It's because our best men are processing your 'Hay.' Your case has a place down deep in our files Which extend underground about 21 miles. We assure you they're kept both safely and clean; They're brushed every morning and vacuum-machined. Now don't be impatient—you'll hear from us yet. In eight or nine months—Oh, we'll not forget! Your War-Labor Board will then send to you Form fifty-nine thousand, nine hundred and two. When the war is all over and tyranny blasted. And bur staS is no longer afraid to be drafted: When Hitler is dead and his renegades run. Then we'll docket your brief. Boys, as Case No. 1." —The Master Mate & Pilot i'Ji- appeared before the Town Re­ corder the fine was $105. Let this story serve as a warn­ ing to all men who sign on or off in Leonardo. Keep your eye peeled for these racketeers. Don't* give them a chance to shake you down. New Hospital Service Is Opened In Miami MIAMI, Fla., May 1—Injm*ed SIU men will no longer be shifted from point to point in their at­ tempt to get decent medical in Florida. An addition to the city owned Jackson Memorial Hospital, made available by a loan from the Federal Works Agency, will add 189 beds to the hospital's capacity. The facilities for the merchant seamen will be handled by the United States Public Health Ser­ vice. The grant was made be­ cause of the increasing number of injured seamen from the Car­ ibbean and the Pacific shippe^ -* into Miami. According to offi-~ * cials, some 800 were brought in­ to the city last year. V •- ^1 �. :r!e.T»Id gr:; t> m-: THE Page Four S E AF A E E as LOG =/ MWEB Proposes Now Bonus Cut |W; i?-' ' S(i 17 . I::- ;V •> irT' '• :,' t '-:• [{JS •: !• % Friday, May 11, 1S45 AN ARTISTS WORK (Continued from Page 1) bonus rates around—and we con tinue to deny that authority to day. However, we must face the He was an old salt, a very old self. AU of which makes sense, facts frankly—the shipowners salt—and stowed away safe and you'll agree. ' will welcome any MWEB dictated secure in Sailors Bnug Harbor, But the cops, being shoreside bonus cut and will follow its out in Staten Island. Or so they cops and not understanding, sent directives quickly, and with en thought. out an alarm for him. A.nd they Even if a man is 100 years old, never , found him, until a month thusiasm. All of which proves that sea and retired from the sea, he is later, his money gone, he seated men's take home wage can not still kind of young to be taken himself in a restaurant in plain be left to the caprice of some out of life, with nothing to do vietv and drank coffee. "Wliy," he said, to the cops, shipowner dominated govern­ "I didn't know there was going ment bureau. The full take home wage must be incorporated into to be a fuss.'I was just seeing the sights," the basic wage schedules. - This is what the SIU is fight­ He paused for a moment to ing for. We now have many cases admire the sleek lines of a C-3 pending before the War Labor that was crossing the street, her Board in which adequate wage blonde hair tossing in the wind. He sighed. adjustments are being demanded. But now the seamen are asking, "Hell," he said, fingering his "What if the War Labor Board last eight cents, "I was coming sabotages our demands, just as back in a few days." it has so many of labor's de­ "Where was I?" he said, answering their insistent ques­ mands in the past?" This artistic masterpiece of baking is the work of Elmar Kaasiki To that the SIU can only but sniff the sea air and bat the tions. "No place, just around. answer—our no strike pledge was breeze about the old clipper days. Went to the movies and rode the Baker aboard the SS Floyd Gibbons. The cake was presented to the,SoWilliam S. Clark picked subways, and looked around." based upon the. promise of or­ oNice personnel of the New'York hall on behalf of the crew. Some derly adjustment of our griev­ himself up, and with the help of That's all he would say. But idea of the craftmanship required may be received from the ,fact pile a change that some radio ride the subways, indeed! That's that the American flag, the SIU emblem and a clipper and a,Libertyances and the protection of the living standards of our members. program had given him, decided a story for landlubbers. He ship were done entirely in color, and the rosebuds were in four^ SRoiild the government fail to to see the Big City. He left Snug doesn't have to tell us. Ask any different shades of pink and red. carry out its end of the bargain, Harbor on April 7th, telling no seaman what he would do .with should it continue what appears one, kind of figuring that a man a pocket full of dough, and a to be deliberate provocation, we who has managed to live as long month's liberty. can not consider ourselves bound as he had can take care of him­ Heave ho, Oldtimer! by a pledge which works only to the detriment of the seamen. Who Wants A Snug Harbor? SEAMEN CAN GET AID FROM ASK TRUMAN TO NEW AFL SERVICE BUREAU SIU members may be inter­ community resources and full un­ ested in learning that an AFL derstanding of the policies and Service Bureau has been set up procedures in the public depart­ (Continued from Page 1) by the New York Labor War ments as well as those of the ""touched—not only as compensa­ Chest to provide AFL unions voluntary agencies. It is this in­ tion for the risk involved in their in New York City with an in­ formation that the service Bur­ work—but also in order to pro- formation and referral service eau places at the disposal of the . tect the living standard of their through which they can help Ipcal unions for the benefit of wives and children at home. their members to obtain assist­ their members. We therefore ask that you re­ ance, when it is needed, from The address of the Bureau is affirm the original executive or­ social and health agencies. 10 East 40th Street, Room. 801, der confining the authority of the These agencies number more and the telephone number is Maritime War Emergency Board than a thousand and operate un- Lexington 2-4540. The office is to- cases where the bonus rates , der either public or voluntary open from 9 to 5 o'clock, Monday are under dispute^ by labor and auspices. They include family through Friday. When necessary, Haskel Gilblom, Chief Cook, presenting the cake on behalf Og management. services that are ready to help appointments can be made after the crew of the SS Floyd Gibbons to Joe Algina, Patrolman, wh^ This Board has announced an families and individuals with (Continued on Page J) accepted it for the office personnel. > industry-wide meeting on May 12 I their personal problems. They 'i for the purpose qf reducing the , also include many types of spebonus. We appeal to you for I cialized services in the field of prompt executive action before I health and welfare. Some of these ; this date — so that the seamen I services are financial assistance April 30, 1945 1944 to March 31, 1945. ances as at March 31, 1945 weri^' may face the hazards of their . in the home, care of dependent Cash on hand in the various reconciled to headquarters' vreC* To the Members and work, secure in the knowledge children, vocational guidance, branches was verified from the ly report of that date and stg | , that their families at home are recreation, prevention of delinq­ Officers of the weekly reports of the branches ment from Federation Bank |! ' Seafarers International Union adequately fed and sheltered. uency, nursing care and care in filed at headquarters. The con­ Trust Co., of New York. of North America, (j*.) specific types of illness, such as Respectfully submitted, tinuity of these weekly balances All cash receipts of head Atlantic and< Gulf District tuberculosis, heart ailments, can­ JOHN HAWK. was determined by the examina­ quarters as shown by branch re, cer. Through the New York 51 Beaver Street Secretary-Treasurer tion of the branch weekly reports ports and records of the Nev^ New York, N. Y. Seafarers International Union Labor War Chest, AFL unions of cash receipts and cash pay­ York office were deposited in thi contribute to the support of a Gentlemen: Of North America, AFL. ments. proper fund accounts kept with large number of these welfare Atlantic & Gulf District the Federation Bank and Trus'! In accordance with instructions, General Fund Cash of Head­ and health facilities throughout Co., of New York. the city. The Service Bureau we have examined the books and quarters, hospital, burial and FEWER LOW-PRICED maintains a working relationship records of the Atlantic and Gulf shipwreck fund cash, strike and SPAHR, LACHER & BERK District of the Seafarers Interna­ organizational fund cash, annual Accounlanfs and Audiioss' with these many organizations, CIGARS PRODUCED 90-50 Parsons Boulevard ' has current information about tional Union of North America, strike assessment fund and buildJamaica, N. Y. 'Figures of the Internal Rev­ their programs, the type of ser­ for the period from December 31, ipg assessment fund cash bal­ enue Bureau indicate the extent vice they render and their elig­ Statement of Funds — As Of March 31,1945 to which cigar manufacturers are ibility requirements, and is the taking advantage of their op­ link between the local AFL union Cash Total portunity to "gyp" consumers. and the agency most appropriate -Balance Available During February, it was re- in a given situation. Per Books Total Funds I l-? vealed, more cigars were mark- It is generally' accepted that As At Mar. In Year In Year In Year Bonds As At Mar. ' % eted than in the same month a the union is a natural place fbr 31,1945 1942 1943 1944 At Cost 31,1945 ^ year ago. But the "joker" is that its members to turn for help and 'S 74,413,365 fewer 5 and 10 cent advice about personal problems, General Fund—^Headquarters .... $ 90,528.45 $ 5,160,00 $15,000.00 $50,320.00 $ 70,480.00 $161.00Sw 2,173.83 2,17i cigars were released, a reduction as well as problems related .to General Fund—Branches Strike & Organization Fund-...... 121,864.02 10,000.00 $15,000.00 25,000.00 146,664 f of about 58 per cent. employment. The unions want to 158,099.751 Wholesale and retail dealers in­ do everything they can to be of Annual Strike Ass'm'l Fund ...... 158,099.75 Building Assessment Fund 167,640.00 167,640.00') sist that OPA regulations, per- help to their members in con21,340.70 10,000.00 20,320.00 32,190.00 62,510.00 63,850.70 mitting manufacturers to fix their jUection with these problems but Hospital Fund own prices on new brands, are often the giving of such help Total Available Funds , responsible for the gouge. requires a thorough knowledge of- As at March 31, 1945 .....^ $561,446.75 $25,160.00 $50,320.00 $82,510.00 $157,990.00 $718.436.75: Auditors Statement On Seafarers Union Funds •- �', • t ; • . .i' . .. 'i • •. • • i-.., . •. • • ••*- ''-A .. • - '-J-1 •?'•'^-.'5^ I •, •• ri,. ;;• /•-.,•• •-.4 . THE f riday. May 11. 194s SEAFARERS LOG A Good Union Man THE NMU vs PORK CHOPS » Advocates Four Watches When the American taxpayers' ships are laid up and scrapped after the war, staggering unem­ ployment looms on the horizon for the merchant seamen. How is this coming unemployment prob­ lem going to be solved? It is al­ ready being discussed by the sea­ men in the union halls and on the ships, that one of the ways is the establishment of the fdur watch system aboard all ships in the postwar era. To get a picture of the dismal future in store for the shipping industry, read the big business magazine. Fortune, of November, 1944. In a survey made on the Maritime industry it found that in 1939 the shipowners operated 1,017 ships in both domestic and foreign trade, and 279 ships laid idle. By the end of 1945, there will be in operation 5,500 ships to carry on the war to its conclu­ sion. After the war about 1,600 ships will be sailing the seas— and 3,900 ships will be designated to rot in the bpneyard. In other words, in a period of destruction, shipping is plentiful and bloodprofits flourish for the shipown­ ers; but in peaceful times, the shipowners offer scrapping ..and laying .up of ships and tragic iadfen&s and starvation for the .jseamen." iji The question of unemployment ias iKJt a new one for the trade (Unions. During the depression era ^he progressive trade unions, in ilorder to solve the terrible unem­ ployment, proposed and fought jjfor a 35 hour week with no rejvduction in pay. Some of the .'.unions to this day are working . ' under this condition. Everyone remembers the ab\ normal days when one third of the nation was ill-fed, ill-clothed \ and ill-housed. This created an existence of a mass of hungry job seekers, whom the bosses purposely utilized to drive a wedge between the employed and unemployed. On. many occasions this proved an effective means by which the employer could cut down the al­ ready pitiful wages received by the workers, and destroy their hard won working conditions. These tactics of the profit hun­ gry bosses alarmed the trade unions. They realized that it was necessary for the life of the union to demand a 35 hour work week, to prove to the unemployed workers that the unions are in­ terested in helping them in their unfortunate condition. We too will be faced with this same terrible situation, and soon. The seamen are . entitled to jobs after the war, and the seamen's unions cannot ignore this vital problem. For the postwar period, the SIU must be prepared now to demand from the profit_bloated shipowners the manning of all ships with four watches. Sam Shatkovnick, No. 6337 The Pay Off Blues I'm i dilhyrambic stanza, I'm a rhapsody insane, A psychiatric bonanza: Something atrophied my brain. I'm a scource of irritation. To the decently sedate; I'm a gay regurgitation From 3 rich ambrosial plateI'm a glorified delusion. And I stimulate the sorrow Of my shipmates, in profusion, 'Cause I'm paying off tomorrow. —Blackie Morrow, No. 1937 I am about 9,000 miles from New York, at some islands in the Pacific Ocean, delivering the goods and hunting for Japs. We have on board 6 SIU bookmembers—and will have the crew all SIU when we return home. I am the only book member in the Steward's department, but all will join—I am working for it. Best wishes "Lucky" Uncle Otto OTTO PAUL PREUSSLER - ' conference to work out legisla­ tion which would embracce vol­ untary instead of compulsory manpower controls. With V-E Day close at hand, and with wholesale cutbacks al­ ready taking place all over the country, no likelihood whatever is seen for the revival of any legislation involving a "labor draft" or a "labor freeze." AFL Service Bureau (Continued from Page 4) 5 p.m. The persons to call are Miss Sarah E. Marshall, director, or Miss Rita Lowenstein. The ser­ vice is free to any union member who wishes to use it. Referral to the Bureau should be made through the union's Welfare Com­ mittee or through the manager of the local. By FRENCHY MICHELET The NMU commissars are promising the rank and file $200 a month. This rosy little dream is prettily illustrated in a piece of characteristic Alice-In-Won- i derland type of literature that, shows the membership climbing laboriously to the two hundred dollar goal. The two hundred dollar goal is aptly symbolized by a big round moon. We congratulate the artist. The illustration is in keeping with the spirit of the whole pipe-dreamy plan. The NMUers have every bit as much a chance of getting two hundred dollars a month un­ der their present politically mind­ ed leaders as they have of reach­ ing the moon! The rank and file of the NMU will certainly eventually get two hundred dollars a month. Yes, and more too, but they will get it like they got every other improv­ ed condition that they now en­ joy—THE SIU-SUP WILL GET IT FOR THEM. They will get the two hundred dollars a month only after the SIU-SUP gets it first and then they'll go hat in hand to the La­ bor Board with their old, old story: "Please, sirs, bring wages up to the level of the SIU and stabilize the industry." That's what they are doing now, and have been doing to get all the improvements they are now pointing to with pride. The NMU is enjoying bonuses today because the SIU got it for them. Although the Supreme Court has approved the portal to portal pay agreement in the soft coal mines, the hard coal operators refuse to accept it in the present coal controversy. Meanwhile, the hard coal min­ ers have refused to go back to work unless a new contract is signed with the operators. The government has taken over the mines, but finds it can't mine coal with bayonets. John L. Lewis seems to be firm in his decision to make the operators drop their stalling tac­ tics and negotiate a new contract. Labor leaders throughout the country are watching the situa­ tion with great interest, and may be forced through rank and file pressure to borrow some of Lewis' militancy. Incidentally, the old bogey about the shortage of coal seems to have been exposed by the government itself, when the WPB lifted the "brownout," originally instituted to save coal. X t i, Reports of cutbacks and the accompanying unemployment lare reaching this office. Recent dis­ patches from Portland, Oregon state that 10,000 are now jobless; and that of the 112,000 now em­ ployed in the shipyards would shrink to 25,000 by the end of the year. From San Francisco comes news that the layoffs there have l They are enjoying higher wages I and-oveftime because the SIU got them first; and even now Joe Curran is kissing the collective fannies of the Labor Board to in­ duce the board to give his NMU-, ers a five cent boost in overtime and a fiVe' cent buost in extra meal money to come up to fhe rates now enjoyed by the SIU. "Please, gentlemen," Curram is saying in effect to the Labor Board, "don't compel us to con­ tinue to work for 85c an hour overtime and 30c for extra meals when the SIU is getting 90c and 35c respectively. It's bad when we try to organize. We want sta­ bilization in the industry!" That the NMU is able to shape up any literature at all for or­ ganizing purposes is a tribute to the skill and ingenuity of the personnel of their educational de­ partment rather than to the fact that they have anything to say. One of their latest pamphlets recounts the hardships that the seamen endured a few years ago. It's quite true as this pamphlet claiijtis that the seamen lived and worked under intolerable condi­ tions . . . that the cockroaches were ravenous creatures which stood up in the corner and fought you like a man . . . that the rats tackled any cat foolish enough to poke his whiskered puss into the foc'sle doorway . . . that the meat was frequently capable of mov­ ing under its own power long, long after the power of locomo­ tion had departed from the ani­ mal from whence it came. To suggest that the NMU had a hand in remedying the situa­ tion, however, is exquisitely laughable. But we can match it with an instance of claims every bit as ridiculous: Lord Macaulaj' tells a story of an English preacher, who finding that preaching was a none toowell paying proposition in itself, resolved to supplement his in­ come with dog stealing on the side. The poor guy was detected become so numerous that the in the act of swiping the mayor's AFL council has declared" the • dog and consequently sentenced manpower shortage bugaboo has to be whipped for the offense. turned into an unemployment The disgrace naturallj' thinned spector." the flock even further and the poor man was in danger of want­ The Supreme Court ruled that ing bread. In desperation he fin­ an employee may collect dam­ ally hit upon a capital plan. He ages equal to back pay due him, determined to hold a grand re­ even though he has made a sep­ vival meeting and he illustrated arate settlement with his employ­ the text of the sermon he plan­ er. ned to preach with a quotation Chiseling employers had held from St. Paul: out compromise settlements to "Thrice was I scourged with thier workers who had had over­ rods." time claims, and many, rather —Corinthians. than go through complicated and It takes more than whippings drawn out suits, had accepted the to make an apostle, chum, and by bait. the same toke.n, it takes more J, 4 than a membership who have la­ Fifty general chairmen of the bored under finky and intoler­ Railroad Machinists union (AFL) able conditions to make a good from aU parts of America and union. Canada met in Chicago last week, The NMU would still be battl­ and passed a resolution for a 6ing cockroaches for a shot of hour day in the postwar period, eight-to-one diluted milk to put as a solution for the expected into their greasy coffe, if the sea­ unemployment. men had been dependent upon Like the weather, unemploy­ the NMU to do anything about ment is the one thing everybody these conditions. is talking about, but ain't doing However, we bear the bonifide anything about. seamen of the NMU no malice. To show our good faith we want to General Motors, Ford and extend to them a sincere invita­ Chrysler spent $20,000,000 in 1944 tion. When their communistic on advertising when they had leaders succeed in getting old nothing to sell. Of course, the John Shipowner to shell out $200 money was charged against op­ a month to the NMU rank and erating expenses and so was tax- file, we cordially invite them to free, and was in effect paid by visit us at Bangkok, because we the taxpayers. will be the King of Siam! llili Uncle Otto Reports SLAVE LABOR BILL QUIETLY PASSES AWAY WASHINGTON (LPA)—Three months of battle, millions of words of oratory and thousands of columns of newspaper debate boiled to just four lines at the bottom of daily papers last week. The four lines were: "The House returned the work­ er-jail bill to the House Military Affairs Committee yesterday, thus sending the measure to its grave." • In returning it to the commit­ tee from which it came, the House, in effect, turned down the Senate's invitation for a joint Edgar Emery, Fireman, iypifies Ihe good SIU member. Wifh a bundle of LOGS under his arm. Brother Emery is about to make the rounds of local hotels, clubs and bars to bring news of the SIU to the unorganized seamen. Each week others like him pick up bundles and distribute them. Page Fivr �•• •- " , 'iP ,- •"'w<;^' V. ^ :' / j'i-'i I Page Six THE SAVANNAH iT m SEAFAhERS LOG Friday, May 11. 1945- NORFOLK The Port of Savannah is the Shipping is still good. We have forgotten port again. We haven't had to call Baltimore and New seen an SIU ship here since the York for men the past week. We SS Frederick Dau paid off. There paid off a couple of Robin'Line were a few replacement jobs on ships and also a South Atlantic, SUP ships but outside of that we but had only a few minor beefs haven't shipped anyone. pending. • The Isthmian Line's SS Charles We are pushing right along M. Hall was in but nobody want­ here on. Army base payoffs. So :d ed a job on her. In the deck de­ in the Port of New Orleans, and to take the various shots and it far we have managed to either partment they had three ABs, the number of beefs coming up get aboard ships or have an of­ is up to the man himself. ' three acting ABs and three Or­ are giving us the run-around. We A^. r. MEETINGS IN On, going over their log I founc fice to payoff in. This is due tp f dinaries. Pity the poor bos'n. had one good one on the SS Wood few men had been turned down the members aboard ship who WEBSTER HALL There was a bos'n's job open Island, Moran Towing Co. except for communicable di will not pay off without union New York Breach meetingi seases. One guy gave me a mean representation. on her but after a look at the material on board which passed It seems as if the chief engineer are held every other Wednes­ beef on being turned down by It can be done, fellows, so when for seamen, the brother sent over had a grudge against the Oiler, day evening. 7 P.M. at Web­ the medicos, but on checkijgg you dock in the Arniy base to from Charleston to take the job James Burke, for no apparent ster Hall. 119 East llth Street, found he had an acute case o: payoff, hold tough. said, "I can take it but not that reason. This Oiler put in for between 3rd and 4th Avenues. scabies. However, it is up to us We have received quite a bit much." He did bring over all the overtime and the chief engineer To get there take the 3rd Ave« to check on this sort of thing and of our organizational and educa­ SIU literature he could handle, disputed it. He told Brother Elevated and get off at 9th St., I make it my business to visit the tional literatQre and are distrib­ however, and maybe during the Burke that he was a company or the East Side IRT Subway medical admittance offices and uting it all over the places where course of her next voyage some man, and that he would see to it and get off at Astor Place. see" that the members ^re being seamen hang out. It is also up of the crew may become interest­ that he did not collect the over­ No cards will be stanq^ treated right. It is still my opin to every member to help in this time. But after Burke went to after 7:30 PAf. ed in sailing union ships. ion that these examinations are drive. Help put out the literat­ the company he was paid. It seems they don't give match­ too severe. Most of the bodily ure, especially abodrd unorgan- ^ At this point, the chief engineer es or soap to the crew. The Stew­ harm that seamen have contract ized ships. This is your fight and ard tells them there is plenty in fired him, using an incident that man should have had it suspend­ ed has been the result of the you can help put it over! the slop chest whenever anyone had happened over two weeks be­ ed indefinitely. wear and tear of their job. . We are moving right along on asks for them, and to a newcom­ fore as an excuse. We then had On the SS Webb Miller we had the Ferry Companies here and Now you can see what is really er who doesn't know any better to get in touch with the chief going ondn some of these ports. to have all the food taken out of should vote them in the near fu­ he gets away with it. This is only engineer and the captain, and af­ The crew has not collected for the boxes and examined and re­ ture. There are also quite a few a small item, of course, but if a ter quite a bit of discussion, the their lost clothing as yet, but we stored. When we told the Stew­ tugs here that are not yet or­ company will let that sort of stuff Agent and Patrolmen finally suc­ have the lists here in the office ard to feed the men individual ganized, but they are right for go on in this, day and age I can ceeded in getting the company to and we are going to go to work platters he called New York for picking and we expect to move imagine how far we'd get with a agree to putting the man back on on it as soon as possible. an okay. on them shortly. big beef. Of course, if we want the ship. "What the hell do we care who Well, this seems to be the port to organize this outfit some of our The SS Tonto, Pacific Tanker, We think that just about covers he calls? If people like that don't the waterfront here in New Or­ where you really become a real members will have to sail these paid off April 30. There were want to cooperate for the good seaman, that is if a big tattoo will leans for this week. ships to teach the unorganized plenty of beefs on her, but as and welfare of the union then it's^ E. S. HIGDON. Agent about time we got rid of them. men on them what the real score,' there was no representative in is. On this particular ship the Stew­ this port, the overtime was sent ard and Chief Cook were gone We got the news from unofficial back to Frisco as demanded by BALTIMORE for about a week and there was sources that the NMU is going the crew and master. It was Where are all the ships going? no one to look after the cooking to open a branch here next week. signed on May 1 and the. crew From the looks of things this port or give out linen as the Steward I understand that they were kick­ seems to be satisfied. ed out of here before for raising The SS Thaddeus Merriman, can't be on the map any more. had the keys locked up in his too much hell and for nearly Bull Line, paid off April 30 also However, we have been getting room. burning the hall down. But so Everything on her was pretty- a few jobs on tankers recently WM. McKAY, Agent far it's only talk. I'll let you well cleared up. There were no and if the members cooperate know if there is any truth in it beefs hanging fire. The new crew and ship on them we'll get a lot PHILADELPHIA more. We have had several cases later. signed on on May 2. before the Coast Guard here late­ Shipping here in this port has The landlord sent us a nice letter last week. He wants an in­ It seems as if we can expect ly and the results have been very been good lately, and we hope that it will continue. Paid off help out. "Lil Abner" was in port crease of five bucks a month in some trouble with the WSA. They good. the rent, if we want to sign a new are giving the captain, chief en­ One of our men on the SS three ships last week, and every­ here and went to become a fulllease in August. He did the same gineer, gunnery officer and pur­ James Rumsey was jumped by body was hkppy except the deck Hedged salt. Of course, the boys thing last year. I checked with ser fans for their port holes, but the chief engineer who walloped gang on the Waterman scow, SS up in New York don't think he the OPA, and they said they they do not seem to have any in­ him over the head with a flash­ Sterling. The company agent will ever make it, but take it couldn't do a thing about it. It tention of doing the same for the light. The victim of this assault held pat on a security watch beef from me he is trying. looks like we'll have to pay be­ crew on the SS Francis M. Smith, was an SUP trip card man but and we had to forward it to 'Let's keep up our fight against cause there isn't another place Mississippi Steamship Company. we went to bat for him, and with Brother Goffin in New York. the phoney Coast Guard." Had plenty of ships in port but available, and quite a few people Brother Sully arrived here Fri­ Attorney Berenholtz' help had RAY WHITE. Agent would like to get the place we day, and we expected him to take the case up on trial again. This most of them were in transit. We have. over Monday as he was duly chief was a nasty character and shipped 115 men and we have NEW YORK* Did you ever hear how the log elected patrolman. We are not remarked he would kick hell out about 28 men on the beach, and book originated? In the old days sur& yet, but it seems as if we of anyone who talked back to with the SS Ellinor of the Bull All of our beefs have been set- I they used to throw a log over the will have to let one of our pres­ him; he is a pre-war fink and be­ Line and the SS Reed of the- tied at the point of production on I lieves himself to be lord and mas­ Calmar Line paying off this week bow and time it till it passed the ent patrolmen go. This is going the 32 ships' that were paid off stern. In this manner they de­ to be a bad deal as they are all ter of all he surveys. However, I believe that we will clean the lere in the past week. termined the speed of the ship. good men, and they are all con­ the hearing officers wouldn't go shipping list off. for his stuff and lifted his license We are having a new wrinkle Success has finally been reach­ This was recorded in a book scientious workers. for sixty days. pulled these days. It seems that ed in the struggle to regulate our which became known as the log. We have collected a half a day's when the payoff rolls around and Stewards Department manning One of our old-times—Jimmy And the poop deck got it's pay for Richard D. Hanvey. The there is any disputed overtime scale on the Bull Line ships. The Stevens—had to go to the WSA name from the Pope. The skip­ first assistant on the Alcoa Pilot beef was handled by the regular per used to have his quarters aft, refused to pay it. We also col­ doctors for an examination and settled on the ship, the men are patrolm*an, Claude Fisher and by told to leave their names and ad­ and before every voyage the lected eight hours overtime for dresses with the purser. He, the • Trenchy Michelet, who is noW Sunday and four hours Monday Pope, or one of his i-epresenlapurser, will make out a special working as organizer in the port tives, came aboard to bless the for the Chief Cook, as he had voucher of the overtime in ques­ of New York. The Bull Line ship and pray for her safe return. been doing 2nd Cook's work. tion and will mail it to the ones ships will now carry 8 men or This ceremony took place on the The survivors of the SS Russell over in their Stewards Depart­ that are concerned. Pope's deck, as it was called then. H. Chittenden arrived in New ment. This beef finally came to Well, this in itself sounds al­ As time went by the name was Orleans from Frisco to be paid right, but we are getting a kick a head when the Stewards De-"'-.kicked around until it became the off. They had to wait about a back on this. Some of our mem­ partment asked for overtime in ' poop deck. week before the captain come in, bers are coming back into the excess of 8 hours on the SS Jean. Now, here's one I do not know but everything was finally settled hall and they are telling us that There were 7 men aboard lier y and it's got me worried. Why is on May 3. they did not get their overtime and as any Steward Department it that stuff shipped by freighter There were quite a number of mailed to them as promised. Now, man will know, it is absolutely is caUed cargo and stuff shipped beefs about the skipper. This to avoid this in the future when impossible for a Steward Depart­ by car is called freight? I won­ man seems to be a bit "loco." He the disputed overtime is settled ment of 7 men to perform their der if Bunker can teU me. tried to run the ship aground on the ship, don'J be in such a duties in a period of 8 hours: ARTHUR THOMPSON. Agent about twelve timgs and finally on being told that he had to take hurry to scram. Wait until the Mississippi was our leading succeeded in doing so. He was shots Jimmy agreed; but an­ purser makes out your special payoff company last week. They taken before the Coast Guard in nounced that the only shots he overtime voucher. Sign it, and had the SS Groute, SS Giles, SS NEW ORLEANS some foreign port for a triaL He wanted was Calverts and not te­ collect your money there and Marymar, SS Poindexter, SS Del All this week the agent and pa­ got away with a mere six months' tanus as he had never heard of the 1, and you will not have any Aires, SS Akon "Victory and the trolmen have been on the ball, suspension on his license. We are the stuff. The doctors advised me headaches later. SS Talisman. paying off and signing on ships all under the impression that this that they ran not compel anyone HARRY J. COLLINS. Agenl (Continued on Page, 7) ® \H m �Friday, May 11, 1945 THE Around The Ports SEAFARERS Page Saven LOG J BIJUJETIN cooperation from those that have (Continued from Page 6) the experience, and pass it on Calmar was follow-upper, with with a little patience, a great the SS Blue Ridge Victory, SS change and improvement can Ben Chew, SS J. A. Burtes, SS then be made for all hands. The J. Able, SS. Mangor, SS Daniel oldtimers know what I am'talk­ Willard and the SS John Merrick. ing about, for they have on many The extra meal beef on the SS voyages broken in' their own John Quitman of the Waterman cooks and bakers and taught the Steamship Company, has been messmen the right and wrong in settled at last. For no good rea­ their work. It still can be done, 6.35 .57 DeMarino, Joe 2.97 Cumba, C. son at all Waterman decided to and it would probably knock off Corkern, Sheldon E 23.82 15.05 deNeville, F .74 Cummings, Charles H pay 17% per meal instead of 35c, a lot of these extra beefs coming Cormier, Emile J 8.91 Cummings, F .02 Delvalle, T as per agreement. The beef was in, and save the patrolmen extra Corn, John (Corns, 37.37 23.68 Demmary, Arnold 4.43 Cummings, Ted : settled at the 35c rate and the work all around. Just remember, John W.) 6.09 2.31 DeMare, Eugene J 36.66 Cunningham, Charles W. men involved can scan the money you cannot improve and situation Cornelissen, Elfin, .54 5.13 Dendo,- A. 60.99 Cunningham, Chas. W due column for the amounts that by aggravation. Improvements Cornforth, William Denton, Edward F 52.15 Cunningham, Seaton G. .33 117.50 Correia, Manuel T are coming. come through cooperation and 26.60 1.16 DeOlivera, M. C 3.47 Curl, Harry, There were a number of new understanding. Cosentino, Aldo A Depew, Clyde A. .— 6.75 Curry, George, • .84 804.27 members in to ask if they could Costa, Enrico 6.67 18.50 DePiertro, Anthony 3.56 Curtis, Allen R take off their uniforms now that Those of you that take a ship, Cottle, Francis M. Jr 2.25 8.39 Derecky, A .40 Cuthbert, Richard G. . V-E day has jcome. They seemed and within three minutes after Cotton, Charles W 6.75 6.85 Deresky, A. E 41.57 Czarnecki, Sigmund J., surprised to find that it was nev­ having your assignment card Cottrell, John Dermond, Milton 1.42 16.08 er necessary for them to wear a handed you, turn it back are car­ Couchman, Henry D Dernott, J. W. S 18.00 13.11 uniform and the old spirit of be­ rying it a little to far. After all,- Couchman, Henry D 8.46 Desjardins, Raymond C. .84 15.56 Dada, Stanley E ing merchant seamen instead of why put in for the jobs, when Coulter, Sam H, you don't want it in the first Dafnis, Artstedes 11.88 Desmoulins, B. B 22.05 1.40 merchant marine is prevailing Coulton, W place? Do you wonder why we Coveleski, Thaddeus 23.94 deTreitas, F 23^85 1.98 Dahlguist, Erik V around the hall. 8.29 deVries, Peter 23.07 4.16 Dahlenborg, T. ' Voting for the amendments to dispatchers are going nuts? We Covy, Allen P .79 DeWailly, H. L 79 23.76 Daily, Philip J. Jr the donstitution and the addition­ are not shipping ten men a day— Cowan, Billie it runs into the hundreds, and Dake, C. M .53 Dewar, R. D 1.80 21,77 al' strike assessment is going Cowart, Emory B : 2.97 Dewey, W. F 36.00 1.44 Dam, Espur H Strong and the port of New York things like that just waste our Cowen, Norman time. So how about a little co­ Damguard, Dolmer E 16.63 Dey, Stanley D 12.00 4.50 should put out another all-time CCox, Robert M. M 6.43 Dial, David 5.94 1.19 Damare, Eugene J high record. This proves that the operation on that score? Don't Cox, Warren C 1.65 Diaz, A. G 1.42 627.65 Damos, F membership is interested in their throw in for a job, when you in­ Coxhead, Harvey 1.00 Diaz, Carlos M. 2.23 2.84 Damson, Chris welfare and in exercising their, tend to throw it back at us in Coy, Thurman W 15.77 Dick, Hugh 6.11, 5.64 Dana, Ira B rights as rank and file members the next few minutes; Play ball Coyle, David R .74 Dick, H. A 49 2.97 Daniels, Lonnis C to make the rules by which their like a sport, what say? . . . Coyne, James J Daniels, Thomas W.' 3.96 To members that do not know, Dickens, Woodrow 5.24 8.89 organization is governed. Craddock, Leonard E .10 Dickenson, K your mail clerk and baggage .01 2.90 Daniels, William H J. P. SHULER, Patrolman room are located on the fourth Cragie, A Daniels, William J. B 1.48 Dickenson, Woodward W. .74 6.66 Craig, Drew W 4 % iDanzey, C. A 17.12 floor. That is where you get your Craig, Wallace F. Dickey, Clarence G 1.40 2,81 Shipping's climbing high and mail, and letter for your ration Crandell, Caleb R 1.58 Dietrich, Edward H 13.04 19.22 Danzey, J. L we are getting short of all rated coupons. The fifth floor is the Cranford, Charles L. Jr. .02 Dillingham, Donald A 38.21 2.84 D'Archowlean, F men. Shipping is so good that major beef department in the Crawford, James M." 9.08 Dilliman, Albert J 8.95 1.78 Dare, Edward J some of the boys are sticking hands of brother Algina, so when Crawford, Leo L 26.60 Dinass, George S 8.11 3.73 Dasilva, Jose their noses up at some of the you call the operator, kindly tell Crawford, Rupert W 20.54 DiPopola, J 9.90 5.94 Davenport, Harry T. . , jobs, though three years ago these her what you want and she will Creel, Robert Ck Davidson, C 7.00 Disney, Edward E 2.84 .59 very jobs were considered damn connect you with the right party. Cressman, Walter 3.96 Dixon, C. C 4.31 34.50 Davies, James good ones. And that is not re­ And don't ask us over the phone, Crews, Allee W Davilla, Dominick 3.96 Dixon, F 2.00 1.00 lieving the pressure here in New "how's shipping?" There's only Croke, Thomas 9.20 Dixon, Geo. W. 9.58 4.98 Davis, Charles P York. We shipped over 1,000 one answer to that, shipping is Cronan, John J 5.46 Dixon, Ray M 1.40 2.64 Davis, Charles S. Jr members last week. At that rate, always good here in New York. Cronin, John J 1.32 Dixon, Stedtoe 2.92 5.69 Davis, E. R we are practically at the bottom Don't ask us what we have on Crosby, Stephen W. Davis, George F .79 Dobbins, David J 8.04 .35 for men. If any members are find­ the board. The hall is the place Cross, P 2.23 Dodd, Nevin Wilson 3.28 .70 Davis, Jas ing it hard to ship out in the to come to see what there is on Cross, Robert P Davis, James C 12.49 Dodds, P. J 33 3.71 outports, come to New York. V-E the board. I am sure the jobs Crosswhite, Louis 2.23 Dodson, R. W .33 6.40 Davis, Lowell Day has come and it is going to are there for all, so don't forget Crowley, Eugene, 85.77 Dolese, Sidney L" .74 6.34 Davis, Oscar Thomas take a lot of ships to bring our to take a job. St^ too long and Crowley, Wm. P 1.98 Domio, Roy 1.04 49.18 Davis, Rudolph boys back. The shipping is going the local board may get you be­ Cruz, Luis 2.88 Donahue, Jack 2.38 3.96 Davis, William J to be fast and furious, and the fore one of us dispatchers can. Osmereka, Michael L. Jr. 21.60 Donnelly, Elmer C 3.96 24.17 Davis, Wm quicker we man those ships, the So grab a tub and talk that lug Cuadra, Alfredo, .75 Doran, Thomas B. 11.74 28.81 Dawden, L. W <iuicker the boys will get back of a friend on with you. Shipping Cueria, Joseph C 20.38 Dorgan, Maron 2.13 92.71 Dawe, Roddy home. What say, boys? are we is damn good, but you can make Cullerton, James A. Dawson, Carl J 2.13 Dorr, William W. Jr 2.23 2.07 going to delay these ships or see it a lot better. 11.91 Dotson, William R .41 6.34 Dawson, Joseph E Ciileton, John J that they go out on time? Dawson, Joseph E 11.91 Doty, George .33 30.58 W. PAUL GONSORCHIK, Culeton, John, Day, Howard Elbert 3.23 I notice that there are quite a Douglas, Claude L 22.24 3.46 Dispatcher Culotta, Samuel E Day, Sidney C .33 few beefs coming in about the Dayse, Harold 13.46 stewards department. I have Deacon, Thomas I 15.34 often wondered if any one ever Dean, Homer J 12.92 thought about the great number Dean, Robert L 202.24 of new members that had never The following men can pick up SS FREDERICK L. DAU SS NATHANIEL MACON Dean, T. O .37 their belongings as listed below been to sea before and are now .'... 2.44 at the Seas Shipping Co., 39 Cortsailing these ships. And the fact The following men, paid off in Paid off in Seattle, Washington, Dease, Francis J April 13, 1945 Deaton, Jay Douglas , 5.94 landt St., New York, where they that in the stewards department Savannah, can collect at Calmar it takes a lot of experience to Steamship Co., 44 Whitehall St., 1213 extra meals served during Diblasi, Charles 20.62 are being held. the voyage shall be divided DeCamp, Carl E 22.93 handle that kind of work. It's an New York: D. Ashman, 1 sea bag; J. BigDecareaux, Ignaco ungodly and very much unap­ R. H. Pinckney, $2.52; T. Laak- among the following men: .91 ley, 1 suitcase; F. Durdeen, 1 zippreciated job, and believe it or kenow, $2.52; A. A. Valois, $2.52; Arnold Boyle, Chief Cook, 150 DeFazi, Richard 625.29 ber bag; P. Fembler, 1 suitcase hot, most of the stewards depart­ A. J. Desario, $14.31; J. Gajdire- hrs; Alfonso Saville, 2nd Cook, Defoe, Michalios 7.11 and 1 paper bag; W. Gibson, 1 18.75 sea bag and 1 mandolin; R. Galament men since the war are there wicz, $5.05; R. L. Louzow, $10.10; 137 hrs; Clevland Edmondson, Nt. DeGraffeureid, E because they had no choice in F. Seriano, $7.42; A. Gonzalez, Cook and Baker, 150 hrs; Ellis Dehler, Frederic, A. 4.28 zar, 1 paper box; H. C. Jates, 12.23 sea bag and I suitcase; W. Mcthe matter. So you start to have $2.52; H. W. Simmons, $32.44; F. Gaines, Galleyman, 50 hrs; Sam­ de Jeses, Gilbert difficulties with inexperienced A. Schuster, $39.36; C. E. West, uel Johnson, 50 hrs; Francisco deJesus, Jose 5.69 Gough, 1 sea bag; F. Murphy, 2 , 2.77 suitcases; S. A. Markowski, Pa­ men and instead of helping the $16.94; E. A. Hampson, $3.37; J. Vargas, 91 hrs; Robert Williams, deJesus, Pedro situation out, some of you start F. Morzenski, $5.89; H. E. Beers, 91 hrs; Raymond Rodrigues, 90 Delaney, Joseph 10.89 pers and 1 sea bag; J. Moran, 2 to belittle the men and use ob­ $14.42; T. D. Sanchez, $6.67; L. H. hrs; Anthony Gregory, 100 hrs. Dellinger, James M 1.98 packages, I suitcase and 1 bag; J. Delmonico, E. H. ...'. scene and impolite terms. And Johnson, $9.90; F. Miller, $10.10; Collect at Bull Line Office. 4.22 Prambie, 1 sea bag; H. Roberts, 1 . i> t SDelong, Wm. F then there's your problem—^argu­ P. Marabet, $11,05. 29.15 suitcase; Wm. Schweisgut, 1 SS DOROTHY t> t. ments and no cooperation, which bundle; Wm. Wright, 1 sea bag; SS FRANK STOCKTON N. Shadlock, Oiler, has 53 makes any voyage, regardless^ P. Sankas, 1 bag. SS SIDNEY LANIER how short it is, a hardship on all C. Yost, 32 hrs; E. Bielat, 8 hrs. hours coming for supper relief. i i hands. That sort of thing is not Collect at Calmar Steamship Collect at Bull Line Office^ in Burton Sassao, Wiper, 79 hours. Collect at Robin Line office in Company Office in New York. SS ELEAZAR WHEELOCK _ New York. •good unionism or good sportmanNew York. tS. ^ip.Experienced hands in the t- * tMembers of Stewards' Depart­ iSS JOHN GRIFFIN Steward department are a rarity, SS MADOWSKA VICTORY ment who have overtime coming and it takes plenty of time to The members of this ship have Fred Kelly, Oiler, 30 hrs; P. SS BLUE RIDGE VICTORY on extra meals, please contact the train good bakers and cooks, even money due for penalty cargo. Col- Simmons, Oiler, 30 hrs; J. Weiss, C. Swift, 6 hrs; A. Coleman, 2 Assistant Secretary-Treasurer at good stewards, 90 days will hard- lect at Bull Line Office in New Oiler, 30 hrs. Collect at Robin hrs; E. Farrell, 1 hr. Collect at the 6th floor of the New York ly ever do it, but with the right,York. Calmar Line Office in New York. office. Line Office in New York. Unclaimed Wages Mississippi Steamship Company MONEY DUE PERSONALS �Page Eight THE SEAEARERS LOG Friday, May 11, 1945 EManrsHipA UMON SHIP/ p»* OUR UNION has launched a drive to bring Isthmian, and all unorganized ships, under the SlU banner. This drive is of vital importance to YOU — for a strong SlU means jobs and conditions for all hands. Here is how you con do your port: Talk To Isthmian Crews! Tell fhem about SlU conditions, the rotary shipping. Show them our contracts and let them see for them­ selves how the SlU has the best wages and conditions in the industry. r Take Them To SlU Halls! Show them how a militant, rank and file union operates — how we settle beefs aboard the ships —- how SlU union democracy guarantees them full voice and vote once they are under the Seafarers Banner. Distribute SiU Literature! There will be placed on your ship envelopes containing union literature. It will be extremely effective^f it gets into the hands of the Isthmian men. Keep some of this literature with you at all times so that you can pass it out when you meet a man from an Isthmian ship. LET THE WATERFRONT KNOW WE'RE OUT TO MAKE THE ISTHMIAN SIU Seafarers international Union of North Amsrica • NEW YORK BOSTON : BALTIMORE PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS : CHARLESTON SAVANNAH TAMPA JACKSONVILLE MOBILE SAN JUAN, P. R. GALVESTON HOUSTON RICHMOND, Calif. 51 Beaver St. ; 330 Atlantic Ave. .14 North Gay St. 6 North 6th St. 25 Commercial PI. .. . 339 Chartres St. 68 Society St. . 220 East Bay St. 842 Zack St. ; 920 Main St. 7 St. Michael St. 45 Ponce de Leon 305/2 22nd St. 6605 Canal St. 257 5th St. POST-WAR JOBS WAGES AND CONDITIONS SAN FRANCISCO . ; 59 Clay St. SEATTLE : 86 Seneca St. PORTLAND ; 111 W. Burnside St. WILMINGTON 440 Avalon Blvd. HONOLULU 16 Merchant St, ASHTABULA . •. . 1036 W. Fifth St. HUFFALO 10 Exchange St. CHICAGO ... 24 W. Superior Ave. SO. CHICAGO 9137 So. Houston Ave. CLEVELAND 1014 E. St. Clair St. . 1038 Third St. DETROIT 531 W. 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Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 05/11/1945 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1945 Periodicals Seafarers Log https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/b50f5cb001584354b8fb8c2531c6eccb.PDF 15f65547a2c5bc52d5135a318afa4435 PDF Text Text •'/;• • . •'• '•'-<• • " ' ' J;-'J-'• ^'P'^ :••' • .'^-• .U._ 'i '•••>'t>;' • •••X.•- -- V Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America Vol. VII. NEW YORK, N. Y.. FRIDAY, MAY 4, 194S fe,./ 'l^Xt ^\V. . t * Mine Owners Sabotage WageNegotiations; Hard Coal Miners Strike For Contract Government seizure of the na­ tion's hard coal mines lopmed nearer this week as union con­ tracts expired and the coal oper­ ators continued their stalling tac­ tics in negotiations with the United Min/, Workers. Meanwhile, a compromise set­ tlement offered by Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins and turn­ ed down by the operators, was accepted by the miners. Mrs. Perkins' compromise pro­ posed: 1. Payment for travel- time to the amount of $1.50 per day. 2. Vacation payments of $75. 3. Increases of four and six cents in shift differentials. 4. Payment for overtime after 7 hours work, instead of af­ ter an accumulated period of 40 hours within a given week. The operators refused to accept the first and. fourth terms, claim­ ing, that, these would raise the price of coal more than $1 per ton to the consumer. The miners maintain that the increased cost would amount to only 39 cents a ton. A War Labor Board order that the contract be extended for an­ other thirty days was relayed to New Lifeboat Is OK'd A new lifteboat has been ac­ cepted for American merchant ships by the Coast Guard, after months of intensive tests. Made of aluminum, the new boat weighs considerably less than a wooden one of the same cubic capacity, and approximately half of a steel lifeboat of the same capacity. The new aluminum boat is re­ sistant to. the corrosive action of the various chemicals found in sea water, and because of its lighter weight, materially reduces the weight installed on upper decks, affecting the stability of the vessel. both parties, with the proviso that future agreements be retroactive. The alternative was government operation of the mines. .How the situation will develop is, of course, rather hard to say. Both sides are experts at negoti­ ations. The miners, led by John L. Lewis, are one of the most militant labor' organizations in America, and seem to be stead­ fast in their determination not to work without a contract. The coal operators, among the most reactionary forces in Am­ erica, are experts in skillful sa­ botage of orderly collective bar­ gaining proceedure, and are us­ ing the excuse of a national em­ ergency to try to break the min­ ers' organization. The threat of government seiz­ ure would do the operators little harm, as their profits would go on, in any case. But as Lewis has pointed out in the past, "You can't mine coal with bayonets." No, 18 NMU RAISES PHONEY $200WAGE DEMANDS TO COVER SELL-OUT The top leadership of the National Maritime Union is currently engaged in trying to convince the seamen that they have a "program" that will raise the basic monthly wage scale to $200, We leave aside for the moment their hocus-pocus about "take home" wages which ignores the withholding tax deduction which would reduce the $200 scale to a much lower "take home" figure. Stripped of its wriggling contortions and verbal gymnastics, the NMU "program" proposes to effect a 100 percent increase in the basic wage scale, to offset the impending bonus cut when the war in Europe terminates. In an "open letter" sent to the SIU and other maritime unions, the NMU National Council invites "comment and criticism" and wants to know whether we are "for" or "against." Without further hesitation we wish to record our vote "for" a 100 percent wage increase for seamen. It would be difficult to find any seaman in his right mind, who would be "against" doubling his present wage scale. There can be no disagreement on this point! BY WHAT METHOD The question that immediately arises, however, is how are we to go about getting a wage increase. By what method are we to achieve the announced goal of a $200 basic monthly scale? Unless the proposal is to remain noth­ ing but a pious wish, the question of method assumes para­ mount importance. It is precisely on this fundamental question that we find sharp differences of opinion. The NMU "program" outlines a series of steps, whicK they contend will guarantee success. The first step is to get the War Labor Board to apply the 5 J cent hourly min­ imum wage to the seafaring industry. The second, is to enact the Pepper Bill, now in Congress, to raise the min­ imum to 6 J cents. The third is then to get Congress to adopt the CIO proposal for a 72 cent minimum. Even if the seamen got beyond the third step, they would still fall short of $200 a month. The gap is made up by some plain and fancy juggling with figures on subsistence, etc., etc. In fact, with all their statistics they never quite get up to $200. But we won't haggle over a few dollars one way or another. Even if this method only resulted in basic wage scale of $18 5.30, which is their top statistical figure for ABs, we would be for it. However, this in their eyes astronomical figure would mean giving up all the hard earned gains in living and working conditions. This we will not do. "YALTA MEANS PORK CHOPS!" How do the NMU wizards propose to solve this prob­ lem? Why, they answer, on the basis of Bretton Woods, Dumbarton Oaks, Teheran and Yalta. By "unity," if you please! First, the seamen must win the confidence of the shipowners and their political agents in Washington by promising that there will be no more strikes or stoppages. Then the "friends" of labor in Congress must be rallied to the support of "unity" by adopting the aforementioned legislation. In addition, the YMCA secretaries, social work^ raCffilKK:;:. (Cmtimui Fage 2) -.v. �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. May 4. 1945 ''You Got a Future, Kid!—Follow Me!'' SEAFARERS LOG FreiH The Assistant Sec'y-Treas. Published by the SEAFAREES INTEENATJONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Af^iated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ Tresident 10$ Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-^Treas, P. O. Box 2$, Station P., New York Qty MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Wmhington Rep. 424 ^th Street:, N. W., Washii^ton, D. C. % % % Directory of Branches PHONE ADDRESS 51 Beaver St.-^Anover 2-2784 ,... 330 Atlantic Ave.—Llbertv 4057 14 North Gay St.—Calvert 4539 •€ North 6th St;—Lombard 7651 . 25 Commercial PI.—Norfolk 4-1083 339 Chartree St.—Canal 3336 . . 68 Society St.—Charleston 3-2930 220 East Bay St.—Savannah 3-1728 842 Zack St.—Tampa MM-1323 .. 920 Main St.—Jacksonville 5-1231 7 St. Michael St.—Dial 2-1392 BRANCH NEW YORK (4) .... BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) .... PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16) CHARLESTON (9) .. SAVANNAH TAMPA JACKSONVILLE .... MOBILE SAN JUAN. 28 PUERTO RICO GALVESTON HOUSTON 45 Ponce de Leon—San Juan 1885 305 !/2 22nd St.—Galveston 2-8043 ... 6605 Canal Street t PUBLICATION OFFICE; 51 BEAVER STREET HAnover 2-2784 New York, (4) N. Y. •267 NMU's Phoney Wage Demands (Continued from Page 1) W-' ers, women's clubs, ward heelers, preachers, in a word, the *'puhlic" is to he mobilized on behalf of the seamen. This is the "method" by which the NMU officialdom proposes to win a 100 percent wage increase for the seamen! We must he pardoned if we appear a little skeptical. Suppose, for the sake of argument, that the methods ad­ vocated by the NMU leaders fail to achieve the desired tesults. What then? Nowhere in the history of seamen's struggle for decent wages, working and living conditions, is there a shred of evidence that the method proposed has worked in the past or will work in the future. On the contrary, hitter experience has taught that the seamen got only what they were strong enough to fight for and win with the aid of their fellow workers. DON'T FORGET HISTORY It is only necessary to recount, briefly, a few episodes to refresh the memory of the Yalta medicine-men. After the last war, the government utilized the apparatus it had built up during the war, to smash the seafaring unions in 1921. From 1921 to 1934 neither Congress, the Administra­ tion or the "public" lifted a finger against the brutal ex­ ploitation of the seamen by the profit-hungry shipowners. 'When the seamen struck for union recognition in 1934, the government did everything in its power to help the ship­ owners smash the strike. It was only because of the fighting solidarity of the seamen and the shoreside workers that the strikebreaking Attempt failed. After the seamen heat off a second attempt by the shipowners to smash the unions in 1936-37 the gov­ ernment again came forward with an attempt to dogcollar the reamen, through the Copeland fink-book. In spite of the sabotage of Curran on the East Coast and Bridges on the West Coast, the seamen fought the finkbook and heat it. From then to the outbreak of the war the government made repeated attempts to smash the union hiring halls by establishing government fink-halls. While the other unions were desperately, battling against the ^k-halls, Curran apd company came out with the slo­ gan: "Pack the government shipping halls." AN UNCEASING STRUGGLE Since the war the seamen had to fight, first, to establish more adequate bonus payments and then to resist unwar­ ranted bonus cuts. The NMU officials sabotaged this fight -/ By LOUIS GOFF^ I am glad to state that beefs from the outports are very (few and far between, and those that I have on file, which have not been settled, are now in the pro­ cess of being finshed up. There is one beef concerning the tak­ ing of soundings by Maintenance men aboard a couple of Calmar scows, and I am in hopes of hav­ ing this beef settled up this week. Dur toughest job is with Water­ man, where we have about four or five legitimate beefs, which' as yet have not been settled^ due to the fact that Captain Perkins, the Company representative, refuses to pay off. His answers on these beefs have been nothing but alibies and noes. However, we haVe applied the Port Committee sec­ tion of the Agreement on this bird, and we should meet some time this week. We have hopes that all these pending beefs with Waterman will be settled at that meeting; if they are not, we will all along the line. It is only because the fight was made, des­ bring in an impartial referee, ,and pite and against the Curran policy, that the NMU members his decisions will be final and enjoyed the gains made by other unions. This was demon­ binding. strated most clearly in the slogan raised by the NMU leader­ I am still getting overtime dis­ ship in their last negotiation's for a wage increase when they putes, which are written on or^ paper or letterhead sheets. demanded that the wage scale be "equalized." That is, dinary We have the proper overtime brought up to the higher standards already won by the sheets which have been sent to SIU. The whole record proves that, because of the phoney all the branches, so if any crew C'l leadership of the NMU, they functioned like parasites, liv­ member pays Off in an outport, he should try to get some of these ing off the gains made by other unions. sheets and copy Ms disputed Now they have the cast iron gall to lecture us about overtime on them. how to gain a 100 percent wage increase by the easy, pain­ And again I repeat, try to get less, method of writing letters to your Congressmen or elect­ the signature of the head of the ing broken down ward heelers to public office. In doing Department in order, to verify so they are deliberately creating false illusions and disarm­ that such work was done. It is ing the seamen for the struggles which will inevitably come much easier to collect when I have such evidence. in the next period. Our Social Eegister and "Do INDEPENDENT UNION ACTION Not Ship" list wUl be sent out in Against this false policy of depending entirely upon mimeographed form to all the shipowner controled politicians in Washington, we must West Coast and Lakes District halls this week. We will send advocate and continue to practice independent trade union supplements to these forms from^ action. By this we mean direct negotiations with the ship­ time to time. Master files, when owners based upon our own economic strength—our completed, will be sent to all At­ lantic and Gulf branches; mime­ power to strike! It has been only by strike actions that the maritime ographed forms wUl be sent tem­ unions haye been able to force the shipowners to listen to porarily. Like all seamen, I believe in reason in the past. This situation will not change. It will high wages and the best of work­ be only by the threat of our economic strength that the ing conditions on all ships, but I do not believe in sacrificing any shipowners will listen to reason in the future. It is only along this road that we can hope not only of our conditions for a lot of ship­ owner and NMU promises. My to defend our living standard, hut to win further wage experiences from the 1921 strike concessions to meet the ever increasing cost of living. convince me very well not to be­ lieve in the promises of shipown­ ers or officials who would attempt to sabotage working conditions which were won by good union Four alternate public members of the War Labor seamen through action on the Board, whose job is the freezing of the wages under the waterfront. Yes, two hundred Little Steel formula, were promoted to the status of regular dollars a month is something that ... no seaman would sneeze at. How­ members, and had their salaries raised from $9,000 a year ever, if it means to sacrifice what ($173 a week) to $10,000 a year ($192 a week), by an we already have, then this two executive order hundred a month is shallow in its We wish these four struggling arbitrators well. The entire meaning. However, know­ SIU is always pleased when struggling workers pull them­ ing the shipowner like we dp, we selves out of the clutches of poverty. We seamen know can rest assured that this pipe dream will fly away on .the how hard it is to live on $173 dollars a week, we find it clouds, and that the only way we hard ourselves, and the extra 19 bucks per week should will ever get raises, when this war is over, will be through good help ease their way a bit. We shudder to think of the taxes these hard pressed, union militant action as it was in . and presumably under nourished, bureaucrats will have to the past. I, for one, do not, and never pay, and any seaman making $ 110 a month caught raising have, trusted the shipowner or * a fuss will have his h(X)k lifted. any stoogie gang of Commies " We have only one question: Did the War Labor Board with their pie in the sky" promvote on it? (Cpntinued on Page f). Washington Success Story �•j -V Friday, May 4, ld45 ' ' •. v-; :• I HE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three Dispatcher Gonsorchik Weaves A Dream t NEW YORK CITY, May 1— South Seas is something we can't The mystery of the three missing quite figure out—but they didn't stock brokers, who have been the get there on the Bayou Chico. So objects of a three week, country­ wide searcTi, was solved with the delivery of the following tele­ WASHINGTON — Just three gram to the SIU hall today: weeks ago Congress resounded Docked at (Name of to impassioned oratory on the desperate need for freezing war Port censored) today. Gonsorchik lied. Gonsorchik is a workers to their jobs. The echoes had hardly died (three words censored). No hula down, the nation was still at girls. No sunshine. No moon­ By PAUL HALL shine. Not even beer. Only rain. And soogeeing yesterday, and to­ Last week when walking down Pearl Street with a couple of day, and sure thing for tomorrow. the boys, we noticed a fellow standing on a corner right near an Tell Gonsorchik (10 words unorganized steamship company's office. He had that rather hang­ censored). dog look on his face, which is usually characteristic of this par­ Signed ticular type. (Names withheld by the The thing that attracted our attention first was a piece of paper Editor) this monkey had in his hand and he seemed to be hitting everybody And so now the story can be who came along the street, (most of whom were seamen,) with a it must have been a scab ship, told. line of conversation. We noticed that whatever guy he was talking and it serves them right. It was a warm, languid day. to at the moment would listen for a second, then shake his head war, and the shape of the peace So that's all there is, except brightly, yes, and then, after a couple of more seconds, shake his yet to be decided when Sen. The boys lolled around the sec­ that Gonsorchik is asking to be head no and then walk off with the same expression on his face Albert Chandler (D., Ky. ) ond deck dispatching, dreaming transfered to Galveston, before that you usually see on a guy's face after he has turned down a threw over his duties as Sena­ soft, smooth, blonde dreams; and three bedraggled, disillusioned cold, wet beery dreams. Nobody South Street bum panhandling for a quarter. This got the best of tor to take a $50,000 job as looked at the board. Nobody brokers, snared by the song of a our curiosity so we moved in on the guy to see what the score was. baseball "czar." spring-fevered dispatcher, hit the cared. This was his story; WLB officials admitted that shore. Back of the counter, clutching "Are you men seamen?" We told him yes. Then out gushed a the Little Steel formula had no torrent of words. "How would you like to have $200 a month wages? bearing on this 500% wage in­ the microphone with the techni­ que of a Sinatra, was Paul Gon­ Maritime Service Quits We must uphold the Terehen and Yalta Decision. It is a shame we crease from $10,000 to $50,000. sorchik, just as languid, just as could not have saved Wallace. It will be even a bigger shame if we dreamy. He didn't care either. Recruiting Men Under 26 think of striking in peacetime—blah, blah, blah." PAYS TO ADVERTISE He'd just as soon be in Central WASHINGTON, April 25—The To the uninitiated, this would have been very confusing to say A man wrote to a Montreal Park with his beautiful wife. Maritime Service has stopped re­ the least, but knowing the spiel that the commies use, we knew newspaper: But Paul is a man with an eye cruiting men 18 through 26, it about what the next move would be. And sure enough, this brilliant "Thursday I lost a gold watch I toward his duty. He looked at the young fellow winds up in a squeaky voice: "If you believe in all valued highly. I advertised in board, and winced—the SS Bayou was disclosed today. this mister, and want $200 a month, please sign your name here," your lost and found column and Chico looked back at him with a The effect is to leave men in and here flourished the paper in his hand which was an NMU waited patiently. Yesterday, I smirk. Go on, it seemed to say, this age group in essential war petition. ' went home and found the watch fill me up. Now, even on good jobs, or available for the armed in another suit. It certainly pays days, the Bayou Chico is some­ forces. To those of you who have not already guessed, this was one of thing to fill. Nobody wants any In general, the new regulation the NMU "organizers" working on the "unorganized." It is no damn to advertise." part of it. is in line with one which was wonder that this outfit is rapidly making itself the laughing stock discontinued about eight months But Paul drew him a deep LOVELY NUMBER of the labor movement. breath; hi.<5 duty was plain, and ago when enlistments were To have the stupidity to get out and hustle this kind of crap in he was man enough to do an un­ opened tq men 17 Vz to 50 years of the streets in this manner is not only harmful to a guy's personal pleasant job. He grasped the age. reputation, but is absolutely disastrous when it is done in the name mike firmly, and spoke up in a Under the new regulation, the of an outfit which calls itself a "union." It is damn tough enough soft lilting voice. Maritime Service will accept men fighting the shipowners and the government bureaus without some "Okay, fellows, here she is— between the ages of 17 years, 9 so-called labor unions in the maritime industry making such jack­ the Bayou Chico, the ship of your months and 50, exclusive of the asses out of themselves! dreams. The one all seamen look 18 through 26 age group. forward to — the south seas t t I special, straight to the land of everlasting summer, of soft You Can*t Work On Fish One of the many points of discussion in the Port of New York breezes caressing your brow The Atlantic Fishermen's is the shipping rules. The dispatchers here sometimes have a hell of while you rest under a palm tree. Union (affiliated with the, SIU) a time with fellows who take jobs and then don't show up on the "Three beautiful maidens to was turned down by the WSA in ship to turn to and then to top it aU, don't even bother to notify the smooth your brow. Three beau­ their quest for a larger meat al­ dispatchers. This causes a hell of a lot of confusion at times and it tiful maidens to dance for your lotment. The union has been must be stopped. delight; Three beautiful maidens claiming that the work is so 'JThe SIU has the most democratic set of shipping rules in the to strenuous that the men cannot industry and there is no necessity for a man to abuse them or not And on he went. His voice work efficiently at the present live up to them in ANY respect. Our responsibility, according to our grew stronger, and his spiel more red point ration allowed them. contracts, is to man ships With competent men, and to man them alluring. The men on the benches They were dii-ected to the OPA, within a certain period of time. It puts us in a hell of a weak posi­ woke up and listened rapturous­ under the excuse that fishing tion if our members do not take these jobs and turn to when they ly. Gonsorchik was weaving a boats do not come under WSA should. Even though the percentage of men abusing this rule is very deep spell, and men could smell jurisdiction. The OPA turned .small, it should be remembered nevertheless that ANY abuse of this the wild exotic flowers of the Pa­ 'down a similar request last Jan­ rule affects the welfare of every member of this union and all of us cific islands, and could actually uary. must realize that our shipping rules, to be kept democratic and to see, tantalizingly out of reach, Several boats remained tied up be protected, must be lived up to. slender grass - skirted maidens in Boston and New Bedford be­ floating through the air out' cause of lack of red points. t 4. through the open windows. In response to an announcement made by the Seafarers, un­ There is no telling what would organized seamen from various outfits are coming up every day to have happened had this contin­ look over our-union hall. These men come from all outfits and.it is ued. Slowly the men approached interesting to watch their reactions in seeing how a union operates. the counter, to put their books in The Seafarers IniemaiionFor instance, the other day we had a large group of Isthmian Line for the Bayou Chico; Paul him­ al Uhion and the Port of men up to look the joint over and they were very impressed with self was about to put in for it— Baltimore regret to an­ when the men were brushed aside the set-up. nounce the passing of Bro­ by three wild-eyed brokers who, ther James McCaulIey, an What struck most of them was the manner in which the mem­ hearing Gonsorchik's dream mel­ old time member of the SIU. bership's overtime disputes and beefs were taken care of. ody in the streets below, rushed Brother McCaulley was in demanding to ship on the These fellows will be coming up now in even greater numbers formerly Patrolman in Balti­ Bayou Chico. to see how our outfit works, so all members and' officials should more and held book number The SIU men awoke from their talk to them and give 'em the dope on the Seafarers and the man­ 1. He was very active in the dreams sheepishly. They swept ner in which we operate, as well as any information they may care early days of the union and the hall clean of the assorted for regarding our contracts. Most of all, we should show them how instrumental in its growth. brokers and financial tycoons; and our membership's problems are handled, and in this manner, they Brother McGaulley passed Whether you admire the girl deposited them back on the will know what belonging to a union can mean. away in his sleep, and was or the sunsuit—^the effect is pret­ street. buried by his friends. " Let them see for themselves the benefits of trade unionism in ty nice. The gal is Ella Raines of That's all we know. How these action! Universal Pictures. three brokers ever got to the Job Jumping Senator Goto Big Wage Hike Final Departure �- .•:( -• • . • >•' \^. •'.: '• f • 5. '• Sr^.- ".. Page Four ^ -••' :•' v.' - ••/•' - v :--; -•• -'• . THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. May 4. 1945. SIU Founder Honored In Congress Andrew Furuseth, founder of responded to his seemingly irre our union and known to all as sistible pleas for freedom for "the Abraham Lincoln" of tlie seamen. seamen, was honored in Con­ "It should be noted that until gress last month by Senator Har­ success crowned Mr. Furuseth'i -A old H. Burton,-of Ohio. Senator legislative campaign American Burton eulogized i^ruseth's lead­ seamen could not strike after ership of maritime labor and signing of shipping articles. The praised the legislation won by penalties for striking or quitting Furuseth which removed seamen the ship had been unchanged for from the status of slave labor. centuries, and it was Mr. Furu Following is the text of Sen­ seth's self-selected task to abolish ator Burton's remarks on the these penalties. floor of the Senate, and the ex­ "The principal laws passed by tension of his remarks as printed Congress to bring about these in the Congressional Record: changes are: Tribute to Andrew Furuseth 1. The Maguire Act of 1895. EXTENSION OF REMARKS 2. The White Act of 1898. 3. The La Follette Act of 1915 of HON. HAROLD H. BURTON "By the passage of these meas­ ures American seamen were by of Ohio In the Senate of the United States degrees made freemen and now n/r J -R/r uioin/ii: i have Monday, March 12, 1945 . , . the. legal, right , , to quit their . ' jobs in any safe harbor anywhere "Mr. BURTON. Mr. President, on earth, recently as a member of the «j^ -g signifi,cant that although Board of Visitors on the part of 22 years have passed since the the Senate 1 visited the Umted enactment of the La Follette law States Merchant Marine Acad^t^er nation has to date grantemy at Kings Point, N. Y., and to seamen. I noticed among those especially, honored was Andrew Furuseth,' "Probably the principal episode who during his lifetime has conFuruseth's life was the pretributed greatly to improvement paration and passage of the La in labor conditions of seamen of Follette Seamen's Act of March the United States. 14, 1915, which virtually completed "I have been advised today that his life work of making the this is the ninety-first anniver­ American seaman a free man. sary of the birthday of Andrew "Mr. Furuseth prepared most Furuseth, and 1 ask unanimous of the. data for the committees of consent that there be printed in the House and the Senate and the Appendix of the RECORD a submitted numerous pamphlets, memorandum with regard to his of which he was the sole author, career, which has been obtained in support of this measure. At from the library of the American that time, this legislation was criticized as being inimical to Federation of Labor. ' American shipping but since the "There being no objection, the memoradum was 'oXr^rto b;' Passage of the act it has been re­ printed in the RECORD as fol­ cognized by shipowners that it was a much needed reform. lows: "For many years past Mr. Fur­ "Andrew Furuseth, president of useth has been president of the the International Seamen's Union, International Seamen's .Union, lave been amended so as to pro­ was born in Romedal, Norway, on with headquarters at Washington, vide for the freedom which the March 12, 1854, the son of An­ D. C., where until recently, he seaman of today has. dreas Nielsen Furuseth and Mar­ tha Jensdatter. He was the fourth has been in constant attendance "•While having only an ele­ child of eight born to them. The at congressional committees on mentary education, Bfe. Furuseth, family was very poor, according behalf of seamen. He was largely by self study, became a learned to Mr. Furuseth, and at the age responsible for that portion of the and cultured student of the law of 8 he was fostered away from'Jo"®^ Act of March 5, 1920, which and of economics. He is the au­ his parents until confirmed. jS^^e added benefits to seamen, thor of innumerable pamphlets agreed that ALL men aboard "Mr. Furuseth went to sea in which have been submitted to FRENCH SEAMEN ships are entitled to the same 1873 and sailed successively on pelled him to retire did he fail the respective bodies of Congress (ITF) The New York Section of food. Norwegian, Swedish, English, in support of seamen's bills, as the French Seamen's Union, an . French, German, and American well as articles in technical, pro­ affiliate of the International Added Indemnity for Sea­ ships. He came to the United principal accomplishment fessional, and trade magazines. men's Families in France— Transport Workers' Federation, States in 1880 and almost imFui-useth can be said to be French seamen in the United mediately began his agitation for entirely unselfish man- "Mr. Furuseth attended num­ organized just three months ago, States hospitalized or waiting a change in the status of seamen. almost single handed. erous international conferences has made rapid achievements for their turn in the pool, who In 1887 he was elected secretary responsible for changing and was a respected and beloved its membership. are sending family aUotmcnts of the Pacific Coast Seamen's ^®Sal status of seamen in the delegate to the conventions of the In addition to the many indi­ to France, will now receive Union, subsequently named the United States from that of a com- American Federation of Labor vidual dispute cases successfully an additional $2.80 a week to ever si.nce the International Sea­ Sailors' Union of the Pacific, and parative serf or peon to that of men's Union became a part of the solved on board French ships, cover the increased cost of at that time an organized struggle a free-born American citizen. American Federation of Labor in the following general improve­ living. ments have been obtained for was initiated to change the status This reform he has accomplished 1892. it* in a lawful manner. He has ad­ the French Seamen of the New of seamen from what approxim­ "During his long period of as­ York Section: GERMAN MINERS ated serfdom to a standard of dressed himself to the agencies of law and order that are in exist­ sociation with the seamen's comparative freedom. 1) Shore Allowances—^All French German miners in the city of "As early as 1890, when Mr. ence in the United States. He has union, Mr. Furuseth consistently seamen in the United States Alsdorf have installed the first Furuseth was a delegate to an convinced Members of the House refused to accept more than an will now receive $4.50 per free workers' committee in Ger­ international seamen's conference and Senate of the justice of the absolute minimum salary to en­ day for food and lodging. Un- many. "The members of the com­ at Glasgow, he championed his seamen's cause and, accordingly, able him to keep body and soul , til now, this allowance was mittee are former anti-Nazis, and views on the freedom of the the statute's of the United States together. His labor has been en­ received only by the crews since they enjoy the confWence of tirely unselfish, and for nearly a sailor. of two ships. the miners, they have been ap­ half a century his every effort has A detailed story of the life ac­ proved by the Allied authorities,** 2) Paid Vacations—All French been a disinterested one to ele­ complishment of Mr. Furuseth is according to a report. "The head­ seamen having a family in vate the status of those who man told in a book called The Sailor's quarters of the committee are in the United States will now our ships. Union of-the Pacific by Dr. Paul the executive office building of receive a vacation schedule of "Mr. Furuseth often told his S. Taylor, of the University of the mine. 'Whoever enters it saltwo days a month. intiinate friends that the only California, published in 1923. ultes with the traditional miners' person tvho was really independ­ 3) Food—Up to now, there was greeting, 'Good luck' (Glueck-' "Mr Furuseth began his work ent was one who had nothing a distinction made on board in Washington in 1893 and suc­ and wanted nothing for himself. French ships between officers* suf)." The Nazis had forbidden cessive sessions of Congress by a and seamen's meals. After greeting and had insisted* On He, himself, lived that sort of series of legislative enactments life." union action was taken it was "Heil Hitler." f ANDREW FURUSETH -• .:fe'; h �r'Friday, May 4. 1945 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Fiv» K: ^^BIBSHIP 1,500,000 Seen Losing Jobs In 6 Months After V-E Day SOS-SOS Crew Of SS Benjamin Bourn Condemns The Sloppy Mate A leaky crafi and a rising sea— "Ahoy" shouts Hamhead, "Listen to Me! Rush forth, ye Commies, and plug up the leaks The water is rising to the seal of my breeks. "Flash SOS signals to Union Square We need fresh stooges, they've plenty to spare. Everyone connected with ships^ Heave ballast o'erside; give publicity wings! in Americh knows by actual ex­ Greetings To Members And pray to the Kremlin that succor it brings. perience, or has heard of, the The gang on this ship, now at terrible conditions that existed on sea, sends their best regards to "We toss in the darkness in one hell of a fright. them during the early dark ages all the SIU men and wish them In fear that our members may all see the light. of shipping. Today, after years smooth sailing. We are also sub­ So send up a signal, see that color's NOT red of bitter struggling, the shipping mitting a poem which is de­ And the Bosses shall tow us to safety and bed. world observes in. envy and ad­ dicated to the heroic dead of the miration the living conditions on "Nothing in sight but the rising sea, SIU, and in memory of the liv­ board an American vessel. Com­ A perilous voyage* as with treasure we flee. ing which unflichingly continues pany and union, officers and sea­ We are far from a port, the "brains" growing wild to deliver the war goods, in spite men, have arrived with a great Shipowners! Shipowners! Oh, save now your child!" of shell and torpedo. measure of success, at a mutual Fraternally It's the NMU scow on a mountainous sea— imderstanding and relationship D. E. JONES "Ahoy!" shouts the Hamhead! "All listen to me! which is typical of the American (The poem will appear in a The Commie Brigade to the buckets and leaks! way of life. However, during future issue of the Log—Editor). The water is rising to the seat of my breeks." these days of chaos and labor shortage, there enters into our crew are willing, in the face of —OLDTIMER branch of work new and inex­ his youthful incompetence, to ig­ perienced faces. Some of them nore them and place the beefs in are competent; others are not. In the petty class. However, we can­ our specific beef we are going not be submitted to the unsani­ to relate upon what we think to tary conditions that has existed be incompetence on the part of oi^ this voyage. Mr. Bernard L. Schein, working We have an illustration enin the capacity of chief mate losed depicting the^usual array of on board the SS Benjamin Bourn garbage on the port quarter of on her 9th voyage. the SS Bourn. This particular It is not very difficult to sym­ scene was executed. by a Phila­ pathize with the enthusiasm and delphia artist (a crew member) ambition which burns in a young at Port Said, and the signatures mate's heart when he is bending attached give witness to the fact A little grey dog hit the his fervent efforts to prove his that the. drawing is the actual mettle to the company by offi­ condition that existed there with­ STEWARD beach and set out to see the ciating in money saving devices. out any exaggeration whatsoever. town. And we do mean a dog, That is all very well, but unfor­ For further proof, the Coast IS PRAISED the four legged kind. Belong­ tunately the chief mate's methods Guard officer at Port Said can be S.S. Rufus E. Foster ing to Brother Johnny Haggie, in money saving provides a men­ consulted. This man wias shocked At Sea or viceversa, the neat, clean, ace to the health of the seamen. at the sight of this scandalous small fox terrier went to town April 12, 1945. For many weeks on the voyage display of garbage and ordered with a vengeance. We don't of the Bourn the garbage accum­ the chief mate to dump it as Dear Sir and Brother: know whether he got gassed up ulated to unsanitary proportions soon as possible. ' We are nearing the completion or not, but the Charlestown We ask you in the name of of our trip on the S.S. Rufus E. cops picked him up, and he Which provided the seamen with flies and filthy odors. Either human decency, for the preven­ Foster, Mississippi Shipping Com­ spent the night in the brig. through gross neglect or a cal­ tion of rat and fly multiplication, pany, out of Boston, February Because his fancy handloused indifference for the com­ and for any possible disease that 1945. As 4ime is plentiful and can arise as a result of this negli­ fort of his shipmates, Mr. Schein heads are clear, we are sending has fallen far short as an of­ gence, to put a definite stop to this communication commending ficer. On several occasions the this sort of practice. Namely: to brother James Coyne, who is garbage was dumped by seamen have garbage accumulate and sailing in the capacity of Chief on the 4 to 8 watch, at night in then have it dumped in order to Steward; on this vessel. Every­ the proper waters, because of the save money. For health's sake one aboard, including the of­ unbearable filth that accumulated garbage should be dumped daily ficers "have nothing but praise, and they put in for overtime. The whenever conditions permit it. for the Steward Department, and chief mate said the men were not WILLIAM PELLICONE the way in which it is rim under authorized to do so and accord­ LAURENCE MAKOWKA the very capable supervision of ingly •wrote "dispute" on their ROBERT LINDSAY Brother Coyne. overtime sheets. JOHN BANACH Aside from his work as Stew­ W. A. PERRY There are many complaints that ard, his amiable personality and tooled collar, carrying tags with WALTER LAPSHAS have multiplied to the chief his jovial mannerisms helpfd to the inscriptions, Khorramshahe. GEORGE LAPSHAS mate's disadvantage, but we the brighten up the dull and monot­ Persia; Aden, Beira; Capetown, Trinidad and the U. S. Mer­ onous parts of our voyage. chant Marine, clearly stamped We, the undersigned, would him as an old salt, the police like to take this opportunity, to held him and did not turn him give a vote of thanks to Brother over to the ASPCA. Coyne and the entire Stewards Brother Haggie saw the story Department. in a Charleston paper and Fratei-nally yours bailed him out. We don't know Robert J. Jones, 10320-A; Rob­ -what he told him. but it must ert Arelque, 32367; Joseph Alves, have been plenty. Do dogs have hangovers? 20586-A; Edward A. Lane, A-1527; Raymond Rousseau, 33840; Maurice G. Varney, 58763; BACKFIRED Edward C. Franlon, 32506; Scaturo, 32065; Joseph A Grondin, Seeing her former boy friend 43045; Walter A. Foster, 23872; at a party, a girl decided to snub Charles Kastsonis, L3854; A. R. him. Wood, Jr. 30794; A. M. Moyen, "So sorry," she murmured 41762; E. E. Roberts, 29350; E. J. when the hostess introduced him, Weber, 32888; Jeremiah Mc­ 'but I didn't get your name." Carthy, 25625; Carl Pearson, "I know you didn't," said the 27332; Paul Carroll, 49424; George unabashed young man, "but you certainly tried hard enough." C. Fohy, 25391. Dog Hits Beach—Beach Hits Bog * WASHINGTON (LPA) — Pro­ duction cutbacks that will throw some 1,500,000 workers out of their jobs during the six-month period following V-E Day are now practically taken for granted by War Production Board offi­ cials. Even this estimate may be too low, however, it is admitted. The 1,500,000 figure is based on a 1012% cutback but some WPB authorities believe that the total will be closer to 25% during the first few months after V-E Day. In spite of this, however, top WPB authorities insist on refer­ ring to this unemployment as "frictional" — expected to last only until the resumption of civil­ ian production can absorb those laid off. A current WPB memor­ andum admits that the period be­ tween the layoffs and resumption of civilian production at even the limited rate at which many sec­ tions of industry say they can move will be two to six months, with the longer period given as the probability for the major part of the reemplo3maent. Many such cutbacks and can­ cellations of contracts were an­ nounced during the past fort­ night, particularly in aircraft and shipbuilding. More such reduc­ tions are on the way—in radar, radio, artillery, communications equipment, tanks and certain other munitions, authoritative Washington reports indicate. WPB economists estimate the cutbacks during May will result in the layoffs of 300,000 workers. Behind these cold, hard figures is, of course, the human problem of jobs for workers laid off. So far, relatively little has been done by either Congress or the Admin­ istration to take up the slack, union spokesmen point out. In conferences with govern­ ment officials, unions have been insisting that an orderly recon­ version program be worked out, so as to facilitate the shift of laid-off workers to civilian pro­ duction without undue delay. OP A Shoe Ration Regulation Merchant seamen who apply for a shoe ration must submit their discharge paper to the board, according to a new proceedure initiated by the OPA. In those instances where a sea­ man does not have a discharge, he must have a letter from the company employing him, stating the length of time he has been at sea on the last trip and con­ firming the fact that he is stiU in its employ. Keep Yourself Posted Maybe you won't know what you are drinking, but you should know what it costs and how much of it you're getting. The OPA regulation which went into effect last week re­ quires the costs of drinks and the number of ounces served be post­ ed above the bar. Th. regulation should strip these phony-bottomglasses down to their fundamen­ tals. Keep your eyes open, and make sure the sign is posted. Then compare what you get in one place with what other places sell. Get what you are paying for. �Page Six TAMPA 11 ) |;i:. THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. May 4, 1945 Steam Ship Company, who was fined four days' pay,- the total, of $14.67, for wearing a high pres­ sure hat while on duty aboard the ship. The captain, Stephen H. Elloit, claimed that Binning's re­ fusal to take his hat off when told to do so, constituted the willful disobedience of a lawful com­ mand by the master. (Stop, cap­ tain, you are breaking my heart.) It appears to the writer that there are things of far greater im­ portance than logging a man for wearing a high pressure hat,, and - • captains like this one should re­ member the days when they were uniform struck. Of course, we don't condone the wearing of uni­ forms in the merchant service. However, as there is no law against this practice, we think the captain has exceeded his authority, and the commissioner here agrees with us. Well, I guess I have said enough for this time. Will try to do better next week. HARRY J. COLLINS. Agent In" the past few days we were seeing, quite a' few of the Tampa boys coming in from long trips. Red (Canteen Slim) Wilson has arrived upon the scene with all his meat choppers- missing. We are just wondering if that is for professional reasons, or could it be from talking when he should ' have been listening; anyway we I received official notification that the jobs as they come in the bet­ have let their books go in bad are always glad to see him. a new ship was to be ready on ter it will be for all concerned. standing, but most of them come I understand that (Two Ton) April 20th. This is the 27th and Had one Coast Guard case this in and pay up in full. Some want Foghorn Charlie Simmons has I'm still waiting. to be re-instated under Art. 7Unofficial arrived, although I haven't seen sources which seem to be better past week, a case of desertion. I Sec. 1 of the constitution, but the him yet. He was seen buzlzing informed say that the date is defended the man and managed meetings here feel that they to save his papers. the gals at the Old Fort yester­ more likely May 20th. The sun is shining on both sides should pay everything before day and catching up on some of shipping, as they have been mak­ the drinks that he missed while "We had unother meeting down of the street down here in Texas, ing good money all tKis time, gone. It is always a pleasure to here which means we are batting and the beaches are all opened while we were taking our chances see and shoot the bull with the 1.000. Somebody said Savannah so perhaps that accounts for the with the torpedoes. old timers, as they always have was no longer on the map and men not wanting to take a ship some great tales and yarns to that the boys down here don't out. That and the fact that all We still have the phoney RMO want meetings. Nothing could be the jobs that I have had recently pulling their hair because we spin. further from the truth. "We pack were on ships that had made one don't have to call them for men, We have the concrete floating in so many that we don't have or more trips. Do the ships have and they don't know-what to do sidewalk (Chantilier) in. She is enough chairs to seat them all. to be new in order fbr men to with all the stooges they have on in the drydock for repairs. That damn ship is almost as bad as the And it's not just to retain their take jobs? Looks that way to me. their payroll. Let them sweat. Erandywine for bum beefs. The places on the shipping list either, D. STONE. Agent We just received an invitation from the phoney United Seamen's skipper and mates and engineers because we seldom have" enough MlS-Service to attend a luncheon must think that they are kings; men on the list to make any one NEW YORK wait very long. NEW ORLEANS at the Hotel Senator (a USS flop every day there is some kind of The SUP ship I paid off de­ house), but we told them we were The past week in the port of trouble on her. The latest one is Things have been a little quiet this: On night watch there are serves a word of praise. It was here this week<^s far as shipping too busy holding and improving New York has been steady v/ith two men, so one of them asked the SS Sarah Hale and she came is concerned, 'ffuT your Agent and our working conditions to bother 26 ships being paid off and 31 signing on. The crews of most the other one to stand his watch Patrolmen have been busy mak­ with them. E. S. HIGDON. Agent of these ships should be highly for him; which he did. Lo and ing the ships in port to settle G. MASTERSON. Patrolman behold, I got a call from one of commended for the way that they minor beefs on the working rules. L. CLARKE. Patrolman the office punks, and he tells me conducted themselves on the trip Had a Waterman C-3" in port and at payoff time. As long as that this brother is fired and to for the past two weeks and had come down to the office for his this keeps up we can maintain BOSTON a beef on her regarding quarters pay. Then and there I blew my All hands and their cousins are union conditions. for the deck and engine gangs. It top and informed the so-and-so seems when they build one of just about getting over the blind The new membership is begin­ that I didn't have any more men these wagons the question of staggers from the effects of ning to realize that there is more to replace this brother and I in without a beef. The delegate quarters for the man who sail thirty-four arrivals within the to being a good union man than would have to call Savannah, had it all squared away and the these wagons is completely for­ past three weeks. Ten West Coast paying dues and collecting over­ Norfolk or New York for a re­ quarters were newly painted and gotten and everything is figured ships are included in the above time. placement. This didn't suit him clean. I mean really clean. No out for the comfort of the Ice Box figures and I regret thrat we could The SS Thomas J. Lyons of so well so I can't repeat in this dirty gear laying around for the Commandos. We tried to get not contact all the West Coast Smith and Johnson was paid off 'r article the rest of the conversa­ next crew to clean up. It was a some of the extra unused rooms by Patrolman CoUs and myself. tion, but the result was that the pleasure just to walk aboard. The entire crew was there in a marked Gun Crew, but the Navy brother went back to work the One of our boys is being trans­ refused to let go, although the sober condition. Delegates in all following night. ferred from the Savannah Hos­ only thing in these rooms is Navy three departments had all the I want to thank Brother Stone pital to the one in Fort Stanton baggage. So the Deck Maintainunion books marked where they in Galveston for the manner in in New Mexico. His name is ence men are still quartered with were to be paid and all' their which he unloaded the NMU Rembert Goodloe. If one of his the watches, also the Wipers are beefs were in writing that could pimks off the Erandywine. He friends or shipmates should read put one in each watch foc'sle. easily be understood. They were did a hangup job, and now we this, drop him a line. The guy is all paid. The ship paid off in 30 The set up now is one Oiler, can keep her in good shape. lonesome and a letter now and one Fireman and one unlicensed minutes. ships as our territory runs from JBrother, if you are ever in then would mean a lot to him and junior in the same room togeth­ Rhode Island to Maine. Neverthe­ South Atlantic SS Company Tampa and need a good sea-law­ only take a few minutes of your er with a Wiper, making four less, all the ships' delegates ojn had the Leacock, James Swan, yer just call on me. In the last time. men to a room the same as deck. SUP vesells phoned the hall up­ Lyman C. Hall. They were all two weeks I have attended more We have our hall painted up clean payoffs. We also had the court sessions than half the law­ now and it's beginning to look Shipping for the ^coming few on arrival and we gave them as SS Thomas Wolfe that was out weeks looks good here from all much information as possible. about 13 months. She was an ex­ yers in tovm. The reason '— it like a union hall should. And I seems that all the boys are tak­ know the boys like it much bet­ we can learn as a lot of ships are Several trips were taken to Port- ceptionally good payoff. landj Maine, as we had four ar­ ing on too much block and tackle ter than they' did. When you due here in the near future. rivals in that port within a week, The Calmar SS Company had liquor, and then John Law takes come down you wUl, too. namely three Alcoa and one seven ships paying off. One of them to the hoosegow. As soon them being the SS Mangor which ARTHUR THOMPSON. Agent Waterman. as I aiTive I begin to get calls brought in a strange beef. She from the county and city jails On the SS MacLennan, Water­ was rammed on her way out. stating that one of your members man, that paid off in Portland, Some of the boys got excited and GALVESTON is locked" up; come and get him. there were several beefs which jumped over the side. The rest This has happened at least twenty Shipping and business very could not he settled on board so of the crew put in for the divis­ times in the past two weeks and slow during the past week. There they were sent to Louie Goffin in ion of wages while the rest of some of them are two and three are plenty of men in all ratings New York for settlement and I the men were absent from the time losers. Oh, well, I may here in vGalveston. Ninety-one just received a letter from Goffin study law some day so the ex­ men on the beach at present and The circulating air system has that he could not collect on these ship. of tile companies for which perience will be of some benefit. more coming in every day to been installed and the hall is now beefs. (New Orleans nlease 4ake register. we are contracted have ships D. L> PARKER> Agent The SS Erandywine came into a lot cooler, and any of the notice.) These beefs involved the paying off here, everything was brothers who have been in New 2nd Cook and the Oiler. settled at the point of production. Texas City again and called for Orleans in the good old summer­ 5 replacements which we filled, time know that it gets plenty hot I was informed that we can ex­ One of the hardest things to SAVANNAH pect weekly arrivals at Portland, but in order to complete the crew get in this port is a balloting Maine, during this summer. That ship we waited so patient­ it was necessary to put 3 trip- here. committee. It is surprising how ly for finally got here and paid card men on this ship again. This We notice that with the new JOHN MOGAN, Agent some of our worst beefers on off and took about half of the Stinks when there are 91 mem­ set up on the meetings that the overtime, etc., that involves them, men off our shipping list. An SUP bers on the beach. hall is crowded on Wednesday PHILADELPHIA lose their militancy when it ship paid off down here two days During the past three weeks and the brothers are really tak­ comes time to do something for later, and that meant eleven more every ship that has left this area ing a interest in their union now. Well, here we go again, doing the organization. jobs. I couldn't get enough men has gone out short handed due to Good work and keep it up. business at the same old place. here; and had to ask my sidekick the fact that at the last minute The Agent here has been busy Business and shipping is still The absence of uniforms around in Charleston for three ABfe. He some member of the crew deserts, as a bee, getting the various com­ good. We had eight ships in port the New York hall is obvious. Al­ shipped them down right away thereby working a hardship not panies to understand that the old last week, two payoffs, six in though this is a democratic or­ so we managed to get crewed up only on the remaining members slipshod methods used in the past transit. Business for the coming ganization and it is agreed that without the assistance of our not of the crew but puts the union on are definitely out and a new or­ week does not look so promising; a man has a right to wear any so highly esteemed WSA. der is in effect. the spot. The prize package of the week kind of clothes he likes, it is to I also had a few replacements The sooner that the member­ Now that the defense plants are which I believe is of interest to be remembered that a uniform is to make on another SUP ship ship wakes up to the fact that laying off meh a lot of the old the iftembership was the case of a forerunner to regimentation in' which was in transit. But now there will be few, if any, new Gulf Numbers are showing up Leonard S. Binning, AB, on the every instance, and the quicker the situation looks bleak again. ships out of these yards and takes around the hall. A lot of them SS Noonday of the Waterman (Continued on Page 7) V. '. t1 .. ifckJtirlit. �Pzidaj^ May 4, 1945 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Seven Around The Port^ John L. Lewis Declares That And take a ship, fcyget her (Contimui from P#gr 6) our new membership realisjes this hips, and back on your arrival, and sheds their monkey suits anc just give her your lips. W. PAUL GONSORCHIK. scab provisions for dungarees and Dispatcher union conditions, the sooner we LeJibr leaders visit the Pacific Washington, (LPA)—^John L. Lewis, in a magazine will have a stronger organization front and meet Nimitz. L to R: BALTIMORE J. P. SHULER. Patrolm-m Cain. Regional Director 'tyril' article titled "There Is No Labor Movement," last weci: Shipping is off somewhat in O'Halloran of UAW-CIO; Thomas declared that "Labor's temple is a Tower of Babel." 4*4. This week's shipping is ex­ this port and the beach lists are J. Crowe of Int'l. Brotherhood of Answering several questions put to him by Colliers tremely good. As .a matter of fact, longer than they have been for Boilermakers, AFL; Vice-Presi­ it's so good that it looks like we some time. The Liberty ship pro­ dent Roy Brown of Int'l Assn. of magazine, Lewis asserted at the outset that the questions rest will have some difficulties in gram ended some months ago Machinists, AFL, and Nimitz. —--r-an assumption that has no manning them. So if there are here and we have not been get­ base in fact. "Repeated refer­ any of the boys up and down the ting many Victory ships lately, ences to 'the labor movement' coast that wishes to get out fast, due to the Navy taking some ol: New York is the place- to ship them. Reports are that others are plainly imply your belief in the but of. being taken to Wilmington, Del existence of an organized, mili­ . I wish to thank the member­ to have diesel engines installed tant body that speaks for the ship for the cooperation the dis­ The new ore boats, supposed workers of the nation as a whole. patchers are receiving in ship­ ,to be the biggest things afloat, There is no such body," wrote ping out and letting us know are way behind schedule due to Lewis. when you don't take the jobs. It the yards concentrating on the makes things easier, shipping be­ tanker output. But with tanker "A 'labor movement' in the comes smoother, and there are production cutback as it was l^st sense that you use it, presupposes week, maybe we'll get the first less registered complaints. unity, and there is no unity," the We are having a few Moran of the ore boats soon. mine workers' leader continued. deep sea tugs in, and a few tank­ Loading of grain and other "Aside from the AFL, the CIO ers—so, boys, how about those peacetime cargoes is picking up and the United Mine Workers, iobs? Twenty to thirty ships are in the port and 'although a lot there are a number of powerful on the board. That's a lot of ships, of ships will be in transit from independent unions, each going eh, what? Anyhow, we are pretty their signing on, port business in its own unaffiliated way. Even if sure to fill them out. As a mat­ this area will boom throughout we accept inflated membership ter of fact, we will have to, but the summer. The ships are mak­ figures, the total is around 15,000,it will be tight. Those men that ing much quicker turnarounds in 000. At least 40,000,000 wage we had sent to the Pacific Coast port nowadays, and some of them earners are unorganized, and and the Lakes had put a slight just about get the crew paid off therefore unrepresented." drain on us, but with the desired for one voyage when they start "That there is no real labor cooperation, we will mangae. off,on another. movement in the U.S. today is The construction men are Even if the boys take some of primarily due to politicians," the jobs for ^everal days, 'till working on the new offices and Lewis said. "Not only have they some are tired of the beach and social rooms for the hall here and divided labor by their intrigues decide to head out for the deep, •they ought to be finished within WASHINGTON, D. C. — The lation of the Wagner Act and this but they continue disunity by ruling was affirmed by the Sec­ a month or so. The three Patrol­ United States Supreme Court it lessens the pressure. a persistent intensification of inmen and myself were duly sworn ruled that an employer cannot ond Circuit Court of Appeals. Blackie Gardner, our night Dis­ terlabor differences." patcher, shipped out to the West in and obligated into the Central forbid employes to solicit union The literature distribution case Turning to the magazine's first Coast la^t week. We'll miss him, Labor Council last week. That membership on company prem­ developed at the plant of Le question, Lewis stated flatly that but I see quite a few of the old gives us four votes in the near Tourneau Co., machinery manu­ the workers are not to blame for ^ timers are rolling in of late. Some election and assures us of full ises during non-work hours, and facturer, near Toccoa, Ga., where the industrial strife that has support of the Central body any in a companion case upheld the days it's" like old times. two employes were suspended for marked the wartime period. time we need it. right of union organizers to dis­ violating the company rule. Here, I would like to state that the WILLIAM MCKAY, Agent tribute labor literature on an em­ too, the Labor Relations Board Damning the Smith-Connally membership should take more in­ law, Lewis charged that "No „ .a . . ,, . terest in voting. The ballot com­ ployer's property despite a com­ said the Wagner Act guarantees u i more inflammatory piece of legisCRIME PAYS! were violated but the board lost|,„^.^ . mittee will be in session on the pany prohibition against such ac­ in the Fifth Circuit Court of Ap­ lation was ever passed, for this third floor, and it's to your ad­ HARTFORD, Conn. — Further grotesque slave statute not only peals. vantage to get interested in the proof that the maxim, "Crime tivity. invites industrial conflict, but various proposed changes and doesn't pay," does not apply to Both cases were decided by an The Supreme Court said "the commands it." amendments in your constitution. black niarket operators; 8-1 vote with Justice Reed deliv­ Wagner Act did not undertake Other Lewis remarks: "Man­ And don't forget, as Red Trues- William H." Warren, president ering the single opinion covering the impossible task of specifying agement itself has been encour­ dale, our Dispatcher, puts it, "You of a liquor rectifying wholesale in precise and unmistakable lan­ aged to adopt a stand-pat at­ are missing the opportunity of a company, cleaned up nearly a them and Justice Roberts dissen­ guage each incident which con­ titude, for government seizure of lifetime that presents itself. And million dollars by adulterating ting. stitutes an unfair labor practice. plants—the Administration's fa­ what do you do—you pass it up. iquor and selling it above ceilOn the contrary, that act left to vorite approach to industrial The solicitation case grew out So you'll be sorry when you get ng prices. the board the work of applying peace — is nothing more than that 1-A classification. A short Indicted for conspiring to vio- of the discharge of four employes the act's general prohibitory lan­ shadowboxing, a thinly veneered Step from the Army and Navy." ate CPA regulations. Warren of the Republic Ajviation Corp., guage in the light of the infinite cover for the continuance of op­ aircraft manufacturer, on Long Study your shipping rules, your virtually pleaded guilty and was sland. One had flouted a com­ combinations of events which erator control." constitution and your contracts sentenced to a year in jail and "Have I a remedy to propose? pany rule designed to prevent so­ might be charged as violative of with all the companies. By know­ fined $3,000. Two-fellow conspir­ Why not? The plain nature of the liciting of any sort, and the other its terms." ing them, you help your Patrol­ ators escaped with lighter pen­ three were wearing union buttons On this premise the court de­ sickness suggests its own cure. man out on payoffs. alties. during the progress of a drive to cided that it was a proper exer­ First and foremost, there must be an immediate and final end to the organize the plant. The National Labor Relations Board held that cise of authority for the board to present alliance between certain the dismissals interfered with the hold that the action complained sections of organized labor and political 'machines' in Cities, workers' right to organize, in vio- of violated the act. states and the nation. Until this is done, labor is on the same dis­ credited level as tariff barons, trust beneficiaries, spoilsmen and other privilege seekers. The ter­ mination of this sinister partner­ ship will, I believe, open a broad' way to labor unity." WASHINGTON—A new government directive on wages was issued last week and labor leaders who have been waiting . • .'S! for some indications of thaw in the little steel wage freeze decided that Spring is a long way off. The new directive, handed down by the Office of Eco­ (Continued from Page 1) nomic Stabilization, went no further than to grant the War ises. I believe strictly in the old Labor Board some discretion in passing on "fringe" adjust­ saying that "a bird in the hand ments such as shift differentials and paid vacations. is worth two in the bush," and Even these non-basic wage adjustments cannot be allowed like the guy from Missouri, I've without approval of the Director of Economic Stabilization got to be shown. who will ascertain whether the adjustments will cause an ^ To all members, keep your eye increase in price ceilings or production costs. *'QJ course, k the Little Suel on the last page of the LOG, as "This ^rective," admitted OES Director William Davis, Formula^ 'Mutc/uns, W* ourselves .hate to jiive wage imreases." you never know when you may "is a carrying forward of the policy of setting definite firm find your name on the unclaimed ceilings on so-called 'fringe' adjustments in all wage cases." wage list. 'There's No Labor Movement' SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS NLRB BAN BP "UNFAIR PRACTICES" New Brder Bints Hope Df Wage Freeze Thaw COFFIN'S REPORT �Page Eight THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, May 4, 1945 BULUEll^ ^>=1 .K;--.L-X^ Ml Unclaimed Wages—Mississippi SS Company .27 Bonura, V. T 8.47 Bouzon, William J 1.33 Booker, Joseph H 5.94 Boone, Albert 29.00 Booth, A. C 2,12 Bothe, Melvin H 35.00 Booy, Arend 3.61 Bordelon, Thomas A 26.53 Bori, Herbert E 3.98 Boruta, Victor A 6.11 Boss, W 5.50 Bosworth, Chester J 9.03 Bosworth, Robert 5.64 Boucher, Robert J 1.36 Boudreaux, Charles J .79 Boudreaux, D 4.00 Bourdon, Arthur P .99 Bourdonnay, Louis 2.24 Bourdennay, Louis 7.6(f Bourg, Junice A 14.67 Bowen, James 16.36 Bowers, Emery F 8.53 Bowman, Richard 32.40 Bowman, Walter E 17.74 Boyd, Edward A . 5.94 Boyd, Harold C .97 Boyd, Ralph S 4.90 Boyde, E. S ' 2.23 Boylan, David R 8.91 Boyle, John 11.20 Bracio, E 133.19 Bradford, Robert I 2.33 Bradley, Charles A; .76 Bradley, Robert C .99 Bradshaw, David A , 7.52 Bradsher, J 8.35 Bradsher, J 8.35 Brady, Bill J 1973 Brady, Edward W 3.79 Brady, Jack D Bragg, J. W .08 Bragg, Lawrence E. 1.58 Brandon, P. 3.30 Brannon, Geo. J 15.84 Brazawskas, Victor 1.48 Breedlove, Leon J. Jr 8.25 Breen, H. V 60.00 Bregy, T 2.23 Brennan, Earl E 5.86 Brephy, J. C .86 Brewer, Chester 37.63 Brewer, Edward G 5.88 Brewer, M 5.20 Brewer, W. .79 Brewer, William A. 5.20 Brewer, William H .20 Brian, James T. (Brian, James T.) 11.85 Brian, Matlie 2.62 Briant, Joseph I 12.22 Brincka, Steve R. 75.35 Brindle, John N 2.23 Bristol, James T 2.97 Brittingham, Frank J. .... 2.23 Brockelbank, Orrin A ,4.87 Brodie, William H 2.21 Brooks, Bernard W. 5.33 Brooks, James .33 Brooks, 0. M. Jr 11.58 Brooks, Paul E 6.40 Brophy, J. C . 8.89 Brosig, August A 18.09 Broussard, Jake 1.98 Brown, Clare R 4.92 Brown, C .90 Brown, S. ....: 2.97 Brown, George .89 Brown, J 8.74 Brown, John 9.04 Brown, M. J 84.33 Brown, I^formah J 15.09 Brown, Paul H. 2.82 Brown, R 1.98 Brown, Reginal. H 2.84 Brown, Theodore, G 3.55 T .i:. r..i. Brown, T. O J...„ Browne, Richard I). Brownell, Geo Brownell, G. L. (Bronnell, George L.) Browning, Alan E ,. Browning, Daniel Broylis, W. N. (Boyles, William N.) Bruner, C Bruner, Harry , Brunei, Alphee Bruno, ,G _....... Bruno, G. I Brunson, Forrest H Brunson, L. P. Bryant, Clinton Bryars, Reese H Bucci, Anthony P. Bucher, N. C Buckelew, Charles L Buckley, Edward Buckley, R Buckley, Rodney S Buckman, L. Buffett, James Bufkin, P Bulaga, Raymond J Bulaga, R. T BuLford, A. 1. Bulick, Eustachy Bullard, Allen J Bullek, Michael G Bunce, Robert Bunek, Joseph Bunker, John G. Jr Bunker, L Bunt, Warren Bura, Fajk Burger, John Burress, John A. , Bunten, John Burcliff, Thomas Burke, John F. Jr Burke, S Burke, T Burkey, Gerald R. Burns, F. BBurrows, Clarence Burswig, Joseph .! Burton, Garlan E Burton, James Bush, Keith L Busha, Julius P. .: Butler, Floyd R Butler, Lloyd Butler, Robert L Buttke, Marlen T Butsko, Edward J. g Buydos, George P Byars, John D Byles, Dudley E Byman, Nils E Bynch, P Bynum, G. R Byrd, Alfred J Byrne, Daniel F Byrnes, Joseph G C Caballero, Anibal Caban, Angel Cabaud, Phillip G. Cabral, John Caddell, Jessie G. Cagorinovice, Oscar Caha, Ernest Cahill, William E Cain, Charles M Caldwell, Roger Glen ....„ Call, C. B Callaghan, Edward Callahan, Robert Callan, Francis W. Callender, Robert P. Colvin, Robert 23.25 Camblor, Joe 9.03 Czuneron, Howard E .33 Campbell, Edward B Campbell, John C 100.24 Campbell, Lawrence J. .... 10;50 Campbell, Walter 1.89 Campion, Harry J Cancello, R. E. 2.84 Cangiano, Anthony 2.47 Canter, T 20.62 Cantin, Joseph E 4.87 Cantrell, William A 1.07 Canada, Herbert H .43 Capdevielle, Joseph J 17.79 Caporale, Alfred 1.34 Carrasco, Marion C.. ...... 18.98 Cardona, Victor M 12.09 Carey, B 6.93 Carley, Richard E 14.39 Carlsen, K .99 Carlson, Carl A. 15.O0 Carlsen, Chris .". 4.37 Carlson, Kenneth .79 Carlton, Robert 9.48 Carmines, Charle's D 55.43 Carpenter, Foster 1.39 Carpenter, R. J 9.40 Carpenter, William A. .... 11.28 Carpenter, W. A. .79 Carrasco, Robert .741 Carrey, H. R .99' Carrillo, Richard B .70 Carrolton, Ronald 2.97 Currington, Clyde (Carrington, C.) 1.86 2.77 Carroll, George A 2.31 Carroll, M. M 6.08 Carruthers, R. 50.72 Carstens, Carl A .41 Carsters, C. A 12.24 Carter, Charles .71 Carter, Clarence Alvin 18.39 Carter, Richard 11.38 Carter, R. F 3.57 Carter, W. M .74 Casas, Peter C. 448.48 Casey, James E 7.34 Casey, Robert F 4.53 Casey, William 2.25 Cason, J. D 2.64 Casassa, Eugene J 93.09 Cassidy, W. M. ...ji 11.13 Castanel, Patrick R. .; .60 Casteljon, Buenventura A. 98.75 Castineda, S .71 Caswell, Robert E .65 Cavanaugh, T 2.13 Caviness, Arvin 133.19 Centrachio, J 15.94 Chaffin, John L 2.23 Chalmers, George 18.17 Chamberlain, Earl G 43.99 Chambers, Stanley . 4.42 Champion, L. C 6.00 Chandler, Llyod M 1.00 Chandler, Worsham S. .... 2.07 Chapman, Albert J 5.16 Chapman, Albert J Chapman, Byron 4.53 Chapman, Clanton S. Jr. .74 Chapman, Charles W. 3.28 Chase, Theron 0 .71 Chauncy, Howard 102.36 Chaimcey, Howard H 2.97 Chauncey, Howard H. .... 100.00 CChausier, A 2.84 Cheek, Richard 38.46 Cheklin, Peter Chernin, Abraham 46.52 28.00 Chevalier, Harold F. 31.05 Chiaculas, Louis .04 Childers, William 0 .53 Chipley, Ralph L. 4.06 Chisholm, F 1.83 Choquette, Joseph P. 2.23 103.19 6.83 18.61 • 16.83 2.53 .33 .05 67.54 4.27 1.98 2.60 2.56 4.08 14.77 .69 2.38 10.69 .79 .74 34.80 6.00 1.90 10.66 2.96 25.54 14.00 .79 2.54 11.72 4.35 26.35 1.42 Christehsen, B Christensen, C. R Christiansen, N Christie, Lawrence J Christiansen, Norman W. Christensen, William H. Chudslew, G Cieslak, Ralph Cieslak, S Cissna, Thomas .7.. Clagett, Owen Clagett, Owen L " Clamp, George H Clark, F Clark, H. Clark, Henry V. Clark, John D.« Clark,' James E Clark, J. O Clark, John W. Clark, John W. Clark, L Clark, Woodrow Clarkashaff, Samuel (Clarkshoff, S.) Clarkin, Bernard N Clary, Richard D. Class, Robert Clegg, Daniel L * Clemens, Cecil L Clendenning, Paul Clericassio, Michael Clesi, Michael F Clifton, Fred 3.91 Clifton, James 5.93 Clippard, Frederick B 4.14 Cline, Joseph F .01 Coody, Stanley 8.23 Coates, George J .42 Cobb, Clarence W. 2.47 Cobb, Otto C 2.82 Coccia, Baldo 3.96 Coffey, Walter T 3.51 Coldsborough, Fredrick S. .75 Cogley, John M 466.56 Colby, John B 69.59 Colca, Philip J 20.66 Cole, Calvin A. "2.23 Colella, William A. 1.80 Coleman, Charles A 27.26 Coll, Andrew 7.24 Collett, Arthur G 2.23 Collin, Harold E 9.32 Collins, Charles E 15.67 Collins, Eugene 10.80 Collins, Byron, 4.50 Colomb, Eugenne L 2.23 Colpitis, Lawrence H.- .... 5.64 Colt, Kenneth H. (Cpx, 5.64 Kenneth H.) 8.69 Condos, Geo. .79 Condrey, Samuel C. 137.46 Con jour, Leon J 6.43 Connell, Pete J 14.51 Conneb, Willis, 1-.48 Connor, Harry G 40.39 Connors, James J 2.11 "Conrad, Benjamin, 3.58 Contini, P 1.98 Conway, E. L 5.94 Conway, James R 39.95 Cook, Vincent E 4.94 Cook, W. 6.36 Cooke, Paul D. 6.36 Cooney, Levere 6.75 Cooney, James L .71 Coop, Wm. E 2.97 Cooper, Frank E. 11.88 Cooper, Houston .79 Copeman, Charles J 2.64 Corbett, Timothy, 45.78 Corbishley, Charles A 14.77 Cordes, Henry George ...... 3.64 Cordray, Eugene — 11.73 Core, W. 5.64 11.34 2.97 19.48 1.65 1.07 1.04 18.13 2.13 9.36 2.07 1.58 2.16 01 .47 4.48 2.94 5.70 .24 27.12 4.00 54.63 .33 3.38 7.82 2.82 11.32 2.84 2.82 4.62 2.23 10.09 8.73 5.94 1.98 .42 2.23 18.02 4.95 26.48 4.22 2.97 1.22 25.57 43.70 1.60 1.31 10.45 3.56 , .95 .09 1.48 14.38 3.81 1.48 .82 16.93 47.47 7.44 .73 10.85 5.64 5.94 .65 6.74 1.42 2.25 3.56 1.78 59 74 3.48 79.09 6.43 19.49 5.59 1.52 5.58 7.90 1.98 6.88 98.75 18.57 Money Due SS WILLIAM PATTERSON All members of the- crew that paid off April 25, 1945, in Phila­ delphia, that have disputed over­ time can get same at Bull Lino office, 116 Broad St., New York City. (Submitted b y Philadelphia Branch) a. ft 4. SS VASCHAL LINDSAY Nicholas Nomicas has extrai meal money due. Collectable at the Eastern SS Company. ft'ft ft SS POINT VICENTE Joseph Joseph, $180.00; Edge? Mayfield, $192.00; J. Sappenfield, $340.00; E. Clayton, $518.00; P. B. Parotti, $261.00; -Allen Logen, $929.00. Collectable at Moran Towing office. ft ft ft •' SS FRANCIS M. SMITH James E. Basore, John L. Medders, T. A. Sherlock—Collect dis­ puted overtime at the Mississippi SS Co., New Orleans, La. (Submitted by the New Orleanaj Branch.) ft ft ft SS JOHN BARTHRAM Toyler, Messman, and Himt, Oiler: vouchers are held for you, at the American Hawaiian SS Co., agents for the A. H. Bull SS Co., 1305 Vance Building, Seattle, Wash. (Submitted by th® Seattle Branch.).. ft ft ft SS WILLIAM PATTERSON Crew can collect their disputed overtime at the Bull Line officei 115 Broad St., New York. Ship paid off in Philadelphia, April 25. (Submitted by Philadelphia Branch.) ft ft ft ' SS WILLIAM STURGIS Following men can collectj overtime at the Calmar Office, 44 Whitehall St., New York:' 6. Schindler; O. Dauphine; E. Weingarten; F. Fox; B. B0tt; Loguej H. McCabe; N. Holten; H. Mar­ tin—all for 32 hours. PERSONALS Members of the crew of the Pan Crescent at the time she rati aground the Mississippi River, April, 1944: Please contact Richard A Dowling, 602 Maison-Blanctia Building, New Orleans, Louis­ iana with regards to clothing lost. L. CLARKE, Palrolmau 23062^ * * • Robert Beach, book numbef; 42562, see Patrolman Hart, in the New York hall, about receipt 91346. • • • R. A. Thue, book number 42563, see Patrolrtian Haft about receipt 91345 in the New York hall. � 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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Title A name given to the resource May 4, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VII, No. 18 Description An account of the resource NMU RAISES PHONEY $200 WAGE DEMANDS TO COVER SELL-OUT MINE OWNERS SABOTAGE WAGE NEGOTIATIONS; HARD COAL MINERS STRIKE FOR CONTRACT NEW LIFEBOAT IS OK'D WASHINGTON SUCCESS STORY DISPATCHER GONSORCHIK WEAVES A DREAM JOB JUMPING SENATOR GETS BIG WAGE HIKE SIU FOUNDER HONORED IN CONGRESS 1,500,000 SEEN LOSING JOBS IN 6 MONTHS AFTER V-E DAY CREW OF SS BENJAMIN BOURN CONDEMNS THE SLOPPY MATE SOS-SOS DOG HITS BEACH-BEACH HITS DOG STEWARD IS PRAISED JOHN L. LEWIS DECLARES THAT 'THERE'S NO LABOR MOVEMENT' SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS NLRB BAN OF "UNFAIR PRACTICES" NEW ORDER DIMS HOPE OF WAGE FREEZE THAW Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 05/04/1945 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1945 Periodicals Seafarers Log https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/3c85b0aeb1f02af167b4deb9442add67.PDF ebea2045c0e419efda05dbe5d879c5a4 PDF Text Text PDF Compressor Pro Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America NEW YORK, N.Y., FRIDAY. APRIL 27, 1945 Vol. VII. I i: No. 17 SIU Fights Coast Guard Grab For Post War Jurisdiction Over Seamen The United States Coast Guard has opened its long eximcted maneuver to win peace time jurisdiction over merchant seamen. Having obtained this jurisdiction temporarily for the duration of the war, through Executive Order 9083, the brass hats and their shipowner sponsors now hope to continue to keep merchant seamen in a military straight-jacket permanently. A public hearing called by the Coast Guard on proposals to transfer all functions of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation from the Department of Commerce to the U. S. Coast Guard, was held in New York on April 19. Appearing to testify — : 1 »were two or three shipowners'* representatives and the follow- choice. Hawk pointed out, in an ing representatives of maritime official SIU statement read into labor: John Hawk and. Joe Al- the record, that a continuation gina for the SIU, Meyers and of Coast Guard "supervision" in­ Stack for the NMU and Wino- to peace time would mean a con­ cur for ACA. As could be expect­ tinuation of military discipline, ed, all the shipowners and the kangaroo comrts and victimiza­ NMU and ACA mis-leaders of tion of union militants. Seamen labor were loud and unanimous will fight to maintain their civil­ in their praise of the Coast Guard. ian status. Hawk warned, and Not only was "Blackie" Meyers will fight to maintain the strength loud in his praise of the Coast and integrity of their trade Guard's "Gestapo" method of unions. handling seamen, but he plumped The hearing held iri New York for the equivalent of a contin­ was significant for two reasons;— first, it revealed that the ship­ uous discharge book. owners are now anxious to have "Cut out all jurisdictional dis­ a military supervision of their putes and get done with the job industry—^which means that they of consolidating the papers. Con­ anticipate launching a union sideration should be given to busting drive when peace comes; making it mandatory in the and second, the NMU leaders are Steward's Department that men servile shipowner-agents in the serve a definite apprentice period before upgrading from messman maritime labor movement, ready to cook or baker, and that the to fasten any chains demanded date that the man is upgraded upon the seamen, asking only in should be recorded on the docu­ return that the government aid them in smashing the legitimate ment." maritime unions headed by the Mey^ / proposition follows the SIU. lines of the continuous discharge Into what sort of slavery is the book by giving a man's history NMU ready to lead the seamen? when he is issued papers or new endorsements. With this history Ask any rank and filer how the ' right on the front of a man's Coast Guard officers conduct papers, the shipowner could dis­ themselves when they come (Continued on Page 5) criminate against him because he JIM: Probably because we're was too much of an oldtimer, or gonna take 'em someplace. not enough of one, etc. JOHNNY: Yuh mean 1 gotta The SUP-SIU, which led the cook for a lotta women an' kids! fight against the Copeland fink Nosey women pokin' in an' outta book, has always maintained that my galley. Wouldn't let my own a man's shipping record should A Japanese suicide plane which wife do that. An' kids that'll eat not be on his papers. Seamen hit smack in number 3 hold could us out of our ship! 1 won't cook should not be forced to give their not stop the SIU men on the SS .. for 'em. No, sir! 1 won't! record to every fink-herder and Kyle V. Johnson from participa- . MUSIC: UP AND DOWN — labor hater in the government ting in the invasion of Luzon. A or shipowner's office. This is the FADE OUT BEHIND: number of soldiers and the Stew­ NARRATOR- The ship was the first time that the NMU leaders ard were killed, and a hole torn "HENRY BACON" — a Liberty have dared to openly advocate in the side, but after an emer­ ship named in honor .of the fa­ such a repressive measure against gency patch was made in this mous architect who designed the the seamen. Winocur, representing the ACA, side of the vessel it was able tc Lincoln Memorial in Washington. continue in the convoy. And the little band of women and went down the line with Meyers The ship was given credit for children were Norwegian refu­ and Stack in praising the Coast shooting down 6 Jap planes, with Guard's war time record—a re­ gees being evacuated to the Unit­ cord which is one of Gestapo­ the members of the crew helping ed Kingdom. They were part of like methods of repression and to man the gims. The crew was^: a group of several hundred who terrorization of merchant seamen. commended by the Army officers were divided up among the ships Only John Hawk, Vice-Presi­ and General MacArthur for their of the convoy. Nineteen of them dent of the SIU, spoke out in de­ splendid behavior and action dur< came aboard the "HENRY BA­ fense of the seamen's basic rights ing and after the attack. CON." the right to be civilian em- The ship, which crewed up : . MUSIC: OUT ployees and organize and bargain Galveston, has just returned to>f through unions of their own that port. (Continued on Page 7) Heroic Actions Of SS Bacon Crew Retold In CBS Dramatic Program When the SIU crew of the SS Henry Bacon dove from their sinking ship into icy waters so that their places in the lifeboats could be used by refugee women arid children, they wrote one of the most heroic chapters in the history of the maritime industry. Ever since their story was first printed in the Saafarers Log. newspapet-s" and magazines all over the country have been print­ ing eulogies of their self-sacrific­ ing conduct. Latest to pay them homage was the Columbia Broad­ casting System, which retold 4he ^tory in dramatic form over a coast to coast hook-up Tuesday ^ternoon, April 24, 5 to 5:30 p.m. Following is the sctip as enact­ ed by professional actors—^stage dii%ctions are included: SOUND: BUSY RUSSIAN HARBOR—HOLD BEHIND: ' JIM: Why're we wditin' rotmd liere? AU our cargo's been imloaded. / JOHNNY: Yeah. The Russians lii lun-y'-M""" have already moved most of it off the docks. They sure move fast. JIM: Scuttlebutt says we brought seventy-five hundred tons of war cargo to Murmansk. Why d'ya s'pose the convoy does­ n't heave anchor and get the . . . JOHNNY: Hey! What's this comin' aboard? JIM: A bunch of women ~an' kids! JOHNNY: What're they doin' here? JIM: Look! They're carryin' bags an' stuff—like refugees. JOHNNY: Why d'ya s'pose they're comin' aboard the "BA­ CON.?" SIU Ship Survives Jap Suicide Plane �PDF Compressor Pro X'"' I' • h Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG SEAFARERS LOG Post-War Cornerstone Published by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated •with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President (05 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - Secy-^Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City itU MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 5 th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK (4> BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) .... PHILADELPHIA ADDRESS PHONE 51 Beaver St.—HAnover 2-2764 .... 330 Atlantic Ave.—Liberty 405 7 .... 14 North Gay St.—Calvert 4539 6 North 6th St.—Lombard 765 I . 25 Commercial PL—Norfolk 4-1083 339 Chartres St.—Canal 3336 .. 68 Society St.—Charleston 3-2930 220 East Bay St.—Savannah 3-1728 842 Zack St.—Tampa MM-1323 .. 920 Main St.—Jacksonville 5-1231 7 St. Michael St.—Dial 2-1392 NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16) CHARLESTON (9) .. SAVANNAH TAMPA ACKSONVILLE .... MOBILE SAN JUAN. 28 PUERTO RICO GALVESTON H(5UST0N .. 45 Ponce de Leon-—San Juan 1885 . . 305'/5 22nd St.—Galveston 2-8043 6605 Canal Street if % if tSf PUBLICATION OFFICE: 51 BEAVER STREET New York. (4) N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 ~ >267 The Military vs. The People Organized Labor '• f Friday, April 27, 1945 \ Mates Fight To,{ Aot As Seagoing Chambermaids The mates aboard the SS Otis | E. Hall, bless their hearts, ara*" animal lovers from 'way back. There is nothing they like better; than the chance to play house­ maid to 300 howling, chattering, very much un-housebrokea monkeys. They love it. Especially where there is the slight matter of overtirpe involved. And the cre^ loved it, too. The sight of all that gold braid messing around with the cute little ba—, we mean monks; swabbing up after 300 healthy simians that had never heard of modern plumbing! When the ship payed off the Deck Department naturally put in overtime for the water sougeeing up after these passengers. So it became beef number one with the American. Liberty SS Corp. We fought the whole bloomin' lot of them: the master, the mates, the SS company. Only the monkeys didn't care. They were neutral. All of our beef experts pulled every bit of strategy they knew, but they couldn't get past first base. Brothers, we lost. But we went down fighting. The operator, faced with the prospect of paying twice, the mates having already been paid, was not very sympathetic. W. J. Hill, assistant to the vice presi­ dent, wrote us: "It is true that the ordinary practice when a vessel carries live stock that the sailors in most all cases receive the amount of money, whatever it may be, for taking care of such cargo, but I do not know of anywhere • that you will find it in writing or in print that such money is spe­ cifically to be turned over to any particular parties. I do. want to impress upon you, however, that Merchant seamen have been approached by many The American workers are traditionally opposed to servicemen's organizations, inviting them to membership. peace time militarism. They have long since discovered that At least one exclusively seamen's outfit has been formed. a brass hat, more often than not, covers a labor hating mind. What then should be the attitude of the merchant seaman They have seen picket lines broken by National Guard and toward these groups? regular troops, who always were on the beck and call of the The SIU, in line with its 'policy of not dictating to its employer, but never ready to give aid to the worker. members in affairs outside of union matters, takes no-posiThe American workers have seen anti-democratic tion on the question. What the individual does is up to his totalitarian regimes abroad come to power partly through own conscience and desire, and the question of picking an the military regimentation of the workers. They know that organization, if any, is his alone to decide. But should he employer sponsored militarism and free trade unions can choose to belong to such an outfit he has the responsibility not exist side by side. to see that its program is pro-labor. It is for these TeasOns that the military caste in the After the last war, the veteran was used in many local­ JJnited States was never able, in the past, to maintain con­ ities as an anti-labor force by the employers; used to break trol over any major section of the economy in peace time. strikes and smash the unions. Today, however, with the Army and Navy grown to Organized labor is watching with great interest the % unprecedented size and exercising either direct or indirect development of the various servicemen's organizations and control over the country's entire economy, the military is the roads they are taking. It has learned the lesson of twenty in an advantageous position to make a bid for post war five years ago and is paying much attention to the problems power. The first such bid came this past week when the of the veteran. I do not entirely agree with what the mates on this vessel did, and Goast Guard asked for permanent jurisdiction over merch­ The veteran has many special problems (as does the lave told them so, but since ant seamen. merchant seaman) and will ask for special legislation to they did accept the money, and It is no accident that the merchant seamen were compensate him for the losses he has suffered: the losses of kept it, and performed the worfc^ singled out as the first group of civilian workers to be time and opportunity, of jobs and skills. Some of this has J "ot tlunk that the crew marked by the military for a peace time straight jacket. already been taken care of—though inadequately—by thej®'^®"?^ Company Seamen are one of the most strongly organized and militant GI Bill of Rights. Additional legislation will be proposed, to|j^°; Tat J'' by the mates.' .^oup of workers in the country. Likewise, the shipowners help integrate the veteran into civilian life once again. That's that, brothers; there i£( Isre one of the most anti-labor and profit-swollen employer However, the problem of the veteran goes beyond nothing in our agreement which groups. A clash between the two would appear in the offing, so-called "special privilege." It includes more than grab says a mate cannot slip a chamTims the advisability, from the shipowner point of view, legislation, and the veteran himself is aware of that. He has berpot under an impatient) i • ^ of having his employers under the thumb of the military. also the problem of the civilian—thfe problem of jobs, of monkey. ————— • *.. i Thi§ Coast Guard-shipowner maneuver is of great security, of peace and democracy. Tuesday Night significance to the entire labor movement. For if the miliIt is in these things that organized labor too has a stake. 'jSiiy succeeds in regimenting the seamen, it will no doubt It too, is "intensely interested in a society where a man can The Tuesday Night Canteen ' \ feei bold enough to march inland and attempt military live at peace with his neighbor, and raise a family without for merchant seamen, sponsored ^ discipline of the truck drivers, the auto workers, the coal fear of insecurity. It too, wants to see the four freedoms by the American Women's Hos­ ©iners, etc. flower in this country. It knows that unless the veteran has pitals Reserve Corps, will con- ; M The struggle of the seaman to retain a civilian status security and freedom he is likely to fall into the fascist tinue until further notice at the i" [ ' iind the independence of his union, is the forerunner of the camp and be used to sm^h the free trade unions in America. Great Northern Hotel, 119 Wv f Jijght which will face the entire labor movement, f Whatever final veterans organization comes out of this 56th Street, New York City. According to those who have ? i r The SIU will conduct itself honorably in this fight, war, it must be strongly democratic and must be pro-labor attended previously, the place and in a manner aimed at safeguarding the independence in its outlook, and must work hand in hand with the trade worth going to. There is danci^f i the union movement. We ask the rest of labor to care- unions of this country in building a free, secure Uic America xxincxiuaja floor show, beer and bgautif* T t ^ully follow our struggle, and if necessary, give us a hand— for all the people. Else we may yet, even in victory, lose girls. What else do you feUow v pn the picket line or on the floor of Congress. want? the war. n �PDF Compressor Pro !• . • .•^> ;•• j IHE Friday. April 27. 1945 •^T-j [ '^.-.jAfyj^j'.-t ••;'-j'".-"'-V. !• ^"' SEAEAKEHS LOG Page Three NatiM's Military Leaders Pay Tribute To The Merchant Seamen By PAUL HALL The balloting on the constitutional amendments and the $10 Strike Assessment resolution has aroused the same interest in the Port of New York as did Vie last general election. The interest shown is to be noted as progress, and a fellov/ can hardly keep from comparing the difference in the membership's point of view now and that of a few years back. All hands today realize the problems facing the seamen in the post-war period and the necessity of building up strength and re­ sources for our organization in our fight to maintain and raise our conditions. The enthusiasm and interest shown by the Seafarers' membership on these things, especially the building and strike funds, shows that the membership are aware of our problems. 4. it S. 4 The new booklet, "Here's How, Brother," is causing plenty of comment. This comment comes, not only from our membership who like it very much, but from other trade unions as well. We have had numerous request from other unions in other fields for copies of this booklet. Speaking of educational booklets, the next one of the Seafarers series should be ready very soon for the membership. This is the one regarding the conducting of meetings, both ashore and aboard ship. This booklet, once distributed, should result in better meetings for it gives the manner in which to bring up various points for dis­ cussion, etc. It is worded in the same language as "Here's How, Brother" and it will be illustrated with cartoons by Bernard Sea­ man, the same guy who does the cartoons for the LOG and our other booklets, etc 1 4. 4 5- 4The recently launched organizing program of the Seafarers is getting the full support of our membership, not only in taking jobs with unorganized companies, but for the distribution of our literat­ ure in the various SIU ports. There is no question but what this drive will be successful. With the membership giving their support in such a manner it is hardly possible to do anything other than to succeed. • There is something that our members riding our contracted vessels can do to help this organizing drive. That is, regardless of the port you are in, whenever you are around any crew members of unorganized ships, spread the good word of the Seafarers and tell these people the score. Tell them the benefits of unionism over the cut-throat policy and insufficient living wages and conditions of non-unionism. In doing this, one effective thing to be used is the Seafarers Lqg. For that reason, it is more neccessary now than eyer before that our papers, literature, etc., be given full distribution in all ports of the world. So all of you members in contracted ships should take care of the literature put aboard your ship by the union Patrolman and see to it that it gets into the hands of as many unorganized seamen as possible, regardless of the port. . The men who know, the men on the fighting lines who depend upon the merchant seamen for their supplies, are aware pf the splendid job lhat the seamen are doing. Mai^ tributes have been paid to these seagoing civilian heroes, who until recently had a higher ANTWERP DOCKERS STILL FIGHTING OPPRESSION (LPA) Recently dock workers in Antwerp, Belgium, went out on strike in protest against the low wages on the dockside. On being promised wage raises, they returned to work. The promise was not kept. When they started a protest stoppage, they were locked out for 15 days. The lock­ out was lifted only after a mass demonstration of dock workers went to the Town Hall. European labor leaders are pointing with pride to the fact that the tradi­ tional militancy of these workers has not been broken even by the years of Gestapo terror. Workers who have been in the front ranks of the fight against Nazism are not simply looking for a "return to normalcy." Employers who try to beat them down are going to find that these workers are pre­ pared to fight oppression at home just as bitterly as they fought the Nazi oppressors from abroad. casualty rate than the armed forces, but who nevertheless' kept the ships sailing and delivered the goods. yi& print below a few of the tributes paid the merchant sea­ men by men who know the story. The list is much too long to be included in its entirety, but the latest commendations are given; "In behalf of the men of my command, I thank the men of the Merchant Marine for their pledge of full cooperation in our com­ mon effort to destroy the forces of tyranny and darkness. The huge quantities of supplies that have been brought across the Atlantic are a testimonial to the job that has already been done." General Dwighl D. Eisenhower. "It is a source of great pride to see how these sailors of the United States Merchant Marine are cooperating in every way to enable the soldiers of the United States Army to reach the far shore in the best of condition." The laie Brigadier General Maur­ ice Rose, Second Armored Di­ vision. The men who carry the ships of the merchant fleet to far off ports and up to dangerous beaches^"the men responsible but who are never praised enough, the men of the U. S. Merchant Mar­ ine" received high praise from Cpl. Lawrence E. Albrillon, Mar­ ine veteran of the South Pacific, at a recent launching of a Victo:^ ship in Oregon. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, in a message read to 1,000 Maritime Service officer candidates at Al­ ameda, praised "the valor of the merchant seamen partici­ pating with us in the liberation of the Philippines." "With us they have shared the heaviest enemy fire," said his dispatch, read by Capt. H. H. Dreany, assistant commandant of the Maritime Service. "On these islands I have ordered them off their ships and into foxholes when their ships became untenable targets of at­ tack. At our side they have suf­ fered in bloodshed and death. The high caliber of efficiency and the courage they displayed in their part of the invasion of the Philippines marked their conduct throughout the entire campaign in the Southwest Pacific. They have contributed tremendously to our success. I hold no branch in higher esteem than the Mer­ chant Marine Service." THE MEMBERSHIP VOTES IN NEW YORK iV. ITALY WORKERS ARE FIRM AGAINST FASCIST LEADER (LPA) Threats of reprisals not­ withstanding, workers in north­ ern Italy have refused to desig­ nate representatives to serve in the fake unions of the Fascist government. Mussolini's Minis­ ter of the Interior has threatened the owners of the factories where these workers are employed with court martial, if they do not ob­ tain from their workers a big vote for the government. So far, the workers have stood firm against the Fascist unions. Ready, willing, and able—and eager—are these brothers lining up before the polling booths, to have their books checked. It is their votes, along with thousands of other full book men, which will Cuban Dock Workers decide whether a $10 strike assessment will be levied on every 4* 4" 4* 4* Dock workers throughout the member. From left to right: James O'Keefe, AB, committeeman; The recreation room in the New York hall is going to have island have asked President Grau Mohamed Agreel, AB, signing the register; and waiting their turn. several additions in the next few days for recreational facilities. The San Martin for a 40 per cent in­ Jose G. Lopez, Oiler; Joseph Pilutis, OS; James Russell, AB; Edward deck will be rearranged so as to allow either billiard tables or ping- crease for the loading of sugar. J. Kelly, AB; and Edgar Emery, FOW. pong, tables (or both if the membership desires them) to be placed there. Either a juke box or a radio will be installed and more of a HERE ARE THE BALLOT BOX GUARDIANS variety of different type games Will be added to go along with the stuff we now have; crib, checkers, etc. This recreation deck should be a comfortable place as soon as the warm weather sets -in due to the fact that it is wide open on both sides and has plenty of big windows. This stuff has been a little long in being set up—what with; priorities for the master radio, fixtures, etc. This will make the hall more comfortable for the membership, not only for studying and; reading, but for batting the breeze with old shipmates. To any of you fellows down the line Who would like to add any suggestions as' to the gear being installed, either come up and give it in person or; drop us a line and let us know your thoughts on the matter. 4' 41 4>. 4* Shipping is now booming up the East Coast after the short: slump of a few weeks back and it looks now as thought it will stay^ this way for a while to come. We can look, however, right after: /VE day, for a slump in shipping because in-all probabhty there will be plenty of pulling ship.s out of active service for conversion into troOp carriers, as well as diverting other ships into the Facific area. Just before the voting began on the coastwise referendum in the New York halL the five brothers, For that reason, it is a damn good idea for our members paying off the West Coast, (providing their private affairs will allow), to in the ebove picture were chosen as good union members to examine the credentials of each voter to 'bast their vote. From left to right they are: Daniel Snitcher. AB; S. srtay on the West Coast and ship from there for such a time as many insure that oiriy these Cezboae, OBer; WilUun T. Conaelty, Oiler; Edgar-A. Johnston, OS; James O'Keefe. AB. Ottf jobs Will be from there. �PDF Compressor Pro V ' li' i Page Four II i' i THE SEAEAREKS LOG Friday, April 27, 1945 Seafarers' Shertest Member Is Mighty Long On Trade Unionism The size of a man's body does­ n't determine the quality of his •• • J N •x"' " N j ll i fighting heart, or the strength of his unionisrn. Brother Curt This week all inspectors at the rhents, especially education and is four feet high, but one Vli •S Starke Packard plant in Detroit walked Jiealth, are understaffed. of the stoutest SIU men you'll out, causing the day .gnd night Aside to Mayor La Guardia: a run across. shifts to close down, when the simple solution, raise salaries! Despite his size. Brother Starke management tried to increase the 4" 4i is an Able Seaman—and a damn number of engines the men had A gain of 4,000 members in the good one. No man ever worked If to inspect. last year has been made by the i; aloft with more agility than he, American Federation of Teachers. This is additional evidence sup­ and he can splice right along porting the charge of urtion of­ And no wonder: teachers' salar­ with the masters. ficials that the employers are ies are in most cases set by law, Starke himself is a living tes­ using the no-strike pledge to in­ and have been mainly untouched timony of how the SIU protects in recent years. Elementary union stall a speedup system. its members, for if it had not education—when an individual The company tries to get more been for the union he would not worker finds he cannot help him­ profit from each worker, at the today be going to sea. It was in self, he gets together,with others same time that it hopes to goad the Spring of 1941 that the Tam­ in his plight. the men into a strike, and dis­ pa hall dispatched Starke for the credit the union. first time to an American ship. AFL Insurance Unit The mate took one look at his A drive to unionize 10,000 rest­ 4-foot body, and refused him. The Pays Dividend aurant woi'kers yet unorganized union went to bat and forced has been begun by the Hotel and NEW YORK, April 23—A divi­ the shipowner to give him a Restaurant Workers Joint Board dend of $2.50 a share to be dis­ chance. A chance was' all he (AFL) in New York City. Among tributed among stockholders of needed—and today he is an AB. the targets are the Schrafft chain The sea has always held a fas­ and Toffenetti's, on Times Square. the Union Life Insurance Com­ cination for Brother Starke. When Seamen wiU please note that pany was announced yesterday he was a child in Germany he these places are anti-union. by Matthew Woll, the president, used to listen to the stories of after its nineteenth annual adventure told by his uncle, a Local 802 of the American Fed­ meeting. skipper, in the German merchant eration of Musicians (AFL) has marine. The uncle promised to Mr. Woll announced that the disbursed $125,977 in 1944 from take young Curt to sea as soon its relief fund to more than 500 company, organized and owned as he was "big enough." But needy members. Most of them by trade unions affiliated with Curt never got big enough—and are over 60 and on the inactive the American Federation of the uncle refused to let him list. Labor, had $88,662,961 of individ­ aboard his ship. Just one more argument in ual and group life, accident and Broken hearted, he turned to favor of unionism. health insurance in force. He the only work he could get, ^ ^ pointed out that the dividend an­ strong man in a traveling circus American textile workers have nounced was equal to a return of of midgets. He was the underwon a minimum wage of 55 cents 5 per cent on the $50" originally stander and supported a human an hour, after more than a year's paid for a share. pyramid on his shoulders. fight through the War Labor About the time Hitler came in­ Board and other government LUCKY TOUR to power Starke came to the agencies. • , United States and joined the 50,000 workers will be affected Royal American Midgets. immediately, and approximately 400,000 will be benefited event­ "It wasn't a bad job," he ex­ ually. An increase in the basic plains, "but all the time we tour­ wage had been demanded more ed Oldahoma and Kansas and the than a year ago, but was kicked Dakotas. I. never got to even look arouiid from one alphabet agency at the sea. Finally I couldn't Brother J. P. Shuler and Curt Starke have a reunion in the j to another. However, when the stand it emy more and I headed New York HaU 4 years after they first met in Tampa. It was Shuler.; production of needed' war goods, for the Atlantic Coast." Curt knew from past experi­ then Tampa Dispatcher, who forced the shipowners to give 4 feet such as cotton duck, fell off beence that the mates would give fall Slarke a chance at a job. Starke is now an AB. smd entitled to cause the workers were unable to live on the pitiful salaries and him the heave ho if they could, sail any ship in the SIU fleet. moved into other industries, the and so he went directly to the government saw the light. SIU hall in Tampa. It was J. P. ^ ^ 4* Shuler, then Dispatcher, who got After all the fuss and feathers him seaman's papers and a job. WASHINGTON, April 17—In4 trying to put the lid on the Mine A couple of weeks after Curt secret testimony before it, re­ Workers for their portal to portal had shipped out, and the boys in leased today by a subcommittee pay demand, it is gradually be­ the "Tampa hall had ceased spec­ of the Appropriations Committee coming a national policy. The ulating on what kind of a seaman War Labor board last week ruled of the House, James V. Forrestal, he would make, a big truck pull­ Families of merchant seamen in favor of travel time for open ed up in front and workmen be­ Secretary of the Navy, declared gan to unload a sign. The sign that contrary to popular belief and servicemen are warned by pit copper miners in New Mexico. read, in big letters, SEAFARERS the German submarine menace the War Department against the In most mines and many in­ bunco artists who may try to dustrial plants, workers have to INTERNATIONAL UNION OF still is serious in the Atlantic. NORTH AMERICA. cash in on their grief over those travel great distances, in some cases as much as a few miles, "Hey," yeUed the Agent, "I While there are fewer submar­ who are lost. from the gate to where their didn't order that sign. The mem­ ines, he said, "they are mech­ These ghouls get the names working time begins. bership didn't authorize * me to anically more efficient and more from the casualty lists and put Now that the ice has been spend all that dough." difficult to catch," and the men­ on an act to sell the families broken, look for similar demands "It's all pai4 for, brother," said ace around the British Isles "is "memorial" specialties, "hall of oh the part of other unions. one of the truckmen. "A guy by now a very serious one" because fame" notices or some other 4 4 4" the name of Curt Starke bought it of a determined Nazi effort to bunco game. These are never The American Federation of and told us to put it up here. And cripple General Eisenhower's authorized and never materialize, State, County and Municipal Em­ supply lines. Admiral Ernest J. even though payment has been ployees is trying to hike the up she goes." King, Commander in Chief of the made by the Arrowing family. wages of New York City civil Fleet, cautioned the committee Insurance Rate Lowered against If you hear of anybody being service workers. They are trying "any false impression of approached by these grave-rob­ to raise the minimum wage to Merchant seamen who wish to Japanese naval and air impobers, notify the authorities at $1,500 a year, hardly an exorbi­ increase the amoimt of insurance tency by their apparent light re­ tant amount, what with wages they are carrying are eligible for action to our air strikes on the once. "frozen" and prices very, very Two years ago Julie London wartime insurance at a lower homeland." "It will be a dif­ "fluid." New York has been hav­ was just another lovely face (and ^JL rate. Under the new rate the ferent story when we approach ing great difficulty in finding )ody) to the movie scouts. Bui cost of government insurance will their shores to land our Army workers rich enough to work at today she is under contract, the be 50 cents per $1,000 a month, and Marines," Admiral King the salaries the city is now pay­ happy result of a long tour with instead of $1 per $1,000. said. ing. As a result, most depart- the USO. $1 $1 Subs Still Menace Atlantic Ghouis Are Fleecing Seamen's Families • V. V -it . �PDF Compressor Pro THE Friday. April 27. 1945 SEAFARERS LOG Page FIIFP Post War Jurisdiction Of Seamen m. • CAN I MAKE cooftmioH N-mervu ANOTHER TRIP SIR? Oh Mr. Mate—Oh Mr. Mate, Can I get on the jour to eight? I'll shine your brass and— And just to prove how true the old song is, read the latest issue of Colliers .Magazine. The publicity hounds of the NMU scored again, and how. The story is all about their educational work, "leadership" school and "labor-managenaent cooperation." Last but not least, the story tells how the NMU is teaching the boys that it is wrong to strike even in peace time. Mr. Daniel "Squeaky" Boano is the Master of Cere­ monies with Professor Leo Huberman conducting the sell­ out symphony. The article should have been written by Beatrice Fairfax, but since it really does show the real faker role of the NMU it does all right anyway. Incidentally, Basil Harris, head of the U. S. Lines, happened to be around at the same time the writers were, and was highly eulogized by the NMU fakers as "a great friend of Labor and a true union man"—^so soon are picket lines forgotten. W. M. GETS THE BUSINESS and everything was carefully in­ vestigated by Lt. L. D. Connor FROM COAST GUARD and Lt. J. F. Strumpf of the Several months ago .my sea­ man's certificates were revoked indefinitely by a U. S. Coast Guard officer in Norfolk. I When my ship was in Bizerte, the army had courtmartialed me on a couple of charges—Coming aboard under the weather, tak­ ing a few nips in the foc'sle, etc. ^ I wa." fined and sentenced to thirty days in the army stockade. When I came out I shipped on another boat which was on a shuttle run. I kept my nose, clean for a few months and then had another courtmartial in Mar­ seilles, for which I was fined. JThe Marseilles courtmartial re­ cord was sent to Norfolk, and that is the one where they claimed I was supposed to be pre­ sent for a hearing. My certificates were revoked in Norfolk last December, and an appeal to have the case reopened was turned down by Norfolk. I then filed an appeal with Admiral Chalke in Washington, which has to be done in thirty days. I thought my case was hopeless, so I didn't follow it up. Several weeks later I received a card from the Coast Guard say­ ing that if I was still interested in the case to make a notarized statement giving my reasons for thinking I should have my papers back. My main reason waS' that I hadn't been properly notified that a hearing was to be held, and also that up until last trip I had had a clear record. ^ I proved that I had never been notified; also that the Norfolk unit was very careless of the facts. I could prove everything I said by the dates on my papers Coast Guard headquarters in Washington. The outcome was that the charges against me are dismissed and my papers are OK. The two lieutenants who helped me in Washington went to a lot of trouble. They also took responsibility on themselves by having a dispatch order sent to Norfolk. That dispatch order was a big thing as it had to be OKed by Admiral Chalke, captains, commanders, etc.. It also kept the draft board off my neck as I was scheduled for a pre-induction physical. They are also going to investi­ gate other cases heard by the Norfolk unit; so any one who can give good reasons for reconsider­ ation should get in touch with the Washington CG headquarters. Duke Dushane, here in Wash­ ington, is the man who showed me how to go about all" of this, and he spent plenty of his own time doing it. Duke figures that if I wrote to the Log and ex­ plained my case, it might help others who have had the same trouble. SIDNEY DAY. No. 50029 machinery, with the same de­ provided no fundamental and (Continued from Page 1) aboard the ship. They snoop liberation and solemnity as the permanent changes were effected around the officers, trying to get original laws, as developed and thereby. This consideration then them to squal on the unlicensed amended over a period of many brings us to the changes in the men. They pussy-foot among the years. Code proposed by the Cora-^ crew, trying to pick up somcT Our country has been and still mandant of the United States thing on the officers. They at­ is engaged in a great war of sur­ Coast Guard. tempt to set department against vival. As part of his alleged war These changes in the regula­ department, to make of seamen powers, the President of the tions refer to the issuance of a bunch of snivelers and stool- United States, in his capacity of licenses or certificates to the per­ pigeons. Commander in Chief of the Army sonnel of the United States Mer­ And if the first mate says that and Navy, issued Executive Or­ chant Marine. It is to be noted the Bosun parts his hair on the der No. 9083, dated February that in the machinery set up for wrong side—a full fledged Coast 28th, 1942 which effected the the issuance of these licenses, Guard trial is. in order. Many a transference of all of the func­ the Commandant of the United man has had his papers lifted tions of the Bureau of Marine States Coast Guard wiU have because of some shipboard gos­ Inspection and Navigation of the complete power and control of sip picked up by the Coast Guard. Department of Conunerce to the that very important function of All of which means that while Bureau of Customs and United the Bureau of Marine Inspection the Coast Guard is in control, States Coast Guard. By far the and Navigation of the Depart­ the military has the power to greatest bulk of the functions ment of Commerce. Nothing in pick up a man's papers and pre­ were transferred to the Uniteh the proposed regulations indicates vent him from making a living States Coast Guard. that they are to be temporary in his trade. That is what the This Executive Order, accord­ and for the duration of the war NMU leaders are accepting. ing to its own preamble, was is­ only. Therefore, it must be as­ Whereas a legitimate trade union sued solely by virtue of the au­ sumed that they wiU be perm­ functions to protect a man's right' thority vested in the President anent and will extend beyond the to work, the NMU is willing to by Title 1 of the First War Powers duration of the war and into let the brass hats decide whether Act of 1941, and "in order to peacetime. or not a seaman can work. The expedite the prosecution of the If they be for the duration of NMU has ceased to function as war efforts." the war only, we oppose the a trade union—it is merely a These functions were trans­ changes as being unnecessary, trade union cover for the labor ferred for a limited period of bothersome and wasteful. The hating shipowners and Coast time and for a well defined pur­ end of the war is Europe is an Guard hierarchy. pose. It is sufficient to note that immediate prospect. The final The SIU has served notice on the delegation of the inherent termination of the hostilities with the Coast Guard brass hats that right of the Congress to enact, Japan cannot be too far away. we intend to fight this move maintain or change our laws was Changes of this character, if in­ right down the line. This week modified, if at all, to a limited tended to be temporary, should copies of the SIU statement were extent and circumscribed with have been proposed long before sent to Congressmen and Sen­ the limitations of a special emerg­ this time. ators, warning them that this ency existing. If the changes are intended to totalitarian piece of legislation Among the powers of the Sec­ be permanent, then we are of may soon be presented to them retary of Commerce, incidental the opinion that the Command­ for action. If and when that hap­ to the proper functioning of the ant of the Coast Guard is seeking pens, we shall rally, not only laws of Congress set forth in Title to effect by means of a device waterfront labor, but the entire 46, is the power, duty or right which has been accidentally de­ labor movement ashore in the to draw up a set of rules or regu­ posited in his hands by the ex­ smashing of a military plot to lations to implement the main igencies of the war emergency, take over a vital part of the outline of functions vested in the to perpetuate the control of his country's economy, the maritime Department of Commerce by the department, and to bring about industry. Congress of the United States. permanent changes in funda­ Following is the text of the Need attention be called to the mental polices without the con­ SIU statement presenting to the fact that these powers or duties sent or knowledge of the Con­ were vested, as a matter of the gress of the United States. Such Coast Guard by John Hawk: policy of our sovereign law mak­ a move, effecting such a radical ing Congress solely in the De­ change in our fundamental law Statement partment of Commerce? They is violative of the orderly pro­ of were not intended to be divested cedure of our government. It is Seafarers International from it or transferred to any an attempt to usurp powers, and Union of North America other agency of the government, to make laws, without the solemn Affiliated with the American unless by proper process of law. deliberation and consent of the No great objection would be Congress of the United States. Federation of Labor offered, possibly, to minor Representative of 60,000 Mer­ changes in the Codes or regula­ It is one of the worst examples bureaucratic infringement chant Seamen on the subject of tions, by the transference of the of proposed changes in the Regula­ Commerce Secretary's powers. (Continued on Page 7) tions of the Department of Commercec attached to a notice of MOVIE CABBY JOINS TEAMSTERS Hearing dated March 27. 1945 is­ sued by the United States Coast Guard. The Congress; of the United States, in a series of enactments, codified and now found in Title 46 of the United States Code An­ notated, has vested in the De­ partment of Commerce certain powers with respect to the super­ vision, control and regulation of the Merchant Marine, its vessels and personnel. This is an historic policy and dates back for many years in the life of our country. The sovereign power of the United States, exercised by its Congress, and no doubt ratified by the executive branch of the Government, has found expres­ sion in these enactments or laws. Obviously, these laws should not be lightly or easily set aside, side­ stepped or disturbed. Certainly, changes should not be effected Character actor Frank Faylen has played so many taxicab driv­ by means of trick, device, or sub­ ers in the films that Local 640, IntT Bro. of Teamsters (AFL) de­ terfuge. Any alteration in this cided he deserved an honorary membership card. Above, Faylen expression of the sovereign will must be brought about solely by as he appeared in the Warner picture "No Time For Comedy" with the. employment of the same Rosalind Russell and Ray Miland. �PDF Compressor Pro • •"' 'y/^.-i' V- x^X-/. Page Six PH£ S^AFAkEKS LOG Friday, April 27, 1945 sbowiixg Ibeir interests in main­ taining a democratic policy and Shipping has slowed down con­ protection from the shipown^s siderably this past week; only by castlztg their votes. Shipped 6 men, 2 to each departJ. F. SHULER, Patrolman tnent. With about 45 members i, t. t. ^ on the beach scattered all over Shipping has picked up this Texas, I find it hard to get men week, probably will continue for to take jobs. Guess that it is the quite a spell to ce~ie. We also good old sunshine that causes it. have sent a few men to the lakes The" beaches aie open now and and quite a few to the west coast the boys like to lounge around and take in the sights. With these can keep cool between beers or got off with a reprimand and Leacock, William Lee, John for Pacific shipping. suspended sentences but, now we Gorey, Fetcbaer nnd the Schicknew style bathing suits and play ships. We do have some difficulties Brother Eddie Higdon arrived come to the old timers. One, a Shiimey. All beefs were squared in manning some of the Calmar suits that the gals are wearing^ well, the bays do get an eyeful, in town last Friday and took oyer Fireman, was sick. He contacted away on them. Company . ships, especially the the duties of Agent, relieving the chief engineer and made ar­ T'he (Robin Line had the SS Ida Ore boats, but if there is any and I don't mean sand. At last the good ship Brandy- Brother Michelet who has gone rangements to have another man Morris, James Gunn, Sidney Len- member who really wants a wine is straightened out, and to New York. It is rumored that stand his watch, paying him the iefr ®nd the Samuel Griffin. steady run. I'd say come to New The SS Gallen Stone of the York and take one of the Ore there isn't a sign of an NMU he will-try to instruct Brother regular rate of pay 90 eents per stooge aboard. Brother Bryant, Shuler in the art of cooking, at hour. But the ensign came aboard Eastern SS Company .paid 'off. boats. As we all know, just yet the ship's delegate, has done a what he told your hours later, and without even This was her Maiden Voyage and they do not have first class hotel good job and deserves a lot of correspondent before leaving seeing the man, said that he was she came in exceptionally clean accommodations, but with a few here. Also he said that he had not sick. At the hearing his for a ship on her first trip. We good book members aboard, I am credit. hopes of getting Brother Shuler papers were lifted for thirty days. also had the Alexander C^ay of sure that something can be done Have the Albion Victory in this Is this what you ccdl .justice? the Eastern SS Co. to buy a new suit. port in transit, with headaches. to bring them to a fair condition. The Bos'n on the Adair, an­ Smith and Johnson paid off As we all know, every one can't Paid off the SS H. M. Rice of Seems that the engineers and mates never heard of Abe Lin­ Alcoa Co. last week. A clean other old timer, also had his four ships. The Overtakes three, sail the C-2s, so why not take a coln freeing the slaves, imtil I payoff and no beefs. There were papers lifted for thirty days for and the American Range Line vacation trip aboard one of the went aboard and blew my top.| a lot of oldtimers and ex-pie taking, part of one day off. The had the SS Gregory as her only Calmar Ore boats ... eh, what? Then they decided that the boys cards on her. Among thejn Bull- mate gave him permission to take payoff. All beefs on these ships Attention, Engine Department, needed a little time off so knock- Sheppard. A nice job, brothers, this time off but the coast guard have been squared away to the especially Assistant Electricians: ed the gangs off an hour or two thanks for the way you always thinks different. Is this satisfaction of the crews. We I had been advised on more than earlier. j brought her in. Brother Greenlee what you call justice? had a number of sign ons all one occasion ^^ere in New York, Three Oilers, 1 AB and 1 OS ex-pie card from New York, also Until such time as we can fight squared away. fire with fire be careful of what This makes our third consecu- by reliable sources that an ex­ Want to sign off, but the skipper Now if any of' you wish to en­ you do, go, or say as these ti-ve busy week, so shipping perienced FOW can sail under refuses to sign them off. His reathat rating without having that sons are that it. is too much joy our beautiful city and girls HOOLIGANS are composed of should be in full swing here for endorsement, and in the event 'trouble and work for himself and come on down and grab yourself doctors, lawyers and ankle-deep a while. Now and then you hear that you do have difficulty in men grumbling because they signing on in New York as the purser. All Agents on all ^ ^JhereJs plenty of both, sailors. Question: What is justice? LEROY CLARKE, can't ship out, but in this case Assistant Electrician by the U. S. coasts watch for this vessel When! GLENN MASTERSON, RAY WHITE, Agent you generally find that there are Commissioner, take note: take it pays off, as I believe that when Patrolmen four or five buddies aU wanting commissioner's name; go to the she comes in it will be stinking to ship Bos'n or Deck Eng. on nearest phone booth and call with logs. CHARLESTON the same ship of the C-Type pre­ All you members that ship out BALTIMORE Whitehall 3-2300, extension 174, Business is still slow in the ferably. of Galveston: When you are' and ask for the Commander in We are glad that the Seafarers charge. Explain the situation, ready to ship bring your gear Shipping in this port continues Carolinas. Weather is nice and with you, so that when you make' to be slow, but we are looking the beaches are getting a nice have a good payoff record to brag a ship you don't have to go back' forward to a lot of shipping very play. E. W. Scripps, Alcoa Steam­ about as it seems all the Mari­ and I am sure that the error caii be rectifie^d. But where the SIU < home to pack up. Your gear can' loading of grain ship Company, was in for a few time Unions are boasting at this has a contract with-the Company be left in the hall and be safe as in this port. HoWever, it is to be days last week in transit. A few time. The NMU's main boast is specifically stating that their As­ this hall has a fireproof vault. expected that most of the ship- minor beefs were straightened the number of jobs that they are sistant Electricians must have the Which I am using partly for a Pi"g ^iU be shorter runs, so save out before she sailed. Had a call finking out and the official organ endorsement, then we can't, un­ •baggage room. some of your money, fellows. from Norfolk for eleven men. We of the MFOW has to brag about der the circumstances, help you There is considerable talk sent seven from Charleston, and the NMU's finking, as the rank D. STONE, Agent about the bonus—when and for Brother Thompson sent four from and file of the MFOW seem to be out. This week we have been hit what areas it will be cut. I do Savannah. Thanks, Brother so thick that the Commissars again with that certain negli­ NEW ORLEANS not see why bonuses should White, for taking some men off have not been able to educate gence which causes confusion Things are still humming in cut as long as one American sol- the beach from this small port. them into the art of keeping them this beautiful Cajun city and dier remains in Europe. There is Expect a C-2 out of Wilmington, sailing under scab circumstances. among the members and extra •your Patrolman and Agent, and always danger from the Nazis N.C., for the South Atlantic The balloting committee on work for the dispatchers. It must Dispatcher are so busy covering | their cohorts. Perhaps the Steamship Company about the the amendments to the Constitu­ be an awful hard job for some of •ships and trying to find men to steamship owners will become middle of June. It looks slow for tion and the additional $10.00 you to let us know when you are dispatched and don't take the job, fill the jobs on the board that we! bighearted and include it as base the next week or ten days. strike assessment is under full to let us know that you are not pay. I am not joking. Sometimes are kept on the run. JAMES L. TUCKER, Agent swing and the members are taking the job. The WSA is There are still a lot of the old- they get an enlargement of the making good use of our membertimers showing up here every J heart, but they usually die from ship's laxity. They generally fill NEW YORK •day, some of whom we haven't if' had. those jobs for the Companies. seen around the Gulf in quite a I have had several cases before The SS Blenheim of the WaterThen you come in and want your long time. the Coast Guard, but they were man SS Company paid off here registration card back. Then the The WSA pulled a hot one this settled OK. However, let me last week and is to be turned same old argument again—I did- ' ALBANY, April 7 —Members week. They signed on a 13-man warn some of you members, don't over to the Danes. You will re­ n't know this or that. Steward Department on a mule'go around trying to beat up gun- member her as the ship that was of the merchant marine will not have to worry hereafter about I'd say, study the reverse side wagon. Then the Army brains nery officers. We know some of captured from the Germans in the extension of their State motor of your assignment card whep decided that they would not ship' them exceed their authority and first part of the war and proved vehicle licenses as long as they you are dispatched to a job. Then any Missouri Canaries on her so tiy to run the ship, but your best a headache tliroughout her ex­ are in the wartime service. The there will be less headaches fop the WSA ordered the Steward's bet is to take your berf to the istence as an SltT ship. However, Department cut to g men. But . skipper and bave it entered in there were a number Of good jobs bill to place members of the mer­ everybody. chant marine on an equal foot­ Four hours is sufficient time all hands were on articles, so the log. on her and we hate to see her go. ing with members of the armed for a man to pass the doctor and WSA said to cut oft four men. We There is a lot of beefing regard­ The SS Antinious of the Water­ demanded to know what jobs ing slop-chest overcharging, and man SS Company also paid- off forces, as far as operator and look the ship over to decide if bhauffeur licenses are concerned, he cares to take the job or not were being cut out. After much officers selling cigarettes. This is with all beefs squai-ed away. arguing it was decided to cut off another beef you should, keep Among the ships that paid off is now law by Governor Dewey's He can call by phone or come to a 2hd Cook and Butcher, one track Of. Then we can get to­ from the Bull Line were the SS signature. The bill applies to li­ the hall and immediately let us Baker's Utility, and 2nd Cook, gether and go to the proper peo­ Livingston, SS Hilton, SS John censes to members of the mer­ know. Others are probably waitr one Galley Utility and the Night ple and have those guys on the Hay, SS Sea Falcon, SS Joshia chant marine who have been in ing for the job that he doesn't service since Aug. 16, 1940. want. How about a little coop- ' Cook and Baker making 5 men pan. " Leach and SS William Tilgman. eration on this? What say, boys, to be let out. So these men all WtLUAM «IoKAY, Agent The SS James Miller also of the do we get it? received one month's pay plus Bull Line paid off here. She had After all, lot of you feel the time they Were on articles. NORFOLK no beefs. She is a small laker but damn hurt when you come back "• One Electrical Maintainence man Had the Robin Adair in from generally has more beefs than five or six hours later and want was cut out so he got the salne a four months trip. As everyone would the SS Queen Elizabeth. your regular card back, and then pay. Brothers, did the WSA and knows the HOOLIGAN NAVY The Mississippi SS Company are told that you have to register the Company try to get out of (Coast Guard hearing unit) comes had the SS Flying Eagle, SS all over again, because it's; aftM j paying this money, but your of­ aboard to see how the boys have Frelinghauser, SS R. Johnson the four hours. You lose all your ^ ficials held tight and the brothers conducted themselves. The nut- and SS Poster with all beefs set­ previous day's advantages you were paid. come of this visit was that fom- tled aboard. The Sturdy Beggar, have had and you burn up about At the present writing, there is men wound up on charges—^two also a Mississippi ship, paid off it. But how about the guy thai* a lot of. noise going on around deepsea sailors (from Sheepshead Without any beefs. She has been you beat out of the job? Perhaps here due to the wOTkmen putting Bay) and two of our oldtimers. a prize headache heretofore. that ship was going where he in a circulating air system in the The deepsea men had three and Among the South Atlantic Wanted to go, and it was yovt main fioor, so that the brothers four charges apiece on them and ships paying off were the SS S. (Coniinuei on Page 8 ) GALVESTON AUTO LICENSE BILL FOR SEAMEN OK'D �PDF Compressor Pro •".'T'y Friday, April 27, 1945 iti'rpe',f,^:i'-i'<Y^i!miF''v''^''i''W^^ W- :'W-""••• • ••• "• TUK SEAFARERS LOG Heroic Actions Of SS Bacon Crem Retold In CBS Dramatic Program Page Seven INSURANCE BENEFITS COME THROUGH CHARLIE: Maybe we're in refugees. Into-the other went as {Contmiiei from Page 1) many of the crew as it would contact with 'em by radio. SOUND: SHIP'S DIESEL EN­ GINES—SOUND OF GALLEY- JIM: Not a chance. We can't hold . . . DISHES, ETC. HOLD ALL BE­ use the radio. Some Nazi might SOUND: WATER SLAPPING pick us up. AGAINST Llb'E BOAT—HOLD HIND: BEHIND: JIM: Hey—Johnny! Got any­ JOHHNY: (BRING IN) Coffee —coffee—anybody want coffee? JOHHNY: The Bos'n and some thing in the refrigerator? of the men are trying to build a JOHNNY: You guys make me CHARLIE: We sure do. life raft. sick. All you do is eat! JIM: Johnny—you're a pal! JIM: Hey —look! The Chief JIM: C'mon! Be a good cook JOHNNY: All right — here's Engineer's gettin' out of the life an' rustle somethin' up for us. your cups. Hold 'em up an' I'll boat—givin' up his place to one • CHARLIE: Yeah. We've just fill 'em for you. of the kids. come off watch. An' we're hun­ JIM: Hey! There's a patch of JOHNNY: How many men are gry. blue sky. in that life boat? , JOHNNY: If you'd look around JIM: Looks like fifteen crew­ CHARLLIE: The fog's liftin'! you'd see a plate of sandwiches men and seven gunners . . . — there on the table. Is that SOUND: BRING IN PLANES Union members are receiving the first benefits from the insur­ enough or do I also have t' feed —FROM DISTANCE BEHIND: JOHNNY: And that's all she'll ance fund which was recently inaugurated by the New York Hotel Trades Council (AFL), Above, the first check is paid to the widow you? JOHNNY: Yes, sir! We're com- hold! of a member by Pres. Axel McConney of Local 144, Hotel & Club CHARLIE: Well — that's more in' outta the fog. JIM: What're we gonna do? Employes while her son looks on. I y like it! JIM: Look at that sunshine. JOHNNY: We're gonna swim. JIM: How 'bout some coffee? All of a sudden it's a beautiful Come on, boy! Over the side! day. Just look ... JOHHNY: In a minnit—in a MUSIC: STRING—HOLD BE­ minnit . . . CHARLIE: Wait a minnit . . . HIND: tude of the people of the United (Continued, from Page 5) JIM: What's that you're cpok- JOHNNY: Come on! I can't NARRATOR: The Nazi planes upon the rights of its citizens and States toward this type of man­ in'? stand here. Lemme pour this cof­ came back to strafe the life boats upon the functions of the other euver, the real object of which fee. I got work t' . . . jis to extend, solidify and rivet and the seamen swimming in the JOHNNY: Thifc? Well, I—one branches of the government. water. The master of the "HEN­ We state, as a matter of policy, down the tenure of office of cer­ of those Norwegian kids ain't CHARLIE: Quiet! RY BACON" and all of her of­ at this juncture, that the SIU of tain government employees. feelin' so good. I'm fixin' some JOHNNY: Huh? What is it? Government by fiat or decree ficers but one - were lost. With North America is unalterably milk toast and . . . them were lost many of the crew. opposed to the intervention, to must be shuffled off, as repug­ CHARLIE: I' hear planes. A JIM: I don't mean the milk Men from Dayton, Kentucky; even the slightest degree of a nant to our institutions, and true toast. I mean that smell like lotta planes . . . Robinson7 Illinois; Revere, Mass­ military branch of the govern­ Constitutional government re­ roast beef . . . achusetts; Chocowinity, North ment in the affairs of the Mer­ stored. JOHNNY: That's what it is— Respectfully submitleds Carolina; Jersey City, New Jer­ chant Marine. roast beef. Those women an' kids JOHN HAWK sey. Americans from a dozen of The experience of the thous­ look like they've never tasted Vice President these United States. One of the ands of seamen whom we repre­ good American beef. Seafarers Intemationeil rescued seamen has written a sent, with the temporary trans­ JIM: Thought you weren't Union of North America poem about the heroes of the SS ference of the powers of the De­ goin't' cook for 'em! HENRY BACON. It begins . . . partment of Commerce, has been ' JOHNNY: What're you talkin' unsatisfactory and distasteful. JIM: Yeah. So do I. CHARLIE: about? This is not the lime or place to JOHHN'Y: Yuh' don't s'pose . . . The ship was the SS HENRY draw an indictment of the con­ JIM: That's what you said. (Continued from Page 6) BACON duct of the United States Coast ! fault that he didn't get the job. JOHNNY: I said no such thing. SOUND: GENERAL QUAR­ The name we remember so Guard, of the affairs of the Bureau I Think how he must have felt too. And if you go around puttin' TERS of Marine Inspection and Navi­ I bet you a nickle to a rotten egg, weU, words in my mouth—I'll put you VOICE:' (FILTER) Battle sta­ gation, of the Department of out of my galley! tions! Man your battle stations! She was searching for the long Commerce. Briefly, it may be he felt the same as you did about lost convoy JIM: Okay—okay! losing yom card. MUSIC: STING-FADE OUT stated that the policy of this I And to Cpl. Wilson, where ever When down came the Angels CHARLIE: (EATING) These BEHIND: country has always been to con­ you are: Long time no hear from of Hell. sandwiches are all right. fine the military functions of its you. What gives? And believe it JIM: Jolmny always makes NARRATOR: Twenty-three MUSIC: UP AND OUT government in their proper or not, I can still- squawk and bombers and torpedo planes good sandwiches. sphere. Our experience with the hoUre with the best of them. Why came out after the convoy. They NARRATOR: Those heroic JOHNNY: Cut out the blarney! found the "SS HENRY BACON" members of the "HENRY BA­ Coast Guard during the course don't you write now and then? CHARLIE: Where'd those refu­ sitting—alone and unprotected— CON'S" crew sacrificed their lives of this war verifies and confirms I And also any of the oldtimers of soundness of that policy. gees come from? like a duck on a pond. And they the SIU of NA who are in the gave up their places in a life We object to the intrusion of JOHNNY: I heard the Captain came in for the kill, boat—so that refugee Norwegian the United States Coast Guard ' armed forces, . write and let U3 say they're from some island off women and children might live. into the affairs of the Merchant ,know where you are, and here's MUSIC: OUT ' good' luck and happy hunting to Norway. The Norwegian under­ Just recently, Admiral Land, Ad­ ground got word to England that SOUND: ZOOM OF PLANES ministrator of the War Shipping Marine, a civilian activity. We I you all. W. PAUL GONSORCHIK,, they were starvin' there. They —ACK-ACK BATTERIES — Administration, received the fol­ fear the effect of such intrusion and encroachment upon the Dispafche* were rescued an' taken to Russia. HOLD BEHIND lowing message from Crown rights and gains that we have Now we're takin' 'eni to England. Prince Olav, commander-in-chief NARRATOR: The gun crew won over the course of many And I'll cook roast beef for 'em barely had time to man their bat­ of the Norweigian forces. It read, MOBILE years. We believe that control if I want to! i |jJ.JSJ teries before the bombs began to in part . ,. over the issuance of seamen's Things have been very rushing CHARLIE: Okay—okay! fall. MUSIC: SNEAK IN BEHIND: licenses and papers may prove around this port. We lost one of MUSIC: UP AND DOWN SOUND: BOMB EXPLOSIONS NARRATOR: "I am in receipt the opening wedge for future in- our best Patrolmen last week out FADE OUT BEHIND: BEHIND: of a communication from the cui'sions into the Maritime In­ of this port, who is being sent out NARRATOR: The convoy mov- NARRATOR: As the bombers Norwegian High Command in dustry. We fear that this control to the Coast as an organizer. We ec} on West through the Norwe­ came in they met a blazing bar­ London, commending highly the can and may be exercised in such rank and filers out of the Gulf gian Sea and into the North Sea. rage of ack-ack fire. Five, of them spirit, loyalty and ability of the a way as to injure and emasculate hate to lose Brother Kimball, but This happened just a few weeks were shot down within a few officers and crew of the vessel the labor organizations which it will benefit the organization ago but spring had not yet come minutes. But the others came HENRY BACON, of the United haye thus, far been responsible by him going to the coast. to that part of the world. The back — again and again. They States commercial fleet. On re­ for the great improvement in the Paid off the Cape Texas (Bull weather was heavy. The sea was dropped their torpedoes int Ji the ceipt of this heroic tale I find it lot of the American merchant Line) after two days continuous arguing, getting all the overtime .£ray and cold. An icy wind blew water. One of them struJ« the incumbent upon me to express to seaman. For these reasons we object | beefs straightened out, or what 1 J through the convoy. It penetrat­ "HENRY BACON" undef; the you. Sir, my appreciation and ad­ ed layers of sweaters and heavy Number Five Hatch. miration of the outstanding dis­ most vigorously to any changes | thought was all the beefs. When jackets. Fingers froze inside the cipline and self-sacrifice display­ of any kind in the regulations of ^ the ship paid off the boys said SOUND: EXPLOSION. warmest gloves ... ed by the officers and crew of the the Department of Commerce af-, they were short forty or fifty MUSIC:OUT VOICE: (FILTER) Abandon HENRY BACON, in pact with the fecting the maritime industry, at hours. This overtime was not SOUND: SEA AND WIND- ship! Abandon ship! finest tradition of American sail­ the hands of the Coast Guard. turned over to me. If it had been We say that your time has passed turned over to me I would have SHIP'S ENGINES —HOLD BE­ ors." and is passing and that you got it straightened out with the NARRATOR: The vessel began HIND: should gracefully retire from the company trouble shooter. to settle immediately. Her crew MUSIC: UP TO END. JIM: We've lost the convoy lowered the four life boats. One We have the Unico in. Had a situation with the emergency that again. had been damaged by the weath­ created you. The violent reac­ few minor beefs but were taken CHARLIE; Second time we've er and capsized immediately. The tion of the Congress of the United care of. Also the Pan Orleatis. )lo^st it in three days. States, both branches, to the at­ Well, that is all for this time. second was smashed to bits as it ^ JIM: In this fog you could lose was lowered away. The other tempt .to foist the War Manpower Hoping to see some of you old; twenty convoys. I never saw it wo were launched successfully. Control Bill upon this country is heads down this way soon. sd-thick. the best indication of the atti­ Into the first went the nineteen G. BALES# Agenl SlU Fights Coast Guard Grab PORT NEWS �PDF Compressor Pro ' V Page Eight THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. April 27. 1945 BULLETIPP f' Wis Unclaimed Wages—Mississippi SS Company Abear, Frank W. Abrams, Orville E Adams, Donald R Adams, J. B Adams, James H Addison, Grady W Addison, Walter 0 Agol, Bertram Ahlstrom, Ellis Aiello, Michael Aiboll, L. Akin, Roy J Albert, John Albritton, Richard M Alderson, Elmer S Alexander, Benjamin Alexander, D. W Alexander, L. C Alexander, R. L Alfano, Biaggio Alfaro, Lloyd J Allen, Clyde R — 3.96 3.67 .99 .93 2.18 28.11 2.36 1.42 .93 47.40 .74 14.56 1.98 5.70 13.53 9.42 8.53 4.50 23.00 .71 2.84 9.87 The Overtakes Freighting Co. Allen, Ulric C Allie, Abram Allison, Blair Alltmont, Nathan R Alston, Robert Alvarado, Enrique Alves, Louis Amen, Robert C Amenta, Sebastian J Ames, Joseph 0 Ames, R Ammons, James C Ammons, P. E Amos, Floyd R. Amos, John S. Jr Anagnostov, A Andelario, Amadeo ... Andelim, L Anderson, Arthur Anderson, Arthur H. ...—. Anderson, Eugene B. .".— Anderson, Ernest Anderson, Frank, E Anderson, Frank W Anderson, Fred Anderson, George Anderson, J Anderson, L. H. Anderson, L. J Anderson, Niels D Anderson, Norman D Anderson, Ronald Anderson, Robert G Anderson, Vincent Anderson, Warren R Andrews, Edgar C Andrews, G Andrews, N. R Andrews, F. W. Angotti, G. J Angell, Mrs. A. F Annis, Albert A Anoyo, M Antezak, Anthony B Anthony, Joseph S Arable, Joseph Arceneaux, R Archer, Victor Sealy Ardone, M Argiz, Cosme Arma, Pio Arman, A Armstrong, J. G ArmstrongC Ralph Arnad, E Arnio, E. A Aronson, Leon Arroyo, M ' Arthur, John J Arthur, Arvant Arzamendi, Joseph Ash, Andrew Ash, Bernard Ashley, Floyd L. .' Ashman, Daniel Ashmusen, S. G Asplund, Raymond Oliver Atkinson, W. D Atwood, Robert T Aubert, Golden A Augulevicious, Frank I. .. Augustin, H. T Auslitz, John Austin, Weldon E Avelis, Frank J Avelleno, P. G Avera, Philip J Avery, Arthur Avogostan, A Axelson, John A Ayres, Robert E $ 14.53 Saad M. Ali .48 Jesse Brecher ... 40.62 .Wbert - Boone 4.91 Dmitri Bartoi 4.62 Herbert E. Bori 4.27 Harry A, Burnett, Jr Robert P. Bir ........ 6.32 ... 9.24 Robert L. Brewer ... 1.07 Norman Campbell 17.90 Jack McK. Dalton 33.74 Horace G. Dodd 13.75 Avery Edwards 9.36 Avis E. Ebanks 9.24 F. Fall ... 3.56 Paul S. Foster .. 9.24 Julio Figueroa ... 165.19 Francis W. Fullbright 13.77 Harold J. Garty Aaron Gray ... 30.57 Marijan Glazer ... 731.83 Luther G. Hudson ... 8.32 Lawrence E. Healy ... 3.55 John Haprian ...A ... 9.60 Harold D. HoUingsworth .. 2.13 James N. Hurson, Jr 5.53 J. R. Howard 12.80 Everett G. Judkins ... 23.61 George Jordan ... 6.20 Anthony F. Jeffers .69 Norman F. Jakes 8.26 Alphonse M. Kocaj ... 103.27 LeRoy P. Lawrence ... 9.00 Victor Locoparra 8.79 George Moore 4.82 James M. McLaughlin ... 5.93 Wm. J. McLaughlin ... 5.93 R. C. K. Muse ... 40.08 Richard Powers ... 8.89 Erich Pfrommer ... 2.06 Walter Polifko ... 2.00 G. Peorazo ... 1.58 Wm. Ruhemann .69 F. Ragsdale ... 1.42 F. Ragsdale ... 8.53 Paul Rodriguez 6.15 Gordon Ray 4.27 Wm. I. Smith 17.02 Roy G. Stockton . 17.02 John R. Sellers 14.53 Joseph Sollar ... 29.71 Joseph Sollar ... 4.25 Michael W. Saarv ... 9.24 Jos, R. Tillis r...... 7.17 John W Tanner ... 5.81 Emory E. Taylor ... 1.00 Babbitt, Charles A Geo. G. Ward ...... ... 7.11 Babil, Albert Leopold Wareham .70 Bacon, ^ohn H If.:; 11.85 Bacon, L 11.58 Baggis, A. D 2,14 Bailey, Alphonse 113.44 Bailey, Andrew 1.58 Bailey, Delmar A. 123.75 Bailey, Edward E. 8.53 Baisley, Raphael W. 11.98 Baker, Joe D 9.97 Baker, Lehman 1.98 Baker, Myron C 1.79 Baker, Walter 2.13 Baker, William L 47.00 Baldwin, Thomas B. .... 1.48 Baldwin, T. 76.84 Ballard, Alvin 2.23 Bamberger, Edward O. . 12.48 Bande, Wm 26.60 Banks, Harold C 2.89 Barbee, Richard 3.98 Barbello, Peter ............. 1.43 Barber, Elmer D 1.99 Barfield, Emmery S 137.46 Barbee, Glade R. 56.72 Barker, Wm 1.78 Barkowski, Robert A. . 3.30 Barksdale, Walter R .04 Barlizo, Fileman 32.00 Barnes, Alan L 7.76 Barnes, Ellsworth P 2.96 Barnes, Edward T 20.28 Barnes, Robert D. ... 179.84 Barnes, Sidney C 15.62 Barnett, Glenn H v.53 Barnett, T 2.82 Barnum, LeBaron 44.72 Baron, Waldamer v._._.... 21.13 Barrantine, James 28.00 Barrett, Daniel J 46.00 Barrett, Kenneth D 46.00 Barrett, Richard .. 12.50 Barrett, Thomas F. Jr. . 3.63 Barrett, W. A. Jr 6.00 Barrett, William P 5.26 Barrett, Wm 92.16 Barringer, Jos. E .82 Barron, Joseph F 2.80 Barronse, Rollan L 2.23 Barrosse, Beverly O 1.98 Barrows, Cornelius Jr. . 40 Barrows, Robert S. 9.24 Barry, Robert W. 2.06 Bartlett, Thomas H 172.82 Barton, Cilieve C 7.82 Barton, Russell C 10.80 Bartter, T. W .01 Basmente, Frank S 6.08 Bateman, William M. ... 6.84 Bates, Raymond A 1.42 Bates, William I. 3.00 Battle, James M. Jr .83 Battle, Martin J 8.08 Baudy, Thomas A 40.17 Bauer, Helmuth E .79 Bauer, Walter E 7.82 Baughman, Wm. 3.95 Bause, Wm 9.95 Baxter, Richard D. 12.08 Baxter, Thomas 2.87 Bayer, Edward S. Jr. . 3.96 Baylor, Robert 3.76 Bazemore, Reginald .. 33 Beachley, Donald S. .. 4.27 Beall, Thomas S 5.94 Bearwood, J 11.86 Beasley, G. C 36.00 Beatus, Salo 6.13 Beaufort, Paul T. ....... 7.52 Becker, B. H 33.95 Beaumon, Robert 2.23 Becker, J. D . .42 Becker, Theodore Beecroft, Charles Beeler, Howard ..... 13.15 Beem, H. J. .. 16.45 Beeson, W. E 2.12 Begn, J Money Due SS JESSIE METCALF 5.94 .60 Behrman, Hyman Paid off in Boston, March, 1945 6.75 3.00 Beight, J A. A. Waichekauskas, Oiler, 24 5.23 Belkinger, Royal A 18,55 hours dumping oil; W. Siht, Car­ 11.38 Belkofsky, Edward 6.50 penter, 8 hours for greasing run­ 18.15 Bell, Edward J 1.78 ners; Bissonett, Boatswain and 1.98 Bell, Edward L 1. .99 Kallum, AB, each have 2 days' 1.42 BeU, Ernest 35.53 2.08 BeU, E. 0 8.29 pay and subsistance. Chief Cook .33 Bell, WUliam C 74 and 2nd Cook and Buerkle, Mess31.36 Belsom, Sidney M .79 man, splitting 202 extra meals. .17 Benajxen, J. C 1.58 W. N. Rollins, FWT, 10 hours 10.05 Bendixon, John C 1.58 water test. W. A. Sanders, FWT, 4.75 Bendixon, "J. P. ' .63 14 hours water test. Collect at 4.75 Benefield, Timothy S 3.46 Eastern SS Company office in , 15.59 Bennett, Daniel CC 11.71 New York. i i 1.97 Bennett, Earl A 1.95 SS E. W. MOORE 2.13 Bennett, Harry C 71 R. H. Richrode 8.27 Bennett, J 10 Cook $60 due for division of 6.77 Bennett, Joseph H 7.00 wages as agreeji upon between 1.42 Bennett, Roger G 60 Agent and Cooks. Collect at 3.17 Bennett, Wm 26 Waterman SS Co., 19 Rector St., .99 Bennett, Wm 44.70 New York. 76 2.64 Benoit, Roger S (Submitted by New Orleans 11.26 2.31 Bensching, Robert K branch) 3.57 2.64 Bensley, E. J 5.07 Benson, Lloyd Francis .... 6.87 .99 11.40 Bensussan, Isidore .79 9.70 Beren, Paul J 98.75 2.53 Berger, Frank H 1.24 The following men have left 1.02 Berger, Morton J 3.55 their seamen's papers in the 98.75 Bernard, Virgil 10.80 Bernay, Harry A 1.07 Baltimore hall: 98.75 Bernsee, T. W 1.98 John MartoreUa; J. N. Weber; 1.65 Berrty, Antonnio 47.47 W. Lee Draper; J. E. Trumbull; 2.13 and R. G. Barrett. 1.19 Berry, George W. 2.30 31.91 Bert, Adel .71 Will holder of Receipt No. 1.98 Berthiaume, Paul L 4.87 78492 please see Patrolman J, 2.97 Berthold, George E, ........ ^ 3.76 Hudson in New York. 1.58 Best, George S. aj 4 3.50 35.10 Bette, Theo. F 9.37 Bettis, Robert T 8.17 Holder of receipt number 39772 7,50 see Patrolman S. Colls, fifth fioor 42.00 Bevens, T. L Benneward, John M 7.50 of the New York office. 2.54 4. 75 1.25 Bias, B EVERET L. PENN and 2.23 5.69 Bieneek, Frank J BYRON R. DeFORREST 2.97 2.23 Biggers, Earl G. Your seamen's papers and bag­ 31.03 16.85 Bilacc, Louis L gage, which you left on the SS - 9.24 7.82 Bingham, James" L John Blair, are held at the New 3.96 Bird, Wm. D 36.99 York office. i 21.25 6.77 Birt, Albert H a> 4 a^ 27.20' .74 Bishop, Archibald C .10 COONEY, Book number 33978, 11.28 Bishop, Roy 19.48 and MUNTASGHA, Book number .53 Bishop, Walter E 16.94 33804 see Joe Algina, fifth fioor. 2.84 Bitts, D. R • .35 New York office. .41 Bitts, Mack, (Betts, Mack) 2.13 .99 Bizal, Joseph 2.88 5.94 Black, James ....' 7.87 6.06 Blackman, Richard E 5.79 2.14 Blalock, Pat D .71 1.78 Blanchard, Lloyd L 33 2.85 Blocker, William 14.79 If you are in a marine hos­ 20.09 Blevins, Maurice F 4.91 pital In the New York area and 5.75 Blevins, Richard R 9.45 want to be sure that the SIIT 2.47 Blodgett, Donald C. ........ 2.23 hospital delegate visits you, 3.21 Blyss, Linn, Bliss^ Linn) 1,48 simply drop him a penny post 3.94 Bloh, John H 5.46 card and write your name, 5.60 Blowguist, K. E 20.88 ward. number and hospital on .10 Blue, Calvin B. Jr. 19.63 it. You will then be visited , i 25.52 Blum, Murray 5.56 weekly, receive the Seafarers m J 7.11 Blum, M. M. ' Bluvas, Edward B 5.00 Log regularly, and get the $2 ' * .71 2.25 hospital benefits due under the 7.11 Boatwright, A. J 4.78 provisions of the Constitution. 4.36 Bodden, Roy F If you don't let the union 3.67 1.20 Bodekin, F ' 1.58 know that you are laid up, the 42.00 Bodine, Virgil W 49.89 delegate can't be blamed for 11.88 Bogard, Frank V. 6.49 failing to visit you. 10.15 Bogdonoff, Michael G. .. 3.52 2.09 Bold, N. S , 34.00 2.23 Boler, Jesse E 2.25 Bolticoff, B. (Balticoff, 102.99 14.48 Basil) 7.52 .04 Bolton, Thomas J. 5.75 Bomira, V 2.92 5.94 Bonecutter, J, D 2.92 7.46 18.00 Bonesio, Roma In ...•. 18.09 9.80 Bonet, Guendo PERSONALS Notice For All In-Patients. � 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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Title A name given to the resource April 27, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VII, No. 17 Description An account of the resource SIU FIGHTS COAST GUARD GRAB FOR POST WAR JURISDICTION OVER SEAMEN HEROIC ACTIONS OF SS BACON CREW RETOLD IN CBS DRAMATIC PROGRAM SIU SHIP SURVIVES JAP SUICIDE PLANE MATES FIGHT TO ACT AS SEAGOING CHAMBERMAIDS THE MILITARY VS. THE PEOPLE VETS AND ORGANIZED LABOR NATION'S MILITARY LEADERS PAY TRIBUTE TO TEH MERCHANT SEAMEN CLEARING THE DECK SEAFARERS' SHORTEST MEMBER IS MIGHTY LONG ON TRADE UNIONISM SUBS STILL MENACAE ATLANTIC SHOULS ARE FEELING SEAMEN'S FAMILIES GETS THE BUSINESS FROM COAST GUARD AUTO LICENSE BILL FOR SEAMEN OK'D Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 04/27/1945 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1945 Periodicals Seafarers Log https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/b48480a70662330eb4826432ab4941c5.PDF 64c538a6d07abac32702368a043812b2 PDF Text Text PDF Compressor Pro STRIKE FUND VOTING IS NOW PROGRESSING Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers* International Union of North America Vol. VII. A, NEW YORK. N. Y., FRIDAY. APRIL 20. 1945 No. 16 AN EARLY BOOSTER FOR THE STRIKE FUND Displaying the same enthusiasm for the Strike Fund Resolution that had been indicated at the port membership meetings, rank and file members pushed into the third floor of the New York Hall to vote this week as the Resolution and seven proposed constitutional changes were submitted to a coast-wise referendurn baUol.'?—;;;;; ; The ballot is reproduced on The men made no bones about page 7 of this issue for the con­ their approval of the $10 strike venience of the membership. It is assessment as they showed their expected that everyone will read books to the watchers, and one it carefully and acquaint himself eager beaver wanted to pay his with the provisions of the amend­ $10 at once. He was persuaded ments. These changes, if passed, to hold off until the entire mem­ will be the governing rules of bership has had a chance to vote the SIU, and as such affect every and make it official. member of the union. The voting which opened Wed­ If there is any doubt in any­ nesday will continue through one's mind as to the meaning or May 23rd, to allow the fullest (Continued on Page 7) participation of the membership. The seven proposed amend­ ments to the constitution were drawn up at the Agents' meeting in New York in March, and pass­ ed by the membership on a coast­ wise basis to be referred to a referendum vote. Gallant Vessel Award Is Made To SUP Ship Four Dead In Tanker Crash Four seamen were killed and twenty-seven others missing when two tankers collided in con­ voy 700 miles at sea off Sandy Hook. The SS St. Mihiel, War Emergency Tankers, Inc., carry­ ing 180,000 barrels of 80 octane gas, burst into flames when she struck the 11,516 ton SS Nashbulk, operated by the National Bulk Carriers, inc. The fire was not brought under control until after the abandon ship order had been given. All but one of the victims were members of the St. Mihiel crew. The skipper, whose name has not been disclosed, is "belieiffd to have gone down with the ship. Some of . the crew were trapped in the ship, others were lost when they jumped into the flaming sea. Ten survivors have been taken to the Marine hospital on Staten Island. It is reported that a Coast Guard cutter has recovered the bodies of four missing crew members at Federal Anchorage 22, about 40 miles offshore. NEW YORK, April 10—The firsi: gallant ship award ever made to an American merchant vessel was presented to the SUP ship, Samuel Parker, at. Bush Terminal, Brooklyn, yesterday. Called the "most hit" vessel still in service, the plaque was presented while admiring work­ ers swarming over the ship's sides, and longshoremen.bringing supplies aboard heard why the Brother Mickey Moran. SIU Electrician, wu so enthused oyer the idea of-building a big post ship was being honored. war strike fund that he showed up with his sawbuck even before the voting on the proposition opened. The Samuel Parker was in Here he is trying to press his money • on Patrolman Jimmy Hanner's who explained, that the heavy action during the six union couldn't accept any money until the membership had voted the assessment on a coast yise re­ months of 1943 in the Mediter­ ferendum. "Ten bucks is mighty cheap job insurance, is the way I look at it." said Moran. ranean and survived repealed bombing attacks during the in­ vasion of Sicily. "The stark courage of her gal­ lant crew—in battle and heroic WASHINGTON (LPA)—With the European phase*' rescues — caused her name to be NEW YORK DOORMAN perpetuated as a gallant ship," of the war about at its end, a new tug-of-war has started HAS A BEEF said Admiral Land, in making the between organized labor and the Administration over gen­ Shipping at the port of Balti­ I have a beef that I want to award. Ribbons will be awarded eral wage increases which are necessary, labor contends, to more is expected to increase with to the members of her crew who submit to the membership give workers adequate buying power in the postwar period. the end of the war in Europe, ac­ were on her in the Mediterranean. through the LOG. cording to a survey by govern­ This doorman's job has devel­ Administration officials have'* should be confined to specific in­ ment agencies. It is expected oped into the most trying job in indicated they will keep the lid dustries. TOP MAN that • the character of the trade the Union, what with tossing out on as long as possible. James F. Leaders of the AFL argue, will change, as it already has to drunks, answering foolish ques­ tions, and having to listen to all Byrnes, before retiring as direc­ however, that unless the "Little a small extent, and increase to a the old gags about why a guy tor of war mobilization and re­ Steel" formula is modified now new high. When the war ends, food and hasn't got his book with him. conversion, put out a report in and wage increases allowed, materials of all kinds .for the re­ If the membership would co­ which he % posed raises in pay workers will enter the reconver­ habilitation of devastated areas operate it would make things rates untijf? "after" full produc­ sion with too little buying power, will probably make up the bulk easier for everybody. If you're tion had bfen reached and "after" thus leading to an economic col­ of the export tonnage, with im­ gassed up, don't come around; "it had been determined how lapse. ports swinging back gradually to come back when you're human The AFL set forth its views in those needed by American man­ much of the wartime increase in again. A good union man always wc^rkers' productivity would car­ the latest issue of its research ufacturers. carries his book with him, and publication "Labor's Monthly ry over into peacetime. the rules say you must -show it Survey.": full production and full employ­ A similar stand was taken by before you can get into the four heads of war agencies in a "It's time to end the mistaken ment. building. review of their work for the past idea that wage increases lead to "A return to free collective bar­ T' If these over-exuberant guys .year, released last week. The re­ price increases," the AFL de­ gaining," the AFL maintained, don't stop pestering me, I'll have port was signed by William H. clared. "Wage increases cari be "should make possible wage in­ to take their books away, which paid out of savings of industry creases "to restore workers' buy­ Davis, director of economic stab­ I very definitely do not want to ilization; OPA administrator from the workers' enormous rise ing power without increasing do. Please take this in the way Chester Bowles, WLB chairman in production per man-hour dur­ prices. Free enterprise cannot it's offered: the Union will oper­ exist without a high national in­ George W. Taylor and war food ing the war." ate much more efficiently if administrator Marvin Jones. The Federation warned that come, and high workers' buying everybody does his part. Tell They contended that-prices have after V-E Day, when long over­ power to create a market for the Fred Vinson, President Roose­ your shipmates to help. been held during the past year time hours end, earnings of work­ products of "industry." velt's last major appointment, L. GRANTHAM and warned against lifting of ers will take a catastrophic drop The AFL reiterated previous will have the final word on in­ wage controls lest "runaway in­ unless hourly rates are boosted. demands that wage rates should dustrial reconversion and post­ Keep In Touch With flation" occur. Taylor in a speech Current rates, it said, are insuf­ be hiked up about 15 cents an war .planning. Vinson succeeded f reiterated that stand and de- ficient to provide the purchasing hour to furnish the purchasing James Byrnes as Director of 'War Your Draft Board, j'I^clared increases, if allowed, power necessary to bring about power needed to yield production. Mobilization and Reconversion. DEMAND WAGE FREEZE END Shipping Increase �PDF Compressor Pro " v.- .'MT Pa^e Two TVE SEAFARERS '• Friday. April 20, 1945 LOG SEAFARERS LOG From The Assistaiit Sec'y-Treas. Published by the SEAFARJIRS' immiSATlOmh UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ Having missed the March 28tK meeting due to the fact that Brother Hawk and I had to at­ tend a meeting with Calmar offi­ cials in rega*<I to negotiating an agreement, I waS not able to make a, report at that time. How­ ever, since there was not very much to report, I do not think it was missed. Slowly, but surely, we are arriving at an under­ standing with this outfit, arid we hope to have the pleasure, in the near future, of informing the membership that these negotia­ tions have been completed. President (05 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - ^ecy-Treas. F. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 .5th Street, N. W., W^hington, D. C X X a t- Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK (4) ... BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) ... PHILADELPHIA .... NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16) CHARLESTON (9) . SAVANNAH TAMPA JACKSONVILLE MOBILE SAN JUAN, 28 P.R. PUERTO RICO GALVESTON HOUSTON ADDRE3S PHONE 51 Beaver St.-i—HAnover 2-2784 33Q Atlantic Ave.-!-LIberty 405 7 14 North Gay St.—Calvert 4539 ................ 6 North 6th St.—Lombard 7651 ............ 25 Commercial PI.—Norfolk 4-1083 339 Chartrea St.—Canal 3336 68 Society St.—Charleston 3-2930 220 East Bay St.—Savannah 3-1728 842 Zack St.—^Tampa MM-1323 920 Main St.—Jacksonville 5-1231 7 St. Michael St.—Dial 2-1392 45 Ponce de Leon-xSan Juan 1885 305^ 22nd St.—Galveston 2-8043 6605 Cana) Street X X X X PUBLICATION OFFICE: 5,1 BEAVER. STREET New York, (4) N. Y. \ HAnorer 2-27S4 ^^2«I Trade Union Emissary ^ Vj Am still working on a number of outport beefs. Unfortunately, the majority of these disputes are uncollectable and not in accord­ ance with our agreements. I hope the boys, will not be disappointed when a bad beef does not pay off. Also, since most of the compan­ ies have the old story of papers the low income groups; the use of the no-strike pledge by and log books not yet having ar­ the bosses to undermine the labor movement. Point out rived, I have to sit in on them to that with the disappearance of blood-soaked war profits, force them to give me some acthe employers will try to retrench where they always hajte -tion. b^fore,^ the expense of the worker, by reducing wages. Explain to. them that when they get their musteringout pay, and take off their OD's, they are even as you and I-^civUians looking for a job, and that the consideration and adulation that they get so deservedly now, will go with their uniform. When they are back, two choices face them—-to join with the rest of the American labor movement in fighting fosT fair wages, and fair conditions—or to be herded by the bosses into a scab pool to be used to break the back of the only force that can keep them from economic slavery, the trade unions of America. This is a job we seamen must do, and not out of ideal­ ism, either. It is a question of being practical. The SIU, and your own labor conditions, depend on the strength of the rest of organized labor. A weak labor movement means a scab pool that will threaten the security of the SIU. Strong unions mean security for all. Become an emissary for labor, and protect yourself! Quite a number of , members have been in to see me on outport, beefs, which have not been sent in to me as yet. Until the beefs are sent; in I have no way of settling,, since the shipowner will not listen to verbal beefs un­ less I have something in writing or until the ship gets back, where ^ they can contact the skipper or the he_ads of the various depart­ ments to verify if such work was • done. dphe attitude of the American servicemen toward the trade union movement will greatly influence labor con­ ditions in this country after the wajr. The influx of more than twelve million veterans into the ranks of organized labor would make it a powerful agency for the common good.. Veterans hostile to unionism could deal labor heavy Having attended meetings of blows. maritime unions for a number of Unlike the merchant seaman, wlio generally is a mem­ years, I can state frahkly that for ber of, or influenced by unions, the average GI abroad not real Democratic meetings, ours only has no direct contact with the labor movement but are tops. I believe that there is not a union in the field which has is constantly being fed anti-union propaganda. such frank and open , discussion Elsewhere in this issue we print a letter from a former by all hands as are held in the AJFL organizer now with the infantry in Europe. It is his* SIU and SUP meetings. Every­ one speaks his mind on variong feeling that the GI will be a staunch unionist because 1L' subjects and it, is as it should be, has seen the value of organization in the Army, and knows proving again that our Union V that the best organized outfit wins. education is traveling in the right direction. This may be so, and we hope it is so. But at the best The State Department has issued invitations to 31 it is a negative approach. It leaves too much to chance and Regarding the $10 strike assess­ too clear a path for the reactionary elements who are also organizations, among them Organized Labor, to be available ment, of which I am heartly in interested in organizing the veteran—^into an anti-labor for consultation to the American delegation at the San favor: For the benefit of the outfit. We need only to remember the union busting days Francisco Conference. The State Department made it clear young members who are not far miliar with past history of the that organized labor would have no official voice and seamen's that followed the last war. labor movements—the old timer can acquaint you with Many unions are doing their best to keep in touch with would not attend even in an "advisory" capacity. A "consultant" is someone you pay no attention to. what happened in the 1921 strike. their membership by means of special bulletins, their imion It was lost by the seamen. papers and letters, attempting to counteract the deliber­ The shipowner was in the driv­ ately malicious lies of the employer-kept press. But there er's seat at that time, due to ship are millions of men who are outside of their reach. And lay-ups, lack of enough funds of here, we chhik, is where the merchant seaman enters the The Strike Fund Resolution, along with several pro­ the union to carry on a success-' picture. strike, and by certain officials posed constitutional changes, was submitted to the mem ful who had lost all interest, in, ths Just as the SIU has asked you to ship on unorganized bership this week. Voting on it will continue until May strike and the union. ships and become unofficial organizers for the Union, so 23 rd, to insure the fullest participation by men now at sea. must not happen again. too you can become unofficial foreign ambassadors for the It is of the greatest importance to the welfare of the WeThis must keep our conditions and trade union movement as a whole. SIU that the strike fund resolution be passed. There is no wages. To wage a successful When you hit a port and meet up with the GI's, tell doubt but what the operators are preparing for that post­ strike we must have enough them what the unions have been doing on the home front war day when they can bring their union-smashing into money to battle, not only the shipowner, but the WSA and the to protect their interests. Tell them how many shoreside the open. NMU, who will surely work unions have included in their contracts with the employers Peace in Europe and Asia will probably mark the be­ against us. So mark "yes" for, provisions that will provide them jobs under compensated ginning of warfare in America—industrial warfare. Any the strike assessment, which is seniority rights. Tell them how we are fighting reaction at union which is not prepared financially and organization­ your bread and butter in the fu­ home. ture years to come. ally to fight for its existence, will be a dead duck. Point out to them that at the end of the war they will It is not that we wart to strike. It is that we must be ( be civilians again, and will face the very same problems prepared to meet any onslaught on the part of the operators. Keep In Touch With that the trade unions are meeting with now: the widening Vote for the Strike Fund Resolution! Your Draft Board. gap between wages and prices; the mounting tax burden on It's your postwar job insurance! They're Hard of Hearing Build The Strike Fund '4 'ft. �PDF Compressor Pro -T-V'. I HE Pftaay. April 20. I9t& GI Joe Not Anti'Union WASHINGTON, D. C.—One of the great war mysteries is what American soMierS and sailors overseas think about organized labor and what they propose to do about it when they get home after the war ends. A great deal has been written about the subject, mostly from anti-union sources. Labor has heard dire threats. Oc­ casionally it has received a pat on the back. The following letter received by AFL Organization Director Frank Fenton helps to clear up some of the mystery and should be heard carefully by every trade unionist: "Dear Brother Fenton: "From somewhere in Frahce, PFC Walter L. Mitchell, a combat infantryman and former AFL organizer now on leave of absence from the Federation, wishes to report. After months of combat, m which I have experienced many of the horrors and terrors of mod­ ern warfare, comes a brief but welcome respite from foxholes in a 24-hour rest camp, where again I thank God for watching over me and write my first overseas letter to you. "It has beeh my privilege to discuss the war, postwar, peace and 'home'-front situations with GI's from all walks of life. GI's from union families, from non-union fafaiilies> from union industries, from non-union and anti-union industries and GI's from the farm— all live and pray and fight for the day when they can return home 6hd go back to work and live normally again. "These boys have all learned, the hard way-, what organization meahs. They all know that only through united effort, unity of pur^ pose and personal sacrifice can any objective be taken ahd held. "It is my belief, contrary to the anti-union propaganda at home, that our unions are safe from the threat of GI destruction. Instead of the 'predicted' death for unions, there will be an influx of new, rugged and, at times, reckless blood which may prove hard to satisfy or control. Never will any serviceman forget that the best organized outfit wins! "We of the American Federation of Labor must be on the alert that discharged servicemen are not misled in choosing their brganization. The organization that has led the battle for economic ad­ vancement for working people throughout pre-war and war years Should and will be the chosen organization for well-informed vet­ erans on their return to employment." , SEAFARERS LOG New Booklet Is Published By SIU Educational Department "Here's How, Brother!" is the latest of the booklets put out by our e d u c a t i o n al department. Packaged in an attractive green cover, and illustrated by the prominent labor cartoonist, Ber­ nard Seaman, the booklet is sim­ ply and entertainingly written in seamen's language. The booklet points out that one of the jobs of the oldtimer is to acquaint the new member and the trip card man With the ins and outs of his shipboard SUP Ship Rescues British Seamen Get Two# Army Airmen Increased Payment Racing almost a hundred miles For Dependents through high seas in the black of the night, the SUP ship, John Howard Payne, effected the res­ cue of two injured Army airmen whose plane had crashed in the •'acific. The vessel Was 75 miles from the scene when the ship's radio picked up the message. Maximum speed was put on. and the Navy gunners joined merchant seamen as ektra lookouts as the ship plowed through the heavy seas. For many hours the search continued until investigation of J several flares disclosed a man waving a luminous paddle from a yellow rubber raft. Skipper Orion A. Larson maneuvered his vessel to make a lee for lowering a lifeboat. The raft was drifting rapidly but in spite of the diffi­ cult Conditions, both of the pain­ fully injured men were transfered from the raft. SUP men manning the lifeboat were Kenneth W. Leonard, Boat­ swain; Leroy V. Accord, AB; Kenneth G. Neilson, AB; George R. Bones^ Jr., Ordinary Seaman. Medical assistance was requesteff of the SS Whirlwind which had joined the search ahd tWo Navy medical corpsmen Were taken aboard to attend the two fliers. Two other possible survi­ vors Who were thought to be adrift in lifebelts could not be found. (ITF)—The families of British mechant seamen who are pris­ oners of war, are to receive larger financial remittmehts, it was an­ SEAFARERS* INTERNATIONAL UNION nounced recently. A. F. of L. The first step in this direction was made during the summer of 1941, When scales of payments to Above is how the cover of Ihe new booklet looks. It is printed these families Were laid down and in bright green. Below is. one of the several illustrations drawn by which Varied according to the Bernard Seaman. This one illustrates how not to act aboard ship— rank and family circumstances. don't turn to if you are gassed up. After investigation, however, it was discovered that these ar­ rangements did not meet the needs of large families.. The new arrangement now pro­ vides that the minimum payment to the seaman's family will be at the increased rates payable to de­ pendents of deceased or missing seamen, with additional provis­ ion for pocket money in intern­ ment camp; pension fund contri­ butions; and the accumulation of a small balance for payment to the seamen POWs on their re­ turn. DISSOLVED Two soldiers home on leave Were having a chat. "But wereb't you engaged the The cartoon below shows how one crew should turn the ship last time we- met?" asked one." over to another crew-^^verything bright and Clean and shipshape. "What happened? Did you break it off?" "No, not exactly." "Then she did?" "No, she didn't." "Well, then—" RESOURCEFUL "You see, she told me What her . A doctor had an urgent phone clothes cost, and I told her what call from a gentleman saying his my pay was. Then our engage­ small son had swallowed his ment sagged in the middle and fountain pen. gently dissolved." ^ - "All right, I'll Come at once," -the doctor asSuried him. "What I ty lare you doing ih the meantime?" . And the gentleman replied, Tijiur Dritfi "Using a pencil." Keep in Teiteh Wtih Page Three duties as well as educating him in the principles of unionism. It tells you how to protect yourself and the union, and ex­ plains the principles of shipboard cooperation, from the time you are dispatched to the time you hit the beach. "Here's How, Brother!" is in­ valuable in that it tells you how to go about keeping a record of your overtime, and how to go about presenting it in the proper shape so that at the payoff every­ thing will go smoothly. While the Patrolman is there to protect your interests and handle your beefs, it is to your advantage not to have your overtime claim de­ velop into a beef. Nor is the booklet for new­ comers only. The oldtimer will find, plenty here, too; the little things that eVery man gets to know after awhile, but Which sometimes Sink into the back­ side of his mind and need a little shaking up to be brought topside. You SIU men will like "Here's How, Brother!", so drop into the nearest hall and get yourself a copy. GERMAN SEAMEN STRUGGLE AGAINST THE NAZI REGIME (ITF) From Frankfurt-oh-Main now cleared of the Wehrmacht and occupied by the American forces, comes word of an amaz­ ing strike of the Bargemen there against Nazi oppression. The ITF's source declared: "Shortly before my departure from Frankfurt-on-Main, I exper­ ienced something which until re­ cently would have been unim­ aginable in Nazi Germany—a strike and a real demonstration. It began when the Gestapo board­ ed a ship to arrest a sailor and his wife, who was the cook on board. The crew of 16 refused to unload the boat before thleir com­ rade had been set free. When the police tried to intervene, the stevedores and crews of other ships adopted a threatening atti­ tude; hundreds of men downed tools and left for the town in groups. The police tried to dis­ perse the crowd in Zeil, the main street in the town. At the same time further demonstrations broke out in the market place. "Both demonstrations merged and women With empty baskets began to curse the war. Without anybody knowing who gave the word, some 2,000 people began to run through the street urging soldiers on leave to join them. The chaos reached its peak when 10 minutes later, the masses out­ side the prison ,in Eschenheimer Landstrasse demanded that the political prisoners should be set free. Stones were thrown at the windows of the administrative Of­ fices of the prison. Three lorries, with . SS men armed with machine-guns, drove up in front of the prison and opened fire. Some of the demonstrators were killed and many seriously woundded; there were no arrests . . . The strike in the port lasted until two days later, when the sailor and his wife were released." �• PDF Compressor Pro ^ VT; 'i "it-''-' • irsK ' THE Page Four SEAFARERS LOG Coast Guard Examination For Reefer Engineers Is A Faroe You can't beat the Coast Guard because they know all the answers. In fact they have them all written down strict'^ Camel Walk A Mile ly according to Hoyle and Audell—^just listen to what hap­ Because They Can*t pened only last week. Afford A Taxi Brother J. R. Wallace, Pacific 106, had served four years ill the Navy prior to be-* The R, J. Reynolds Tobacco cpming a merchant seaman. Of turned down he protested that he Co., makers of Camel cigarhad a large family and needed these four years he was in full eftes, has got a beef. Everybody promotion. He further offered to charge of a three-quarter ton and his Uncle Joe is making go aboard any type of ship and C02 and a one quarter ton am­ prove that he could do the job. money, but old R. J. Reynolds, All he got for his trouble was the they're losing money. And they arrogant answer from the ex­ want the OPA to give them a aminer, "Study birth control and price increase. learn the answers before you Here are some of the figures come around again." they cited: This isn't the first complaint Liggett & Meyers Tobacco we have received about these Co. (Chesterfield) had a net phony shoreside examiners. The profit of $25,750.00 for the base truth is that they are shilling period of 1936-39, before taxes. for the Maritime Coinmission In 1944 it rose to $31,240,000. training and upgrading schools |: Americcui Tobacco Co. (Lucky and have no use for the guy who Strike) had a base profit of learns his the hard way. $28,937,500 and in 1944 it hit It is time now to insist that $42,722,000. no examiner be appointed by the Philip Morris & Co., went government who is not a thor­ from $5,587,750 to $12,581,000 ough master of his profession. A monia refrigeration plant. Since shoe maker knows his last but P. Lorillard (Old Gold) raised getting out of the Navy he has the jackpot from $4,006,500 to been sailing regularly below. he doesn't try to tell an iron $9,929,000 in 1944. Hearing that there was a great worker how to drive a rivet. But—^poor old.C^els dropped shortage of Reefer Engineers he Neither can these Coast Guard immediately went over to the ex­ CPO's and war baby stripers tell from $33,940,750 to the abso­ aminers and applied for an in­ real seamen how to do their work, lutely intolerable figure of $31,620,000. dorsement. much less examine them for raise How do they expect R. J. The first step was waiting in in grade. Let them go to sea and Reynolds & Co., to live on line for about an hour until his name was called. Going into the put qualified seamen in their THAT kind of money? examining room he was con­ jobs. fronted by a shoreside Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer who THE BUSHY EYEBROWS WIN started throwing questions at him. Of the twenty four ques­ tions which required written answers, three quarters were re­ lative to ammonia plants which are now practically obsolete. The main point however is that the questions were purely aca­ demic and had little or nothing to do with operation. There were practically no questions concern­ ing the most modern and most generally used marine refriger­ ant, "Freon." No matter how well the questions were answered they had to be word for word like the written answers held by the examiner or it was no dice for the indorsement. When Wallace protested that his answers were in essence the same as the government answers, the examiner scornfully replied that he went by the book. When pressed, however, the high pres­ sure CPO admitted .that he didn't know anything about refrigera­ tion and couldn't answer the questions himself. Wallace must have stepped on the toes and hurt the pride of the landlubber examiner because al­ though he answered seventeen of the twenty-four questions ac­ cording to the answer sheet, and demonstrated his knowledge of the other questions, he was still tiu-ned down. In any kind of ex­ amination a seventy-five per cent score is passing but evidently this two-bit examiner has his own code. Whether Charles O'Neil, bushy-eyebrowed president of the A Spanish member of the Appalachian Coal Operators, or John L. Lewis, bushy-eye­ SIU with seven years sea time browed president of the United Mine Workers, won out in the took an oral examination for an Oiler's endorsement and because miners' contract fight depends on which set of bushy eyebrows you of his poor English was unable consult. One fact they a^ree on: UMW won a pay increase of $1.07 to answer the questions in the a day. Bushy-eyebrowed O'Neil's side contends that the UMW gained exact manner, When he too was as much as $1.50 a day. (LPA). ,.,a Friday, April 20, 1945 N, Y, Times Demands Fair Treatment For Us Pointing out that merchant seamen have perform­ ed "some of the most dangerous war services," the influentional New York Times has joined the ranks of these call­ ing for a Merchant Seamen's Bill of Rights. The articl^ under a Washington date line, appeared in the March 24tli tissue, and is reprinted below: , "A long-neglected subject that eventually may affect a quarter / of a inillion or more veterans of '' some of the most dangerous war> services is the status of the com-' Labor pressure scored two vic­ missioned and enlisted members . tories in Vermont recently. of the Merchant Marine. A bill requiring unions to reg­ ister and pay taxes was with­ "It is said that 80 per cent of drawn from the State Legislature. those serving since the start of The State Senate defeated a the war have been sunk at least ' bill, passed by the House, which once. _ .' would have imposed punishment "In aU veterans' job prpfer- • ranging up to $5,000 fine and ences the merchant marine/ takes , from one to five years in jail for his placq in line below the least anyone using "coercion to force a of the veterans of the armed ser­ person to join any organization." vices, regardless of the compar­ In boss talk, "coercion" means able risks encountered or injur­ handing a guy an application ies sustained. card. "There is no provision for con­ tinued periodic treatment for ^ i 4: these men, even though the GI' Action by Local 3 of the Inter­ Bill of Rights holds out the prom­ national Brotherhood of Electric­ ise that every veteran of the al Workers, AFL, forced the Ha- armed services may have free birshaw Corp. to cough up with a necessary hospitalization for the half million bucks to the em­ rest of his life, if he is unable to ployees of four of their plants. pay for it. Also, there is no per­ The money was due on the manent pension program for the night shift bonus of five cents an disabled merchant mariner. The hour on the 4 to 12 shift, and rehabilitation program promises* ten cents for the 12 to 8 shift. well on paper, but there hre sub­ stantial reports that the service is % X suffering from poor administra­ The Gallup Poll, these people tion in many States and from who go around asking all kinds ignorance of the- operation of' it of questions, and who very often rather generally. come up with the wrong answers, "The result is that disabled picked a winner last week. Merchant Marine personnel who Persons were asked if they had need rehabilitation have been enough money saved to tide them discharged in large numbers from along if they lost their job at the the hospitals and have disappear­ end of the war, and Gallup dis­ ed, to become probable charges covered that 40 per cent ques­ on the community as indigents. tioned didn't have a dime to their There has been no indication of names, and were worried about agitatipn f.jr discharge bonuses for the Merchant Marine veter­ their postwar prospects. Now that even Gallup knows it, ans and there may be good rea­ do you think maybe Congress will sons why they would be separ­ make the,same startling discov­ ated from the veterans of the armed services. But the veterans' ery? It's not likely. program cannot be considered % % closed until Congress makes a Local and long distant tele­ substantial effort to determine phone operators in New York the status of these men. "At the least there should be City voted 13,813 to 658 to go out an effort to recognize the dignity on strike unless their wages are of the service and give to the hiked. This is a continuation of thousands of disabled Merchant the similar action of several months ago. At that time, asking Marine veterans some distinction for $5 a week increase, they were from members of the civilian pop­ offered $4 by the telephone coni- ulation who have taken no risk pany. The WLB stepped in and and suffered no injury connectedawarded $3. The beef now is that with war." the company did not push their $4 offer before the WLB in good He also expects Lewis and his faith. Miners Union to come back into The telephone operators, or­ the AFL. It was the White House, ganized in two indrependent he points out, acting through Dan unions, want the lines to be taken Tobin of the Teamsters, which over by the government. kept the "tough, strike-calling miners' boss out of the federa­ 4, $ 4, tion." According to Victor Riesel, la­ 44 bor columnist for the New York Post, the influence of the CIO Almost twenty thousand Am­ with President Truman will-be erican Fede^tion of Labor mem­ much less than it was with bers have already made the su­ Roosevelt. He expects the AFL preme sacrifice in this war. In to-become dominant in Washing­ other words, one in every ten ton politics. American fighters killed in com­ Riesel points out that the CIO bat to date has been an AFL ^ went down the line with Wallace, man. As of the end of March,; actively fighting the- Democratic there were 52,000 AFL wounded, machine, while the AFL backed 9,900 AFL missing and 7,000 AFL Truman from the very beginning. prisoners. , Labor— Spotlight �• PDF Compressor Pro •;- :;.^sv!V';-./>'!'!:;' Friday. April 20. 1945 THE Admiral Takes Over The SS Amelia Galley You think you've heard of^ brass-batty seamen? Brother, you FOE OF SLAVE LABOR ain't heard nothin' until you lis­ ten to the story of Chief Stew­ ard Dave Archer. This guy was A so nutty about uniforms that he had shoulder boards on his pa­ jamas. The character was hired from; the WSA by the Bull Line and sent aboard the SS Amelia. When he came aboard he saw the gun­ nery officer up forward looking over the 5 inch gun. He walked up to the Navy man, looked pointedly at his single stripe, and then said, 'T am a Lieutenant, Junior Grade, in the Naval Resecj^e. I outrank you and I'll ex­ pect you to salute me when I come aboard." The stew-pot admiral then called his department together and announced that they should salute him when ever they met Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney him on deck, and that unless they (D. Wyo.), more than anyone else called him MISTER Archer he in Congress is responsible for the would not reply. in the Senate The admiral figured that now successful fight against the slave'labor bill. everything would be lovely, if O'Mahoney, who comes from he could only get the carrots and Wyoming which isn't highly in­ dustrialized or unionized, carried the ball for labor for the last two months. O'Mahoney's battle was endorsed by all of organized labor. (LPA.) Bond Salesmen Are Invited To Visit broccoli to come to the attention whenever he entered the galley. Well, as you no doubt suspect, MISTER Archer didn't get the respect to which he thought he was entitled. As a matter of fact, the SIU tossed him off the ship when the Amelia hit the first U.S. port. COZY MINISTER Representatives of the Treas^ sury Department will be invited to attend SIU membership meet­ ings to promote the sale of War Bonds, on a motion made by Sec­ retary-Treasurer Hawk at the Chicago Agents' Conference. The motion instructed Presi­ dent Lundberg to write a letter to the Secretary of the Treasury explaning that the apparent poor sale of bonds by seamen is due to the impossible job of getting the individual seaman to report the exact amount of bonds he has bought. NORWEGIAN SABOTEURS A very deaf old lady from Balaam's Crossing, Arkansas, went to visit her daughter in St. Louis. After being there a few days she was taken quite ill and her grand-daughter, fearing that it might be appendicitis, sent for the doctor. She asked the doctor to make an examination but to be very casual about it, so as not to frighten her grandmother. Increased sea communications between Norway, and Germany are of highest military import­ ance to the Germans at this cru­ cial stage of the war. Because of this, the Norv/egian sabotage forces have stepped up their ac­ tivities and are successfully iso­ lating the German garrisons in Norway by cutting these comm.unications. After spending half an liour with the old lady, the doctor came out and reported that aU she needed was a complete rest. Very much relieved that it was nothing serious, the girl took her sewing and went to her grand­ mother's room for a chat. Frequent attacks on German ships are I'eported and an espe­ cially important operation of this kind took place during February in the port of Fredcriksstad in the Oslo fjord. Thirteen tugboats, lying ready to two three big Ger­ man ships out of the harbor, were boarded in broad daylight by Norwegian saboteurs. The Nor­ wegians sailed them out to sea, passing German warships lying at anchor and brought them safely to the Swedish harbor of Stroemstad. (Two of the tug­ boats were scuttled at sea be­ cause of insufficient supply of fuel.) "How did you like my doctor?" she asked. "Your doctor!" The old lady Ri^egan to giggle. "Child, I thought i.^ j5rou said he was your preacher! —•and I was just laying here thinking how fresh city preachers were. SEAFARERS ' '' ' •:• ' •;^*1''="''-:'. />' LOG Page Ha® Bailey Bill Banning Royalties Wonld Hit Union Health Funds WASHINGTON, D. C.—Senator Josiah W. Eaileyj who haiis from North Carolina and believes that all Amer­ ican workers should be drafted and regimented by the Gov­ ernment, introduced a new kind of anti-labor bill which the would outlaw employer payments to a union for any pur­ Marine Hospital In Los Angles Area Unending agitation by SIU-SUP culminated in victory this week when a merchant mar­ Union Men Needed ine hospital with 300 beds in the On Great Lakes Long Beach-Los Angeles area was authorized by the U.S. Pub­ DETROIT—The Great Lakes lic Health Service. Ultimately season has just opened. There the institution will be expanded is a shortage of men here on to provide 800 beds. the Lakes, so why don't some Maritime unions have been of you former Great Lakes sea­ trying for twenty-five years to men now on the coast come have a marine hospital construQ- back here and help us teach ted in this ar.ea. The nearest hos­ these people the advantages of pital is in San Francisco, and being SIU? All of you know cases here that could not be sent that the LCA must be broken north have been contracted to if we are to get decent condi­ other hospitals in this region. tions here. Budget Bureau permission has We are greatly in need of already been granted, and ap­ some good Union men who proval of the Federal Hospital will go to bat up here as they Board is expected. . did and still are doing on the coast. We have a tough com­ BRITISH TRANSPORT bination up her^ composed of the fink LCA and the com­ WORKERS mie NMU. (ITF) Following the demands The NMU is pulling the same made by the workers' represent­ phony "cooperation" stunt up atives on the British Road Haul­ age Central Wages Board, it was here in conjunction with the agreed to .request the Minister of LCA. Their program can only Labor to amend the existing result in the enslavement of all seamen, and create a month­ wage ceilings. ly income for the Commie The Minister of Labor will be asked to -increase by 4s. a week, Party. We cannot permit this the statutory pay of all adult to go on. workers, and for certain classes Any of you who are inter­ of junior workers (under 18) an ested can get full details re­ increase of 2s. 6d. garding your draft stcdtus and releases, and the organizational OPEN SEASON drive information at the New A young -lawyier from the York HaU. North sought to locate in the Upon arrival here report to South. He wrote to a friend in the nearest SIU hall for as­ Alabama, asking him what the signment and instructions. prospects seemed to be in His city Come on home, fellows, and for "an honest young lawyer and let's make these lakes fit for a Republican." In reply, the friend wrote: "If a seaman to work on. You you are an honest lawyer, you know we have done it else­ will have little competition. If where. Let's do it here, now. you are a Republican, the game I. E. BISHOP GL 390 laws will protect you." pose other than a straight checkoff of dues. Sen. Bailey admitted his bill was aimed at President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Work­ ers Union and President James C. Petrillo of the American Fed­ eration of Musicians, Lewis was seeking a 10-centa-ton royalty from the operators for a health insurance fund to protect sick and injured mine workers in his recent negotia­ tions. Petrillo has already won a royalty of a fraction of a cent per record from recording com­ panies for a fund to provide free public concerts and employ idle musicians. Actually, however. Bailey's bill would go far beyond banning such royalties, union chiefs said. If enacted, it would hit health insurance funds already estab­ lished in many industries through collective bargaining beween unions and employers. Several unions—notably the Hatters and the Ladies'* Garment Workers—have negotiated agree­ ments under which employers pay 2 to 3 per cent of their pay­ rolls into health funds, admin­ istered either by the unions or jointly by the unions and em­ ployers. These are used to pay .sickness and accident benefits, medical costs, hospital expenses and death benefits for employes covered by the agreements. Similar pacts have been se­ cured by the Upholsterers and the Furniture Workers' unions and the idea is spreading. These and other similar gains by unions would be wiped out under the Bailey bill, labor spokesrhen said. However, Joseph A. Padway, AFL counsel, challenged consti­ tutionality of the North Carolina Senator's measure. UNION REPRESENTATION BEFORE COAST GUARD Whenever an SIU or SUP man gels tangled with the Coast Guard, a union official is right on tap to represent him and see that his rights are safeguarded. The Special Services Department in New York has rung up a remarkable record of acquitals before the CG Hearing Units. The SUP is also on the ball in the Pacific. Here is a picture of the union in action. On the extreme left is SUP agent Carl Chrislianson of Honolulu testifying before a Hearing Unit regarding a collision between two ships in a Pacific convey. �PDF Compressor Pro n THE Page Six SEAFARERS LOG Friday Ai>ril 20, 1045 week with plenty of overtime on' deck security watches which the "Well, here I am again, the aame company tried to pay off at $6.00 per ni^t; but I held out and got bid story; no AS's or Stewards. 15 hours per man. Paid off the SS Alcoa Pilot in Brother Bull Shepard arrived Gulfport; had a few minor beefs, in our midst April 12 on a Alcoa but got them all squared away wagon. Believe he intends to OK. .spend a few days greeting old Also, had the old Eastern tub friends before leaving again. With him are Several other old timers Falsniouth. She is run by Alcoa Had to take the Steward's De­ down from Boston without a position I would have been-in if bers that have been shipping out so the wagOn they brought in is in fine shape, for which. Brother?^ partment off. Seems the Steward clearance from the hall, but after I had to call the WSA for men of Galveston the past few years we thank you. It is a pleasure are in for a pleasant suiprise. wanted to be the whole cheese kicking the gong around for two after taking two of their men off. have rigged this hall up in first to pay off a wagon like that. hours we had them send him We wdre not so lucky on another and not feed the boys. He had back and ship a steward off the ship that needed a Wiper in a class shape. LEROY CLARKE, Patrolman been on that old tub S6 long that board. hurry. We scouted all over town Paid off the SS John A. Dix cff he thought that he could do just This coming Week still looks looking for a man and had to call the Shfepard Steamship Company. NEW YORK as he wanted to do. Also, had a good as there are plenty of ships the WSA as a last resort. This is This ship paid off clean and the a bad thing and the sooner our ship was comparatively clean. The port of New York has seen few minor beefs on deck, but got in and due in. We can stand This week we haVe the SS another fair week With the num-. them all squared away OK. The plenty of men from the oulports, members realize it the better it will be for us. We can't afford Alvion Victory of the Bull Line, ber of payoffs increasing. company officials put the deck so Come on down and ship. to overload our union with green in transit. A good many of the department on the spot because Shipping is still good. We have Thifty four ships were paid Off men. If there is a job On the members of this creW are former they were not there to shift the called several of the outports for this Week, mOst of the beefs be­ ship after they were unloaded men but were unable to get as board it should be taken by a shipmates and personal friends Of ing settled before payoff. Only one man got his papers pidl many as we needed. So it was Union man even if he does have mine. Several of them came to The SS Edelston of Smith and' ed, because he had a previous log necessary to c^l the fink hall for more time to wait and even if he the meeting Wednesday and took Johnson gave us quite a bit of wants to wait for a ship where an active part. Nice going fel­ men again. against him. he can ship out with some of his lows. Perhaps if more members trouble in the Steward's depart­ What the hell is the matter Well, we finally managed to buddies. The trips are not very ment. It seems aS if 'everyone On with all the old Gulf sailors? The get in the army docks for a pay­ long nowadays and you can al­ when they are on ships would her had Coast Guard charges' make the meetings, all of the out against the other. She was check­ Gulf Was good enough for you in off. The SS B. Bourn of the ways meet again next trip. ports would be able to have a ed and there were only three hard times, and it should be good Mississippi SS Company came in meeting eVery meeting night. I visited the hospital last week enough now. So, why not OOme from a four months trip and had book members in the Steward's and found some of our old mem­ To those members that ship out Department. The Coast Guard' down and see us soon? Shipping quite a few beefs as well as a large number of trip card men. bers there. R. C. Shedd who was of Galveston regularly: When you charges against one Of these Was is good. Had the Waterman Ship Pan There was quite a militant crew unlucky enough to have a boom are ready to ship bring your gear dropped, one was exonerated and Orleans In Sunday, April ?, 1945, aboard and they insisted that an dropped on his foot, and T. M. to the hall as this hail has a fire­ the other got pfobation. All and With a load of bananas. Had to Agent be present at the payoff, Griffith who had to get off his proof vault. Your gear will be all we batted 100% with the get the crew from the RMO to or the payoff would have to be ship in Cuba to be flown to the safer here than in the USS dub. Coast Guard having had a big man the ship. Seems the boys held at the company office. Cap­ U.S. for hospitalization and Clay­ Which reminds me to say that week defending 17 men. None of don't want to take her because tain Rogers was down for the ton A. Ingram, a survivor from since this hall has been Open more them lost their papers. of the members are using it to Balloting for the neW constitu­ she only makes eleven-day round company from New York to the SS Henry Bacon. sit around and play cards, check­ tional amendments and the $10.00 landle the payoff. With his help Ingram is out now and home trips. ers, etc., instead of using the USS. additional strike assessment will we were able to get a Patrolman for a visit. Griffith is probably in Have the Cape Texas in now; D. STONE, Agent start here on April 18. Appirwill write about it in the next aboard and square everything Philly by now although when he away. This was made possible by left here I wasn't quite sure he'd ently there will be a big turnout LOG. She belongs to the Bull the action taken by the crew. So make the train. Shedd's foot is on this. It is the concensus of Line. when you pull into army docks improving and since no bones NEW ORLEANS opinion of the membership that ^ to pay off, demand union repre­ were broken he should be O.K. in NOTICE II! Well here we are again, doing this assessment will be one of the • sentation or payoff in the Com­ a few more days. Due to the fact that there is an business at the old stand. Things jest things that the Organization" excessive amount of luggage here pany office. I had a case with the Coast are really humming here in this has ever advocated and will'be Brother Hawk, the Secretary- Guard last week and it turned out port. We are shipping anything our biggest weapon in our fight ih oiu- branch which has been left during a period of several Treasurer, and I attended a meet­ better than I thought it would. that looks like a seaman and so to hold conditions and wages at years, it will be necessary for us ing with the Labor Board for the The man was already on proba­ far no ships have been held up the union standard after the war. to dispose of it so as to enable us purpose of voting the Chesapeak tion for an offense committed a for lack of men, although much J, P, SHULER, Patrplman to check baggage coming in. Ferry Company. We hope to hold week previously. I was afraid to oUr disgust we have been 4 i Therefore, we hope all the boys an election in the near future. I his papers Would be lifted for at forced to calLthe RMO for a few Shipping has slowed down over will see this, notice and Claim feel confident that we will win it least six months but they gave men but that is only as a last the week end, but has picked up: their gear within the next thirty hands down and bring them un­ him tSe minimum, thirty days' resort. from the outports, such as Bos­ der the banner of the SIU. This suspension. days. Our Agent, Brother Michelet, ton, Philadelphia and Norfolk. will bring up the income for the GEORGE BALES, Agent port as well as be a big advance­ That's about all that has hap­ is leaving this week to take over We have shipped 30 men to those pened during the past week here ment for the men who work on in Savannah, except that our hall another job for the Union qnd is ports and expect other ports to being relieved by Brother Eddie the ferries. is beginning to look a little bet­ Higdon, an old timer. The port call in for more men in the near NORFOLK I Shipping prospects still look ter every day. We're trying to Will be in good hands as Brother future. Shipping here is still booming, good, so you book men come on get the little incidentals that the Higdon has been working in New Would like to bring this'parti­ the boys are picking their jobs down and ship so we can discon­ cular item up to the attention of boys have asked for. While there now and we are having quite a tinue having to use the fink hall. is a severe scarcity of these York and Philadelphia and he is Chief Stewards, especially. Quite not a green man. time crewing the old tubs. But things down here we manage to Brother Shuler, please note a few of you Stewards know the RAY WHITE, Agent as yet we have managed to stay get them after a little searching, that you will soon have Brother shipping rules, some don't, others clear of War Shipping recruits. and we hope to have a place Michelet back and he says that just disregard them. Well, It seems as if we have SAVANNAH down here Soon worthy of the he will try to teach ygu to cook, Stewards of late are getting in found a pardner for the lad of the habit of promoting messmen men who sail SIU ships. but doubts if it can be doho. Waterman SS Company, namely Shipping in the Port of Sa­ ARTHUR THOMPSON, Agent. From all the dope we can get to the position of 2nd Cooks, Morgan Hiles. Only this bucko vannah has dropped considerably. Bakers, and Chief Cooks. That is here, this port will be one of the violating shipping rule No. 30, would-be Simon Legree is skipper Only three men have shipped out largest in the country within a which says that no Messmen, OS, on the SS Robert M. T. Hunter of since rny last report and quite a <iALVESTON few weeks. So all you boys who or Wipers can be promoted to a' the South Atlantic SS Company. few of the boys are coming down He broke the agreement about this way to register. We like to Shipping has beeh slow this would like to ship out come on higher rating, even if he has the every way he could during the laVe them down -here, of course, past week in this port but we are down and grab yourselves atty endorsements and had just com­ trip. He would pull sneak fire but if shipping doesn't pick up expecting things to pick up again kind of a run that you like. pleted a voyage. First, he must' drills, one in the morning and we'll have a tough time getting shortly. We had a few cases at the Coast come off the ship. Then he must then one in the afternoon. He al­ them out. One ship was due in Since this pOrt has its car, we Guard but so far the score is still register at the hall for the high­ so had the AB'S to bring his meals last week and we're all waiting are able to make those ships lay­ in our favor. No papers lost. er rating, and then ship out ac­ to his room and dispute their still. It should be in tomorrow ing in"the out of way ports. Had Had a Mississippi Shipping cording to the shipping rules. overtime. This bum really had though, and two new diesel jobs to replace severar men on the Company wagon in hefe last The only time OS, Wipers and everything messed up in general for Waterman are coming out of Brandywine the first week that Week with a mate who insists On Messmen may be promoted is in" but failed to hank any of the the yards in a matter of weeks. we had the car, and while I was working on deck. The boy claim­ an emergency while at sea. If Once in a while I have one or making the ship took the NMU ed this pay but it will haVe to go' crew with the Coast Guard, fC&tmnned &n Page 8) At the pay off We had him two replacements-and then I have Steward that had been riding to a port Committee. The Broth­ tough time getting men. We this ship off. The Captain didn't ers waited until payoff tO claim singing a different tune, our tune. He had to pay all the overtime, had a West Coast ship in last like the idea Of losing his fair this pay which makes it hai-d as well as being raked over the week and the WSA put two re­ haired boy who had been With for your officials to collect^ so fOr coals by the Patrolmen and Coast placements on board and they him for five months. After talk­ Pete's sake. Brothers, When yOu Guard. His name is Chance, so were immediately removed and ing to him I convinced him that make or claim overtime put it be careful when you Ship with replaced by SIU men. for the best interests of those con­ down the day it is claimed. Doh't this bum. He really tries to throw We were lucky enough to find cerned, the Steward should be wait until the end of the trip to the book at you. do this. It Will aid In collecting two oldtimers who shipped out paid off. Eastern also tried to pull a fast even though they could have The new hall is now open here overtime. one with one of their old Com­ stayed ashore a while longer. in Galveston and is located at Paid Off a South Atlantic Com­ pany Stewards. They sent him They realized What a hell of a 305 22nd Street. All you meto- pany mule Ship during the past MOBILE iiiii , :A-- -i-y ."v n �PDF Compressor Pro > Friday. April 20> 194S THE SEAFARERS Strike Fund Vote ts New Proceeding •v., (Cpniinu^ / from Page Ij >ordrng of jay of the amenS^ jiients, he sd.iuid ask lo have it Ixplained before he votes. I The voting rules are simple: Anyone who is a full book memin good standing is entitled to cast a vote in, this referendum. Do jjot use a lead pencil, use either pen and ink or an indelible, ^pencil. Do not put any other 'rnerkings on the ballot, or it may be invalidated, The rules are simple enough. If followed carefully there should be no confusion or mistakes made. The Strike Fund Resolution was introduced before the New York membership on March 26th, and passed unanimously. It was concurred in by the other ports on April 11th, and directed for it referendum vote. The Resolution provides for a single $10 strike assessment on each member to used for a war Page Seven ONE BAT FOR ALL THREE! v'hest to meet the expected post­ war union-busting drive of the The money raised will be kept in a special fund, to be used only in case of a general strike of all ships, and then only if called by a referendum vote of the membership. It was pointed out in the reso­ lution that the seamen after the last war were practically reduc­ ed to slavery by the vicious as­ sault of the operators. It is, ex­ pected that the same attempt wUl be made after this war is ended. The strike fund will permit the SIU to protect the conditions it has gotten for its membersconditions that are far above any ever enjoyed by a maritime union. If the expressed opinions of the rank and file are any indication, the resolution is as good as pass­ ed, and the SIU can actively plan its fight to remain strong and powerful after the war. SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA ATLANTIC and GULF DISTRICT qONSTITUTIQN AMENDMENTS AND RESOLUTION BALLOT INSTkUCTIONS TO VOTERS: Vote either YES or NO — Mark a cross (X) in the aquare. Do not use a lead pencil in marking the ballot — ballots marked with lead pencil will not be counted. MARK/YOUR BA1.LOT with PEN and INK or INDELIBLE PENCIL. DO NO'? PUT ANY OTHER MARKINGS ON THIS BALLOT. FOREWORD THE ATLANTIC AND GULF AGENTS ASSEhflBLED AT THE RECENT ATLAN'TIC AND GULF DISTRICT AGENTS CONFERENCE HELD Hi NEW YORK, N.Y. FROM MARCH 12, 1945 to MARCH 17, 1945, DREW UP AND RECOMMENDED THE ADOP­ TION OF THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION- AND THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED AND CONCURRED IN BY THE MEM­ BERSHIP ON A COASTWISE BASIS TO BE REFERRED TO, A REFERENDUM VOTE. VOTING PERIOD FROM, APRIL 18th THROUGH May 23. 1945 BALLOT •CONSTITUnON AND SIO.OO STRIKE ASSESSMENT RESOLUTION ARTICLE Vn, SECTION I.— Shall be amended to read; REINSTATEMENT Members more than six months in arrears may be reinstated through the concurrance of the membership at a regular business meeting or at a special meeting upon payment of all back dues, fines and assessments. Members so reinstated shall be regarded as Probationary Members for a period of one year. TE5 • LOG ARTICLE XERgt^ECnnON Vn — Shall be amended to read; In the regular meeting held in Branches during the second meeting in January, the Com­ mittee on Election shall open the Ballot Box, count the nuno^^er of ballots therein contained and count the number of votes for each candidate. The result shall be noted in the Minutes^ The Committee shall then forward to Headquarters all used ballots (i.e.. All ballots taken from the Ballot Box, including blank and disqualified ballots), together with a copy of the tally sheets, under sealed cover, marked "Ballots For Officers". That in the event an. riection committee is not available then the ballots from that particular port in their entirety used qr. unused, shall be forwarded to Headquarters by the Branch Agent. YES • NO • ARTICLE XRL SECTION K — Shall, be amended to read: All Committees mentioned in Article #13 shall be full book t..embers in good standing but shall not be employees of the Seafarers' International Union of North America. YES • NO • ARTICLE XV, SECTION V, Paragraph m Shall be amended to read; He shall, prepare weekly financial reports showing in detail the income ^d expense and forward copies thereof to Headquarters, together with- duplicates of receipts for income and original vouchers for expenditures. He shall at the end of each week remit to the SecretaryTreasurer any money on hand in excess of Two Hundred DoUars, with the exception of tho New York and New Orleans Branches which shall be allowed to keep on hand $.500,00, respectively. YES • NO • ARTICLE XXL SECTION II — Shall be amended:, to read; The initiation fee shall be Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars, and shall accompany the appli­ cation for membership, and the dues shall be Two DoUars ($2.00) per month, payable in advance. YES • NO • NO • ASnClE m SECnON IV — ShaU be amended to read: RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the European War is drawing to its final stages, and we all know that after this War is ended the shipowners will begin an assault on our conditions and wages with a viciousness never before known, and WHEREAS, to fight all shipowners and labor haters who would like to see us broken after this War, and the seamen reduced to slavery as they were after the last War, we murt have finances to fight them successftiUy, and WHEREAS, sheUing out a few bucks now to prepare for the fight wiU protect our living, standards after the War, and ABTICIE XBS. SECn^^ W —> ShoU be amended to read:. WHEREAS, our wages and conditions today are far above any Maritime Union in history and are indeed worthy of protecting and extending, so Members shaU be entitled to vote upon presenting their membership certificates, showing that they are in good standing, and have not previously vote4 at the same election. Each THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that we go on record to assess ourselves in addition to the ASA a single $10.00 Strike Assessment: so as to guarantee a real Strike Fund that member shall sign for their baUot on the official tally sheet provided for that purpose. Mem­ can carry us through any crisis, and bers shalTmark their ballot with pen and ink, or indelible pencil and shall eSgnify. Aeir choice of canffidates by marking a cross (X) in voting square , opposite names or by writing in the BE IF FURTHER RESOLVED, if this is carried, then the additional money be added to blaidr line the name of their choice if such name be not' printed upon the ballot. Lead pencils the ASA Fund which cannot be used unless in a General Strike of all ships, and then •hall not be used in marking ballots. Whpn a member has marked' his ballot; he shall deliver only after a referendum baUqt to do so, and it foldoil to tile judge, who aftee ascertainiue that the member is entitled to vote, shall tear off the numbered stub and ifeposit the ballot. The Committee shall then stamp the members', BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that if this resolution is carried that it be placed, on a ballot, as per constitution, as soon as possible so that the membership will have the op­ certificate of mcmbecsbiF in the proper column for the y wr and month of election, such stamp portunity to express themselves by secret baUot. shall, beat the, word "voted" the initials oI the voting place and. the fiate of the voting. If the member is not entitled to vote, the judge shall void his ballot, the tellers shall count the ballots ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE ABOVE RESOLUTION as they are deposited and the clerks shall keep record of the count. Balloting for Officials shall bq secret and shall take place each day during the months pf November and December — Sixty (60) day referendum provided that there are not less thm tjiree (3) nor more than six (6) full book members in good standing elected to look at their books and -guard the ballot box and no ballot shall be accepted except those cast in the regular manner. YES • NO 0 YES • NO • YES • NO • Be Sure To Cast Your Ballot Before May 23rd '•5» .-f-Jr ^ - • �PDF Compressor Pro •. • •'•• -:'• • • • Page Eight THE SEAFARERS • •' ^ T.ti.;^fi • •'. ^ii£ LOG Friday,'April 20, 1945 BUUJETIN t il / Unclaimed Wages—Seas Shipping Company Willie J. Carpenter ORIENTAL—VOYAGE lA John W. Royal Dick Kardel 2.85 Robert A. Jackson John- Melopaulos 2.74 James I. Fossatl G. Brennan 1.42 William R. Barnes ORIENTAL—VOYAGE 2 Daryl D. Walizer James F. de Paw 20.12 Wilson C. Jones, Jr Thomas F. Niebauer 21.15 Joseph A. Poehnelt Victor B. Cooper 6.89 Robert L. Chuites 6.44 71 2.13 8.53 14.93 17.06 7.11 3.55 3.55 ROBIN GRAY—VOYAGE 70 ORIENTAL—VOYAGE 3 52.67 L. k. Welch 8.92 John E. GofF C. A. Ray 11.88 ROBIN LOCKSLEY H. J. Butts 16.11 VOYAGE 11 PETER WHITE—VOYAGE 3 Joseph Gamblick 3.37 Joe R. Graves 602.13 James Winters 2.63 J. Chadwick Hagbey 2.63 REINHOLD RICHTER VOYAGE 1 ROBIN LOCKSLEY W. N. Beatty 2.64 VOYAGE 12 D. Morgan 2.64 Sjur Borlang 2.95 D. Kerr 2.64 Fidal Lukban 11.38 REINHOLD RICHTER ROBIN LOCKSLEY VOYAGE 2 VOYAGE 13 Robert Lee Bladsacker 30.71 Francisco Morciglio ; 7.28 Charles J. DeCromer 30.71 Henry R. Singleton 7.11 Harold R. Storer 30.71 L. C. Sawyer 30.71 ROBIN LOCKSLEY VOYAGE 14 RICHARD RUSH—VOYAGE 2 16.42 Robert Hall 4.27 John W. Przelecki Vito Karchmajeski 8.88 John F. Martins 4.27 Charles Mundis 2.64 Nelson H. Ostman ............ 4.27 R. V. Kern 2.84 Frank Revill ;.. 4.27 Harold L. UpdegrafE 2.84 Bernaldo' Villaneuva 4.98 Clarence C. Short Paul J. Combs William D. Baisley 4.27 ROBIN LOCKSLEY 4.98 VOYAGE 15 4.98 Vito Karchmajeski RICHARD RUSH—VOYAGE 3 ROBIN SHERWOOD Johannes T. Norgaard 7.82 VOYAGE 12 Gunnar K. Svalland 4.98 Paul Marifke David F. M. Sykes 7.11 Robert E. Hardin ... Gerard F. Hanraham .7. 4.98 ROBIN SHERWOOD James W. McFarlin 2.13 VOYAGE 13 RICHARD RUSH—VOYAGE 4 P. Gonzales W. Dickson 2.17 ROBIN TUXFORD Harry Justice 12.61 VOYAGE 11 William Maximo 6.75 Carlton S. Johnson 26.84 Edward Hosinski Thomas R. Stoneking 7.42 ROBIN TUXFORD Albert Weber 9.60 VOYAGE 15 ROBIN ADAIR—VOYAGE 69 Manfred Keillitz Leon Gray -6.48 Andrew Jones Angelo Stranery 2.13 ROBIN WENTLEY ROBIN ADAIR—VOYAGE 71 VOYAGE 6 John Hatgimisios 3.77 C. Hill John Aba 5.34 P. Fitzgerald % C. Gundersen ;. ROBIN DONCASTER Arthur H. Duncan VOYAGE 2 Eugene H. Haas Lawrence Holmes 40.00 Joseph Kniffin J. L. Sterne ROBIN DONCASTER A. L. Ottinger VOYAGE 4 J. E. Stilman ! Eugene O'Brien 2.84 B. K. Monroe D. F. Kelly ROBIN DONCASTER F. R. Steigler VOYAGES r Theodore M. Ross 7.38 J. M. Boyt Julius A. Batille 3.69 R. Hite Kenneth D. Bailey 41.65 A. B. Ottinger Henry B. Perrin ROBIN DONCASTER ROBIN WENTLEY VOYAGE 7 VOYAGE 7 Gregory J. Colburn 6.44 I. J. Sullivan Jabe H. Steadham 6.44 Jack Anderton : Franklin K. Buchanan 1.45 Karl L. Sneath Clint D. Reavis 6.44 Robert W. Ross 6.44 ROBIN WENTLEY Albert C. Bogel 6.44 VOYAGE 8 Douglas E. Smith 1.45 Howard G. Rogers Franklin C. Loschi 1.45 Glifford M. Spratham Jule F. Zaleski 6.44 Thomas Brooke 6.15 5.36 5.93 .71 52 22.13 10.66 ROBIN WENTLEY VOYAGE 9 Oscar F. Nelson Paul T. Amos Richard L. Amos Ray Bough Frank Aghazarmian John A. Lambert Ray Bough : Wilbur J. Bohn ROBIN WENTLEY VOYAGE 10 W. H. Kuehn George R. Golden SAMUEL GRIFFIN VOYAGE 2 Roman Gonzales Allister Murner SAMUEL GRIFFIN VOYAGE 3 William Carlson SAMUEL GRIFFIN VOYAGE 4 John Snivernarz Theodore Wiglarz F. A. Lenk Theodore Wiglarz James D. Matheson Emilio DeSanto 98.75 WALTER COLTON 98.75 VOYAGE 1 98.75 John L. Buck 12.80 98.75 Homer O. Wooley 19.75 98.75 5.28 WALTER COLTON 5.36 VOYAGE 2 1.22 Paul L. Garrett 36.50 WALTER COLTON VOYAGE 3 8.53 Roy Simpkins : 1.07 20.60 Douglas H. Hudson 1.07 Paul L. Garrett ....: 10.82 Winston L. Castleman 19.17 Jose M. Delora 11.31 98.75 80.44 WILLIAM MOULTRIE VOYAGE 1 A. Michelet 11.42 Samuel L. Ash 2.75 2.66 Oscar Anderson ;..... 21.69 2.61 2.61 2.95 3.20 SAMUEL GRIFFIN VOYAiE 5 Harry Weisberg Theodore Paul, Jr John Slaman .'. Louis E. Williams Helon Ballantfne 1.32 11.38 5.69 3.55 2.84 SAMUEL GRIFFIN VOYAGE 6 Edward B. Chachulski 3.Q7 SIDNEY LANIER VOYAGE 1 Donald D. Knox James L. March John Camara Bobby Lancaster Abry C. Mullen Halbert S. Ray Thomas J. Whitford J. E. Mathews W. F. Morris J. A. Hugdens G. L. Prescott Lonnie Sims 6.46 5.15 5.15 5.95 5.14 5.15 5.81 12.56 .89 23 5.19 5.89 SIDNEY LANIER VOYAGE 2 Leo E. Narodzonek Ellis D. Weller Donald M. Grove Joseph J. Radziewicz Howard E. King Lester E. Leach James B. Thompson L....;.... Ralph A. Barber Walter R. Compean Frank Gecan Alan Whitmer 14.22 14.22 14.22 14.22 14.22 14.22 14.22 14.22 14.22 14.22 14.22 1.84 3.17 3.32 1.35 5.65 5.65 71 2.84 4.58 4.58 5.29 3.16 SIDNEY LANIER 3.87 VOYAGE 3 . 5.80 5.47 Frank Lis 5.64 SIDNEY LANIER VOYAGE 5 George Bartin 10.66 THOMAS MASARYK 3.55 VOYAGE 1 .64 Walter A. Ogden 2.95 14.53 4.60 THOMAS MASARYK 2 12.30 VOYAGE 2.97 Elmer S. Schrouder .70 C. Siegler 14.52 7.94 8.61 478.98 WILLIAM MOULTRIE VOYAGE 2 Philip Syrex 28.74 Clifton E. Mainers 5.00 David Hall 5.20 Regis F. Hartnett 5.20 Bryan G. Downes 5.19 Newton A. Paine 5.15 Robert M. Snell 28.74 Leo N. Cullman i 5.15 Edmund Zalusky 5.15 Angel Uriarte, Jr .....' 5.06 Thomas Morgan 5.15 Walter I. Little 5.18 William Szyts 5.15 John RicUy !.. 27.77 Harold Greenlee ^ 5.19 Karl F. Karlson, Jr 27.82 Mike Agic 5.18 Aubrey Silverthorne 5.17 Arthur H. Foerch 5.20 Earl R. Pennock 5.17 Money Due| SS JOHN H. B. LATROBE James Houghton, 1 hr; Richard Floyd, 4 hrs; H. Boucher, 4 hrs; R. Eubanks, 4 hrs; A. R. Swiscowski, 1 hr; E. Rihn, 4 hrs; W. Apple, 5 hrs; S. Birkland, 2 hrs; C. Bandu, 2 hrs; M. Silva, 90 hrs; A. Gniewkowski, 4 hrs; L. Minks, 4 hrs; C. Eister, 4 hrs; J. Bubler, 4 hrs; R. Peak, 5 hrs; J. Kivler, 4 hrs; G. Berkimer, 4 hrs. * Collect at Calmar, 44 Whitehall Street, New York, N.Y. I > *1 SS JOHN BLAIR W. White, 19 days. Second Cooks Wages. Collect at Calmar office, New York, N. Y. i SS BANVARD J. Knapp, Oiler: you have money coming to you and can collect at the SIU Hall, New York. '' a> i SS BETHORE Thomas Donoghy, Oiler, 24 hrs; Thomas Estelle, Wiper, 2 hrs; B. Seliste, Dk. Eng., 12 hrs. Collect at Calmar SS Company office. a> a> i SS PEPPERELL The following men have $36.00 each coming to them for security watches in New York: A. R. Thebochearu, J. R. Pawlaczyk, J. E. Peters. Collect at Calmar SS Company, office. 4. a^ a; SS BAYOU CHICO Rogers, AB, 7 hrs;.Japel, AB, 4 hrs; Wallander, OS, 7 hrs; John­ son, AB, 6 hrs; Brinck, AB, 6 hrs; Davis, OS, 10 hrs; Frye, AB, 3% hrs; Messer, AB, 3 hrs; Reyes,, OS, 7% hrs. Collect at Waterman SS Company office. WILLIAM MOULTRIE VOYAGE 3 Michael F. Larkin u.... 49.08 R. Denzek 39.82 Howard V. Wilson 5,08 H. Fenton 22.75 H. Knutson : S.OQ^ WILLIAM MOULTRIE VOYAGE 5 WILLIAM MOULTRIE Richard F. Eastman 2.63 VOYAGE 6 A. Madigan 22.75 Richard W. Townsend 18.72 Around The Ports (Cont'muei from Page 6) you are in port, it can't possibly be an emergency, for the Hall is open from 8 AM to 9 PM on week days and from 10 AM to 6 PM on Sundays and holidays. Therefore it is easy enough to call your Union Hall for replacements. These shipping rules apply to all the Departments. Some Stewards are under the impression that they stand alone and their word is law. Person­ ally, I know they are wrong and for the benefit of those that don't you belong to an industrial Union. The Engihe Department at any time or the Deck or Stew­ ard Department can hold a meet­ ing when one or the other of the Departments is violating any of the SIU Rules or it's Constitu­ tion. With cooperative methods among the three Departments aboard the ships, difficulties can be ironed out practically 80% except that which must be iron­ ed out on arrival in Port. The SIU is a solid union, and all De­ partments are combined for but a purpose, the betterment of con­ ditions and wages. The SIU is progressing and without your co­ operation and interest, we as an organization, wouldn't have pro­ •i gressed this far. We, as members of the SIU, are fully aware that there is only, a small dent into the maritime field and that we must all cooperate to expand our union. • For witho*ut expending, we will be static and will be­ come stale and lose interest. 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Title A name given to the resource April 20, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VII, No. 16 Description An account of the resource STRIKE FUND VOTING IS NOW PROGRESSING FOUR DEAD IN TANKER CRASH GALLANT VESSEL AWARD IS MADE TO SUP SHIP DEMAND WAGE FREEZE END TRADE UNION EMISSARY THEY'RE HARD OF HEARING BUILD THE STRIKE FUND GI JOE NOT ANTI-UNION NEW BOOKLET IS PUBLISHED BY SIU EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT SUP SHIP RESCUES TWO ARMY AIRMEN BRITISH SEAMEN GET INCREASED PAYMENT FOR DEPENDENTS GERMAN SEAMEN STRUGGLE AGAINST THE NAZI REGIME COAST GUARD EXAMINATION FOR REEFER ENGINEERS IS A FARCE N.Y. TIMES DEMANDS FAIR TREATMENT FOR US LABOR-SPOTLIGHT ADMIRAL TAKES OVER THE SS AMELIA GALLEY BAILEY BILL BANNING ROYALTIES WOULD HIT UNION HEALTH FUNDS MARINE HOSPITAL IN LOS ANGLES AREA UNION MEN NEEDED ON GREAT LAKES BRITISH TRANSPORT WORKERS BOND SALESMEN ARE INVITED TO VISIT NORWEGIAN SABOTEURS SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 04/20/1945 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1945 Periodicals Seafarers Log https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/eae5d78efc83779fdf8a87f4f5b9199a.PDF d376820bc70ce52d84882805f618389e PDF Text Text Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers* International Union of North America Vol. vn. NEW YORK. N. Y„ FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1945 No. 15 WSA Proposal Threatens Collective Bargaining, Says President Lundeberg Drink Up—There's Plenty Where That Came From, WSA proposals for "incentive pay" to keep seamen oii a ship for more than one trip, were labeled as a move "to undermine the collective bargaining structure of the sea­ men's unions" by SIU President Harry Lundeberg last week in an exchange of correspondence with WSA AdministraIn, a letter to . an incentive : 7: 7to remain T" J the ru i.SIU, Admiral* (1) As Land proposed that seamen re­ in the employ of the same oper­ ceive 2% days basic wage for ator, officers and seamen who each month served on the same serve aboard a vessel or vessels vessel, provided he signs foreign of the same operator are to be articles following the completion entitled to cash benefits equal in of his first trip for the same amount to 2% days basic wages operator. (excluding bonus) for each month Lundeberg pointed out that or pro-rata portion thereof served one of the SIU principles of on such a vessel or vessels. unionism was that in aU matters "(2) Such benefits are to be of wages and conditions we in­ (Continued on Page 3) sisted on direct negotiations with the shipowner and the inclusion of such agreements in written contract. Of course the union is in favor of giving the seamen more money, but this should be given though a collective bar­ gaining contract so it cannot be WASHINGTON, April 11 — withheld or jerked around to John L. Lewis, and the United suit some political maneuver. Mine Workers Union have Far from being able to get wrangled wage rises estimated such an "incentive pay" directly from $1.25 to $1.30 a day from from the shipowner, the union the mine operators in an agree­ has found itself "forced to fight ment reached late today. The tooth and nail for every cent— terms of the new contract must and only then to have- the War^ yet be reviewed by the War Labor Board refuse to approve Labor Board. much of it. How is it, asked The terms of the agreement Lundeberg, that one agency of were not officially revealed, but the government (the "WLB) knifes they are understood to include the seamen's just demands for the following points in addition pay increases, while another gov­ to the wage increase: ernment agency (WSA) pretends 1. A $75 vacation payment, a to offer money on a silver plat­ compromise between the min­ ter (so long, of course, as it isn't ers' demand for $100 and the in a union contract)? present $50. It was suggested to Admiral 2. Second and third shift dif­ Land that he could better spend ferentials of 4 and 6 centa his time by influencing the "WLB an hoirr, respectively, instead to permit the seamen decent of 10 and 15 cents as asked. wage increases, rather than at­ 3. Termination of the contract tempting some tricky handout on one year's notice, instead that could be used to undermine of 20 days, as Lewis proposed. union contract security. 4. The Miners were not to at­ tempt to unionize the fore­ Following is the .exchange of men. letters between Land and Presi­ 5. The dropping of the union's dent Lundeberg: demand for a 10 cent royalty FROM ADMIRAL LAND from each ton of coal, to be "Gentlemen: used to set up a health fund "The problem of labor turn­ for the miners, controled by over in the Merchant Marine has the union. for some time • been the subject The increase results from time of consideration by this Admin­ and a half paid after seven hours istration as well as by the Mari­ work, instead of after eight hours time Industry. under the present contract. The "The following proposal is sub­ minera are working on a nine mitted for your consideration, as hour day for the duration. a possible means of reducing From the viewpoint of the turnover and encouraging con­ miners, the new agreement must tinuous employment aboard ship: be considered a definite victory. New Contract Is Won By Miners BRANCHES PASS STRIKE ASSESSMENT FOR THE UNIBN'S POSTWAR SECURITY Unanimous approval of a special $10 strike assessment INJURY DAMAGES to provide a defense fund against the expected postwar SOUGHT union-busting drive by the shipowners, was voted by every PORTLAND, Greg. — A mer­ branch of the Atlantic and Gulf District. The resolution chant seaman who was threewill now go to the membership as provided for in the con­ quarters of a mile away when his stitution, for a secret coastwiset' ship's awareness of the anti-labor referendum vote. plans of the operators. Pointing out that the Union The resolution proposes that must have finances to "fight all the money raised through this shipowners and labor haters who assessment shall be kept in a would like to see us broken after separate fund in the treasury to the war, and the seamen reduced be used only in case of a general 'to slaverjv as they were after strike of all ships, and that such I the last war," the resolution gra' phically revealed the member­ (Continued on Page 3) ship exploded at Port Chicago, Calif., last July, has filed suit against. the United States Lines asking $28,000 for injuries. Leo­ nard A. Fitzgerald said he was thrown to the floor of a tavern by force of the explosion and per­ manently injured. (He is not an SIU man.) �- ,p-::yy^^f-,-^'•';^C;T;5!;YtfV,.p- V".II''5';>; • Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, April 13, 1945 SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President (0$ Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Trea^. P. O. Box 2y, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - 'Washington Rep. 424 .5 th Street, N. W., Washington, 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. 28 P.R. PUERTO RICO GALVESTON HOUSTON ADDR^S PHONE 51 Beaver St.—HAnovor 2-2784 330 Atlantic Ave.—Liberty 4057 14 North Gay St.—Calvert 4539 6 North 6th St.—Lombard 7651 25 Commercial PI.—Norfolk 4-1083 339 Chartres St.—Canal 3336 68 Society St.—Charleston 3-2930 220 East Bay St.—Savannah 3-1728 423 East Piatt St.—Tampa MM-1323 920 Main St.—Jacksonville 5-1231 7 St. Michael St.—Dial 2-1392 45 Ponce de Leon—San Juan 1885 305!4 22nd St.—Galveston 2-8043 6605 Canal Street Sf Sf Sf Sf PUBLICATION OFFICE: 51 BEAVER STREET New York, (4) N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 •^^267 The WSA Bearing Gifts Considering the role of the WSA in the past, the offer of a wage increase in the form of an "incentive payment" is extremely suspicious. As the consistent voice of the ship­ owners, the WSA has never in the past shown any partiality toward the working seaman, and such sudden tenderness is \ indeed strange. Truthfully, it came as no surprise that the Atlantic The SIU-SUP exists only because it fights for the wel­ and Gulf District Branches voted unanimously for a special fare of its membership, and will continue to exist only if $ 10 strike assessment to be used in case of a postwar general it maintains its uncompromising fight to better wage and strike. The vote showed rank and file loyalty and an aware­ [working condidtions; but in this case we are wary about accepting this "gift" because it looks like a booby trap; a ness of the industrial facts of life. move to take away rather than to give. Now none of us particularly wants a strilte. We have The WSA claims this offer is made to keep the ships no particular yearning for the lost wages and the bashed manned, by encouraging continuous employment. Let us heads wliich waterfront warfare means. We'd prefer in­ state right now that there is no shortage of seamen; the dustrial peace and the maintenance and extension of our beach is full of men. Furthermore, no ship has been delay­ working conditions. We hope we do not come to a general ed because of failure of this union to man the ships. There strike. must be other reasons then for this "gift." Build The Strike Fund We believe this may well turn out to be a weapon to be used to undermine the union. It has been a cwnmon trick on the part of employers to offer wage increases over the head of a union to prove the union unnecessary. In this case the gift is especially suspicious, as several wage increases negotiated with operators have been turned down by the [W^ar Labor Board. Why are the shipowners now offering through one government agency what another government agency has refused? Another thing is that this may be the first move towards abrogating the twelve month articles. pThe operators have ever been casting eyes back into the past when seamen were tied to their ships. It took many years for union organization to break this slavery. The seaman certainly does not want that day to return. Can we trust the operators with this foothold? The SIU welcomes whatever wage increases it can get for seamen, but not at the expense of their union security. If there is a shortage of men, if there is a need for encour­ aging continuous employment, let it come through the regular channels of negotiations with the operators. Let there be protection for*the men, in the form of a contract and safeguarded by their own organization. We don't want gifts from the WSA, sitting on Capitol Hill playing at being a God, giving but then taking away. Is:- • -/ . But—there is a but. When, some time after the war, shipping schedules go back to their peacetime levels, are the operators going to sit by quietly, satisfied to continue things as they are now? Will they be satisfied with smaller profits? Or will they attack where they have always attacked before? Won't they try to slash wages? Won't they try to smash the seamen's organization, the SIU? We think they will. We think that at the first sign of a shipping drop the shipowners will go back to their old tricks—to wage-slashing, lockouts, fink-herding, and raids on the union halls. That is why we voted for the strike fund: to protect ourselves against future contingencies. Unless we are pre­ pared, we shall go down to defeat under the operators' at­ tack before we are ready to fire a shot. With the fund we can fight them; we can beat them and keep the conditions we have already fought so hard to get. As we said, we hope those days don't come. It's just that' we are not sure that they won't. All we know is that decent ^ages for seamen mean a cut (however small) in shipowner profit. And a shipowner would rather part with his grandmother than with some of his profits. Seek New Study Of Manpower Bill WASHINGTON, April ll-^Influential Democrats of the House were considering today possible moves to send the stalemated manpower control legislation back to the Military Affairs Com­ mittee "for further study." Such a move, if successful, it was agreed, would' be likely to result in no committee action soon, if ever. But, it was argued, it would keep the programs which the House and Senate have passed but not brought together "alive though in a state of sus­ pended animation." Under the present circum­ stances both House and Senate measures are wrapped into the conference compromise which the Senate has rejected decisively. The Senate's request of the House for a new conference to work out something to enact after three months of cijntroversey, has been lying on the desk of the Speaker of the House for more than a week. The proposed new solution of T the problem, it was brought out today, has grown out of a feeling by these influential pemocrats that when VE-Day comes there might be an exodus of wOTkers from war plants which would en,, danger production in critical la­ bor areas and call for Congres­ sional action. With the legislation under com­ mittee jurisdiction, it was con­ tended, it could be amended R promptly to meet conditions and A be expedited to the floor for vot-(if'ing tests. �IHE Friday, April 13. 1945 Gl Bill Of Rights Due For Revision Revision of the GI Bill of Rights, which is expected to be carried over into the proposed Seamen's "GI Bill," is forecast in light of growing veteran dis­ satisfaction with many of its provisions. Discontent is chiefly centered on the loan- program, which is particularly meaningless and cumbersome. As was pointed out in a recent issue of the Log, loans under the present Bill are made by private banks and guaranteed by the government. Banks have not changed their character since you and I were young, Johnnie, and they demand gilt edge secur­ ities before they invest in any•/ thing. As the Bill stands today, ' it is useful only in guaranteeing interest to the banks. Proof of the unworkability of the loan provision is conclusively given by the figures of the Vet­ erans Administration that thus far only 18 loans have been grant­ ed for farm purchases, 50 for buying business and only 2,400 for buying homes. There are more than a million and a half » ;terajis eligible to apply. Most of the revisions are aimed at changing the law to provide direct loans by the government. Rep. Wright Patman (D., Tex, as) author of the veterans bonus ' law of the last war says the Bill is useless in aiding GI's to buy farms. He .proposes to expand direct loans under the JonesBankhead. Tenant J>urchase Act. A bill to permit veterans to borrow up to $12,000 for pur­ chasing farms at 3 per cent in'terest and with 40 years to pay has been introduced by Rep. Paul Cunpingham (R., Iowa). The GI Bill was a compromise between those who wanted to give real aid to the veteran and those who wanted to make it a bankers' relief bill. As a result it is pretty much fouled up. \r Keep In Touch With Your Draft Board, SEAFARERS Page Three LOG SUP Ship Sunk, All Hands Saved Brother Ralph Piehet Branches Pass Interviewed By Look $10 Assessment Ralph Piehet, SIU seaman, re­ patriated on the SS Gripsholm last February, after having been a prisoner of the Nazis for two years, was one of six seamen in­ terview by Look Magazine in its current issue. The question asked was, "What did you mind most while in pris­ on?" Brother Piehet, who makes his home in New Orleans, an­ swered, "The thing that got me was the way they treated us and the stuff you couldn't get. So I'm working overtime on rehabilita­ tion. I mean making up for all the things I've missed." Brother Piehet was torpedoed on the Johnathan Sturgis, Miss­ issippi Shipping Copipany, in February 1943, and working at time and a half should have his future well taken care of, to make up for the time lost. Tugboat Work Day Reduced WASHINGTON, D. C. —Tug­ boat owners and operators of five companies in the port of Balti­ more have been directed to re­ duce the basic work-day from 9 to 8 hours a day for "single crew" boats and from 11 to 10 hours for "double crew" boats but were authorized to start the work day of "single crew't boats any tiipe between 6 a.m. and 5-p.m. and to pay straight time for the hours worked during the basic day, WLB has announced. The board's decision followed substantially the recommendations of its War And No Kiddin' During a weekly press confer­ ence with the local congressman, one of th6 society reporters asked him: "Tell me, Senator, do you be­ lieve that tight clothes s^op cir­ culation?" "Not with a woman, my dear," replied the solon. "The tighter the clothes, the more she's in cir­ culation." ROTTEN EGGS FOR THE SICK Shipping Panel, which conducted a public hearing on the issues. In a majority opinion. Dexter M. Keezer, a public member, said the provision permitting the em­ ployers to start the work day any time between 6 a.m. and 5 p.m. and pay straight time for the hours worked would offset the increase in rate of pay resulting from the decrease in the number of hours worked by permitting greater flexibility in the use of the crews and the reduction of idle time. In addition, the 48 hour week for "single crew" boats is the standard work-week of tugboat employes, Mr. Keezer said. The board's order provides for time and half pay for work be­ yond the basic day and no reduc­ tion in the weekly and monthly rates of pay provided by the present contract. On each "single crew" boat for which a crew is called out to be­ gin work after 5 p.m. the wage rate is to be the basic hourly rate plus 12% percent. The Tiigboat Operator's Assn. of Baltimore is comprised of five companies: Curtis Bay Towing Co., Baker-Whiteley Coal Co., Chesapeake Lighterage Co., At­ lantic Transport Co., and Charles H. Harper Co. The companies employ 75 licensed and 125 un­ licensed employes. SEAMEN TO GET mEE ART COURSES This truckloBd of Botfen oggs, hazily buried when organized labor demanded an invesligalion, is only one evidence of bad con­ ditions existing at MiUedgeyille (Ga.) State Hospital. Yet when labor finally forced an investigation of the vermin-ridden hospitaL doctors and hospital employes made a report which was a defense of their regime and an attack upon organized labor. The Council of the National Academy of Design has voted to give free art instruction to sea­ men in the American merchant marine. John Taylor Arms, di­ rector of the Academy, made known the offer as a result of the successful Third Annual Mer­ chant Seamen's Art Exhibition which was held at the Academy from Dec. 12 to Jan. 3. t The SUP ship, SS James H. Breasted, has been sunk in fight­ ing off the Philippines, the WSA reported this week, but so effici­ ent was the rescue work of the SUP crew and the Navy person­ nel that not one man was lost. (Continued from Page 1) a strike only to be called after a referendum ballot is taken on the question. . . After the war the shipowners will resort to all the old tricks they have puUed time and again, in order to break the Union and take back the wage increases and improved conditions that have been won only after years of bitter struggle. The expenditure of a few dollars now will enable the Union to meet the attacks of the operators and win. The resolution was introduced March 26 before the New York membership and concurred in by the other branches, on April 11. The resolution as passed and the names, and numbers of the men who originally introduced it follow: RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the European war is drawing to its final stages, and we all know that after this war is ended the shipowners will be­ gin an assault on our conditions and wages with a viciousness never before known, and WHEREAS, to fight all ship­ owners and labor haters who would like to see us broken after * this war, and the seamen reduced to slavery as they were after the last war, we must have fin­ ances to fight them successfully, and WHEREAS, shelling out a few bucks now to prepare for the fight will protect our living standards after the war, and WHEREAS, oiu: wages and con­ ditions today are far above any maritime union in history and are indeed worthy of protecting and extending, so THEREFORE, BE IT RE­ SOLVED, that we go on record to assess ourselves in addition to the ASA a single $10.00 strike as­ sessment so as to guarantee a real ^strike fund that can carry us through any crisis, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, if this is carried, then the ad­ ditional money be added to the ASA Fund which caimot be used unless in a general strike of all ships, and then only after a re­ ferendum ballot to do so, and BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that if this resolution is cairied that it be placed on a ballot, as per constitution, as soon as pos­ sible so that the membership will have the opportunity to express themselves by secret ballot. Signed by: E. F. McCORMICK. 21756 DONALD WEST, 32059 JAMES A. SCHMARK. 30916 J. F. WELCH, 6589 1. C. BRIDGES, 29464 J. ARRAS, 458 Carrying more than 600 officers and troops with their equipment and stores, the freighter was in convoy off Mindoro when first subjected to enemy fire. After two bomber attacks . the troops were successfully debarked. For several days thereafter the area was under constant air bombardment and in expectation of naval shelling the Liberty ship was ordered to anchor in the lee of an island. The naval bomb­ ardment started early in the eve­ ning, heavy shells exploding around the vessel. The ship was illuminated by flares and shrap­ nel peppered her in many places. During the shelling the Japan­ ese landed paratroops on the isl­ and and the SS James H. Breast­ ed was then subjected- to straf­ ing from shore by machine-gun fire. Late in the evening a bomb plunged into the ship's hold, set­ ting afire the gasoline cargo. Skipper Bernard A. Kummel gave the abandon ship order as a head wind fanned the blaze and one lifeboat" and its davits were blown over the side. As the remaining lifeboats were lower­ ed the crewmen were targets of heavy machine-gun fire from shore. A PT boat towed all safe­ ly to shore as the vessel went to the bottom. NLRB Reverses Itself WASHINGTON, D. C. — The National Labor Relations Board which has reversed itself so many times that it now complete­ ly dizzy, has now ruled that fore­ men and other supervisory em­ ployes are entitled to the protec­ tion of the Wagner Act and can form unions or join unions. The board had so decided some years ago in the Union Collieries case. Only a few months ago, the board overruled its own decision and held in the Maryland Drydock case that foremen could not be grouped into "appropriate" units for collective bargaining purposes. This decision was fol­ lowed by strikes called by "inde­ pendent" foremen's organizations in the Detroit area. So now, by a two to one ma­ jority, the board has come* around again to the conclusion that fore­ men and supervisory employes are entitled to organization, just as the American Federation of Labor had contended all along.OHriure Unnecessary They were entertaining the preacher at lunch, and the guest remarked to the smaU boy of the house: "Don't you ever say prayors at your meals, my child?" **Oh no," said the bright boy. "Dad says our cook's pretty re­ liable." Keep In Touch With Your Draft Board, V �, i , I. •:th rTiKJ^«Afjeifcrp i^ii %?j®''fe•'-.r .V ~' •;:' ,;'';r •%-'t''V --• ••>•: .V-;;*. Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. April 13. 1945 Fortune Magazine Reveals Seamen's Not Mean Drop In Jobs Wages A Minor Factor To Shipowners Victory In Europe Will p; By JIM CORSA Victory in Europe "will be followed by an immediate increase "in shipping that v/ill involve all available Ameri­ can Seamen for at least one year. The decision of the War: s Department to ship two and a half million men now in the European theatre to the Asiatic front, complete with their lioain 1S43." Fortune Magazine is definitely Of course the usual reply to Liberties Will Be a class publication—^but not for charges of excessive profits is the working class. It sells, as you that the operators might as well Converted probably know, at a buck a copy, ride the gravy train while it's WASHINGTON. April 4— supplies, will utilize every ship at^-rope were sent there over a and is devoted to the interests of still roUing down-grade. It's also Hundreds of additional Liberty the disposal of the United Na­ period of two years, the task the captains of industry. So you true that before the war many of ships will be converted into tions. This and the continual soon to face the United Nations can be sure that articles in "For­ iSie unsubsidized operators (those movement of supplies will tax tune" are written from their v/ithout the juicy mail contracts) ' troop transports after V-E Day, the merchant fleet to the utmost. assumes enormous proportions. viewpoint and tend to favor it were only able to grant relief to to shift the armed forces in Eu­ Moving 3 million men and their (after all, no subscribers equals their stockholders by paying di­ rope to Asia and carry our Other factors will enter into supplies from Antwerp to the no advertisers equals no'income). vidends out of capital—operat­ wounded and battleweary the increased call for shipping Far East will require an estim­ troops back to the United space that will make an unpre­ ated 1,200 transports and a pos­ WeU, "Fortune" commissioned ing profits being nil. It's also true States, it was learned' today. cedented demand upon merchant sible 2,200 cargo ships for three a professor of economics at that the authorities have, since The Liberty ship has proven seamen: or four months. An estimated Swarthmore College, Wilcox by '43, put a damper on the "take" itself the workhorse of the name, to make, a certain survey. of profits of the above-quoted di­ American merchant fleet. Be­ 1. Large relief shipments to the 1,200 ships monthly will be re-; quired to keep the men contin­ His report resulting from it ap­ mensions. devastated areas of Europe. uously supplied: sides its primary job of ferry­ ^ ^ peared in the November and De- But, according to the "Fortune" ing supplies, it has been recon­ sember 1944 issues under the report, there's every indication verted into six or seven other 2. The possible resumption of It is not expected that f)ie"'« limited commercial shipping shifting of the battle lines to I title "Merchant Marine." Con- that the transfer of the war-built war-purpose vessels. imder the agreement which sidering the source and the in-'merchant fleet from government The Liberty has been con­ permits each member of the Asia will decrease East Coast and tent behind this report it is very,' to private ownership will take Allied shipping pool to with­ Gulf shipping. Not only are trans­ very interesting to the unlicensed place at very reasonable prices; verted into baby flattops, tank­ hold enough shipping to meet continental railroad facilities al­ seamen. For while his welfare is that subsidizing of many routes ers, colliers, and transports of its own essential require­ ready taxed to capacity but West not so much as referred to, there will continue and perhaps be in- troops, prisoners of war and ments. are some pretty embarrassing creased. Thus the companies so Army mules. As troop and Coast ports cannot handle much Statements made at the expense favored will be guaranteed a POW carriers they provide ac­ 3. Movements of wounded, bat, , , ' ,more than what they, are now, of Mr. Shipowner. Statements profit above operating costs (it commodations for about 500 tie weary and rotated ser-'. ,. that point to a want of efficiency: used to be said that the Dollar persons, although a few ships vicemen from both Europe is only a portion, though substantial, of in operation'that dwarfs the al- Steamship Line could run its have carried as many as 1,100. and Asia. About thirty days are re­ 4. The longer distances involved the Pacific supplies. ledgedly all-crucial question of ships empty and still show handquired for conversion. No spe­ American wage standards. We some earnings, so large was the —it is 3,310 nautical miles In February, it was disclosed pay for the mail contract). cific time has been set for the quote from the report: from New York to Antwerp; actual beginning of the work, but it is 9,631 nfiles from that Admiral Kinkaid's Seventh "It is true that American wages And keep in mind that 'For- but in view of the nearness of Antwerp to Manila—will re­ Fleet in the Philipines was sup­ have been half again as high as tune's" analyst's reference to the quire many more ships' than plied, not from the coast, but foreign wages in the Atlantic crying need for improved effici V-E Day, it is expected to be soon. at the present to maintain directly from the naval supply trades. But payrolls are only 10 ency in handling the ships. That normal schedules, since the depot in Bayonne, New Jersey. to 15 per cent of operating costs. alone, il would appear, would time element of deliveries is The difference in wages, there­ result in sure operating profits, HINT OF SUMMER , of the greatest importance. 30,000 tons of supplies were, fore. can be no more than 4 or 5 even considering the higher When it is considered that the shipped monthly to the fleet, a per cent of such costs." Prof. Wil­ wages and living conditions on American vessels running in troops and material now in Eu- distance of some 9,000- miles. cox goes on to say that while competition with foreign com­ some operating expenses are higher for American companies, panies. some are equal to those of for­ All in all, it seems like a sorry eign competitors and some, such joke played at the American sea­ as fuel oil, less. man's expense to claim that the The author of the "Fortune" wages he gets are. already too articles continues: "Costs might high. It makes it appear that the Brothers Joe Squires and Hal man's life? Did anyone ever de­ be cut and revenues increased operators wrangle with the sea­ Whitney, were the subject of a vise a scale big enough to make ... Before the war. a typical man's imion only for the pure broadcast made by comedian Bob men brave? freighter spent two weeks at sea sport of brass-knuckling him. Hope over a coast to coast hook "Listen, it takes nerve to go and two in port. It was earning That, or out of unvarnished (and up of the National Broadcasting down to work in a hot engine money only half the time. If the unadmirable) orneriness. room never knowing when a Company recently. average turnaround could be cut in half, income would go up a Squires was the hero of the SS torpedo might send thousands ot third. On the usual voyage, GREEN SUPPORTS Maiden Creek when she sank, tons of sea water in to snuff out^ moreover, the pay load ran from and he gave his life so that the your life. It takes courage to man WAGE DEMANDS three-fifths to two-thirds of ca­ crew might be saved.^Last year an ammunition ship after you pacity. If ships could sail full the union succeeded in having a heard how Nazi bombers blew OF MINE WORKERS and down, revenues would be be­ Liberty Ship named in his honor. up 17 shiploads of ammunition at WASHINGTON, D. C.—AFL tween 50 and 66 per cent higher. Here is the text of Hope's Bari. I was there about that time. I'll never forget it. Neither Ship design, port facilities and! President William Green pled­ broadcast: will men like Admiral King who cargo-handling devices, and the ged support to the United Mine "Did you ever hear of Z-men? said, 'The Navy shares life and packaging of freight might be workers in their current crit­ Sounds like a gag, doesn't it? death, attack and victory with improved. There is room for sci-. ical fight for wage adjustments. Well, it isn't. Z-men are the guys the men of the U. S. Merchanl entific study of opereiting meth-1 "The miners have always re­ without whom General 'Ike's' Marine."* ods; shipping has been little ex­ ceived too little and never too Army and Nimitz' Navy couldn't plored by efficiency experts and much," he declared in a public live. Nearly 6,000 of them have management engineers." j statement. "The American Fed­ died from enemy torpedoes, MUNITIONS OUTPUT How do you like those senti­ eration of Labor stands with mines, bombs or bullets, since.our UP 20 PER CENT , ments? That's only the one side the mine workers in support of zero hoim at Pearl Harbor. of the question. The other is that the justifiable fight which they "Z-men are the men of the WASHINGTON, D. C. — The of profits. Here is another quota­ are making to. secure decent merchant marine. Their identifi­ daily rate of production during tion from the report: wages and humcme conditions cation papers have a Z on them, February in the 'l3 most critical "Between the invasjon of Po­ of employment. It is my opin­ so they call them Z-men. They're programs of .the war effort shot land and the attack on Pearl ion that the coal operators union men too. They work for up 20 per cent over January, des­ Harbor, earnings of the shipping should have promptly granted scale. Yeali, scale! Joe Squires pite the worst weather conditions companies were high . . . Nine­ all of the demands which the If may still be loo early for worked for scale. He was a sea­ in years—and without a labor teen companies, which chartered miners made." draft. man on the S. S. Maiden Creek. eighty-one ships to-the Maritime Extension of the existing con­ the beach, but Alice Craig could He and Hal Whitney, the deck That figure is certified to by the Commission to carry British car­ tract pending further negotia- play around in our tub if she engineer^ stayed aboard to handle War Production Board in a pro­ goes to the Red Sea for a hire of ation on terms of a new agree­ wanted to. the lines so the rest of the crew gress report of munitions put out $31 million, made a gross profit ment was directed by the Na­ could get away before the Maiden by Hilano G. Bathcheller, WPB on the round trip of nearly $27 tional War Labor Board and Sign posted above entrance of Creek sank under waves 30 feet chief of operations. million . . . The twenty-eight agreed to at the last moment, a West Coast beauty salon: high. The crew was saved. They (major freighter) companies thus averting another coal "Don't whistle at the girls who never saw Joe and Hal again. Keep In Touch With . cleared $46,500,000 after taxes strike at least temporarily. emerge from here. One of them Did anyone ever make a wage Your Draft Board, ^ r in 1942 and an estimated $32 milmay be your grandmother." scale big enough to pay for a il Bob Hope Lauds SlU Heroes In Coast To Coast Broadcast H. fiV'..,' i' �THE Friday, April 13, 1945 Labor— Spotlight The Texas House of Repre­ sentatives. has passed an anticlosed shop bill, by the narrow margin of ' 68-63, despite the strong opposition of -organized labor. The bill, backed by Vance Muse, promoter of the "Christian American Association, Inc." an anti-labor sucker racket, goes to the State Senate, where it has a fair chance for passage. The bill is modeled on similar measures now being widely in­ troduced in several states by union haters!" The United States Chamber of •Qommei'ce, voice of big business, Which recently concluded a non• aggression pact with the AFL and the -CIO for postwar industrial peace, is secretly backing antilabor legislation, with the Na­ tional Association of Manufac­ turers. The NAM, which spilled the beans, refused to sign this labor Munich pact. The C of C - denies the charge, but personally we believe it. Did you ever hear the story of the lion and the late, lamented lamb? Tom De Lorenzo, militant auto union leader, has been the target of' the manufacturers for a long time. The latest move is to rail­ road Turn into the army. De Lorenzo is appealing his inducr tion on the grounds that he is essential to his union. tr i> if The United &ass and Plumb­ ing Corp. of Port Huron, Mich., pulled a general strike against the government, and so far we haven't heard any talk of inductihg the board of directors or send­ ing them to jail. They don't be­ long to a union. The concern, under contract to the UAW-AFL, said' that the de­ mands of the union made profit­ able operation impossible. The armed forces will be probably overjoyed no end to hear of United's determination to fight for freedom of profits to the last Gl. 4 i Decision by the NLRB that foremen are workers and have a right to organize has already spurred action by the unions. The Int'l Ass'n of Machinists, AFL, and the United Mine Work­ ers have planned campaigns to organize the foremen. r Chief Stewards On The Ball The Chief Stewards are on the ball, and doing a fine job of distributing the LOG to the SIU men in foreign ports, giv­ ing them what is in many cases the first news they've had from home in months. Getting the LOG to the sea­ men who were out on long cruises, and isolated from prac­ tically all contact with their friends at home and with the Union, is a problem. The simple solution of giving the Chief Steward a bundle to give out at the places where seamen congregate, hotels, clubs and bars, is the solution. These Stewards have been doins[, a good Union job, as the reports now coming in assure us. The first report was made by Frank Puthe, Chief Steward aboard the SS J. Jackson. Bro­ ther Puthe covered the Mer­ chant Seaman's Club, Centiuy Hotel in the Port of Antwerp. The Steward of the SS Hilton made his- contacts at 40 Park Street, in Bristol, England. The other reports that have come in since then tell the same story, of men eagerly asking for the LOG to find out what's been happening and to whom. Take a bow. Chief Stewards! Lifeboat Radio Is Developed New lifeboat radio equipment that automatically transmits SOS and radio direction finder signals and is capable of operating over distances of 1,000 miles or more, has been developed by Radiomarine Corp. of Am'erica, Charles J; Pannill, president, announced re­ cently. The new model, Mr. Pannill pointed out, is designed to meet the wartime demand for more de­ pendable communication betAveen victims of maritime disasters and rescue forces. Its hand-driven power generator, which replaces storage batteries, and its two-way radiotelegraph and radiotele­ t. if if phone facilities are combined in Tlip demand of John L. Lewis a single binnacle-shaped water­ that||the Mine' Workers be given proof housing. The transmitter a s,|it on the executive council may be used for voice or code.. of ti?ie AFL as a condition for their return is called a "trivial, insignificant difference that can STRIKE LOSSES be overcome within the next AGAIN REPORTED years," by President Dan Tobin, ON DECLINE of the'AFL Teamsters. However, qualified observers don't think it will take quite that WASHINGTON, D. C.—Strike long. * losses are still running below last year. In February, man-days of if i. ^ ' idleness due to stoppages amount­ A strike protesting the use of ed to 412,000, or only 6-100 of 1 German war prisoners in com­ per cent of time put in by the petition with free labor by the nation's workers during the United States Gypsum plant in month, the Department of Labor North Kansas City has been revealed this week. For the same called' off when the prisoners month of 1944 the loss was 470,000 man-days. were removed. SEAFARERS LOG Page WSA Proposal Threatens Collective Bargaining, Says Pres. Lundeberg workers including seamen, is the War Labor Board, and the War Labor Board only. Has the War Shipping Administration now the authority to change that policy in regard to seamen? 3—Is this not a direct threat to the Union's collective bargain­ ing rights, when a governmental bmeau" takes it upon themselves to suggest certain conditions which the Unions have been un­ able to get from their operators through collective bargaining and through the War Labor Board? For your information, our, or­ ganization recently appeared be­ fore the War Labor Board in disputes dealing with wage raises in both the dry cargo and pas­ senger vessel trades, and also in the oil tanker trade, and War Labor Board turned us down. It appears to us that with the War Shipping Administration now suggesting this plan, that they, in a way, are undermining the coUective bargaining struc­ ture of the seamen's unions. 4—^Under the proposed plan we can see a direct threat to our hiring hall system, because under the rules at the present time in force and effect regarding th^ men shipping out of our union halls, after a man leaves a ship he can not arbitrarily go back to the same ship after spending a certain period ashore. He must then compete with his fellow seamen for the jobs, according to the date he came ashore. In other words, the men who have the longest time on shore are en­ titled to the first jobs. 5—In regard to the labor turn­ over in the merchant marine, it is true that there may be quite a turnover as compared to other industries, but that is only natmal. A great majority of the ships today are out on voyages from six to twelve months, and naturally after a man has sailed in war infested waters for a cer­ tain period he is going to take his allotted time ashore, which he is entitled to according to the Selective Service ruling. How­ ever, 1 do not believe the turn­ LUNDEBERG'S REPLY over during the last year has April 6, 1945 been as great as it was two or Admiral E. S. Land, three years ago. Administrator. 6—^Your proposals, even should War Shipping Administration they be considered, exclude sea­ Washington, D. C. men in the Coastwise and Alaska Re: Labor Turnover in the Trade, and also in the Island Merchant Marine trade. You can readily see that you Dear Sir; c are setting up two standards of 1 received your letter of March conditions for seamen sailing out 3rd, dealing with certain propo­ of the same union hall, or out of sals by the War Shipping Admin­ the same port, which would cre­ istration as an incentive for mer­ ate a lot of disruption. chant seamen to remain in the We suggest that if the War employ of the same operator for Shipping Administration is in a period of time. earnest about giving anything to 1 have been authorized by the the seamen, that they should use Atlantic and Gulf seamen, affil­ their good office to prevail upon iated with the American Feder­ the ship-owners to raise the ation of'Labor through our In­ wages through the regular chan­ ternational, the Great Lakes sea­ nel, namely through collective men affiliated with the Seafarers bargaining agencies. International Union of N. A., and Awaiting your reply, 1 remain by the West Coast seamen, to Sincerely yours, answer your letter, which wiU be Substantial deferments of sea­ HARRY LUNDEBERG the answer from aU unlicensed men in the Great Lakes has been President, SIU of NA seamen affiliated with the Amer­ recommended by the ODT in or­ ican Federation of Labor. der to furnish enough seamen to Before we reply to your three handle the record shipping sea­ Response to Shulei^s proposals, we first want clarifica­ son expected this year. tion from you or from those with­ A closed conference caUed by Two Union Card Beef in the War Shipping Administra­ Senator Mead's war investigating To the Editor: tion who concocted this scheme. conunittee with high government 1—It has always been the pol­ officials to consider the problem On the page entitled "Around icy of our organization to deal of moving the huge Great Lakes the Ports" of the April 6th issue, with the operators directly, with shipping quotas, seems to have I note an interesting report from whom we have collective bar­ solved some of the manpower the N. Y. Patrolman J. P. Shuler concerning an SIU Great Lakes gaining contracts. You, yourself, difficulties. have repeatedly affirmed that L. C. Turner, director of the member carrying an NMU book. position' as your policy when ODT's waterways transportation The SIU book was his "sum­ dealing with labor relations. In department, announced that the mertime" book and the NMU a other words, as we understand "ODT now has the authority from "wintertime" book. He informed it, all questions dealing with the Selective Service System to the Patrolman that "this was a wages and conditions pertaining recommend very substantial de­ democratic country and he could to Merchant Seamen should and ferments for Great Lakes (Ship­ carry as many books as he liked." must be dealt with under the pre­ ping workers in the 18 to 30 age This is not an issue of funda­ vailing coUective bargaining sys­ group. It now appears that Great mental rights to carry one or a tem. Has there now been a Lakes shippers wiU not lose the hundred books but of education change in your policy? considerable number of men in in the trade union policies which 2—Under the Wage Stabilizing the draft that was thought at each union represents. There should be no confusion on this Act, established by the President first." through the War Labor Board, The U. S. Maritime Commission point. Once these principles are it is our understanding that the has made avaUable some 28 boats clear in a member's mind there only ones who have the right to that wUl be chartered to the can be no confusion as to what determine the question of mone­ Great Lakes operators to help the SIU-SUP stands for or what tary matters, dealing with wage handle the record cargo year ex­ the communist-controlled NMU stands for. pected. It was pointed out that 340 mil­ The need of the SIU is to bring lion bushels of grain must be forward its policies and principles moved this year compared with clearly before all members, old the 292 million bushels last year. and new. Only through educa­ 83 million tons of ore must be tion can any doubts that exist moved, compared with 81 mil­ in members* minds be cleared up. A man miist know exactly what lion tons. "Last year was the biggest sea­ the SIU stands for and what the son the lakes ever experienced, NMU stands for. There is no and this year must be even big­ meeting point between them. JOHN MARCIANO, 6282 ger," said Turner. (Coriinued from rage 1) payable to an officer or Seaman only after he signs foreign art­ icles following his accrual of con­ tinuous service benefits by prior service with the same operator." "(3) Periods of continuous ser­ vice by which benefits are measured are not to be broken while a seaman is ashore because of illness or injury, while await­ ing or during repatriation or on leaves of absence or vacations. "The foregoing is submitted for your comment and recommenda­ tion. "Sincerely yours, E. S. LAND Administrator." LakesSeamen Are Deferred �5'jfc. Page Six THE SEAFARERS Friday, April 13, 1945 LOG jobs are pretty nearly all sewed up. p. Have jusi gotten back from I did have a few beefs to take the Agents' Conference, and I care of and they were a welcome must say that since I have been relief from the monotony. And ion official of this union this past how I love to get something from conference was the best one that a shipowner. One brother came I have ever attended. When I in the other day with a pay first came into the union it was voucher in his hand and a hurt very small and weak, although look on his face. He asked me much better than any one on the to check over his pay voucher East Coast, and since that time which I did and I found that he will be the same 2,8043. Those for Boca Chica and Don Q rum I have watched it grow from wanted instead of the way the had been short changed to the members that ship out j)f Gal­ there would have been plenty of year to year and this past year WSA desired. tune of one hundred bucks. A ' In closing we wish to thank veston regularly are due for a sickness, but good old Puerto Rihas set a precedent for any union typographical error no doubt, but Frenchy Michelet and his staff big surprise when they see this can rum cures all ills but female it's mighty funny these errors are to shoot at. in N. O. for their cooperation in new Hall. There should be no trouble. It seemed to me that in this these disputes we had with the excuse for members hanging The boys on the beach got full usually in the company's favor. year's conference all the Agents WSA. around the USS club now as you of pep and painted the hall. And There was no. trouble in collect­ ing the money though, and our were of a very serious mind and G. BALES, Agent will have a clean bright place to you sure can see the difference from the motions and resolutions hang around in. When you are as we used lighter paint and you brother lost his lost look. A few that were made in the confer­ ready to ship bring your gear, don't mind setting around wait­ other minor beefs' were also BOSTON squared away with the usual dis­ ence they had been thinking of for this hall has a fire proof vault ing for a job. the vital changes that would have At this writing it is very busy that we will use as a baggage Well, all the strikes are cleared patch and now I'm sitting back to be made in order to prepare here in Boston, plenty of shipping room. There will also be tables away and sugar is starting to waiting for more. If any port has too many ships our imion for the vast changes and plenty of business, settling and chairs (not the folding type come in again so am looking for that would have to be made for beefs, paying off ships, etc. Am chair either). Cards and reading business to pick up. And we sure I wish they'd send a couple down the post war period. sending a clipping taken from material and perhaps a radio pro­ can use a little, although four out here. The grapevine tells rhe there is one ship due in next Tampa boys take notice, the the Boston Globe relating the of five that are coming in are week and I verified this report good city of Tampa is about to story of how fifteen of our Bro­ NMU or unorganized. thru the company and a new. undergo a change of government. thers made the supreme sacrifice So will ring off for this time, Waterman diesel job should be It seems that instead of main­ saving 19 Norwegian refugees hoping to see plenty of the boys out of the yards in a few weeks. taining a Mayor that it will be­ from German subs and dive in the Enchanted Isle in the near Outside of that there isn't come a city that wiU be run by bombers. future as you need n6 priority for much. Savannah sleeps peace­ Nothing more to report at this a manager with seven committee Grog or the Dark Eyed Damsels. fully on and the boiling sun is •men as advisors. They are advo­ writing, so wiU close with best We are overstocked on both. melting away the few pounds of cating a post war era that will be wishes. I wish Michelet or Shuler fat I picked up in New York and beneficial to all such as build­ JOHN MOGAN, Agent would send me a recipe for cook­ every day I get about ten dif­ ing ^ore play grounds, various ing this home killed beef and ferent guys most of them in viding I can locate one that isn't recreational centers, yacht basins NEW ORLEANS going to cost me a month's pay. pork. If either knows how to beautiful uniforms wanting to and last but not least larger make it tender and tasty we will docking facilities with the ex­ ^ Shipping gets better all the Shipping has slowed down know that we at least have two ship out. I tell them all I'd be pectations of having one of the time in this port. The board stays again. Expect a bunch of ships of the great world's renowned only too glad to oblige. The only thing I insist on is that they largest ports in the gulf. I am full of jobs with but few takers. in shortly. Have a. new M.A.V.I, chefs in our midst. bring their own ships. at Houston now but it will be a There's a scarcity of rated men for that one hundred percent. The Alcoa Cutter was in and Fraternally Yours, Well we still have one of our throughout the entire Gulf area. couple of weeks yet before it calls most of the men gave me candy, ARTHUR THOMPSON, old friends with us. Brother Bo Mobile and Galveston call us for a crew. gum and smokes to take to the Agent Anderson. He is ex-Brandywine regularly for men and we have Have had trouble getting crews members in the hospital and jail. now since the old man stopped one hell of a time digging up the past couple of weeks. In order P.S.—^I pass the Log around to So on to a greater SIU of the !ihis pay. Lo and Behold I met even half what they need. Those to get the ships out ha'd to call men who go down to the sea in as many people as I can and ask one of the well known characters we do manage' to dig up look the RMO. The members should ships without glory but plenty for comments. Most of those who of the fair city of Tampa who like we did just that—dug 'em up. take these jobs and not force of guts to fight for their rights have been reading the Log note It appears that more and more agents to call the RMO. was dressed up in a uniform that the improvement lately and men­ D. STONE, Agent here at home. shipping is going to be diverted is well known to all citizens of BUD RAY, Agent tion it. Those to whom the paper any city that is of any size. (City to this area, so all you brothers is new say it's a swell little pub­ Fireman) His name is Bill Scar­ lication and very enlightening. PUERTO RICO SAVANNAH lett, who by the way is a very Personally I like it better every Had a West Coast ship in and good member of this union. Upon week. Before the recent conferences, two men were sent to the hospi­ N/1 meeting him I had a cigarette in shipping in Savannah was prac­ tal. The Boatswain got cut up in my hand and I asked him the NEW YORK the Don Q night club and one got tically nil. During the confer­ right proceedure of combatting ences we had a boom down here. hurt when the staging he was We're hitting the 16 and 17 same, and this is what he told me. working on carried away. So I think the income was some­ hundred bracket for shipping ^ "Smoke same until it burns when I went aboard the next thing of a record, and as for the again, with 24 members shipped your lips and then get a tooth mornmg I found they had been shipping, it was damn near im­ from outport branches for the ' pick and make a crutch and then replaced with WSA men, but I possible to get enough men. Now month of March, and we have smoke it until it burns your run them back and sent two shipping is taking another nose sent as many members of the ,tonsils and after the last draw dive. Maybe .we need another union members down. Deck and Engine Department to take the ashes and put them in Whenever a ship is in the Isl­ conference or something. yoxu: vest pocket to remind you We have 64 men on the ship­ the Great Lakes for the .season's and I wish one of the men would opening. The tanker organizers that there is a shortage of call the hall and let me know ping lists here and during the are hitting the ball for their cigarettes. past week we shipped only five where she is laying. men. The men are breathing share of shipping. Glad to see D. L. PARKER, Agent This Don Q night club is a good the^ membership take such an in­ place to steer clear of when down terest in the drive. And incihere as it seems as though some OX. If X SHlPOUTOKl misri dently, it might look as if we MOBILE one is always getting fouled up may run into a slight shortage of We in the Mobile Branch in there. men before the month is up. Not would certainly appreciate some who want to ship hustle on down Had one of the Bull Line rock that we here .in New York can't of the members from other and help us man these scows. piles in and mostly all book men use them, we can, but .I'd hate branches putting in an appear­ The Agent has returned from on her with a few old timers and to see it get so that ships are ance here, especially A.B.'s and the conferences, praise Allah. everything was up. to the minute laying around with five or six all Steward department ratings. Don't know how long he will be on there. George Libby was men short while in port. So come For the past three weeks we with us as he is a very sick man. serang and Big Jim King was in up and take a job. have been shipping every avail­ The hall is full of G-books these the engine room. These two are If you shotdd pull in before able man and that isn't enough. days—seems like the old-timers telling the story of the Chiefs pet 9 p.m. during the week, you'll We have the O.K. of the steam­ are drifting home again. and music maker who went to see Blackie Gardner, an old timer ship companies here to bring men GLENN MASTERSON the Inspectors with a letter from in the SIU is holding down the from New Orleans as far as Patrolman said Chief to get inorsed for deck Night Dispatcher's job and Red transportation is concerned, but engineer. When the Inspector Truesdale, doing the Prima Doriwhen we call Frenchy Michelet asked him how to free a wild cat GALVESTON na for A1 Kerr during the • day, he is also begging for men. The said novice's answer was "Open I'wish that we could get more WSA has, in both places, ex­ The port of Galveston now has the door to let hira eut and run .cooperation from the -members hausted its pools so we don't look a car. You members headed this like hell." This is 1Kinfi!s and in taking out hot ships. We, the to them for any asdstance, or way please advise me either by Libby's wersion of the atory. No wire or telephone and I will be need to say but he didn't get the dispatchers, face the same old sit­ want any. This week we crewed np ia able to contact your ship where- indorsement. down my neck for jobs and I'm uation, wanting your shipping new C-2, one C-3 and-a couple ever it may be. "It is getting spring down this- anxiously looking downstream in cards back. It would save diffiof old wagons. After much con­ Monday April 10th the new way again. The temperature hopes of a ship, but I c^m see .culties .and time if you repoi^ )/ troversy with the WSA we finally Hall will be located at 305% dropped to 60 and all hands al­ nothing bigger than a iew Navy back to the dispatcher within the crewed the new ones the way we 22nd Street the phone number most froze. If it hadn't of been tugs and I've been told those (Continued on Page 7) t; TAMPA ••V > V. �• - 5>^yj£iy--t-?^r::- Fridayr April 13r 1945 THE SEAFARERS ^ - "•''?•'••• Page Serea LOG Around The Ports Shipowners Attempt Chisel On i have been paid off last week have (Contmued from Pagt 6) hour to four hours if you do not been very cooperative and most intend to take the job. Other- of the beefs were settled before 'wisK, you will have to re-register. the ships paid off. There has been a number of Too many members are under the men in this port from the Great irhpression that if they go out on Lakes where they are starting a job today and do not take it, an organizational drive and and don't report to us, and come should get results. back the following day, they can get their shipping cards back. In my few spare minutes this That is not so. You go to the week I glanced over the Pilot and bottom of the list. In other words, I see at least they have decided you'll have to re-register. Not to do "something" for the sea­ only that, but we send another men. The $200 a month salary is a member to the same job on a call wonderful idea providing that from the company. Eventually, they don't lose any conditions the member is turned down be­ cause he reported to the ship, or overtime. I think that all and did not tell the officer that Maritime unions should cooper­ he did not want the job. The ate in trying to advance the mate or stewai'd or engineer is wages of seamen but we know under the impression that he has ship owners are not going to give us an increase of wages and that gone ashore for his gear. the only way- that we can get Why not cooperate and save them is through economic action. all this useless traveling? If you If the National Maritime Union don't want the job after you've wants to cooperate wholeheart­ been assigned, let us dispatchers edly and cancel their no strike know immediately. After all we pledge after the war in order are sure that you yourself don't that we might get better condi­ want to be running around on a tions and wages, I think they will wald>goose chase. You'd probably receive the cooperation of other be quite burned up about it and Maritime Unions. But no boneget paid for it, and we can't get fide rank and file organization is yqw^days wages because it is the going to be misled by a lot of nJvmbers fault for not notifying ballyhooing political bunk that us. All this can be so easily has never obtained results. avoided if you'd only adhere to Their program looks good on the reverse side of your assign­ paper and the theory is wonder­ ment card. ful, if they get the cooperation To members in full standing, of the SS companies that they so •who bring in their friends for often publicize. But to Jthe man permit cards, study the last weeks that goes to sea for a living it LOG on the Agents Conference is strictly a bunch of hooey and pertaining to permit men. Be is fooling no one. ddvised as to certain principles J. P. SHULER, Patrolman and rulOs laid down at our agents Conference. CHARLESTON W. PAUL GONSORCHIK Shipping is slow and looks as N. Y. Dispatcher if it will continue to be that way. 4 4. i Quite a few men on the beach . There are a number of new here, mostly home town fellows. things poping up that are caus­ The weather is nice and the ing quite a bit of trouble. One beach has opened up so when I of them being the correct com­ want any men I just have to go pliment on ships which are re­ over to the beach and some one turning- to the United States with will come by shortly. war Prisoners. There will be JAMES L. TUCKER. Agent quite a lot of this now and we are trying to work out some manning scale that will cover the Corporal Wilson Praises situation. The companies insist, as SIU Progress in 4 Years they are leaving the States with­ Just a note to let you know out any extra passengers, that they are not required to carry that the LOG reaches me regu­ any extra men in the stewards larly and that it certainly is in­ department, but should divide teresting. Every copy is passed wages of the extra men coming along to some one else. Not sea­ back. This is a good angle from men. the companies part. It saves I believe that by passing the weekend overtime and etc., but copies along we are able to help it will not work out so well for with the education of people in the seamen, as they will be other lines of industry. They can undermvnned on the return read and see just what can be done to promote better conditions voyage.;^ We h|ve got Waterman and and harmony between employer South Atlantic companies to go and employes. An outside slat down the line and put on a full always helps. compliment before- leaving the I believe that right now the SIU is making some of the most states. All the companies will bear progressive steps that have ever watching in their manning scales been made in organized labor. It now as they would like to re­ seems to me that there is more duce them to a peace time quota. ground work being laid for fu­ We have had 27 ships paying ture solidity. The policy of the off in this port for the past week whole outfit is 100% American and progressive. I am awfully with no major beefs. sorry that I have had to be away The Albion Victory of the Bull from it all for these four years. Line had a junior engineer beef on her. It has been straightened Tell Paul GOnsorchick that he out and setting a precedeftt on a looked mighty natural in the few of the things the junior en- March 9th issue. Can he still y gineers have been doing with­ squawk as loud as ever? Fraternally out payntent of overtime, such GPL. C. B. WILSON. as painting, etc. A6056 (Retired) • All the crews of the ships that Maintenance And Onre Rights There has recently been a regular epidernic of petty shipowner chiseling on seamen who become ill or injured ab^rd ship. Racketeering claini agents have been attempt­ ing to badger the men out of the maintenance and cure which is due them under general maritime law. The situa­ tion has become so bad that the^imion has demanded, and re­ "To all General Agentst ceived, a statement of clarifica­ "Wages, maintenance and cure tion from the War Shipping Ad­ are not to be withheld in any case ministration. All seamen should merely because the claimant has read carefully the following gov­ filed suit or is taking steps to that end or has submitted a claim for ernment statement: damages. Whenever wages or maintenance are due to a sea­ man under the General Maritime N. r. MEETINGS IN Law, General Agents are in­ WEBSTER HALL structed to pay, promptly, cjirNew York Branch meetings rently, and in full. "No settlements shall be made are held every other Wednes­ or attempted, in the payment of day evening, 7 P.M. at Web­ such wages and maintenance, for ster Hall, 119 East 11th Street, an amount that is clearly less between 3rd £ind 4th Avenues. than that to which the claimant To get there take the 3rd Ave., is entitled under the general mar­ Elevated and get off at 9th St., itime law." or the East Side IRT Subway (sgd.) WILLIAM REDNER, and get off at Astor Place. General Counsel No cards will be stamped "E. A. GLOOMQUIST, after 7:30 P.M. Director of Wartime Insurance." This statement is clear enough. All members should clip it out and show it to any claim agents who attempts to chisel on main' tenance and cure. But more than that, the membership should be on the lookout for a phoney new claims release which has made an appearance on the West Coast. This release is reprinted be­ low. If any shipowner submits one of these to you, refuse to sign it. A good rule to follow is, don't sign anything until you consult your union. Beware Of This Phoney Release DO NOT SIGN THIS UNLESS YOU FULLY UNDERSTAND ITS CONTENTS—THIS IS A FULL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS S(o all to ttil^om Ktuim alkali riimr mr ma^ nmrprtt, tliat I tlic undersigned, for and in consideration of..ft..Xl&.fc...3.Ulft...of ..5IXrY!T!n0..and...l9/1.0Q...($i62*19) . DpLLARS^ ; ; ; ! the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have remised, released and forever discharged and by these pres­ ents do for myself, my heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, remise, release and forever discharge AlM.kiP'...P.a.C.k©r.3...As.aoaiatlon and United States of America, acting by and through the Administrator, War Shipping Administration, and its General- Agents and Agents under Service Agreements, Berth Agents and Sub-Agents acting on theh behalf, and Owners and in particular the vessel S«S. . " JOIQl. P,... SBAFBOTH?*.# its engines, boilers, tackle apparel and furniture, its owners, operators, charterers, lessees, managers, officers, and crew, and each of them and all persons, firms and corporations having any interest in or to said ' ~ vessel, of and from any and all claims and demands of any and every kind, name, nature, or des.ription, and from ANY AND ALL DAMAGES, injuries, actions or causes of action," either at law, in equity, or in admiralty, which I now have or in the future may have against it or them or any of them, including any end . all claims or demands for wages, maintenance, cure, compensation, reimbursement, transportabon, suste­ nance, or expense under any law or duty imposed by any law of the United States of America, or any State thereof, or for any other account, whether or not the same be now existent or known to me or whether it later develops or becomes existent or known to me in the future, by reason of or arising out of personal illneaaes suffered by me dioring a voyage commencing 7-12-44 |^d 8®18«44 the employ of said vessel and/or its owners and/or its agents at when the undersigned., S6.B, suffered, from „tub,Qrc,ulosi3,„and„,o,tlier.,.Siar.lQus..,llInesse9^ fr,om...wlaich...I.,auff.erad .during.•.tlie..-.v«yage -aod...f poro"*bich..I..Jbad..,thereifcofore av^fered. It is further understood and agreed that this settlement is the compromise of a doubtful and disputed claim and that the payment herein provided for is not to be construed as an admission of liability, which is expressly denied. The undersigned does hereby affirm and acknowledge that he has read the foregoing release or had it fully explained to him and fully understands and appreciates the foregoing words, terms, and their effect, and that this is a full, final compromise, release and settlement of all claims, demands, actions or causes of actions knoWn or unknown, su.spected and unsuspected, and, as a further consideration and inducement for thi.s eompr.-.niisc settlement the provisions of Section 1542of the Civil Code of the State of California, wjjkh reads as follows: « "A tfcncral release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his * favor at the time of executing of the release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settle­ ment with the debtor;" • arc hereby expressly waived by the undersigned, who does hereby expressly agree that this release shall extend and apply to all unknown, unsuspected and unanticipated injuries and damages, as well as those which are now disclosed, and the undersigned hereby affirms that he has affixed his signature hereto voluntarily and of his own free will and accord. This release contain.^ the entire agreement between the parties hereto and the terms of this release are contractual and not merely a recital. Witnessed by: m.i. ItKLbASt OF .VLL Cb.Vf.MS Do you understand that signing tjns paper,3ettles and ends EVERY claim for DAMAGES,-as well as for compensation, maintenance, cure and wages? Answer * » •* ' iCIiiimnl m»y wriu* Dated M-i« ICAIIF.,. I0.44..;.M .£ • vJthff Mf "no". lo hfi un«i*reltnJing> FILL HELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS �Page Eight THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, April 13, 1945 BiJIJjEVIN P* Unclaimed Wages—Seas Shipping Company GEORGE VON L. MEYER VOYAGE 1 John S. Granroos 1.00 GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE VOYAGE 2 WilUam P. O'Shea 2.84 Howard H. HoUand 1.42 GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE VOYAGE 3 Thomas E. Leonard 12.02 Frank Verrier 6.00 William Borden 12.64 Oscar Hassinen 12.64 David C. Bangs 12.64 Bob H. Estes 12.64 Norman R. Philipp 12.64 George E. Sauer 12.64 Alphonse Maples 12.64 , Frank Verrier 12.64 Everett D. Sherman 12.64 N. J. Murdoch 12.64 Francis J. Cook 9.22 John R. Lawver 12.64 J. L. Hart 12.64 Donald B. Hudgins 12.64 James M. Adams .......: 12.64 Fred N. Hanshew 12.64 William Rogers 12.64 Deward P. Broden 12.64 Charles E. Kohrs 12.64 Thos. E. Leonard 8.42 Robert W. Caylor 2.11 Joseph Lee 9.74 Joseph La France 9.74 Nicola De Rosa 2.90 Julian B. Carpenter 2.90 Adalbert E. Chmidewski .. 9.22 Terrance Shea 12.11 GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE VOYAGE 4 George "W. Gill 4.76 Wniiam Borden 4.76 O.scar Hassinen 4.76 ' Walter Bierman 4.43 David C. Bangs 4.85 Bob H. Estes 4.92 Edward W. Stanczak 4.29 Norman R. Philipp 4.33 George E. Sauer 3.52 William L. Powell ..; 6.45 Alphonse Maples 7.14 Frank Verrier 6.82 Everett D. Sherman 5.34 N. J. Murdoch 4.68 Francis J. Cook : 4.69 John R. Lawver 4.82 Willie R. Farris 4.74 Harold Gates 15 Notice For All In-Patients If you are in a marine hos­ pital in the New York area and want to be sure that the SIU hospital delegate visits you, simply drop him a penny post card and write your name, ward number and hospital on it. You will then be visited weekly, receive the Seafarers Log regularly, and get the $2 hospital benefits due under the provisions of the Constitution. If you don't let the union know that you are laid up, the delegate can't be blamed for failing to visit you. • John Canning „... Pedro Maren John Boulay Albert Barteo Arthur Spencer Joseph Lee James M. Adams Edward P. Broden Joseph La France George L, Hough Adalbert Chmidewski .70 .50 1.89 .73 1.00 1.21 8.80 2.34 8.99 7.28 4.35 JOHN GRIER HIBBEN VOYAGE 3 Harry Wonlotowitz — 5.56 Harold Wilt 1.59 Adolph Iversen — 1.89 Clifton Albertson 7.09 James Taylor 5.84 John Darcy 4.30 Arkad Rauk 24 Israel Brodsky 5.05 Joseph Masser 4.86 Henry Gillet 1.40 Sidney Winters 61.92 GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE VOYAGE 5 JOHN GRIER HIBBEN Lome M. Kenny 16.22 VOYAGE 4 Willis Wright 181.39 31.67 Raymond Blais 1.42 Charles R. Harvey JOHN P. MITCHEL HENRY SCHOOLCRAFT VOYAGE 2 VOYAGE 3 71 Lawrence M. Walsh 8.10 Ira A. Ashe Lemil D. Arnett 27.38 IRA NELSON MORRIS Romeo Palisano 59.64 VOYAGE 1 Louis Diamantopolus 38.40 Joseph Prambi 5.26 Finley L. Goldinger 7.90 Charles A. Froberg 5.92 JAMES GUNN William H. Ambrose 4.34 VOYAGE 1 5.92 James Stevens 14.99 Herbert P. Bailey Donald E. Griggs 6.32 JAMES GUNN JOHN P. MITCHELL VOYAGE 2 VOYAGE 3 Domingo Vanquez 43 Francisco G. Vega 59.40 Robert L. Saunders 15.01 A. Haddud 2.95 John F. McGuigan 1... 13.82 JOHN P. MITCHELL JAMES GUNN VOYAGE 4 VOYAGE 3 Joseph Moser 27.90 Gustav Aim 98.75 Ralph Glascase 2.71 John Campbell 98.75 JOHN P. MITCHELL Basillio Veras 98.75 VOYAGE 5 David Bogie 98.75 Francis Monteleone 3.21 Angel Deibe 98.75 A. Asol 8.88 John Inman 98.75 JOHN ROSS—VOYAGE 1 James Van Selakos 98.75 George Zimmerman 9.12 Edward Ford .... 98.75 David Allen 434.18 98.75 Benjamin Axelrod Robert EspeU 8.53 Alexander Mendicini 98.75 C. M. Gallen 2.92 John Lynch 98.75 J. Briner 25.89 Littlefield 45.24 JAMES GUNN Deshaue 21.53 VOYAGE 5A L. Perkins 7.37 Emilio Martinez 11.98 JAMES GUNN VOYAGE 6 George Tliormer Luis Botelho L. C. Rodrequez 9.81 7.11 7.11 JAMES HARLAN VOYAGE 1 Jack O'Keefe William Nutter Lawrence B. Entonelli Harvey V. Wilson Millard R. Davis 5.50 5.50 16.47 22.75 95.37 JAMES HARLAN VOYAGE 4 Yei Yunk Tek 2.64 JOHN BANVARD VOYAGE 4 Mike Lasoya William Baker Dennis C. Waters Arthur Vipperman 3.23 2.50 .67 28.90 JOHN.BANVARD VOYAGE 5 Clarence C. Gass James Sutton Howard Hockman Walter M. Cody T. F. Hendrick L. H. Beauchamp Emell Greenlee 5.93 5.00 5.25 5.26 6.44 1.68 .37 Money Due SS R. J. EDMONDSON JOHN WITHERSPOON S. Roguen $17.00; EshbacK VOYAGE 1 $10.00; A. Jochet $15.00; Pufnack R. Bacon 22.33 $7.00. Collect at SIU Hall, 5th KNUTE NELSON—VOYAGE 4 Floor. Fred Bura 8.00 t t 4 Robert W. Shearer 8.00 SS JOHN C. CALHOUN Herbert O. Pomeroy 8.00 Repatriated Seamen's Wages Maurice J. Valentine 8.00 J. Kennedy $193.66; J. Quimby LOUIS JOLIET—VOYAGE 1 $160.30; J. Eddleman $172.86; R. A. Knight 65.28 Morris 172.86; C. Montgomery T. L. Scott 65.28 $180.63; H. Moore $180.63; S. GusH. D. Potts 65.28 ley $180.63; C. Logan $188.43; L G. D. Dawson 65.28 R. Deakle $186.43; J. V. WilloughJ. Lewis 65.28 by $184.63. F. A. Kile 41.90 Wages and Transportation J. Eddleman $578.53; H. Moore LOUIS JOLIET—VOYAGE 2 R. Moriglia 5.32 $92.50; C. A. Logan $728.70; E. J. P. Mikalalunt 2.56 Graham $212.60; C. Shively $430.12; J. Pappas $314.30; J. LOUIS JOLIET—VOYAGE 3 Royal $323.74;. J. Miller $350.58. C. Henry 1.42 Collect at Calmar, 44 Whitehall C. Henry 1.98 St., N. Y. Hubert Bui'tain 29.10 ^ ^ H. J.' Fitzgerald 1.98 SS J. HEWES E. Kznenewski 8.66 Linen money for the crew for John Kanston 10.64 four weeks. Collect at the Bull Line company office. LOUIS JOLIET—VOYAGE 6 Lincoln C. Hayle 4.58 4, 4. S, f SS ANDREW. PICKENS MARY BICKERDYKE T. Kloss 7 hours; J. W. O'Berry VOYAGE 1 35 hours; T. Tishnor 32 hours; Billy M. Delfs, Jr 6.38 , O. Weidum 17;78 S. Hardy ,35 hours, -v^ . Collect South Atlantic SS Co. (Submitted by Charleston NICHOLAS BIDDLE Branch) VOYAGE 1 Rowland W. Flint 2.92 4 4. i I ' SS WM. JOHNSON Jesse W. Edwards 26.86 Walter J. Sherrell 4.38 The following can collect their, Anne Hansen 4.38 money at the Bull Line Office: Stanley J. Kasmirski 18.78 W. Collins, $2.90; P. Balcicy, Wiley E. Parrotte 3.38 $37.10; W. Wanelik, $1.10; E. Alto, Howard D. Schayler 2.12 $3.45; L. Haiman, 1.10; Baktiste, John P. Edwards 2.64 $1.65; R. Johnson, $21.00; R. Noonan, 21.00; R. Vickerman, $21.00; NICHOLAS BIDDLE Anderson, $21.00; R. Sobstad, VOYAGE 2 H. Bavblitz 17.69 $21.00. NICHOLAS BIDDLE VOYAGE 4 JOHN ROSS—VOYAGE 2 Frans F. Karlson 8.85 E. C. Hubbel 6.45 Joseph F, Pineau 61.52 LYLE KRAUSE Albert M. Jeffers 18.50 From SS John T. Holt, Proba­ JOSEPH S. EMERY Elmer J. Shipp 18.50 tionary Book No. 44786, your gea^ VOYAGE 1 18.50 and papers are in the 4th flooij Z. Kassar 2.60 Michele Carlucci T. Latella 11.45 baggage room, New York office. JOSEPH S. EMERY Rowland A. Biggs : 8.53 4 4 4 VOYAGE 2 Tom Mack 8.53 FRANK PIMPLIN E. J. Shipp 5.69 Albert H. Stimec 135.44 3rd Cook, SS Cranston Victory? Your gear is in the Philadelphia JOSEPH S. EMERY NICHOLAS BIDDLE branch SIU Hall. VOYAGE 3 VOYAGE 5 4 4'4 i ' Guy Battles 56.17 John Hatgimisios 7.36 T. J. LUMONA JOSEPH S. EMERY NOAH BROWN—VOYAGE 1 Pick up your Pacific District VOYAGE 5 Joseph H. Turnipseed 10.48 duplicate book at N. Y. head-* Walter P. Fawle 12.94 quarters, 51 Beaver Street. ' NOAH BROWN—VOYAGE 2 KNUTE NELSON—VOYAGE 2 4 4 4 fi * 8.91 William A. Richards 4.84 John Wilson JOHN D. McLEMORE 40.24 Ronald A. Ambers 3.99 George Emmons Contact your brother Arthur B. ^ 15.50 Raymond O. Richards 4.12 George Wright McLemore, Lt. Air Force, atj Stanislac Karpavicus 1.42 once. Grover C. Lewis 6.32 , John W. Fegan 4.12 NOAH BROWN—VOYAGE 4 4 4 4 is; Frederick Pomykacz 10.17 Charles H. Fo,ster ROBERT C. WILSON 1 63.12 Lawrence B. Mangan 5.04 Contact attorney Silas B. Axi ORIENTAL—VOYAGE 1 John A. Bloom 4.71 tell, 15 Moore Street, N. Y., conpi E. Townley 95.74 cerning action against "SS Viii» Ferdinand Hartung 5.27 5.69 ginia Dare. William J. Studt - 4.17 Ch. H. Harley , j 5.69 Keith E. Mino ' 3.99 H. L. Dodd 4 4 4 5.69 Donald H. Sprinker ............ 4.44 E. D. Townley CHARLIE COLLETTI ! Alexander Kauk ...... 4.78 Z 336439, your papers are held Keep In Touch With by the baggageman, 51 Beaveij Virgil L. 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Title A name given to the resource April 13, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VII, No. 15 Description An account of the resource WSA PROPOSAL THREATENS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, SAYS PRESIDENT LUNDEBERG NEW CONTRACT IS WON BY MINERS BRANCHES PASS STRIKE ASSESSMENT FOR THE UNION'S POST WAR SECURITY THE WSA BEARING GIFTS BUILD THE STRIKE FUND SEEK NEW STUDY OF MAN POWER BILL GI BILL OF RIGHTS DUE FOR REVISION SUP SHIP SUNK, ALL HANDS SAVED BROTHER RALPH PIEHET INTERVIEWED BY LOOK TUGBOAT WORK DAY REDUCED NLRB REVERSES ITSELF SEAMEN TO GET FREE ART COURSES FORTUNE MAGAZINE REVEALS SEAMEN'S WAGES A MINOR FACTOR TO SHIPOWNERS NOT MEAN DROP IN JOBS VICTORY IN EUROPE WILL BOB HOPE LAUDS SIU HEROES IN COST BROADCAST LABOR-SPOTLIGHT WSA PROPOSAL THREATENS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, SAYS PRES. LUNDEBERG LIFEBOAT RADIO IS DEVELOPED LAKES SEAMEN ARE DEFERRED SHIPOWNERS ATTEMPT CHISEL ON MAINTENANCE AND CURE RIGHTS BEWARE OF THIS PHONY RELEASE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 04/13/1945 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1945 Periodicals Seafarers Log https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/d0c06e8ceedf706a129980df9e32cd86.PDF 4f5d674cd28eb322fdead2fe2eb4b177 PDF Text Text '< ;•' -f. - s.^ f JJ^ABBRS JOC} OiTIOIAL OBOAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTBICT. 8SAFABEBS' XNTEBNATXaEAL UNION OF NORTH AUERICA Vol. VII. NEW YORK. N.Y„ FRIDAY, APRIL 6. 1945 MINERS VOTE FOR STRIKE SIU-SUP AGENTS' CONFERENCE PREPARES UNION FOR EXPANSION AN HONEST MAN •# Vl. •'.'i Turning a deaf ear lo Ihe phoney palriolic outcrys of the profit swollen mine owners, four hundred thousand soft coal miners across the nation voted overwhelmingly in favor of a strike if the operators continue to stall union demands for decent wages and conditions. Here miners at the Pittsburgh Coal Company's Montour mine wait in line to cast their ballots in an election held under the SmithConnally Act. This vote greatly strengthened UMW President John L. Lewis' hand in the negotiations with the owners. This week he extended the old contracts for another month, while attempting to reach an agreement on the new contract. \i No. 14 SIU membership meetings have been treated with a great variety of excuses from mem­ bers who wanted to miss p meeting and yet have their shipping cards stamped. These excuses have run all the way from "My wife is having a baby tonight." to "I fell asleep in the public library Eind they locked up the building on me." This week, however, a letter arrived from a brother out in the flood areas of the Mississ­ ippi, and the note was a model of honesty. He wrote: "Dear Brothers: I wish to be excused from the meeting of April 11. My wife is not sick, as I am not married. Neither is my mother sick. Nor is the flood hurting me any. To tell the truth I'm broke and do not have enough money to pay my way to New York to attend the meeting. Fraternally yOurs. J.W," One of the most important Agents' Conferences held in the entire history of the SIU, a conference out of which came many vital policy and organizational decisions, closed last week in Chicago after laying a course for the Union in the post war period. Attended by all the Agents from the Atlantic & Gulf District, the«Great Lakes District and the Pa­ strikes and lock-outs. Following are excerpts from cific District, the Conference sat the official minutes of the Con­ for five days, and is now submit­ ting its actions and decisions to ference: the membership for approval in COAST GUARD VS. all ports. DEPT. OF COMMERCE Out of the conference came a unity and spirit of cooperation At the beginning of World War between the various districts 11, an Executive Order of the which • holds promise of great President placed the Bureau of gains for the union during the Steamboat Inspection and Navi­ difficult days which lie ahead. gation under the jurisdiction of Among the important decisions the U. S. Coast Guard, and the reached by the Conference was to U. S. Coast Guard thereafter per­ establish : equal shipping rights formed all the functions of said for all SIU-SUP members on all Bureau such as issuance of sea­ coasts; to reduce the transfer fees men's certificates, examinations from district to district; to de­ for licensed officers, discipline of mand revision of the so-called unlicensed and licensed seamen. "Seamen's Bill of Rights;" and to The Executive Order establish­ establish more efficient inter- ing this procedure was for the district machinery to handle (Continued on Page 4) Crew Of Henry Bacon Thanked By Norwegian SIU Men Beaten For Curfew Violation Crown PrinceForVa lor Nazi prisoners of war,'protected by the Geneva Convention, got better treatment at the hands of the United States Coast Guard in Cherbourg, France, than did four, The heroic crew of the Henry Bacon, many of whom American SIU seamen arrested for a minor curfew violation recently. The four SIU sacrificed their lives that Norwegian women and children men arrested by the Shore Patrol for exceeding the curfew by a half hour were thrown aboard the ship mght live, were thanked this week by I into the brig for five days, beaten when they asked to communicate with their skipper, Crown Prince Olav, commander-in-chief of the Norwe­ deprived of beds, smokes and#^ — gian Forces. Last week the LOG carried eye-witness ac­ washing facilities.' I r' counts of the action of the Bacon* ' In addition to the severe treat­ crew; how, after the ship was tor­ convoy and came into a life and ment, they were fined two for pedoed, they gave their places death fight with the enemy. After 'one, and had their papers lifted in the lifeboats to the Norwegian having downed five enemy planes for 30 days. repatriates. Nine SIU men and the vessel was sunk. The HENRY six officers lost their lives when BACON carried. 19 of the eva­ Frank Brennan, Junior Engin­ cuees ... all 19 were saved. The eer; Dick Ashead, Junior Engin­ the ship sank. eer; Peter Calikis, FiremanThis week Admiral Land, Ad­ master: and all officers but one Watertender, and Blacky Crowwere lost, together with others on ministrator of the War Shipping ell, Ordinary Seaman, were re­ Administration, received the fol­ the vessel. turning to the Madawaska Vic­ "On receipt of this heroic tale lowing letter from Prince Olav: I find it incumbent upon me to tory, Bull Line, on February 25, "I am in receipt of a communi­ express to you. Sir, my apprecia­ when they were picked up by the cation from the Norwegian High tion and admiration of the out­ Shore Patrol at 8:30 P.M., oneCommand in London commend­ standing discipline and self-sac­ half hoiu: after the curfew. They ing highly the spirit, loyalty and rifice displayed by - the officers were stone sober and in no way ability of the officers and crew and crew of the HENRY BACON, disorderly. of the vessel HENRY BACON, of in pact with the finest tradition Taken to the brig, they asked the United States commercial of American sailors." to communicate with their skip­ fleet., per, Captain Brownley. Then"The communication reveals answer was a* beating at the that with the last convoy to leave hands of the SP with clubs. Murmansk were carried to safety "You guys get $5 a day for around 500 Norwegian men, worunning aU over France sight­ •aen and children, all evacuees seeing," said one, S 1/c Boyd, J -.m Western Finnmark (a Nor­ Navy, swinging his club. way province). Most of the eva­ cuees were taken on board Am­ WASHINGTON, April 4—Tlf^ During the five days they were Senate, by a vote of 46-29, re­ in the brig, they were denied erican merchantmen. beds and had to sleep on a cold "During a storm the HENRY jected 'today ' the compromise BACON was separated from the (Continued on Page 3) (Continued on Page )) Slave Labor Bill Dead -i Peter Calikis, one of the four SIU seamen who were beaten and held five days by vicious Navy authorities in Cherbourg, tells his story to George Novick, Assistant Editor of the LOG, in the publi« cation office in New York. Details of his experience are in the accompanying story. �r" J ' '• • •" • "' ' •'"'^' • Page Two r»E SEAi^AkSjRS LOG Friday* April 6* 19*45 V SEAFARERS LOG r"s; From The Assistant Sec'y-Treas. Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG By LOUIS COFFIN ------ President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - - - - - ^ - - Secy-Tfeas* P. O. Box 25» Station t*., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C t, X i Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) .v.... BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16) CHARLESTON (9) SAVANNAH TAMPA JACKSONVILLE MOBILE SAN JUAN, 28 P.R. PUERTO RICO GALVESTON HOUSTON ADDRESS RHONE 51 Beaver St.—HAnover 2-2784 330 Atlantic Ave.—Liberty 4057 14 North Gay St.—Calvert 4539 6 North 6th St.—Lombard 7651 25 Commercial PI.—Norfolk 4-1083 339 Chartres St.—Canal 3336 68 Society St.—Charleston 3-2930 220 East Bay St.—Savannah 3-1728 423 East Piatt St.—Tampa MM-1323 920 Main St.—Jacksonville 5-1231 7 St. Michael St.—Dial 2-1392 45 Ponce de Leon—San Juan 1885 219 20th St.—Galveston 2-8043 6603 Canal Street "OOINO MY WAY?' A Company Union Line As all seamen know, there is a great backlog of un­ organized men who must be brought into the union if the conditions Won after so ttiany years of struggle are to be PUBLICATION OFFICE: safeguarded in the postwar era. 51 BEAVER STREET Nor is this a question of one industry alone. If a sub­ New York, (4) N. Y. HAnover 2-27^4 stantial section of American industry remains in a sub­ normal wage condition,, it Will be a scab nest threatening the existence of every other union in America. So it is that the activities of the unions in the Curran-Bridges-Browder lineup are of particular interest to everyone who believes that unions must remain strong and free. Elsewhere in this issue is a story of the brutal beating The NMU in particular is conducting an unusually of 4 SIU men in Cherbourg by Navy Shore Patrol. The firfky type of organizing drive. The NMU brand of union­ men were guilty of not getting back to their ship before ism was revealed unashamedly last year in a leaflet issued the curfew. For this they were jailed, fined and viciously during an NLRB Pacific Coast election. An election, in­ beaten. From all accounts this was done, not under the cidentally, in which they took a beating from the SIU-SUP. The leaflet, entitled "An Open Letter to the Standard direction of some brass hat, but of non-commissioned mem­ Oil Company of California," was addressed principally to bers of the Shore Patrol. the executives of the. Standard Oil and only incidentally All this indicates a resentment of merchant seamen to the men. It was the lowest sort of scab appeal and trade on the part of drafted Navy men. Nor is this surprising union baiting in the history of any allegedly bona fide when we consider the campaign of slander against the union. It whined that the SIU believed in strikes, while the seamen that has been carried on in the press and on the NMU believed in postwar cooperation of management and labor, and wanted to "eliminate any strife in the mari­ radio. Inflated stories of high wages paid merchant seamen, time industry." of their cushoney jobs and their indifference to the war "Boiled down," said the leaflet, Vit means that support effort, are purposely contrived to drive a wedge between for the NMU means achieving these objectives by co­ the armed forces and the merchant service. It is part of operative methods, using the American w^eapon of political the employer inspired campaign to make the returning action. Support for l;he SUP-SIU means support for war veteran anti-labor, and a willing tool of the union strikes." Support us, it says in effect, use your influence on the busters and scab herders. men to sign with us. We won't strike—ever. The time is not far distant when our armed forces No wonder they lost the election! will be returning home. Two courses 6i action are open to The militant days of the NMU have long since ended. these men. Either they become integrated into the Ameri- Theit appeals are no longer to the men, promising to work ican trade union movement—or fed by these fascist lies for them, to improve their conditions, *to increase their earning power. Instead it is an appeal to the bosses, promis­ they become the nucleus for an American Hitler. ing to be good boys, not to strike, to make no trouble for These "Cherbourg Incidents" are not very impottant the operators. in themselves. They gain meaning only when they aire When a so-called union relies on such tactics it be­ considered in the light of the possible success of the smash- comes nothing more than a Company union, muzzling its :the-unions drive of the big business brasshats. men and putting the finger on the militants in its own organization. It is the duty of the trade unions to counter these The NMU is continuing in its tradition of strike ianti-labor lies going the rounds. Either they counter them, breaking, with whicfi it started its career, and is begging the or they too become a casualty of this war. operators for handouts. But more than that—it is the duty of every individual The SIU-SUP remains the only maritime union that Tunionist to become a committee of one to do a little pro­ continues to fight and organize for the seamen's welfare paganda work himself, to protect himself, his union, and at the point of production. Remember, nobody ever gave thereby his living standard. the seamen anything, voluntarily. $> $> ^ A Disturbing Symptom Since arriving back from the Chicago Conference, ray time has been taken up almost exclusively with quite a Dumber of beefs, which I have on hand from some of the outports. Slowly, but sure­ ly, these beefs are being settled, and while some are good, quite a number are bad, and hard to handle. I was forced to send a couple of beefs to Savannah and New Orleans, due to the fact that the Mississippi and South Atlantie Companies have their home offices in these ports, and all the sheets are there. Some of these companies try the old run around game and I have to camp on their doorsteps in order to make sure that they do not use that old gag about be­ ing but of town or out to lunch. As soon as each beef is settled, I will notify the port involved, and put the amoimts due in the Seafarers Log. I can assure the membership that I will do the best I can with any beefs sent in. The Social Register and "Do Not Ship List," are going to be set up in files for each branch. As soon as they are set up, they will be sent out complete. Mimeo­ graphed forms will be sent to the Pacific and Lakes District as soon as possible. , Like everyone else, I have a lot to learn in the operation of & large organization, and by at­ tending the Agents' Conferences, both here and in Chicago, I ha(i the advantage of getting an ed­ ucation in how a union operates. Both of these meetings were very constructive, and for the best interests of the membership now and in the future. I had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with the officials of the West Coast and the Great Lakes, ahd> found them to be men who un­ derstand the seamen's problems, and who are working everyday towards the betterment of these problems. With the cooperation of the officials of all the Coasts, and the backing of the member­ ship, we are sure-to go forward in the right direction Keep A "Log'' In Your Pocket .V •r. «•A \ �W^'' Fxidor, April 6, 1945 1 HE 5== LaborSpotlight f The New York City Joint Board of the Textile Y/orkers Union has come out vigorously against post-war military con­ scription. The union calls it a "severe threat to the free activ­ ity of labor, because it can be used to break strikes," and re­ calls it was so used in France, when low paid railroad workers were called back into the army for "refresher" courses. 4 4" SI i" 1400 steel workers stopped work at the American Chain and Cable Co., in Reading, Pa., this week because the firm's officials refused to bargain with them. At the present, negotiations are handled by the New York of­ fice, with the usual stalling tac­ tics. The United Steel Workers asked that local management be given the power to make deci­ sions, and do something concrete about the falling off of their in­ comes. Slave Labor BUI Dead LOG UNION SMASHER Buck Taylor, swaggering, pre­ tentious editor of a union hat­ ing sheet, lobbies for the fascist Christian American Association in the Texas legislature. The as­ sociation, strongest in Texas where it is trying to force a ban on the closed shop, conducts a nation-wide drive to destroy unions through state legislation. Brass Hats Hope The National Association of For Militaristic Letter Carriers is calling upon (Continued from Page 1) organized labor to support their labor draft bill, in the face of Post War America drive for a wage increase. They President Roosevelt's fourth ap­ S- s s* Page Three SIU Men Beaten For Curfew Violation Warn Seamen On Cherbourg Beating SIU men should watch their step while in Cherbourg. This port is rapidly becoming infa­ mous for the bxutal action of the enlisted Navy and Coast Guard personnel against mer­ chant seamen. Several beatings of seamen have been reported. At least one man has been shot "trying to escape." Official notice seems to have been taken by the operators. All men on shuttle runs to Cherbourg are refused shore leave. Seems that they are afraid that'the men will try to settle the score with the SP's on their return trips. A seaman who was in Cher­ bourg last November when the Army was in charge, says there was no trouble then. It evi­ dently began when the Navy took over. Watch your step, fellows, don't give these goons a chance. SEAh AHERS (.Continued from vage 1) tirely excessive. The biggest beef stone deck. They weren't per­ was against the 30-day suspen­ mitted to wash or shave. Navy sion period. "•'iVhy p. month's restriction?" •men in the * brig could shower asked the Patrolmen. "Not only every night and were given beds. The four seamen were marched are they taking the men's livlito chow every day, with their hood away from them, but the arms folded, watched very care­ action is a positive hinderance to fully by a guard armed with a the war effort. At a time when there is a scarcity of seamen, and tommygun. the newspapers and radio calling "At the same time," said Califor experienced sea personnel, kis, "Nazi prisoners were walk­ these qualified and experienced ing about casually, permitted to smoke and talk, about two hun­ men are beached. From that view­ dred of them guarded by four or point alone it doesn't make five men with rifles. We were sense." more dangerous than enemy sol­ The SIU Patrolmen made it very clear in their conversations diers." At the Coast Guard trial, the with Captain Brownley that they four men were found guilty of didn't consider the incident the being AWOL for the five days result of official Navy or Coast they were in the brig, fined two Guard policy, but the action of for one, and had their papers irresponsible individuals. "It all goes back to the vicious, lifted for thirty days. However, before the men even false propaganda, all too preval­ went to trial, the Coast Guard ent, that merchant seamen get a notified the skipper to log the better deal as far as pay, food, shore leave are concerned than men. The SIU took the case over as do servicemen. That kind of talk, soon as the men returned and as­ wholly untrue, only causes dis­ signed Patrolmen Johnnie John­ satisfaction and disruption in our son and Freddie Stewart to cover ranks. It is'more prejudice than the case. Johnson and Stewart reason." The beef has been turned over spoke with Captain Browley for forty-five minutes, pointing out to the Special Service Depart­ the injustice of the decision and ment of the SIU, and Joe Volthe tactics used by the Navy per­ pian will fight the men's case to the bitter end. sonnel. "That's the kind of stuff we're fighting against," was the way Stewart put it. The Skipper promised to lift the log, but changed his mind be­ ALFRED M. ROBERTSON fore the Commissioner, saying Call at the 4th floor baggage he wa5 afraid "of getting into room of the New York headquar­ trouble himself with the Coast ters for your folder, containing Guard. Coast Guard passes, and service The Patrolmen pointed out the ribbons. obvious injustices of the case: 4. 4. 4first they considered the period LOUIS SALVATORE of detention, the severe treatment accorded the seamen as wholly Your Union book. No. 7336, unwarranted in consideration of, and notebook are being held for the minor infraction involved; you at the 4th floor baggage room the fines levied were held en-1of the New York headquarters. have not had a wage raise in 20 peal for passage of such legisla­ The desire of the American years. SIU is supporting them. tion. military machine to perpetuate Twenty one Democrats, twenty an all-out military bureaucracy, 4i 4. 4i four Republicans and one Pro­ is one of the major forces After conducting 381 strike gressive voted against the bill behind the drive for peace­ elections as provided for under which would have "frozen" work­ time conscription, Lt. Col. Roscoe the Smith-Connally Act (passed ers to essential war jobs at crit­ S. Conkling asserted last week. to prevent strikes—^remember?); ical labor-supply points. The bill established employment Col. Conkling, a member of the NLRB reports that 71 per also cent of the workers who voted ceilings to prevent hoarding of the Presidential Appeal Board workers, and provided for penal­ until January, 1945. charged in a wanted to strike. The Ai'L took part in 381 polls, ties on both workers and em­ pamphlet published by the Post 263 in favor of a strike. The CK) ployers for violations of orders War World Council that the Army, in order to insure its con­ voted 24 out of 27 elections. In­ and regulations. dependents voted y^ 36 times The bill was a result of a tinuation in power, was demand­ put of 43 tries. However, opjy a compromise worked out by a ing passage of peacetime con­ very small percentage of the joint House-Senate conference, scription now in order to take strike votes actually led to set up after the Senate had re­ advantage of the war fervor. HOTEL BILL OF HEALTH strikes. It seems that the men jected an earlier, more severe In making this essential point, (T-ol. Conkling said: were only vpthig tp mamtam House draft measure. The Senate requested a new "The greater the number of ^at to them is the backbone of • any free unionthe right to conference with the House, and soldiers, the greater the number it probably will be held some of officer personnel the higher strike. , time after the informal Easter soars the rank of the regular "recess" that the lawmakers have officer with its increased pay and importance. With the expansion Management is deliberately fo­ taken. With the defeat of the original of our army to 10,000,000, regular menting labor trouble, R. J. May-Bailey "national service" Captains and Lieutenants have Thomas, President of the United Bill and the present only slightly been promoted to Brig.-Generals, Auto Workers told the Mead milder version, it is thought that Lieut-Gen^als and Generals. Re­ Senate Investigating Committee. the chances of passage of any duce that army to 1,000,000 or "No management could have job-freeze law in this session are less and, with exceptions here been naive enough to doubt that very slim. and there. Generals again be­ the wholesale discharge of union The opposition of almost all of come Colonels and Majors. Their committeemen and workers in the manner chosen could have organized labor against what pay is decreased, their authority had any effect other than the they termed an unwarranted re­ contracted, and their social posi­ promotion of industrial strife," gimentation of American Labor, tions receive a jolting setback." and the apparently imminent He added that "No nation on said Thomas. termination to the European war earth can be or ever has been were the major factors in the de­ more completely militarized as 4i 4i 4i feat of the bill. will be the United States of President Milton Murray of the America. The Kaiser or Hitler Newspaper Quild is in the midst "Brother Joseph Curran," says could. not rival our militaristic of an interesting argument over Murray, "... several times has mindedness if we adopt the pro­ 'the Harry Bridges case. Murray invited me into the alley to de­ posed compulsory military train­ is agin Bridges. He thinks may­ bate our political difference. (I ing of our youth at the close of With the signing of master policies, free insurance benefits be­ be he ought to be a little coy have rejected the invitation for this war." came available to the nearly 25,000 members of the New York Hotel about getting ihto such a quarrel. lack of a 40-60 chance.)" Trades Council (AFL), Life insurance, hospitalisation, sickness and He remembers that Gardner Jack­ 4. 4. accident benefits, costing more than one million dollars a year, will son, a PM reporter, got into an Progressive groups in Missouri Keep In Touch With be paid for by the employers. Above. President Jay Rubin of the "ideological discussion" with an are backing a 40 cent minimum Hotel Trados Council signs for the unien while hotel owners and NMU goon, and was "persuaded" wage law. Present minimums are Your Dra^t Board. insurance representatives look on. by a pair of brass knuckles. as low as 12 cents ah hour. % PERSONALS t • /1. -.fi' �ts: • 4 "Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, April 6, 1945 • • Agents' Conference Prepares For Expansion Hot Air Artists Confuse Issues man in the United States Navy. (Cfmtmtied from Page 1) duration, and a period of six THE IRON HAND months after the termination of Oftentimes a seaman has been the war, when it is- to revert baOk tried and sentenced to revocation Unfortunately, because of the jare now preparing to carry, on to the Department of Commerce, and suspension of his license for war, and the unlimited amount their training program after the which has always had jurisdiction the smallest infraction of disci­ of taxpayers' money appropriated war, notwithstanding the fact of the Bureau of Steamboat In­ pline, and often without the pre­ to them during this war, these that there will be a large over­ sentation or hearing of factual bureaus have been in an excellent flow of seamen after this war is spection and Navigation. evidence, and sometimes through position to build up a ca§e for over. BRASS HAT MANEUVER They have fostered and estab­ At this time, there is a strong the testimony of shipmates who themselves, which consists of move, headed by Rear-Admiral often use the Coast Guard "hear­ long-winded press releases, my­ lished a "uniform" for merchant Waesche'and other high-ranking ing units" to settle personal sterious "statistics and figures" seamen (civilians) which is be­ Coast Guard officials to ask Con­ grievances against a man by fa­ dug out of the air by studious coming so ridiculous in the eyes economists or bureaucrats who of the General Public and regu­ gress to enact legislation placing bricating false stories. the Bureau of Steamboat Inspec­ Further we find that it has head these bureaus, and are re­ lar Armed Forces that the wear­ tion & Navigation permanently been the policy of various Coast luctant to surrender the power ers of these nondescript Maritime under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Guard officers who board the and prestige they have enjoyed Commission uniforms are "Jack­ during the war, and do not care Coast Guard. ships to snoop around a ship and which way they get it, or wheth­ asses of the Hooligan Navy." As American merchant seamen, deliberately build a case, so they er it wiU benefit the country or POST WAR THREAT we are opposed to any such pol­ may handle it. We find them not. They have established shipping asking the seamen if the officers The various functions of the "pools" in every seaport in the icy for the following reasons: 1. The administration of laws are "okay" and asking the of- War Shipping Administration, United States, and in certain for­ and rules governing the merchant ^ ficers if the seamen are "okay." through the Maritime Commis­ eign ports under the auspices of marine has always been a civilian In short trying to use one seaman sions, and the decisions they have the Recruitment & Manning Or­ fimction under the Department | against another, and thus insti- handed down relating to seamen, ganization, a sub-division of the of Commerce, which is perfectly tuting "Gestapo" tactics and have made the seamen view them WSA, directly challenging and in line with the fact that the Am- methods foreign to American with suspicion and hostility. They threatening the Union Hiring erican Merchant Marine has al- standards. have established training schools Halls of the Seamen's Unions, and ways been a civilian enterprise. We find further that the Coast and centers, supposedly to train obviously plan to keep these 2. During the war, the Coast Guard has violated the Federal new seamen during the war, and "pools" in existence after the war. Guard has established "hearing laws time and again, by putting units" or "courts" to try merchant' seamen in "double jeopardy." For seamen for infractions of discip-' instance, a seaman might already line, and in these "coin-ts" the [have been punished according to seamen are tried by Coast Guard i the Federal Statutes, when he officials, mostly lawyers in uni­ reaches a U. S. Port—but then he They - have established a "La­ I to act as "finks," and could util­ form, who have no sea experi­ is again dragged before a Coast bor Relations" set-up, attempting ize the_ offices of the Shipping ence and do not know the prac- Guard "hearing unit" and sen- to horn in on the legitimate col­ Commissioners as a hiring hall, tinql end of the merchant mar- tenced further, which usually lective bargaining rights, and according to 'Federal Statues ine. In short, a seaman is not takes the form of suspending his have established so-called "U. S. dealing with Shipping Commis­ given a chance of being tried by seamen's papers, or taking them Maritime Service" ratings, along sioners under the Act of 1872. Navy lines, with handles such as This was tried by Admiral his equals, a. right given a sea- away entirely. "Commanders, Lieutenants, Bosn's Land before, when in 1939 he is­ Mates, Seamen 1st class, 2nd sued an "order" to ship all sea-class," etc;, with certain induce­ men to the vessels ojjerated by ments offered to any "uniform the Maritime Commission out of This system, which we as sea- pathies for a civilian, and would and title" crazy characters who U. S. Shipping Commissioners men, know only has its equal in judge a man by Coast Guard have drifted into the merchant Offices, and this became the a "totalitarian" country, and is standards, which is military in marine, and thus trying to estab­ practice on the Atlantic and Gulf lish what is definitely a semi- Coasts on vessels operated by the strictly un-American, is creating its conceptions and rules, military scheme, which can easily Commission, but when Land at­ suspicion and disruption on board ^ 5, "We realize the Coast Guard be used as a strike-breaking tempted to enforce this rule in vessels, and develops stool-pig- has its PROPER functions, such agency during a seamen's strike. the port of Seattle, Washington, eons and snivelers among the gg Coast Patrol, Ice Patrol, Life.We can picture easily what will where the vessels COLDBROOK, weaker characters now going to saving Service, Lighthouse Serhappen should the functions of COLLINGSWORTH arrived from sea in the American Merchant vice, and we have no quarrel with the Bureau of Navigation be Marine. that part of their service, and transferred into their hands. They the East Coast ports with NMU 3. We find further that the we say they are doing a first-class will have the power to give and crews, they were stopped, and U. S. Coast Guard has establish- job in these functions. But we take seamen's papers; and obvi­ this ceased to be a practice. The ed a so-called "screening period" j are definitely opposed to any ex- ously without their phoney train­ Sarlors' Union of the Pacific fof entrance in the merchant mar- tension of their jurisdiction to ing set-up, no man would ever forced this issue, throwing a ine. This was established osten- embrace the U. S. Bureau of Na- be able to enter the merchant picketline around the vessels, taking the crews off, and tieing sibly for the purpose of elimin- vigation, which is distinctly a marine. up these ship until Land was ating any possible sabotage, but civilian function under our form forced to abolish his idea of using PHONEY "EMERGENCIES" we find that this "directive" is- of Government, and should be so sued by the Commandant of the reverted back to the Department We know the clause in the the U. S. Shipping Commission­ Coast Guard in 1944, is full of of Commerce after the War, Merchant Marine Act of 1936, er's offices as "fink halls." The dealing with the Bureau of Navi­ SUP removed this threat by win­ loopholes, and may v/ell act as a where it belongs. Not only do we face this drive gation, which authorizes the head ning this beef, but we can read­ discriminatory weapon against a of the U. S. Coast Guard higher- of that department to suspend all ily see that the activities of this man. We further find that should a ups, to take over the functions rules dealing with manning and proposed set-up is just as unde­ man be denied his seamen's pa­ of the Bureau of Navigation af­ certification in any "emergency," sirable to the seamen as is the pers by the Coast . Guard he has ter the war, but right within the can be used as a strike-breaking set-up under the U. S. Coast thereafter no avenue of appeal. U. S. Maritime Commission a weapon, and under the proposed Guard, and consequently we must He is not told why he was denied similar plan is taking shape, to "Maritime Service" set-up, they fight just as hard to keep .the his papers. In short, a strictly take over the various functions could also declare an emergency jurisdiction of the Bureau of Na­ "Nazi-Fascist" Toftalitarian set­ of the Bureau of Navigation, such during a strike and force these vigation out of the hands of the up. as the Steamboat Inspection and so-called "Lieutenants" "bos'ns Maritime Commission, as we do 4. Should the U. S. Coast also certificating and licensing of mates," etc.—seamen 1st and? 2nd to keep it out of the hands of the Guard retained this function af­ merchant seamen. In short, class, firemen 1st and 2nd class. U. S. Coast Guard. ter the war, we can see that no snatch the jurisdiction from the civUiara will ever be allowed to Department of Commerce, and get seamen's papers, as it will be thus, two "government bureaus,'' only natural that they will favor fighting for control over some­ a Coast Guard man against ' a thing which doesn't belong to civilian, and further if a seaman them, which is typical of any bu- The Department of Commerce tered by, for the most part, .prac­ wants to go for his officers' pa- reaucracy, who eliminate ques- is the proper Department to tical steamboat men, either expers, and sit for an examination tions of practical administration, handle the jurisdiction of the Bu­ mates or skippers, or engineers. he will probably have to sit be-' and even of principle in their reau of Navigation, and the U. S. They understand the problems of fore a Coast Guard "academy", greed to perpetuate their hu­ Shipping Commissioners. It is the merchant seamen much betman, who would have no sym-, reaus and themselves in office. strictly a civilian set-up, adminis­ (Continued on Page 5) Phoney "Labor Relations" Set-Up Coast Guard Follows Nazi Method Let The Depti Of Commerce Do It •> f Labor's ^Friends' Rally To Support of Bridges SAN FRANCISCO, April 2— Harry Bridges' promise to in­ dustry not to strike, even after the end of the. war, has won him support from the "very best people" in his light against deportation. The Harry Bridges Victory Committee has released, from time to time, the latest addi­ tions to those who have peti­ tioned the government to halt deportation proceedings. Of late, especially since Bridges' infamous pledge, there have been some strange addi­ tions to the usual list of Com­ munist - fronters and the dogooders. who will sign any­ thing. The last release from the HBVC includes these wellknown "friends of labor." Judge Sylvain J. Lazarus of the Superior Court of Califor­ nia. Stanford Clinton, prominent attorney representing business interests. William J. Mulpeters. Presi­ dent of the Gray Line in San Francisco. .A. C. Jewell, Undersheriif of Los Angeles County. The Women's Democratic Di­ vision of the 69th Ass^bly in Los Angeles. Republican Leader Bartley C. Crum. William M. Malone. chairman, of the Democratic State Cen^ tral Committee of California. King^ ~C^ u n't:^' Democratic Club of Seattle. Has anybody seen a "class struggle" lately? T V4 SIU Man Awarded The Purple Heart Brother Frank J. Dirksmeyef, 28 Regan Way, East Boston, was awarded the Purple Heart last week for wounds received in en­ emy action. He was on the, MV' \ Blenheim in Antwerp last month * when a Nazi V-bomb came over and hit the dock alongside. The Chief Engineer was also wound­ ed and received a Purple Heart. Brother Dirksmeyer is how re­ cuperating, and will ship out again after a short rest. Praises Door Man For Good Job Done I would like to take time out to compliment the setup in New York regarding the doorman. Re­ .-44 cently, on starting into the build­ ing I found I had forgotten my union book. The doorman would not let me in until after I had been properly identified. This is as it should be. A union hall for union men. This is what we have. This way we can be damn sure that our hall is not raided or infiltrated by any South Street bums or" Commies as well. • -»r T. J. coMiNSKi, Gserg �.J. *1* r THE Friday, April 8. 1945 SEAFARERS LOG Page Five Agents' ConferencelTOGETHER—FOR VICTORY % • ' (Continued from Page 4) *ter because their original calling was with the merchant service. As seamen (Civilians) we are ^ better off under the jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce, and we hereby recommend that ^"we go on record as follows: 1. To oppose any and all attemps of the Coast Guard to take over the functions of the Bureau of Navigation, permanently. 2. That we oppose any attempt of the Maritime Commission, or the War Shipping Administration to take over the functions of the Bureau of Navigation. 3. That we go on record strong­ ly appealing to Secretary of Com­ merce Wallace to use his office to fight to regain the jurisdiction of the Bureau within the Depart­ ment of Comhfierce where it rightly belongs, historically and practically. 4. That we go on record to ac­ quaint the various Congressmen and Senators with our views on this subject, and 5. That if and when this sub­ ject comes before Congress, we solicit the support of the Ameri­ can Federation of Labor in this fight, and that we be represented when hearings are held." 2 Seamen's Bills Before House '' Both bills have substantially 'the same provisions that we feel the Seafarers International Union should fight against, and we found plenty of "bugs" in both bills which should be eliminated, and no doubt there are plenty more changes in order to get a half-way decent BiU of Rights for Merchant Seamen. Your Committee has outlined only the main flaws in both bills, because We feel that in order to be effective in the passage of a decent Bill of Rights to fuUy cov­ er Merchant Seamen, these two bills should be properly analyzed by an attorney, in conjunction with', a representative of the , Union who knows seamen's probY lems and what they want in the MAIN OBJECTIONS 1. Both Bills provide that the Administrator of the Maritime Commission—^WSA, shall be "ad­ ministrator" of the bills. We are opposed to administra­ tion of this Act-to-be under the jurisdiction of the Chairman of the Maritime Commission, WSA, because the WSA is a large em­ ployer of seamen and if the Chairman of the Maritime Com­ mission,, WSA, is to be the ad­ ministrator of this Bill, he is ' placed in a position of being able / to put pressure upon the seamen "i in any way, shape, manner or ' form. We feel that the adminis­ trator of this Bill should be an independent-Government official, in no way connected with the employing agency. We suggest that the'Department of Labor or Department of Commerce be de­ signated as administrator of this Act. TOO MUCH POWER 2. The Administrator's powers, imder these proposed bills, are too broad- He is empowered to In. lay down all'rules and regula'tions, make findings and awards which he may decrease . or in­ crease or discontinue, etc. A sea­ man has no appeal of his case, although the bills set up a Board of Appeals, appointed by the ad­ ministrator. He can over-rule the Appeals' Board's decisions, and his decision is final. 3. We are opposed to the part of the bill where it includes Mari­ time Commission enrollees and other elements who have not ac­ tually sailed during the war. In our opinion, the only benefits or beneficiaries to come under this bill should be bonafide merchant seamen and offshore fishermen who have had the required war­ time sea service' outlined in the bills, and all others should be -ex­ cluded from the benefits under the biU. Seamen who are entitled to benefits under this act should be active seamen and offshore fish­ ermen who can show at least 90 days actual sea service and to in­ clude any seamen and offshore fishermen regardless of the amount of service, who was in­ jured because of war-time activ­ ities during the p e r i od of employment on a vessel or during repatriation or internment, with no strings attached to this, such as is now proposed under the Act. We are opposed to the authori­ zation under the Bill that knocks out of benefits anybody that has misconducted himself through the contraction of a disease. KANGEHOO COURTS 4. We are also opposed to the provisions in the bills to allow the Chairman to knock out of benefits any seamen or fishermen determined by evidence satisfactgry to the Chairman, that a man is guilty of mutiny, treason, sa­ botage, or rendering assistance to an enemy of the United States or of its allies, by refusing him a certificate of War Service. This should be amended, not by the determination of the chairman, but should be determined by a Court of Law conviction. There Is Always Seme Joker Under provisions in the bills such as mentioned above, a sea­ man or fisherman, regardless of the amount of sea service and the man's war record, means nothing / if at any time during the war the Coast Guard-had revoked a man's seamen's papers,:^.for any period of time, he Would be ineligible for the issuance of war service certificate, and would not be en­ titled to benefits under the bill. 5. That regardless., of what Federal Agency gets jurisdiction of administering the Act, we be­ lieve that the U. S. Shipping • .-i, Commissioners, imder the DE­ PARTMENT O F COMMERCE should issue certificates of War Service in all cases only to peo­ ple with proper proof of their sea service. 6. There are provisions in both bills referring to United States Employment Service that could interfere with our Union Hiring Hall rights under the broad pow­ ers of the Administrator of the Act. That should be studied and eliminated. CONCLUSION Therefore, your Committee, be­ ing practical seamen and not lawyers, recommends: 1. That President Harry Lundeberg be instructed to iihmediate- ly engage the proper attorneys to apalyze Bill HR 2346 and Bill HR 2180, and to set forth our objec­ tions to these bills, along with our reconunendations to amend these bills, in order to get proper bill of rights to cover merchant seamen, and the copies of these recommendations be forwarded to every affiliated branch of the Seafarers International Union of North America, in the seaman and fishermen's fieldy 2. We also suggest that Presi­ dent Lundeberg appoint a Union Seamen's official who knows just what the seamen wants in a sea­ men's G.I. BILL OF RIGHTS to work on these two bills with the attorney. JUNGLE SOUVENIR SlU-SUP Reciprocal Shipping Your Committee recommends| (c) No member shall be remov­ the adoption -of the following ed from any ship after completion policy: of a voyage, provided, he has met (a) There shall be joint regis­ his Union obligations, cooperat­ tration and equal shipping rights ing with Union Officials, etc., re­ within the shipping regulations gardless of the Port or District. of the Port and district of regis­ (d) When a man receives tration for members df all SIU transportation, regardless of the District Unions in all ports, with ship, company or District, he the exception of the Port of New must get off that ship, and cannot York, where the established SUP ship back on that ship until such Branch shall continue to register time as he has cleared through and ship all SUP members for the Union Hall in the particular the Port of New York. port of paying off. (b) There shall be a complete The Committee calls to your at­ exchange of "Social Registers tention the fact that the SUP and among the district unions." (Continued on Page 6) Killing a 250 pound man-eating tiger was all in a day's work for Cpl. C. A. McCrary of the Com­ bat Military Police. He ran into the animal while scouting for Japanese in the Myitkyima, Bur­ ma, section. Keep In Touch With Your Draft Board, •>: •- ' v-Tii'i'?.-i'i'r--'rvr-''-'-r '•H ' •'Jildi I �m ::r THE Page Six SEAF AKERS Fxiday, Apnl 6, 1945 LOC Agents' Conference Prepares For Expansion (Continued from Page f) the SIU, Pacific District do not accept for Probationary member­ ship anyone who has sailed on a trip card less than six monllis while the Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ trict will accept for Probationary membership those who have sail­ ed on trip cards for thirty days and the Great Lakes District will accept for Probationary member­ ship those who are sailing on vessels under their jurisdiction and the Committee suggests that these factors be given considera­ tion on shipping men. The Committee also wishes to call to yoiu- attention the fact that the Great Lakes District issues to passenger vessel stewards crew temporary membership for the period that they are sailing. When they leave the jurisdiction of the Great Lakes District they are free to make application and be accepted for membership of other SIU District Unions. New Policy On Book Transfers should occur, that the shipown­ ers, backed by the WSA, will at­ tempt to move in on the. seamen's unions in order to cut wages and conditions, and most of all to break up our hiring halls. To­ day there are shipowners antici­ pating the post-war era in order to move in on our hiring halls. SOLIDARITY Then, more than ever, is it of the most vital importance that the seamen of the SIU of N.A. STAND TOGETHER, and ACT TOGETHER as one body of men on all coasts and Great Lakes. We know there are various other unions in the field with different policies and principles than ours; where will THEY stand if the seamen are locked out? Where will they be if the seamen of the SIU decided to strike for better conditions? Will they use that opportunity to move in our jurisdiction, and in con­ junction with the shipowners, scab on us? We can only guide our actions on the record and the activities of these other unions in the past. The NMU (CIO) is our chief op­ ponent in the maritime field; the past policy of this organization is far from being clean. It has scab­ bed on us before in some of our past fights for conditions. The policy of the NMU is dictated by political commissars affiliated with the Communist Party, and thein policy is determined not for the benefit of the workers in any industry, but for the benefit of the Communist Party and what­ ever its policies may be from time to time. We frequently find the Communist Party-controlled unions on the side of the bosses, acting in a scab-herding capacity for the employer, and for the Communist politicians, whose in­ terest is more and more becom­ ing alike, and it is increasingly difficult to distinguish. one from the other. They want control of the workers! They want them to be slaves economically and poli­ tically. CONTEST WINNER ^ f : >41 Your Committee recommends required to pay a $1 transfer fee, the adoption of the following the current hospital and burial assessments, and the current policy: (a) Any full book member in month's dues. Your Committee further rec­ good standing of any District may ommends that the following transfer to any other District transfer procedure be adopted: Union affiliated with the SIU, 1. Upon being accepted to subject to the provisions and transfer, the transferee's mem­ rules of the respective Districts. bership book in the District from However, no member shall be which he is transferred shall be forced to transfer from one Dis­ picked up and immediately for­ trict to another as long as he re­ mains in good standing in his warded to the headquarters of the District into which he is original District. transferred. (b) A man applying for n 2. A membership book for the We must bear in mind that the pated in all major struggles with transfer must be a full book District into which the member policy of th^ Communist Party the SUP, but during the last member of his original District is transferred shall then be is­ leeches is dependent on the In­ years they have split away from Union. This means that proba- sued, which shall have recorded ternational policy of the Com­ the SUP, and are now going for tioi^ary members are not ehgible in it the membership number of munist Party. The American some of the Commie program = to transfer. his original District, as well as Communists take their orders di­ coming from the NMU (CIO). (c) The applicant for transfer the new number. The new num­ rectly from Moscow, and what Several of their officials are must have paid all current as­ ber shall be entered into the or­ benefits Russia, they will fight strictly communist-party curb­ sessments and current month's iginal bqok. for. Should the Soviet Regime stone politicians. However, there ^ . II dues to his original District. If 3. The original book shall im­ issue a "directive" to. strike in is a strong bond between the men the applicant has paid dues ahead mediately be returned to the Dis­ the United States, the American in the SUP and the MFOWW, ce­ to his original District, these dues trict Headquarters from which Communist Party will do its dirty mented through years of strug­ Miss Florida for 1945 is delighlL.' are not credited to the District to the member has transferred. work without consulting- the gles fought together. We can, we ful Jeni Freeland. She will rep­ which he has made application workers, and vice-v^rsa, should believe, definitely be sure of resent her slate at the annual 4. Upon adoption of this proto transfer, and he must begin cedme, it shall be the policy that there be a "directive^ for- no- backing from the MFOWW mem­ paying monthly dues from the if any member is transferred strike, the Communist Party bership in any just fight we might beauty contest at Atlantic City. Agent D. L. Parker say» they all date of his transfer into the new contrary to this procedure, all members will go to the extent of find ourselves engaged in. District. monies collected from such mem­ scabbing to stop a legitimate These are factors which must grow this way down in Tampa. definitely be tafcmi into consider­ Tampa shipping is on the up­ (d) Upon being accepted for bers shall be remitted to his orig­ strike. tremsfer, the applicant shall be inal district. We can readily see that regard­ ation in determining the policy grade. There are some spots less of the consequences to the in any major struggles in which open for discriminating seamen. First come, first served^ no reser­ American seamen, the Commun- •our organizations might find themselves in. vations. ist-party-controUed CIO mari­ time unions might ^weU aid and abet shipowners in any fight we Your Committee recommends to that particular District. the adoption of the foUowmg 4. All non-members dispatched may have with them. Qp the ppKcy on Trip Cards: aboard vessels under contract to other hand, should it be to the 1. A Trip Card man shall pay our organization for the first time, interests of the Communist We have found through bitter of scabbing on their fellow worl?-^ dues and assessments to the Dis­ must be dispatched through the Party to strike, then they will experience that if we "mix" pol­ ers, if it suits, their particular trict that issued him this lYip Union Hall, with a Trip Card pull through the NMU strike ae- itics in our Union affairs, it will phoney politicai line. Card. No Trip Card man shall be from the organization that dis­ tion anywhere which might well create dissension and disruption, required to surrender his Trip patched them. be a time when the seamen are creating factions, and thus weak­ Our organization is built for the purpose of bettering the Card for a "Trip Card in another 5. Any crew member found not prepared to strike, or do not ening our Union. wages, working conditions of the District until such times as he has aboard ships who does not have a intend to stiike, so we cannot We have had exj^rience with men who follow the sea, and to -been accepted for membership Trip Card, who was shipped in minimize the fact that tffis 'soattempts of the Communist Party date we have kept , our Union ' by an SIU District Union. outports, or who shipped after called union, no doubt will scab through their stooges, trying to 'clean of demogogues and would2. The District Union that has hours, shall be lined up by the on us. take over the seamen's move­ be emancipators of the workers, the man's duplicate Trip Card on Union official that contacts the MARINE COOKS ment, to further their political namely the Communist or • any file shall receive all Revenue due ship. •• ideologies. We have found other political .party which may that respective Union, 6. When Trip Card men be­ Then we have the Marine through our struggle against have had ideas about running our • Cooks & Stewards, also a CIO • Trip Card, men, in good come members of another District them, that this demogogic outfit, Union to suit their political fancy. affiliate composed of the Stew­ standing with their organization, other than the organization which the Communist Party, is only an ards Department men on the Pa­ desiring to become a member of originally issued same, the Dis­ CRUMBS auxilliary of the bosses. 'Their cific Coast. They all take 'their another District Union, may trict joining such Trip Card men We now, as delegates from all do so provided that they are ac­ shall notify the respective head­ policies from the NMU—^strictly policy, in the final analysis, only Seafarers International branches,a commie-line organization. We benefits the employers and their ceptable, and make application quarters of such transaction. east, west and Great Lakes, go on own phoney political ideologies, can expect their officials to ' be record to continue keeping thesje ' which are far from being Ameri­ on the side of the NMU-CIO in political crumbs" out of our can in concept or principle. any fight. Unions, and to unmercifully clean SCABS FIREMEN them out if any attempts are Realizing the possibility of a The industry will be fiooded The MFOWW (Marine Firemen, Through their stooges in their made by them to infiltrate and fight with the shipowners and the with an overfiow of men. Thous­ Oilers, Watertenders & Wipers Unions they are constantly keep­ disrupt our Unions, and we again War Shipping Administration in and of men with WSA training; Association) on the Pacific Coast, ing them in a turmoil, diverting go on record condemning the the post-war era, we now stop thousands of discharged Navy composed of black-gang men, is the energies of the membership Communist Party and their fel­ and analyze what the seamen, af­ and Coast Guard men. "Independent" of any national to internal, instead of external low-travelers, as a tool of the filiated with the Seafarers Inter- We cannot overlook the fact affiliation, and from 1934 on they fighting. We have found that employers, and detrimental to tte nation Union of N. A. are faced that when the war is over, and fought and worked closely with these leeches da not mind advo­ American seamen and the work­ with. if a sudden slump in - shipping the Sailors Union—and partici­ cating and supporting the policy ers as a whole. We Must Know All Our Enemies Trtp Onrit BuNs'& Regulations A Statement On PoUtleat Action A Look At The Other Unions mo:-'cv..: Be. .V.c; .. "'J -.-'Y-'. '. 'O ' - ,, �/ Friday, April 6, 1945 THE SEAFARERS LOG NEW ORLEANS Page Seven these men do come around to us and do want to ship out, and there are a few occasions where we could use rated men, I find that -the WSA will not release those for the simple reason that they are not on the "First Five" list. If they do take the jobs, they lose their stand-by-pay. Quite ri set-up I'd say. Looks like it's the old regimentation sj^tem; knock you in line and pound your head their way. What difference does it make if that man could have been used on a ship that was sailing within several hours or a day later. We could have used him. Speaking of contracts, every bonafide SIU man that registers and ships out, has a contract with himself and the union he represents and the Company with which he sails. It's not a question of belonging to Savan­ nah, Mobile, Boston or any branch elsewhere. The predom­ inating issue is that you and you belong to the SIU of North Am­ erica. It's one solid body and you're a part of all Branches of the SIU of NA in the United States. Each and every member is a "potential organizer." It would be very comforting to our New York Organizer Lykke, if he could get more members to cooperate with him in getting at some of these unorganized tankers while you are in New York. Why not see him in the 2nd floor Organizer's office. Many men are desirous of sailing on tankers, quite a few of our members are sailing them now. Speaking of a bigger and bet­ ter SIU, how would it be if a lot of you members that have bag­ gage in the Baggage Room over 6 months would take out same. The Baggage Room, I must say, is not a cold meat packing house, nor a vegetable storage. Please refrain from bringing such unnecessary produce, to the Baggage Room Clerk for checking. If you insist I'll say that he cannot be respon­ sible for meats. As it is, I myself have difficulty in getting my reg­ ular ration of meats, and I may make personal use of same. Yum Yum. The Baggage Room is well filled up, so boys don't bring your small packages in to be checked until some of the excess baggage had been taken out. Thanks for ypur cooperation and don't forget, grab a hot ship and give that girl you're avoiding the slip, Mama needs the bacon. W. PAUL GONSORCHIK New York Dispatcher WHAT'S DOING Shipping has picked up down this way and looks good for the coming week. We have several ships in transit and very little beefing aboard those scows, out­ side of trying to get enough milk ^or the crews. from the Great Lakes this week. the time of the payoff. , I presume the RMO can stick JACKSONVILLE Both of the men had old num­ The people who should know out th'eir chests again, as we were bers on the Lakes, but for some say that shipping* is going to con­ hort of ABs and Firemen and On my return to Jacksonville reason, neither one of them tinue fast and hot down here for had to call on them for replace­ from the AgeMs' Conference I ments. We found we needed found that business had picked the next few months at least. seemed to realize that they are affiliated with the Atlantic and twelve men to fill jobs. After up a little. We shipped a full Maybe for a longer period. putting them through the third crew for the SS Alex G. Bell. A couple of SUP ships are due Gulf District. degree we found five that were This ship has undergone exten­ here also, but the respective rep­ One of them has a Great Lakes on trip cards previously and one sive repairs for the past three resentatives of their crews are book that is paid up. He went that was registered with us. What months. Monday the 26th we got here to take care of them, al­ down and applied for a trip card these guys try to t)ull would beat word that the SS Dry Tortugas though if they need help they in the Atlantic and Gulf but was straightened out before he ship­ a royal fiush. Anyway we gave was in and would pay off that know where to come for it. Sixty-four men were shipped ped out. them the air and re-ordered six afternoon. We also got an order more saltys and the vessels got for four Oilers. Due to the fact out of Savannah in the last two The other came in to pay up his under way in good shape (we that we had just crewed a ship weeks and the shipping lists are Great Lakes, SIU book and he practically empty. If things keep showed his NMU book. When hope) with a large percentage of I didn't have the men here. booming as we hope and expect, questioned about this he stated book men. I called Tampa, Savannah, and The SS J. H. Meyers , (Alcoa) Charleston but there were no we may have to ask some of our that his Great Lakes book was was paid off here last Friday and men in those ports so then 1 larger branches to supply us with his summertime book and that what a pleasure it' was to' walk called Mobile. Charlie Kimball men. We've been running our- his NMU book was his wintertime aboard and not find one beef and told me that he had plenty of sel'ves bowlegged rounding them book. He stated that he liked dne clean job. Th& crews will al- men there and he could put them up and we don't want to, call on the SIU agreements better but ways be remembered by the Old 4 p he any outside agency to help us that his wiritertime friends ship­ Mgh as good SIU members, and called the airlines office he was man SIU ships. ped out of the NMU hall. When we hope on the return voyage told that four seats were avail­ We're having a meeting to­ told that he couldn't hold a book will be the same. ' able but the men might get night. Most of the boys who are in both organizations, he became We were informed at this writ­ bumped in Atlanta unless they on ships still in port have prom­ indignant, informing the Patrol­ ing that the Pan Orleans (Water­ had a priority. Brother Kimball ised to atterid. I hope we have man that this was a democratic man) which is now in the repair then called the RMO and solicited room for them all. country and thought he should be yards in New Orleans, is going to their aid in getting priorities but ARTHUR THOMPSON. Agent entitled to as many books as he be converted into a Banana Wag­ the RMO turned him down on the liked. The Patrolman's democ­ on and will be ready for her first flimsy excuse that Mobile was in racy was not as liberal as this NEW YORK trip about April 3rd. So it looks a different area from Jackson­ guy's, so he took the Great Lakes aS if our Agent, Brother Michelet, ville. The waterfront Patrolmen in book and told the man to use his now at Agents' Conference, •will Iri the meantime the ship is the port of New York caught a NMU book in the future. *have a headache drawing up a delayed over twenty-four hours breathing spell here last week. The man came back in a few Banana contract with the Water- while we get men from Baltimore We had only had 26 ships paying minutes and wanted to get an »man "SS Co. on his return. It will which is twice as far as Mobile off and no major beefs ori any of SIU trip card, Atlantic and Gulf ^ give Brother Michelet a from Jacksonville. The company them. District. It took another hour to fiance to run in a" few i^ecipes, will no doubt try to saddle the It seems as if the SS Lou Geh­ get him straightened out. on How Arid Whaf td Use the Union with the responsibility for rig is a jinx ship so far as the The final results being we sent Banana For in his STRAIGHT that delay but I say the blame Deck officers are concerned. On him back to the NMU to ship out FROM THE GALLEY column. lies squarely on tHe Inefficiency her last trip in a number of them as he seemed to like a change­ Take notice. Brother J. P. Shuler, experts in the RMO. Rather than were pulled off by the Coast able policy. may be a tip from the wise. J. P. SHULER. Patrolman cut a small piece of red tape and Guard. She is now in again with , One of our repatriated SIU get a ship out on time they leave a number of Coast Guard charges % if if members. Brother Ralph Piehet, the red tape and delay a ship a to be preferred against the Mas­ Shipping's on the "Hot Chart drops in now and then and gives full day. That's one more way ter. .Among them is one that again here in New York and jobs all the stories of his past experi­ not to win the war faster. Ship­ concerns the unlicensed person­ are plentiful for those that want ences. He is now taking it easy, ping for the next few days looks nel. We had three members left to ship out. On most occasions but says he is about ready to go slsck on the other side due to the fact you can practically pick your job back to sea. So best of luck, ROBT. A. MATTHEWS. that the Master posted a notice and destination. To the out-port brother Piehet, we are always Agent cancelling shore leave 15/ min­ members where shipping had glad to have all of the old timers utes after shore leave had stop­ slacked down, and to those, where ,'back. ped. The ship sailed the same day Local Boards are about to wolf SAVANNAH • 'The SS Edmund Weed was paid leaving the men there through no you—why not head for New York last week with only a few minor and see the sights and tackle It looks ris though this port has fault of their own. beefs. All departments paid off finally got its riame on the map some of these jobs and relieve The Albion Victory, Jose Marti, clean. Mostly the crews are re­ again. We had four ships to pay the high pressure? William Johnson, and the Madasponsible for this, and are to be off last week and all beefs were We are rather scarce for all waski Victor all of the Bull Line commended for the way they settled in favor of the crews. paid off this week, with no ma­ ratings, including the Steward paid off, being sober and Union- Things are expected to be good jor beefs. The Irwin S.. Cobb, Department, believe it or not. thoughtful at that time. Had a down here for some time to come, Robin Lockesly and George The good ol' summertime is few trip card men aboard. All t have shipped everything I here, and the New York beauties Westinghouse of the Robin Line have taken out Pro-books and all could get my hand on. I had fine are pai-ading around with wolf­ all had beefs settled aboard. The are happy. Most all signed off, cooperation from the Delegates ish looks in their eyes. A sailor Calmar SS Company only had* and are now headed back to their on the SS Dinian of the Eastern the Firmore, William Pepperell, is a sailor, and contacts are plen­ PHILADELPHIA port of signing on (Philly) to give Line. This was a clean ship to R. H. Lee and the Henry Jocelyn. tiful. orir Bro. Agent Hany Collins an­ board. All beefs on these ships h^e The other day we had an AB Well here we go again, doing other good chance to ship a good -1 hope that all other crews will been settled and overtime is col­ come in for a job, a WSA man. business at the same old place crew. in the future see that their ships lectable. We could have used him, but he as usual. Just returned from a • Have the SS Merrimari and the are left clesri for the next crew Calmar seems to see that it explained to us that he couldn't joint Agents Council in Chicago SS LaCharitlier (Bull line) in port that goes aboard. pays to cooperate with the Union get his release from the WSA and I really believe that it was and with only a few beefs. These PAT RYAN. Agent Proiem in settling the beefs and is giv­ unless he was one of the "first the most constructive conference are concrete ships and most of the 4" 3j> 4« ^ five" on the list. This was be­ that I have ever attended. With ing us a better break now. crew have made one or more We had the SS J. Willard, cause he was on stand-by-pay. the reciprocal shipping rights, no When I came back from the trips, so we expect little trouble. After graduating from this pull offs after thirty days and Goldsboro and the Schoharie of That is about all for this time, coriferettCe in New York and the South Atlantic SS Company. "Mutton Head School" they are many other benefits, I think it Chicago I found things humming hoping next week will find our The beefs were settled aboard pooled in order to graduate and will tend to bring both Coasts to­ Agent, your correspondent, set down here in Savannah. We had the ship except a few minor beefs are placed that way on the list gether. a half dozen ships here sailing or for better news. with stand-by-pay. AU don't get With the new setup on organ­ in .the Stewards department. preparing to sail. Of course, I G. A. MASTERSON, We had the SS Samuel John­ stand-by-pay, but most- of the izational activities, which will be misSed most of the fun since they < Patrolman paid off before I got here, but son of the Eastern SS Company men are there for a long time placed in the hands of Brother Pat Ryan handled that in splen­ in and she was the reverse of the and do get disgusted waiting for Hall, I really believe we should Keep In Touch With did fashion. Lou Gehrig. The Samurf-John­ jobs, especially if they have fa-' go a long ways in organizing milies to support. What I'm try­ some of these unorganized comson had a very clean payoff. There are no beefs pending, Your Draft Board. ing to point out is that when We had a couple of men in since he squared them away at J (Continued on Page 8) Around the Ports I,;-*' "'iy. Ji.'Z �Page Eighl I..i» Around The Ports (Continued from Page 7) panies. • Some of our members came into the hall and stated that their ships had been diverted to the Pacific. Coast, so it looks like we will have more, ships following the same route. So the A & G agents Conference to send A & G officials to the Pacific Coast was timely in itself. We have quite a bunch of new officials who have taken office during the last election. They are aggressive and industrious, and with a little help from the rank and file, this union should go places during the coming year. I see that the Secretary-Treas­ urer did not let any grass grow under his feet as it did not take him long to get the eight page Log rolling, so lets all get to­ gether and send in a little bit of news so we can keep these eight (8) pages filled. Well, there is not much of in­ terest in this city of brotherly love, but in closing we will say, shipping is pretty good, not many men on the beach, here is to_^ a bigger and better union. HARRY COLLINS, Agent CHARLESTON i-if r HE Business has picked up with a full crew shipped to a Waterman Ship. Looks slow for the next week. Quite a few old-timers are here on the beach, they evi­ dently can eat a lot more at home as they are putting on weight—wonder if it is the food or the beer? JAMES L. TUCKER. Agent GALVESTON Shipping and business was very brisk in this area during the past two weeks. Due to the fact that there was very few men on the beach here, I had to call New Orleans for men and we just about cleaned out that port. Had to give the RMO sev­ eral orders for men but I am only calling them as a last resort. The hall in Houston will be open for business Monday, April 2nd at 6605 Canal Street. The members will find that this hall, although smaller than the other place that we Ijad, is a much cleaner and better located hall. After April 10th the Galveston Hall will be located at 305'/z 22nd Street. I have already purchased the furniture for the office and a goodly portion o.' furniture for the hall. The members coming into this port will, I am sure, be well pleased with the start as this new hall is m'uch brighter and cleaner, also centrally locat­ ed. I feel sure that our members will spend a lot Of their time in the hall instead of USS clubs. Just received word that an­ other M-A-V-1 has arrived in this area from the lakes. This vessel will be in drydock for several weeks before they take a crew. According to reliable sources, this area is due to have a lot of shipping shortly. During the time that I was attending the Agents conference about 7 ships were paid off in this area running from rust buckets to T-2 tankers. Had a lot of ADMIRALS from the New Moscow coming in to the Hall looking for trip-cards for these T-2 jobs. We were able tho to crew these ships up with­ out using them. D. STONE. Agenl NORFOLK Shipping in this port has been very good the past two weeks, and the prospects for the com­ ing week look even better. The hall is pretty well cleaned out, and if some of the men in the out ports will come to Norfolk they will hit good shipping. This win stop the flow of trip card men which is necessary when the port is short of book men. It seems that some of our wor­ ries are over on the coastwise coal buckets. They are changing most of the tubs over to the su­ gar and ore runs, to Cuba and South America. So don't hesitate to take these ships. The ship it­ self may be an old scow but the runs are good. All members please take no­ tice that in the future, until we are able to get another hall, the regular meetings will he held at 312 E. Freemaston Street, the Carpenters' union hall. This hall has adequate sitting for all mem­ bers and was rented for the small sum of $7.50 a month. This will be a big help as our regular hall is much too small for our meet­ ings. We are still batting a hundred per cent score with the Coast Guard, and if the men will notify the hall for representation and not try to settle it themselves we wiU try to keep up the good work. Ships that come into the army docks to pay off—^if the men will come to the hall and bring .their disputed overtime we will settle it at the CO office before the pay­ off. We cannot get aboard these ships at the army docks. RAY WHITE, Agent BALTIMORE "Ships That Pass In The Night." Did yoti ever read that story? Well, I did, and from the looks of some of the rust buck­ ets that come in here, they ought to be kept in the dark all the time. They sure as hell are an eyesore, but what makes matters worse is the way some of the crews leave their quarters and messrooms. You don't hurt the shipowner by leaving a dirty ship, you hurt the union men who take your place. Most of the beefs in the Stewards Department come from inexperienced Stewards. This is about the most responsible job dn any ship, and no man should take this job unless he knows ShAt AREK.S Friday. April 6, 1945 LOG SIU UNCLAIMED WAGES SEAS SHIPPING CO.. INC. General Agent, War Shipping Administration 39 Cortlandt Street • New York. N.Y. CLOVIS VICTORY—VOYAGE 1 Bert C. Pond 18.93 Roy Kinkade 7.82 Wayne Harman 7.82 Kenneth Cooper 2.84 Garfield MiUer 2.84 William Winkler .2.84 George V. Stewart 2.84 Richard Stockard 9.95 Louis Acosta 38.39 ELDENA—VOYAGE 4 C. P. Day 7.52 J. McCallum 7.52 G. J. Thompson 7.52 R. J. Storck 7.52 F. Fromm 7.52 EL SALVADOR VICTORY VOYAGE 1 George L. Harpham 4.04 FRANCIS L. LEE—VOYAGE 2 William McDonald 11.00 FRANCIS L. LEE—VOYAGE 3 John M. Creagh 3.21 Nile G. Dunbar 5.95 Charles H. Jones 2.04 Frank Dunovich 23.26 FRANCIS L. LEE VOYAGE 4 Jose Saravia .i $ 11.38 Arthur K. Briscoe 18-71 FRANCIS L. LEE' VOYAGE 5 Sylvester Halligan 8.00 Leslie R. Teague 5.69 John Frankowski 5.69 Robert Z. Little 3.56 Robert M. Morley 8.00 John W. Mertz 8.00 Joseph M. Peturulski 10.84 James H. Rogers 8.00 Jesse M. Barrahle Charles A. Raymond William A. Oswinkle Richard D. Hessler Charles E. Glover Walter C. Thomas James F. Clark George S. Lucas ; !.. Stanridge B. Selina .—, Jesse Kirby William McManus Henry M. Wilson Austin D. Sloan Albert C. Belt 4.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 5.00 FRANCIS L. LEE VOYAGE 6 Homer R. Nelson James E. Warner Adolph Pizzo Andrew P. Upchurch Edward J. Jakubowski JOHN GRIER HIBBEN 2.00 VOYAGE 1 2.00 N. J. Smith 6.27 2.00 Henry J. Fou , 7.20 2.00 24.87 2.00 Leopold Lang FRANCIS MARION VOYAGE 1 H. Davis".. : 119.81 F. M. Roberts 14.17 N. Borneau 1.48 R. Green 376.63 W. Den Dulk .,... 10.26 R. Hughes 2.34 GEORGE H. DERN VOYAGE 2 Henry Kovalski 165.07, GEORGE H. DERN VOYAGE 4 Stephen GiU ; • 51.84'^ Carroll P. Wilson '4.27 GEORGE H. DERN VOYAGE 5 John H. Wymond 25,07. GEORGE H. DERN VOYAGE 6 Willis V. Whitehurst 19.20 Andrew L. Dickerson 2.1^ Die Jensen 4.00 Floyd Curtis ' 4.00 Arthur W. Bolton 4.00 Patrick W. O'Flynn 4.00 William E. Kennedy .... 4.00 Jose Silva 4.00 Jesse L. Waters ....... 4.00 Cosmo J. Lecesse 4.00 Money Due FRANCIS MARION VOYAGE 2 JSS JOSEPH NICOLLET Walter E. Girard 98.75 All crew members who paid Vincent B. Pocoraba 46.41 off in Charleston, March 26, 1945 Harold Broker 5.59 can collect transportation at FRANCIS MARION Waterman SS Co., 19 Rector St., VOYAGE 3 N. Y, C. by Charleston L. Pelleteer 7.05 .(Submitted Branch). FRANCIS MARION i. 4. i " VOYAGE 4 SS CAPE CORWIN R. Weis 4.98 Steve Colecchi, 2 hrs; L. MarR. Beisuk 2.49 turano, 3 hrs; J. Weibley, 1 hr; E. Backen 2.84 Madsen, 6 hrs. CgllecJ^ at BulT ' E. Branch 3.22 Line Office, New York.*" ^ Lawrence Bradshaw 3.55 4 4 4. SS KEPPEL FRANCIS, MARION Crew members who have not VOYAGE 5 received their transportation Walter Kamp 114.47 money may collect same at Simp-* son Spence, Young, 10 Bridge * FRANCIS MARION Street, New York, N. Y. VOYAGE 6 4 4 4 Hugh MacArthur 1.49 SS VONODDA VICTORY Marion Courtney 1.49 Subsistance for meals for Arnold Hayman 1.49 Jeinuary Ernesto Torres, 1.49 E. Podgurski, L. Eddinger, S. Gilbert Rios 1.49 Milan, W. Parrish, A. Hoxie, E. Aubrey Simpson 1.49 Hofmann, W. W^agner, M. Stone- v Robert Bond 1.49 wall, W. Tochinsky, J. BochnoFrancis McGuire 1.49 wicz, N. Barksdale, 21 meals each. William Smith 1.49 George Marini ;.. 1.49 J. Jefifery, 18 meals; R. Fithen, Don Hilton 7.48 12 meals. Collect at Robin Line Office, New York City. FRANCIS MARION 4 4 4 VOYAGE 7 SS WM. WILSON Fulton; AB, 26 hrs; E. Rebas, Root 14.57 32 hrs; J. H. Swinford, 25 hrs. FRANCIC N. BLANCHET Collect at Eastern SS Company VOYAGE I office. New York City. Thomas Aracena 22.91 SS JOS^AH PARKER FRANCIC N. BLANCHET Lodging money for the follow­ VOYAGE 2 ing men: Bjarne Johansoii " 1.76 V. Zane, P. Viera, L. Dougherty,^ 5 nights each. B. Notaiboitolo, .b"' FRANCIC N. BLANCHET 6 hours overtime. Collect at Miss­ VOYAGE 3 issippi SS office in Ne# York. Lawrence Shipley 79.63 4 4 ' AUGUSTUS R. KERN and Deanne D. Brummund — 43.09 ROBERT BALIZET Kenneth W. Scott 7.24 Pay vouchers are,waiting for" Jessie J. Lyons 28.99 you for the work done by prison­ ers when they cleaned tanktopa FRANCIC N. BLANCHET in Italy. The vouchers are in the VOYAGE 4 SIU Baltimore hall. Fred R. Pohley f.. 25.52 how to cook and order stores. It is no damn fun to have ulcers of the stomach—too many sea­ men die from this complaint. There are quite a number of men coming to the hall here who are only 3 and 4 years back in their dues. Most of them had good paying jobs ashore and ex­ pect to get reinstated for a few dollars. One question they always ask is why can't they take out a new book and forget about the old one." They get sore as heU when they fihd they can't do this. The prize beef of the week was a guy who came to the hall and asked me to collect his pay and clothes as he was too tired to do so. In fact, he claimed he was a physical wreck and the ship was 12 miles from the hall. WeU, I'll be darned if I didn't fall for his iine and go get his gear. When I got back he was gassed up and in the Agent's chair. I'm glad we,'re never too old to learn. Shipping has picked up in this -port the past week and we have prospects of several new C-type ships due out soon. There are quite a number of men on the beach in this port, and a good many of the ships here are in transit from this port to New York. P. Edwards should get in touch with Patrolman Starling in Balti­ more. The boys and gals here are the same as when you left. We ain't got any new ones yet— GEORGE H. DERN you gotta wait imtil some of the VOYAGE 1 others grow up. 58.67 WILLIAM McKAY, Agent Richard K. Akridge Keep In Touch With ^ Your Draft Board, 1 � 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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Title A name given to the resource April 6, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VII, No. 14 Description An account of the resource SIU-SUP AGENTS' CONFERENCE PREPARES UNION FOR EXPANSION CREW OF HENRY BACON THANKED BY NORWEGIAN CROWN PRINCE FOR VALOR SIU MEN BEATEN FOR CURFEW VIOLATION SLAVE LABOR BILL DEAD A COMPANY UNION LINE A DISTURBING SYMPTOM LABOR-SPOTLIGHT SIU MEN BEATEN FOR CURFEW BRASS HATS HOPE FOR MILITARISTIC POST WAR AMERICA HOT AIR ARTISTS CONFUSE ISSUES PHONY "LABOR RELATIONS" SET-UP COAST GUARD FOLLOWS NAZI METHOD SIU MAN AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART PRAISES DOOR MAN FOR GOOD JOB DONE LET THE DEPT. OF COMMERCE DO IT 2 SEAMEN'S BILLS BEFORE HOUSE TOGETHER-FOR VICTORY THERE IS ALWAYS SOME JOKER SIU-SUP RECIPROCAL SHIPPING NEW POLICY ON BOOK TRANSFERS WE MUST KNOW ALL OUR ENEMIES TRIP CARD RULES & REGULATIONS A STATEMENT ON POLITICAL ACTION A LOOK AT THE OTHER UNIONS SIU UNCLAIMED WAGES Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 04/06/1945 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1945 Periodicals Seafarers Log https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/9679005fd36fdf932bcc78af0f069a15.PDF 611ba469768a78df4058ffafadb89bc1 PDF Text Text /-• SECURITY IN UNITY Vol. VIK ^ OfTUaAL OaaAN OF THE ATLAHTIO AND GULF DISTRICT, aS&FABEBS' INTERNATIONAL UNI(»T OF NORTH AMERICA NEW YORK. N.Y., FRIDAY. MARCH 30. 1945 No. 13 53 SIU Men Decorated For Heroism Seafarers Is Set For Big Organizing Drive By PAUL HALL This is it, fellows! We're going to open a drive to or­ ganize the unorganized. This is the moment the union has been waiting for over the past few years. Now is the pay-off. All of our early fights to win contracts in 1938 and '39, all of our day-to-day struggles to build the SIU One Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal, 45 Mariner's Medals awarded posthumously, and 7 Mariner's Medals awarded for wounds and suffering as the result; of enemy action, were presented to SIU men in the official award lists released this month by the War Shipping Administration. Not only did SIU men receive a great percentage of the awards made, but the highest award available to seaman, the Merchant Marine Leads Coast Strike into its present dominent place fakers. We can also expect them as the best union on the water­ to follow their usual line when front, all of our sacrifices of men we go to work on them and it to Heep the ships sailing in war begins to hurt, that is, their usual time—all of these struggles were cries of all the way from "Rob­ aimed toward the day when we bers" to "Nazis." The thing that would be big enough and strong will make a success of the Sea­ enough to go out into the field farers' fight is work—^plain, hard and win new contracts. This is work and plugging! It requires the day. the cooperation and support of For liie past 12 months we have the entire membership. The fin­ been carefully preparing so that est officials in the world cannot we would liave the machinery to accomplish anything unless they fight with. Today, we not only ai*e backed up by rank and file have the machinery to go into membership. This does not mean President Herbert Sorrell of the fight with, but that machinery just good wishes and moral sup­ is in good order and capable of port. Jt means 100% backing all the Conference of Studio Unions taking on a tremendous load, and down the line, whether it is in a (AFL) is leader of the strike of pntting^ up a hard fight. fight on the dock or negotiations that had 19,000 Hollywood movie " On the Wegt Coast, the SIU- with the shipowners. SUP has succeeded in organizing We have the thing that is nec­ workers out and threatened clos­ the toughest tanker outfits in the essary—an educated membership. ing of movie houses in a retal­ Industry while getting the best Along with the officials that they iatory move by the International agreements ever known in the have recently elected, this mem­ Alliance of Theatrical Stage Em­ "tanker field.' At the same time bership will lay out programs ployes (AFL). Jufisdictional dis­ they gave the NMU the licking and study them so as to concert of their lives, practically running and direct their efforts to any pute between the two is cause them out of existence on the particular point they so desire. of the strike. West Coast. This is what will accomplish re­ \ Here on the East Coast, even sults. before bur machinery wa« in or­ der, we had made inroads into It is up to all of us to carry to the tanker and 'unorganized the unorganized seamen on all freighter field. Now, with every­ Coasts and all ships the word of thing in battle order, we can ex­ the Seafarers. It is up to all of CLEVELAND — An estimated pect to redlly be going to town us to show these unorganized total of 14,000 officers and seamen men the difference between trade in a short while. It is well to will be needed within the next 30 note'too that we have the same unionism in the Seafarers and days, when the Great Lakes bulk the NMU. tools on this coast as was used cargo fleet begins its 1945 move­ on the West Coast—^bold leader­ So, let us take facts from the ship—militant membership — the record—^let us take them into all ments on April 1. finest basic unionism and trade fields—^let us show all seamen Assurances have been given by union labor policy in the mari­ that the only way to successful the Coast Guard that its facilities conditions is not through follow­ would" be given to open the ship­ time industry. — ing any finky political line, but ping lanes, in spite of heavy ice This will be quite a scrap and we are going to face some pretty that the true way to conditions blockades reported in some areas. "tough opposition. The shipown­ is to fight right at the point of An earlier start is being made ers have millions of bucks to production for "them in the same this year to meet the estimated fight us with and they are willing manner which the Seafarers have requirements of essential prod­ done to get the highest wage to spend plenty of it. ucts, and shipping this year is The Commies, after being driv­ scale and conditions ever known expected to break the all-time en out of the West Coast, are now in the industry. record set in 1944. preparing a drive in this area, All SIU Great Lakes men not only so as to take their mem­ MINE STRIKE VOTE should report now to their union berships' problems out of their mind, but to try to save, a little The nation's coal miners today halls. Following are the ad­ face at the severe fanny-kicking gave John L. Lewis an over­ dresses: that they received at the hands whelming vote of confidence and Buffalo, 10 Exchange St.; of the SIU-SUP on the West the authority to call them out on Cleveland, 24 W. Superior Ave.; strike. The vote, taken under the Detroit, 1038 Third St.; South Costst. We can expect the same usual povisions of the. Smith-Connally Chicago, 9131 S. Houston Ave.; dislpuption and confusion that Act, was more than 6 to 1 in Chicago, 1014 E. St. Clair Ave.; follows any of these so-called or­ favor of strike action if it be­ Milwaukee, 730 S. Second St.; Duluth, 531 W. Michigan St. ganizing campaigns of the NMU came necessary. Great Lakes Season Opens •Distinguished Service Medal, wail* presented to SIU Ordinary Sea­ become exhausted in his attempt to rescue a third shipmate. In man Mike Kuzma. spite of his own injuries, Kuzma Kuzma was aboard the tanker succeeded in towing both men Virginia when she was struck by out of the flaming area and in two enemy torpedoes. She ex­ supporting them until they were ploded and the surrounding picked up by rescue craft. For water became an inferno of this deed, "exemplifying the burning gasoline. Only 14 men creed of the merchant seamen," survived the death trap. Kuzma was severely burned in the blast, he was presented the Distinguish­ but swam through the fiame- ed Service Medal. swept water to assist another Mariner's Medals were awardbadly burned seaman who had (Conthmei on Page 5) Predictions Of Desperate Nazi Submarine Warfare Their sacred Rhineland overrun, their armies routed and confused, the former Nazi supermen are staking their, existence on the "secret weapon" of World War I—an allout submarine offensive to cut the Allied supply lines* Spotlighted by a determined, though unsuccessful, E-boat: attack against a European-bound*;;; Allied convoy last week—a con­ voy that contained many SIU vessels — this unrestricted sub­ marine warfare has been fore­ cast by many military observers, and by the Nazis themselves. Many observers, from Major George Fielding Eliot to the The Glamour Boys of South South Street scuttlebutt sales­ Street were imexpected casualties men, have warned of this one as the Battle of the Curfew raged last fling left to the desperate into a climax in New York City Nazi overlords. The Germans this week. themselves have been boasting Several unidentified wipers of a new midget submarine—the dressed up as admirals, first class, latest of their "secret" weapons were stopped by the SP's as they that wiU win t)ie war. Last week's convoy, protected by an extensive air and sea cov­ er, suffered no losses and reach­ ed its destination safely. The Eboats, attacking in groups from the coast of Holland, made sev­ eral futile and fatal attempts to reach the convoy. Major Eliot, writing in the New York Herald Tribune, warn­ ed of an impending submarine offensive. "The Germans," said Major Eliot, "are known to be collecting considerable numbers of U-boats in Norwegian ports, and at least a score of these submarines are tried to enter a Broadway gini fitted with a new device which mill after midnight enables the submarines to draw "Nix," said the SP's. in air while remaining submerg­ "But we 'ainT sailors. We're ed. Thus, the imderwater cruis­ merchant seamen," said Our He­ ing radius of the submarine is roes. greatly increased, and it is en­ "The orders says no uniforms," abled to avoid detection by air­ said the SP's, "and that's what craft to a much greater extent you got plenty of." Hung by their own gold braid. (Continued on Page 3) Merchant Seamen Obey Curfew —^By Request! o • I',, -'V w;' , �Page Two THE SEAFARERS Friday, March 30, 1945 LOG History Of The Union Lal^l SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President iby Market Street, $an Francisco, Calif, JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station Pi; New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 Jth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. H. ^ Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16) CHARLESTON (9) SAV,\NNAH TAMPA JACKSONVILLE MOBILE SAN JUAN. 28 P.R. PUERTO RICO GALVESTON HOUSTON ADDRESS PHONE 51 Beaver St.—HAnover 2-2784 330 Atlantic Ave.—Liberty 4057 14 North Gay St.—Calvert 4539 6 North 6th St.—Lombard 7651 25 Commercial PI.—Norfolk 4-1083 339 Chartres St.—Canal 3336 68 Society St.—Charleston 3-2930 220 East Bay St.—Savannah 3-1728 423 East Piatt St.—Tampa MM-1323 920 Main St.—Jacksonville 5-1231 7 St. Michael St.—Dial 2-1392 ^ ^ ^ 45 Ponce de Leon—San Juan 1885 219 20th St.—Galveston 2-8043 6605 Canal Street PUBLICATION OFFICE: 51 BEAVER STREET New York, (4) N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 '267 The Manpower Draft ss —Justice them over," discussing replacing women in industry, and the rest of that talk that sounds like tightened belts rather than three squares a day. And that's where the slave labor bill comes in. Suppose the slave labor bill is passed and really enforced. The first casualty will be the trade union movement.. You'll get yourself a job off the dock. The pay will be prettf low, so you and your shipmates get together and decide to pile off. Well, along comes the government and says-you're "frozen" or else it's off to the brig. Get the idea? It is nothing more or less than an anti-union drive to get us back tothe days dear to the hearts of all operators— the open shop. Under the manpower draft all freedom of movement is gone; militant action to maintain wage and working con­ ditions, raised only through so many years of bloody struggle against the operators and their goon squads, would be impossible. There is orily One answer. In this great fight to once again "make the world safe for democracy" we must not win it abroad to lose it at home. America cannot b<^ free unless Labor is free. It would appear that the wair in Europe is approaching a speedy end. As our armies race over the "sacred soil" of the Third Reich, through the demoralized Nazi armies, the long awaited day of V-E cannot be far away. Victory in Europe dc)es not mean the end of the war, of course; it will mean the intensification of our effort against Japan. But one thirig is certain, and that is that a one frcint war will not take more material than Has the two front war. The United Mine Workers, one of the few unions left And so it is more than curious that as the end of the that hasn't been bamboozled into dropping the fight for Furopean conflict nears; the louder grow the cries for a fair conditions, an,d the coal operators are closing in for a draft of labor. ; showdown on their new contract. It is more than curious that v/hat was not considered Hearing the howl that has been raised over the miners' a "must" legislation back in the dark days of Pearl Harbor demands (they reached clear over to Yalta), you might has assilmed such huge proportions as we near the end of think that John L. Lewis was taking over the country. the long haul in Europe. Actually; the miners who have been notoriously underpaid, Beyond the phony cries of material shortages are the wretchedly housed, arid ill fed, have raised no revolutionary testimonies of the Army higher-ups themselves that there is actually no shortage at all; that the productivity of demands. They are asking for conditibns that long have'been i^erican labor has exceeded expectations. The bottleneck, if any, is certainly not in labor's productivity, but iii the granted in other industries: tools of production paid for by the operators (free explosives and safety equipment), general management of distribution. wage differentials for the second and third shifts, increased American seamen have done more than their share in vacations with pay. Even the most controversial demand, ferrying ^he supplies across. The brass hats theniselves for payment by the operators of fen cents per ton into testified to the piles of goods lying on the docks of the the uniori treasury for "mcklern medical and surgical .French harbors, xmabled to be moved because of military service, hospitalization, irisrirance" etc., is not new in trade transportation "SNAFU." union history; arid at least two unions in this area have Why then all the howling for slave labor? such contractual agreements. From where we sit it seems that the administration The kept press of the operators arid the iridustrialists ' is pointing beyond the present situation. We think it is are, of course, vociferously opposed to these demarids. It Iboking beyon(i the war into the days of global peace. It is might cut into their profits a bit. But the loudest howl looking ahead to the days wheii the boys are back and has come from those intrepid champions of the working looking for the 60 million jobs that everybody's talking class—-meiribefs 6f the Comiriunist Party who called it a about. "strike plot against the nation" and a conspiracy to "shatter Maybe there will be 60 million jobs. But the big boys the decisions of Yalta." act as though they really don't believe it themselves. At Union sabotage by theSe Comunists, is nothing new, any rate, they are making provisions for mass unemploy­ as witness their actions in the Montgomery Ward Strike: ment, talking about 52 weeks of unemployment insurance, The only satisfactiriri from- these fink tactics is that they for servicemen, severance pay for war workers "to tide will "Yalta" themselves right out of the union movement. Miners Are Slandered St;' The Union Label is as rich ill tradition as the emblem of any other organization in all history. From the time of early Rome, when Pompilius organized the . crafts of his day into guilds, down to the formations of the present Alnerican labor unions, there is evidence that various groups Ol organized workers have used some symbol to distinguish theilj products from those of others in the market place. In early Rome, Pompilius or­ ganized guilds of musicians, car­ penters, and other trades whicH proved so successful Julius Cae­ sar later used to further his own plans for social reform. The guilds were later traced to the ancient Saxons in England about the eighth century. They provided the instrument for law ' and order and a sound social structure. The guilds spread to the continent to such an extent that law makers and courts be­ came employed against support­ ers of the labor rtiovement. The Union Label idea may havei been implanted from the Gold­ smith's Company stamp or "hallmark" placed on gold or silvel? articles to attest their jjurity and quality of workmanship, first used in the fifteenth century. Among the other craft guilds, the first to attain a position of strength comparable fo that of modern labor, unions were thei weavers, who were powerfully organized in Flanders and Bra­ bant. Their products having ai world-wide market, rather thani . a local one, gave the weavers unusual advantages. Trade regu­ lation and protecfion were this guild's aims and it spread rapidly. In 1756 the weavers, finding ap­ prenticeship regulations and fixed wage standards flouted by em­ ployers, carried on a strike. This strike proved very successful. Iii 1802 laws were passed in Eng­ land against guilds and trade Unions, but this was combatted by workers combining under , the the cloak of Friendly Societies. Since 1824 Labor Unions in Eng­ land have enjoyed a sort of re­ cognition under law. The strug­ gles of the British guilds paved the way for the American Laboij Union, which in turn has giveh" the world's workers many useful ideas, not the least of which is the Union Label. LOOK FOR THE UNION LABEL! DEMAND UNION-MADE GOODS! —FORD FACTS } �•% THE friday. March 30, 1945 SEAFARERS LOG Page Three Stowage Rules For Liberties LABOR'S RECORD SINCE PfARL HARBOR ONLY ONE TENTH OF 1% OF AVAIUBLE WORKING TIME HAS PFEN LOST THROUGH STRIKES ... JAN. I < h ... OR, ABOUT 1 DAY OUT OF 3 YEARS INCREASE IN PRODUCTION PER WORKER DEC. 1942 Fi 99 9 Fi9999 100% APRIL 1944 130-135% SOURCE; WAR fROpUCTIQN BOARP ^ Nazi Submarine Warfare J (Continued front Page 1) than was formerly the case. "This seems likely to bring about submarine operations at focal points of traffic, notably in the vicinity of British ports where the Coastal Command of the Royal Air Force formerly made U-boat warfare suicidal. The reason the time for the re­ newal of the U-boat effort seems near is that if it is to do Ger­ many any good it must come soon. "It may be presumed," added Major Eliot, "that Allied air and naval forces, having had ample notice of German plans, will be ready to deal with the new Uboats. Hehvy shipping losses in the North Atlantic now would be p serious embarrassment, because of the switch of shipping to the Pacific and the increased de­ mands of the great offensive in the west iand the need for reliisf tonnage to take care of the starv­ ing people of liberated Europe." German broadcasts have been boasting of alleged successes for a new midget submarine. Nazi radio declared that the new ves­ sels penetrated the Thames es­ tuary to attack an Allied convoy and sank one freighter and prob­ ably another one. The new craft is described as just big enough for one man. Be­ fore entering the ship, a man must train several months and "for the last three days live on a light diejt," probably Hitler's promises. The "last gasp" theme is ad­ vanced by the Nazis themselves. "Present U-boat activity," said one German commentator, "is most promising for the develop­ ment of the West front situation. and even indirectly promises re­ lief to our hard-pressed East front. Every ship sunk now car­ rying supplies to the Allies' West front armies is worth two or three sunk during the last U-boat offensive." Nazi submarine warfare has extracted a heavy toll from mer­ chant seamen. Official casualty lists, through January 31, show 5,438 officers and seamen have been reported dead or missing, while 579 are listed as prisoners of war. Since the start of the war, more than 32,000 American merchant seamen have been shipwrecked through enemy action, but be­ cause of improved safety equip­ ment and naval protection only 16 per cent have been lost—an average of seven out of a normal crew of 42. The stepping-up of its undersea attack by the Nazis intensifies the danger for the least publisized of any of the nation's forces—the merchant marine. Do the Congressmen dawdling over the Merchant Marine Bill of Rights read the papers? Good Union Men Found On The SS Mayo Brothers It sure isn't a blue Monday when you can start the week off on a ship like the SS Mayo Brothers of Waterman SS Co. We just had time to set our bags down when the delegates of all departments were ready with their books and crew lists. No beefs and not a man of the crew drunk. Every man of the crew had a good word for the skipper, and most of this crew are staying; WASHINGTON, March 22— The War Shipping Administra­ tion has directed its general agents to make changes in meth­ ods of stowage and preservation of food supplies on all Libertytype ships now under their oper­ ation or hereafter delivered them. The WSA order, issued by G. H. Helmbold, Assistant Deputy Administratoi: for ship operations, sets out instructions with respect to the temperatures at which the various food compartments are to be maintained. These instruc­ tions will be supplemented by the issuance of a detailed stow­ age plan for each of the various refrigerator boxes aboard ship which will provide better ventila­ tion in the boxes and improve sanitation. Specific Instructions Given T' e order, which is the result of surveys and studies made of stowage and preservation of food ab?)ard ships, conveys specific in­ structions on boxes for egg and cheese (formerly dairy box), meat and vegetables. Among other changes in the 'egg and cheese box" shall be not be obtained, a suitable sub­ the installation of two vertical stitute material should be used. battens several inches from the Guard Rail Required cooler pipes. A hasp and padlock 4. A 4-inch metal guard rail must be installed on the door of shall be fitted on shelves and a the "meat box" and changes or­ removable vertical partition dered with respect to the "veg­ (wood or metal) shall be supplied etable box" include the following: for forward end of shelves to 1. If at present the blower is provide secure storage of cornnot located in the forward in­ modities on shelves. board corner with 15-inch min­ The ship's companion-way is imum clearance behind, it shall required to have metal sheeting on the under side of portside be moved to this location. companion ladder directly out­ 2. To improve drainage, a metal side ship's refrigerated boxes to drip plan shall be provided under keep dirt, etc., from falling the blower and connected to a through on to deck below. IV2 inch soil pipe secured to the forward bulkhead and leading Superseding and replacing all previous instructions with refer­ down to the deck. ence to refrigeration tempera­ 3. Two canvas curtains over­ tures, the following temperatures lapping 3-inch at'the center shall shall be maintained in all boxes: be attached with hooks to the Egg and cheese box—30-31 de­ inside of the vegetable box door. These curtains shall be of such grees Fahrenheit; never below length to come with 2 inches of 30. , Vegetable box—32-34 degrees the deck and they will be of such width that the two combined Fahrenheit. Meat and fish boxes shall have will fully cover the entire en­ trance. The curtains shall be temperatures as low as possible, weighted at the bottom with never above 10 degrees Fahren­ pockets of stand. If canvas can­ heit. FIVE YEARS SEA TIME STILL REQUIRED FOR CITIZENSHIP As many foreign born seamen have found out, the bill sponsored by Senator George L. Radcliffe, and now before the U.S. Senate to give citizenship to foreign seamen who have served three years aboard an American owned ship during war time, has not yet been passed. Because of this, the old provision demanding five* ; ; years' sea time before elegibility dence in in the the United United States and six months residence in the state, for citizenship still stands. An inquiry to the Immigrants' but his service on the vessel will Information Bureau, publishers be considered part of such resi­ of the Handbook of American Ci­ dence. His service and his good tizenship. gave the following in­ conduct during such service must formation as far as a foreign be proved by two citizen wit­ nesses or by duly authenticated born seaman is concerned: copies of records of the depart­ "A person who served with ment having custody of the rec­ good conduct for five years on ords of such service, or if he board a ship belonging to the served on a private vessel by a United States Government, but certificate from the master of other than a Navy, Marine or such vessel." Coast Guard vessel or on any American boat of more than 20 Under the Radcliffe Bill the tons, which has its home port in procedure is simplified and the the United States, may apply for requirements are eased. The Bill citizenship without applying for provides citizenship to foreign a first paper and in any court born seamen who have served having naturalization jurisdic­ three years, in war time, on Am­ tion. He must file his petition erican owned vessels. In order to for a second paper either while obtain his papers the seaman in the service or within six must promise to "continue to months after the termination of serve . . . until cessation of hos­ his service. He does not need to tilities in which - the United prove on what date he arrived States is presently engaged un­ nor the manner in which he ar­ less prevented from doing so by rived. If the service ended more illness." than six months prior to the If he voluntarily ends his sea filing of his petition he must service, his papers would be i-eprove five years continuous resi- voked and his citizenship can­ celled. This crew made this ship with No declaration of intention, the help of a good union-minded certificate of arrival or period of Captain, from what we were told residence is required under the by different crew members. She Radcliffe Bill. It is not even was lousy when they shipped on necessary that the applicant in Norfolk two months ago. Good speak English or pass a literacy work fellows, you are real union test. men, not just book carriers. However, the Bill is not yet JOHNNY JOHNSTON. passed. The old law is still in ef­ CLAUDE FISHER. fect, and a foreign seaman must JOE WREED. follow the proceedure shown above. —N. Y. Patrolmen Twice As Good Cheesecake alway makes news and here is some hot off the wires. From time to time the Seafarers Log will bring you the best of this type of art. You don't mind seeing double when you look at "twin-ups" Patty and Barbara McClean. They're the first set of twins ever to appear in a major movie pro­ duction. �m0 Idi! ^ It: '•• t Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, March 30, 1945 Seamen's Bill Of Rights Now Pending A "Seamen's Bill of Rights" to give to merchant sea­ men the same postwar protection that has been granted to the armed forces "has'been'introduced before Congress hy Representative J. Hardin Peterson (Dem., Florida). .While this bill has the same defects of the GI Bill, it is nonetheless Blasts Labor's Foes ia step in the direction of recog-*; inizing the sacrifices made by the ing what they are, they're going to be more than half sure that •merchant seaman. your home or farm or business Read the provisions of the Bill will' pay. Anybody can get a loan • Familiarize yourself with them. from a bank on a paying propo­ Know your rights and how to get sition, so why this air of nobility? :thein—if the Bill is passed. Or the educational benefits: WHO IS COVERED Paying your tuition for a year is 1. Seamen who have had at something, but who can live on least 90 days of war shipping, and $50 a month? Or on $75 with who continue to ship for six dependents? Book learning feeds months after the end of the war. the mind, aU right, but never yet 2. Seamen who are disabled, or was there a man who got fat on Latin. Jprisoners of the enemy. Both biUs faU to accomplish 3. Seamen who have been re­ what they set out to do, A move­ leased by the WSA, but explicitment is now afoot in Congress to President Frank X. Martel of •ly allowed to keep their rights iron out the defects of the GI the Detroit & Wayne Country :by the WSA. Bill. In the opinion of many, Federation of Labor (AFL), test­ 4. Trainees who have complet- these bills are almost as bad as ifying before a recent Mead com­ •-ed their course of study. no aid at all, for they hold ont mittee hearing, said: "The at­ 5. Dependents of eligible sea­ the illusion of help which will mosphere ... is charged with a suspicion that employers in basic men. not be forthcoming. industries intend to try to de­ WHAT YOU GET stroy organized labor after the Education — All war seamen war." •will be eligible for one year of ^free schooling or training with an allowance of $50 a month if single with no dependents, or $75 a month if there are dependents. The seamen's section of the In­ Those who entered war service ternational Transport Workers before 25 and those over 25 who Federation, to which the SIU is interrupted their education are affiliated, is watching with great eligible for additional schooling interest the contract negotiations, in proportion to length of service. which will be resumed in April, (ITF) The recent ouster of Henri Morin De Linclays, presi­ between the Swedish Seamen's Loans — The government will dent of the French Line Inc., was Union and the Swedish shipown­ ^'guarantee one-half of loans up hailed by the French seamen and to the sum of $4,000 for the pur­ ers. chase of a home, farm or busi­ The proposals of the Swedish the French General Federation of ness. seamen wiU be based on the In­ Trade Unions (C.G.T.) as a big Employment Rights—Civil ser­ ternational Seafarers' Charter, step forward in the purge of vice preference as granted to ser­ adopted by the seamen's section Fascists and Vichyites still hold­ vicemen. Special sections devot­ of the ITF as a basis for contract ing important positions in French industries. ed in the USES to place seamen. negotiations. The charter proposes a world The French Line Inc., was es­ FOR THE DISABLED minimum pay rate for seamen tablished in the U.S. March 1, Hospitalization — Lifetime care which would tend to equalize 1943, as a subsidiary of the •for any wartime disability. wages and working conditions for French Line, greatest of French Rehabilitation — Training and aU seamen, thus abolishing inter­ shipping companies, when former guidance in the vocational re- national competition at the ex­ Secretary of State, Cordell Hull, high-pressured the U.S. Treasury ^habilitation for disabled seamen. pense of seamen. to release nearly a quarter of a Disability Benefits — Same as million dollars in French frozen Ifor servicemen. Based on a perfunds to De Linclays to set him­ FINAL NOTICE '•Centage of disability with $ll5 as self in business here. 'the ceiling, plus additional sums FOR UNCLAIMED The sailors accused De Lin­ ^or loss of each leg, arm or eye. IN N.Y, BAGGAGE clays of "collaborating with <l$265 is your take if you are toVichy, paying different wages to 3tally blind and have lost two or men of the same ratings and ap­ The baggage room in New imore limbs. York is full of unclaimed bag­ pointing himself head of an Am­ FOR DEPENDENTS gage that was moved over from erican operating corporation pur­ Hospitalization—Dependents of the old offices on Stone Street. porting to be the official French '•iiisabled or dead seamen entitled Some of it has been lying shipping agency." All in all, around the hall for over a year. French seamen gathered evidence "40 medical care at a low cost. Death Benefits—$50 a month It is necessary to move it out covering 350 instances where the 5for a widow with $15 for one de- in order to make room for cur­ French Line offices had had deal­ ^ndent child, plus $13 for each rent baggage checked by the ings with the enemy. French seamen described the French ^additional child. A dependent men on the beach. All unidentified baggage thai, Line as "practically a Goebbels •^parent gets $25 a month, and two has been around for 8 months bureau." ^et $45. , The criticism of the Seamen's or more will be disposed of at -BUI is the same as that directed the end of this month. Claim -against the GI BiU. The thing your gear at once if you have 4ooks better ^d smells sweeter any around. Members must claim baggagd •^than it really is. in New York in person and pre­ Take the loan provision: The sent the claim check when doing igovernment wUl guarantee one so. No baggage can be m'ailed to half of a loan of $4,000 to buy home addresses. ;you a home or a farm or a busiiftess. But the loan itself must Keep In Touch With eome from a bank; it is not a j®K>vernment loan. And banks be­ Your Draft Board, Swedish Seamen Open Negotiations French Unions Help Purge Of Fascist Shipowner Notice! Organize For Post War Jobs The shipping is so hot that anybody who knows that water is for washing and not for drink­ ing can get himself a berth. Not only have they scrapped the man­ power barrel but they're using the barrel itself. Today a man can get himself a ship anytime he .wants to, but what's he going to^ do in six months or a year or two years aftqr the war is over? ^ During the last four years the membership of the SIU has grown tremendously, and we have good contracts with many operators. But the end of thg war is approaching, and before long a good number of our merchant ships will be sold to other coun­ tries or scrapped. Then what are you going to do? Instead of ship­ ping as often as you want to, you may have to spend two or three months on the beach. That is unless— Unless you help organize for the SIU, in order to help yourself. The more companies under con­ tract to us, the more jobs will be open to SIU members. Organizing today is not what it was years ago. It is no longer necessary to take a ship or com­ pany by force. Today it's much easier. You do il by shipping on un- .' organized ships.. Thanks to militant unions we have the Labor Relations Act which gives us the right to peti­ tion the government for an elec­ tion among the crews within a company. If we have reasonable proof that we have a majority supporting us by having the crews within the company sign our pledge cards, showing .their preference for th6 SIU as bar­ gaining agent, we can win theright to bargain for agreements. That is where YOU come in! By shipping on an unorganized ship and explaining the advant- 4 ages of an SIU agreement and SIU protection to the crew, you win assure yourself and the rest.# of the union greater security and more jobs when this war comes to an end. Don't be a slacker who is con­ tent to sit back and reap the fruit of the labor of real- union men. Be active, then you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you did your part to secure better conditions for seamen. For information, see the Or­ ganizer in the shipping hall, 2ndfloor, 51 Beaver Street, New York. WHITEY LYKKE. FORE 'N AFT By JBUNKER Now that the port of Antwerp is open again and they are pushing in ships as fast as the docks can take them, a lot of seamen are getting back to a town that used to be a favorite in the days when the Black Diamond Line made it a regular port of call. But they are finding that Antwerp has changed since the good old pre-war days when things were cheap and the American dollar went a long ways. The city is grey and battle-worn. Most of the windows in the cafes are boarded up, for bomb concussions have blown out much of the glass throughout the city. Some of the elaborate cafes around Station Street are only one room affairs now, with the rest.blocked off to save heat. On cold nights the girls sit around the stove, shiver, and., listen for "fly bombs." Prices have gone up, too. Cognac is expensive and beer costs five times what it once did. A man can blow in a couple of nights what used to be a month's pay. Down on Skipper Street the prices are cheaper and the "mamselles" a little less attractive than in the uptown joints, for the best of them have gone to Brussels to help the soldiers spend their money. But there's still plenty of life along the Skipperstrasse, with orchestras in some of the cafes and juke boxes in the rest. The girls down there must not have treated the Jerries so well, for the area is a favorite target for buzz bombs. The hospital at the end of the street is conveniently located. Some time ago this column offered a list of sea going expres­ sions which belong to the vocabulary peculiar to sailor men. Brother Adolph Capote added to the list with some more good ones such as "sea gull" (chicken or duck) and "lowering the boom" (hitting the old man for a draw). Here's a few more for the collection. "skid row ship"—a ship that went to sea with drunks and beach combers; the rag, tag and bob-tail of the waterfront, because she was so bad no one else would take her. "extra' feed"—^milk that was spliced six parts water to one part milk. "field days'—the days you worked for glory. Aftetf your watch you turned to on the homeward trip and chipped, painted, sougeed, cleaned tank tops and etc., so the old rust bucket would look good going into her home port. • . . �Friday, March 30, 1945^ THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Fiva TO THE HEROES OF THE CREW GIVES LIVES SS HENRY BACON REPATRIATES By A CREW MEMBER v.-/ The ship was the SS Henry Bacon The name we remember so well. She was searching for the long lost convoy When down came the Angels of Hell. The planes came quick and were many. The number, I believe, twenty three. But five were shot down by the gunners And went plunging to death in the sea. Walker, who was a Navy gunner Was manning number seven we know. Saw a "Jerry" coming in from the starboard And sent her flaming to the waves below. >• • But the odds were still against them. They were 'waging a losing fight: And knew that without help from the escorts That death would be riding that night. Then came death and destruction She was hit just abaft of the beani. But the Gunners still manned their stations They were out for them all so it seemed. They all ran out of ammunition. And there was nothing else left to do But to make their way to boat stations And abandon the rest of the crew. Now the Chief Engineer was an old fellow. He said, "Boys, I've lived my time. There's no more room in the life boat , So one of you young fellows take mine." That was something we can never forget. He would never survive it he knew. Still he gave his last last chance of life For the sake of the rest of the crew. There were also passengers aboard But they all got safely away; Leaving officers and crew aboard her To go down with their ship that day. That Captain, was a fellow we all admire. He stayed on the bridge to the end; He'd rather rest on the bottom forever Than to go back without all of his men. i- f-i-' *• ,\ f '. J- •• :'>v.. As this issue went to press a compromise draft-labor bill was passed by the House of Representatives by a vote of 167-160. (There were 103 ab­ sentees in the House that day. Why don't the Congressmen do something about their own absenteeism?) The Bill now goes to-the Senate floor, where much more debate and opposi­ tion is expected. Under the new Bill the man­ power control program is put into the hands of Director of War Mobilization James F. Byrnes, and to whatever agen­ cies he chooses. "Essential" war workers are frozen to their jobs, and ceilings placed on plant employment. Both employer and employee £u:e liable to fine or imprisonment, or both, if the law is violated. The Bill, if passed, would be put into effect in those areas or local­ ities that the Brass Hats con­ sider "critical." Another step on the march toward "democracyl" Crew of SS Tristram Dalton Discovers How To Keep Ship Clean ' When the Tristram , Dalton ar­ rived in Norfolk recently the boarding patrolmen were amazed at the cleanliness of the rness room. Before too much search­ ing they discovered the reason for it. The following notice was posted on the bulletin board: RULES TO BE LIVED UP TO IN THE MESSROOM By J. P. S. Nine SIU men and six officers gave their lives that their ship­ mates and refugee women and children might live, when the SS Henry Bacon of the South Atlantic SS Company was tor­ pedoed in the North Sea recently. Of all the sacrifices and heroic deeds of the merchant seamen during this war, one of the most gallant and self sacrificing epi­ sodes is told by the survivors of the SS Henry Bacon. The convoy was far over the horizon. The crew of the SS Henry Bacon were working frantically to get the engines to working so that she might catch up before dark. No one knew better than Capt. Donald Haviland and his crew the dangers that lurked around the coast of Norway for a "Lame Duck." Alfred Carini, Chief Engineer and the black gang had her just about Jeady to give the slow ahead when the alarm went off. Flying straight from the Nor­ wegian coast were 23 bombers and torpedo planes closing in fast for the kill. The gun crew hardly had time to man the guns before bombs were falling. But with the aid of the mer­ chant crew, the gunners were soon in action and proved their mettle by opening up such a'fire that it momentarily baffled and checked the Nazi airmen. As the bombers dived in one after an­ other they were sent blazing down to the waves. It was something like a motion picture scene except there was no screaming or shouting. The gunners were putting all of their attention to knocking off as many of the enemy as possible. The engine department was trying to get set to get under way. Everyone was going about his duties systematically. The Steward had in his care 19 women and children .who were fleeing Nazi Norway for freedom and safety. ' The gunners had shot down five of the planes and it looked as if the lone ship might be vic­ tor, when a torpedo plane caught them midships. The guns were giving them so much hell that the remaining planes left except one which climbed out of reach and circled until positive the ship was sink­ ing. Whether that Nazi pilot knew it or not, he was witnessing one of the most heroic deeds of this war. There was not life boat space for all. One boat was gone. There were 19 women and children aboard. Fifteen men must sacri­ fice their lives. The ship was sinking slowly. No one was in­ jured. They had plenty of time to decide. The master did not call for volunteers. He merely stated, "All of the crew can not go, I don't want to go back with­ out a full crew." The Chief En­ gineer who was already seated in the life boat, said, "I am an old man and have already lived. These youngsters have their lives ahead of them," and calmly got out of the boat. The Bos'n Halcond Lannon had a brother aboard. It was agreed that one should go and one should stay. His brother reluctantly got in the boat and the Bos'n dived in the chilly waters to an icy grave. Only two officers were saved. Among the unlicensed personnel J. Mastracc, C. Krains, Geo. Shipka, Fred Tunken, Robert Cramer, D. Schieshert, J. Martin, sacri­ ficed their lives that their ship­ mates might live. Such men as these can be called radicals, have their bonuses cut, their papers taken and etc. But they can never be robbed of the satisfaction that like other merchant seamen they did their part. For your own sanitary benefit, fines will be put on any member that doesn't live up to these rules. The fines will be turned over to the Seafarers Log at the end of the trip, Then there were others who followed. 1. Feet on table or chairs .15 Not knowing if they would survive; But they knew that they were useless to their country 2. Failure ta take cup back Proctor, Joseph Walter (Continued from Page 1) to sink .10 ed posthumously to the following Reed, Hollo^ay William Unless they made: it back here alive. SIU heroes: Reilly, John J. 3. Ashes and cigarettes not Ross, Richarc in ash trays ' .10 Ashley, Ernest Shreve For hours they stayed in the water. Taylor, Leslie Some died in that cold Arctic Sea: 4. Using cups as ash trays .10 Baggott, Edwin B. Banaag, Nicasio Teagarden, Kenneth But they knew that the lives they were giving 5. Sitting on table .25 Bernard, Adrian Theodore Turner, Lemuel Would keep us all happy and free. 6. Throwing matches or Blome, Cornelius Frederick Vincent, Thomas George butts into alleyway/ .25 Boykin, Bobbie Wayson, John William Some were rescued by English destroyers 7. Coming into messhall Christensen, Soren Axel Westover, Hal Who heard their SOS far away. without shirt or pants .25 Clark, Robert Clinton White, Charles Thomas * And rushed there as quick as possible Corbin, William Henry Wilcox, John Horton . 8. Fighting " in messhall Lest they all should go down that day. Williams, James while in port 10.00 Dixon, Ray Gardner, Eugene John Willis, George Monroe 9. Spitting in messhall or Those brave men we will always remember Gill, Odus H. Woods, Frank Lester alleyway . lO.OO They were shipmates to you and to me. Grech, Paul Wright, Nathaniel Burnett They gave their homes and their loved ones Hall, Elmer Wright, Oswald amuel For an unknown grave in the sea. Howard, Florin Herald Sumpft, Herbert Victor Huebner, Carl Louis The following SIU men receiv­ Perhaps their names will never be heard of. KeUy, Herbert William ed Mariner's Medals for wounds Just sailors in the merchant marine; Lesniak, Joseph or physical injuries received from But they've kept Old Glory waving enemy action: Lynch, John Joseph Though we don't realize how much it means.' Mitchell, Benjamin Carl Barbee, Robert Narvaez, Jose Gonzales Cullison, Zachariah Nobles, Eugene De Duisin, Dusan So gather close around the table. Page, Don Dolphy Dickey, Rexford Let's drink a toast to the Bacon and Crew: Papineau, Victor J. Grauwichkle, Charles . % Lpt's give them a word of thanks. Boys Kurtz, George. Parker, Moses Grant They gave up their lives for you. Joe's the guy who sails as bos'n But was making this trip as A. B. Saw the others away in the lifeboats Then plunged into the icey sea. K • Slave Labor Bill Passes House THAT MAY LIVE SIU Heroes Are Honored I I ••V L �?«SP Sjx THE SEAFARERS WHArS DOING Around the Ports Friday. March 3p, 1945 ' LOG The Membership Says The following recommenda­ tions for improvements to be made in living conditions aboard the BB Bayou Chico have been drawn up by the book members in good standing whose signa­ tures appear at the end of this article. It is earnestly urged upon the officials of the Port of New York that these recommenda­ tions be taken up with proper parties at the Waterman office, to whom a copy of these recom­ mendations is being' forwarded through the master of the vessel. The vessel at present falls far short of standards accepted by sold lo the Russian Government, printed on •the reverse side of but these orders were changed so your assignment card. Keep yourself posted as to we will still be riding them for This ends another week with shipping in New York with the 'a while longer. all beefs being setUed aboard the Log. and drop in and see us. Patrolman Volpian is now ships before payoffs. PAUL and AL, making the hospitals a couple of There was a big Steward De­ days a week. He reports that we New York Dispatchers partment beef on the George have about 60 members in dif­ Pendleton of the Calmar SB Com­ ferent Marine hospitals in this BALTIMORE pany which came to $1160 for the port. crew. It was settled before the Volpian also defended 15 cases There is an old parable in the crew paid off the ship. to the Coast Guard this week and Bible which says (some like) as The Captain of the SB Richard batted 1,000 as none of them lost you soweth, so shall you reap. Bassett of the Bull Line had their papers. These few words have a world of quite a number of hours of the There were 30 ships- paid off Steward Department overtime here in the past week, quite a meaning when applied to the disputed because he said he did number of them being of the trade union movement^ If you not know that painting was over­ C-type ships. They have not be­ want your union to grow, then it time for the Steward Department. gun to crew up yet. The dispatch­ is up to you to get into the field This is very clear in the agree­ ers are having a hard time crew- and help organize the unorgan­ ment but the beef had to be taken ing the ships without calling the ized. The maritime field has not been over the master's head to the WBA. When all these ships start fully exploited by organized la- j company office before it was set­ crewing up they are going to bor. There remain many com­ tled. This was settled before the need a lot of men, so if there are panies which are operating water ship paid off. any men up or down the coast The Richard Alvey and Rufus that want to catch a ship they born traffic but do not have a the BIU as acceptable to union Peckham both had extremely should be able to ship within a contract with any union. seamen. We feel, however, that The BIU has set up an organ­ clear payoffs. week for most any rating from izing campaign to bring union these recommendations are just The Bayou Chico of the Wa­ the port of New York. and reasonable and that improve­ conditions to many of these un­ ments can be easily made before terman SB Company was another J. P. SHULER, Patrolman organized seamen. In the post ship with very few beefs. she sails. And this would make war era our union has a dual re­ the ship more of a credit to the The SB Rafeal Semmes of the Waterman has a captain that is Bhipping in the Port of New sponsibility, one is to see that a BIU and to the Waterman SB still living in the past. On the York has fallen off somewhat, maximum of jobs come into our Company. last trip the Btewards Depart­ with only 1500 men having ship­ hiring halls and to see that there Here are the recommendations: ment had overtime for feeding ped in the last two weeks. But are no men working under sub­ 1. Install adequate hot and liim meals on the bridge or in his things should start booming now, standard conditions and thus po­ cold water showers as provided room. This beef was straighten­ as we paid off seven ships last tential finks on union men. for in the agreement with this It is natural for some people to company. Bhowers should be ed out and the old man was Tuesday, with others due soon. warned not to let this happen We shipped five ABs from Nor­ assume that the, present high larger and better situated. again. Throughout the last voy­ folk this past week, with the wage levels will be maintained 2. Ph-ovide a means for remov­ age he continued to have his WBA paying transportation, and after the war, but this is a great ing stagnant water from the fan meals served on the bridge. He five more from Baltimore. This mistake. The employers have no tail. informed the boarding Patrolman is a good means of cutting the intention of giving up some of 3. Repair port holes. Fit new their profits made so easily in gaskets on ports to insure black­ that he has always had this done "Fink Halls." and will continue to do so. The We have definite word that the war time. As a matter of fact, out. Fit new gl^ss where needed. boarding „ Patrolman and Water- I Gateway City is being converted when these war profits end, they Oil dogs on all ports and fix for man SB Company both agreed to a reefer. It should be ready to will/try to make up for them by easy working. Line up dogs for that this was a captain's right, so sail in five weeks, and anyone reaching into the pockets of the blackout screen. long as 90c an hour was paid^ to ^ having a reefer endorsement seamen and reducing their wages, 4. Install scupper in deck out­ the messman that served him, would be appreciated up this giving them rotten food and side deck department shower and lousy conditions. The union took the stand that 90c way. fix scupper outside engine show­ an hour must be paid and that We have a new organizer, The only way for seamen to ers flush with deck. they don't give a damn who paid Whitey Lykke, who is hitting on protect themselves is to join the it. For once the company agreed all cylinders. Right now he has BIU. Only then will they remain ,with the union but decided that his hands full with a tanker elec- free American workers, and not American-Hawiian Line slaves. the master would pay it as he tion coming up this week. Hits The Jackpot M. McKAY, Agent was getting the service. The Spring is beginning to show it­ money came out of the captain's self here in New York, so all you Shed a tear for the pocket for this beef and possibly fellows that went south with the etecunship companii^, yrhp ue PUERTO RICO he wiU eat in the saloon from birds can come back now that giving their all for thp war ef­ now on. * the birds have returned. A six week strike against the fort—and taking all. The SB Varnada Victory of Paul and I have been talking sugar bosses came to an end this Take the good old American South Atlantic BB Company came each other blue in the face about week with a victory for the Hawaiian Steamship Company. in with a subsistence beef. The victory gardens in our few slow workers. Good old A-H just hit the jack­ stove was out of order for 21 moments. Paul even came in Field hands and cane cutters pot for more than 7 million days and the crew were fed sand­ with a couple of blisters to show were raised 23 cents a day, bring­ bucks, which proves that pa­ wiches and water. They can col­ his good faith. ing the mmimums up to $1.83 for triotism, besides giving you lect full subsistence for these 21 It's a downright pity that some cutters ai|d $1.73 for the field that old glowing feeliiig, also days at the South Atlantic office. of our members refuse to cooper­ workers. Mill workers will now pays well. James Downe, Book No. 3112, ate or are lacking in union edu­ receive a minimum wage of 37 Seems like good old A-H had an old timer, was in to pay up cation. When you're shipped out, cents an hour. ' 11 old tubs lloating around that .his dues last week and he pre­ please read the reverse side of There were about 150,000 sugar had been launched in those sented his original book that sur­ your assigmnent card. Live up to workers out on strike, which was dark years between 1910 and vived through three torpedoings. what it says; if you don't, please called by the General Confedera­ 1921. They were lost through The book looked a little ragged, don't argue with- the dispatcher tion of Workers. enemy action and the WSA has but has come through a lot less about being dropped to the bot­ It was a noble victory, not just ponied up all that dough— shaken than a number of us. tom of the shipping list. only for us, but for the sugar averaging more than $650,000 The repatriated crew of the Bome of the boys take jobs out interests a? well, as the Com.- per boat—and given it to A-H Henry Bacon paid off here last and then refuse them—^but don't modity Credit Corporation in­ to ease its heartache and re­ week. There were only 24 sur­ notify us. And then expect to get creased the subsidy on sugar to move the red ink. vivors and they told a story that their cards back. They won't. cover the raises. In short, every­ Oh, yes, the payment includ­ should make us proud to be If you take a job, but then find body won, except the poor tax­ ed allowances for delay in pay­ union brothers to some of the it's N.G., you have 12 hours in payer who has to pay more taxes ments on boats sunk in 1942 crew that went down with her. A^hich to pile off. But remember to protect profits. and 1943. Waterman has had three ships, if you don't take the job and Anyway, the sugar boats will Incidentally, 34 SUP men the SB Bayou Chico, Gateway don't notify us, you are dropped be running soon. were lost on these ships. City, and Arizpa scheduled to be according to the regulations MANUEL NEW YORK 5. Repair all decks to remove overhead leaks in foc'sles and mess rooms. 6. Check all bunks and renew springs where needed. O: 7. Replace or repair broken deck guard around steering en^ gine to prevent oil and watei from slopping up deck. 8. Provide electric toaster for crew mess room. 9. Secure all engine room hand rails and gratings. Many grat­ ings are loose and on two occa­ sions have fallen through when men were using walks. 10. Repair valves on all boilers for blowing tubes. 11. Install wash room for clean­ ing clothes on starboard side of shelter -deck, with water line, scrubbing table and steam lipr. 12. Provide better quarters for firemen and wipers. On this ship these crew members sleep in a foc'sle that hasn't changed from the standards of 1919, when the ship was built. Quarters are crowded, ill-ventilated and un­ comfortable. It is recommended and urged that another room be provided to accomodate either firemen or wipers. 13. Fumigate vessel against rats. 14. Repair doors on crew lock­ ers where necessary. 15. Provide adequate baking board for galley so that night cook need not inix bread on mesa?: roorti table. 16. Provide better ventilation for galley, including skylight or port hoie fans and black out screens. ' ' It is further suggested that a copy of the list be published in the Seafarers Log so that BIU men may know conditions below standard need not be accepted nor tolerated. ' Fraternally submitted, JOHN BUNKER RAYMOND FREYE JOSEPH GREENBAUM ALPHONSE FLYNN HARRY GLOCK LEWIS MARCHETTE EDWARD ROGERS NILS DAMMER 900 Shipy^d Workers Strike At Kaiser Plant RICHMOND, Calif., Mar. 24Nine hundred members of an AFL shipbuilding union , quit work at Henry J. Kaiser's Rich­ mond BY No. 3 today, protest­ ing what the union described as a violation of agreements by the management. Btan Lore, business agent of the AFL Lofts- , men. Shipwrights, Joiners and Boatbuilders Union, said "This is not a strike. We are holding pro­ test meetings 24 hours a day." Officials of the yard were not available for comment. , • .'r-' - • J "ii.' •- .. • • }r �. r THE \f ( fxiAd^i. March 30. 1945 Texas Votes ProM Of Labor Hating 'Christian-Americans' AUSTIN, Tex.—^Following charges of scandal and high-pressure lobbying, the Texas House of Representatives voted 111 to 14 to investigate the notorious Christian-American Association which is sponsoring anti-labor legislation in Texas and many other States. , , A legislative committee was given broad authority to subpoena 'j all books, records and financial accouHts of the organization which, ^according to charges made in the debate, is "spending thousands of dollars" to enact House Bill No. 12 which would outlaw the unionshop and a State Constitutional amendment with the same objective. One of the significant features of the investigation was the fact ' jthat it was sponsored by Rep. Ennis Favors, who originally spon­ sored the legislative proposal of the Christian-American Association. In a speech before the House he explained: "I want to say th^t I have consistently voted for House Bill No. 12. But I don't propose to vote for it any more until these charges pre investigated. I'm telling you that scandalous charges aire being made on the streets of Austin and in hotel lobbies. There's a bug under the chip somewhere." U. S. Senatot W. Lee (Pass^the Biscuits Pappy) O'DaniCl, a con­ firmed, labor-baiter who has consistently denied any hook-tip with +he Christian-American Association, may figure in the probe. \'9- • At the last minute an ainendment was adopted broadening the investigation to include the activities of Texas unions fighting the uhion-s>op ban. The a^iendrtlent was sponsored by Rep. E; Nichol.son, one of the co-authors of the Christian-American biU. Texas labor leaders said they had no objection to the inquiry and would welcome the opportunity to go before the legislative committee to tell their side of the story. Crew Of Francis Lee Spend Fine Christmas SEAFARERS LOG Pagie Seven FACES SERIOUS CRISIS IN DRAFT BILL Some People Like Tripe ^ WASHINGTON, D. C.—^Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of th? party. Now is the time to talk tripe! No, we aren't practicing on our typewriter. We are inspired by a letter from the New Economic Stabilization Director, Wil­ liam H. Davis, to his successor as Chairman of the National War Labor Board, George Taylor, which winds up as follows: "We need to look ahead with all the foresight we can muster: to estimate as closely as we can and plan for foresee­ able contingencies. But we should not relax controls until we have felt the force of the impending change and had a chance to check our policies in the light of its observed and measured effect upon the economic currents. "Now is no time to relax either the price controls or the wage controls developed imder the Stabilization Act of Oct. 2, 1942. It is rather a time to push ahead with all the seven points of the stabilization policy announced in the President's message to Congress of April 27, 1942." Yes, sir, the date of that policy referred to by Mr. Davis was April 27, 1942. Now is the time, three years later, to do something about it, says Mr. Davis. And that is the tripe which some of America's public officials are trying to feed the nation's workers instead of the wage increases to which they are justly entitled! The only part of the 7-point program mentioned by Mr. Davis which was ever strictly enforced was wage control. Price control has been seriously relaxed while profit control and high income control have been abandoned. WASHINGTON, D. C.—The legislative situation in Congress on forced labor draft proposals has taken a critical and danger­ ous turn. The House of Representatives^ following its recent anti-labor trend, refused to concur with the voluntary manpower biU adopted by the Senate and sent the meas­ ure to conference. The legislation now rests witH the conference committees ap» pointed by the House and the Senate and the membership of these committees appears to be packed with proponents of forcedlabor schemes. During the next week or two the conference committees will try to work out a compromise between the dangerous MayBailey Bill adopted by the House and the more acceptable O'Mahoney-Kilgore Bill pased by the Senate. After their first meeting, con­ ferees predicted eventual agree­ ment on a bill for "limited" na­ tional service which will provide jail penalties for workers who refuse to take war jobs to which they are assigned. This much at least can be said The American Federation of for the recent crew of the Francis Labor has fought bitterly since L. Lee, a Robin Line Liberty ship the beginning of the year against Not,, only was she perfect as far any such compulsory legislation. as Deck, Engine, and Steward's Lined up against labor has been er, $5.94; Chas B. Funderburk a powerful coalition of Adminis­ SS RAWL Departments were concerned, but perfect cooperation between mer­ Anderson, 8 hrs; LaPlant, 4 hrs; $5.94; Virgil L. Frederick, $5.94 tration forces, the War and Navy Huddle, 1 hr. Collect at Bull Line John Medvesky, $5.94; Patrick S, Departments and the old guard chant marine. Navy, and Army Steakin, $5.94; Mike Dikun, $5.94; reactionaries in Congress. Office. was brought to light at ChristClinton McDougal, $5.94; William at 4. a;. nias time. F. Thompson, $5.94; C. B. Max­ While the AFL triumphed in SS DANIEL HUGER well, $5.94; Quendo BOnet, $5.94 the Senate, after an initial set­ This is the story: It was our, lot Voyage No. 7 Collect at Mississippi Line Office. back in the House, it was pointed to be laying at anchor in the out that it is extremely more The following men can collect Azores v<rhen this all important 3t 3t 3t difficult to defeat a conference holiday came along; not only in hearty community singing, and room allowance due therri for No­ report in either branch of Con­ SS LOU GEHRIG the Azores, but confined to the Christmas carols going till the vember 18 to November 20: gress than a bill coming up foi; Charles H. Bush, $5.94; J". J. The following- men have vouch­ original consideration. ship. This meant that we had early hours of morning. Boehm, $5.94; Louis Wendler, ers waiting for them at the little to look forward to; so after A good time was had by all, $5.94; Stefan Kadziola, $5.94; Agent's Office, 51 Beaver Street, That is why legislative experts a short potv-woW it was decided and when the folks back home Lawrence McVey, $5.94; Joseph N. Y.: Charles P. Mitchell, Fred­ consider the present situation that we would have a party of hear of the kind of fellowship D. Caldwell, $5.94; John McPhil- erick C. Arsneau, Arthim L. Kerr, more dangerous to labor than at cur own. Geo; C. Francis, Thomas F. any time since the President first that exists amongst the various ' I With the approval of Captain branches of our armed forces, lips, $5.94; Hugh E. Lee, $5.94; Campbell, Harlan J. Veasey, recommended labor draft legis­ . ixVIarion Pavletich, (plus a nice they are assured that they need Frank Littleton, $5.94; William T. Lynn R. Stahl, Arne W. Jensby, lation to Congress. Connelly, $5.94; Harvey Eaton, contribiitidri), a collectioii was rieVer worry about the Nazis or Nikodem Olewnik, Jesse L. Wad­ taken up amOrigSt the officers to anyone else overrunning the good $5.94; Chas J. Hengtgen, $5.94; dle, Gerard Morin, Douglas W. Even the fact that the armed William Warfel; $5.94; Russell piirchase liquid Christmas cheer. old U.S;A. forces of the United Nations have Swinehard, $5.94; Carl L. Leslie, Brown, Alfred Wismann, Saad A short sales talk by myself with been making such tremendous Aly, Edward Searles, John H. H. W. HAUSE. Chief Steward $5.94; Joseph Pascente, $5.94; •Army officials produced a reffl progress against Germany that Frank Wilson, $5.94; Robert Ush- Healey, Jr., John A. Fay, SS Francis L. Lee honest to God Christmas tree, one collapse of the Nazis by summer 4* 3t 4" that had been flown in for their is being freely predicted, is not SS ARIZI^A oWn use from Canada. The tree likely to halt adoption of some Attack bonus payable at Ant­ form of labor draft. was erected by the Deck Depart­ werp, Belgium, Dec. 1, 1944. Col­ ment, ti'immed by .the gun crew Senator Thomas of Utah, chair­ :who also decorated No. 3 Hold, lect at Waterman SS Co. Office. man of the Military Affairs Coiriwhile the lighting effects were mittee, stated that the Senate taken care of by the black gang. SS IARD HUNT conferees had suggested that the The ship's officers made the tree W. E. Herhingbrough, 12 hrs; Souse managers agree to a pro­ ornaments from magazine covers Morris Janovitz, 12 hrs; James vision under which the WMQ aiid cotton. Right about here the Gaffney, 12 hra; Robert Bromley, would be authorized to investi­ Stfewatd's department took over, 16 hrs; Melvin Buchan, 22 hrs; gate the utilization of labor by arid these boys really turried out >9 feed fit for kings, set on a table Emil A. Gomez, 12 hrs; King, 12 the War and Navy Departments and other agencies of the Govx / that would do credit to the finest hrs; Robert Hodges, 12 hrs; Er- ernment. ^; / hotel. In all, there were 31 dif­ vin Anderson, 12 hrs. Collect at ferent item's including meats, sal­ "In view of the findings in in­ Bull Line Office. ads, pies, cakes, cookies, candy, vestigations by the Byrd Econ­ 4> t and riuts, even good old Ameri­ omy Committee and the Mead can HOT DOGS; nothing was Committee Investigating the War SS JOHN POE overlooked. The gun crew fur­ $125 attack borius payable to Program," Senator Thomas de­ nished an improvised orchestra, clared, "I don't think anyone is all crew members. Chas. O. Bean, and all hands turned to to furnish disposed to disagree to that." Chrisfmas ireb riqg^ up in No. 3 hold of ihe SS Francis Lee. 16 hrs. Collect at Bull Line Of­ He reported the "beginnings 6f their Share of the entertainment. iThe evening was topped off with Liquid cheer is also evident. fice. compromise." •m MONEY DUE �• • : . :Page Eight \ i >••>. Ship Disposal Bill Up Again ^ THE PERSONALS SEAFARERS LOG . . 1 Friday, March 30, 194S^N^ SIU UNCLAIMED WAGES WILLIAM J. SCANLON Mose Morrie .... 3.55 ANSON BURLINGAME 1, American Liberty See attorney Richard M. Can­ VOYAGE 1 Steamship Corp. tor in New York City. N George A. Putney 9.42. As of Feb, 28, 1915 WiUiam Nickel, Sr The ships disposal bill pend 4- i P. Fitzgerald 10.56 E. W. Nitcher (USNR) . 9.75 CREW ing in the House Merchant Mar­ A 29.60 P. Nolan 5.94 Lester Bretton SS GEORGE PENDLETON ine Committee, received another Walter Adamezyk $ .07 During the payoff at the CalANSON BURLINGAME ' -lease on life this week when it James H. Allen 35.55 I fciar office on March 22nd, some VOYAGE 2 was announced that Comrnillee Abram Allie 17.37 Philip N. O'Connor ...... 3.44 hearings would be reopened prior one accidentially took Patrolman Harry A. Anderson 45.3; 6.44 Harold R. O'CuU 59.93 Robert L. Hunt Ecil Carroll to any disposition of the legis­ Johnny Johnston's top coat. It Sven O. Anderson 4.74, 5.89 Thomas Olden i— 93.64 was brown gabardine and had an James H. Black 16.36 lation. John B. Arroyo 4.47 William S. Olsen ... 4.13 English label. Please return it to Leonard Clements 14.58 Chairman Bland of the House the 5th floor of the Nev.^ York M. Gallagher 16.83 B Committee fixed April 19 as-the headquarters. 15.65 Amos Baum .15 W. R. Parry 7,22 WiUiam Temple date for resumption of hearings Edgar W. Blackburn 133.20 Edmund F. Paul 4. i 4. 5.69 Chester Buckmaster ........ 15.65 on the bill. At that time Admiral ANTHONY GRAZIA170 Andrew Bobby 7.11 William Pennings 5.51 Terrence Bradley 14.26 Land is scheduled to reappear Please call at headquarters of­ Daniel Brown 4.45 John P. Piazik 7.57 Gordan E. Brew 17.86 before the Committee, and again fice; you have the wrong Proba­ 24.58 Manuel Primack 112.34 Robert L. Hunt urge its passage. Other repre­ tionary book in your possession. Harold Primmack 17.34 5.51 Opie W. Barrier "... 17.82 sentatives of the shipowners will Your correct book is waiting for Paul S. Cardinal Paul A. Bell14.40 Alfred H. Carter :— .... 8.95 also testify. R you. David W. Akin 85.32 Michael Casorta . 140.00 Tully Robertson ....... 1.48 EcU E. CarroU 143.12 This is the bill which received Elud Castonguay 3.55 Charles Rogers 46.93 Herbert Labeigriga CREW OF^TUG ANACAPA 18.00 condemnation by the SIU-SUP Harry L. Cheatham ......... .... 17.82 Owen S. Rogers 7.11 John Hughes See Attorney Sol. Berenholtz, 24.00 three weeks ago when Vice Pre­ WaUace B. Copeland .... 4.45 Michael Roland 2.97 sidents John Hawk and Morris 1102 Court Square Building, Bal­ Robert O. Coyle ..... ANSON BURLINGAME .... 1.18 Charles Rolkiewiczy .......... 108.78 Weisberger appeared before the timore, concerning your claims James J. Coyne VOYAGE 3 3.44 George Rosenberg 7.42 while salvaging the SS Balls Committee in Washington. Both Emily CroweU .... 2.41 Ansel B. Rossan 3.91 W. Skinner .. 15.34 Bluff. Hawk and Weisberger made it Norman P. CuUars • * • .... 45.86 Victor C. Ryan .. . , 5.92 ANTONIN DVORAK i clear at that time that the AFL W. S. VAN VEEN VOYAGE 2 seamen were opposed to a whole­ S 35 Joseph Saunders 2.84 sale and indiscriminate disposal Your discharge from the SS ames C. Davis 4.45 F. Agniolites 33.06 13.04 Charley Schofield of American tonnage to either John Grier Hibben, dated 9-5-44 W. Devlin 21.79 Clarence Hodge in the New York Agent's James Dick the foreign operators or the junk 4.98 ARTHUR R. LEWIS—VOYAGE 1 61.85 William J. Scott office. 23.82 Thomas N. Brinson 50.83 George Sebastian yard. * * • Thomas F. Shea .. 90.19 CHARLES FORT—VOYAGE 3 . Demanding post war jobs for Raymond Engstrom 10.12 :;'aul Snook FRANK L. WILSON 2.59 H. Rountree 23-13 the members of the SIU, Hawk Some of your papers are being 2.11 C. Hargroves 47.28 William Shore and Weisberger advised the Con­ held in the lost and found de­ James Shutts 2.84 28.08 CHARLES GORDON CURTIS gressmen to delay disposal of partment of the Seamen's Church William Ferguson Vlichael Silva _... 2.51! William J. Fitzgerald 42.12 VOYAGE 1 American ships until such time Institute, 25 South Street, New , 2.84 iigene Flowers 2.75 Sstavo Silvestrin Bernt O. Bloomquist .... „,27.58 that the American operators had York. John W. Singer 7.82 Roy McWherry ... been given an opportunity to 27.58 Otto J. Smith 61.50 Raymond J. O'Brien determine their own post war 'he Skipper Doesn't 27.58 Nicholas Galanos .. 17.82 Philip Snider 9.96 John D. Malafouris. ... 27.56* needs. Dionista P. Garcia .62 Christ Staalsen ..... 7.57 Like Strangers In John H. Phelps 27.58 E. Gardner 4.21 ioy E. Stream 8.26 One of the major drawbacks The Messroom Paul George E. Wilson 27.58 Gazic 77.11 WiUiam SuUivan 7.42 to the bill as drawn .up by the Ival Spoenemein 105 Harry Goden 77.11 Speaking of bucko skippers, we te»- U. S. Maritime Commission, was WiUiam Garrett 105 .02 the fact that foreign operators had one on the last trip If you Arlo Gwilt \ D. L. Thomas — 20.76 were given a chance to purchase don't think so, take a gander at CHARLES M. CONRAD !: H Andrew Thompsen 4.98 American ships under more fav­ the following notice which was Robert Hairston VOYAGE 1 93.64 ;Sdmund Thompsen 8.53 Manny Hollander : 40:66 orable conditions than were the posted on the bulletin board of Paul Hamilton . 8.95 Pernie Thompson : 69.68 O. Jensen ; 8.92 American operators. A French the SS Antinous. Bivins Henderson 13.77 Thomas T. Tooma 15.34 shipowner, for instance, could G. E. Perkins 12.60 H. W. BASCH, William Hicks .71 Benny Troup 2.81 buy a Liberty or C ship on the Engine Delegate Boss Holmes 32.71 dhn Tucker r:..... 8.95 CHARLES M. CONRAD ( basis of pre-war French construc­ CREW NOTICE John Hope 3.04 VOYAGE 3 ' tion costs. The American oper­ 1. Keep Soldiers, Stevedores, William Hough ...... V 1.37 George Lucas 13.16 ators, on the other hand, would and strangers out and away from Joseph F. Howard 72.52 3.44 George R. Vickery be required to pay on the basis your messrooms. CHARLES M. CONRAD | W I of the higher pre-war American 2. If the messroom is found in VOYAGE 4 ' 26.31 4.47 WUUam Walker costs. a condition such as it was this Antonia Iregarry Eugene Carney 4.00 Gaus Wass 1.79 4.00 J . Hawk and Weisberger pointed morning it, or they, will be lock­ George Watt 07 Aubrey Thurman ed up and key placed in care of Stephen J. Johnson Jerzy Piasecki 10.66 .54 Earl "White out that this discriminated ..... 126.68 C. Bono 10.5r. 6.11 Russell T. Wilde against the American operator, the officer on duty so that only J. Jones 4.45 those actually on duty will have G. S. Jordan, Jr 4.21 Joseph R. Wing and therefore meant fewer jobs 77.49 CHARLES PADDOCK \ \ for American seamen in the post access to it for night lunch. The Leo J. Wojck 7.57 VOYAGE 1 messboy is not aboard as yoxu: ty ' war period. Leland Wood 8.23' Raymond E. GreenweU .... 9.95 3.56 W , servant and has enough to do to Jack C. Kayne 4.82 Charles G. Jett 10.06 29.86 Thomas Woods handle meals and wash dishes WiUiam R. Kiges Alonzo Wright 36.97 James L. Crowley 22.12 11.38 and clean up during daytime, Floyd King A. Brice Slaybough 87.54 11.71 without having to walk into a John J. Kubas D. L. Cain ! 2.41 J. Youman pig-sty in the morning. It was Walter Kubi.ski 50.00 Raymond E. GreenweU'.... 6.30 2.11 11 a.m. before he caught up with Edward Kuhar i 7.11 everything this A.M. SEAS SHIPPING CO„ Inc. CHARLES PADDOCK L If you are in a marine hos3. You have a recreation room Agent/General Agent War VOYAGE 2 Joseph LeBlanc 31.82 . pilal in the New York area and aft. I don't know whom it was Fred Lindsey Shipping Adminislraiion WiUiam F. Santry 7.82 30.57 Amos P. Schneider want to be sure that 'the SIU last night that kept singing and Fred Litsch 2.84* 39 Cortlemdt Street 2.59 shouting up until 11:30 P.M., John D. Bray 5.60 , 8.53 hospital delegate visits "^you, keeping everybody awake amid­ Vernon Lough, Jr ALGIC—VOYAGE 15 John P. Murphy 10.66 simply drop him a penny post ships. Stop it voluntarily or I'll G. Cooper $ 8.18 Henry A. Nauta ...... ' 6.40 M card and write your name, stop it by sending you up to the A. M. Mailhes James Hamilton 50.48 Charles C. Gore 9.75 6:40 ward number and hospital on Army Pen. Aubrey C. MuUen Victor Makarawicy 8.26 6.40 ALGIC—VOYAGE 18 4. If as last night, U.S. Govern­ WiUiam P. Malloy ....;. John B. Edwards 63.52 Harold V. Henhtorn it. You will then be visited 6.40 33.60 ment property continues to be 2.84* weekly, receive the Seafarers destroyed, appropriate measures Lawrence B. Mangan .... 6.88 MitcheU Bein 6.34 Roy E. Parker Noel W. Axtell Lester Matthews 8.26 1.42 Log regularly, and get the $2 will be taken to find out who does 6.75 .14 AMY LOWELL—VOYAGE 1 Sidney C. Greer hospital benefits due under the it and the offenders made to pay. Thomas McClees ... Charles F. Thomas ' G. W. MerriU ^ Leroy S. Jobe 15.65 9.75 provisions of the Constitution. T. R. Sorensen, Master F. E. MiUer ^ 29.19 Harry R. Ward 111.63 Edward S. Harris SS Antinous Joaquin Minis J. 10.20 Allen L. Clark If you don't let the union 13.97 Frederick L, Cherry Victor Mlyhek — 8.95 A. Nelson iB'.aa 1.69 Jack A. McDaniel know that you are laid up, the Manuel J. Montero delegate can't be blamed for 4.13 AMY LOWELL—VOYAGE 2 Feep In Touch Wfth L. Moore ..... 18.98 failing to visit you. 3.18 Leroy F. Brooks Alfred MorreU .... 35.30 121.18 Morris H. 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GREAT LAKES SEASON OPENS HISTORY OF THE UNION LABEL THE MAN POWER DRAFT MINERS ARE SLANDERED NEW FOOD STOWAGE RULES FOR LIBERTIES FIVE YEARS SEA TIME STILL REQUIRED FOR CITIZENSHIP SEAMEN'S BILL OF RIGHTS NOW PENDING ORGANIZE FOR POST WAR JOBS TO THE HEROES OF THE SS HENRY BACON CREW GIVES LIVES THAT REPATRIATES MAY LIVE SLAVE LABOR BILL PASSES HOUSE THE MEMBERSHIP SAYS TEXAS VOTES PROBE OF LABOR HATING 'CHRISTIAN-AMERICANS' LABOR FACES SERIOUS CRISIS IN DRAFT BILL SOME PEOPLE LIKE TRIPE CREW OF FRANCIS LEE SPEND FINE CHRISTMAS SHIP DISPOSAL BILL UP AGAIN PERSONALS SIU UNCLAIMED WAGES Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03/30/1945 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1945 Periodicals Seafarers Log https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/62da616e45831b88572b288b501d433a.PDF faf9e949e078b78d4c1d8e77b744bd06 PDF Text Text ?-s:;Fa' ^^^^iRERS JOQ fF===- OFFICIAL OKGAH OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTBICT, SEAFARESS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AREERICA VOL VII. NEW YORK, N. Y.. FRIDAY. MARCH 23. 1945 OLD AND NEW WLB HEADS DISCUSS JOBS No. 12 $25,210 Is Collected On Falsified Ship's Log Beef That a militant crew, plus competent shoreside representation by experienced Pa­ trolmen can force the shipowner's to pay legitimate overtime—even when the ship's log has been doctored to keep the wages down—was proven again this week when the Eastern Steamship Company finally made out pay vouchers to the tune of $25,210 disputed overtime for the crew of the SS Lou Gehrig. The Gehrig paid of^ iii New York almost two Ciii FINAL NOTICE FOR UNCLAIMED BAGGAGE IN N.Y. months ago with the official log* being made out in such a way! Last week New York Patrolthat all the overtime turned in. in , man Jimmy Hudson, ship deleappeared phoney, "Work listed as gates George Masterman, George done in port would be dated Kara and Robert Griffist, went when the ship was at sea (ac­ to Boston. There, with Boston cording to the log). Naturally, Patrolman Jimmy Sweeney, they the company, took the position went to the Eastern SS office and that the crew was merely making set up the overtime which is a racket out of the overtime,' and now payable in New York. at first refused to pay any of it. If the crew" had not stuck to­ However, the crew stood fast, gether, or if they had not receiv­ and was supported by the New ed full support from their shoreYork officials. Before long the side officials, or if there had not mates broke down and admitted been cooperation , between the that they had falsified the log in various SIU branches involved, order to throw some of the un­ the Eastern Steamship Company licensed overtime to themselves. would have been 25 grand to the The Mates are now on trial be­ good—and the men who earned fore the Coast Guard. the money would have been just The record of overtime kept by that much poorer. The SS Lou the various departments was so Gehrig beef is a lesson in co­ carefully entered that the com­ pany agreed to rewrite the ship's operation — cooperation which log from the Deck Department mean^ money in the pockets of the men who earned it, overtime. The baggage room in New William H. Davis (left), who has quit the chairmanship of the WLB to succeed Fred M. Vinson as Economic Stabilization Director, York is full of unclaimed bag­ discusses WLB problems with Dr. George W. Taylor (right), who gage lhai was moved over from succeeds him as the head of WLB. the old offices on Stone Street. Some of it has been lying around the hall for over a year. It is necessary to move it out in order to make room for cur­ rent baggage checked by the NT men on the beach. All unidentified baggage that h^ .been for 8 months By JOHN HAWK jtion and Shipping Rules, if necor more will be disposed of. at We have had'^ith us for the e'ssary. To bring forth recompast week, the A^^nts from all mendations to the .membership, the end of this month. Claim our Branches, with the exception All proposals will be put to a your gem at once if you have 'of our San Juan Agent. These referendum vote of the member- any around. Agents are attending a general (Cornfinved oh Page 7) conference for the purpose of WEBSTER HALL IN NEW YORK HOLDS RECORD SIU MEETING considering post war problems that the Union will be confront­ ed with. These problems are; 1. Setting iip the- structure to establish . a concrete educational ' program for the membership of • the Union, in view of the fact that- we have joined into the '.Union many young members who ' J are not familiar with seamen's union movement and unionism in . general. • ; . 2. Setting up of an organiza­ tional program in order to in­ crease the number oL jobs now . controlled by the Union, by con­ centrating our efforts to organize . copipanics tha^-are unorganized and secure contracts with job control. . .... .3.. The purpose of this confer­ ence ..is to also aiBEord an -oppor­ tunity for the newly elected branch Agents to meet one an. other and, discuss the problems that the U^nion is confronted with and to formulate a program and policy in'order that' they may be able to coordinate their efforts, thereby giving the membership better representation. 4. To discuss the advisability of opening additional branches on the Atlantic & Gulf Coast and also the advisability of sending, representatives out on the Pacific _ __ purpose of effecting ^i Symbol of the rapid growth of the SIU is the gigantic meetirgs being held these days by the New York Branch. It was only dx Coast for the 'better representation to the mem- months ago that we crowded into the 6th floor at 2 Stone Street. Now, however, even the new building at 51 Beaver won't hold the bership. men ashore on meeting night. Above is a general view of the Grend Ball Room of 'Webster Hall during the, meeting last Wednesday. 5. To overhaul the Gonstitu- evening. Over 1200 men attended. . Hawk Sees Conference Improving Service To Rank &'File Members i . ' ' '-'V 'i'--'- i ' �• .••t:5' i." -' ' Page Two as THE • SEAFARERS /,' ." LOG Friday, March 23, 194S SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 10 J Market Street, Saa Francisca, Calii. JOHN HAWK - - - -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Kep. 424 Jth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. t s. 4. 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HAnover 2-2784 <^^267 The United Mine Workers By HAHHY LUNDEBERG In an effort to secure better working conditions in that most hazardous of all occupations — coal mining — these union brothers, the United Mine Workers of America are at present in negotiations with the mine operators. It is a well established fact that the mine workers have the hardest and most dangerous work of any industry; casualties in the mines will show they have the highest rate of any industry and they are the lowest paid; they are certainly entitled, by any humane standard, to an adjustment of these conditions. But what do we find, when these workers go in for a "New Deal" for the miners? A vicious campaign is launch­ ed against them; it is being conducted on a nation-wide scale by all the tools the coal barons can muster, including many "New Deal Bureaucrats" in Washington; the flunkies of the kept press, and their fellow-travelers the "Totalitar­ ian Liberals" breathing their hot air over the radio, and joined by their scab-herders, the "Communist" snoopers. They profess to attack John L. Lewis—^insinuating that he is unpatriotic; that he is a would-be dictator, and in short they are using any phoney line that they think they can peddle for their masters, the coal barons. The truth of the,matter is they are doing their dirty work, and they are getting paid for it,—and nobody is fooled. 600 LONGSHOREMEN STRIKE AT BOSTON Requiem Down along the water front Propped against a shed Stands an object of crystal beauty Its past romance is dead. . From its symmetrical head to its shining base There skirted a paper gown With the likeness of a hero Whose exploits are world-renown. It once held powers to love and hate. To kill and to forget. It could also conjure images Of beasts no one has met. It could create a desire to love our foes -And some of our friends to throttle; Now, alone and foresaken is the object of my prose— Just an empty whiskey bottle. THEODORE WATSON when he, too, joined the chorus of scab4ierders and union bustefs of the Totalitarian Phonies, by adding his two-bits worth to the attack on the mine workers. And believe me, it was only worth two-bits, too! This character is now back into his own Broadway Zoot-Suit. The heat got too much for him when he was parading around in a so-called Navy-Lieutenant Com­ mander's uniform, and public opinion revolted against such doings. "Windy Walter"^—said nothing about the "leadership" The United Mine Workers elected John L. Lewis to of the United Automobile Workers (CIO). No heat is put negotiate and represent for them. They need a tough man, on them because they're down in Washington, licking the and a smart man, and one who will stand up to just such a boots of the "Totalitarian Liberals" who now infest prac­ poisonous barrage as they are subjecting the mine workers tically every Government Agency in Washington, and why to now. No one can deny that the mine workers are should "Windy Walter" condemn these so-called CIO lead100% behind John L. Lewis. iers? Because they are donating the workers' money to elect One of the more notorious of the radio "hot-air" ar­ •some of these phonies, but in return never get a thing for tists, a character who has earned his living by snooping and th workers but a lot of hot air and false promises. . delivering tid-bits of gossip about the dear girls and boys oj the wonderful world of Hollywood—and Broadway1^" and who earns his money by being nice to the mis-fits who dccupy the night clubs of New York—and who probably Bas never done an hohest day's work in his life, presumed iupon the tolerance of the American Public the other night M- • •y. If the leadership of the American Labor movement had any guts, they should come out NOW, 10Q% behind John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers in their fight for their rights! It is the duty of the American Labor movement to stand behind the mine workers in their fight. They have a JUST fight! BOSTON, March 19 — About 600 longshoremen went on strike at the Army base and Castle. Isl­ and Terminal of the Army Port of Embarkation here today, re­ fusing to load ships with over­ seas supplies in a dispute ovel^'' the use of tractor-trailer units. The International Longshore­ men's Association, AFL, conten(|ed the tractor-trailer operation was hazardous. Soldiers, stationed here for training in stevedoring work be­ fore going overseas, were, used to load the ships. The Army said the men refused to work when the tractor-traUer units were put into operation to carry cargo to the sides of two ships* at Castle Island. Cargo previously had been cai> ried to all ships by industrial fork-lift "chisel" trucks, which are acceptable to the imion, the Army stated. It added that the tractor-trailor operation was used only when a sufficient number of fork-lift trucks were not avail­ able. After an all-day conference of * Brig. Gen. Calvin De Witt, Jr., commanding general of the port, and union officials, it was an­ nounced that General De Witt has agreed to resume fork-lift truck operation by borrowing such trucks from other work pending arbitration of the use of tractor-trailers. , / A I �f-ir FHdaT'MaMh^S, IMS THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Time Buying Uniforms Is A Sucker's Game By PHIL COHLEY. SUP No. 2310 One of the easiest f(wm of regimentation and one which is most pleasing to those to be regimented, is the use of the uniform. The average un-suspecting civilian wil readily don a recognized uniform when given the slightest opportunity or permission to do so, even if it entails digging PROMINENT LABOR CARTOONIST TO DRAW FOR SEAFARERS LOG lOG VONTMIBVTOR AT WORK down in his own pocket and pay-* No real merchant seaman can ing redicuJnus prices set by find one reason to wear a uni racketeering tailors who are form. The reasons given by those making a killing at, this game. who do wear them are merely subterfuges to hide their underlyii^ vain-glory and their desire to give the impression they are something which they honestly know .they are not. Some of these animals give the excuse they need the vmiform to get bus and train tickets or they need them to hitch-hike on the high way. ^ ' ^ permanent example of this isituation is found in any public parade which is the favorite ve­ hicle used by uniform-crazed or­ ganizations, lodges, and crack­ pot flag-wavers? to display them­ selves as strutting peacocks in get-ups ranging from Salvation Sals to Admirals in the Portu­ guese Navy. Here is Bernard Seaman al his drawing board about to pillor with pen and ink some profit swollen employer. Tfie demand for Seaman's cartoons is such that it would take 10 men to supply A merchant seaman does not them. The LOG is proud that it has been chosen as one of the few need a uniform to get a train or outlets for his work. bus ticket; all he has to do is produce his papers and discharge at the ticket office and he will be given the proper priorities. In the case of the hitch-hiking ani­ mal it might be well for him to bear in mind that union seamen Both operators and miners are the Labor Department it was are fighting to maintain wages in now admitting that despite al­ said that the Government might the industry and it has not come most continuous conferences over step in if management and labor to the stage yet where a seaman the past weeks, labor and man­ continued deadlocked. With the war came a new can't pay hi§ way on the train. A Meanwhile, President Lewis of agement are no where near a mania for uniforms. New auxil­ real seaman who is broke can the UMW, branded the employer settlement of their wage dispute. iaries were formed in every still get where he is going with­ anti-labor propaganda as "in­ In Washington, v/here the nego­ branch of the military services. out the aid of a phony uniform; flated, distorted and false." tiations are being conducted at In recruiting for these new he has before the war and will Hotel Shorcham, observers say branches of service much stress during and after the war. The that the atmosphere is getting was placed on the smart uniform famous boxcar sailors would explosive." which went with that particular never think of stooping so low as The present conti-act expires branch, thereby playing upon the to put on a uniform for the mere only 8 days from now—on March £^e-old desire to wear a uniform. purpose of getting a ride some­ Atlantic. Gulf. Pacific and 31 at midnight—and the slogan This would not be so bad if they where. Great Lakes Agents of the SIU could put the same stress on the The uniform throughout the of the United Mine Workers is and SUP are meeting this week wages that were to be paid. world has been used by all na­ No contract, no work." The union has already filed in Chicago for the purpose of It is at the point now where it tions as a take-off for regimenta­ notice of its intention to strike laying post war plans for the is no longer possible to identify tion and gradual and unsuspect­ after the contract expires, if no the eonglomeration of nondes- ing build-up to the militai-ization International. Out of the con­ 'qript get-ups that is met every of the peoples involved. This renewal is negotiated-The NLRB ference will also come pro­ day on the streets. The sad, part places the innocent peace-loving is preparing now for the holding posals for closer cooperation of all this uniform-craze is that citizens in the position of mere of a strike vote in the coal fields, as provided under the Srnith-i between the Districts. Uie civilian working for private pawns to be used at will by the Connelly Act. A full report of the Joint interests, operating for private power craving war lords, when­ As yet the government has Conference, as well as the At­ profits, is also being sucked in. ever they think the time is right Such is the case of the new­ to atke over some smaller and given no indication of whether or lantic and Gulf District Con­ not it intends to step in and seize ference held in New York last comers in the merchant service. weaker country. Clothing and tailor shops in all It is a known fact that an the mines as it did last year when, week, will be printed in future the seaports have cooked up cer­ otherwise intelligent and self- the operators sabotaged the pro­ issues of the LOG. tain imiforms and rating insig- reasoning person is entirely cess of collective bargaining. At nias fdr the entire unlicensed per­ changed once he is given a uni­ sonnel. Before the war, these form. He will take orders and tion in organizing his storm these angles before any of you same land-sharks were robbing execute orders and endure the troopers; even to the extent of would-be Admirals pay out your the seamen of their hard-earned strictest discipline, which he issuing fancy xmiforms to induce hard-earned money for these I money for fiamishings worth half would otherwise have never the youth of Germany to join the cloaks of regimentation. If you youth camps of the storm troop­ cannot control this craving for a 1^ the price they charged them. And have dreamed of doing. ers. Japan is anpther example of uniform I would suggest you go in the past these .same people re­ early use of the uniform in regi­ to the nearest recruiting station fused credit to seamen on the mentation of the youth of that and they will furnish you, free of bricks during strikes, because the country and in training them in charges, a uniform you will be •• strike kept them too busy fur­ obedience to the military dic­ entitled to wear. nishing the scabs. tates. The young school children Also don't forget there is no A merchant seaman is no more attend school in semi-military such animal as a "merchant mar­ entitled to wear a uniform than outfits with a uniform cap and ine." If you try to impress peo­ a shipyard worker or any other the Japanese star and in place ple vith this title, they will be defense worker. Both are civilian of a school-bag they have mili­ workers, working for a private tary knapsacks on their backs asking you where y,our U.S. Mar­ ccmipany with interest only in ine's uniform is and where is Hitler recognized the import­ for their books. the profit to be derived from-it's It would be well to consider your rifle. ance of this angle of regimentaoperations. 8 Days Before Miners' Strike Deadline; Lewis Holds Firm SiU-SUP Conference In Chicago Now On ' L ivii iiTii u. One of the country's top-flight labor cartoonists, Bernard Sea­ man, will contribute cartoons and illustrations to all future is­ sues of the Log. Seamen is prob­ ably the most discussed labor car-, toonist in the country, and his work has appeared in all of the larger AFL papers, as well as in" the New York Post. Baltimore Sun. St. Louis Post Dispatch. PM and others. In addition to his vast output of individual eartoons, Seaman has been drawing a syndicated weekly panel called' The March of Labor," which is published by 105 trade union pa­ pers. It was during the depression year of 1934 that Seaman's con­ siderable talent was first discov­ ered. He painted picket signs for the International Ladies Gar­ ment Workers Union. The signs' he produced were so effective, that after the strike ended he was appointed staff cartoonist for Justice, official organ of the ILGWU. He has held this post for the past 10 years. Aside from Seamen's regular contributions to the Log. which appear throughout this issue of the paper, he is illustrating the SIU booklet entitled "Here's How, Brother," which will be off the press in the near futui-e. Honor Roll MV Sankaty Head SS Tristram Dalton SS Panama City C. Bently SS Alfaro W. R. Carlson E. Norton SS August Belmont Charles Urgitus .SS Sarazen F. C. Dubby Samuel Griffin SS A. S. Clay E. C. Peirtaske SS Robin Tuxford J. Blaine SS Frank C. Emerson Fred Hethcoat SS A. Pickens G. R. Wail M. C. Fulks SS R. Fechner G. Eastman R. Riola MV Yaquima Head C. T. Duncan Ramond Ratoff C. Patraiker Thomas Murray SS Babeock J. H. Woodington James Minstock F. Hall F. W. Henderson C. Baggs SS Treat SS B. Gwinette W. G. Manning P. Gibbs R. Pierce William Harding N. H. Lindsjo Rees Emmett Garcia J. H. Cronin $92.00 58.00 33.00 25.00 22.00 20.00 18.00 16.00, 16.00 14.08 14.00 13.40 12.70 12.00 11.50 10.00' 11;00 10.00 8.85 8.00 8.00 7.00 7.00 6.00 6.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 8.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 l.OO 1.00 1.00 l.OO �'x,--' Page Four Friday. March 23. 1945 1 Crew Of Marina Refused Workaway By JOSEPH E. GELINAS (Ship's Delegate) After you read this communi the p r i s o n e r's compartment, cation I hope that you brother where we were also treated as such. We were given strict or­ will benefit by our experiences ders by the Troop transport comFor we survivors of the SS Mar rnander concerning what he ex­ ina sure got around and sure got pected from us. What he meant kicked around after we lost our was that we were not to be re­ patriated as passengers, which is ship last January. the right of all torpedoed seamen, According to the public press but as work-aways. We were ex­ we seamen are doing a good job pected to do forced labor in or­ That's true, but at the same time der to get home. the WSA and USS are giving the "If this work is not completed public a lot of false propaganda about .how well they ^e treating in the prescribed time," the com­ us. If you don't believe it, listen mander snarled, "you wiU be sub­ ject to the following: to what happened to us. After oiir ship was hit by two "Cut out of the chow line. mines we were rescued by a "Pay stopped. Navy escort. Once we landed on "Subject to court-martial. the beach we were transported These repatriated SIU men stood firm against all intimidation aboard the repatriation ship, and' "Locked in quarters. to London in a Navy Dispensary. are shown here when they met together in the New York hall to figure the wages due them from "Restricted to one cup of We received the best greetings the shipowner. (Left to right seated) John Kozar. Wiper; Harold Reese, OS; Joseph Gelinas, Oiler; water a day." that a seamen can expect. I quote Art Kaefer, Oiler; John Kinney, Wiper; (Left to right standing) Pat Daugherty, Oiler; Victor Carlson, one of the Navy medical officers; Do we seamen have to accept OS; C. Thompson, 2nd Cook; Slim Geiberson, OS; James Meeks, FW; Gene McNeely, Utility; Joe "What the hell do you want to these conditions? I say we don't. come in here for and crowd up And aboard the ship we said that Barringer, FW; George Dingle, Gfdley Utility and Antohn Alvarez, FW. this place." That was our greet­ we did not intend to do any ing when we arrived all schooner sobgeeing, or other work laid out rigged and two men injured. for us, because we were union After seeing what we were up men and intended to live up to Editor, Seafarers Log: against, we walked out and wait­ our rights. ed in the cold for two hours be­ None of us were cut out of the We, the undersigned members fore we got a truck to take us to chow line, or court martialed, or of the SS T. B. Robertson, beg a USS club. We spent a couple anything else. The Brass Hat, through the paper to recommend By WM. McKAY of weeks in various clubs until soon found that he couldn't in- Brother F. E. Stokes as one of I have attended a number of the men going to sea regard their the WSA found a ship on which timinate us, and so he let us the best Stewards we have ever conferences where the welfare trade as an ancient and honor­ to send us home. alone. All torpedoed men must sailed with. He is ready at all of the seamen and our union able one. These men are intelli­ On Feb. 1, 1945 we were put remember that they won't get times to get out of his bunk and were concerned. But the Agents gent and educated and are play­ aboard the SS Argentina. We anything on a silver platter—you do anything for the men on the Conference which has just end­ ing a vital part in this war. ship. He deserves our thanks as were given living quarters in gotta fight for your rights! ed in New York City was In past years it was taken for a good union man. the most constructive I have ever granted by the riiipowners^ that Fraternally yours, attended. If the welfare of your the seamen were a stupid lot and Richard Backmann Union is to be considered above could be treated like slav^. Now, Robert Vanderau individual problems, then we however, they have been forced R. Z. Banister must eliminate individual prob­ to alter their opinion and they J. L. Waters lems for the good and welfare of have also been forced to alter the W. H. Greene conditions aboard their ships. We the majority. Floyd B. Cronin There are a great many indi­ have conditions now which were William Beckmann vidual problems which confront not dreamed of years ago. But good conditions aboard the the seamen which do not come under the heading of union ac­ ships are not enough. What does (ITF) — The French seamen, immediate importance is the tivity, aaid- ther member ctMieeiaa-r it gain a man if he has a nice meeting in a general session in fact that most French seamen ed is in need^ af-ad'nce and help. home • afloat, only to spends his -Npw York recently, unanimous­ sailing out from New York have This type cf aerv'.ce should be time ashore gassed up in a gin had practically no contact with rendered our members by the mill. And that is where the ly elected the following union their central union since the war officials: Jean Laurain, general began, thus creating a situation Holder of receipt No. 76589 various branches. At the present Union must; again play a role. We time this is the policy of the Port must not only win conditions secretary; August Cren, secre­ where many questions remain to please contact Claude Simmons of New York which has set up a afloat, but create them ashore. at New York Branch office, 5th Special Services department. be settled and adjusted. tary; Louis Batut, treasurer. Special service and recreation fa-' floor. The I.T.F. offers its congratu­ The International Transport * * « The matter of home contacts is cilities are the order of the day lations to the new section and Workers Federation has given its the most important problem of for the SIU. J. BRANIGAN "wishes the new general secre­ full support in the establishment tary the best of luck in the diffi­ Steward of SS Blue Ridge, see our younger members. This is a of the New York Section of the cult tasks he will be called upon Freddie Stewart, New York Pa­ serious matter for many men Navy Is Building USS have lost contact with their Club For Merchant French Seamen's Union and has to execute. trolman. homes and it is taken for grant­ Seamen In Saipan • * • given the new section an office "We have no doubt that Mr. ed that they will head for the in the I.T.F. headquarters at 5 Laurain will succeed in doing a The following crew members nearest gin mill when they hit good job to the benefit of the of the SS Pierce Butler should the beach. To counter this the A United Seamen's Service Beekman Street. residential club for American Mr. Jean Laurain, who is 31 French seamen calling at New see Sol C. Berenholtz, Baltimore: Union must set up proper recrea­ merchant seamen is being,erect­ years old has been very, active York and for the benefit of the Alton Dawson, George Lohmna, tional facilities to take care of ed on the Pacific island of Saipan, and successful in the reorganiza­ French Merchant Marine in gen­ Walter Haas, Thomas F. Day, Leo these men while they are ashore. it was announced this week. tion of the French seamen, first eral. The Section can continue to P. McHugh, Robert C. Bradley, It is not my intentton to cast The club- building is being con- J while sailing on French ships as a count on the active cooperation Peter Nicolaides. any reflection on the old timer—' structed by the U. S. Navy and ^ * • • delegate of the union and re­ of the I.T.F. he dressed. and acted only in a completion is promised by Api'il WILLIAM J. SCANLON cently while on shore leave in manner that bespoke the times 1. A USS representative is ea New York. Militant trade Oiler on last trip of SS John and conditions under which he route to Saipan and supplies, in-| unionist and officials of the I.T.F. Stevens, please see Attorney worked. But the days of the eluding a large quantity of can­ feel certain that he will be a Richard Cantor in New York. dungaree seaman is past. Today teen articles, are being shipped ^ * * * great asset to the French Sea­ from the United States. men's Union. Will holder of receipt No. 75225 send name and book number to Establishment of more USS A tremendous amount of work see Patrolman Algina in New Patrolman Johnson in Norfolk. clubs for merchant seamen is be-," m * * York. . is cut out for this new section. ing considered in the general • * « C. R. SCATES Chief problem facing these work­ area which provides jumping-off Receipt Nc. 77012 Will holder of receipt No. 72272 ers, is the proposed transfer of places for landings in Japan or who paid off the SS Thomas SuUy Will you please see J. Hudson, China, but their planned locations, new ships built in the U.S. to sail March 12, 1945 in Norfolk, please New York Patrolman. , under the French flag. Of equal cannot be disclosed at this time. Editors Mail French Seamen's Union Forms New York Section; Affiliated With The ITF Union Has Responsibility For Members While Ashore �' i. J . . ^;/. Triday, March 23. 1945 THE SEAFARERS Page Five LOG Launch Service For New York Harbor Repair Lists Ma!ke For Lifeboats Get A Pleasant, Clean Trip Two Way Radio The Assistant Deputy Administrator for Ship Opera­ tions, War Shipping Administration, Washington, D. C., has authorized, under certain conditions, launch service at the expense of the War Shipping Administration for the ercvs of vessels owned by, or under bareboat charter to, the , War Shipping Administration* when such vessels are anchored tablished by this letter have, as in the stream in the port of New their objective, the establishment We've just joined pur second successive ship on which Two-way radio sets, as part of York. of a service to ships' crews in the members of the unlicensed crew have put up, out of standard lifebdat equipment, are We quote below from Mr. G. vessels lying at anchor which will their own pocket and on their own time, such facilities as being perfected to allay the an­ H. Helmbold's letter to the Atlan­ provide addition oppw^unity for of castaways because, even shore leave at Government ex­ mirrors, soap trays and bunk shelves. Brothers, this should­ xiety without wireless training, they tic Coast Director authorizing the pense which, in normal times, is n't be The Operators have contracted with the Union to can learn by the returned signals launch service: not customarily provided. Abuse equip and maintain comfortable that their distress calls have been "As you are aware, the subject of the privilege will result in the quarters, so they're obliged to constitutes legitmate union ac­ heard. of transportation for ships' crews withdrawal of such launch ser­ furnish both the material and tivity, you can't be fired for your Previous protection of this na­ when vessels are anchored in the labor needed for the purpose. In part in drawing it up. That pro­ ture contained only one-way stream in the port of New York vice individulaly or collectively. fact, the man who knowingly tection is guaranteed you in the transmission, but the receiver has been under consideration for Very truly yours, goes ahead "and does this kind of Union agreement. G. H. HELMBOLD. built into the new tjqje apparatus some time and decision has now work on his oWn time is (1) help­ Here is a list recently submit­ will supply an added lift to the been made to supply launch ser­ Assistant Deputy ing break down hard - earned ted. When the skipper saw it he morale of survivors by permit­ vice under certain conditions. Administrator for union conditions, (2) violating sounded off with, "My God, this ting them to remain in constant Where the subject of launch hire Ship Operations the union agreement, and (3) per­ IS a yard long! What do you Avant touch with approaching rescue is covered in agreements with haps doing some -shore-side work­ to do, put the ship in drydock? craft. In the event that there is unions, such agreements will Well, the yardage was run up be­ a wireless operator in the boat, govern and ships so operated will er out of wages. But of course far and away cause previous crews hadn't medical advice also can be sup­ not be affected by the provisions most instances of this sort occur squeaked, let alone squawked plied if necessary. contained in this letter. SS WM. PACA but of lack of knowledge. What about repairs, though they had The receiver will pick up the "It is to be clearly understood got a radio receiver installed. The usual wireless signals on both .that launch hire is authorized for J. Crawford, 13 hrs; A. Koplist ran like this: long and short-wave, but is not the port of New York only, but man, 191^ hrs; H. Underwood, 6 adapted for vocal use. The new FOC'SLES is extended within the port to all hrs; L. Szydloski, 13 hrs; P. Bel­ equipment also can serve to warn areas where launch service is cher, 6 hrs; J. Duval, 1 hr; R. Furnish keys off rescue vessels. Furnish bunk shelves presently established as shown on Cannon, ZVz hrs. Collect at CalThe present equipment sends the rate schedule for launch ser­ mar office in New York. Furnish windscoops « « • signals only on the international vice, port of New York, publish­ Furnish wastebaskets distress frequency of 500 kilo­ SS J. T. HOLT Furnish coat-hooks. ed by the United States Coast cycles. The new transmitter will Repair fans (rotors) Guard imder the Port Security Earl Semaughi, 2 hrs; B. J. send on that frequency and also Coordinator of that service. Repair lockers (hasps) Maguire, 2 hrs. Collect at Calis capable of send on short-wave. Repair bunk lights mar office in New York. "Launch service will be sup­ The latter will be especiall valu­ Repair ports (leaking) * * « plied at War Shipping Adminis­ able in determining the exact lo­ Replace mirrors as needed. SS BENJAMIN WILLIAMS tration expense under the follow­ cation of the craft by means of ing conditions, which become ef­ WASHROOMS the instantaneous direction find­ Antolin Alvarey, $10.10. Col­ Replace soap trays (showers) er, another of the Federal Cor­ fective immediately: constitutes good union procedure lect at Calmar office in New "Launch service is authorized York. Replace toilet paper holders poration's developments. in these cases"^W this? If any me­ Replace broken toilet seat for vessels operating under * * • chanical or electrical fixture The new apparatus will occupy needs repairing, report it to the Replace mirrors as needed. no more space than is taken up G.A.A. and Bareboat Charter. SS WILLIAM PACA chief engineer. If it's anything Furnish coat-hooks by the single frequency transmit­ "Launch service will be sup­ in the carpentry line, report it to Paint out (sailors) ter, now in use in lifeboats. Like plied gratis to vessels on articles The following men who paid MESSROOM the chief mate. He will order the present equipment, the new other than tankers after such ves­ off the above ship in New York Furnish black-out ports the necessary work done, and set wiUl be contained in a water­ sels have been at anchor in the on March 15 have the following that on Company time. But Furnish coat-hooks tight case that will float unharm­ stream for a period of 48 hours. amounts due: A.Kingsepp, 11 hrs; R. Overshould your request go unheeded, • Repair refrigerator ' ed if it falls out of the lifeboat. For tankers, the service is imme­ street, 16 hrs; A. Maglio,'Jr., 25 Install rinsing sink (pantry) or should the work be of such a diately available. Power for the new transmitter hrs; A. Compolongo, 17 hrs; C. kind that it cannot be done dur­ Install rack for percolator and receiver will be furnished by "Launch trips are restricted to Danforth, 4 hrs. Collect at Cal­ MISCELLANEOUS ing the trip, see that it is in­ a manually-cranked generator. a maximum of one round trip New York. cluded in the List of Repairs and Soogee out passageways Like the present lifeboat trans­ per man per day within a 24- mar office in * « * Remove dry-stores cans from mitter, no previous training or hour period and when possible Alterations. fidley cross-alley MV MOOSE PEAKE Before the war, the submission Install laundry facilities (sink, technical knowledge is necessary launch trips should be set for to operate the new one.' Regul­ designated hours. 'of such a list was a routine mat­ scrub and ironing boards) Transportation money from arly used SOS signals are radiat­ Jacksonville to New York is pay­ ter,.. "The delegate for each de­ Install bin for soiled linen. ed automatically by the transmit­ "Where Zones 11, 12 and 13 ai-e able at the Morah Towing Com­ partment made notes during the involved, advantage is to be ta­ trip, and at the joint meeting held OTHER ITEMS REPORTABLE ter by the simple process of set­ ken of the lower rate provided pany office, 17 Battery Place, just before getting in, the notes House for m o n k e y-bridge ting a switch and turning a crank. when four or more passengers New York City. » • • were read off and any last-min­ wheel (Libertys) are carried, and launch trips ute additions made. The result Mattresses and pillows SS FLOMAR N. Y. MEETINGS IN should be arranged accordingly. was a list of repairs an4 altera­ Bunk springs WEBSTER HALL "Launch tickets will be used Crew which paid off in Port­ tions for the crew's quarters. This Folding cots and issued to crew members. land, Ore., was taxed on trans­ term< included the galley, all Quality of food stores New York Branch meetings Members of the armed services portation to New York. This tax store-rooms, the carpenter's shop, China and silverware are held every other Wednes­ permanently attached to vessels will be refunded by Calmar Line. the steering engine room—^when­ Water cooler * * * day evening, 7 P.M. at Web­ are included. ever improvements needed for Shower curtains ster HalL 119 East 11th Street, SS AMERMAR "Launch tickets will be signed convenience or efficiency were Library cabinet between 3rd and 4th Avenues. vetoed by department heads. This Safety equipment William E. Rigo, OS, 21% hrs. To get there take the 3rd Ave.. by the Master or Chief Officer goes for safety equipment too, Air-circulating equipment Elevated and get off at 9th St.. and it will be necessary for the Collect at Mississippi office in such as the lifeboat gear. Etc., etc. or the East Side IRT Subway launch operators to submit New York. * * * launch tickets to the General Three copies of the repair list That list was a dandy, we must and get off at Astor Place. Agent in substantiation of their were made. One was kept for agree. But brothers, the ships we SS CECIL N. BEAN No cards will be stamped invoice. the information of the next crew. sail are our homes, and who after 7:30 PJt4. "The launch company nearest Paid off in New York 2/16/45" ! The other two copies went to the wants to live in a hovel? As a patrolman at the pay-off. Of matter of fact, the company op­ ing is an excellent softener-up­ to the ship's position must, in all John Ellis, Utility, $2.83; Bror cases, be used and no additional Wiggs, Cook, $36.01. Collect at these, one was kept at the Union erating this particular ship made per.) American Liberty SS Co. office. hall and the other was forwarded no objections to carrying out Let's get these lists in! Remem­ compensation for launch hire will * « * the Company concerned. This every last item on the list. For ber, your union officials will pitch be authorized or paid for devia­ SS VASCHAL LINDSAY procedure got action, and still they recognize that a contented with you. In fact, it may be that tions made in transporting ship's personnel from the zones for does. But it's up to you to put crew makes a good crew, and before long headquarters will Paid off in Philadelphia March that list together! isn't so 9pt to quit at the end of print a check-list to make the job which rates have been establish­ 17, 1945. Steward Department Remember that your Union the voyage. (If you should have easier. Meanwhile, why not clip ed. disputed overtime is payable in will back up the submission of to put up a sales-talk some time this article for reference during "It is to be understood that the New York or Boston office of such a repair list. Also that, as it to get an item OK'd, the forego- your next trip? provisions for launch service es­ Eastern Steamship Company. By J. C. MONEY DUE i. • '4"''' '--i.' -j-'.-t /.I ' ' �WWIP Page Six TRE SEAFARERS LOG niday. Much 23, 1945. WHATS DOING Around the Portis i ••• what he wanted to do. He said "I'll stay on this damn ship that -T cleaned up so well, even if this skipper stays on. He can't bluff me." So the old man may eat in his room next trip but the Stew­ ard wiU be there to sign the overtime. This is the letter I re­ ceived from the steward before the pay-off: "I am sending you my steward delegate to explain to you what is going on on my ship. '^There­ fore I am calling a special meet­ ing of the membership before paying off this ship. I will be in to see you as soon as I can get away from my work. Thanking you I am sure. L. B. GURIUSBELIZ. the past week with 29 signing on and as I stated before, no beefs left - . We had one cf the EuU Line We are having good liick with scows in this port last week and the Coast Guard cases here. it seems that the old man and Brother V o 1 p i a n represented the engineers were ex-piecards some 25 men in the past week of the NMU. The first guy to hit and not one had his papers lifted. the crew messroom was the First We have also been able to Assistant wanting a letter for one check the slop chests going of the black gang who had made By-FHENCHY" MICHELET aboard the ships and the crews a pierhead jump at 3:00 o'clock are satisfied that they are getting Ui the morning and who wanted This is the last column that our wage scales. It is well that better quality and quantity. to be clear with the Union. He will appear under the "Straight we have this SIU-^UP confer-' Summertime has come again in was told by Brother Dickey and ence now so as to lay strategy the port of New York and we From the Galley" heading. We for the days ahead. It is also myself that a letter from us hope it is here for a while as are about to 'assume a new role well that such a spirit of cooper­ wouldn't do him any good and wading around in the snow is not in the SIU setup and consequent­ ation is manifest between all dis-;, if he was such a good union man so pleasant for the patrolmen ly plan to change the format of tricts of the SIU international. As. he had no -damn business ship­ who make the ships or the mem­ ping on a SIU ship at three in the column to conform with our long as we remain solid within, bership that pay off of them. the morning. We were told that • no one can crack ys from with-, In closing I want to state again duties. he had been doing us a favor by out. I expect very important de-'/ Well, everything- else is run­ that it is the duty of the ships It is only with the greatest cisions and plans to- come out of keeping the ship from sailing short handed and Brother, we ning pretty smooth down this delegates to contact the Union • reluctance that we can bring our­ this Chicago conference—^plans' way and a damn good tiling be­ hall on their arrival in any port. selves to leave Shuler as sole which will mean a biggeir and know what he means. cause I am running out of wind. Seeing he was getting no where J. P. SHULER. Acting-Agent spokesman for the Stewards better SIU in the years, to come: Dept. It's like settin' the tail to CHARLIE STARLING with this, he said he had a beef We realize that by ending this Patrolman to turn in and we ought to get We New York Dispatchers wag the dog. column we strike terror to the rid of the damn no-good steward. wish to take this opportunity to The guy's a menace to naviga­ heart of Oscar of the Waldorf. Well brothers, I already knew thank the Baltimore membership. tion. He's beached more men than How is he going, to run his gal­ NEW YORK the score on that beef and lhat The reason being that we have the Coast Guard. He can't .cook ley without our aid? I don't know was where I blew my cork. I Things have been going on an received excellent support on the beans, but he can generate more brother—she'll have to solve that told this bum to get the heU out average in the port of New York, filling of Black Gang jobs by the hot air than a sack of the damn problem as best he can. of the crew messroom and stay so far as paying off and signing Baltimore membership. With the things. out while we were doing busi­ on ships and settling beefs. Once close cooperation of the New This is being scribbled in the ness. Brother L. B. Guriusbeliz again all beefs on ships paid off York branch and the nearby out- lobby of the LaSalle Hotel in May I close with a word of was Steward on this HOME and in the port of New York are ports we are gradually putting Chicago. All the ranking pie- wisdom in the most classical Dor­ the brother had been a member settled and not one left pending. the pressure to bear on the "Fink cards are here for the joint SIU- ian manner? of the NMU two or three years However, we still have a few Hall" here in New York. Several SUP conference that begins to­ "Shepherd: What most moves ago but had turned in his book out-of port beefs that we should times in the past week they have morrow. This conference shoiild women when we Ihem address? and joined the SIU. So there finish by the end of this week. called us to try and get us to iron out all the kinks in our in­ Echo: A dress. Brothers was most of the beef— The SS Del Aires came in this take men off of their hands. ter-union relations and pave the Shepherd: Say, what can .k^ep.they were out to get revenge. week. The Steward aboard re­ Sooner or later the taxpayers way for some real progress in her chaste whwn J adonr? Our next order of business was fused to get off after being re­ are going to demand a reckoning, the maritime field. with Captain (Too Good) Blood. Echotr A door. quested by the membership on and Oh, Brother, when they do. We all know that the maritime It seems that this monkey was Shipping for the past two the last trip. Needless to say he labor movement is in for a hot Shephnd: Then teach me, too good to eat with his own is off the Del Aires and will not weeks here in New York has time after this war ends. The Ecfho, how can I come by her? officers in the saloon so he had been good, with 1703 in all de­ ride an SIU ship again. shipowners, eocky and beliger- Echo: Buy her. the messman bring his meals to partments being shipped. Quite We are still having our trouble ent with their drawers full of Shepherd: But what can glad the wheel-house, then he would few C-jobs will be in this take them to his room and dine. on the transportation system week, so shipping should remain war profits, will open an offen­ me when she's laid on bier? where men on ships laying at an­ sive against our conditions and Echo: Beer." chor for the purpose of loading, good. discharging cargo or awaiting Had three tankers in the past berth, receive one round trip week, BO all available pumps and transportation per day. We are pumpman-machinists have ship­ working on a solution to this ped. Any one with either of these matter and think that it will soon endorsements would be appreci­ be revised so that each watch ated in this port. At the persent will have one round trip per day. time we'have 11 tankers operat­ The outstanding beef of this ing out of New York with more ASHLEY, EARNEST SHREVE _:AB port from the SS Lou Gehrig of coming from the we'st coast. With the tankers and the Agent Con­ the Eastern SS Company has BANAAG, NiCASIO Chief Cook. been settled to the satisfaction of ference on our hands at the same time, we have had our hands fuU. the crew. BERNARD, ADRIAN raEODORE AB With Frenchy and Shuler try­ The Agent's conference was in ing to teach each other how to full swing here the past week BOYKIN, BOBBIE , ? AB and we got a lot of assistance cook out of a "Sheepshead Bay He was advised by the Steward from all of the out-port Agents. Manual" in our office, you can BUCHANAN, JOHN LESLIE Steward that the messman was entitled to Aside from their business on the imagine the commotion. They CORBIN, WILLIAM HENRY Oiler overtime for this but he screamed conference a number of them finally ended up by having a few imported New OrleansProlines and stomped about the safety of helped collect beefs from their GARCIO, RICARDO MARINO FW the ship and ordered the Steward ports by giving full explanations and mUk for lunch. The Seafarers should, in the not to sign any overtime for this and details. GRUNDEMEYER, ALBERT AlERED Oiler work (Steward signed same). We are not doing so well here coming year, advance with large and rapid strides. With the pres­ Now the Skipper also wants Ao about shipping men without call­ HARRINGTON, IRVING GILBERT, Jr FW get rid of the Brother. ing men from the WSA, although ent group of Agents, interested LYNCH, JOHN JOSEPH OS I brought out that this Brother we have arranged to have trans­ only in the welfare of the Union, has been Steward for 16 months portation paid from one port to and with the good militant mem­ MITCHELL. BENJAMIN CARL Deck Eo^jf, aboard this ship without any the other. It is well for a lot of bership that we have, I see no reason for failure to do so. beefs against him but along the old-timers who are on the NARVAEZ, JOSE GONZALES Oiler comes Gaptain (Too Good) Blood beach to remember that one good Read your Log from time to time to follow the shipping in with his few NMU brothers thing they could do for the or­ PANICO, FRANK SAVERIO 2nd Cook (which he was too good to eat ganization would be to sail the New York. —N. Y. DISPATCHERS with) and makes a two months ships in their respective depart­ ROSS, RICHARD Messman ^relief trip and says this Brother ments and keep down as many TAYLOR, LESLIE , 2nd Cook is no damn good and insists that trip card men as possible as w^ he be fired. The Company then may have to buck some long TEAGARDEN, KENNBH® ...: !. .. Oiler wanted to transfer om Brother to shipping lists in post war days. another ship and I asked him There were 37 ships paid off BALTIMORE H/i Iflfbumhiam *(• • .• .SilVii.'iiTjA; Vi �m THE Friday, March 23, 1945 SEAFARERS Page Seven LOG Senate Kills Forced Labor Legislation SS HIBBON HAS TWENTY COOKS IN TWENTY DAYS The crew on the SS Hibbon had a great variety of cooking on '.the last trip because there were a great variety of cooks. Between the time the ship sailed from the U.S. and the time it paid off back in New York, every man in the •SteTYards Department and' the Deck Engineer had at one time been '"promoted" to chief cook,, and then demoted to his original rating. It all happened because the Gunnery Officer (Lieutenant, jg.) fdidn't like the chow. The wishes or appetites of the crew, or even of the skipper, made no differ­ ence at aU; the Naval Lieutenant kept changing cooks until he fdund one which suited him. And the skipper was weak enough to let this jerk run the ship. The ship'was only one day out when the Lieutenant walked into the galley and fired the cook be­ cause he didn't like the soup that day. He promoted the 2nd Cook to Chief Cook. Then the follow­ ing day, didn't like the 2d Cook's gravy, so he promoted the Chief Pantryman to the Cook's job. But the I^antryman didn't boil eggs right, and so he too was fired. And so it went until the entire Steward!s Department had held the job, and been found unsatis­ factory. It was then that the Lieuten­ ant begahfto look to other De­ partments, and notified the Deck Engineer that henceforth he wordd be the Cook. The Deck Engineer told the Lieutenant to go to heU, and within the five minutes the Lieutenant returned with a signed order from the skipper making the Deck Engin­ eer a Cook. But even a man who had used as much steam and handled as much grease as the Deck En­ gineer couldn't satisfy the Navy, and he was fired. All this upset the Lieutenant so that he stationed his armed men at the two gaUey doors, and instructed them to "shoot in the head" any messboy who served the merchant crew ahead of the gun crew. All this is now in the hands of the Coast Guard, with the union pressing charges against this character. If the SIU has its way, the Lieutenant won't have any problems with cooks for a long time, he'll simply eat bread and water, and like it. HI*- TIME TO START SUrFER.^ FARMERS WANT UNIONS SHOULD FARM OWNERS ORGANIZE?^ ooob iDeA BAb IDEA AI i ' 24. DONT KNOW 12.5% I EACH SVMBOl REPRESENTS 10% OF FARM OWNERS QUESTIONEO SOURCE; FORTUNE FARM POll, 1943 PICTOGRAPH CORPORATION FOR PUBIIC AFFAiRs'COMMUTEe. INC. U. S. fanners are dissatisfied with the representation given them by the farm bloc in Congress and want organizations of their own, shown in the statistics above, reproduced from a pamphlet by Ceirey McWilliams. Small Farm and Big Farm, published by the Public Affairs Committee. Inc.. New York City. (Federated Pictures) THE MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS Black Is White "Now you see this black cube before you? You think it is black? And you see this white cube? You think it is white? Well the black cube isn't black nor is the white cube white. They are both the same color." (Confusion —• cries of fake, phony, etc. Officials call "Or­ der! Masier at arms, throw the men out, seize their books!" The Party decides to compromise and calls ^ for democracy and rights of free speech instead. Quiet prevails and the "dialec­ tical materialist" continues). "Now, let's say that the black is the shipowners, and the white is the workers. Yet if we are to make industry work we must co­ operate and (triumphantly) if we cooperate as we should there can be no difference between us! By BUNKER Therefore, black now isn't black nor is white—white. We are both simple as ABC. It is the very es­ If you havn't noticed this column lately it's because I have been sence of Stalin's Marxism." at sea on the Bayou Chico, an old Waterman tub. Some of you old (More disturbance in the hall. hands will remember her as one of those Gulf-built ships that came Cries of "How do you get that out the same time as the Hogs and the Kearneys; about the same way? What kind of baloney is size, with well decks and quarters aft. Some of them were originally built for coal, thep converted to oil burners. this?) We left New York on Christmas Day, and with the board full The Party spokesman bitterly, of C-2s, Victories, Liberties, and various good ships of one kind and "We have Trotskyites in the hall. another, the dispatcher couldn't entice a crew for an old timer like the Chico. Two old timers signed on before they saw her; AB A1 for the Union in our case that Frye, of Baltimore and A1 Flynn, early SIU member out of New was before them, covering wages Orleans. WSA put on the sales talk and sent down the rest of the crew. and working conditions for un­ licensed Junior Engineers. The They all thought they were going down to Rio and there were plenty wages for the unlicensed Junior of sad faces on these lads when the pilot took us up the Sound. Engineer set by the War Labor Still short of men, we picked up two more at Boston; brothers Board is $142.50 per month. The Harry Glock and Joe Greenbaum, Harry says hello to shipmates of Seafarers Internation Union now the Corfresi, old Waterman ship that ended her days as part of the has the best wages and working breakwater on the Normandy beach head. He made seven trips on conditions in the industry for this her. Also "shanghaied" was Joe Greenbaum, who has been on so rating. many ships he carries his discharges in a suitcase. Joe helped or­ ganize the Eastern. Seriously, boys, the Bayou Chico, is not as bad as she sounds. Keep In Touch With The book members on board are making recommendations for im­ provements in the crew quarters and if Waterman comes through, Your Draft Board, she won't be bad at all. A good sea boat and faster than a Liberty when they push her. FORE 'N AFT / Secretary • Treasurer's Report (CoiiMnued from Page I) ship. 6. To discuss government bu­ reaus, such as WSA, Coast Guard, etc. with whom we have to do business every day, in order that , we don't take different positions on problems that arise. 7. To define specifically, the dual organizations that exist in ^the maritime field today. After this conference is over, all of the Agents of the Atlantic & Gulf District, The Sailors Union of the Pacific, The Pacific District and the Great Lakes Dis­ trict will attend a joint confer­ ence at Chicago which will con­ vene on March 19, 1945. There we will become better acquaint' ed with one another and the problems that the Union is faced we have Wobblies in the Union, enemies of the war effort at­ tempting to undermine the Te­ heran and Yalta Conference, sa­ boteurs of freedom. Fascist-mind­ ed individuals. Wreckers of peace, disrupters of the people. We must demand their expulsion if we are to preserve democracy. Reactiona r i e s, copperheads, die-hards. Hitler stooges. Franco agents, criminal elements, SIU stooges. We must purge them from the industry." Thus ends the imaginery lec­ ture on Employer-Employee Re­ lations a la NMU Cooperation with the shipowners. Imagin­ ery? Well, think it over Brothers for this is exactly the line pur­ sued and reasoning behind their labor front policies. "WINDY" WALSH, No. 2693 WASHINGTON, D. C.—-Having won a smashing victory in the Senate, the American Federation of Labor prepared for a ^owdown battle in the House against compulsorj' manpcv/er legislastion. Efforts wHl be made to induce the House to concur with the Senate bill which is satisfactory to the APL. While the House pass­ ed a dangerous forced-labor bill, it was considered likely that a majority would now agree to go along with the Senate measure. One of the important factors in the situation was the overwhelm­ ing vote of 63 to 16 by which the Senate rejected the House-ap­ proved May-Bailey Bill and adopted the O'Mcihoney-Kilgore substitute. The latter measure contains no penalties against workers but provides fines and jail penalties for employers who willfully vio­ late manpower ceilings and other controls of the War Manpower Commission. The biU gives the WMC statu­ tory authority for the first time to go into war plants and elimin­ ate manpower waste and hoard­ ing. Labor will be affected in this way: If the War Manpower Com­ mission decides that the working staff of an employer is too high, it will set a lower ceiling, thus requiring thfe discharge of a num­ ber of workers. These workers will then be directed by the WMC to take other and more vital war jobs. If they fail to ac­ cept jobs approved by the WMC, they will be denied certificates of availability and will be unable to get another job. In other words, displaced workers will have to take jobs approved by the WMC or have no jobs. This arrangement was consid­ ered severe enough by the AFL but far preferable to the May-Bailey Bill which meant work or jail. with, thereby affording better cooperation and coordination be­ tween all districts of the SIU. Weisberger and I represented the Seafarers International Union before the House of Repre'sentatives Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and op­ posed certain parts of bill HR 1425. A full report of our action taken there was printed in the la.st issue of the Spafarers' Log. Negotiations for a signed con­ tract with the, Calmar and Ore Steamship Companies are under­ way. Negotiations covering wages and working conditions for Re­ frigerator Engineers are also un­ derway with the Bull Line. The War Labor Board has handed down a favorable decision �W-:c:!3^ '• ;-r. •. S i. -,• • b;; • R: '*?!, Page Eight THE SEAFARERS •" '> l.y ".'i' .-V" -. LOG Friday, March 23, 194S ' Andrew Furuseth's 91st Birthday Is Observed March 12 is a Red Letter Day for AFL seamen, for it was on that day 91 years ago that Andrew Furuseth, the founder of our union was born. Furuseth, "the seamen's Lincoln," founded the Sailors Union of the Pacific, which in turn helped organize the Atlantic & Gulf District of the SIU. Thus we trace our his-' tory directly to Furuseth, and ents until confirmed. Furuseth went to sea in 1873 honor his memory. and .sailed successively on Nor­ The following brief biography wegian, Swedish, English, French, was written by Miss Mae Wag- German and American ships. He gaman, former secretary to Furu­ came to the United States in 1880 seth; and almost immediately began . ANDREW FURUSETH, Presi­ his agitation for a change in the dent of the International Sea­ status of seamen. In. 18.87, he was men's Union, was born in Rome- elected Secretary of the Pacific dal, Norway on March 12, 1854, Goast Seamen's Union, subse­ the. son of Andreas Nielsen Furu­ quently named the Sailors' Union seth and Martha Jensdatter. He of the Pacific, and at that time was the fourth child of eight born an organized struggle was initi­ to them. The family was very ated to change the status of sea­ poor, and at the age of eight he men from what approximated was fostered away from his par­ serfdom to a standard of compar­ ative freedom. As early as 1890, when Furu­ seth was a delegate to an Inter­ national Seamen's Conference at Glasgow, he championed his views oh the freedom of the sail­ or. A detailed story of the life ac­ complishment of Mr. Furuseth is told, in a book called "The Sail­ ors' Union of the Pacific" by Dr. Paul S. Taylor, of the University of California, published in 1923 by the Ronald Pfess Company of New York. Furuseth began his work in Washington in 1893 and succes­ sive sessions of Congress by a se­ ries of legislative enactments re­ sponded to his seemingly irresist­ ible pleas for freedom for seamen. It should be noted tljat until success crowned Furuseth's leg- Ouryfferc/iant^Marine Spurred by Atlantic competition and the Gold RuSh of '49, .Americans developed the Clipper, with sharper bows, slimmer lines, loftier spars and a great spread of canvas. Old Salts said the new-type ship would capsize. The CI I pper Ship. Sea Wi tch sailed^from New York to San FranciscoCisSO) arriving in 97 doys instead of the customary 150./ The 'Olorious Clippers"hcidarnvedl Over 90,000 men made the trip inone year. InCQlifornia.eggs were 155^ socentseach.athm slice of horn cost \ a dollar. W lEn the same year, the \ American Clipper "Oriental" broke into Informatj on courftiy of American Britain's Tea Trade, running _- . "J from ^ 'Verc/>a/7i mercna/Ttmar/ne /Har/ne /nsncut /nshtute.C'cw Yofk. Honq Konq to London in 91 days. a American shi pyords were record which was followed by other deluged with orders,ancl prospeedy voyages. duccdL a steody stream oF the noblest and fastest sailing ships of all time. TThe Red Jacket, Flying Clou27Sovereign of the Seas,and Staghound.will sail for­ 's ever incur hisbry.while Doaald McKayk Lightning holds theoll-time recordfor a days run-436 nautical miles-Faster than most steamers oF to-day. ; The grandest ships ond. the greatest soilors -this was Araericds achievement in theage of the Glorious Clippers! day,, the W'/ahyest Amer­ ican Merchant Marine in his­ tory c^ifers theoceans,while present programspromise, by/9^4^. a Merchant Marine aimost equal to therest of the wor/d's combinedf ^ . COPVWIOHT tOAJ JVCt/>WKE islative campaign American sea­ men could not strike after sign­ ing of shipping articles. The pen­ alties for striking or quitting the ship, had "been unchanged for centuries and. it was Furuselh's self-selected task to abolish these penalties. • The principal laws passed by Congress to bring about these changes are: Furuseth prepared most of the data for the committees of the House and the Senate and subw mitted numerous- pamphlets, o£ which he was the sole author, in aupport of this nieasui'e. '..if that time, this legislation was criti­ cised as being inimical to Ameri­ can shipping but since the pas-, sage of the Act it has been rec-^ ognized even by shipowners that it was a much needed reform. 1. The Maguire Act of 1895 For many years Furuseth was 2. The White Act of 1898 and President of -the International 3. The LaFoIlette Act of 1915 Seamen's Union; with" headquar­ By the passage of these mea­ ters at Washington; D. C.,'wher^ sures American seamen were by he was in constant attendance at degrees made free men and now Congressional Committees on be­ have the legal right to quit their half of seamen. He was largely jobs in any safe harbor anywhere responsible for that portion of the Jones Act of March 5, 1920, on eartli. which gave added benefits-to sea­ It is significant that although men, and never until sickness 22 years have passed since the en­ compelled him to retire did actment of the La Follette law no fail to raise his voice for those other nation has to date granted who go down to the sea in ships. the same rights to seamen. .His principal accomplishment Probably the principal episode can be said to be that in an en­ in Furuseth's life was the prep­ tirely unselfish manner, almost aration and passage of the La single-handed, he changed the le­ Follette Seamen's Act of March gal status of seamen in the Uni­ 4, 1915 which virtually completed ted States from that of a compar­ his life work of making the Am­ ative serf or peon to that of a erican seaman a free man. free-born America'n citizen. Don't Believe Everything You Read—On Tomato Cans By ARTHUR THOMPSON 4' There was a Slewai-d on one of our ships who was extremely particular about his department and made things pretty rugged ;br the boys. He was disliked, accordingly. Two of the messmen finaUy decided to pull a gag on him and see if they could un­ balance him enough to make him iuman. One day they' went to work in the store room and changed all the labels on the caimed goods. They did a very 'neat job and no one could have told that the cans had been tam­ pered with. WeU, the resulting confusion was something for the books. When the Steward sent for peaches he opened the can and found to his amazement—spin­ ach. He looked at the label and it said peaches, but there was nomistaking the contents for any­ thing but spinach. He then sent for some canned beets and on opening these cans found that they contained cher­ ries. The Steward was suro by now that he had torpedo horrors. But he had a steadfast heart and he stuck to his job. The crew, however, complained violently about the strange menues. In desperation the Steward finally confided to the messboys the whole strange story. He told them to. keep" it quiet, but the crew was getting chop suey in­ stead of fruit and salad, and prunes instead of string beans. He said that he Was taking the heat for the crazy menues be- Keep In Touch With Your Draft Board, Mf'S STILI. tOOKiN' fOUTHjE PItlMES/ cause he was sure that no ona would believe his story if ho. told it. One of the messboys finally' suggested that he send the story into Ripley, which the Steward did when the ship hit the next} port. After leaving the port the Steward sent to the storeroom for some apricots but the mesS'^ man said, "We're out of apiicota so I brought you some pears." The Steward opened the can and found it full of cotton with a test tube packed in the center. 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NEW YORK. N. Y., FRIDAY MARCH 16. 1945 No. 11 "7 Agents' Conference Gives OK To Drive For Post War Jobs ATLANTIC & GULF AGENTS CONFERENCE Hall Receives Post Of Director Of Organization NEW YORK, March 13—Far reaching plans for streamlining the SIU to win post war job security for the rank and file members, are now being drafted by the Agents' Conference meeting here for the entire week. Among the most important proposals being drawn up for action by the membership is-* a plan for an intensified organi­ dure in simple terms as a guide zing drive up and down the for all meetings, both aboard coast to bring into SIU halls the ship and ashore. It also contains maximum number of new jobs. suggestions on how to shape up In line with this plan the Con­ your thoughts for presentation ference has recommended the on the floor. 4. "Foc'sle Card." A redrafting establishment of the new post of the present SIU foc'sle card so of Director of Organization, as to contain much more infor­ Brother Paul Hall has been ap­ mation and suggesteds of benefit pointed Director by tbe Confer­ to the crews. ence, and will be charged with 5. "History of the SIU." A full the duty of setting up coastwise length and profusely illustrated machinery for this new drive. The Business Agents from all ports briefly interupt their conference to have a picture taken. book tracing the history of our Hall will handle both the job of Seated around the tables from left to right are: Dolar Stone, Galveston; Matthew Dushane, Wash­ union from the year 1870 to now. New York Business Agent and ington -Representative; Ray White, Norfolk; John Mogan, Boston; D. L. Parker, Tampa; Robert A definative treatment of some Director of Organization out of Matthews, Jacksonville; Harry Collins, Philadelphia; John Hawk. Secretary-Treasurer; Frenchy of the most exciting chapters of his present office, Michelet, New Orleans; Arthur Thompson, Savannah; James Tucker, Charleston; William Mc­ American labor history. A book The union's publication pro­ of historical interest. Kay, Baltimore; George Bales, Mobile; Louis Goffin, Assistant Secretary-Treasurer and Paul Hall, gram will be greatly expanded New York. Beside this formal program of under present Conference plans. education, special issues of the The Seafarers Log will be imme­ Log and other leaflets aimed at diately doubled in size, and be the unorganized will be issued given a streamlining with liberal from time to time to meet the use . of j , „ pictures, , cartoons , ,and . .needs of the Director of Organispecial features from the ships'nation and outports. The aim is to The Conference has considered make the paper a real reflection only part of an extensive agenda, responded admirably, I wish to or direct attacks day and night, of the life of the union and the Heroism of the SIU crew, Navy gunners and even the mast­ especially commend Boatswain they continued to assist the gun men who sail the ships. Its col- which includes revision in ship­ ping rules. Constitution, the es­ er's Boston terrier, "Skipper," Clark C. Smith, of Santa Barbara, crew in manning the guns." iumns will always be open to the tablishment of new branches, etc. helped save the American war Calif., and Maintenance A- B. From Walter K. Neill, one of rank and file members for stories, The final report of the Confer­ freighter ALCOA PIONEER from John R. Peterson, of San Fran­ its representatives in the South­ poems, or beefs. ence will be carried in a future destruction during violent en­ cisco, for their oustdanding per­ west Pacific, the War Shipping An extensive educational pro­ issue of the Log. counters with Japanese planes off formance. They seemed to be Administration has learned of the gram is being laid out by the Leytc, the War Shipping Admin­ everywhere. They had all the part played by "Skipper," Cap­ Conference. The program is not istration reported this week. The hoses playing on the forward tain Gavin's Boston terrier. He only aimed at giving rank and commander of the Navy armed deck and next were standing on reports: file members a sound presenta­ guai-d and four of his men were the bridge and had the fire there "Two days before the vessel tion of union problems and tac­ killed, and nine Navy gunners under control. was attacked the dog had been tics, but also at aiding the Direc­ and five members of the ship's "These men worked under ex­ severely reprimanded by Captain tor of Organization in his drive crew, including the captain, were treme difficulties and hazards ex­ Gavin for entering his cabin for new contracts. wounded. tricating Chief Officer Daniel J. without permission. He even in­ The National War Labor Board The following five booklets The vessel was anchored in Noonan, who was seriously in­ ruled on a dispute this week be­ San Pedro Bay when a forma­ jured and pinned under twisted stalled a screen door to keep have been approved, and are now tween the SIU and the operators, in the process of being written: tion of three enemy fighter planes steel plates and beams in his "Skipper' out. and awarded unlicensed Jr. En­ 1. "Here's How Brother." A "When the bombs fell on the approached at 6,000 feet. The fire room directly under the spot gineers $142.50 per month. Work­ two color booklet, profusely il­ ship the ensuing explosion of the ship's guns caused two where a bomb had exploded. ing rules were also set in the di­ knocked the master unconscious, lustrated by one of labor's top planes to crash in the water and "As fourteen members of our broke a rib and inflicted other cartoonists. It is addressed to rective, which follows: , one plane was set afire. The bombs from one plane fell armed guard were casualties, the injuries. The dog also received a crew members boarding the ship I. Rate for Unlicensed Junior Engineer. oh the bridge deck of the ALCOA senior petty officer remaining shrapnel wound in the back and and explains the duties through­ asked for volunteers from the A Junior Engineer (Unlicen­ the explosion blew him through out the voyage and at payoff. PIONEER, killing five gunners 2. "Stewards Department Man­ sed), when carried, shall be paid and wounding several SIU men. merchant crew to man the guns. the screen door and into the The entire bridge a'nd forward On the next alert, less than an cabin, where the Captain lay. ual." A short pamphlet contain­ at the rate of $142.50 per month. deck was immediately in flames. hour later, all guns were fully Despite his own wounds 'Skip­ ing department working rules This rate is to be effective for signing on of articles per" proceeded to lick Captain and suggestions on inter-depart­ the first Capt. Andrew W. Gavin, of New manned. following the date of this Direc­ ment cooperation recently drawn York City, reports: Gavin's forehead, reviving him. "The crew continued to dis­ "The three forward holds con­ charge cargo, many seamen 'Skipper' now is permitted to up by a rank and file stewards tive Order on Liberty, Victory, C-1, C-2, C-3, and C-4 type ves­ tained gasoline cargo but our working from 18 to 24 hours visit the master's quarters at all meeting. 3. "It's Your Meeting." This sels. nierchant crew soon had the fire straight, and although we were hours and without special per­ one gives parliamentary proceunder control. Although all hands averaging seven or eight alerts mission." (Continued on Page 2) SIU CREW WINS HIGH PRAISE FOR SAVING ALCOA PIONEER •0 Decision On Jr. Engineers •• • > - wr ' .-t. T �f, •;-s. J , TAE SEAFARERS LOG P«9* Two SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA >Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ Fresident 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAVTK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 5 til Street, N. W,, Washington, D. C. 4^ Directory of Branches BRANCH ADDRESS NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHIl-ADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16) CHARLESTON (9) SAVANNAH TAMPA JACKSONVILLE MOBILE SAN .JUAN. 28 P.R. PUERTO RICO GALVESTON HOUSTON PHONE 51 Beaver St.—HAnover 2-2 784 330 Atlantic Ave.—Liberty 4057 14 North Gay St.—Calvert 4539 5 North 6th St.—Lombard 7651 25 Commercial PI.—Norfolk 4-1083 339 Chartres St.—Canal 3336 68 Society St.—Charleston 3-2930 220 East Bay St.—Savannah 3-1728 423 East Piatt St.—Tampa MM-1323, 920 Main St.—Jacksonville 5-1231 7 St. Michael St.—Dial 2-1392 45 Ponce de Leon—San Juan 1885 219 20th St.—Galveston 2-8043 6605 Canal Street PUBLICATION OFFICE: SI BEAVER STREET New York, (4) N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 ~ 267 SIU Steward Praised For Service To GTs The following communication was received by me from an of­ ficer serving aboard the SS John McDonough who informed me that the motive and moving fac­ tor behind this splendid gesture was instituted by Brother Ray Lightfoot, night baker and cook while serving aboard the above named vessel. Not only was he considerate - toward his fellow countrymen who are serving in the armed forces, he was in readiness at all times to do an extra little some­ thing if necessary to help a fel­ low crew - member with hi® friendly advise and counsel. In appreciation for this he received a citation signed by every mem­ ber of the ci-ew, from the captain down, including the gunnery of­ ficer, Army officer and all mem­ bers of the gun crew. Fraternally submitted, JOHN MOGAN. Agent • » • HEADQUARTERS Port Troops 13lh Port Luchtbal Barracks 11 December, 1944 To the Officers and Men of the SS McDonough Gentlemen: The cigarettes, which the of­ ficers and men of the SS Mc­ Donough so generously contribut­ ed from their weekly allowances, have been received and distrib­ uted to the men of this installa­ tion. In view of the cigarette short­ age which has existed these past several weeks, let me assure you that the men of this command fully appreciate your friendly and considerate gesture. It is partic­ ularly pleasing to me that a feel­ ing lives between our two ser­ vices capable of motivating such an action. Since the troops of this com­ mand are Port Troops, every of­ ficer and every man here under­ stands and commends the grand Work of the Merchant Marine. We are proud that we share with you a portion of the responsibility of delivering supplies to our fight­ ing forces. On behalf of the entire com­ mand I again thank you for your thoughtfulness; and wish each and every one of you good health, good luck and a safe voyage to your next destination. Sincerely yours, LEON V. CHAPLIN. Colonel, T. C., Commanding. Friday, March 16; 1948 Decision On Jr. Engineers CASUALTY (Continued from Page 1) II. Working Rules for Junior Engineer (Unlicensed) The following shall be incor­ porated in the agreements be­ tween the parties: 1. Junior Engineers (Unlicen­ sed) shall work under the direc­ tion of the Chief Engineer and may be assigned to regular watches or day's work. 2. The Junior Engineers (un­ licensed) shall not be used in lieu of an Assistant Electrician on the type of vessels now carrying an Assistant Electrician. On vessels carrying one electrician, the Ju­ nior Engineer (Unlicensed) shall receive overtime if called upon to perform electrician's work. 3. Duties of Junior Engineers (Unlicensed) Shall assist the engineers in maintenance work in Engine De­ partment. He shall not be re­ quired to do any clenaing of boil ers, painting, cleaning paint, pol­ ishing work, wire brushing, chip­ ping, scaling, or operating a lathe. However, he may assist an KilifanI in The Call. engineer or machinist in the ma­ ^ I chine shop on lathe work. Their work shall be confined to main­ tenance and repair work only in­ cluding work on deck machinery and all piping. They shall assist in taking on Engine Departmnet stores. Brother Alberto Galza, Bosun on the SS Delisle, received last 4. They may be' required to replace any unlicensed member month the highest award available to seamen, the "Merchant Marine of the Engine Department only Distinguished Service Medal." When the SS Delisle was torpedoed, when said member is sick or in the spring of 1942, brother Galza displayed extreme heroism in missing, in which case he shall be saving the life of two of his ship mates. As a result, he was decor­ governed by the working rules ated in the office of Captain Edward Macauley in Washington on the afternoon of February 15, 1945. of the respective rating. 5. When on day work, their Following is the text of the citation given him by Admiral hours shall be from 8 a.m. to 5 Emory S. Land, on behalf of the President of the United States: p.m. on weekdays and from 8 a m The President of the United States takes pleasure in con­ to 12 Noon on Saturdays. ferring the MERCHANT MARINE DISTINGUISHED SER­ 6. When assigned to watch VICE MEDAL ON duty and not replacing any other ALBERTO GALZA. BOATSWAIN unlicensed member of the En­ in accordance with the following gine Department, he shall'receive CITATION: overtime if required to do any For heroism beyond the line of duty. maintenance work between the When the SS DELISLE was torpedoed in the spring of 1942, hours of 5 p.m. and 8 a.m., on the Third Mate, who had previously lost a leg. was again seri­ Saturdays after 12 noon, Sun­ ously injured while standing bridge watch. Galza was at the days, and holidays. Between the wheel at the time, and. though severely cut about the head and hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. week­ shoulders by the wreckage of the wheel house, he carried the days and 8 a.m. to 12 noon Sat­ helpless Third Mate from the bridge over decks listing forty- S urdays, his working rules shall five degrees, and lowered him to 'the comparative safety of a be as specified. lifeboat. The SS DELISLE survived this torpedoing, but on a 7. At sea when they are on day later voyage, in the fall of 1943. she was again torpedoed while work and are shifted to sea rescuing survivors of another torpedoed ship. The Master of watches, they shall be paid over­ the ship, another one-legged veteran of the sea. was blown from time for watches stood the first the bridge to the fore deck and lay seriously Injured and hope­ Saturday after 12 noon and the lessly pinned down by a cargo boom which had faUen on his first Sunday. Thereafter, they artifical leg. Galza. on this occasion, was aft assisting in the shall not receive any overtime for rescue, but immediately ran forward when told of his Cap­ Saturday afternoon or Sunday tain's plight. Finding that he was not able to move the heavy watches when serving continu­ boom, Galza cut the Captain free from the pinioned leg. carried ously on watch duty. him to the side, and lowered him to a waiting .raft but a few 8. In no case shall overtime be minutes before the ship sank. paid when work is performed His heroic actions on these two accasions, in keeping with due to wartime emergency con­ the finest traditions of the United States Merchant Maifine. were ditions or emergencies involving instrumental in saving the life of one of his officers, and un­ safety of the ship, cargo, passen­ doubtedly the sole means of saving the life of another. gers or crew or for saving life at For the President sea or fire and boat drills of (Sgd.) EMORY SCOTT LAND. other emergency drills when so Chairman ordered by the master or Govern­ February 15. 1945 ment inspectors. (seal) Representing the Public: Lewis M. Gill The directive makes the con­ Dexter M. Keezer ditions here cited effective on Representing Labor: ships operated by the Alcoa, Bull, James A. Brownlow Eastern, Mississippi, Overtakes, FLOYD HOLCOMBE John Brophy Seas hipping. Smith and Johnson, , Your book; 151G, was found Representing Industry: Waterman, American Range and and is being held at the N. Y. Walter T. Margetts South Atlantic lines, all under Head quarters office on the 6th Hoey Hennessy contract to the SIU. floor. Baltimore Member Awarded Coveted Marine Decoration PERSONALS •> ''' ( • T - •m- �••;-:,' r^'- ... :; /-• rxiday. MTaybh IB. 1945 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Thn* SAVANNAH JACKSONVILLE Business in the Jacksonville Branch picked up a little in the past two weeks with two ships paying off froni long trips. We had the SS Richard Coulter "of Overlakes, and boy what a pay­ off. She arrived Thursday and it was Monday night before the pay-off. About fifteen of the gang had charges against them with the Coast Guard. All were r: squashed with the exception of one who had his certificate pick, ed up for two months. Quite a bit of overtime dis­ puted in the black gang which was sent to New Yor,k for settle­ ment. The SS King L. Woosely of Bull Line also paid off the past week. There was quite a bit of overtime in the steward depart­ ment which wasn't written up correctly and we had to rewrite it before the company would pay. Shipping for the near future is bit uncertain but we will have a ship out of the shipyard around iMarc'h 20th. At the present time your correspondent is attending the Agents' Conference in New York City and it is my opinion that out of this Conference will come some very constructive and concrete ,proposals which will definitely "benefit the membership of the Union. ROBT. A. MATTHEWS, Agent PHILADELPHIA WHATS DOING Around the Ports TAMPA This port has begun to come back to life again. This past week we had two Moran tugs in, and believe it or not we shipped two men. The Brandywine was in and out again. Shipped a messman, and had a call for one fireman which we could not supply. It seems to me that the members in Tampa should take a little inter­ est in the Union and take those jobs, because one of these days they will be raising hell for the same job. We don't want to boost the RMO by calling them for re­ placements. Let them sit and suffer with their great surplus of men. One of these days they are going to have to explain the score to the taxpayers. Brother Bo Andersen took the Brandywine out last week. It must be that he heard the accent of a certain little blonde who has been sitting on his doorstep. If any of you boys like oranges, sunshine and Cuban girls, come on down to Tampa for your va­ cation. D. L. PARKER. Agent means perfect, as they do not al­ low all watches to come ashore. The Union is working to have them revised to read, "one round trip per day for each watch." Some of the SS companies are very reluctant in notifying the Union of the time and place of their payoffs. Therefore, we would like to call to the attention of the ship's crews, that it is their duty to call the Union Hall for representation before paying off the ships. We are still having trouble in the stewards department where the gun crews are being cut down. Alcoa and Bull Line es­ pecially are trying to reduce the stewards department below its required complement. All mem­ bers of the stewards department should see that a full comple­ ment is there to sign on before signing Articles. We have had quite a number of transportation beefs where the crew members demanded a pay­ off at the first port in the United States and would not stand by the ship until she came into a zone as required by Rider No. 64. We should realize that at pres­ ent these riders and various other beefs that arise, take quite a while to settle as we have to handle them through a medium of negotiations and the compan­ ies will not cooperate as they would in the days when we could hang the ships alongside the docks for the settlement of our beefs. Here's for the old day.s. J. P. SHULER. Patrolman NORFOLK Shipping is slow at present in the Port of Norfolk but we hope for a change soon. At the present time we are shopping around for a new hall as the present one, to be frank, stinks. Finding a new hall here is like finding a needle in the proverbial haystack. Buck Neuman was down to the Navy Yard to see the Admir­ al about getting an old Navy launch to run around the harbor to meet the incoming ships. Buck figured he was gonna get in on the Lend-Lease before Uncle Joe got all of the boats and the Volga Boatmen beat him to it. The post war situation for the SIU here in Norfolk looks very good, what with several newcompanies who will remain a per­ manent fixture. The tugboat com­ panies are expected to expand some of their activities as to run­ ning offshore tugs. The ferry boats are lining up with the SIU and we expect to vote them soon. We are out to organize every­ thing that floats in this port, ex­ cept the Navy. One thing we must bear in mind, a great num­ ber of the men in the armed forces were former seamen and it is up to us to protect their in­ terests while they are on active duty. This we can do by main­ taining a strong and active union. An organizing policy will be adopted by the Union in the near future and it is up to every union official and member of the union to give this program his full support. Legislation by the shipowner stooges in Washington, D. C., is very active—most of the bills be­ ing introduced are aimed at regimentation of the seamen, not to mention the disruption of con­ tracts and the slashing of wages. These people are looking to con­ tinue with their huge profits af­ ter the war when subsidies are no longer available from the pockets of John Taxpayer. Then their main source of revenue will be from the pockets of the seamen. RAY WHITE. Agent Sometimes a word to the wise is sufficient, other times you have NEW YORK to'beat it into someone's skull. How about these Coast Guard The port of New York is run­ cases? I believe this has been brought to the memberships' at- ning along at its normal rate /•V tention on several occasions. with 34 ships paying off and 27 When the Coast Guard officer signing on the past week. All ships that have paid off comes aboard to question a mem­ ber of the crew, do not tell him had minor beefs all settled anything unless, your union of­ aboard before paying off, with the exception of the Akien Vic­ ficial is present. • If you live up to this strictly tory, which had a security watch GALVESTON you are less liable to get your­ beef that is now collectable. Note Shipping in this area seems to self in trouble. You must be the Money Due list for the money be on the up trend. Had an SUP made to realize that when a involved. We have practically solved our ship in Galveston, the SS Jean Coast Guard officer questions you he is not merely asking questions manning problem through an ar­ of the Bull Line, in Lake Charles ' for his health, he is piking pure­ rangement to pay transportation Two ships in Houston, loading ly 'and simply to make a case from one port to the other. There one of which was the SS Roy K against you as an individual or were a number of men shipped to Johnson of the Calmar Line. In against some other member of this port from Baltimore and to transit from New Orleans. Jacksonville last week. The SS Jean needed a number the crew. I ^ Among the ships paid off of the of replacements and due to the As a rule all Coast Guard of­ ficers are pretty clever and they Bull Line were the SS John Foe, fact that our membership in this have a way of asking questions J. Olsen, J. Cauldwell, none of area is scattered all over the State of Texas, it was necessary that they can generally get the which had outstanding beefs. The SS Arizpa of the Water­ that we call New Orleans for answers out of you that they want. But if your Union official man SS Company was a mad­ some of the replacements. is present he can often advise you house, but was straightened up Another thing that isn't doing NEW ORLEANS to the satisfaction of the crew. any good is the fact that some of as to your rights. Now in the case of being a wit­ Waterman also had the SS Pick­ our members think that after The Agent left over the week­ ness against any Union brother, ett, Willard and City of Mont­ they have made a trip that the^ end for the Agents Conference to you must realize that if any mem­ gomery, Roger Griswald, Desoto can stay ashore as long as they be held in New York. He must ber is active, so as to be against and Wacosta, that paid off with want to and that their deferment also make the joint SIU-SUP the good order of the crew he can practically no beefs. Something is good for all time. Just this Conference to be held in Chicago be brought up on charges in the new for Waterman. week a wiper who had stayed the week of March 19th-26th, so All the other companies with ashore too long before shipping Union. In this way the Union he will probably be gone .some can take proper action against the the exception of the Eastern SS was taken off a ship after having time. We are making out pretty paid off ships here this week. individual. signed the articles. In another well in his absence. There are One of our main beefs has been If and when the Coast Guard instance a wiper made just one several ships in port and plenty puts charges against you it is a on the new directive from the trip and then stayed ashore for ^ good idea if you appear for trial War Shipping Administration in­ over a year. As soon as this man of jobs for all takers. when they tell you to, otherwise structing different SS companies was notified to appear for his The Mississippi is getting about it will result in the suspension to pay one round trip transpor­ pre - induction examination he a ship a week in from the South of your certificates. Once this tation per day to and from ships hopped into Galveston, expecting American run so things are be­ ginning to shape up like old happens it is hard for the Union anchored in the stream over the to be shipped immediately. to get your certificates back; be­ period of 48 hours, awaiting It is the policy of the Seafarers times. We are fortunate in hav­ cause the Coast Guard trial of­ birth or to load her discharge to defend and help our members, ing enough trip card material ficer takes the position that you cargo. Although the transporta­ but at the same time these mem­ hanging around the hall that we are ignoring them and that you tion arrangements are much bet­ bers should co-operate with the don't have to call the finky RMO dbn't take enough interest in ter than before and have caused Union by observing the limita­ for help, praise Allah. your certificates to retain them. the Union quite a bit of work in tions on their shore time. GLENN MASTERSON, HARRY COLLINS, Agent achieving them, they are by no D. STONE, Agent Patrolman I knew it was gonna happen for nearly a month. Savannah was as quiet as a cemetary, but as soon as I left for New York business started booming. Two ships are paying off next week and we haven't enough men there to man them. There are also two or three pay-offs in adjacent ports and their shipping lists are even smaller. It may pay some of you guys who like lots of sun and palm trees and grits and 'lasses (not the apostro­ phe in front of 'lasses), to head south so we can get full crews for those ships. When I get back to Savannah I hope to see an en­ tire new gang on the beach. There are still quite a few ships under construction down this way and we'll be called on to man most of them. Let's hope we can do it. ARTHUR THOMPSON, Agent BOSTON Along with myself, all the agents will be writing from. New York where the annual Agents Conference is being held. I have had an opportunity to meet a number of old shipmates and friends, and to me it is somewhat of a reunion. There are several new agents present at this "Conference and they are suggesting some very progressive changes which will be beneficial to our membership. The only change I note among the older agents is the color of Harry Collins nose. It is begin­ ning to resemble the color and contour of a Concord grape. I will continue to be on the alert for more changes and will report same. With all good wishes for a successful and constructive con­ ference. JOHN MOGAN, Agent PUERTO RICO Things around here have slowed up since the WSA took the small ships off that were running here hteady. Although there is a little work for the boys on the beach cleaning holds and painting, they can't get rich but it does give them rice and beans until something else shows up. I got a couple of notes from a fellow who was in jail, telling me how he had been framed and how his Union book was all paid up and what a militant man he was so when I got back in the office and read them I got down to the local bastile to see him. Lo and Behold it was a super of the MNU who had come ashore to re-arrange the seating in the Don Q night club and change the ideas of the local police on how to run their business. But it seem's as though he had forgot­ ten to take the knife out of his pocket when coming ashore, so when the frisk came he was thrown in the clink under $700.00 bail. Carrying concealed weapons is a straight jail sentence down here so when any of the boys come ashore while in the En­ chanted Isle's be sure and leave those things aboard. The strike fever has hit the population down this way and they are aU trying to out do one {Canthmei on Page 4) L' aii-iAirfirVi' �Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. March 16, 1945 Around the Ports of a young fellow just turning MOBILE 83 years of age. When we visited him Mat let us understand that Things are beginning to look all he wanted was his $2 benefit good around this port again. We and we could take our $150 and have a few of the old time ABs, the flowers and go to a warmer Oilers and Firemen hanging climate. around to ship, but no stewards When we think of men like dept. What's the matter ship­ Mat and Andy Furuseth and mates? Why don't some of you some of the other grand old- brothers drop down and ship out timers, we can't help comparing of Mobile? them with some of the boys who Have a ship every week from walk into the office with the Panama City Fla, Tank Carriers, attitude that the world is then- 4 hatch jobs. Alcoa and also oyster and that the Union and Overlake Freight Corp. Have a By "FRENCHY" MICHELET the United States Merchant Mar­ few Alcoa ships on the island ine was created for the sole pur­ trade. Boys make plenty of over­ This is the eve of the day that "Everybody knows this old lion pose of providing them "with an time on an average 6 week trip. begins^ the most significant is harmless," the trainer kept say­ excuse to keep out of the Army. Well heres hoping we see a Agents Conference in the history ing encouragingly. "You know it Most of the young fellows are lot of you old timers coming of the Seafarers. Today, as'never and I know it," the by-stander before, this organization needs its objected, "but the question is, OK; give them a chpnce and down south. officials to sit down and lay out does the lion know it!" they'll make good seamen and' GEORGE BALES, Agent an aggressive program of expan­ Yes Sir, Mr. Macauley, the good union men. Most of them sion. This program, once adopt­ question is, "Docs Hcinie know are smart enough to realize and ed, must be entrusted to men of it!" NEW YORK appreciate the fact that the job initiative ^— men of vision and they have is a fairly decent job SAD. SAD SONG Shipping's on a steady beam foresight—men who will pursue because a lot of good men fought They're wailing in the messrooms. like hell to make it a good job. now, boys. If any of you men are the goals set at this conference They're moaning by the cooler; • If there ever was anything having difficulty in getting out, to an uncompromising conclusion. The Steward ordered a Cook BALTIMORE built with "blood, sweat, and from the out-ports, how about The rank and file of the SIU And the Union sent him Shuler. Shipping out of this port con­ tears" it is the maritime labor hitting for the port of New York? is aroused as never before. Their Have your Agents contact one activities- on the floor in the vari­ Old "Hungry" has been beating tinues on the slow side, but beach movement and there's no place list turnover is fairly steady. It in it for those self-called individ­ of the Dispatchers here in N. Y. ous meetings during the last few his gums for two years about how looks as if the manpower short­ ualists who accept the real ben­ to find out and see what we have months indicate that they are well he fed on the Seatrain Texas age is over, as far as the Mer­ efits of unity but who balk at on the board, and then have him aware of the danger facing the back in '42. Herman Troxclair, chant Marine is concerned, and helping maintain that unity. make arrangements to be sent union in the post-war period, and his Chief Cook oh that wagon, it will be noted that there is a We'll be glad when this war is up to N.Y., for the required jobs. they are demanding to bo led in­ chanced into the hall in New Or­ tendency on the part of the over for a lot of reasons and one As the weeks go by and at the to new fields by an aggressive leans just before we went East younger fellows to stay put on of them will be that we'll be rate the jobs are coming in, we and determined officialdom. This for the Conference. We asked their ships rather than take a able to rid ourselves of a lot of will need the men here to keep membership will not tolerate the Brother Troxclair what kind of chance with their draft boards. chiselers who can pack up their the ships going again. shirking of responsibilities by stores J.P. had dished out on the scow. "Confidentially, Most companies are getting rid gear and their individualism and The beefs and complaints are their leaders. of their old rust buckets while take it with them to the steam­ still coming in to us here on the We see by the papers where Frenchy," Herman said "the scow there is still a chance to get a ship companies. The average Dispatchers 2nd Floor. In times Heinle has cut loose in the sub­ was so hungry that the rats good price for then But there's steamship company likes individ- of rush, this makes it a trying marine warfare with all of his brought their own cheese j still a few of them left, such as uali.sts; they are such dependable time for us. In order to get quick old fury. There must be some aboard." the Ore Line's Cubore which al­ people when there's a job of cut­ and fast results, when you mem­ mistake! Mr. Macauley and his If a steward has a few old-tim­ ways gives us a headache to crew ting the other fellows throat to, bers dial the SIU number: HA. stooges distinctly told us that the ers aboard, he will probably have up no matter how many men are be done.' 2-2784, the operator will ask you danger was past when they trouble feeding 'em curry because WM. McKAY, Agenl what and who do you want to knifed hell out of our bonus. on the beach. The Coast Guard they remember 'way back in cooperated in having her despeak to? If it's beefs or wanting That reminds us of the story Shipping Board days when cooks loused this trip but all hands will Patrolmen, tell the operator what of the animal trainer who was used this pungent spice to kill the CHARLESTON be glad when the new Ore Boats you want and she'll connect you urging the by-stander to put his stink of the finky meat the un­ come off the ways and the old Shipping has been good in the with the proper officials. And an­ head into the lion's mouth. organized ships were burdened tubs can head for the scrap heap. Deck Department for the past other way that you all could help with in those days. Here's a way to make 'em eat curry and like it: us is, when we are calling jobs There's a rumor around that few weeks. No shipping in the and occasionally hits the- front because Sheepshead Bay has so Engine and Steward Departments on the hour, kindly cooperate on the ships on payoff, and set­ Cut up a few chickens as for many deadheads who will need in two weeks. Looks as if it will: with us by not having your wives, tling beefs. But at night we have fricasseeing, feet and all. Opqn jobs that we are not going to get continue to be that way in all sweethearts, sisters, uncles, bro­ quite a few of the boys that come the legs with a cleaver to get at rid of our war time merchant three departments for the next thers calling us up at that par­ in with a load on and pester the the savory juices. Now parboil ticular time. It causes a great life out of the nite Dispatcher, the chicken in well-salted water fleet. There's a surplus of them few weeks. in this port and we hear that Plad two SUP ships in to pay delay and interefers with our Red Truesdale. It becomes very until tender. Remove, reserving^ New York has thousands of them off. The SS Benjamin H. Brew­ business calls. In the ne^r future, irritating at times. Keep your the stock. Remove the meat from hanging around hoping that ster, Union Sulphur Company we'll probably have a public tele­ head and remember that the the bones and dice. Now fry a Uncle Sam will make a berth ship was the cleanest job to hit phone booth installed on the night dispatcher has work to do. half-dozen large diced onions in for them even if it is on a mud this port since I have been here. third floor to take up your per­ Don't interfere with his job. For butter. Skim out and save the scow. Those WSA pools are No beefs against anyone on the sonal calls. But in the meanwhile, the benefit of those that don't onions. Fry the meat good and crowded now and they are get­ ship. Company paymaster did not try and restrain your personal know it, it would be' advisable to brown in butter. Put in the ting bigger and better all the want to pay transportation but it calls to the dispatchers' office to study your constitution, for one onions and the stock. Let simmer time, so it's up to us to keep an was ok'd and payed before the a minimum. • can be fined as high as $25 for for twenty minutes. Brown a For the benefit of the members being stewed in your Union Hall. tablespoon of curry and two of eye both on the WSA and friend pay off—$15.00 Log donation shipov/ner. When a bureaucrat from the deck crew, thanlcs to of the SIU, especially the new But to date; there has been little flour in butter. Add to the stock and simmer for twenty minutes thinks his job is going to be cut the SUP and SIU men. members that don't quite under­ of it. So lets keep it that way. longer. Lastly, stir in two slight­ from under him he really gets The SS Laura Keene, a Sudden stand the shipping rules, contact W. PAUL GONSORCHIK ly-beaten eggs and serve with desperate. Talking about ship­ and Christensen Ship, -paid off your 5th Floor and ask for same N. Y. Chief Dispatcher rice. Oh, Boy! owners some of them must be in with no beefs and $22.00 Log don­ and study them. They are im­ Our feet are beginning to itch training for post war operation ation from the deck crew. Had portant. The better they are un­ something awful. To make mat­ since the patrolmen report they five month trip with no beefs. derstood, the better cooperation ters worse, a bunch of the guys are showing up at pay-offs so Had a phoney skipper here on the organization will receive from SS AIKEN VICTORY off the SS Pumutz have been tell­ they can learn all the tricks one SUP Ship, who refused to you all^ in running a smooth about how to beat down -what the take some OS's. The ship sailed Union. While you are in the Dis­ Money due for Security ing us tales of old "Monte" again. ' Monte, where they feed you that' crew has coming to them. with a new skipper and two patchers Hall, study the rules Watches; Mat Little, the SIU's oldest OS's that the old skipper had that are located on the bulletin R. Bunce, Bos'n, $18.00; H. cold beer with a "head" like a frosty white cloud. And it's serv­ member who has survived the refused. We had good coopera­ board. Take an interest in your Tintle, Carp., $12.00; H. Udiljak, ed to you by those dark-eyed Dunkirk evacuation and a couple tion from the other members of Union. of torpedoings found Pratt Street the crew who refused to sign Probably everyone of us get DM, $6.00; J. Gehlet, DM, $12.00; darlings, half Spanish—^half An­ a Tittle tougher to get across articles with skipper, backing us a hankering for a drink of hooch J. Parson, AB, $18.00; T. Benson, gel, that makes it taste like the now and then, but it's quite AB, $18.00; J, Purcell, AB, $18.00; nectar of the Gods. than the English Channel or the up. annoying when one gets a little J. Tomko, AB, $12.00; J. Aguiak, Well, we gotta quit now. We North Atlantic and ended up in JAMES L. TUCKER. Agent bit too much under his belt and lent a guy a suit and we gotta tag the local Marine Hospital after gets by the doorman. I can read­ AB, $6.00; R. Sasso, OS, $12.00; along with him to the gin mill to a slight argument with a truck. Keep In Touch With ily say that Brother Grantham H. Breninger, $12.00. Collect at see that nobody knocks him back Ho'vever, a little thing like that is quite efficient as a doorman. Mississippi office in New York. on our pants. is a minor skirmish in the life Your Draft Board. {Continued from "Page 3) another. The small ferry boats went out and won their demands in less than 24 hours. The rail­ road workers threatened and won a small increase. All the sugar workers are out and have been for three weeks at time of writ­ ing this. The new glass factory that just got started in January is out and the paper workers went out in simpathy with them. I have only a few members on the beach and most of them are not rated men. The WSA re­ patriates all continentals who get off down here after they have had their fling with the dark eyed damsels and tried to whip the Old Demon Rum. But the Old Demon always wins. Shipping should pick up when the sugar deal is straightened out and they get a little raw sugar on hand for the ships to take out. 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Title A name given to the resource March 16, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VII, No. 11 Description An account of the resource AGENTS' CONFERENCE GIVES OK TO DRIVE FOR POST WAR JOBS HALL RECEIVES POST DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATION SIU CREW WINS HIGH PRAISE FOR SAVING ALOCA PIONEER DECISION ON JR. 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C., March 3—^A large post-war merchant marine for a pros­ perous America and for jobs for seamen was the demand presented to the House (Com­ mittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries this morning by SIU Vice-Presidents John Hawk and Morris Weisberger. The SIU officials were appearing before the Committee to testify in opposition to the Maritime Commission sponsored bill HR1425, which War veierans in Los Angeles needn't feel lost when discharged would open the way for large* J from the armed services, for the new Veterans Service Center is ready to'lend a hand. Here, VSC officials confer with a veteran on job placement and readjustment to civilian life, (left to right) Dr. Robert Ziegler. director of the AFL Veterans Bureau of Employ­ ment;. VSC Director Arthur H. Tryon; Shevy Wallace. CIO repre­ sentative at the center; and Veteran W. A. Needham. member of Local 1781. Int'l. Assn. of Machinists (AFL). This set-up is similar to the AFL service bureau recently established in New York, and reported in last weeks issue of the LOG. scale disposal of American ships to foreign operators. Weisberger took the witness chair first, and read into the rec­ ord the entire statement of the SIU as prepared by President Lundeberg. (Statement appears on pages 4 and 5 ol this issue). Weisberger was interrupted fre­ quently by the members of the Committee who questioned him on various aspects of the state­ ment. Weisberger made it clear that the AFL seamen were un­ alterably opposed to gi-anting to the Maritime Commission at this The- crew members of the SS John Banvard, ship- time the authority to set any ceil­ ing on the size of the post war Wrecked abroad, worked long hours at salvage, kicked merchant fleet. around in Europe until finally repatriated across the sub- "Don't sell these ships now to $104)00 Overtime Beef Won For Crew Of John Banvard ihfested Atlantic, would have been chiseled out of $10,000 overtime if the union had taken the shipowner's "no" as fihal. But it didn't! And after"* weeks of work, Patrolmen J. P. Shuler, D. Stone and- Johnny Johnstone are ahle to atmounce ~'a' complete victory with pay ckecks waiting for all hands., , -The^ SS John Banvard went aground on a reef off the west cpast of Eur' pe last year. The crew, at" great personal danger, worked many long hours taking off the cargo and salvaging val­ uable ships' equapment. At the payoff in New York on December 29, 1944, overtime was listed for tile salvage time worked. The cbmpany screamed and declared triat this work was necessary for the "safety of ship and cargo." ; Stone, Shuler and Johnstone w^nt to work on the beef, and / this week the union received no'tice that the Robin Line had capitulated and would pay .the /£* l ien the money due them. The - exact amount is $9,912. Another victory for the SIU way of do­ ing things! •'(All crew members should cheek the Money Du© list on , page 3 for the hours coming.) the foreign operators," Weisber­ ger said, "wait until the Ameri­ can operators have had a chance to build their own trade routes. No one can know how large our fleet should be until after the war ends and our operators have had a chance to extend their lines." It was made clear to the Com­ mittee that the SIU did not op­ pose the formulation of legisla­ tion providing for the eventual disposal of surplus tonnage, but that the union opposed bill HR 1425 because it allowed for immediate disposal of the ships, and because it gave preferential treatment to the foreign oper­ ators. John Hawk followed Weisber­ ger to the stand and gave the fol­ lowing statement: "We feel it is too early in the. game to know how much dis­ cretionary authority to give any agency or any part of the execu­ tive branch of the government and still protect our merchant marine in accordance with na­ tional policy as it appears in the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. We're in the middle of a great war which has made d^g-_ changes in the world and '•cirprobably make more. To atteivQu at this time to look far ahead .'g the lime when peace arrives and, on a guess, now to estimate what the conditions then will be is (Continued on Page 2) INTER-DEPARTMENT COOPERATION IS THE THEME Union Is Found In Good Financial Condition We, the duly elected Quarterly Finance and Investigating Com­ mittee, having been elected at the Regular Branch Meeting held Wednesday, February 14, 1945, do hereby state that: We have checked the bank statements for • all funds under control of the Secretary-Trea­ surer against the weekly financial reports and the report of the Certified Public Accountants for the 4th quarter 1944, and have found that the funds were prop­ erly accounted for and in order. We made test checks of various Branch weekly financial reports and found their bills and receipts were listed correctly and corres­ ponded with the Secretary-Trea­ surer's weekly financial reports and that they were recapitulated properly. We made test checks from Branch financial reports to dues record ,cards and found that they (Continued on Page 7) : . -r. These rank and file Stewards Department men met in the SIU New York hall between trips to discuss ways and means of effecting closer cooperation within their own department and be­ tween the three departments. They met three different days to exchange ideas and suggestions. Results? A new booklet is being drawn up to add to our fast expanding supply of union literature. The new booklet will be all about the Stewards working rules, and should be off the press in the near future. �^<S THE Pag» Two SEAFARERS LOG Friday, March 9. 1945 "It's ThH Big!" SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 10 J Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- ^ Secy-Treas. P, o; Box 21, Station P.,. New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - "Washington Rep, 424 Jtb Street, N. W., Washington, D. G S. i S. 1. Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16) CHARLESTON (9) SA'MNNAH TAMPA JACKSONVILLE iVWBILE . SAN JUAN. 28 P.R. PUERTO RICO GALVESTON PHONE ADDRESS 51 Beaver St.—HAnover 2-2784 330 Atlantic Ave.—Liberty 4057 14 North Gay St.-^alvert 4539 6 North 6th St.—Lombard 7651 25 Commercial PI.—Norfolk 4-1083 Chartres St.—Canal 3336 68 Society St.—Charleston 3-2930 220 East Bay St.—Savannah 3-1728 423 East Piatt St.—Tampa MM-1323 920 Main St.—Jacksonville 5-1231 ^ 7 St. Michael St.—Dial 2-1392 ^ , o , .OQC 45 Ponce de Leon—San Juan 1885 219 20th St.—Galveston 2-8043 -laittet Demand Post War Jobs From The Assistant Sec'y-Ireas. mittee and this Congress as the (Continued from Page I) trustees of the property of the fantastic. country, and our merchant ships PUBLICATION OFFICE; "The broad grants of authority are just as much a public trust SI BEAVER STREET contained in this Bill are being as our Navy is. Extreme caution made on little more than a therefore, appears to us to be HAnover 2-2784 New York, (4) N. Y. gamble on the future. Whenever needed in. passing any bill which 267 the people through you in Con­ wiU take the control of our mer­ By LOUIS GOFFIN gress have given the executive chant marine out of the hands branch of the government, wide of the people and place it in I received a number of beefs authority you have generally act­ the hands of an executive agency. from Boston concerning the SS ed with your feet firmly on the While it's all right to plan on Steephen Leacock. After quite a ground of proven fact. That is the future when there's a ten to bit of discussion with Mr. Hun­ the only protection the people one chance that youT estimates of ter, representing the company, have for their basic interests. We the future situation are correct, we came to an- a®ceement.. Ail' feel that the merchant marine is it certainly would be a crime money due from this vessel ir ^ By PAUL HALL a basic interest of all the people now payable. Names and amounts J. The NMU Pilot, little brother of the Daily Worker, and that the authority to dispose against the national interest, we will be in an issue of the Sea­ think, for Congress to give up Lis been recently running full pages in regards to their of it should not be granted until its authority and turn it over to farers Log. Also from Boston, one so-called "program" calling for 200 bucks a month for such time as all the surrounding some executive agency when the beef concerning the SS Flying facts indicate whether such grant chances are ten to one against a Eagle. Three sailors off the 8-12 AB's, etc. is being made wisely or not. correct estimate. That's the way watch claim that they were not The Seafarers has been questioned at various times paid arrival day overtime. I "We seamen believe that at we feel about this now. in regards to its thoughts on^ checked with the Patrolmen who this particular thing which calls pioneered for and fought so hard this time complete protection "The merchant seamen have paid this ship off, and found that should be written around our fast for a "guaranteed" wage. First, for during the past years. vessels such as those of the Vic­ heard a whole lot 6f kind words all beefs had been settled aboard. The NMU has willingly offered let us put it on the record that and they appreciate them. They Therrfore, as far as the cohithe Seafarers is indeed for to throw out all of their working tory type, the C types and the have, come from all sides. We pany and the Union is concerned, hi^er wages for seamen and for rules and conditions for this so- fast tankers so that they may hope we've done the type of job there are no beefs pending frc»m befter conditions, otherwise, we called $200 "program." This the not, through the use of authority that merits them. We've heard this ship. ' handed to any agenoy, be turned would not have always had a Seafarers will not do. We recog­ about the 60,000,()()0 jobs and the Beef from Baltimore regarding c over to other nations, to the pos­ higher wage scale than the NMU nize the fact that in the seamen's plans fpr a prosperous future. the SS William Harper going hi has. We would not have always fight for wages and conditions, sible detriment of our own. But we're wondering whether for repairs in Bermuda. WatcheS 'We feel that the Bill migl't some forces aren't at work al­ had a higher scale of overtime nothing substitutes for actual permit greater benefits to for­ ready that may result in our pay­ were maintained, and crew de­ than they do if we did not be­ militancy at the right moment. eign operators than to American off being disposition of our good mands overtime for week-epdg. We know that by offering to sur­ lieve in fighting for wages and operators. We don't think this is ships to foreign competitors and Company claims ship did not go render to the shipowners all the cohdifions. Let us state now that the Sea­ condition^ for which we have the time to even consider putting the 60,000,000 jobs going up in in for the purpose of loading or farers is highly in accord with fought, we could negotiate a $200 foreign operators on an equal smoke. We don't want to open discharging cargo, therefore since anything that will make more a month guarantee. But we would basis with American operators. soup kitchens again for boys she went to an anchorage for dough for seamen. For example, be making a grave mistake by But this Bill in certain sections waiting around deserted ports to minor repairs, they maintain that throughout the Seafarers' hist­ giving away overnight that would permit certain foreign op­ sign on ships after three months watches shall be kept, as tech­ ory, we have always fought for which took many, many years of erators to stand in a more favor­ or six nioriths or a year of idle­ nically the ship is at sea. So, for higher wages and conditions. Our hard struggle to obtain. For, re­ able position than some Ameri­ ness. To give away too much the above reason, the Company contracts call for the highest scale gardless of what beautiful prom­ can operators who might not be authority right now, when the refuses to pay. I do not recall of vvages, overtime rates and con­ ises the shipowners make us so able to meet the conditions and future is so uncertain, may result collecting this kind of beef be­ ditions of any maritime union. as to take these conditions from specifications that seme agency in paying off these seamen, who fore. - The Agreement does not The Seafarers fought for and se­ us, we know that the thought in would draw up for the purchase have been so highly praised for cover repairs. cured higher bonus rates to make the shipowners mind would be of ships. their contribution to the war by Also from Baltimore regarding more dough for seamen, when not to guarantee us anything, on 'The estimates that have been taking away their jobs from them the serving of meals to Skipper; the NMU officials not only re­ the contrary, to take away our made heretofore with respect to and giving them to coolie labor," on the bridge on the SS William fused to assist the Seafarers in conditions and then cross us up the tonnage that will l?e required Hawk then read into the record Yoimg. I contacted the company thei? fight for all bonafide sea- on wages as well. is believed by Us seattien to be the resolution passed by the At­ and after quite a tussle with the Now that the Seafarers atti­ menf, but on the contrary even pulled right out of the air. We lantic & (Sulf District, which op­ representative and ihe Skipper, sabotaged the fight that the Sea­ tude is clear, let us go back again don't see how our vessels can be posed the Maritime Commission who maintained that only 36 meals were served to him, and farers was putting up for higher to this "program" as proposed by sold until at least sufficient facts sponsored bill. thai: no latd" mCals for the Second. bonus rates. While it is clear the commies. It is continued from are on hand to give us a good Cook were involved, we wound that we are for more dough for week to week, usually about estimate of the number of ships at the 36 hour overtime rate. seamen—we will not, under any along the same line. Due to the we'll need in our commerce. Cer­ Keep In Touch With Ifup men involved in this beef feel conditions give away the rights, fact that they are using this tainly today there are not enough Your Draft Board, they they are entitled to more, conditions and privileges for sea­ "program" as a basis for so-called facts at hand to indicate this. men which the Seafarers have "The seamen regard this Com­ (Continued on Page S) (Continued on-Page 7) Wage Boost, Yes—^But Not At Sacrifice Of Conditions Jii 1, �pHday, March 9, 1949 TffE SE4F4»ERS Page Tlaee L0Q Money Due NOTE: Some of the above men have collected this money— Stewards Sept. others have not. Those who have F. Mitchell, Steward, 208 hrs; not can collect this money by M- Gaddy, Ch. Cook, ;JQ8 hrs; H. contacting the Bull Line Office Miller, Nite Ck & Bk. 208 hrs; in New York. R. Billingaley, 2nd Ck, 208 hrs; * * * p. Werhack, MM, 298 hrs; O. SS MARIBEAU B. LAMABR Papp, MM, ;2Q8 hrs; Jl. Moretz, Crew has overtime coming. Ptil. 208 hrs; R. Carpenter, MM, Collect at Waterman SS Co. of­ jeO hrs; G. Drew, MM, 160 hrs; fice. W. Branch, 2nd Troop Ck, 160 * « * hrs; J.- Roster, Util, 160 hrs; B. MV SANDS POINT d^ac'^^son, Ch. Troop Ck, 160 hrs; Crew which paid off in Mobile C. Robblns, Util-i 160 hrs; G. By "FRENCHY" MICHELET on Sept. 23, 1943, have $50.55 Sl,au8hter, Util., 160 hrs. One of the brothers on the question ain't never watched transportation money coming. Chas C. Finke, FWT oyertime Rodman apparently has us con­ brother Michelet go to work on I92 hrs, overtime for cooking Collect New York office of Moran fused with Jesus. He called this the pig. Try this on the gang, meals 69 hours; Pete Smith, FWT, Towing Company. office to ask us ta go down on bub: overume 192 hrs, overtime for the Army docks to settle a beef. cooking meals, 69 hrs; K. KamiRub a loin of pork with a mix­ Brother, union officials are not limi, Carpt., Overtime 96 hrs, ture of salt, pepper, a tiny pinch permitted on Army Docks. True, overtime cooking meals, 69 hrs. each of ground thyme and sage. they have Coast Guard passes, Now put it dry into a covered Engine Dept. are citizens, have sworn alleg­ roasting pan in a hot ov.ejq for -G. Gunderson, Deck Eng. 220 iance to the United States, and fifteen minutes. Meanwhile have hrs; D. Tolan, Oiler, 308 hrs; J. are in every other way identical­ three quartered onions, two y/eiss, Oiler, 296 hrs; J. Knapp, ly qualified as you brothers who cloves of mashed garlic and the Oiler, 2^8 hrs; C. Fike, FWT, 224 man the vessels in these Army juice and skins of two lemons hrs; R.' Pottisiy, FWT, 224 hrs; docks, but the fact that they are simmering away in a pint of P. Smith, FWT, 196 hrs; R. Lang, union officials render them liable water. After ten or fifteen min­ Wiper, 182 hrs; F. Vivoni, Wiper, to a peculiar disease. Any brass utes pour off the grease from 172 hrs.' hat knows that if they were per­ the pork, pour the broth over the You CcUi hear the sabers rattle mitted on the docks they would meat and roast until done, bast­ Deck Dept. In the journalistic battle immediately shoot the guards, ing the meat occasionally with Korneluisen, Carp. 144 hrs; H. Between the might Shuler and the dauntless Michelet; swipe a few howitzers and set the broth. Boil the sweet pota­ Liller, Bos'n, 144 hrs; H. John­ These two stewpot broilers. fife to the piers. They might even toes with the jackets on until son, A.B." 144 hrs; H. Phillips, Highly skilled good food spoilers prevent some well-fed shipowner tender. Let them cool, then slice A.B. 144 hrs; F. Ferrara, AB. 144 Contest weekly in a pen and ink affray. stooge, who has the run of the them lengthwise and fry with a hrs; G. Jones, A.B. 144 hrs; L. docks, from gyping the seamen How Frenchy mixed both squash and beans sprinkling of sugar and vinegar Martin^ A.B. 144 hrs;' D. Coxey, out a few of their rights. And In one pot in New Orleans. in butter. A.B. 144 hrs; J. Smith, O.S. 144 brother, that's sabotage of the Is a story J.P. dearly loves to tell. hrs; S». Brown, O.S. 144 hrs. We are in receipt of a letter rankest kind. "Why that bum can't boil potatoes. Collect at Robin Line SS Office from a poor misguided brother Let the uninitiated babble of Or even slice tomatoes." iin .lilew York. who takes us to task for our the glories of Greece and the Cries .the Frenchman with a whooping battle yell. views on marriage. He devotes grandeurs of Rome to their fool­ EE JOHN BANVAHD all his letter to giving us hell To each belly robbing dueler. ish hearts content, but believe a ^ PETER SALVA for our cynical attitude and neg­ (meaning Michelet and Shuler) seasoned traveler when he tells lects to mention his present cir­ 1<)5 hours coming. Collect at We suggest a finish contest Christmas day. you that the finest sight on earth cumstances. But five will get you Bull Line Office. Let them eat each other's cooking. is a table-side view t)f a roast eight that some cute little trick's SS STEPHEN LEACOCK (St. Pete will do the booking) loin of pork and sweet potatoes. got him all souped up with this J. Rooney, 3.15; J. Little, 13.35; And send both poisoned corpses on their way. Any brother who has ever seen romance stuff. J. tjpner, 3.95; G. Klosowski, a pig work his way through a 9.15; J. Brown, 8.25; R. Walker, EPITAPH Ah, listen to the wisdom of bushel of corn is probably labor­ 4.05; A. Howatich, 6.65; J. Moring under the delusion that no Hafiz: Beneath this stone, side by side. risey, 1.35. animal on earth gets more pleas­ Lie two brave souls who ate and died. "Pleasant the snaffle of Gourl8 to 12 and 4 to 8 oilers have ure out of jest plain eatin', but ship. improving the manners and What each of them cooked the other ate; 4 hours each. 4 to 12 Firemen, that's because the brother in carriage; But the colt -who is So they Hchly deserve their miserable fate. 8 hours. Deck Engineer, 11 hours. wise will abstain from the ter­ Collect New York Office of South r-S. Ulcers CREW OF DESOTO rible thorn-bit of Marriage/' Atlantic SS Company. PRAISED FOR A * * * Verily, brother, the sages of the ages are of one mind on the CLEAN SHIP SS W. YOUNG subject. E. Keen, 36 hours overtime for I should like to report to the Gather the honey, son. but serving meals p'l the bridge. Colother essential materials. There­ membership that the SS Desoto TREASURY DEPARTMENT don't pick the flower. Women le<^t New York office of the Bull for, you must have been hard put was one of the best ships to pay are sweet in satin but they're Line. ' War Finance Committee at times to find space for the off I have hit in this port of New * * • deadly in gingham. 1270 Sixth Avenue War Loan. That you always did York for some time. Everything SS JOHN GALLUP Hearken to the wisdom of the New York 20, N. Y. is a tribute to your personal in­ was in order and the department wisest: The following men who paid February 15, 1945 terest in this great endeavor. delegates had crew lists and off on the Sth of Jan. have money Please pass along my thanks to union books ready for boarding "When the Himalayan peasant Mr. John Hawk, due: Jarnes E. Rathbone, Wiper meets the he-bear in his pride the members of your staff. patrolmen. The^crew was right New York City 3 hours; Albert Cioffi, Wiper, 3 He shouts to scare the monster. Sincerely yours, on its toes, and indicated that it Dear Mr. Hawk: hoiurs, who will often turn aside; Frederick W. Gehle, had a sound grasp of what mari­ Collect at Smith & Johnson But the she-bear thus encount­ On behalf of the War Finance State Chairman time unionism is all about. SS Co.^ office in New York. ered rends the peasant tooth Committee for New York, I wish Good work fellows, and I hope and nail. to thank you and your associates Crew Of SS Hart Crane that you bring in future ships in For the female of the species is for your whole-hearted coopera­ more deadly than the male." . tion with us during thfe Sixth War Lauded By Ch. Engineer the same shape. JOHNNY JOHNSTON Loan. As you know, this loan We noted in a recent article Patrolman was the most successful in the To Baltimore Local of SIU: of brother Paul Hall's where he I wish to express my apprecia­ history of our state and our na­ said that the educational pro­ Will holders of receipt numbers tion for the cooperation I re­ tion. gram of the SIU was well under 76189 and 76190, who paid off the way. We hope that the man That New York State exceeded ceived during the past voyage SS J. Cohen, please send in The New York Baggage Room chosen to direct this work is one names to Patrolman Algina, its huge quota of $4,226,000,000 from all members of the black by ^,447,000,000 (over 30%) is in gang. The general good fellow­ has been collecting unclaimed of no common abilities. Not only New York. * « « no small measure attributable to ship shown between the licensed gear for over three years and should he be a profound scholar and unlicensed personnel made must now make some disposition with a keen scientific mind, but • PETER ^MITH. formerly em­ the support given us by Labor. I realize that your production the voyage a i-eal pleasure during of it. All members who have left his mental endowments should ployed aboard the SS. JOHN their baggage in the hall for be of such an exalted nature that BANVARD, contact Mr. Lannig, problem is a serious one today these trying times. (signed) H. O. MELQUIST. over 12 months should immed­ he should even be capable of considering the manpower short­ Operating Manager of the Robin teaching Shuler to fry an egg. Chief Engineer iately claim it. age and restrictions on paper and Line. ^ JOHK PANVA^P SS MABINA Robert H. Guiberson, 51 hrs. Acting A.B.; C. Thompson, 63 hrs, 2nd Cook; G. McNeely, 31 hrs. Stew. Utility; G. Smith, 59 hrs. Bedroom Stew.; Harold Reese, 120 hrs, O.S.; Bernard Pilarcyzk, 54 hrs, O.S.; Victor . Carlson, 22 lirs, O.S.; Patrick Dougherty, 32 hrs. Oiler; J. E. Barringer, 75 hrs, FWT; Antonlin Alvarez, 40 hrs, FWT; James Meeks, 58 hrs, FWT; John Kozar, 5 hrs, Wiper; John Kinney, ;6 hrs. Wiper; Ar­ thur Kcefer. 23 rs, .Oiler; Joseph E. Gelinas, 49 hrs. Oiler; George Wingle, 58 hrs, GaUey Util.; Ne­ ville Williams, 69% hrs. Crew Mess. STEWPOT REQUIEM Union Thanked ForWar Fund Record Notice! �PDF Compressor Pro ^ f-y: '^ge Four THE SEAFARERS '•" ,;<':• ;H,^" -•;,' . •: LOG Friday. Marclh 9. 1945 Seafarers Demands Large Post War Merchant Fleet For Full Employment Statement of President Lundeherg to House Committee on Merchant Marine And Fisheries, March'3,1945 The Seafarers' International Union of North Amer­ ica is composed of 61,000 active, unlicensed seamen, sailing American ships out of overy port in the United States and the Great Lakes. We have a vital interest in the determination of the proposed Bill (HR: 1425) now before the House Merchant Marine & Fisheries Committee. There are certain parts of the Bill with which we do not dis­ agree, but we have strong objections to other parts of the Bill. SECTION 1 of the Bill authorizes the Maritime Commission to dispose of certain American tonnage, built in American yards, during the period from Jan­ uary 1, 1941 to one year after the finish of the war. We have no argument on that. SECTION 2 sets up a procedure of pricing, under which these ships may be sold, based on pre-war dom­ estic costs and pre-war foreign costs, with certain al­ lowances for depreciation and war wear and tear of these vessels. Whether the prices are correct or not, we are not in a position to determine. That we will leave to the judgment of the Merchant Marine Committee. . SECTION 3—(a) authorizes the Commission, at its discretion, to sell the ships to American citizens at pre-war domestic prices as determined in Section 2 of this BiU, allowing the American buyers to operate their ships without restriction as to trades, services and routes. SECTION 3—(b) allows the Commission, at its discretion, to sell vessels to American operators at pre­ war foreign costs, but limits the operation of these ves­ sels to certain specific trade routes in foreign or domestic commerce of the United States. We are opposed to leaving the sale of these vessels to the discretion of the Commission. Discretion as to the sale of these vessels should not be left in the hands of the Commission due to the fact that this would leave this particular phase of the Bill open for prefer­ ential selling to certain ship operators. We do not say that that would happen, but there is nothing in the clause to stop it. We are either going to sell the ships or we are not going to sell them, and if they are sold there should be no discretionary power left in the hands of the Maritime Commission. No Restrictions On U.S. Operators We are opposed to limiting vessels, bought under pre-war foreign costs, to specific routes, because we do not know whether shipping companies who before the war ran ships in trade routes established by the Com­ mission, will be able to buy ships under pre-war for­ eign costs. If they, under this Act, are able to do so, there certainly should be no restrictions on other American operators, who might want to run their ships in the same routes. SECTION 3—(c) deals with the disposal of oil tank­ ers, and authorizes the Commission to sell these tankers at the pre-war foreign cost of building the same types of ships. It allows the buyer to operate these ships in foreign trades of the United States without regard to the route or service, and also allows the buyer to run these vessels in domestic trades under certain con­ ditions. This section also states that the Commission may permit the operation of such tankers in commerce be­ tween foreign countries. We object to the wording of "may permit." We do not think that the Maritime Commission should have the authority to determine whether an operator should be able to run American tankers between two foreign countries. That should be absolutely within the rights of the buyer. If he can find charterers for his vessels, it should be his privilege to run the vessels between two foreign countries if he so desires. It must be re­ membered that about 60% of foreign oil production of the world is American owned. SECTION 3—(e) permits the Maritime Confimission to lease ships on a bare-boat charter to American citi­ zens, with the exception of oil tankers. Why Exclude The Oil Tankers leave in the hands of the Maritime Commission or the President. We say that the foreign operators must be made ^ to purchase the American vessels under identically the same terms and. conditions as the American citizens. • Subsection (e) further authorizes the Commission to "avail itself of the services of any other agency of . the United States Government with duties or powers in respect of extension of credit or financing services, and any such agency is authorized to extend such facil­ ities and services to the Commission or to the purchaser for the purposes hereof." As we understand this, the purchaser of the vessel might then turn around and buy the vessel under Lend Lease, or under the R.F.C., or any other United States Governmental Agency which has the authority to lend money to foreigners. That seems absolutely incredible that we should al­ low foreign ship operators to come in here and buy ships at far easier terms than can American citizens, and on top of that to finance the pm-chasing • of these v.vessels, with no guarantee that payment will be made by the foreign countries. We might as well say that this clause, in our opinion, definitely authorizes the Maritime Commission to give away ships to foreign countries. How, then, are we going to be able to main-' tain an American Merchant Marine which we need, under these conditions? How can we expect American operators to go into the shipping business when they must pay American money to buy their vessels while on the other hand foreign operators will practically be given American built ships, built with American tax-payers' money. No American* Merchant Marine can exist under such conditions. We will again be faced with condi­ tions brought about by having all American imports . and exports carried in foreign vessels. Not only will the foreign operators have the advantage of getting the ships for nothing, but they will operate their ships under cheaper conditions, will buy their supplies in foreign countries, will hire cheap crews which are paid far below the American standard of wages for seamen, and repairing of their ships will be done in foreign yards at cheaper rates than in American yards. We must also take into consideration that prior to the war there were only one third of the Anierican ships running in certain foreign trades subsidized under the American Merchant Marine Act of 1936. While these types of ships and routes may well be able to exist, what will become of the other two-thirds of the American ships which are not subsidized? They will simply be eliminated from the seven seas. We definitely object to the exclusion of oil tankers. We can see no reason, if other types of vessels can be chartered to American citizens for operation, why oil tankers can not come under the same category. The Commission might find itself in the position that the purchase price of oil tankers may be too high for American operators to buy, but American operators might well be in a position to charter these tankers for operation. However, under this sub-section (e), Ameri­ can operators are absolutely denied the right to charter oil tankers. We would then like to know what the Maritime Commission intends to do with the oil tank­ ers. As the MerchantMarine Committee probably knows, by the end of 1945 the War Shipping Administration will operate approximately over five hundred high speed tankers, built at the approximate cost of $3,000,000.000 each. It would be well for these ships to be disposed of in such a manner as to protect the Ameri­ can tax-payers and to protect the national defense of our country. SECTION 4—(a) gives the Maritime Commission the authority to sell ships to foreign operators, to ifoncitizens of the United States and foreign countries, if the Commission finds that the ships are not necessary for domestic or foreign commerce of th' United States. We object to the clause in this section giving the Commission the leeway to determine whether it is necessary or not to retain the ships under the American flag. That is too important a matter to be left in the hands of the Maritime Commission, due to the fact that the post war trade will determine the necessity for the amount of tonnage the American Merchant Marine can absorb in peace time. SECTION 4—(c) authorizes the Maritime Commis­ sion to sell ships to foreign operators, based on pre­ war foreign costs, as determined under Section 2. This, we strenuously object to on the grounds that it puts foreign operators in a more favorable position than the American operators. Section 3- (a) of the Bill proposes that American citizens may buy ships from the Maritime Commission at the depreciated pre­ war domestic cost. We can not see why foreign oper­ ators should be able to buy American ships, which will run in competition with American ships, for pre-war foreign costs compared with pre-war domestic costs to American operators. That would make a big difference, as we all know it was much cheaper to build ships in foreign yards than in domestic yards be'fore the war. As a matter of fact, under the Subsidy Bill of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, amended, there is a subsidy granted to shipowners building ships in Ameri­ can yards, because of the difference in costs between The above are the most objectionable clauses in American and Foreign yards. That doesn't seem sound to us, and we think it is the Bill, that we, as American Seamen, believe should unfair to the American public and tax-payers to put be rectified. Following are the reasons for our obthe foreign competitors in a more favorable position jections: The American Merchant Marine Act of 1936, passed than the American operators. by Congress, Section 101, reads as follows: "It is necessary for the National defense and development of its foreign and domestic commerce that the United States shall have a Merchant Marine: SECTION 4—(e) reads as follows: "(a) sufficient to carry its domestic water-borne "Payment of the sales price for vessels sold commerce and a substantial portion of its waterunder this section shall be made upon such terms borne export and import foreign commerce—and and conditions as the Commission with the approval , to provide shipping service on all routes essential of the President shall prescribe. In connection with for mainteuning the flow of such commerce at all sales to noncitizens, the Commission is authorized times. to avail itself of the services of any other agency "(b) capable of serving as a naval and military ' of the United States Government with duties or auxiliary in time of war or national emergency. powers in respect of extension of credit or iineuic"(c) owned emd operated under the United ing services, and any such agency is authorized to States flag by citizens of the United States insofar extend such facilities and services to the Commis­ as may be practicable, and— sion or to the purchaser for the purposes hereof." "(d) composed of the best equipped, safest and T' We are definitely and unalterably opposed to this most suitable' types of vessels, constructed in the subsection, and request your honorable Committee to United States and manned with a trained and effi­ delete it completely. cient citizen personnel. First of all, it again puts the foreign buyers on a "It is hereby declared to be the policy of the much better basis than the American buyers, because United States to foster the development and en­ the payment of a vessel bought by a foreign operator courage the maintenance of such a Merchant can be made on terms and conditions as the Commis­ Marine." sion, with the approval of the President, shall pre­ That is the policy as laid down by the American scribe. We do not know what the Commission or the President may prescribe. That is too much power to (Continued on Page 5) Abide By Peop le's Decision Discrimination Against American Operators •A:. ti �PDF Compressor Pro Friday. March 9, 1945 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Five Lundeberg's Statement To Committee (Continned from Page 4) people in regard to- the American Merchant Marine. It is our duty to see that it is lived up to. ' A memorandum of questions and answers relating to the Ships _ Sales Bill furnished by Admiral Land, dealing with ships to be disposed of, is estimated to c^hsist of 2,545 Liberty type dry cargo ships; 515 Vic­ tory type dry cargo ships; 613 "C" type passenger and .dry cargo ships; 231 coastal dry cargo ships; 27 refrigdrator cargo ships; 504 high speed tankers; 62 Liber­ ty type tankers; and 62 coastal type tankers, totaling 4559 government-owned merchant ships available for private 'operation when the war is over. It js our opinion that none of the fast ships, such as Victory ships and "C" type ships and fast tankers should be sold by the American Government to any foreign operators or foreign countries. We feel that the American Merchant Marine needs this fast tonnage and it is essential that the American Merchant Marine have fast and economically run ships in order to com­ pete in the foreign trades of the world. Prior to the war, up to 1936 (before the Merchant Marine Act was passed) the American Merchant Marine was composed of slow ships built during the last war, which could not compete with the high speed freighters and passenger ships operated by various foreign coun­ tries. After 1936, when the Maritirfle Commission started to. build faster and better ships, the American Merchant Marine then looked like it would find its place in thesun. This Is Our Opportunity America now has the best chance it has had for generations tq become one of the leading maritime natiohs of the world, which this country must be. The American continent has thousands of miles of coast line and it is essential that we have an up to date fast fleet of American merchant ships to carry our foreign commerce in, and it is also very essential for our National Defense. Wp found ourselves short of ships during the last war, and through the short sightedness of our political and military heads, we again found ourselves short of ships in the second world war. iiow, the American people have spent billions of dollars, and today are carrying three-fourths of the war material and supplies to our troops and to the troops of our Allies to all parts of the world. If we can do that job during the war, there is no reason why during peace time American ships cannot carry the foreign trade of this country. It has been said that certain foreign countries depend on the income of the Merchant Marine to keep up their total national income. This is refuted by a report by the Department of Com­ merce on the importance of shipping to foreign ex­ change resources and national income. The report shows that the amount of foreign exchange received by other nations-from shipping operations wei-e. as follows: Norway 35% of value of all products produced and Sold abroad. Greece—24.1% ' / England—13.4% Netherlands—9.2% Denmark—7.1% Sweden—5.9% France—4% Japan—4.7% Germany—3.7% United States—1.9% .Thus, need for foreign shipping services are not so strong as applied to trade with the United States. Thus, also, an American Merchant Marine should not seriously injure, for example, British-American trade as claimed. , ' Furthermore, if American ships carried less, there is no assurance that business would go to British lines, for instance, rather than to the lines of some other country. To illustrate: In 1929 Britain's share of world shipping was 37.21%. Norway's was 5% and the United States' was 713%. Yet by 1937, when the United States' share had dropped to under 7%, Britain's share remained almost the same while Noryi^ay's share had cljmbed from 5% to 8%. • Although Britain's Merchant Marine is necessary to hold' the Empire together, it is significant that in 1937 her income from shipping was only 1.3% of her total national income. Other percentages of national in­ comes derived from shipping are as follows: Norway—11.2% 'Denmark—2.4% ' ' .. Sweden—1.1% Japan—.7% France—.5% Germany—.3% United States—^^.09% Thus, excepting Norway, no maritime nation would suffer a great hole in its pocketbook if it lost some of its shipping business. Generally speaking, the maintenance of merchant marines before the war were for most countries prim­ arily a matter of military strategy and national prestige. Who Gets The Axis Runs? Furthermore, we would like to know who is en­ titled to pick up the shipping of the Axis countries such as Japan, Germany and Italy. It is assumed that they will not be allowed to maintain the large Mer­ chant Marines they had prior to the war. In the Pacific waters, Japanese shipping was dominant prior to the war. They had fast vessels carrying a great amount of American exports and imports. As a matter of fact, the vast valuable silk cargoes imported to this country were practically all carried in Japanese ships. Are we now to assume that this should not go to American shipping? Who is more entitled to take over the Pacific trade routes, formerly held by the Japanese, than American ships? Who is doing the fighting in the Pacific waters if it isn't the American Navy, Marines, Army and the Merchant Marine? We certainly should do everything we can to capture this shipping for America after the war. This belongs to the United States and we are now in a position to take over and operate shipping lines in all waters where the Axis nations were in control prior to the war. Today, all countries are Maritime conscious. They all want ships after the war, and have made post-war plans to operate a large Merchant Fleet. China, for instance, is contemplating operating shipping lines be­ tween China and the West. Russia plans a post-war Merchant Marine. Brazil and Argentina have set up government-controlled agencies to operate seized Axis shipping to North America and Europe. These countries were not Maritime nations prior to the war, and we certainly should not turn around and give them a number one priority to establish themselves in the shipping business as competitors of the United States at the expense of the American Merchant Marine. Prosperity And Self Protection There is a theory among certain big industrialists in this country that this country is primarily an agri­ cultural and industrial nation, so consequently we should not bother about an American Merchant Marine, but we should allow foreign countries to make the money in American shipping so that they can buy our goods. This is a selfish and short sighted policy and ac­ cording to figures (previously quoted), does not hold water. This country must establish a permanent firstclass Merchant Marine, capable of carrying the large majority of its foreign trade, regardless of the ideas of individuals and regardless of the ideas of other nations. From time to time. Admiral Land has advocated that we build a Merchant Marine second to none. He has stated that this countiy should have between fifteen and twenty-five million gross tonnage for American shipping after the war. These are very vague figures. Recently Admiral Land stated that we should have sixteen million tons. We say that Admiral Land is not in a position to determine whether we should haye' sixteen miUion or twenty-five million tons of shipping. These are just figures picked out of the air. We should have tonnage adequate to protect our nation in an emergency, and secondly, a Merchant Marine capable of carrying the majority of our foreign trades—exports and imports. We should be encouraging operation of American ships, and what this Bill proposes to do is to give the foreign countries an edge on us. We should give ourselves the first break and think secondly of other nations. Although experts and politicians predict there will be .no other wars, there has been not one as yet who could give us a guarantee that there will be no more wars. We know, as practical people, it is better to be prepared than to take statements of people who are guessing at the future. Labor's Relation To Merchant Marine Today, approximately two hundred thousand American Seamen are manning American vessels. Some of these men went to sea before the war, and have gone to sea for a number of years. Others have become sailors during the war and are now qualified seamen. A vast majority of these men, who came into the Merchant Marine during this war, are young men who never before worked in any other industry. Con­ sequently, the Merchant Marine thas become their livelihood, and we know that they are not going to leave the Merchant Marine when the war is over. They are not going to go back to work they neyer had be­ fore. Also, there will be thousands and thousand.s of men discharged from the Navy and Coast Guard and other branches of the armed forces who will want to go to sea. What are we, as a nation, going to do with these men? Are we just going to discard them? Millions and millions of dollars have been spent by the United States Maritime Commission to educate men for the sea, both as officers, cadets and in other ratings. Big institutions have been built at the tax-payers' expense with the view in mind of developing men for the Mer­ chant Marine. Whether we, as a union agree with this or not is unimportant at this time. We do, however, want to point out to you that the purpose of spending this money has been to develop the Merchant Marine. We must not forget that should the foreign coun­ tries get the ships under this proposed set-up, they will be able to practically get the ships as a gift. We also want to pont out to the Marchant Marine Com­ mittee the conditions under which they will operate their ships, based on the conditions under which they operated their ships prior to the war. For instance, the wages on foreign ships ran for an average seamen from 10.00 a month to a maximum of $50.00 per month. The American seaman's wages prior to the war was $100.00 per month. If we, as a nation, give ships to foreign nations, let us say to England, what happens then? Prior to the war English seamen averaged approximately $50.00 per month, and that is a very high figure. A large per­ centage of English ships were manned by coolies from the Indies at the rate of approximately $10.00 a month American money. A great number of Holland ships were operated by Malayan crews for approximately $15.00 per month. A large number of other nationalities ships, including Britain, were manned by Chinese seamen for low wages. Are we now going to give the foreign coun­ tries American ships built at the expense of the Ameri­ can tax-payers, for foreign ship operators and nations to use to exploit their seamen and thus use cheap labor to compete with American seamen and American oper­ ators? That does not jibe with the theory of brotherly love, which we hear so much about these days, and it would also mean the loss of jobs to thousands and thousands of American Seamen. The same condition would prevail in the shipyards, for with a big American Merchant Marine there would be plenty of repair and drydock work for American shipyards, and it would relieve the unemployment, which might become a fact after the war. We know that foreign operators very seldom repair their ships or dry-dock them in American yards. Consequently, by not protecting the American Merchant Marine, we are not protecting the Amerian Seamen nor the Amerian shipyard workers. Besides, every waterfront com­ munity and seaport profits by a large American Mer­ chant Marine, because the equipment, supplies and food sold to the ships alone employs thousands and thousands of people.' Foreign ships very seldom buy food or equipment in American ports. They buy their supplies in their own ports or in the ports of other foreign countries, where they can buy it cheaper. In view of the' facts presented to your Committee, we respectfully urge your Committee, in deliberation of the Bill, to take our arguments into consideration, and that you, as members of Congress, do everything in your power to retain a large and powerful American Merchant Marine for the benefit of our country. Respectfully submitted. HARRY LUNDEBERG On behalf of: • THE SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NOARTH AMERICA, and THE SAILORS UNION OF THE PACIFIC (Affiliated with American Federation of Labor.) : .^1 �PDF Compressor Pro Page Six TM^. S^4F 4hEH§ lOQ Friday, Maz^ % JtSki, membership on behalf of A1 Ke/y; Red Trusd^e and for the cooperation >veVo beep receivlpg when you members take jobs out and live according to the reverse aide of your assignment cards. But we .dispatchers are being pestered by another situation that I would like to get aired out. Meeting nights are every other Wednesday, held at 7 p.m. at 119 East 11th Street—the wettr known Webster Hall. The meet­ ing, as you all know, starts at 7 p.m. and the deadline is 7:39' p.m., and those of you members that corne in after 7:30 pjn. can.not get credit for the meeting. It's a Union rule, acted upon and passed, to be lived up to. If you were in the Hospital or had a fieath in the family, that'« something else. Sometimes we do give regards to an exceptional case of when an individual's train was delayed and had evidence! pertaining to that fact, he is ex­ cused. PHILAPELPHIA WHATS DOim Well, here we go agaia, doing business at the same old place as usual. Things are a little slow here this week. Mostly all the; ships are in transit, however, we expect Xo pay oQ. a Robin Line ship and I guess that this will Mostly the crews are responsible move some of the boys off the as to reveal the fact that our car­ are plenty of beefs aboard. for this and are to be commended There was a transportation go vessels all have linoleum on list. for they way they handled their beef on the SS W. Young of the all the decks. It must have been We are being asked a lot of beefs aboard, and being sober at Waterman SS Company which a way of getting in a plug for his questions about overtime that the time of payoff. held the payoff up for a couple sponsor who sells opnie kind of differant members have coming Calmar, Mississippi South At­ of days, but was sqared away be­ floor wax, but spnie of the kids to them. The best answer to that lantic and American Liberty fore the rcew signed off. signing up are liable to give us a question is, if the membership will look in the LOG they will new beef. They'll be putting in One of our prize bucko skip­ Lines all had ships paying off pers, the master of the SS A- L. with .beefs settled aboard. be able to see for .themselves. In f<;ff linoleum money. Lewis of the Seas Shipping Com­ In case any Savannah boys are this port we cut the money due J. SHULER. Pafrolman pany, brought her in about as Hst out and post it on the bulletin out of town they may be inter­ • • • board and any member that has ested in learning that one of the well disorganized as could be ex­ Shipping in New York has any overtime coming to him can •local clothing stores burned down pected of a man of his type. How­ picked up again and things look trace it a year back by merely last week. I happened to be pass­ ever, his roar turned to a whine a lot better for the boys where looking over the bulletin board. ing by at the time ^d it was a when confronted by Union Pat­ the "Local Board" is on their We are still having the same honey of ^ fire. J started to look rolmen and the crew at payoff tails—^so "boys—^better grab 'em old trouble with members .quit­ around ^or the "Little Flower" time. Apparently, thp Seas SS while they're hot! ting the ships at the last minute. and then remembered I was no Company thinks no more of him The biggest part .of this head­ longer in New York. The local than the Union, as the SS A. L. The WSA stUl has around 6000 ache is the boys from the RMO. fire fighters got the matter in Lewis saUed with a new master. men on their list—so therefore, The beef pending from the SS I'd suggest to the OS that have But it's really quite out of qrThese guys run absolutely wild, hand, however, without anyone Banvard, also of the Seas SS six months or better sea service, der to ask your dispatchers "aw, being hurt and I guess everybody as we have no way of controlling Company, which went on the go to 42 Broadway, the Inspectors come on, give me credit, stamp is happy except maybe the in­ ibem and the RMO states that rocks in the Azores, has been office, and take your exams for my card—^no One will know the surance company. they can not control them either. settled. Her crew can scan the Duration of War Blue Ticket, difference." That is being very ARTHUR THOMPSON. I believe that the RMO should Money Due column in the Log which enables you to ship out as unreasonable to ask. For then Agent make some effort to control these an AB. to the tune of approximately you're attempting to make dis­ men. $10,000. This brings a total of Quite a few members .that had honest officials out of us—apd The membership must be made GALVESTON about $14,000 collected in over been shipping nut as acting ABs I'd like to say that the -SIU repu­ to realize that in most cases when After making a number of trips time from this ship. This was on six months sea experience and tation is above reproach. One of -the Branch Agent caUs the RMO are being rejected by the com­ its foundations is that all of ua for a man it is generally for a to Houston in search of a new panies through the WSA. The members built the organization job that cannot be filled other­ location for the hall in that port, N. Y. MEETINGS IN WSA has quite a few AB's on for seamen, to be run honest ahd wise. These kids go to the ship I have at last been successful in the beach and claim they can fair. So, boys, let's play the game WEBSTER HALL and look around and then they locating a place. The new hall supply the regular certified AB's. fair and honest with ourselves decide that they don't want to will be located at 6605 Can,al , So I'll say again, OS's with over and the SIU. New York Branch meetings Street. The Canal Street buses sail on it. Instead of coming -back are held every other Wednes­ six months sea experience, go and PAUL GONSORCHIK. to the Hall, they don't say any­ stop almost in front of the door. Chief Dispatcher. thing, they just pile off, and they During the time that I am at­ day evening. 7 P.M. at Web­ get your "War Duration AB Blue don't notify the RMO either. So tending the Agents' Conference, ster HalL 119 East 11th Street, Ticket" before the WSA closes in cases where the ship is in an Bro. Hall, Houston patrolman, between 3rd and 4th Avenues. the door down on you. And, as NEW ORLEANS outlaying district there is no way wiU be stationed here in Galves­ To get there take the 3rd Ave.. A1 Kerr had mentioned in his that we have of telling whether ton and the hall in Houston will Elevated and get off at 9th St.. previous article last week, about or the East Side IRT Subway those of you members in the Things are humming here .in be closed. the ship is crewed up or not. "Savage Dept." you should real­ this port again after a quiet week In cases of our own member- I intend to furnish this new lo­ and get off at Astor Place. ly go up and get all the Eng. and the indications are that next No cards will be stamped ^ip we can and do control thip cation with enough equipment to Rm. endorsements possible. Pre­ week will be equally lively. Wq situation. But in cases of these carry on the business in that port after 7:30 PJM. dominating rating I'd suggest is; put a full crew aboard the SSj probationary members we do and to make it comfortable for have headaches with them. I those members that live in through the patient work of var­ Elect. - Pump - machinist and es­ Roy K. Johnson, a new Calm£ic don't mean all of them, because Houston, so they will have a place ious patrolmen in the Port of pecially the Ref. Eng. endorse­ Line ship that was delivered fronq ments, which will be in great de­ the local shipyard Saturday. As some of them are turning out to to sit around and shoot the N. Y. mand within the next four two other Mississippi ships paid be very good members. However, breeze. The Alcoa Scout has been caus­ months. off and took almost a full crewthis is -food for thought for the Am crewing up a new Liberty ing us quite a bit of trouble. It each, there's very few men leff coming Agents' conference. At this time I'd like to take fpr the American Liberty lines on was rumored that she was to be on tlie beach. HARRY COLLINS. Agent or about March 13th. sold to the Russian Government the opportunity of thanking 'the The Agent took the loggings D. STONE' Agent but conditions aboard her was on the' Delmar before Com­ so bad, Stalin probably smelled SAVANNAH mander Brown, the head Com­ it from there. Now, it will be up NEW YORK missioner in this port, for an ap^ to the niembership of the Sea­ All is quiet on the southern peal. He won all but one of the front. There's not a ship in the Business has picked up in this farers International Union to cases, which should prove that straighten her out before the ex­ harbor except the one that's port last week. Paid off 37 ships brother Michelet's contention that terminator gets her. about ready to sail and she is all and signed on 29. the men were treated unjustly crewed-up already. We shipped SS Francis Walker of Eastern The size of the meeting last had basis in fact. twelve men out last week but we SS Company had the payoff set Wednesday night exceeded any A number of the old-timers are have ninety registered. Shipping for Saturday but the crew decid­ that we have had. There were drifting back to the Gulf and the here reminds me of New York, ed to wait and collect all their approximately 1200 members meetings are beginning to take it's so different. overtime at the time of payoff present. There have been a niunon an old-time slam-bang aspect. ' From where I sit it looks as and time of signing off articles. ber of members from the NMU However, this is a good sign, for though things will remain quiet She paid off Monday with all in the last week to transfer their a union is never so healthy as here for a while but maybe I beefs settled. books. We don't know whether when its membership take a real have a bad seat. I hope so any­ The crew of the SS A. P. Lor- it is a case of the men getting interest in its affairs. When an way. ing, also of the Eastern SS Com­ wise to themselves or rats de­ United Press reports that U. S. organization gets as much cab-: Every day I have a few new­ pany, went up to get paid off serting a sinking ship. comers asking for a trip card or a Monday morning and found that The SS George Cohen of the seamen in Britain prefer British bage in the tiU as ours has, it job or just a promise of one. the payroll was made up tp mid­ Overtakes Freight Company was gals to Americans or any others. calls for a vigilant membership ' When I finish telling them the night Saturday night. It took really a messed up job. The skip­ Questionnaire replies say Brit­ to see that the dough is handled properly. sad story they want to know why about a day's finageling with the per was under the impression ish females are: the hell the Government keeps company but the crew waited that the ship was his domain and GLENN MASTERSQN, "Cuter and more polite, easier broadcasting for men over the patiently until the beef was set­ no one should trespass. It took to get along with, friendlier than Patrolman radio. Well, a snappy comeback tled and the payroll was cor­ the physical efforts of patrolman American girls, not as spoiled as for that one is, "They have no rected before they paid off. James Sheehan to remove him their American sisters." The iSoll, other way of broadcasting except The membership of the SIU is from the gangway so that he taken by the United "Seamen's over the radio." But I listened in beginning to learn that with the could get aboard to settle the Service, also discovered that a once in a while and hear the same Eastern SS Company a beef beefs. The beefs were numerous blue-eyed red-head is the favor­ B. Tafiewisz 2.00 cry and it makes me wonder too. pending is a beef lost. and the sliip was in haywire con­ ite valentine of the merchant B. W. Covert .* i.og One night Fibber McGee de­ The SS Warrior, of the Water­ dition. She was squared away be­ service, but since these are a rar-voted an entire broadcast to re­ man SS Company, is still around fore paying off. F. M. Tucker j.oo ^ itv, 61 per cent prefer blondes. cruiting members for the Merch­ and needless to say with her J. F. Conley i_oo About six ships from the Bull ant Marine and even went so far ! famous "Captain Bligh," there Line this week, all paid off clean. —PM T. A. Scoper I.QQ Jkround the Ports Valehtine? Honor Roll S-- • .i «« rjiirtliiniiBimirTOaiiBBmiiirilriiriii r i •iiliiiiTf nk •... �PDF Compressor Pro rod^f, Dtvtm ft iwd titte APAkEk^ io6 Page SeveA APL Demands FDR Unfreeze Wages Now Textile Workers Void "No Strike Pledge;" Miners Hold Strike Vote WASHINGTON, D. C.—Sharply rejecting the find­ ings of the public members of the National War Labor Board against any change in the wage freeze, the AFL mem­ bers of the board called upon President Roosevelt to prevent "economic disaster" by promptly and realistically modify­ :\ssei'ting that cdtfon textile WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.—A ing the Little Steel formula. vt^rker^ have lost faith in the strike vote of the Nation's half Since the President incorporat­ straight time hourly earnings for million bituminous coal miners National War Labor Board, Emil ed the Little Steel formula into all wage earners subject to the (Rieve, president of the Textile is scheduled to be taken on Mar. an executive order and thus made War Labor Board's jurisdiction. Workers Union, announced last 28—three days before the expir­ it part of the nation's stabiliza­ "The workers of America are dis­ week that the anion ^ad releas­ ation of their contract—under tion program, the AFL group illusioned by this chaiige in wag6 ed 100,000 menibers in fifty-three terms provided in the Smithcontended that it is up to the Cbntrol technique. But they have (Continued from Page 1) mills from the "no-strike" pledge Connally Act which Congress President to make the final deci­ not been hypnotized into believ­ made by organized" labor on Dec. passed two years ago to "get" were being properly posted and sion on whether the formula ing that on increase for somd Workers is an increase in the 24, 1941. This is the first action of UMW President John L. Lewis. that the system is thoroughly ef­ should now be changed. Wages of all Workers. Only sta­ By serving notice on Govern­ its kind taken by any group in the ficient. Arguments of the public mem­ We found that all of the of­ bers against modification of the tisticians can be confused by the Congress of Industrial Organiza­ ment agencies involved that a ; dispute exists that threatens to ficials of the Union are 'properly formula were blasted to smither­ magic of their averaging tech­ tions, Mr. Rieve said. nique." "Political connivance has de­ interrupt war productior^ Lewis bonded for the year 1945. The eens in the AFL dissent. has paved the way for a legal bonding company being the Uni­ The dissenting report was The statement charged that the prived the National War Labor coal strike and has turned the ted States Fidelity & Guaranty signed by AFL Secretary-Treas­ public members, after a year's Board of its independent tri-pardelay, have resorted to the tricky urer George Meany, VicePresitite nature and caused cotton tex­ tables on his Congressional foes Co. We checked all the financial expedient of changing the "meas­ dent Matthew Woll, Robert J. tile workers to lose faith in the who certainly never intended for bbird's processes," he declared. Lewis to be able to use the Smith- transactions of the Un^on handled uring rod" of wages in order to Watt and James A. Brownlow. Connally Act to his own ad­ through the Secretary-Treasur­ justify their position. They emphasized at the outset He predicted that the position vantage. that the record of the President's er's office for the 4th quarter and From the beginning, the AFL taken by the union would result Under Section 8 of the Smith- found them to be correct. original 7-point anti-inflation group pointed out, the NWLB has in strikes in war plants. Potential Connally Act, which Lewis cited program is a "sorry one" on every We found that there were 1898 limited its sphere of regulation walk-outs, he contiued, would af­ in his letter to Secretary of Labor new members joined in the 4th to "wage rates" and has not used point save wage regulation, fect plants producing duck, cot­ Frances Perkins, it is made man­ quarter, September 30th through gross earnings or "take-home adding. ton blankets, sheets, pillow cases datory for the NLRB (National December 30th, 1944, making a pay" as its guide. In their latest "The contrast between the re­ and other war material. Labor Relations Board) to take a total of 9437 joined in the four report, however, the public mem­ sults attained by the War Labor The union head ^said after a secret ballot of the miners on the quarters of 1944. bers seized upon a new measur­ Board and those produced by the closed meeting of the TWU exe­ 30th day after notice has been We made a complete inventory ing rod, "adjusted straight-time other agencies involved in the cutive committee in the Park given, unless the dispute has of the various receipt books. hourly earnings." This amounts program is startling. Indeed, the Central Hotel, that he had been been settled in the meantime. to a statistical about-face since control of wages has been so ef­ MEMBERSHIP BOOKS ''deluged by requests for walk­ The only other exception pro­ the "adjustments" that are in­ fective that the deficiencies of 7294, outs in telegrams i by the bushel." vided in the Act is if the "plant, On hand last report cluded make the new measure a the entire program have been 78 At the meeting* the executive mine or facility" involved has Issued kind of "take-home pay figure." hidden from public view. committee adopted a resolution been seized by the Governnlent. 7216 Exposing the injustice of this "Nevertheless, by some strange charging cotton textile manufac­ In invoking the Smith-Connal- On hand this report method, the AFL asserted that quirk of reasoning, whenever the UNION BUTTONS turers with exerting political ly Act, Lewis had the rare satis­ if 10 men in a plant received a program is lagging more than pressure upon government agen­ faction of quoting from his bitter Buttons on hand last report....2835 10 cents an hour increase, an usual, the pressure is placed upon Received from Manufacturer 2118 averaging processes used to show the one area of control that has cies in connection with union de­ political enemy. President Roose­ that 20 men received a 5 cents succeeded. As a consequence, the mands for a general wage in­ velt, in support of his contention 4953 hourly increase. that the Act had forced him to thumbscrews have been steadily crease of 10 cents an hour and a "give, a notice that may of itself Buttons sent to branches 797 "In this manner," the AFL tightened upon workers until now minimum rate of 60 cents an be provocative of disturbances in statement declared, "the public they have been asked to foregO Buttons on hand 4156 members have concocted a 36.7 even certain benefits which are the industry." hour. After a careful count and re- per cent increase in adjusted conducive to healthful living. checking of reports for the past two years, we find that there is If at some future date, the upon by the membership at a an excess of 673 buttons on hand. cause for this excess is found, we regular branch meeting or a let­ All previous quarterly reports are of the opinion that the Secre­ ter to the bank from the Secre­ is easily seen due to their refusal were rechecked and we can find tary-Treasurer should not be held tary-Treasurer authorizing the (Continued from Page 2) "education" in their leadership to settle legitimate overtime dis­ no reason for the excess, as all responsible for the cost of these depositing and withdrawing of school, as well as a rallying point putes for their membership. previous reports were accepted buttons, as a full accounting will funds in the name of the Seafar­ for their meetings, it is well that Meeting after meeting, the rank by the membership. Herewith is then be given. ers International Union. the Seafarers look at this and and file of the menibership in a listing of the buttons on hand. We accompanied the SecretaryOur reason for this recommen­ that union hit the deck and want see just what's back of it. dation is that several times in the Treasurer to the Federation Bank Actual count on past, the Union has had difficulty and Trust Company safe deposit First, what is a guaranteed to know, "Why can't, or won't the Feb. 15, 1945 2711 in getting union funds that were vault and checked the National vc^ge and who is going- to pay NMU officials settle their legit­ Received from Mfgr 2118 Defense Bonds deposited there in banks in the name of individ­ it? A guaranteed -wage means imate disputes?" Just why they and find that there are bonds uals, due to death or other rea­ that the one who accepts it wiU w,ont settle these legitimate dis­ Actual number of putes is no secret, because in be forced to take any job as­ buttons on hand 4829 having matured value of $213,- sons. Most recent experience was their haste to wine and dine the 500.00 deposited therein. These the one itemized in this report, as signed to him. This is easily seen Buttons on hand as shipowners and give them nice as the shipowners, or any busi­ per above report — 4156 bonds cost the Union $157,990.00. a result of the death of Olden Banks, Mobile Agent. These ness man for that matter, is not banquets, they often times forget BRANCH ACCOUNTS funds will be tied up for six going to guarantee anyone a spe­ all about the men whom they Number of buttons over 673 Due to the death of Olden months or more. cific amount of dough without represent. Banks, Agent in the Port of Mo­ Curran said a few years back NEW BUILDING something in return. A man No, Brothers, this stuff just bile, Alabama, checks drawn would have to stay on whatever at a rank and file meeting that: won't cut the mustard. The Sea­ against Union funds deposited in Last year the membership went particular job he was on just as any time he was caught wining farers will never be willing to the First National Bank of Mo­ on record to assess themselves long as it was the company's and dining the shipowners he sell our conditions down the line. bile by Olden Banks in his own $10.00 Building Assessment for pleasure. If he were fired for any would have turned phoney. This Oh the other hand, we are highly name were protested and return­ the purpose of buying their own cause (and we all know damn came from the Great Curran him­ in favor for making 200 bucks a ed to Headquarters as uncollect- buildings. We are of the opinion well that the shipowners can find self and was made at a time month for AB's. So, let us fight able. Until such time as his es­ that the Building Fund has suf­ f plenty of cause) then his guaran­ when the commie officials in the together. Instead of giving con­ tate is settled these funds in the ficient fun(Js to start negotiations teed wage would stop. If he quits NMU were making a big fight ditions to get wage boosts, le tus amount of $1220.57 will be held for the buying of a building in New York. of his own volition—then bang— for rank and file support from make new gains in the same man­ by the Bank , in Mobile. Under the present lease of the there goes the money again. If the NMU membership. This say­ ner in which we received the In view of the foregoing we He fails to return at the proper ing of Curran's' has the sympa­ things in the past—^by hard fight­ would like to make the following Building of 51 Beaver Street, the rental could be saved and applied time while awaiting assignment thy of all seamen because all ing and by earnest unionism. recommendation: for a job, and if he did not sit in seamen mistrust officials who There is no short cut to condi­ We would like to recommend to the buying of the building, the the assignment hall until the very collaborate so very closely with tions for seamen. Nothing will that in Branches where the rental of the basement and first last minute, then there's even the shipo-wner. Usually after such substitute for the picket lin— Agents deposit their funds in a floor would pay the taxes of the more reason why he won't get the collaboration, it all winds up with nothing will substitute for fight. bank that these accounts are to property. Under this set up we a' cut for the seamen in Wages So, let's go and set about the task be opened in the name of the would be in the building rent 200 bucks. and conditions. In this case it of a raise in wages. But once Seafarers International Union. free and have only the expenses .The NMU officials are reaUy happens' to be conditions, for this again, let us remember never to The atithority to do this can be of the upkeep. plugging this dream of pie-inthe-sky and naturaRy it is to is what Curran and Company give away one thing we have to secured in the form of a resolu­ Property now is available attion from the bank t» be acted their advantage to do so. This have offered to thrpw away. secure this. (Continued on Page 8) Union Is Found In Good Financial Condition Don't Surrender Conditions ^I '•'7 I '' .--V' �PDF Compressor Pro - -- . r" JSJPTTW-- i ir^ ifi ''y THE Page Eight SEAFARERS LOG Friday, March 9, 1J49' New York Dispatchers Busiest Men In Union NEW YORK DISPATCHERS AT WORK If there is any job in the SIU him up a bit. He was on the observe the shipping rules and Maiden Creek when she was tor­ letting us know whether or not which requires a man of iron with nerves like rubber bands— pedoed in the Mediterranean last he took the. job dispatched to. March. He had his head cracked "The rules and regulations of that job is Dispatcher in New upon, his arm smashed, and spent our union are not just printed York. All day long 500 to 1,000 over a month in a foreign hospi­ words, they were fought for over men face the Dispatcher with tal before being well enough to the years, and much blood was not only demands for jobs, but stand repatriation back to the spilled to get them. We had many hard, lean years when the for information on beefs, on pay­ United States. , old-timers died in all corners of "Red" Trusdale, the Night Dis­ offs, on shipping rules, on con­ the world in the belief that they patcher, is an old-time SIU mem­ tracts and wage rates, and on the were building a union worth the million little personal problems ber, having helped found the or­ sacrifice. ganization in New York. He sails which plague seamen when they "It is up to us, all of us, to live are ashore. Each union brother, all ratings on Deck, and has sail­ whether gassed up or sober, ed on runs throughout the world. up to the traditions of the oldwhether his question is serious or He was a member of the crew timers, and to observe the rules screwball, must be given a cour- which brough the old Essex which have been instituted for tious answer. And this takes across a stormy Atlantic, only to the good of the union." have it sink beneath them in time—and it takes patience. Long Island harbor. This was in . Fortunately the New York Dis­ 1941. A year later he was torpatchers are courteous and pa­ pedode, being one of the first SIU tient men, otherwise they would men to be on the receiving end (Continued front Page 7) have cracked long ago. The Chief of a Nazi tin fish. Dispatcher, Paul Gonsorchik, his The Dispatchers have high prices that*are within reason and assistant, Alexander Kerr, and praise for the rank and file men undoubtedly in the post war era the Night Dispatcher, James of the SIU, and their cooperation when speculators return to pri­ "Red" Trusdale, have a wealth vate business, there is little of information on everything with the officials. '"Don't let doubt but what real estate prices; from shipping rules to gin mills, anyone say that the new kids en­ will go up so that the value of; and all day long they pass it out. tering the industi-y are not good the building would be an asset union men," says Paul. "Some of Paul is the old-timer on the them may not know all the score, to the soundness of the financial structure of the union and high job, having first taken the job in but they are learning fast. Feb. 1941. Old-timers wiU re­ The Dispatchers have one com­ rentals will not drain the union's member the barren roon on the plaint, however, and it was ex­ funds. Also it is an advantage to 6th floor at 2 Stone Street, with pressed by Gonsorchik in the own our own building, as we will not be harassed by hostile land­ Paul's broken down desk in the following manner: lords who in times of strikes middle of the room and a couple "We have been receiving a lot would do everything in their of hundred men sitting on his desk, hanging on his shoulders, of cooperation between members power to disposses the union. No, Chief Dispatcher Paul Gonsorchik is not a swoon-crooner, everything but sitting in his lap. being shipped out, but they are We, therefore, recommend that he is merely calling out the jobs over the public address system in quite lax in some of their duties. Those were rugged days. I want to plead with all men to a building committee, be elected the New York Dispatch hall. Behind him is A1 Kerr marking the" Paul has shipped an average of observe the reverse side of their at the next regular branch meet­ jobs on the big new dispatching board. Night Dispatcher "Red" 500 men a week over the past 4 shipping card. This requires that ing to open negotiations with the Trusdale wa^ not on watch when the picture was taken. years. This adds up to something all men who are turned down, or real estate agent for the purchase over 100,000 men. Small wonder don't want the job, must report of a building here in New York. that seamen from Iceland to Bor­ the fact back to the hall. If this EARL H. O'DONNELL. neo know Paul Gonsorchik. No. 30704 is done, it would save us a lot Received a letter from M. B, PHIL H. AGREE, A1 Kerr, Assistant Dispatcher, of headaches. ^ (Continued from Page 2) No. 1837 Cato, former FWT of the SS is new to the job, having left the "Always remember that some­ it will have to go before a Port James Gillis, in regards to 156 ships to pie-card last December. day you may be that '"returnee" MATTHEWS SAMS, Committee, as the company re­ hours claimed by him. Checked The last trip A1 was on banged due to some brother failing to No. 21386 fuses to pay any more. with company and they have no such -record, according to the THESE MEN SAIL THE SHIPS OF OUR MERCHANT FLEET Patrolmen who paid this . ship off.. The beef was out, as safety of vessel was recognized. Union Is Sound Iv l.'V' h Goffin's Weekly Report J. Have come to a working agree­ ment for Deck Storekeepers on C-4 ships, and as soon as it is approved by the WLB, I will port it to the membership. Ii; Will have complete lists of un­ claimed wages from the various companies in future editions of the Log. During the past week Brother Hawk was in Washnigton on Union business, ^and therefore could not be present at the larg­ est meeting in this Union's hist­ ory. The hall we rented was hot quite big enough to accomodate all hands, so it looks like we will have to get a much larger hall for future meetings. It is a pleas- ure to state that all hands took h • large part in making this meeting one of the finest we ever Kad.^ The interest by new members -in' Union activities is especially gratifying, and we hope that this keeps up, proving that our Union education is operating in thip right direction. ii; • ?• •• |V' •- Here is a typical scene in the New York Dispatching hall. Dozens of men crowd around the dispatching board, looking, over the fobs posted for the day. These SIU men have been bombed and torpedoed by the Nazis>: kicked around by the WSA and the Coast Guard, but they keep sailing the ships in all waters and all weather. » •• L- ••• Keep In Touch With Your Draft Board, •.\:ir Vt . � 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. BCC The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was blind carbon copied. 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No. 9 NEW YORK. N. Y„ FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1945 New York Welcomeis Five SIU Repatriates From Nazi Prison EX-SIU OFFICIAL TELLS OF NAZIS Jerry Petro, old SIU man and ex-official in the Gulf, was among tho!,e repatriated from Nazi camps on the Gripsholm last week. One of his first acts was to visit the new SIU hall and see how the union had progressed since he left two years ago. Here he is (left) telling some of his ejcperiences to New York Night Dispatcher "Red" Trusdale. NEW YORK, Feb. 24—Last Thursday was '^Hero's Day" in New York—for the diplomatic exchange ship SS Gripsholm arrived with five SIU men aboard who were being returned to their homes after many heartbreaking months in Nazi prison camps. Some of the union brothers had been away for years, their only contact with the SIU being the packages and cigarettes sent to them and allowed through by the Nazi guards. When the Gripsholm docked" the SIU men were taken to Wilshire House on 56th Srteet for a mass interview with the press. They were greeted there by New York union officials and were giv­ en the warmest of fraternal wel­ comes. After a round of parties, which lasted two days, the men were conducted through the new SIU building, and expressed their appreciation for the fact that the union was fighting to maintain conditions for them to return to. All of the repatriated brothers had stories of privation and hardship to tell. Three of them, Ralph Piehet, William Weaver and Rufus Stough were torpedo­ ed on the Johnathan Sturgis, Mississippi Shipping Co., in Feb­ ruary 1943. The other two, Paul "Jerry" Petro, former SIU Pa­ trolman in Houston and John F. Monteverde were sunk on the SS Hoiiomu, Matson Line on July 5th, 1942. All of them have been prisoners since that time, living on German subs, prison ships and in German prison camps. Lord "Haw-Haw," the English commentator broadcasting for the Nazis promised the attack on a thirty-eight ship convoy in early July 1942 when he announced that Germany planned to give America "real fireworks" on the Fourth of July. His estimate was a day late but on July 5th the Russia-bound convoy was attack­ ed with all the strength the Nazis could muster. The result was the sinking of thirty-two of the thirty-eight ships. But let Jerry Petro tell the story, his story is that of all the boys, ex­ cepting the fact that the Honomu survivors were twenty-three days in a lifeboat while it was forty days before the Sturgis men were picked up. In addition, the Stur­ gis survivors were also sunk on a German Prison ship which hit a mine off the Norweigian coast. Jerry tells a story that has be­ come all too familiar to SIU members. Nineteen men man­ aged to get in the lifeboat on July 5th. By July 28th, when they were picked up by a German sub. SIU Demands For Free Launch Service OK'd Crews bn ships chartered to or owned by the WSA will henceforth get free launch ser­ vice in New York Harbor. This demand,, made by the SIU last year, was granted in a directive handed down by the N. Y. Dis­ trict Marine Supt. for the WSA. Under the directive, all crew members will receive one free round trip ticket per day— provided, of course, that they receive shore liberty. eleven had died leaving only eight. Among those who died, was an old time militant SIU member from the Gulf, '"Silent" Hayes. The sub landed Jerry and the other survivors at a small north­ ern Norweigian port and from there they were taken to "Stalag 322," a German prison camp in Norway. Here the Nazis, flushed with their early successes, were arrogant and brutal. From this camp they were ta­ ken to Oslo and then loaded on a German prison ship which trans­ ported them to Frederickshaven, Denmark. Despite the Nazi per­ secution the boys were warmly welcomed by the Danish citizen­ ry and the Germans had to re­ double their guard. From Denmark they were ta­ ken to Wilhelmshaven, Germany, where they were questioned for fourteen days.. Standing pat, the SIU members refused any infor­ mation except the identification required under the rules of war. They were then taken to their next prison which was destined to be their only home until their (Contimud on Page 2) IT'S GOOD TO BE HOME AGAIN! SIU FIGHTS SHIP DISPOSAL BILL Recognizing that the prere­ quisite for post war jobs is the existence of a large post war American fleet of ships, the SIU opened war this week on the ' "Merchant Ships Sales Act of 1945" which is now before the House Committee on Merchant 'Marine and Fisheries. This act opens the way for mass disposal of our war time fleet of merchant . ships to foreign operators, thus cutting down the number of post war jobs and creating ' a large •-foreign flag fleet running into J •• American ports under substand­ "Washington will be Harry Lundeberg, SIU President, SIU "Vice ard labor conditions. Presidents John Hawk and Mor­ A definative analysis of the ris Weisberger, and the SIU bill and reasons for our oppo­ Washington Representative Mat­ sition to it, will be printed in thew Dushane. Meantime, rank and file sea­ the next week's issue of the men up and down all coasts are SEAFARERS LOG. pouring telegrams of protest in­ House committee hearings on to Washington, demanding that the bill are being held in Wash- the government do nothing to ingt<M5 this week, and top SIU sabotage the maintainence of a offii.iols will appear to give large merchant fleet after the labor's viewpoint. Spearheading war. (Continued on Page 4) the opposition, to the bill in Repatriated SIU men are obviously glad to be out of the Nazi prison camps and back in the U.S. again. This group was snapped at the Wilshire House in New York just after the men had alighted from the Gripsholm. Left to right: The wife of a repatriated skipper; SIU repatriate William Weaver: A1 Kerr, New York Assistant Dis­ patcher and part of the SIU Reception Committee, and SIU repa­ triate Ralph Piehet. �•' v. - •"'•;';;^l'--"';jv;v'. Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, March 2, 194S -Oi-Jaui. SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Organization Seen The Key To Post War Jobs By PAUL HALL From The Assistant Sec'y-Treas. Many of our members are ask­ over-staffed apparatus with ing the question today, "What superfluous membership. happens when the war is over Our financial condition is and the shipo-wners start laying sound, while the NMU's finances Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, By LOUIS COFFIN up ships?" would drive a bank examiner in­ This is a fair question and sane if he tried to fathom their Had quite a busy week, hand­ HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President there is no use in our kidding conniving intracacies. Even to­ ling various beefs, negotiationa ourselves about the answer. In day, rather than have their and other items that keep pop­ 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. the first place, post war Shipping funds tied up by court order and ping up in this office. No. 1 on JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. will consist of larger and faster examined by competent court my agenda was a letter frpm the ships. This means that a cor­ auditors, they are settling claims ex-crew of the SS Robert Lovett P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City responding tonnage can carry a and cases against the NMU hand regarding week end overtime and corresponding \ cargo with less over fist regardless of the price statements of wages. Contacted MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Re men much faster, resulting in so as to avoid any light whatso-. the company and squared this 424 Ith Street, N. W., Washington, D. C that many less jobs. Already, ever on their actual financial beef away. We realize that cer­ tain companies do not issue a many tons of shipping are being status. transferred to other flags and in This comparison, favorable statement of wages at pay-off the end, we can rest assured that though it is to us, does not mean, time, so for the benefit of all Directory of Branches the countries receiving thase that -we cah rest On our laurels._ hands, just drop in or •write fo BRANCH ADDRESS PHONE ships and shipping will not re- In prOviotis articles, 1-bave point-; the respective companies And ,NEW YORK (4) inquish it. This competition nat­ ed Out the humber Of mcih that' they, will give you. Or sehd by BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave.—Uberty 4057 BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Cay St.—Calvert 4539 urally will mean fewer jobs for will be unloaded from the trans­ mail, a complete statement. How­ PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St.—Lombard 765 1 us. Many of our members re­ ports, -pools, schools, etc. 1 have ever, we have requested that ffll NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI.—Norfolk 4-1083 NEW ORLEANS (16) 339 Chartres St.—Canal 3336 member the period frPm 1923 to tried tO show the dangers of the companies furnish these state­ CHARLESTON (9) - 68 Society St.—Charleston 3-2930 SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St.—Savannah 3-1728 1934 when there was nothing un­ RMO and WSA set-up. So now,i ments when a ship pays off. TAMPA 7...-.1..^423 East Piatt St.—Tampa MM-1323 usual for men to wait as much as the actual qiiestiOh of Our post •Brother Volpian and myself lACKSONVILLE 920 Main St.—Jacksonville 5-1231 MOBILE .... 7 St. Michael St.—Dial 2-1392 War security and jobs rest in dim attended a meeting with Mr. six months between ships. PUER^^R'I(?0 45 Ponce de Leon—San Juan 1885 The question then must be, ability to Orgahize—^to go into; Kiggens of the Bull Line regard­ GALVESTON 219 20th St.—Galveston 2-8043 "What are we doing to safeguard the areas Where we are how ing refrigerating ehgineers. While our interests in the almost ihevit- weak — to Organize and gain; our Working rules are similar, i able shipping slump that will fol­ strength where little or no or-: other items are hot, and the TePUBLICATION OFFICE: ganization exist today. sult is that we came to no agree­ low the war?" This means that we must cOn-; ment as yet. 51 BEAVER STREET The question of post war se­ tinue and intensify hur fight to Sat in a long session along curity for the union is essential­ maintain cohditions and Wages.' New York, (4) N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 wim Brother Volpian and Shuler ly a question of jobs. While we ^1^267 Our organizational apparatus at the Calmar, Line. We went must maintain our wage scale must be strengthened and kept through every item of the Cal­ and conditions, we still must up. Every member of this union mer proposals and agreed with have the jobs first! This means, must play a definite part in the. veiy few of them. We meet again then, that we have an organiza­ program of building for the fu­ in the very near future, and hope tion task ahead of us. We must ture. that we can get these sessions concentrate upon the unorgan-Our future is secure only if We. oyer with once anti for all. ized lines, and there are quite a are to make it so. Our officials; few of them up and down the" are powerless without the un­ York Patrolmen, and myself'took by their representatives who gave coast. We must ,galvanize the (Continued from Page 1) reserved, wholehearted support a look at the meeting hall on E. them one apple, two cigarettes rank and file into volunteer or­ and help of the membership. SO, llth Street, and we recommend­ exchange last month. This prison ganizers—men so sure of the was at Milag Nord, located in the and a picture of Hitler. let us all, membership and Of­ ed that this Hall be rented eVOiy Their first taste of real free­ rightness of their cause, and so ficials alike, put our shoulders to- other Wednesday. Seating ca­ center of the horseshoe formed by Bremen, Hamburg and Wil- dom came when they crossed the certain of the backing of their the wheel and push together! Let pacity is over 750 and it is also " helmshaven. They had a ring­ Swiss frontier into France and union, that they will ride the un-' us set about today securing Our equipped with a public address side seat to the destruction ' of were besieged by cheering Am­ organized ships and line them up gains for tomorrow! system. Germany's greatest seaports and erican soldiers who showered for the SIU. Had a call from Baltimore re­ nightly watched the greatest fire­ gifts on them. In Marseille they There are other factors, of garding • manning scale in black works display of all time with were first put aboard the "Al­ course. Manning scales must be gang of Alcoa Vi(ftoiy ships and bombs falling as thick as hail­ gonquin" and then after two days increased, and the four watch am checking with other compan­ transferred to the Gripsholm. system must be fought for. Both stones. ies who operate this type of ves­ SS tHOMXs HAYWOOB Their treatment improved with In New York they were met by of these factors will increase the. sel, and find that the Junior En­ each German reverse. When their relative^ and SIU represen­ number of jobs per ship. And this I. Ibrain, BOs'n, 2 hrs; H. HaSiz,, gineer is a licensed man standing ^drth Africa fell Nazi arrogance tatives. The SIU put the full re­ must be done. But first and fore­ AB, 3 hrs; H. Bradly, AB, 4 hrs;, the First watch, and that no Un­ began to vanish and when France sources Of the union at their most we must get more ships, R. Quirk, OS, 4 hrs; A. Belter,; licensed juniors are carried. We •was invaded the guards actually command. Rufus Stough carried and this means signing up new- GS, 1 hr; j. DiCkes, OS, 1 hr; F. are trying to get three wipers on i Wirling, AB, 1 hr; W. Wahzel,: all Victory ships. began to curry favor with thei his union button through the lines. t)risoners. Don't make any this- whole Ordeal and proudly dis­ This is a big task, and We must AB, 1 hr. The above men can Am 'getting a new set-up on take, however, the boys wOte played it as the only union but­ carefully examine Our own or­ collect fOr removing cOial to gal- Oiir Social Register and Do Not "never overfed and watery sbttp ton which survived over two ganization, as well as others in ey at the Waterman SS Co. of­ Ship lists, and will take up ways and boiled potatoes was their years in a German Prison camp. the field, to see how well pre­ fice, 19 Rector St., 10th Floor, and means of operating on a pared we are to fight for these New York. * • '4 stream line basis at the Agents' diet throughout their long imessentials. Conference which meets here in •prisonment. SS DOBBS New York on March 12th. A comparison of the status of The repatriates were unani­ M. Francisco, 67 hrs; F. C. Am glad to state that due to the SIU as compared with that of mous in their gratitute to the Gray, 75 hrs; J. Gorganuiss, 67 the good work of the officials in the NMU should furnish the an­ 7SiH.-'for the cigarettes and pack-, hrs. Collect at Calmar SS Com­ all branches, beefs are far and swer. ages sent them. Without these, pany Office. few between. However, any beef Our membership has grown Jerry says, life would have been • * * that is sent in will get immedi­ JOHN G. ATHERTON during this war, but this growth almost unbearable. i MV YAKIMA HEAD ate attention. Am working on a has been a steady one, based on The effect of the incessant Ydur papers are in the Baggage J. Olchovy, Oiler, $71.85, 107; couple of beefs with Alcoa and contraets with operators who bombing of German transporta-i Room in the New York hall. will be in business after the war. hrs; D. Peliszeh, oiler, $41.13, 59 Calmar, also Victory ship man­ tion was shOwn when they start­ The NMU, on the other hand, hrs. Collect at Moran Towing ning scales which I will report in ed for Switzerland to be ex-> next week's issue of the LOG. has had a mushroom-like growth Company office. changed fOr German prisohersJ JOHN B. WILKES • • • with "war baby" contracts that The journey, Which in nOrmat ruary 15 as overtime coming for SS ROBERT LIVINGSTON times requires only eight hours, Your probationary book, re­ will vanish aifter the war, leav-' Ixingshore^ work. Collect at Marano, 17 hrs; Aoam, 6% hrs;: took five days with frequent ceipts and photographs are in the ing that drgahizatibn with a dahWaterman office. Hanson, 1 hr; Klem, 5 hrs; Me-; gerous surplus in membership. stops while destroyed tracks, Baggage Room in New York. • • • glio, 11 hrs; Blessley, 5 hrs; RinThe SIU bperdtes 6n ah effici­ roadbeds and junctions were be-, • • • guette, 8 hrs; Cormier, 4% "hrs< ency basis 30 'that even with ai SS MOOSE PEAK ing repaired or by-passed. » Crew which puid off in Jack­ 50% Ibss bf ihcbme and shipping,- Collect at Bull Line office. R. bLIVER In Geneva the Americans were we Could still maihtaih our ap-" sonville in January, can ebllect met. and furnished with all beces-' Book 411^6, next time yOU are paratus and union halls - 'dh a' SS LAvrroN B. BVANS ; transportation. Collect froth the sities. The Germans who were in New York sOe Patrolman Al- 100% sedle. The NMU, on the I "Deck Department which paid; Moran Towing Company, New being exchanged were also met gina, 5th floor. other hand, has a unwieldy, off in Newport shipyard on Feb- York. SIU Repatriates Made Welcome In New York Moftey Due ^ v.; ji.y:r..V.iT'a �>riday/ March Z 1945 THE SEAFARERS LOG PHILADELPHIA — •* Pasre Thz«« Agent. Expect to have them set­ tled about a week from this date and wiU notify all concerned in the "LOG." Appeared before the Coast Guard as council for several of the Brothers and made out O.K. JOHN MORGAN, Agent WHATS DOING ' Something that is getting •quite common these days is these 'KANGAROO courts that they are ^holding for the benefit of some of our members on the other side. 'It seems from the information •that we have that when some of We may menTion at this time One especially is the skipper on bat the fink halls in one port, we our members are caught out of TAMPA 'bounds they are hauled before that the Army, Coast Guard In­ the Moran tug, Hillsboro Inlet. have to have the cooperation of all. No chain is stronger than its some Shavetail Lt. and they are telligence have a copy of these He makes the ship every five Things are still slow down here fined from $50;00 to $200.00. The documents in their possession and days, not to put out a draw but Weakest link.* in God's coxmtry, with quite a Bearing this in mind let's all it remains to be seen just what to fire or log the crew. We are joker is that there are no rules few of the boys around. Among ' 'posted on the ship telling the action if any will be taken on trying to put the bridle on him' Work together for our own com­ the old-timers here we have "One and think We sOoh Will be able mon cause. inen where these out of bounds the matter. Round" King, Bill Simmons, WeU, I guess thhat we have to lead him around to see it the; AL KERR, Ass't Dispatcher districts are. For all the mem"Bo" Anderson and Emmett Gar­ Taers know, the minute you step said enough for this time so we Seafarers way. cia. Although these boys are down the gangway maybe you will close for now, so here's to a The Marine Dragon is still im here now, don't be surprised if BALTIMORE and causing plehty of he&daches. will be fined for being oiit of big union. they turn up there or some other HARRY COLLINS, Agent She should be Ifiled up after this: Shipping has been fair and the port in that vicinity, as there bounds. This Branch has evi­ so She win run Smoothly hefe-| prospect of it becoming better is aren't a hell of a lot of jobs dence where the Army has fined after. \ very doilbtful as not many ships down this way. a crew member for being out of NEW YORK There was a chief cook in,i are expected during the coming bounds and allowed two brass Made a trip recently to Port waiting to be tried for starving week. hats to be out of bounds and Everglades and boarded the SeaWe have the Del Aires in with failed to "take any action against a chief cook who had 130 hours the 'drew. He asked me Who this SS August Belmont, South At­ train New Orleans. Everjrthing them because they were OFFI­ overtime for a six weeks' trip. guy Frenchy Michelet was. He' lantic SS Co.—^This ship came in is okay on her and aU hands sat­ CERS. It appears to the writer On the bottom of his overtime said, "You know I admire that during the week without any isfied (must be that good Cuban ^ that this smells sonriewhat of a slip he stuck in 25 hours. He guy. I have been reading the beefs and the whole gang compli­ rum they get in Havana, eh wot?) great big juicy herring, or should stated the reason for turning it LOG and using his recipies on mented the Steward (which is The good ship Brandywine was we be real plain and state that in is in case he left anything out. the last trip. I think he is smart, pretty rare these days) as to how here the other day. We straight­ we think that this is a racket. Of Overtime like that makes it hard a pity he is baldheaded." well he fed the bOys. Patrolman ened her up and converted a few course, nobody can hang a gdy to collect legitimate overtime. I said, "Brotlier Michelet is Starlin who paid this ship off "non believers." Althought this for thinking. We have been haying quite a neither smart nor baldheaded. He says for Brothers Frenchy Mich­ scow is not in perfect shape, We have documents on file in bit of trouble with the Bull Line has just beat his gums together elet and J. P. Shuler to take note. there is an improvement over this office where a Ch. Steward in trying to reduce their stewards so much talking about something Frostberg Victory, Alco SS what she was a while back. was fined $200.00 for Ijeing out of department. They pulled a of which he knows nothing, that Co.—^We received delivery of this There seems to be no relief in bounds and an AB was fined sneaker on the SS Monroe. Only he has jarred the tip of his head tub during the week and a whole sight here in regards to an in­ $50.00 for the same offense. But signed seven men on articles, re­ out through his hair." The guy gang was shipped to her. So far crease in marine traffic, so as to the Chief Engineer that was ar­ fused to sign on the rest of the was exonerated of his charges, the only beef on her is that WSA give the members in this area rested for-the same offense was compliment. It is well to watch after promising to discard Mich- hair mattresses should be junked. more job to make. This, however, fined nothing. And not only that, all companies that are reducing elet's recipies and lake some ad­ And the Company refuses to hire shoTxld change as soon as the all three of these men were told their gun crews, as they might vice fronri a real good cook. war is over in the Atlantic. For any Jr. Engineers. to «be at the Provost Marshall's try to pull the same thing. New Hall—^We have shopped that reason the Seafarers should J. P. SHULER. Patrolman office the next day for a hearing There have been about four around and foimd that it is im­ make plans as soon as possible to * • « ^nd the said Chief Engineer did stewards departments on the SS Shipping for the past week in possible to buy a hall in this port be prepared for the post-war pe­ not even show up at the hearing Arthur Dobbs since she docked. the Port of New York has picked at a reasonable price; All prop­ riod, and the increase in ship­ and nothing was done about the The more we put on the lousier up. From the way things are erty owners want us to put up all ping and business in the Gulf -onatter. However, an MP came she gets. starting out this week, shipping the dough in the Bank of Eng­ area. aboard the ship and told the Ch. The SS Flying Eagle was paid will continue to pick up for the land before they will sell. This The old-timers know from past EngT tKafTfe would have to ap­ off here. She was the cleanest next few weeks. being the case we are going to history that the Gulf as a whole pear the next day and when the ship that has been around in a A tip for the black gang dept. extend the lease on our present should really boom as soon as Ch. Eng. did go ashore the Port long time. Crews like she had would be for all men possible to hall and spend a few bucks fix­ things return to normalcy. Much Director in charge was not avail­ make paying off a ship a pleas­ get a Reefer Engineer's endorse­ ing it up so it will be a hall the of the traffic now on the East able and the case could not be ure. Coast will be diverted down here. ment. Especially for those men men will be proud to come to. settled. This statement was made Occasionally some one shows intending to go to sea after the Joseph Mullen. This brother Knowing this we should at our by the Chief in question and is on up here with the NMU Pilot in war. There will be a great num­ passed away in the Marine Hos­ Agents' Conference, make the _ file in this Branch. his hand, with the page open to ber of ships converted into ref. pital. He was buried by the necessary plans to prepare. But in the case of the poor General Notices, under National ships. The C-4's of Waterman union and the membership col­ To the fellows up the line—^we Chief Steward, after he was fined Port Committee, which states, and Robin will be ideal for this lected $70.00 and turned it over can't offer any jobs here if you • the previous night the amount of that in certain ports on certain work. 'The Waterman Steamship to his widow and kids. She sent decide to head this way—-BUT— $200.00, an MP came aboard the dates, there's a vessel attack Co. has two ships' that at the us a nice letter thanking the for Rum N' Coca Colas' and pretty Senoritas — that's some­ , ship the next day and demanded bonus due. This is repeated from present time are being converted membership. thing else. So we'll be seein' A. Davenport and Dumas, oil­ that the Chief Steward pay up time to time and probably serves to Ref. ships. The Bull Line has you. ers on the SS Wm. Brewster, Al­ the fine and if he didn't he, the the purpose of filling the space already converted two, one of D. L. PARKER, Agent MP, was going to take him off where some poor sucker's over­ which has a reefer job open at coa Line, the overtime that was submitted to the Patrolman at the,ship. At this time the Cap­ time would be listed if the NMU present. In the near future, more time of payoff, we have checked tain of the ship told the MP that ever settled any beefs. Whatever ships will be converted. NEW ORLEANS the Steward or himself had no the purpose of the notices it is There has been a big demand the overtime of the ship and irioney to pay the fine and to this rather confusing as all attack for Pumpmen and Pump mach. found that this time had been Things continue slow here this •the ''P threatened to take the bonuses are set by the WSA and Especially on the SIU-SUP Tank­ paid at the time" of regular pay­ week. The Sandwich payed off, Steward in question off the ship. are not settled by any union and ers that have been coming in off. but she makes a very short trip. 'At this point the Steward pro­ since the first of April, a ship lately. The unorganized Tankers Red Cross Meeting: We attend­ We expect an improvement next duced a U.S. Postal Money Order has to have an actual attack be­ have been calling for a lot of ed with other AFL Unions who week as the Delmar is in fron a which was offered to the MP and fore the attack bonus is paj^ble. these ratings also. In the near are launching a drive for funds. South American run and is to thi§ he refused to accept. The When calling the NMU for in­ future the need for these en­ The question was brought up as pay off tomorrow and the Miss­ upshot of the whole affair was formation on this, the answer is, dorsements will become greater to what aid the Red Cross gave issippi has another one due in that the Captain had in Ws pos­ '"If your ship was torpedoed at as the tanker field opens up. At to merchant seamen in foreign from South America Tuesday. session $150.00 in "blu^ seal" that date and that port you have the present time it is much ports and were told that this isn't Calmar has a new scow due to money which is not supposed to an attack bonus coming." It does easier to get an endorsement their problem that the USS took make a trial run Monday, which be -used in Africa and he offered not matter a damn what date than it will be in peacetime. So care of merchant seamen. Of probably wiU mean a complete this to the MP who in turn ac­ and what port your ship was at­ a word to the wise should be course we reserve our comments crew for her early in the week. on this kind of aid. cepted same. tacked, you still are entitled to sufficient. ' The local fink mill is refusing WM. McKAY. Agent enrollments in their schools for 'But you should see the receipt an attack bonus if your ship was The Brothers here in New the next several weeks—an en­ that the MP gaVe the Steward actually attacked. York have been giving us ex­ couraging sign. We haven't had for his money. It was an ordin- It would save us a number of cellent support in our fight BOSTON to caU the fink pool for a man in dfy piece of yellow paper. The headaches if the SIU members against the fink halls. At the War Department has receipts, who read the Pilot were to class present time the fink hall looks We had a very busy week here some time now. The lopal RMO Form Nq. 38, for this purpose, such statements as this with the like a meeting hall for all of the in Boston and in Portland Maine. has a nice setup—each stooge has and it seems queer to the writer rest of the hooey that they read Gold Braids • of the U.S. We had to miss three ships that a stooge. Lucky thing Uncle has that as this was a legal transac- in the Stdlinski Journal. With the continued good sup­ paid off at the Army Base as the a gang of dough. Only a rich Frenchy Michelet is doing a lot port of our membership here in crews paid off*on board ship in­ country like ours can afford to • tion that the Army MP did not pay a herd of finks six bucks a 'take the trouble to issue the of beefing about his mules. We New York and with the outports stead of on the dock. 'Customary receipt for the money too are having our share of getting the same type of support, The Agent was quite busy tak­ day to hang around and wait for i:hat was paid to him. In the trouble with the jackasses in the in the near future we should be ing up beefs with the Eastern a job. case of the AB, he received a port of New York. Most all of able to reduce this menace. But SS Co., along with a beef sent GLENN "CURLY" MASTERSON ' flukey receipt also. them in the form of skippers. regardless of how much we com­ in by Brother McKay, Baltimore Patrolinaa Around the Ports ,-V., �'•rrr .-.-Vi; *<,-• ' , V Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG « < Friday. March 2, 1945 SIUFIGHTS SHIP DISPOSAL BILL (Contimcd from Page 1) Following is the resolution " passed unanimously at the New York Branch meeting Of Feb. 28 THESE MEN SABOTAGE LABOR RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the Merchant Mar ine Act of 1936, passed by Con gress stated as follows: "It is necessary for the Nationa defense and development of its foreign and domestic commerce that the United States shall have a Merchant Marine; "(a) sufficient to carry its dom­ By 'TRENCHY" MICHELET estic water-borne commerce and a substantial portion of its waterToday is February 14th—the the man. There's no ill the flesh borne export and import foreign first Valentine Day that we've is heir to that the open road commerce—and to provide ship­ spent at home in a number of wont cure. We haven't had a ping service on all routes esyears. We can remember when single contented day since we • sential for maintaining the flow Valentine Day was a looked-for tied ourself to a desk. Save a of such commerce at all times. event in our life. Our heart was place by the fire for us, Jeff, '•(b) capable of serving as a fresh and eager then and full of we're gonna "blind" a fast one naval and military auxiliary in dreams. We thought a certain before many more moons have Here is the team which has consistently held labor to a sub­ -time of war or national emerg­ little dimpled darling the sweet­ come and gone. standard wage. Left is William Davis, chairman of the War Labor ency. est of mortals and "Winnie" the The Delmar paid off here Sat­ "(c) owned and operated under Board which this week turned down labor's demand for the end of loveliest of names. Much water urday afternoon with half the the United States flag by citizens the Little Steel Formula. Davis sent a report to Economic Stabili­ has flowed under the bridge crew logged. The skipper of this zation Director Fred M. Vinson, right, stating that the cost of living of the United States insofar as since then—^we are an older, sad­ scow is log-happy. This character had not "outrun" wages and the workers should be denied their may be practicable, and— der and wiser man, but nothing spent quite a little time in the demands of wage boosts. Vinson has in the past consistently sided "(d) composed of the best that life has since shown us is booby hatch in Northern Ireland equipped, safest, and most suit­ with profit lusting employers against labor, and it is likely that he nearly so sweet as the memory several years ago. After carefully able types of vessels, constructed will see things the way Davis does. of Winnie's smile. So here's to checking all the circumstances in in the United States and manned tion shall be made upon such of our Winnies — may the each log, we're fully convinced SUB MENACE GROWS all with a trained and efficient citi­ terms and conditions as the com­ memories never fade. the gentleman jumped over ^e IN THE PACIFIC zen personnel. The mattress situation aboard fence to get out.The Coast Gu^d mission with the approval of the "It is hereby declared to be President shall prescribe. In con­ the new Overlakes scow Rodman officer in' charge of the trials That the fnenace to our ships is but another instance of the the policy of the United States nection with sales to noncitizens, evidently felt the same way, be­ to foster the development and the Commission is authorized to from Japanese subs is growing, pouring of the taxpayers' money cause he cleared everybody con­ encourage the maintenance of avail itself of the services of any is indicated by a new defense down rat holes. This ship just cerned. We then tackled the com­ training program instituted on such a Merchant Marine." other agency of the United States the West Coast. The Maritime got in here from Houston. She missioner and pointed out to him has a bunch of brand smackin' the injustice of the fines. Being WHEREAS, at the present time Government with duties or pow­ Commission has opened a bar­ new mattresses aboard that are a reasonable man, he naturally -aisthere are approximately fifty ers in respect of extension of rage balloon and kite defense too narrow ' for the bunks and advised the old man to scratch services, and school, and has requested all million tons of American ship­ credit or financing are stuffed with a wire-like hair them. The "master" refused to any such agency is authorized to ping, as compared with approx­ bosuns to become familiar with that sticks hell out of you when do so until he was ordered to ^o imately eleven million prior to extend such facilities and serv­ the equipment. you try to sleep. The officials of so by the head of the port. For­ ices to the Commission or to the the war, and purchaser for the purposes ports, and American seamen, as this port have been raising hell tunately, the head commissioner WHEREAS, these ships have hei-eof." a reward for thetir services dur­ with the WSA, but no dice. It is also a reasonable man, so we been manned and are manned ing the war, were in the bread­ seems that the vessel must make don't anticipate any trouble when WHEREAS, this can only mean by American Seamen who have lines on a nationwide scale, and on© trip with them before they we all get together Monday ^ can be removed. The big shots morning. been called upon to deliver the that the foreign operators and WHEREAS, past experience in the WSA admit that the mat­ Our good friend, brother Gre­ goods for our armed forces in all foreign countries will be able to buy American ships, built with has proven that foreign ships, tresses are no good, but they are gory, having heard us say that ports of the world, and money from the American tax­ under normal conditions, very apparently covering up for the we liked baked apples, called us WHEREAS, at the present time payers, under conditions and seldom do any repair work or guy who let the contract, for a during the week to tell us that a bill has been introduced in terms far easier than American drydocking in Americdh ship­ whole mess of the damn things. he had baked some for us aboard Congress called 'The Merchant operators and American citizens yards. Consequently, in addition So, meanwhile, the poor seamen the mule scow Sam Walker. THey Ships Sales Act of 1945" or "H.R. can buy these ships. As a matter to depriving thousands of Amer­ must sleep the best he can. were so darn good that we 1425," which is coming up for a of fact, foreign operators will be ican citizen seamen of their livliBoy, when this scrap's over and bummed the recipe. Here it is: public hearing before the Mer­ able to buy American ships with hood, also thousands of shipyard old John Public starts poking his Core the apples and place them chant Marine Committee on money borrowed from the United workers will be out of work, if inquisitive nose into some of in a baking dish with a little March 1, 1945, and States Government under Lend this Bill goes through in its pre­ these kettles of fish, he's sure brown sugar sprinkled on eacbr sent form, and therefore Lease. In other words, the Amer­ gonna uncover' some stinkin' Let bake for fifteen minutes. WHEREAS, Section IV of this messes. But then, what can you Meanwhile have a mixture of the bill, entitled ''Sales of Vessels ican tax-pnyers will again finance BE IT RESOLVED, that this Not Needed for United States the foreign countries and for­ Organization, the Atlantic and expect when a few guys get to peel of several apples, brown Commerce or Defense," Sub-Sec­ eign operators in their buying of Gulf District of the Seafarers In­ spending other peoples' billions? sugar and a dash of cinnamon American ships. Municipal dough's been sticking and a little water simmering tion "E" reads as follows: ternational Union of North Amer­ to official fingers since the birth away on the range. At the end '•(e) Payment of the sales price WHEREAS, under such condi­ ica, composed of sailors, firemen of history: of fifteen minutes pour the mix­ for vessels sold under this sections the American citizens and and cooks, who man ships out of Who shall doubt the secret hid ture over the apples and bake 'til American operators will be at a Atlantic and Gulf ports, hereby Under Cheops' pyramid done. Then call Frenchy. disadvantage and we will again go on record condemning the Was that the contractor did A number of brothers are evid­ be faced with the rapid decline proposed Bill, and request that Cheops out of several millions?" ently under the impression that of the American Merchant Mar­ Congress take adequate steps to Good old Jeff Davis, better there are personalities involved in ine. Foreign ships will again be insure retaining a large Merch­ known as the "King of the Ho­ our little differences with Shuler. used to carry the exports and ant Marine after the war, and boes," was in to see us Monday. This isn't so at all. All our critic­ imports of the United States be­ He made us an honorary member isms are meant to be construc­ BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, cause American flag ships will of the Hoboes of America. We tive. We are trying to make a that we call upon the American not be able to compete with for­ propose to keep the card among cook out of the dop. . . er . . . guy. Federation of Labor, and also eign flag ships due to the fact every labor body on the Pacific our most cherished possessions. To show our faith we want to that the foreign operators will Coast to go on record to back us Jeff's an old man now and chock take this opportunity to brand as operate ships without any finan­ in our fight to retain the Amer­ full of fascinating tales of adven­ a malicious lie the understatftd^ cial outlay, and will also man ican Merchant Marine, and ture. It's a tonic just to talk to ably popular notion that J.P. got their ships with crews which are his steward's papers from Sears paid much lower wages than are BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, from ships and from friendly & Roebuck. Actually, Shuler gofe. paid to American seamen. Ameri­ that it shall be the duty of all labor bodies to the various Con­ his papers from a cockeyed in­ can seamen will again be faced Officials of the Atlantic and Gulf gressmen and Senators in Wash­ spector who had drunk his lunch with the same conditions they District of the Seafarers Inter­ ington, D. C., and in nine gin mills. The worthy faced after the last war when national Union of North America BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED( gentleman gave J. ^P. the papers ^ most American ships were tied to rally all support in our fight that this particular resolution be under the delusion that he was up while foreign ships were car­ in the various ports, and to send widely publicized and i-eleased to endorsing a guy sitting three rying American imports and ex- proper protest from our Unions, the Press in the various ports. I chairs away, : i-,- •„ i 'r, '-"•J"''; .• •I � 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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NEW YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 23. 1945 Officials In Action No. 8 Record Attendance For First New York Bi-Monthly Meeting Labor Support New York officials conduct the largest (non-strike) meeting in the history of the union. Shown here on the platform, facing the 700 members who were able to crowd into the hall, are (left to right) Freddie Stewart. Recording Secretary; William McCuistion, Chair­ man; Paul Hall. New York Agent; John Hawk, District Sec'y-Treas. AFL To Open "Service Bureau" In New York The American Federation of Labor has opened in New York a city-wide "Service BUreau" which will aid all AFL members in the metropolitan area with their personal and family problems. This Bureau, located at 10 East 40th Street, is supported by the New York Labor War Chest. The SiU has grown so rapidly in size that it has all but outgrown the new hall recently acquired in New York—• at least as far as membership meetings are concerned. At last Wednesday's meeting (the first regular bi-monthly meeting), so many men were on the beach that it was impossible to get them .all into* the meeting hall. 700 men crowd­ thousands of men on the beach ed into the third floor meeting in all ports. room, and the overflow of 300 The first of the bi-monthly were forced to gather on the dis­ meetings (every other Wednes­ patching deck, one flight down. day) was called for 7 o'clock. By 1,000 men at a regular member­ 6:30 the hall was half filled. At ship meeting is eloquent testi­ 6:45 there was standing room mony of the growth of our union. only, and by meeting time the Master-at-arms was turning men 1,000 men at a membership away and sending them to the meeting during the war shipping second deck. All those who went boom is also a warning that a to the second deck were given, post-war slow down will see credit for the meeting and ex­ cused. Evidence of rank and file in­ Larger Hall Hired terest in the union were the loud For New York Meeting beefs which issued from the sec­ ond floor when it was announced The next membership meet­ that the overflow was being ex­ Control of U.S. labor would be placed in the hands of the War ing held in New York (Wed­ cused. Dozens of men complain­ Manpower Commission'under the. nesday, Feb. 28) will be at ed that they didn't come to the bill introduced by Sen. Harley Webster Hall. This Hall will meetings only to have their cards Kilgore (Dem. West Virginia), be used for the meetings every stamped, but they wanted to par­ shown above. This bill is much other Wednesday until further ticipate in the running of the or­ preferable to the May "Slave La­ notice. ganization. bor Bill" which passed the Webster Hall is located at 119 "I've never missed a meeting House. Senator Kilgore's bill is East 11th Street, between 3rd when I've been on the beach in being supported by both the Am­ and 4th Aves. Take either the the past five years," growled one erican Federation of Labor and BMT or the East Side IRT sub­ old-timer, "'and I don't intend to CIO leaders. ways to 14th Street, then walk start now." (He got into the meeting). Latest indications are that la­ 3 blocks south. New York and District officials bor has forced into line enough Remember, meetings in all Senate votes to defeat the May ports are now held every other took imniediate steps to correct this situation which denies full BilL Show down will come next Wednesday evening at 7. week. (Federafed Picture) (Continued on Page 4) The Seafarers has always been# opposed to "social service" by •religious or charitable organiza­ tions, because such organizations usually turned out to be an arm of the shipowner and used char­ ity hand-outs as a weapon against decent wage structures for the seamen. This ' new set-up, how> £ver, is something quite different. The U.S. Maritime Commission . It is not a charity, it is run by announced this week that five and for organized labor, and it more members of the SIU who can render many services to sea­ gave their lives in action will be men which are not at present honored by having Liberty ships -.withifi the capabilities of the named after them. This brings union. Following is the first Bulletin to a grand total of 20 SIU dead issued by Sarah E. Marshall, Di­ whose names are now carrjed on rector of the Bureau, and gives the bow of merchant ships—fit­ the general perspectives of the ting tribute to their heroism. new service. The SIU was the first organiza­ NEW YORK LABOR tion in the country to urge that WAiJ CHEST Liberty ships be named after the Labor League for Human Rights men who sailed and died on them. 10 East 40th Street Last year Brother John Hawk New York 16. N. Y. wrote to Admiral Land suggest­ BULLETIN NO. 1 ing this procedure. A few short "Many AF of L unions in New months later the first SIU man York City have Welfare Com­ was so honored. mittees to serve their members The five brothers who will be "on individual problems which honored this spring, as the ships are not covered by' union con­ are launched, are: tracts or union negotiations. EDWARD H: HINTON Other unions do-not have such committees. Both groups of the DUDLEY H. THOMAS ' unions, however, are compelled • to devote a considerable amount Here is pari of the crowd which jammed the third floor meeting hall in New York last week. JOHN L. McCARLEY of energy and time in helping Besides those seen in this picture. 300 men were on on the second deck waiting to get into the meeting JOHN C. PRESTON their membei's to solve their in case anyone left . . . but no one did. •v Future meetings in New York will be held in Webster Hall, every other Wednesday evening at 7. FRANK E. SPENCER ' {Continued'on "Page 2) 5 More Liberties Named For SIU Hojiored Dead Part Of The Record Crowd 4' " ••"'it:,' V,L." • •... �•^rl-''-'iv^'>.',':^' Pagf» Two THE SEAFAREkd LOG Friday, February 23, 1945 SEAFARERS LOG From The Assistant Sec>Treas. Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf Oistrict Affiliated with the American federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------- By LOUIS COFFIN President to J Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box Zy, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 ith Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. it Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16) CHARLESTON (9) SAVANNAH TAMPA JACKSONVILLE MOBILE SAN JUAN. 26 P.R. PUERTO RICO GALVESTON ADDRESS PHONE 51 Beaver St.—HAnover 2-2784 330 Atlantic Ave.—Liberty 4057 14 North Gay St.—Calvert 4539 6 North 6th St.—Lombard 7651 25 Commercial PI.—Norfolk 4-1083 339 Chartres St.—Canal 3336 68 Society St.—Charleston 3-2930 220 East Bay St.—Savannah 3-1728 423 East Piatt St.—Tampa MM-H?? 920 Main St.—Jacksonville 5-1231 7 St. Michael St.—Dial 2-1392 45 Ponce de Leon—San Juan 1885 219 20lh St.—Galveston 2-8043 lPUBLICATION OFFICE: yi BEAVER STREET New York, (4) N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 •^^267 AFL To Open "Service Bureau" In New York (Continued from Page I) family problems of a health and welfare nature. "If all of the AF of L unions established Welfare Committees and did an efficient job, we would iiave a picture of 600 t6 700 unions in New York City trying to learn about the available ser­ vices in the dity and endeavoring to establish effective contact with all agencies operating in each field. The effectiveness of so many unions operating independ­ ently would be measurably re­ duced. "Such duplication of time, money and effort of each indi­ vidual union could be elimin­ ated by a central service bureau equipped to serve all unions in Greater New York City, "A cursory examination, of health and welfare services in New York City indicates that there are over 1,100 agencies in this field and that these are, broadly speaking," equipped to handle the following types of problems: ' "I. HealthHospital and convalescent caire. Cancer, tuberculosis, and heart ailments. Physically handicapped. Mental hygiene. Others. "il. Care of the Aged. "III. Children's Services— • Camps — Health Services — Temporary Shelters, bay Nurseries — After school programs. Placement of children outside their homes. Delinquency. "IV. Family Welfare Services. "V. Lggal Aid. "VI. Assistance to the Foreign Born. "VII. Public Assistance. "A central service bureau which is known to and used by all of the AF of L unions in New York City, can help them meet such problems of their members by placing them in contact with the appropriate agencies. "One of the great problems which we will be facing in the near future will be the accom­ modation of demobilized veter­ ans of which two groups are of particular interest to unions: Veterans who are already union members. Prospective union members. "It is important to note that the AF of L in New York City, with its 750,000 members, repre­ sents the interests of approxim­ ately 300,000 to 500,000 families with an estimated population of one and one-half to two million people, or about one-quarter of the total population. We can, consequently, assume that onefourth of the veterans returning will either be AF of L members or will come from families of AF of L members. The AF of L in New York City has a definite responsibility to these veterans and should be in a position to render services to them. "Veterans services offered by the Veterans Service Center, es­ tablished by the War Manpower Commission, include: "The protection of veterans' rights as devised by law under As head of Ihe division bf provision for revision Was a man of prompt decision. Merlon Quick Ph; b; in c^Sthehics; PbQ in pathogenies. He had just the proper background for the work. From the pastoral aroma of Aloma, Oklahoma. With a pittance of a sRlary in hand. His acceptance had b^n Whetted, even aided and abetted. By emolument that libfted Sohie ten ^ran'd. So with energy ecstatic this fanatic left his attic. And hastened on to Washington, D. C., Where with verve and vim and vigor he went hunting for the negro In the woodpile of the WPB. After months of patient process Marion's spiculeur proboscis Had unearthed a reprehensible hiatus. In reply by Blair and Blair to the thirteenth questionnaire «S!F In connection with their inventory status. They had written, "Your directive when effective was defective In its ultimate objective, and what's more. Neolithic hieroglyphic is, to us, much more specific Than the drivel ypu keep dumping at our door." This sacrilege discovered, Mertoh fainted, but recovered Sufficiently to write, "We are convinced That sabotage is camouflaged behind perverted persiflage; Expecf me on the 22nd inst.'' But first he sent a checker, and then a checker's checker; Still nothing was disclosed as being wrong. So a checker's checker checker came to check the checker's checker And the process was laborious and long. Then followed a procession of the follow-up profession. Through the records of the firm of Blair and Blair; From breakfast until supper some new super-follow-upper Tore his hair because of Merlon's questionnaire. The file is closed, completed, though our hero, undefeated. Carries' on in some department as before. But victory is in sight, hot bbcause of, but in spite Qf Merlon's mighty efforts in the war. -author unknown the Selective Service Act and their old jobs or find new jobs. the GI Bill of Rights. "The AF of L Service Bureau "Helping to solve the person­ can help AF of L unions, their al problems of veterans by re­ members and veterans, who seek ferring them to the proper pub­ to get back their old jobs in lic or private health and wel­ trades organized by unions or who Wish to enter a trade or­ fare agencies. "Helping them to get back ganized by the AF of L. This is my first report and in the future I will try to have « weekly report for the Seafarers Log, concerning the activities of this office. Due to the fact that I have only been at this job a couple of weeks getting acquaint­ ed with the ways and means of operating, I've been a little slow in getting out a report, but now I'm getting the hang of things and I'm sure that I will have this of­ fice running on a smooth, busi­ ness basis. This job has been out of ex- , istence for a number of years and it heeds to be biiilt up. With the co-operation of the member­ ship), I'm sure this can be done. I'm sUre that the officials of the union will co-operate in helping me shape up this job. 1 received a couple of beefs from Baltimore off of a Calmar ship, the SS William Pepper. These beefs concerned all hands on deck and the three oilers. The sailors had a beef regarding seciority watches which were stood in Russia; the oilers beef was in regards to carpenter work in the engine room on day work. After contacting the company on these beefs, I Was told that the ship was here in New York and that the company would contact the Ghief Engineer and the Chief Mate to verify if this work was done. The Chief Engineer claimed that the oilers worked thirty-two hours, figuring at the rate of adding each fifteen minutes work­ ed a.«? a full hour. Explaining wasn't necessary, as the company was only interested in whether the men worked or not, and so they agreed to pay the full amount that the oilers claimed. The Chief Mate claimed that the men didn't stand their watch on deck at all hours of the night. His claim was that he only or- rdered one man on deck at vari­ ous times. Well, we convinced him that when a man was on deck during a security watch he was entitled to overtime in ad- ' dition to his regular $6 rate. The beef was settled on this basis. All this money can be collected at Calmar, 44 Whitehall St., N.Y.C. Since Brother Michelet is now Agent in New Orleans, we have k new food handler in the person of Brother Shuler. Needless to say, he has the experience, hav­ ing been Chief Cook for Admiral Dewey at the Battle of Manila. He was serving coffee to the Ad­ miral when Dewey made his fa­ mous saying: "Fire when ready Gridley." V Honor Roll SS Francis Walker SS J. Parker E. W. Manz I. Truelove E. Harris g.oo g.OQ 5.00 4.00 4^00 E. Page gloo H. S. Clarry L. Begajowski P. Rasmuss^n 2.OO 2.OO 2.0i »'1 �i*ri4ay. r'ebruary H. 194S TME SEApARtkS L0G Pa^ TkxM The messboy said, "No, we have a very religious crew. They all quote the Bible every time WHATS OOING Well, here We go again, doing they come in for chow. They aU business at the same old place as stand and look over the table and usual. Buck Newman has depart­ say, Hebrews, 13-8." ed from our midst and has gone Frenchy, being encouraged, back to the city of opportunity to borrowed a Bible from the Skip­ once again recoupe his somewhat per—opened it at Hebrews, 13-8 sadly , depleted bankroll. The and read: "Jesus Christ, the same Missouri these days and we'd like co-operation during the time 1 'boys will miss you Buck, but ments. It seems that on some of yesterday, today and forever." to see the USPH set-up planned have been in this port. these ships the officers give the keep up the good work. the way it ought to be before we Good sailing Brothers, members that made the last trip J. P. SHULER, Patrolman The ridge runners are all gostart backing it up. Right now time off. Then they wait till the LeROY CLARKE, , ing to ship on the same ship. Well Patrolman we're fixing up the Baltimore that is one ship on its return that ship is ready to sail and when BOSTON Hall a little so the members can these birds that were on last trip will be in order. •be comfortable and can spend a don't show up, they call the Several weeks ago I was asked There is quite some talk about union and put the pressure on us. BALTIMORE cpngenial hour or so with ship­ by Brother Pat McHugh, Sec'ya building here but as yet I have The trouble is that in most cases mates without recourse to the Treas., Fishermen's Union, if I only seen one of the committee these ratings are AB, Deck Eng., Business was slightly off dur­ near-by gyp joint. would sit as a panel member for that is trying to function. What's Chief Cook, or Oilers. I think ing the past week but is due for WILLIAM McKAY, Agent labor, on a case involving the the matter committee? Let's get that it would be in order to con­ a pickup most any day. The Vic­ Fishermen's Union. I agreed and going before we get put out of tact the steamship companies and tory ship launching schedule has after five meetings the Industry NEW YORK our home. inform them of this evil and may­ fallen behind considerably but member and the Public member We had the SS Charles Hull of be we can eliminates these head­ the occasional one that does go voted for the boat-owners. I, of into service is enough to ease up This port did a normal business the Alcoa in last week, and to aches. course, voted for the fishermen the beach lists which show a ten­ last week with 34 pay-offs and 29 sajr the least that was the prize HARRY COLLINS, Agent dency to pile up at the least ex­ sign ons. There were 691 ship­ and then drew up a minority re? crew. The Boatswine, P. R. Harcuse these days. . ped in all departments and 712 port and presented the report to ing, T-C No. 24708, had the school Quite a few men have been re­ registered. The hall is still crowd­ the NLRB. SAVANNAH kids on that ship all hipped up I just received a letter from the porting from shore jobs and the ed and the only trip card men that $44.00 was'too much to join NLRB informing me that they the union. But the real joker be­ Shipping picked up some backwoods saying that they had shipped were on Waterman and have upheld the minority report hind the whole thing was .the around this port last week. Had heard the WSA's plea for mer­ Calmar ships. and therefore have ruled in fa­ Turd Mate. It seemed that this a West Coast ship for Atlantic & chant seamen over the radio and The SS Marine Dragon is back vor of the Fishermen. there is considerable griping in port with plenty of beefs. That bird from all indications was a Pacific in for a pay-off and every­ Last week we received a call former NMU stiff and he sure thing was settled to the satisfac­ when they find out that we can't was to be expected as she is our for blood donors as the mother of take them until the beach lists tion of the crew at pay-off time. first C-4 and it will take a trip or sprinkled the good old Gospel to one of our members was in the ease up. It's peculiar how many Placed a full deck crew aboard two to square it away. Her man­ the boys. He became violent and hospital and needed a blood men decide to be patriotic and her. Also had a new Liberty for ning scale is the main issue and attacked our esteemed patrolman transfusion. We put a notice on return to sea just at the time the American-Range out from here is being worked on now. who in turn gave a splendid per­ the board and the following formance which was enjoyed by last week, which took a full crew. draft boards decide to tighten up The SS Hibbon of the Overbrothers volunteered and gave a lakes Freighting Corporation all but the Mate. The final up­ Looks as if things might be and start reclassifying. pint of blood: shot of the whole thing was that slow around this port for a while Hair mattresses on the Victory brought in the prize beef. Most Neil J. Haskins, Charles T. the Company, after asking for an as there is nothing scheduled to ships is a prime beef in this port every member of the Steward Mills, Roland E. Colmer, Anthony explaination. from the union, re­ come out around here anytime in at present. The WSA headman Dept. had worked in every rat­ J. Novicki, Lawrence Johnson. ing and finally the Deck Engin­ moved the somewhat bruised and the near future and don't know here says he can't do anything We have been very busy with eer was put in as Chief Cook. indignant Mate from the ship. of anything that might be coming about them until the ship has Coast Guard cases and I am The Skipper was a weakling made a trip. Apparently, one of We have beeii having some dif­ in. happy to report that all four ficulties with the Dole Dishing Have quite a few men register­ our "patriotic" businessmen cor­ without enough guts to run his cases were dissmissed. A few department of the United Sea- ed at the present time especially nered the burro and packass hair ship and it seems as if the gun­ more months of this work and I supply and is peddling it back to nery Ensign took over the ship. jmah's service. It seenis that some in the black-gang. The SS Monroe of the Bull will be ready to hang out my smart GEE in their New York CHARLES WAIDi Agent Mr. Whiskers via the usual poli­ Line renewed the beef of reduced shingle. tical priority channels and at office sought by some unseen priority prices of course. Prob­ Stewards Department. It seems We have a few beefs pending power to get the officials of the NEW ORLEANS ably the Government can't can­ that when some of these ships with the Eastern and I hope to SIU to recognize their" settip. cel or is afraid to and that's where take men out of the Gun Crew get these cleared away shortly. When one of our members went Nothing more of importance ta Things ^re relatively quiet here your twenty percent deduction the company thinks that they to them for a loan he was told report so will close with best that he could not get a loan un­ this week. We had three ships goes boys—that's where it goes. have the authority to reduce the wishes. We've been doing good work Stewards Dept. as they see fit. less his Port Agent signed a slip paying off and two signed on. JOHN MOGAN, Agent Most of our activity was con­ down this way exploding the But there is still an agreement stating, that he was upright. Well, this the union official could not fined to settling port side beefs bubble about those fabulous by which they have to abide. And wages the merchant seaman is speaking of abiding by agree­ GALVESTON do as we hal already gone on rec­ while ships wer'e loading. ments, there are a few things of supposed to get. As a result a We made all the ships in the ord to have nothing to do with this outfit officially. So natural­ harbor to put Union literature bill has been introduced into the which our membership should be Shipping and business in this ly when the man was turned aboard and to tell the boys that Maryland legislature providing reminded.. We are shipped for the port has been good for the past down for a loan on this account Feb. 13th was Mardi Gras and the same income tax exemptions purpose of reporting to a ship, two weeks with three new ships y<)u can readily see that this in they get overtime for this day as for merchant seamen as those al­ working while aboard, and not coming out of Houston and a tiihe would cause a lot of dissen- the longshoremen were getting lowed the men in the military getting off as soon as it hits the South Atlantic ship the SS Mary M. Dodge paying off here Feb. 13. tion. I believe that this was the overtime. But unfortunately the services. If this bill should be­ dock. The Eastern SS Company has come law, and we've no doubt This ship paid off clean, no beefs. Moran agreement only calls for real motive for the USS; to force agreed that the 4 to 8 watch shall that it will, the Maryland law­ Had one case for the Coast holidays enjoyed by the long­ the SIU to recognize their setup. W^ll, we by-passed that one shoremen wKile in Continential makers will forward a joint res­ relieve itself for supper. That is Guard. Bro. Sweeny handled the and 'we thr^tened to expose the West Coast Ports, so the boys olution to Congress requesting the company with whom we have case and was successful in hold­ that they do the same in regards an agreement to come across, so ing the man's papers for him. USS to the Central Labor Union, worked for Jesus that day. to the Federal Income Tax Law. we are batting a hundred per This ship was one of the cleanest State Federation of Labor, and to We expect another quiet week Calmar Line and Waterman cent on that score now. ships that I have seen in some the American Federation of La­ this coming one as we only have Skeleton. Crew Beef of the SS time. have been letting go some of their two scheduled arrivals. But we bor in Washington itself. We also Banvard was settled Saturday. We will have 3 new Liberty old ones on the Russian market expect a new Liberty out of Del­ istated that the Community Chest All men who returned on her ships the 1st of the month, the recently but they will be replac­ ta yard for Waterman soon. This here in Philly would be notified have 1 hours each per day for ed by Victories or C-types. Some SS Clifford E. Ashley for the Bull is the last one the SIU will get of the manner that they were Line will be delivered about the dispersing the funds that was so out of this yard as their con­ of the older Liberties are begin­ each day on her return. It-is to every member's advan­ 25th and the SS Chas. H. Lanagraciously given to them from tracts to build Liberties are fin­ ning to show signs of wear and tage to get his beefs settled at han for the American Liberty tear and we look for a lot of the citizens of the City of Broth- ished. the point of production and to Lines about Feb. 27th. There is lend-lease sales of these ships ' erly Love. Low and behold, with­ We have ah SUP ship in pay­ get his money before he leaves also a SUP ship for Luckenbach within the next few months. in the hour, Captain Mathaisen, ing off today. She is a mule ship the s^ip. after that. The WSA is still training a lot and all the Deck Dept. had to who is Chairman of the USS There was a messman in the of men but most of them will end D. STONE, Agent wear hats while the ship was be­ here in Philly, called me and other day who was telling of a up in the Army if the war in Eu­ ing discharged to avoid being slated that temporarily he would rope should end abruptly and trip that he made with Frenchy instruct his agent here to advance discharged with the cargo. loans to the members of the SIU Bro. Masterson, the new Joint that's the way it will end. At­ Michelet. For some reason, the without a referral slip. However, Patrolman, arrived during the tempts are being made in Balti­ crew hadn't been squawking too befiore this became the policy of week and went right to work more to get a U.S. Public Health much about the food, so Frenchy his International office he said, he hitting the front. His first ship Medical Admittance Office going had hopes " of making another would have to takfe it up with was a mule ship. Nice place for but there's opposition from local trip. Just before the ship got in, alleged medicos who have been Frenchy called the messboy in the board of directors in New an ex-Deek Eng. eh what? making a good thing out of the and asked: Your correspondent will be York at the next regular meeting. "Has the crew been squawk­ medical examination for too long. leaving at the end of this week So far So good. •We are having quite a lot of and I would like at this time to Union pressure could breakdown ing? What do they say about the trdiible with last minute replace- thank all the Brothers for their that barrier but we're all from food?" PHILADELPHIA Ai*oiiiid ilte Portsi i: ' .SKiiili, �r'V^H-- : -;??55BST3rnT v,,-:f,v;v.v' •; -; •N Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, February 23,194$t. U Ports Of Aden And Colombo To STRAIGHT Get Merchant Seamen's Clubs • The opening of United Sea­ made available by Robert Bossio, among the works of the cele­ men's Service clubs for American the present owner. Built in 1872 brated painter Bruschi, whose merchant seamen at Aden, on the by the celebrated architect Leo­ frescoes adorn the walls and ceil­ Gulf of Aden, and at Colombo, nardo Corsini, it mixes neo-clas- ings of the many richly decorated Ceylon, •was announced Saturday, sic with Greek oriental design rooms. The ballroom is a hall of Februai-y 17, by Douglas P. Fal­ and is considered the finest villa mirrors, paneled with gold leaf coner, executive director of The in all Tuscany. Now seamen rest and illuniinated by bronze and ' c.. .'.1 . / ,3 and dine during shore leave crystal chandeliers. Service. ; , The Aden club consists of two buildings erected for the USS by the army, he said. The roofs are lined with straw matting to ward By 'TRENCHY" MICHELET off the terrific heat of the region. This is New Orleans ih carni­ bones with a cleaver and put the The main building contains a val time ... Mardi Gras ... 'The meat and bones into a hot oven snack bar, dining, room, kitchen and recreation lounge. The sec­ City that Care Forgot." Stuff like in a covered pan. Let roast dry for 15 minutes, then pour, off the ond building affords sleeping ac­ that may sound swell in Chamber grease, add a little water, squeeze commodations for 50 seamen. of Commerce folders, but we lo­ over the meat the juice of 3 lem­ Nearby, through arrangement cal yokels know it ain't so. Care, ons, throw in the skins and "bhe with the British, the seamen may brothers, is comfortably domic­ bay leaf and roast 'til tender, and use tennis courts, a swimming iled at the local SIU hall. He's be sure you cook plenty. pool and a rugby field. here, bag-and-baggage and ap­ In Colombo, Mr. Falconer said, parently plans* to remain for the Here's ham what am: Put a USS is taking over one of two season. In other words, brother large smoked ham into a pot of large facilities formerly operated Michelet has his troubles. He cold water. Season with the by the Red Cross. He added that can no longer say, "See the juice and skins of 3 lemons, a a USS overseas representative is Agent." That dog don't hunt no few whole cloves, 3 bay leaves, now studying the need for a club mo', 'bo. a pinch of thyme and three raw at Bombay, India. USS already onions, simmer for three hours. has a club at Calcutta. There are 3 mule ships in this Let cool in the liquid and re­ Return of the United Mine Workers to the AFL has been held Mr. Falconer also announced port . . . three of 'em. What move (this should be done the up by the AFL executive council pending John L. Lewis' withdrawal the removal of the USS club at earthly use people can have for day before the ham is baked). Leghorn, Italy from 3 Via Bene­ of his demands for a seat on the council. Shown above, in happy so damn many mules is more detto Brin to a more favorable mood, are leaders of the Progressive Mine Workers (AFL) who than we can figure out. And to Reserve the liquid. Remove the location at 2 Corso Amedo where oppose Lewis' return to the Federation. (Left to right) Felix Good- trot all three of 'em in here the skin, bone and tie. Now make a an historic villa named "The nick, PMW executive board member; President John Marchiando very first week that we take paste of about % pound of brown (Federated Picture) over the port is to add insult to sugar and a few spoons'-of dryGold Leaf Palace" has been and Attorney C. C. Dreman. mustard moistened with the injui'y. Maybe this man Roose­ stock. Smear it over the top of velt thinks he's got trouble run- the ham, dot it with whole cloves,i nin' this country with so many put it into a baking pan along people mad at us, but he should with a few pints of the stotk and try runpih' this office with three bake for abgut an hour and a,ha.l| mule scows in port if he really or until done, basting frequently. SS SHICKSHINNY SS FINLEY SS CARLOS J. FINLAY wants to know what trouble is. Byron Jones, 17 hrs; D. Gar­ Voyage No. 2 Things are rather quiet here as A. Ferrara, Bos'n., 3 hrs; Ne­ It's good to get our feet under far as shipping is concerned. Joseph Czaplak, FWT, 16 hrs; diner, 17 hrs. Collect at South vola, Deck Maint. 2 hrs. Collect H. W. "Austin, Oiler, 35 hrs. Col­ Atlantic SS Cotftpany office, 17 at Overtakes Freight Corp. of­ Mother's table again after all Brothers Bales and Thomas came these years. We like everything to our rescue yesterday and took lect at Overtakes Freight Corp. Battery Place, New York. fice, New York. « * * about living at home again ex­ a few men off beach here for jobs , • » • office. New York. cept those damn weeping-Annie in Mobile. Between us all we • « • N SS A. DOBBS SS E. WHEELOCK radio serials that are prime favor­ managed to persuade the oper­ .1. Weinstein, Dk. Engineer, 30 J. Malazinsky, 2 hrs; G. L. Voyage No. 7—Paid off in ites with the female element at ator involved to go for transpor­ hrs: R. A. Webber, Oiler, 51 hrs; Newman, SVz hrs; F. Gray, 1 hr; Wilmington, N. C. S. LaCorte, FWT," 21 hrs; J. T. P. P. Souza, 3 hrs; J. Gurganus, John Balnes, Bos'n; Peter Gel- home. How the hell anybody can tation. We hope to do this more Manfredi, Oiler, 23 hrs; W. Van- 1 hr; M. Franciose, 3 hrs; F. J. laty, AB; John Graham, AB; Ed work up any enthusiasm for the often, because, as these Mobile icky, FWT, 33 hrs. Collect at Stanton, 2 hrs; M. L. Johnson, 2 Zakiewicz, AB. Collect lodging stilted dialogue the characters in officials pointed" but, we simply Overtakes Freight Corp. office. hrs; E. H. Wilcox, 10 hrs; S. money at Calmar SS office. New these soap operas use is beyond have to start making a real ef­ our poor understanding. We are fort to keep the trip cards down Kuleza, 14 hrs; R. Sjoberg, 76 hrs; York. New York. trying to type this and not listen to a minimum. » W. Wenzel, 16 hrs; F. N. Pokers, * * * to some dame named Linda. Lin­ SS FINLEY 3 hrs. Collect at Calmar SS Com­ SS WM. G. LEE da blew her cork a few minutes pany office. New York. • Voyage No. 3 Sheridan, 9 hrs. Collect at ago. "How dare you," she just « * * Joseph Czaplak, FWT, 1 day's South Atlantic SS Company of­ told the wolf what's trying the SS W. N. FERRIS pay, 2 hrs. overtime; H. W. Aus­ fice, New York. old badger game. People don't tin, Oiler, 1 day's pay, 8 hrs. over­ R. Patterson, Dk. Maint., 6 hrs; » • » talk like that •where we come time. Collect at Overtakes J. Buzbee, Oiler, 12 hrs; R. He­ SS WHEELOCK from. Every time a broad gets Freight Corp. office, New York. witt, AB, 1 hr; H. Winters, Oiler, indignant with us it's, "Take your 2 hrs; J. Kuzma, Dk. Eng., 2 hrs; E. Jurgen, Oiler, 131/2 hrs; P. hand off my leg, you dope." Malinkas, Oiler, 22 hrs. Collect J. Graboroiecki, AB, 1 hr; G. (Continued from Page 1) Keep A "Log** at Calmar SS Co. office. New There's a number of old-timers Santos, AB, 2 hrs; D. FrederickIn Your Pocket in port—Huff, Cabrera, Witutski, union democracy to those men son, AB, 2 hrs. Collect at Calmar York. « « * Gaglino, Chappell and '"Pop" unable to crowd into a meeting. SS Company office. New York. SS ROBERT FECHNER <t> *' >i> Rothers, a real old-time belly- Brothers Hawk and Goffin hired B. Stagg contact South Atlan­ robber. "Pop" was sailing stew­ Web.Ster Hall for the meeting SS W. N. FERRIS tic SS Co. office, New York, to ard even before Shuler bought next week, and for every other Four weeks linen money due collect overtime for relieving for his last suit of clothes, which week which promises to produce members of the Stewards Dept. should make him about the most large attendance. 32 meals to be divided between dinner. <c « « experienced man in the Gulf. From now on there will be 2nd Cook and messman. Collect SS PAN YORK seats and elbow room for all at Calmar SS Company ^office. Carl Olsen, 12 hrs; F. Dam, 16 A number of brothers have members at every meeting. And New York. * * * hrs; F. A. Marshall, 1 hr; E. R. writeen to ask us to give a few if the union continues to gX0\v, Weber, 1 hr. Collect Waterman pork recipes. Here are two: we'll even hire Madison Square SS CARLOS W. FINLAY Take a fresh ham, repoove the Garden. Kook, 571/2 hrs., $54.60; Mauser, office in New Orleans. *. * « skin, (save for rendering) bone it 331/2 hrs., $30.15; Ferrara, IO1/2 SS MEYER LISSINER and tie it securely for easy cut­ hrs., $9.45; Nevola, 91/2 hrs., $8.55; Gustavson, 31/2 hrs., $3.15; Moore, F. W. Brandeburg, 8 hrs. and $4 ting. Mash a few pieces of gar­ 7 hrs., $6.36; Lazor, 7y2 hrs., $6.75; boat fare. ,Collect at Waterman lic and stuff it into the meat along with a few quartered Thimble, 111/2 hrs., $10.35; Hill, 11 office, Norfolk. »' * 4> onion. Mix together salt, pepper, hrs., $9.90; West, 91/2 hrs., 8.55; a tiny pinch of ground cloves and Will the holder of receipt No. SS T. J. JACKSON Ebanks, lOVi hrs., $9.45. Collect a little thyme. Now rub the meat 75382 please see J. Algina, New A. Schultz, 9 hrs, Collect at at Overtakes Freight Corp. office. ^ Mississippi office. New Orleans. well with the mixture. 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SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AVEBICA Vol. VII. NEW YOHK^ N. Y„ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16. 1945 No. 7 We Launch A SIU JOINS FIGHT AGAINST World-Wide "Log" Drive 'SLAVERY' LEGISLATION The drive to make the Seafar­ ers Log available to seamen in every port in the world got under way in New York this past week with over 2,000 Logs being placed aboard outgoing ships for distri­ bution in foreign ports. Union Fight Aired . The New York Branch is mak­ ing up special packages of cur­ rent and back issues of the pa­ per, enclosing a letter *of instruc­ tion in the package, and placing them aboard every ship which signs on in this port. This plan for world distribution will be ex­ tended to all ports up and down the coast. SIU Chief Stewards will be the key men in the new distribution plan, and have the responsibility to see that the Logs are delivered. The New York Branch is placing the following letter of instruction • in the bundles, addressed to the Chief Steward; The May Bill, providing for labor draft (for private profit) of all men 18 to 45, came under sharp attack from the SIU last week when the union sent telegrams to all U.S. Senators asking that they modify the bill to allow for voluntary controls over the labor supply. Following the lead of the International office in^^ San Francisco, the Atlantic and Gulf District applied direct pres­ sure to all Senators representing the east coast and gulf states. Each branch sent telegrams to the Senators representing their individual state, and the District headquarters sent telegrams to all Senators. The Bill has been The union has already received passed by the House and is now considerable response to its tele­ grams from the members of the before the Senate. Senate. One of the first to reply Following is the text of the to our telegram was Senator E. telegram sent to all Senators by V. Robertson of Wyoming, co­ Secretary-Treasurer John Hawk; "The Seafarers International author of the Taft Amendments, Union of North America, Atlan­ Senator Robertson wrote Brother tic and Gulf District, represent­ Hawk: ing 25,000 active merchant sea­ "For your information I wish men who have manned the ships to state that Congressman Bar­ carrying supplies to our armed rett of Wyoming introduced H.R. forces in this struggle for liberty, 1803 which would provide for earnestly plead with you to exer­ mobilization of the nation's man­ cise the utmost intelligence in power with the aid of the selec­ deliberations on May Bill and tive service system. This measure cast your vote for the Taft was offered as a substitute for the May BiU and was defeated by amendment thereto. (signed) John Hawk." only ten votes, causing much fa­ vorable comment. When the May The Taft amendment would Bill reached the Senate, Senator .eliminate the compulsory provis­ Revercomb joined me in offering ions of the bill, and return to the an amendment to the May Bill War Manpower Commission the under consideration which consupervision of voluntary controls over the labor supply. (Cont'mued on Page 4) Over a nation-wide network, millions of listeners heard radio and screen star Edward Arnold (left) defend the Action of the Am­ erican Federation of Radio Artists (AFL) in suspending Cecil B. DeMille (right) from his $5,000 a week radio program for refusal to pay $1 assessment to fight an open shop proposal in California. Arnold condemned DeMille for chanting hymns to democracy while " '^^r^'SrcTtiier: This envelope refusing to abide by the majority decision of the union. contains the latest issues of the Seafarers Log. We are asking you to put these ashore at hotels, clubs or bars which SIU men fre­ quent abroad. By thus bringing WASHINGTON — Millions of ternal revenue in his district, and news from home to your brother wage earners throughout the wait for the collector to figure members who have been long country can use their Withhold­ the tax and send either a bill or away, you will be living up to ing Receipts, recently received a refund. the principles of a good union froni their employers, as the • Deductions approximating 10 man and helping the welfare of simplest income tax form ever per cent of income are automatic­ your union. We are counting on written, according to Joseph D. ally allowed anyone using the your cooperation. Fraternally Nupan, Jr., Commissioner of In­ (Cottiinued Oft Page 4) yours, Paul Hall, New York ternal Revenue. Agent. P.S. So that we can know Seamen are urged to file their how foreign distribution of the returns at the earliest possible : Log is going will you please moment so that they may have "note below where and when you time to secure the necessary in­ •placed the copies entrusted to formation, and to ayoid the last .you. Turn in this report to the minute crowds on March 15. patrolman when you get back." Making out returns should be It is hoped that through the much easier this year because of Stewards' reports we can have a the greatly simplified forms. It is estimated that 30,000,000 'controlled distribution, and cover wage earners will be eligible to all sections of the world into use their Withholding Receipts, which sail SIU ships. showing wages paid and tax The Log welcomes any sugges- withheld last year, for their re­ .tions or criticism of this distribu- turns. Anyone, including a minor ^ tion plan, and certainly solicits whose income last year was $500 the names and addresses of clubs or more must file a return by and bars, to be covered with dis­ March 15. Withholding of tax tribution. does not excuse anyone from fil­ ing a return which is necessary to determine whether the taxpayer Give The "Log** To owes more or whether Uncle Sam A Friend owes the taxpayer a refund. Seamen may use his Withhold­ ing Receipt as a return if his in­ come is less than $5,000 and prt^tically all from wages subject to withholding. ILO delegates at London deeided to establish tripartite committees—including labor, employers, In using a Withholding Receipt and government—to consider steps for the improvement of working conditions after the war. Wlule for a return, all a taxpayer has most of the European labor delegated favored this step, it was opposed by SIU delegates on the ground to do is to answer a few questions that government usually sides •with the employer—^thus establishing a two to one vote against labor in regarding income arid exemp­ the committees. Shown at this session of the ILO are (left to right) A. Parodi. France; Dr. Isador tions, sign and mail it without Lubin. U.S.; Sir Frederick Leggett, Great Britain: Paul Martin. Canada; A. Van Acker, Belgium. any money to the collector of in­ Income Tax Deadline ILO Delegates In London T-, • V• k...i '-4 '-v. <.. L' • 'i.' • .'L •" • �|BE5gep«%!^w(?'T.«rj?«- •.»-y.^9Kiti«M!^";* -.o, Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, February 16, 194S SEAFARERS LOG . *•'. tJO/ljM AIL RIGHT-\ THAT STUFF ( itr;m jio^ MAKES ME SICK/ Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with tlx American Federation of Labor, HARRY LUNDJEBERG ------ President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C it it Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16) CHARLESTON (9) .. SAVANNAH TAMPA • JACKSONVILLE MOBILE ... ..... SAN JUAN. 28 P.*. PUERTO RICO GALVESTON . .' - Bw y r 1... J.'-. V'*-.-..'\ ADDRESS PHONE ,. 51 Beaver St.—HAnover 2-2784 .... 330 Atlantic Ave.—Liberty 4057 14 North Gay St.—Calvert 4539 6 North 6th St..—Lombard 765 1 . . 25 Commercial PI.—Norfolk 4-1083 339 Chartres St.—Canal 3336 , . . 68 Society St.—Charleston 3-2930 . 220 East Bay St.—Savannah 3-1728 423 East Piatt St.—Tampa MM-1323 .. 920 Main St.—^Jacksonville 5-1231 7 St. Michael St.—Dial 2-1392 ...45 Ponce do Leon—San Juan 1885 219 20th St.—Galveston 2-8043 i i> it —Justice PUBLICATION OFFICE: 51 BEAVER STREET Ne5^ York, (4) N. Y. MONEY DUE HAnover 2-2784 267 SS ALCOA SCOUT MARINERS MEDALS FOR SEAFARERS DEAD HEROES More honors came this week to the heroic dead of the SIU. Twen­ Some Advice For ty-six members of the Atlantic & Gulf District are to be awarded SIU Trip-Carders posthumously the Mariner's Med­ al. This decoration is given for wounds, physical injuries, suffer­ ing from dangerous exposure, or loss of life as a result of the acts of the enemy. This is the first time the Medal has been awarded to SIU men. Following is the full list of the Brothers who are being so hon­ ored; ^JOHN HENRY BERGERON CYRUS BERTRAM BLAIR WILLIAM AIKNON BORDER DIXIE BURTON ROBERT EARL CARPENTER CURTIS CHANDLER CARVILLE H. COUNCILMAN COY LEE ENGLISH WILLIAM FOWLER GRAHAM JUSTIN LOWE JACKSON, Jr. JOHN JEFFREY DAVID LABOY KENNETH EDWARD LEHR EDWARD WILLIAM MARKO THEODORE N. MORGAN CHARLES HENRY NOBLE THOMAS PATRICK O'BRIEN JOHN BENJAMIN OLSZEWSKI CHARLES FRANK PUCKETT CHAS. DOUGLAS SCHERMER FRANCIS D. SPLANE JAMES TATE GREGORIO S. TORRES DONALD BRAYSHAW WATTS DAVID HANNIBAL WEBETER EDDIE B.WILTZ By JOHNNY JOHNSTON To the new men that are com­ ing into the union every day, the old-timers and brothers who have been going to sea for a few years, want you to know that they are with you all the way in helping you to become a good seaman and union brothers. Muster Out Pay Proposed For Seamen Wm. Wenzel, 16 hrs; E. H. Wil­ cox, 10 hrs; F. M. Powers, 3 hrs. Paid off Feb. 1, 1945 Collect at Calmar SS Co. office. R. Kenny, Utility man, 27 days * * m mess man's pay. C. McGillen, SS GEORGE CRAWFORD Chief Cook, 18 days Steward pay. 31 days' missing utility man Mustering-oTit pS^ fofTHefchT ' Chas. Rolkiewicz, OS, 158 hrs; wages split between C. McGillan, Earl White, AB, 184 hrs; Edw. ant seamen in the amount of $2.00 Chief Cook and H. Klapp, 2nc Bobinski, AB, 184 hrs; Edw. Rook, for each day of service aboard Cook. AB, 96 hrs; Clif Brummet, AB, Payable at Alcoa SS Company 96 lu's; Alf. Mowel, AB, 176 hrs; ship after December 6, 1941, and office, 17 Battery Place. Thomas Olden, AB, 136 hrs; until termination of the war, was * * m Robt. Hairsten, AB, 136 hrs; Rod­ proposed (HR 171) in the House SS ALEXANDER LILLINGTON ger Mendez, OS, 195 hrs; Don on January 3, 1945, by Represen­ Schumaker, Oiler, 9l hrs; Thom­ Overtime to following men is as Shea, Oiler, 131 hrs; Harry tative Celler, New York. payable for bailing water from Goden, Fireman, 112 hrs; Paul The measure is identical with forecastle on the evening of Jan­ Gazie, Fireman, 112 hrs; Don a proposal introduced by Mr. Cel­ uary 11, 1945: Richard Evans, 3 Payton, 112 hrs; John Sullivan, ler during the last session of irs; Harld Jewel, 3 hrs; John Da­ 177 hrs. Collect ^at American Congress, and which was opposed vidson, 1 hr; Osborne Jones, 1 Range Lines Office. by the WSA on the ground that ir; Lewis Trexler, 1 hr; Arthur * 4> * Petrin, 1 hr; John Cronmiller, 1 the pay provided under the bill _ WARREN DAVIS and hr; Matthew Colillo, 1 hr. Collect would be far in excess of beneLOREN E. OLIVER at South Atlantic Office in Sa­ Ats provided members of the vannah. who made the Voyage No. 10 on armed forces. The proposed leg­ * * * the SS YAMHILL, Los Angeles islation was referred for consid­ SS WILLIAM PEPPER Tanker Operators, Inc., can col- eration to the House Merchant Ject $6.04 each by applying at Marine Committee. It provides Following men have overtime the Agent's Office, New York that amounts payable to any sea-» coming: TaUey, 37 hrs; Humphry, Hall, where there are vouchers man shall be not less than $100 30 hrs; Adams, 30 hrs; Melzer, 22 to be sigiied and check waiting:. or more than $500. ^ hrs; Stout, 44 hrs; King, 45 hrs; Every man at one time had to be a first tripper. All were geen, making mistakes and getting in­ to trouble. Those that stay, mas­ tered every mistake and error, others left the sea when they found that mistakes and errors were fatal to ship and crew. Here are a few pointers that will help aboard ship. Always Todd, 39 hrs; Figueroa, 37 hrs; remember when you are on Gaskin, 46 hrs; Chantelois, 31 hrs; watch, your shipmates below are Fournier, 31 hrs; R. Christenson, getting their rest and sleep. Don't 34 hrs; Lazoda, 38 hrs, and Dorun over the decks. In case of razio, 41 hrs. emergency walk fast and watch • • • where you are stepping. Don't SS RICHARD H. LEE slam doors, or sky-lock in pas­ sageways, focs'l or messrooms. Laquerre, 56 hrs, $21.00; Park­ Always go out on the hatch, there er, 55 hrs., $21.00; "Hay, 7 hrs., you disturb no one. When on 3.00; Jacups, 8 hrs., $3.00; Os­ lookout at night remember that wald, 23 hrs., $9.00; Bohart, 50 every man below is depending on hrs., $21.00; Poinsett, 7 hrs., $3.00; you. A man that cat naps or wine, 8 hrs., $3.00; Beasley, 54 stands in doorways, out of rain hrs., $21.00; Halliwell, 70 hrs., or wind, is letting his shipmates i;30.00. Collect at Calmar SS down. Company office. Work with the old-timers, learn * * * something new every day. Master SS ARTHUR DOBBS those mi.stakes and errors. Be a good seaman and union man and Robert Sjoberg, 42 hrs., and we'll have a strortg union. 4 hrs; Stanley Kulesze, 14 hrs; "Hhe' Old • • • And Hhe Weir ) YOl/R NEW —West Coast Sailors . N' '••••-•hid'""'-- • v.'.; .V'.^ ' - ' •• I _ \ in I , �- jrf Fiiday, February 16, 1945 THE SE AF AHERS LOG WHAT'S DOING Around the Ports' =• Page Three Threat To Post War Security Seen In War Time Fink Hall Set-Up iFinlay, of Overtakes Freight Co. SAVANNAH By PAUL HALL paid off here with quite a num­ ber of beefs but all v/ere settled Shipping has slowed down con­ can seamen to come back up tlie Shipping has been slow around Shipping has been slow for the aboard the ship, \ hard road to good conditions. Al­ siderably along the entire East this port and had quite a few past week but expect it to pick Patrolman Joe "Volpian crowd­ though these conditions and Coast in the last two weeks. The men on the beach but it picked up the last of next week with ed his work in so that he was able wages were lost practically over­ sight of thousands of men on the up some last week with a "West one ship in transit and one to pay off. Have had five men thru to visit the hospital a couple of Coast ship for Union Sulpher out beach in aU ports should make night, it required many years of here the past wepk as repatriates, times this week. He reports that from here; put a full deck crev/ organized seamen think about hard fighting to get things back with two still iii the hospital we have about fifty members in aboard her, 'Will have a new the future. As the shipping boom to normal. We shaU do well to take a les­ Liberty out the first part of this dies after the war, we shall have here. Have had several members the hospital. Our new Assistant Sec.-Treas., son from this particular page of thousands of men on the beach in wqpk and wiU ship a fuU crew to sit for their license here with Louis Goffin, has taken over. We history in the maritime industry, aU ports in both coast and the for her, so should get some more satisfactory results. will miss him for the work that and take every possible step to gulf. Then is when it will be of the men out this week. JAMES L. TUCKER. Agent he has done as Patrolman here, Don't have anything scheduled shown whether or not organized combat the fink halls as ihey are as he is a seaman with plenty of for this port anytime in the near seamen's unions can survive the our biggest threat. NEW YORK experience, starting as an OS, on future and don't have any more post war period. The shipowners If we are to safeguard our con­ a troop transport during the new ones coming out around here and the "WSA are making every ditions and our organization, we The port of New York seems to Spanish American War, that I know of at present. Looks possible effort to overload the in­ must not delay our counter-of­ have settled to normal shipping The-problern has been solved as if shipping will be slow for dustry with men so as to have a fensive against finks until after again with 822 men shipped in for replacing Michelet, as was better chance of breaking down the war. Then we will have to all departments this week. 931 mentioned early in this column. the next couple of weeks unless face much greater odds. We the unions. registered. There were few per­ The janitor now comes to work we get something in unexpected. should, in my opinion, take im­ Even now the newspapers CHARLES WAID, Agent mit card men shipped but no oc- ten minutes earlier in the morn­ throughout the country are cry­ mediate steps to remove the fink cassion to call the RMO. After ing. ing the blues about "the shortage halls from the waterfront. the shipping boom that we have J. P. SHULER, Patrolman Certainly, this subject should of seamen." A special newsreel had in this port for the last two is shown in theatres throughout be an important item on the months, this seems rather slow, the country calling for recruits to agenda of the forthcoming NEW ORLEANS but it is what we can expect in go to Martime Training Schools. Agents' Conference. Dear Editor the future. There were 22 ships Things have been quite busy •We, the undersigned members, THIS IS PURE PROPAGANDA. paid off and 31 signed on. We There is no shortage of seamen! have a convoy in port now and here this week, what with the would like to thank Brothers For instance, in New York the shipping may pick up a little. arrival of our new Agent, Bro. Stone, Thompson, and J. P. Seafai-erg has shipped hundreds There are quite a number of Then Michelet, who took over and is Shuler, for the effort put forth and hundreds of men for a stretch on the beach and it seems that getting acquainted in this port in our behalf and collecting the of 10 days straight, but we only is the case up and down the coast. again. He is an old New Orleans long delayed and allbeit "recon­ called for one replacement from The five thousand cigarettes The silver lining is that there are man so it came natural to him. sidered" disputed overtime, the 'WSA. This same "WSA in this First thing he did was to look enough men to form a quorum in aboard the "Josiah Bartlett" of port costs the taxpayers millions sent by the SIU to our union ports that were not able to hold for red beans and rice, Bro. the Eastern S.S. Co., represented of ddllars to operate a shipping brothers imprisoned in Nazi Ger­ Shuler please note. many have arrived in good shape. ' meetings in years. by Mr. Norton, (of "I've recon­ pool. Shipping has not been very sidered" fame). This news came this week in a This port lost quite a few pa­ The "WSA fink pool in New letter to John Hawk from one of trolmen through the 1945 elec­ good here the past week, only It goes without saying, that if York is a madhouse. The latest tion -anjd-tha-draft- scare One of had two ships in. Both paid off it were not for the splendid co­ report shows that approximately the prisoners. Brother Ralpi) our biggest problems is finding clean and were in very good operation of the Union in general Piehet. 6,000 men .are registered there an efficient way to replace shape all around. Brother W. H. and the Brothers aforementioned with no jobs in sight. We turn Written on special war-prisoner (Red) Simmons was Steward on stationary, and mailed from camp Frenchy Michelet. one so that explains why it was in particular, we would have as down dozens of applicants for Marlag A. Milag Nord, brother The SS George Crawford over­ much chance of collecting that tripcards every day. The WSA is time dispute has at last been set­ 'in such good shape. He had the beef, as a snowball's survival, in sending many men home, paying Piehet said that the 5,000 cigar­ ettes had arrived and been dis­ tled and the men involved can Chief Cook and the 2nd Cook you know where. their fare and telling them to tributed equally to all SIU -g scan the money due list in the saxving the fats in the gaUey dur­ From this time on, please be wait for a call. * soners. / ^ LOG this week to the tune of ing the trip. About ten gallons assured that never, if we can Remember, that this pool does The letter closed with wis, ^ over 2,000 hours. The SS Richard was saved this way and was turn­ prevent it, will a ship pay off not consist merely of the uni­ for a Happy New Year to all SIU Talisman paid off here with over ed into the proper place. until all overtime beefs are set­ formed boys from the Maritime men from their imprisoned The Army Transport Service 11 months behind her with no tled to the entire satisfaction of Commission Schools, but also brothers. beefs in any department, an oc- must be laying off men for we all concerned. In fact, we intend consists of the Standard Oil, Tide­ are having these Admirals call­ The union is already getting curance rare.' The crew is to be commended for bringing her off ing on us every day saying they making the old adage, "Once water and all other company vet­ letters of gratitude from SIU a long trip all squared away. The will be glad to sail under SIU burned, twice shy," our watch erans who do not believe in men in the camp who received word. unions. Arthur Dobbs paid off here with conditions if we will call them the smokes. The most recent one Let us not fool ourselves—the to arrived reads as foUows: Yours for the continued co­ up when we need men. Needless Brother Bernard Stuart as Chief Steward, There was quite a pro­ to say they were told that the operation for the good and wel­ WSA and John Shipowner would "Dear Brother Hawk: I wish to like these types of guys on all thank you for the cigarettes sent cession at the payoff to "meet him. SIU doesn't ship that way. These fare of our union. their ships. They would muqh us through Mr. "Weaver. They We remain, The ship was about in. as good donkeys think everything is run ATS style. FRANK FLAYER rather have this type of crew of were equally divided between shape as could be expected of proven phonics than a crew of the seven membetS who are in SIMON GOLD L. CLARKE, Patrolman any Calmar ship. The SS Chas. the Maritime Commission kids. this camp. They certainly were a They know that the' young men welcome gift and greatly appre­ making their first trips are usual­ ciated. Please give my best re­ ly clean-cut American boys who gards to aU members, (signed) AAfif sc//fPi/u will see things the American Way Rufus E. Stough, Book 6881." and join a union. These old stiffs who have a 100% fink record are made to order for the shipown­ ers. They would not hesitate for one minute to scab on any man or any union. These are only a few of the reasons why the union must pre­ pare for the post war period. The record shows that the same con­ dition whicR can be expected af­ ter this war existed after the last war. However, the union in the field at that time failed to rec­ ognize the fink halls*and bureaus ^ ^ /Mee 4/'/r. my my SML seflr. aer /wy aec ABS Mte. as a direct threat to their exist­ As a result of battle experience, schedules for U. S. production of heavy artillery anunurition ence, and therefore these same were increeised from 10 to 80 million dollars in 15 months. Despite the handicaps of housing condi­ conditions broke all organized tions, long hours and low pay, American labor met the schedules. This chart is refutation, of Roose­ seamen for many years. We all know what tremendous velt's claim that the workers need to be chained to their jobs. (AFL Labor's Monthly Survey chart For immediate AtHiiticR sacrifices were made by Ameri­ FP) CHARLESTON Editor's Mail The Cigarettes Have Arrived OK �f™immifrTrf~f°T"'"-T-r"Tt^i ^r'- •;-^ Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG SIU JOINS FIGHT AGAINST SLAVE LABOR LEGISLATION (Contmued from Page I) grams to this effect were received tains. the identical provisions as from Senators" Pepper of Florida, the Barrett Bill; later, we were O'Daniel of Texas, Lucas of Il­ joined by Senator Taft of Ohio, linois, Downey of California, "As co-sponsor of this measui'e, Hawks of New Jersey, Mead of you of course understand that I New York, McMahon of Connec­ will do everything I can for its ticut and James M, Tunnell, successful adoption. I am very pleased to have the endorsement In the meantime the Executive of your organization, together Council of the American Federa­ with the endorsements of prac­ tion of Labor, now in session in tically all of the labor unions and Miami, took the lead in mobiliz­ Brotherhoods through out the ing the entire AFL for an all-out country, I am always glad, and fight on the bill. anxious, to support and promote The Executive Council left no any piece of legislation which room for doubt on its stand with has for its purpose the protection regard to the so-called work or of labor in the United States." fight legislation which is consid­ In addition to the letter from ered the most dangerous blow di­ Senator Robertson, Brother Hawk rected at labor's basic freedoms received wires from eight other in many years. By unanimous vote the Coun­ Senators, assuring the union that they were carefully considering cil condemned the May Bill as a our position before making up precursor to slave labor in Am­ their minds on how to vote. Tele-; erica and urged the U, S, Senate to defeat it. Emphasizing that the May Bill would hurt war production, in­ stead of increasing it, the Council strongly recommended adoption of the Taft substitute. This mea­ sure, which lost by only a hand­ ful of votes in the House where it was introduced by Rep. Bar­ rett of "Wyoming, would leave ad­ ministration of manpower prob­ lems where it is now lodged— with the War Manpower Com­ mission, The Executive Council firmly denied 'that a real or dangerous manpower shortage exists in war plants generaUy throughout the country. It held that the few lo­ cal and sporadic labor shortages which develop from time to time can best adjusted by voluntary methods, rather than the untrain­ ed and inefficient machinery of draft boards. WSA Phonies Condemn Two SIU Men To Tent On Stormy Beach Friday, February 16, 1945 STRAIGHT; ALLEY By "FRENCHY" MICHELET This is being scribbled aboard a south-bound train. We have been elected Business Agent for the port of New Orleans and are bound for the Crescent City to take over the job. The post en­ tails a lot of responsibility at any time, and pai'ticularly so now when post-war problems are be­ ginning to loom large on the horizon. We have been utilizing the en­ forced leisure of this two-day train ride to shape up several resolutions that we propose to introduce at the forthcoming Agents' Conference to be held in New York on March 12th, This conference should prove to be one of the most significant in the history of the Seafarers, for the policies laid out there wilL guide the organization over the trying period of re-adjustment that the shifting of the theater of war will assuredly bring. Don't let anyone tell Brother Arthur Lomas that the WSA has no authority to take a seaman off a ship without charges, to throw him in a tent on an invasion beach­ head during zero weather, and leave him there for two weeks—^finally letting him get home as best he can. We repeat, don't tell Lomas that the WSA can't do it—because it did, and to him! Brother Lomas was Chief Cook on the SS Thomas W. Gregory which was engaged in discharg­ ing cargo on the Normandy beachhead. Lomas had a beef The train has been idling on a with the Lieutenant of the Navy siding for quite some time now. Gun Crew over the chow, and We ai-e somewhere in Alabama— the first thing he knows there is a few hours from home, praise a fur-hatted and fur-booted WSA AUah, There's a farm opposite official aboard the ship to lay that boasts a long-legged rooster, down the law' that Gun Crew rather sparse of feathers, who Lieutenants are next to God and beai-s a remarkable resemblance should be treated according to to our friend and boon compan­ their high position. ion, J, P, Shuler, The effect is It appeared that the Navy man heightened by the fact that the had gone ashore and told the sly old rascal seems to. lead a' WSA that Lomas was putting Shuler-like existance. For the soap in the rice being served to past fifteen minutes he's done his worship, ^ nothing but chase hens around the barnyard and crow like hell This WSA hot - shot, a guy while some one else lays the eggs. named Stanley E. Davies (re­ member the name, boys), told One of the surest ways to have ---Lomas and Brother George "Vour- them. He never came back. contented crews is to serve tasty loumis, 2nd cook, to .pack up Finally Lomas and "Vourloumis soups. Cooks should use their "their gear because has was tak- were notified that Davies had imaginations in this respect and • ing them off the ship. Lomas filed charges against them and it vary the menu. Among the soups (Conthtued from Page 1) protested that only the skipper would be heard by the Coast Withholding Receipt for a return, that lend variety to the menu and ' or the Coast Guard had authority Guard in London. The two of A person claiming larger deduc­ give a new zest to meals the to remove him and his 2nd ^ook, them got transportation to a tions should itemize them on gumboes rank high. Anybody ' and even then charges had to be coastal port OK, but they had to Form 1040, A taxpayer using can make good gumbo. The only •placed against him. But it made then borrow money to get to Form 1040 must attach his With­ spice necessary is what is popu­ -no diffci-ence. The skipper was a London to stand trial. holding Receipt to it. He does not larly known in the Deep South weak character and ho let the And when the trial was finally answer any questions on the re­ as Gumbo File, File—(sassafras) WSA jerk his crew around any held the charges were so redicul- ceipt. Form 1040 is also used by gives the enterprising cook a "way it wanted. ous that the hearing officer threw persons with income from sources whole range of new soups that All that Lomas and "V"ourloumis them out of court. other than wages subject to with­ delight the palate. Chicken Gum­ had was summer gear, and not We haven't seen Lomas in the holding, and by thoge whose in­ bo is one of the tastiest of the much of that. They had no over­ lot and quite simple to make. Cut past few weeks, but the chances come is $5,000 or more. shoes, no watch hat, no heavy up a chicken as for fricasseeing, are he is trying to explain to his jacket, nothing but tans. When roll the pieces in flour, put them draft board why he took shore they got ashore the WSA's Mr. into a stew pot with several time in France, • Davies walked them through the "pieces of salt pork and several snow a few yards inland and sliced onions. Saute them until pointed to a tent standing in a Absenteeism ampng indust­ SS Lamar $65,00 light brown, then add about a storm swept field. rial workers is estimated at be­ SS Moore 21,32 gallon of hot water and simmer "Get in there," he snarled, tween 4.5 and 6 per cent. Ab­ E, Linderman 14,00 until the chicken is nearly ten­ "and stay there until I come for senteeism in Congress, where Crew of Wm, B, GUes ......... 12,00 der, (Be sure to open'the legs of you," members parn $10,000 a year P. Sarkus 11.00 the chicken with your cleaver For two weeks Lomas and and where the average work SS B, F, Shaw ...! 10,00 and throw them into the pot if "Vourloumis huddled together in week is 25 hours, runs as high C, Cahill 10.00 you want to get at the real flavor the tent. They were able to live as 45 per cent. It doesn't make Reinhold Richer 9,00 of the chicken,) Now add several only because the Navy men near­ sense, does it?—The Motorman, J, Bogan 8.00 slices of cold boiled ham, two by gave them some warm cloth­ Conductor & Motor Coach L, B, Lyoinn 8.00 cans of okra, two No, IVz cans of ing and chow, Mr, Davies, it Operator. W, Troy 6,00 tomatoes and a dash of red pep­ seems, had forgotten all about C, Martin 6,00 per. Cook until everything is Tax Is Soon Due tender. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from the fire and just before serving stir in a heaping teaspoon of File. The necessary additional hot water should be added, of course. We understand that "Make-aMotion" Charlie shipped out of New Orleans recently. To see and hear of these colorful char­ acters again awakens a host of pleasant memories. It's strange how time lends such a pleasing flavor to the memory of days gone by. We wonder what ever happened to "Smokey" Shriner and "Rebel" Hassell; "Jo-Jo" and "The Goon;" 'Portugee" Joe and "Hungry" John and all the other colorful characters whose antics are legend in Gulf circles. The oyster jambalya is really going to cafch hell when we get our feet under Mother's table. The average scow is stored with eight gallons of fresh oysters. The steward will act wisely if he util­ izes a few gallons to make' this tasty jambalya several times. For a dish that's pusiLively tops, try this: Take a half-dozen large onions and saute them in cooking oil along with several spoons of flour until everything is brown. Now add the oysters and cook a few moments until the edges be­ gin to curl, then add the oyster water and a little arsley and simmer a few minutes longer. Add cooked rice, mix well, cover and let cook on slow ^re until only moist. If there's any brother who has any good hints about cooking or bad news about Shuler we would like to hear from them. Address us at the hall in New Orleans. "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst. Where there ain't no Ten Com­ mandments, an' a man can raise a thirst; For the temple-bells are callin', an' it's there that I would be By the old Moulmein Pagodo, lookin' lazy at the sea—" Right, brother—^lookin' la-zy at the sea. Honor Roll ^ PAUL YANCEY. Your book and papers are -in the New York Union Hall on the 4th floor baggage room, * <k * • Will the holder of Receipt No, 66695 please advise Headquarters office of his name and book num­ ber. Patrolman Clarke in New Orleans failed to enter the name on the receipt. 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No. 6 U-Boats Are Striking Again In The Atlantic AFL Presses Fight Against May Bill MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 6—After studying reports on the man­ power situation, the executive council of the American Feder­ ation of Labor holding its winter session here pronounced the gen­ eral war production picture "ex­ cellent" and called upon all its affiliates to rally behind the ef­ fort to defeat the May National Service Bill in the Senate. President V/illiam Green an­ nounced that the 108 interna­ tionals, forty-eight-State federa­ tions and 1,000 central bodies af­ filiated with the federation have been asked to wire all members of the Senate to vote against the May bill and for the Taft sub­ stitute, which provides for the retention of the principle of vol­ untary service and the control of civilian workers by the civilian agencies. The May bill has been denounced by the AFL as en­ tailing "compulsion and involun­ tary servitude" and as subjecting civilian workers to military con­ trol. German claims of sinking 43,900 tons of Allied ship­ ping in the Atlantic, plus two large destroyers, focused attention on recent developments which may indi­ cate that the U-boat has taken a new lease on life. The U-boat of today is faster, more efficient, and harder hitting than that with which Germany# opened the battle of the Atlantic. range. All of these technical advances The ingenuity of German design­ add up to the fact that the ers has done much to offset the U-Boat menace is not ended in advantage of aerial reconnais­ the Atlantic. If any proof of this sance and radio location devices. were needed, look at the SIU Some naval commentators be­ casualty list printed on the left lieve no one factor has done more There are 37 testiments of the to increase the submarine men­ danger merchant seamen con­ ace than the "schnorkel," a float­ tinue to face. ing lung enabling a submarine to Let no man tell the seamen remain submerged 20 to 30 days, that the war is over, and they are riding the gravy train. according to a German claim. The Germans also have boasted of the success of a new towing device called a "water donkey," a small, specially equipped sub­ marine which tows a full-sized U-boat at the end of a long cable. The Nazis have indicated that the donkey is supposed to conceal the presence of the big one by calling attention to itself. An­ other German "secret weapon" is described by Stockholm as a "submarine eye." It is reported to be a motorless, collapsible, one-man autogyro air-borne from a submarine deck at the end of a 300-yard steel cable. It is said to enable the crew to spot prtential victims within an hour's f • -n Insurance Rates Are Halved for Seamen WASHINGTON, Feb. 6— Re­ duction of premium charges on individual war risk life insur­ ance covering the lives of sea­ men from $1 per $1,000 to 50c a $1,000 for each month of coverage, regardless of the voy­ age involved was announced by ihi Was Shipping Adminis­ tration today. The new rate, effective March 1, 1945, will apply to all new lines written as well as renewals and will continue in force until further notice. The Rap Is A Stiff One Electrician Boost; Passport Deadline;Agent's Conference By JOHN HAWK The War Labor Board has approved the increase in wages for Chief Electricians from $18 5.00 to $207.00 a month effective, February 3, 1945 for "C" type vessels operated by the Bull & Alcoa Steamship Company. The rank and file committee that was elected at last Monday night's meeting to assist the officials here to draft and their State Department Seamens negotiate wages and working Passport or who cannot show conditions to cover reefer engin- proof that they have filed an ap­ fcr eers did not show up, therefore plication for same will not be al­ . nothing was done on that mat­ lowed to sign on a ship. If you don't have a passport ter. However, a meeting is schedor have not filed an application ;T uled with the Bull Line next for one, it is advisable to visit Thursday to negotiate on same, so if any of you i-eefer engineers room 507, Customs House and have any suggestions to make, apply for same before you are as­ drop into my office or see Bro- signed to a ship by the dispatch­ , ther Hall N. Y. Agent or Brother er. This will save you a lot of , Volpian, Engine Patrolman, be­ useless running around New York. fore next Thursday. While in this country black markets boom, unchecked by light penalties, the army takes a more Customs Inspector Cawley I received wires from all dropped into my office and noti­ Branch Agents except Savannah grim view of looting of war supplies for the European black markets. Above, an officer at a courtfied me that from now on Mer- that the Tally Committee report martial in Paris reads verdicts of imprisonment up to 50 years for 182 enlisted men and officers con­ victed of stealing military supplies for black markets. (Federated Picture^ • chant Seamen who cannot show (Continued on Page 2) • V . .-.rj.I'.V.'' ;• • 4- �r \m Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Money Due SEAFARERS LOG • SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with tJje Atucrican Federation of Labor ------ President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas, P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - SS EDWARD EDWARDS Bull Line Robert k. Cuberson, AB; W. D. Bradshaw, AB; Joseph A. Von Doltern, AB; Nealcom W. Pervis, OS. No overtime due for security watch—was paid in the regular pay-off on 12/30/44. - - Washington Rep. 424 5 th Street, N. W., Washington, 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. 28 P.R.. PUERTO RICO GALVESTON ADDRESS PHONE 91 Beaver St 330 Atlantic Ave 14 North Gay St 6 North 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 HAnover 2-2764 Liberty 4057 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 45 Ponce de Leon 219 20th St San Juan 1885 Galveston 2-8043 (V! m w PUBLICATION OFFICE: 51 BEAVER STREET New York, (4) N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 Educational Program Is Projected By N. Y. •267 By PAUL HALL A Letter From The N. Y. Labor War Chest To all AFL unions in Greater its services. All authorized of­ New York. ficers of AFL unions in the City of New York are therefore urged Greetings: to feel free to confer with the The New York Labor War bureau regarding the problems of Chest, AFL section, opened its any of their members or prob­ Service Bureau at 10 East 40th lems of veterans that come to Street, New York 16, N. Y. on their attention and affect their February 1, 1945 . trade. The AFL Service Bureau is un­ We ask your assistance in mak­ der the direction of Miss Sarah ing known to your membership E. Marshall who, for many years, the establishment of the bureau. has been director of the Informa­ Please fill out the enclosed selftion Bureau and Social Service addressed post card and return Exchange of the Welfare Council it to us at your earliest con­ of New York City. venience. This Service Bureau will help Fraternally yours. all AFL members and their fam­ JAMES C. QUINN ilies in metropolitan New York Secretary to secure proper assistance from health and welfare agencies, pub­ lic as well as private. In addi­ tion, it will assist honorably dis­ charged veterans with employ­ ment problems in trades organ­ on Elections of Officials and ized by our unions. The effective­ Constitutional amendments was ness of these services for veterans concurred in, so accordingly 1 - and civilians wiU depend upon have notified all our Agents that the cooperation and interest of the duly elected officials will the unions. take office Feb. 5. 1 also notified This communication and the all Agents that today is the last tached Bulletin No. 1 of the Ser­ regular meeting to be held on vice Bureau should be turned Monday. In other words there over to your Sick Committee, will be no meeting next Monday Welfare Committee, or officers in night, the next regular meeting charge of these activities and re­ will be a week from next Wed­ sponsibilities in your union. nesday, February 14, 1945. It should be clearly understood It has been customary to call that this bureau, which is mada an Agents Conference yearly to possible by the contributions of formulate future plans and pol­ all of our unions to the New York icies of the union. Also to dis­ Labor War Chest, is at the ser­ cuss the problems of the union vice of all of our unions. This in general and the local problems ijs«, bureau belongs to all AFL unions of each Branch and to acquaint in Greater New York, and no the Agents with one another for charge will be made at any time the purpose, of effecting better to unions or members utilizing cooperation and coordination be- Hawk Report •KI S-CTji- i MV HILLSBORO INLET L. A. Johns, $142.10; J. B. Burkette, $75.45; J. Bloss, $29.72; B. Mins, $142.49; G. Dunham, $107.22; R. Brew, $235.37; J. R. Wag­ ner, $266.10; J. Tomerlin, $84.26; G. S. Lawrence, $142.87; D. Besscher, $49.10; H. Ender, $116.52; G. Garrett, $193.25; R. Moe, $42:90; C. Neal, $143.98; M. HatMaway, $145.97; R. Toturnicld, $48.32; G. Vourloumis, $22.57; O. Sturtevant, $75.84; J. Mers, $73.12. Collect at Moran Towing Com­ pany offices, 17 Battery Place. Published by the HARRY LUNDEBERG Friday, February 9, 1945 SS STURDY BEGGAR Voyage No. 4 ^ Louis G. Skibinski, $5.51; Ar­ thur Major, $2.75; Samuel C. Trager, $3.44; Marian 1. Trzcinski, $2.75; James Rogers, $2.75; Orrin Brockelbank, $2.75; Henry C. Gerdes, $5.51; Charles Raymond, $5.51; Lawrence M. Fuchs, $5.51; Harry Huot, $5.51; William H. Hodge, $5.51; Fritz W. Hofer, $5.51; Stephen Vasilchik, $5.51; William R. Brown, $5.51; James Minnis, $5.51. Collect at Mississippi Shipping Company Office. SS TALISMAN Within the next few weeks the New York Branch Voyage No. 5 intends to present to the membership a fully rounded edu­ Henry M. Ward, $4.13; Nils H. cational program—a program aimed primarily at the young Lundquist, $4.13; Anthony J. new members of our union. We believe that this is neces­ Mikolasovich, 4.13; Eugeniwcz J. Hamot, $4.13. sary, not so much because the new members are not union Collect at Mississippi Shipping;' conscious, but rather because* they must be more than that in the coming period—they must be union leaders. On the founding of the SIU, the membership consisted only of few thousand of the most mili­ tant and union conscious seamen the entire martime industry, 'oday, the big majority of these oldtimers are at sea, while many others have died in action in this war. So, in the past 3 years, our ranks have been augmented by thousands of new members, many of whom never heard of unionism before except through scare lead articles in the papers and the slander columns of some of the labor hating shipowner stooges. As a result of their member­ ship in the Seafarers, and their daily contact with the problems of unionism, ouc younger mem­ bers have formed an entirely new concept of the rights and priveges of the working man. The d timers in this union, as well as the union itself, owes a duty to these new members—a duty affording them every oppor­ tunity to learn the basic princ­ iples of unionism and organiza­ tion in order that they may pre­ pare themselves to become the leaders of our union, tomorrow. This issue has been raised time tween the Branches in order to provide better representation and service to the membership. Now is the time also to discuss and lay down plans for the post war period. Therefore 1 recom­ mend that an Agents Conference 3e called in New York on Mon­ day March 12, 1945. . and time again on the floor at Company Office. various union meetings. There is SS GEORGE POINDEXTES no one who wants to see the new Voyage No. 6 membership educated to the re­ Theodore Fortin, $2.75; Lloyd sponsibilities of leadership more McGee, $2.75; Xheron Chase, than the old timers. A program $2.75; Marvin S. Cox, $2.75; of this nature, aimed at prepar­ Chandless Talbert, $2.75; Charles ing and educating these young B. Young, $2.75; Richard J. men is not something that could Thornton, $2.75; Nicholas Kontis, be put over with a motion and $2.75; Mario Travaglini, $2.75; put in the minutes and then car­ Nicholas Sachuk, Jr. $2.75. ried .out in full effect in a few Collect at Mississippi SS Com­ weeks. Rather ,it is a program pany Office. that requires planning so that its success may be assured. SS ROBERT M. HUNTER Vouchers for overtime hav» Since 1 assumed office as Agent in the Port of New York a year been sent to the home addresses ago, this has been one of the of the following men: William questions which this Branch has Kennedy, 8 hours; Robert Vance, worked on continually and given 9% hours; Leo Wallace. 9 hoursi, much thought. In the minds of sure going to move heaven nnd the old timers, and this also ap­ hell- to smash -all forms of plies to myself, there has always unionism. been a question of "who will With this thought in mind, the some day take the place of the New York Branch has been present leadership and preserve working for sometime preparing the future of the union?" a program designed to give every To that question, there is only member a chance to know the one answer—the new member— whole score. A chance so that the young fellow of today who, each individual member may in a few years, will himself be prepare himself to assume any an old timer. Make no mistake-^ job or responsibility in the union the post war period will be a at a moments notice so as to tough period and unless we have strengthen our front". a capable union conscious mem­ The details of this program,,/ bership, as well as a strong, vig­ which shall be known as the orous leadership, then the road Educational Program, will be an­ is going to be twice as tough. nounced shortly. It is being We have a big job ahead. drawn up with the thought in The organization of the unor­ mind that this past year in the ganized sections of this industry Seafarers has been the most pro­ alone is a gigantic task. This is gressive in its history, and with a task we must accomplish if we also the thought that unions do are to survive. If Mr. Shipowner not stand still—they either move can run a section of this industry forward or backwards. There ns as an unorganized, scab, open- no happy medium—LETS GO shop proposition, then he is damn FORWARD 111 �Friday, February 9, 1945 THE SEAFARERS LOG PHILADELPHIA Page Thxeo^ SAVANNAH WHAT'S DOING Things have been quiet around . Every one knows that we have this port this last week. Had had a very slow week in the port some replacements on a West of Philadelphia. Paid off one ship, Coast ship that came in here and the SS James Miller, which was finished up the crew on one that one hell of a boat and extreitiely was in dry-dock and got her out filthy. There was little overtime OK. Will ship a deck crew for a disputed.,One messman had sixty aged to talk a member into tak­ hours overtime coming. The cooks ing the job and the ship got Brother Michelet, I have been recor^l of men charged in addi­ new West Coast ship the first reading your column in the Log tion to the penalty for the cur­ part of the coming week and will , had division of wages due be­ away full handed. So much for I think that it is grand. For the rent charge. have a new Liberty out the last cause there was one man short. the phoney tactics of the WSA. last two trips I've been using All Brothers should remember part of the week. Have plenty The Captain agreed to pay it all. They don't seem to want to un­ your recipes. For the last two that in filing income tax reports, of men registered at the hall at The building committee has derstand that once we have given trips I've been kicked off the do not include as income any the present time so shouldn't been working very diligently a man a chance to join and he trying to secure a suitable build­ doesn't that we. will not accept ship for being hungry. This has money earned in 1944 if your have much trouble getting them never happened before. I don't ship paid off in 1945. This should ci'ewed up. Unless something ing for us to move into, as we him again. know what is wrong. What do be regarded as 1945 income and comes in unexpected don't have may be evicted from the building you advise?" you will be taxed for it next year. anything in view for this port Shipping around here has been we now occupy. It would be an Michelet not being here I sent good and the above two jobs are JOE VOLPIAN any time soon. asset to the SIU to have more Patrolman CHARLES WAID, Agent members like those on the build­ the first that we have had to call this answer to the new member: Michelet always calls the crew WSA for in quite a long time. ing committee. They are sincere workers and have only the Several of the boys who stayed together before the end of the ashore too long received "Greet­ voyage and says, "Boys this is union's interest in mind. It was a great shock to .the ings" during the past week but my last trip I am quitting the members present when Brother so far we managed to get them sea." This not only saves Frenchy Harry Collins dropped into union out and squared away with their the embarrassment of being hall on Friday afternoon. This various boards. But for pete's kicked off, but it always gets was the first time he had entered sake' Brothers, watch your stay Frenchy a big hand. By STEELY WHITE The Pan Crescent is in port the hall since his resignation from ashore or the Army might get Strenuous efforts are being made by the firm of Huberand at last Waterman has gone office. He explained that he had you. to work to better the condition man and Obermaier, "Professors" of publicity and what L. J. (BALDY) BOLLINGER. shut down the "Chicken Coop." Agent on her (must be going to sell have you, to sell the idea of their^ "leadership" school now I believe this is an indication her to Russia). that Brother Collins is about functioning thruout the Communist controlled National The SS James Porter of the ready to resume office. Maritime Union. *der the loose and undefined NMU BOSTON Smith & Johnson paid off here About twenty-five or thirty of our good SIU members dropped, Shipping has been very slow without a beef. The Crew com­ The recent expose' in the na­ Constitution. HAM HEAD IN THERE into Brother Higdon's Patrol­ the past two weeks with expec­ mended the skipper and skipper tional press regarding the alien was pleased with the crew. He Hamhead Ciuran plays his role status of Ferdinand Smith and man's apartment Saturday eve­ tations for the coming week very hurried out to telephone his wife as a shill and confidence man on the fact that he was holding of­ ning. There was plenty to eat good. that all was well and he would behalf of Finky Smith by put­ fice unconstitutionally in the and drink and a wonderful time Not much to report this week be home soon. He never saw his NMU for 8 solid years, is an in­ ting up a show of opposition and was had by all. Evidence of this except that if any of you fellows was their remaining until three- lose your papers, try and get du­ wife. He died of a heart attack dication of the democracy pre­ howling that "hands must be vailing in these top circles and kept off this election." By the thirty Sunday afternoon. Brother plicates elsewhere but Boston. in the telephone booth. So long Captain Lanstrom. the chances that the dopes who fact that the Communists are ac­ Higdon went to bed at five o'clock Reason: the Coast Guard, (I am Here is happy sailing on the big take the Huberman-Obermaier tively engaged in campaigning Sunday evening and did not rise informed) will send you to the ship. There are a number of skip­ "leadership" course have of for Smith and Party control in until 8 A.M. Monday morning. WSA (Psycho) doctor who in turn pers that we would have missed achieving leadership. Smith, with the NMU ports, and Curran When there are many ships in will give you the bug-eye before less than you. the others, maintained himself on knows this, any plea to keep port certmn members become they will OK you for duplicates. Most of the SS Companies are the ballots unopposed in every "hands off the election" weakens quite choosy about the ship and paying off before night in this "election." Only when the bubble the opposition to Smith in the The way this set-up is being the run. They refuse to accept port and that is a great help to broke and he was exposed— ranks and strengthens the hands worked it is obvious that the the available runs. After the con­ the patrolmen and the crew. when his guilt was proven be­ of the active agents in their drive WSA doctors are or will super­ voys depart these same men com­ yond the shadow of a doubt did to reelect Smith. cede the Coast Guard in all mat­ It is well to be remembered plain to the dispatcher and agent he resign. As Secretary of the How is it that Curran did not ters pertaining to seamen. that a good union man stands by because of the lack of jobs. So NMU this man passed upon qual­ think of prefering charges his job until properly relieved, When over the other side it don't cry boys and just remember ifications of aU candidates who against Smith? You guessed right whether he be Captain or messwould be a fine gesture for the the number of HMO kids we had Brother. That would have dyna­ aspired to run for office. man. crews of our ships to donate a to ship. mited Smith and even forced his J. P. SHULER, Patrolman few packages of cigarettes to the "BUCK" NEWMAN DISHONESTY expulsion on two counts—1. He enlisted men in the Army. I , ED. HIGDON Yet, such is the dishonesty of was in office iUegaUy, 2. He did know they will be appreciated. We are still holding our own the hierarchy in the covering up LEO GILLIS not ship out as called for under JOHN MOGAN, Agent in defending our members before of Smith over this long period of the rules laid down by the hier­ the Merchant Marine Hearing years during which he drew a fat NEW ORLEANS archy themselves which apply to Units. However, second and third salary as a NMU "leader," that NEW YORK all non-Communist members of offenders may expect to get sus­ these facts were uncovered and the NMU. Had a very busy week ending pensions instead of admonitions disclosed by outside anti-labor COVER-UP The port of New York had its and probations in the future. forces and sources. If this had •-troday. Had a coffee wagon in How does it happen that the from South America and paid off slowest week for quite a time These people have been building not happened Smith would have remarks of Curran regarding in good shape. Had the good with 33 ships signing on and 27 records against seamen for a been covered up and continued to Smith were ordered struck from paying off and 784 men shipped ship Pan-Orleans in this week, couple of years and their sent­ function as an official until the the minutes of the January meet­ in all departments. There are no jobs on her as the boys hold ences are based upon the past end of time or the NMU. In this ing of the NMU membership by still a number of trip card men her down stead. We still have a covering up process none of the the manipulation of the Com­ shipping, but most of them are few free-loaders show up and try top officials can escape guilt for munist chairman William McCar­ to get by but no dice, the in­ coming to the hall on their own Keep A "Log" they all profited by Smiths ac­ thy and his comrades who con­ vestigating committee doesn't accord to get trip cards and ship tivities in hatcheting all bona fide trolled the packed meeting? Yes, In Your Pocket out. This is making it unneces­ miss these donkeys. candidates who might have the you see it again. One of these free-loaders had sary to call the WSA shipping temerity to dare to run against How does it happen that Cur­ a fine story to tell the boys. He hall for men. the control group of the union. ran was sent to London pronto There was not a beef brought said that on the first trip he made Having been exposed beyond right after this meeting and will on an SIU ship about three and back from a ship's payoff the the hope of saving, having re­ be gone long enough for the a half months, he didn't make past week. All of them were signed, did this faker obey the Party to put over the reelection enough money to join but if we settled at the point of production, dictates which he^ took part in of Ferdy the Fink? Yes, you are would give him a job which was which shows progress in the sys­ formulating for the rank and file right once more. on board (this was only about tem used in this port of not pay­ of members, and ship out or suf­ Such then is the "leadership" three weeks trip) he would be ing off until all beefs are set­ fer expulsion? You are right. of the NMU, their democracy and glad to "join. The committee tled. The crews of all ships are Smith stayed ashore. Their slo­ fair play. And it is in this light to be commended for their co­ couldn't see it that way. gans of "Win the War" or "We that the suckers are asked to Had a little set-to with the operation on this issue. Keep 'em Sailing" did not apply attend a "leadership" school run There have been quite a num­ WSA about a guy we rejected. to the hierarchy. His flag wav­ by arch parasites dragging down This donkey had made one trip ber of logs hung on some of the ing speeches stopped short there. heavy sugar from the dues paid under SIU contract and failed to crew members paying off lately, His shadow, let. alone the cor­ by the membership to poison join, so when we had to call but patrolman Joe Volpian has poral body of Ferdinand the their minds and bolster up the WSA for a man, up he came been successful in getting most Fink, did not cross the gang­ tottering and unscrupulous Com­ and back he went. Then the of these lifted or reduced to a plank. munist hierarchy. WSA local Big Shot started to minimum. Such is the phony opposition Instead he applied for citizen­ There came a letter from a holler that we were holding up by this trade union racketeer ship. This opens the way for his a ship OI.XF altho axuxxu this wxxo ship x.xxxix wasn'.t wcxoxx.M-lPW member (who ships as cook) Joseph Curran. return to his former position un­ .leaving for some hours. We m£^^,this week which states: "Dear Around the Portis NMU Leadership School Revealed As A "Front" �I: \ Page Four THE SEAFARERS Friday, February 9, 1945 LOG BEACH-HEAD RUN BRINGS WHITE HAIR TO SIUBROTHER STRAIGHT^ •nm me If anyone thinks that merchant seamen don't go through hell, that person should take a look at the two pictures below of brother Michael Mikulas. The photo on the left was taken just before he shipped on the deep sea tug Sankaty Head on May 16, 1944. The photo on the right was taken eight months later when he paid off on January 20, 1945. In that eight months period he lost every hair on his body, and after a period of complete baldness finally grew a* thin white fuzz on the top of his head. He now shaves once every three weeks. Here is what happened to Bro­ ther Mikulas during his eight month trip. His tug worked all ports in England, and was in Dover during its last shelling. The tug then helped build the break-water off the Normandy beach-head, and was under con­ stant shelling for days on end. Mikulas finally got a few days off and went to London to relax. The V-1 rockets came over and a building collapsed on top of to come in—pure white. him. By this time his body was com­ Apparently medical science has pletely v/ithout hair, although he no explanation for this shedding. felt well enough otherwise. It Mikulas has been to see doctors was only after getting out of the in practically every port in Eng­ war zones that his hair began land and the United States. Editor's Mail Editor of the Log Dear Sir and Brother; Believe it or not, there's still one port in this otherwi'se gummed-up world that's unspoiled. And that's the one-dock harbor of Guanta, Venezuela, which has only recently been opened to off­ shore traffic, due to the develop­ ment of a new oil field. Not since a ship your correspondent was aboard called at Media Luna, su­ gar central in Cuba, has he touch­ ed upon such a (well, nearly) virginal theatre of operations. In appearance, the place is the embodiment of that sailor's hea­ ven Frenchy Michelet has been dreaming out loud about lately. The ship rounds the headland, squeezes in between: two small islands and there ahead, 'twixt the sparkling blue waters and a grove of waving cocoa palms, is Guanta. No modern buildings piar the romantic view except the dock warehouse, the customs and a government building—all else is untouched (and unwashed). The houses of the benighted na­ tives are mud walled, thatch roofed affairs, and the one openair movie has barbed wire strung between its three different-priced sections. So much for generalities. Guan­ ta is too small to support more than two pleasure resorts—one of which we proceeded to call the Stork Club and the other, Roseland. The former was more ele­ gant, having a dance floor out back (dirt floor, that is, and no music except when s^me Don Juan showed up with a guitar). Except for a thatch overhang on one side, it was open to the stars. : An Indian maiden present would nonchalantly go to one of the corners every so often and pump her bilges—in full view of all comers. But what's that -between amigos? ' Then too, the Stork Club had a whole electric light all to itself (the juice was cut off at mid­ night), some fringed paper dec­ oration (it being Christmastide), and home-made tables and chairs. The'chairs weren't made to fold but they did anyway, and without previous notice. The Roseland had as an added attraction a small zoo—of pigs. Out back was a mama pig with a brand new litter, and as we .sat on beer cartons imbibing, a pet shoat would stroll in and out of the roonn ;Their refrigerator, while not electrified, was neverthe-less serviceable, being a rusty oil drum. And it was while help­ ing to empty it of its bottles of beer that our chief cook, liuis Cohen, ran out of Venezuelan currency. But being a resource­ ful gent and bound to drink his quota for the night, what does he up and do but sell his khaki jeans to the madame and then amble back to the ship clad only in his •shirt and shorts ... a spectacle we will long and fondly cherish. As for those Indian maidens! AUEY ^ iilll "•••I iiiiilll They all shake their heads sadly and admit complete helplessness. Only one saw-bones said that he knew the cure. "What you need my boy," he said, "is a nice long sea voyage in the salt air." By "FRENCHY" MICHELET Now that the Navy is reducing the personnel of the gun crews on a number of SIU ships the quarters formerly occupied by these men should be made avail­ able to th'e unlicensed personnel to relieve the present overcrowd­ ed condition. The delegates on all vessels where the gun crews have been so reduced should im­ mediately contact an accredited representative of the union to as­ sist them to secure these badlyneeded quarters for our own men. Any undue delay in tackling this problem may afford some shoreside screwball with nothing bet­ ter to do, an opportunity to dis-^ play his ingenuity in utilizing these quarters for other purposes. Every steward department man should familiarize himself with the provisions of the supplement agreements to the agreements between the union and the vari­ ous contracted companies. Very few brothers are familiar with these agreements. We have just been given a beef involving five members of the crew of the Delta's Thomas B. Robertson which recently paid off in Charleston. The steward department delegate on this ves­ sel had lumped together meals served to persons from ashore with those served to persons car­ ried on the vessel and served as passengers and had arrived at a grand total of 1672 meals. Under certain conditions this is the cor­ rect proceedure, but in breaking down the beef we found that the vessel had carried an augmented steward department and conse(innocent, you may be sure) games of hide and seek. A coffeetime like no other that ever was, that one! All in all, even Frenchy could ask for n<; more. And by tiie way, if you're lucky enough to call at that paradise port of Guanta down Venezuela way, give our regards to Maria Elena and say that when we get back again we'll have something nice, very nice for her. E. Z. DUZZIT They were as amiable as a May­ or's Reception Committee, only more so. Once you got on friend­ ly terms with thern, money was no object. And don't picture all of them as pickle-pussed and mis­ shapen, not by any means. Other and less printable shenanigans aside, three of us spent an idyllic morning with a trio of them. When coffee time came one morn­ ing and no coffee made we three Assessment Deadline decided to go ashore, paint-splat­ tered as we were, and grab a beer All assessments, including instead. When we got to the the 1945 Strike and Hospital Stork Club, we ran into the girls assessments, are to be paid be­ bound for the nearby stream with fore April 1. 1945 if you want bundles of laundry balanced on to remain in good standing. If their conk?. So we decided to these assessments are not paid, give them a hgnd and went along. and you lapse into bad stand­ There followed three hours of ing. all rights and privileges of good clean fun, a little of it spent membership in the Atlantic in helping the girls wring out and Gulf District will be with­ their assorted dresses and panties. drawn. The rest of the time we idled Remember. April 1 is the away by cracking cocoanuts open deadline—so get it paid if you with rocks, by splashing around want to stay in good standing. in the stream, and by playing quently came under the provis­ ions of supplementary agreement covered by the 100-149 manning scale. Under this scale a combination 2nd Cook and Butcher, Baker's Utility and one Utility for every 12 persons over 100 is carried, thereby eliminating the extra meals that woyld normally havebeen payable when an eleven man steward department is car­ ried. All that was payable as extra meals under these circum­ stances then, was 225 meals that were served to persons from ashore. In questioning the broth­ ers who brought in the beef it was brought out that two men were short the required steward department complement during periods of the voyage, so a divis­ ion of the wages of the absent members is apparently collect­ able. As we are to shortly take over the, agent's post in the port where the company has its headqi^arters, we propose to go over th'e whole affair. However, this beef never would have arisen had the men involved been familiar with the provisions of the supplemen­ tary agreements. In our forth­ coming "Hints to Cooks & Stew­ ards" we are devoting a chapter, to a clarification of these provis­ ions. If all steward department men will carefully peruse this chapter it will give them a clear­ er picture of the whole emer­ gency wartime setup. CWe hope!) Here are some excerpts select­ ed at random from our "Hints, etc." Remember: Never stick a knife or fork into a roast while cook­ ing—^^the meat will "bleed" and be less juicy. Turn . the meat when necessary with two galley spoons. In making cream of tomato soup a pinch of bicarbonate of soda should be added to the to­ matoes before the milk is added to prevent curdling. To skim sauces, push the sauce­ pan to the edge of the range, throw in a spoonful of cold water and the grease will rise to the surface where is can be readily removed. Flour raisins before adding them to a mixture to prevent them from settling to the bottoip. Run fruit fritters for breakfast often. They are just as easy 'co make as hot cakes and they do much to insure a happy and con­ tented crew. Ship style fruit fritters simply call for a sweet batter spiked with the juice of three lemons and containing pine­ apple, bananas or apples chopped fine. Don't forget the melted butter—it marks the difference between a good and an excellent fritter. . li ., > it?,4;^,- -.1. 1, I � 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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LABOR WAR CHEST HAWK REPORT NMU LEADERSHIP SCHOOL REVEALED AS A "FRONT" BEACH-HEAD RUN BRINGS WHITE HAIR TO SIU BROTHER Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/09/1945 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1945 Periodicals Seafarers Log https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/3695f6ff66c110b78814645e7efb9582.PDF 1ae2ac9c90a3eac2a60c6726f0b9b973 PDF Text Text I J||O^ OFFICIAL OSSAar OF TEE ATMKTXC AND GULF DISTBICT. rASHOVAL UNION OF NOBTH AMERICA Vol. VII. Probation Is No Bar To Upgrading In a new directive dated Jan^ uary 26, the U. S. Coast Guard has announced that Marine In­ spection Offices shall not refuse to accept applications for licens­ es, raise in grade, or renewal of licenses merely because a man '• may be on probation. This is a reversal of the previous CG pol­ icy which kept many men on r the beach and denied them the right to upgrade themselves dur­ ing this enforced idleness. The full text of the new direc­ tive follows: 1. Heretofore it has been HQ policy to disapprove applications for original merchant marine licenses from persons who are on probation as a result of action under R. S. 4450, as amended, until such time as the period of probation has been satisfactorily completed. HQ has also directed CG personnel concerned with the issuance of licenses not to grant a raise in grade of license to an ' y applicant who is on probation un­ til such time as the probation has been satisfactorily completed. By Marine Inspection Memorandum No.- 84, dated 22 January, 1945, a change in policy relative to eligibility of men on probation for merchant marine licenses has been effected. 2. Basically the new policy with respect to the issuance of original, raise in grade, or re­ newal of licenses is that proba­ tion in itself will not make such applicants ineligible. However, any such applicant must file an (Continued on Page 4) NEW YORK. N. Y., FRIDAY FEBRUARY 2. 1945 War Labor Board 0K*8 $207 For Electricians On SIU Seagoing Tugs The War Shipping Panel of the National War Labor Board approved this week the SIU application for a boost of pay for electricians on V4-M-A1 deep sea tugs. Retroactive to November 27, 1944, all SIU electricians on these boats will rec$»ve $207 per month. This is a trail blazing victory for this type of ship, and will set an indus­ try record. In a letter to the union this week the Panel Chairman, Paul H. Norgren, said that the vote of the Panel was unanimous. The decision of the Maritime Panel still has to be approved by the full War Labor Board—but this is routine since the Board alw a y s approves unanimous decisions of industry panels. R.R. Dispute Is Won By Seatrain Seatrain Lines, Inc., SIU con­ tracted line, was upheld by a vote of 8 to 1 in the Supreme Court in its contention that it had a right to the use of rail­ road cars—as had been prev­ iously held by the Interstate Commerce Commission. In peace time the Seatrain ships carried cars owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad and 15 other carriers, in runs from Hd^ boken to Havana and back to (Continued on Page 4) Repulse USS Attempt To "Service" Seamen An attempt by. the United Seamen's Service to seduce seamen into depending upon its charity set-up for existence -ashore was repulsed last week by the SIU in the port of Galveston. The USS had set up a system of giving loans to seamen on the beach, but required that the union sign the man's application for the dough. In other words, the USS desired to receive endorsement from the SIU of the principle of charity for seamen. The Galveston Agent, under in­ struction from - Secretary-Treas­ BALTIMORE — Merchant sea­ urer Hawk, informed the USS that tjie union would not only men, banned from the Army's refuse to endorse these applica­ post exchange in the Hearst Tow­ tions, but was opposed to the er Building by an order posted , entire practice of charity for sea- last month, are now permitted • men. the same limited use of the store The position of the SIU has accorded to civilian War Depart­ always been that the men who go • to sea must protect their living ment employes here, the 3rd standards by militant union ac- Service Command announced to­ day. (Continued on Page 2) Baltimore Seamen Get PX Rights No. 5 OFFICIALS CHOSEN IN A SPIRITED ELECTION Resolutions OK'd Overwhelmingly Two months of balloting ended on January first with a record count being run up in the major ports, and resulting in a turn over in several key posts up and down the coast. All three constitutional amendments and resolutions on the ballot were passed overwhelmingly. Brother John Hawk was returned, with no opposition, to the top post of Secretary-Treasurer of the District. This will be the sixth term for him in that posi- Seamen Are Lauded For Pacific Role Merchant Marine and Navy gunners aboard American mer­ chant vessels shot down 107 Jap­ anese planes off the Philippines in the ten weeks between the Leyte landing and January 1, the War Shipping Administration an­ nounced this week. This is be­ lieved to top any comparable achievement by merchant ships in any other war theater. Much of this shooting was done by merchant seamen who took over when Navy armed guards were short-staffed or had suf­ fered casualties in previous bombings and strafings, a report radioed by Lieutenant John Macauley, USMS, WSA representa­ tive in the Southwest Pacific, as­ serts. The "box score" for the merchant ships under direct at­ tack of the Japs showed an aver­ age of three planes downed per vessel, he added. "The task of Merchant Marine and Navy gunners was made doubly hazardous by the fact that Jap pilots, flying new, faster and more maneuverable Zeros and new, very maneuverable and fast low-level bomber-strafers, were willing to take any risk to send large cargo vessels to the bot­ tom," Lieutenant Macauley contined. "The Japs recognized and will continue to recognize that our lines of shipping communication, strung out along 900 miles of water within reach of their fight­ ers and bombers, constitute a series of potentially vulnerable targets. An overwhelming per­ centage of ships plying back and forth along this route, which be­ fore the Luzon smash stretched deviously from Morotai to Mindoro, winding in and out of cut­ off enemy island bases, are Unit­ ed States merchantmen. Their accurate gunnery has been one of the vital factors keeping this lifeline operating at highest pos­ sible efficiency. "Jap planes probably have tak­ en a higher toll of seamen's lives in the Philippine campaign than Secretary-Treasurer •tion. The newly created post of Assistant Secretary - Treasurer will be filled for the coming year by Louis Goffin, also elected without opposition. Brother Gof­ fin has served for the past three years as New York Deck Patrol­ man. New Agents were elected for the ports of Baltimore, Norfolk, Savannah, New Orleans, Galves­ ton and Puerto Rico. 1944 Agents were returned for the new year in the ports of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Jacksonville, Tam­ pa and Mobile. Following is a coinplete list of all Atlantic & Gulf District of­ ficials for the coming year: (* denotes incumbent) SECRETARY-TREASURER John Hawk* ASSISTANT SEC'Y-TREAS. Louis Goffin BOSTON AGENT John Mogan* JOHN HAWK Assistant Sec'y-Treas. BOSTON JOINT PATROLMAN Joseph Lapham* NEW YORK AGENT Paul Hair NEW YORK DECK PATROLMEN Joseph Algina James Sheehan* NEW YORK ENGINE PATROLMEN Howell Hanners Joe Volpian* NEW YORK STEWARDS PATROLMEN Claude Fisher* Fred Hart* PHILADELPHIA AGENT Harry Collins* BALTIMORE AGENT William McKay LOUIS GOFFIN BALTIMORE DECK PAT'LMAN Rexford Dickey* BALTIMORE in any other during the entire ENGINE PATROLMAN Pacific war. The Army and Navy WiUiam Rentz have cooperated exceedingly well in keeping' many Nip planes BALTIMORE away from supply ^ convoys by STEWARDS PATROLMAN Charlie Starling means of carrier-based and landbased aircraft an descort vessels. NORFOLK AGENT When enemy planes have broken Ray White through this cordon surrounding (Continued on Page 2) (Continued on Page 4) j ' ii •''I �.r' Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. February 2, 1945 An "Experienced" Man SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District i . Affiliated u-ifh the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President lOy Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep, 424 Sth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. —The Call Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) ADDRESS 51 Beaver St 330 Atlantic Ave 14 North Gay St 6 North bth St PHILADELPHIA 25 Commercial PI NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (15)... 339 Chartres St 68 Society St CHARLESTON (9) 220 East Bay St SAVANNAH 423 East Piatt St TAMPA 920 Main St JACKSONVILLE 7 St. Michael St MOBILE SAN JUAN, 28 P.R.. PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon GALVESTON 219 20th St 1 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! Dial 2-1392 San Juan !885 Galveston 2-8043 PUBLICATION OFFICE: 51 BEAVER STREET New York, (4) N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 267 Repulse USS Attempt To "Service" Seamen (Continued from Page 1) lion, and not by going—hat in hand—to some shoreside charity. We demand a living wage, and not hand outs. It was the degeneration of the XJSS into a semi-charity outfit that prompted the SIU to with­ draw from it two years ago. Following is the letter from the Galveston branch of the USS to Agent Ray Sweeney, followed by Brother Sweeney's letter to Hawk. January 11, 1945 Mr. R. M. Sweeney, Agent Seafarers International Union 219—20th Street Galveston, Texas Dear Mr. Sweeney: In reference to our conversa­ tion regarding the present na­ tional policy of Personal Service, United Seamen's Service, which requires Trade Union representa­ tives and War Shipping interests to send in written recommenda­ tions regarding the eligibility of a seaman for a loan. I would like to make clear to you that the agent signing a letter of recom­ mendation is in no way personal­ ly or organizationally responsible for the repayment of the loan. I wish to add further, that you may draw up your own letter or rec­ ommendation and we will be glad I*' to consider it; or we will be glad V to help you draw up such a letter and devise something that will be acceptable both to your organ­ ization and to ours. As I pointed out to you in our conversation today, the failure of an organization to provide such a letter of recommendation may work hardship on a number of the men. I know you recognize this yourself from the case we discussed today. Sincerely yours, (Miss) ROSE LYNN MASSING. Personal Service Worker • • * Galveston, Texas Jan. 12, 1945 Mr. John Hawk, Sec.-Treas. Seafarers Int. Union of N.A. 51 Beaver Street New York, N. Y. Dear Sir and Brother: As per your instruction by tele­ gram of Dec. 9, 1944, not to at­ tend any meetings officially or sign any slips for loans from the USS, I have carried out these or­ ders as you instructed. On .sev­ eral occasions members have asked me to recommend a loan for them and I quoted your in­ structions to them and this was the end of it. But yesterday one of our members came in and ask­ ed me to sign for a loan and of course I refused as I had done in all other cases. He v/ent back to the USS and told the woman in charge that I could not recommend loans and she called me and after a lengthy conversation with her on the phone she asked me if I thought it would be OK to let the man have some money and I told her to use her own judgment. She stated that the Union in no way would be held responsible for any loans that any member of this union made and that she would send a letter this morning stating 1945 Election Returns Atlantic and Gulf District was (Continued from Page 1) formed in 1938 by the Sailors NORFOLK JOINT PATROLMEN Union of the Pacific, and. Keith Alsop Whereas, Since 1938, The Sea­ Casey Jones farers International Union of SAVANNAH AGENT North America, Atlantic and Gulf Arthur Thompson District has come from the bot­ tom to the top in working agree­ JACKSONVILLE AGENT ments, wages, conditions and fi­ Robert Matthews nancial status, and. TAMPA AGENT Whereas, The building assess­ D. L. Parker* ment has been voted on by the membership and carried by a MOBILE AGENT two-thirds vote or more, to pur­ Olden Banks (Deceased) chase buildings for Union halls in ports where needed, and, MOBILE JOINT PATXMAN (No candidate) Whereas, New York and Tampa were on the ballot, and it was NEW ORLEANS AGENT carried to purchase Union halls A. "Frenchy" Michelet in these two ports, and, NEW ORLEANS Whereas, We deem it advisable JOINT PATROLMEN to purchase Union halls in Balti­ G. A. Masterson more, Maryland; Norfolk, Vir­ Frank Sullivan ginia and Mobile, Alabama where shipyards are turning out many GALVESTON AGENT ships that must be manned in the Dolar Stone above mentioned three ports, and. PUERTO RICO AGENT Whereas, Baltimore, Norfolk Bud Ray and Mobile are key ports in peace time, they are more so key ports The membership gave the green in war time, then be it, light to union expansion when it voted overwhelmingly to pur­ Resolved, That the members of chase union halls in Baltimore, the Seafarers International Union Norfolk and Mobile. The resolu­ of North America, Atlantic and tion to purchase the halls was or­ Gulf District go on record to iginally introduced in Norfolk on purchase Union Halls in Balti­ August 7, 1944, and the Port re­ more, Norfolk and Mobile, and quested that it be placed on. the be finally. annual ballot for membership Resolved, That if this reso­ action. Following is the text of lution is concurred in by the ma­ jority of the membership of the the resolution: Seafarers International Union of RESOLUTION North America, Atlantic and Gulf To Purchase Union Halls in District, that same be put on a Baltimore. Norfolk and Mobile. referendum ballot to be voted on Whereas, The Seafarers Inter­ at the same time as the voting on national Union of North America, election of officials. that we were not responsible for the loans made. I told her that if she sent a let­ ter here I would send it to head­ quarters and the membership could take what ever action on it they cared to. So I am sending you the letter she wrote and you can do as you see fit. RAY W. SWEENEY. Agent P.S. You can rest assured that there will be no recommenda­ tions signed in Galveston or Houston until we are instructed to do so. 'v. . i • •«.- Uilk' .UjiV-iA - The Seafarers membership ex­ pressed its confidence in the Or­ ganization by carrying the reso­ lution regarding the purchasing of buildings in several ports from the Building Fund. By carrying this resolution by an overwhelm­ ing majority, they have shown that they have confidence in their organization and have taken a positive step towards building for the future. This is indeed constructive thinking on the membership's part. It is a follow-up of the con-^' structive thinking they originally displayed when they carried the Building Assessment in the latter part of 1944. Our membership is well aware that their union halls are going to be the principal . sources of protection in the post­ war period when, as we know, things will be very tough for or- ganized seamen. ' The member­ ship is building a barricade for a future fight against the shipown­ ers and the Washington bureau­ crats. This constructive and militant thinking can be laid to one thing; these men know that they have a fighting union and they are not afraid to invest in it. They know that this fighting union in the post war period will go out with both hands swinging and fight for the seamen's rights as they have always done in the past. Lots of the old timers too, real­ ize that in time to come it is easily conceivable that the union halls we buy today may be strik­ ing seamen's homes tomorrow. Many is the time, while on strike, that seamen have lived within their own union halls and their own property and it has been proven that this is best. The seamen ere a transient people—many of whom have no home, but are continually on the * move from port to port and from ocean to ocean. Their union halls are the only anchor that they have, the only similarity to a honie. By purchas­ ing their own union halls in all the ports and, naost of all, by hav­ ing assessed themselves to dq this, the Seafarers .have shown that not only have they pioneer­ ed in the fight for conditions, but^' also they are pioneering in secur­ ity for union seamen. MEETING CHANGED Also passed was the constitu­ meeting night from 7 P.M. to 7:30 tional amendment changing the P.M. for the purpose of obtaining meetings nights from every Mon­ a quorum." day to every other Wednesday. The shipping rules were chang- ^ Following is Article XXVI, Sec­ ed to conform with, the Constitu- '• tion 1 of the Constitution as tion, >^d paragraph 20 of these rules will henceforth read: amended: "Regular weekly meetings shall "Members should attend any be held in each branch at 7 Department meetings that are o'clock every other Wednesday j called. Joint Meetings shall be evening except when ever Wed­ held every other Wednesday nesday happens to fall on a holi­ night at 7 P.M. Any member missday, in which case the meeting I,ing a meeting will be taken off shall be held at 7 P.M^ on the fol­ the shipping card when he ap­ lowing day.' All Branch Agents plies for it. When Wednesday shall keep their respective falls on a holiday, meetings will' Branches open on every regular 'be held on Thursday at 7 P.M.", �\ ' Friday. February 2. 1945 THE SEAFARERS LOG BALTIMORE Page Three cy and view the future with a far-seeing eye. We know that the battle with the shipowner never ends, and that we must be ever alert. The future for the union looks very bright. We are today strong and united as we never were before and our mem­ bership is larger than ever. We have more jobs than in the past, therefore we must see that we continue to gain jobs for all our members. This can only be done through the proper organizing of the various companies that we have no contracts with. In order to get these jobs it should be the duty of every mem­ ber when sailing unorganized ships to impress upon the unor­ ganized seamen the advantages a union can give them. It is gen­ erally accepted as truth that every union man is a self-ap­ pointed organized. The more companies we have under con­ tract, the more jobs will be had for our members, now and in the post-war period. So with the co­ operation of the membership and the officials, we can not fail. Along the waterfront these last few days were pretty tough for the various pie-cards. The weath­ er has been cold and miserable, but we managed to cover all the ships in port even though we damn near froze. We had over ten Moran tugs paying off here in the last couple of weeks, and ri^t now there isn't a beef pending from any one of them. The last one with beefs was the Hillsboro Inlet, and now she's squared away to the tune of $2,175.0C which is now payable. In an other section of the LOG are the names and totals due. We had quite a time convinc­ ing most of these Moran skippers what is and what isn't overtime, and we believe now these guys understand the agreement. We will have less trouble with Mor­ an payoffs in the future. LOUIS GOFFIN. Patrolman WHAT'S DOING Shipping has reathed its low­ est ebb at this fair haven, since the war started. However, it ap­ parently shall be back at least to normal before this article is printed. The new ships, incidently proved to be no boon to the the port agent disputed some seamen, and the turn over on sels was fought successfully here, TO ALL STEWARDS: When making out overtime, be overtime after it was OK'd by them even exceeds that of Liber­ as also was our fight to have ties. Some of the men asserted members get the juniors jobs sure to put on top of each sheet the Captain. Only about twenty that they even prefered the later. aboard the Victory Ships. Port the working spread of hours and hours left, which was sent in to ' This is no surprise to us however, holes were nil in all the new type this will greatly help in getting New York. The delegates did a as we were certain that the WSA tanlcers until this port submitted our members what is due them. good job on this ship by having Everything is going along a list made up of aU crew mem­ would neglect the welfare of the the issue to the WSA for rectifi­ unlicensed personel, as this seems cation. Since then they have rather smoothly with few beefs. bers with book numbers, rating, changed this policy and have Nothing more to report, so will etc. Things look very slow for to be their set policy. given all shipbuilding and ship­ close with all good wishes. the next week or so. The port of Baltimore hardly yards orders to install these port JOHN MOGAN, Agent JAMES L. TUCKER, Agent ever took occasion to crow about holes in every tanker built. their achievements, and usually NEW YORK SAVANNAH our reports were confined to neg­ This was a very important is­ ative matters, as we deemed these sue, as these tankers without the This port was slow on the pay­ Things have been slow at this more important for our member­ port holes were veritable death offs this week with only 22 ships ship's information. We have traps to the unlicensed crew port for the last couple of weeks paying off and with 34 signing harped constantly on the under­ members in the event of an em­ and I have a good many men on. 1241 men were shipped in ergency. Many thousand hours registered at this branch at the mining tactics of Coast Guard, all departments. 211 of these disputed overtime issues, plus present time, but looks as if ship­ WSA, and shipowners, and we were trip cards. numerous routine beefs were set­ ping is going to pick up some feel our efforts to rectify this sit­ The Kidde of the American uation has gained some slight tled to the satisfaction of the around here and I will get some Liberty Lines ( Formerly the tangible benefits for the member­ many ships' crews who paid off of them shipped out. Had a West Coast ship in here Range Line) caused a little ship locally, and even perhaps on at this port, along with hundreds a nation-wide scale. So our criti- of personal services to the mem­ this week with everything set­ trouble this week. She couldn't tled aboard ship and she paid off find a berth so the Master broke ism has not been in vain. We feel bers. it high time that we extoll the Yes, brothers, we at the Port of clean, put a few replacements on watches while awaiting orders. positive achievements of this port Baltimore did all this and more, her. Have a new one scheduled There was overtime that was for the past two years. We are and can assure our members we for around the last of this month not clear, so the crew decided not sui'e it would be of keen interest shall continue for their interest and another one for around the to payoff Friday, but to clear to the membership. on all matters pertaining to their 6th of February. That is all I everything before signing off. have in sight for this port at the She paid off Monday with every­ Our most satisfying and suc­ welfare. thing settled to the crews satis­ present time. cessful achievement was that of JOSEPH FLANAGAN, faction. • Have been working on some inaugurating the organization Agent The SS George Washington of overtime sent in from the differ campaign on the Moran Towing the Alcoa Company came out of ent Branches and as soon as it is Company boats. With the untir­ dry dock Thursday and crewed settled it will be put in the BOSTON ing efforts of Brother John Hawk, up with 110 men in unlicensed Money Due column of the LOG. and the local officials, the con­ personnel. CHARLES WAID. Agent tract for this company was sign­ A telegram was received from The Melville of the Eastern ed after about three months from Mobile, sent by Chas. Kimball, SS Company paid off from a 14 the date this port started the stating that Bro. Olden Banks CHARLESTON months trip. There were quite a campaign. Our fight to balk the died suddenly from a heart at­ few beefs but were all settled WSA from overcrowding the tack. It sure was a shock to us Shipping has been very good at payoff. How come some of crews' quarters was also success­ here in Boston and I am sure the past week with one ship in the men left before collecting ful, but still not as satisfactory every person who knew Brother Charleston in transit and one their money? Note Money Due as'we would like it, as not more Olden Banks will feel that they ship in Wilmington, N. C., pay­ list in this issue of the log. than two men in a room is more have lost a good friend and the ing off after a three months trip The overtime from the MV in line with our policy. SIU has lost a real union brother. The SB Eleazar Wheelock paic Hillsboro Inlet has been set up Marine Memoranda Inspection We made every effort to send off in Wilmington with a gooc Circular- No. 16 was a direct re­ a floral wreath to Mobile but crew. The delegates had every­ and can be collected at Moran sult of our efforts at the Port of were told that time would not thing lined up with very little Office. Baltimore. The issue on those permit the wreath to get to Mo­ disputed overtime, most of which Some of the Companies are phoney Junior Engineers which bile before the funeral took was straightened out before the checking overtime with the patrolmen and ship delegates a WSA was so insistent about put- place. He will be missed by all payoff. day before the payoff and it helps tmg aboard our contracted ve-s- who knew him So Long Olden. As usual with the Calmar line a lot to have all overtime squared away at payoff time. But it is not so hot for the married men as it is hard to convince your NEW YORK. (LLHR)—A $2,wife that you were working un­ til 2:00 A.M. and not at a gin 000 contribution from the Sea­ farers' International Union and mill. Frenchy Michelet has taken to the Sailors Union of the Pacific the hills this week as the last highlights current support of the crew with whom he sailed as AFL's Free Trade Union Fund. Other internationals respond­ steward is expected in this port soon. His motive is self preser­ ing this week include the Bakery vation. and Confectionery Workers, Building Service Employees, Patrolman Louis Goffin and Glass Blowers Association, Laun­ Jimmie Hanners are still brag­ ging about a smart one they dry Workers, and Brotherhood of pulled Christmas while distribut­ Bookbinders. All of these organizations are ing Christmas packages to the members in hospitals. They urging their individual members strayed into the Syco ward of to give to the Free Trade Union the Bellevue Hospital and got out Fund through their own Local with out being detained. Maybe Unions. From Local Unions come indi­ the attendants were in a yule tide mood. cations -that these recommenda­ There are a number of the old tions from international organi­ rank and file memb^s on the zations are being followed. beach here now and the Monday In Albany, N. Y., Electrical night meetings sound like old Workers Loc^ 724 assessed them­ times and are educational to the selves $1 each, and in the same city Carpenters' Local 117 took new membership. similar action. J. P. SHULER Palrolman Here is Ihe SUP crew of the SS^ohn A. Johnson about to be rescued after an encounter with a Japanese sub off the coast of California. These men were machine-gunned after taking to the life Keep In Touch With re3 boats, and then spent long hours on an overcrowded raft and a lifeboat almost awash. The picture Now that the elections are was taken from the Navy Motor yacht Argus just before the seamen were taken aboard. over, we can go back to normalYour Draft Board, Around the Ports^ SUP Men About To Be Rescued Contributions For Free Trade Unions a / . �j.'"T Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Merchant Seamen Lauded Probation Is No Bar To For Heroism In Pacific SeatrainWins Upgrading Friday. February 2, 1945 (Continued from Page I) moving convoys or cargo vessels (Continued from Page 1) at anchor, however, it has been application for license in tlfe up to merchant ships to defend (Continued from Page I) usual manner and the offense for themselves. Belle Chase, La. The Pennsyl­ which they were placed on pro­ "Merchant ships have been vania Line had asked the courts damaged or sunk by the Japs to set aside an ICC order requir­ bation will be considered on the only because Hirohito's pilots ing them to permit the use of merits of the case in determin­ to hold the have been willing to take many their cars by Seatrain. Their legal ing their fitness license applied for. The policy is grave risks. Some enemy planes appeal was based upon the fact effective immediately and is ap­ have flown so close to their tar­ that Seatrain ships ran outside plicable with respect to all mer­ gets they have crashed on the of the continental waters of the chant marine personnel now decks of our ships when they U. S. and therefore the ICC had serving under an order of pro­ By "FRENCHY" MICHELET were shot down. This has caused no -authority to force them to bation. vessel damage and casualties but give the use of the cars to the 3. Applications from men who Because of illness we were un­ of vessels and to help in the quick and efficient action on the ship operator. have been-- notified by HQ that able to write our column for last planning and serving of meals. part of merchant crews in put­ week's LOG. We are scribbling But something more is needed.ting out fires as well as in patch­ The Supreme Court upheld they are not eligible for a license this one from a cabin in the Ad- We need a concerted policy on j ing holes made by fragmentation Seatrain on all counts. All of because they are on probation irondacks. We have come here the part of our officials in Settl­ bombs has saved ships and kept which looks like more SIU jobs will be reconsidered and in all for a rest and plan to remain for ing disputes. The membership cases the applicants and the for­ in the near future. them sailing. warding offices will be notified two weeks. The sawbones has or­ complains that they collect beefs "When merchant seamen set of HQ decision. Marine Inspec­ dered us to get out into the fresh in one port only to lose, the same out on the hazardous run from tion Offices shall not refuse to air so we've taken to skiing. Our beef in another. This condition is New Guinea to the Philippines accept applications for merchant skiing is like Shuler's cooking, not the fault of the officials in­ they are very aware of the fate marine licenses solely on the it's not so hot. There's this dif­ volved. True, one official may be which may await them. Suc­ basis that the applicant is on ference, however — there is a a shrewder and a harder working cinctly they say this trip will probation resulting from a hear­ chance that we may eventually fellow than another and conse­ G. L. PRESTON give them a real opportunity for learn to ski! quently collect more disputed Pacific District Book No. 59, ing under R. S. 4450. n crack at the Jap. They appear We've listened to so many prob­ dough. But the real root of the ^ 4. Detailed instructions re-, to ignore the risk to their own your book is in the New York lems in the last few months that trouble lies in the fact that on' garding changes in existing regu­ Business Agent's office. lives. lations are set forth, for the use we're beginning to develope a many questions the union has no of all CG offices which issue Mr. Anthony complex (without set policy at all. We need a policy of forcing licenses, by Marine Inspection the heavy sugar, of course). Talking to all these cooks and disputed points to port commit­ Memorandum No. 84. stewards has given us a clearer tees for final decisions. These de­ CHAS. A. PARK picture of the whole steward de­ cisions should then be set up in partment problem. Something mimeograph form and distributed By BUNKER simply must be done to clear up to the serveral ports. A concert­ this chaotic situation. Our "Hints ed policy would then ensue that The last time you went home on the train did you notice the to Cooks and Stewai'ds" is near- would prove highly benefical to other passengers looking you up and down as though you were some January 24, 1945 ing completion. We expect it to all concerned. special kind of exhibit at the Bronx Zoo? And did all the pretty Seafarers Log: assist the inexperienced men in Some of the operators have re­ girls give you the freezing stare that makes you feel like an ice The Seadarers Log continues to laying out the work for all types fused to pay overtime when a cake in a rum cola? come to my desk. In the issue of sick man is fed in his bunk. A Don't worry. You don't have B-0. It's just that you don't have Friday, January 5, there is a siek man is definitely the respon­ on a fancy uniform. Without h uniform these days everyone figures most amazing story of the ex­ sibility of the company. If a man you're a draft dodger, a 4-F, or a daddy with six kids. periences of Harold Lee when the is put ashore sick they damn sure Even the big, shiny merchant marine pin that you wear on your ship on which he was sailing was take care of him. We feel sure lapel doesn't do much good. The folks think it's a badge that you torpedoed. Can you tell me ju,st M. V. Sankcty Head $92.00 that if the couple of chiseling op­ got for being a very good air raid warden—or for selling war bonds. how much, if any, of this story SS T. W. Hyde $46.00 erators who refuse to pay this Some of the lads who don't like this kind of treatment are going has been embroidered by the re­ Crew of Chas. Nordhoff .... 33.00 good beef are nailed with a port to the naval outfitters and being turned out in right fancy togs. It porter? It seems almost impos­ SS J. K. Jones 24,00 committee the union will win has got so you can't tell a mess boy from an admiral. sible for a man to go through SS Wm. Johnson 18.00 hands down. So to avoid confusion we suggest these insignias on all highsuch an experiences and live to SS Edwin Moore 15.00 , Another common beef with two pressure hats: tell about it. I know that Union R. Chioni 15.00 of the real chiseling outfits is the' For ordinaries: sougee bucket and broom. men have had plenty of harrow­ J. Williams H.OO half-hour for lighting the fire on For wipers: crossed mop handles ing experierices both before the H. Dihnboster 13.00 coal-burning ranges. The oper­ For messboys: catsup bottle or scrambled macaroni. war and during the war, but this John Morris 5.00 ators claim that on scows carry­ For oilers: crossed oil cans or stillson. one tops anything I have ever Sam Foster 5.00 ing Night Cooks and Bakers, the ' For ABs: running bowline and fid. or slush bucket with heard about except in fiction. 5.00 fire can be banked. Just try bank­ Francis Pashang bosn's chair. 5.00 ing the fire without dumping the W. Roux Sincerely yours, Any other suggestions? 5.(io H. Hollman ';.... E. M. MORGAN. basket and see how long your + + -h 5.00 range will cook! The fire must J. Veentra Law School of MORE LIBERTIES . . . 5.00 be remade when the stove is not Harvard University, H. Rath , .We thought they had quit building Liberties, but the Maritime - 5.00 being used so there's still ovrC. Roberts Cambridge. 38. Mass. Commission announces that 51 were delivered in October. 5.00 time involved. , , By August of 1944 some 2260 Liberty ships had been launched. (Editor's note: The story of A. Jensen 4.00 SS Benjamin Bourne Brother Lee's experiences were Another essential function of Very few of these ships, however, are left to be built. Most conR. J. Congdon 4.00 this committee is to issue rulings not "embroidered" in the least. •- tracts now are for C-2s, Victories, coastal freighters, combat trans­ 4.00 on the proper distribution of ex­ If anything, they were toned R. E. Porter ports,, and fast tankers. 4.00 tra meal money and like puzzles. down.) McLoughlan j + 4* 43.00 This body should also see that O. Oswald Of the 32 American merchant s'nips blown up and used to form 3.00 the various ships are properly B. Hilliard the breakwater on the Normandy beach head, seven were Liberties. P. Tansky 3.00 manned. The value of a hard And if statistics mean anything to you. here are some impressive 3.00 working committee of this nature S. Karn ..: figure.s about the Liberty ship. .Sr.e uses 234,917 feet of electric weld­ J. Palmer 3.00 was forcibly demonstrated in the ing; 8,017 feet of wire rope, and 16,922 feet of manila rigging; and R. J. Yatty :... 3J)0 manning of our first 0-4. The nearly six miles of piping, besides 2,698 gallons of paint. O. J. Rupps ».... 2*00 operators wanted to man the ves­ E. F. Ford 2.00 sel with 47 men in the ste^yqrd SS FREDERICK E. IVES 2.00 department. By hard work, an W. H. Moore .1 The following men can collect 2.00 agressive attitude and, plain com­ F. Bruggner their disputed overtime: Albert J. A. Reily ....1... 2.00 mon sense, the committee was Boone, 59 hrs; Horace G. Dodd, SS HERMAN MELVILLE A. Colburn 2.00 able to prove that the vessel ac­ Wm. Dzrkowski, FWT, 19 hrs; 49 hrs; Curtis Hurst, 41 hrs; F. E. Benson 2.00 tually required 50 men—a gain George Jordon, 9 hrs. Collect at W. A. Munday 2.00 of three qualified men. Sverre Simonsen, Bos'n, $606.45; the Overtakes Freighting Corp. W. A. McLaughlin 2.00 This suggested proceedure L. Michalec, 17 hrs; J. Donald office. J. Vasley 2.00 holjis equally true of all depart­ ,'i Chisholm, 4 hrs; Wilbur McKen• • • J. McCoy 2.00 ments. We have discussed the zie, 1 hr; Eric Peterson, .7 hrs; SS JOHN HAY E. Stankovich 2.00 steward department because the Francis Farreau, 8 hrs; Lawrence William Sawyer, 143 hrs; Jo­ F. D. Coker 1.00 welfare of all departments is in­ Mooree, 1 hr; Russell St. Arnold, seph Thomas, 143 hrs; Childs, 47 W. Sidman 1.00 extricably bound up with and 8 hrs; Daniel Sprague, 1 hr. Col- hrs; H. Lewis, 47 hrs; E. Siegle, J. Hassey 1.00 centers around the all-important co- lect at Eastern SS Co. office, 49 hrs. Collect at Bull Line office. J. Perez 1.00 issue aboard ship—food. an « ^tytscnals FORE 'N AFT Editor's Mail Honor Roll Money Due niiMdiiiiii � 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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DISPUTE IS WON BY SEATRAIN REPULSE USS ATTEMPT TO "SERVICE" SEAMEN BALTIMORE SEAMEN GET PX RIGHTS CONTRIBUTIONS FOR FREE TRADE UNIONS SUP MEN ABOUT TO BE RESCUED Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/02/1945 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1945 Periodicals Seafarers Log https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/8bcdccc81970730343af1daca49e7613.PDF 275642f9d1d6e8c469c4ac4c9bdc257e PDF Text Text ^j^^iBERS Joo 0I710IAL OEOAM OF THB A^gfaAirTfe AITO GOLF DI8TSZGT, SBAFLEKBB' IVTJQEIIASKUUft VIBOK OF NORTH AKERICA No. 4 NEW YORK. N. Y., FRIDAY. JANUARY 26. 1945 Vol. VII. Delegates Report On Meeting Of Joint Maritime Commission By MORRIS WEISBERGER and JOHN HAWK Vice-Presidents. SIU More Liberties Named For SIU'SUP Seamen The Joint Maritime Commission of the International Labor Organization convened in London last week and we attended the meetings as spokesmen for the American sea­ men. When we undertoow the responsibilities of acting as representatives of the Am­ The U. S. Maritime Commission, announced this week erican seamen, we knew that there would be many obstacles in the way of achieving that the names of six SIU and one SUP heroic dead will improved conditions for foreign seamen. However, we must make an effort to aid our brother unionists aboard, and more important we had to see that nothing was put over be assigned to Liberty ships now under construction in by T;he shipowners which might* East Coast yards. This brings to a total of 15 the number jeopardize our conditions here at veto any proposal which might So you can see that if the sea­ cost them part of their profits. men waited for the ILO to win of new ships which have been named for our members who home. gave their lives in line of duty.* It was the SIU which first re-' RICHARD D. LYONS; utility quested that the Maritime Com­ man on the SS Atlas, torpedoed mission name a few- ships for on April 9, 1942. Native of Provi­ seamen instead of for a lot of dence, R. I., and was born on November 3, 1921. Mother, Mrs. shoreside stuffed shirts. Delia Lyons survives in Provi­ The new Liberties will be dence. . launched within the next few WILLIAM J. RIDDLE, was months, and will constitute the serving as a fireman on the SS last construction of this type au­ Carrabulle which was torpedoed thorized by the Commission. and sunk on May 26, 1942. He Following are the names of the was born October 30, 1883, in SIU men who will be honored, Macon, Mo. His widow Mrs. Cora and a brief account of their Riddle, lives in New Orleans, La. death: JAMES W. WHEELER, ordin­ WILLIAM COX; fireman on SS ary seaman on the SS Carrabulle DavichAtwater which was shelled which was torpedoed arid sunk and sunk April 2, 1942. He was on May 26, 1942. He was born born March 29, 1898 in Cairo, in ^locurn, Ala., on July 17, 1913, Ga., and is survived by his widow Mrs. Arlce Cox of Savannah, Ga. (Continued on Page 2) The Joint Maritime Commis­ sion constitutes a stearing com­ mittee for the parent body, the International Labor Organiza­ tion. The Commission was charged at this London confer­ ence with discussing the Inter­ national Seafarers Charter and making recommeridations to the parent body which would then convene a full maritime session in the latter part of '45 if agree­ ment could be reached. The difficulty in obtaining im­ proved conditions for seamen out of the ILO set up can be seen from the following facts: The Joint Maritime Commission is composed equally of representa­ tives of seamen and shipowners and the shipowners can (and do) SIU Tug Commended By Halsey Thus, any proposals which come out of this body are pretty well watered down and are usually meaningless generalities. These generalities are then submitted to the International Labor Or­ ganization which is a tri-partite body composed of an equal num­ ber of representatives from the affiliated labor organizations, employer organizations and gov­ ernments. And since we know from experience that government spokesmen u-sually side with cap­ ital against labor, this means that the workers are in a minority in the ILO. CAN'T ENFORCE ' But even those proposals which pass both the Joint Maritime Commission and the Interna­ tional Labor Organization are not enforceable until they are rati­ fied by the various governments. And . the governments repre­ sented in the ILO may accept or disregard the ILO recommenda­ tions at their own discretion. The process of government ratifica­ tion might in its self take years. conditions for them, they would die of old age before winning a nickle boost in overtime. However, this is the only exist­ ing machinery for international maritime cooperation, and we wanted to do our part in all ef­ forts to make it work. The Joint Maritime Commis­ sion opened its sessions in Lon­ don on January 8. Attending the meeting were representatives of labor and management from the following countrie.s; Australia, Belgium, Great Britain, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Greece, Indi.-, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, the United States and Yugoslavia. AGENDA TORPEDOED The first three days were taken up with a fight between the sea­ men and the shipowners over the scope of the discussions. The sea­ men wanted a full discussion on all points in the proposed Inter­ national Seafarers Charter, while the shipowners refused a full dis­ cussion on the. grounds that they (Continued on Page 4} New Transportation Rider Is Issued By War Shipping The transportation ride known as "Operations Regula­ tion 64" has been revised by the War Shipping Administra­ tion and is effective immediately. The rider provides for transportation from port of sign-off back to port of signon under certain conditions. Inconspicuous among the huge ships carry­ ing the war to Japan was a merchant tugboat manned by an SIU-SUP crew, the Watch Hill. Though she was small and built like a work horse, she was destined to perform so heroically rs tc receive official commendation from Admiral William Halsey. commander of the Third U. S. f'leet in the Pacific. During a difficult period of assault off For­ mosa. the Watch Hill was sent to assist two Navy . tugs .which were tewing two ships that had been torpedoed by enemy planes. Here is what Admiral Halsey said about her in the official commendation: "The Watch Hill was ably handled during a period when there was great danger from enemy air and submarine attack . . . (she) contributed materially to the success - of the operation, which Resulted in the damaged ships being towed to a safe anchorage." She was small and not very elegant, but she had power and a stout hearted crew of union men. What more could be asked? . v. . Revised Regulation 64 has one improvement over the unrevised version. From now on if a man signs on, say, in Galveston and proceeds to New York; in New York the articles are reopened and he signes new articles before a trans-Atlantic voyage; and after the trans-Atlantic voyage he pays off in New York—he is entitled to transportation back to Galveston. In other words, a man is entitled to transportation to the original port of signing-on even if the articles are opened and closed again in another transportation zone. All members should study the new transpor­ tation rider carefully, and all SIU Agents should clip it and paste .'VI- •X .J. i-"' .If-' it on the bulk-head for all to see. When you sign, articles, make certain that they contain "Oper­ ations Regulation 64, Revised." Following is the full text of the transportation rider: TRANSPORTATION RIDER A.—When the vessel arrives and has discharged its cargo at a final port of discharge in the continental United States, each crew member engaged in the United States who has made a trans-Atlantic or trans-Pacific voyage on the vessel, or who has been continuously employed on the vessel for a period of six months, shall be furnished trans(Continued on Page 3) �vV-.-v-pA".,::i:g Page Two THE SEAFARERjS .^:'-.;---£4'r':..Tj^.--)•. LOG Friday. January 26, 1949 SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 10 i Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 2 J, Stj^tion P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 5 th Street, N. W., Washington, 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. 28 P.R.. PUERTO RICO GALVESTON ADDRESS 51 Beaver St 330 Atlantic Ave 14 North Gay St 6 North 6th St 25 Commercial PI 339 Chartree 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 765 i .. Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Charleston 3-2930 Savannah 3-1728 Tampa MM-1323 Jacksonville 5-123 I Dial 2-1392 San Juan !885 Galveston 2-8043 PUBLICATION OFFICE: 51 BEAVER STREET HAnover 2-2784 New York, (4) N. Y. 267 The London Conference Ships Named Elsewhere in this issue is a full report by Brothers Weisberger and Hawk on the recent sessions of. the Joint For Our "• Maritime Commission in London"! No one can read this report without having a sense of discouragement anc Dead frustration. Editor's Mail Bag —^ Fort Stanton Hospital titled "The SIU at "War," relating -Jan, 14, 1945 read a copy of your booklet entrue experiences in the war at Seafarers International Union (Continued from fage 1) Here was an international conference of labor anc sea by members of the Seafarers of North America, International Union. , I enjoyed management representing all the major maritime nations and is survived by his mother, Deaj" Sir and Brother: reading this little booklet, which a conference convened after careful preparation and de­ Mrs. R. D. Turriage of Panama Donations received amounting wa.s loaned to me by one of your dicated to noble sounding generalities—and yet it came City, Fla. to $46.25, from the SS James members and I think it is one of to nothing. Harlan, and was divided among the best little books I have seen CLARENCE F. PECK, wiper the five members. At this conference labor presented demands which published in this war, on the SS Carrabulle, torpedoed They received nine dollars and were extremely modest (far below American standards) I am writing to ask if you and sunk on May 26, 1942, He twenty five cents each. and yet because of the way the Commission is organized, could send me about 5 or 6 copies was born January 10, 1904 in with equal voice by management, these modest demands Greenwich, Conn,, and his bro­ L. S. Kates, Book 30 Gulf Dist. of this book for my own personal J. H, Jones, Book 39 Gulf Dist. distribution to some of my friends were torpedoed. ther, Mr. Leater V. Peck, lives in Archibald McGuigan, Book 22934 back home here in our little vil- •If labor is unable to get through the Commission and Greenwich, Atl. Gulf Dist. lage who have sons in the mer­ the ILO a resolution asking only $72 a month for A.B.s on Nicolas Gamanin, Book 8 Pac. chant service. Any other litera­ foreign ships, then it must be that something is wrong with GEORGE A. LAWSON. a mess- Dist, ture that you might feel that the way the Commission and the ILO is organized, and it is boy on the Tug Menominee which J, R, Horn, Book 81 Pac Dist. would be of interest for the home was torpedoed and sunk oh We would like to thank the folks will be greatly appreciated. time for labor to take a new look at this outfit. March 31, 1942, He was bom crew of the J'ames Harlan I might add a line to say that The whole basis for the ILO is the premise that there November 15, 1918 at Burgess through Seafarers Log for this my oiler, a lad by the name of are "enlightened" employers who will place the welfare mighty fine gesture on their part, Store, Va, The next of kin is and smooth sailing ahead for Paul, represented your organiza­ of their workers above profits. Upon this is added the tion and was on my watoh from Mrs. Glenwood Lawson of Bur­ them, theory that governments are impartial in disputes between gess Store, Va. 8 to 12, He was trying to orgaiv«i FrateTnally, management and labor. The ILO was then organized with The following SUP brother is ize the ship which was a good JEWELL HORN thing to have happen. Some of equal voice for labor, for management and for government. being honored; your men, who were sailing oa But the ILO's humanitarian approach to the question JOHN MARTIN MILLER, or­ January 13, 1945 this ship, were a fine, clean lot has proved itself bankrupt. As American seamen know dinary seaman on the SS Pot- Seafarers Log, of men, the first group of AFL from past experience, government invariably sides with lateh which Was torpedoed and men I have sailed with and the respect and courtesy they ex­ management in disputes, and management is not motivated sunk June 27, 1942, He was born Dear Sirs: July 20, 1910 in Portland, Ore,, Recently while at sea as a Srd tended is something that is not by anything but the desire for more profit. Where the con­ and his grandmother, Mrs, Mar­ Assistant Engineer on the SS very often found on the high ; flict involved worker demands which might have meant tha Miller, lives in that city. Quemado Lake, I happened to seas, . . , ' greater operating costs for the employer, then the worker found himself without allies. The shipowners in London have proved again this month that they are ready to give lip service to high sound­ ing generalities, but when it comes to taking any concrete action which might cost them a couple of bucks, they resort to tactics of delay, double-talk and shadow boxing. To give the shipowner equal voice with labor in any inter­ national maritime organization is to reduce that ^dy to Hoping you A^yjl continue your merely a forum for shipowner wind. Nothing else can :ight for better working condicome out of it. ;ions, I am It is our sincere hope that our European trade union Very truly yours, brothers have learned this lesson from the London con­ GEORGE T. MUNYER ference. We commend to them the American way of landling the shipowner—-by economic action, either across Keep In Touch With the bargaining table or on the waterfront picket line. That is the sort of language he understands. Your Draft Board A- / �\ Friday. January 26, 1945 Who's Man's Best Friend? Who's a seamen's best friend? His dog? His mother? No—you've got it wrong. The answer is "the Coast Guard." At least that is what Joe Volpian says. And he ought to know, since he is head of the New York Special Ser­ vice Department and thereby charged with defend SIU men before the ,Coast Guard hearing units. "There was a time," says Joe, "when the Coast Guard was lift­ ing papers faster than a seaman lifts a glass of suds. All a man had to do was to part his hair on the left side and he'd find brass swarming all over him. But times have changed." Now days, according to Joe, the Coast Guard even telephones him whenever it has an SIU man on the carpet, and suggests that he come over "if it is convenient" and defend the man. The hearing THE Log to Campaign for World Wide Distribution A SEAFARERS LOG in every port in the world touched by American ships! This is the goal of a new distribution drive about to be launched by the union. Numerous complaints have been recived from the membership that the LOG is not available in Murmansk, or Burmsu or in Dutch Guiana. From now on we intend to see that it is in just those spots— and many others. Chief Stewards on SIU ships will henceforth receive bundles of the LOG with instructions to drop them at the port of dis­ charge. They will make a re­ cord of the port and date of delivery so that the member­ ship will know just which ports are being covered. The Press run of the paper will be in­ creased from time to time as new ports of distribution are established. Write in and lei us know if you have difficulty in getting the LOG—for if you do we can correct that situation, and fast. Two Officers Are Lauded olfieeF&-eften make suggeistions how best to defend the man. And recently their most e^vere sen­ tences have been 6 months pro­ bation. Of course, there's a reason for this sudden change. It isn't that the Coast Guard brass hats have developed an affection for the merchant seamen. It's simply that they have in the past lifted so many men's papers that they contributed substantially to the present shortage of qualified men. As fast "as the RMO trained men and sent them on the ships green a^a hickory limb in May— the Coast Guard was beaching the old timers and, rated men. It must be that some one in Washington finally woke up to what was going on and gave or­ ders to trim some of the brass. But a word to the wise—this is too good to last. As soon ag the manpower situation eases a bit there is likely to be a change of policy. So when the skipper threatens you with the Coast Guard, don't couift on the redcarpet bejng rolled down the steps for you, and a bouquet of . 'roses from the hearing officer. By the time you hit the beach he jmgy again be in mood to bat ^ you around as if you were an enemy alien. Dniy One Out of Five Can Count onji Job Under Selective Service Rules; Unions Protect All Well believe it or not, I have the pleasure of informing all hands that for a change I'd like to talk about a couple of real good officers, the Skipper and Mate of the SS JAMES JACK­ SON, a South Atlantic scow. The names of these two gentlemen are J. H. Lowry, the Skipper and Jack C. Chapman, the Chief Mate. The crew on this ship were loud in their praise of the Skipper and Mate, as were the two officers of their crew. Co­ operation like that is very rare these days, and we were very glad to hear this mutual admira­ tion on the part of both parties. Officers of this type prove that being right guys pays to all hands concerned. This ship paid off without a beef. As long as Skippers and Mates of this type continue to sail, going to sea won't be as bad as some of the lousy officers make it. The Chief Mate, Mr. Chapman, is staying ashore for a while in order to sit for a Master's ticket. We would like to be the first to congratulate him when he receives his ticket and we hope that he continues to sail SIU ships. The piecards up here are still SEAFARERS LOG The Shipowner Keeps A Promise By J. P. S. This story starts back in Octo­ ber and could be titled "Mr. Nortor Reconsiders—(under pres­ sure)". The SS BARTLETT sails into Baltimore on a bright October morn with a crew raring to get paid off and go home. It looks as if everything is O.K. There has been a lot of work done and the BARTLETT is as clean as any ship can be. The crew is satisfied and it has worked many hours. All of its overtime has been approved by the heads of their departments as per contract. But on the scene arrives the "Master-Mind" Norton. He has been sitting in Boston with his heels propped up on a desk—no rough weather prevents him from eating or sleeping in comfort— no blackouts prevent him from smoking or reading at nightno seas come through his win­ dows to wet his bed or ruin his clothes while he sleeps—sub­ marines do not worry him—nor bombs. The profits are coming in. He is farsighted—he can see from Boston how long it took an A.B. to splice a wire—how long it took a Deck Engineer to do electri­ cian's work—how long it took a messman to sougee a bulkhead but, being a considerate man, he considers. He considers that there has been too much overtime turned in. So with his own little red pencil, he slashes it down to what he likes. When informed by the crew that they wouldn't sign off until legitimate overtime was okayed, Mr. Norton reconsiders—with flowing promises that all will be okayed and paid as soon as he can get to Boston and set it up. He persuades the crew to sign off and accept the rest of their money. The crew, being honest seamen and not realizing to what extent some of the operators will go to chisel them, agreed. As soon as they were cleared of the articles, Mr. Norton went to Bosbattling the elements on the front. With all the snow in the last few days, it looks like we would have to use snowshoes to cover all the ships that are pay­ ing off in this port. This is kind of hard on the boys who very seldom have seen snow before. If it keeps snowing I guess we will have to put the car on skiis in order to have the heap move. LOUIS GOFFIN ton and when the crew called for the money they learned that they had none coming. The deci­ sion had been reversed. Mr. Nor­ ton had reconsidered. The ctew notified Agent Flan­ agan in Baltimore. Flanagan sent all records to Agent Mogan in Boston. Mogan contacted Norton and did the best he could, as most of the crew had shipped and he.was.not familiar with the beef. But, Mr. Norion considered all of the angles and it was a stalemate. The beef was patiently pursued by two members of the crew that were not willing to be swindled by a company stiff. Everytime Mr. Norton was con­ tacted, he stated that he consid­ ered the matter a closed issue. amounted to less than 70 cents an hour, hardly more than a subsistence level. Average raises granted by the board in these cases were •6.3 cents an hour, which still left the pay rates far below decent American standards. Significantly, the report disclosed that employes in unorganized or "company union" plants are paid far less than workers in union establishments. In the former, the average wage, at the time of applica­ tions for raises, was only 64 Mr. Nortorl's entire vocabulary of flowery promises and his pat­ riotic pleading, the Patrolmen shook their heads sadly and re­ quested Mr. Norton to recon­ sider. Mr. Norton then went into hysteria with loud and abusive rantings. He berated the SIU and labor in general. But to no avail, for this time Mr. Norton had met his Waterloo. With no alternative, Mr. Nor­ ton re-checked the overtime and okayed all that had been dis­ puted. As Jhe finished each page, he was required to put^n O.K., with his signatury. When each man's overtime was okayed, he stopped, signed a pay voucher covering the amount of the en­ tire disputed overtime. There were around 500 hours for the two men involved. Then Gold's overtime for the voyage previous to Sept. was rechecked and he was paid 50 hours for blowing tubes at last. The re­ cord of the SS BARTLETT is clean. The men have collected their money. MR. NORTON HAS RECONSIDERED! Four months after the episode of the flowing promises, the S. S. LOU GEHRIG, of thb Eastern S. S. Company, docked in New York with more beefs than the black market. Mr. Norton blew in from Boston with a smile, a hand shake, and a new edition of flowing promises. But Mr. Norton was met by a reception committee consisting of Flayer and Gold of the BARTLETT, and Jdp Sub Gets SUP two uncompromising Patrolmen Ship off Honolulu who informed him that there was no intention of working on the SAN FRANCISCO—A Jap­ SS GEHRIG until the Bartlett anese sub, resuming undersea beef was settled. warfare against American ship­ Aftor dead panning through ping off the Pacific Coast for the first time since 1942. tor­ pedoed and sank the SUP Liberty John A. Johnson last month. 10 of the ship's crew were lost, but it has not yet been determined how many of cents an hour, as against 72 them were SUP brothers. to 75 cents in the latter. The Johnson was enroule ^ On an annual basis, that from the West Coast to Hon­ would mean a union worker, olulu when she got the tin toiling about 2,500 hours, in­ fish in her. This area is nom­ cluding overtime at time and inally safe, and is constantly one-half rates, would earn patroled by units of the Pacific approximately $300 more fleet. I than a non-union employe. According to a report re­ Other statistics carried in leased by the United Press, the report showed • that survivors of the torpedoing were machine gunned by the throughput the three-year sub. The survivors were finally period, the board and its re­ obserired by plane and then gional offices disposed of rescued by the Navy motor 362,000 cases covering 24,yacht Argus. 000,000 workers. Myth Of High Wages Shattered By Report Propaganda about war workers wallowing in high wages was shattered in a re­ port put out this week by the National War Labor Board, covering its three years of operations. Buried in the report was a special tabulation covering a 20-month period. It showed that out of a quarter million cases, involving nearly 14,000,000 workers, handled in that period, the average earnings, at the time of ap­ plications for increases. Page Three �Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. Janyary 26, 1945 Delegates Report On Meeting {Continued from Page 1) lacked technical advisors and were not in contact with many of the employers in occupied coun­ tries. In other words, they were playing the old stalling game and giving the seamen a run around by refusing to discuss even the modest demands contained in the Charter. In the face of this shipowner sabotage, the seamen's delegates were helpless to force a discus­ sion. However, they finally reached an agreement to estab­ lish a Tripartite Technical Con­ ference of maritime countries. This conference is to convene in October, 1945 and prepare drafts on the following subjects: (a) wages, hours and manning; (b) leaves; (c) accomodations; (d) food and (e) recognition of » unions. The Commission also ^ agreed to the establishment of special committees to study and report on continuous employ­ ment, social insurance and entry, training and promotion. All of these committees were TRIPARTITE BODIES made tripartite—^this is, with equal representation from labor, management and government. The SIU delegates have always been opposed to the admission of government representatives be­ cause of our conviction that this would only mean another vote against the seamen. However, bad flying weather prevented the American delegates from arriv­ ing in time to participate in this part of the procedings. Had we ^een therg. our 'votes would not have altered the final decision since the representatives of the European seamen, as well as management, favored the admis­ sion of government. After the Technical Conference is held in October 1945, the decisions agreed to will be refered to the full ILQ conference that is to be held in the spring of 1946. When the SIU delegates ar­ rived the shipowners had already torpedoed about half of the agenda. We participated fully in the discussions from then on, with the understanding that we should have the right to review the entire, agenda from the American point of view. It was extremely important that the SIU delegates make clear their position on the ques­ tion of the wage scales set up in the proposed Seafarers Charter. This proposed scale contained dynamite which might well back­ fire against the conditions won over years of struggle by the American seamen. And since our first responsibility is to . the American seamen, it was neces­ sary for us to take a sharp and clear position. On the fourth afternoon Weisberger took the floor and gave the following position on behalf of the SIU: WEISBERGER'S STATEMENT "Mr. Chairman. "My co-worker Hawk and I are grateful for the opportunity which you so kindly afford us to ^state our views with regard to the items on the agenda which Jrou have been discussing during bin- involuntary absence. I think that it is realized here that we who come from the United States take a rather different view of things. This is partly due be­ cause we cannot maintain such intimate relations with the in­ ternational movement as can our European friends. On the other hand it is the outcome of the fact that our conditions are different and if I may say so, generally speaking very much better than those of the seamen of other countries. "It is naturally our desire to help to improve the conditions of seamen all over the world which is, ultimately, also in our own interest. The question arises, however, whether the Interna­ tional Labor Organization can really, do anything to assist us or rather, let me put it the other way around—can the work we are doing here jeopardize the re­ sults we have attained and im­ pede, if not frustrate, further , ef­ forts on our part to improve con­ ditions in the American merchant marine? sight of the fact that the ultimate outcome of our negotiations is determined by our economic strength. We have no illusions that the shipowners will say 'You seamen must have a decent wage and since you need $250 per month to maintain your wife and your kids and to live in a decent home we have resolved to in­ crease your wages to that ex­ tent.' No, Mr. Chairman, if I should declare here that I con­ sidered £18 to be an adequate international minimum wage I feel absolutely sure that the American operators will tell me that we must_ get down to that figure. We all have our exper­ ience and what happened after the last war. Our Wages went down and down and down and our ships were laid up and we were told that because of the low wages in other countries our operators could not compete and so on and so forth. ference in October, there is no need for me to go into details but I do want to say that in my opinion for questions such as safety, hours, manning, accom­ modation, leave and food, it should not be difficult to find a solution. We have rather differ­ ent opinions about the setting up of shipping pools, and about re­ entry training and promotion and also with regard to social and ac­ cident compensation, but we will bring these views to the. notice of the committee which are to be set up for the purpose. FRATERNAL AID "That is all I have to say for the time being and I want once again to give the assurance that the American seamen want good conditions for themselves and for the seamen of all other countries, that we should strive for uni­ formity on an international plane and that we should be out to achieve that uniformity on the highest possible level. Again I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity of presenting the position of our organization." What the SIU delegates at­ tempted to do also, was to con­ vince the European union leaders that the remedy for inequalities in wage scales was the organiza­ tion of all seamen on an inter­ national scale into, militant trade unions. In the final analysis, when the seamen of one nation are attacked the seamen of all nations are attacked. And only strong international unionism can protect the men who sail the ships. The SIU delegates attempt­ ed to convince the European union delegates that economic power, and only economic power, was going to force the ship­ owners to pay decent wages. We feel that it is important to report to our membership at this time the position taken by the SIU on other points on the agenda, even though some of these points were not formally discussed at the London meeting. that war bonuses in the Far East waters should be established only by an international agreement, because up to this date, when the' war has been going on for sev­ eral years, the war bonuses have been handled through direct negotiations by the various coun­ tries. Why all of a sudden should the bonus in the Far East waters be established by an interna­ tional agreement? This sounds like the European shipowners might want this thing established in view of the fact that they might have to compete with American shipowners in Far East waters when the war in Europe is over, and knowing that the American seamen's war bonuses are higher in these waters, they would naturally be subjected to pressure by the foreign seamen to get the same standard as the ' . American seamen have. So by establishing an interna­ tional .system of bonus rates in Far East waters, the only ones benefited will be the European shipowners. The American Sea­ men certainly will lose by it. POST WAR FLEET "What is the position today? I think that the United States SIU CONDITIONS TOP has made up her mind that we "I said that our conditions shall have a substantial merch­ CONTINUOUS EMPLOYMENT were, on the whole, superior to ant marine after this war. It is The Seafarers Charter proposes those of other countries and t not only the ship operators who that each country set up a man­ don't say so because I want to want a large fleet but it is the power pool in the appropriate boast—quite to the contrary—I policy of the government and it ports. These pools would be un­ wished that conditions in other is the desire of the people and der the joint control of the gov­ we shall also maintain a Icurge coOntries were better or at any ernments, oerators and the. shipping industry. rate equal to our own because unions. We are in vigorously dis­ "The view of the American that would make the position agreement with this proposal. seamen is that we cannot afford very much easier. The question of employment "Let me take Wages—otir rpin-. to let things take their own for seamen must be handled • course as happened after the last imum basic raie for an A.B. is through the union hiring halls, war, but we assume that the $100 or £26 per month. If it were and be completely controlled by United States will have quite an not for the war bonuses which the unions.. Only the seamanrhas important fleet and we are de­ are paid at present, $100 would be the right to determine bow his an inadequate wage in my coun­ termined that our conditions labor shall be sold. try, and I think that nobody in shall be such that they will give to the American seamen a decent this room or outside will contra­ ENTRY. TRAINING. ' dict that statement. In other words existence. PROMOTION "Let me add here that we are $100 will be too low a wage after The Charter proposes that the the war and there is no doubt prepared to support the seamen entry rating should receive prethat the American seamen will of other countries by all the sea training. Here again we dis­ have to claim higher wages. means at our disposal to improve agree. During normal conditions There is no doubt that they will their conditions and bring th«n we believe that the proper way —nor do I doubt for a moment up to our standards. to train a man is to send him "Having said this I am inclined that they will obtain better pay. aboard a ship as an apprentice "Now the International Seafar­ to ask whether it isn't prema­ DANGER ZONE BONUSES and let him learn aboard. He ers' Charter suggests an interna­ ture to fix an international min­ We are definitely and abso­ should receive wages while learn- . tional minimum wage of £l8. or imum wage which may have to lutely opposed to the proposal (Continued on Page 5) $72 and I have heard that the go on the Statute Book when the shipowners on this Joint Mari­ minimum proposed is still so far time Commission have already below the standard of one or given to understand that they re­ more important maritime coun­ tries and whether we should not gard £18 as being too high. "I have not yet been able to through international and joint ascertain what fight the seamen trade union action first achieve a of the different countries will be greater degree of uniformity. able and prepared to put up in MATCH SIU CONDITIONS order to achieve the best possible "I hope I have made our posi­ wage and other conditions. Judg­ tion clear. The American seamen ing from my contacts with Euro­ demand a standard of living pean seamen in American ports which is comparable with that of I feel sure that they are in a very other American workers and the good fighting spirit. American seamen are confident MINIMUM A MAXIMUM that their coUeagues of the other "I do want to ask this ques­ countries will not only under­ tion: does not the fixing of an stand the American position, but international minimum wage for will also do everything they can seamen mean a handicap for all in order to approach the Ameri­ those who can get more than that can wage standard as near as minimum? I know the argument they can. that we are only out to lay down "In regard to Danger Zone a minimum but don't you think Bonuses—continuous employment that the shipowners will stare at —entry training and promotion that minimum and make up their —social insurance—^rights and minds either openly or secretly to obligations of seafarers—Govern­ regard it as a maximum? ment control—seamen's laws, this "My union is quite prepared to we don't see eye to eye with our W.I.B. negotiate and it has concluded colleagues on this side. However, several agreements with the with regard to the items which "JFipe that opinion off yovtr faee.'* operators. But we never lose will go before the Technical con- /.'r- :• • m �^Friday, January 26. 1945 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Five =ap • SIU Delegates Report strongly to the representatives of the European seamen that they fight for full emancipation of their members through the pass­ ing of laws freeing the seamen from' antiquated customs. The American seamen were freed in 1915 with the passage of the "LaFollette Act." This not only made American seamen free, but it also freed European seamen in SOCIAL INSURANCE American ports and gave them A system of compensation for the protection of American injury is proposed in the Charter. courts. We cannot subscribe to this be­ cause the American seamen are GOVERNMENT CONTROL covered by Federal law guaran­ We made clear also the fact teeing them maintenance and that we stood for a merchant cure while injured. marine free of government con­ This means hospitalization trol. We want to bargain directly while in critical condition, and with the shipowner, and not be subsistance while an out-patient. knifed in the back by some "im­ > Besides the maintenance and partial" government bureau. We cure, American seamen have a subscribe to the principles of be­ right to sue the shipowner for ing free men and we cannot be .damages under the Jones Act". free under government control. Under this set-up the American seamen ard far better off than MINIMUM WAGES under any compensation plan. As to the subject of minimum wages, we find ourselves- in a RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS very difficult position.. If mini­ OF SEAFARERS Members of the crew should mum wages are applied to elim­ not perform work usually done inate unfair International com­ by longshoremen, under the pro­ petition using cheap labor, we posed Charter. We object to this can only support them if Ihey because the sekmen in America are at least equal to American have worked cargo and we have standards: Otherwise we only special agreements with the eliminate the competition up to operators governing this. We the point where they reach the maintain that all work performed standard wages of certain coun­ aboard a ship, working cargo and tries, while enabling these coun­ what have you, from tackle to tries to continue unfair competi­ tackle, is the jurisdiction of the tion against our ships and our ' seamen and we cannot go against trade rates without having them­ this principle. We urge all Euro­ selves such competition on their pean unions to insist upon sim­ traditional trade routes. ilar agreements as to working This would result in well cargoes as contained in SIU con­ founded criticism by our mem­ bership and at the same time in­ tracts. terfere with our plans for a SEAMEN'S LAWS higher basic wage for our sea­ Your delegates recommended men. (Continued from Page 4) ing. After having sailed as an apprentice for a certain time he should then be able to sail as ordinary, messman or wiper. After all, we can not make sea­ men ashore—and any attempt to do so is a waste of the taxpayers* money. Further, it is understood that a considerable amount of the ton­ nage of American shipping will be turned over at very advantag­ eous rates to foreign nations OFriCIAL ORGAM OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA 5 E A,M E N ' S UNION Afniiated with g.l.U, of N.A. (A.F. of L.) in need of bottoms in the post­ war period. To permit these ships, paid for by the American taxpayers, to be worked by foreign seamen at wages rates some-30% lower than the American wage rates means Vancouver, B, C.—After nine months of bitter strug­ to further discriminate against the American seafarers and gles, arguments and negotiations with the operators of the against the entire American mer­ Union SS Company, an agreement was signed with that chant marine. company by H. Murphy, Business Agent of the BCSU-SIU, CONCLUSION on Saturday, December 9th, 1944. Prior to this time the Many of the above items will •executives of this company, which be discussed at the Technical is a mere annex of the Canadian Conference to be held this com­ Pacific Railway, used every de­ ing October. But we take this vice to stall the signing of the opportunity to make our posi­ tion clear to all. agreement. In conclusion We should like On one occasion they refused QUEBEC, Dec. 2. — Ju.stice to say that the Joint Maritime to negotiate because two of the Commission and the Interna­ Lucian Cannon rendered judg­ Union representatives had not tional Labor Organization is so ment condemning the Panaman­ sailed on their ships; they wanted organized that the employers and ian Steamship Company to pay to deal only with men who had government are able to sabotage $27,194 to the crew of the SS been in their employ. This clari­ any progressive measures intro­ Griffco and the owner, the Coast­ fies the fact that these executives duced by the representatives of wise Steamship and Barge Com­ expected us to sign a company labor. We have little hope that pany, Ltd., because of the serv­ agreement. any concrete benefits for the ices rendered by that ship's crew But this is not unusual, every workers will emerge from this when the SS Makena caught fire company would like an agree­ set-up. However, it is our inten­ off the Gaspe Coast on Septem­ ment guaranteeing the supply of tion to participate fully in the ber 21, 1942. men and at the same time mak­ work, of the ILO and to give our The crew of the Makena were ing the exploitation of these men Brother unionists abroad all the picked up by th.e Griffco and then who sell their labor to them, aid that we can. the crew of the Griffco boarded easier. At the same time we hope to the burning ship and put out the The company knew from the convince them that as long as fire. The Company had asked beginning that they were up they ^confine their demands' for $1(10.000 for services rendered, against the most militant outfit improved conditions to the arena but Justice Cannon ruled that on the waterfront, still they at­ of the ILO, they are spitting in $12,500 be given to the Company tempted every stall to test our the wind. We hope to convince and an additional $12,500 be given strength in the hope that we them that militant international to the officers and crew. The would sell out because they know~^ unionism is the instrument which sum of $2194 was authorized to that they could obtain a company will improve the lot of the sea­ cover the damage caused to the agreement from the leadership men. And we hope to eventually Griffco during the salvage oper­ of the Inlandboatmen's Union. join them in the building of such ations. (Look at the IBU's only agree­ an instrument. ment, signed by Digger Smith, and the Corporation of North Vancouver, which in the words of the ferryboatmen themselves is a company agreement.) However, no other Union was able to enter this fight because SS WM. PEPPERELL SS SAMUEL JOHNSON the SIU has the great majority of the men on these ships. Edward D. Troxel 57 hrs, All crew members who paid off Now that the agreement is sign­ L. Healy 12% hrs, 8 to 12 watch in Savannah and did not receive ed the battle is far from won, has 2% hours due. Deck Dept. their transportation money can those who sail these ships who has two weeks linen due. collect it. Checks are being mail­ have been discouraged from the Collect at Calmar Line Office. ed to your home address. If you long whit should again take no­ don't receive them in a reason­ » • • tice, learn the agreement, and able number of days, write to the SS LOUIS KOSSUTH fight the employer on the ships office of the Eastern Steamship Bloem 150 hrs;, H. While 359 Company. as well as ashore. hrs; C. Jones 109 hrs; Council The closed shop is now enforc­ • • • 100 hrs; I. Williams 50 hrs; Jen­ ed on all Union Steamships. SS MEYER LISSINER kins 117 hrs; Parrish 117 hrs. There should be no fear of unjust, Collect at Bull Line Office. firing. The right to fight for bet­ Entire crew has $7.20 coming • • • ter conditions "on the job" has for Election Day and $4 for boat SS NOAH BROWN been won. transportation. Beefs on the evap­ orators and taking salinity tests Bbs'n, 4% hrs; Chips, 6% hrs; Tremblay, 20% hrs; Eblazer, 12% on water will be taken to a com­ hrs; Lee, 12% hrs; White 5% hrs; mittee i n New Orleans. Also, 60% Of THE NATION'S Walsh, 4% hrs; Bairt, 4% hrs; Howard Crane has $6.30 coming FACfoftV ARE McKaron, 5% hrs; Jenson, 4% for carpenter work, and F. A. NovJ vJcfiKine UNKR A hrs; Deflo, 4% hrs. Collect at Maxwell has $7.20 coming for Here is the new head of tfie UNION CONTRACT. Robin Line office. painting fans. Dies Committee which has been made a standing committee of the House. This is Representa­ tive Edward J. Hart, a Hague ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR machine man from New Jersey. With the balance of power in NOV. 27 TO JAN. 15, 1945 the committee held by reaction­ Deck Engine Steward Total ary poll-taxer John E. Rankin from Mississippi, and with ma­ chine politician Hart as chair­ 3177 2702 2489 8368 SHIPPED man, labor can well expect a new 2475 2107 1886 6468 REGISTERED series of slanders and smears from this set-up. Union Agreements Signed BSCU Crew Win Service Suit Committee Head Money Due SS GRACE ABBOT All beefs settled in Steward and Engine Depts. For subsistance, Sept. 20, the following: James Payane, AB; Donald Crowell, AB; James Gordon, AB; Francis, Petzil, FOW; Aigly Wright, FOW; Jose Prats, Cook; George Wolf, L. Bartlett, E. Fogel, J. Escabar. 2 days subsistance, Jan. 12-13 for the following: Argyle J.'Wright, FOW; Frank Petzil, FOW; Dick Gilbertson, FOW. Overtime beef settled for Wrigh^ FOW. 4 hours for stand­ ing extra watch in Scotland. All monies collectable at Calmar SS Company Office. • • • SS CAMPFIRE Extra Meal Money: John Gib­ bons, R. Osorio, M. Lora, E. Cheney. Collect at Waterman SS Com­ pany Office. • • • SS FITZHUGH LEE T. Packer, G. Faircloth, C. Stein, H. Nichols, L. Litzinger, L. King W. Roma, Smith. Collect at Smith ^ Johnson flS' Company Office; ; , •%. •/" •> : • •.h'C. . :• •: |l �•V Page Six THE SE AF ARISES lOG Friday. January 26, 1945 May Bill Is Hit As 'Military Dictatorship' Souvenir Creates Beaver St. Riot WASHINGTON, D. C. — The Here Is the Business American Federation of Labor blasted compulsory labor legis­ JAN. 22—The House Mili­ lation at a public hearing before A couple of weeks ago a union brother walked into the oflFice of the New York^ tary Affairs Committee wrote the House Military Affairs Com­ mittee as indications multiplied an anti-closed shop amend­ Agent and presented him with a 20 mm. German shell. He suggested that the union that such legislation is doomed ment into the manpower legis­ might want to put it in some sort of a war display. The Agent accepted the souvenir, lation today and passed the with thanks and put the shell on top of the office safe. Shortly after that Al Kerr, as-, to defeat. Lewis G. Hines, AFL legisla­ measure on to the House for' sistant New York dispatcher, walked in and spotted the shell. "Say, is that thing action in the next week. tive representative, delivered loaded?" he asked. two-fisted attack on the pending The Amendment, which was "Gee, I dunno," the Agent re­ May Bill at the hearing. He approved in Committee by a plied. "A guy just left it here charged: vote of 14 to 10, stipulated that and didn't say whether or not it l'—That claims of manpower no man taking an industrial was live." shortages have been greatly ex­ job at the request or direction Kerr then recalled that the aggerated. of his draft board shall be re­ Mayor had . announced that any­ 2—That the May Bill is not a quired to join a union as a con­ one having a war souvenir should 4-F draft measure, nor a work- dition of employment. call the police and have it emp­ or-fight bill, but provides for If this bill is passed it could tied of explosives. So, Al called limited compulsory service for mean that the SIU would be the First Precinct and asked that all men from 18 to 45. required to let finks and scabs they tell the patrolman on the 3—That sub-standard wages in ride our ships without payment beat fo stop in the union and pick critical war plants are the chief of dues or joining the union. up the shell. cause of manpower difficulties. Then things began to happen. But then, seamen always 4—That the War and Navy De­ know how to take care of finks You would have thought that a partments are backing the legis­ battery of 88's were in the hall. —in one way or another. lation in order to place the entire First the cop on the beat walks nation under military control. in and looks sternly at the shell 5—That passage of the bill (measuring about 5 inches in would "demoralize" war produc­ length). While he was asking a tion instead of helping it. hundred and one questions about Meanwhile, Senator James how the shell arrived, in comes a Mead, Chairman of the Senate brace of breathless plain clothes War Investigating Committee, detectives. They started asking announced his opposition to the all over again the questions that two police cars loaded with traf­ Fire it in the steel box? A dozen forced labor bill. fic cops who's job it was to rope experts filled the room with gumthe harness bull had asked. The Senator declared his com­ off the street and prevent the beating but none o^ them seem­ Just then a siren could be mittee would institute immediate curious from getting trampled ed to have the answer. hearings to investigate the high- WASHINGTON, D. C. — An heard screaming down Beaver Finally one of the plain clothes under the mob's feet. pressure talk about manpower AFL committee, headed by Presi­ Street. It came to a rasping halt dicks merely reached across the In the union hall, in the mean in front of the hall. It was the shortages. High officials of the dent William Green, conferred at Bomb Squad of 6 men in a red time, the Bomb Squad was lay­ table, picked up the shell, drop.^ War Manpower Commission, the length with President Roosew'ilt: wagon. The appearance of the ing out its equipment. It had a ped it in his pocket and walked War Production Board and the at the White House on key labor Bomb Squad immediately began bucket of oil, a bucket of sand, out of the hall. The Bomb Squad War Department will be called. look at each other rather sheep­ In a recent report, the Mead problems affecting the war effort to attract spectators from the en­ and a bucket of water and a big ishly, and then filed slowly back tire financial district, and before steel "blast proof" box filled with Committee accused the War De and the post-war future. to their red, truck. .. . . Tpartnient of wasting manpower The principal topic of discus­ another five minutes had passed cotton. But no one knew how to One union brother who follow-; handle this particular shell. The by permitting production of huge sion was the AFL demand for Beaver Street was so jammed ed the flatfoot says that he walk­ surpluses of certain types' of v/ar scrapping of the Little Steel wage that no traffic could pass through. shell was German and all. the po­ ed to the North River and drop­ lice brains seemed to have the By now Police Headquarters equipment when the workers in formula. The last AFL conven­ ped the shell into the water. those industries could have been tion directed Mr. Green to convey had received word of the traffic jitters. Put it in oil? In water? Sand? Simple as that. jam, and down the street roared diverted to plants manufacturing its position on this issue to the continues with the vessel on an­ critical material. President. He took with him on rived at such port. Hines also charged wastage and the visit to the White House Sec­ Notwith.standing anything other voyage, his subsequent hoardirig of manpower in war in­ retary-Treasurer George Meany herein provided, no crew member right to again regeive transpor­ dustries. He also flatly declared and Vice President Harry C. who is engaged at, and assigned tation under this rider shall be that out of fourteen war indus­ Bates. to the vessel from, a port other determined from the date when, (Continued 'from Page I) tries where production lags have The labor delegation told the portation, subsistence and wages, than his port of shipniient, shall and with reference to the port set in, this condition is due to President that the wage freeze is (or oash equivalent thereof as be entitled to transportation un­ where, he joins the vessel for the manpower deficiencies in only beginning to hamper war produc­ provided in Paragraph E) fro|)n der this rider if he returns on succeeding voyage after receiv­ one. That is the foundry indus­ tion and complicate manpower the final port of discharge in the the vessel to a final port of dis­ ing such transportation. try, where wages are too low to shortages in low-wage industries. continental United States to his charge located in the same area C.—As used in this rider, the^ port of shipment, providing the as the port where he was so en­ term "port of shipment" means attract workers, he said. The rea­ They also warned that failure son for lagging production in the the port at which the individual to adjust wages now in realistic final port of discharge is located gaged and assigned. other industries, he said, are in an area (as defined in Para­ B.—If the vessel opens new crew member joins the vessel. relationship to higher living costs changes in design, suddenly step- would dry up purchasing power graph D) other than the area articles during the period of en­ As used in this rider, and in ped-up schedules and lact of fa­ in the post-war period and retard wherein is located his port of gagement, or changes the form the voyage description in the shipment. cilities. of articles or contract of en­ articles, if any, the term "final recovery. The War and Navy Depart­ If it is contemplated that the gagement, or proceeds from the port of discharge in the United ments and the Selective Service Another powerful plea present­ vessel will, and the vessel does, port of final discharge to a load­ States" shall mean the port in System are not competent to do ed to the President was for the within 10 days after completion ing port as set forth in para­ the continental United States at'" the job of rounding up manpow­ lifting of minimurn wage levels, of discharge at the final port of graph A, the master shall pre­ which the vessel completes the er, Hines stated. He insisted that particularly among white collar discharge, directly proceed to a pare a record which shall be mission for which the voyage the responsibility should be left workers and Government em­ port in the area wherein is locat­ preserved on board the vessel, commenced, or, if the vessel is to labor and industry on a vol­ ployes who have been afflicted by ed a crew member's port of ship­ showing the name of the crew carrying cargo or ballast, the port static incomes during a period of ment, such crew member will not members continuing v/ith the where all remaining cargo or bal­ untary basis. "To those who would use forced inflationary price rises. receive transportation under this I vessel, with the date and port of last is discharged. labor to avoid correcting the It was reported that the Presi­ rider if employment on the ves­ shipment of each. Benefits under A trans-Pacific voyage, for pur­ causes of manpower shoi^Jage, we dent made it clear that he has sel is offered for the trip to such this rider shall be granted with poses of this rider, includes a say: 'This is the way to delay come to no decision as yet with area. reference to original date of em­ voyage from the United States the war effort, not to speed it'," respect to the Little Steel formu­ If the master requests any crew, ployment and original port of to any port or place in the Pacific la as he is awaiting a report on member to continue with the shipment of each crew member, Ocean during which voyage the, declared Hines. this subject from the National vessel from the final port of dis­ j provided employment on the ves­ vessel crosses a line commencing War Labor Board. This report, charge to a loading port in the sel is continuous. The master, if at the north pole, thence run­ when submitted, wijl first be re­ continental United States for the requested, shall furnish, to any ning south along 175° west longi­ The following men left gear on ferred to Stabilization Director next outward voyage, located in crew member continuing with tude to 10° north latitude, thence Mississippi Line ships, and it has Vinson for an opinion as to the same or an adjoining area, the vessel, a statement showing running east to 120° west longi- . now been returned to the union whether adjustment of wage rates no such crew member shall be the original date and port of tude, thence south along 120° baggage room in New York: Vgl would force further price in­ entitled to transportation, substi- shipment of such crew member. west longitude to the south pole. Lopez or Bill Foley, Sam Cirilo, creases. The White House posi­ stence and wages to his port of If a crew member receives, A trans-Atlantic voyage, for Teems, James Daris, William tion has been that wage in­ shipment unless he shall gontinue during the course of his employ­ purposes of this rider, includes ' Foley, Robert Cunningham, Vin­ creases cannot be permitted when with the vessel to such loading ment on the vessel, transporta­ a voyage from the United States cent Walrath and C. Carter. they result in^higher prices. port and until the vessel has ar­ tion or cash equivalent, and he (Continued on Page 8) FDR Hears Demands For Freeze End WSA Rider PERSONALS w;.. < •i �w. I*riday, Jahuai^ 26, 1945 NEW ORLEANS Things are still good in this port with plenty of shipping in all Departments. Had a Waterman ship here this week with the Captain giving or­ ders that any overtime that he disputed was not to be sent to the Company office. Claims that T HE,SE AP ARERS WHAT'S DOING Around the Ports GALVESTON he has the right to strike out what he thinks isn't overtime. He has now changed his mind. One of our old members, Royal Domio, Q-123 passed away in the Hospital here after about three and' one-half years illness. The ex-shipyard workers are BOSTON still coming around to ship out, now that Uncle is tightening up All hands are still busy catch­ on the draft. ing up on our back work. At this L. J. (BALDY) BOLLINGER writing there is twelve inches of Agent snow to plow through and it's c Page Seven X Business and shipping slow for the past two weeks but with four new libertys for the SIU and one for the SUP and a Waterman ship that has been in for repairs, shipping will be on the boom again for a spell. The SS William F. Kamaka of the South Atlantic took a full crew here Jan. 17, 1945 and it was a real pleasure to see how the members took this ship. She was crewed with a 100% SIU and all good union members. The W. F. Kamaka was named after one of our jjieceased brothers who lost his life from an enemy torpedo while serving aboard the SS John Smith. The ship was lost on March 9, 1943. Brother Ka­ maka was an AB aboard the John Smith and we hope that the ship that carries his name will be as good a ship as Brother Kamaka was a seaman and union man. RAY W. SWEENEY. Agent iiir LOG OLDEN BANKS IS DEAD NEW YORK Shipping has been steady the past week in the port of New York with 816 shipped in all departments. We are looking forward to a boom this week as ships have been paying off regularly the past week and a number of them are coming off dry dock and crewing up. 39 ships paid off in this port the past week (most of them long trips) with only 35 signing on. Also had more men shipped than registered and quite a number of them were permit men. Although shipping has slowed down some, this is a gentle hint that you don't have to stay on the beach long in New York. Among the outstanding pay­ offs here were the SS LOU GEH­ RIG, of the Eastern SS Company. The unlicensed personnel had overtime submitted for standing gang watch and firemen work­ ing cargo, etc., on a date that the ship was at sea, according to the log. But the crew told a straight story and all of their dates checked. When questioned, some of the Deck Officers admit­ ted making false entries in the log. The Moran Tug, M. V. Sankety Head came in with the Purser and Captain drawing straws to see who was first in command. But the Chief Engineer Wasn't worried; he knew that he was the Great White Father, "^ey were all surprised to find that the Moran Towing Company and the Seafarers International Union had the last say. The crew of the Sankety Head took great pleasure in the amazement of the Master when he learned that he would have to sign his name to pay vouchers covdiring approximately 2,000 disputed hours overtime be- 1 The SIU lost a pioneer official and uncompromising fighter for the rights of the seamen when Brother Olden Banks died this mmmm, week in Mobile. Banks died at 4 Piilfl o'clock in the afternoon of Janu­ ary 19. He was 49 years old at the time of his death, and had spent his entire adult life in a struggle for conditions aboard ship. Brother Banks was born Jan. J, 1896 in Honduras, and was ta­ ken as a child to Grand Cayman island. He loved the sea from OLDEN BANKS childhood and became a sailor as soon as he was old enough to ing the seamen. When the ISU handle lines. folded. Banks was one of the From the first Banks was a bid timers who rallied around the leader- of seamen, for he was infant SIU and established it on proud and fearless and refused to a firm foundation. bend his knee to any shipowner or fink. He never ran away from Since then. Banks'became one a fight, and faced the issues of the best Business Agents in the union and contributed great­ squarely and honestly. ly to building the SIU into its One of the toughtest organizing present stature. iobs in the south was given to Banks by Scotty Ross back in Banks was one pie-card who 1934. One of the big Waterman never lost touch •vVith the rank ships was in Pensacola, and the and file. He made conscious ef­ company was refusing to recog­ fort to understand their problems nize thd union or allow delegates -and to further this understand­ to be elected aboard the ship. ing he shipped out for a long trip Many union men had been beat­ in the winter of 1944. He knew en and the crew intimidated. that the war had altered condi­ Banks went aboard the ship as tions on the ships, and he Want­ organizer, and shortly after that, ed to know first hand what the the entire crew followed him men were up against. His ship down the gangway and tied up paid off in Frisco and Banks re­ the ship. The company was forc­ turned to New Orleans in time ed to recognize the union because for the last Agents' Conference. of Bank's courage and militancy. The seamen have lost a sincere Banks then wei^t to the old ISU and militant champion in the liall in Mobile, taking the job of death of Brother Olden Banks. Janitor. Ko post was too small We mourn his passing, and honor for him, as long as he was serv- his memory. still falling. Brother Jim Sween­ ey bought himself a pair of snowshoes in order to get him from his home to the train. Having been a ski-trooper in World War I, he can navigate fairly well on snow-shoes or skis. Just got several letters from Brother John Stockman and Brother John Beresford. Both these Brothers are in France with the U. S. Army and from the tone of their letters wish that they were back on the high seas. They are anxious to know how things are going with the SIU and re­ quest that we keep up conditions as they will continue going to sea if and when they get back. Some of our crews are kept on board for as long as 70 and 80 days while in Scotland, without shore-leave while the officers on the same ship can got ashore as often as they please. There is something wrong here and it should be remedied. I wonder if Bro. Dushane got his Christ­ mas Bonus? If not, he sure de­ serves one. Nothing more to re­ port, so will close with all good wishes. JOHN MOGAN. Agent fore the cra*v would sign-off articles. Among the other ships paying off in this port were the SS McDonough, SS Baldwin, SS Lovette, SS Alvey, SS Hay, SS Sarazen and others, with all beefs settled aboard. The SS Hoban paid off here Monday with the whole crew, including the Master, with paid up SIU books. Needless to say, she was a clean pay-off. Yours for more SIU members in the forecastles and on the throttles. J. P. SHULER, Patrolmai\ PHILADELPHIA Paid off SS Charles Hull. Quite a bit of overtime disputed, but was settled aboard ship. They had one of these Buckeroo Mates on this ship and had every man in deck department logged, ex­ cept one man. We had most of the logs lifted. The logs amounted to close to one thousand dollars. All hands joined the Union ex­ cept two men, the Boatswain and one fireman. Paid off the SS Webb Miller. No beefs about overtime, but quite a bit of beefing about the Army fining the ship's unlicen­ sed personnel, and not fining the sihip's officers, when they were caught in the same restricted area. The chief engineer and the captain gave us statements to that affect. We are taking it up with the Army Intelligence in the Port of Philadelphia. One of the AB's was fined and the chief steward was fined one hundred, and fifty dollars. Our opinion is that they are using a Kangaroo Court on the merchant seamen over there, and discrimination against the mer­ chant seamen. For the Port of Philadelphia, We will do all we can to stop this discrimination. BUCK NEWMAN. Agent. E. S. HIGDON, Patrolman SAVANNAH Shipping around the port of Savannah was good up until this last week but I don't have any­ thing in sight for this port for the next couple of weeks. Had plenty of jobs around the holi­ days and couldn't get anyone to take them but managed to get them crewed up right after the New Year. Every one wanted to be home for the holidays. Had the Tulsa in Christmas week for a pay-off and general overhauling. Settled everything to the satisfaction of the crew and am now getting her fixed up for another trip. Got the Goldsboro out of dry-dock around New Year and finally got her crewed Up to sail last week. Had the Samuel Johnson of Eastern in this week and straigh­ tened out all disputed overtime to the satisfaction of the crew before the pay-off. Finally got the transportation question set­ tled after the pay-off and any member of the crew who didn't get his transportation at that time, a check will be mailed to your home address or it can be collected by getting in touch with the Eastern Steamship Company. Shipping looks slow for this port for the next couple of weeks unless something comes in rmexpected and have quite a few men registered here at the pres­ ent time. CHARLES WAID. Agent Jeeves, don't drive down Beaver Street. The SIU opened a hall there and it makes Madam ill when she sees it. y' • y.v" �Page Eight THE Labor Baiter In Action SEAFARERS LOG Friday. January 26, 194S Seamen Face Decisive Year By PAUL HALL, New York Agent Our 1945 general Elections are sold to France, Russia, Norway, tankers' and other unorganized over. A Taliy Committee was etc. The results will be a loss of ships. Our fishermen's organiza­ elected at the largest meeting operating tonnage and jobs for tions extend from the Rio ever held in the New York Hall, American seamen. Grande to the St, Lawrence, as and the results will soon be These negative factors may well as on the Pacific Coast. And forthcoming. turn into a serious situation for they have the same reputatiott organized, bonafide seamen. We and background of fighting Our New Year begins with the must, therefore, be on guard and unionism that the seamen have. installation of our newly elected officials for 1945. To the men who work against such things and In the Great Lakes area we are elected, their job for the such probabilities. were not only successful this past Now, let us look at the opposite season in staving off the attacks coming year is not going to be side and see what we have on of the Commies and of the labor an easy one and will require all the ball for the coming year and haters, but also were able to their efforts to keep us on the what our enemies may expect make progress ourselves. right course. Let us take a brief from us. glance into the future and see On the West Coast we have what we may expect in the way 1. Today our union halls will succeeded in organizing the hardly hold the membership of of obstacles. toughest tanker companies in the our organization during their 1. An offensive by the ship­ entire world and succeeded in meetings. Our membership is at owners, aided by the WSA and signing them to contracts which its highest point since this union's other Government Agencies, are without a parallel for con­ inception and our membership ditions. which will be designed to admission , has been controlled to "soften us up" for drastic post­ We have no reason to be afraid such an extent that under the war cuts in wages and condiof the future. We started building existing circumstances, we do not j;ions. As a start towards this have a surplus of men. our union with shoestrings, but' line, there will be further at­ 2. Our ranks have been aug­ now we have strong hawsers. We tempts to cut our war risk and mented by new, young, fresh and hit the bricks for wages, condi­ bonus area pay. The Coast Guard vigorous members; many of tions, bonuses and for union re­ will use the whip even harder whom are already taking an ac­ cognition and have fought a suc­ and the WSA's "physical exam­ tive part in leadership. Through cessful fight. We engaged in these Christian American bugle boy Vance Muse will swear inations" will be used on a larger the encouragement and aid of fights against tremendous odds, measure than ever before in an by the Holy Bible and" the W. Lee O'Daniel News that he's effort to beach our militant old our oldtimers, these young men but because we went out punch­ have become a vital part of our ing with both liands and kept *'a friend of labor." An angelic light plays over his big timers out of the industry. on punching, we were successful Organization. beefy face as he proclaims before God Almighty and the 2. The NMU, with its Political 3. Our financial condition is in our demands. ghost of Thomas Jefferson that he believes in "the right of Action Committee, the CIO, and excellent. Negotiations are now Today, with our Strike and Or­ workers to organize, strike, and' other Communist cohorts, will under way to purchase halls in ganizational Funds arc in healthy working man in his God-given use their fullest resources im a bargain collectively." practically all ports, and all of condition, we are j»reparqd to His "love for the working men" right of earning his living by the series of so-called "Organiza­ our various special funds are un­ fight a real fight. However— is the reason that his out­ sweat of his brow without pay­ tional Drives" on the Great touched. We are one of the most though we are soundly based fin­ fit is sponsoring measures ing tribute to the labor rackete­ Lakes, the Gulf, and the East financially sound organizations in ancially, that is not our greatest in 19 state legislatures, now in ers," Muse said in his office in and West Coast. This drive will the maritime field. advantage in preparing for the session, to outlaw the union shop Texas. be aimed, not at organizing the 4. The educational level, mor­ struggle ahead. Our greatest "We can protect the working so-called "unorganized," but ra­ ale and union consciousness of weapon is the fighting member­ and virtualy to outlaw the labor movement. Eleven states—Texas, man by putting the right to work ther at siezing control , of the our membership is of the Ijigh- ship which we have within omr.*/ Arkansas,-Florida, Alabama, Mis­ amendment, just incorporated in­ maritime industry. In the event est. No "isms," factions or cliques organization. sissippi, Colorado, Kansas, South to the Arkansas and Florida con- of a failure on their part to do exist within our organization. In­ With these thoughts in mind Dakota, Minnesota, Idaho and -stitutions, in the federal consti­ so, they will then create disrup­ ternal unity and cooperation is it is well that we prepare our­ Wisconsin have already passed tution," he continued. "We are tion and chaos throughout the in­ the order of the day. The Sea­ selves for the hard road ahead legislation "regulating" labor as asking the legislatures of the dif­ dustry. The Commies' rule or farers membership has dis­ of us. In the near future we must a result of blitzkrieg propagan­ ferent states to petition Congress ruin policy will be the order of covered that to be successful in take on the natural enemies of da campaigns staged by the to submit this amendment for the day for these enemies of our battles for conditions, we seamen—the shipowners, the Christian Americans and their ratification. Submission is man­ labor. must cooperate with one another. government bureaus and the jumping jacks in public office. datory if the legislatures of 32 S. There will, in all prob­ Solidarity on the waterfront is Commies, in order to show the "We just want to protect. the states ask for it." ability, be a sharp decline in not an abstraction—it results in way to real conditions. We shall American shipping in compari­ real gains for seamen. emerge, not only as the greatest son with what it is now—^with 5. Wejiave made definite pro­ and strongest union of them all, hundreds of liberty ships being gress in organizing non-union but the ONLY ONE as well. Texas Grown Fascist Leads Drive Against Trade Unions In U.S. New Transportation Rider Is Issued By War Shipping , (Contimied from Pgge 6) to Iceland, and to points in Greenland north of 65north latitude, t -1 excludes a voyage to Bermuda or the Azores. D.—For the purpose of this rider, the continental United States shall be divided into four areas, the Pacific coast area, the Atlantic coast area north of Hatleras, the Atlantic coast area south of Hatteras, and the Gulf coast area. E.—^The agreed case equivalent to be granted hereunder in lieu of transportation, subsistence and wages between the Atlantic coast areas north or south of Hatteras, and the Pacific coast shall be $125, and between the Gulf coast and Pacific coast $92.50. The agreed cash equivalent be­ tween any two areas not specifi­ cally referred to in the preceding sentence shall be the actual first class rail transportation fare in­ cluding lower berth (less tax) frojin the final port of discharge (or loading port for the next out­ ward voyage, as the case may be) to the port of shipment, with­ out allowance for wages or sub­ sistence. F.—In the event a crew mem­ ber elects to receive transporta­ tion, rather than the agreed cash equivalent, he shall be provided with a Government travel order entitling him to transportation and berth to the port of shipment and shall be granted subsistence payments during transportation in the amount stated for subsi­ stence while traveling under any applicable collective bargaining agreement or other labor agree­ ment. If no collective bargaining agreement or other labor agree­ ment containing such provision applies, cash allowance for subsi­ stence shall be $3.50 per day for licensed personnel, including ra­ dio operators, and pursers, and $3.00 per day for unlicensed per­ sonnel. The number of days for which wages and subsistence during transportation shall be granted, shall be computed on the basis of the number of days normally required for rail travel between the final port of dis­ charge and the port of shipment. The War Shipping Administra­ tion (including the Recruitment and Manning Organization) and the Agents and operators of the vessel shall not be responsible for making reservations of .space or arranging other details of trans­ portation furnished under the provisions of this rider. The form of voyage description set forth in the body of the ship­ ping articles (where articles are used) shall be that prescribed by the Coast Guard as set forth, in the Federal Register for March 31, 1942, page 2477 (7 F. R. 2477). Articles containing the above rider must not be limited to less than 12 months for the voyage's duration. All articles shall read "back to a final port of discharge in the United States," and shall not specify return to any par­ ticular coast or area in the United States. Expenses incurred by the own­ er of a time chartered vessel by virtue of the attachment, of the foregoing rider to articles or other contracts of employment shall, if the vessel is operated un­ der WARSHIPTIME or WARSHIPOILTIME, be reimbursed as provided in General Order 8 (Re­ vised), Supplement 10 (Revised), (Section 302.95), and as further provided in the letter addendum giving effect to the redetermined rates specified in that Supplemerit. If the vessel is operated under WARSHIPTIME (Rev.) or WARSHIPOILTIME (Rev.), re­ imbursement will be made in ac­ cordance with Clause 7B of the charter. In order that benefits will be made uniformly available under the provisions of this revision of Regulation No. 64, Agents, Gen­ eral Agents and owners are au­ thorized to pay transportation 'in accordance with this Regulation to the crews of all vessels which sign off subsequent to the date of issuance hereof. If any sea­ man signs off a vessel which has attached to its articles the rider contained in Operations Regula­ tion No., 64 dated July 1, 1943, and under sixch rider is entitled to transportation to which he would not be entitled under the terms of the rider contained in this revision, the provisions of the original Regulation and the rider therein, shall apply. This Regulation and ' the rider contained • herein provide for transportation only in the case of a crew member who joins a ves­ sel in the continental United States and returns on the same vessel on completion of a voy­ age which entitles him to trans­ portation. No crew member who is separated from his vessel abroad for any reason, or who signs on a vessel abroad for re­ turn to this coimtry, is entitled to transportation by virtue of the rider. 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Title A name given to the resource January 26, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VII, No. 4 Description An account of the resource DELEGATES REPORT ON MEETING OF JOINT MARITIME COMMISSION MORE LIBERTIES NAMED FOR SIU-SUP SEAMEN SIU TUG COMMENDED BY HASLEY NEW TRANSPORTATION RIDER IS ISSUED BY WAR SHIPPING THE LONDON CONFERENCE WHO'S MAN'S BEST FRIEND? THE SHIPOWNER KEEPS A PROMISE TWO OFFICERS ARE LAUDED MYTH OF HIGH WAGES SHATTERED BY REPORT BSCU CREW WIN SERVICE SUIT MAY BILL IS HIT AS 'MILITARY DICTATORSHIP' SOUVENIR CREATES BEAVER ST. RIOT FDR HEARS DEMANDS FOR FREEZE END OLDEN BANKS IS DEAD SEAMEN FACE DECISIVE YEAR TAXES GROWN FASCIST LEADS DRIVE AGAINST TRADE UNIONS IN U.S. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01/26/1945 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1945 Periodicals Seafarers Log https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/da92667ea2692dd8e7df6bc3f555a029.PDF 64cf11d7bae952bcc7f9e47de8117fe9 PDF Text Text GULF DISTRICT, AKEBICA NEW YORK. N. Y« FRIDAY. JANUARY 19. 1945 No. 3 SIU Ship Down With 10 Men Lost SLAVE LABOR BILL FOUGHT President Roosevelt last week sent a long message to Congress in which, among other proposals, , he called for the most sweeping ••undearsea war. coercive measures on the home The ship was in convoy and front ever proposed by any Chief experiencing clear weather and Executive in the country's his­ a moderate sea when the attack­ tory. He demanded: er struck. There was an imder1—Enactment of a so-called water explosion directly beneath "national service" act under the engine. The explosion broke which workers would be drafted the back of the ship and she be­ for the private profit of employ­ gan to settle immediately. ers. The Office of Price Administra­ 2—Passage by Congress now, tion this week finally got around As water reached the boilers they exploded, filling the engine without waiting for the soldiers to amending their regulations room and the entire midship with to come home, of compulsory mil­ prohibiting rations of gasoline live steam. Most of the "casual­ itary service for America's young for merchant seamen ashore. Af­ ties were among the black gang men in peace-time. ter January 12 all seamen with on watch. 3—A draft of nurses, despite an appalling shortage of such help five weeks or more sea time will Within a few minutes the ship in every hospital of the nation. be eligible for furlough gasoline had settled with two feet of This demand spotlighted the fact water above the boat deck, and rations. that the Army and other agencies the skipper gave , orders to aban­ have failed signally to set up any In announcing this, the CPA don ship. Several of the rafts and adequate training program for said, "these men are subpect to life boats had been smashed by nufses, though they must have the same nervous strain as men the explosion,. and many of the known there would be a tremen­ of the armed forces and are crew had to jump overboard with dous need for them. equally entitled to 'furlough ra­ their life belts. tions when they are off duty." 4—A "work or fight" law for Life boat No. 1 picked up many "4-F's" so as to drive them heltersurvivors from the water, as did Under the new rules the sea­ skelter into war factories. a British trawler which had been men will receive three gallons of trailing the convoy for just such Scions Not Stampeded gasoline for each five week days an emergency. The lawmakers took no imme­ of service at sea, with a maxi­ Most of the survivors were diate action to push through an mum of thirty gallons. All ap­ over-all labor draft as sought by plications for "furlough rations" picked up the night of the ex­ "F.D." By an overwhelming ma­ must be made to the local ration plosion, a few of them were res­ jority, Congress had previously boards within 30 days of signing cued the following morning. All • « c«V. were taken to Ternuezen, Hoi—The Call off. opposed such "forced labor" leg­ land, and later repatriated back islation, and there was little indi­ to the United States in an Army cation that it had changed its transport. mind. Besides those brothers killed, In fact, Senator Warren R. Aus­ the following were injured, Ber­ tin (Rep., Vt.), one of the main nard W. Brooks, AB, Robert (EXCERPTS. PROCEEDINGS MERCHANT MARINE COUNCIL) sponsors of universal conscrip­ Huffman, AB; Richard May, tion during the last session, con­ One of the many unpleasant from those deliberately created tanker found the nose of a Ger­ FOW; and Alexander J. Williams> ceded that chances of adoption of habits of our enemies in this— and the amphibious type of war­ man 20 mm. shell and brought it Messman. such a law are slim. He said he and, for that matter, the previous fare makes battlefields out of back to his ship. He apparently had not "sensed any change" in Those brothers who lost their —War is that of leaving behind beaches upon which merchant was endeavoring to disarm the opposition to the proposal by lives, and now join our honored them various "booby-traps" when seamen frequently land. Thought­ fuse with his knife when it de­ dead, are listed in the box on either the Senate Military Affairs forced to abandon territory. lessness, or ignorance of the dan­ tonated, blowing off part of his page two. Committee or the Senate itself. These are charges of explosives ger, prompts such seamen to gar­ right hand and inflicting severe However, several bills to crack attached to some object likely to ner as souvenirs, shells or fuses chest wounds. An identical casu­ down on. "4-F's" were introduced. be moved by personnel of the ad­ which still contain their explos­ alty was incurred by a messman Chief among these was one by vancing forces, in such manner ive charges and which subsequ­ on a ship lying in Cherbourg who Congressman Andrew J. May, as to be detonated by movement ently cause death or injury to the also indulged in amateur tinker­ standpat Kentucky Democrat, and or investigation. All military per­ possessor. The Coast Guard's ing with a similar nose fuse. chairman of the House Military sonnel are carefully warned casualty records indicate the fre­ An oiler on another ship at Affairs Committee. against boobytraps and caution­ quency of such occurrences, of Cherbourg found a whole Ger­ Militarizes Workers ed that desirable-looking battle which a few examples are cited. man shell, brought it, on board May's bill went far beyond souvenirs form one of the most On Tinian a party of seamen on ship and started to dress.it down "4-F's" alone. It extended the fruitful baits for such infernal shore leave from a United States on the emery wheel. The imme­ "work or fight" club to all men machines. merchant vessel strolled about in diate result was the loss.of most 'from 18 to 45 now on the home Personnel of the merchant ma­ search of items of interest and of the fingers of his right hand. front. Enforcement would be in rine do not receive such warnings one man found an unexploded In still another case the casualty the hands of draft boards. Work­ because they will normally not mortar shell. He called to his was not even traceable to enemy ers who resist board orders would approach a battlefield or beach­ companions to inspect his find. A matreial. A fireman on a ship in be consigned to army "labor bat­ head until expert specialists have passing marine warned him not the South Pacific tried to cut talions." cleared it of land-mines, bobby to handle the shell. At just that open a 20 mm. shell, from the Labor chiefs said the measure traps, and similar dangters that moment it exploded, killing the ship's own ammunition, with a would militarize virtually the en- have been intentionally strewn in finder, seriously injuring one hacksaw. He lost his right thumb V>4ire horqe front, with the army the vicinity by the enemy. But companions and setting fire to and forefinger and received se­ displacing the War Manpower the debris of battle contains the clothes of the marine. rious chest wounds in the inevit-1 many hazardous objects apart (Continued on Page 3) Near Bizerte a seaman from a (Continued on Page 2) «He's the Guy I Voted for"! !•/ IV' h Ten crew members, seven of them members of the SIU, lost their lives last month when the SS Francis Asbury went down in the English Channel. The Asbury was enrouted from Dover to Antwerp through the normally safe Channel when she became the latest victim of the Nazi Gas Rations For Seamen On Furlough Danger Lurks In War Souvenirs �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG SEAFARERS LOG friday, January 19, 1945 Still living in the 'past in 1945 Published by the, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District f t Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President _lOy Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. 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HAnover 2-2784 267 Labor Slaves - The American labor movement is now in a life and death fight to keep from being plunged into .economic slavery under the terms of the Admimstration's proposed national service legislation. But whether or not labor wins the fight against new restriction, the"fight against the old ones must continue if the workers' standard of living is to be protected. Evidence of how closely the worker is now chained to his job without a "national service act," was presented last week in the N. Y. Times when it wrote that 800 electricians employed in the Todd Shipyard in Hoboken had been re­ fused certificates of availability by the War Manpower Commission. Behind the small routine news report is a story of suffering and hardship, and of a government agency joining an employer in smashing union conditions. This is what happened: The Todd Company began to discriminate against regular yard electricians, this in an effort to smash the union contract. The union, the Brother­ hood of Electrical Workers, AFL, called a protest meeting in the yard. Thereupon the company announced that the electricians would be suspended for a week without work and without pay. When this happened the men decided that they would have to get other jobs, since in most cases they had no money saved up and could not afford to take a vacation. Here the War Manpower Commission stepped into the picture and refused to issue "certificates of availability" needed by the men in order to get new jobs. In short, the government forced the men to bow to the union busting blows aimed by the employer. Todd ship­ yard management can now be expected to step up its provocations and launch full union smashing drives—for it knows that its wprkers are helpless to resist. And yet, Washington is now demanding new chains for labor on the pretext that existing "manpower controls" are not tight enough. What is needed in Washington is a labor offensive which will break the union movement loose from the grip of employer politicians. i 'V •.'1 —The Washington Teamster MONEY DUE SS L. KUSSUTH Five sailors have 7 hours each coming. Collect at Bull Line of­ fice. • • • CONSTANTINO ANTONIOU Twelve hours overtime for ^an­ chor watch, Oct. 29 to Oct. 29, 1944. Can be collected at South Atlantic office in New York. • • • SS WILLIAM PATTERSON Tuminello, 13 hrs; Banich, 21 hrs; Madden, 8 hrs; Lewis, 6 hrs; Brock, 48 hrs. Keryka and Tages have division of 1 day's wages. Collect at Bull Line office. * • • SS J. M. GILLIS Robert Brown, Night Cook, $2.70; L. G. DeHaven, Dk. Maint., $16.50; Jose Reyes, AB, $17.80; Frederico Reyes, AB, $5.80; W. L. Losson, OS, $18.99; Eigil Ander­ son, AB, $17.10; W. Heiswold, AB, $20.70; Darwin Karasek, OS, $15.30; J. B. Faria, AB, $26.10; J. J. Bush, OS, $15.30; Guitav Andressen, AB, $8.70; Mike Sikor­ sky, Bos'n, $20.70. Collect at Smith & Johnson Steamship of­ fice. * * * SS J. F. MEYERS The Deck Department has the following money due them: 4 to 8 watch, $41.31; 8 to 12 watch, $28.80; 12 to 4 watch, $24.70. Fire­ men that stood watches Sunday and Monday have 2 day's pay, plus weekend overtime. Stewards Department have 2 day's pay, plus week-end over­ time. Collect at Alcoa Steamship Co., 17 Battery Place. • « • SS GRACE ABBOTT One day subsistance due James Payone, Donald Crowell, James Gordon, Francel Petzel, Argly Wfight, Jose Prats, George Wolf, L. Bartlett, E. Fogel, J. Escobar. Two days' subsistence due Argyle J. Wright, Frank Petzel and Dick Gilbertson. Four hours' overtime due A. J. Wright. Collect at Calmar office. New York City. • » • SS THOMAS B. ROBERTSON Voyage No. 7 Extra meal money due the fol­ lowing men: William Fowler, Chief Clook; Marcello Radici, Sec­ ond Cook; Earl Morey, Second Cook and Butcher; John N. Nash, Messman and Albert Staszak, Messnian. Collect New Orleans office, Mississippi Shipping Com­ pany. Danger Lurks (Continned from, Page 1) • able explosion. Even those men merely injured will be seriously handicapped for life by the crippling of their right hands. That is a heavy price to pay for a careless act. There are standing orders in all military areas against bringing live or unexploded ammunition on board ship ^except as authorized. The •. foregoing shows part of the rea- j son why. If a battlefield souvenir is not known to be harmless, it should be treated as the gun that "isn't loaded," and let alone. MEL YIN GLENN Paid off on SS Campfire, Jan­ uary 13, 19445. Bring in your re­ ceipt to New York Agent's office. See Claude Fisher, Patrolman. 9n Tyimw/dam WILLIAM ANDERSON RUPERT R. CHURCH RAYMOND J. CLEARY MORTIMER H. HARRISON WILLIAM A. MALLARD HENRY J. PICKELL ARCHIE O. TOMUNSON Messman Chief (ioolt POW Steward Night Cook Wiper Qiier O �Friday, January 19, 1945 THE SEAFARERS WHAT'S DOING Around the Ports LOG Page Three STRAIGHT '/v/» MLLEY NEW ORLEANS halls and amending the constitu­ The crew on this vessel was well tion. united and stood by its guns. Such a crew can not be licked, This year shows a record ballot Things have been humming and you can bet that they were­ here for the past week and we for the Atlantic and Gulf District n't. With the co-operation of the of the SIU. really had a dilly on the Anna company, we will rid ourselves Capa. The Master thought he There are a number of old- of such vermin as Capt. Cormick I was a "little Hitler" and acted timers showing up now and they and make the life at sea more accordingly. He would not OK make the meetings lively with pleasant and desirable. any overtime and said that the "Good and Welfare" discussion. LOUIS COFFIN, Patrolman men were getting enough pay as The winter has arrived in New By 'TRENCHY" MICHELET it is. But the Company, after York and the patrolmen are GALVESTON Only a spotless reputation like titude on this problem. All in­ ' talking to the Agent and Patrol­ grumbling with their rheumat­ that enjoyed by that excellent terested brothers may see this Shipping and business fair and ism after wading around into the man Clarke, decided that the men were entitled to the time, so slush until midnight on some of shipping will continue to be good cook Frenchy Michelet, could letter by consulting the agent in for the coming month with four survive the kicking around it their respective ports. nearly all of the stuff was paid these late pay-offs. here. We had to send the rest to Bull Line, which has been one Liberty ships to be delivered by gets from the shoemaker "Hun­ The prepared mixes that we ..New York where Bro. Hall has a of our worst offenders about late Feb. 9, 1945. Had two SUP ships gry" Shuler. Shuler got up in have been agitating for for se fine committee to handle this so pay-offs, has agreed to pay off pay off here last week and on the the meeting the other night and long are now going aboard SIU everything in the forenoon. That SS B. F. Shaw we ran into one suggested that the editor of the ships. The membership can now '^tt will be paid. Shipping in this port has been is a great help. Here's hoping of the "Capt. Bligh" type of Cap­ Seafarers Log should replace the look forward to an immediate good for quite a few weeks with that we can get the rest of the tains. And to make matters fork and spoon that heads this improvement in the baking. This the hall shipping everything that companies to pay everything off worse, he was an English Master column with a can opener and is but one of a number of im­ and had the idea that when a corkscrew as more in keeping provements that we want for SIU before 5 p.m. looks like a seaman. man met him he was supposed to with our culinary practices. ships. We are working with the Now that Byrnes has closed J. P. SHULER, Patrolman do everything he asked of the These feeble witticisms are moti­ port stewards and the purchasing down all the race tracks a lot of » » men are showing up to ship, for Well, it happened again. We've man. Well, Master Pierson was vated by pure envy, of course. agents of the various operators the bang tails are no longer sup­ been unfortunate in the last few sadly disappointed. The men pre­ For the benefit of any member and with Mr. William McCarthy, who may not be aware of the port steward for the WSA, tow­ plying the pork chops. weeks in the phoney Skippers formed the duties that were re­ true facts, we will cite a case to ard this end. A material improve­ quired of them and then they The RMO here still trys to and Mates that we had to come in show what a liberal steward ment in the beef situation is the went to their quarters and one cram some Of their free loaders contact with. Not so. long ago Frenchy" is and what a hungry next point on our agenda. man was logged because he had down our throats but haven't got­ we had the bearded wonder, then belly-robber Shuler is. Several to put on his shoes and was not ten away with it so far. along came the guy who tried to years ago Paul Hall and Jimmy We went aboard the Freulingon deck when "Capt. Bligh" L. J. (BALDY) BOLLINGER, tell us how to conduct our union Pierson arrived on the scene. Hanners made a 7-month trip hausen recently to check the cof­ Agent business, and now on board the In fact he had several men log­ with Shuler. When they got back fee that the crew claimed was good ship SS Nicolas Biddle of to the States they were mere bags rancid. We drew a cup to test the Robin Line, where in the past ged which was settled to the sat­ of skin and bones. They then it and promptly found the cause NEW YORK we have had no trouble, we met isfaction of those concerned and shipped on a real feeding scow —^the urn was dirly. Brothers,, the two star performers. These this really burned the Old Man with the liberal brother Michelet this union is strong enough to up because their papers were This port is having a number two phonies who call themselves not suspended by the Coast as steward and they've been force any operator to clean house, ' " of ships coming in this week with the Skipper and Chief Mate, pro­ Guard.. 1 think in the future trotting around here fat and but let us first be sure tha+ own is in order. long trips behind them. The SS ceeded to tell us that the union Capt. Pierson will realize that the sassy.ever since! agreements meant nothing to Lou Gehrig of the Eastern Steam­ More and more we've found men that are going to sea today We arc by nature the most ship Company has an eleven them, and that they did not be­ are to be treated more like men charitable minded of men. We ourself dreaming of far places. month trip behind her and has lieve in paying off overtime. Also, and not as a bunch of slaves. could find much to say in exten­ Buck Newman, the Philadelphia had two Patrolmen busy since as far as they are concerned, all RAY W. SWEENEY, Agent uation for any poor misguided agent pro tem, was in to see us she docked. The Eastern Steam­ overtime would go to the NLRB soul who knocked over a bank, Friday. We got to reminiscing ship Company has been trying to for official approval before any poisoned his mother-in-law, or about old times and all the fun pay her off with wages and bonus of it would be paid to the crew. was guilty of any other minor in­ we had last, summer when we and settle the overtime later. But We informed these two jerks fraction of the country's laws, but made a trip together through the past experience has taught the that the NLRB had nothing to do we are in favor of dealing un­ Islands. We reminded Buck of (Continued from P<fge 1) men that go to sea on the Eastern with any overtime, and that it mercifully with any fiend who the night that we dropped in for Steamship^ Company ships the was a matter strictly between the opening of hearings on the bill cooks soupy rice. a drink in a Dominican Republic only dough that is sure is the union and the company. They Wednesday, called for its quick gin mill and found him there Dry, tasty I'ice with a rich with a couple of shapely num­ then told us'that they wouldn't enactment, but proposed "civil money in the hand. brown gravy and a well-seasoned bers. One of the dames knocked We have four or five Moran sign any overtime sheets for any penalties"—fines and jail terms— meat is as much as life has to over a glass of beer and it ran LTugs in. The Tybee paid off from one except themselves, and it was instead of consignment to "labor offer by way of the creature com­ all over our clothes. Then every­ a seven month trip without a at this time that they were in­ battalions" for "defiant" workers. forts, but the rice must be prop­ body made a game of pouring beef. The Bodie Island brought formed by the company official Either method, labor spokesmen erly cooked. Boiling hell out of beer all over our trousers. We Commission in control of civilian in a clean ship and a clean pay­ that all the overtime would be it, then washing all taste out of were all having a swell time 'til workers. off. But the Hillsborough Inlet OK'd by him arid that the Skip­ it and steaming it in a collender Undersecretary of War Robert Buck found out that we were came iff with a prize mix-up. Out per would pay whether he liked nine month.: and none of the crew it or not. They didn't like it but P. Patterson, testifying at the is hardly the way to arrive at a wearing his pants! said, would "amount to totalitar­ tasty rice. Nor is the soupy mess, can remember seeing the Chief they paid. A fellow's a sucker to bat out that all too frequently comes out Engineer sober. The Captain is Now the morale is this, these ianism, pure and simple." his brains at a shoreside job when of the galley, a dish calculated to Anil-Union Twist . ignorant of unionism and when would-be petty dictators are find­ adventure is waiting starry-eyed May also gave the measure an stimulate the appetite either. in every port outside. We once overtime was submitted to him it ing out, like the big dictators, was not disputed, it was torn up. that to fight people who are unit­ anti-union twist by championing Here is a foolproof way to cook cooked for three wonderful Two patrolmen, the ship's dele­ ed and determined in their stand an amendment that would ex­ tasty rice that is so simple that weeks in a Brazilian cat house in gates, purser and port purser is tough. They can not be licked. empt drafted workers from the even Shuler could learn to do it. Pernambuco. (Until the consul Wash the rice in four waters caught up with us.) need of joining the union in the have been straightening it out plant to which they are assigned, by rubbing it with the fingers over the weekend. The crew on What a time we had! We had Notice For Great even though such union may until the stai'ch is gone. Put it this tug, with the exception of the shacked up on the Rue de Bon have a "closed shop" contract. into your heaviest pot at a ratio Jesus and were regaling the girls, Captain and Chief, are to be com­ Lakes Seamen This was probably a scheme to of one cup of rice to two of cold with American dishes when word mended for their cooperation in water. Season it well with salt. knife unions. straightening this scow out. When you come down to Now cover and bring to a boil. got around the waterfront that Also, Congressman William M. X Shipping dropped to normal the coast to ship deep sea be Frenchy was cooking in "441". Colmer, Mississippi Democrat, in­ The moment it boils cut the heat The boys set"~ up a big "kitty"" last week with shipping in all sure to contact the union Departments and Saturday night hall in what ever port ^ you troduced a bill to smash strikes down to the lowest possible flame that was always fat with mikies. by forcing workers involved in and let bubble 'til the water is the board was cleared for the hit. When shipping deep sea Every now and then some real walkouts into the armed services gone. Push the pot to the side of live brother would replenish the first time since the 15th of De­ ship only through your union — even though employers may the range, open the cover a little larder with a ham or so. We hall, just as you do on the cember. have instigated the stoppages. and let it steam dry. Never stir didn't make much dough but we Ships were paid off and most Lakes. Other similar measures poured rice while it's cooking. WhUe you are a member of of them with long trips—so ship­ The Navy has reduced the gun had a better time than any shoreinto the congressional hopper day a different district, the Atlan­ ping is expected to boom again. side big shot who did! crews on a number of SIU ships. A committed was elected at tic & Gulf District is ready to by day. Thus, "F.D.", by his demands The operators are reducing the the last meeting to cpunt the bal- give you full choice of jobs has opened a veritable "Pan­ steward department proportion­ ,^ts for the candidates for union and all the protection of the Keep In Touch With dora's box" of "union-busting" ately. We have sent letters to all officials for 1945 and the resolu­ deep sea contracts. agents explaining the union's at­ Your Draft Board legislation. tions regarding purchasing of Slave Labor JJL. �•\ A' Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, January 19, 1945 WE CREW UP A NEW C-4 m w j" I ri' ^ 'r, d:.': Vi-i • •V Here are candid shots of the SS Marine Dragon, new Water­ man C-4 which pulled into New York two weeks ago and is now fully SlU-crewed and ready for her maiden voyage. All the boys have high praise for the quarters and equipment aboard her. Upper left is the crew's galley which features an electric range and steam tables for all vegetables. Upper right the boys are taking coffee time in the air conditioned messroom. Center is the control panel in the engine room with forward throttle on the left and astern throttle on the right. Lower left are the 15 ovens in the bake shop. These ovens can handle 75 pullman loaves at a time. That is Brother Michelet standing next to the ovens. 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EXAFABESS' INTEBNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Vol. VII. je •ivV'- NEW YORK, N. Y.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 12. 1945 ''irt Don* With Mirrors'' No. 2 Administration Is Forging New Chains For Organized Labor Organized labor faced another home front fight in defense of its rights this week as the Administration and Congress joined in laying plans for a "national service act." The proposed legislation, if enforced, would smash the closed shop in many industries, nulify attempts to win wage increases, and so cripple the union movement that it might well take years to recover. This squeeze against labor started two weeks ago IN STORMY MEETING MEMBERSHIP DEMANDS NEWS FROM THE PORTS No Convoys Were Missed r !j R. Crew Finds Mail Order Skipper Is No Bargain By ROBERT RUNNER J." > I, l5" The chain store-Sewell Avery influence has invaded the merchant shipping field. But in this case the system worked in reverse. XX'^here Avery refused to accept the advice of the Army, Captain C. R. Ecke, skipper of the "Waterman Steamship Company's SS Lamar, called upon the Coast Guard for assistance in every re­ ported "diciplinary beef," accord­ ing to the brothers who paid off the ship last week after a four and half month's trip to the front. Capt. Eche, who just took over the duties of skipper after a long session of employment with Sears-Roebuck, used every op­ portunity to log the men and in some cases attempted to have a brother receive penitentiary terms. Chief among the victims of the 'lit^^le dictator's' wrath was Bro. Samuel Charles Foster on whom charges of hitting an officer could not be proved. Apparently the company men did not get togeth­ er on their stories before the Coast Guard because the rnate claimed the first assistant had been hit in the gunner's me'ssroom while the first said he was hit in the crew's mess. The crew faced a multitude of charges. The chief beef, accord­ ing to Johnnie Morris, boatswain, was that the boys would be log­ ged for being drunk and to these charges they sometimes pleaded guilty. Then the dictator would (Continued on Page 2) Keep In Touch With Your Draft Board Tho heat's on, and make no mistake about it. Draft Boards throughout the coun­ try have received increased quotas for February, and they are combing their rolls for new GI's. As long as you are an ac­ tive merchant seaman they can't touch you. But if you lay on the beach beyond your allotted time, then they will try to jerk you into the army. The union is ready to go to the aid of any brother who gets in a jam with his Draft Board. But you might as well know that there is little we can do for you if you have a bad shipping record. Don't take a chance—^keep on the ships if you want to stay out of the army. And remember, you are allowed 2 days ashore for each week at sea. But the shore time is not to exceed 30 days at any one time. NEW YORK—Those pie-cards who fail to keep the membership informed of the happenings in their ports through the medium of the LOG. came in for a work­ ing over at the hands of the membership last Monday night. In a long and heated discussion, member after member took the Hoor to demand that regular news from all ports be sent to the LOG by the branch agents. No merchant ship missed con­ voy during the holiday season as thousands of American merchant seamen and officers voluntarily returned to the sea to maintain the unbroken supply line of ships sailing to the fighting fronts, the War Shipping Administration an­ One brother even went so far nounced thi.s week. Men on shore as to move that all agents be leave responded to urgent ap­ fined $25 each time they missed peals carried in the newspapers sending a weekly report to the and broadcast over the radio and LOG. A chorus of approval sacrificed opportunities to spend greeted his motion, with several the holidays with their families. amendments boosting the fine to In previous years the departure $50 and $75. The sentiments for of some ships was delayed by the fines was defeated only after the shortage of experienced person­ New York officials rose to the nel during the holiday season, defense of their brothers in the WSA said. out-ports and remarked that such "The response of these men to financial penalties were beyond the appeal that they return to the ability of the Agents to pay. duty immediately was magnifi­ And if such a motion were passed cent," said Captain Macauley, by the membership, we might Deputy War Shipping Adminis­ find ourselves without any agents. trator. "They are civilian volun­ teers and are not subject to comThe membership finally com­ p u 1 s 0 r y curtailment of their promised on a motion instructing leaves. Few, if any of them, spent the'Editor to place the name of Christmas day with their famil­ each port in a special box in the ies, though there was absolutely LOG when that port was delin­ no means of compelling them to quent in sending in news. return. Many of these men had not seem their families in months. What was revealed at the New They realized that their return York meeting was the fact that was necessary to avert a crisis in the rank and file members thirst manning ships and they report­ for news from their home ports, ed; they came from the Midwest, and the only way they can get from the South, and from port that news is thi'ough the colu^ans cities. They acted in keeping of their union paper. It is" strict­ with the traditions of the ser­ ly the responsibility of the Agent vice." in each port to see that the men who sail out of their ports are "We are training thousands of kept informed of events in their recruits and schooling other men and officers for higher gi-ades. absence. But we must have the services of Following the installation of the veterans who left the sea for new Agents for the 1945 term, shore jobs in the mistaken belief the practice of publishing the that their emergency duties were names of delinquent ports will over. They must also answer the be adhered to—as per the in­ call, if we are to 'keep 'em sail­ struction of the membership. ing'," Captain Macauley said. Y r .A. « \ when War Mobilization Director I James F. Byrnes demanded that manpower be dragooned for war production. In his message to Cpngress last week President Roosevelt endorsed Byrnes pro­ posals, and there has now been introduced in the House of Rep­ resentatives the "May-Bailey Mo­ bilization Bill." This bill vests manpower channeling authorif>v with Byrnes and Selective Ser­ vice. While the details of the bill have not been published, it's gen­ eral outline is clear. Byrnes anH: the Draft Boards would have authority to allocate every man to a specific job—and \ve can be certain that the rights of organ-^ ized labor will not be protecUt... in the process. Should Byrnes decide, for in­ stance, that 400 additional men are needed in a certain war plant, he would have authority to force men to work in that plant on pain of draft into the army. And we can be sure that these men would not be required to joixi any union holding a contract in the plant. This would result in splitting wide open the contract, would-1 mean that the union would not only be unable to fight for better conditions, but would be power-^ less to protect its existing condi­ tions against the employer off en-j sive certain to accompany the Byrnes ukase. ^ In short, labor would be in chain.s—stripped of its po\^ to improve its conditions, or evei. to defend its present meager liv­ ing standard. ^_ Byrnes and Congress attempt to cover this essentially unionbusting move with a lot of pa triotism and false figures on pro duction needs. The facts are thai labor has already performed a miracle of production, and is ca­ pable of even greater records if given the proper plantment. The tip off as to Byrnes' real motives in demanding labor drafi was a remark dropped by hi last week at a press conferenc He said that there was "overj whelming proof" that wage ra increases had "outstripped" ris­ ing living costs. In other word? he intends to prohibit any (Continued on Page �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliafed with the American Federation of Labor. HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President lOy Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 1th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. m Directory of Branches ADDRESS 51 Beaver St 330 Atlantic Ave.. 14 North Gay St.. 6 North 6th St.. .. PHILADELPHIA 2 5 Commercial PI.. NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16).,. 339 Chartres St.. . 68 Society St CHARLESTON (9) 220 East Bay St... SAVANNAH 423 East Piatt St.. TAMPA 920 Main St JACKSONVILLE 7 St. Michael St... MOBILE SAN JUAN. 28 P.R.. 45 Ponce de Leon. PUERTO RICO 219 20th St GALVESTON BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) 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 San Juan 1885 Galvestoix. 2-8043 (•I PUBLICATION OFFICE; yi BEAVER STREET HAnover 2-2784 New York, (4) N. Y. 267 A Page From Hitler I i , ^'Assistant President" James F. Byrnes, in his role of H'director of war mobilization and reconversion, opened the New Year with a surprising demand for more shackles for the nation's workers. In a 20,000-word report on conditions on the home front, he exaggerated the crisis in war production-—a form of overstatement which has become characistic—and in­ sisted that workers must be put into a straitjacket to get the job done. He called for legislation to drive into war factories 4-F workers who have been rejected for military service because of physical or mental disqualifications — though most pf them, as a matter of fact, are already in war jobs or other occupations classified as essential. Byrnes' clamor for compulsion comes in face of the fact that by voluntary means workers have set a record of . production that has amazed the world. At the same time, Byrnes demanded additional legis­ lation to restrict unions in the name of "treating the Petrillos and the Averys alike." The kind of law he proposed has ' he.^ opposed by the National War Labor Board as a hin,.iice rather than help to speedy settlement of war-time industrial disputes. Byrnes was assisted in his vicious assault on labor by .^Senator Joseph H. Ball (Rep., Minn.) who in a bid for the headlines also came out for a "law against union defiance" ^ on the pretext of reaching "Petrillos as well as Averys." All this talk of coercion has spread confusion, suspicion f and resentment thereby making our job all the harder. We have in the past licked labor shortages voluntraily through our own unions and through labor-management .CQQp.eration, and we can continue to do so, if the authorities ' will stop yelling "wolf" and stop threatening to put work­ ers in chains. •' American workers do best by democratic, voluntary TTiethods. They have demonstrated that by a production record during the past three years that has been almost universally labelled a "miracle." Nazi methods will not work in this country. —Labor SEAFARERS LOG Mail Order Capt. Is No Bargain Friday, January 12, 1945 ''Ceiling Zero" (Continued from Page 1) ring in charges of misconduct, overstaying leave, inciting trouble among the crew and any­ thing else that happened to oc­ cur to him at the time. The payoff came in Cherbourg, where Bro. Francis Pashang, deck delegate, went up to argue a beef and suddenly found himself un­ der arrest and thrown into jail. In Pashang's absence. Brother Tanskey acted as delegate and on his appearance before the skipper, found himself also in jail. The boys spent three days in the bastile before being re­ leased. Capt. Ecke endeavered to have the boys tried in a foreign port but here the Coast Guard stepped in and reminded him of an agree­ ment that no seaman could be ti'ied in a. port where he did not have a representative. The brothers registered all sorts of complaints when arriving last week. They told of days of drinking water containing 20 grains of salt, days without food, especially bread. Water was turn-! ed off in the crew showers but the officers still had fresh water over on the brothers was re­ for their baths. Bro. Wilfred stricting them to the ship while Roux, black gang delegate, told other members of the crew got of going to the skipper to get shore leave. Bro. Morris notified buckets for the crew to use for him that any man forced to stay washing. The benevolent ex- aboard would put in for overtime Sear-Roebuck man, gave Roux a for the amount of time he was two quart bucket for the use of kept aboard. The Coast Guard nine men and then wondered bore Johnnie out in this state­ why he beefed. ment and the captain backed Another thing that puzzled the- water. boys was the fact that they left Capt. Ecke seems to be bene­ the States with about 10 cases of! fitting from his long service with cigarettes, no razor blades, no| labor - hating Sears - Roebuck, candy, yet they seemed to havej where Waterman got him. plenty when ever the slop chesti So that the brothers will rec­ opened. [ ognize him in case they ever There was no love lost for fhei make a ship he is skippering, his 22-year-old mate either. An ex-1 ex-crew members describe him' mess boy, making his first trip as as being a short heavy set per­ mate, he thought of peculiar du^ son who will stand for any| ties for the deck crew. One of the amount of noise when he is not best was ordering them to polish flanked by a bunch of stooges the dogs on the portholes. Art who will fight his battles. ordinary seaman was sent aloft Meanwhile a bunijh mf good to secure the guys for the safety seamen are suspended or placed of the ship. The same ordinary under probation at this time sounded bilges after 5 p.m. with­ when experienced men are hard out overtime, again for safety of to get. Instead of making life the ship. agreeable, captains like, ^Icke, are Another thing he failed to put making it miserable. —Justice Editors Mail Editor, Seafarers Log Dear Sir and Brother; Necessity is the mother of in­ vention, is the old saw that hasparticular emphasis in regards to the latest Stalinist NMU de­ mand. Having failed in their ef­ forts to foist the checkoff on the NMU membership and the mari­ time industry as a whole; having met disastrous defeats at every effort at gaining organizational strength, the parasites are driven to the point of desperation. They are confronted by the facts of life, and the cold and bitter realization that the work­ ers are not fools. A bitter reali­ zation indeed for the C.P. to swallow—that the maritime in­ dustry is essentially and basical­ ly 'Ainion conscious, given the op­ portunity, and knows the differ­ ence between political parasites and real union men. In the face of necessity to win an organizational victory, the first in lo these many years, they must work diligently for survival and the continuation of their dic­ tatorship and the maintainence of their inflated political claims in Washington. "Big Business" is doing very well. The Securities and The Konimical Kommissars Exchange Commission reports that 1,271 of the leading must invent more slogans to ad­ corporations added $803,000,000 to their working capital vance their interests. With the in the first six months of last year. They did somewhat bet­ Esso elections in the offing, in ter in 1942 and 1943, but in 1940 and 1941 the annual which the C.P.-NMU will seek a victory, a propaganda campaign increase was only $512,000,000. is deluging the industry. "Full For the four and one-half years from December, 1939, Employment in the Post War to June 30, 1944, these same corporations increased their Period" and "$200 per month for working capital by $6,374,000,000. The total is now AB's", etc. $17,449,000;000. , Yet, in case John Shipowner • These are astronomical figures. The human mind can­ should become nervous and might take them at their face value, the not grasp their significance. Yet they constitute just one NMU Pilot of December 29, 1944 "straw" revealing the tremendous prosperity of "Big Busi­ carries an elaborate cartoon and ness" during these days of "tears and sweat and blood." editorial on Shipowner - NMU "cooperation" with bigger and In addition, there are other "assets" and tax credits and better cooperation for the future other mysteries of expert accounting which give "Big promised. In fact, the CP-NMU Business" 40 or 50 billions, or maybe more. Unfortunately, insists upon cooperation with the many of the beneficiaries of this unexampled prosperity shipowner. loudly protest when American workers demand that they Thus they stand exposed as too shotdd have a post-war "nest egg." (Continued on Page 3) Billions For Business 1 �i •\ • ;( I ^ }] Friday, January 12, 1945 THE SEAFARERS LOG WHAT'S DOING for all departments. On. several ships that have come into this port lately the Shipping is still good in this men have failed to keep indivi­ port, especially for AB's and dual overtime records. It is hard Firemen. 812 shipped in all de­ to collect overtime when you partments this past week with have no record of when, where, the board full of jobs. or why, it was worked, and you The Marino Dragon, a C-4 be­ can not trust the head of your longing to Waterman, crewed up department to keep a complete here last week. It was quite a record. job to get the manning scale set There are a number of men up. But she finally crewed with coming in here to see about a larger scale in all departments money that was set up on various than any ship of her type has vessels after the payoff. Mostly carried before. Being the first these men come from other ports. .i: C-4 that the Seafarers have man­ Generally the men reach port ned it will probably take a trip days or weeks before the ship's ( or so to get everything straight records get here and on a few ' for a permanent set-up. We have occasions steamship companies a first class crew in this job and have revex'sed their decision and they should bring her in a credit refused to pay overtime that was to the union. okayed at payoff time. There­ The Bull Line is giving the pa­ fore it is advisable to wait an ex­ trolmen here a headache by pay­ tra hour or even a day for your ing off ships late. It seems as if pay rather than jeopardize your they never know when the ship chances of collecting. Once more is to payoff until a couple of we repeat that a drunk at pay­ hours before the payoff and that off time is not only a pain to the generally happens after 5 p.m. patrolman, but often causes con­ The crews are beginning to get fusion that results in the loss of wise to this and I am afraid that money for himself and his ship­ very soon the men will be leav­ mates, and is a damned poor ex­ ing the ship at the end of the ample of unionism to the new day and showing up at the com- members. j pany office the next day for the Twenty-nine ships paid off and payoff. 25 signed on last week. With this We are having some ships with and a number of out port beefs long payoffs behind them and the patrolmen here have not been ) most of them have a hell of a lot able to catch their wind from the J- of beefs and when a company holiday rush. The New Year representative is aboard with looks like an active one for the authority to settle beefs, they Seafarers, with a number of new generally payoff clean. But when ships coming out and it is up to <X ship like the SS Kossuth pays the membership to see that they joff with a ten-month trip behind arc properly manned and put in ^er and no representative from good condition by the companies the company aboard it makes and kept that way by the union. good for no one. All crews should J. P. SHULER, Patrolman remember that they have the » « • ;right to demand that the comf'pany furnish some one with authI should like now to mention I'ority to settle beefs at the payoff. the Stewards' Department dele­ I The SS John G. Hibben of the gate on the D. 3. Brady. His y Seas Shipping Company came in name is L. Collins and he did ex­ y Saturday with a broken watch cellent work as a delegate. He ' beef. It seems that some of these brought the ve.ssel into poxd in skippers just can't decide when good shape after a rough voyage they are in port and when they of seven and a half months. He are at sea. The crew held the overtime pay • over and with the cooperation of the company and the good work of Patrolmen Sheehan, Hart and Stone, the overtime has been sot up to the SS ROBERT M. HUNTER tune of approximately 350P hours Voyage No. 5 M NEW YORK I I- was not gassed, up at time of pay­ off and he handled his depart­ ment with the utmost efficiency. I say that brother Collins is a credit to the SIU, and any crew that sails with him can be sure of getting the overtime that is due them. WM. HAMILTON. Patrolman New Chains For Labor (Continued from Page 1) increases now demanded by la­ bor to meet living costs. Should the proposed legislation be pass­ ed, the counti-y's workers would receive no consideration from Byrnes—nor from any one else since their unions would be in­ capable of forcing a hearing from Washington. The employer-controlled politi­ cians in Washington are becom­ ing bolder and bolder in their anti-labor maneuvers. They are now attempting to adopt openly Fascist methods to enslave the workei's. While both the CIO and AFL leadership has expressed opposi­ tion to this latest attack upon the workers, it is time for them to do more than express disappoint­ ment and pious hopes for "a sounder and more workable pro­ gram." It is time for labor to make a stand in defense of its fundamental rights. If it doesn't —it will face years of slavery. •Only One Out of Five Can Count on .a Job Under Selective Service Rules; Unions Protect All MONEY DUE *• » » SS RUFUS PECKHAM Voyage No. 7 E. Elliott, 92 hrs; Nick Tala, 36 hrs; C. R. Henry, 28 hrs; Wm. Chadburn, 96 hrs. All hands have 2 meals money payable. Collect at Bull Line Office. Following men contact Agent Waid in Savannah for overtime vouchers: Leo L. Wallace, Oiler, 9 hrs; Robert Vance, Oiler, 9V2 hrs; and William Kennedy, Oiler, 8 hrs. • • • SS CAPE CORWIN SS WILLIAM B. GILES T. Shore, 29 hrs. Collect at Glen Grimshaw collect 8 hours Bull Line Office. • « « overtime from Mississippi Line office in New Orleans. SS SAMUEL MILLER • • • Voyage No. 6 Paid off in Philadelphia, Pa. SS HIBBEN Extra meal money payable at Crew has 3500 hours coming from broken watch beef. Appear Waterman Office, 19 Rector at New York hall 9:30 A.M. Jan­ Sti-eet.' Chief Cook, 2nd Cook, Robei't Osborne, Harry Erwin. uary 17, 1945. •» • " c Collect at Waterman Office. If » SS JOHN HOLLAND Deck Dept. of above vessel can TRAMELL WARD 2nd Baker on SS Bienville, collect ovei'time by writing t6 the American President Lines, 29 Voyage No. 2: You have been Broadway, New York. I paid all overtime due. h' i'-i. U-Boat War Intensified During December; Allies Admit Increased Losses * Around the Ports ] Page Three JA: Gas Turbin Found Efficient In Ships WASHINGTON. Jan. 9—A gas turbine is being devel­ oped as a means of ship pro­ pulsion. the Maritime Com­ mission disclosed today. It was described as "inherently more efficient" than steam, but experiments have not gone far enough to determine whether a changeover to the new motive power might be in prospect in the near future. More War Bonds Bought By SIU Ten thousand dollars worth of U. S. war bonds arrived at head­ quarters this week from the Treasury Department, and were taken to the union's safety deposit vault by a committee and depos­ ited with those bonds previously purchased. The latest purchases, paid of the union's participation in the 6th War Loan Drive, brings the union's holdings in bonds to the grand total of $213,500. This is an extremely high figure for a union of the size of the Atlantic & Gulf District of the SIU. The latest purchase was carried out in accordance with a coast­ wise resolution passed by the membership two months ago. The resolution follows: WHEREAS: The Atlantic & Gulf District of the Seafarers In­ ternational Union of North Am­ erica has in the Hospital, Burial and Shipwi-eck Fund more than sufficient cash to meet the ordin­ ary disbursements required of these funds, and WHEREAS: This cash is lying idle in the bank, and WHEREAS: United States De­ fense Bonds constitute the safest investment in the world, the en­ tire integrity of the government being their guarantee, and WHEREAS: The Government has urgent need of this money to finance a war in which our mem­ bers are front line fighters, there­ fore be it RESOLVED: That the Secrelary-Tx'easurer of the Atlantic and Gulf District be instructed to withdi-aw $10,000 from the Hos­ pital, Burial and Shipwreck fund, and with this money purchased War Bonds, and be it further RESOLVED: That a banking Committee of 3 men be elected at the New York branch meeting to go with the Secretary-Treasurer to deposit these bonds in the safe deposit box. These bonds shall be examined by each quarteidy fin­ ance committee. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 — Uboat warfare "flared into renew­ ed activity" during December,. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill reported to­ night, describing the increased activity by German submarines as "but another index that the European war is far from over." They said that Allied losses of merchant shipping had increased, but despite the losses "the United Natioixs are regularly continuing to supply their expanding armies over the world, enabling them to resist the attackers or drive back the foe." "The Allies continue to sink the enemy undersea craft in widely separated parts of the world," the monthly joint state­ ment of the Anglo - American, leaders said. The announcement of the re­ cent landing of enemy agents from a U-boat on the Maine coast is yet another indication that the menace of Germany's xmdersea fleet is real and continuing. Increased U-boat activity had been forecast by the President and the Prime Minister in their joint statement on submarines and anti-submarine actions dur­ ing November. They said at that time that Germany had "by no means aban­ doned the struggle" and had in­ troduced new devices such^s an extensible air intake and ex-' haust to enable U-boats to re­ main submerged for long periods. They said that reports that Gei-many had abandoned U-boat construction were "probably Gei-man-inspired" and untrue. A dispatch from Berlin said that in the last ten days forty Allied merchantmen and five destroyei's were sunk. Editor's Mail (Continued from Page 2) agents of the shipownei's and the NMU is the self-proclaimed com­ pany union. And they are tne' men who wish to destroy the Eastern Tankermen's Association company union. An AMMI company union (the NMU) attempts to destroy the Standard Oil company union (ETMA). Such is the scoi'e. Such are the schemes behind the NMU slogans of $200 per month for AB's. But they assure us that the demand is only a post war demand and is not to be enter­ tained at present. "Cooperation with the shipownei's" is the word. Shades of Machiavelli. What pfofit the seamen which companyunion wins the election? Such is the depth of depravity to which these labor parasites have descended. Or does water always find its own level? And parasites a body to cling to and feed upon? H. A. TOMLINSON. No. 26348 Fraternally yours, DONALD WEST. No. 32059 PUMPMAN ALEXANDER KERR. No. 29314 (Continued on Page 4) �THE Page Four SEAFARERS LOG Florida Law "On Ice;" Foes Blocked In Calif; Texas Law Is Voided WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 — A Texas law requiring labor organ­ izers to obtain registration cards before soliciting for members is unconstitutional and infringes on the rights of free speech and free assembly, the Supreme Court de­ clared today in a 5-to-4 decision. The decision reversed the con­ tempt of court conviction of R. J. Thomas, president of the United Automobile Workers, who went to Texas in September, 1943, to test the law by addressing a la­ bor rally at the Humble Oil Company in Felly, Tex., without obtaining an organizer's card from the State. The 1943 Texas law on which the conviction was based was un­ constitutional, Justice Wiley Rutledge, who wrote the major­ ity opinion, said today because "a requirement of registration in order to make a public speech would seem generally incompa'^ble with an exercise of the jrights of free speech and free assembly." His opinion made clear the couiT's view that the membership soljcL-t'ations, made part of the speech in this case, were "insep­ arable incidents" of the occasion, and of all "that was said or done." / J. SAN FRANCISCO. — A new anti-union drive to outlaw the union shop in California has col­ lapsed because of the failure to interest enough citizens to sign petitions to get the proposed measure on a referendum ballot in 1945. The abortive anti-labor legisla­ tion was proposed by the "Wom­ en of the Pacific," a reactionary organization seeking to mask its evil purposes by hiding behind women's skirts. The organization will continue collecting signatures, however, under plans to bring the measux'e before the Legislature in 1947. An anti-closed shop initiative was defeated at the Nov. 7 elec­ tion 1,893,589 to 1,304,418, but those soldier ballots which were counted separately showed a ratio of more than 2 to 1 in favor of the measure. The measure proposed by The Women of the Pacific is more drastic than the one on the 1944 ballot. It would only end the compulsory closed shop in the State, but would require that all officers of labor organizations be American citizens and residents of the State for at least a year, would compel unions to have "secret" elections by ballot, would require them to make public annual financial state­ ments and would prohibit officers from using union funds for pol­ itical purposes "unless first ap­ proved in great particularity or detail by secret ballot votes of a majority of all members." FORE 'N AFT By BUNKER 1 We rode the Oriental, Robin Line C-2, over to Cardiff on a re­ cent trip and enjoyed everything buf the Cardiff rain. Almost the entire unlicensed crew were book members and many of them old-timers. And we doubt if any, hundred other ships had a crew with as many war veterans on board—men who have seen this war at sea at first-hand—and up close. Ernesto Torres, F-W of Brooklyn, has had two ships torpedoed from under him, but he hasn't spent more than two weeks ashore since the war started. First ship he lost was the Bull Line "Clara," torpedoed in '42 off the coast of Cuba. His second sinking was the old "Penmar," which was stalked by a sub for several days after'she lost a Russianbound convoy and was finally sunk one cold night in the North Atlantic. Torres spent three days on a raft before being picked up. Oiler John Reilly was on the receiving end when the Japs bombed Colombo early in the war. In World War 1 he was tor­ pedoed on a transport in the Irish Sea. He has a son in the sub­ marine service. Brother Oscar Grimm, night cook and baker, also sailed during the first war, and is one of the few men who saw the French muni­ tions ship "Mont Blanc" blow up in Halifax during World War I and lived to tell about it. Grimm lost two ships during the first war and ' was on the SlU-manned Robin Moor, first American merchantman torpedoed in this war. Fireman-Watertender L. K. Welch of Cleveland, rode the Chiliore on'her last trip when Nazi subs sent her down in the Caribbean. •fBut they sure had to use a lot of tin fish," says Welch. "We saw nine hits. They must have put at least a dozen into her."- The Chillore was one of the biggest ships in our merchant marine. Among other veterans on the Oriental (sorry we can't mention them all), were Steward Frank Gardner of Brooklyn and AB Har­ old Butts of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Brother Gardner was on the Hastings, old Waterman freighter, when a sub wolf pack attacked his States-bound convoy in February of '43. The Hastings went down in ten minutes. .TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — State Attorney General Tom Watson announced he would not attempt to enforce the recently adopted State Constitutional Amendment banning the union shop until the measure is tested in the courts. The labor-baiting state official said he would not undertake prosecutions under the amend­ ment because he had discovered that a bona-fide difference of op­ inion exists "in the minds of citi­ zens in and out of organized la­ bor regarding the operation and legal status" of the amendment. What Watson did not reveal, however, was that he had made unsuccessful efforts in Washing­ ton to induce Federal agencies to go along with him in his anti­ union drive. He wanted them to agree that the Florida law, and the desires of the foes of labor in that state, wer.e above the government's war-time powers in settling labor disputes. Their response was an emphatic negative. As a result of this Watson pull­ ed in his horns when he got back here and let it be known he would "not force the issue" on the new law until the courts had ruled on it. He declared he was convinced the measure was valid, but ap­ parently was none too confident about being able to prove so on his own, because he launched a campaign for funds to hire pri­ vate lawyers to help in the liti­ gation. Friday, January 12, 1945 STRAIGHT Tffm ALLEY By "FRENCHY" MICHELET The prepared mixes that we view of interpreting our contracts have been raising so much hell with the various operators. We about will soon be going aboard propose to have this committee SlU ships. We had several old- issue bulletins from time to time time bakers make up small sam­ on such puzzles as the proper ple batches on several ships re­ distribution of meal money and cently and their reactions have etc), so that all agents and pa- .• convinced us that even good trolmen can follow a concerted bakers who know ship work will policy in deciding contested is­ welcome the mixtures with open sues. This committee will func­ arms. So all you brothers who tion permanently through the of-, have been blowing your corks fice of the Food Representive. about poor baking can begin Whoever the sucker is who takes looking forward to smoother our place when we answer the trips. If there's any shoemaker ever-lounder call of the open in the business who can manage road (roadstead!) will act as pei*to turn out poor cakes with these manent chairman of the com­ mixes, we give the guys that get mittee. screwed full leave to punch us in the schnozzola. (If we're not in, why just leave it with Shuler!) We were trotting on home to Brooklyn the other night when the comforting neon lights of a neighborhood gin mill loomed up in the icy night. Resolutely put­ ting Satan behind us, we were The early establishment of a" forging on past the door when residential club for American" from out of the corner of our eye we saw the bartender pouring merchant seamen on- Leyte, Phil­ Johnny Walker (Black Label ippine Islands, by United Sea­ yet!) into a customer's glass. men's Service and the War Shl| Thinking that our eyes were ping Administration was madi playing tricks on us, we retraced known last week by Douglas our steps and went inside to Falconer, executive director ol check. We ordered a slug just to the Service. make sure that the guy wasn't bamboozling the public by serv­ Mr. Falconer said that the Sf recreatioi ing a rot gut from a genuine Klang, USS floating (Coiifinued from Page 3) December 14, 1944 Johnny Walker bottle. Never, we club, is now proceeding to Leytl believe, has a New Year's resolu­ from another point in the Southl Seafarers Log: tion been broken from a more west Pacific and is scheduled tc| A few lines to let you kfiow selfless motive! arrive there this month. The that 1 am still alive and kicking Klang • will supply emergency* as usual and things out here are The warmth of the stuff mel­ services to seamen at Leyte xintil' not what they are cut up to be, lowed us deep down inside and one or perhaps two shore clubs, we got to feeling in the mood for that is in the E.T.O. a little music. We dropped a coin for which supplies have been sent 1 signed a contract with the in the juke box and punched a from the United States, can be Government for one year, of button at random. It proved to set up. He believes that at least course the contract called for be a recording of Crosby singing one club will be operating be­ overtime and all conditions ac­ Adeste Fideles as only Bing can. fore the end of the month. cording to Maritime Laws, well Singers may come and singers "USS services to American do they live up to it, NO., NO, but may go, but Der Bingle goes on they want and force you to live forever. We have heard his rec­ merchant seamen in the Pacific," up to it. No overtime, no linen, ords played all over the world Mr. Falconer said, "have already been established at Honolulu, no soap, in fact nothing at all. and they never fail to bring Noumea, New Caledonia; Bris­ 1 am telling you all this in the smiles to the face of his hearers. bane and Sydney, Australia; Finhope that you can stop some of It's a ray of hope in a war-torn chaven, Milne Bay and Hollanour brother members from mak­ world to know that a good-natur­ dia. New Guinea, and at Suva in ing the same mistake 1 did, al­ ed crooner has been taken to the the Fiji Islands. Throughout the though 1 have met quite a few of hearts of all the earth's peoples world they number 126." our men here ip the outfit and while the conquorex's have stood they are ashamed to write and outside and knocked and knock­ tell you about conditions here. ed in vain. 1 can have my sister send you All chief stewards' who take my contract to look over and to jobs in the New York area now see just how phoney it is. Of pass through our office. They are HAY NOACK course the NMU has shipped out given hints for the laying out of some of these men from their the work on the type of vessel WILLIAM G. COLE halls to this job. they are assigned to and other H. H. JESTER j Please be so kind and answer helpful suggestions. As soon as JOHN M. KAFKA , this letter as soon as possible. Do our literature on this subject is Please communicate with At­ you think anything can be done completed it will be sent to all torney Sol. C. Berenholtz, Balti­ about collecting my overtime? 1 the out ports for distribution. more, Md. have my Chief Engineer O.K. all We have called together a per­ my overtime. manent committee of all New Keep In Touch With Fraternally, York steward, patrolmen and A Seafarer other intex-ested parties With a Your Draft Board Leyete To Get USS Club For Merchant Seamen Editor's Mail ^tsonals .u; � 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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Y.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 5. 1945 No. I Hawk, Weisberger To London Meet SIU MAN CAPTURED BY ENEMY SUB—AND ESCAPES Brother Harold R. Lee is a modest guy—so modest in fact that when he sat down to tell his experiences to the LOG he protested that there was no "story" in what he had gone through, and that "after all a lot of men have been torpedoed without any fuss being made over them." But after laboriously prying the story out of him, it was re­ vealed that Lee has probably gone through the most gruesome experience of any seaman ? lir ,..v r L: t> in tills war—and what is more* "They took a group of ten important, he conducted himself Here's Some Advice aboard first, bound them with in a manner to bring credit upon From A "Friend" ropes, stripped them of all their the merchant marine and the rings and money and watches, SIU. So-called "Friends of la­ Last spring Lee signed on an smacked them around with clubs bor" are always full of ad­ and then hurded them toward the SUP ship for the first trip of his vice on how we should run stern deck. One of the boys did­ career, and left, 'Frisco for Aus­ our affairs. One of these n't walk fast enough, so the of­ tralia. After leaving Australia, "friends" of ours recently ficer shot him in the head, and Lee took to his bunk with a vio­ appeared on a platform with threw him overboard. They then lent attack of appendicitis. His AFL President William case was so bad that he would took the rest of us aboard, gave Green, and revealed how he us the same routine, then ma­ have been operated on immedi­ would run a union if he were ately except for the fact that chine gunned the life boats and a pie-card. Here is the advice sank them. there were no rubber gloves given by H. W. Prentis. Jr., "The Captain of the sub spoke aboard. President of the Armstrong Two days out of Columbo, at English with a Brooklyn accent. Cork Company: 7:07 in the evening, the ship got He separated all of our officers "If 1 were a labor leader. torpLdoes in holds'No. 3 and No. and sent them -below. This left I'd stay out of politics, stop 5. Lee, picked himself off the about 95 of us standing on the looking to the government deck and staggered to his lifeboat stern deck with our hands tied. "On the forward deck the Jap for protection, get rid of la­ station as the Captain ordered bor legislation, outlaw the officers had the crew to form a the ship abandoned. closed shop, put my fedth in gauntlet of 8 men on each side. Then followed a night spent in the open life boats watching the Then he came back to us and be­ the boss and think about his profits before asking higher red glow of the slowly burning gan choosing the men to run wages for the workers." through the gauntlet. This took freighter. Toward d^wn the attacker sur­ part on the otherside of the con­ It's Seffe to predict that Mr. faced, coming out of the water ning tower and we couldn't see Prentis won't be pie-carding. like a dripping grey monster. "It what was happening to our ship­ v/as the biggest Japanese sub I mates who were led forward, but overhead and the Japanese offcer we could hear the screams. gave orders for a crash dive. This "On the third trip the officer meant, of course, that the 30-odd chose me. Prodding me with a tied and bound seamen on deck "lii club, he marched me around the were to be sucked down to their conning tower, and then I saw death. the gauntlet lined up waiting for Brother George Kenmore Hess, me. The men were armed with AB, was one of those still on clubs and knives. Half way deck. He had sawed through his through the line lay my two ship­ bonds with his finger nail. When mates on the deck in a pool of the sub dove, Kenmore grabbed a blood. They had collap.sed be­ knife and sawed frantically at fore finishing the gauntlet, the bonds of his shipmates. He is knew that I would never come credited with setting free and through the gauntlet alive, so re­ saving the lives of at least three gardless of the fact that my hands of his shipmates. The rest of them were tied, I dove overboard, were dragged down with the sub. felt a blow on the back of my Lee observed all this from, the head from the officer's club as distance—swimming all the while made the dive. Then everything with tied hands. After the sub blacked out." dove, another period of torture Unconscious from the blow, of a different kind took place. Lee sank rapidly in the water. The few survivers tried to huddle The cold revived him, however, together in the water. Lee's apand he swam underwater with all endix was kicking up like hell, his strength away from the sub. but he never complained. In­ When he came up for air, he stead, he gave a packing box he could see the sub in the distance had discovered to Cully Stone, HAROLD LEE crusing in a great circle as the Navy radio man, who was about ever saw," said Lee. The actual bloody work aboard continued. to go down for the last time. size and the details of its bristling After Lee dove overboard, the Lee swam for 12 hours—part of deck armament are being sup- officers returned to the survivors the time towing a Navy gun crew pr^sed by the Navy Intelligence. huddled aft of the conning tower, member named Butler. In the The sub cruised among the life and continued to methodically middle of the night the sharks bolts, hurding them into one herd the men through the gaunt­ arrived. They attacked viciously si»t, tying them together, and let. when ever the exhausted men lay finally began taking the survivors About sixty men had .been dis­ still in the water for a moment. aboard. Here is what followed, in posed of in this manner when an One man was decapitated, anLee's own words: allied plane suddenly appeared (Continued on Page 4) Brothers John Hawk and Morris Weisberger left this week for London to represent the American seamen in the conference being called by the Joint Maritime Commission of the International Labor Organization for January 8th. The conference will discuss proposals of the various inter-! national maritime unions for an» — • international charter governing nine shipowner's organizations, working conditions in the ships and two members of the governing body of the International La­ of the world's sea powers. bor Office. Hawk, Secretary - Treasurer of The seamen propose a mini­ the Atlantic & Gulf District, and mum wage for all seamen based Weisberger, New York Agent for on rates of £8 a month for an the SUP, were designated as of­ able seaman, £22 10s. for a third ficial SIU delegates by President mate or fourth engineer and Harry Lundeberg, and will speak £16 for an assistant radio officer. at the London conference for all Among their other demands American seamen. They will give are standardized internati9nal fraternal support to the foreign practices governing overtime pay, trade unions in their fight to win war risk bonuses and other ad­ wages and conditions approxim­ ditions to basic pay; continuous ating those held by the SIU in employment, with national man­ America. ning pools and pool pay for men The Commission is composed awaiting assignment to ships; of representatives of nine sea­ standard hours of work with leave men's unions, including the SIU, ashore in compensation for work­ ing a seven-day week when at sea; minimum manning scales; annual leave of at least 12 work­ ing daj's 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; fuU recognition of trade unions; and modernization of the legal status and rights and obligations of seamen. Hot Breath MORRIS WEISBERGER If you feel a hot breath on your neck nowadays, the chances ' are it isn't' that little blonde "hostess" down at the corner gin mill, but rather your draft board taking a look at the date on your last discharge. Selective Service has announ­ ced that it intends to: 1. Reclassify in 1-A all men up to 38 who left the sea after being deferred as seamen; 2. Grant occupational defer­ ments to men 18 to 38 who enter the merchant marine. The new steps will mainly ef­ fect men over 30 who have been defered, but have either taken a shore job or overstayed their shore leave since getting the de­ ferment. Concerning this group. Col. McDermott, New York City Selective Service Director, said; "Now that they have been de­ fered from military service for a long time, and have acquired the skill as merchant seamen, they ^1 should not be permitted to leave the activity in which they are best qualified to promote the war effort and in which they are vi­ tally needed." ' All local boards are now in the process of "reviewing" all de­ fered seamen, and giving thent the choice of the army or the sea. �„,. "Pv.,r-';,vr™'s-r':.r;.';^»'{»i^ Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG SEAFARERS ^ LOG Friday, January 5, 1945 He Don't Say Nothin' — Where's Hitler N ^ Vublished by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Another week has passed with­ out any word from Admiral Land on the vital question of maintainence of union working rules for the war's duration. Land was asked bluntly by the SIU whether or not he stood behind the "Statement of Policy" signed by him at the beginning of the war. He doesn't say yes—he doesn't say no! The shipowners under contract to the SIU are attempting to open to negotiation (and chisel) the working conditions contained in the contracts. The "Statement of Policy," signed by the union and the WSA at the beginning of the war, froze those working rules for the duration. It was on the basis of this protection that the union signed a no strike pledge. We are now asking Land whether or not the WSA intends to see that its operators live up to the Statement of Policy. Upon his answer depends the continuance of our no strike pledge. It is time for him to speak. Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG - - - - - - President 10 J Mai'kct Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. m m Directory of Branches ADDRESS BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) 51 Beaver St 330 Atlantic Ave 14 North Gay St 6 North 6th St PHILADELPHIA 25 Commercial PI NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16)... 339 Chartres St 68 Society St CHARLESTON (9) 220 East Bay.St SAVANNAH 423 East Piatt St TAMPA 920 Main St..... JACKSONVILLE 7 St. Michael St. MOBILE SAN JUAN. 28 P.R., 45 Ponce de Leon PUERTO RICO 219 20th St GALVESTON 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 5-12) t Dial 2-1392 San Juan 1885 Galveston 2-8043 —Justice PUBLICATION OFFICE: 51 BEAVER STREET HAnover 2-2784 New York, (4) N. Y. 267 WSA Compares Seamen's Wages In "GI" Bill Survey WASHINGTON, D. C.—Statistical information sup­ porting the principles laid down in the Peterson Bill, HR 5477, extending the Gl Bill of Rights to merchant seamen, has been set out by the War Shipping Administration's La­ bor Agreements Division in a comparative analysis of the rates of earnings and conditions" of work of the merchant marine of able seamen of various coun­ personnel on foreign flag and tries as follows: Base War United States vessels. Country Pay Bonus Total This document, comprising $36 $36 $73 forty pages with an appendix of Argentina 57 29 86 tables on earnings of seamen and Australia 49 49 98 bther data, also deals with unem­ Belgium 25 18 43 ployment insurance covering Brazil 81 40 121 inerchant marine personnel as Canada 17 34 51 provided in the Jackson BiU, HR Chile France 54 40 94 5256, referred to the House Ways Great Britain 56 40 96 and Means Committee. Greece 44 68 112 American seamen generally 62 40 102 fare better than all foreign sea­ Netherlands 19 87 men in matters of hours of work, New Zealand .... 68 58 57 li5 subsistence, bonuses, and war risk Norway Poland ; 56 50 106 insurance. 53 125 178 Foreign seamen are generally Sweden much better protected in regard United States .... 100 102 202 200 to the emergencies of life. All Yugoslavia countries except the United Living Costs Cited States and Canada provide un­ - In presenting this table of earn­ employment benefits for seamen. ings of able seamen, the WSA During the war all the Allies ex­ study cautions, however, that a cept the United States have re­ fair comparison requires that liv­ serve pools and seamen are paid ing costs in the various countries standby wages. Most nations pay be taken into account. It is 100 per cent of basic wages plus pointed out that $50 may go as subsistence in the pool. far in a fcireign nation as $100 in The Dutch have gone much the United States. further. They provide for the un­ The WSA report sets forth employment of seamen after the comparative information on mar­ war on the following basis; Full itime services of various na'tions wages for nine weeks, 80 per cent dealing with hospitalization and of full wages for the next eight medical care, readjustment alweeks, and 75 per cent for 27 Im^ances, provision for depend­ weeks more, depending oh length ents of deceased seamen, disabil­ ity payments, unemployment in­ of service. A table in the WSA /eport lists surance and vacations. wages and bonus for all ratings The Peterson Bill, which em- Editor's MaO Bag Editor, Seafarers Log, Dear Sir: Here are a few suggestions which might serve a purpose if included in the next reprint of "Instructions to Delegates." It doesn't seem to be common knowledge that departmental and joint meetings can be held aboard ship. The wartime conditions as they affect seamen require, how­ ever, that at least one man in each department be kept on watch while the meeting is in session. Toward the end of a voyage, a joint meeting should be held, at which to discuss elegibility of trip cacd men for union books; the different delegates should check the standing of all hands as to union dues; and a. list of repairs needed in the crew's quarters should be drawn up and included in the minutes of the meeting. Two copiies of the list should be handed to the chief mate; one for himself and one for the Port Engineer. At this meeting, all beefs which have accumulated during the voyage should be discussed and entered in the minutes. If these sepm important or of educational value, a copy of the minUtes should be made made for print­ ing in the Seafarers Log. together with any unusual happenings during the trip. The ship's copy of these minbraces the program outlined by the WSA in behalf of merchant seamen, will be reintroduced at this Congress by Represen­ tative Peterson (Dem., Fla.), a member of the House Merchant Marine Committee. The Ways and Means. Commit­ tee will beNurged at this ses­ sion of Congress to act ort the Jackson Bill providing unem­ ployment insurance for maritime personnel. utes should be left with some member of the crew making an­ other trip, and read at the next meeting which is to be held as soon as the hew crew has signed articles. This start - of - voyage meeting will be chiefly for the purpose of getting acquainted and to elect new delegates. While in peace time only full book members had voting powers' in ship's meetings, it may seem advisable nowadays to extend this privilege to probationary members in order to form a quorum. In no case, however, should permit or trip card men be allowed to vote. And when the question of granting books is to be discussed, these last are to be excluded from the meeting. Special meetings should be called whenever necessary— chiefly for disciplinary reasons. Of late there have been cases where stewards have taken men up to the Old Man for laying down on the job. Such action is neither necessary nor good union­ ism. The men in his own de­ partment should be able to straighten out any faker. Call a special meeting, and if he won't come clean bring him up oh union charges at the end of the trip. This recommendation ap­ plies to all departments, and to performers as well as shirkers. Many ships are sailing either without libraries aboard or with libraries which, not having been replaced, are no longer of inter­ est. It's up to the delegates to see that a fresh library is added at the end of the trip^ for often the purser or deck cadet should have taken care of it, but fails to do so. Just ask the patrolman when he comes aboard where to telephone to get the-books replac­ ed. While you're ordering the books, ask for a few batches of magazines. JIM CORSE, No. 6217 •1-^ 'F^SOHals SURVIVIRS OF SS BIENVILLE Get in touch with attorney ilichard M. Cantor, 51 Chambers Street, New York City. » • « EMILJOHN CIPAR: Get in touch with attorney Richard M. Cantor, 51 Chambers Street, New York City. • '», » EMIL HUPMAN: Your wife is worried about you. Write her at once. * • '« ROBERT KENNEDY: You Jost your discharges aboard the SS Joshua Leach . and they were found by Delegate James E. Roche. They are now at Head­ quarters office; Pick them up. Money Due SS R. M. PEARSON Linen money is coming to E. Hardeman, Barrett, L. E. Bragg, V. Bodine, J. Kreig, McCurdie, J. L. Danzey, and R. M. Gee. Col­ lect at Mississippi Line office in New Orleans. 6 * • SS JOtiNATHON GROUT J. Bucker has one hour penalty time coming Which he did not collect at payoff. Collect from New York office of Mississippi Line. Keep tn Touch With Your Draft Board •Only One Out of F1V6 Can Cdunt on.a | Job Under Selective Service Rules: ^ UnioHs Prtttebt All w �Bfeene > '>• ' Friday, January 5, 194S THE SEAFARERS Page ThxM By BUNKER making every ship, and staying until the last dime is paid, and setting all the beefs right aboard. From my talk with every pa­ trolman here in New York, the ship's delegates are doing a good job and seeing that the overtime is presented in good shape so we can go to work on them. But we are still waiting to pay off a ship without running into some guy all gassed up, taking up the patrolman's time with some phoney beef and then hold­ ing up the payoff when it comes time for him to get his dough. Every brother should lay off this drinking until after the payoff. It helps you get what's coming to you, and also the patrolman who may need all the time he can get to make another ship. JOHNNIE JOHNSON. Patrolman Honor Roll SS Homas Lyons L. Frott R. F. Amachles W. Kenefick A. L. Addison J. Doyle G. E. Swannie Luster W. T. Youngblood V. P. McGuirk A. Walter M. Hall C. Niicking S. H. Zydel L. Almeila R. McDonald - V ."uir- FORE 'N AFT Around the Ports Captain W. Touschean of the SS Cape Coi-win would have in­ Twenty-one ships were paid dulged in intoxicants at such a off by the New York patrolmen time of responsibility. Whatever last week, with nineteen signing the cause of his hoi'ror, Capt. W. Touscheon was pjersistant in his The Calmar office looked like demand that the patrolmen be a patrolman's convention on ejected and that the men would Tuesday. There were six patrol­ payoff without representation and men paying off four ships. The like it. The men didn't like it, Holt, Marr, Gibbs and, Latrobe nor did the men payoff on the paying off two hours apart. The ship. With the exception of one only trouble was that the skip­ man, the crew stood by their pers of a couple of them gave agreement and paid off in • the the crews the wrong informa­ company office the next day with tion on the time, and it took two representation and all their beefs patrolmen the next day to clear settled. Among the ships paid off here up the beefs for the boys that with all beefs settled aboard were not there at payoff time. Patrolmen Coffin, Manners, and were the Marjorie, Griswald, Fisher ran into a skipper Thurs­ Peckham, Emory, and the Whiteday that dates back to the days field. The Cranston Victory had of old. Comes time for the pay­ a number of food beefs, but they off, all the office force are lined wore turned over to Frenchy up in their usual position around Michelet who convinced the the table. The commissioner is Steward that he could get more all set, the money is neatly stack­ cooperation from the crew than ed and the saloon door is opened from the company. There are quite a number of for the men to come in and get their money. Then this modern beefs coming from the men who Bligh lets out a scream of sa­ come in on ships in transit. A botage. When all the excitement number of these beefs are in ref­ had cleared away, the Captain erence to conditions and food screamed out that the patrol­ which cgn be remedied here, if man who was talking to the the ship comes along side for a commissioner must leave the sa­ day or two. Another is men who cred sanctum of the officers' sa­ want to sign off articles. This has been practically an impossibility loon immediately. The Patrolman and the Com­ as men are not available to re­ missioner patiently explained to place the men getting off. the Master that the: patrolmen J. P. SHULER. Patrolman were there for the purpose of representing the unlicensed per­ sonnel and that it was a custom­ The New Year is here and ship­ ary practice. We know that it ping in New York is greater than would be sacrilege to state that ever before. The patrolmen are ,i' LOG WHArS DOING NEW YORK .f-'/ 13.05 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 A Quiet Comer In SIU Lounge /» "these brothers are relaxing in the SIU lounge bstween bouts with North Atlantic storms and Nasi tin fish. Easy chairs and books out of the SIU library make the afternoon pass quickly and restfully. Row about looking over our new library? You're sure to find a book to lit your mood out of the 300 voluthes on hand. ^ « The brothers pictured are (left to right) Willie Toomen Chief Cook; Frank Russo, Ordinary Sea­ man: Frank McLaughlin, Fireman-Oiler-Watertender; and Nathan Middlaton, Chief Sfewatd^ As you know if you were in New York around Christmas, the board was so full of ships there, weren't enough spaces for all of them. There were ships of all kinds: C-2s, Hogs, Lakers, Liberties, Tankers, Victories, and tugs. Any kind of job you wanted. Most of these ships were bound for the fighting fronts—many with vital supplies for the lads who are giving the krauts one hell of a battle over there in the Belgian mud. The boys who are fighting v/ould have liked being home for Christmas. Many of them haven't seen the States for two years or more. They are homesick but they have to sweat it out. A lot of SIU men would like to have been home for Christmas, too. But they knew there was something bigger than Christmas parties and dinner with the folks at home this year. "We didn't dog it when it was really tough in '42 and '43," they said, "so why start now?" They gave up Christmas ashore this year and kept those war cargoes moving. These men are at sea now—in the North Atlantic, tljp "Med," the Caribbean, and the Pacific. They had the Christmas spirit—the right spirit. They knew that the big holiday hasn't started yet. Here's to them! • • • * Manpower Commissioner Byrnes closed the race tracks recently. Now the horse race crowd will know there's a war going on. But what will become of the bookies, the touts, and the jockies? Here's a suggestion, Mr. Byrnes. Send 'em all to Sheepshead Bay and train a special detail to man these Liberties that the Mari­ time Commission is converting into mule carriers. In case you haven't heard, there will be 13 Liberty ships con- ; verted (at a trifling cost of $300,000 each) to carry several hundred tr, mules—and a hundred men. « • • • We suppose these ships will be fitted with donkey boilers to keep the cargo warm. « • • • DID YOU KNOW ... ? Although Switzerland is a nation without a seaport, she does have a merchant marine. At present ten ships fly the Swiss flag. They sail under regulations of the Geneva convention, using the same rules that apply to hospital ships; reporting their position regularly and using lights at night. Crew Reports Good Trip On SS Thomas Lyons This letter is written to bring the membership up to date in re­ gard to the SS Thomas J. Lyons, Smith & Johnson Line. You will undoubtedly recall that last June the crew then on this vessel wrote a letter asking that a Pa­ trolman meet the ship when she came into New York in order to take up beefs about the Captain. The entire-crew, with the excep­ tion of about three men signed off foreign articles in New York by mutual consent, and the un­ dersigned was one of those who took a call off the board to re­ place them. Those of us who answered the call had serious misgivings about signing on, in the light of what the old crew told us, but several of us who had sailed with Smith & Johnson before had a talk with Captain Anderson and we found he was ready to back us up in the event of trouble. On that voyage I was Deck Delegate, as I was on the trip just completed, and together with my brother delegates we proceeded to edu­ cate the Captain as to his rela­ tions with SIU. The upshot of the whole mat­ ter is ^hat he has completely changed in his attitude and dur­ ing these two voyages no single incident hBU occurred that calls for any criticism of him. The best evidence of this is that six of the Deck Dept. and two of the Engine Dept. signed back on for a second trip which we have jiist completed. Knowing how the members feel about our contract with Smith & Johnson, and knowing in turn something of the respect which Mr. Fasick and Capt. Andersen have toward our union, I felt it incumbent upon us as a crew to show our appreciation of that at­ titude by taking the vote, which we did. Needless to say it closed the incident to the complete sat­ isfaction of the Captain. Yours very truly, M. A. DUNHAM. Deck Delegate Book No. 22568 Notice! Reward for first hand informa­ tion of any enemy action in waters between Porto Rico and Mass. in January 1943. Insurance claim for loss of vessell requires such proof. Telephone collect, Parkside 5004, or write Box 904, Reckford, IIL WELSH 8e WELSH, Attorneys •r. �Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, January' 5, 1945 STALINIST FAKERY IN MARITIME IS TRACED Seamen Jeopardize Gains By Listening To Curran And Co. By STEELY WHITE The National Maritime Union is making a coordin­ ated effort to gain control of ESSO and the War Emer­ gency Tanker Companies. This is known not only to the companies but to the SIU membership. However, it is doubtful if the seamen as a whole and even the rank and file members of the NMU realize• the what consequences and impact what the lack of conditions seamen sailing such tankers such NMU control would have on would llave to join the NMU or the marine industry. quit that branch of the industry It is an established fact that whether they liked to or not! the Stalinists within the NMU Those seamen, with the NMU have complete control of that or­ designated as the bargaining ganization and manipulate all agency, and their ships controlled policies that are laid down to the by Communist NMU members, NMU membership with the dic­ would be at the mercy of the dic­ tatorial order . . . "Do it ... or tations of Moscow. else!" It is well known among ship­ We know that these officials of ping circles and labor, men that the NMU have connived with the number one point of the and offered the various shipown­ agenda of the Communist Party's ers very attractive propositions waterfront section has been and in the form of "company-union" is "control of the .-maritime in­ contracts with the NMU's abor­ dustries of all the nations through tion of the check-off system. This the world." This policy was an­ would operate at the expense of nounced by S. Ambrovitch Dridthe men on the ships and militate zo of the Communist Intex'nationagainst them as an economic ale of Labor Unions at the In­ stranglehold. (The latest example ternational Marine Transpoit of the NMU's sell-outs is their Workers Congress held in Ham­ contract with Keystone). burg in 1930. (Mr. Dridzo, under The Communists within the his true name, is today Abraham NMU and in the marine industry Lozovsky, one of the mainsprings have striven only for one thing: of Joe Stalin's "government" in Primary control of the men on Moscow. Another who attended the ships which would mean the the same congress was Thomas economic life and death of the Ray, now one of the mainsprings seamen in their calling. The pur­ of the NMU's so-called "Port pose of this is multi-fold. The Committee," an ardent stooge for seamen, as NMU "members" with Stalin and one of the real orderdues and levies, would financially givers within the NMU.) maintain the programs of the The Communists' tactic has Communist Political Ass'n. (suc­ been simple — for they have cessor to their so-called Party) worked chiefly within the labor both inside, the NMU and in other unions of the various nations— with a particular emphasis on the fields. marine unions — by establishing With signed "contracts" in their "units" within such unions tanker companies — no matter to work from within. Once es­ tablished, the task of such "units" has been "to gain control of the particular union or destroy it to set up a rival organization." And a few years ago the Communists almost gained this goal in the U.S., as within other countries, by striking at opportune mom­ ents and almost paralyzing world trade through partial control of the labor movements in trans­ portation and communications. It is well known that where they have an opposition within a union they will force a strike and immediately sabotage the union's* effort by cunningly reversing their stand and attempting to lay the blame on their opposition for the loss of the strike action. Countless examples of this exist. The union's memberships are al­ ways the goats of this powerseeking mob. They have shown that they care no'* more for the workers than they care about the work­ ers' needs; for the Communists have shown that they will trade with the bosses and the shipown­ ers and play along with them as READ YOUR CONTRACT long as their industrial programs or policies are useful to or assist the Soviet Union. Once this ceases, the Communists stand as a menace and ready to destroy. Recall the early days of the war when Stalin was hobnobbing with Hitler. The NMU officials were crying to high heaven and bitterly opposing all industrial policies and programs to aid the Allies. Bixt as soon as Hitler got on Joe Stalin's toes, the NMU of­ ficials like the rest of their tribe of labor fakers, reversed their stand and since have been busy sabotaging every gain that labor made in the last decade under the guise of assisting Russia. Russia is a vast country with almost unlimited resources and manpower. She is in the act of industrial development as a na­ tion. With that accomplished she will acquire a huge merchant marine to bid for world trade. We can be certain that the Com­ munists will then support Russia against the American seamen with our higher wages and work­ ing conditions, for we will be in competition with Russian inter­ ests. The fact that the NMU has some so - called contracts with some companies would mean nothing—merely scraps of paper. It is not to the benefit of the seamen, nor to anyone else for that matter to be a part of or have business connections with an organization that, is controlled by or partial to the Communist Party. A large majority of the NMU membership aboard the ships are not aware of these things. A few of the old timers know the set up and stay within the NMU hoping someday to be able to oust the Communists and gain member­ ship control over that organiza­ tion. Bitter experience has shown that to be impossible. There is one answer—they are swinging to the AF of L Seafarers Interna­ tional Union, the Union that is fighting for and obtaining wages and conditions and overtime on the job; • iSW'lA KNOW YOUR RIGHTS •? - •• , ,, • ,f. By "FRENCHY" MICHELET The earth has swung full cycle again. This troubled old globe has made yet another lap around the sun. We did most of this trip seated on our fanny at a desk job. We can't say that we like, it though. - More and more v/e have found ourself dreaming of far places. This is the season of resolu­ tion. Let us all resolve to try to have the spirit of goodfellowship that prevails at payoff time and in gin mills under the mellowing influence of a few beers extended to our living and working to­ gether throughout the voyage. We are having quite' a bit of trouble, with several chiseling operators who try to get out of fumigating their ships no matter how lousy they get. They invari­ ably try to give us the old ex­ terminating routine. We don't go for it of course, but it makes for a lot of trouble just the same. We have learned the hard way that fumigation is necessary to get rid of bugs. The only way you can kill them with that goo the ex­ terminator spreads around is to hit them on the head with the can. Several cooks have complained to us about the scarcity of bones for stock. They contend that the beef comes aboard boned and that they are consequently fre­ quently short of material for the stock pot. The truth is that there's actually no shortage at all. A cook must plan ahead that's all. There's plenty of good beef stock in your prime rib stores. Cook the meat with the bone on it if you prefer it that way. Save the cooked bones, they make a fine stock. Open the bones with a cleaver to free the savory juices. Throw them in a stock pot, add a few pounds of lean beef, a few onions and soup vegetables, add several gallons of water and let simmer all day. Strain through a china cap into gallon vegetable cans. When cool, store the cans in the ice box. Remove as much each day as you need for the day's cooking. The fat that will have accumulated on top must not be removed as it protects the stock from souring. By treat­ ing your veal and fresh and smoked ham and fowl bones in the same manner, you can store up a variety of stocks for every occasion. Every time we catch a cook parboiling chickens for soup stock, we blow our cork. Saye the legs, wings, neck and trim­ mings of the chicken for this pur­ pose. Add a little veal stock, a pinch of saffron for color and you have k fine stock for any chicken soup. Always open the legs and other bones with a cleaver to get at the full flavor. If you think the chicken is too tough for roasting, don't boil all the flavor out of it. Cooks who pull this old ship dodge are just asking for trouble. Try this with a tough old hen: Cut up the chicken as for fricaseeing. Wash thoroughly in a collender. Soak the meat in cook­ ing oil for a half hour. Now sea­ son it well with a liberal sprink­ ling of salt, pepper and paprika. Put it in a baking pan with sev­ eral quartered onions and a clove of garlic, cover it with another pan and bake for a half hour. Meanwhile have a mixture of on can of tomato paste and two cans of No. 2V2 tomatoes simmerir , away on the range. After the meat has baked for a half hour, pour the tomato mixture over the chicken and cook until tender. Our cousin, Danny Byrne, wil' soon be in New York after put­ ting almost ten months on the England-France shuttle. We are looking forward to quite a little binge as he will naturally be live as hell after all those fine days on the other side. Danny was the hero of the sweetest setup we., ever ran into on. this good green earth. It was in the spring of '41 that we chanced into Santos, Bra­ zil on the old Arizpa and found that Ds^nny had proceeded us there by a few days on the Del Sud, and that he was head man with "Mussolini," a dark - eyed darling who ran the best gin mill in South America. Imagine breez­ ing into a port and finding that your cousin has full authority to ladle out the cold beer! c a-i'-V-il m I I. Escapes From Enemy Sub (Continued from- Page 1) other had his leg bitten off by the sharks. Finally planes appeared again and dropped life rafts. And two days later a Bhitish trawler ap­ peared and took the men to a small island. From the island they were later taken to Colom­ bo, and. then back to the States where Lee finally Ijad his aperidix removed. And now Lee is ready to ship out again, and is in the New York SIU hall looking for a job. Oh, yes, but there is a hitch. He lost his papers when he was torpedoed. And so he can't take a ship until duplicates come through. And that will take weeks . . . and weeks. In the meantime he is broke. And the draft board is breathing on his neck. The boy's around the.haU are kiddhig him by saying, "Hell, you were better off on that ii*3 raft than you are now. At least you-had emergency rations and could eat." 5 r � 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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Title A name given to the resource January 5, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VII, No. 1 Description An account of the resource HAWK, WEISBERGER TO LONDON MEET SIU MAN CAPTURED BY ENEMY SUB-AND ESCAPES HE DON'T SAY NOTHIN'- WSA COMPARES SEAMEN'S WAGES IN "GI" BILL SURVEY CREW REPORTS GOOD TRIP ON SS THOMAS LYONS STALINIST FAKERY IN MARITIME IS TRACED SEAMEN JEOPARDIZE GAINS BY LISTENING TO CURRAN AND CO. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01/05/1945 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1945 Periodicals Seafarers Log https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/9799b09a95088c00ca74939938f05d8e.PDF 33def6c48d3160c1f3ed4854372d3123 PDF Text Text t 1 OFFICIAL OBOAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULP DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INT^NATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA •oL VL rt-;- NEW YORK, N. Y.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 29, 1944 No. 43 44HeadIineReWew rSECBRITYl •" ^^>BERS ^ lUlllT* No. 4-A NEW YORK. N. 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. 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Title A name given to the resource December 29, 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. 43 Description An account of the resource Headlines: '44 HEADLINE REVIEW THE BUSINESS 1945 YEAR OF DECISION SECRETARY-TREASURER REPORT YOU GOTTA BE DEAD TO COLLECT PORT ATTACK BONUS WHAT IS A SCAB? NMU TANKER DRIVE COSTS MONEY DUE A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT HUGE TASK CONFRONTS U.S. MERCHANT MARINE STRAIGHT FROM THE GALLEY HONOR ROLL WORK OR FIGHT PARLEY Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/29/1944 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1944 Periodicals Seafarers Log https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/c4df886228647a2d1a5882266a7ce905.PDF 0c79ba651d7aca3e149479195236369f PDF Text Text '• /.jiani-At^v- - '• >•^"'ci-"-'.''J '^:' <• "-f ""• •.. ^ V-'y ^j^^KERS Jocf OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMEPICA VoL VI. NEW YORK, N.Y., FRIDAY. DECEMBER 22, 1944 No. 42 W L B Hears SIU Case For Wage Boost; Operators Attempt Sabotage BCSU Signs Contract With Union SS Co. VANCOUVER —The BrUish Columbia Seamen's Union, Pacific District SIU after a two year struggle against the Union Steamship Company, signed an agree­ ment with this company on December 9th, 1944. The Union Company is a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which is the largest moiiopoly in Canada, and has many ships under it's own flag. This meant that the BCSU was bucking the largest and scabbiest outfit in the coun­ try in trying to organize Union Steamships. Now that this has been accomplished, the CPR ships ^are next. Shipowners Try To Maritime Panel Defers Open Working Rules Action Pending Briefs The "Statement, of Policy" whereby the SIU was guaranteed of its working conditions for the duration of the war, was attacked this week by a shipowner attorney when those carriers contracted to the union attempted to open to negotiation the working rules in the contracts. The Statement had been signed' union, and to the war time on the disputed issues now hang-"" ing fire with 11 steamship oper­ by both the WSA and the union pledge. ators. at the beginning of the war, and This maneuver occured last The panel made no immediate the guarantees of security given week during the War Shipping decision on the issues, but ad­ the union constituted the basis Panel's hearing of the dispute journed to give both the union between the SIU and the ship­ for the no strike pledge given by owners on the new wage scales and the operators time to submit the SIU. Now, however, the op­ demanded by the union. A. V. further briefs in support of their erators are attempting to force an Cherbonnier, attorney for the positions. One of the disputes on proce­ opening of the contract's work­ operators, demanded that the dure which arose at the hearing Panel open to negotiation the ing rules in opposition to the was whether or not the working working rules. rules now contained in the con­ Brother John Hawk immedi­ tracts could be opened without ately - objected, pointing out to the Panel that these could ohly mutual consent of both the oper­ be opened by mutual concent, ators and the union. Upon the and the union was certainly not correct determination of this is­ concenting to this attack upon sue rests the ability of the union to protect its rights under war our security. The SIU library was opened in New York last week, and met conditions, and the very exist­ LAND CONSULTED with instant approval by the membership. Bookshelves built in the ence of the no strike pledge itself. Panel Chairman W. Ellison baggage room on the fourth floor were filled by courtesy of the New Chalmers then revealed that he (read the complete score of this ation of inequalities and in­ equities of wages in the industry. York Public Library. Over 300 volumes are available for the mem­ had written to WSA Administra­ dispute in column 3). We pointed to the preamble of HAWK'S REPORT tor Admiral Land, asking his op­ bers to take out and read in the lounge on the floor below. All inion as to whether the operators Reporting to the membership at our, contracts and the Statement subjects are covered in the library, mysteries, romances, adventure, could open the working rules last Monday night's meeting. of Policy which froze the work­ biography, economics and the trade union movement. Beside that, over the objections of the union. Brother John Hawk said: ing conditions. The attorney for .over 30 technical volumes have been purchased outright by the Land's reply was read into "Brothers Volpian, Engine De­ the companies objected and in­ ^ew York branch. These books cover all three departments, and the record, and it was immedi­ partment, Shuler, Stewards De­ sisted that "working conditions" ately interpreted by the union to partment and myself. Deck De­ remain before the Panel as a mean that the contracts could nol partment, attended a hearing matter of dispute. Chairman be opened, and by the shipowners called by the War Shipping Panel Chalmers informed us that he to mean that they could be of the War Labor Board on our had sent a letter to Admiral Land, cases that are now pending be­ Administrator of the War Ship­ opened. Upon the correct decision of fore them. I also had Attorney, ping Administration, asking his this vital point rests the ques­ Carol C. Johnson present at the interpretation as to whether pur­ tion of peaceful maritime labor hearing to protect the Union from suant to the Statement of Policy relations. The SIU is frank to any legal technicality Which the the "Working Conditions in the say that it will not sit with attorney for the companies might Contracts" were open for dispute. Land sent a letter back to Chalmfolded hands while the shipown­ try to inject to hurt our case. ers chisel away conditions guar­ "In order td represent the com- ers upon which several interpreanteed us for the duration of the panies involved. Lieutenant Col- tations could be placed. "The Chairman of the War onel A. V. Cherbonnier resigned war. • Shipping Panel stated that he from the Army. His first move at Becau.se of the seriousness of was going to refer this matter to the hearing was to try and have this question. Brother Hawk has written to Admiral Land asking the ten cases consolidated into the National War Labor Board him to clarify his' previous let­ one case. The Union representa­ for their decision. Each case was ter, and to inform us in un­ tives defeated this move. The then taken up and the Union ambiguous language whether or Panel voted two to one in our submitted a separate brief to not the Statement of Policy sign­ favor with industry dissenting. cover each case. We were then advised by the Panel that the ed in good faith by the union, is WORKING RULES still operative and binding upon "The issues involved as' certi­ Union and the companies could the shipowners. fied to.the Board by Dr. John R. send in supplement briefs if they will teach you how to do everything from tie a squai e-knot to navi­ Following is the full text of Steelman, Director of the United wished, not later than 14 days af­ gate a Liberty to Murmansk. ~ ^ the letter sent to Admiral Land States Conciliation Service, were ter their receipt of the transcript The New York Library is anxious to supply the books that by Brother Hawk: "Working Conditions and Wages." of the hearing. seamen want. We therefore urge our members to visit the Library, "This we intend to do." UNION'S LETTER The Union took the next step to read the books, and make any suggestions they may have on future December 18, 1944 eliminate "Working Conditions" While the SIU demands upon , purchases of books. Admiral Emory S. Land, from the issues to be taken up. each company are different, since Shown in the picture above are three SIU brothers, all victims Administrator, Our positioq was that we only the contracts themselves vary of enfemy torpedoing, selecting volumns with which to spend a few War Shipping Administration opened the agreements to dis­ from operator to operator, never­ quiet hours in the lounge. Left to right are brothers Alfred Stewart, Commerce Building, cuss increases in wages, over­ theless the following general de­ Chief Steward; Joe (Bauxite Red) Welsh, Bosun; and Marcelino Washington* D. C. time, subsistence rates, travel mands were presented: Santiago, Ordinary Seaman. money for meals and the elimin(Continued on Page 4) (Continued on Page 4) Public Library - Establishes Branch In New York Hall !>•' The SIU argued its demands for substantial wage increases this week before the War Shipping Panel of the WLB. Panel Chairman W. Ellison Challmers, industry member W. A. Kiggins and union representative Matthew,Dushane, in Washington, D. C., heard the union's briefs " .'f '• �'• '• fnlE Page Two SEAFARERS LOG PubUshed by the SiEAPARkRiS Friday, December 22, 1944 LOG ''But Dcvid Had Only Me Oaliath** IT 1?•1 r.c, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District £N0 PAUL HALL Affiliated ivith the American federation of Labor. The Special Services Depart­ ment, which was recently creat­ HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ Vretident ed in Npw York has been very 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. busy. The problems handled by this Department are varied. "The JOHN HAWK - - - - - - - -'Secy-Treas. one that seems to come up most i>. d. Box 25, Station P., New York Qty frequently is the one regarding what a man is entitled to when MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. he is paid off in a foreigh port. Due tc) the frequency of this 424 5 th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. question, it is well that we dis­ cuss and clarify ft. When a man is removed from Directory of Branches his vessel in a foreign country ADDRESS PHONE BRANCH —Justice due to injury or • illness, he should be paid off the ship's ar­ NEW YORK (4) 51 Beaver St.... HAnover 2-2784 BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 ticles in full as of that date. If BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay St Calvert 4539 for any reason the Captain does PHILADEl.PHIA 6 North 6th St......'. Lombard 7651 NORTOLK .7........ 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 not pay the man the amount due, NEW ORLEANS (16)... 339 Chartrea St.. Canal 3336 ^ CHARLESTON (9) 68 Society St Charleston 3-2930 then the money should be left by 220 East Bay St Savannah 3-1728 SAVANNAH. the Captain, with the American 423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 TAMPA 920 Main St Jacksonville 5-1231 JACyCSONVlLLE Consul in whatever port the ves­ 7 St. Michael SL Dial 2-1392 MOBILE sel is in. It is much better that SAN JUAN, 28 P.R., 45 Ponce de Leon San Juan 1885 PUERTO RICO The cook on the SS Del" Sud was using sparrow food for a the man collects this money di­ 219 20th St Galveston 2-8043 GALVESTON was considered a good feeder on condiment—^he blew his top. rectly from the Consul rather But despite all the giitn beat­ than wait for collection in the previous trips—^but his chow on ing thihgs went from bad to United States. If this is not done, the last one, OH, BROTHER! PUBLICATION OFFICE; worse with the food assuming a the Counsul sends this money to The trip was half over when more and more gamey flavor. 51 BEAVER STREET the State Department in Wash­ the crew began to notice a Finally the cook himself had to ington. HAnover 2-2784 New York, (4) N. Y. strange new flavor in the grocer- admit that something was wrong To collect this money on ar­ 267 —though he was damned if he rival in the States, the man in­ knew what it was. He swore that volved*must ytite the State De­ he was using the same recipes partment and also clear with the he had used for years. shipping commissioner in' what­ Finally one of the crew noticed ever port he arrives. This pro­ a bit of seepage from the over­ cedure takes quite a while arid head and went topside to see can be avoided by the man col­ Every device known to man has been used to sidetrack what was on deck. There was lecting the money due him in labor's case against the Little Steel formula. the usual deck load of lumber. It the foreign port at the time of had been taken aboard the trip leaving the vessel. The War Labor Board has had the issue before it for before and had been carried back A man who is paid off in a and forth between the U. S. and a year now. It has looked over it, under it, around it—and foreigri port is entitled to main­ Europe while some bird brain in has done everything else about it except look it squarely in tenance arid cure as well as wages Washington was trying to decide until such time as he is fit for the face and tender a decision. where it should be unloaded. duty or until the completion of The luhiber was creosoted and the vessel's voyage; whichever The Board's final decision has been not to render a the rains had washed much of may come first. the chemical (iown into the gal­ decision, but simply to report to the President on the ley and onto the food. All of the A man who has beeri injured or matter without recommendation. But even this longDel Sud stores were promptly ill through no fault of his own awaited report is still being awaited at this writing. thrown overboard as fisH food. entitled to rehatriatiori boni^ 'The cook has now regainecj his back to America. On arrival if But this is an issue that cannot be disposed of by bury­ ies. The cook was outraged wheh former place in the Hearts of the the States, the wages due for th^^ ing one's head in the sand. It is based on the obvious and it was suggested that his hand crew. But let a man ask for period of time since leaving the' vessel is part of the claim that well-recognized fact that living costs haye risen far and was slipping k bit. But "when "bread pudding with creosote the man has against the company. the crew sent a delegation to in­ sauce," and some One is diie for away above the 15% increase on which the Little Steel spect the galley and see if He a dumping. In the event a man is takeri off a vessel in a foreign port for fbrmula was originally based. venereal disease or misconduct, he, too, is entitled to money earn­ So long as wage rates remain frozen far below the ed as of the date of pay-off. He level of living costs, this issue will not down. Delays and We had two ships to sign on in We were pretty Sore by this is not, however, entitled to re­ and wet as hell. So we went evasions kid no one, except perhaps the delayers and Hoboken. The first one went time, patriation bonus or to any claim smoothly but we ran into trouble to the yard office and asked for whatsoever. To collect the money evaders. trying to find the other one in our ship again. The guy in the due as worked for, he should col­ olfice said it was just coming into drydock. The issue grows in importance With ei^ery additional When we asked the man at numbet two dock. We said, "Nuts lect from the American Counsul in the same mariner as the injur­ day that justice is denied to America's war workers. the gate where she was laying (or something like that), we were ed or ill cases. he said, "To your right." There just at that dock and that ain't —Union News Quite often these problems are were two docks to the right and the ship." This guy then rnade a only one ship without a name mistake and put one ship in a cohfusirig*to the man involved. board. So we naturally thought different dock, humbef three to For that reason it is best that, re­ gardless of the port of arrival, be exact. that was our ship. So again, we climbed over our members contact their near­ It was a sloppy day but we had In appreciation of the service daily to ah average of 1,800 sea­ to climb over pipes, lines and mountains of gear and finally got est union hall immediately so as to guarantee the full protectidn the men of the merchant marine men. As in the past. However, gear such as every drydock has. aboard. The ship was deserted of their rights arid priveleges. except for a shore gang who were render in keeping the sea lanes contributions of candies, fooc We finally got aboard only to dis­ cleaning tip. However, the skip­ products, toilet preparations cover that she was an NMU ship, open, the American Theatre books, cigarettes, games anc We went ashore, again and asked per was aboard. We contacted Wing Club for Merchant Seamen other articles are necessary in or­ one of the yard workers where him and he said that the ship is again sponsoring a series of der to flll a waterproof miniature our ship was and he said it was was just paid off and was not Pre-Christmas Convoy Parties, at sieabag which is given to each just coming into the next dock. signing, on for another vreek. which gifts and prizes will be man at the Christmas parties. De­ We had to wait a full hour in a Probably some one in the com­ presented to the merchant sea­ liveries ihay be made now to the drizzle before the ship was se­ pany office made a mistake. Merchant Seamen's Club, P. S cured and a gangway madq fast. So back we came to the union men. climbed aboard — td hall—chewing our brief case all The ciub, which opened in Clapp, jr., chairman of the hos We toally January, 1943, provides food, en- committee, 109 West Forty-thirc discover that this was another the way. ARTHUR THOMPSON NMU ship! tertainment and information street. THE CASE OF THE INNOCENT COOK Little Steel Dodge Lament Of A N. Y. Pie- Seamen's Christmas Parties 1 1 �m 1^ m '\ Friday, December 22, 2944 THE SEAFARERS wriars DOING hOG Page Thre* MONEY DUE Around the SS DEL RIO F. Neeves, Ch. Cook, $11.50; E. J. Pitney, 2nd Cook, $11.50: D. Noren, Nt. Cook and Baker, $20.74; J. B. Gay, Mess, $26.82; J. Tirado, Mess, $26.82. Collect at Mississippi SS Company office. * • • SS THOMAS LYONS Two messmen with disputes can collect same at Smith & Johnson SS Company office. • • • SS ROBERT TOOMBS Five men have vouchers in company office. Collect at South Atlantic SS Company office. * » c SS KING WOOSLEY Bernard Baa, Troop Cook, $154.00. Collect at Bull SS Com­ pany office. » » » SS BUREAUGUARD Bos'n Hansen, IV2 hrs. at $1.10 per hour; Danies. IV2 hrs. at $1.10 per hour, 5'A hrs. at $.90 per hr; Lawson, 11/2 hrs. at $1.10 per hr., SVz hrs. at 90c per hr; Horton, IV2 hrs. at $1.10 per hri Donahue, IV2 hrs. at $1.10 per hr; F. Moran, SV2 hrs. at 90c per hr. Collect at Waterman SS Company office. » * SS JULIET DOWE J. Orpilla, Sh. Cook, 8 hrs; Wash Utility 3 hrs. overtime, 1 day's pay as 2nd Cook; J. Guntenaar. Utility, 32'/2 hrs; Garbage dumping in port overside by Steward Dept. This beef is out. Collect at South Atlantic SS Company office. • • • SS COLABEE Stewards Depi: J. Mantalvo, Chief Cook and J. Mendez, Messman, 75 hrs. each; H. Stall, Sec­ ond Sook and V. O. Bonet, Mess- man, 50 hrs. each; F. Casairi§, Galley Utility, 50 hrs; F. Casaine, 32 hrs. for lighting fires each morning. Collect at company olfice. ible to vote in our union elections he was allowing the agreement to K* • bfecause they were under twenty- be violated and told this bird so. SS ARTHUR L. PERRY one. Forget It boys, this is k But after he stated to the Cap­ Shipping is still booming in this L. O'Connor, 15 hrs; Wm. union election and hot a federal tain that he was on probation jort with more jobs than even one, and aU pbligated full book with the Coast Guard and that Pieters, 2 hrs; T. W. Boyd, 15 hrsr he WSA can fill, but they are at C. McCloskey, 11'A hrs; T. J. members are eligible to vote re­ he woul(I most likely lose his pa­ : ast giving a point. They are Jaskowiak, 7 hrs; Wml Hurley* gardless of how old they are. So pers if he was before the CG issuing seamen's papers to men in 18 hrs. This is in addition to come up and vote and forget the again, the Captain agreed to let some instances of emergency on Sunday's overtime. Collect at him work the time back. age question. recommendation of the union., One guy that we don't envy is Calmar SS Company office. I met with the representative 1017 men in all departments were our beef handler on all food ques­ * • • shipped last week. A number of tions. This guy has got himself of the Company and he willingly SS FREDERICK DAW agreed to pay overtime for the these were trip card men. So, if Eisenhardt, 4 hrs; PiekutowskL headaches. These beefs come fast time that he worked while get­ any one down the coast wants to 15 hrs; Searkowski, 21 hrs; Odand furious from almost every pick his ship, just drop in to the ship that pays off here in New ting his log worked off. This ray, 831^ hrs; Sadocha, 19 hrs? overtime was made out to DeNew York hall with his seabag York, and between checking Mayernik, 31 hrs; Freeman, 24 vonis but he was in too big a packed. hrs; Conrad, 55 hrs; Pawloczky* grub, demanding good food, and hurry to wait and collect it and The patrolmen here piaid off 37 12 hrs; Pentalow, 12 hrs. Collect handling various other Stewards now this money will lay in the ships and signed on 39 the past beefs, this guy is going around in at Calmar SS Company office. Company office and wiU do no week. That is covering a lot of « * * circles. As a matter of fact, he one any good. waterfront as they were scatter­ has one hell of a time keeping up SS BURLESON It seems a shame that such ed from Newburg, N. Y., to Com- with himself. Chas. N. Woodbury, 189 hrs; K. munipaw, N. J., and the way the Since this port has inauger- men are allowed to go on union E. Wass, 189 hrs; S. J. Johnson, car is being utilized here is prov­ ated the system of , settling all ships when there are lots of good 189 hrs; W. Nickel. Sr., 189 hrs? ing it's worth in getting every­ beefs at pay off time, we have men willing to sail and would at C. A. Hitchcock, 191 hrs. Collect least try to hold up some of the thing covered, including last rhin- been very successful in settling at American Range-Liberty Lines things that men had their skulls ut^ payoffs. office. almost every beef right aboard cracked getting. The policy of settling all beefs ship. • * * aboard has convinced the ship We maintain that the seamen Well this brings to a close from SS FREDERICK DAW owners that they must put some earn their money on the ship, and the wide open spaces. Wishing J. M. Dougherty, 90 hrs; J, all members and their families a pne aboard to settle the beefs be­ Guresky, 97 hrs. overtime, I day's not in a company office, and fore the crew will payoff. It is therefore all money earned Merry Xmas and A Happy New wages, $45.00 extra meals; G. making it easier for the local should be paid at the regular pay Year. Turchin, 13 hrs. overtime, $45.00 union officers, as they can hit the off time. This system has result­ RAY W. SWEENEY. Agent extra meals; Floyd Keith, 10 hrs. front the next day without yes­ ed in proper company represen­ overtime, $8.63 extra meals; Rob­ terday's beefs to worry about. erts Layko, 21 hrs. overtime, $8.63 tatives being placed aboard ships We note that on a number of with authority to settle all beefs, extra meals; H. Wike, 12 hrs. occasions lately that NMU men and paying the legitimate ones overtime; W. Brush, 17 hrs. Col­ are being repatriated on SIU at the pay off table. All hands lect at Calmar SS Company of­ $28.00 .ships and in most cases state agree that this system has work­ SS Alevander Dallas fice. 25.00 their surprise at the different ed to a perfection, and as long as N. Brbwii • » » 24.00 conditions between the SIU and the crew members stick we can't F. Smith SS KING S. WOOSLEY SS Henry Jocelyn 22.09 NMU ships. They generally show lose. Frank Hills, $55.29; JImmie SS Jean Rabaut 21.00 their preference by applying for Jordan, $55.29. Collect at Bull We still get overtime beefs, es­ S. N. Michatid 19.00 mernbership in the SIU. SS Company office. pecially in the Calmar Line, that 17.00 The food beefs are increasing are hard to settle because so F. E. Greene 16.00 as the membership learns that many overtime sheets are written C. Bogel J. A. Osborne 15.00 they can be remedied here. poorly. When writing out your 14.00 . Frenchy Michelet has knocked overtime, don't forget to itemize SS Joliet Low 13.00 hell out of the old buck-passing, everything done; hour turned to; K. Wood 13.00 from the company to the WSA in hour knocked off; whether at sea William Haymes H. Mohler 12.00 that way the crews are getting or in port; rating; and especially 11.00 better food and conditions the kind of work perforiHed. The G. Halt aboard. The companies will have latter is yery important as many Phineas Banning (Engine Dept.) 11.00 to look farther for some method overtime sheets do not describe J. Wigal 11.00 of chiseling oh the seamen. the work actually performed. SS H. Bacon 10.25 The holiday spirit is here and 10.00 It is realized that most of the So fellows, if you want your Robert Amsteetz 10.00 boys want to celebrate. So, we dough, get it down right and if SS Thomas Scott it's legitimate we will collect it D. A. Millike 10.00 must extend our thanks to the C. Rayfuse 10.00 boys who are willing to sacrifice for you. LdUiS GOFFIN. F. W. Henderson 5.00 some of their shore time to bal­ N. Y. Patrolman C. B. Bane 5.00 loting committee, extra help, etc., R. Banes 5.00 so that we can maintain the J. Mattas 4.00 union democracy for which we GALVESTON Robin Tucicford 4.00 struggled so long. T. M. Driscoll 4.00 There are some of the old tim­ "The SS George Pomutz of the 4.00 ers showing their taces around Mississippi Shipping Company, SS R. Rush 3.00 now, having spent most of the paid off in Houston on Friday, A. McDonald 3.00 year at sea. Among them are and I ran into one of the old E. Chamberlain 3.00 George Nutting, Joe Harris and time ship owners favorite stooges. W. Lewis 3.00 . Joe Kenny. We are glad to see While the ship was in Rio and James A. Miller 3.00 ail of the old faces and new, for Santos one of the AB's by the John Connors 2.00 despite the claim of the WSA name of Nicholas Devonis spent W. fi. Murdoch 2.00 ,^hat the submarine menace is all his time ashore as all the sail­ W. J. Brady 2.00 Over, we have lost quite a ^um­ ors used to do and when the ship P. Rassmussen V. Rodriguez 2.00 ber of members at sea since last left port and headed back to the SS H. Chatlier 2.00 Christmas. States the Skipper called him up 2.00 This port is now showing prom­ to his room to have him sign the Alcoa Master ..4l 2.00 •-•'I ises of a white Christmas and the log book for the time that he had John Olsen 2.00 waterfront patrolmen are break­ been off while in these ports. In­ Robert D. Quick Richard Stanton 2.00 ing out their red flannels. stead of signing the log as he was 1.00 Wishing you a Merry Christ­ called iip to do, he started mak­ Colabee 1.00 mas and a Happy ISfew Year. ing agreements with the Captain. L. Swan R. Cooper 1.00 J. P. SHULER, The result was in him signing 1.00 Patrolman a statement that he would work F. Trask John Tilley 1.00 « « « the time back that ke had taken J. L. Brown 1.00 This itehi conies from a, mem­ off while he was off duty arid ber bt the balloting cbnihiittee. It would ask for no overtime for seems that sbme bf oiir ybiirig doing this work. Keep In Touch With "... and so all the unions were gobbled up and everyone lived The Captain, a long time in the members had been under the im­ happily ever after." Your Draft Board pression that they weren't elig­ Mississippi Company knew that NEW YORK Honor Roll BED TIME STORY �> ; Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. December 22, 1944 WORKING RULES ATTACKED lation of the STATEMENT OF (likewise signed the identical (Contimied from "Page 1) POLICY, it was done because STATEMENT OF POLICY, open­ Dear Admiral Land: On December 2, 1944, W. Elli­ the Union had opened up the ed their agreements in conformity son Chalmers, Chairman of the contracts as to wages WHICH there with only as to wages and War Shipping Panel of the Na­ WAS DONE IN CONFORMITY overtime rates and not as to tional War Labor Board wrote WITH THE TERMS OF THE working conditions. These agree­ you in reference to the above STATEMENT OF POLICY and ments were with thirty - three named cases. In his letter he in accordance with the provisions General Agents of the Pacific asked whether the Union could set forth in the individual con­ Coast. The result there was that propose changes in wage scales in tracts. the General Agents did not at­ its existing collective bargaining The companies at the hearing tempt to open the agreements as agreements with, each of the said pressed the point that even if to changes in the working condi­ companies and whether the com­ your letter did not abrogate the tions by way. of counter proposals panies could propose changes in STATEMENT OF POLICY that though they did oppose some of working rules other than wages. it did state that the companies the Union's proposed increases. Your reply of December 11, could propose changes if the pro- The War Shipping Panel of the 1944, stated that both could be c e d u r a 1 requirements of the National War Labor Board has PROPOSED either by mutual agreements with respect to heard this matter and its decision consent of the General Agent (the amendments was followed. thereon is now pending. company) and the Union or un­ The ten cases named above MUST WE STRIKE? der the several contracts if "at were recently heard by the War These companies are all your the time and in accordance with agents and have only your ships Shipping Panel of the National the procedural requirements of except in one case \^here one War Labor Board and we were the agreement with respect to its company has a few ships of its therefore the first time apprised amendment." own. You signed the STATE­ of the correspondence between Any amendments arrived at, MENT OF POLICY stating that yourself and the Chairman of the you state, must be subject to your the existing collective bargain­ Panel and not until after the approval. ing agreements would not be hearing were we given copies Various interpretations have opened up as to working condi­ thereof. been put on your letter of De­ tions and your agents are bound ACTION PLEASE In view of the gravity of the cember 11, 1944. by this STATEMENT OF POL­ situation and the destructive ef­ OUR GOOD FAITH ICY and it is our contention that fect that an adverse holding 'We signed the STATEMENT neither you nor your agents can might have we trust that you will OF POLICY with you in good open up the individual collective favor us with an immediate faith and have abided by it to bargaining agreements in regard reply, stating that the STATE­ the letter and it clearly states to working conditions other than MENT OF POLICY precludes the that "it is agreed that the exist­ wages without violation of the ing collective bargaining agree­ STATEMENT OF POLICY for General Agents from opening up ments including the wage scales which the promise of the seamen the frozen collective bargaining therein contained be frozen for was given that they would cur­ agreements; except the General the duration of the war." The tail the exercise of their right to Agents may make PROPOSALS words "including the wage scales strike. This Union of seamen is if made in accordance with the thei-ein contained" were stricken patriotic and the seamen do not procedural requirements of the out by mutual consent on May 8, want to strike under war condi­ several agreements with respect 1942 by telegram from your of- tions but the Unions knows that to its amendment. BUT .THAT V'^fice. the seamen will not tolerate ad­ NOTHING WILL BE TAKEN It is to be expressly noted that vantage being taken of their pa­ FROM THE SEAMEN without the STATEMENT OF POLICY triotism. This matter is so vital their assent FOR THE DURA­ I" contains the words "existing col- that the Union will be forced to TION OF THE WAR CONCERN­ f: lective bargaining agreements." bring the situation to the atten­ ING THEIR WORKING CONDI­ i . These words were put in after tion of the President of the TIONS and that the existing col­ i there had been a discussion on United States. The responsibil­ lective bargaining agreements proposals.submitted by the War ity rests squarely on you. If you are frozen insofar as working Shipping Administration to mod­ sanction the opening up .of work­ conditions other than wages are ify our agreements with the sev­ ing conditions herein this Union concerned by the STATEMENT eral Companies so that there be can not guarantee that it will be OF POLICY which is binding on but one uniform contract for all able to restrain independent job the General Agents. Very truly yours. companies. The Union member­ actions by the seamen which will Seafarers' International ship rejected this because of dif- inevitably result. These sea­ Union " ferent conditions connected with men, members of this Union, Of North America the different companies and be­ were assured when they were re­ Atlantic & Gulf District cause the seamen were working quested by this Union to enter JOHN HAWK, ' satisfactorily under the several into the STATEMENT OF POL­ Secretary- Treasurer agreements as they were then ICY that NOTHING. WOULD BE and would not accept any change TAKEN FROM THEM for the in the working conditions. duration of the war in regard to -So long as these working con­ their working conditions as set ditions were frozen the seamen forth in their individual .collec­ were willing to agree not to ex­ tive bargaining agreements. ercise their right to strike. This PREVIOUS CHANGES thpv were willing to do for pa­ Although your letter refers to triotic reasons. They were will­ 300 changes in the collective bar­ ing to sacrifice their right to try gaining agreements there have, for better conditions rather than in fact, been no changes made in use this means of economic pres­ the frozen collective bargaining (Continued from Page 1) sure. 1. "Emergency wartime wage agreements covering the matters set forth therein. Any changes increases" and overtime increases OUR RECORD •rThis Union has scrupulously have been of matters not covered should be incorporated as a base adhered to this STATEMENT OF by the collective bargaining wage and base overtime. 2. Regular standby rate of pay POLICY and has not made any agreements that have arisen in $1.10 per hour, the overtime rate, new spheres such as reconversion demands for change in working I; liS' conditions. Such supplemental of ships creating new problems. $1.65 per hour. 3. Meal allowance of $1.00 per contracts as were made with the A few, but not many, changes of companies were made to cover this nature have been made by meal. Lodging of $2.50 per night. conditions not touched upon in the parties herein involved. Some Meal money when traveling $1.50 the frozen agreements, but to pertain to unlicensed junior en­ per meal. 4. A penalty rate of $10 per cover conditions in new fields or gineers, and to stewards and to month when Bauxite or Copra is maintenance men in the engine spheres that had come to the ifore since the signing of the sev­ department but only for condi­ carried. tions in new spheres not exist­ 5. An overall wage increase of eral agreements. 26% to offset the-increased cost Now the copnpanies are trying ing before the war. A comparable situation existed of living. to change the working conditions 6. Increase of 10 cents per hour in the frozen contracts and their when the. Sailors' Union nf the proposals are to REDUCE these Pacific, a section of the Seafarers' for all overtime and other com­ donditions. This is in direct vio- International Union, which had pensatory rates. u WLB Hears Our Wage Demands Last week we reported in these columns that we were trying to induce the Food Control Division of the WSA to, store Vessels un­ der their control with prepared cake, doughtnut, muffin and ic­ ing mixtures. We reported that we had enlisted the aid of the various manufacturers marketing these preparations to help us pre­ pare statistics proving that these mixtures actually cost but little more than the ingredients in unfabricated form. Today we are pleased to announce that we have just received confirmation of the fact that the WSA will soon is­ sue a directive ordering these mixtures put aboard all vessels under their control. Once again the SIU has pion­ eered on the vital issue of win­ ning conditions for its member­ ship, and for that matter, for all seafaring men. Our organization has again shown that by throw­ ing its weight around in an ag­ gressive and militant fashion it can get things done! These mixtures make very tasty cakes and doughnuts by the simple addition of water and baking or frying. Any brother who has had to eat the unholy concoctions that are frequently whipped up by some of these fink pool wonders will appreciate what these mixtures will mean to his digestion as well as to his palate. For those old-time cooks who like to roll their own, there will still be ample unfabricated flour aboard to permit them to wjiip up something special for the boys whenever the spirit moves them. However, we have been going to sea for over twenty years and we can honestly say that we haven't run into many ship cooks during that time who can consistently turn out as tasty a variety of foods as these mixtures make. The SIU is now getting plenty of cooperation from the WSA on the vital issue of improving food aboard our ships. We have a number of irons in the fire with those birds and we expect to soon be able to report to the member­ ship that' we have succeeded in getting this bureau to go to bat for us on them all. We want plenty of frozen veg­ etables of the Birdseye type put aboard our ships so that we can have salads and fresh vegetables for the entire voyage rather than the present three-week supply. We want tasty canned potatoes put aboard as emergency stores rather than the present woodytasting dehydrated junk. Yes, and we want more steak meat! If the WSA can't scare up enough prime beef to modify their di­ rective prohibiting a choice of cuts, then we want some of the available tougher cuts, tenderized. ' Captain .Ross, one of the WSA big shots and the man who was instrumental in getting our cak6 mixture proposal approved by the Board, has promised us that he will work with us toward some solution of this problem. Incidently, this man is the first guy we've met in WSA setup who seems to know what it's all about. He talks our language and when we pose a question or pre­ sent a problem he discusses it in down-to-earth fashion rather than smothering us with a lot of hazy statistics. "If we cannot see our way clear to modify our Carcass Beef Directive and give you boys more loin and tenderloin cuts, Mr. Michelet," he told us Wednesday, "I promise you that I will try to have the top of the round and the eye of the chuck fabricated separately. Then, by furnishing each vessel with a cubing ma­ chine, your cooks will be able to tenderized these cuts and conse­ quently have a great deal more steak for fry purposes." This is what he means in lay terms: Many ship cooks don't know enough about meat to remove the eye of the chuck and the top of the round and properly utilize this meat. So, rather than lose these tasty cuts in stews and stewed steak form, he will try to have theL packing houses separ­ ate this meat and pack it in plainly labeled boxes. Then, by furnishing each vessel with an eight dollar cubing or tenderiz­ ing machine, you have doubled your steak meat. By slicing this meat thinly, running it through the cuber (a mechanical version of pounding hell out Of it with a cleaver or masher) seasoning it, flouring it lightly and chickenfrying it, a cook has whipped up a tasty supper and he has solved one of the big problems con­ fronting all cooks and stewards today. 1? f t ( . I 11 LUIS MARRERO VOZGUEZ: Please get in touch with your sister )9d once. It is important. She is living at 507 East 111th Street, Apartment No. 9, New York City. STANLEY N. McCOY, JR. Your wife and baby are in need of your aid. Get in touch with them at 867 North Shore Road, Revere, Mass. GRADY FAIRCLOTH; Your probationary union book / has been found. Pick it up at| Headquarters office in New York*! CURTIS VICKERS: Stop into the Agent's office New York and make out thel overtime record from the SS Burleson, American Liberty Line. «]. I"'*! � 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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PIE-CARD Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/22/1944 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1944 Periodicals Seafarers Log https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/d4656bf03f91b753511ca1908f6e3785.PDF cc2e2258b42bfdda5395b9d83dd74333 PDF Text Text ^J^^BERS Jocj OFFICIAL OBOAN OF THE ATLAllTIC AND GULF DISTBICT, SEAFABEBS' INTEBNATIONAL UNION OF NOBTH AMEBICA s NEW YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 15, 1944 VoL VL Season's Best Greetings to our Union Brothers At Sea and their friends and families ashore Seafarers International Union Atlantic and Gulf District Crew Of Fredrick Steuben Protests Action Of Chief Engineer To Robin Line IV V:. No. 41 Seas Shipping Co., Inc. Gentlemen: We the undersigned Engine De­ partment members of the above named vessel, wish to convey to you some of the incidents that may have led to the dissension in the Engine Department aboard this vessel. We feel that the Chief Engineer will make his report to the Company in regards to the crew, so it is no more than right for us to make a report in re­ gards to him. From the start" of the trip this Chief Engineer, Mr. Frank Fer­ dinand Pohl, had caused ill "will amongst us by questioning our 'sability when assigned to this ves-sel by the union. He requested discharges or proof of our ability, when our certificates called for the respective ratings in which we were shipped. He even went so far as to send one of the oilers home for discharges from other ships after he had been shown his Certificate. We would like to state here that all mem­ bers of the Engine Department had sailed in the ratings they shipped on here as on previous vessels. The Chief Engineer fired the former 1st Asst. Engineer (H. B. Saunders) and the Deck Engineer in New Orleans giving no reason whatsoever, and later told one of the crew that the reason he fired them was because they were too friendly. This Chief Engineer caused ill will and hard feelings amongst the crew by refusing to cooperate in any way whatsoever and with complete disregard for the Union contract we have with the Seas Shipping Co., Inc. He refused to allow anyone in the engine de­ partment to do anything for any­ one in the other departments. For •example, he refused to allow the deck engineer to drill some holes in the wireless operators room so .the carpenter could install a shelf for the wireless operator's type­ writer. The Deck Engineer drill­ ed the holes during his meal hour so the shelf could be installed. When taking fuel oil in New Orleans he pumped the oil into No. 4 tanks although there was over four feet,of water in these tanks. This caused trouble for the Firemen later by making it hard to keep steam. Later in the voyage the Chief Engineer had holes drilled in the fuel oil set­ tlor tanks so the water could be drained out. On three occasions in New Or­ leans and twice in New York fuel oil was pumped over the side. We took fuel oil in the United King­ dom for the voyage home. The Chief Engineer refused to allow the crew to have a coffee pot in the engine room and went so far as to threaten the crew with a log if they brought one down below. On several occa­ sions he broke up boxes that were on the fioor plates, accusing the men of using them to sit on and not do their work. The entire crew and officers were forced to drink salt water from Key West, Florida, to New York and no attempt was made by the Chief Engineer at any time during this period to rem­ edy the situation. While in port unloading he re­ fused to allow the American sol­ diers unloading the ship to come in out of the rain and dry off in the fidely and had them chased out on one of the rainest and coldest nights we had while there. The above and other incidents too numerous to mention,- we feel will make it hard for the com­ pany to secure a crew for any vessel on which said chief is em­ ployed. C. J. Stephens. Dk. Engineer P. G. Beaufort. Oiler F. Alongia. Oiler C. Huete. Oiler Wm. S. Hart. Fireman-W.T. R. Gonzales. Fireman-W.T. • H. Tennent. Fireman-W. T. A. Sylvera. Wiper. New Sub Menace Is Seen SUP Annual Elections Started The SUP elections to determine officials for 1945 got under way this month and will continue throughout the monthsj)f Decem­ ber and January. "Whereas the SIU elections close on December 31, the SUP elections close on January 30. Many of the SUP offices are not being contested, indicating that the organization will be under the same general leadership in the copaing year as that which guided it in the past. Following is a complete list of the candi­ dates: SECRETARY-TREASURER Harry Lundeberg ASST. SECR'Y-TREASURER Harry Johnson 1st SAN FRANCISCO PA'LMAN Arthur Burke . Maxie Weisbarth 2d S.F. PATROLMAN Willie Claypool John H. Lavoie 3rd S. F. PATROLMAN Harold Liggett Al. Maniscalco S. F. DISPATCHER Robert McKinnon John L. Palazzo HONOLULU AGENT Jacob Silverstein NEW YORK AGENT Morris Weisberger NEW YORK PATROLMAN Jack Dwyer PORTLAND AGENT John Massey PORTLAND PATROLMAN Charles Atkins SEATTLE AGENT Ed Coester Ed Scheiler SEATTLE PATROLMAN James E. Burke WILMINGTON AGENT Harlan Snow . WILMINGTON PATROLMAN Charles Brenner Howard Lawson Herbert Yates TRUSTEES. MARITIME HALL ASS'N. (vote for 5) Harry Johnson Oscar Lundquist Harry Lundeberg Al Maniscalco Harlan Snow Maxie Weisbarth VICIOUS' ANTI-UNION LAW IS HELD VALID Spokesmen for the Ameri­ can Federation of Labor de­ clared this week an appeal will be taken to the United States Supreme Court from a finding by the Supreme Court of Florida that labor organ­ izers may be "regulated in their conduct just like insur­ ance agents, real estate bro­ kers and others." and that unions must make periodical reports to state authorities. The law sustained by the court was passed in 1943. Attorneys for the A. F. of L. contended that labor lead­ ers should be treated like religious, charitable and edu­ cational organizations and left free from licensing regu­ lations. AFL Schedules 52 Broadcasts For '45 WASHINGTON,. D. C. — The American Federation of Labor has completed arrangements for the most ambitious and compre­ hensive radio educational pro­ gram' in its history. Beginning next Jan. 7, - the Federation will broadcast a week­ ly radio program over a national network each and every week of the year, President William Green announced. Time for these programs was made available to the Federation by three national broadcasting chains. The programs will be carried by the National Broadcasting Co. for the first 13 weeks of 1945; by the Columbia Broadcasting Sys(Continued on Page 4) WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 — Ger­ man submarines have been equ­ ipped with new technical devices enabling them to penetrate into areas "denied to them for the past three years" and the enemy has "by no means" abandoned his underseas warfare. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill jointly warned last week in the monthly Anglo-Am­ erican statement on submarine and anti-submarine operations. For the month of November the statement, issued through the Office of War Information, re­ ported that the number of Allied ships lost as a result of U-boat activity had "again been very small." The proportionate num­ ber of U-boats destroyed had "again been satisfactory." The statement hinted that the Germans might renew their at­ tacks "with new types of Uboats." It said German Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz' undersea raiders were being constructed with extensible air intake and ex­ haust machinery that allowed them to remain submerged for long periods of time. Admiral Doenitz, in a broad­ cast several weeks ago over the Berlin radio, claimed that Ger­ man scientists had developed new equipment for a renewal of the Battle of the Atlantic and threat­ ened blows "greater than any­ thing witnessed so far." Other recent statements from Allied sources have pointed to an evident intention by the Germans to continue their U-boat offen­ sive. Albert "Y. Alexander, First Lord of the British Admiralty, in a speech a few weeks ago report­ ed that U.-boats had reappeared in the Atlantic shipping lanes. Labor's Own Canteen Servicemen feel so much al home in Ihe USO Labor Club. Harrisburg. Pa.. Ihey even take over the bartender's duties. The canteen is sponsored by AFL. CIO. railroad and independent unions. il �Page Two TEE SEAFARERS Friday. December 15. 1944 LOG SEAFARERS LOG Published by the, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------- President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - - Secy-Treas^ P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York Gty MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C tm Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16)... CHARLESTON (9) SAVANNAH TAMPA JACKSONVILLE MOBILE SAN JUAN. 28 P.R., PUERTO RICO GALVESTON ADDRESS 51 Beaver St 330 Atlantic Ave 14 North Gay St 6 North 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. PHONE HAnover 2-2784 Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 7651 Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Charleston 3-2930 Savannah 3-1728 Tampa MM-1323 Jacksonville 5-12) I Dial 2-1392 45 Ponce de Leon.... 219 20th St San Juan 1885 Galveston 2-8043 iw PUBLICATION OFFICE: 51 BEAVER STREET HAnover 2-2784 New York, (4) N. Y. •267 A Merry Christmas? —Justice Editor's Mail Bag At Sea, December 3rd, 1944 Editor, Seafarers Log Dear Sir and Brother: Not much to do and plenty of time to do it in so here goes a few lines for the LOG. I have just about completed a trip Robin Line Liberty. Will this be a merry Christmas for our union brothers? Can't ontella much about our trip, No, it is not likely to be. Most of them will spend the holi­ and if I could it wouldn't be oJ day on the high seas battling midwinter storms and watch­ much interest to the gang be­ cause they have probably made ing for the tell-tale wake of a Nazi torpedo which may the same trip. mean death. On this scow I have come in contact with a couple of officers Under the best of conditions Christmas at sea is not that I would like to put my union a happy time. Christmas is a day which should be spent brothers next to. ashore with one's family and friends and a bottle of scotch. To start with, I would like to But under war conditions, Christmas day will be no differ­ mention the skipper. He is one swell person and I don't mean ent fro many other—it will be a 24 hour period during perhaps. His name is John Kra­ which all nerves will be taut and all eyes strained for sight mer and he is a regular Ro^in Line skipper. He" will do anything of a safe harbor. in his power to make a pleasant But while Christmas will not be a merry one for our trip for the crew and goes out of his way to get shore leave and union brothers, it can be a day of quiet satisfaction; satis-" money for the gang in convoy faction with a job well done; satisfaction with the growth ports. He is a 100% Union man, of the union and it continued dedication to the principles thinks the world of the SIU and it's officials. I'm not in the habit of militant unionism; and confidence in our ability to not of boasting about skippers but only defeat the Nazi torpedo which might come crashing when you run into one like this you just have to let the gang into the ship at any moment, but in our ability to handle know, so take it from me and the shipowner offensive which will be inevitably aimed at the rest of the crew, Captain John Kramer is 100%. the union when the war ends. The other person I would like Men who go to sea discover, in most intimate terms, to mention is poison to any one the stuff of which their shipmates are made. Men who go that mentions unionism. His name is Frank Ferdinand Pohl. to sea discover a comradeship among themselves which few Where he sailed before I don't shoreside workers experience. This comradeship, strength­ know. We have crew members ened and enriched by union loyalty, means that they face on here that are from all districts and no one has ever heard of him. the common enemy militantly united. They can face with If you would have sailed with equal courage and determination -a tin fish or a shipowner him once or met anyone who had you would hear about him. He lockout. disregards union contracts and The har<Jships now endured by our union brothers will dispises union members more than any man I have ever met steel them against a "soft peace" with the shipowner after and I have met quite a few on ships and came in contact with the war. quite a few 14 karat S.O.B.'s, These are the thoughts of the men at sea this Christ­ while working for the union, I mas. The day will not be merry—but will be one of sat­ think he was an engineer on the WPA before h6 started back to isfaction. • sea, because only a WPA engin­ eer would try to run the whole engine department and not be able to fill any of the jobs prop­ erly. For a Chief Engineer he does more than any I have ever seen. In and out of port he does all the maneuvering and he's up all hours of the night on the prowl. He takes care of all the overtime and disputes 90% of it. He tried to operate the evaporator and we drank salt water for a week. He canned the former 1st., Ass't. and Deck Engineer in New Orleans because they were too friendly. The 1st. was a foTmer SIU mem­ ber. Yours truly, the deck en­ gineer, made the trip. Everytime he started a pump he would pump just the opposite from what was intended and it was a 50-50 chance that fuel oil went over­ board. He doesn't allow coffee pots in the engine room or fireroom so if you like your coffee on watch avoid him. And no sitting down on watch regardless of who you are. This is turning out to be a lot of chatter although it could go on for weeks, so not to make it (Continued on Page 4) AIERFS WMAT-WAWT-AND BE SORB r»BYALL MAVrA., UmN LABEL DM THEM i —Advance i:^ J.''' AS was predicted recently, the opening up of some of the larger ports in the European continent has meant shipping in the East Coast has picked up considerably due to the quicker turn around of the vessels. This applies es­ pecially to the port of New York, which has been extremely busy over the past few weeks. Because of this fact, the union is short of men in New York, and as a re­ sult is often times forced to ship trip card men. For that reason our book members down the coast and in the gulf, who are having difficulty in shipping out, should come up this way and help to alleviate the shortage. In doing so, we will avoid doing what the NMU has already done — creating a top heavy organization and an ex­ cessive membership. This mistake will effect the union as shipping resumes a peace time status. We have ex­ panded our membership only as needed, and as a result we shall come out. of this war a much stronger organization than we were upon entrance. This does not, however, apply to other organizations in the maritime field — especially the NMU. With their top heavy membership and their expensive bureaucratic set up the NMU will have a less stable organiza­ tion than our union. Over the past there have been various disputes which had to be re-fought on each ship at J>ay off time. Naturally the necessity of fighting this issue time after time means a loss of lots of ef­ fort. To avoid this in the future, the Seafarers intend taking the controversial issues to the Port Committee to get a final decision. Instead of having the same beef come up time and again it shall be settled definitely and finally, thereby taking up lots of slack motion. This will be beneficial to the Organization as a whole— both members and officials. i 4- 4The value of having an effici­ ent filing system has proven it­ self time after time, in the Port of New York. For instance, when a man is reported as delinquent by the Draft Board and his case is referred to the FBI for prose­ cution, the FBI usually contacts the union to which the man be­ longs and inquire as to the man's shipping recoTd. If the organiza­ tion has, and the Seafarers do have, a filing system in such a manner as you can show a man's shipping record immediately up­ on request, then the FBI drops charges against him and notifies the draft board of same. The Seafarers has an average of 50 cases such as this every week, and whether or not we can show the man's shipping record means the difference of arrest or having the charges against him dropped.. This is only one of the many ft benefits the membership of the Seafarers have. 4 ' v 4, ' ' j ' l" �Friday, December 15, 1844 THE SEAFARERS hOG Page Thn* Around The Ports SIU MASTER AT ARMS IS I for making three o'clock coffee NEW YORK on the range. None of thi.s was on the payroll. The recently bought automo­ The company wanted the crew bile in New York is proving its to payoff and "straighten every­ worth in this port. thing out later," but the crew One man was first assigned to said "no dice." They were eager it for the purpose of signing on to abide by the resolution. Pa­ ships and settling port beefs, but trolmen Rentz and Hamilton who the beefs came up in so many were aboard, notified the com­ departments that two men were pany of the crews' stand. Nine asigned to the car, to sign on's, days later, the crew; paid off with port beefs and payoffs. Patrol­ all departments collecting around men Sheehan and Hanners who a thousand dollars which they are now assigned to the car paid would have never seen, had they off six and signed on twenty-two, accepted the company proposal and made trouble shooting trips and not held out until vouchers to fourteen ships the past week. were made out for pay in full. That is covering quite a bit of Out of the 26 ships paid off waterfront and is an example of here this week the Robert Treat what an asset an automobile can of the Eastern paid off here the be on a waterfront like this when last of the week without a beef aboard. A rare case but it some­ it is properly utilized. A resolution that was carried times happens. in this port recently concerning Shipping is still holding its own holding Moran payoffs up Until in this port with men shipped in Master of vessel signed vouchers all departments. Some of these for all money due, has proven were trip card men, so.- if any beneficial in this port this week. one down the line needs a quick The M/V Trinidad Head had a ship he won't have to stay on the forty-nine day payroll, most of beach long in''this port. The only thing that's hard to it in port. For twenty-six of these days there was no steam as the get in this port is a balloting boilers were under repair. The committee, but this port still entire crew had subsistance shows promise of setting a bal­ amounting to $52.00 and the loting record. Steward had 20 hours overtime J. P. SHULER, Patrolman MONEY DUE A JACK OF ALL TRADES The SIU Master-at-Arms in the New York building is supposed to keep winos and finks out of the union hall. But, brother, if you think that is all his job en­ tails, then you are sadly mistak­ en. "Jimmy" Drawdy has to be more than a muscle man in his job; he must be a father confes­ sor to deserted wives and spurn­ ed sweethearts, he must be an oracle of waterfront lore for the kids out of the training school, he must be a salesman for the union to the unorganized, and to the drunks he must not only be a bouncer, but also a friend who listens to their alcoholic philosophyzing before showing them the door. That's no easy job. Jimmy is an old time SIU man and has all ratings in the Black Gang. Long watches ministering oil to the roaring monsters whicb drive the ships, has given him the philosophical turn of mind which makes it possible for him to handle all comers in the union lobby without ever losing his. temper. "When they begin to scream," Jimmy says, "1 just pour a little verbal oil on them and they tame down." Jimmy confesses that one of his biggest problems is women who are tracking down their men and demand entry into the union hall to hunt for them. "Some of those dames come storming into the building with an expression of a wounded she-tiger," said Jimmy. "1 handle that kind with, kid gloves because I sure don't want to get tangled with them."" The fact is that by the time Jimmy finishes giving these ^kirts the oil, they are convinced that their husbands love them and that a glass of spirits now and then is as natural for a seaman as breathing. "Yeah," mused Jimmy, "all kinds of characters try to get into the hall. Why would you believe it, 1 have about 6 or 7 NMU men trying to crash the gate every day. These birds will try to hurryby me and just pull the corner of their union books out of their pockets. They think that in the rush Til mistake an NMU book for an SIU book." Actually the NMU and SIU books have a similarity in ap­ pearance and it would be easy to mistake one for the other at a glance. But Jimmy has a sure fire method; "Hell, 1 never miss an NMU book," he says, "because can smell 'em." SS JOSIAH B. GRINNELL Ranlsome, AB; Joseph Stribbling, George Elderkin, 80 hours; Nor- AB; Jack Nelson, AB. * • • ville Naes, 221 hours: Leroy PreSantos Antonetti, Oiler, 72 hrs; the SS Howard E. Coffin. Voyage witte, 84 hours; Arthur Partoni. SS RICHARD M. PEARSON No. 3, and A. R. Bliksvar. Oiler Clifton Mainers, Oiler, 77 hrs. 13 hours. James L. Joyner, 51 hours; W. and J. W. Brown. F-WT. on the SS JOHN GORRIE To collect write to Bull Line F. DeLong, 41 hours; John Dun­ SS John Gorrie. Voyage 5. is be­ Voyage No. 5 « office, 115 Broad Street, New phy. 11 hours. ing checked and as soon as we James F. McKillip, F-WT. 37 have the requisite information York City. Write for check to Mississppi * » » Steamship Company, Hibernia hrs; Demetrios Joannou. F-WT, we will advise you in the prem­ V 28 hrs; Roy W. Bell, Oiler. 26 hrs; ises. EMIL KASCLINAK, Fireman: Bank Building. New Orleans. • • • Joseph R. Kennedy, Oiler. 36 hrs. The Seatle Branch is holding SS ROBERT FECKNER your check of $21.49. Write to Following disputed overtime SS HOWARD E. COFFIN Voyage No. 4 « Charles Frankle and tell him sent .in from the respective ports Voyage No. 3 John Deely, 48 hrs; R. Grandwhere to mail it. and settled, can be collected at John Depistrantonia, AB, 5 hrs; » * « lund. 48 hrs; Wm. Cogzenski, 48 South Atlantic Steamship Line in Charles Abraham. OS, 1 hr; E. H. hrs; Harry Goldstein, 1 hr; R. SS GAMBRILL Savannah, Georgia: Cavada, Oiler. 15 hrs. Greenway, 5 hrs; J. Eichenberg, O. Klippberg, Bosun, and C. —CHARLIE WAID Disputed overtime for G. Han- 59>/2 hrs; T. B. Black. 591/2 hrs; Nelson, Deck Maintenance, have SS ALBERT P. RYDER rahn, AB. and P. Gellatly, AB, on Bert Troth, 171/2 hrs. overtime coming. Collect Ameri­ Voyage No. 1 can Range Liberty Line office. C. D. Shirley, Wiper and Util­ » * • ity, 12 hrs. SS RICHARD MUMFORD ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR Voyage No. 2 PEARSON George Clark, AB, 119'/2 hrs; Voyage No. 1 NOVEMBER 1 TO 27 James L. Joyner, Oiler. 51 hrs; Norman Lucas, AB, 73 hrs; James W. F. DeLong, .(r.. Fireman-WT, D. Moore, AB, 70 Va hrs; Joseph Deck Engine Steward Total 41 hrs; John Dunphy, Fireman- Orlando. AB. 661/2 hrs; Nicola WT. 11 hrs. The above men may Carotti, AB, 67 hrs; George Mil­ SHIPPED 1586 1193 1239 4018 receive this overtime pay by writ­ ler, OS, 7614 hrs; Garrett Hogan, REGISTERED 1009 1012 1100 3121 ing to the New Orleans office of OS, 80 hrs; Anthony Glambone. OS, 66 V2 hrs; Harry Vancil, Oiler, Mississippi SS Co. • * • llSVa hrs; Peter Vlachos, Oiler, The following men have re­ 59 hrs; Daniel Vallus, Oiler, 76 ceived pay vouchers from Smith hrs; Hialmer Nordby. F-WT, 88 and Johnson SS Company, but hrs; Antonion Martinez. F-WT. have not signed and returned the 84 hrs; Norbert Pruszka, F-WT, vouchers. The pay checks can 83 hrs. not be made out until the vouch­ ROBERT M. T. HUNTER ers are returned: Voyage No. 4 Robert S. Cunningham, Deck James R. Kornofski, Oiler, (ap­ Maint.; Julia Fernandez, F-WT; proved for 11 days' pay at $3.66Thomas Higham, AB; I. Iverson, 2/3 per day minus 9V2 hours over­ filNeMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION AB; Harry McKenzie, OS; James time previously paid); Rodney C. IN RECONVERSION PERIOD Carr, AB; Francis P. Ressler, OS; Kuschke, Meiisman. 190 hrs; Emil W. Callahan, F-WT; L. J. Harvey, Stremnph, Utility Messman, 190 'LOSr PURCHASING POWER Utility; F. L. Leavitt, Utility; R. hrs; Dewey Rhea, Chief Cook, 4 W. Stanford, Utility; Konrad An­ hrs. derson, Bos'n; Chalmers C. BurSS ROBERT TOOMBS kett. Deck Maint.; James Akers, Unemployment compensation payments will xrake up not more thsm 10% of purchasing power Voyage No. 4 F-WT: Adam Harting, Bos'n; Harry Justice, AB: Edward Burnett Gellman, F-WT, 40 hrs; lost through reconversion unemployment. Under present state laws, only one-third to one-half of the O'ConneL AB; Arkadi Rauk, Dk. Eldee McNabb, F-WT, 87 hrs; six billion dollar reserve fund will be paid in the postwar reconversion period. No wonder workers are Eng.; Robert Worland, 2nd Cook; Marion Chapnowsld, F-WT, 61 demanding- a national law to give adequate protection or, in the meantime, more generous state un­ Alphonse Bailey. F-WT: Charles hrs; Hardy Rush, Oiler, 52 hrs; employment benefits. Workers Need Unemployment Insurance �Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG NMU CONTINUES TO MUFF TANKER DRIVE By STEELY WHITE Friday, December 15, 1944 STRAIGHT ram me Editor's Mail Curran & Stalin, Inc., have hit another foul in their infamous "organizing" drive on Standard Oil. Recently (Continued from Page 1) the Standard refinings plank were polled and the Commie- too boring, so long for now and run CIO outfit lost on all counts to a company union! And a Merry Christmas and a Happy to the sad tune of 500 to 2500—at the Bayway, N. J. plant. and properous New Year to you ALLEY aU. The NMU labor fakers were* movement. He wrote a remark­ Fraternally, planning to use the shoreside able book that every labor con­ C. J. 'BUCK' STEPHENS. workers in the plank affiliated to scious man should read, entitled, • • • the CIO as a major channel of "Labor Spy Racket." He got enDec. 2, 1944 contact to the crews on the tangled with the ComBy "FRENCHY" MICHELET Standard and Esso ships, to sell munist Party. Then and there he Editor, Seafarers Log the stinking bill of goods they ceased being an outstanding in­ Dear Sir and Brother: We are about to come out of fashioned New England boiled i our corner for round two of our dinner with corned beef bri.sket call a tanker contract. dividual and a man who pushed When we signed on at the be­ fi^ht to persuade the WSA to and fresh vegetables. The meat The CIO contemplates calling himself up by his own initative. ginning of this trip, the patrol­ store vessels under their control should be cooked the day before. a conference about February 25, to formulate plans and ways and He became a pawn to the di­ man came aboard with a folder with prepared cake, biscuit, Remember, the secret of good means of re-organizing the re­ rectives and policies handed full of educational material for doughnut and icing mixtures. We juicy, tender col-ned beef is long, fineries, using the minority of down for him to follow by the the crew. He gave it to the deck have enlisted the aid of the vari­ slow cooking. Wash the meat /' polled votes as a "nucleus." Mean­ big wigs in the Comintern from delegate and told him to distrib­ ous companies marketing these thoroughly in cold water and let while, the NMU "comrades" are Moscow. They utilized his intel­ ute it among the crew, which preparations to help us prepare it stand in the water for one impatiently awaiting this con­ ligence and reputation, taking it was promptly done. I must say statistics proving that these mix­ hour. Cover the meat with plenty ference to try to get a few pledges away from the working stiff and that the material was of high tures actually cost no more than of cold water and bring slowly signed in their behalf on Stand­ throwing it into Joe Stalin's ma­ calibre. I think that our union the ingredients (eggs, flour, shor­ to the boiling point. Push the pot chine, as they do with any and has not gotten out enough of this tening, milk and etc.) in unfa- to the back of the range and let ard ships. all; be he college professor or sort of educational material, and bricated form. it simmer gently for about four BRAIN-TRUST BUST waterfront bum. Now, all Hub- I am glad to see that we are now It will be a big contribution hours or until tender. Let the 'Tis a sad day for the brain- berrnan is, is a stooge for the catching up on badly needed" ed­ toward the comfort and well- meat cool in the liquid then re­ trust running the NMU. Why it's Party to be slammed around from ucation. being of the membership if we move, reserving the liquid. Next come to the place where they pillar to post, wherever he will There was even a card in the succeed in having these prepar­ morning put the stock back on can't even win an election over do them the most good. And who folder about keeping the ship ations put aboard our ships. These the range and bring to a boil. a company union! And unless an looses? The guy in the ships. clean. You'd -be surprised what mixtures make the tastiest of Now throw in some cabbage, tur­ operator just ups and signs one effect that had oh the brothers. cakes, doughnuts, etc., with the nips, onions and carrots and cook STRIKE BREAKER of their phoney contracts over the heads of the men on the I note that Frank (Commie) When they read "An SIU Ship is simple addition of water and until tender. Add potatoes last as they cook quickly. Now put ships they can't seem to make Jones is now out in Cleveland a clean ship" they immediately baking or frying. any headway. acting as NMU agent with an­ began to pay more attention to So if some shoemaker is feed­ the meat into the pot to heat and This should seem a little pecu­ other stooge Mike Vargo. They sanitary work. We want to make ing you bride biscuits or pound get ready for the crew to run the liar to the rank "'and file of the are throwing roses at the men in all the new members realize that cake, don'L let it get you down. messman bowlegged carrying it NMU membership. Especially if Bethlehem Transportation ships one of the requirements for being Better days are coming—there'll to them. they were to happen to take a on how to get overtime, ice boxes, a good union man is to know his be pie in the sweet bye-and-bye! Next time you have corned For the umpteenth time we are beef hash try making it this way: look at the dough that's charged lockers, better food, more show­ job and to do it. This card is a going to urge cooks and stewards Grind up cooked corned beef, off to organizing the salaries for ers, night lunches, etc. Wonder step in the right direction. However, the point I wanted to use a little ingenuity in prepar­ boiled potatoes and raw onions. their high-pressure organizers. if he thinks people have forgot­ All the super-heated blah-blah ten when the papa comrades in to make in this letter is that the ing menus. Don't feed them the Now moisten the meat with the they have been plugging in the New York sent him to Miami in ship's delegates shouldn't distrib­ same old foods cooked in the stock that the meat was cooked Pilot is losing its punch and the 1939 to break the strike in the ute the contents of these envel­ same old way, day after day. Use in or, lacking that, with potato men in the ships are seeing thru P&O ships when those boys were opes until after the ship has sail­ your head if you want to save water. Put the mixture into a its deception. This deception is a fighting for the very same things ed. While we are in port it is your ears! For instance, we know greased baking pan and bake for false positive program printed in • (and finally won them despite easy to get all sort of reading of a score of tasty ways to pre­ a half hour. Now remove from the paper and a very negative everything Jones could do against material, and as a result the men pare corned beef. Here's two: the oven and make indentions in Treat them to a hearty old- the top of the hash with the bot­ program carried out for the sea­ the SlU). The only thing that only half read everything they tom of a small cup. Now drop a men. got broke was his head when he pick up, and then ditch it over HEN FRUIT raw seasoned egg into qach de­ walked through our picket line the sidp. If the Seafarers Logs In a desperate effort to show after the rank and file NMU sea­ and the pamphlets were kept out pression and return to the oven of' sight until the ship was on some proggress they got together men wouldn't. for about ten minutes or until the eggs are baked and served. (Continued from Page I) in one big strain—and laid an The Pilot is crying for the Esso the high seas, then the boys egg. They have diverted and and Standard seamen to observe would really study these publi­ tem the following 13 weeks, and The pot situation aboard ships funneled the resources of the the excellent improvement and cations from cover to cover. by the Blue Network for the re­ ain't funny, Magee. Finding our­ Fraternally yoursj' NMU Educational School into this wonderful conditions they would maining 26 weeks. selves deluged with complaints L. M. tanker drive. They take a group gain by hog-tieing themselves to The Mutual Broadcasting Sys­ about worn out pots that stick of sincere young men new in the the NMU and sailing under the tem said it could not participate and scorch food, we invaded the industiT that are green in the la­ NMU tanker contract. This in­ by allotting a regular series of sacred sanctum of the WSA and bor movement, soup them up famous documentary collection of programs but will make avail­ demanded in the name of the SIU with a load of super-duper prop­ meaningless words and phrases able an equivalent amount of why couldn't we get replace­ aganda of what an excellent or­ can barely be called "contract" time for broadcasts of special ments for worn out gear. We ganization the NMU is, the won­ from a working stiff's point of events and features by the Feder­ pointed out that the retining jobs ders it has achieved for the work­ view. A compulsary agreement ation from time to time during that are being done on this gear ing stiffs, what good guys the to pay through the nose—yes! the year. is like the face-lifting job that officials are, plus a pep talk on "By means of these radio pro­ these rich old hags have done on COMPARE CONTRACTS how Standard Oil kicks the sail­ grams," Mr. Green declared, "the their pans—it helps the appear­ If the men in the ships want ors around and that they are the American Federation of Labor ance but it don't make the g^ar boys to ship into their ships and to really know what the score is, will be able to present its news work any better! bring the poor sailors under the all they have to do is pick up and views directly to the Ameri­ The oracle who presides behind salvation of the NMU and their the NMU "Fanker "contract" and can people and to its 7,000,000 the desk heard us out patiently the SIU contract and compare superb contract. members. (and he must have a lot of pa­ Though it is well camufloged, it the two. Compare NMU with 'It is our purpose to make tience, because we really banged is a dirty shame that they con­ SIU contracts on dry cargo ships. these programs as interesting- and his ear) then he explained that ;it taminate these young seamen's Compare NMU conditions with informative as possible. We are isn't possible to get decent gear minds with their commie theory SIU. determined to build up a large because of war shortages. and bend their action to follow The SIU recently has won sev­ and regular audience for these "Why is it," we insisted, "that Commie policy in place of rank eral tanker companies including programs. To that end, I urge all some of the new ships coming off and file unionism that would be Standard Oil of Calif., over both central labor unions and state the ways are stocked with good an asset to the seamen's industry, company Unions and the NMU federations of labor to persuade stainless steel gear?" school as "Educational Director by a very decisive majority. The It would be well for the sea­ their local radio stations to carry "That's because a few ship­ seamen showed by the votes poll­ men in the Standard and Esso the federation's programs offered builders had the foresight to buy GOOD MAN GONE BAD An outstanding example of ed which union they think is ships to observe the facts before by the national networks. up this gear before the shortages these tactics is in the individual fighting for the seamen. The SIU they swallow the hog-wash the The first program will be broad­ became acute and store it in their who is now head of this NMU doesn't have to give its conditions NMU is trying to shove down cast over the facilities of the Na­ warehouses," he informed us. . school as "Educational Organizer and contracts big false build-ups their throats. When you join a tional Broadcasting Co. on Sun­ We then checked with two of the NMU," Leo Huberman. He in its paper; the seamen recog­ union, join the ciiae that will do| day, Jan. 7, from 1:15 to 1:30 nearby shipyards and it turnerd was a serious minded and honest nize them in the ships and form ycu some ^oiSKi. Tides aut an SIU p.m.. Eastern War Time. It will out that the guy was giving it to man in his effort in the labor their own conclusions. ibcok. ' - < be entitled "Labor Forum." us straight. ' f Broadcasts For '45 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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SIU MASTER AT ARMS IS A JACK OF ALL TRADES NMU CONTINUES TO MUFF TANKER DRIVE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/15/1944 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1944 Periodicals Seafarers Log https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/73dd09c96fe6a50174077f04f7ce6c65.PDF 5042633b27b1fdd978147c68e32ef235 PDF Text Text .1] k OFFICIAL OBOASr OF TBE ATLAN130 AND QULF DISTBICT, 8BAFABEBB' IRTXiaiASXONAL ITNION OF NOBTB AlOEBICA a VOL VL NEW YORK. N. Y„ FRIDAY. DECEMBER 8, 1944 AFL Leaders At Convention No. 40 :;!1 ,li I AFL Conclave Asks End Of Little Steel Formula; Endorses SIU Resolutions The 64th annual convention of the American Federation of Labor closed last week in New Orleans after a full week of deliberation by the delegates on the problems con­ fronting the workers in both war and peace. Present as delegates from the SIU, and presenting two resolutions effecting the maritime workers, were SIU President Harry Lundeberg, Vice Presidents John Hawk, Morris Weisberger, James Waugh, and President •Z:$ Pat McHugh of the Atlantic Fish-* sailed the "Little Steel" formula ermen's Union. as a betrayal of the understand­ Outstanding convention actions ing whereby labor suspended its during the week were: use of the right to strike for the 1—Authorized President Green duration on the assurance that to lead an AFL coriimittee to the wage disputes would be decided White House to impress upon on their merits. President Roosevelt the urgency Freezing of wages by "one-man of a break in the wage freeze for edict" has been followed, the re­ immediate justice to American port said, by the "more shocking workers and to buttress post-war spectacle" of the majority of the purchasing power. War Labor Board in refusing 2—Called for new conferences "even to recommend" any allevi­ to bring about a united labor ation of the wage freezing movement in America by reaffili- policies. AFL President William Green (left) and President Edward J. ation of CIO unions and the "Thus, at the end of the third Brown of the International Brotherhood of 'Electrical Workers dis­ United Mine Workers Unio.n with year of government regulation of cuss problems arising at the AFL convention in New Orleans. the AFL. labor," the report declared, "the Just about the strongest at­ workers of the nation find them­ tacks of the convention were di­ selves enmeshed in laws of Con­ rected at the "Little Steel" for­ gress, executive orders of the mula and other wage-shackling President, edicts of the directors policies of the administration. of Economic Stabilization, and A report of the resolutions com­ directors of Economic Stabiliza­ mittee, unanimously adopted, as­ tion, and directives of the Nation­ Former SIU Patrolman Recounts Experiences On Chicago Radio Program Brother Matthew Little, form­ twelve hundred men. The fourth erly Patrolman and Dispatcher in trip was just too much for the Baltimore, went on the radio in old scow. Shot full of holes, she Chicago this week to recount a naturally just gave up the ghost few of his more hair-raising ex­ and settled, beneath the - waters periences at sea. Brother Little of the channel. was part of the volunteer crews "In July of 1942 near Archangle which rescued the British Army in the White Sea two torpedoes at Dunkirk, arid used that ex­ struck my ship and down we perience as the basis of his broad­ went within .fifteen minutes. I cast. was able to get off with about 150 Little is now a Lieutenan (j.g.) other men and after bobbing in the Maritime Service and is around in a lifeboat in the freez­ teaching seamanship at the gov­ ing water for five days we were ernment's upgrading school in finally picked up by a British 'Baltimore. Following is the text merchant ship. This was what of the remarks made over the we had aU been praying for, but radio by Brother Little: two nights after we were picked "Going to sea for sixty-three upr—bang, came another torpeyears has taken me into every doe and I found myself back in Ocean and sea throughout the the cold water again. world. However, most of the fun "I was hauled in a life boat started in 1940 when the Jerries with' other survivors but finally were getting their bloody work we attempted to rescue one too in at Dunkirk. I was in England many and the lifeboat foundered. as a member of the crew of an Hours later I was picked up again American Liberty ship, which by another lifeboat and about tw;o had brought her cargo to the hours after that we were picked British Isles. We were all sitting up by a British destroyer and around waiting for the ship to up subsequently taken to Archangel. anchor and return home when "Six months we stayed in Arch­ we heard a British Government angel waiting to get a ship out, appeal to men with sea experi­ and every day the German Stuence to volunteer in the rescue of kas would zoom over the town British troops trapped at Dun­ and drop their eggs. Archangel kirk. Having nothing else to do I volunteered and was assigned' was completely destroyed before aboard an old labandoned ferry- we left. bot which had been brought out "Now that is all behind me, and . of the bone yard for this rescue I am teaching young boys of the .' mission. United' States Maritime Service Port of Bal­ "We made three round trips seamanship at 1.7 t back and forth and rescued over timore." al War Labor Board. Yet, the federation has been unable to ob­ tain acknowledgment from the federal government of the. simple fact that the pre-war standard of living for workers is rapidly de­ teriorating." The convention instructed Pres­ ident Green to name a represen­ tative committee to call on FDR and request that he issue an exe­ cutive order "which wiU realis­ tically adjust the "Little Steel" formula in line with the increas­ ed cost of living and permit em­ ployers and employes to effectu­ ate the newly established policy by voluntary agreement without submission to the War Labor Board." Denunciation of the "Little Steel'' yardstick and of WLB methods came from many union heads. fContinued on Page 4) THE SKIPPER'S HOME AIN'T WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN When fhe new skipper came aboard the SS Robert Toombs the crew had an idea they were go­ ing to have to educate the gen­ tleman . . . for he was sporting r^ore brass than is seen in Buck­ ingham Palace, had a beard which reached almost to his belly button, talked in the stentorian nev Yftu tM OEAR tones of a "Captain Bligh" and for the past few years had skip­ pered on one of the notorious unorganized lines. But what the crew didn't know was that the new skipper was go­ ing to make the ship a home . that is, a home for himself. The bucko stalked up to the - TAHe: AROARO bridge to inspect his quarters, and found them wanting. He there upon had the starboard side of the wheelhouse and chartroom closed off so as to make himself a nice, cozy three room apartment. He had a private galley built and stocked it with a large share of the ship's canned goods. He then instructed the messboy to come up every da^' and wash his dishes. All would have been lovely ex­ cept for the fact that the bucko forgot that he was skippering a union ship, and that the messboy could collect overtime for serv­ icing his personal galley. When the ship paid off, a bat­ tery of three SIU Patrolmen were on hand. Claude Fisher, Louis Goffin and Jimmy Hanners marched, into the South Atlantic office to explain that the union didn't care if the skipper install­ ed a Swedish message parlor, but the crew would demand overtime for rubbing him down. The company not only paid the messboy 46 hours overtime, but apologized for ever hiring this skipper and announced that he was now an ex-Skipper as of that moment. This bucko is now presumably back on the unorganized ships, where a man can make a home without paying overtime. •r>i i 4- �m '¥ TMM ^EAF ARERS Page Two SEAFARERS LOG 5 •, Friday. December 8. 1944 LOG Break Little Steel Formula Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District CND nUL HALL Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, I 'i -'-t;- i..- • HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President •* 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 ith Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. m Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16). CHARLESTON (9)... SAVANNAH TAMPA ACKSONVILLE , OBILE SAN JUAN, 20 P.R., PUERTO RICO (iALVESTON ADDRESS 51 Beaver St 330 Atlantic Ave.. 14 North Gay St... 6 North 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... PHONE HAnover 2-2784 Liberty 405 7 Calvert 4539 Lombard 765 I 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 20th St San Juan 1885 Galveston 2-8043 rr m PUBLICATION OFFICE: 51 BEAVER STREET HAnover 2-2784 New York, (4) N. Y. •267 Editor's MaO Bag tisi^ss Crew Of Lyman Hall Finds Union Geared For Results We though it might be interesting to the membership to know what kinii of representation we, the crew of the SS Lyman Hall, South Atlantic Steamship Company, got at our pay-oflf in New York after making a voyage of months. As'is to be expected from a long trip of this sort, we had numerous disputes, with^ the total disputed overtime building they have in New York tional Union feel cocky, we have amounting to 2,986 hours. at this time. It really looks like Dear Brother Editor: every right to have that feeling, As instructed by our Organi­ a million bucks and, better still, Each new issue of the NMU for our organization belongs to the representation gotten there is Pilot reads as though the NMU us, the rank and file. We are zation before leaving, we con­ of the same high type that the oftcials have taken a "nose dive" cocky when we boast of the tacted the Union Hall as soon as builc3,ing is. up the saw-dust trail and the union representation. We know we docked in New York and were Ralph Grant, 23793 program from now on shall be the Agents and Patrolmen, the told to have all hands present in Edmund Kyzenewski, 25222 a sober condition as the Patrol­ "Lead Kindly Light." It looks as Dispatcher, down to the janitor Walter Nelson, 30112men from the Union Hall would though Joe Curaan has become are all rank and file working Robert L. Barber be on board in a short while. We an "Apostle of brotherly love" stiffs like ourselves, men who Robert H. Ross, 27534 did this and shortly thereafter, with his forgive us our tres­ fought to create this union and Albert Redmond passes as we steal steadily still fight on to preserve it. All the Patrolmen arrived, and that Raymond A. Knowlton through your pastures, sowing of our officials are genuine sea­ was when things began to hap­ Lehmon C. Rushing the seeds of hatred under the men, not of the 14th street va­ pen. Donald E. Henne Mr. Hunter, one of the repre­ screen of we have seen the light riety, men who had guts, enough A. G. Hill to a new dawn and we forgive to sail the ships during this war. sentatives of the South Atlantic W. M. Meester the brothers who have sinned They didn't stay home preaching Steamship C o m p a n y, was on James B. Henly, 24552 board, representing the company against us. a second front, they went out and Johnnie B. Purser and he had slashed the overtime Do people like Curran actually helped to create that front. G. A. Waters out until there was hardly any­ believe men forgive people of his Always remember, when you're thing left at all, although prac­ S. Stenkorski, 3.0263 caliber after the publicity of filth a member of the Seafarers Int'l tically all of the things he dis­ Louis E. Caroway and false propaganda they spread Union you are in a fighting man's puted were legitimate. Patrolmen James W. Swiat, 23499 through whispering campaigns union battling for conditions. We J. P. Shuler and Bull Sheppard William M. Tucker, 41314 and pamphlets strewed from coast don't claim to be the "Apostles of instructed the crew to stand by S. D. Simpkins, Jr. •to coast, defaming the character Truth," we do proclaim ourselves until such time as all of these dis­ O. Partell of sincere rank and filers; men as the defenders of "Justice." putes were settled. This we did.; Thik Waldron who ask nothing of labor other "Truth" in itself is only what we The ship wag originally scheduled Red McCorkol than the right to stand within its can see and understand. To pro­ J. D. Semburton ranks to defend their ideals and claim yourself as the teacher of to pay off Monday, but did not. Our three ship's delegates and principles for the benefit of the absolute "truth" is to call your­ Patrolmen Shuler and Sheppard majority? self "God" and I'm sure Joe Cur­ debated the overtime up until Slowly and surely the march ran hasn't climbed that high to 1:30 a.m. Wednesday. We finally of "truth" is faced with justice; become the creator of all man­ paid off Wednesday afternoon the scales are being balanced and kind's intellectual knowledge and and collected everyone of the 2,- Brother Albert Karlonas lost the Communist-controlled NMU teacher of moral ethics on 986 hours which had been dis­ his papers some place in or is being exposed to all the uni­ the around the SIU hall in New York. this earth. puted by Hunter. verse in its full state of corrup­ We try, to the best of our im­ This was indeed representation Anyone finding these papers tion. please return them to the infor­ These hypocrites would now perfections, to be as perfect as by our shore side officials and it mation window on the fifth floor. beg to sit with politicians, ship­ possible, to give A to all seamen makes everyone of this crew owners and all the enemies of the real justice of the "Brother­ proud to belong to such an outfit, the working class, while they hood of Seamen" by being hon­ that gives such real representa­ tion. Part of this crew are trip preach to the American worker, "we do this in the name of pa­ est and fair in dealing with each card men ahd naturally, they other as brothers within the were more than pleasantly sur­ triotism." Voltaire said, "Patriotism is the ranks of the Seafarer's Interna­ prised at the results gotten by these New York Patrolmen. last retreat of a scoundrel." Birds tional Union. of a feather flock together so the While we are on the subject of JOSEPH S. BUCKLEY, New York, we would like also to NMU union officials should feel Book No. 312 compliment our Organization on at home. the wonderful setup and the new We of the Seafarer's Interna(Continued on Page 3) Notice! The Navy has been cutting down the number of men carried in gun crews on Liberty Ships. The usual gun crew carried is 29 men, but with the reduction most all of them now will be carrying 11 men. Dropping the number of gunners on each vessel is also go­ ing to mean the reduction in the number of men in the Steward Department. One operator in this port is attempting to cut two men. This Organization agrees that one man should be removed from the Steward Department but not two. If this Organization has its choice in the one man to be removed from these crews, it is our opinion that this man should be the Saloon Utility man. This should guarantee better con­ ditions for our Steward Depart­ ment members. This is one point to be considered; and another im­ portant one is the fact that in dropping the number of gunners on these vessels, it will mean larger and roomier quarters for the crew themselves. Not only that, but the food cou^ be of bet­ ter quality and of larger quantity. 4 i Speaking of the War's end and its effect on the maritime indus­ try, the members of this Organi­ zation must face now a new problem. As soon as the Euro­ pean War is over, the majority of ships will be diverted to the Pa­ cific Coast until such time as the war with the Japanese ends. We will have some difficulty (u-ewing these vessels up on the Pacific Coast unless the membership on the East Coast decides to sail from there. This is what we should do as there is no question but what most of our contracted vessels will be sailing in that vi­ cinity. It will be. years before shipping goes back into its nor­ mal channels and routes and un­ til that time we should all make up our minds, regardless of where shipping goes, that it is our duty to sail those vessels. We must maintain the union conditions on these ships, conditions for which we fought so hard. tit Three men recently came to the Seafarers hall in New York and requested the union's support in obtaining releases for them from the Maritime Commission where they were employed in some shore capacity, so as to go to sea. The Maritime Commission refus­ ed to allow their personnel to be released for active sea duty. It is easy to imagine the amazement expressed by several: officials of the Seafarers later on in the week when, at the fight' program at Madison Square Garden, Lt. Commander Benny Leonard, of the Maritime Service, made an impassioned plea for men to sail ships immediately. The speech did not seem to coincide vgith the policy of the Maritime Commis­ sion itself—or could it be that the USMS is beating the drums for public opinion so as to create the impression that they are ab­ solutely indispensable in our war effort???? �Friday, December 8, 1944 THE SEAFARERS %OG Around Hie Ports Editor's Mali Page Three FORE WAFT (Continued from Page 2) November 14, 1944 their necks pretty closely, they NEW YORK are grabbing themselves a job Seafarers' Log, By BUNKER This port has dropped back to out. As a result. Dispatcher Paul Dear Sir: normal this week, with only 21 Gonsorchik and Agent Paul Hall The first edition of 'Merchant are usually running around until Seamen's Law" is about sold. A ships paying off. The SS Albert Burleson o: 10:30 or so in the morning before publisher of marine books has bfEvery time a few of the "old timers" get together in the big American Range Line paid off they are able to get a committee fered to print 20,000 copies of a leather easy chairs at 51 Beaver Street they start reminisscing about here the first of the week. She to open balloting. In spite of this second edition. I know of some the days that used to be. And they don't call them the "good old had been ou^ since July. All drop, however, all hands can look corrections to be made, some ad­ days." beefs were settled aboard includ­ for a record in this port for bal­ ditions, and perhaps some omis­ Besides cussing out the Johnny-come-latelies who free-load and ing about nine hundred extra loting, and this port will make a sions, but I would be-very grate­ won't take out a book at the end of the trip, they laugh about the meals for the Steward Depart­ record that will be a mark to ful to the officers and men who pleasure cruise sailors who hate to get their dungarees dirty. have read the book, if they would ment which was to be set up for shoot at for years to come. "Dirty," says one old timer, "Why, I remember back in '33, one let me have their criticism or YOURS FOR MORE COMMIT­ the cooks and the messmen. The trip when the Chief kept me down in the bilges from eight in the suggestions for the next edition. next day Steward William Shore TEEMEN. morning till five at night. I looked like a greased pig when I came What did you look for in the came to the hall demanding that J. P.-SHULER. Palrolman topsides and I didn't get time to clean up for dinner, either." book and didn't find? he be cut in on the extra meal SILAS B. AXTELL. It's not only the bad wages but such petty abuses as that which, money. Upon being questioned Attorney at Law, the union contracts have overcome. as to how the overtime was 15 Moore Street, The hiring hall, too, comes in for a pat on the back when the equalized he said that he had New York City boys recall the black ball system that was once used by the Shipping eight hundred hours. The next • • • Board, which corresponds to the present WSA set-up. If they didn't high man in the Steward Dep't. November 25, 1944 like you for some reason you were black balled from all Shipping had two hundred hours. The Cape Mohican payoff had In the last few weeks we have Editor, Seafarers Log Board ships, which were the best then sailing. patrolman Frenchy Michelet and seen quite a number of amusing Dear Sir: Shipping Board vessels were tops for wages and working condi­ Louis Coffin reviewing their things aboard various ships. The following situation still tions, with a $52.50 minimum for ABs, but other ships ranged from geometry to find an angle by There was the skipper having his exists. that down to almost nothing. Many lines, especially the Atlantic which they could write up the own personal galley in his quar­ Certain merchant seamen, by ships, carried a flock of work-a-ways who kow-towed to the officers overtime so it could be collected. ters, and using a messman as his careless remarks about ship for a chance to make the next trip'on the pay roll. With Frenchy's experience at cut­ private dishwasher. There was movements mentioned in person­ Ice boxes were non-existent then, as well as a night lunch on ting corners and the time Louie the screwball NMU stooge Mate al letters to their families and most ships. Ships that did furnish a night lunch put out dried-up has put in copying overtime who wastes his time trying to friends, are endangering the lives franks and sausages that tasted like a combination of sawdust and from the Moran tugs they col­ talk good SIU men into listening of their shipmates as well as their alfalfa. lected all beefs after re-writing to his phoney propaganda. We own, besides hindering the war Typical of many bad ships that put to sea in the '20s was a tub find this amusing since the skip­ effort. all the overtime. that one of the boys caught out of Frisco. When he asked about his The SS Lyman Hall of South per in question cost the company It would be appreciated if your bunk they showed him a wide board in a crummy fo'castle up in the Atlantic SS Co. set jap to pay off sixty-three hours overtime and organization through your news­ eyes of the ship. The other two oilers had arrived earlier and grab­ Monday. Patrolman Bull Shep- therefore lost his job. paper or by other means would bed the only two spring bunks. Dinner the first day out was hot pard and I boarded her for a As for the former Chief Mate, bring to the attention of the watery soup and hash that smelled to high heaven. Dinner the sec­ three o'clock payoff. We chewed there is really a pip. This guy membership the importance of ond day out was the same. Ditto on the third. Fortunately, the the pay roll and found that the was so soft-brained (got that way maintaining silence concerning crate put in to San Pedro before leaving for the Orient and the men were short from $80.00 to no doubt from finking in every vital war information. lucky brother managed to hit the dock. $200.00 in overtime. There was no seamen's strike in the last ten Very truly yours, one from the company to settle years, and then becoming an or­ M. A. MENDLESEN. beefs. The crew having made an ganizer for the chief fink school, Security Officer, CONSIDER THIS . . . eight months' trip wanted to pay the NMU) that he actually War Shipping Admin. Just before the war started the United States was fourth among • * < off, but they thought as they had thought that he could get away the maritime nations in the number of ships operated in foreign waited eight months for the with his phoney tricks with a November 27, 1944 trade. Despite the volume of our export business, the British, the money that they might as well good SIU crew. This crew using Editor, Japs and the Germans aU had larger merchant marines. wait another day or two and get good sense, waited until they got Dear Sir: it all. The Captain called for into port and then reported this I wish to express my appreci­ company representation. We phoney to the patrolman who ation for the swell benefits I have Between calls the second fioor dispatching staff turn poets. Right were on the overtime for about contacted the company. And in received from the membership I 24 hours. Ralph Grant, No. 23,- no time at all this jerk was an have had in the SIU and assure now they're working on a sequel to Sal of the Leigh Valley, but 793, Engine Delegate, Raymond ex-mate. you that a return to the focs'le their latest one is printed below. A. Knowlton, Deck Delegate, and Another incident was a certain on my part will definiately in­ Edward Redmond, Steward Dele­ Second Cook who also had the clude a return to the SIU. gate, worked with the patrolmen bright idea that the SIU men FERDINAND Fraternally yours, until all beefs were settled. The needed some education. Needless Wallace O. Turnwall By Ann, Paul. Curly and Frenchy ship paid off Wednesday night to say, this guy is now an exwith the unlicensed personnel member of the SIU. lieve that any man who works Oh my nam* is Fardinand collecting approximately 3000 And I'm a sUtin' in ihe clover; From time to time we run into must and shall be paid. But when hours overtime. A number of the these guys and we take immedi­ we get one like asking for over­ Come on boys, lend a hand. crew were all permit men, but ate action. Lo and behold they time for relieving for coffee at Take that ammunition overl they took out books. The SIU is loose out in the end, but as we three-thirty in the afternoon, Can't you hear me. I'm a-pleading. proud to accept men of this cali­ say, they amuse us very much in then we really have to laugh. We Poor old Uncle Joe's a-needing. bre for membership, as they their foolish attempts to try to have heard some pippen over­ 'Course I used to brand war folly. prove that they are good union harm us. We also meet the boys time beefs in the past, but this And lend-lease a waste o' money. material. who have a'great habit of calling one takes the cake. Things are different now. by golly! There are a number of old SIU any work done overtime. We be- LOUIS COFFIN. N.Y. Pafrolman Give 'em all our milk and honey! members who are sailing as of­ Get those war cargoes started ficers that have dropped in this Joe and Adolph. they done parted! week to pay their dues, vote and chin with their brother members. Guns and jeeps, they aint forbidden; They are all pleased with the Quit your loafing at the bar. new hall and set up in the New SS JOHN S. CASEMENT man. $28.13; C. Lynsky. $14.63; O. I was really only kiddin'— York branch. Among them were H. E. Wakefield. Bos'n. 3 hrs; Timm. $20.42; R. Candelon. It aint no capitalistic war! Bob Willock, Bud Ray, Smokey C. W. Schofield. AB, 191/2 hrs; L. $14.83; J. Regan. $124.49; W. BarSo. come on. lend a hand, my hearty. Lanton, and David Bass. We are B. Mahoney. AB. 16 hrs. less field. $12.60; C. Dobrovolsky. It's for our NMU and party! glad to see these old timers that $48.60; J. Tarkov. $31.05; M. Mus$6.00 Security Watch; F. E. know the score on the bridge and throttle. It's a relief from con­ Smith, OS. 2 hrs; E. E. Kunchich. zynski. $3.15; E. Kuta. $4.50; H. AB. 3 hrs; W. C. Truelove. OS. 1 Egge. $24.30; F. Gages. $25.85; H. tacting these 90 day wonders. JCi/A/FSYMAdf mOA CAAfnMA/Y hr; William J. Kutcher. AB. 7 hrs; Bolinski. $32.05;'R. Budgen. $37.Despite the lull in the payoffs, 80; D. Garatz. $27.00; F. Funker. Howard M. Khouri. AB. 9 hrs. shipping is still picking up with MM/e0Af4^ jme over 900 shipped out in all De­ plus 25c; Roy A. Risberg, OS, 4 $37.55; RXee. $112.96; M. Costelhrs. Collect by writing to Luck- lo. $168.11; T. Hess. $165.41. TWff cmo»£M 1941 1944 partments the past week,^ inffuriY ishe ^S3.S0 Collect at Eastern SS Company enbach SS Co.. Mr. R. Keyser. wAse Balloting has slowed down in office in New York City. TAXtt 444 me this port, in comparison to what 120 Wall St.. New York City. • • • • utter SS J. BARTLETT 9.70 it was, due to the fact that a MlCfiMf SS DEL RIO S. Gold. $65.70; T. Prementine. couple of our "old reliable'" com­ WCOMt TO iS492 ^42.94 MeGregor and Pinilla. wipers, t/reoAf mittee men have shipped out. A $17.70; P. Salvo. $42.75; H. Mchave 120 hours apiece coming for Craw. $1.80; A. Neuklis. $7.20; R. couple of the boys were acting regularly on this committee for Mahoney. $7.20; J. Holly, $9.00; overtime work. Collect at the us, but due to the fact that the A. Goldsmit, $15.30; B. Bernstein, New York office of the Mississ­ draft board is breathing down $9.00; L. Fitsh. $28.12; W. Wild- ippi Steamship Co. Reflections Of A Front Patrolman MONEY DUE . "•'•J �V' Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG AFL Endorses SIU Resolutions l;. ] Friday, December 8, 1941 STRAIGHT men's wages to achieve low labor an initial appropriation of $25,costs, and 000,000.00 and this by way of a Whereas, The present price support price mechanism, there­ ceiling structure as promulgated fore be it , by the Office of Price Adminis­ Resolver, That the Executive tration in July, 1943, represents a Council of the American Federa­ 36% cut in fishermen's wages in tion of Labor be and now is forth­ comparison with wages prevail­ with empowered and instructed ing prior to such price regulation, to undertake all necessary and and appropriate measures. Legisla­ Whereas, The Vessel-OperatorDUAL UNIONS OF SEAMEN tive, Administrative, and other­ RESOLUTION NO. 152 — By Fish Dealer Combine have re­ wise— cently undertaken a campaign to Delegates Harry Lundeberg, John Hawk, Morris Weisberger, James pressure the OPA to remove 1. To assure the North Atlantic Fresh Fish and Sea Food from Fishermen minimum wageWaugh, Seafarers International By "FRENCHY' MICHELET Price Control so that prices and prices on a parity with pres­ Union of North America. We have discussed cooking purpose of this book will be to wages to the Fishermen may be ent price ceilings, Whereas, The Seafarers' Inter­ with masters of the art in many assist the membership to get national Union of North America further depressed — and all this lands. If we were to try to sum more benefit from the foods stor­ has been granted jurisdiction without seeking parallel price ad­ 2. To prevent removal or sus­ up their views on what consti­ ed in the ice boxes and store­ pension of price control over over Seamen and Fishermen in justment of food. ice. fuel oil and other costs of fishing vessel-oper­ the North Atlantic Fishing tutes good cooking, it would boil rooms of the vessels under con­ all waters of North America and Industry, unless any such re­ down to something like this: The tract to us. We are collecting Canada by the American Federa­ ation which the fishermen now pay. and laxation of control is coupled secret of good cooking is to have' ideas from the best cooks and tion of Labor, and Whereas. Congress, in the Price (a) with assurance of mini­ a rich stock pot and plenty of stewards in this organization Whereas, The Seafarers' Inter­ Control legislation, has declared mum wages and prices to spices to properly season and with a view of consolidating and national in its organizing activit­ bring out the full flavor of foods. editing this information in book its purpose to protect wage earn­ fishermen comparable to the ies admitted to its affiliation the It's as simple as that. form. ers against "undue impairment of 1944 Price Control Act stand­ Canadian Seamen's Union upon Now any ship's cook has ready We propose to find out exactly their Standard of Living" by sta­ ard as now in part embodied their request, and at hand the proper ingredients why some stewards can bring in in the Fresh Fish Price Regu­ Whereas, This union has refus­ bilization of both prices and for a rich stock pot, and he a ship with a happy and con­ lation (MPR 418), and (b) ap­ ed to live up to the principles and wages, even to the point of pre­ should have the proper spices to tented crew, while others get venting "a post emergency col­ propriate price reductions to policies of the Seafarers' Interna­ bring out the full flavor of any every charge in the book thrown the consumer, tional Union of North America, lapse of value." and food. Even the hungriest of port at them. We propose to include Whereas. In implementation of and as a result at Convention of such purpose. Congress in the 3. To extend to the fishermen, stewards will spring for the few dozens of good practical ship the Seafarers International Union the benefits of "support dollars necessary to store a ves­ menus so that the crew of a ves­ 1944 Act continuing Pries Con­ it instructed the Executive Board prices" as now enjoyed by sel with the proper spices—the sel with even the most unimag­ trol has further declared that of the Seafarers International producers of agricultural point is for a chief steward to inative of stewards won't be able price regulation of fresh fish must Union to revoke the charter of commodities under the pro­ know what he needs! to tell what day of the week it is conform to a minimum standard, the Canadian Seamen's Union, We are preparing a manuel for visions of the Commodity simply by looking at the menu. to wit. the "average 1942 prices." and cooks and stewards. The sole Credit Corporation Act and We are going to include sugges­ and Whereas. This Canadian Sea-1 tions to stewards to help them related Federal Laws and Whereas. Canada, to uphold men's Union is at the present Executive Orders. lay out the work for their depart­ present fishermen's wages, made time engaged in dual organizing ment on every type of vessel. in Canada and its President. Mr. | Yes, and we are going to devote Pat Sullivan, in his capacity as a full chapter to the" history and the Secretary of the Trades and uses of spices, because there's too LEWRAGAS Labor Congress of Canada, affili­ many ship's cooks who evidently All is forgiven. Please, please ated with the American Feder­ think a spice is one of the ingre­ get in touch with me at once. ation of Labor has been using his dients of the dish rather than a Sophia. said office to foster this dual Sea­ seasoning agent to bring out the men's movement in Canada, and SS SAMUEL HUNTINGTON full flavor of the food. particularly in British Columbia, Crew members familiar with Today we continue our discus­ where they have openly joined the circumstances leading to the sion for ways that a chief stew­ hands with the CIO dual organi­ accident to Herman D. Haddock, ard might best utilize the hun­ zation. and are attempting to in­ please communicate with Rich­ dreds of pounds of chuck that he fringe on the jurisdiction of the ard M. Cantor, 51 Chambers finds himself stuck with under Naval Courts can try Merchant Seamen for offences British Columbia Seamen's Street, New York City. the WSA Directive on carcass against the Merchant Shipping Aid or' the Defence Union, a bonafide labor organiza­ beef. The following men have cloth­ tion. chartered and affiliated to Regulations Any cnme which could be tried under English A tasty Beef a La Mode tn^ ing at the Waterman office in be taken from the chuck. Make the Seafarers International Union law may be charged - in a 'Naval CourL It makes no Baltimore: I. B. McGregor, Frank a spiced vinegar by cooking for of North America, therefore, be it Deniso, T. Frison, William Galla­ ten minutes several cups of vine­ Resolved. That the convention difference whether the cnme is committed on board or tin, G. Zmuda and Henry Dris- gar, a large onion chopped fine, hereby go on record requesting ashore. coll. the officials of the American salt, dry mustard, whole black Federation of Labor to notify, the peppers, -whole cloves and all­ U.S. hfilitary ' Courts hove complete jurisdiction over LEONARD HEALEY: Trades and Labor Congress of Your case is reaching trial next spice. Cut the chuck into pot all U.S. citizens here. Canada and its affiliates, includ­ week. Get in touch with Silas B. roast form and tie it to insure ing the Labor Councils of Canada economical cutting. Put the meat Axtell. Recent cases are: — to cease recognizing this dual in the marinade and let it remain Seamen's Union fostered by the RAY W. SWEENEY, piecard in there for several hours, stirring A greaser was convicted on ^ charges of being Canadian Seamen's Union and to Galveston was married on Octo­ frequently. Chop several onions . recognize only the Seafarers In­ DRUNK so that be could not do his work. ber 21st. Best of Luck. fine and a little parsley and add ternational Union of North Am­ a litle salt, pepper and chili pow­ Will holder of receipt No. 51459 The Sentence was 3' months imprisonment in a erica. and its affiliates. der. Cut larding pork and raw please report to the office of the hfilitary Field Prison in Italy and a fine. ham into finger-wide strips and MINIMUM WAGE PRICES Secretary-Treasurer. make incisions in the meat by FOR FISHERMEN Two firemen were convicted of BROACHING OARGO SS MONTANA: piercing it with a butcher's steel. RESOLUTION No. 153 — By Crew that was on during trip Roll the pork and ham in the Delegates Harry Lundeberg, John and taking whisky from the NAAFI stores in the cargo.. to far East when Darwin Martin seasonings (minced onion, par­ Hawk. Morris Weisberger. James became ill and was taken off the sley, etc.) and insert alternately Waugh. Pat McHugh, Seafarers The Sentences were 3 montha and 2 months ship at Penang, please contact into the incisions. Dredge the International Union of North imprisonment in a Military Penal Establishment in Italy Martin through the Maritime meat in flour. America. Law Office, Room 1604, 15 Moore and fines. Now cut up a number of Whereas. The Fishermen of treet. His case will be tried be­ onions, green peppers, turnips, New England and New York fore Christmas and he needs aid. carrots and brown them in bacon work on a profit-sharing system drippings. Put the browned veg­ whereby their wages depend on etables in a heavy pot. Brown and are determined by the fluctu­ the meat thoroughly in the Same ating prices and sales proceeds of drippings and place over the vegtheir catch as fixed by a VesselHere is a notice which is being posted in the focs'l of every U. S. ables. Add enough rich stock to Operator - Fish Dealer Combine, merchant ship when it hits Naples. The crew tore down this notice reach half way up to the top of and Whereas, The Vessel-Operator- when the ship returned to New York and brought it to the union the meat. Add whole cloves, Fish Dealer Combine, by their hall. Note that an Oiler ("Greaser") got drunk and was thrown in a stalk of celery, two bayleaves, control of prices at ports of fish military prison for 3 months and given a fine on top of it. American quartered onions, whole carrots landings, have from time almost seamen, who are presumably taking "Democracy" to Italy, are vic­ and a pinch of thyme.. Simmer gently until tender. , ' immemorial depressed fisher­ tims of a procedure which would well have done Mussolini proud. (Continued from Page 1) SIU delegates introduced two resolutions; one aimed at isolat­ ing the C.P. dominated Canadian Seamen's Union, and the other at guaranteeing fishermen a decent price for their catch. Both reso­ lutions were passed by the con­ vention unanimously. 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Title A name given to the resource December 08, 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. 40 Description An account of the resource Headlines: AFL CONCLAVE ASKS END OF LITTLE STEEL FORMULA; ENDORSES SIU RESOLUTION FORMER SIU PATROLMAN RECOUNTS EVPERIENCES ON CHICAGO RADIO PROGRAM THE SKIPPERS HOME AIN'T WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CREW OF LYMAN HALL FINDS UNION GEARED FOR RESULTS FORE 'N AFT REFLECTIONS OF A FRONT PATORLMAN HERE'S EXPORTING DEMOCRACY Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/08/1944 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1944 Periodicals Seafarers Log https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/10f753f4ebee29bc103bdfb7b623de08.PDF 4822de82fe58eb711fc826951c9f4b83 PDF Text Text '?J I ^J^^AKERSJOQ •Wj OFFICIAL 0B6AN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT. 8BAFASEB8' XNTBBNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AJOERICA VOL VL NEW YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 1. 1944 No. 39 Six Ships Are Named For Our Dead Significance Of Seafarers Charter By J. H. Oldenbroek, Acting General Secretary of the l.T.P. and Secretary of the Seamen's Section Throughout the period of the war the Seamen's Section of the I.T.F. has been able to carry on its work without interruption. It may, indeed, be said that both in extent and importance its activities have exceeded by far all earlier performances in the international field. To a great extent these activities have been connected with the conduct of the war, in which the men of the merchant navy have played such a disproportionate and highly important part. In this connection it is relevant to recall that all the seamen's unions affiliated to the I.T.F. have from the outbreak of war, in September, 1939, ranged them­ The International Seafar­ selves beside the Allies — thus continuing a struggle waged in­ ers Charter, drafted last cessantly and with the utmost month in London by repre­ vigour by the I.T.F. ever since sentatives of maritime unions the rise of Fascism and National i n Belgium, Denmark, Socialism. France, Great Britain, Greece, India, Norway, the RESISTANCE OVERCOME Netherlands, Poland and The resistance met in the pro­ Sweden, established m i n icess, which was aimed, not only mum basic wages for all ra­ against the Allied war effort, but tings. The basic wage rate also against the existenc~e~ of the for ABs is $72. This base pay seamen's unions themselves, was would mean a 30% increase successfully overcome, thanks in for British ABs, a 300% raise great part to the fact that many of Greek ABs, and a 700% of the European seamen's unions hike for Chinese ABs. took the step of appointing repThe SIU is affiliated to the • resentatives in ports outside Eu­ International Transport rope. Above all, however, it was Workers Federation, sponsor due to the insight and devotion of this Charter, and will give of the seamen that the effort to fraternal aid io our foreign undermine the Allied war effort brothers in their fight for de­ and to destroy the seamen's trade cent conditions. unions finally came to nought— The accompaning article, after in.the summer of 1940 the written by brother Olden­ outlook had seemed very black broek, gives the background indeed. Following the invasion of Nor­ . of the Charter and some of the history of the struggle for way, Denmark and the Low international minimum wage Countries, and the fall of France, scales. the working conditions of sea­ men came to be more or less on loose foundations. The move­ 0.A.)—in the field of war-time ment was seized by the seamen's safety provisions aboard merch­ unions affiliated to the I.T.F. to ant ships. This was at the meet­ lay down the policy that the ing of the Joint Maritime Com­ earnings of seamen serving out­ mission of the I.L.O., held in Lon­ side their occupied home coun­ don in June, 1942, where safety tries should in no case be lower at sea was the main subject of than those of British seamen and discussion. The Workers' Group that where pre-war wages were on the J.M.C.—the composition higher than those of British sea­ of which was determined by the men at least the higher wages 1.T.F.—seized the opportunity to put forward a proposal, which should operate. was unanimously adopted, re­ INCREASES WON This policy of the I.T.F. questing the I.L.O. "to study was fully realized, with whether it was practicable to the I.T.F. was fully realized, with prepare an International Mari­ the result that the wages of Pol­ time Charter, setting out guiding ish, Belgian and French seamen, principles for an international among others, were substantially minimum standard applicable to increased. The same happened seafarers of all nationalities and with the wages of Greek and Ju­ embodying the best practicable goslav seamen. Subsequently a social legislation affecting sea­ host of improvements have been farers." JOINT COMMITTEE secured all along the line in The adoption of this proposal wages, war bonuses and working hours, while at the same time an led the I.T.F. and the I.M.M.O.A. attempt was made, with consid­ to set up a Joint Committee to erable success, to bring and keep prepare a draft of an Internation­ the conditions of the several na­ al Seafarers' Charter. The results tionalities in line with one an­ of this preparatory work have meanwhile been before two Joint other. A very important achievement International Seafarers' Confer­ was registerd by the I.T.F.—co­ ences, and with the acceptance of operating for the purpose with the Joint Committee's recom­ the International Mercantile Mar­ mendations at the latter of these ine Officers' Association (I.M.M. (Continued on Page 4) • J. H. Oldenbroek, author of the accompanying article, is shown here with Brother Harry Lundeberg and Chu-Hsuh-Fan, President of the Chinese Association of Labor. The picture was taken last spring at the time of the ITF conference held in conjunction with the ILO convention in Philadelphia. SHIP LOSSES ARE RELEASED BYOWI .The first complete report on U. S. merchant ship losses over the past five years was released this week by the Office of War Infor­ mation. Our ship casualties tptaled 753 ships up to the end of 1943. This figure represented 37% of all merchant shipping just before the outbreak of the war. While the report gave no figures for 1944, it has been unofficially tabulated that the U. S. has lost 13 vessels. This would bring the total to 766. The report gave unmistakable evidence of the seriousness of the Nazi sub menace during the dark days of 1942 when hundreds of SIU men lost their lives. But for the remarkable ship building pro­ gram which since 1939 has built 4,308 vessels, and but for the cour­ age of union men who had ships sunks under them only to ship out again upon reaching shore—the war might well have been lost. Six members of the SIU who lost their lives to enemy torpedoes will be honored by having their names carried on Liberty ships, the United States Maritime Commission announced this week. These heroic merchant seamen are only the first to be honored, more names wiU be an­ nounced in the coming weeks. Here are our SIU brothers who are being memorialized, and a brief account of their last actions: Hcirold D. Whitehead, a fireman on the SS Sam Houston, lost his life on June 28, 1942, when his ship was torpedoed and sunk. He was born in Washington, D. C., on December 22, 1897. William Asa Carter was fire­ man on the SS Samuel Gompers, torpedoed and sunk January 29, 1943. He was born June 16, 1922 at Casper, Wyoming where his mother still lives. William K, K a m a k a , able bodied seaman, was torpedoed on the SS James Smith March 9, 1943. Bro. Kamaka was born Sep­ tember 25, 1914 at Waichinu, Ter­ ritory of Hawaii, and is survived by a sister, Mrs. Hanna Kaupiko of Hilo, T. H. William W. McKee, was an able bodied seaman on the SS Hienville which was bombed and sunk April 6, 1942. He was born Janu­ ary 24, 1916 in Keithville, La. His brother is living at Bayou La Batre, Ala. William Terry Howell served on the SS Carrabulle as a wiper. His ship was torpedoed and sunk May 26, 1942. Born in Milledgeville, Ga., October 24, 1917, he is survived by a widow, Mrs. Claire Howell, of Indianapolis, Ind. Fred C. Stebbins, a wiper of the SS Jonathon Sturges, was lost when his ship was torpedoed and sunk February 23, 1943. He was born at McComb, Miss., Septem­ ber 2, 1921. Mrs. Gertrude Steb­ bins, his mother, lives in Mc­ Comb. Seaman Praises Library Services For Merchantmen By HENRY L. SIMON While reading at sea, I have Following is a table of sinkings, revealing the rate of casualties wondered about the origin of the American Merchant Marine Li­ year by year: brary Association. For those who UNITED STATES LOSSES have the same curiosity and Number Tons gratitude as I, here is the story 1939 (Sept. to Dec.) 4 3 behind that splendid organiza­ tion. 1940 ^ 32 58 Thirty years ago a long sea. 1941 61 150 voyage meant complete isolation 1942 422 2,053 from the world. Today it is pos­ 1943 234 1,049 sible to go aboard ship and not lose cdhtact vvith the universe Total : 753 3,311 (Continued on Page 4) I' II I'll'i* f rV1i/T?ifilin^l^i' �;f^^- Pago Two THE SEAFARERS LOG SEAFARERS Friday, December 1, 1944 LOG AND COME OUT RGHnNei" Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with ttje American Federation of Labor, HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 Ith Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. m m Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16),.. CHARLESTON (9) SAVANNAH TAMPA JACKSONVILLE MOBILE SAN JUAN. 28 P.R., PUERTO RICO GALVESTON ADDRESS 51 Beaver St 330 Atlantic Ave 14 North Gay St 6 North 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. PHONE HAnover 2-2784 Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 765 I 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 20th St San Juan 1885 Galveston 2-8043 PUBLICATION OFFICE; 51 BEAVER STREET HAnover 2-2784 New York, (4) N. Y. '267 Editor's Mail Bag Port Everglades, Fla. November 3, 1944 Editor: Dear Sir and brother: Although we have no hall in Port Everglades, we manage very nicely to get the LOG most of the time, through the Tampa Branch. We have noticed a re­ quest in the issue of the LOG of October 13th, in the "Fore 'N Alf" column by Bunker, requesting for sailors terms or sea-going vo­ cabulary. Although verj' little is heard from us in this neck of the woods, we wish to point out that we are holding the fort with 100% union crews. We also wish to point out with pride to the big blow-out the crew of the Sea-Train is having as a farewell party to the Port Everglades run. Brother Parker, Biggs and others have their invitations in the bag and we regret that there isn't enough invitations to go around to all the brothers. There will be plenty of free drinks, dine and dance for all those who attend, and all jugheads are going to behave, by xequest. Incidentally, we are all proud to see that brother Paul Hall is right again, on the beam with the overtime issue. That sob-sister, J. P. Shuler, can get sympathetic when one of our members thought he was in the red, after making one of those long trips. Well, all the boys are sticking real close to these sunshine shores and to the land of sun­ shine, beautiful women and barcardi. Wish J. P. was here with us. Inclose find a few sea-going vocabulary that I think haven't been tagged. Irish Pennant—Hanging loose end of rope. Scuttlebut—Rummers. Up and down job—Reciprocating Engines. Punk—Bread. Lowering the boom on the old man—Advance on wages. Fly Specks—^Black Pepper. Sea Gull—Chicken or Duck. Wild Irish Apples—Raw Onions. Cat Heads—^Biscuits. Stead as she goes, ADOLPH CAPOTE. Book No. 86-G. Merchant Marine Veterans Association of the United States Nov. 2, 1944 Editor, Seafarers Log Dear Sir: At a special luncheon meeting of the Port of Boston National Maritime Day Committee, held at the USS Bostonian, Nov. 2, 1944, a motion was made by Mrs. Rae B. Drew, Executive Committee Member of Auxiliary Unit of our Association, which was unanim­ ously adopted, that this Port of B o St o n Committee proceed to check with the Regional Office of the OPA and to conduct a follow through to procure gas rations for our merchant seamen in the same quantity as alloted to the members of the Armed Forces on furlough. The Merchant Marine Veterans Association of the U. S. has made a test case of the refusal of Ra­ tion Boards to issue gasoline ra­ tion coupons to merchant seamen who are at liberty. A second as­ sistant, who recently returned {Continued on Page 3) —Jusfice NEWS HOT OUT OF THE GALLEY By 'TRENCHY" MICHELET We are declaring war on these birds who are packing slop chests with .shoddy merchandise to be peddled to our members at fancy prices. The problem is a difficult one. It's easy enough to handle petty chiseling on the part of some skipper or purser, the ten percent law takes care of those birds and all that's necessary to make them be good little boys is for a union brother to bring the matter to our attention. The real ^problem, however, is to put the damper on these bloodsuckers who have made clipping seamen their life's work. We want to put the finger on these bums who go out in the open market and buy shoddy merchandise, factory rejects, sec­ onds and the like, and then ped­ dle it to seamen at clip prices. We want to get the goods on a number of well known water­ front rats. These leeches are shrewd busi­ ness men, but they are so poor at figures! Every now and then some brother will catch one of them padding a bill for a double sawbuck or so. For some strange reason these mistakes all work one way. None of them has ever been known to gyp himself for a dime! The seamen are sick and tired of being taken. We want, and we shall get, better merchandise in the slop chest. If the quality of merchandise doesn't improve ma­ terially in the immediate future, we promise the offending parties that the SIU can and will do something! For many years now we have made it a practice to stick our nose into the galley and talk to any cook who happened to whip up a dish that caught our fancy. Having chanced upon many tasty dishes in many lands we have consequently amassed a sizable amount of galley lore. One of our favorite dishes is curry. We have eaten curry all over the East and have invariably found it good. Of course, the ingredients were sometimes suspect. For in­ stance, once we were enjoying a delicious lamb curry with Walter "Shorty" Cook in Hiaphong, French Indo-China, when "Shorty" noticed that the bones in it were unusually small. Then suddenly, we remembered that we hadn't seen a dog in the whole town! Nevertheless, curry in any na­ tive style is delicious. Here is a recipe given us by good old "Cookie" Charlie who has quite a way with groceries, as anyone who has ever eaten in the Straits Cabaret in Singapore will tell you. Cut up several chickens as for fricasseeing, feet and all. Open the legs lengthwise with a cleav­ er to get the full flavor. Boil the chickens in well-salted water un­ til tender. Remove the chicken, reserving the stock. Brown a number of onions in butter, (Charlie uses ghee, a liquid but­ ter made of buffalo milk, but domestic butter is just as well.) Skim out and reserve the onions. Now remove the meat from the bones and fry good and brown in butter. Add the stock and onions. Let simmer on the back of the range. Now brown four tablespoonsful of flour and one tablespoonful of curry powder in the butter. Add to the other ingre­ dients and let simmer for a half hour more. Lastly, stir in two slightly beaten eggs until the mixture begins to thicken. Serve with rice. Leftover lamb or pork makes a tasty addition to this dish as well as serving as an ex­ cellent way of utilizing this meat. <2 The operators with whom the Seafarers hold contracts are now taking a more reasonable attitudq towards the settling of the ship's side disputes. With the exception of technical beefs involving is­ sues which are not in the con­ tract, most of the disputes are now being settled at the pay-off. This came about only after hard work on the part of the union, but the effort was well spent as the results now show. For instance, out of the last 100 ships that paid off in the port of New York, there were only four disputes left pending for any length of time. One of these dis­ putes was paid at a later, date and the other three are going to a Port Committee meeting. The Organization feels that the three disputes left will be paid off very easily as a result of this Port Committee meeting because the Seafarers has a policy of never going into one of these meetings unless we have a dispute that is absolutely good. % % ti, The WSA is now sponsoring radio programs in an attempt to recruit seamen, especially dur­ ing the Christmas holidays. There is one source of manpower, how­ ever, that they have overlooked. The group of men to whom I refer are the fellows who have had their papers suspended by the Coast Guard for various in­ fractions of rules.» Although in the port of New York the Seafarers have been very successful in keeping to a minimum the number of men losing papers, other ports have not been so fortunate and lots of old time members are now lay­ ing on the beach in various ports with suspensions as high as six months. These men are rank and file seamen.— capable of sailing any ship anywhere. By lifting these suspensions, which quite often are too severe and unjust, the WSA could very easily obtain enough men to sail dozens of the ships that are now so badly in need of experienced seamen. ' l* 4* There are quite a few of our members who are suffering from war neurosis and shellshock. You can see some of these boys in nearly every port you go into; fellows who have sailed ships in this war and have been In the toughest spot^ of this war and fellows, who have lost as high as six ships from under them. This is indeed one of the sad phases of this war for all mer­ chant seamen, and it is up to us men who are left in good shape to protect and care for these fel­ lows as much as possible. We can do this by assisting them to apply for compensation to which they are entitled under the war risk policy. We have numerous members who are receiving this now and the average sum is $150 per month. By assisting other men in this condition to receive the same, it will help these men no end. �mr(nK'-i7-^''' Friday. December 1, 1944 THE SEAFARERS S^ound The Ports LOG Page Three FORE 'N AFT WM. J. CAREY with all beefs settled. The entire crew stood by with the exception Get in touch with you sister By BUNKER Mrs. Paul Gray. Shipping is still holding its own of the Chief Cook. •fprin this port—802 men were ship­ Every man that stands by imtil HUGH A. RANDOLPH. ped the past week. We are ship­ all beefs are settled makes the J. RODONSKI & B. RODANSKI You have likely read of the old Maiden Creek, "Waterman Hog ping in all departments a number next beef that much easier to Communicate with the New of permit men, so if shipping is settle and the union that much York Branch regarding your dues Islander that foundered New Year's Eve, '42 in a mid-winter storm off Block Island, losing half of her crew. slow in your port drop into the stronger. Men that are too weak receipts. Another Waterman ship was launched in '43 and given the • » • New York Hall for a quick ship to back their beefs are a detri­ name Maiden Creek to commemorate the original ship and those of ment to the union and should be out. DONALD C. HALL The patrolmen here had a busy weeded out. Crew co-operation Please write your wif4. she is her crew who were lost in the boats after she sank. But this ship too, came to an unhappy end, victim of a torpedo in the Mediter­ week—^paid off 35 ships for the has proven to the shipowners worried about you. ranean. • • • week, some of them long trips that we are an organization that with plenty of beefs. realizes the quickest way to settle Members of crew of the SS AB on the second Maid Creek when a Nazi torpedo sent her The crew of the Robin Sher­ these beefs is the best way, and ANACAPA. Moran Towing Com­ down off the African coast in '43, was A1 Kerr, now pie carding for wood again proved that settling that we cover the ships with pany. contact Berenholtz. re-Sal­ a while in the New York office. The explosion broke the ship's back your beefs at the point of produc­ enough representation to settle vage case against "Balls Bluff.' at number four hatch and pushed the shaft alley into the 'tween, Court Square Bldg.. Baltimore. 2. decks. She filled rapidly and the after section settled to within four tion gets better results. Patrol­ all beefs aboard. man "Bull" Sheppard and organ­ So, in most instances the com­ Maryland. or five feet of the water, so the skipper ordered her abandoned. All • • • izer Steely White (who gave the panies are cooperating by doing hands got safely away in the ship's boats and stood by at a distance D. C. HULL to see what would happen next. patrolman a hand as we were the same. The occasion where Please stop in at the New York paying off nine ships that day) the companies don't cooperate Before long, says Al, a minesweeper came up and ordered them went aboard the Sherwood to pay are becoming less and less upon Branch office and see Patrolman back aboard. The Captain's boat obeyed the order and went back, her off Friday at two p.m. All each pay off. It will not be long Hamilton about your dues re­ but the others refused, saying they would wait till a tug came up beefs were settled with the ex- before all beefs aboard all ships ceipt. to take a line. cention of ten hours overtime for are settled at payoff, not only in H. F. NURMI; The minesweeper promised that a tug was on its way, so the the Mate and the Cadet doing this Port—^but in all ports. Pick up your union book in other boat went back too, and the deck hands started breaking out sailor's work. The company rep­ The SS Del Rio came in with a Headquarters office. New York. lines for a tow. Two men were working in the after peak when the resentative aboard refused to prize union crew. Brother Fred * * * second torpedo smashed into her, pancaking the after section and pay. The crew refused to clear Sundt was Delegate. All beefs Following men have papers at killing the ABs down below. All hands aft were thrown violently the articles until it was paid. were squared away. He is to be the Union hall in New York: (See around the deck, one man being blown thirty feet across the deck Sheppard, working with Deck commended on the way he brings Dolar Stone. Sth Floor): Ires A. against one of the winches. Delegate Stankey, settled the in all the ships he sails. Men of Alias, Jessie Anderson, Edward By a freak of fortune the torpedo, or part of it, glanced off and beef to the crew's satisfaction. this calibre are a credit to our Apel, A. E. Anderson. Philip N. tore into a small boat trailing astern, blowing it almost to pieces and The ship paid off Saturday after­ union. Bufkin. M. Glynn. Gustav Bocek. killing most of the men sitting in her. noon. The entire crew is to be The balloting committee here Robert W. Runner. Jessie A. Kircommended for their stand. is operating, every day and m,ost by. Jose CastelL Chester Chesna. The SS William H a r p e r," a of the boys are casting their vote Peter Cheklin. James Chalfant. The writer had a good laugh the other day when a bank teller Waterman ship, came in with a as good union men should. This Joe Covleiro. A. W. Eckert. G. E. hesitated about cashing a check and said, "Any identification?" load of beefs and no one from year's voting will top all voting Finlay. Peter E. Famber. Allen Out came the pants pocket suit-case and the identification, all Gary. Jr.. R. P. Harmon. Henry 12 pieces of it . . . Certificate of Identification; Coast Guard pass; the company with the authority of any year. Jandrys. George Lucas. Wallie Social Security card; draft card; Certificate of Service; Endorsement to settle beefs boarded her at pay J. P. SHULER, Merink, John O'Brien, Francis Certificate; passport; Port of New York crew pass; "WSA medical off. Patrolman Orscheln. Phillie O'Connor. record; "WSA medical certificate; "WSA vaccination record; and union.' The crew stood by their right Claude Pitcher, Thomas St. Ger- book, not to mention various discharges. to remain on ^e payroll until all main. Alexander Stankiewicz. • beefs were settled. Instead of The teller was satisfied. Keep In Touch With Harry Talbot, John Wells. Jesse paying off Tuesday with all beefs L. Waters. Donald Weiman. pending, she paid off Wednesday Your Draft Board BEST JOKE OF THE WEEK . . . The brother who got shipped out of the hall the other day and got to the "right church but the wrong pew." He worked down be­ low for two days on a Liberty before the Chief fired him for some reason. When he tried to collect for his two days at the company office he sadly, discovered that he wasn't even supposed to be on. Love is a delicate flower at the ship. He was at the right dock, but the ship he was assigned to best—and wilts at the first chill was on the other side of the pier. wind. But when exposed to the north Atlantic and to the heart­ less caprices of the the American custom officials, well, it just nat­ urally withers away. And that is just what happened to an SIU brother who was doing some long branch of the service he was in, (Continued from Page 2) distance courting — until he got from the Normandy Beachhead, she found that he was a member fouled up. after delivering a cargo of high- of the merchant marine. Then test gas, and while awaiting the the form was torn up and he was Our hero had been making the taking on of another cargo, ap­ told that they were unable to U.K. run for the past several plied to one of our Boston Ration aUot any gasoline to him. months, and during shore leaves Boards for an allotment of gas so The Merchant Marine "Veterans in London, had been sitting on a that he might, in the limited time Association of the U. S. base their park bench all starry-eyed with he had ashore, visit friends and appeal on the fact that these men. a limey lass. A month or so ago relatives he otherwise would not carry the gasoline wherever it he finally decided that the time be able to see. He felt that he may be necessary to be shipped had come for double harness, and could travel by automobile. In for use in our war effort, and are so he walked into the best jew­ elry store in Philadelphia and gone through the crew's lockers, pay the man off until he had making application for this alot- then refused even a drop for their bought a ring made of platinum found the wedding ring and were been cleared by customs. And ment, he wore a regulation uni­ use in their limited hours ashore. In conjunction, it was felt that and diamonds. He then signed threatening to confiscate it. Our unless he was paid off our hero form, and the clerk who was at­ tending to his request apparently your paper might help the cause on the SS Golden Fleece, and hero patiently explained that not had no money to get to Philly to was not familiar with the uni­ by printing this action taken. headed for his true love. only did he have a sentimental get the receipt in order to clear form, considered that he was a May we thank you for your His true love turned out to be attachment to the ring, but it had customs in order to get paid off member of the armed forces and cooperation. a fiickle dame, however, and even cost him a lot of cabbage. The in order to—well, you get the proceeded to fill out an applica­ Very truly yours, the sight of platinum and dia­ custom guard, a man devoid of idea. tion for him. In asking him what W. L. DREW, Adjutant monds couldn't break her loose both sentiment and common Fortunately the SIU patrolman from a young British Sergeant sense, insisted that unless a re­ was" a softie. Artie Thompson she had picked up with during ceipt were produced showing knew" what it meant to have a our hero's last trip back to the that the ring was purchased in blighted love, and so he talked ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR States. And so—^he returned to the U.S., he would have to take the skipper into giving our hero the Golden Fleece (feeling as if it. a draw so he could go to Philly OCTOBER 2 TO OCTOBER 30,1944 he had been), placed the ring in "The ring was purchased in so he could get the receipt so his locker and started for home. Philly," our rejected suitor he could . . . etc., etc. Deck Engine Steward Total The Golden Fleence paid off in screamed. It made no diffcrcnc.', Before leaving for Philly our SHIPPED 1447 942 1212 3601 New York last week, and when he had to go to Philly to get the hero and the Patrolman downed a few glasses of suds and decided the SIU patrolman boarded her receipt. REGISTERED 1115 1013 849 2977 But now the skipper stepped that love is a delicate flower at he found our hero in another jam. The custom officials had in to take a hand. He refused to best ... NEW YORK And So He's Through With Love EDITOR'S MAIL BAG �•VJK THE Page Four IS^ Seaman Praises Library Services (Continued from Page 1) through the medium of books and magazines furnished by the A.M.M.L.A. Prior to World War I, there was no "Public Library of the High Seas." During that war the great philanthropic agencies were hard at work for the Army and Navy, and it was difficult to win aid for the new growing merch­ ant marine. Incredible as it seems, the general public had to be con­ vinced that seamen wanted to read. P IJ Mr. Henry Howard realized the needs of seamen and solicited the volunteer efforts of his wife in •organizing and maintaining until after the war the Social Service Bureau. Out of it grew the great­ est traveling library in the world, starting with a small pile of books Mrs. Howard had to beg for from the American Library Association. Finally she secured their whole-hearted interest and a fine library service for seamen was established with assistance ^given by the Brookline Public Library, and advice offered by the Massachusetts Institute .of Technology on the purchase of books for training aboard ships. But to continue what •was con­ sidered "war work" after the Armistice was not an easy job. Mrs. Howard appealed to the Executive Board of the A.L.A. when she learned that they had discontinued their service. She urged that they as librarians form a national non-sectarian organi­ zation to meet the continuing need of seamen for good reading matei'ial. She won! The A.L.A. requested her to undertake the task personally, with their prom­ ise to turn over to her as many books as could be collected from their abandoned service. In May of 1921, the high seas had a li­ brary with a charter granted from the University of the State of New York — American Mer­ chant Marine Library Associa­ tion, Incorporated. Last year the A.M.L.A. distrib­ uted 8,054 libraries — 346,000 books—to 2,198 ships. An addi­ tional 60,000 books went to the personnel of Maritime Training Stations, the Coast Guard, Light­ houses, and Lightships. A total of 9,568 libraries! On the shelves ashore, business is so rushing that out of 12,000 books there, rarely are over one-third that number on hand. In fact, the proportion of fiction to the total number bor­ rowed has decreased from 51% to 18% in the last few years. All this is carried on through volun­ tary contributions of funds and books. Guess the public today knows that for many of us, "a book may be as great a thing as a battle!" Mate Does Crew's Work, Pays For The Privilege The First Mate on the SS Rob­ in Sherwood was generally an OK guy, according to the crew, but he was ambitious. He always wanted to make some sort of a record. What he needed was some trade union education—which he got! During the last voyage there was some ballast which had to be shifted. This work constitutes penalty time for the watch be­ low. But the hungry mate grab­ bed a shovel and began shifting it himself. SIU patrolman "Bull" Sheppard and Steely White hit the ship when she paid off. Result? Ten hours overtime for the crew at $1.30 per hour. As the crew remarked at the time of payoff, "There isn't a hell of a lot of cabbage involved, but the mate needs educating." Money Due John Deely, 48 hrs; R. Grandlund. 48 hrs; Wm. Cogzenski, 48 hrs; Harry Goldstein, 1 hr; R. Greenway, 5 hrs; J. Eichenberg, 59'/2 hrs; T. B. Black. 59 Vz hrs; Bert Troth. 11 Vi hrs. Collect at office of South At­ lantic Steamship Company in Savannah. » » • SS FLOURSPAR Leo Grossmann has 1 day's pay coming. Collect South Atlantic SS Company office. • » • SS ALBERT P. RYDER Voyage No. 1 C. D. Shirly. Wiper and Utility. 12 hrs. Voyage No. 2 George Clark. AB. 119V2 hrs; , ' , . ' ' ' 1 hrs. 1 Line in Savannah. Georgia. '-'"f' LOG Friday. December 1, 1944 Significance Of Seafarers Charter <2 Xfn4U \" if'• fj-'' SEAFARERS tional character of the shipping ity itself, that merchant shipping industry makes it imperative to should be an object of constant seek the widest possible uniform­ public attention and of interna­ ity in the working conditions of tional consultation and agree­ the seafarers, as otherwise the ment between governments and standards of the most advanced that there should be established countries will always be endan­ for that purpose an international gered by those of the» countries agency on which managements and seafarers should be repre­ lagging behind. During the present war sented through their internation­ it has proved possible to al organizations." Due attention is also given to bring about a greater measure of uniformity than ever before in the question of coloured seamen, both the basic wage rates and the as they are called, concerning other conditions of the seafarers whom the Charter says: "The of the United Nations. This cre­ principles outlined in this Chart­ ates an unprecedented opportun­ er are also to apply to Asiatic, ity for winning all the maritime African and West Indian seamen, nations for the acceptance of in­ who continue to be employed un­ ternational minimum standards; der conditions less favourable it is reinforced by the fact that than those obtained by white sea­ the seafarers of countries whose men. The seafarers' trade union conditions have been raised dur­ organizations are resolved to end ing the war will resist any at­ this state of affairs, which is de­ tempt to whittle them down trimental to the best interests of again and thus to put an obstacle all seafaring people, and to take in the path of a permanent im­ all necessary action to regulate provement of the international wages and working conditions of living standards of the seafarers. those seamen by collective agree­ ment." SOCIAL GAINS PUSH CAMPXIGN On the other hand the Charter From the above brief descrip­ contains a series of clauses de­ tion of the Charter, which is signed to lay down international shortly to receive world - wide minimum standards for wages and working and living condi­ publicity in seventeen or so dif­ tions. The wide scope of the ferent languages, it appears that Charter is illustrated by afi en­ the officers' and seamen's unions umeration of its chapter head­ propose to embark on a concert­ ings: Wages, Increments, Allow­ ed campaign to secure the adop­ ances and Bonuses; Continuous tion of international standards Employment; Entry, Training and such that the seafarers of all na­ Promotion; Hours and Manning; tions will be assured the begin­ Accommodation, Hygiene and nings of an existence worthy of Medical Services; Safety; Social human beings. That such a cam­ Insurance; Full Recognition of paign should be initiated in the Seafarers' Organizations; Legal shipping industry needs no ex­ Rights and Obligations of Sea­ planation. For this is the indus­ try where, more than in any farers. An International Charter can­ other, conditions in one country not be a collection of all the best have always been played off conditions prevailing in the va­ against those of others. Seafarers rious countries. There are coun­ do not wish to be forced into that tries where working and social position again, and they have conditions of seamen are, under pointed the way towards a better one heading or another, superior future. If that path is not fol­ to those proposed, but the pur­ lowed by shipowners and gov­ pose of the Charter is not to in­ ernments, the seafarers' organi­ dicate a distant goal to be reach­ zations will have no alternative ed eventually by the most ad­ but to resort to direct action in vanced countries; its object is to order to realize their aims. lay down an immediate pro­ The International Seafarers' gram to be realized by all Charter is to be discussed at a countries now, including those meeting of the Joint Maritime whose poor conditions have al­ Commission to be held at an $27.00 ways hampered the raising of early date. This is the decision of conditions elsewhere. The aim a sub-committee of the Commis­ 26.00 of the Charter, that is to say, is sion, which has agreed that the 25.00 to bring low-standard countries next meeting shall be primarily 22.00 up to an international minimum, devoted to such a discussion and 20.00 thus laying a solid foundation on that the draft Charter prepared 16.00 which further progress can be by the seafarers' organizations realized by the more advanced shall be taken as a basis. /The 15.00 countries. development marks, incidentally, an innovation in I.L.O. procedure. TRIAL BLAZER 13.50 Without doubt many of the It may be said, nevertheless, 12.50 that this Charter is the most proposals contained in the Chart­ 12.00 comprehensive international pro­ er far exceed what is provided by existing International Con­ 11.00 gram of trade union demands that has ever been presented. It ventions and Recommendations, 11.00 is realistic in the sense that it but it is also true that in many 11.00 does not start from an assumed respects the improvements in 11.00 necessary change in property re­ seafarers' conditions which have 7.00 lationships or from a hypothetic­ been secured during the war by the process of negotiation also go 7.00 al system of operation. At the same time the Charter frankly beyond the provisions of those 7.00 declares that in the opinion of Conventions and Recommenda­ 5.00 the seafarers' organizations "the tions. 3.00 system of free enterprise is not The Maritime Session of the 2.00 conductive to a successful opera­ Interrnational Labour Confer­ 2.00 tion of an international industry ence, which has been announced 2.00 like shipping," and that they for 1945 will, if it is found pos­ "consider it to be in the best in­ sible to realize the Charter 2.00 terests of world cooperation and through the I.L.O., have to de­ 2.00 of the national communities, as vise the means of making up 2.00 well as of the seafaring commun­ the arrears. (Continued from Page 1) conferences, held in London on July 28th and 29th, 1944, the scene has been set for a campaign to translate the Charter into reality. The Charter on the one hand presents a reasoned case for im­ proving the conditions of life and work of seafarers. It states that profound changes are needed in the conditions under which the officers and men of the merchant navy carry on their occupation; that the attempts made by the seafarers' trade unions to improve conditions, especially in the period following the last war, were foiled not only by the ob­ durate opposition of the interna­ tionally organized s h ip o w ners, but also by the reluctance and impotence of the governments to promote a general rise in seafar­ ers' conditions by furthering in­ ternational a r r a n g ements. In their attempts to break this op­ position and overcome this i-eluctance and impotence, says the Charter further, the trade unions encountered c o n s i d e rable ob­ stacles of various kinds: uncon­ trolled expansion of tonnage fol­ lowed by laying up of ships; shrinkingof world trade; lack of international co-operation with vicious competition as a result: violent fiuctuations in monetary exchanges rates, with the same result; practice of transferring ships to foreign flags—invariably the flags of countries backward in social provisions; engagement of coloured seamen at conditions far inferior to those of the crews displaced. LOW PAYS MEANS INTERNAT'L ADVANTAGE During the period between the t\yo wars, it is further stated, it was clearly demonstrated that so­ cially progressive countries, where disposed to raise the stan­ dards of the shipping industry, were seriously handicapped by the weakening it involved in the competitive power of their na­ tional merchant navies. 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Title A name given to the resource December 01, 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. 39 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIX SHIPS ARE NAMED FOR OUR DEAD DIGINIFICANCE OF SEAFARERS CHARTER SHIP LOSSES ARE RELEASED BY OWI SEAMAN PRAISES LIBRARY SERVICES FOR MERCHANTMAN AND SO HE'S THROUGH WITH LOVE MATE SOES CREW'S WORK, PAY FOR THE PRIVILEGE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/01/1944 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1944 Periodicals Seafarers Log https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/bd7a0908865be8a104634147c0474409.PDF 896928769809f792fe9c3ec381012bc1 PDF Text Text ^j^^KBRS JOQ OPFIDIAL OSaAN OF THE^ ATLAKTIO AND OULF DISTRICT. SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA VoL VL Organizing Makes Good Progress .'a NEW YORK, N. Y„ FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 24. 1944 New York Voting Hits All Time Record Pace On Monday. November 20th the New York Branch broke 1.300! More than 1.000 members had cast their bal­ lot in the port in the first 20 By A. M. days of voting. This estab­ We wonder how many brothers lishes an all time record for realize how tremendously import­ the port, and indicates a ant is the work of organizing keen interest in the affairs those companies that the SIU has of the union by the rank and singled out' to try to line up for file. contracts. For many new to the in­ Our union has gone a long way dustry this is their first taste toward realizing its goal since of union democracy. They Steely White came up to New are seeing how the rank alfd York as an organizer. Brother file controls the policies and White has tackled the problem the selection of officials in a with enthusiasm aijd he's doing democratic union. This ex­ a bang up job. We were looking perience will serve to educate over the records recently and we them for future struggles in can assure the membership that the union movement; strug­ some real progress has been made toward lining up these 'badly gles not only against the needed contracts for the postwar - shipowners but against any group, or clique which might period. attempt to seize control of More than enthusiasm and hard work on the part of the or­ the labor movement for its own ends. ganizers is needed, however, if The ballot box is your this vital work is to be carried guarantee of union democ­ forward to a successful conclu­ racy . . . use it! sion— there must be enthusiasm on the part of the membership as well! If some of the newer brothers will take the trouble to examine the heads of some of the oldtimers they will invariably find evidence of old wounds. These old-timers got that way because they marched on picket lines in We hit the perfect ship this the lean and hungry days and frequently had clubs and stones week; the SS John La Farge of bounced off their heads by the the American Range Line. This finks and the shipowners' stooges. ship was away for over four They got that way because they months and we expect to run in­ believed whole - heartedly in to a pile of beefs. We contacted unionism and because they were the three delegates and asked willing to make real sacrifices for them for their beefs, but there the recognition of union princi- were none. Not even in the (Continued on Page 2) (Continued on Page 4) Patrolman Finds John La Farge Perfect Ship No. 38 HOUSE GETS WAR SERVICE ACT FOR AMERICAN SEAMEN SIU-SUP Sweeps Pacific Coast Standard Oil SAN FRANCISCO — Standard Oil seamen delivered their votes to the Sailors Union of the Pa­ cific and Seafarers' Pacific Dis­ trict Engine and Stewards De­ partment by such majorities that almost from the start of the count there was no question as to what Unions they wanted to represent them. Under auspices of the NLRB 20th Region the count started early Monday morning, two weeks ago, and within a short time the result was almost clinched — as the chant of the counters came — SUP — SUP — SUP—and later in the Engine Di­ vision, SIU—SIU—SIU! Every once in a while a lone CIO-NMU vote, or a company union vote would show up to enliven the situation, but the final result showed the Sailors Union - Seafarers combined vote was 83% of the totals cast to 17% for the CIO-National Mari­ time Union which received the worst drubbing at the hands of West Coast seamen in their short history on this Coast. The result of this vote is all the more interesting and conclusive (Continued on Page 2) WASHINGTON, D. C. —War Shipping Adminis­ tration recommendations for a "GI Bill of Rights for Merchant Seamen" were incorporated in a bill introduced in the House last week by Representative J. Hardin Peter­ son (Dem., Fla), a member of the Merchant Marine Committee. It was referred to" the Merchant Marine Committee as H.R. 5477. 550,000 seamen and a similar number of dependents of seamen will be affected by the bill's pro­ visions, which include hospitali­ zation and medical care, educa­ tion, employment, readjustment, allowances, provision for depend­ ents of deceased seamen, disabil­ ity payments and burial honors. hostilities. It would also extend benefits to an enrollee in the U. S. Maritime Service on ac­ tive duty, or during any period as an enrollee or student in any school or institution, including basic training schools and acad­ emies of the United States Mer­ chant Marine Cadet Corps and any State maritime academy, un­ der the jurisdiction or super­ vision of the administrator of the War Shipping Administration. HOSPITALIZATION WAR SERVICE ONLY , PROVIDED • At the same time WSA out­ Hospitalization and medical lined the program to the House treatment are covered in Title II committee, it was pointed out of the measure, which provides that eligibility for the measure's for the medical care of seamen benefits would be only upon the and their dependents at public basis of the task merchant sea­ health service hospitals. WSA had men have performed in the war pointed out that the Public and in terms of the inadequacy Health Service had its origin in of their existing rights and those 1793 in an Act of Congress to of their dependents to meet the provide for the care of merchant seamen. Since then others than misfortunes of war. Titled "Merchant Seamen's War merchant seamen have been Service Act," the Peterson bill granted access to marine hospi­ would make eligible for benefits tals until only 35 per cent of the both licensed and unlicensed men present patients of the Public who has served after September Health Service are merchant sea30, 1941 and prior to six months m e n . Dependents of merchant after the termination of present seamen arc not now entitled to access- to marine hospitals, nor are the present marine hospitals equipped to furnish institutional or domiciliary care. Title III proposed amendments to the vocational rehabilitation act extending the rights of resti­ tution of jobs vacated by men to join the merchant marine. Pro­ vision is made for job counsell­ ing, retraining, rehabiltation and placement (including Civil Ser­ vice preference) of merchant sea­ men who desire shore employ­ ment, together with contact fa­ cilities throughout the country for the information and guidance of men so interested. Here is the latest picture of the floating residential Qnd recreation club Klang. operated by the USS in the South Pacific. The Klang is 281 feet long with a beam of 36 feet and a speed of 14 knots. She is equipped with games, feeding and sleeping facilities, and a medical dispensary. She steams among the island ports in the entire Pacific' war area, giving merchant seamen much needed recreation and relaxation. h> ; • J The remaining titles of the bill provide for educational pro­ grams for seamen, disability pay- • ments, readjustment allowances, including loans for the purchase or construction of homes, farms and business property, and pro­ vision for deceased seamen. Hearings on the Peterson mea- • sure will probably be held early ! in December. The SIU-SUP wiU, appear before the Committee at ; that time and offer certain > amendments to the bill. • 4! 1 - . �..T-iVy ' Page Two THE SEAFARERS Friday, November 24, 1944 LOG SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAVTK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York Qty MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep, 424 Ith Street, N. m m Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16)... CHARLESTON (9) SAVANNAH. TAMPA JACKSONVILLE MOBILE SAN JUAN, 28 P.R.. PUERTO RICO GALVESTON —The Call Washington, D. C. ADDRESS 51 Beaver St 330 Atlantic AVe 14 North Gay St 6 North 6th St. 25 Commercial PI 339 Chartres St 08 Society St 220 East Bay St 423 East Piatt St 920 Main St 7 St. Michael St.... PHONE HAnover 2-2X84 Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 ^mbard 7651 Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Charleston 3-2930 Savannah 3-1728 Tampa MM-1323 Jacksonviile 5-1231 Dial 2-1392 45 Ponce de Leon 219 20th St San Juan 1885 Galveston 2-8043 PUBLICATION OFFICE: 51 BEAVER STREET HAnover 2-2784 New York, (4) N, Y. •4^267 SIU-SUP Sweeps Patrolman Finds John La Farge Pacific Coast Perfect Ship Standard Oil (Continued from Page 1) {Continued from Page 1) Steward's Department. All the because the SUP-SIU had to face overtime had been turned in and FOUR places on the ballot—and OK'd by the department heads. win 51% of the votes of all However,we still thought some of it might be knocked down by FOUR! This will be the first time any the company. But no, it was all paid. There were no beefs against Union has won in such a case by the Steward and believe it or not, such a clear majority over all everyone on the ship said he was places on the ballot that no run­ one swell guy and a good feeder off is necessary in the Deck or to boot. He is making another Engine Department, and only a trip so don't be afraid of this ship. run-off with the Company Union 1 found the whole ship painted from stem to stern, inside and in the Stewards, although the out, and it looks like an easy job Seafarers received almost a 51% for the next crew. The officers even there, getting 49 votes to all liked the crew and, more im­ portant, the crew liked the of­ the Company Union's 43. ficers. Just one big happy family There were 10 challenged bal­ and no fooling. lots in the Deck Department, 12 A vote of thanks is due to the in the Engine and 4 in the Stew­ three delegates, George Held for ards, and as we claim the major­ the Engine; R. S. Young for the ity of these challenges as our Deck; and M. O. Boone for the men, the determination of these Stewards department. Also the challenges is expected to swell entire crew recommended that a the majority received to even few good Words be said for the Steward, Amos A. Baum. greater proportions. If you're looking for a* gooijl The team of organizers who ship, grab yourself a job on the worked so patiently and consci­ La Farge. entiously to bring about this vicARTHUR THOMPSON tory were congratulated by Harry Lundeberg, secretary of the Sailors Union and President of the .Seafarers International. Notwithstanding the numerous delays and seemingly endless SS JOSE MARTIE battles with the forces arrayed Crew has 8 hours everiime against us, the Richmond team, coming. Collect New York office the boys in the southern ports- of Bull Line. at Portland, Honolulu and Seattle * * * —in fact the many loyal Union SS LILLINGTON men who stayed on their ships to Entire Stewards Department clinch the vote—all contributed has overtime for Election Day their local share to the final re­ while in port. J. L. O'Connor and sult. Trueblood have 65 hours each ofr This election involved fifteen dumping garbage. Collect at of­ tankers, and around 500 seamen. fice of South Atlantic SS Co. MONEY DUE •V s.'n JivVrf •Afr.: NEWS HOT OUT OF THE GALLEY By "FRENCHY" MICHELET We had dinner a few nights where he bleeds a mixture of ago at the India House with Paul blood, salt water and beer every Hall. In the two hours after din­ time he cuts his finger, he's a ner period, while each of us was guy who's having a swell time waiting for the other guy to pick going through life just seeing up the check, we got to discuss­ what lies over Uie next horizon. ing food generally. Being a N.O. Feople who slave away at boy ourselves, we hinted darkly shoreside Jobs never know the that anybody who pours milk thrill of creeping into-a far har­ and sprinkles sugar over rice bor where the white wails of doesn't have all his marbles. some strange Moorish city lie Brother Hall, who can see some gleaming in the torrid sun. good in anything edible, pointed A fellow doesn't have to be a out the virtues of northern cook­ profound philosopher to realize ing. We then reminded the big that life is a pretty deceptive cracker boy that he can drum up business. All of us go through quite an appetite for southern life all hopped With hope. We cooking himself. Once, when we had a swell time yesterday and were Chief Steward on the old we're going to have a swell time Dynastic, and after we had fed tortiortow --- it's just today that him, Jimmy Hanners and "Cot­ we're* getting those tough breaks! ton" Haymond, southern grits all A seaman has more fun chas­ the way across the North Atlantic ing for the rainbow of happiness and almost back again, and had than any other guy on earth. finally run out, we were rudely What better way is there to awakened one morning by all dream than just sitting on your three of them pounding on our fanny in some Spanish park and door and yelling, "What's the watching those dark-eyed darl­ matter with you, you hungry ings in the black mantillas go belly-robber—no grits!" gliding by! Just thinking about red beans Last week we discussed ways cooked in some good tasty style for utilizing chuck cuts in stews make us hungry. We don't mean and pot roast. We continue today. red beans cooked the way half A delicious goulash can be taken the ship cooks prepare them— fr<)m the chuck. Cut the meat simply boiled in salted water into small squares and plenty of with bacon rind. We mean red onions into pieces. Season well beans what am red beans! Here's with salt and pepper and a lib­ a. tasty way to prepare them: eral sprinkling of paprika. Brown Soak the beans overnight and the meat and onions in butter. pour the water off in the morn­ But a layer of meat into the pot, a ing. Boil them for two hours ih sprinkling of onions over the well-Salted water along With sev­ meat, another of meat, and so on eral quarted onions and a crack­ until all is used up. Add enough ed ham bone. When they have cold water to cover the top layer cooked for two hours, add two and bring to a boil. Allow two No. 2% cans of tomatoes. Fry cupsfull of tomatoes for each several large onions a golden quart of the meat mixture. When brown in a half cupful 6f olive the mixture has come to a boil oil. Sprinkle liberally with chili (not before) pour the tomatoes powder. Now turn all into the over the meat. Allow to simmer beans and cook for an hour ahd gently for two hours, then put a half. Just before they are done simae peeled raw potatoes into add two tablespoonsful of vine­ the pot, pushing the meat gently gar. Cook enough for two Serv­ aside to make room. The contents ings—the crew will really go for ,must not be stirred more than ab­ them -and they will taste fevett solutely necessary. When the po­ tatoes are done, serve With butbetter at the second serving. We had a bird in our office re­ .tered noodles. Here is an unusual and delici­ cently who wanted us to explain to him just what benefits' a guy ous dish: Cut up some chuck into who went to sea only for the dur­ squares and several large onions ation could expect under the GI into pieces. Season well with salt, Bill of Rights. We told him that pepper and a liberal sprinkling the SIU is a union of bona fide of dry mustard. Brown well in seamen and that we don't much bacon drippings. Wash two No. care what happens to people who 10 cans of sauer kraut in a coldon't intend to go to sea for a lender. Combine the kraut, meat living. However, the question got mixture, some capers and queen us to thinking about people who olives in a baking pan and pour do go to sea for a living and of several cups of rich stock over what a swell time they have of it. the mixture and bake until the When a fellow gets to the stage meat is tender. iiiltsSi-i,'-.*- • '-'-.''J. One thing that all members should remember in order to have a good trip, as well as a clean pay-off, is that there must be absolute cooperation on board all vessels between the Departments. From the experiences of this port, it is noticed that When there is trouble between the various de­ partments on board a ship, then everything is usually haywire with all sorts of disputes to be settled. When the various de~ partments are unwilling to go down the line for each other it makes for very bad conditions and must be stopped. To realize to the fullest extent the benefits of being a member of this or­ ganization, it is imperative that you cooperate with your ship­ mates as well as with union Of­ ficials. You can do this by calling in the three departmental represen­ tatives on any dispute that may arise during the course of the voyage. 'At the pay-off time, as­ sist the Ship's Delegates in lining up all affairs and disputes so as to have them available for the Patrolmen when they board ship. Assist the boarding Patrolmen in every manner possible and by do­ ing so, it will mean belter condi­ tions for you and more dollars in your pocket. S. During the . past week this port paid off 32 ships and signed on 28 ships. With the exception of one vessel, all these jobs paid off clean with no beefs pending and the membership's affairs were handled in a satisfactory manner. During this same week, the Branch also shipped 837 members to regular jobs. This is only an average week for this Port and, as can be seen by the figures, this Port is usually very busy. i) if No doubt, many members have been on board ships where there are Skippers, Mates and Engin­ eers who continually threaten the crew with the Army and the Coast Guard. When this happens, don't take it too seriously because when a man does this he is usually of a very low calibre. Re­ member too, that these same men are also liable to charges by the Coast Guard. It is up to any crew when they are intimidated or abused on board ship, to co­ operate with their union officials in the port of arrival in seeing that characters of this type are put where they properly belong —ON THE SPOT ! ! Remember too, when at sea with men of this type—keep your nose clean in every respect—do your work and don't, under any condition, take time off unless given permission by the head of your department. is �Friday, November 24, 1944 THE SEAFARERS LOG PUERTO RICO WHArS DOING We're having quite a few ships calling at San Juan and island ports. Some of these ships have skippers that are real characters. They think up all kinds of petty deals to antagonize their crew and then call the Coast Guard. Had the Knute Nelson of the here. The Bos'n and the Deck Seas Shipping Company in this Delegate are old timers and they port sometime ago. The charact­ reaRy know their business. Had er who called himself the skipper no beefs at all on this trip With by the name of Christoffersen, the skippers. was nothing but a gas-hound who I would like to see more old stayed drunk while the ship was timers shipping in some of the in this port. By the crew's report Bull Line ships as the conditions he stayed drunk at sea as well. aboard some of these ships are For three days I tried to reason not so good. If a good union with this man to obtain stores crew ships in them for one or two for the ship. He could hardly trips they can bring the quarter raise his head off the pillow. The and conditions of these ships up ship had no vegetables, no juices, to par. DANIEL BUTTS, Agent and no fresh fruits of any kind. The chief cook and myself made up a store list of things that were SAVANNAH needed. I obtained almost every­ thing that was needed through Shipping around this port late­ the Bull Line Office who were ly has been real good. Have av­ the agents for the ship here. This eraged at least one new ship out ship had been in the Mediterran­ eyery week for the last eouple ean, also in South America for a of months, with ,a few West 4% months' trip. They had to Coast ships in on the side. Have buy Argentine beef while the been shipping out the men as ship was in South America. I fast as they come in here to reg­ was informed by the WSA here ister. Shipped out everything I that all ships making the Medit­ could get my hands on around erranean or European runs are here and also anyone I could get stored for 180 days. This ship out of Charleston and Jackson­ certainly was not stored for that ville. Had three new ones out period of time. The skipper had here this last week, one here and five men up on charges of sabot­ two in Brunswick, and had to age before the Coast Guard. The call on Charleston to get men to cases were dismissed. fill out some of these crews. The main trouble concerning From the looks of things it the food situation was the Stew­ might be quiet around here for ard who did not know his busi­ the next couple of Weeks as all I ness. He is a gas-hound and a have in sight right now will be a WSA stiff. I tried to jack this couple of new ones scheduled for Steward up but he was beyond around the first of December. reasoning. For five days he stay­ CHARLES WAID, Agent ed in this condition. He told me Aronnd the Ports I every step. Brother Wread was calling on one and' all for help, but just as he made the door his gal made a long reach and got her man. Next we had to hunt up "Marrying Sam" and after going all over Dog Patch we finally found the Horsethief in the big city of Dade City, where he pronounced them man and wife. We wish for them the best that life affords. Voting here has started off at a slow speed, although we don't hopo to' vote very many as most of the boys will vote at the place of pay off. D. L. PARKER, Agent BALTIMORE ped into the hall this week and reported on his progress in his capacity of tanker organiier. It is very encouraging to know that some of our brothers will sacri­ fice their own welfare in order to make our union grow, and is reminiscent of the days when all our members were serving the union in that capacity. This handfull of old-timers must be pretty proud of their achievementsin being instrumental in creating one of the greatest or­ ganizations the seamen ever had, and justly so. They can recall how all the other so-called unions were doing every thing in their power to fofestall our growth, even to the extent of scabbing on us, and using goon squads when­ ever they got one of our mem­ bers alone. And brother McLemore was one of these pion­ eers of our union. JOSEPH FLANAGAN, Agent Page Three members before they were com­ pletely contaminated by this SIU bolshevism. He must teach them the principles of the NMU where the shipowner and union officials work hand and glove, as is sa often pointed out by word and cartoons in the Pilot. The cooperation of 1936 and 1937 is forgotten, or is there any­ one left in the NMU now that went to sea in 1936 and 1937 ex­ cept the "piecards?" But to poor "straighten it out'* Mohun's chagrin, these new men had been led astray. And to make i| worse, the companywould not support his mission to convert the seamen to his idea of "work and pray and receive your pay judgment day." Upon arrival of this vessel in port, the union hall was inform­ ed that Mohun was aboard and practicing his usual tactics. We informed the company that the crew did not want to sail With Mohun, and as the ship needed fumagating Mohun had better get off before they got 'rough on rdts." The result is Mohun is now a fugative from the exterminator and an outcast from all SIU ships. Thus the mournful tune he now sings on street corners. The "piecards" in this port have proven that, with the sup­ port of the membership, beefs can be settled on the point of production. True SIU style. Shipping has picked up here last week, and it looks as if it will continue so for a while. Arty of the boys down the line whe are interested in getting out soon can drop up this way. The boys in this port are show­ ing an interest in their represen­ tation next year. The balloting has reached a thousand. Our main interest now is to see the war end, then we can put out an extra line or two on some of the ships where the Captains think that they are little "Hit­ lers." We can thus end Facism here and aboard. J. P. SHULER, Patrolman. Shipping has been exception­ ally good this week and all beefs except for one hour (which has been submitted to New York for determination) has been settled. This hour involves a penalty hour NEW YORK for dinner for a deck engineer while winches were working There'll be pie in the sky when cargo during the noon hour and you die. If you hear this refrain in my opinion is a very import­ on the street corner around the ant issue. The company is under water front it will be coming the impression that all a man on from a very well known charact­ the winches has to do is oil the er, Red (keep 'em sailing) Mohun. winches every hour or so. I have This character came into this sailed in the black gang for over port as mate on the Juliet Low, twenty-five years, and have oiled many winches in that time and an SIU ship belonging to the never have I been able to have South Atlantic Steamship Co. over twenty minutes to myself Mohun. As most of your oldon the best running winches. We timers know, Mohun has always will be faced with the inevitable had the desire to become cham­ break downs, changing gears, pion fink herder of the maritime tightening up loose glands and industry, and he realized his am­ running parts, fixing broken bition a few years ago when he vales and hand levers, and many became organizer for the NMU. other minor repair items too But fink herding has a lot of numerous to mention. This is competition in that organization, what the company claims is oil­ so Mohun gracefully retired from ing the winches. On second the field before he was out-done thought, some other issues were by some of the smarter boys in also submitted regarding stand­ the NMU. He shipped mate on an SIU ing seawatches when ship was in ship and to his surprise learned port. Well, the politicians have final­ that the merchant marine Was A. Mallberg ly ceased their mud-slinging and going to hell. Why, the guys- on J. W. Coilman are now busy congratulating each this ship- actually wanted coffee SS Scripps other. The result of the elections time, and the Deck Department SS Riddle means only one thing to the pub­ even wanted overtime for dock­ H. W. Thompson lic in general, and that is that ing and undocking, and they ask­ H. Haughton the same bureaucrats keep their ed for $.90 an hour. Some of the J. McKay unproductive jobs, and the op­ Steward Department went so far SS Joseph McKenna position is still promising their as to ask for overtime for feeding J. Symons party workers that they shall be the Chief Mate breakfast after C. Dreyer G. J. Hahn given these jobs in some future 8:30 a.m. date. Such_ was thfe basis of the It was simply ridiculous. What SS J. S. Casement Whole campaign. Needless to say is becoming of this SIU anyway? SS Shicksheney they shall all continue With a Something had to be done. So Kajis vengeance to fight against any "good deed Mohun" commenced Hayes gains Labor will try to make for to right an evil. He contacted H. Krevitz itself. But this time they have some of the crew who were old Jones 3td Mate SS Henderson Communists openly helping SIU men, but alas they were them. To such degredation does hopeless. They had gone too far L. U. Ferguson to reform, but maybe he could Levesque a politician go to get votes. Brother John Mc Lemore drop­ save a few trip card and new NewaU Routh J. W. James Thomas Lamerets Bill Fredericks D. E. Jones SS Colabee ...^. SS L. B. Evans E. W. Manz SS Arizpa T. Bowens A. Anderson M. Brickhouse A. E. Gibson Frank Strazalka he was a WSA stiff and he has made two trips on SIU ships and TAMPA as far as he Was concerned he The port of Tampa for a long would go back again to the WSA. Had another Liberty ship in time has been without a, regular with another grub-beef. The schedule of ships, we could only skipper ordered the Steward to expect a stray now and then. The feed accordingly to his taste. The business men and the city Fathers Steward refused to comply with have come to the conclusion that his order. The skipper then call­ for a better city in this Post War era that they must do something ed the Coast Guard in. While waiting for the Coast about the shipping, so they have Guard to arrive, this character called in several EXPERTS on blew off that he was a real mas­ port facilities to recommend ter when he was sailing in the changes that may be made in South Pacific. The Army backed order that this port will be one him up by theatening to put the of the best in the Gulf. Quite a few of the boys are Deck and Engine Department now coming home to spend Delegates on the rock pile, really gave this skipper the score. Thanksgiving, also to get out of A man from the Coast Guard the cold weather up Norths For came down aboard the ship and some unknown reasons the poor heard the beef. Politely he told working class of people voted him that was strickly a union against the closed shop here so I beef between him and me and he suppose that we will have all left the ship. I informed the skip­ kinds of trouble with the em­ per the Army did not run the ployers in the future. This will ships in the island of Puerto Rico. create a lot of dissension here in He swore he would never come time to come. It seems that the back to Puerto Rico again. Some majority wants to work for any of these skippers think they can thing that the boss may pay do as they please in San Juan them. Things in this port are at a and the island ports, and attempt standstill but we are looking for to assume the air of dictators. I have very little trouble with them to pick up in the near fu­ Waterman, Bull, McCormick, ture. Smith & Johnson, American Ha­ I suppose that you good mem­ waiian, Mississippi outfits. Alcoa bers have read in the funnies and the Calmar Line give me the about Li'l Abner. On the 11th of most trouble. The majority of the each November they have what skippers I have come in contact they call Sadie Hawkins day. with on these ships are real chis- Out come a gal by the name of elers and try to give you the old Alene Chapman, barefooted as a run around. This type of skipper yard dog from the Everglade^ I would like to teach the score, if and proceeded to catch her man. possible, the hard way. In time This is the story: I was down in the office when one of our broth­ they will learn the score. 1940 1944 Had the Cape Falcon of the ers by the name of Luthur Wread One hour's work at straight time pay averaged 65c for non-farm Waterman Line in. She has one turned the corner of Morgan and of the finest crews I have seen in Piatt St., on one foot and right workers in 1940. Despite propaganda, that same hour's work in sometime, mostly old timers. The behind him was this gal coming 1944 will buy only 80c worth of goods at 1940 prices, the AFL points Cornelia of the Bull Line was in on a wing and prayer, gainiixg out in this graph. 8im/i»Potme/m«om/mir-STaimrTfM£ Honor Roll $20.0(1 17.0(1 15.25 12.00 11.00 11.00 11.00 10.00 10.00 9.00 9.00 7.25 6.50 6.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 4.00 4.00 ..... 3.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 i.O0 i.O0 1.00 $110.50 Keep In Touch With Your Draft Board !f| �THE Page Four SEAFARERS LOG Friday. November 24, 1944 SIU Financial Shape Excellent The firm of Spahr, Lacher & Spahr, certified public account­ ants, issued this week its quartrely financial audit of the Atlan^ tic & Gulf District funds. The statement reveals a remarkable growth for the district over the past year, and a painstaking ac­ counting of all funds by the office of the Secretary-Treasurer. Mr. C. A. Spahr prefaced his report with a special letter of congratulations to the union on its growth and financial stability. His letter read: "Before submitting the Quar­ terly Financial Statement, may we take this opportunity to offer our heartiest congratulations up­ on the acquisition of your mod­ ern new building in New York, and upon the promise of future expansion and increased service to your members which this move implies. • "We wish you every success.".. audit the accounts of the Union for the past three years. In that space of time, we have seen the size and financial stability of your organization increase manyfold. This has been a source of personal satisfaction to us, for we count ourselves as active parti.cipants in your struggles for an ever bigger and better union. "Our firm is indeed proud to count as a client such a growing and progressive organization as the Atlantic and Gulf District of the Seafarer s' International Union of North America. We_wish you every success." New U-Boat Assault Seen As Possibility Although there was a lull in U-boat activity in September and the Allies' shipping losses last month were "almost as low" as those in May, the best month of the war in that respect, President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill jointly warned last week that the Germans might re­ new their offensive this winter with "new types of U-boats." The monthly Anglo-American statement on submarine and anti­ submarine operations, issued by the Office of War Information under the authority of the Presi­ dent and the Prime Minister, re­ ported that the rate of U-boat de­ struction, in proportion to ship­ ping losses, remained satisfactory. It focused attention, however, on what U-boat experts constantly emphasized: that submarine war­ fare is a never-ceasing battle of science and that, when one side gains an advantage, the other side immediately gets to work on new devices or methods to count­ er it. STATEMENT OF FUNDS —As at September 30, 1944 Total Available (Continued from Page 1) Defense Bonds Purchased Total Funds pies. In Year In Year As At Sept. In Year Bonds From the faith and militancy 1942 1943 1944 At Cost 30, 1944 of these pioneers has sprung a union movement unparalleled in $15,000.00 $50,320.00 $ 70.480.00 $149,537.63 Gen. Fund—Headquatrers .$ 79.057.63 $ 5.160.00 the industry; a union that is sole­ 2.639.43 General Fund—Branches ... 2,639.43 ly concerned with the welfare of 15.000.00 119.324.02 25.000.00 Strike and Org. Fund 94,324.02 10,000.00 the seafaring man. 100.439.00 Annual Strike Asst. Fund . 100,439.00 We believe that the member­ 38.950.00 Building Assessment Fund 38.950.00 ship, to a man, is proud to be SIU 63.689.60 20,320.00 22.200.00 52.520.00 Hospital Fund 11.169.60 10.000.00 men. We believe that they real­ Total Available Funds ize that they are part of the As At Sept. 30. 1944 $326,579.68 $25,160.00 $50,320.00 $72,520.00 $148,000.00 $474,579.68 cleanest and healthiest labor movement in the maritime indus­ try. But we believe, too, that some of us are inclined to let the other guy carry the load. Your union needs you, brother It needs you to go aboard unor­ ganized ships and spread the good word.. It needs you to help cre­ The British Columbia Seamen's ate hew jobs for those lean and Union, Vancouver section of the hungry days ahead. It needs you SIU, is in the process of expan­ to take jobs that perhaps don't sion and is taking to many of our exactly appeal to you at times Canadian brothers the benefits of when you may not be just ready to ship. It needs you to make some our brand of unionism. As part small part of the" sacrifices that OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA SEAMEN'S UNION of its new organizing drive, the those far-seeing brothers who Affiliated with S.I.U. of N.A. (A.P. of L.) BCSU has launched a lively new formed this organization were paper, the masthead of which ap­ ever ready to make back in the days when the conditions we now pears on the left. enjoy were but hazy dreams! For years the Vancouver ship­ owners have constituted a strong­ hold of reaction, keeping unions off their ships and the pay of their seamen down to European WASHINGTON, D. C.—Joseph standards. The impotent and dis­ CREW OF SS WALTER L. A. Padway, AFL general counsel, credited IBU and the Stalinist dominant CSU have played footy FLEMING: Any crew members hailed the election victory over with the shipowners and failed to familiar with the circumstances the proposed State constitqtional amendment to ban the union offer the men militant unionism leading to the death of brother shop in California as a triumph capable of raising their standard Edward Young, please get in for the American Federation of of living to that of the American touch with attorney Richard M. Labor and the state federation seamen. Now, with the BCSU on Cantor in New York City. which conducted a vigorous cam­ the job, we can expect some re­ A. WISNEWSKI. No. 32014 sults. paign to defeat the proposal. JOSEPH COOMBS. No. 193 y The SIU has always understood Paid dues in New York to Late returns showed that a similar amendment had been that as long as Canadian seamen Claude Fisher, Patrolman on Oct. carried by a narrow margin in worked under substandard condi­ 11, 1944. Please bring receipt in tions, American conditions were for adjustment. Florida and also in Arkansas. Padway declared that if the in jeopardy. The SIU has con­ JOSEPH COOMBS. authorities in these states attempt stantly demanded decent miniBook No. G 193: to enforce the newly adopted ban mums, not only for our Canadian Your building assessment was on union shop agreements, the brothers, but for all seamen of stamped paid in your book, but American Federation of Labor all countries throughout the the money was not collected. will move swiftly to challenge world. Please stop in New York to have the constitutionality of the The BCSU now has a member­ it corrected. Counterfeit money gives itself amendments. ship of 2,000—and it is growing A. WISNEWSKI, Book No. 32108 away if you examine it closely, In an opinion rendered to the every day. We congratulate them Please bring your receipts into the U. S. Secret Service says, and AFL Executive Council, Padway on their new paper, and upon the headquarters for corrections. gives this illustration. The left declared such amendments clear­ leadership they are giving the CREW OF ANACAPA; | half of Hamilton's head on the ly unconstitutional in that they Vancouver men. We pledge them Contact Mr. Sol Berenholtz in $10 bill above is from "queer" abrogate the freedom of contract full support from their fraternal Baltimore regarding salvage case money: the right hand half from guaranteed by the federal consti­ brothers in the United States. against the Balls Bluff. tution. a genuine bill. (Federated Picture by special In order to test the validity of done, Padway said, the cases will ROMAN GONZALES, permission of the Secretary of the the amendments adopted by be fought all the way to the Su­ MANFRED KEILITS: Treasury; further reproduction Florida and Arkansas, an attempt preme Court of the United States, Get in touch with attorney in whole or in part is strictly must be made by state officials if necessary to outlaw the amend­ Richard M. Cantor. 51 Chambers prohibited.) to enforce the ban. If that is ments. Street, New York City. Cash Balance Per Books As at Sept. 30, 1944 CANADIAN SIU LAUNCHES NEW ORGANIZING Union Shop Ban Defeated In Calif; AFL Challenges Laws In Fla. And Arkansas 7-msuH«t/s —Shipyard Worker JHrNANIGANT i m Organizing Makes Good Progress jitic-..''.-i . liriii^Srnliti'liii I III liiil II I iifririT'ii'l' 'i � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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AND ARKANSAS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/24/1944 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1944 Periodicals Seafarers Log https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/b7fbbcceb3e9b2fc66c69719a681f3df.PDF 954c403aafb96219ac5b74c8b6b3a9c9 PDF Text Text JOQ 1 OFFICIAL OBGAN OF TEE ATLANTIO AZTD OULF DISTBICT, SEAFABEBS' lOTEBNATIONAL UNION OF NOBTH AMEBICA VoL VI. NEW YORK. N. Y„ FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 17. 1944 No. 37 NMU OFFENSIVE AGAINST CLOSED SHOP BLOWS UP Anti-Labor Agenda Inspired Freeze 'em. Lift Their Papers, By NMU-Buried By The SIU Draft 'em - Cries Curran &'Co. Here is the original union busting agenda as drawn up by the RMO and later dropped like a hot potato when the opposition of the SIU was made plain. (See story in right hand column). The agenda is in bold face type, the SIU position as inserted in the record in Washington by brother Hawk, is in light face type. y• if V*' J f. < \M This is Ihe front oi x..e new SIU building at 51 Beaver Street in New York. A six story lime­ stone building, occupied entirely (except for the bar on the ground floor) by the union, this is the most modern set-up for a mari­ time labor union on any coast. Reading from the ground floor up: second floor windows open on the dispatching hall and the Dispatchers office; third floor windows open on the meeting hall; fourth floor windows open on the Steward's Hall and the Steward's Dispatcher's office; fifth floor windows open on the New York Agent's office and the Patrolmen's lounge; sixth floor -windows open on the bookkeep­ ing offices of the District head­ quarters. An industry-wide conference of shipowners, labor leaders and government bureaucrats sat solemnly in the De­ partment of Commerce building in Washington last Friday and listened to denunciations of the American seamen for demanding their union rights at sea and ashore. They heard •a hysterical plea to Selective Ser­ vice, the War Manpower Com­ General Proposals: mission and the Coast Guard to 1. Freer exchange of manpower information and manpower lift the old timers' papers and itself should prevail between the unions, companies, and the RMO. draft the new comers if they: 1. 1. We want to say catagorically that the Atlantic & Gulf happened to overstay by a day District of the Seafarers has no surplus of personnel. On the the pityfully short time ashore contrary, we have been forced to draw heavily on manpower now allowed them under RMO supplied by the RMO. An examination of the RMO records will regulations; 2. ever took a job substantiate this contention. What is more pertinent to this disEleven SIU-SUP ships receiv­ ashore for a few days; 3. refused ' cussion is to discover who is responsible for this manpower ed accolades this week from the to sail unorganized ships (under shortage, and what steps should be taken to correct it. government for the heroic role finky conditions and wages, of The RMO Itself is Tesponsibie'for the shortage of seamen. played in establishing the beach­ course). This shortage is directly due to the bureaucratic bottleneck cre­ head in the Normandy invasion. And who was it that was slan­ ated by the RMO, a bottleneck which has retarded the flow of These ships were manned by vol­ dering the seamen and demandshoreside workers onto the ships. Prior to September 21, 1942, unteer SIU-SUP crews which' jjjg f-gcist-like repressions? The when the unions had the right to recruit workers directly into maneuvered the ships into place'^he bureaucrats? the maritime industry, our Union was able to man- the ships off shore and sunk them to form gjj j|. "laboj- leaders" without recourse to any other agency. After that date, when a harbor breakwater. —Curran-Meyers-McKenzie and the RMO placed barriers in the way of our direct recruitment The SUP ship James W. Mar- Company! efforts, we experienced increasing difficulties in obtaining new shall received special mention in THE BLOODY SHIRT personnel to fill the jobs in the expanding industry. The RMO news releases issued this week Waving the bloody shirt of paforced all shoreside workers to pass through the funnel of its by the War Shipping Administra- ^ triotism, these NMU carpenters program, a program which set up elaborate training require­ tion. The Marshall had been hit Trojan Horse in the camp ments and thus reduced the number of men per month avail­ repeatedly off the Salerno beachlabor pressed upon the conferable to the ships; a program with such high physical entrance head, her hull was pock-marked g^gg g program, which if it had requirements that thousands of men not up to Army, Navy or by enemy fire and parts of her ^gg^ adopted, would have smashRMO standards, but fit for sea duty, were prevented from going had been gutted by raging flames. to sea. This RMO policy is directly responsible for the present She carried , the odor of a death ed the union hiring hall, the clos­ ed shop contracts, and would shortage of manpower. ship when the volunteer crew have placed the seamen at the The solution of this problem is not to jockey existing per­ boarded her and took the ship to mercy of the labor hating ship­ sonnel from one union to another, or from the unions into the England in the early spring. owners. Had Curran & Company government pools and back again, but rather is in smashing the There she was prepared for her been able to put it over, there RMO red tape which prevents shoreside workers from easily final task that was to open up would soon have been the biggest entering the industry. We, propose, specifically, that the unions the beaches in Europe. flourishing of crimps that the regain the right to recruit directly to their contracted ships. Another hero was the SIU ship coasts have seen since 1922. This would, in our opinion, be the greatest single step forward Matt W. Ransom. This ship had That the NMU was unable to in the solution of personnel shortage. survived two explosions and af­ push through its program of re­ 2. War Manpower Commission should continue manpower con­ ter being abandoned was board­ pression against the seamen was trols over the Merchant Marine until the expiration of the emer­ ed by volunteer SIU crew and no reflection upon their ability gency. brought into England. There she to conduct backdoor maneuvers 2. At present the War Manpower Commission controls are was prepared for her role at with sympathetic shipowners and not a factor in the manning of our contracted ships. However, Normandy. bureaucrats, rather was it due to we would be opposed to the imposition of any new WMC con­ "The complete list of SIU-SUP, ^.jjg opposition of legitimate maritrols upon the seamen until the maritime unions have an op­ ships used- in the Normandy time unions and the Washington portunity to study any such new controls, and present their po­ breakwater follows: Matt W. Ran­ red tape and confusion which sition. Further, we would like clarification of the word "Emer­ som, Benjamin C o n t e e. West makes it difficult to get anything gency" as used in paragraph 2. We have always assumed that Nilus, Baialoide, James W. Mar­ lined up—even an anti-labor di­ WMC controls would be relaxed at the end of the war. Is not shall, Illinoian, Kentuckian, Al­ rective. the end of the war also the end of the "Emergency?" This point coa Leader, Kofresi, Pennsyl­ The first the SIU knew that the is not clear. We would, in general, be opposed to wartime labor vania and the Robin Gray. NMU was planning a new man­ controls being extended into peace time, irrespective of whether euver against the seamen, was or not some Washington bureaucrat might try to make us be­ the receipt on Nov. 3 of a notice lieve that peace was still a period of "Emergency." from Admiral Land that an "in­ 3. Selective Service ..ontrols should be tightened. dustry - wide conference" would 3. On this point we should like clarification. How is Selecbe held on November 10. Includ­ ' tive Service to "tighten" control over seamen? Already seamen ed in the letter from Land was are more rigidly controlled than any other civilian workers. the agenda (printed on page one What more controls are invisioned? If it is proposed that their of this issue of the LOG). This shore liberty be further restricted, we would oppose that. And was a straight union busting {Continued .on Page 4) (Continued on Page 4) More SIU Ships Honored For Role In Normandy J �fHE Pag® Two SEAFARERS LOG Friday. November 17. 1944 SEAFARERS LOG Published by the, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliaied with the American Federation of Labor. HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ Vresident 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York Gty MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 5th Street, N. W., "Washington, D. C. Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16)... CHARLESTON (9) SAVANNAH TAMPA lACKSONVILLE MOBILE SAN JUAN. 28 P.R.. PUERTO RICO.... GALVESTON ADDRESS 51 Beaver St 330 Atlantic Ave 1 4 North Gay St 6 North 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 Cralvert 4539 Lombard 7651 Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 ' Charleston 3-2930 Savannah 3-'728 Tampa MM-1323 Jacksonville 5-123 I Dial 2-1392 ^ San Juan 1885 Galveston 2-8043 USS Hollandia Club Soon To Be Opened PUBLICATION OFFICE: 51 BEAVER STREET HAnover 2-2784 New York, (4) N. Y. •267 MONEY DUE SS MARY M. DODGE Foster Thorpe. Oiler. 6 hrs; William Gossett. Oiler. 4 hrs; Charles Suttles. Oiler. 4 hrs; Comiels Couse. FWT. 55 hrs; G. Doring. FWT. 4 hrs; Edward O'Malley. FWT. 4 hrs; Nick Matko. Wiper. $30.00; G. Bach­ elor. Wiper. $30.00; C. Suttles. Oiler, $30.00; F. Thorpe. Oiler. $36.00; W. Gossett. FWT. $36.00; C. Cous. FWT. $36.00; E. O'Mally. FWT. $36.00. Collect at South At­ lantic SS Co. • * If SS OHEMAR M. Craz. $6.47; P. Senby. $1.34; F, O'Day. $8.06; Wm. Wild. $8.06; C. Casel. $4.70; L. McQuade. $5.37; E. McLean. $8.73; R. Thomas. $11.75; C. S. Eastman. $8.06; M. Filosa. $18.13; C. Southwick. $30.89; Dibonis. $8.73; O. C. Hill. $2.69; L. Barrow. $6.77; W. Reed. $2.69; E. Segal. $2.73. Col­ lect at Calmar SS Co. J.P.ShulerSays... When you are dispatched to a ship, you receive from the union dispatcher a printed card. On the back of this card is space for the department head to indicate whether he rejected or accepts you . . . and his reason therefore. Now these cards aren't for dec­ oration. They are being used 1o protect the membership from ca­ pricious acts by some brass-decorated bucko who might not like the way you part your hair. Therefore, make certain that when you get aboard a ship . . . the first thing you do is to have the department head sign your dispatching card. Otherwise you will have no proof that you came aboard, and you may not even collect a day's pay if the skipper suppenly claims you aren't on the payroll. Postwar Dreams SS DEL AIRES A. DeForest. Chief Cook; Rob­ ert Carlton. Night Cook and Ba­ ker; John More. 2nd Cook and Butcher; A. Kocaj. 2nd Cook; C. Miller. Galley Utility, 15 hours payable to each man. Collect at Mississippi Shipping Office. SS ARTHUR PERRY Edward W. Robellard. J. R. Briggs. Everett Allan. Jr.. each have $8.33 coming. Collect at Colmar SS Co. Office. • » » SS LIVINGSTON H. Taylor has 26'/a hours com­ ing to him at the Bull Line Office. SS BENJAMIN WILLIAMS B. R. Andreassen. Bos.. $2.69; R. Nordberg. AB. $2.69; J. Camp­ bell. AB. $4.70; Theo. Burbine. AB. $39.90; D. R. Sartini. OS. $26.86; J. J. Maher, OS. $2.69; J. Johnson. OS. $6.71; A. Rruska. DM. $12.09; T. Kennalley. Stew­ ard. $24.95; G. Bono. Ch. Cook. $1.34; L. D. O'Rawe. N. Cook and Baker. $6.04; H. Edwards. 2nd Cook. $4.70; H. A. Broniegan. Utility. $2.69; G. Cavioti. MM. $10.74; A. Conray. Utility. $3.36; W. H. Lewis. Utility. $22.15. Albert Couroy. Joseph Cavioti. Henry Bronagen each have $137.20 coming. G. Bono. $26.60; W. Edwards. $26.60; L. D, O'Rawe, $26.80; W. H. Lewis. $26.60. One week linen money for men who had been at work since 6/1 to 6/7. • » » SS ROBERT M. T. HUNTER (Voya£<e No. 4). Rodney Kuschke, Messmw; Emil Struemph. Messman; James R. Kornofsky. Wiper; Dewey Rhea. Chief Cook. Collect at Savannah Office of South Atlantic SS Co. WILLIAn" F. TIBBERT You have 12 hours disputed overtime coming from the Water­ man outfit. See Captain Perkins in the New York office. Extending its services to Am­ erican merchant seamen supply­ ing General MacArthur's cam­ paign in the East Indies en route to the Philippines, United Sea­ men's Service, in cooperation with the War Shipping Admin­ istration, has begun construction of a residential club at Hollandia, on the north coast of Dutch New Guinea, it was announced last week. The Hollandia club is the sixth land club to be established by USS and WSA in the Southwest Pacific, and the 123rd facility in the USS worldwide chain. The other USS-WSA clubs in the area are at Noumea, New Cale­ donia; Sydney and Brisbane, Australia; and Finchaven and Milne Bay, New Guinea, and there is also the "USS Klang," 1,450-ton floating recreation club. To be known as the "USS Equator Club," the Hollandia unit is being built of ships' dun­ nage and lumber provided by the U. S. Army, and temporarily stocked with supplies transported from its neighbor USS clubs by the "Klang," the USS-WSA float­ ing club. Other supplies now being ship­ ped to Hollandia from the United States, at the request of Richard H. Van Esselstyn, USS regional director in the Southwest Pacific, include beer, candy, tobacco, cigars, toilet articles, a juke box, radio and two electric refrigera­ tors. The club is expected to open November 1st. CREW OF SS PHINEAS BAN­ NING: Any member knowing anything iibout the circumstances surrounding the death of Joseph B. Walton, or who knows about his condition prior to his death, or knows anything about what efforts were made to rescue him. please communicate with attor­ ney Sol Berenholtz, Court Square. Building. Baltimore, Md. —Justice NEWS HOT OUT OF THE GALLEY By "FRENCHY" MICHELET Food beefs are coming in in a strolling past the galley and steady stream. We are rapjdly there's the guy floured to the ears building up a good file of chisel­ with a cook book broke out in ing on the part of several port front of him and reading away stewards, and will present them like murder. We take one look to the Food Control Division of at him, another at No. 3 shelter the WSA at the next meeting of deck where Uncle Sam is plan­ the board. Meanwhile, we are ning on bunking 550 soliders, straightening out snarls in the then we break all records for steward department of some ship packing our other shirt and hit­ or other almost daily. Our. activ­ ting the dock! No profession on earth is more ities this week covered a broad fascinating than that of going to field — from persuading the port steward of the Calmar Line to sea for a living! After a few properly store the "Philip Thom­ n^onths on the beach we are as" to helping the Chief Steward are dreaming of far places again. of the Talisman lay out the work A few nights ago we dated a lit­ tle bird-brain jitterbug who evi­ for his department. Remember, if a Chief Steward dently never sleeps. After belly­ feels that he doesn't have every­ ing up to half the bars in Brook­ thing he needs for a voyage, why lyn and listening to a blow-byjust get to a phone and call blow account of what he said and "Frenchy" Michelet and we'll she said and they said ad infinit­ hustle down to the scow and take um, we got to thinking of all the an inventory. We know exactly time a guy wastes in local clip what you need for any length joints with dopey domestic voyage and if you don't have it dame.s when he could be in Sing­ aboard we'll guarantee you will apore or Rio with the real McCoy. have before the vessel puts to "We got to dreaming of the Gold­ en Key and Sloppy Joes; of sea! We are pleased to report that "Singapore" Sue and "Shanghi" we have a letter from Washing­ Sal; of the Dog and Duck and ton confirming the fact that all the Ship and Whale of "Dyna­ Moran deep-sea jobs with twelve mite" Nell and "Spanish" Marie grand - old establishments and men or more in the gun crew will now carry an additional man in ladies, ladies all! This week we are going to dis­ the steward department at 90 cuss ways that a steward might dollars base pay. best utilize the hundreds of We are thinking of fostering a pounds of chuck that he finds be-kind-to - poor-dumb -Stewards himself stuck with under the week. The poor guys are work­ ing under terrific handicaps these WSA directive regarding carcass days. We got another taste of the beef. situation several months ago The tastiest pot roasts are taken when we lyent aboard a scow as from the chuck. Have the deck Chief Steward with every inten­ engineer make you a rack to put tion of taking her to sea. We into the pot. Any scrap metal will were sitting at our desk growl­ do for this purpose. Season the ing over the requisition when in meat well and stuff it with plen­ comes a guy all dressed up in a ty of mashed garlic, quartered monkey suit and grid-braided to onions and stuffed olives. Now the elbows. He tel. us that he's fiour the meat and brown it thor­ the night cook and baker. Against oughly in bacon drippings. Put our better judgment we bounced the roast into a large pot on top him down to the galley to make of the rack and pour over it a mixture of 2 cans of tomatoes and a batch of biscuits. About a half hour later we are (Continued on Page 3) �Friday, November 17, 1944 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three NORFOLK You can take all of these fel­ lows' sea time in this war and, count the months on one or two Having just finished reading a fingers. Not only did they not | very interesting article in the sail the ships when the going was LOG about an ex-pie card from tough, but now to top it off, they the port of Norfolk getting home­ are doing everything in their sick to come back down to the power to sell down the line the Smithfield State, please allow me men who did sail the ships. to state that should any piecard When the hi.story of the mari-. who has served in this branch in a state of war, and that these and joined the Seafarers, for in her of ships that may pay off— ever become real honest-to-good- same prisoners had shot at and the Seafarers they always get a whether it is two or twenty-two! time industry for this war is writ­ ness homesick, then he should see had probably killed many of the break and also justice. Thanks And these men are prepared to ten in the future, then there is a psychiatrist at once, for his flower of American youth, and for the compliments brothers, handle any dispute that may no question but what these men's arise, even if it requires a week names will always be remember­ head needs examining and how. that they still despised all Am­ and keep up the good work. Quite a few members in the to pay one ship off! This makes ed as the phoniest of any so-call­ To be sure, some piecards who ericans and would, absolutely and have served the Seafarers Union positively, still do anything to Marine Hospital here, and we are it much better on the men for ed union men in any industry at in this port never had to hit the hurt us and retard the war move­ making it as often as we can, but no seaman likes to make a trip any time! In their effort to push bricks at 5:00 or 5:30 A.M. in ment. The skipper and the Chief at the present time being kept so and then come in and find out the party line and secure per­ the morning and wade through Engineer did not like that, and busy on tugs, ships in transit, at the pay-off that he has been manent "pie" for themselves, sleet, rain, and coal dust flying in hemmed and hawed around, and with their many many beefs, and given a good rooking on his these men are willing to sell their eyes, but we who have done the buckaroo skipper really got fighting some of these chiseling money earned. This can be pre­ down the river all conditions that so know just what Hell can be. I the jitters, for he began asking a company stooges, it is hard to do vented by full cooperation be­ seamen have fought and died for. know that the Secretary-Treas­ million questions of everyone so. But we manage somehow to tween union officials and all The membership of the NMU is not taking these things lying urer John Hawk can verify this about anything. The representa­ see that the brothers are looked crews. after. tive from: the Waterman outfit THE COMMIES ARE AT IT down and this can be testified to statement, as on his visit here a There isn't much more to say, came right out in the excitement AGAIN UP flERE!! Their latest by the steady trend of their few weeks past I had the pleas­ only that best wishes to all and said that the Waterman Line attempt in selling the member­ members applying in this port ure of arousing him from the , arms of Morpheus (sleep they had been working prisoners in brothers on the beach, on ships ship out to the shipowners smells for Seafarers membership. so bad, that even the Coast Guard As soon as the wartime re­ calls it now) and having him the engine room on all of their and those overseas. CARL M. ROGERS, Agent could not go for it. These bums, strictions on seamen are lifted, make the tugs with yours truly, vessels. The U.S. Shipping Com­ in their effort to get a better so they will not be constantly and he did avidly state, "Holy missioner and the Naval Intelli­ gence representative are witness­ strangle hold on the industry, are shoved around at such a rapid Jesus, the Indians never lost NEW YORK going so far as to beg the Coast rate that they cannot band to­ es to the above statement. nothing in oil, and they can liave Guard to revoke any seamen's gether as rank and file, then the the towboats to carry what oil Brothers, something should be This port's affairs are as usual, papers who stays on the beach days of these Commie stooges they have left as far as I am con­ done about this, for to the writer. cerned." Enough about, the tug­ Waterman is havipg prisoners do­ in first-class shape and every­ longer than is provided for in wiU definitely come to an end. Because the rank and file mem­ boats, brothers. ing all of the sougeeing and thing in New. York is well in the the NMU shipping rules. groove. Shipping and business is If this move was to come from bership in the NMU, if given a Once again, the port of Nor­ painting in the engine depart­ still very good and we have ship­ rank and file, bona fide seamen, half of an opportunity, will not folk is seething with action, as ment, stewards department and ped close to 2,000 men over the even then it would be hard to tolerate such things!!! every Waterman wagon that hits the deck department. REASONS: take, but coming from a bunch past two weeks. In addition, The beefs handled in this port here either comes in with a thou­ 1. To chisel overtime from the there are a hell of a lot more jobs of characters such as, Curran, over the past week, and the sand beefs (mostly legitimate) or unlicensed personnel. 2. To en­ to be filled. If shipping happens Stack, Myers, and McKenzie, it money due from each, will be "Captain Bligh" skippers. For in­ deavor to break up all overtime to be slow at this time in any of smells even worse, because these found under the "Money Due stance; The SS (name deleted) of clauses in the agreement that the guys are not going to sea under the outports, and some of you List" in this copy of the LOG. the Waterman came in and away Seafarers have with them, for it any conditions at any time. fellows would like to ship out at PAUL HALL, Agent to pay off, and the Waterman states in the agreement that no once, then grab yourself a hand outsider (mates, prisoners, stooges representative (with only $50.00 worth of authority to settle beefs) and etc.) will do any work that full of train and come on up this refused to discuss any payment of will tend to rob the unlicensed way, as we can strictly use all personnel of overtime. That is a hands. " overtime whatsoever. As predicted when balloting The skipper (Crackpot Bouett) crude way of putting it, but it started, the port of New York is had made prisoners paint out the means the same thing in other rolling up what will be an allBy BUNKER messrooms, officers rooms, pass­ words. (Art. 2 — Section 31 — time record for voting. In the ageways, and even had the set Waterman and Art. 1—Sec. 1.) first ten days of balloting in this prisoners working in the galley The tug Kaleen of the Southern branch, approximately 200 more and engine room. The man from Transportation came in with votes were cast than were cast Some lads who are now going to sea are as hot after overtime the Naval Intelligence was right quite a few beefs such as having during the entire election last as a Matthews County hound dog after a rabbit. They must lay there, and the skipper and Chief steam pipes running right next year in this branch. No doubt awake at night thinking up new ways to make it. Prize overtime Engineer admitted that they had to a guy's bunk, and one or two but what this figure will triple beef was the one submitted recently by a cook who wanted four worked in the engine room and were burned by same. The com­ before the election is over. This hours overtime every day for keeping a pot of coffee warm on the galley. I informed the said Lieu­ pany agreed to lag same. There is what you call "membership galley stove. tenant of the Naval Intelligence had been some chiseling that the interest." The fellows are paying In case you might have forgotten, overtime provisions were that the above came under "po­ company tried on the gang in more attention to the election of written into the agreements to prevent over-work and insure the tential sabotage" as we were still deck and engine departments, but their officials this year than ever eight-hour day . . . not as a way of making extra money. we caught it, and the company before. This is as it should be, In honor of the overtime brigade we offer this verse, with apol­ once again paid same. I think and it further guarantees a real ogies to the sea poet Mosefield. that by the time this tug hits here rank and file organization! I must go down io Ihe sea again once or twice more that we will To all of you fellows in the (Continued from Page 2) To some far distant clime. really have her straightened out, various ports who may have lost one of tomato paste, and let it not only in collecting dues, as­ your papers to the Coast Guard Where I can sit 'neath an awning simmer, tightly covered for sev­ sessments and etc., but seeing and are having a tough time And get paid for overtime. eral hours. that the men on her get a fair making "coffee and," and to all I long again for the care-free life Now add onions, peppers, car­ deal all around. The Bermuda of of you fellows who are compell­ When I can lay in my sack. rots, turnips and parsley and the same company hits here and ed to stay ashore for a period of And figure out how to get overtime cook until tender. By adding sev­ she's 100 per cent SIU and some time due to doctor's orders—the On my pay-off when I get back. eral dozen carrots you wiU not of the members who have re­ branch of New York has a setup only materially improve the cently joined the union .have stat­ now which should prove benefic­ I'm not at sea to chip and steer » roast, but will have a delicious ed that they wished that they ial regarding making a living I want no quarterdeck under my feet. vegetable dish besides. The ad­ had hit Norfolk a long time ago. while on the beach. Thanks to All I want is a watch below dition of several cups of rich To work on my overtime sheet. the efforts of J. P. Shuler and beef stock for the last half hour Doler Stone, two of the local pa­ of cooking will give you plenty Passport Deadline Is trolmen, we have managed to ob­ of rich gravy. Remember, never Extended Indefinitely A lot of screwy yarns come out of life at sea these days, but one tain work for any of our men use water in a pot roast or stew! who are forced, for one reason or of the best is about the young Liberty ship gunnery officer who took The Slate Department For a delicious stew, sea.son another, to stay ashore. They his duties too seriously. He made up a list of battle stations and has officially announced the meat well with salt, pepper will work in standby gangs, and when he posted them on the bulletin board the old man blew his top. through the WSA that the and a liberal springling of chili be paid at the regular union scale The lieutenant had assigned himself to the bridge—to the old man be gave the noble duty of rolling bandages in the hospital aft. Npvember 15th deadline for powder. Flour lightly and brown of wages and overtime. seamen's passport has been in bacon drippings. Braize off a The Patrolmen here are con­ few cloves of garlic and plenty extended indefinitely. So tinuing giving the membership One of the first labor strikes in American history was a sailor's of chopped onions in drippings. many thousands of seamen first-class representation by set­ strike in 1803 in which seamen shipping out of the port of New York Now add a couple of cans of to­ had failed to receive their tling the largest percentage of refused to sail the ships in an attempt to get their wages raised from passport that the enforce­ matoes and tomato paste and all their disputes from trips at $10 to $14 a month. There was no union then, but their obstinacy in simmer for a half hour. Add the ment of the deadline would the pay-off. refusing to ship did some good, for wages were raised and a few meat and simmer for several have tied up many ships. As We would like to take this op­ years later seamen were making as much as $17 a month—good pay things now stand, all you hours more. Lastly add plenty of portunity to instruct all members 3 "or those days. have to have in order to sign diced vegetables and simmer 'til paying off in this port not to pay on is a receipt showing that Another sailor's strike occurred in Boston in 1837 to advance tender. off any ship until the Patrolmen you have applied for the wages to $16 a month. This strike failed, however, because plenty of give you the OK. We have • Next week we will continue passport. shellbacks were furnished by the crimps and otherwise signed on enough experienced Patrolmen our discussion for the best ways he outward bounders for ten and twelve dollars a month. here to properly cover any numto utilize chuck cuts. WHArS DOING Around the Ports FORE 'N AFT Out Of The Galley k "5 �Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG GURRAN'S OFFENSIVE BLOWS UP denials of jurisdiction, etc. Along " (Continued from Page I) agenda and so the SIU swung in­ would come Vincent to "clarify" to action. the issue and get the NMU line back on the track. More confu­ RANK 8E FILE ACTION {Continued from Page 1) sion from the bureaucrats and in passing, we should like to point out that under present con­ The SIU position (printed along Meyers would take a pitch, aided with the agenda on page 1) was trols, seamen receive a maximum of 30 days ashore, whereas fu.l^. discussed by tlje rmik and by Stack^nd Harris. It is im­ shoreside workers receive more than twice that amount Of lib­ file in the New York meml^ship possible fo report all the tortur­ erty from their jobs. meeting of November 6, and the ous arguments and slanders 4. Unions and operators should announce now that post-war meeting voted unanimously to against the seamen which were employment seniority rights will be based on wartime service. have brother John Hawk go to used by these labor fakers, but 4. The question of seniority rights in maritime is strictly a Washington and fight for the re­ here is the essence of their pro­ question of internal union policy. Any dictation on this question tention of their rights as union posals. by either the shipowners or the government would violate our men. 1. Demand for a government present closed shop contract and our Union hiring hall. Both our When the conference convened pool of all seamen. This pool contract and hiring hall have been guaranteed to us by the gov­ Friday morning it was obvious would dispatch men to all ships, ernment under the Statement of Principle and the Statement of that the Stalinists considered this organized and unorganized. (This Policy. We rest upon the validity of those two statements. We maneuver to be of major impor­ would mean the breaking wide have a rotary hiring system which guarantees democratic job tance for they had mobilized all open of the union hiring hall and opportunity to all our members, and we intend to retain that their supporters, not only those in the closed shop. It would mean system. the NMU, but those in other the end of organized labor on the 5. Trip cards should be supplied if desired by a new man with­ unions and in the various govern­ waterfront.) out charge for one voyage and dues not required in advance. ment bureaus. Present and speak­ 2. Selective Service should 5. We reject this paragraph in principle. Again we refer to ing for their union busting pro­ draft all seamen who overstay the Statement of Policy and Statement of Principle which guar­ gram were NMU President Joe their shore liberty. antees us our closed shop for the duration of the war. This means Curran, Vice Presidents Meyers, 3. The War Manpower Com­ that we retain job control of our contracted ships, and it is our and McKenzie, New York Agent mission should refuse to let any right to establish the conditions under which new men may sail Joe Stack, National Dispatcher seamen get a shore job at any our ships. We can assure you that the SIU is extremely lenient Walter Avellar, and Pan Ameri­ time. (In other words, freeze on money required of trip card men, but we do not intend to can Director Christensen. Going them to the ships.) submit our policy to review by any outside organization. down the line on the NMU pro­ 4. The Coast Guard should lift 6. Officials with power to act should be so distributed that beefs gram of repression was Walter the men's papers for any infrac­ will be settled immediately upon termination of the voyage. Harris, New York Agent of the tion of the NMU sponsored re­ 6. With this paragraph we are in hearty accord. We should MFOW. Giving them more cau­ strictions. like to point out that the union maintains officials "with power tious support was Antonsen, Bal­ "It's time for the RMO to cen­ to act" in all the major ports. This cannot be said of the oper­ timore Agent of the Marine tralize hiring so as to force all ators. It would greatly expedite the payoffs of vessels if the Cooks & Stewards. seamen to live up to the rules," operators had such officials available in all the ports. shouted NMU Agent Joe Stack. FELLOW TRAVELERS 7. A "G.I. Bill of Rights" should be enacted for merchant sea­ Nor was the NMU without al­ "The War Manpower Commis­ men sailing the ships during wartime. (Reference: Letter from Ad­ lies among the government bu­ sion should refuse certificates of miral Land to Congressman Bland, August 23, 1944). reaucrats attending the confer­ availability to seamen for shore7. We are for a "GI Bill of Rights" in principle. However, ence. Present was fellow travel­ side work so as to keep the men there are certain objections we have to some of the provisions er Craig Vincent, New York RMO on the ships," said NMU Vice contained in Admiral Land's letter. These objections have been head, qnd several others of his President Meyers. made clear to Admiral Land in a letter from our International stripe. "The RMO should have access President, Harry Lundeberg. Since this body has, however, no The WSA-RMO was represent­ to all seamen so as to prevent authority to enact such a bill, we urge the body to use its in­ ed by Admiral Land, Captain them from avoiding the rules," fluence in obtaining a hearing before the next session of Con­ Macauley, H. Chase Stone and a said "No Coffee Time" Curran. gress on this matter. At that time we shall appear before the sprinkling of stooges and yes- "The Coast Guard could threaten appropriate Congressional committees with our proposals for men. General Hershey was pres­ to lift their papers if they don't the extension and amplification of Admiral Land's letter to Con­ ent for Selective Service; Paul stay on the ship." gressman Bland on this subject. McNutt appeared for the War THE DICTATOR 8. Discussion should be held on— Manpower Commission; Mr. Tay­ And then plaintively Curran a. continuous service with annual wage. lor and Mr. Kiggins spoke for the whined, "Our members complain This point should • be clarified. We would approve the shipowners, and the corners of increasing of the seamen's wages, but would oppose any plan the room was filled in by captains about belonging to a dictator or­ which might weaken the union's control of the jobs and its and admirals from the Coast ganization. We must have Uncle Sam step in and enforce the rules. other collective bargaining rights. Guard and the Navy. Walter Harris, New York Agent b. continuous articles on tankers operating in short trade BACK WATERING of the MFOW, went down the routes. When the meeting opened it line with Curran and Company We are opposed to continuous articles on any ship at any became clear that the original by saying, "I think that if the time, because we are opposed to forced labor. agenda as mailed to the SIU had Coast Guard threatened to lift Special Christmas Proposals: been ditched. It had apparently their papers, these men would 1. There should be extensive publicity and special messages to become too hot and the RMO of­ stay on the ships." seamen to persuade them to stay at sea over the holidays. ficials responsible for the meet­ Miserable words out of the 2. Operators and unions should extend office hours and have ing didn't want to run into a mouths of men supposed to lead facilities available until the ships are ready to sail, particularly dur­ head-on collision with the legiti­ labor. Craven and criminal be­ ing the holiday period. mate labor unions. So instead, trayal of the cause of labor to 3. Temporary use of skilled man in necessary jobs other than in the meeting was given the line meet the ends of a finky political deep sea shipping should be obtained for one trip during the holi­ that "this is merely a discu.ssion line. No shipowner, no admiral, days. meeting, a conference through no bureaucrat at this conference We have no opposition to sections 1 and 2. We should like which we l^ope to be able to was able to match the outpouring clarification of section 3. agree on plans for meeting the of anti-labor cries which issued 4. New articles should be opened at time of sign-off if ship is serious shortage of seamen dur­ from Curran and Company. No to proceed to loading berth within 3 days to encourage men to stay ing the Christmas period, and one was as blunt in demanding with the ship. immediately thereafter." chains for the seamen as the As to section 4, we feel that the procedure here outlined "Don't take certain parts c* the leaders of the NMU and the New would not keep the men aboard ship, at the end of the voyage, agenda too seriously," said Cap­ York Agent of the MFOW. but would have the opposite effect, forcing them to sign off and tain Macauley, then launching in­ But despite the NMU's careful get off the vessel at once. Here are the reasons. After a man is to vague generalities about the preparatibn for the conference, on a deep sea voyage, there are usually a number of problems at "crisis in manpower." despite its allies in the govern­ home which require his attention. These problems may take The fact that their original ment and the MFOW, its de­ him only a few days, but if he is immediately faced with a new agenda had been ditched didn't mands that the seamen be chain­ set of foreign articles at the time of unloading, he will not have discourage the NMU, and as soon ed were ignored and the confer­ . time to see his family and determine what time ashore is needed as the WSA - RMO bureaucrats ence degenerated into a bull ses­ to arrange his personal affairs. Not knowing these facts, he will had beat their gum about short­ sion. tend to play safe and not take a chance on new articles at once, age of seamen, Currani and Mey­ The SIU can take major predit ers took over the meeting to press for scuttling the NMU's anti-la­ but would sign off and later take a new ship. On the other hand, if allowed to stay on the ship without their demands. bor proposals. Brother John new articles until immediately prior to its next deep sea trip, Hawk inserted into the record A FAST INFIELD he will often be able to arrange his shore duties without get­ First Curran would make a the entire SIU position for all to ting off the ship, and thus eliminate the necessity of a replace­ suggestion on how to freeze the see. Furthermore, he pointed out ment. We are of the opinion that the most economical use of men to their ships, and then the to the conference that if the ship­ manpower will result if deep sea articles are signed 3 days be­ discussion would bog down in a owners wanted the men to stay fore the sailing of a ship for a foreign port. lot of government red tape and on the ships longer, they'd best The Union Busting Agenda accomplish this by paying them living wages . . . not by threaten­ ing them with everything from the Army to lifting their papers. "Last year the Maritime War Emergency Board, the chairman of which is also the Deputy Ad­ ministrator of the War Shipping Administration (Captain Edward Macauley), cut the bonus," said Hawk. "We warned at the time this might drive many old timers ashore where they could make a decent living. But our warning was unheeded. And now the WSA comes along and complains about the shortage of seamen. And on top of this we don't know if even now the Maritime War Emer­ gency Board may not be consid­ ering further cuts in the bonus." PORK CHOPS At this point Stack lipped in with the remark that the NMU wasn't "interested in the bonus," but rather in base pay. This amounted to an attempt on Stack's part to score a parliamen­ tary point at the expense of the seamen. For the bonus is part of their take home wage, and they are vitally concerned about it. The NMU would kick it over­ board in return for government favors on shipping rules. Nor is the NMU even fighting for an in­ crease in base pay. The SIU has eleven cases before the WLB-de­ manding 26% increase in base pay. The NMU has no cases be­ fore the board — it is too busy with its political maneuvers to fight for pork chops. Once the government bureau­ crats and the shipowners were aware that the NMU was not free to sell the seamen into slavery, that a large section of organized maritime labor would fight for its rights, it did a juggling act with the hot issues and finally let them slip out of sight entirely. General Hershey of Selective Service announced bluntly that he would not amend his regula­ tions just in order to enforce the shippiilg rules demanded by the NMU. Paul McNutt, Chairman of the War Manpower. Commis­ sion, reiterated time and again that his agency was a "voluntary, cooperative one" and had noauthority to penalize the seamen for failing to live up to NMU sponsored rules. FACE SAVING The only thing approaching concrete action was the decision of the conference to refer to the "proper WSA officials" the NMU face-saving proposal that all sea­ men receive standby pay be­ tween trips. The SIU informed the conference that any change in wages was a question of col­ lective bargaining and as such should be handled between the unions and the shipowners. But even though the confer­ ence turned info a bull session without direction or program, much can be learned from it. It proves again that the NMU lead­ ership acts as shipowner agents on the waterfront. They fought for proposals that would have smashed the unions, that would have left the seamen defenseless at the very moment the shipown­ ers are preparing for a post war anti-labor offensive. If that isn't acting as an agent of the shipowner . . . then what is? ! i ^4 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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MORE SIU SHIPS HONORED FOR ROLE IN NORMANDY Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/17/1944 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1944 Periodicals Seafarers Log https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/c3f9561eccf4d0eef84164257a28cf60.PDF c99e34f3eff2f30b22405857484ec4c8 PDF Text Text -•"' i;'«'ir>:4«-''J2;i • ' 'i !r; . •:•-;n- pr-.T^v • ^ARBRSJOC} -•fv. m• OFFICIAL OBOAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTBICT, SBAFABEBS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA VOL VL NEW YORK. N. Y„ FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 3. 1944 Casting The First Ballot No. 36 SIU Grew Rescues 35 In Arabian Ship's Delegates Receive Aid From New Leaflet Brother Lonnie Grantham is about to step into the voting booth in New York to cast ballot No. 1 in the 1945 elections. Grantham just signed off the SS Felix Grundy as Deck Engineer, having made a run to Italy and the south of France. "It is the duty of every union map." said brother Grantham, "to cast his ballot the minute he hits the beach. That's the way to keep the SIU a rank and file organization." Four SIU Ships Used In Normandy Breakwater A good and efficient ship de­ pends in many ways upon the ship's delegate riding her. His job is to see that the crew developes into sound union men who are conscious of both their privileges and responsibilities. No union can function 100% without a corps of intelligent and militant delegates riding the ships, and aiding the rank,and file members in shaping up their beefs. To aid ship's delegates in the performance of their functions, the union has published an edu­ cational four-page leaflet which will be distributed to all ships fi-om now on. The text of this latest addition to SIU education­ al literature followsi As a ship's delegate you are J:he .unofficijl union representa­ tive on your ship, and in this ca­ pacity it is your opportunity to do an important job for the Sea­ farers International Union. The success of any imion de­ pends upon the extent to which its members realize the signifi­ cance of labor organization and the degree in whicli they carry out union aims and policies. In a maritime union, where the membership is alway scattered, it is especially necessary to have a co-ordinated, well - informed or­ ganization. A ship's delegate is one means of attaining this co­ ordination. As a delegate you represent the members of your department in beefs with department heads; help iron out misunderstandings about working rules; make' sure that working conditions and liv­ ing facilities are according to the contract; keep a record of over­ time, and act as mediator among crew members in questions of working routine. However, this doesn't mean that you are expected to settle all beefs with department heads. Keep a. record, of beefs you can't agree on to give to a patrolman af the pay-hff: ' ~ Very likely you have been go­ ing to sea longer than some other men in your department and you can help them to learn their jobs and credit themselves as good union workmen. You may find it necessary to reprimand a department member who refuses to do his job, there­ by working a hardship on his (Continued on Page 4) '.•i , -a Thirty-five seamen owe their lives to the crew of the SS Ben­ jamin Bourn which rescued them from open life boats two weeks ago after their ship had been tor­ pedoed in the Arabian Sea. The SS John Barry was tor­ pedoed by a submerged sub and immediately started going down by the bow. The Captain ordered the general alarm sounded. Two life boats had been blown away by the explosion of the torpedo and another boat capsized during launching after the order to abondon ship had been given. While the survivors from their drifting lifeboats and rafts watch­ ed, a second torpedo broke the John Barry in two and it sank. A radio had been taken aboard a lifeboat and an SOS brought the Benjamin Bourn and its SIU crew to the scene by dawn the next day and 35 men were rescued. Other survivors were picked up by a Dutch tanker. Two of the ship's crew were lostj and two were injured. The WSA also announced the loss of the SS Edward H. Crock­ ett last week. The Crockett was in a convoy returning from Mur­ mansk, Russia. The ship was hit by a torpedo, breaking the pro­ peller shaft and disabling the power plant, leaving the ship in total darkness. The crew, and gun crew escaped and was pick­ ed up by the escort .vessels. Here Are The Early Birds '• •Si Four SIU ships, along with other freighters and con­ crete cargo carriers, ma.de up the fleet of thirty-two Amer­ ican merchant ships that were sacrificed on the Normandy beach to form safe harbors for the invasion troops. The SIU ships which were sunk to form a break-water were the Ai-temus Ward, Benjamin•-pointed time and'place, the ships Contee, James W. Marshall and settled to their main decks in Matt W. Ransom. Some 200,000 gross tons of old and new ships were purposely sunk in the operation. The Am­ erican ships accompanied by ap­ proximately 60 United Nations merchant ships were sunk to cre­ ate artificial breakwaters used in the construction of two new ports on the French coast through which poured two and a half rhillion Allied soldiers and their supplies. Manned by more than 1,000 American merchant seamen and officers, the vessels of the doomed fleet were selected months ahead of time and were loaded with tons of sahd and concrete. Wired with small explosive charges to blow out their bottoms at the ap­ about 30 or 40 feet of water. Their anti-aircraft guns, shifted to the highest part of the super­ structure, were operated by Uni­ ted States . Navy gun crews against the enemy even after the ships had been sunk. Many of the deck houses ^a b o v e water served as barracks in the early days of the jnvasion. The Mar i t i me Commission's one-time laid-up fleet of vessels proved valuable in contributing several ships. Before ending their cai-eers on the Normandy sands The moment the election polls were opened the brothers swarmed up from the dispatching floor | such World War I tonnage a.s the to cast their ballots. These men were among the first in line, (right to left) John Manfredi, Oiler; ; West Grama, the West Cheswald, Frank Marinelli, Chief Cook; S. R. Durrett. Chief Cook; J. T. Rentz. Fireman; William Halloway, the West Honaker, the West Oiler; Karl TozzL Chief Steward; Charles Fischer. Fireman; Gordon Chambers. Deck Engineer. Harold i Nohno and the Wilscox had come Butts.'AB; James Byrne. Steward; (in the rear) William Reifdorf. Oiler; Victor Menor; AB; and Robert*' WeideL AB. (Continued on Page 4} �Page Two rHE SEAFARERS LOG SEAFARERS LOG Friday, November 3, 1944 Editors Mail Editor, Seafarers Log Dear Brother; Vtiblished by the It has been a long time since have had nothing better to do SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION than to read the "Pile-It," and af­ OF NORTH AMERICA ter this I think I'll swear off, and when I have time to waste I'll go Atlantic and Gulf District back to the Wall Street Journal Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, at least I know what side of the fence that sheet is on. There was one thing that got HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ VreMent me in the Sept. 8th issue, how­ 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. ever, and that was a letter that must of been written by a 13th JOHN HAWK - - - -- -- - Secy-Treas. Street screw.baU, or maybe by P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City some poor slave with a bad case of Tankeritis. One thing is cer­ MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. tain, it was not written by a sea­ man in his right mind. This poor 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. victim of something or other, signed himself as George Guilm met, AB, on the SS Scofield. In this piece of trash that he Directory of Branches wrote, he claimed among other ADDRESS PHONE BRANCH things, that the SIU discrimin­ HAnover 2-2784 NEW YORK (4)... 51 Beaver St ated against Colored Seamen. To 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 405 7 BOSTON (10). 14 North Gay St Calvert 4539 BALTIMORE (2) any one that knows anything 6 North 6th St Lombard 765 1 PHILADELPHIA 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 about the Seafarer's, this is an NORFOLK 339 Chartrea St Canal 3336 NEW ORLEANS (16). out and out lie. Another lie is 68 Society St Charleston 3-2930 CHARLESTON (9)... 220 East Bay St.. Savannah 3-1728 SAVANNAH that we are using this as our best 423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 TAMPA 920 Main St Jacksonville 5-123 1 selling point in order to get new JACKSONVILLE 7 St. Michael St Dial 2-1392 MOBILE .. members, but then everybody SAN JUAN. 28 P.R.. 45 Ponce de Leon San Juan 1885 PUERTO RICO knows that the "Pile-Ii" is full of 219 20th St Galveston 2-8043 GALVESTON lies anyway, and that is to be expected. But to keep the record —Justice straight, and to try and put Com­ PUBLICATION OFFICE: rade Guilmet back in his right 51 BEAVER STREET senses, I would like to point out that we have as many Negroes in HAnover 2-2784 New York, (4) N. Y. our organization as the NMU, and 267 that most of them are old-timers and could of swung over to that outfit if they wanted to, but they By "FRENCHY" MICHELET haven't. Do you know why. Last week we reported to the membership that we had Comrade? I think that you do, but there are some that read your peen appointed Food Representative of the SIU to work letter that don't. So I'll explain with the Fxx)d Control Division of the WSA. We pointed why for them. The Negro seamen out that the SIU is in a position to exert pressure on the want what we all want, an or­ Backing up merchant seamen who are' delivering the ganization that will represent WSA to better food conditions on vessels under the board's control, because these birds are*— supplies*for General MacArthur's invasion of the Philip­ and fight for us, not one that is now seeking the good will of the then proceeding to sea with bad­ pines, the "USS Klang," 1,450-ton floating club for mer­ exploiting them for political rea­ unions in order to strengthen ly depleted stdfes, and, as a con­ as the NMU is doing. their position in the post-war pe­ sequence, the Steward has found chant seamen operated by United Seamen's Service with sons Let's look a little farther into riod. We urged the membership himself in hot water, the crew an American Merchant crew, is steaming from a base off a this farce, and this is the part to phone or write us when their was made to suffer—all because "volcanic island" to an undisclos-* that takes the cake and proves ships were stored with poor food, some chiseling Port Steward ant task—backing up the seamen ed destination "farther north," that he is either on the payroll according to word from the participating in the Philippines of the NMU as a stooge or is bad linen or inferior merchan­ couldn't see his way clear to fur­ Southwest Pacific received this invasion — the big job planned really suffering from something dise in the slop chest. We prom­ nish the vessel the necessary ised to get the WSA to cooper­ supplementary stores. If a Chief week by Douglas P. Falconer, for her from the very first. that affected his head—if he has executive director of the Service. "The fii-st floating residential such a thing. Like "No-Coffee- ate when we were given legiti­ Steward feels that a vessel is im­ properly stored for the voyage, "The expected has happened," and recreational club for mer­ Time," the rest of the NMU fa­ mate beefs, because, as we point­ why just call us and wo will Mr. Falconer said. "Since this chant seamen in history, the kirs and the shipowners, he is ed out before, there's nothing on hustle down and take an inven­ former British coastal steamer 'USS Klang's' facilities are not praising to high heaven the . no earth more cooperative than a tory. We know what the mini­ became a USS seamen's club, she limited to motion pictures, games, 5trike pledge. He is also shouting bureaucrat that's trying to keep mum requirements are and if a has been binging a bit of home a beer bar and canteen, reading and dancing with joy over the himself in office. We are 'rapidly developing a vessel isn't properly stored, we'll to A m e'r i c a n seamen among and writing rooms and a 'hobby NMU's policy of begging for shop.' She is also equipped with file of good beefs. Early Tuesday guarantee that she will be before jungle and island ports. Now she .shipowner - government coopera­ morning, we got a call from the proceeding to sea. a medical dispensary and staff is performing a still more importfor the treatment of injured and tion. Let's have a look at what SS Francis Smith; about a half Chief Stewards are working ailing seamen, and has beds for the seamen are getting out of all dozen cases of eggs that weren't under terrific handicaps these 116 men. A prominent feature of these pledges, promises and wind exactly kosher. We hustled down days. Their Cooks frequently the dispensary is an emergency that the.se people are throwing to the scow for a look see. Brother turn out to be shoemakers from medical field set donated by the around. Charlie Starling, Chief Steward, the fink pools and now, to add to A short while back the NMU and former New York Steward's their heartaches, along comes the New members carry probation­ Reno, Nevada, division of the ary books for one year! We get Medical and Surgical Relief called for an election on the Key­ Patrolman, showed us the eggs. WSA with a directive saying that stone Tankers. The fakirs thought We candled a few with a search they can no longer have a choice a lot of beefs on the information Committee of America." that after five years of listening window in New York from Mr. Falconer also announced to their wind the men were sure light and promptly condemned of beef cuts. For instance, if he brothers who think that their that USS overseas personnel have the lot. We called up our con­ gets 1500 pounds of beef, he finds books are probationary for only established emei-gency facilities to vote for the NMU. But they tact man in the WSA and he himself with a hundred pounds six months. This is not the case. in the port of Le Havre, France, were fooled, as they lost out. The broke all records in ordering of loin and 100 pounds of ribs For one year you new members and that WSA is assisting USS in Keystone men Were too smart to them heaved into the drink. the rest is hinds, chuck, ground have a voice in the meetings but the acquisition of a large build­ vote that way. However, the So, brother, if you have any meat, liver, kidney, etc. The poor no vote. However, all the eco­ ing there wliich shortly will be­ company was very anxious to trouble with poor food, bad slop dope has to toss a coin to decide nomic benefits of the SIU aboard come a full-fledged merchant sea­ sign the NMU's contract, which chest, or inadequate equipment, if he will have steak twice or they did. That was the sailors' give us a ring or write us a de­ roast beef twice or just steak the the ships are yours on equal men's club. first taste of shipowner coopera­ footing with the old-timers. Le Havre is the third major tion. Then they got their first tailed letter. We atepect to at­ whole lot. He won't have near tend a lot of food control meet­ enough to run steak even once a And another point, while I'm French port to be assigned USS {Continued on. Page 4) ings in the near future and we week for the voyage in any event, beating my gums; if you take a personnel at the request of the need concrete cases to back up so he knows he is in for a lot of standby job be certain to get a military authorities through the our claims of abuses. beefs from the crew. We propose pay voucher before leaving the WSA, since USS-WSA clubs al­ ship. This pay voucher should ready are in operation at CherThis program is designed to aid to publish suggestions to Stew­ state the hours you worked and Dourg and Marseille, he said. The Stewards and Cooks as well as ards, making the best of a bad the amount of money coming, men staffijig them received spec­ the rest of the crew. We want to beef situation. Because of space and should be signed by the de­ ial training at the nine USS-WSA eliminate the practice of jhips limitations, we must confine our­ putting to sea with food of poor selves to ground meat toijlay. partment head. Some companies clubs in the United Kingdom and quality or an inadequate supply. If you have two months' stores, don't pay off without such a the clubs at Naples and Leghorn, There has been too many cases you probably have about 350 voucher. Don't work for the Italy, he added. The Le Havre of vessels lying in the harbor for pouiids of ground meat in your shipowner for nothing, get a pay unit will be the 124th facility in the USS world-wide chain. weeks waiting for convoy and voucher. (Continued on Page 4) NEWS HOT OUT OF THE GALLEY Floating Club For Seamen Backing Up Gen. MacArthur J.P. Shuler Says... a �Friday/ Novambar 9. 1944 THE SEAFARERS WHArS DOING Around the Porta BALTIMORE junior was that they have a cer tificate of graduation from any school indicating they studied technological matters, or a sta­ tionary engineers license. Both of these requirements were sim pie matters to obtain; the first by spending three to six weeks in some night school, the later by going to any local city hall, usually with a letter from some local politician and two or three dollars for the fee. And presto you were an engineer with any grade specified in the letter. Yes, brothers, this was the basis which some of the kids were given the authority to order you around the engine room. Most of them had never seen a pump in their lives before, and any wiper would have had more value on a ship than they were worth. Their av­ erage was not over twenty. Need­ less to state, we put a stop to that procedure pronto. JOSEPH FLANAGAN. Agent LOG Page Tltree WLB Faces New Crisis; Stalls On Wage Freeze WASHINGTON (LPA) —Organized labor's battle to knock out the "Little Steel" wage-freezing formula has taken a surprising new turn, which may lead to a serious split in the National War Labor Board. What brought mat­ ters to a crisis was a decision by the WLB to go ahead on thur Thompson, is still talking about that beef he ran into the other day wherein one of our Shipping has slowed up consid­ members had been shipped as an erably in the past week, and in­ Oiler to a Liberty ship and went major individual wage cases, such^— dications point to it being even on board the vessel and the First as that involving the steel work-jly" complete and the public memsome what slower for the coming Assistant told him that he didn't ers, and let the question of alter­ hers asked for time to polish it week. All routine. and overtime need an Giler. This, in spite of ing the "Little Steel" formula up. This further delay makes it issues were adjusted to satisfac­ certain that the report will not the fact that the company had or­ tion of crews involved, however, reach the White House in time dered one. This member then • we were obliged to submit a for any action before election proceeded back to the hall and couple of disputes to New York day. Labor members minced no told the Dispatcher what had • for final decision. This due to WASHINGTON. Nov, 1— words in assailing these stalling happened. The Dispatcher then companies taking a negative tactics. George Meany and Matthew contacted the company and they stand on questions involved. Woll. AFL representatives on In lieu of final action now on still insisted that they did need The Waterman ship, Pheneous the War Labor Board, with­ the question of the formula, the an Oiler. So back on his bicycle Banning, paid off here this week. drew temporarily from the public members proposed that our lad went and went back One of our brothers, Joseph Wal­ Board today in protest over the board go ahead with consid­ down on board the same scow ton, was lost overboard and the the failure to lift the "Little eration of the individual wage and the same First Engineer told crew made a splendid gesture Steel Formula." The AFL cases which involve many other him all over again that he still when they collected $340.00 to be representatives a n n o u need issues in addition to that of didn't need an Oiler. As mad sent to his widow. I would like breaking the formula. that they would not sit on as a wet cat, he then charged to take this opportunity to in­ any cases until the Board back up to the hall and came to After a good deal of hot debate form these brothers that his wife reached a definate decision the 5th floor and insisted on and one tie vote on procedure, and daughter are deeply grateful, on whether or not the For­ Patrolman going down and "edu­ the board voted to go ahead this arid assure the brothers that their mula should be breached. The cating" this Engineer and finding week with consideration of the thoughtfulness has given Mrs. seats vacated by the AFL out what the hell the trouble was. separate wage cases. AFL mem­ Walton and daughter some conmen were occupied by rep­ bers bitterly dissented, and an­ Tommy" proceeded to get his cilation in their grief. This is resentatives of the CIO. nounced they would not sit in on " bag and then the two of them certainly an outstanding example these hearings. tore off together and hit the dock NEW YORK of the high character of men our Secretary -Treasurer George where the ship was supposed to ride along for the present. ..The union is comprised of, and indi­ be—and lo and behold they find individual cases were brought Meany of the AFL declared the Business and shipping here cation of the true spirit of union­ Federation's unalterable stand is out that the guy had gone on largely by CIO unions. ism which exists arnong , them. went back to normal this week» board the wrong ship, and in­ On the issue of the formula it­ that the overall question of a Keep it this way brothers, and after the big boom of last week. stead of going to the ship he was self public members of the board change in the wage regulations we shall go a long way together. Although shipping is belov/ what assigned to, he had gone aboard came in with a bulky 100 page should be decided first, before These brothers have also re­ it was, it still is good enough an NMU ship instead. "Tommy "tentative" report, which gave any disposition is made of single quested me to - inform the mem­ here in New York so that a guy is still tush-tushing about the both sides of the argument for re­ cases that involve piercing of the bership in general that the Cap­ can get out any time he wants, whole damn thing, and his ears vision of the formula, so as to "Little Steel" wage ceiling. tain O. C. Jones-is an anti-union without any trouble. We are still are still red. enable President Roosevelt, when Meany later declared that character, and makes it his busi­ shipping a large number of tripthe report ultimately reached Chairman William H. Davis' re­ We are all set up here to com­ ness to complain to the Army or card men here to fill out all'the him, to make a decision for or sponse to the position taken by Coast Guard every petty incident jobs, so we would like to see mence balloting on the election against a change. the AFL was to invite the Fed­ some of the guys from the out- of new officials for the coming . which occurs aboard the ship. That report was only "partialeration representatives to "with­ Last week we made the an­ ports up this way in the event year and we have about the nic­ draw" from the board. Davis de­ est set of polling booths that you nouncement of having the first they cannot ship from the ports can possibly imagine. The voting members of Coast Guard cases. I nied he made such suggestion, Victory ship delivered to the Bull they are in now. would like to take this opportun­ but Meany insisted the WLB "Frenchy" Michelet, the Sea­ will be conducted during the ity, however, to warn all of our chairman did. Line from this port. In outlining week in this branch on the third our expected improvements in farers Representative to the Food In any event, Meany declared floor, (the recreation deck). On members who have been in sev­ comparison with the Liberty, we Administrator of the WSA is still eral beefs with the Coast Guard the AFL would not consider with­ Monday nights, during the meet­ made reservations, and justly so going to town up here in having officials that the man who is a drawing from the WLB now, but ing, it will be shifted to the sec­ as this shall indicate. We shipped the chow kicked into line on two or three time loser with the there were indications that if the ond floor so as not to interfere an entire crew to this vessel and some of these rustbuckets. It's C.G. will have a tough time in whole wage fight is not soon set­ with our regular meeting. New when they were assigned to their getting so bad that he has been clearing himself of any charges tled satisfactorily, the AFL mem­ York expects to turn out lots of quarters found two members of declared the Public Enemy No. 1 ballots this year and there is no he may run into. To all of you bers may pull out. crew were without same. Brother of every port steward in New Highlighting the demands still question but that we will run up guys who have been in previous Hawk being down here at the York. SO, if any of you fellows trouble—keep your nose clean. before the WLB are several is­ the highest record of any port for time proceeded to take steps to hear, in the near future, that he When you go into port, don't sues in the case of the United. any election at all. Due to the remedy the situation. Captain has been tarred and feathered take time off unless it is okayed Steelworkers of America-CKD, in­ fact that the average trip this O'Sullivan, chairman of craw's and ridden out of town on a rail, by the head of your department. cluding establishment of a fund year is much shorter than a year quarters committee phoned us you will know that the port stew­ Don't do anything that some for steelworkers in the armed ago, quite a few more members and we are to meet him this Fri­ ards for the various operators Mate or Engineer can use against forces, the guaranteed annual will be able to vote than did in day to arrange for some perman­ here are responsible. the last annual election. For that you to prefer charges as You. and wage, geographical differentials, All one of them has to do to ent allocation of quarters for the and maintenance of membership reason, the Seafarers should You alone will be the loser. entire unlicensed crew of this pitch a fit is to see Michelet tear­ PAUL HALL. Agenl provisions. type of vessel. Be assured we ing down the dock in his usual easily triple the total number of votes cast in our last election. shall make the best arrangement speed of high gear with his hair The organizing drive up this possible for the crew's conveni­ (????) aflutter. In spite of the heat.he has created here with his way is gathering more momen­ ence. In regards to the junior en­ actions in kicking the shipowners tum and a further step has been gineers of thes^ ships, they are in line on the food beef, Michelet taken to increase the power of certified to carry three. The Bull has really done a jam up job this drive. The organizers are be­ Line notified us they were going with the food situation and de­ ing moved from the fifth floor to to put licensed men aboard in serves a vote of thanks from the Dispatcher's deck on the sec­ ond floor. They shall be on the that capacity. I have been check­ the membership. The Patrolmen in this port opposite end of the building from ing up on this and from all in­ formation I have gathered this is have been doing a very good job the Dispatchers' office, with definately not the official require­ recently in settling aU disputes pretty much tho same office set­ ment. However, I have contacted on board ships before the actual up. This was done so as to allow brother Mogan and if company pay-offs. We are following a sys­ the organizers to get and main­ puts other than licensed junior tem here now which we can cer­ tain a steady contact >vith the engineers aboard, I am sure he tainly recommend to all other membership at all times. In this will insist they come from our Branches. To avoid any trouble manner, fhey shall be more likehall. I am of the opinion that this on board vessels^ the Patrolmen y to get replacements for the un­ is another attempt of the WSA- here try to settle all beefs before organized ships as are needed. RMO to use some of their favor­ pay-off. If these beefs cannot be The Seafarers organizing pro­ settled then, they .are to be car­ gram shall be extended in the ites as junior engineers. Some time ago they started ried and settled no later than the very near future to other ports At the stroke of 10 last Wednesday morning a balloting commit­ putting these pets aboard our following day. This has proven and when this is done, the results tee was elected off the N. Y. Dispatcher's deck, and was charged with will be noticable immediately. highly beneficial to the member­ ships in that capacity. They tried seeing that the voting was conducted efficiently and honestly. Here The New York Branch's Welship here and no doubt but it is to give us the malarkey that the union had agreed to this proced­ a good thing to put into practice are Department is still going to is the first day's committee, all set to go to work, (left lo right) town up here and is, for the most Eugene Dysart. Oiler; John Gomes. Messman; W. E. Parrott. Deck ure. The only qualifications re­ everywhere. One of our piecards here, Ar­ part, managing to clear all of our Engineer: James Truesdale. Bosun; and Alexander Kerr, AB. quired for these punks to sail as Bulletin! Guards Of Union Democracy �Page Four TBE SEAFARERS Friday, November 3, 1944 LOG Two New Publications By Educational Dept. FORE WAFT An By BUNKER An important job is being done by the New York Special Ser­ vices Department in visiting SIU men who are patients "at Ellis Island, the Staten Island Marine Hospital, and rest centers in the New York area. It's not an easy job. It's hard to see old shipmates—men who perhaps don't remember "you because of ment^ shock suffered in torpedoings, or discouraged men who have given up all hope of getting well. Part of the visitor's job is to distribute the weekly allowance provided for in the SIU constitution to all members in good stand­ ing who are hospitalized. The two dollars a week given each union brother pays for cigarettes and other conveniences not furnished by the hospitals. As much as $250.00 has been dispensed in a single week, says Joe Volpian, current hospital visitor. Every week it runs over $100.00. The union visitor also lends a cheerful word of encouragement and brings news of ships and shipmates to the convalescent or bed­ ridden seamen who have been a long time away from salt water. Fortunately, the majority of the men are hospitalized only tem­ porarily and will soon be back to sea, but many of them are with­ out family or friends and the visitor's weekly round is eagerly awaited, as much for news and conversation as for the money. Among SIU men in hospitals and rest centers are some who have been torpedoed several times. A few are phychopalhic cases suffering from "torpedo shock." One man is a veteran of five sinkings. Another "four-star" vet­ eran tried several times to return to sea until he was finally ordered back to the rest center for the duration. In one case patrolman Fred Hart was the means of returning a mental patient to sanity and usefulness. Every week for many months he talked to the "hopeless" case, inducing the man to co­ operate with doctors and nurses. A complete recovery resulted. Other functions of the hospital visitor include the handling of beefs of men removed directly from an incoming ship to the hospital before the pay-off, and of injured men repatriated from abroad. In these cases the men get their money without the usual months of red tape and delay. The hospital visitor's work has been heavily increased of late by the War Shipping medical program, which has filled the hospitals with cases of all kinds. Worse still, the men are often sent there without arty word as to what will become of them. Editor's Mail MONEY DUE (CoiiftHwJ fmm Eage 2) taste of NMU democracy. The agreement was signed and the AB's wages were cut from $116 a month to $107.50, a loss of $8.50 a month, for which they will now have the pleasure of paying Curran & Co. $2.50 a month. That is "democracy in action" NMU style, and Comrade we want no part of it. And neither do the majority of the unorganized seamen. For the information of Guilmet and other company-NMU stooges, we are using no line to get men to join the SIU, and neither are we spending thousands of sea­ men's dollars on propaganda. We will let you of the NMU do that for us. The sooner the men get wise to your lies, and sick of your shipowner cooperation, the sooner they will wake up and come over to the SIU. So we are content to let you and your mis­ fit outfit hang yourselves and the shipowners with you. Today you are both having a holiday and giving the seamen a screwing, but our day is not far off, and we'll not forget. I don't think the Keystone men will either. H, F, KENNEDY SS PHENEUS BANNING I Claude Gauthereaux, Deck En­ gineer, 18 hours overlime. Collect Waterman Office. » * « SS WM. S. RAWLES Robert Riley. $225.00; Nelson Lang, $171.90; James Allen, $592.08; L. Dixon, $504.58; E. Holland, $157.05; James Spencer, $157.05; and R. Savior, $78.75. These amounts subject to tax deduc­ tions. Collect Bull Line office. New York. * * » UNCLAIMED WAGES AT SMITH Be JOHNSON SS CO. Walter Siekmann, Oiler; Wil­ liam Curry, AB; E, Hanover, AB; Rudolph J. Lacko, Mess; George J. Mcintosh, Bos'n; Wilbur L. Brooks. AB; Robert S. Cunning­ ham, Deck Maint.; I. Iverson, AB; Alphonse Bailey, F-W-T; Richard Kaluza, 2nd Cook; Charles Raulsome, AB; and James Carr, AB. » » » SS EDWARD SCRIPPS J. C. Dunnett, 31 hrs. @ 90c; H. W. Patrick, 29 hrs. @ 90c; A. Ar­ nold, 40 hrs. @ 90c; F. Patta, 6 hrs, @ 90c. Collect at Alcoa SS Company, 17 Battery Place, New York. • » • SS DYNASTIC , A. Wallers, 16'A hours. Collect at Waterm.an SS Company office. SIU SHIP Should Be A Clean Ship operator's, ^FUiis work is being our own sek-respcct keep your fo'castle clean. Mop rout at least once a week. Don't hang wet towels inside. Keep spaces under bimks swept and mopped. ALLEYWAYS: Throw papers and trash in cans. Sweep alleyways daily — wash and mop up onCe Sr twice a week. A CLEAN snip IS A GOOD SHIP Seafarers International Union Aid From New Leaflet Out Of The Galley (Continned from Page 2) fabricated beef. This meat con­ tains a great deal of fat so you won't need fat or oil in cooking, no matter how you prepare it. So, the first step is to regrind it —the packing houses evidentally cut it up with a knife and fork, and if you try to use it without regrinding it, it will be a rub­ bery, chewey mass. When -regrinding the meat, add a dozen large onions, several cloves of garlic, a bunch of parsley, a few chives, some lean pork, and veal trimmings and season well with salt and pepper. Grind it aU up together and you have the ideal ingredients for delicious hamb'.irger, meat loaves, chillies, meat sauces, etc. In making hamburgers, mash flat and cook thoroughly, pouring accumulated fat over some wellcooked onions that are simmering on the back of the range. By stuffing the meat with stuffed olives, dill pickles, hard boiled eggs and a little dry mustard and cooking in a slow oven you will have a delicious French meat loaf. SS COLIN BRYAN Thomas Jarboe. M.M., 15 hrs. Collect at Company office. • • * SS KING S. WOOSLEY Adjustment of wages payable to the following men: Melvin Johnson, Chief Cook, $154.80: StEuiley Hall, 2nd Cook, $49.26. Collect at R.uU Line Office. In an effort to arouse interest in shipboard cleanliness and san­ itation, a union fo'castle card is now l^ing distributed and will be posted on all -STU ships. Bringing out the fact that an SIU ship should be clean and well-kept, this latest educational publication emphasizes the duties of ordinarit.., wipers, and other crew members in cleaning messrooms, fo'c"astles, toilets and showers. Commenting on the need for educational work in this line, John Hawk, SIU Secretary-Trea­ surer declared, "Every good union man wants a clean ship with clean quarters. We remem­ ber the old days before union ef­ fort won better conditions, when we had to clean quarters on our own time. Let's make sure that the men who are paid for sanit­ ary work on the company's time do their jobs." Also recently released and now being distributed with aU trip cards is a leaflet entitled, "To Trip Card Men." Designed to in­ form trip eai'ders of their obliga­ tions in sailing an SIU ship, this leaflet points out to new men the superiority of SIU contracts and the need for supporting these conditions by joining the union at thje pay-off. In line with the SIU poUcy of keeping all cards on the table, this folder tells the trip-carders where they stand before they sail. They thereby know the facts and understand the conditions under which the trip card is'issued. Quoting the leaflet: "The trip card is your authorization to sail on an SIU ship, and to enjoy the benefits of SIU contracts, the best in the maritime industry." It points out to the newcomer that a "good union man knows his rights and knows his duties. He does his job to the best of his ability and expects his shipmates to do the same." To men who might think that joining the union is expensive or unnecessary it says: "The dues and assessments you pay sustain the benefits of SIU contractsj the best wages and working condi­ tions in the maritime industiy, independent, membership - con trolled hiring halls, and other ex­ clusive union services." „ The flag reproduced on the cover of this folder is "Blue Peter," traditional mast-head sig­ nal used just before sailing, to notify all persons that the ship is outward bound. (Continued from Page I) mates. If you have to do this,, the union will back you up, for it does not approve of irrespon­ sibility. Keep a complete record of all overtime. Make sure thfj^t the de­ partment head acknowledges ^1 overtime claims before the ei)d of the trip . . . also that the pur­ ser keeps a copy. If the company- fUrnishei no overtime sheets, obtain a, siipply from the union hall before yon sail. Have your men fill out these sheets in full. Do not accept overtime reports that are illeg­ ible or incomplete. When your ship signs on, the patrolman on hand should give you a package containing SIU educational literature and copies of the LOG. Do not distribute this material until you are at sea, for then it will do the most good. You will find it very helpful to familiarize yourself with the con­ tract under which you are sailing. In all cases encourage coopera­ tion with ihe ship's officers. In many cases they are also SIU (Continued from Page 1) members who went through a tough grind to win their stripes. out of idleness and had made Finally, remember that a clean many war voyages carrying sup­ plies to Murmansk, the Red Sea, ship signifies a good crew. and the Southwest Pacific. Four Panamanian flagships now under United States control were among those sunk. 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WLB FACES NEW CRISIS; STALLS ON WAGE FREEZE TWO NEW PUBLICATIONS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/03/1944 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1944 Periodicals Seafarers Log https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/908d94a1aa173290862aa32948c950a1.PDF 7d45c43dacbe3c98c05fcde16f218685 PDF Text Text JOQ ^FISLilL ©RSAN-Or TES A^L^SFSS SSAFASEBS' INTEBirATZONAL UXION OF NORTH A31ERICA \ Vdi. VZ. Correction On Ballot Rule NEW YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21^ 1S44 Candidates For 1945 Office Special Services Department Education On October 16, 1944, general instructions for conducting the balloting in the 1944-45 Official Election were sent to all Agents from the Secretary-Treasurer. In the footnote under Section 5, an The newly created Special Ser­ error was made. The footnote vice Department of the New under Section No. 5 should read: York Branch is the subject of "In order for a member to vote the latest education leaflet pub­ prior to December 1st, 1944, he lished by the union. This leaflet must have paid all his assess­ is being inserted in the ship's kits ments except the building assess­ which arc placed on all ships ment from the time of joining siggning gon in New York. The Special Services Depart­ and all dues up to but not more ment was created by the New than 3 months in arrears." York Branch at the time the "Men holding probationary union moved into the new and books are not to be permitted to larger quarters on Beaver Street. vote." The purpose of the Department "In order for a member to vote is to give the members represen­ on December 1st, 1944 or there­ tation on Coast Guard beefs. Se­ lective Service cross-ups. Immi­ after, he must have paid all of gration cases, and the myriad his assessments from the time of other small beefs which effect a joining including the building as­ man's peace of mind and ability sessment and all dues up to but to make a living. Headed by not more than 3 months in ar­ brother Joe Volpian, the Depart­ rears." ment has aided many a union The reason for this change is brother in a jam; jams in which that the membership went on he previously had to fight his record to set November 30th, 1944 own way out alone—and often *"33 the deadline for the payment couldn't. Here is the text of the new of the building assessment. In other words, if the building as­ leaflet: sessment is not paid by Novem­ ber 30th, 1944, the member is Maybe you didn't know, how considered in bad standing and is many different services your not entitled to vote. union is performing for its mem­ bers. Here at 'headquarters we Secretary-Treasurer are often surprised ourselves. JOHN HAWK. Here are a few facts and figures to think about. During the past six months the Special Services Department of Maybe You Didn't Know Water Everywhere — Sut Don't Take a Bath. (Continued on "Page 4) v-\ No, 35 Do people hold their noses when you walk into the room? They probably do if you are aboard the SS Rob­ ert La Follette, for the skip­ per on that ship doesn't like men to take baths. Here is the notice he posted on the buUetin board: A Trip Carder Praises The SIU Method "Water will be turned on during the hours 3:30 A.M. to 4:30 AJd.. 7:30 A.M. to 8:30 A.M.. 11:30 A.M. to 12:30 PJd., 3:30 P.M. to 5:30 P.M.. 7:30 P.M. to 8:30 PJd- 11:30 PJd. to 12:30 A.M. The water will be on for showers and laundry on Saturday. Some common sense makes a little water go a long way. If a single case of waste is dis­ covered, much stricter regu­ lations will be put into ef­ fect." The evaporators on the La Follette produce 25 tons of water per day — enough for the crew to be in the showers all day long. Must be that the skipper likes his ships to have that gamey atmosphere. New York, Sept. 29. 1944 Dispatcher, New York Dear Sir: Before leaving this port I feel it my duty and pleasure to thank you for aU your kindness and cooperation you showed' me. I am very happy with my trip-card and will be proud to get a fuU book as soon as I come back from this trip. I noticed right away the difference between the SIU and the NMU. I only regret it that I have not changed long ago. I have met all the boys in my department and they seem swell. So I am all set and ready to sail. As soon as I am bach; I will look you up and say heUo. I hope to meet you in the best of health. Respectfully yours, J. G. VAN LEEMAN A full slate of candidates for 1945 office has been approved by the Credentials Committee, the ballots are being distributed and everything is set for a lively election, throughout the months of November and December. Forty-six candidates have filed for the various Agent and Patrolman positions, the largest number of candidates to file in recent years. Considering the serious problems which face the union in the coming year, ~*all branches are urged to get out*j BALTIMORE the vote. See that every man ENGINE PATROLMAN who registers in the next two Wm. "Curley" Rents months exercises his constitu­ Flaye A. Stansbury tional rights and responsibilities. Ernest B. Tilley WASHINGTON — Permanent­ Any man who fails to participate ly and totally disabled seamen in the elections, has no beef com­ BALTIMORE STEWARDS PATROLMAN will receive lifetime payments, ing if the man he supports fails Charlie Starling by provisions of HR 4163, passed to get into office. The SIU is the most demo­ by the Senate recently. cratically run union on the water­ NORFOLK AGENT Both houses of Congress ac­ Carl M. Rogers cepted the bill after drastic re­ front. All power rest in the James L. Tucker visions had been made in its hands of the rank and file and benefit clauses by the Senate now is the time for them to ex­ Ray White Commerce Committee. The bene­ ercise that power. Keep the SIU fits are now provided on the NORFOLK JOINT PATROLMEN basis of schedules of the United a rank and file union—vote in (vote for two) States Employee Compensation November or December! Keith Jim Alsop Here is the official list of can­ Act. D. E. "Casey" Jones Meiimed seamen will be entitled didates and the office for which to minimum benefits of $58 a they are running: SAVANNAH AGENT month and maximum benefits of Arthur Thompson SECRETARY-TREASURER $116^ depending on earnings. Charles Waid John Hawk The compensation for total dis­ ability has been increased to $7,500, if taken in monthly pay­ ASSISTANT SEC'Y-TREAS. JAC::SONVILLE AGENT ments. James Cobb i Louis Goffin Robert Matthews Until HR 4163 was passed, mer­ chant seamen were entitled to BOSTON AGENT only $5,000 war risk compensa­ TAMPA AGENT John Mogan tion for total disability. Seamen D. L. (Jack) Parker maimed early in the war found BOSTON JOINT PATROLMAN that the high cost of living had MOBILE AGENT Stanley Greenridge all but eaten up these cash re­ George L. Bales Joseph Lapham serves. Olden Banks NEW YORK AGENT MOBILE JOINT PAT-LMAN Paul Hall (No candidate) Life Payments For Disabled 1' Two SIU Lines To Expand NEW YORK NEW ORLEANS AGENT DECK PATROLMEN , L. J. "Baldy" BoUinge* (vote for two) The Waterman and Mississippi A. "Frenchy" Michelet Joseph Algina SS Lines, both contracted to the James Sheehan SIU, are to substantially increase NEW ORLEANS JOINT PATROLMEN the size of their fleets in the next NEW YORK (vote for two) month or so. C-type ships will ENGINE PATROLMEN Leroy L. Clark be added to both lines, meaning (vote for two) L. S. "Johnnie" Johnston many more jobs for SIU men. Howell "Jimmy" Hanners G. A. "Curley" Masterson Under provisions of the Mer­ Joe Volpian C. J. "Buck" Stephens chant Marine Act of 1935, the Frank "Red SuUy" SuUiva* Waterman Steamship Corporation NEW YORK was given permission to purchase Tedd Terrington STEWARDS PATROLMEN five C-2 type dry cargo shii>s, (vote for two) now being built for the U. S. GALVESTON AGENT Claude Fisher Maritime Commission. These D. Stone Fred Hart ships are intended to replace R. W. Sweeney others lost in enemy action and Waterman intends to operate PHILADELPHIA AGENT them on already established runs Harry Collins to foreign ports. James McCaulley The Mississippi Shipping Com­ pany, Inc., will acquire three C-3 BALTIMORE AGENT type combination passenger and Joseph Flanagan cargo vessels now under con­ WiUiam McKay struction for their trade between U. S. Gulf ports and the east BALTIMORE DECK PATLMAN Rexford E. Dickey coast of South America. PUERTO RICO AGENT Daniel Butts Andres Quinones Bud Ray The Credentials Committee was composed of. brothers Alexander Kerr, Leon Johnson, Renfro Hall, Vincent Cook, William Harold and William Huber. I 4 ii-' iiiii �Page Tvo fBE / Editor: AU seamen are interested in the proposed "Seaman's BiU of Kigffis,"'' 'whicfT IHCTuaes'the' Saiiie security guaranteed the armed forces after the war, plus free marine hospitalization and low expense hospital care for his fam­ ily. The chair warmers, associa^ tion find this too smaU to men­ tion at this time, so in conse­ quence this biU foUows graceful second on the program. When the seamen's struggles were extremely bad, the average seaman was identified by the soiid citizen as the lowest speci­ men of humanity. Futile attempts were made to educate the popu­ lace that sailing ships is an oc­ cupation, This type of work was regarded as means of escape for shoreside workers; a complete failure; or terms of suicide, a last resort. Seamen's language was considered course; his social con­ duct rough and abusive. The seamen being isolated and away from civilization for long periods assume that the bureau­ crats would intercede in his be­ half. Social security was granted the seaman years after it was intro­ duced to the general public. Al­ though the seaman pay propor­ tionally as much taxes as any one. The seaman's importance was realized at the beginning of this universal crisis. They were hon­ ored galore in their successful efforts to deliver the goods. They weren't intimidated by the fact that they were targets or living on a bull's eye with iirferior pro­ tection. Special services were set up to issue medals for their ex­ cellent performance at sea. They were given the right to wear uniforms with all it's trim­ mings; service centers; platforms erected for the greatest orators of the land to blow in his behalf. The seamen appreciate all of these vast offerings by conditions of war, but what realized that should be first on the blah-blah adgenda, is a complete justice, "The Seaman Bill of Righls." FREDDIE STEWART Pnhlisbed by the _ SEAFARER^ INTERS UNION.„ OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the Air.erican Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Watbinston Rep. 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Directory of Brmckes BRANCH NEW YORK (•4). BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16)... CHARLESTON (9) SAVANNAH TAMPA JACKSONVILLE MOBILE SAN JUAN, 28 P.R., PUERTO RICO GALVESTON ADDRESS 51 Beaver St. 330 Atlantic Ave 14 North Gay St. 6 North 6th St 25 Commercial PI 339 Chartree St 68 Society St 220 East Bay St 423 East Piatt St 920 Main St 7 St. Michael St. ...... 45 Ponce do Leon 219 20th St. PHONE HAnover 2-2784 Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 765! Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Charleston 3-2930 Savannah 3-1728 Tampa MM-1323 iacksonville 5-f 23 I Dial 2-1392 San Juan 1885 Galveston 2-8043 PUBLICATION OFFICE: 51 BEAVER STREET HAnoTor 2-2784 New York, (4) N. Y. L LOG Editors Mail SEAFARERS LOG I SEAFARERS 267 MONEY DUE Hamahan, AB, 26 hrs; E. H. SS KING WOOSLEY S. Singleton, 8 hrs; A. White, Eavada, oiler, 35 hrs. Collect at 32 hrs; W. Nickels, 22 hrs; J. South Atlantic SS Co« Savannah. » » * Welling, 8 hrs; J, Manning, 5 his; SS JOHN LAWSON T. Smith, 4 hrs. CoUect at Bull The foUowing men can coUect i:.ine Office. • » • their overtime: P. Pedersen, AB, 7 hrs; R. SS DYNASTIC A Walters, Messman, 18'A hrs. Statham, AB, 10 hrs; G. Svallard, C^ollect at Waterman Steamship AB, 6 hrs; C. Vranich, AB. 5 hrs; A. Caram, OS. 10 hrs; F. Hudak, Company. See Capl. Perkins. • • • 6 hrs; H. WUson. D-M. 5 hrs. » • » SS WILLIAM BRYANT SS GEORGE PICKETT O. J. Bell, $33.62; W. C. Taylor. $53.42; A. Lammon, $34.75; C. J. Fernandez, Chief Cook; R. R. Cortright, $39J)1; G. E. Boyce, McCallia. 2nd Cook; Harry Reit$28.22; R. L. Litgeb, $28.22; H. er, Charles Erisson. W. Redding- Editor, Seafarers Log Lammon, $38.87; E. Koundoura- er, J. Gomes, M. Moor. Extra Dear Brother: kis. $35.72; E. J. Noonan, $3.92; meal money now payable at It has been sometime since I E. G. Schaeffer, $3.92; M. Shuler, Waterman Office. » » » have taken time out to write to $3.92. Collect at Alcoa Steamship the LOG and the good brothers Company, 17 Battery Place, New SS COLLIN BRYAN York. Minus 21% of above totals. Thomas Jarboe, 15 hrs. Pay­ through the LOG. I also have » • • able at Alcoa Steamship Com­ been lax in keeping up with what has been going on, as I have pany Office, 17 Battery Place. SS JONATHAN GROUT • » * been very busy here from one Godon Motwill, Engine Depart­ place to another, and have not SS JOSHIA BARTLETT ment, $108.65. Collect at Miss­ issippi Steamship Company. Members who had their names been able to "contact the branch • • • listed in Oct. 13th issue of Ihe of the union as I would like to. I finally took time off, and was LOG please contact Eastern of­ SS CAPE MOHICAN I surprised in what the good bro­ Dispute Attacks—March 12, 13, fice in Boston or New York, • • • thers had started to do. I am 1944 North Shields, England, 3 with them one hundred percent SS WM. RAWLES a.m. to 5 a.m. March 21, 22, New Castle, Eng­ Crew collect disputed over­ on the owning of our own imion land, Between August 23, 31, time at N. Y. office of Bull Line. halls. • • • Also there is a movement to 1943, Malta. Attack Bonus Claim. help bring up the Bos'n pay. We Collect at Company Office. SS DAVID BURNETT • • • should have started that long H37man Horcrich, oiler, has ago. SS JOHN GORRIE $104.87 coming. CoUect af^BaltiIf we continue to carry two Joseph Kennedy, oiler. 37 hrs; more office of Waterman Co. • • « grades of ABs we should have a Roy BeU. oiler. 26 hrs; Alfred difference in the grade of pay. Blickman, oiler. 59 hrs; Demilrior SS BENJ. POBERTSON I am stationed about forty Yoamov. F-W-T. 28 hrs; James L. A. Brace and D. Pierce have W. Brown, F-W-T, 61 hrs; James overtime coming for releaving miles from San Juan and it is McKillip, F-W-T. 41 hrs. CoUect for supper in the engine and fire- impossible to see about some of at offices of South Atlantic SS room. CoUect at BuU Line office the union affairs that I would like to keep in touch with. in New York. Co., Savannah. • • • • • « I am very glad to see where the good brother and agent Paul SS HOWARD E. COFFIN SS ABEL STEARNS Anthony W. Demcyak. OS, 17 G. Stanley, 67 hrs; F. Marlin- Hall is doing so much good in hrs; CUfton Coates, AB, 18 hrs; korich, 16 hrs; W. TherauU, IBVa settling the beefs. John Depietrantonia. 9 hrs; Peter hrs; J. McPhiUips, 4 hrs; C. I have been down since June, Gellally. AB, 22 hrs; Charles Ponce. 1 hr; H, Frazier. 14 hrs 1942, and I have tried to get Abraham. OS. 6 hrs; Gerard F. CoUect at BuU Line office. (Contmued on Page 4) ... Friday, October 27. 1944 Michelet Proposes Ship's Cook Book ir .11 - " If the food isn't what it should be on your scow don't blow your top to the steward, just get to a phone and call us because, brother, we've got a brand new angle—and it's a honey! It seems that the '^SA is getting a trifle worried about the future, what with the war in Europe almost finito and the Japs taking such a shellacking in the Pacific. So they're commencing to make sheep eyes at the unions. "If any port stewards are try­ ing to stint on the food aboard ships under our control," they told the officers of this union some time ago, "why, just bring the matter to our attention and we will take action." So, brother, if there's any meat on your scow that stinks on ice, or if the eggs are only fit to throw at politicians, or if some hungry port steward is trying to chisel on the food requisition, why just get to a phone and call us and we'll hustle down to tiie ship and investigate. We can promise you that we'll get the cooperation of the WSA when you give us a legitimate beef, be­ cause there's nothing on this good green earth more coopera­ tive than a bureaucrat that's try­ ing to keep himself in office. This applies to the linen and slop chest as well as the food. We would like all brothers in the out ports to write to us about any complaints because we are trying to build up a file on the subject. When writing in to make a complaint please give us all the details—be specific about dates, the full name of the ship and the company operating her, the port she stored in, length of the voy­ age, etc. We would also like any detailed complaints from stew- Paradeau Appeals For Dead Storage Pick-up The baggage room in ihe new building at 51 Beaver Street in New York is one of the most efficiently laid out and run of any such service on the waterfront. Brother Leonard Paradeau is the chief mail clerk and baggage man, and he keeps the room in shipshape order so that the membership will receive the maximum service when checking their gear, and the utmost sidety while the gear is in storage. However, there is a situa­ tion developing whicB may force a curtailment of the baggage checking service. Many brothers have checked things with the union and left them for. 9 or 10 months or a year. This week we re­ ceived 28 pieces of baggage which had been left aboard various Calmar ships over the past months. If riil this dead storage, is left on the racks, there will be less space for the live storage. For this reason, brother Paradeau ap­ peals to all members who have dead storage laying in the baggage room to come and collect it and free the space for a man just getting off a ship. Turn now to the PERSON­ ALS column on page four and see if you have baggage waiting to be picked up. ards who find the new WSA di­ rective regarding carcass beef working an undue hardship on. them, and some concrete sugges-" tions for getting around this sore spot. This last is a teclinioal beef but stewards will appreciate its importance. This whole thing started about ten days ago when the Food Con­ trol Division of the WSA called a meeting of the representatives of the various maritime unions. The SIU was represented by John Hawk for the deck depart­ ment, Paul Hall for the engine department and this correspond­ ent for the steward department. Mr. Harold J. O'Connell, Direc­ tor of the Food Control Division of the WSA, acted as chairman. He explained that the purpose of the meeting was to propose new plans for the handling of food aboard vessels under the board's control. Their proposals touched on just about every phase of food handling — from the establish­ ment of a finky school for stew­ ards to the publication of a ship's cook book. Now the officers of this union know these birds well enough not to endorse any pig-in-the-poke proposals, and we certainly have no intention of helping anybody establish any more schools in the industry. We did agree, however, to name a liasion officer from this union (whatever the hell that is!) to attend the board's future deliberations to try to ferret out any constructive proposals that these double-talk artists might accidently turn up. The writer has been named as the SIU representative and pro­ poses to keep the membership in­ formed of developments through these columns. We all know that the WSA like all bureaucratic bodies, is di­ recting half its energies toward keeping itself in office. In their relentless fight for survival in the post war world these bircls are seeking as many duties as pos­ sible in order to justify their ex­ istence in the peace time econ­ omy of the country. The SIU has no intention of becoming a party to the squandering of the people's money on an utterly useless school for stewards, simply be­ cause the WSA wants another monumental achievement to point with pride to. On th^ other hand, when they propose plans for the better packaging of food, the storing of ice boxes and the publication of a ship's cook book, then we are definatly interested, because we know that there is a crying need for these things. The maritime industry is bad­ ly in need of a good cook book. Those few publications that pre­ tend to fill this role today aren't worth a damn. The recipes al­ most invariably call fix- ingredi­ ents out of this world and about as obtainable on a ship as cold beer or a trim blonde hay bag. We want a cook book that in layout, in proportions, in ingred­ ients, in the utilization of left-" overs, in the spicing and dress-*^ (Cof$iittned on Page 4) •M'4 ••'•AM �••• Friday, October 27, 1944 Reemployment Rights Set THE SEAFARERS •', Page Three " -M LOG Crew Of SS James W Denver Spend 34 Days In Open Boat WASHINGTON — The W a Shipping Administration has an nounced new procedures to carry out provisions of Public Law 87 for the reemployment rights of persons who left their positions after May 1, 1940, to enter the Merchant Marine and who desire to return to those positions after the war. Although WSA expects suffici ent jobs to be available for al seamen and officers who desire to remain in the industry after the war, those who wish to re turn to their former jobs will be given every assistance, the agency said. To be eligible for reemploy­ ment rights, the applicant must have left other than a temporary position to enter the Merchant Marine after May 1, 1940, and be­ fore termination of the unlimitec national emergency; he must ap­ ply not later than 30 days after the date of his release from the Merchant Marinb and receive a SIU brothers from the SS James W. Denver who spent 34 days in an open life boat. These men ceretificate of service showing he has completed substantially con­ finally were rescued by Spanish fishermen and landed on the Canary Islands, later to be taken to Cadis. Brother Dolor Stone is second from the right in the bafck row. tinuous service. _ "J—^ BALTIMORE tV i"* WHAT'S DOING : When brother Dolor Stone Cat present a New York piecard, but previously deck engineer) signed on the Liberty ship James W. Denver, he didn't notice that the articles were dated March 13, I,I 1943. It was a Friday, besides. The Denver was a brand new•| ship making her maiden voyage, loaded deep below decks and with a load of army trucks top-" sides. From Baltimore she went to New York, picked up a con­ voy and promptly lost it in a heavy fog the first night out. "If there is anything to this Friday the thirteenth stuff," says Dolar, "that's when the hard luck started. The fog held for several days and we didn't see the con­ voy any more after that. Not so much as a smeU of it." That was only the beginning. Every day — sometimes twice a day— they had engine trouble, sitting in the middle of the ocean like a nice big target in a shoot­ ing gallery. On the 11th of April, with the Denver squatting placidly alone as usual, imdergoing repairs, a German sub gave her the works. At 5:05 p.m., without a pepriscope or a torpedo being seen^ she got blasted squarely between one and two holds. She started to settle fast and the old man or­ dered her abandoned. All boats except one got safe­ ly away and although number six got spilled in the excitement her crew was picked up, doused but safe. Stone's boat started out for their 34-day ocean odyssey with only two deck men (and them first-trippers) out of eigh­ teen on board. The rest were en­ gine and steward department men and navy gunners. The skipper gave them a course to steer and they set out, laying to on a sea anchor the first night because of rough weather. On the third night at dusk they sighted a vague shape ahead and the lookout yelled "Destroyer." Stone waved the boat's lantern and all hands turned on thenlifebelt lights. But before they realized it the "destroyer" be­ came a big Nazi sub—"a hell of (Continued on Pa^e 4) Shipping has been fair for the past week, and all beefs were settled to satisfaction of crews involved. We have oiu* first Victory ship coming out this week, and as this has made a whole lot of differ­ NEW YORK shall be the first occasion may of ng on the ship. The basis on ence in the handling of oulport us will have to see this type of which they charged the accused vessel, we are all rather anxious with assault was the broken rim We happened to be running disputes. We intend, in the fu­ to have the opportunity to do so. on the chief engineer's eye through a bunch of old Seafarers ture, when receiving these outof-port disputes, after action is We are anticipating a consider­ glasses. Logs the other day and noticed taken on same, to publish the en­ 1 incidently have been toting able improvement from the Lib­ where a few years ago that some erty tin cans; particularly in re­ a pair of eye glasses with a bro­ of the Ports, including New York, tire thing in the Seafarers Log for gards to the crews accommoda­ ken rim for quite some time, and were reporting UNUSUALLY the members' benefit who made tions, but we shall not be entire­ certainly no one but myself broke heavy shipping, wherein they that particular trip. If the beef ly dissappointed if they turn out the rim. However, this flimsy ex­ had shipped 75 men for the week. is a good beef and wiU be paid, otherwise. For after being pack­ cuse seemed to offer sufficient This is quite a contrast to what then that shall be run in the Log. ed in Libertys like anchovies for grounds for the charge of assault the conditions are today. For in­ In the event the beef is a bum almost four years, we naturally with the Coast Guard inspector stance, last week alone. New one, that also should be nm in do not expect anything too spaci­ who ignored the fact that the York Branch shipped 1,000 men the Log. In this manner, the ous will be allocated to the crew. chief engineer was unscath, and and this figure is no where near membership will know at aU This would be entirely alien to liad also admitted he struck the the highest amount of men this times as to just what disposition the policy of the Maritime Com- accused. The ship departed with Branch has shipped, for a week­ is made of their disputes. the same chief engineer aboard, mision. ly period in the past year. As D. Stone, one of our local pieand with the boy he had so vioWell, the local Coast Guard much can be said about business cards who was formerly in Nor­ unit is at it again. Our SUP agent ently assaulted, facing the charge as well, because the amount of folk, tells us he had a bad at­ received a call from a ship re­ of assaulting him. business done here has increased tack of home sicknesses the other At the hearing the next morn­ questing him to represent one of in the same proportion as ship­ day. One of the famous Norfolk tugs, the Kalleen of the South­ the men on an SUP ship who was ing 1 was presented with several ping has. collect it at a future date. Natur­ ern Transportation Company, being placed on several charges statements which apparently These are only "signs of the ally, this only leads to the guy by the gestapo. Due to the nec­ were taken on the ship the pre­ times" and are significant of the came in and called for a Patrol­ building up a lot of expectations vious day. A ten minute recess essity of the SUP agent being in growth the Seafarers has made, man. Stoney was dispatched to and hope for something that he Philadelphia the next day, he was ordered so 1 could study the and what they will be making in her and after shaping the crew's will absolutely be unable to col­ beefs up and getting everything asked yours truly to act in be­ contents of these lengthy state­ the future. lect. We know, however, that half of the accused. The next ments. After the stipulated time There is a shortage of men up squared away, he came back to within the Seafarers we have a morning the accused showed up the hearing was resumed, and 1 this way—what with the organ­ the hall with a happy, dazed look minimum amount of this type of with his head swathed in band­ objected to the statements being izers still going to town putting in his eye. The thing that puzzles beef, and it is up to the member­ ages, and who turned out to be a allowed as evidence on the lots of our book members into all the rest of the piecards here ship and the officials of this nineteen year old boy whom had ground that they were full of unorganized companies, and the is how in the living hell a man union to see to it that we elimin­ just recently been honorably dis­ contridictions, and that the de­ steady flow of contracted jobs can get homesick for a port that ate the small percentage we do charged from the U. S. Navy due fense had no opportunity to cross coming up on our dispatching is as rugged on piecards as Nor­ have. The only way to do this to combat fatigue. His charges examine tlje witnesses who had boards. The fact is that it has be­ folk is — but, wonders never is to settle the beefs we have on were, intoxication, using abusive submitted the statements. Of come so bad, it is hardly safe to cease! the "Point of Production"—right language, and assault on the course, my exception was denied. walk by Paul Gonsorchik or Our membership in this Branch on board the ship. We again recessed about noon, "Frenchy" Michelet as they do Chief Engineer. had a discussion at last Monday The piecards up this way in so 1 availed myself of this oppor­ everything but hit you on the evening's meeting which would Upon hearing the lad's story it their weekly rassling. bout with became evident that the charges tunity to discuss the case with head and shanghai you right out have proved of interest to the the shipowners, have managed to were trumped up, and only in­ Attorney Sol Berenholtz who was —and from the last reports, they whole membership of the Seafar­ settle overtime to the crew's fa­ stituted in order to discredit any so convinced of the boy's inno- are even figuring on doing that! ers, could they have heard it. The vor on the following ships: SS charge which may have been cense that he voluntarily agreed SO, to aU of you guys who are discussion had to do with the King Woosley, Bull Steamship placed against the Chief Engin­ to finish the case without fee. He not looking for a job, stay clear settlement of beefs on board the Company, 92 hours; SS Dynastic, eer who had very brutally as­ was successful in having the ac­ of the second deck! various ships. All hands were of 17 hours; SS William Bryant, saulted the boy to such an extent cused exonerated of all but the Considering the amount of the opinion that whenever a man $290; SS John Lawson, 50 hours; that the lad required over twfenty intoxication charge. business and shipping done, the presents a bad beef on board a SS George Pickett, division of stitches to seal the numerous Mr. Berenholtz has given this branch affairs are in fine shape ship, regardless of whether it is meals and overtime. For all the lacerations on his scalp. The con­ service to our members on many and we attribute part of this to to the ship's delegate or one of data on the amount of money for dition of the boy was all too evi­ occasions and deserves the thanks the fact of the adoption of the the shoreside Patrolmen or each man, look in this week's dent to the hearing officer who of the entire membership. overtime dispute slips which our Agents, the man should be told Money Due List in the Seafarers boarded the vessel the previous JOSEPH FLANAGAN, membership went on record to so immediately rather than lead Log. day and held a preliminary hearAgent have rigged up in its eiitirety. It urn to believe he can be able to PAUL HALL. Agenl Around the Ports �mmmm. THE Page Four FORE 'N AFT SEAFARERS LOG Crew*s Farewell To A Gallant Ship By BUNKER Of late there has been a rash of qu2u-terdeck dictators, which makes us think that some of the gold braid must have been staying up late at night, reading about Captain Bligh of the Bounty. Captain George Midgett of the M/S Sands Point, a Moran tug, tried the little Caesar act on a recent trip to the Pacific and made things unpleasant for all hands, according to several of the boys who rode this Diesel job down to the islands. "Admiral" Midgett, says the crew, had the world's best voca­ bulary of sea-going, blue water profanity and he used it without stint. He had a yen for the dramatic, too, and at Panama he declared the ship in a state of mutiny, calling in the marines. The leather­ neck delegation hurried on board with riot guns but couldn't find any mutiny and sadly departed, with the crew having a good laugh. The month in transit from Panama to the South Seas was a holiday for the old man, who cut the watei- allowance to a bucket-aday, reminiscent of the days when the square riggers made this run, and had a big time playing First Mate, Chief Engineer, and Steward. He toured the galley and engine room evwy day, tasting the soup and telling the cooks how to mix the dough; and down below he took over for the Chief, supervising any engitie work that had to be done. Brothers Vincent Cook, messman, Charley Owens, mess, and Alex Valinski, oiler, also made a long trip on a Moran tug, with a skipper who broke the monotony by ringing the general alarm every time he wanted the Navy signalman on the bridge. Aside from the gong clanging at odd hours, however, they reported the trip pretty good, with food and quarters OK. These Moran tugs carry two oilers on a watch and from all re­ ports, they are good ships down below and on deck. • • • • Perhaps some of you "old-timers" remember when a few of the bigger tankers went to sea with a barge tagging along behind. The barges carried stacks and were like small editions of the big tankers. From a distance it looked like two ships having a race, with the little one running a close second. * * «• One SIU man who rode a manganese ship, got torpedoed and lived to tell about it, is brother Mohammed Elsayed, Bos'n. Elsayed was Bos'n on an old crate that got hit off F.a.st Africa early in the war, and went down almost before they could get the boats away. Only five of the crew of 45 were saved and the survivors spent eighteen days adrift before being picked up. Special Services Department (Continued from Page 1) the New York branch handled over 500 Coast Guard Cases, in­ volving SIU members . . . cases in which seamen's papers had been taken away for infraction of rules. In aU but one of these cases the union was successful in appealing and having these pa­ pers restored. In addition, five thousand dol­ lars held in back wages by the Coast Guard on "desertion" charges have been collected for SIU members after successful appeals. More than 600 DRAFT BOARD CASES have been handled by the Special Service Department. In nearly all instances where the men were not intentionally at fault, the union contacted the draft boards and obtained deferrments. Harder to handle were 51 IM­ MIGRATION CASES, but these too were successfully defended in nearly every instance and the men involved were allowed to continue sailing on ship under the American flag. Services rendered to SIU mem­ bers by the Special Services De­ partment are too varied to fully describe. Sufficient to say, it has helped a lot of men out of tight spots; in situations where help would otherwise been slow, dis­ interested, or not available at all. Added proof that SIU MEM' BEHSHIP PAYS ! ! Editor's Mail (Continued from Page 2) away and I get the same answer when I even want a leave of ab­ sence. They say "We need your service here more than you are needed elsewhere." So probably I am here for the duration. Well this is about all the time I have on time off, so I will say to all of the good brothers: Keep 'em Seuling. To our trusted agents, keep up the good work. For myself, I promise that I will keep doing all I can and what is required of me in the service which I am in. I bid all the good brothers of the Seafarers International Union bon voyage till we meet again. Fraternally yours, CHARLES B. MARTIN, (Civ.) Army Boat Dot. A.P.O. No. 854 c/o PM. Miamia, Fla. New York Shipping Is HOT ! ! Any of the brothers in the out ports who find shipping slow and their bill - fold empty—^head for New York. Agent Paul Hall has an­ nounced that he can ship all the men that show up, re­ gardless of depeurtment or rating. Don't let the RMO fill your jobs—come to New York and fill them yourselves. Friday, Oclober 27. 1944 AL HOYLE Survivors Of SS James W. Denver (Continued from Page )) a big one," says Stone—and a moment later they brought up cIo.se beside it, sheering off just in time to keep from smashing against the bow. The sub's commander yelled from the conning tower and watched them bump across his after deck plates. "Where are you from?" he asked. "Brooklyn," they replied. "Where they make the big guns," he said. "What ship?" The ship's name was painted on the boat's oars, so they told him "the James Denver." "Well, well," said Heir Cap­ tain, "one of those new Liber­ ties." He had a good laugh over it. But the Herr Captain wasn't so bad, giving them cigarettes and a course to steer. Before the sub disappeared they saw two other big shapes nearby. "A wolfpack," said Stone. Life in the boat was crowded with no room for exercise and nothing to do but talk about juicy steaks and filets mignon. Stone and two others took turns at the tiller, with one navy gunner tak­ ing a fourteen hour trick at the helm. All hands .were intermittantly seasick. On the 19th they sighted a twostack steamer, which immediate­ ly turned tail and ran when they set off flares. • During the last fom'tcen days in the boat their rations got low; the crackers gave out, water was rationed to three ounces per man a day, and they had nothing to aat but malted milk tablets. Three flying fish that landed in the' boat were devoured raw. On the night of May 11th they saw three blue lights signalling, but the lights disappeared when they waved their lantern and shot flares, so they decided they once again had stumbled on the Nazi wolf pack. Rescue came on the 14th when Spanish fishermen picked them up, took them to La Aguera in the Canaries, and later to Las Palmas where they were quar­ tered across from the swastikabedecked Nazi consulate. They later got passage to Cadiz. As has often happened with Standing beneath the N a z i plane tally on the stack of the. famous Virginia Dare are SIU brothers A1 Hoyle, AB, of Upper Darby, Pa., Gene Casassa, Deck • Maintainance, also of Upper Dar- ' by, and "Pos" Hedges, AB, of, Paris. Tennessee. Visible over ATs left shoulder are five of the eight scores the Virginia Dare's gunners chalked up on North At­ lantic runs to Russia. Doyle, Casassa and Hedges were on the Dare when she made her fifth and final voyage, a trip to the Mediterranean. At 8:12 a.m. in the morning of March 6, 1944 while in convoy pn route to Suez, the Virginia Dare was hit by a torpedo or mine near the African coast. She filled, but didn't go down and the crew beached her, saving most of the cargo. Another ship in the same con­ voy suffered an explosion shortly after the Dare was hit and went, GENE CASASSA down in a few minutes. "The es­ "POS" HEDGES cort ran around like mad," Hoyle said, "but no submarines were seen." Brothers Casassa, Hedges and (Continued from Page 2) Hoyle are on ships now, and ing-up of food is based on the have been keeping them sailing peculiar needs and limited re­ throughout the war. sources of a ship. In outlining his proposals Mr. O'Connell lingered lovingly on the part his "experts" would play in the program. Frankly, we be­ lieve that if there's anything the contemplated program doesn't BILLIE L. PARKER: need, it's experts! We have seen The allotment checks you made what these experts have done out for your mother have been with the Sheepshead Bay pro­ returned—apparently because of ject. The minute quanity of cook­ faulty address. Check this with ing knowledge that these experts Smith & Johnson SS Company, have taught the trainees between in Hew York City. * » • boat drills and out and out-loaf­ ing has been taught them under The following is a list of per­ ideal conditions — and, brother, sonal effecis of various you don't find ideal conditions on seamen, left with the Calmar ships! The oil is watery, the Steamship Corporation and now draft won't draft, the ship rolls, waiting to be claimed at the the yeast won't yeast, the flour is imion's baggage room: lifeless, the dough ropes or the L. Rimildo 1 Box and 1 Paper heat sours it and so on ad in­ bag finitum. Charles Daniels..: 1 Carton We think that the propsed cook Lucian Eli 1 Gladstone bag book should be written by prac­ Bernard Marcus 1 Duffle bag tical cooks and stewards. In fact, E. Wattagny 1 Suit case we will undertake to do it our­ T. P. Dugan 1 Sea bag selves in collaboration with a John Castro -..1 Carton and 1 couple of old line cooks and stew­ Suit ease ards like "Hungry" Schuler and J. Armstrong 1 Carton "Fat Boy" Collins. In the event Joseph Powell 1 Suit caw we should be taken up on this Peter De Jongh 1 Sea bag offer, we feel sure that the mem­ Clarence Jones 1 Suit case bership will understand that the T. J. Wickham 1 Sea bag stews, curries and hashes will be C. E. Specker 1 Sea bag Schuler's and Collins'—the tas­ Jose Torres 1 Suit case tier dishes, of course, will be Clarence Listerman....l Suit case brother Michelet's! Norman C. Jennings....l Suit case George Nocoll 1 Suit case and torpedoed crews, they got better Burlap bag treatment from foi-eigners than F. E. White 1 Suit case and 1 from American representatives pair Sea boots abroad. Packed into two pen David Schwartz....l Sea bag and trucks with a load of Polish and hand bag Czech refugees, they were haul­ David Odell 1 Paper bag ed from Cadiz to Gibraltar. The Joseph Dube 1 Suit case truck swerved to avoid an over­ Lonni Jackson 1 Duffle bag hanging limb en route and Virgil Richard Beckley.. 1 Suit case Hurd, one of the survivors was Jose Caban 1 Suit case badly injui-ed, later passing away John Petticord 1 Suit case at Gibraltar. Frank Robinson ....1 Suit case After sitting in the stream at L. Tomainen 1 Suit case Gibralter on the ex-Seatrain New D. Laine. J. Hart, E. E. Bailey. Jersey for thirty days, they final­ J« P. Crows, F. MitchelL R. ly got back to the States. Tharp. J. Wiscoviche. Young. "Superstitious — me?" asks Woodruff. Stone. "Naw, I aint superstitious. But from, now on I'm going to ROMAN GONZALES and spend every Friday the 13th MANFRED KEILITS: bellying up to some bar, watch­ Get in touch with attorney ing the suds go down." Richard M. Cantor. 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Title A name given to the resource October 27, 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. 35 Description An account of the resource Headlines: CANDIDATES FOR 1945 OFFICE CORRECTION ON BALLOT RULE SPECIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT EDUCATION LIFE PAYMENTS FOR DISABLED A TRIP CARDER PRAISES THE SIU METHOD TWO SIU LINES TO EXPAND MICHELET PROPOSES SHIP'S COOK BOOK PARADEAU APPEALS FOR DEAD STORAGE PICK-UP CREW OF SS JAMES W DENVER SPEND 34 DAYS IN OPEN BOAT REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS SET CREW'S FAREWELL TO A GALLANT SHIP Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/27/1944 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1944 Periodicals Seafarers Log https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/2c491a27463b533ed5a0bb34c5d6a558.PDF b587adaaea2bf1345bccbff368be6e77 PDF Text Text Idf R® JoQ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UmON OF NORTH AIPStlCA VoL VI. I.V' • NEW YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 20. 1944 Lundeberg Balloting Denounces Red Tape No. 34 Opens November 1st It looks like a lively election this year—and that's all to the good. The Credentials Commit­ tee reports that close to 50 can­ didates have fUed for the various The SlU .was placed on record offices, and so the membership by President Harry Lundeberg as will be able to select the most being opposed to any more gov­ qualified man for each post. ernment red tape oh seamen's The nominations closed at mid­ papers and to the Coast Guarc night of October 15, and since taking any jurisdiction over sea­ last Monday the Credentials men in peace time. In a letter to Committee has been hard at Commandant Waesche of the work checking the qualifications U. S. Coast Guard, Lundeberg of the various candidates. The made it clear that this union de­ Committee will have a full re­ mands a minimum of military port by the time the next LOG control over the merchant sea­ goes to press, and the member­ men, and that existing red tape ship will be able to see and dis­ and bureaucratic bungling should cuss the names of the qualified be progressively eliminated. candidates. President Limdeberg's sharp The Constitution of the union letter was in response to a Coast provides that balloting shall be Guard proposals that it "simpli­ held throughout the months of fy" existing procedure by elim­ November and December. So inating many of the present pa­ that there wiU be no confusion in pers carried by the seamen, and the minds of anyone as to the issue a special Coast Guard cer rights and duties of the members tiflcate good for five years. and officials, Secretary-Treasurer While it is true that the seamen John Hawk has forwarded to all now carry more papers than a branches the following balloting bookkeeper handles, we don't instructions: want this used as an excuse for October 16, 1944 the. military to creep into the General Instructions For Con­ Brother Fred Anderson poses for his picture in Washington after receiving the Merchant Marine picture and establish permanent ducting Balloting In the peace-time controls over the men. Distinguished Service Medal for "heroism in the face of almost certain death." Basking in reflected 1944-45 Official Election Here is the full text of brother glory are." left to right. Rear Admiral Emory S. LantL Chairman of Maritime Commission; Captain Tl is letter is being sent to all Lundeberg's letter which fully Edward Macauley. Vice Chairman War Shipping Administration; Brother Anderson; Major General agents, outlining the constitution Vahdegrift of the Marines; and Anderson's parents. Mr. and Mrs. George L. Anderson of Amite. procedure to be followed by all explains the issues involved: October 8th, 1944 Lotiisana. In front is Anderson's young brother. balloting committee offciating at R. R. Waesche, Commandant, voting periods in the annual elec­ United States Coast Guard, tion of officials for the year 1945. Washington, D. C. It is the responsibility of aU Dear Sir: Agents to see that these instruc­ 1 am in receipt of a communi­ tions are available to the com­ cation from K. K. Cowart, Com­ For "heroism in the face of al­ cendiary and explosive bullets. the other hold and extinguished mittees and see that the conunit- ' mander, USCG, Chief, Merchant most certain death" the Merchant Several of these hit into open the gasoline fires. tees follow the instructions here­ Marine Personnel Division, to­ Marine Distinguished Service hatches, setting fire to the cargo. "His heroism in the face of al­ in outlined: gether, with copy of a "Proposed Medal was . awarded last week to Though an explosion which most certain death was in keep­ Sec. 3. "The Secretary-Treasurer Plan for the Simplification of a member of the Sailors' Union might completely., demoiish the ing with the finest traditions of shall cause to be printed and Documents required of Merchant of the Pacific, Fred Aubry An­ ship was imminent. Able Seaman the United States..Merch^t Mar­ shall forward to each Branch a Marine Personnel." The letter derson, able seaman. The cei-e- Anderson and the Chief Officer ine." Brother Anderson comes from sufficient number of Ballots and from Commander Cowart states mony took place at 3 p.m. in the unhesitatingly defended into one numbered slotted envelopes for that this "new plan" is a result office of Capt. Edwm-d Macauley, hold with fire hose and extin­ Amite, la. His first sea papers the purpose of containing bal­ of a study made by the Coast member of the U. S. Mai-itime guished the fires in the ammuni­ were issued in April, 1942, at New lots cast daily. A record shall Guard, and requests that we ad­ Commission, in the presence of tion, and then, stopping only Orleans. be kept of the number of the vise you of any suggestions or Lieut. Gen. Alexander A. Vimde- long enough to strap on foamite He signed on the Samuel Park­ first and last ballot so forward­ grift. Marine Corps Commandant, shoulder tanks, descended into er in the SUP hall in Seattle. comment relative to it. ed. None but official ballots 1 am herewith expressing the and. Brig. Gen. Field Harris, in shall be used in any General opinion of the membership of,the charge of Marine Corps Aviation. Election." Sailors' Union of the Pacific and Anderson is now a member of Sec. 4. "Balloting for officers the Seafarers' Intern ational the U. S. Marine Corps. shall be secret and shall take Union of N. A. (affiliated with the Anderson's decora tion was place each day during the American Federation of Labor) earned aboard the SUP ship month of November and De­ •composed of active merchant sea­ Samuel Parker, which in a tencember, 60 Days Referendum men, • and comprising a member- month voyage to war theaters Establishment of an award for a citation, a metal plaque of 18 provided that there are five was subjected to torpedo'ing, fContinued on Pa^e 4) inches in diameter showing a members in good standing gallant ships and additional ser­ bombed, mined and strafed, merchant ship in relief with the elected from meeting pres­ vice bars and awards for meiNew York Shipping- Is bringing home a total of 130 bat­ chant seamen were announced words "Gallant Ship" spelled out ent to look atthetheir books and tle scar s. Anderson's citation, HOT I ! in rope design will be awarded. guard the ballot box; and no today by the War Shipping Ad­ signed on behalf of President The plaque, publicevidence of ballots shall be accepted except ministration. Roosevelt by Vice Admiral Em­ Any of Ihe bTolheTS In ihe honor and distinction, is to be those cast in the regular man­ Vice Admiral Emory S. Land, out ports who find shipping ory S. Land, U. S. N., retired. WSA Administrator, has dele­ mounted at the top of a hard­ ner. Chairman of the U. S. Maritime slow and their bill - fold gated the authority given him wood board and under it will be "A committee of Election com­ Commission, read: empty—^head for New York. posed of six (6) full members "For heroism. under enemy ac­ under Ex^utive Order to the placed a metal plate inscribed Agent Paul Hall has an­ with the citation. in good standing, two (2) from Seamen's Service Awards Com­ tion. nounced that he can ship all each department namely, one Each person aboard during the mittee of the WSA. This com­ "His ship, SS Samuel Parker, the men that show up. re­ judge, two tellers and three mittee will consider and deter­ action for which the ship is cited supporting our landing on the gardless of department or clerks, shall be elected in each Sicily beachhead, was unloading mine the action to be taken on will be entitled to wear a dark rating. Don't let the RMO port to conduct the elections green: sUk ribbon bar upon which high explosives and aviation gas­ all proposals for citations, com­ fill your jobs—come to New and to canvass the returns. is mounted a silver sea horse. In mendations, and awards:.. York and fill them yourselves. oline when a wave of enemy planes strafed the ship with in­ Whenever a ship has received (Continued on Page 3) (Cotitinued on Page 5) ; HONOR TO S.U.P. HER O New Awards For Seamen Announced iiiiiSI iiiM �11 ' Page Two fHE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. October 20. 1844 tSSBSSSBSSBBSt SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK. - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Kep. 424 5 th Street, N. Washington, D. C. ft! • Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16). CHARLESTON (9)... S.AV.ANNAH TAMPA JACKSONVILLE MOBILE SAN JUAN. 28 B.R.. PUERTO RICO CALVESTON ADDRESS 51 Beaver St 330 Atlantic Ave.,.. 14 North Gay St..... 6 North 6th St.. .., ,, 25 Commercial PI..,, 339 Chartres St.. .... 66 Society St 220 East Bay St 423 East Piatt St.... 920 Main St 7 St. Michael St..... PHONE HAnover 2-2784 Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 7651 Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Charleston 3-2930 Savannah 3-1728 Tampa MM-1323 Jack»onvills5-I23l Dial 2-1392 45 Bonce da Leon.... 219 20th St., San Jnan 1865 Galveston 2-8043 PUBUCATION OFFICE: 51 BBAVBR STREET Mew York, (4) N. Y, HAnover 2-2784 267 By BUNKER Pursers on ships these days have a nice job. Aside from writing Up the ship's log every day and typing overtime once Or twice a weelc, most of them don't do much except promenade the boat deck and enjoy the scenery. However, there are plenty of things a good pui^r does to earn his pay and make himself more than an ornament. A good purser pays a little attention to the slop chest. On long trips to places where yOu can't buy gear, no matter how much money you have, a well stocked slop chest is mighty, important, and a purser should make sure it's adequate before the ship sails. At sea, he should open the iriop chest several times a week at different hours so men on watch can draw from it. Some pursers amble down to the slop chest whenever it suits their fancy. A good purser also takes care of the ship's library ... has a good selection of books (which the American Merchant Marine Library Association will deliver to the ship free of charge), and keeps them from being scattered all oVer the ship. During the week before the ship gets back from a trip the pur­ ser should give the crew an approximate statement of wages, so -they'll have an idea of What their pay-off will be. If the purser is toe lazy for this, yOu can figute it out pretty well yourself from the table of wages in the SIU booklet, YOU and YOUR UNION. Another way in whicdi the purser can be useful is to write out passes for the ship's crew in places where the army or port author­ ities don't issue them. This saves a lot of beefs with the Coast Guard lateir on. • » • * BTothers John Dunnett, AB, and A. T. Arnold, AB, just came back from a trip on the Edward W. Scripps, ah Alcoa liberty. The Scripps left Boston in February with a-slop chest that was lacking of everything necessalry for a trans-Atlantic Voyage in midWinter. There were no boots, rain gear, gloves, winter underwear, or heavy socks. The boys who had some gear were lucky, the ones who came aboard schooner rigged had a mighty cold trip. Tlie few shirts and dungarees the ship carried didn't go half way to meet the needs of the crew. According to Arnold and Dunnett, the ship laid in Bostoh for ten days before puUing out—plenty of time to get a good slop chest on board. * * * « The United States has lost six of its big pre-war liners: The Manhattan, Pres. Coolidge, Pres. Harrison, Pres. Grant, Pres. Pierce, and Pre.s. Cleveland. ' The Pres. Coolidge was sunk by a mine in the South Pacific, and the Harrison was seized in Chinese waters by the Japs and later sunk by a U. S. submarine. -The Pres. Grant ended her days on a Pacific reef; the Pierce and Cleveland were both sunk in '43 during the N. African invasion. Here is brother Edward Lewis, SIU Chief Steward, participating in the recent dedication of the Sands Point rest home for merchant seamen. Brother Lewis received the keys to The Chimney's estate on behalf df all merchant seamen, and officially opened it for men convalescing from "convoy fatigue." The home is operated by the United Seamen's Service. "MAD DOG" NEILSEN IS TAMED The ten year long record of "Mad Dog" Captain Mads C. Neilsen, master of the SS Robin Adair was exposed as bucko fakery here last week When Paul Hall, New York Ageht ahd J. P. Shuler, Patrolman, recounted to Robin Line officials some of his exploits during the last voyage. "Mad Dog's" blustering sub­ sided to the whine of a puppy when it was made clear by the union that his Captain Bligh tac­ tics would no longer be tolerated, and if he wanted to obtain ereWs he had better stop fancying him­ self as a dictator while on the high seas. Among the charges brought against Neilsen by the union Was the fact that he rationed food to the crew When there was no nec­ essity for it. On the last trip he had posted a notice ih the messroom to the effect that "two eggs are enough for any man." He also interferred with the Steward and the general feeding of the ship. As a result of his high handedness, eight cases of eggs and a quantity of oth«- food had to be destroyed because it Went bad. A hungry crew and the food going bad because it wasn't be­ ing served up! The union also revealed that Neilsen had consistently charged top prices for inferior goods in the slop chest. We had his price list, and many items were over OPA ceilings—"Mad Dog" pock­ eting a nice profit. , Most serious of the charges, however, was that Neilsen was constantly abusive to the crew while at sea, and when in his drunken tempers ran amuck with a gun and herded the crew aroimd at pistol point. Neilsen attempted to deny this, but the union had testimony from the en­ tire crew, as well as the officers and the gun crew. "Even the Merchant Marine Hearing Officer commented on your lack of soberiety," brother Hall told Neilsen at the inter­ MONEY DUE view in the Robin Line office. "One of the high spots of the trip Was Neilsen's attempt to log a member of the Naval gun crew. SS FRANCIS ASBURY "Mad Dog" Whined When he Ad­ Daniel P. Wilson, AWz his. Col­ mitted that he had "scratched it lect at Bull Line. 114 Broad St. out of the log" after he had been » • * informed that he had no jurisdic­ SS JONATHAN GROUT tion over the gun crew. Gordan MaxweU, Oiler, ISO hrs. Throughout the interview the Collect at Missiseippi SS Co„ 17 Robin Line officials were entirely Battery Place. cooperative with the union and » • * made no attempt to excuse Neil­ SS LABADIE sen or defend his actions. At the St. Jiermaln, Winters, Natesh, conclusion of the hearing the Hatzl, and Galarre, each $23,59. union warned "Mad Dog" that if Collect at Company otBee. his ship ever entered port in a • • • like condition again, he would be SS CITY OF MONTGOMfiRY brought before the Coast Guard Mantieg, 4 hrs. and we would see to it that his • •. . careei' as "terror of the seas" SS SHICKSHINNY ended once and for all. At this point Neilsen's bluff and Louis H. Redler, AB, I hn blusteC Collapsed. He Whined that Frank Dunovich, AB, 2 hrs; he didn't mean any harm, and he Thomas Forehand, OS, 2 hrs; thought that he had done the Russell Saye, Regf. Eng^ 44 hrs; right thing. He promised that E. G. Moore, Oiler, 12 hrs; Vraihe'd be a good bOj' in the future. liam G, Snider, F-W-T, 8 hrs; M. A Week later New York Patrol­ E. NoegaL Oiler, 4 hrs; W. C. man Jimmy Hanners signed on Dodd, Oiler, 4 hrs; John A. Kuhthe Robin Adair and he reported ley, Dk. Eng„ IVi hrs. that "Mad Dog" is now a new All hands have $10.00 boat money coming for 5 days at Port ihan. He went oiit of his way tc Said and also those who have not assure Hanners that it was go­ received subsistence for the Ilth, ing to be a "clean trip" and he 12th and 13th of Septembeiv—8 was going to make the Adair a meals — $6.00. Collect at South "regular home foE the boys." Atlantic office in Savannah. We recommend the story of • • • "Mad Dog" Neilsen to a few SS ROBERT TOOMBS other bucko skippers who seem Hardy Rusk, 52 hrs; Santos Anto think that the union is incap­ tonette, 91 hrs; Clifton Mainers. able of protecting its members 86 hrs; M. Chopiowski, 61 hrs; and they are free to treat the Burnett S. Gellman, 40 hrs; EImen like galley slaves. Some of dee McNabb, 87 hrs. Collect at these characters have been suc­ South Atlantic SS Co. office. Sa­ cessfully using the war as an ex­ vannah, Georgia. cuse for their petty tjTannies. Our suggestion to them is to get The following men have money wise. coming from the American Ha­ The SIU, far from folding up waiian SS Company for the SS imder the pressure of the war- Wm- Marcy which paid off In enriched shipowners, is growing Baltimore. Collect at the Com­ stronger every day. The inan who pany office, 90 Broad Street: carries an SIU book is not a man Charles Jordan, Pasquale Anto kick around. He knows his tonelll, Manuel R. Peres, Elm^ rights, and his union will back W. Carter, Jr^ Louis Perry and him up. James E. Gibson. �Friday, October 20, 1944 THE SEAFARERS LOG NEW YORK WHarS DOING The trials and tribulations of being a pie-card were emphasiz­ ed again the other evening. Jim­ my Hanners and "Frenchy" Alirhelets had gone to pay bff the SS John Gibbons, Overlakes Freighting Corporation, and ar­ all rived on board at 2 P.M. and im­ she paid off shipshape, with beefs settled.) mediately commenced work oh The advantages of having an shaping up the overtime disputes. automobile for imion use came to About 5 P.M., after coming out light the other day. Jimmy Sheeof the huddle with the crew's delegates, they looked out the han, who is operating our jalopy, port and lo and behold the ship ran into a would-be-tough mate was pulling out into the stream. who insisted on not only getting out-of-order, but keeping out of It appears that a bunch of shore gangers were trying to laimch a order in regards to the handling of the deck dept. Sheehan con­ tug boat from drydock in the near vicinity, and they had to tacted the company to whom the vessel belonged and told them move the Gibbons out of the that this would-be bucko was way to do so. In the meantime, going to be instrumental in driv­ the tugboat got stuck and like a ing a good deck gang from one balky mule, refused to move. of their vessels. And so the Gibbons laid out in The Port Captain for that out­ the stream until 5 A.M. the next fit asked Sheehan to tell the mate morning. She finally pulled back to come up so he could put his into the dock and that only start­ mind right on the subject. In­ ed the troubles of Frenchy and stead of just telling the guy, Jim­ Jimmy. my loaded the bum into the They knew that if they went buggy and hauled him iu person home with this story it would up to the company's office. The soimd so fantastic, they would final outcome was that that ves­ never be able to palm it off . to sel now has a new Mate. That's their respective old ladies. After really what you call "Action on pleading with some of the crew the Point of Production." and even calling some of the The Seafarers organizing drive other Seafarers pie-cards at 6 in is beginning to boom up this way the morning, they rounded up and the membership in this port anough of a delegation to go is taking a larger interest than home with them to substantiate ever before in moving iiito new their stories, and from last re­ fields and getting new contracts. ports everything is now rosy. Organizers R. F. Kennedy and Jimmy and Frenchy declare, Steeley White are throwing a lot however, that they certainly hope of effort into this job and with this won't happen again in the the continued type of coopera­ near future, as they never will be tion from the membership which able to explain it again. (NOTE: has been displayed in the last 8 when the Gibbons "did pay off, or 10 days, there is no question Around the Ports t educational literature of any out­ fit in the field. We have had our usual hard time in coUecting blood money this week (overtime to you — Bud) and the local pie-cards have managed to settle disputes from the foUowing vessels: SS City of Montgomery, SS N. Labadie, SS Francis Asbury, SS Jonathan Grout, SS Abel Steams. To the members on these scows— check the money due list in this week's LOG. Shipping has really boomed again up here and what with the shipping of lots of our members into unorganized companies and the large number of contracted jobs we have, we are going to need aU the members in this port that we can get, so all of you boys down the line—come on up this way and join in the fight!! Youi's for more and better contracts. PAUL HALL, Agent Thanks Union For Its Aid October 5, 1944 I am writing to express my sin­ cere thanks to my SIU brothers for their services to me at the time when I needed them most. I have been out on an eight months' trip. During the time that I was gone, my wife became critically ill and was constantly administered to through the Persohal Service Division of the United Seamen's Service. On September 4 while I was stUl at sea, she died; and the United Sea­ men's Service took responsibility for arranging for the burial in co­ operation with my brothers at the SIU Hall in Houston. It is a comfort to me to know that when I was away, it was my union brothers who stood by, and that it was they who served as pallbearers. Accept my heartfelt thanks for your many kindnesses to me. Fraternally yours, JACQUES GREENHAW Balloting Opens November 1 sealed envelope in the Ballot (Continued from Page 1) count the ballots therein con­ Box. The USED ballots shall tained (but shall not count and Ballots shall be distributed in then be placed in an envelope tally the votes), and forward the order of their numbers, provided for the piurpose and a commencing with the lowest same to Headquarters in the slip of paper, also secificaUy manner hereinbefore prescrib­ number." provided, shall be signed by ed. Sec. 5* "Members be entitled to each member of the committee . vote upon presenting their *A question was raised at the on election and pasted on the membership certificates show­ last tallying of the ballots in back of the envelope. The seal­ ing that they are in good stand­ Headquarters of the legality of ed envelope shall then be plac­ ing, and have not previously tallying the ballots cast with­ voted at the same election. ed in the ballot box. The bal­ out the election of a tallying Members shall mark their bal­ lot box shaU then be locked committee by a regiilar meet­ lot with pen and ink, or indel­ and sealed, and the key there­ ing. If a quorum of 25 mem­ of shall be sealed up in an en­ ible pencil and shall signify bers ^ e not present on Mon­ velope, also specifically pro­ their choice of candidates by day a',, a regular meeting, the vided for that purpose on the should include, seaman's name, marking a cross (X) in voting ballots are to be counted but back of which each member of license or identification number, square opposite names or by not tallied. The holding of a the committee on election shall writing in the blank line the name of ship or ships on which special meeting is not permisagain sign his name.- The en­ sable to elect a conunittee for name of their choice if such served with dates of service, and velope so signed and sealed name be not printed upon the permanent mailing address. the tallying of the ballots. shall be given in charge of the Provision has been made to ballot. Lead pencils-shall not Sec. 9. Mutilated or disfigured make awards to representatives be used in marking ballots. Secretary-Treasurer or Agent ballots, or ballots marked with When a member has marked or some other member design­ of deceased persons who are elig­ lead pencU, shall be deemed ated by the meeting; He shall his ballot: he shall deliver it ible for the awards, at the dis­ invalid. Ballots torn in such a then announce to the meeting cretion of the Seamen's Service folded to the judge, who after manner that part of the names and the Secretary-Treasurer or ascertaining that the member Awards Committee. of candidates or voting squares Agent shall record in the min­ is entitled to vote, shall tear EXISTING BARS is destroyed are to be regarded utes (a) the number of ballots off the numbered stub and de­ These new awards supplement as mutilated ballots. Where the last dislrihuied (b) The num­ those p r e V i o u s ly authorized. posit the ballot. The commit­ choice of any member for any ber of ballots cancelled or des­ tee shall then stamp the mem­ Other awards which members of office cannot be determined troyed and (c) The number of bers' certificate of membership the U. S. Merchant Marine may with certainty, the vote for ballots deposited. No candidate in the proper column for the earn are; Distinguished Service such office shall not be counted. year and month of election, for office shall be a member of Medal for heroism or distinguish­ This also applies where a memr the Committee on Election. ed conduct; the Mariner's Medal such stamp shall bear the word ber has voted for more than "voted" the initials of the vot­ Sec. 7.* "In the regrdar meeting awarded for wounds or physical the designated number of can­ held in Branches during the ing place and the date of the injury incurred as a result of en­ didates to be elected to any of­ second meeting in January, the voting. If the member is not emy action; the Merchant Mar­ fice. All ballots cast at any Committee on Election shall ine Service Emblem, an identify­ entitled to votow the judge shall time, in any place and manner, open the Ballot Box, count the void his baUot, the tellers shall ing insigne; ribbon bars indicat­ except as herein provided, shall number of ballots therein con­ d$unt the ballots as they are ing service in the Atlantic War be deemed invalid. tained and count the number of Zone, Mediterranean-Middle East deposited and the clerks shall votes for each candidate. The Sec. 10. All committees men­ keep record of the count." War Zone, Pacific War Zone; and tioned in Article XIII shall con­ result shall be noted in the *In order for a member to vote the U. S. Merchant Marine Com­ sist of six full book members in Minutes. Tjie committee shall he must have paid all his as­ bat Bar issued for service on a good standing; two members then forward to Headquarters sessments from the time of ship which has been attacked or from each dpeartment. joining, including the building all used ballots (i.e.. All ballots damaged by instrumentality of taken from the Ballot Box, in­ Sec. 11. The total ballots cast at assessment and all dues up to war. A silver star is attached to any Branch on any one day but not more than three months cluding blank and disqualified the bar if the man is forced to ballots), together with a copy shaU be voided upon proof of in arrears. Men holding pro­ abandon ship. any irregularity. of the tally sheets, under seal­ bationary books are not to be As of October *3, 1944 the fol­ permitted to vote. ed cover, marked 'Ballots For If the foregoing instructions lowing awards had been made: Officers.' In case no regular are followed there wiU be no pos­ more than 100 Merchant Marine Sec. 6. "Balloting shall continue meeting is held during such sibility of the complete ballots until every qualified voter pres­ Distinguished Service Medals of ent has had an opportunity to week, the Agent, in the pres­ cast at a Branch being thrown which 18 were awarded posthu­ mously; more than 2500 Mariner's vote. The judge shall then ence of the Committee on Elec­ out such as happened in the last count the numbered stubs to tion, or. in their absence, be­ election. Medals; more than 59,000 Com­ verify the count of the clerks fore five other full members;, bat Bars; and 102,000 men have JOHN HAWK, and shall enclose them in a shall open the Ballot Box and received war zone bars. Secretary-Treasurer New Awards For Seamen Announced (Continued from Page 1) case a man serves on another ship which is designated as a "gallant ship" an additional sil­ ver sea horse wHl be awarded. MERITORIOUS SERVICE A light blue, red, white, gold and navy blue silk ribbon bar wiU represent the Merchant Mar­ ine Meritorious Service Medal. Any member of a crew on a ship operated for the account of the U.S. Maritime Commission or the WSA Who, since September 8, 1939 or during the present war, is officially commended by the War Shipping Administrator for conduct or service of a meritori­ ous character will be eligible for the Merchant Marine Meritorious Service Medal. A gold star will be affixed to the ribbon of the medal and the ribbor bar for each additional citation. DEFENSE BAR A Merchant Marine Defense Bar wiU be signified by a black, red, white and green silk ribbon bar. These ribbons will be issued to each master, officer, or mem­ ber of the crew of any United States ship who served at any time during the period from Sep­ tember 8, 1939 through Decem­ ber 6, 1941. The Merchant Marine Defense Bar will be issued by the com­ mittee upon voluntary applica­ tion by seamen furnishing proof of eligibility for the bar. Merchant Marine Awards are not licensed for sale. Applications but what the Seafarers will be in 8 condition soon to knock off a couple of the larger non-union outfits and shape them up to the point of signing a contract. All of our members who are inter­ ested in assisting the Seafarers in this fight, when they hit New York, see one of these Organizers on the 5th floor, and let them have your support and by doing so, you will be playing a part in one of the biggest moves that the Seafarers has ever made. The membership can look very shortly to another series of edu­ cational books and pamphlets as Johnny Bunker, the member who drew up "Seafarers At War" and "You and Your Union" had been hard at work on several more booklets and wiU have them out in a printed book form very shortly. Bvmker has done a fine job in shaping up this stuff and by doing the good job that he has, the Seafarers in a very short while will have the finest set of PaffB Three �><i^ij'-i;>j'v^,=^^j!,l Po^e Four- THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, October 20, 1944 —g-" War Shipping Issues New Rule Ou "Pilferage" Great Lakes Lundeberg Attacks Red Tape War Shipping AdmmisiTaiion following measures in tb&-inter­ est of diminating pilferage: Washington, 25, D, C, (1) Stamp all linens: October 3, 1944 (Continued from Page 1) PROPERTY Mr. John Hawk ship of 50,000 active, bonafide of the Secretary-Treasurer rnerrhant seamen. UNITED STATES Seafarers International Union Strike votes will soon be taken I. We agree that at the present Stamp all tools Dear Mr. Hawk: on Lakes ships under contract to time merchant seamen are re­ U. S. the SIU! This fact was made quired to carry an excess of "du­ Your attention is invited to the All linens on vessels owned by clear this week when the ship­ plicate" papers, BUT unfortun­ onclosod copy of Operations Reg­ ulation No. 99 which is self ex­ the WSA shall be stamped in in­ owners refused the union's de­ ately it is rather late in the day delible ink, (see specimen stamp mand that "end of the season to change that,, particularly at planatory. Losses of food stuffs and linens attached). Large ai'ticles, such as bonus" be computed upon the the present timd. detract from the well-being and shoots, shall be stamped in the basis of total earnings tor the In 1937, when the Merchant comfort of the crew.. Losses of center and at two corners diag­ season. The strike vote will be Marine Act was passed, the mer­ hand tools and other equipment onally opposite. Tools aboard chant seamen on a nation-wide could well endai^er the lives of such vessels shall be stamped scale were required by the Act the crew members and place the with steel dies, in letters of suit­ to turn in all their former papers, vessel and its cargo in jeopardy. able size. All stamping shall be and received in lieu thereof new CLEVELAND. Oct. 17 — Reports have even been received done as soon as possible upon the Walter F. Taag. regional di­ seamen's papers, and also certi­ of pilferage of stores and equip­ next arrival of each ship in the ficates of identification. rector of the,National Labor United States. General Agents ment from lifeboats. This was done at the request of Relations Board, stated today Therefore, in order to assure shall procui'e the necessary equip­ that the Great Lakes Dislxicl the United States Steamboat In­ crew members ample food stuffs, ment for tliis purpose. Linens of the SIU has cancelled its spection Service, and must have linens, and tools, it will be ap­ and tools on privately owned cost the Uhited States Govern­ call for a strike vote. The preciated if you will bring this vessels may only be stamped with ment millions of doUars. cancellation came after the matter to the attention of the the consent of the owner. When the present war started, shipowners agreed to com­ members of your Organization (2) Arrange internal proced­ the United States C!oast Guard, pute the bonus in the satse and request their cooperation in ures so that cases involving pil­ who has been put into the picture manner as was employed last reducing this loss to a minimum. ferage will be reported to the year. by a Presidential Order, then re­ principal officers of the General Very truly yours, quired an ADDITIONAL identi­ HUBERT WYCKOFF. Agent, who wUl be expected to conducted under the provisions fication card, which was some­ , * Assistant Deputy Administrator give personal supervision to the of the Smith-Connally Act thing we could never understand for Maritime Labor Relations program for eliminating pilfer­ under the provisions of the due to the fact that the seamen age. Such procedures shaU in­ Smith-Connally Act. ALREADY CARRIED ONE, Enclosure clude: • • • For months the Great Lakes which gave his whole life's his­ Pertaining To. Pilferage of Ships' (a) Appropriate records, de­ District of the SIU has been bat­ tory, including finger prints, etc. Stores and Supplies on Vessels signed to reveal any irregularit­ tling the shipowners over the The identification card required ies or unusual depletion in quan­ Owned By Or Bareboat by the U. S. Coast Guard was tities of stojres, supplies, or equip­ bonus rate. The operators are at­ only a.duplicate of this. Charters To The WSA tempting to ba^ the bonus uj^n The War Shipping Administra­ ment, and the reasons therefor; the monthly b^e pay, thus chis­ In your proposed plan of "sim­ (b) Reports from the appro­ tion has sustained very heavy plification" you now propose that priate officers "of the vessel in ex­ eling the seamen out of many this seamen's card, or certificate losses as a result of pilferage of earned dollars. ghips' stores and equipment Ma­ planation of discrepanicies; (which would be issued under (c) Thorough investigations, The latest issUe ^ oi the Great your "plan" to take the place of jor losses have been from the theft of (a) linen-sheets, towels including the employment, where Lakes Seafarer states the issues: the other two, etc.) would last for "Our fight with the ship own­ a period of five years. This is and similar equipment, often sold necessary, of investigators in de­ ers over whether the Bonus something we are definitely and ashore in foreign countries; (b) termining the cause of disappear­ should be paid on base monthly absolutely opposed to for the fol­ ances or unusual consumption of hand tools and other equipment wages, as they feel it should, or ships' stores, supplies or equip­ in the engine department; and lowing Reasons: whether it should be paid on sea­ ment; (c) foodstuffs. These tliefts con­ With" the experience we have (d) Preparation, with the as­ men's total eamings^which the had with the various Bureaus, a stitute criminal acts. Much of the material lost is sistance or under the direction of SIU, Great Lakes District, con­ man could easily be denied his difficult to replace. In addition coun^l for the General Agent, of tends is the proper method has seamen's papers, after five years, to the basic financial losses in­ detailed reports for presentation now assumed greater proportions. due to the fact that lie might hot curred from such pilferage re­ to appropriate prosecuting auth­ This argument with the ship be so physically fit as he was five placements impose a needless orities and the Coast Guard, to owners has been going on for years prior, and as a result, be­ strain on wartime manufacturing be followed by all necessary ac­ months. In our cases before the cause of ageing, a bonafide sea­ tion in the prosecution of cases War Labor Board early this year men could be denied the right to facilities. the SIU, Great Lakes District go to sea. of pilferage. Primary corrective m e a s ures opposed. any type of continuous This plan, moreover, is wide (e) Report all cases of actual consist of aU General Agents im­ pressing upon Masters and Offi- or suspected pilferage to the ap­ service Bonus just as A. F. of L. open to discriminatory practices, • lOers their responsibilities in the propriate District Offices of the Seamen's Unions on the Lakes particularly now when the Coast ,:premises and their accountabil- War Shipping Administration, have been doing down through Guard started what is called . ity for ships' stores and equip­ and in cases developing in for­ the years. We opposed it on the eign countries, report to the ap­ grounds that it was, first, a Union do the dirty work that the ship ment. ^ Losses of Hnen may beat be propriate Foreign Office of the busting measure, and secondly, owners were unable to do them­ that no ship owner has the right selves. And then the fun began! reduced by requiring all ships' War Shipping Administration. to withhold seamen's earnings in "The ship owners insisted that (f) Post, on each vessel, appro­ personnel to return soiled linen before clean linen is issued to priate warning to the personnel order to keep him in his employ. the Board intended that the "However, it turned out that Bonus payments be limited to the them. All such issues should be of the seriousness of the offense under the direct supervision of involved in pilferage and of the aU of our arguments before the base monthly sailing wage, while the Chief Steward and should be action which will be taken in War Shipping Panel of the Na­ the SIU, Great Lakes District made at regular, stated intervals connection therewith, which may tional War La'oor Board were in representatives, insisted that the Bonus be paid on total earnings Losses of hand tools and other include report to military auth- vain. "After almost 40 years of bat­ of the seamen, as had always 3rities and action by court-marequipirient in the engine depart­ tling successfully the ship own­ been done by t h o s e companies ',ial for offenses committed in ment may be eliminated by ers demands to impose the rotten without Union contracts who paid foreign ports that involve blackgreater care on the part of ships* and vicious End of the Season the Continuous Service Bonus. market operations. " personnel and more systematic (3) Furnish the Assistant Dep­ Bonus upon our membership, the The matter was referred back to methods of issue and check. Such • equipment should be segregated uty Administrator for Ship Op- National War Labor Board shov­ the-National - War Labor Board ' in a suitable compartment which Brations, Warv .Shipping Admin­ ed, that Bonus down our throats. and was, and still is, being kick­ • should be locked when not at­ istration, Washington, D. C., It took a Government Agency to ed-around in- Washingtor,." within 30 days from the issuance tended. Losses of foodstuffs have re­ of this regulation, a complete sulted chiefly from gross laxity statement of the program adopt­ ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR in controlling ships' reefer boxes ed in this connection, including AUG, 26th TO OCT, 2, 1944 . and food store-rooms. Such com­ copies of internal instructions ispartments should be kept locked sucd in connection therewith. Deck Engine Steward Total and the entry of personnel should Agents are advised to consult be strictly controlled by the Chief with their own counsel in the 258L 1842 2288 6709 SmPPED .. . ... • Steward and limited to respon­ preparation of such a program. . (Signed) G. H. HELMBOLD, sible members of his department. 203r 2182 1751 5969 REGISTERED' Accordingly, General- Agents Assistant Deputy Administrator For Ship Operations are hereby directed to take the Asks strike Bulletin ! a "screening" process, which "screening process" is without any protection whatsoever in any manner or form for the men who ; go to sea. Under this Coast Guard "screening" set up, active seamen who apply for seamen's papers must wait for a period of days", while the Coast Guard deter­ mines whether he shall be allow­ ed to go to sea, and should the Coast Guard see fit not to aUow the man to go to sea, he has no come-back at all, no one, nor any­ body, to appeal to. This is cer­ tainly not an American system by any stretch of the imagination. We further state that the Coast Guard should not institute any NEW SYSTEMS pertaining to personnel in the Merchant Mar­ ine for the reason that the Coast Guard is only in charge of the U. S. Steamboat Inspection Ser­ vice of the U. S., and the Ship­ ping Commissioners, as war-time measure, and same shall cease six months after the war. We cannot see why the Coast Guard should "inaugurate this system becau-se CONGRESS HAS NOT PASSED A. LAW GIVING THE COAST GUARD CONTROL OF SHIP­ PING COMMISSIONERS OR THE U. S. STEAMBOAT IN­ SPECTION SERVICE, and Conirees is the law-making body in ;he merchant marine field. We are certainly not willing, md I am speaking for our mem'Dershlb, that the Coast Guard •>hall take over the normal func;ions of the Shipping Commisiioners and U. S. Steamboat Inipection Service, until and after Congress has had an opportunity .0 provide checks and balances igainst such an undertaking. Under the present system emjloyed by the U. S. Coast Guard, nerchant seamen are placed in iouble jeopardy, because not only merchant seamen penalized iccording to maritime law Oogjing, etc.) but they must suffer additional penalties imposed ashore by the U. S. Coast Guard for the same infraction. We have today thousands of cases on record and documented for the attention of Congress at the proper time, when men have been logged (their pay taken away from them) according to maritime law—and then the same men, for the same infraction, have been up" on charges before the Coast Guard, and some Coast Guard Hearing Officers have had the seamen's papers suspended, in some cases ranging from a week to six months, (i.e.^ denial of their right to earn a living by going to sea) and in some cases com­ plete revocation. It has, therefore, become our duty to notify you that we are opposed, to this program and should wait until Congress can have an opportunity to determine who will be in charge of the U.S. Maritime personnel, whethei' it be (1) the United States Coast Guard, (2) the Department of Commerce, or (3) the U. S. Mari­ time Commission. But, that .is.. something • for Congress to. deterrainev:."' • ; /•; Sincerely; yours, HARRY LUNDEBERG; President. 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HERO NEW AWARDS FOR SEAMAN ANNOUNCED "MAD DOG" NEILSEN IS TAMED THANKS UNION FOR ITS AID WAR SHIPPING ISSUES NEW RULE ON"PILFERAGE" GREAT LAKES ASKS STRIKE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/20/1944 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1944 Periodicals Seafarers Log https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/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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Title A name given to the resource October 13, 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. 33 Description An account of the resource Headlines: WAR LABOR BOARD APPROVES SIU ELECTRICIANS' PAY SCALE JOHN HAWK'S STATEMENT ON FEPC CHARGES OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION NEW OVERTIME METHOD TO AVOID COLLECTIONS NEW EDUCATIONAL SERIES LAUNCHED STATEMENT REGARDING HEARINGS OF TEH PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE DISPATCHER CALLS FOR RESPOMSIBLE UNIONISM FROM MOLEHILL TO MOUNTAIN Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/13/1944 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1944 Periodicals Seafarers Log https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/8e196e6061a79efde397458bc300780e.PDF 97f0d52966c7fccffae969cfb160beaf PDF Text Text i'": k OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GXII^ DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL HNKH? OF NORTH ASP^ICA NEW YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 6, 1944 VOL VL No. 32 Alien Seamen Annual Nominations Now Under Free From Way For 1945 Term Of Office Passport Allotment Can Be Made Rules Out In Foreign Ports Oct. 15th Deadline For Filing I > r Alien seamen who are mem bers of the SIU and have receiv ed cleai'ance from their country's consul to sail American ships will not be effected by the Nov­ ember 15th dead line require­ ment for U.S. seamen's passports This was definately established this week in conversations be­ tween the SIU and the Recruit­ ment and Manning Organization of the WSA. After November 15 American citizens must carry the special seamen's State Department pass­ port in order to sail to foreign ports. But this rule in no way effects alien SIU Brothers who will continue to sail upon the pa­ pers they now carry. Such a rul­ ing was given the union by Ir­ ving Witkowski, Chief of the Li­ cense Section of the RMO in New York. Several American skippers don't seem to know the score and are attempting to jerk aliens around. Brother Peter Checklen was dispatched out of the hall re­ cently to the Alcoa Voyager, and the Captain refused to sign him on, using the excuse that Check­ len did not have either the new passport or the I'eceipt of appli­ cation. The union straightened the skipper out in a hurry. . Here is the procedure that has been in effect, and will continue after November; the skipper makes up a list of all aliens who are sent to him by the union, and .submits that list to the Immigra­ tion Service for clearance. If the Immigration Service has any question about an SIU man, the union helps get him in the clear. If no objections are raised by the , Immigration Service, the skipper has no right to refuse the man merely because of his national status. Any questions or beefs on these points should be immediately refered to the branch agent. The union stands ready to back up all members in their rights, irrespec­ tive of race, creed or citizenship. IF YOU GO TO A HOSPITALTELL YOUR UNION It is not always easy for a hospital delegate to know just which brothers are in the hospitals, and in which ward they are located. If you want to be sure of a weekly visit from the' hospi­ tal delegate, send the union a postcard telling us just where you are. If you get on the high seas and suddenly remember that you failed to make out an al­ lotment before leaving an American port, don't worry too much about it because it is now possible to rearrange your paychecks in foreign ports. In any port in which there is an American consul you can make out an allotment request and have it honored by the home office of the shipowner. Merely go to the consul and tell him the prob­ lem. and he'll give you a hand in arranging it so your wife, or mother, or Aunt Hattie will be taken care of OK while you're gone. AFL Set To Beat Bad Laws WASHINGTON, D. C. — The AFL called upon its affiliates throughout the country to back labor's drive against attempts in three. States—California, Florida and Arkansas — to abolish the union shop. The federation pledged itself to carry on an intensive educational campaign until election day to win the referendum votes pend­ ing in these states on proposals to ban the union shop by con­ stitutional amendment of by leg­ islation. In a circular letter to affiliated unions, AFL President Green pointed out that this is not a sec­ tional battle but will affect the basic interests of organized labor throughout the land. He therefore appealed for con­ tributions from individual unions to a special fund being raised by the' American Federation of La­ bor with which to finance its campaign. Such contributions should be sent to AFL SecretaryTreasurer George Meany at the Federation's headquar ters in Washington. Ml". Green said in his letter: . "This appeal is being made be­ cause the fight in California, Florida, and Arkansas against the enactment of anti-labor and unAmerican legislation must be re­ garded as a menace to the eco­ nomic and industrial welfare of all the members of the American Federation of Labor located in every state throughout the na­ tion. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their union. The union has the right to expect that the most capable and experienced members will run for office and supply the leadership needed in the coming post war period. There are some stiff battles ahead with the ship­ owners, and the complete solidar­ ity of the men led by fighting of­ ficers will be needed to maintain and improve our conditions. Give this serious thought, brothers. If you think you are qualified for the post of Agent or patrolman, throw in for it and give the membership an opportunity to pick the best man available. Any member who can qualify can nominate himself for office by submitting, in writing to the one of three departments. Any candidate for departmental pa­ trolman must have three years sea service in their respective de­ partments. Sea service as speci­ Here are the qualifications for fied in this article shall mean on office as laid down in the union merchant vessels. constitution: Secretary-Treasurer, proof of his qualifications. Such notifications must be in the office of the Sec­ retary-Treasurer not later than October 15th. "(a) That he is a citizen of the "(d) He has not misconducted himself previously while employ­ United States of America. ed as an officer of the Union. "(b) That he be a full member of the Seafarers' International "(e) That he be an active and Union of North America—Atlan­ full book member and show four tic and Gulf District in continu­ months discharges for the cur­ ous good standing for a period of two (2) years immediately prior rent year prior to date of nomin­ ation, this provision shall not to the date of nonination. "(c) Any candidate for Agent apply to officials and other office or joint patrolman must have holders working for the Union three years of sea service in any during current year." Another Seamen's Rest Home ii||: The Christian R. Holmes estate at Sands Point. "The Chimneys." one of Long Island's showplaces, was dedicated as a rest center for American merchant seamen to be operated jointly by United Sea­ men's Service and the War Shipping Administration. The event also marked the second anniver­ sary of the USS-WSA Medical Division, which now operates seven rest centers in the United Stales. With H. Chase Stone. WSA assistant deputy administrator, as master of ceremonies, the program opened with the singing of the national anthem by Mrs. W. Winston Warner and the presentation of the key to the estate by Jay Holmes. President of the Holmes Foundation, to Dr. Daniel Blain. USSWSA medical director. Dr. Blain turned the key over to Chief Steward Edgar R. Lewis, represent­ ing the American Merchant Marine. The Sands Point rest center will accommodate fifty merchant seamen, survivors of enemy action or sufferers from convoy fatigue as the result of long and hazardous voyages. The other six centers are located on the estates of Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt, Oyster Bay. Long Island; Mrs. C. Suydsun Cut­ ting, Gladstone. N. J.; the late Darius Ogden Mills, Millbrae. Calif„ and the late Mary Virginia McCormick. Pacific Palisades. Calif.; and at Bay Ridge. Md.. and Camp Kittiwake, Pass Christian. Misa. �Page Two THE Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIOf^AL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the Aimericsn Federation of Labor, 10 y ------ President Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. p. Q. Box 2S, Station P., New Yprk Qty MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 Jth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C, Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (TO).. BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16) .. . CHARLESTON (9) SAVANNAH.... TAMPA JACKSONVILLE MOBILE SAN JUAN, 28 P.R., PUERTO RICO GALVESTON ADDRESS 51 Beaver St 330 Atlantic Ave 14 North Gay St 6 North 6th St.. 25 Commercial PI 339 Chartres St 68 Society St 2Z0 East Bay St 423 East platt St 920 Main St 7 St. Michael St. PHONE HAnover 2-2764 Liberty 405 7 Calvert 4539 Lombard 7651 Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Charleston 3-2930 Savanna»^ 3-1728 Tampa MM-1323 Jacksonville 5-123 1 Dial 2-1392 45 Ponce de Leon 219 ZQth St San Juan 1885 Galveston 2-8043 PUBLICATION OFFICE: Sl BEAVER STREET HAnover 2-2784 New York, (4) N. Y. 267 Report From The Secretary- Treasurer , .by.. JOHN HAWK Last Thursday the union negotiating committee met with the ship-operators' committee to discuss the union's proposals for -a wage increase and the other proposals. Brother .Alphonse Michelet and Glaude Fisher represented the stewards department, brother Paul Hall and Joe Volpiap, the engine department and James Sheehan and myself, the deck department. Your representatives made it clear that although in the final analysis the total wage askej for each rating would be the same to all companies, we were submitting separate proposals to each com­ pany because the differences in the scale of wages paid to certain ratings in some agreements. Therefore in order to elirninate these inequalities we demanded that we negotiate with each operator separately. The ship operators' committee cpnsentetf to this and stated that they were authorized to negotiate for each operator individually. I arranged to haye Commissioner Liller from the Department of Labor there ia order to save time in getting our disputes to the War Labor Board. We made it clear to Mr. Liller thpt regardless of what position the company took on the proposals submitted to the first company that we took up, we wquld take each set of proposals separately and in making his report and recommendations to the Secretary of Labor we denianded that each case that was disputed would have to "be submitted to the War Labor Board as a separate case. We then took up the proposals separately for each company. The ship operators' committee agreed to only one proposal in each case. That proposal was, "The Emergency Wartime Increase" shall be in­ corporated into the permanent basic wage rate. Every other pro­ posal submitted to each and every operator was disputed, therefore they will have to be referred to the War Labor Board for final settle­ ment. After the union got through with their proposals, the com­ pany committee submitted their counter proposals which was in reality a whole new agreement and which at a glance was even finkier than the NMU's present agreement. They even asked for wage reductions for numerous ratings and "that the overtime rate of 90c per hour that they have been paying since 1941 be reduced to B5c per hour. Naturally the union'.s rommittee objected to theii counter pro­ posals regarding wage, overtime, etc. Your committee also refused to discuss their proposed changes in the working rules on the basis that pursuant to the "Statement pf Policy" signed with the War (Continued on Page 3) Friday. October 6, 1944 LOG \ Crew Battles Storm While Ship Lists At 53 Degrees SEAFARERS HARRY LUNDEBERQ SEAFARERS By Roman Gonzales I remember hearing some "Old Salt" telling of a ship that "turned turtle" and how the crew, such as were able to, lived for days on the bottom of the ship. Sounds funny. I mean the ship turning pver. Well, what I am leading up to is this—We, the crew of the SS Robin Sherwood almost had a similar experience last February. We were enroutp home, in ballast, from the United Kingdom and while the weather was rj^ther •heavy when we started, it was on Cnpt. J. J. Delaney Feb. 20 thgt the storm hit us and in the midst of it the ship failed Dyes In Jersey to right herself from an unusual roll when the ballast shifted in Marine Hospital the holds. She listed to 53 de­ grees. Well Sir, there was con­ One of the most colorful lead­ siderable shifting all around, men ers in the labor movement— and equipment and everything President J. J. Delaney of the that was loose or not permanent­ Masters, Mates and Pilots — has ly fastened to deck or hull, shift­ passed away. Following a pro­ ed, and fastlonged illness, he died at the St. SHIFTED COAL Francis Hospital in Jersey City, As soon as it was known what the town in which he was born had happened those who were almost 65 years ago. able to got busy. The crew, li­ Among offices he held in the censed and unlicensed and Uncle union were those of president of Sam's Navy crew, went below Locals 1 and 3 in the New York and started shoveling coal. We harbor, vice president of the na­ used shovels, tubs, buckets, bar­ tional organization and president rels, everything that was avail­ since 1936. able and for the next seven days Delaney not only led in battles and nights it was a case of shov­ to organize licensed men aboard eling. A few tons of coal to be ships, often against bitter oppo­ carried into a coal bin is not a sition of the owners, but actively small job, but when it comes to a.ssisted the struggles of manj"- moving a couple of thousand other unions. He served, too, on tons, well, it just ain't the kind the executive boards of the Hud­ of job a Navy man or a sailor son County Central Labor Coun­ would ask for. But we forgot all cil and the New Jersey State Fed­ about being Navy or sailor, we eration of Labor. shoveled for our lives. He was a member of the Rail­ The hell of it was that the way Labor Executives' Associa­ storm hung on and when it look­ tion and was active on associa­ ed as if we were really getting tion subcommittees formed to the ballast (coal) away from the push rail labor laws, including side and somewhat evened up, liberalized retirement and unem­ along would come another- blast ployment insurance benefits. He of wind and bang, the job had to played a prominent part, too, in be done over. For seven days movements of rail unions for and nights we shoveled coal. We higher wages. ate hard boiled eggs and such canned goods as the cook was able to get hold of. There was no chance of using the galley, the stove was all abeam. SOME LIST If you want an idea of what a 53 degree list is, suppose that house of yours suddenly decided to turn over on its side, but did not quite make it. It did how­ ever come within a few feet of it. You could find a whole, lot more comfortable places than trying to work on the floor. We finally succeeded in getting the ship from laying on its side, to a 37 degree angle and with that angle we finally made port on New Foundland. Let me say this in closing, there ain't such a damn thing as animosity or ill-feeling between the Navy's gun crews and the sailors. What we did in the dark, ill-ventilated cock-eyed hold of the SS Robin Sherwood, we do all the time, that is, work to­ gether and look after each others interests. EIGHT LOST The sudden shift of the SS Robin Sherwood cost eight lives and two were badly injured. The brothers who gave up their lives were Adolph Sepp, Oscar Kause, Clarence Adolph, Charles Bowlling, Robert Ybeng Seng, George DeJusus, Enrique Ocevedo and Sanford WiUiams. The injured were Manfred Keilits, Chief Cook, qnd myself. UNION IS HAILED ON ANNIVERSARY By Carl M. Rogers Lest we forget. It will not be so long now until the Seafarers International Union of North America, an affiliate of the Am­ erican Federation of Labor, will haye reached its 6th birfhjay, so let us go back to 1936, the yexr that the siu of NA started. The merchant seamen on the east coast were in one hell pf a fix, as far as unionisni was concerned. What with the labor fakers, the Commies, the shipowners and their other stooges reaping a har­ vest at the expense pf the seamen and bleeding them for everything they earned; what with the ship­ owners from office boy to brass hats, becoming millipnnaires overnight, but poor John Seaman was only getting enough to eat coffee andp-an^ so now brothers, let us think back a little further. UNION FOUNDED The merchant seamen, or should I say the majority of the real rank and file seamen be­ came disgusted with the set-up on the east coast, and after plenty of discussion from coast to coast, the formation of the Seafarers International Union was started. On a shoe string we must admit, but you must learn to toddle around before you can walk, and so the SIU began to be a reality instead of just chatter. This union has become stronger day by day, month by month and year after year. In other words: brothers, the SIU has developed from a small wee tpt into a grown man, ancl in only six years, and it has proven itself, beyond a semblance pf a dpubt, one of the most mil­ itant and fightingest ^bpr organ­ izations in the universe. The con­ tracts, wages, conditions and etc., on ships under contract to the SIU prove the above assertion, and the gains and successes it has obtained for the membership during those said 6 years of its existence has become known in­ ternationally from the ropkbpund coast of. Maine to the Gplden Gate in California; f r p m the Great Lakes gnd Canada to Brit­ ish Columbia, fp be more ex­ plicit; even in Europe and else­ where the populace are becoming acquainted with the SIU through the medium of our members al­ ways stating and proving the SIU is the only union for the mer­ chant seamen. PHONIES POOTED At the beginning of our exist­ ence many phoney gazunies, who wei-e ably assisted by the ship­ owners and their cohorts in crime, yelled to the high heavens that the SIU was only a flash in the pan, and that inside of three months it would be washed up. Brothers—what a flash! And as fa? as the pan is concerned, allow us to inform the said phonies that it has become a damned large pan. It has kept itself a clean pan, it has not consorted with the shipowners to sell the seamen out, and above all, if the phonies still desire to call the SIU a pan, or a flash iri the pan, they can x-est assured though the pan was small, it is now ope of the larjgest and best pans in the sea­ faring industry. The Seaferers was built thru struggles, strife and with xnany setbacks at it's inception. But now down through these years we can look back gnd say: "It was well worth everything, for look what an organization we have for Jphn Seanian." NOW PN TOP We also can very avidly state that we gre a body of men who have known hardships and will see that the SIU continues to stay right on top from now on. And incidentally, the writer knows and is sure that the complete membership will concur with him when he avers that in the Seafarers Union we have only room for two isms: Americanism and Unionism. Thanks to the Sailors Union of the Pacific, for their backing and co-operation. The old-timei's and also quite a few of the youngsters in the SIU may recall the speech of one of the youngest members made (Continued on Page 4) •A �Friday, October 6, 1944 THE SEAFARERS John Ha'wk Reports WHArS DOING Around the Pert! BALTIMORE that the forty hour week should apply. A DOUBLE DEAL We have seen the War Labor Board restrict our wages to the Little Steel Formula. We have seen the Maritime War Emer­ gency Board limit "us to a bare existence, while shore workers were getting far higher wages, and were only obliged to work 40 hours a week as compared to the seamen's 56 hours plus em­ ergency time. Never have we seen any government agency or bureau make any attempt to rec­ tify this unjust law insofar as the seamen are concerned. We have been feted and hailed as the ac­ tual saviours of our country in two wars at least, and many of us have participated in both of them. Yet when beneficial laws are passed the seamen are put into the discard. The seamen, through their unflinching courage have proven they are true and great Americans. The people of this country are proud of them and whole-heartedly agree that any beneficial laws passed by the law makers of this country should decidedly apply to the seamen, whom we all agree are a prime factor in the winning of this war. Wo cannot see the justice of a law that applies to only a part of the American people, and when such laws are made they are inconsistant with the demo­ cratic principles which this gov­ ernment was founded upon. With all this above tirade there is only one way we shall be able to get shorter hours, and that is to fight in our own fashion for them. For if we wait for the politicians to give us a break we shall still be working 56 hours ten years from now. When the fight begins you can be sure the SIU & SUP will lead it, and if the NMU exists ten years from then, Curran will be begging the politicians to give them the same hours and wages as we have. JOSEPH FLANAGAN. Agent Shipping has been exception­ ally good at this port this week and of course we have had pur usual quota of beefs plus a hell of a lot of chaos in the course of paying off some of the ships. It seems as if the South At­ lantic SS Company has forgotten the lesson our Sec'y-Treasurer, John Hawk, taught them to the tune of $7,000, as they are again up to their old practice of break­ ing sea watches at convoy ports. I have been obliged to submit identical beefs from two South Atlantic vessels to brother Hawk owing to the fact that company i. representatives paying off ships involving considerable overtime, and routine issues were settled satisfactorily for all concerned. PASSPORT SNAFU We have been getting a lot of publicity in regards to the seahapn obtaining their passports within six months after applica­ tion for same, or not later than Nov. 15, 1944. It seems that the Department of State is consistant with all other government agen­ cies and bureaus in regards to being tardy. As usual they are very prompt in submitting direc­ tives, and again as usual ai-e di­ rectly responsible for said direc­ tives not being applicable. . There have been no fewer than a dozen cases brought to our at­ tention wherein applications for J/ passports had been filed over a year, and two specific cases for over two years and as yet some of them have not received their passports. A few of these broth­ ers decided to pay a personal visit to Washington and were thus able to rouse the respon­ sible parties out of their political lethargy long enough to procure their passports. This illustrates perfectly comrat Curran's vaunt­ ed action, and demonstrates how far the seamen would get if they were to put their economic fate into the politician's hands. WE LEAD FIELD Negotiations are going on by NEW YORK the various so-called seamen's unio^ now. The major hue and The SS GEORGE WASHING­ cry is for adjustments in wages TON arrived here last week with and overtime, and as was to be a dispute which affects the wel­ expected they are on the whole fare of all seamen. This ship is asking for what the SIU has al­ going on a laid-up basis and as a ready fought for and gotten for result the crew is being paid years. The SIU and SUP has off. In pur contract with Alcoa consistently deemed this inade­ Steamship Company, on page 17, quate and have time and again section 33, there is a clause that been balked from getting our definitely states that in the event membership and aU seamen far a vessel is being laid-up, then better wages thaq now prevail transportation and subsistance, through the finky sell-out tactics first class, will be paid to aU men of some of the so-called unions, back to the port of signing on. particularly the NMU. Gurran's The port of signing on in this commie navy certainly tried hard case was Savannah, Georgia. This fq keep the seamen's conditions ship's articles carried Riders 64 down to the Russian level. and 72. As we, all know, under Conspicuous by their absence these two riders, unless the con­ is the question of less hours for tract is to the contrary, transpor­ the seamen in these negotiations. tation would not be paid on a All during this war the seamen vessel that makes the type trips have been regulated through al­ which the WASHINGTON ordin­ most every government agency arily does make and did make on and bureau, including sailing on her last voyage. The company government-owned ships. This assumed the position that the normally would constitute being vessel would pay off under riders a government employee, or in 64 and 72, which are contrary to any event a sub constracted em­ our contract \yith Alcoa Steam­ ployee and as such should by law ship Company. be entitled to the benefits of the The union assumed the posi­ wage and hours laws, meaning tion, which was proven correct i "* ¥ Page Three LOG (Continued from Page 2) Shipping Administration, our working rules were frozen for theduration of the war but not the wages, overtime, meal and lodging rates, etc. The Food Control Division of the WSA held a meeting today with all the maritime unions for the purpose of eliminating several bugs in the operation of the Stewards Department aboard the ships. Present at the meeting for the Atlantic and Gulf District of the SIU was brother Hall, New York Agent, brother A. Michelet, Assistant New York Dispatcher and a Stewards Department man and myself. Representing the SUP and Jack Dwyer, Acting New York Agent of that union, Also present were representatives of the NMU, MCS and the MFOW ST'W. Following are the points that were discussed at the meeting: 1. Training Program: Under this point the Food Control stated that they intend to make the Cooks and Bakers upgrading program uniform in all ports, instead of having the present variations. This step v/as needed, in our opinion, in order to give all men attending these schools an equal opportunity to learn the trade. The unions praised the New York Cooks and Bakers upgrading program, but felt that the course for cooks and bakers should be extended to six weeks. 2. Food Control and Accounting: The WSA informed us that it was working on a uniform system of control and accounting for all ships and all lines. We felt that this was a step in the right direction, since under the present conditions there is a different system in each line regarding stewards making requisitions, etc., and a steward moving from one line to another has a hell of a job keeping every­ thing straight. However, we demanded to know what the WSA intended to do about standardization of the food on these ships. We pointed out that some lines fed.better than others, and we didn't want the good lines pulled down to the level of the beUy-robbers if standardization was imposed. The WSA assured us that it would attempt to get the bad lines up to the level of the good ones. 3. Stowage: The WSA informed us that it intends to publish a guide for the stowage of food, and thus attempt to eliminate food going bad because of improper stowage. We approved such a manual and thought it would be helpful to the stewards. We then raised the point that many ships are not provisioned for long trips, and the men often return with their rigs knocking. We asked that all ships be provisioned for a minimum of six months, regardless where they may be bound. Or, failing this, that stock piles of food be built up in all foreign ports so that the steward may take food aboard when he needed it. The WSA said that it already had stock piles in England and Mediterrainean ports, and that it intended to extend these piles to all areas. 4. Menu and Preparation: The WSA revealed that it had in the past been attempting to standardize menus. The SIU and all unions immediately opposed such a move, for we felt that the steward should have control over the menus, and be able to build them around what ever foods he had available. We didn't want the sea­ men to find themselves faced with a maritime edition of "K" rations. The WSA assured us that standardized menus would not be com­ pulsory but would only be printed as guides to aid all Stewards. in the final analysis, that no WSA directive could supercede oiu: contract in any shape, form or manner. This vessel was sup­ posed to pay off on a Saturday and instead, because of this de­ lay, the crew held firm and the vessel didn't pay off until the following Tuesday when the transportation and subsistance was paid to the men rating the same. It is good to mention in pass­ ing that the crew of this vessel was a first-class militant gang of union men and by taking the stand which they did, and through cooperation between the crew and the union officers, this beef was settled on board the ship as it should have been. If the crew had not held firm as it did, then there is no question but what this beef would have been kicked around many months waiting for a decision of some sort. These men are to be congratu­ lated for the action they display­ ed. There is no question but that by such union-like actions as this, we will maintain every con­ dition which we have gained throughout the years. This is one more case of where seamen have run into obstacles concerning the settlement of dis­ putes which we, in normal times, never had any trouble with at all, but which, since the war, with the appearance of the vari­ ous bureaus, have had to spend needless hours of tough work. Here's for more crews like that of the SS GEORGE WASHING­ TON. Business and shipping picked up again this week in New York and from indications, it will re­ main so for a period of time. We have gathered our usual number of headaches and beefs from these pay-offs as well as having the usual amount of disputes sent in for final settlement here from some of the outports. Among the Quite a few of our members ships disputes handled in New York this week are the following are coming in from rather long trips and are seeing our new vessels: M.V. GAY HEAD, SS FELIX Union Hall for the first time. It GRUNDY, SS MARIE MELONIE, always comes as a pleasant sur­ SS PERRY, SS CAPE NOME, prise to these men who have seen SS JOHN W. GATES, SS ANNA the Seafarers grow from very H. BRANCH, SS PETER ZEN- small outfits in small dives for union halls, and advance them­ GER, SS ARTHUR DOBBS. Approximately half of these selves to the point which the ships paid off in ports other than Seafarers now have attained, one New York with the disputes sent of the largest and most progres­ here for final settlement. For that sive trade labor unions in the en­ reason, I advise all the men from tire labor field; an organization these vessels to look under the which has fine quarters in the Money Due List in this week's key ports and which is striving LOG for the details of the collec­ for" better halls and properties in all ports. tion and the amounts due. Our meetings in New York are These are indeed tremendous becoming larger as each week advances over t^e past few years goes by. Not only are the meet­ and all the old timers are con­ ings becoming larger, but the vinced that there is no limit as membership is taking a more far as the maritime industry is lively interest in the affairs and concerned to which the Seafarers problems of the organization and can push themselves. The sky's its welfare then has been taken the limit and all we must do to for a long, long time. continue our progressiveness is This is a very good sign. to keep working and building in The m e m b e rs' concensus of the same manner which we have opinion is that the educational in the past. policy of the Seafarers which is This branch has started action now being set up in thi:> port is on a problem which has been a very good thing and should be very detrimental to our member­ caiTied through until such time ship making ports in the various as we have contacted every mem­ ber in oui organization with the war areas. In those ports, es­ educational information we have. pecially in the England and Med­ iterranean Zones, they have hearing units where they try all merchant seamen who are charg­ ed with different offenses while in those ports. It is a matter of record that irt these cases the authorities are unduly severe with our member­ ship and quite often they have suspended their papers for as high as six months for practic­ ally no reason at all. We are taking these issues up as they come into port and are now in the process of appealing six of them. We have been promised coop­ eration from the authorities in this port for our effort as they feel that the hearing units in for­ eign ports are too tough. It is the request of this port that any man who has had his papers suspended in a foreign port and who feels that the sen­ tence was too rugged, to contact the officials in this branch with all the necessary details, data, etc. We should, within the next few weeks be able to have these peo-, pie in these war areas change the system which they use and not act as though they are trying to railroad the entire merchant marine out of activity. PAUL HALL, Agent �Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, October 6. 1944 1 Labor Steps Up Attack On Wage Freeze Spokesmen for organized labor fired some of their heaviest shells this week in an effort to knock over the tottering "Little Steel" formula. At hearings before the Na­ tional War Labor Board, they attacked the formula as a betrayal by the administration of its pledges to labor and to men in the armed forces. Furthermore, if the wage freeze stands, they said, a serious post-war economic collapse is inevitable. Secretary- Treasurer George*Meany of the A. F. of L. led off the battle and more than a dozen other Federation leaders joined in the assault at the opening day's hearing on Tuesday. CIO spokesmen followed on subse­ quent days. On behalf of A. F. of L., Meany served two demands on the board: (1) that the WLB request President Roosevelt to revise the formula so that workers' wages may be increased in line with the true rise in the cost of living; (2) that employers be permitted to grant such raises without going through the normal WLB "red tape." Meany charged flatly that im­ position of the "Little Steel" ceil­ ing first by the board and later by an executive order of the President amounted to a violation of the agreement entered into between labor, industry and gov­ ernment after Pearl Harbor that all disputes would be decided "on their merits," not by an arbitrary yardstick. 'Turlhermore, the present wage freeze policy constitutes a fraud on the nation's workers who are producing for victory and on the nation's soldiers and sailors v/ho expect to return to standards of living at least as good as they left behind." Meany declared. The long delay by the admin­ istration in heeding labor appeals for a righting of this grievous wrong "compounds the injustices that the nation's w o r k e r s and fighters have suffei-ed," he said. Even more important, however, is the fact that "the present fro­ zen wage structure constitutes a .firm basis for a major depression immediately after the end of the war," Meany warned. Pay rates have been kept so low under the "freeze" that workers will not have the purchasing power need­ ed to maintain production at a high level, unless substantial raises are granted now, he said. By BUNKER Since the war started many SIU men have taken advantage of their sea experience and the demand for officers and sat for tickets. One of these men who has moved his gear from the fo'castle to the quarterdeck is Joe Scully of Arkansas. Now a third mate, Scully was on an SIU ship that made the long trip to the Persian Gulf earlier in the war. Having picked up some of the native lingo during a long stay in Iran, brother Scully and AB Barney Rogers of Erie, Pa., dressed up like Arabs, complete with beards, turbans, long skirts, and sandals and made a grand tour of Abadan, Basra and other points. They went through all the out-of-bounds bazaars and had a look-see at all the "taboo" joints, shooting some Arab lingo whenever the MPs hove in sight. • • • • ' ' Louis Cherney, early SIU member who is now sailing as Chief Engineer, was in the other day to tour the new building and to marvel at the way the organization has grown since the early days when he took out book 227 down on the Gulf. Cherney came up the hard road'by way of the sujee bucket, sledge hammer and oil can. In other words, he put in a few years as wiper, fireman, and oiler before he got his first gold stripe. There's nothing better for a chief, Cherney says, than a long spell as a rag mechanic. • • » » . By the way, how many of you fellows made that Persian Gulf run in '43? What's the record for laying off the Shat-el-Arab before getting a berth? One ship claims two months. • * • * Here's a good opportunity for you black gang men. If you're ashore in New Y'ork and want to use your time to good advantage you should investigate the machine shop course offered by the New York Trade School at 312 E. 67th street. Being a defense-training course, it is entirely free and the school will accept you for as long a time as you can spend ashore. Classes are held five nights a week, 6 to 10, so you can arrange for the nights that would suit you best. Equipment ,at the school is better than you'll find in most machine shops and practical instructors teach you how to operate lathes, drill presses, milling machines, shapers, and etc. If you want to stay at sea after the war this is a mighty good thing to know, for it will give you an edge over most unlicensed men and many officers. Speaking of officers, you'll find some at sea these, days who don't know a fid from a marlin spike, or a spanner from a chisel. We heard about a second assistant who went on watch one night and decided to fill the settlers. The only trouble was he got confused by so many valves. He not only filled the settlers. but pumped the oil right on overboard into the Atlantic. * • « • When you tell anyone now-a-days that you're in the merchant marine they smile and say, "Well, you have it nice now, don't you— all the subs are cleaned out." Tell them about the freighter that was torpedoed off the North Carolina coast just before the hurricane. She didn't go down, but two C.G. cutters that took her in tow foundered in the storm. . And the Navy has just announced the torpedoing by an upseeri .^ub in the Caribbean of the tanker "Kitanning." Three tin fish hit her, but the sub didn't stick around to finish the job and a tug took her into the Canal Zone. « • « * Anniversary (Continued from Page 2) on the floor in New Orleans in 1940: "You old-timers started the SIU and put her on an'even keel and now it is up to'us younger members to see that under any and all circumstances, that the SIU is kept going." You SIU brothers who were in , the union since its inception know that the going v/as rough and tough, with all kinds of ob­ stacles put in our way, and you also know that when this war is over that we must be strong, willing and able to stand up for our rights, and see that the SIU stays at the apex. We can do it, we must do it, and .we will do it. So,- brothers with a happy birthday to the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America, American Federation of Labor, and a well done to the member­ ship of same, let the adage go on: The SIU is a union of seamen, by teamen, and for seamen. MONEY DUE SS ANNA H. BRANCH SS PERRY J. Pettus, 13 hrs: W. Marlin. 6 hrs; R. Habluelzel, 12 hrs; L. F. Ryniker, IIV2 hrs; E. McMaster. 12 hrs; W. W. Ketchum, 14 hrs; A. O. Olsen. 12'hrs; F. W. Fulbright, 10 hrs; J. McCoy. 13 Vj hrs; O. B. Randels, 19 hrs; L. Brekke. 27 hrs; C. E. Jones. 7 hrs; George S. Jordan. 221 hrs; George Singlelon. 51 hrs; Chas. M. Berner. 153 hrs; Joseph W. Perrin. 16 hrs; C. K. Wagner, 4 hrs. • • » SS PETER ZENGER Viscoiule. Wiper. 52 hrs; A. Harju. 9 hrs; W. Stone. 7 hrs; G. Vine, 4 hrs; F. Ruiz. 6 hrs; P. Cruz Elias. 2 hrs; R. Garcia. 12 hrs; F. Mauser. SVz hrs; H. Hill. 7 hrs; G. Trimble, 4 hrs. L. S. Biming. Bos'n. 1 hr; F. B. Folsom. Dk. Maintenance. 3V2 hrs; G. Magaites, AB. I hr: N. Juran. AB, 6 hrs; J. E. F. Bussian. Fire, 20 hrs; R. B. Jett. Jr.. Wiper. 7 hrs; J. T, Rentz. Fire, 12 hrs; H. Rostad. Fire. 12 hrs; A. G. Bur­ gos. Oiler. 3 hrs; R. R. Nauta. 35 hrs; J. C. Jansen. Steward. 14 hrs; E. W. Robbillard. Chief Cook. 13 hrs; G. R. Werst. Night Cook. 13 hrs; J. R. Briggs, 2nd Cook. 15 hrs; E. C. Korth. UtiUty. 16 hrs; E. Alien. Jr.. Utility. 12 hrs; M. L. Keleman. Utility. 13 hrs; E. B. Nichols. Mess. 12 hrs; H. W. Berger. Mess, 14 hrs. Collect at Calmar Line O&ice. This column would like to print your contributions: interesting experiences, anecdotes, recollections of ships and ports. Send them to Fore 'n Aft, c/o Seafarers Log, 51 Beaver Street, New York City. SS ARTHUR DOBBS L. Marlindale. Cook; C. Cole­ man. Messman; J. Vandwyn. Messman. Collect at Calmar Line Office. » e • SS JOHN W. GATES John W. Kulas, 45 hrs; Jack Blaesdell, 66 hrs; Robert Gilbert. 71 hrs; Martin Kelley, 3 hrs; Lawrence Craig. 3 hrs. Collect at company office. * * • SS MARIE MELONIE Calmar SS Company Security Watches for Oilers. 62 hrs. $52.90; L. Joiner. $27.85. 4 hrs; S. Bazzarone. Oiler, $27.85. 11 hrs; H. C. Price. Oiler. 1 hr; W. J. Lutter. Wiper. 23 hrs. Collect at Calmar Line Office. SS CAPE NOME Paid off in Boston, Sept. 25, 1944 Rodriguez. Chief Cook. 28 hrs; B. Ambrose. 2nd Cook. 28 hrs; Allen Bell. Saloon Mess. 15 hrS; John Gentry. Saloon Utility. 15 hrs; Roscoe Williams. Crew Mess. 19 hrs; Leon Amaker. Utility Mess. 19 hrs*. e * • M. V. CAY HEAD P. Larsen, $18.56; C. Smith. $17.77; Carlson. $20.14. Collect at Moran Towing Co. • • • SS FELIX GRUNDY Paid off in Baltimore Frank Puthe. Steward. 188 hrs. Keep In Touch With \ Your Draft Board ' fI 1 k = ^ 'I � 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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N. Y« FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 29, 1944 THE 5.5. BEACHCOMBER I •; No, 31 N,Y. Branch Warns On "Shifting Ship" Coast Guard Beefs If you want to ayoid a heavy log or the chance of having your papers suspended be sure to ask for a signed pass when going ashore in foreign ports. The Special Ser­ vices Department in New York emphasized this warning last week after handling scores of cases for SIU men who \ SIU crews have been in some mighty strange ports in their time, but none more unusual than the one visited last week by the crew of the SS Arthur L. Perry. Running light from Norfolk to New York, the Perry ran into a pea-soup thick fog. and then went aground. When the fog lifted the crew was face to face with strollers along the boardwalk at Rockaway Beach. Queens. The crew remained aboard the ship, and with the aid of two Navy tugs got their ship into deep water without any damage, and proceeded to Staten Island. Brothers Mickey Briggs. 2nd Cook. Mike Sokolowsky. AB. and George Lempke. AB. reported the case to the union. As yet they have not presented any beach-head beef. We Are Welcomed By The Man In The Pince -Nez (0r, How To Win Friends And Influence People) It's a pretty fancy neighborhood into which the Seafarers moved in New York, right in the heart of the financial district. The hall is flanked on one side by the Manufacturers Trust Company and on the other side by the Corn Exchange Bank and Trust Company. Half a SIU MAN TO DIRECT AFL SECURITY DRIVE Brother Nelson H. Cruikshank, a member of the Great Lakes District of the SIU, has been ap­ pointed director of Social Insur­ ance for the American Federa­ tion of Labor. In his new duties, brother Cruikshank will organize support throughout the country for en­ actment of the Wagner-MurrayDingell Bill, which incorporates many necessary amendments to the Social Security Act. Cruik­ shank will function in close co­ operation with State Federations of Labor and city central bodies, whose aid he will seek to enlist in the campaign for the proposed legislation. block to the east is Delmonico's^ Restaurant (now Oscar's), and across the street from that is the marble and limestone building which houses the investment house of Lehman Brothers. Needless to say, it is not a neighborhood which accepts By Freddie Stewart kindly the taking over of one of The following is without prejudice, selfishness or con­ its better buildings by a trade ceit, but with respect to the old and conscientious members union. A demonstration of how our new neighbors felt about us of the Seafarers International Union of North America. came shortly after the carpenters In the infant days of the SIU "a bitter struggle" was the and plasters began to remodel words used frequently to describe the unfavorable condi­ tions that existed. the building last month. cumstances for livelihood. Old plaster and dirt was being The militant ideas of the rank Members of the old school pro­ carted out the front door and and-file were still simmering, in­ vided militancy and action and loaded into a truck one after­ fluenced by the effects of unfav­ parceled this infant (SIU) with noon when down the street came orable conditions. These men, a • one of "New York's finest." Di- few in number, exploded in hopes of better achievement. The funds were low in figures. • rectly behind the flatfoot march­ terms of resentment which led to Internal troubles in the struggle strikes and bloodshed, displaying ed a round little man wearing a • pin stripe suit, a pince-nez and their unwillingness to continue for existence prevailed. their struggles under these cir­ (Continued m Page 3 ) " (Continued on Page 2) An Old Timer Recalls Early Union Struggles missed their ships abroad, going* ashore and returning to discover In New York the union appeal­ the ship had unexpectedly moved. ed the logs and had them reduced Although the men concerned to two days each, effecting a total were not at fault, heavy fines and savings for the men involved of suspensions have been ordered more than $125.00. One man, by the Coast Guard or Shipping who produced a pass signed by Commissioners. In most cases the mate, had his log entirely these have been successfully ap- suspended. plealed by the union, but it in­ Among these union brothers volves delay and inconvenience benefiting by the Special Services Department work on their be­ for the men involved. half were Joseph Fulinsky, AB; GET A PASS With a pass (preferably in du­ Lamuel D, Summarlin, AB; C. M. Wiggins, AB; George D. Eaton, plicate) signed by the purser, 2nd Cook and Howard Holland, mate or watch officer, stating the Oiler. time of shore leave, you have de­ finite proof against later charges of "missing ship" or desertion. Among recent cases handled successfully by the Special Ser­ 55 vices Department was that of a Smith and Jonhson Liberty just back from England. Several men had gone ashore with an officer's permission at a port in Wales. When they re­ In reviewing the "wage runturned they found the ship had around" which the War Labor unexpectedly shifted and it took Board has given the shipyard them six days to rejoin. The workers in the past year, John skipper logged them for the days P. Frey, president of the AFL they missed, using the money metal trades department, warned for a division of wages among the this week that his unions would soon ditch the "no strike pledge" crew who stood their watches. unless their just demands were met. VETERAN SIU MAN Frey's particular beef was the CAN STILL "SPOT fact that certain wage increases had been negotiated between the A PRETTY GIRL" union and the shipbuilders, and had been knocked out or given Enthusiastic union booster the pigeon hole treatment by the is brother William Kemmerboard. er. original SIU member, who In a personal statement to the produced well worn book Board Frey said. "We are not 3367 in New York last week here pleading with your board. and paid his dues ahead to the end of 1948. If there's We are here to tell your board anyone up and down the some things, the telling of which coasts who can beat that, is perhaps long overdue ... It brother Kemmerer would like is an open question if the Gov­ to see them. ernment fails to carry out the Nearly seventy and "still going strong" brother Kem­ provisions of an agreement it has merer vows to keep sailing negotiated with labor, whether as long as he can lift a skillet labor is any longer bound by and scramble an egg. And that, he says, is going to be other provisions of such an agree­ quite a while yet. "Anyone ment, I place this question be­ who can spot a pretty girl as fore you in all candor and seri­ far away as I can." he says. ousness, for upon your answer "Isn't going to miss that isl­ will depend the position which and run." Kemmerer recently return­ labor takes. "The WLB declined," continued ed from a Caribbean trip and spent a short time in Marine Frey, "to grant any increase in Hospital. Staten Island, where wages. In other words, the WLB he appreciated the cigarette set aside the agreement with service provided by the SIU shipyard labor to which the gov­ hospital delegate. ernment was a party." Skids For "No Strike Pledge Hints Frey �Page Two THE M fe: SEAFARERS LOG SEAFARERS Affiliated with the American federation of Labor' HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. - = Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Waslrington Rep. 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, 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, 28 P.R., PUERTO RICO.... GALVESTON ADDRESS 51 Beaver St 330 Atlantic Ave 14 North Gay St 6 North 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"5t PHONE HAnover 2-2784 Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 7651 Norfolk 4-1085 Canal 3336 Charleston 3-2930 Savannah 3-1728 Tampa MM-1323 Jacksonville 5-123 I DUl 2-1392 „ , San Juan 1885 Galveston 2-8043 PUBLICATION OFFICE: 51 BEAVER STREET HAnover 2-2784 New York, (4) N. Y. Friday. September 29. 1944 1 rR€P01?T OI\ n.^ASHIt\G10tV Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District JOHN HAWK - LOG • BV MATT44tW MERCHANT MARINE VETERANS ASSOCIATION In response to a ftibtioh made by the Baltimore Branch, regard­ ing information on an organiza­ tion known as the "Merchant Marine Veterans' Association of the U. S."—which is presently distributing pamphlets urging support on certain bills before Congress, which would grant cer­ tain privileges to merchant sea­ men who have served during World Wars Nos. 1 and 2,—I have learned the following: This organization was formed in Boston after the last war, and recruited most of its members from persons who had enlisted to serve in the merchant marine un­ der the old U. S. Shipping Board. I have been unable to determine whether it was limited to persons only who served under the old U. S. Shipping Board. Mr. Carl A. Meyers, "Comman­ der" Of this organization, and other members, oh numerous oc­ casions have testified before the Committee on Merchant Marinb & Fisheries, in favor of bills granting benefits to vets of the merchant marine. Their main ob­ jectives are (1) recognition as veterans, so they may join the various veterans' organizations; (2) privileges accepting veterans in civil service and other govern­ ment employees; (3) hospitaliza­ tion and the government to sup­ ply a flag upon death of the per­ son (as is the custom for veter­ ans). This organization has not pressed any claims for financial benefits or bonuses for its mem­ bers. ELECTRICIANS On September 22 the National War Labor Board approved of the recommendations made by the War Shipping panel, cover­ PwSHAME-e ' ing electricians' wages and work­ ing conditions. The panel rec­ ommended that electricians who hold a chief electrician's certific­ ate, wage be set at $207.00 per month. Electricians who hold aft assistant certificate be set at $137.00 per month. This is to advise all agents that the panels thoughts on this matter were that the top job shall be the rate provided for by the NWLB—$207.00 per month. In the event any company calls for an assistant electrician and requests that the union supply them with a man with a chief's endorsement, then his wages shaU be that of the chief, $207,00 per month. Should the company call for an assistant electrician and they specify that he shall only have an assistant's endorse­ ment, then his wages shall be $137.00 per month. SIU Welcomed To New Hall '267 •SIUAt War ' Two New USS Clubs Are Opened Again Praised The Hotel Continental at Mar­ seille, France, has been taken over by United Seamen's Service and the War Shipping Adminis­ tration as a residential club for American merchant seamen, it •was announced this week by Douglas P. Falconer, executive director of the Service, which is a member of the National War Fund. This acquisition increases the number of USS world-wide "facilities to 122. The United Seamen's Service, in co-operation with the War Shipping Administration, will open a residential club for Am­ erican seamen at Port Said, Egypt, it was announced by Douglas P. Falconer, executive director of the service. This will be the third USS-WSA residential club operating in Egypt, the others being at Alexandria and Cario. —lattice Another letter of appreciation for the job the Union has done on the pamphlet, "The Sm AT War" Jias been received by the LOG from one of the Union Brothers at present in the Army. The letter reads as follows: 813 A.A.F. Base Unit, September'5, 1944. Dear Editor; I received my copy of "The SIU At War," and I sure was more than glad to get it. I have thought lots about the boys who were riding those ships and the only regret I had was that I couldn't be there, too. Go­ ing to sea is one hell of a sight better than the Army. I hope to be back with you be­ fore long as I expect to Jiay oft before so very long. Just as soon as the demobilization order goes into effect. I missed my copy of the LOG with the names of the SlU's miss­ ing in it. Sure would like to have one though. My address has been changed several times, but I have never been able to get the office to change there, so by the time my paper gets through three or four stations it either gets lost or is terribly beaten up; not that I don't welcome every copy. So please change my mailing card to the above address. Keep the LOG logging till I can get back! Sincerely, CpL C. B. WILSON. 6373152, SIU Book No. 6056. Retired (Continued from Page 1) a Dewey moustache. "I got complaints," said the cop, jerking his thumb toward the solid citizen behind him. "You have been raisin' too much dust and annoyin' the neighbor­ hood." The workman ciemahded, in his most polite tones, just how in the hell the cop expected him to load plaster into the truck with­ out raising a little dust. "Yah, yah, yah, I know," said the cop, "but don't raise any more than you'hafta." The pillar of law and order then turned to his client and shrugged his shoulders as if to say, "Well, •what can I do?" "Huh!" snorted the delegate from the banking industry, "I can see we're just beginning to have our trouble how that a union has moved into the neigh­ borhood." As the work on the building progressed, more ahd more of our new neighbors began to gather in little knots in front "of 51 Behver Street, beating their gums over the invasion of their sacred territory. But the payoff came when the new sign was erected. The sign runs up the front of the building three stories high, and reads, "Seafarers Interna­ tional Union of N-A." in letters two feet tall. When this sign. went up the bankers and their stooges stood around catching flies for hours on end. We have heard that they went back to their offices and gave or­ ders that none of their tellers or clerks or stenographers should walk on Beaver Street. After aU, "union" is a horrid word. Memorandum For Seamen Applying For Passports Seamen should apply for sea­ men passports in the offices of any Collector of Customs; Clerks of Court having naturalization jurisdiction; or Passport Agents of the Department of State in New York City, Miami and San Francisco. A receipt will be is­ sued for the fee of $1.00. A receipt, not older than six months, may be used for ship­ ping out instead of a seaman pass­ port until November 15, 1944. On and after November 15, 1944, a seaman will be required to have a seaman passport be­ fore he may ship foreign as other American citizens are now re­ (The Brother's request for quired. change of address has been com­ If a passport is not received plied with.—Ed). promptly a seaman should •visit the nearest (jbllector of Customs give his full name and address, Keep In Touch With date and place of birth, date and place of application, and address Your Draft Board of Collector of Customs to which seaman passport was to have been sent. Then request the col­ lector either to telephone or tele­ graph the passport division for information. Do not forget the address of the Collector of Customs to whom passport was to be sent. If a seaman receives a letter of rebjsal for a passport he should apply to the nearest district of­ fice of the Coast Guard and re­ quest a formal hearing of his case. Seamen Compensation WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 — The House today completed ac­ tion on legislation to provide lifetime compensation for mer­ chant seamen permanently dis­ abled from war causes, and sent the bill to the White House. �y. Friday, Saplember 29, 1944 THE SEAFARERS woArs Doata Around the Porta NEW YORK LOG Page Three An Old Timer Recalls Early Union Struggles iii {Conihtutd from Page 1) The true spirit of unionism and democracy was practiced by a few. DIME A DOZEN It should give you the shivers and me no greater pain than to mention, jobs were tough to get and the seamen were commonly known to be a dime a dozen. Not to mention the hardship it was to pay one dollar and a half per month dues and contributions here and there for upkeep. Of course this called" for sacrifice and men learned the advantage of time and effort. The combina­ tion of both registered well. As a result, today, we are grateful for a hiring hall, the constitution and it's "bill of rights," the ship­ ping rules, and most of all the best collective bargaining agree­ ment in the maritime industry. Other maritime unions claimed and boasted about their ableness to provide jobs for all of their members, plus any person, group or groups that cared to join their ranks. Conditions weren't bet­ tered any by rival union agita­ tion. This constituted a single menace to our efforts to organize at the time. Being punched below the belt by the shipowners, we learned the use of the motto, "Tomorrow is also a day." Thus, we have been successful in all our at­ tempts to get better conditions. BONUS STRIKE What strikes me most at pres­ ent is the Bonus Strike in 1941. We were presistant, courageous and determined. The strike com­ mittee functioned above par. Members and permit men were dispatched to all parts of the city with the spirit to carry out their tasks. All these things were done voluntarily wi t h o u t compensa­ tion, except for these conditions we enjoy today. Soup kitchens were erected and provided for financially out of the strike funds. Cold-cuts and "coffee-and" was a tasty dish in those days. Incidently, that is the first and last time that 1 witness- they realize that our contracts us must be thinking of what hap­ are to be respected and otur deal­ pened in the last grand parade, it The conimittee elected here a ings with the individual operat­ took a lot of money for us to Mr week ago to negotiate with the ors with whom we hold contracts set up stew pots, flop joints and shipowners regarding a wage and are not to be interfered with in etc., so when we decide to spend overtime increase met with a any manner. We are attending our money let us thing of these committee from the operators another meeting shortly on this, things first. and gave them onr proposals as and we shall keep the member­ Izzy Cohen paid our fair port adopted by the membership at a ship informed as to the outcome. a visit recently, and he stated recent meeting. Only one of our The Seafarers recommended that as the imion hall in New points was accepted by the oper­ to the various government agen­ York was so superior to ours here ators and the remainder of them cies and aU maritime organiza­ in Philly, he was sorry but in the were referred to the War Labor tions that a meeting be held in future he was going to ship out Board in Washington, D. C. this port as soon as possible re­ of New York. Our Agent has gone whoppee, The Seafarers have timed their garding the overcharging of sea­ submission of proposals very men by ships' chandlers placing he has purchased a new desk and nicely so as to come in between slop chests on board the various a chaiir and if you look at it the long-looked for breaking of vessels. This has long been a cockeyed he will give you a the "Little Steel Formula" and sore, spot with practically all sea­ GROWL. We are now being confronted the National Presidential Elec­ men, regardless of affiliation, and with a new problem, it seems it is the opinion of the Seafarers tion. The company, in turn, coun­ that if we push this beef, we can that when we call the RMO for tered us with a proposed contract go a long way towards not only men they send us these kids be­ of their own and Brother, it was guaranteeing decent prices for tween the ages of 17 and 18 and indeed a "Shipowner's Dream." slop chest materials, but also we dispatch them to the various Not only would they have us guaranteeing a much better qual­ ships. They then sign on and lose practically all of our condi­ ity of all gear placed on board then the last day when the ship tions if they had their way, but ships. We have had instances on is ready to sail some of the ir­ we would also be taking wage ships going into the cold weather responsible kids get off. The RMO cuts in every rating. This is only zone with only two sets of heavy when informed about this, tells a small example of what would underwear and seaboats and no us that as the kids are under age, happen to seamen today if they heavy gear at all. This is some­ they cannot control them. They did not have proper representa­ thing that should be put a stop further stated that if they were to and in making an issue of eighteen or over, that they could tion. The Beachhead Beefs which we this particular thing, the Sea­ control them, as when they got have been working on up here farers no doubt will show the off a ship at the last minute they the RMO, would notify their are how beginning to pay off and way in correcting this issue. all of our operators have either Disputes pending in this port draft board and they would be paid or have agreed to pay this sent in from outports, as well as inducted into the service. dispute with the exception of one local beefs, have pretty well been 1 do hope that the membership outfit. On the face of all other cleared up now and the ports takes special notice of this; when companies having paid this iden­ have been notified. One of the you are on a ship in Philly and tical thing, there is no question last left is the SS ROGER GRIS- you are at Piers No. 94, 96, 98 but what this one operator will WOLD, which paid off in an out- and 100, you are in an Army Base, also pay in the near future. This port and which we are going up and the officials here cannot get has been a rugged dispute and today on, to take up with the into those piers. So this being the we were glad to have settled it in Waterman SS Co., along with case phone your beefs into the oiir inembers' favor and hope we several of the crew members of hall and we will take care of get no more beefs of this nature that trip who are in New York them for you. And if in the in the future. on the beach. A few remaining event you are at these piers and A committee of the Seafarers, disputes which we have on hand you are going to pay off insist composed of myself, "Frenchy" will be handled within the next that you pay off at the head of Michelet, and John Hawk met three days and the rpen and the the dock in a room that is pro­ . with the Food Administrator of ports involved shall be notified. vided for that purpose by the the WSA along with representa­ In line with several other re­ Army. If you insist on this procedure, tives of all other maritime quests made on this particular unions. Various problems were thing, 1 would like once again to the army will allow us to be discussed at this meeting con­ ask all-members, as well as union present at the pay off and we will cerning the accumulation of stock officials from outports, who sub­ be able to take care of your beefs. piles of food in war zones where mit disputes to New York for However, if you pay off on any ships often times shuttle and settlement, to be particular with ship in these piers we cannot get consequently run low on grub. the details of every beef, taking aboard the ship and if we can't The Seafarers recommended an care to give a clear picture of get aboard we can't represent extension of two weeks to the any dispute sent here. By doing you. Another problem that we are SS John Burrough— training and up-grading program so, it means that the man involv­ Crew Members; having these days is, that when for all men, thereby further guar­ ed can collect his money quickly anteeing their being competent and the union officer handling a ships pays off some of the crew, | E. R. Johnson, N. H. men upon graduation. There the beef will have a lot less and they aren't young members Smith, J. H. Thornton, G. W. Duncan, G. E. of the union either, are getting 5 were various "experts" in at this grief. Huntzicker, F. Wagner, and 6 days off. Well, this iri itself meeting regarding the handling PAUL HALL, Agent J. G. Avery, J. Self, Paul seems harmless, but the catch is of food, preparation of menus, Chattey, H. C. Galloway, after three days off you are auto­ recording of all disputes on food, A. Ballard, E. L. Odom. ..$89.00 PHILADELPHIA matically finished with the . ship etc. Howard Halland 2.00 unless you call the hall for a This is "a la bureaucratic H. D. Branston 2.00 standby. So taking six days off Well, here We go again. It has style." It seems as though nowa­ 2.00 days when you deal with any been some time since we have you should come into the hall and Chas. Smith 1.00 government agency or represen­ written in to the LOG. The or­ register and take your regular Karl Green Conrad Miller 1.00 tative, you also deal with the iginal Three Musketeers are dis­ place on the shipping list, unless, : 1.00 usual batch of "experts." We banded, but the new gang will of course, you have called the F. Farnies Richard Brady 1.00 hall for a standby, and in this hope that we have better luck try to take over where the other case you are entitled to go back with them on this proposed set­ three left off. ings. Another practice is con­ on the ship in your old job. A lot of water has gone over up for food administration than tacting a ship that you sailed be­ Another bad feature is when the dam in the past two years. we have hau in the past. We fore and cooking up a deal with you shove off without a standby We have become prosperous, let have instances where this same the brass hats to make a vacancy man in your place the overtime us hope that this does not go to division of the WSA has had of­ for you. Of coixrse, we have no ficials deliberately advise com­ our head too fast. You guys must for Saturday, Sunday and Holi­ definite proof of this last act, days goes over the dam. Anolher panies by leLlers and conversa­ realize that when the war is over however, just so as not to cause bad thing is men being promoted tions not to pay overtime on dis­ we are going to haye a get-to­ any misunderstanding, 1 would aboard the ship without contact­ gether with John Shipowner, and putes that we had. suggest that members stay away ing the hall. By this we mean, if we spend all our dough now refer to the acting district from ships unless they have busi­ being promoted before making a we will have no amunition to port steward for the WSA in this ness there. round trip and going from the work with when the great battle area. We cannot cooperate with THREE MUSKETEERS these people on anything until takes place. I know that a lot of lower brackets to the higher rat- Honor Roll ed the Stewards Dept. being praised in the Union hall. ANDREW FURUSETH If that "Grand old man of the Sea," as he was known to ship­ owners, could see conditions to­ day he would turn over in his |i grave; in fact, he would be better identified as revolving Andy. Let us give respect in terms of a brief pause in silence in mem­ ory of our departed brothers lost at sea through enemy and other actions. To those whom we offer the least are responsible, particu­ larly, for this great union and the favorable c o n d i tions provided. They struggled, fought and died not only for the cause of this es­ tablishment but to prepetuate the existance of fair play. We welcome the new comers. Under the provisions of the con­ stitution you have the same rights as any other member. Among you are potential leaders, but we urge you bear in mind the cost—sweat, •••HJ bloodshed, long prison sentences •«l and sufferages that resulted in death that many endured for the Seafarers International Union of North America. And lo, and behold . . . the in­ fant is now a giant! This is no sideshow propaganda. Come and see for yourself. In the best busi­ ness section of New York City, written in gold letters, suspended from the building for public view — the SEAFARERS INTERNA­ TIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, 51 BEAVER ST. I U.S. Rounding Up Foreign Seamen Alien officers and seamen serv­ ing aboard Allied merchant ves­ sels who deserted their ships in United States ports to work ashore are now being apprehend­ ed by U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, and given the choice of returning to ships of their nationality or face deporta­ tion, War Shipping Administra­ tion announced. WSA estimated that approxim­ ately 6,000 alien merchant sea­ men have deserted their vessels since the beginning of the war, and that most of them have found employment in private industry in the United States since. Money Due The following men have $6.00 subsislance money coming: Geo. L. Bales, Berlis L. Glisson, Louis H. Redler, Carlelon Amundson, Walter G. Riggs, D. C. Prevatt. Frank Dunovich, Joseph F. Broussard, Eivin I. Taylor, Thomas A. Forehand, Milton R. Williams, Thomas F. Hendricks, Leonard W. Kosicki, Samuel R. Hull, Donnie Stokes, Albert F. Eipper, Richard J. Goldston, Arthur B. McKinnis, Willie A. Young, James W. Stewart, Louis S. Roach, Clarence W. Griffin. Hom­ er Terrell. There is still some overtime and boat fare in dispute which was sent to Savannah. JAMES TUCKEH Agent Charleston. �« I- 1>U .K THE Page Four SEAFARERS JCQG Friday. September 29. 1344 ' THESAGA OF A By Arthur Thompson We thought it would be a good .trip. None of us had any tpwboat experience but this trip promised us something novel, something new. We had been told by those who knew, that life on a deep sea tug was like a trip with one big happy family; or maybe it was scrappy family. Anyway that's how it turned out. About half of the crew were old-timers. The mate and the skipper seemed to be OK. If they met some of the crew ashore they would sit and drink with them as though it were a common prac­ tice. But after we left the final U. S. port for foreign ports they changed over night. The mate didn't like the SIU or its agree­ ments or its members. He was used to NMU ships and couldn't savvy why we should have better wages, conditions, etc. It broke his heart to call any of the deck dept. for overtime and when our overtime ran into hundreds of hours he clamped down. He said he'd only give us overtime that he couldn't avoid. He said he'd give it to the gun crew before he'd give it to us. He kept his word, too. When one of tiie sailors was sick, instead of calling the bosun to stand the watches and make some week-end overtime, he call­ ed out one of the gun crew. And on top of that he asked the bosun to put this work on his overtime sheet and pay off the gunmen. Of course, the bosun refused. He said, "You're the kind of guy who would spit on my front porch and then ask me to clean it up for you." (Only he didn't say spit). The mate then tried to put the overtime on some one else's sheet but no one would play ball. As pimishment the old man cut down on the draw, gave us no time off in a trip lasting seven months and raised hell because we weren't getting enough work done. Of course, none of this made the crew very happy, and coupled with the rest of the hardships of the trip it's a bit surprising we got back without more trouble. Of all the ports we hit there were only two where we could , Civ-. get a glass of beer. In some of the ports we were denied shore leave. Ai%d on a forty-four day stretch without stopping, we had -no .more than a bucket of water a day to wash ourselves, our clothing and our bed linen. Shades of 1932. And as for food, the last week we had hash for breakfast, din­ ner and supper with a change to hamburger now and then. For every port there was at least one fight. Two of the crew were left in jail and one went to the hos­ pital with a fractured skull. The Navy gunner tangled up with one of the crew, threatening him with a gun and he lost his gun, a few teeth and a lot of prestige. The man he tackled was an oldtime merchant seaman and it seems he wasn't afraid of guns. Of course, we blame the old man and the mate for all the trouble. Chiseling on the over­ time, cutting down on the food, refusing to stop for water, which could have been done at a num­ ber of places, can all be laid to them. This made the crew so touchy they'd fight just to let off steam and this could create noth­ ing but bad feeling among union members and, of course, that is just what the shipownei's want and it's something we should try to avoid. The idea of this story is not to discourage anyone from sailing on tugboats. They are not bad ships and they pay better than freighters. But if you should bump into Captain N. Nielsen or Chief Mate Mack, be on guard. They'll be nice until you leave the U. S. and can't get off the ship. Then the fun begins. In HJmoriam brother LESTER M. WILLARD. OS Died in Staten Island Hospital August 18. 1944 SEA TUG Eifitor's Ma3 Bag Dear Sir and Brother: Just happened to think of some­ thing that may be worthwhile taking up, and then again it might not. There is nothing like trying so Til lay it on the line and see what yours and the mem­ bership's opinion is. First, why not run a question and answer column in the Seefarers Log for the membership's benefit in inquiring about the various types of disputes and also about the various duties. This should tie up with the Seafarers' educational policy and would be of a large interest to all of us members. Secondly, why not run the New York Patrolmen's reports in the Seafuers Log because of the fact that practically 75% of all our ships pay off in that Port. In this manner, "the membership could keep up with the union's affairs and the various disputes very easily and should work to their benefit all the way around. Like I say, I don't know what you think of this, but I have spoken to quite a few members and they all seem to be of the mind that it would be a good idea. How 'bout it? Fraternally yours, WILMER LEWIS. 21822 Chicago, 111. Sept. 17, 1944 Dear Editor: In the Sept. 6th issue of the NMU "Pile-it" a letter written by a George Guilmet of the SS Scofield. Standard Oil of New Jersey tanker, who claims that discrim­ ination of Porto-Ricans, Hawaiians and Filippinos is practiced in both the SIU and SUP. This jerk must be a product of "Sheepshead Bay" or else he has not traveled very much. The SUP has Chinese and Japanese-Hawaiians and pure Hiwaiians in the SUP. Never at any time have they been discriminated against Speak: Watchman! H.1^ Oh Watchmen: what of the bitter night What of the dangers on the deep: What are the thoughts which take their flight Speak to us of men who vigil keep! Oh Watchmen; tell us your mortal fear As your keen eyes sweep the deep sea's face; What of your shipmates whose heroic bier Is Davey Jones' locker withoxit a trace! Oh Watchmen: who stands in the bitter cold Seeking to pierce the darkness around. Tell us of seamen brave and bold. Of bombs and torpedoes hellish sound! Oh Watchmen: speak of your human Hope, Your lives now measure Our Country's need Your thoughts are clear while we yet grope Lost in the world of man-made greed! > -.* YOUR CONTRACT Oh Watchmen: who scan the stars on high Sweeping the sea by day and by night. With death ever present, the enemy nigh. What dost thou see? Ah, give us light! Oh Watchmen: who man our ships at sea. Bold searchers of the death strewn deep Speak us your Hope and our Victory. Fruit of your vigils while landsmen sleep! —Top 'n Lift in the union. It has been my pleasure to .sail with many of these SUP members of that par­ ticular race, while I was a mem­ ber of the P.C. Marine Fireman. They're good shipmates and ex­ cellent union men. In the SIU I've been shipmates with Porto Ricans and Filippinos both in the blackgang and deck department, and I've yet to see them discriminated against by SIU union brothers. George Guilmet writes like a man with a paper ash-can, drool­ ing like a fool, filling the thoughts of uneducated American seamen with slanderous lies fulfilling the mission of the CP to Corrupt the mentality of the seamen on the Standard Oil tankers. What in hell is so terrible about using economic action to gain bet­ ter wages and living conditions? Doesn't this bug-house square intelectual realize "War" is eco­ nomic action, the weapon used by politicians and statesman as the last resort when it's impos­ sible to settle a policy by peace­ ful means. Anytime Mr. Shipowner steals from a worker, that's the time to use force to place him in the custody of sensible reasoning hands. Since when does this jerk think Mr. Shipowner has seen the light and intends to part with his profits to share with the worker a decent living aboard the ships in his possession? We of the SIU and SUP have a democratic union controlled for and by the rank and file to bene­ fit the entire membership, by in­ creasing wages and living condi­ tions to hold them after the "War" by using the only weapon that protects the worker from ex­ ploitation, the right to "Strike" to preserve our just demands. Teaching men to become "scabs" during and after the war has been the policy of the Commun­ ist-controlled NMU since its in­ ception into the labor movement. "Leadership," George Guilmet must be pretty much of a damn fool if he requires a leader to take him through this world. It's a pretty poor sort of a man who lacks the coimage to think and act for himself when he realizes he is being used for the purpose of a self-seeking labor fakir like "Keep 'Em Sailing" Curran, the indespensible labor fakir who made one trip to sea since the war. Every pie-card, as you caU the SIU patrolman and agents, have been out ducking tin fish y;hile Joe (Moose-Head) Curran hid behind the cloak of patriot­ ism because, like the usual run of political labor fakirs he didn't have the back-bone to practice what he preached. When you speak of the officials of the SUP or SIU do it with respect for your out of bounds trying to create a false standard to the worker attempting to place the NMU labor fakirs. Come again punk, your line stinks too much of a 13th Street education. JOE BUCKLEY JAMES E. VAN^SAN'T: ^ ' Yotw father ha* mdvedr Hi* naw addr*** i* 137 Ba*t^ 2n^ Sfreet. San Bernardino. Calif, e. « • STANLEY n. 'rilYDlllCk:^ • Please get in touch with Rich­ ard M. Cantpr, concerning ihe' case of Anton Kerr who was hurt aboard the SS Alcoa Scout on March 29, 1943. CHESTER "RUSTY" JOMERS: Your sister is anxious to get in touch with you, as there i* illness in the family. She is living at 102 S. McDonough. Montgomery,. Alabama. • • e The following men have bag­ gage or personal effects waiting for them at the office of the Cal­ mer Line, 25 Broadway. New York City: P. DeTingle 1 seabag Bernard Marquis 1 bag Jose Caban 1 suitcase M. W; K 1 suitcase 1 brown suitcase 8c boots E. Mattigny 1 suitcase John Madden .... 1 suitcase, 1 box David Odell 1 package 1 small pkg. no information J. Armstrong 1 package John Petticord 1 suitcase R. B. Latham 1 hand bag E. Turner 1 bag—deceased Charles Lang 1 box C. Lesterman 1 bag R. Beckley 1 bag Geo. Nicoll 1 bag, 1 sack John Payette Personal affects Edw. Checkulski SS Serv. Corp. Vitol skowinski Sp. Pt., Md. by Capt. Hopen L. Tornainen....l suitcase, 1 jacket J. Powell 1 valise L. Jackson 1 bag D. Schwartz 1 bag, 1 seabag J. Gonzales personal affects M. Cox 1 box Thos. Wichman 1 seabag W. Vollweiler 1 box F. Kerner 1 bag J. Castro 1 1 box C. Lang 1 box J. Duhe 1 suitcase Robert Reals 1 carton L. Rinaldo personal affects C. Jones 1 suitcase Edw. 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BRANCH WARNS ON "SHIFTING SHIP" COAST GUARD BEEFS WE ARE WELCOMED BY THE MAN IN THE PINCE- NEZ SIU MAN TO DIRECT AFL SECURITY DRIVE SKIDS FOR "NO STRIKE PLEDGE" HITS FREY VETERAN SIU MAN CAN STILL "SPOT A PRETTY GIRL" AN OLD TIMER RECALLS EARLY UNION STRUGGLES TWO NEW USS CLUBS ARE OPENED "SIU AT WAR" AGAIN PRAISED MEMORANDUM FOR SEAMEN APPLYING FOR PASSPORTS U.S. ROUNDING UP FOREIGN SEAMEN THE SAGA OF A DEEP SEA TUG Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 09/29/1944 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1944 Periodicals Seafarers Log